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18 April 2017      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports           Chemical Sciences               Environmentally friendly synthesis of CeO2 nanoparticles for the catalytic oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde and selective detection of nitrite ▶     P. Tamizhdurai, Subramanian Sakthinathan, Shen-Ming Chen et al.     Cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2 NPs) are favorable in nanotechnology based on some remarkable properties. In this study, the crystalline CeO2 NPs are successfully prepared by an …             Stepwise cycloaddition reaction of N-phenacylbenzothiazolium bromides and nitroalkenes for tetrahydro-, dihydro- and benzo[d]pyrrolo[2,1-b]thiazoles ▶     Gong Jin, Jing Sun, Ren-Yin Yang et al.     The triethylamine promoted stepwise 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of N-phenacylbenzothiazolium bromides with nitroalkenes in ethanol resulted in a mixture of two isomeric …             Role of Slow-Release Nanocomposite Fertilizers on Nitrogen and Phosphate Availability in Soil ▶     Amanda S. Giroto, Gelton G. F. Guimarães, Milene Foschini et al.     Developing efficient crop fertilization practices has become more and more important due to the ever-increasing global demand for food production. One approach to improving the …             Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 2-Methyl-4,5-Disubstituted Oxazoles as a Novel Class of Highly Potent Antitubulin Agents ▶     Romeo Romagnoli, Pier Giovanni Baraldi, Filippo Prencipe et al.     Antimitotic agents that interfere with microtubule formation are one of the major classes of cytotoxic drugs for cancer treatment. Multiple …             Smelting Magnesium Metal using a Microwave Pidgeon Method ▶     Yuji Wada, Satoshi Fujii, Eiichi Suzuki et al.     Magnesium (Mg) is a lightweight metal with applications in transportation and sustainable battery technologies, but its current production through ore reduction using the …             Luminescent manganese-doped CsPbCl3 perovskite quantum dots ▶     Chun Che Lin, Kun Yuan Xu, Da Wang et al.     Nanocrystalline cesium lead halide perovskites (CsPbX3, X = Cl, Br, and I) form an exciting new class of semiconductor materials showing quantum confinement. The emission color …             Crystallisation-enhanced bulk hole mobility in phenothiazine-based organic semiconductors ▶     D. B. Shinde, Jagadish K. Salunke, Nuno R. Candeias et al.     A series of three novel donor-acceptor systems based on C(3)-malononitrile-substituted phenothiazines was synthesised in good overall yields and their thermal, spectroscopic, and …             Synthesis of Chrysogeside B from Halotolerant Fungus Penicillium and Its Antimicrobial Activities Evaluation ▶     Ruiquan Liu, Lei Wang, Qibo Li et al.     Chrysogeside B, a natural cerebroside, was efficiently synthesized from commercial feedstocks. The bioassays showed that compounds 4, 5 and 6 exhibited enhanced biological …             Local Structure of Ion Pair Interaction in Lapatinib Amorphous Dispersions characterized by Synchrotron X-Ray diffraction and Pair Distribution Function Analysis ▶     Gabriel L. B. de Araujo, Chris J. Benmore, Stephen R. Byrn     For many years, the idea of analyzing atom-atom contacts in amorphous drug-polymer systems has been of major interest, because this method has always had the potential to …             A robust salt-tolerant superoleophobic alginate/graphene oxide aerogel for efficient oil/water separation in marine environments ▶     Yuqi Li, Hui Zhang, Mizi Fan et al.     Marine pollution caused by frequent oil spill accidents has brought about tremendous damages to marine ecological environment. 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