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21 July 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Chemical Sciences               Visible-light-driven Photocatalytic N-arylation of Imidazole Derivatives and Arylboronic Acids on Cu/graphene catalyst ▶     Yan-Li Cui, Xiao-Ning Guo, Ying-Yong Wang et al.     N-aryl imidazoles play an important role as structural and functional units in many natural products and biologically active compounds. Herein, we report a photocatalytic route …             A simple preparation of very high methanol tolerant cathode electrocatalyst for direct methanol fuel cell based on polymer-coated carbon nanotube/platinum ▶     Zehui Yang, Naotoshi Nakashima     The development of a durable and methanol tolerant electrocatalyst with a high oxygen reduction reaction activity is highly important for the cathode side of direct methanol fuel …             Ultralow charge-transfer resistance with ultralow Pt loading for hydrogen evolution and oxidation using Ru@Pt core-shell nanocatalysts ▶     Jia X. Wang, Yu Zhang, Christopher B. Capuano et al.     We evaluated the activities of well-defined Ru@Pt core-shell nanocatalysts for hydrogen evolution and oxidation reactions (HER-HOR) using hanging strips of gas diffusion …             New Insight into Phase Formation of MxMg2Al4+xSi5−xO18:Eu2+ Solid Solution Phosphors and Its Luminescence Properties ▶     Jun Zhou, Zhiguo Xia, Mingyue Chen et al.     Here we reported the phase formation of MxMg2Al4+xSi5−xO18:Eu2+ (M = K, Rb) solid solution phosphors, where M+ ions were introduced into the void channels of Mg2Al4Si5O18 via Al3+…             A dendritic nano-sized hexanuclear ruthenium(II) complex as a one- and two-photon luminescent tracking non-viral gene vector ▶     Kangqiang Qiu, Bole Yu, Huaiyi Huang et al.     Fluorescent tracking gene delivery could provide us with a better understanding of the critical steps in the transfection process. However, for in vivo tracking applications, a …             Pu isotopes in soils collected downwind from Lop Nor: regional fallout vs. global fallout ▶     Wenting Bu, Youyi Ni, Qiuju Guo et al.     For the first time, soil core samples from the Jiuquan region have been analyzed for Pu isotopes for radioactive source identification and radiological assessment. The Jiuquan …             Simple method for the generation of multiple homogeneous field volumes inside the bore of superconducting magnets ▶     Ching-Yu Chou, Fabien Ferrage, Guy Aubert et al.     Standard Magnetic Resonance magnets produce a single homogeneous field volume, where the analysis is performed. Nonetheless, several modern applications could benefit from the …             Reduced Graphene Oxide-Based Silver Nanoparticle-Containing Composite Hydrogel as Highly Efficient Dye Catalysts for Wastewater Treatment ▶     Tifeng Jiao, Haiying Guo, Qingrui Zhang et al.     New reduced graphene oxide-based silver nanoparticle-containing composite hydrogels were successfully prepared in situ through the simultaneous reduction of GO and noble metal …             Stable and catalytically active iron porphyrin-based porous organic polymer: Activity as both a redox and Lewis acid catalyst ▶     Ali R. Oveisi, Kainan Zhang, Ahmad Khorramabadi-zad et al.     A new porphyrin-based porous organic polymer (POP) with BET surface area ranging from 780 to 880 m2/g was synthesized in free-base form via the reaction of meso-tetrakis…             Regioselective Halogenation of 1,4-Benzodiazepinones via CH Activation ▶     Hajer Abdelkafi, Jean-Christophe Cintrat     This article reports an efficient CH activation process for regioselective halogenation of 1,4-benzodiazepinones. Direct halogenation with NXS (X = Br, I) affords halogenated …             Thermodynamic explanation of the universal correlation between oxygen evolution activity and corrosion of oxide catalysts ▶     Tobias Binninger, Rhiyaad Mohamed, Kay Waltar et al.     In recent years, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) has attracted increased research interest due to its crucial role in electrochemical energy conversion devices for renewable …             Tuning the Emission of Cationic Iridium (III) Complexes Towards the Red Through Methoxy Substitution of the Cyclometalating Ligand ▶     Kamrul Hasan, Ashu K. Bansal, Ifor D.W. Samuel et al.     The synthesis, characterization and evaluation in solid-state devices of a series of 8 cationic iridium complexes bearing different numbers of methoxy groups on the …             Large scale systematic proteomic quantification from non-metastatic to metastatic colorectal cancer ▶     Xuefei Yin, Yang Zhang, Shaowen Guo et al.     A systematic proteomic quantification of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) colorectal cancer tissues from stage I to stage IIIC was performed in large scale. 1017 proteins …             Circulating levels of sphingosine-1-phosphate are elevated in severe, but not mild psoriasis and are unresponsive to anti-TNF-α treatment ▶     Antonio Checa, Ning Xu, Daniel G. Sar et al.     Sphingolipids are bioactive molecules with a putative role in inflammation. Alterations in sphingolipids, in particular ceramides, have been consistently observed in psoriatic …             Hybrid system for rechargeable magnesium battery with high energy density ▶     Zheng Chang, Yaqiong Yang, Xiaowei Wang et al.     One of the main challenges of electrical energy storage (EES) is the development of environmentally friendly battery systems with high safety and high energy density. …             An Inexpensive Co-Intercalated Layered Double Hydroxide Composite with Electron Donor-Acceptor Character for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting ▶     Shufang Zheng, Jun Lu, Dongpeng Yan et al.     In this paper, the inexpensive 4,4-diaminostilbene-2,2-disulfonate (DAS) and 4,4-dinitro-stilbene-2,2- disulfonate (DNS) anions with arbitrary molar ratios were successfully …             Charge deformation and orbital hybridization: intrinsic mechanisms on tunable chromaticity of Y3Al5O12:Ce3+ luminescence by doping Gd3+ for warm white LEDs ▶     Lei Chen, Xiuling Chen, Fayong Liu et al.     The deficiency of Y3Al5O12:Ce (YAG:Ce) luminescence in red component can be compensated by doping Gd3+, thus lead to it being widely used for packaging warm white light-emitting …             Band Alignment and Controllable Electron Migration between Rutile and Anatase TiO2 ▶     Yang Mi, Yuxiang Weng     TiO2 is the most promising semiconductor for photocatalytic splitting of water for hydrogen and degradation of pollutants. The highly photocatalytic active form is its mixed …             Crystalline Ni3C as both carbon source and catalyst for graphene nucleation: a QM/MD study ▶     Menggai Jiao, Kai Li, Wei Guan et al.     Graphene nucleation from crystalline Ni3C has been investigated using quantum chemical molecular dynamics (QM/MD) simulations based on the self-consistent-charge …             Hierarchical Nanotube-Constructed Porous TiO2-B Spheres for High Performance Lithium Ion Batteries ▶     Yi Cai, Hong-En Wang, Shao -Zhuan Huang et al.     Hierarchically structured porous TiO2-B spheres have been synthesized via a hydrothermal process using amorphous titania/oleylamine composites as a self-sacrificing template. The …             Two-Aperture Microfluidic Probes as Flow Dipole: Theory and Applications ▶     Mohammadali Safavieh, Mohammad A. Qasaimeh, Ali Vakil et al.     A microfluidic probe (MFP) is a mobile channel-less microfluidic system under which a fluid is injected from an aperture into an open space, hydrodynamically confined by a …             Automated astatination of biomolecules – a stepping stone towards multicenter clinical trials ▶     Emma Aneheim, Per Albertsson, Tom Bäck et al.     To facilitate multicentre clinical studies on targeted alpha therapy, it is necessary to develop an automated, on-site procedure for conjugating rare, short-lived, alpha-emitting …             Ortho-methylated 3-hydroxypyridines hinder hen egg-white lysozyme fibrillogenesis ▶     Laura Mariño, Kris Pauwels, Rodrigo Casasnovas et al.     Protein aggregation with the concomitant formation of amyloid fibrils is related to several neurodegenerative diseases, but also to non-neuropathic amyloidogenic diseases and …                     • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Postdoctoral Research Associate     University of Liverpool            Postdoctoral Research Assistant     University of Dundee            Tenure-Track Faculty Position     University of Cambridge            PhD-position (4 years) in Cancer Genetics / Genomics     University of Bergen            Staff Clinician – Allergic Diseases     National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases            2 Postdocs in Alzheimer's / Prion disease research     University of Calgary            Postdoctoral Research Assistant     University of Bristol            Research Associate     University College London (UCL)            W2 Professorship for Medical Physics     Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg            Research Fellow     University of Sussex          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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