Scientific Reports Chemistry Table of Contents e-alert: April 2013

02 April 2013      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports                 Scientific Reports is accepting submissions from all scientific fields. Submit your manuscript now.                 Chemical Sciences               Hollow Porous SiO2 Nanocubes Towards High-performance Anodes for Lithium-ion Batteries ▶     Nan Yan, Fang Wang, Hao Zhong et al.     The high theoretical capacity and low discharge potential of silicon have attracted much attention on Si-based anodes. Herein, hollow porous SiO2 nanocubes have been prepared via …             Cu/Ba/bauxite: an Inexpensive and Efficient Alternative for Pt/Ba/Al2O3 in NOx Removal ▶     Xiuyun Wang, Zhilin Chen, Yongjin Luo et al.     Cu/Ba/bauxite possesses superior NOx storage and reduction (NSR) performances, high thermal stability, strong resistance against SO2 poisoning and outstanding regeneration ability …             UV-radiation Induced Disruption of Dry-Cavities in Human γD-crystallin Results in Decreased Stability and Faster Unfolding ▶     Zhen Xia, Zaixing Yang, Tien Huynh et al.     Age-onset cataracts are believed to be expedited by the accumulation of UV-damaged human γD-crystallins in the eye lens. Here we show with molecular dynamics simulations that the …             Nanotopography-mediated Reverse Uptake for siRNA Delivery into Neural Stem Cells to Enhance Neuronal Differentiation ▶     Aniruddh Solanki, Shreyas Shah, Perry T. Yin et al.     RNA interference (RNAi) for controlling gene expression levels using siRNA or miRNA is emerging as an important tool in stem cell biology. However, the conventional methods used …             Novel hetero-layered materials with tunable direct band gaps by sandwiching different metal disulfides and diselenides ▶     Humberto Terrones, Florentino López-Urías, Mauricio Terrones     Although bulk hexagonal phases of layered semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (STMD) such as MoS2, WS2, WSe2 and MoSe2 exhibit indirect band gaps, a mono-layer of STMD …             Influence of Crystallinity and Energetics on Charge Separation in Polymer–Inorganic Nanocomposite Films for Solar Cells ▶     Neha Bansal, Luke X. Reynolds, Andrew MacLachlan et al.     The dissociation of photogenerated excitons and the subsequent spatial separation of the charges are of crucial importance to the design of efficient donor-acceptor heterojunction …             Electrochemiluminescence energy transfer-promoted ultrasensitive immunoassay using near-infrared-emitting CdSeTe/CdS/ZnS quantum dots and gold nanorods ▶     Lingling Li, Ying Chen, Qian Lu et al.     The marriage of energy transfer with electrochemiluminescence has produced a new technology named electrochemiluminescence energy transfer (ECL-ET), which can realize effective …             Porous Dendritic Platinum Nanotubes with Extremely High Activity and Stability for Oxygen Reduction Reaction ▶     Gaixia Zhang, Shuhui Sun, Mei Cai et al.     Controlling the morphology of Pt nanostructures can provide opportunities to greatly increase their activity and stability. Porous dendritic Pt nanotubes were successfully …             Ubiquinone-quantum dot bioconjugates for in vitro and intracellular complex I sensing ▶     Wei Ma, Li-Xia Qin, Feng-Tao Liu et al.     Quantum dots (QDs) have attracted increasing interest in bioimaging and sensing. Here, we report a biosensor of complex I using ubiquinone-terminated disulphides with different …             Homogeneous antibody fragment conjugation by disulfide bridging introduces ‘spinostics’ ▶     Felix F. Schumacher, Vishal A. Sanchania, Berend Tolner et al.     A major obstacle to the efficient production of antibody conjugates for therapy and diagnosis is the non-ideal performance of commonly used chemical methods for the attachment of …             Single Glucose Biofuel Cells Implanted in Rats Power Electronic Devices ▶     A. Zebda, S. Cosnier, J.-P. Alcaraz et al.     We describe the first implanted glucose biofuel cell (GBFC) that is capable of generating sufficient power from a mammal's body fluids to act as the sole power source for …             A carbon nanotube-infused polysulfone membrane with polyvinyl alcohol layer for treating oil-containing waste water ▶     Selby Maphutha, Kapil Moothi, M. Meyyappan et al.     A carbon nanotube (CNT) integrated polymer composite membrane with a polyvinyl alcohol barrier layer has been prepared to separate oil from water for treatment of oil-containing …             Remarkable transition from rocksalt/perovskite layered structure to fluorite/rocksalt layered structure in rapidly cooled Ln2CuO4 ▶     Chami N. K. Patabendige, Abul K. Azad, Paul A. Connor et al.     Lanthanide cuprates of formula Ln2CuO4 exist in two principal forms, T and T′ which are renowned for their exhibition at low temperatures of hole and electronic types of …             Green “planting” nanostructured single crystal silver ▶     Hong Zhao, Fei Wang, Yuesheng Ning et al.     Design and fabrication of noble metal nanocrystals have attracted much attention due to their wide applications in catalysis, optical detection and biomedicine. However, it still …             Scalable Functionalized Graphene Nano-platelets as Tunable Cathodes for High-performance Lithium Rechargeable Batteries ▶     Haegyeom Kim, Hee-Dae Lim, Sung-Wook Kim et al.     High-performance and cost-effective rechargeable batteries are key to the success of electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage systems. Extensive research has focused on …             Chlorine as an Indicator in the Controllable Preparation of Active Nano-Gold Catalyst ▶     Chengming Zhang, Lequan Liu, Xinjiang Cui et al.     The controllable preparation of nano-gold catalyst maintains a challenge. Except the parameters have been revealed before, here we'd like to show that controllable preparation of …             Core–Shell Bimetallic Nanoparticles Robustly Fixed on the Outermost Surface of Magnetic Silica Microspheres ▶     Hye Hun Park, Kyoungja Woo, Jae-Pyoung Ahn     The major challenges in practically utilising the immense potential benefits of nanomaterials are controlling aggregation, recycling the nanomaterials, and fabricating …             ERRATUM: DNA Nanostructure-based Interfacial engineering for PCR-free ultrasensitive electrochemical analysis of microRNA ▶     Yanli Wen, Hao Pei, Ye Shen et al.                 Direct Observation of Ion Distributions near Electrodes in Ionic Polymer Actuators Containing Ionic Liquids ▶     Yang Liu, Caiyan Lu, Stephen Twigg et al.     The recent boom of energy storage and conversion devices, exploiting ionic liquids (ILs) to enhance the performance, requires an in-depth understanding of this new class of …             Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide Multilayer Films as Efficient Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ▶     Xiaobao Xu, Dekang Huang, Kun Cao et al.     We report on a new counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), which is prepared using layer-by-layer assembly of negatively charged graphene oxide and positively …             Synthesis and characterization of a new class of anti-angiogenic agents based on ruthenium clusters ▶     Alexey A. Nazarov, Mathurin Baquié, Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska et al.     New triruthenium-carbonyl clusters derivatized with glucose-modified bicyclophosphite ligands have been synthesized. These compounds were found to have cytostatic and cytotoxic …             An Improbable Monometallic Cluster Entrapped in a Popular Fullerene Cage: YCN@Cs(6)-C82 ▶     Shangfeng Yang, Chuanbao Chen, Fupin Liu et al.     Since the first proposal that fullerenes are capable of hosting atoms, ions, or clusters by the late Smalley in 1985, tremendous examples of endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) …             Tyrosinase as a multifunctional reporter gene for Photoacoustic/MRI/PET triple modality molecular imaging ▶     Chunxia Qin, Kai Cheng, Kai Chen et al.     Development of reporter genes for multimodality molecular imaging is highly important. In contrast to the conventional strategies which have focused on fusing several reporter …             Controlled Growth of NiCo2O4 Nanorods and Ultrathin Nanosheets on Carbon Nanofibers for High-performance Supercapacitors ▶     Genqiang Zhang, Xiong Wen (David) Lou     Two one-dimensional hierarchical hybrid nanostructures composed of NiCo2O4 nanorods and ultrathin nanosheets on carbon nanofibers (CNFs) are controllably synthesized through …             Carbon Nanoparticle-based Fluorescent Bioimaging Probes ▶     Susanta Kumar Bhunia, Arindam Saha, Amit Ranjan Maity et al.     Fluorescent nanoparticle-based imaging probes have advanced current labelling technology and are expected to generate new medical diagnostic tools based on their superior …             Novel metastable metallic and semiconducting germaniums ▶     Daniele Selli, Igor A. Baburin, Roman Martoňák et al.     Group-IVa elements silicon and germanium are known for their semiconducting properties at room temperature, which are technologically critical. Metallicity and superconductivity …             Chiral-Selective Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Lattice-Mismatched Epitaxial Cobalt Nanoparticles ▶     Maoshuai He, Hua Jiang, Bilu Liu et al.     Controlling chirality in growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) is important for exploiting their practical applications. For long it has been conceptually conceived …             Egg white coagulum: a precisely tailorable membrane for biomimetic multilevel structured nanomaterials ▶     Xiaolei Wang, Hui Zhu, Xuexia Liu et al.     For the first time, hen egg white coagulum was utilized as a surface modification agent for biomimetic multilevel structured nanomaterials (BMSN). By using a straightforward …             The real catecholamine content of secretory vesicles in the CNS revealed by electrochemical cytometry ▶     Donna M. Omiatek, Amanda J. Bressler, Ann-Sofie Cans et al.     Resolution of synaptic vesicle neurotransmitter content has mostly been limited to the study of stimulated release in cultured cell systems, and it has been controversial as to …             Equilibrium-fluctuation-analysis of single liposome binding events reveals how cholesterol and Ca2+ modulate glycosphingolipid trans-interactions ▶     Angelika Kunze, Marta Bally, Fredrik Höök et al.     Carbohydrate−carbohydrate interactions (CCIs) are of central importance for several biological processes. However, the ultra-weak nature of CCIs generates difficulties in studying …             Relation between the helical twist and S-shaped cross section of the lamellar crystals of polyethylene ▶     Takayuki Ikehara, Toshiyuki Kataoka     The relation between the handedness of helical twist and the S-shaped cross section of the lamellar crystals is discussed for linear polyethylene. The lamellar crystals are found …             Monitoring dynamics of human adenovirus disassembly induced by mechanical fatigue ▶     A. Ortega-Esteban, A. J. Pérez-Berná, R. Menéndez-Conejero et al.     The standard pathway for virus infection of eukaryotic cells requires disassembly of the viral shell to facilitate release of the viral genome into the host cell. Here we use …             Highly Monodisperse Microporous Polymeric and Carbonaceous Nanospheres with Multifunctional Properties ▶     Yi Ouyang, Huimin Shi, Ruowen Fu et al.     Fabrication of monodisperse porous polymeric nanospheres with diameters below 500 nm remains a great challenge, due to serious crosslinking between neighboring nanospheres during …             Soil-type influences human selenium status and underlies widespread selenium deficiency risks in Malawi ▶     Rachel Hurst, Edwin W. P. Siyame, Scott D. Young et al.     Selenium (Se) is an essential human micronutrient with critical roles in immune functioning and antioxidant defence. Estimates of dietary Se intakes and status are scarce for …             Porous 3D graphene-based bulk materials with exceptional high surface area and excellent conductivity for supercapacitors ▶     Long Zhang, Fan Zhang, Xi Yang et al.     Until now, few sp2 carbon materials simultaneously exhibit superior performance for specific surface area (SSA) and electrical conductivity at bulk state. Thus, it is extremely …             Surface-specific interaction by structure-match confined pure high-energy facet of unstable TiO2(B) polymorph ▶     Guolei Xiang, Yang-Gang Wang, Jun Li et al.     Surface structures and surface interactions are key factors that influence the reactivity and stability of nanomaterials. Combining experimental and theoretical investigations, we …             CORRIGENDUM: A facile route for 3D aerogels from nanostructured 1D and 2D materials ▶     Sung Mi Jung, Hyun Young Jung, Mildred S. Dresselhaus et al.                 One-Pot Protocol for Bimetallic Pt/Cu Hexapod Concave Nanocrystals with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity ▶     Xiangwen Liu, Weiyang Wang, Hao Li et al.     Nanomaterials with particular nanostructures which usually possess special properties always attract considerable attention. A novel bimetallic Pt/Cu hexapod nanostructure was …             Semiconductor nanoparticle-based hydrogels prepared via self-initiated polymerization under sunlight, even visible light ▶     Da Zhang, Jinhu Yang, Song Bao et al.     Since ancient times, people have used photosynthesized wood, bamboo, and cotton as building and clothing materials. The advantages of photo polymerization include the mild and …             An Aqueous Rechargeable Lithium Battery Using Coated Li Metal as Anode ▶     Xujiong Wang, Yuyang Hou, Yusong Zhu et al.     New energy industry including electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage in smart grids requires energy storage systems of good safety, high reliability, high energy density …             Mesoporous Single-crystal CoSn(OH)6 Hollow Structures with Multilevel Interiors ▶     Zhiyu Wang, Zichen Wang, Haobin Wu et al.     Hollow nanostructures represent a unique class of functional nanomaterials with many applications. In this work, a one-pot and unusual “pumpkin-carving” protocol is demonstrated …             Thin single-wall BN-nanotubes formed inside carbon nanotubes ▶     Ryo Nakanishi, Ryo Kitaura, Jamie H. Warner et al.     We report a high yield synthesis of single-wall boron nitride nanotubes (SWBNNTs) inside single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), a nano-templated reaction, using ammonia borane …             Two novel nonlinear optical carbonates in the deep-ultraviolet region: KBeCO3F and RbAlCO3F2 ▶     Lei Kang, Zheshuai Lin, Jingui Qin et al.     With the rapid developments of the all-solid-state deep-ultraviolet (deep-UV) lasers, the good nonlinear optical (NLO) crystal applied in this spectral region is currently lacking. …                 • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Staff Associate     Columbia University - Department of Biological Sciences            6 Doctoral Positions     Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ            Research Associate     Imperial College London - Faculty of Medicine            Associate / Assistant Professors     National University of Singapore, Department of Microbiology            Ph.D Position     University of Lyon            Research and Project Manager     Cancer Research UK            Postdoctoral Position     Harvard School of Public Health - Department of Environmental Health            Sr Research Assistant     MD Anderson Cancer Center            Clinical post-doctoral fellow     Centre for Addiction and Mental Health            Post-Doctoral Scientist     The Ohio State University (OSU)          No matter what your career stage, student, postdoc or senior scientist, you will find articles on naturejobs.com to help guide you in your science career. 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