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20 January 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Physical Sciences               Arbitrary, direct and deterministic manipulation of vector beams via electrically-tuned q-plates ▶     Vincenzo D'Ambrosio, Flavio Baccari, Sergei Slussarenko et al.     Vectorial vortex light beams, also referred to as spirally polarized beams, are of particular interest since they can be exploited in several applications ranging from quantum …             Quantum ratchet in two-dimensional semiconductors with Rashba spin-orbit interaction ▶     Yee Sin Ang, Zhongshui Ma, Chao Zhang     Ratchet is a device that produces direct current of particles when driven by an unbiased force. We demonstrate a simple scattering quantum ratchet based on an asymmetrical …             Artificially engineered Heusler ferrimagnetic superlattice exhibiting perpendicular magnetic anisotropy ▶     Q. L. Ma, X. M. Zhang, T. Miyazaki et al.     To extend density limits in magnetic recording industry, two separate strategies were developed to build the storage bit in last decade, introduction of perpendicular magnetic …             Direct growth of GaN layer on carbon nanotube-graphene hybrid structure and its application for light emitting diodes ▶     Tae Hoon Seo, Ah Hyun Park, Sungchan Park et al.     We report the growth of high-quality GaN layer on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and graphene hybrid structure (CGH) as intermediate layer between GaN and sapphire …             An Innovative Anion Regulation Strategy for Energy Bands of Semiconductors: A Case from Bi2O3 to Bi2O(OH)2SO4 ▶     Hao Tian, Fei Teng, Juan Xu et al.     How to develop a new, efficient photo catalyst is still a big challenge to us. A suitable band gap is the key for light absorption of semiconductor. Herein, an innovative anion …             Cool and warm hybrid white organic light-emitting diode with blue delayed fluorescent emitter both as blue emitter and triplet host ▶     Yong Joo Cho, Kyoung Soo Yook, Jun Yeob Lee     A hybrid white organic light-emitting diode (WOLED) with an external quantum efficiency above 20% was developed using a new blue thermally activated delayed fluorescent material, …             Velocity-strengthening friction significantly affects interfacial dynamics, strength and dissipation ▶     Yohai Bar-Sinai, Robert Spatschek, Efim A. Brener et al.     Frictional interfaces abound in natural and man-made systems, yet their dynamics are not well-understood. Recent extensive experimental data have revealed that …             Morphology-modulation of SnO2 Hierarchical Architectures by Zn Doping for Glycol Gas Sensing and Photocatalytic Applications ▶     Qinqin Zhao, Dianxing Ju, Xiaolong Deng et al.     The morphology of SnO2 nanospheres was transformed into ultrathin nanosheets assembled architectures after Zn doping by one-step hydrothermal route. The as-prepared samples were …             Aptamer-Mediated Up-conversion Core/MOF Shell Nanocomposites for Targeted Drug Delivery and Cell Imaging ▶     Kerong Deng, Zhiyao Hou, Xuejiao Li et al.     Multifunctional nanocarriers for targeted bioimaging and drug delivery have attracted much attention in early diagnosis and therapy of cancer. In this work, we develop a novel …             Dendritic Heterojunction Nanowire Arrays for High-Performance Supercapacitors ▶     Rujia Zou, Zhenyu Zhang, Muk Fung Yuen et al.     Herein, we designed and synthesized for the first time a series of 3D dendritic heterojunction arrays on Ni foam substrates, with NiCo2S4 nanowires as cores and NiCo2O4, NiO, Co3O…             Pre-Stressing Micron-Scale Aluminum Core-Shell Particles to Improve Reactivity ▶     Valery I. Levitas, Jena McCollum, Michelle Pantoya     The main direction in increasing reactivity of aluminum (Al) particles for energetic applications is reduction in their size down to nanoscale. However, Al nanoparticles are …             Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Macro-Periodic and Micro-Random Nanostructures with Simultaneously Spatial Translational Symmetry and Long-Range Order Breaking ▶     Haifei Lu, Xingang Ren, Wei E. I. Sha et al.     Photonic and plasmonic quasicrystals, comprising well-designed and regularly-arranged patterns but lacking spatial translational symmetry, show sharp diffraction patterns …             A Strategy to enhance Eu3+ emission from LiYF4:Eu nanophosphors and green-to-orange multicolor tunable, transparent nanophosphor-polymer composites ▶     Su Yeon Kim, Yu-Ho Won, Ho Seong Jang     LiYF4:Eu nanophosphors with a single tetragonal phase are synthesized, and various strategies to enhance the Eu3 emission from the nanophosphors are investigated. The optimized Eu…             Dual Conical Conducting Filament Model in Resistance Switching TiO2 Thin Films ▶     Kyung Min Kim, Tae Hyung Park, Cheol Seong Hwang     The resetting behaviors of Pt/TiO2/Pt resistive switching (RS) cell in unipolar RS operations were studied in detail through an experiment and by modeling. The experiment showed …             Robust manipulation of superconducting qubits in the presence of fluctuations ▶     Daoyi Dong, Chunlin Chen, Bo Qi et al.     Superconducting quantum systems are promising candidates for quantum information processing due to their scalability and design flexibility. However, the existence of defects, …             Vertical Bipolar Charge Plasma Transistor with Buried Metal Layer ▶     Kanika Nadda, M. Jagadesh Kumar     A self-aligned vertical Bipolar Charge Plasma Transistor (V-BCPT) with a buried metal layer between undoped silicon and buried oxide of the silicon-on-insulator substrate, is …             Electrical Detection of Dengue Biomarker Using Egg Yolk Immunoglobulin as the Biological Recognition Element ▶     Alessandra Figueiredo, Nirton C. S. Vieira, Juliana F. dos Santos et al.     Nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) is secreted by dengue virus in the first days of infection and acts as an excellent dengue biomarker. Here, the direct electrical detection of NS1 …             Progressive glucose stimulation of islet beta cells reveals a transition from segregated to integrated modular functional connectivity patterns ▶     Rene Markovič, Andraž Stožer, Marko Gosak et al.     Collective beta cell activity in islets of Langerhans is critical for the supply of insulin within an organism. Even though individual beta cells are intrinsically heterogeneous, …             A closer look at the apparent correlation of structural and functional connectivity in excitable neural networks ▶     Arnaud Messé, Marc-Thorsten Hütt, Peter König et al.     The relationship between the structural connectivity (SC) and functional connectivity (FC) of neural systems is a central focus in brain network science. It is an open question, …             Reputation drives cooperative behaviour and network formation in human groups ▶     Jose A. Cuesta, Carlos Gracia-Lázaro, Alfredo Ferrer et al.     Cooperativeness is a defining feature of human nature. Theoreticians have suggested several mechanisms to explain this ubiquitous phenomenon, including reciprocity, reputation, …             An ignored variable: solution preparation temperature in protein crystallization ▶     Rui-Qing Chen, Qin-Qin Lu, Qing-Di Cheng et al.     Protein crystallization is affected by many parameters, among which certain parameters have not been well controlled. The temperature at which the protein and precipitant …             CORRIGENDUM: Large Linear Magnetoresistance and Shubnikov-de Hass Oscillations in Single Crystals of YPdBi Heusler Topological Insulators ▶     Wenhong Wang, Yin Du, Guizhou Xu et al.                 Structural, optical and vibrational properties of self-assembled Pbn+1(Ti1−xFex)nO3n+1−δ Ruddlesden-Popper superstructures ▶     K. I. Doig, J. J. P. Peters, S. Nawaz et al.     Bulk crystals and thin films of PbTi1−xFexO3−δ (PTFO) are multiferroic, exhibiting ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism at room temperature. Here we report that the …             Fluorescent Molecules as Transceiver Nanoantennas: The First Practical and High-Rate Information Transfer over a Nanoscale Communication Channel based on FRET ▶     Murat Kuscu, Alper Kiraz, Ozgur B. Akan     Nanocommunications via Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) is a promising means of realising collaboration between photoactive nanomachines to implement advanced …             Thorough subcells diagnosis in a multi-junction solar cell via absolute electroluminescence-efficiency measurements ▶     Shaoqiang Chen, Lin Zhu, Masahiro Yoshita et al.     World-wide studies on multi-junction (tandem) solar cells have led to record-breaking improvements in conversion efficiencies year after year. To obtain detailed and proper …             RETRACTION: Efficient Quantum Transmission in Multiple-Source Networks ▶     Ming-Xing Luo, Gang Xu, Xiu-Bo Chen et al.                 Rayleigh approximation to ground state of the Bose and Coulomb glasses ▶     S. D. Ryan, V. Mityushev, V. M. Vinokur et al.     Glasses are rigid systems in which competing interactions prevent simultaneous minimization of local energies. This leads to frustration and highly degenerate ground states the …             Local non-equilibrium thermodynamics ▶     Lee Jinwoo, Hajime Tanaka     Local Shannon entropy lies at the heart of modern thermodynamics, with much discussion of trajectory-dependent entropy production. When taken at both boundaries of a process in …             CORRIGENDUM: Formation mechanism and optimization of highly luminescent N-doped graphene quantum dots ▶     Dan Qu, Min Zheng, Ligong Zhang et al.                 Post-synthetic Ti Exchanged UiO-66 Metal-Organic Frameworks that Deliver Exceptional Gas Permeability in Mixed Matrix Membranes ▶     Stefan J. D. Smith, Bradley P. Ladewig, Anita J. Hill et al.     Gas separation membranes are one of the lowest energy technologies available for the separation of carbon dioxide from flue gas. Key to handling the immense scale of this …             A mild alkali treated jute fibre controlling the hydration behaviour of greener cement paste ▶     Byung-Wan Jo, Sumit Chakraborty     To reduce the antagonistic effect of jute fibre on the setting and hydration of jute reinforced cement, modified jute fibre reinforcement would be a unique approach. The present …             Engineering the Carrier Dynamics of InGaN Nanowire White Light-Emitting Diodes by Distributed p-AlGaN Electron Blocking Layers ▶     Hieu Pham Trung Nguyen, Mehrdad Djavid, Steffi Y. Woo et al.     We report on the demonstration of a new type of axial nanowire LED heterostructures, with the use of self-organized InGaN/AlGaN dot-in-a-wire core-shell nanowire arrays. The …             Plasmonically sensitized metal-oxide electron extraction layers for organic solar cells ▶     S. Trost, T. Becker, K. Zilberberg et al.     ZnO and TiOx are commonly used as electron extraction layers (EELs) in organic solar cells (OSCs). A general phenomenon of OSCs incorporating these metal-oxides is the …             Superconductivity at 52 K in hydrogen-substituted LaFeAsO1-xHx under high pressure ▶     H. Takahashi, H. Soeda, M. Nukii et al.     The 1111-type iron-based superconductor LnFeAsO1-xFx (Ln stands for lanthanide) is the first material with a Tc above 50 K, other than cuprate superconductors. Electron doping …             Tailoring of Energy Levels in D-π-A Organic Dyes via Fluorination of Acceptor Units for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ▶     Min-Woo Lee, Jae-Yup Kim, Hae Jung Son et al.     A molecular design is presented for tailoring the energy levels in D-π-A organic dyes through fluorination of their acceptor units, which is aimed at achieving efficient …             Media impact switching surface during an infectious disease outbreak ▶     Yanni Xiao, Sanyi Tang, Jianhong Wu     There are many challenges to quantifying and evaluating the media impact on the control of emerging infectious diseases. We modeled such media impacts using a piecewise smooth …             Diabolical points in multi-scatterer optomechanical systems ▶     Stefano Chesi, Ying-Dan Wang, Jason Twamley     Diabolical points, which originate from parameter-dependent accidental degeneracies of a system's energy levels, have played a fundamental role in the discovery of the Berry …             Nanofabrication on unconventional substrates using transferred hard masks ▶     Luozhou Li, Igal Bayn, Ming Lu et al.     A major challenge in nanofabrication is to pattern unconventional substrates that cannot be processed for a variety of reasons, such as incompatibility with spin coating, …             Nanostructured Zr-Pd Metallic Glass Thin Film for Biochemical Applications ▶     Sergey V. Ketov, Xuetao Shi, Guoqiang Xie et al.     Zr-Pd metallic glassy thin films with a hierarchical nano-scale structure, produced by magnetron sputtering of the Zr and Pd powder mixture, demonstrate a unique combination of …             Uncovering the role of cathode buffer layer in organic solar cells ▶     Boyuan Qi, Zhi-Guo Zhang, Jizheng Wang     Organic solar cells (OSCs) as the third generation photovoltaic devices have drawn intense research, for their ability to be easily deposited by low-cost solution coating …             Broadband optical absorption by tunable Mie resonances in silicon nanocone arrays ▶     Z. Y. Wang, R. J. Zhang, S. Y. Wang et al.     Nanostructure arrays such as nanowire, nanopillar, and nanocone arrays have been proposed to be promising antireflection structures for photovoltaic applications due to their …             Hierarchical Assembly of a Dual-responsive Macroscopic Insulated Molecular Wire Bundle in a Gradient System ▶     Yujie Sheng, Qibin Chen, Junyao Yao et al.     Here, we report the hierarchical self-assembly of a cationic gemini amphiphile, Azo 1, in a composition gradient solution generated using solvent evaporation. As the gradient …             Enhanced Charge Separation in Ternary P3HT/PCBM/CuInS2 Nanocrystals Hybrid Solar Cells ▶     Aurélie Lefrançois, Beata Luszczynska, Brigitte Pepin-Donat et al.     Geminate recombination of bound polaron pairs at the donor/acceptor interface is one of the major loss mechanisms in organic bulk heterojunction solar cells. One way to overcome …             Work extraction from heat-powered quantized optomechanical setups ▶     D. Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, G. Kurizki     We analyze work extraction from an autonomous (self-contained) heat-powered optomechanical setup. The initial state of the quantized mechanical oscillator plays a key role. As …             The Strain Rate Effect on the Buckling of Single-Layer MoS2 ▶     Jin-Wu Jiang     The Euler buckling theory states that the buckling critical strain is an inverse quadratic function of the length for a thin plate in the static compression process. However, the …             Ultrafast Room-Temperature Crystallization of TiO2 Nanotubes Exploiting Water-Vapor Treatment ▶     Andrea Lamberti, Angelica Chiodoni, Nadia Shahzad et al.     In this manuscript a near-room temperature crystallization process of anodic nanotubes from amorphous TiO2 to anatase phase with a fast 30 minutes treatment is reported for the …             Rhodium Nanoparticle-mesoporous Silicon Nanowire Nanohybrids for Hydrogen Peroxide Detection with High Selectivity ▶     Zhiqian Song, Hucheng Chang, Weiqin Zhu et al.     Developing nanostructured electrocatalysts, with low overpotential, high selectivity and activity has fundamental and technical importance in many fields. We report here rhodium …             Giant resonance tuning of micro and nanomechanical oscillators ▶     Miguel V. Vitorino, Simon Carpentier, Alain Panzarella et al.     We present a method to tune the resonance frequency and the Q-factor of micro and nano-metric mechanical oscillators. A counteracting loop drives a capacitive force applied to …             Deterministic entanglement distillation for secure double-server blind quantum computation ▶     Yu-Bo Sheng, Lan Zhou     Blind quantum computation (BQC) provides an efficient method for the client who does not have enough sophisticated technology and knowledge to perform universal quantum …             Superior radiation-resistant nanoengineered austenitic 304L stainless steel for applications in extreme radiation environments ▶     C. Sun, S. Zheng, C. C. Wei et al.     Nuclear energy provides more than 10% of electrical power internationally, and the increasing engagement of nuclear energy is essential to meet the rapid worldwide increase in …             qPMS9: An Efficient Algorithm for Quorum Planted Motif Search ▶     Marius Nicolae, Sanguthevar Rajasekaran     Discovering patterns in biological sequences is a crucial problem. For example, the identification of patterns in DNA sequences has resulted in the determination of open reading …             Understanding the Role of Nitrogen in Plasma-Assisted Surface Modification of Magnetic Recording Media with and without Ultrathin Carbon Overcoats ▶     Neeraj Dwivedi, Reuben J. Yeo, Nalam Satyanarayana et al.     A novel scheme of pre-surface modification of media using mixed argon-nitrogen plasma is proposed to improve the protection performance of 1.5 nm carbon overcoats (COC) on media …             Evolution of conductive filament and its impact on reliability issues in oxide-electrolyte based resistive random access memory ▶     Hangbing Lv, Xiaoxin Xu, Hongtao Liu et al.     The electrochemical metallization cell, also referred to as conductive bridge random access memory, is considered to be a promising candidate or complementary component to the …             Suppressing spontaneous polarization of p-GaN by graphene oxide passivation: Augmented light output of GaN UV-LED ▶     Hyun Jeong, Seung Yol Jeong, Doo Jae Park et al.     GaN-based ultraviolet (UV) LEDs are widely used in numerous applications, including white light pump sources and high-density optical data storage. However, one notorious issue …             Directly Grown Nanostructured Electrodes for High Volumetric Energy Density Binder-Free Hybrid Supercapacitors: A Case Study of CNTs//Li4Ti5O12 ▶     Wenhua Zuo, Chong Wang, Yuanyuan Li et al.     Hybrid supercapacitor (HSC), which typically consists of a Li-ion battery electrode and an electric double-layer supercapacitor electrode, has been extensively investigated for …             Memristive and neuromorphic behavior in a LixCoO2 nanobattery ▶     V. H. Mai, A. Moradpour, P. Auban Senzier et al.     The phenomenon of resistive switching (RS), which was initially linked to non-volatile resistive memory applications, has recently also been associated with the concept of …             Enhanced thermoelectric performance of In2O3-based ceramics via Nanostructuring and Point Defect Engineering ▶     Jin-Le Lan, Yaochun Liu, Yuan-Hua Lin et al.     The issue of how to improve the thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) in oxide semiconductors has been challenging for more than 20 years. In this work, we report an effective path …             Highly efficient spin-conversion effect leading to energy up-converted electroluminescence in singlet fission photovoltaics ▶     Ajay K. Pandey     Free charge generation in donor-acceptor (D-A) based organic photovoltaic diodes (OPV) progresses through formation of charge-transfer (CT) and charge-separated (CS) states and …             Synergistic strengthening of polyelectrolyte complex membranes by functionalized carbon nanotubes and metal ions ▶     Tao Liu, Quan-Fu An, Qiang Zhao et al.     Hydrophilic polymers have garnered much attention due to their critical roles in various applications such as molecular separation membranes, bio-interfaces, and surface …             Distance-Dependent Plasmon-Enhanced Fluorescence of Upconversion Nanoparticles using Polyelectrolyte Multilayers as Tunable Spacers ▶     Ai Ling Feng, Min Li You, Limei Tian et al.     Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have attracted widespread interests in bioapplications due to their unique optical properties by converting near infrared …             Electron-beam induced nano-etching of suspended graphene ▶     Benedikt Sommer, Jens Sonntag, Arkadius Ganczarczyk et al.     Besides its interesting physical properties, graphene as a two-dimensional lattice of carbon atoms promises to realize devices with exceptional electronic properties, where …             Spatial properties of odd and even low order harmonics generated in gas ▶     G. Lambert, A. Andreev, J. Gautier et al.     High harmonic generation in gases is developing rapidly as a soft X-ray femtosecond light-source for applications. This requires control over all the harmonics characteristics …             The combustion behavior of large scale lithium titanate battery ▶     Peifeng Huang, Qingsong Wang, Ke Li et al.     Safety problem is always a big obstacle for lithium battery marching to large scale application. However, the knowledge on the battery combustion behavior is limited. To …             Novel Image Encryption based on Quantum Walks ▶     Yu-Guang Yang, Qing-Xiang Pan, Si-Jia Sun et al.     Quantum computation has achieved a tremendous success during the last decades. In this paper, we investigate the potential application of a famous quantum computation model, …             Learning and coordinating in a multilayer network ▶     Haydée Lugo, Maxi San Miguel     We introduce a two layer network model for social coordination incorporating two relevant ingredients: a) different networks of interaction to learn and to obtain a pay-off, and …             Asymmetric interaction paired with a super-rational strategy might resolve the tragedy of the commons without requiring recognition or negotiation ▶     Jun-Zhou He, Rui-Wu Wang, Christopher X. J. Jensen et al.     Avoiding the tragedy of the commons requires that one or more individuals in a group or partnership “volunteer”, benefiting the group at a cost to themselves. Recognition and …             Low toxicity and long circulation time of Polyampholyte-coated magnetic nanoparticles for blood pool contrast agents ▶     Qi Wang, Ming Shen, Tao Zhao et al.     Polyampholyte-coated (poly(acrylic acid) (PAA)-co-3-(diethylamino)-propylamine (DEAPA)) magnetite nanoparticles (PAMNPs) have been prepared as contrasting agent used in magnetic …             Zinc-Triggered Hydrogelation of Self-assembled Small Molecules to Inhibit Bacterial Growth ▶     Chao Xu, Yanbin Cai, Chunhua Ren et al.     There is a significant need to develop antibacterial materials that could be applied locally and directly to the places surrounded by large amount of bacteria, in order to …             Planar Holographic Metasurfaces for Terahertz Focusing ▶     Sergei A. Kuznetsov, Mikhail A. Astafev, Miguel Beruete et al.     Scientists and laymen alike have always been fascinated by the ability of lenses and mirrors to control light. Now, with the advent of metamaterials and their two-dimensional …             Stabilizing the false vacuum: Mott skyrmions ▶     M. Kanász-Nagy, B. Dóra, E. A. Demler et al.     Topological excitations keep fascinating physicists since many decades. While individual vortices and solitons emerge and have been observed in many areas of physics, their most …             Coalescence preference in densely packed microbubbles ▶     Yeseul Kim, Su Jin Lim, Bopil Gim et al.     A bubble merged from two parent bubbles with different size tends to be placed closer to the larger parent. This phenomenon is known as the coalescence preference. Here we …             Fast cooling in dispersively and dissipatively coupled optomechanics ▶     Tian Chen, Xiang-Bin Wang     The cooling performance of an optomechanical system comprising both dispersive and dissipative coupling is studied. Here, we present a scheme to cool a mechanical resonator to …             Coexistence of ferromagnetism and superconductivity in iron based pnictides: a time resolved magnetooptical study ▶     A. Pogrebna, T. Mertelj, N. Vujičić et al.     Ferromagnetism and superconductivity are antagonistic phenomena. Their coexistence implies either a modulated ferromagnetic order parameter on a lengthscale shorter than the …             Self-catalyzed Growth of Large-Area Nanofilms of Two-Dimensional Carbon ▶     Xuemin Qian, Huibiao Liu, Changshui Huang et al.     The graphdiyne (GD), a carbon allotrope with a 2D structure comprising benzene rings and carbon–carbon triple bonds, can be synthesized through cross-coupling on the surface of …             Synthesis of Large and Few Atomic Layers of Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Melted Copper ▶     Majharul Haque Khan, Zhenguo Huang, Feng Xiao et al.     Hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets (h-BNNS) have been proposed as an ideal substrate for graphene-based electronic devices, but the synthesis of large and homogeneous h-BNNS is …             Interfacial charge-mediated non-volatile magnetoelectric coupling in Co0.3Fe0.7/Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3/Nb:SrTiO3 multiferroic heterostructures ▶     Ziyao Zhou, Brandon M. Howe, Ming Liu et al.     The central challenge in realizing non-volatile, E-field manipulation of magnetism lies in finding an energy efficient means to switch between the distinct magnetic states in a …             One-step generation of multipartite entanglement among nitrogen-vacancy center ensembles ▶     Wan-lu Song, Zhang-qi Yin, Wan-li Yang et al.     We describe a one-step, deterministic and scalable scheme for creating macroscopic arbitrary entangled coherent states (ECSs) of separate nitrogen-vacancy center ensembles (NVEs) …             Radiation Tolerance of Nanocrystalline Ceramics: Insights from Yttria Stabilized Zirconia ▶     Sanchita Dey, John W. Drazin, Yongqiang Wang et al.     Materials for applications in hostile environments, such as nuclear reactors or radioactive waste immobilization, require extremely high resistance to radiation damage, such as …             Flagellar filament bio-templated inorganic oxide materials – towards an efficient lithium battery anode ▶     Sergei N. Beznosov, Pavan S. Veluri, Mikhail G. Pyatibratov et al.     Designing a new generation of energy-intensive and sustainable electrode materials for batteries to power a variety of applications is an imperative task. The use of biomaterials …             Gene introduction into the mitochondria of Arabidopsis thaliana via peptide-based carriers ▶     Jo-Ann Chuah, Takeshi Yoshizumi, Yutaka Kodama et al.     Available methods in plant genetic transformation are nuclear and plastid transformations because similar procedures have not yet been established for the mitochondria. The …             Wide Field-of-View Fluorescence Imaging of Coral Reefs ▶     Tali Treibitz, Benjamin P. Neal, David I. Kline et al.     Coral reefs globally are declining rapidly because of both local and global stressors. 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