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12 May 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports           Have you read these highly downloaded articles published by NPG Asia Materials?  Cu/Li4Ti5O12 scaffolds as superior anodes for lithium-ion batteries   Rational synthesis and the structure-property relationships of nanoheterostructures: a combinative study of experiments and theory    View more open access research.            Chemical Sciences               Brightening Gold Nanoparticles: New Sensing Approach Based on Plasmon Resonance Energy Transfer ▶     Lei Shi, Chao Jing, Zhen Gu et al.     Scattering recovered plasmonic resonance energy transfer (SR-PRET) was reported by blocking the plasmon resonance energy transfer (PRET) from gold nanoparticle (GNP) to the …             Tissue spray ionization mass spectrometry for rapid recognition of human lung squamous cell carcinoma ▶     Yiping Wei, Liru Chen, Wei Zhou et al.     Tissue spray ionization mass spectrometry (TSI-MS) directly on small tissue samples has been shown to provide highly specific molecular information. In this study, we apply this …             Synthesis and structural characterisation of amides from picolinic acid and pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid ▶     Prarthana Devi, Sarah M. Barry, Kate M. Houlihan et al.     Coupling picolinic acid (pyridine-2-carboxylic acid) and pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid with N-alkylanilines affords a range of mono- and bis-amides in good to moderate yields. …             Selectivity Mechanism of the Voltage-gated Proton Channel, HV1 ▶     Todor Dudev, Boris Musset, Deri Morgan et al.     Voltage-gated proton channels, HV1, trigger bioluminescence in dinoflagellates, enable calcification in coccolithophores, and play multifarious roles in human health. Because the …             Using "Tender" X-ray Ambient Pressure X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy as A Direct Probe of Solid-Liquid Interface ▶     Stephanus Axnanda, Ethan J. Crumlin, Baohua Mao et al.     We report a new method to probe the solid-liquid interface through the use of a thin liquid layer on a solid surface. An ambient pressure XPS (AP-XPS) endstation that is capable …             Thermally induced collision of droplets in an immiscible outer fluid ▶     Ashkan Davanlou, Ranganathan Kumar     Micro-total analysis systems (μTAS) have attracted wide attention and are identified as a promising solution for sample transport, filtration, chemical reactions, separation and …             Characterization of the thermolysis products of Nafion membrane: A potential source of perfluorinated compounds in the environment ▶     Mingbao Feng, Ruijuan Qu, Zhongbo Wei et al.     The thermal decomposition of Nafion N117 membrane, a typical perfluorosulfonic acid membrane that is widely used in various chemical technologies, was investigated in this study. …             Direct Electrochemistry of Glucose Oxidase on Novel Free-Standing Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanospheres@Carbon Nanofibers Composite Film ▶     Xueping Zhang, Dong Liu, Libo Li et al.     We have proposed a novel free-standing nitrogen-doped carbon nanospheres@carbon nanofibers (NCNSs@CNFs) composite film with high processability for the investigation of the …             The Rebirth of Waste Cooking Oil to Novel Bio-based Surfactants ▶     Qi-Qi Zhang, Bang-Xin Cai, Wen-Jie Xu et al.     Waste cooking oil (WCO) is a kind of non-edible oil with enormous quantities and its unreasonable dispose may generate negative impact on human life and environment. However, WCO …             Formation of Poly[d(A-T)2] Specific Z-DNA by a Cationic Porphyrin ▶     Yoon Jung Jang, Changyun Lee, Seog K. Kim     Typical CD spectrum of the right-handed poly[d(A-T)2] was reversed when trans-bis(N-methylpyrimidium-4-yl)diphenyl porphyrin (trans-BMPyP) was bound, suggesting that the helicity …             Design, Synthesis and Inhibitory Activity of Photoswitchable RET Kinase Inhibitors ▶     Rubén Ferreira, Jesper R. Nilsson, Carlos Solano et al.     REarranged during Transfection (RET) is a transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase required for normal development and maintenance of neurons of the central and peripheral nervous …             Chemically Induced Fluorescence Switching of Carbon-Dots and Its Multiple Logic Gate Implementation ▶     Namasivayam Dhenadhayalan, King-Chuen Lin     Investigations were carried out on the carbon-dots (C-dots) based fluorescent off - on (Fe3?+?- S2O32-) and on - off (Zn2?+?- PO43-) sensors for the detection of metal ions and …             New Ti-decorated B40 fullerene as a promising hydrogen storage material ▶     Huilong Dong, Tingjun Hou, Shuit-Tong Lee et al.     The newly found B40 is the first experimentally observed all-boron fullerene and has potential applications in hydrogen storage. Here we investigate the binding ability and …             A slippery molecular assembly allows water as a self-erasable security marker ▶     Rajasekaran Thirumalai, Rahul Dev Mukhopadhyay, Vakayil K. Praveen et al.     Protection of currency and valuable documents from counterfeit continues to be a challenge. While there are many embedded security features available for document safety, they …             High-concentration boron doping of graphene nanoplatelets by simple thermal annealing and their supercapacitive properties ▶     Da-Young Yeom, Woojin Jeon, Nguyen Dien Kha Tu et al.     For the utilization of graphene in various energy storage and conversion applications, it must be synthesized in bulk with reliable and controllable electrical properties. …             Enhancing the light-driven production of d-lactate by engineering cyanobacterium using a combinational strategy ▶     Chao Li, Fei Tao, Jun Ni et al.     It is increasingly attractive to engineer cyanobacteria for bulk production of chemicals from CO2. However, cofactor bias of cyanobacteria is different from bacteria that prefer …             Facile and Sustainable Synthesis of Shaped Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Effect of Iron Precursor Salts on the Shapes of Iron Oxides ▶     Farheen N. Sayed, Vivek Polshettiwar     A facile and sustainable protocol for synthesis of six different shaped iron oxides is developed. 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