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14 July 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Physical Sciences               Erratum: Non-equilibrium scale invariance and shortcuts to adiabaticity in a one-dimensional Bose gas ▶     W. Rohringer, D. Fischer, F. Steiner et al.                 Corrigendum: Two-Dimensional Ordering of Solute Nanoclusters at a Close-Packed Stacking Fault: Modeling and Experimental Analysis ▶     Hajime Kimizuka, Shu Kurokawa, Akihiro Yamaguchi et al.                 Disperse fine equiaxed alpha alumina nanoparticles with narrow size distribution synthesised by selective corrosion and coagulation separation ▶     Sanxu Pu, Lu Li, Ji Ma et al.     Disperse fine equiaxed α-Al2O3 nanoparticles with narrow size distribution are important materials in nanotechnology and nanomaterials, but syntheses of disperse fine equiaxed α…             Enhancement of Charge Transfer and Quenching of Photoluminescence of Capped CdS Quantum Dots ▶     Mohan Singh Mehata     Quantum dots (Q-dots) of cadmium sulfide (CdS) with three different capping ligands, 1-butanethiol (BT), 2-mercaptoethanol (ME) and benzyl mercaptan (BM) have been investigated. …             400 mW narrow-linewidth Tm-doped silica fiber laser output near 1750nm with volume Bragg grating ▶     Zhao Quan, Cunxiao Gao, Haitao Guo et al.     A type of Tm-doped silica fiber laser with narrow-linewidth and output wavelength near 1750 nm was firstly presented, by using a 1550 nm Er-doped fiber laser pump source and a …             Optimization of Parameter Selection for Partial Least Squares Model Development ▶     Na Zhao, Zhi-sheng Wu, Qiao Zhang et al.     In multivariate calibration using a spectral dataset, it is difficult to optimize nonsystematic parameters in a quantitative model, i.e., spectral pretreatment, latent factors …             Curved singular beams for three-dimensional particle manipulation ▶     Juanying Zhao, Ioannis D. Chremmos, Daohong Song et al.     For decades, singular beams carrying angular momentum have been a topic of considerable interest. Their intriguing applications are ubiquitous in a variety of fields, ranging …             NiO-Microflower Formed by Nanowire-weaving Nanosheets with Interconnected Ni-network Decoration as Supercapacitor Electrode ▶     Suqing Ci, Zhenhai Wen, Yuanyuan Qian et al.     We propose a ‘weaving’ evolution mechanism, by systematically investigating the products obtained in controlled experiments, to demonstrate the formation of Ni-based …             Corrigendum: Chromatic acclimation and population dynamics of green sulfur bacteria grown with spectrally tailored light ▶     Semion K. Saikin, Yadana Khin, Joonsuk Huh et al.                 Atmospheric benzenoid emissions from plants rival those from fossil fuels ▶     P.K. Misztal, C.N. Hewitt, J. Wildt et al.     Despite the known biochemical production of a range of aromatic compounds by plants and the presence of benzenoids in floral scents, the emissions of only a few benzenoid …             Ultra-high-resolution 3D imaging of atherosclerosis in mice with synchrotron differential phase contrast: a proof of concept study ▶     Gabriele Bonanno, Simone Coppo, Peter Modregger et al.     The goal of this study was to investigate the performance of 3D synchrotron differential phase contrast (DPC) imaging for the visualization of both macroscopic and microscopic …             Dynamic tensile forces drive collective cell migration through three-dimensional extracellular matrices ▶     Nikolce Gjorevski, Alexandra S. Piotrowski, Victor D. Varner et al.     Collective cell migration drives tissue remodeling during development, wound repair, and metastatic invasion. The physical mechanisms by which cells move cohesively through dense …             Radiofrequency treatment alters cancer cell phenotype ▶     Matthew J. Ware, Sophia Tinger, Kevin L. Colbert et al.     The importance of evaluating physical cues in cancer research is gradually being realized. Assessment of cancer cell physical appearance, or phenotype, may provide information on …             Nanophotonic detection of freely interacting molecules on a single influenza virus ▶     Pilgyu Kang, Perry Schein, Xavier Serey et al.     Biomolecular interactions, such as antibody-antigen binding, are fundamental to many biological processes. At present, most techniques for analyzing these interactions require …             Controlling the on/off current ratio of ferroelectric field-effect transistors ▶     Ilias Katsouras, Dong Zhao, Mark-Jan Spijkman et al.     The on/off current ratio in organic ferroelectric field-effect transistors (FeFETs) is largely determined by the position of the threshold voltage, the value of which can show …             Understanding the Control of Singlet-Triplet Splitting for Organic Exciton Manipulating: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Approach ▶     Ting Chen, Lei Zheng, Jie Yuan et al.     Developing organic optoelectronic materials with desired photophysical properties has always been at the forefront of organic electronics. The variation of singlet-triplet …             Landau levels and magneto-transport property of monolayer phosphorene ▶     X. Y. Zhou, R. Zhang, J. P. Sun et al.     We investigate theoretically the Landau levels (LLs) and magneto-transport properties of phosphorene under a perpendicular magnetic field within the framework of the effective k·p…             Unexpected in-situ Free Radical Generation and Catalysis to Ag/Polymer Nanocomposite ▶     Yifan Pang, Ruixue Wei, Jintao Wang et al.     In this study, we discover unexpectedly that simple reaction of AgNO3 with oleic acid (OA) without solvent and surfactant could generate alkyl free radical which can catalyze …             Near-field collimation of light carrying orbital angular momentum with bull’s-eye-assisted plasmonic coaxial waveguides ▶     Mingbo Pu, Xiaoliang Ma, Zeyu Zhao et al.     The orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light, as an emerging hotspot in optics and photonics, introduces many degrees of freedom for applications ranging from optical …             Corrigendum: An evolutionary inspection game with labour unions on small-world networks ▶     Salahuddin M. Kamal, Yas Al-Hadeethi, Fouad A. Abolaban et al.                 Erratum: Phosphorene nanoribbon as a promising candidate for thermoelectric applications ▶     J. Zhang, H. J. Liu, L. Cheng et al.                 Hunting for dark matter with ultra-stable fibre as frequency delay system ▶     Wanpeng Yang, Dawei Li, Shuangyou Zhang et al.     Many cosmological observations point towards the existence of dark-matter(DM) particles and consider them as the main component of the matter content of the universe. The goal of …             Small-angle X-ray scattering method to characterize molecular interactions: Proof of concept ▶     Nicholas Allec, Mina Choi, Nikhil Yesupriya et al.     Characterizing biomolecular interactions is crucial to the understanding of biological processes. Existing characterization methods have low spatial resolution, poor specificity, …             Hydroprocessing of Jatropha Oil for Production of Green Diesel over Non-sulfided Ni-PTA/Al2O3 Catalyst ▶     Jing Liu, Jiandu Lei, Jing He et al.     The non-sulfided Ni-PTA/Al2O3 catalyst was developed to produce green diesel from the hydroprocessing of Jatropha oil. The Ni-PTA/Al2O3 catalyst was prepared by one-pot synthesis …             Giant rotating magnetocaloric effect induced by highly texturing in polycrystalline DyNiSi compound ▶     Hu Zhang, YaWei Li, Enke Liu et al.     Large rotating magnetocaloric effect (MCE) has been observed in some single crystals due to strong magnetocrystalline anisotropy. By utilizing the rotating MCE, a new type of …             Identifying Orbital Angular Momentum of Vectorial Vortices with Pancharatnam Phase and Stokes Parameters ▶     Dengke Zhang, Xue Feng, Kaiyu Cui et al.     In this work, an explicit formula is deduced for identifying the orbital angular moment (OAM) of vectorial vortex with space-variant state of polarization (SOP). Different to …             Centrifugation-assisted Assembly of Colloidal Silica into Crack-Free and Transferrable Films with Tunable Crystalline Structures ▶     Wen Fan, Min Chen, Shu Yang et al.     Self-assembly of colloidal particles into colloidal films has many actual and potential applications. While various strategies have been developed to direct the assembly of …             Enhancement of resistive switching under confined current path distribution enabled by insertion of atomically thin defective monolayer graphene ▶     Keundong Lee, Inrok Hwang, Sangik Lee et al.     Resistive random access memory (ReRAM) devices have been extensively investigated resulting in significant enhancement of switching properties. However fluctuations in switching …             Explosive or Continuous: Incoherent state determines the route to synchronization ▶     Can Xu, Jian Gao, Yuting Sun et al.     Abrupt and continuous spontaneous emergence of collective synchronization of coupled oscillators have attracted much attention. In this paper, we propose a dynamical ensemble …             Equivalent spin-orbit interaction in the two-polariton Jaynes-Cummings-Hubbard model ▶     C. Li, X. Z. Zhang, Z. Song     A cavity quantum electrodynamics (cavity-QED) system combines two or more distinct quantum components, exhibiting features not seen in the individual systems. In this work, we …             Spectroscopic study of Gd nanostructures quantum confined in Fe corrals ▶     R. X. Cao, L. Sun, B. F. Miao et al.     Low dimensional nanostructures have attracted attention due to their rich physical properties and potential applications. The essential factor for their functionality is their …             Photoacoustic image patterns of breast carcinoma and comparisons with Magnetic Resonance Imaging and vascular stained histopathology ▶     M. Heijblom, D. Piras, M. Brinkhuis et al.     Photoacoustic (optoacoustic) imaging can visualize vasculature deep in tissue using the high contrast of hemoglobin to light, with the high-resolution possible with ultrasound …             Numerical and experimental investigation of light trapping effect of nanostructured diatom frustules ▶     Xiangfan Chen, Chen Wang, Evan Baker et al.     Recent advances in nanophotonic light-trapping technologies offer promising solutions in developing high-efficiency thin-film solar cells. However, the cost-effective scalable …             Dynamic phase coexistence in glass–forming liquids ▶     Raffaele Pastore, Antonio Coniglio, Massimo Pica Ciamarra     One of the most controversial hypotheses for explaining the heterogeneous dynamics of glasses postulates the temporary coexistence of two phases characterized by a high and by a …             Greatly Enhancing Catalytic Activity of Graphene by Doping the Underlying Metal Substrate ▶     Na Guo, Yongjie Xi, Shuanglong Liu et al.     Graphene-based solid-state catalysis represents a new direction in applications of graphene and has attracted a lot of interests recently. However, the difficulty in fine control …             Practical Considerations on the Multi-layer Mirrors for Superluminal Ring Laser Gyroscopes ▶     Zhiguo Wang, Baolun Yuan     We have created a simple model to analyze the restrictions on superluminal ring laser gyroscopes arising from the absorption of coating materials. For a ring laser gyroscope with …             In-situ observation for growth of hierarchical metal-organic frameworks and their self-sequestering mechanism for gas storage ▶     Jung Hyo Park, Kyung Min Choi, Hyung Joon Jeon et al.     Although structures with the single functional constructions and micropores were demonstrated to capture many different molecules such as carbon dioxide, methane, and hydrogen …             Coherent control of radiation patterns of nonlinear multiphoton processes in nanoparticles ▶     Francesco Papoff, Duncan McArthur, Ben Hourahine     We propose a scheme for the coherent control of light waves and currents in metallic nanospheres which applies independently of the nonlinear multiphoton processes at the origin …             Magnetic patterning: local manipulation of the intergranular exchange coupling via grain boundary engineering ▶     Kuo-Feng Huang, Jung-Wei Liao, Cheng-Yu Hsieh et al.     Magnetic patterning, with designed spatial profile of the desired magnetic properties, has been a rising challenge for developing magnetic devices at nanoscale. Most existing …             Antibacterial property of Ag nanoparticle-impregnated N-doped titania films under visible light ▶     Ming-Show Wong, Chun-Wei Chen, Chia-Chun Hsieh et al.     Photocatalysts produce free radicals upon receiving light energy; thus, they possess antibacterial properties. Silver (Ag) is an antibacterial material that disrupts bacterial …             Production of graphene oxide from pitch-based carbon fiber ▶     Miyeon Lee, Jihoon Lee, Sung Young Park et al.     Pitch-based graphene oxide (p-GO) whose compositional/structural features are comparable to those of graphene oxide (GO) was firstly produced by chemical exfoliation of …             Magnetic anisotropy, unusual hysteresis and putative “up-up-down” magnetic structure in EuTAl4Si2 (T=Rh and Ir) ▶     Arvind Maurya, A. Thamizhavel, S. K. Dhar et al.     We present detailed investigations on single crystals of quaternary EuRhAl4Si2 and EuIrAl4Si2. The two compounds order antiferromagnetically at TN1 = 11.7 and 14.7 K, …             Growth kinetics of white graphene (h-BN) on a planarised Ni foil surface ▶     Hyunjin Cho, Sungchan Park, Dong-Il Won et al.     The morphology of the surface and the grain orientation of metal catalysts have been considered to be two important factors for the growth of white graphene (h-BN) by chemical …             Current-induced Orbital and Spin Magnetizations in Crystals with Helical Structure ▶     Taiki Yoda, Takehito Yokoyama, Shuichi Murakami     We theoretically show that in a crystal with a helical lattice structure, orbital and spin magnetizations along a helical axis are induced by an electric current along the …             Wedge hybrid plasmonic THz waveguide with long propagation length and ultra-small deep-subwavelength mode area ▶     Chengcheng Gui, Jian Wang     We present a novel design of wedge hybrid plasmonic terahertz (THz) waveguide consisting of a silicon (Si) nanowire cylinder above a triangular gold wedge with surrounded …             A High Throughput Ambient Mass Spectrometric Approach to Species Identification and Classification from Chemical Fingerprint Signatures ▶     Rabi A. Musah, Edgard O. Espinoza, Robert B. Cody et al.     A high throughput method for species identification and classification through chemometric processing of direct analysis in real time (DART) mass spectrometry-derived fingerprint …             Using Benford’s law to investigate Natural Hazard dataset homogeneity ▶     Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Thomas Bodin, Anja Scheffers et al.     Working with a large temporal dataset spanning several decades often represents a challenging task, especially when the record is heterogeneous and incomplete. The use of …             High efficiency silicon solar cell based on asymmetric nanowire ▶     Myung-Dong Ko, Taiuk Rim, Kihyun Kim et al.     Improving the efficiency of solar cells through novel materials and devices is critical to realize the full potential of solar energy to meet the growing worldwide energy …             Parity-dependent State Engineering and Tomography in the ultrastrong coupling regime ▶     S. Felicetti, T. Douce, G. Romero et al.     Reaching the strong coupling regime of light-matter interaction has led to an impressive development in fundamental quantum physics and applications to quantum information …             Theory for electric dipole superconductivity with an application for bilayer excitons ▶     Qing-Dong Jiang, Zhi-qiang Bao, Qing-Feng Sun et al.     Exciton superfluid is a macroscopic quantum phenomenon in which large quantities of excitons undergo the Bose-Einstein condensation. Recently, exciton superfluid has been widely …             Preferential enhancement of laser-driven carbon ion acceleration from optimized nanostructured surfaces ▶     Malay Dalui, W.-M. Wang, T. Madhu Trivikram et al.     High-intensity ultrashort laser pulses focused on metal targets readily generate hot dense plasmas which accelerate ions efficiently and can pave way to compact table-top …             Creep and flow of glasses: strain response linked to the spatial distribution of dynamical heterogeneities ▶     T. Sentjabrskaja, P. Chaudhuri, M. Hermes et al.     Mechanical properties are of central importance to materials sciences, in particular if they depend on external stimuli. Here we investigate the rheological response of amorphous …             Flowerlike CeO2 microspheres coated with Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5Ox nanoparticles for an advanced fuel cell ▶     Yanyan Liu, Yongfu Tang, Zhaohui Ma et al.     Flowerlike CeO2 coated with Sr2Fe1.5Mo0.5Ox (Sr-Fe-Mo-oxide) nanoparticles exhibits enhanced conductivity at low temperatures (300–600 oC), e.g. 0.12 S cm−1 at 600 oC, this is …             Direct observation of catalytic oxidation of particulate matter using in situ TEM ▶     Kohei Kamatani, Kimitaka Higuchi, Yuta Yamamoto et al.     The ability to observe chemical reactions at the molecular level convincingly demonstrates the physical and chemical phenomena occurring throughout a reaction mechanism. Videos …             3D Printable Graphene Composite ▶     Xiaojun Wei, Dong Li, Wei Jiang et al.     In human being’s history, both the Iron Age and Silicon Age thrived after a matured massive processing technology was developed. Graphene is the most recent superior material …             High quality thin films of thermoelectric misfit cobalt oxides prepared by a chemical solution method ▶     Beatriz Rivas-Murias, José Manuel Vila-Fungueiriño, Francisco Rivadulla     Misfit cobaltates ([Bi/Ba/Sr/Ca/CoO]nRS[CoO2]q) constitute the most promising family of thermoelectric oxides for high temperature energy harvesting. However, their complex …             Aerial projection of three-dimensional motion pictures by electro-holography and parabolic mirrors ▶     Takashi Kakue, Takashi Nishitsuji, Tetsuya Kawashima et al.     We demonstrate an aerial projection system for reconstructing 3D motion pictures based on holography. The system consists of an optical source, a spatial light modulator …             Exciton-photon correlations in bosonic condensates of exciton-polaritons ▶     Alexey V. Kavokin, Alexandra S. Sheremet, Ivan A. Shelykh et al.     Exciton-polaritons are mixed light-matter quasiparticles. We have developed a statistical model describing stochastic exciton-photon transitions within a condensate of exciton …             Nonequilibrium Energy Transfer at Nanoscale: A Unified Theory from Weak to Strong Coupling ▶     Chen Wang, Jie Ren, Jianshu Cao     Unraveling the microscopic mechanism of quantum energy transfer across two-level systems provides crucial insights to the optimal design and potential applications of …             Laser-induced transformation of supramolecular complexes: approach to controlled formation of hybrid multi-yolk-shell Au-Ag@a-C:H nanostructures ▶     A. A. Manshina, E. V. Grachova, A. V. Povolotskiy et al.     In the present work an efficient approach of the controlled formation of hybrid Au–Ag–C nanostructures based on laser-induced transformation of organometallic supramolecular …             Viewing Majorana Bound States by Rabi Oscillations ▶     Zhi Wang, Qi-Feng Liang, Dao-Xin Yao et al.     We propose to use Rabi oscillation as a probe to view the fractional Josepshon relation (FJR) associated with Majorana bound states (MBSs) expected in one-dimensional topological …             Discrimination of Transgenic Rice containing the Cry1Ab Protein using Terahertz Spectroscopy and Chemometrics ▶     Wendao Xu, Lijuan Xie, Zunzhong Ye et al.     Spectroscopic techniques combined with chemometrics methods have proven to be effective tools for the discrimination of objects with similar properties. In this work, terahertz …             Small-signal modulation characteristics of a polariton laser ▶     Md Zunaid Baten, Thomas Frost, Ivan Iorsh et al.     Use of large bandgap materials together with electrical injection makes the polariton laser an attractive low-power coherent light source for medical and biomedical applications …             Photocurrent generation in lateral graphene p-n junction created by electron-beam irradiation ▶     Xuechao Yu, Youde Shen, Tao Liu et al.     Graphene has been considered as an attractive material for optoelectronic applications such as photodetectors owing to its extraordinary properties, e.g. broadband absorption and …             The Forbidden Quantum Adder ▶     U. Alvarez-Rodriguez, M. Sanz, L. Lamata et al.     Quantum information provides fundamentally different computational resources than classical information. We prove that there is no unitary protocol able to add unknown quantum …             Increment of Access Points in Integrated System of Wavelength Division Multiplexed Passive Optical Network Radio over Fiber ▶     I. S. Amiri, S. E. Alavi, M. R. K. Soltanian et al.     This paper describes a novel technique to increase the numbers of access points (APs) in a wavelength division multiplexed-passive optical network (WDM-PON) integrated in a …             High-Performance Stable Field Emission with Ultralow Turn on Voltage from rGO Conformal Coated TiO2 Nanotubes 3D Arrays ▶     Yogyata Agrawal, Garima Kedawat, Pawan Kumar et al.     A facile method to produce conformal coated reduced graphene oxide (rGO) on vertically aligned titanium oxide (TiO2) nanotubes three dimensional (3D) arrays (NTAs) is …             Light Effect on Water Viscosity: Implication for ATP Biosynthesis ▶     Andrei P. Sommer, Mike Kh. Haddad, Hans-Jörg Fecht     Previous work assumed that ATP synthase, the smallest known rotary motor in nature, operates at 100% efficiency. Calculations which arrive to this result assume that the water …             Proton-Detected Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy of Bone with Ultrafast Magic Angle Spinning ▶     Kamal H. Mroue, Yusuke Nishiyama, Manoj Kumar Pandey et al.     While obtaining high-resolution structural details from bone is highly important to better understand its mechanical strength and the effects of aging and disease on bone …             How ants use quorum sensing to estimate the average quality of a fluctuating resource ▶     Nigel R. Franks, Jonathan P. Stuttard, Carolina Doran et al.     We show that one of the advantages of quorum-based decision-making is an ability to estimate the average value of a resource that fluctuates in quality. By using a quorum …             High-Throughput Cancer Cell Sphere Formation for Characterizing the Efficacy of Photo Dynamic Therapy in 3D Cell Cultures ▶     Yu-Chih Chen, Xia Lou, Zhixiong Zhang et al.     Photodynamic therapy (PDT), wherein light sensitive non-toxic agents are locally and selectively activated using light, has emerged as an appealing alternative to traditional …             Metabolomics Approach Reveals Integrated Metabolic Network Associated with Serotonin Deficiency ▶     Rui Weng, Sensen Shen, Yonglu Tian et al.     Serotonin is an important neurotransmitter that broadly participates in various biological processes. While serotonin deficiency has been associated with multiple pathological …             Real sequence effects on the search dynamics of transcription factors on DNA ▶     Maximilian Bauer, Emil S. Rasmussen, Michael A. Lomholt et al.     Recent experiments show that transcription factors (TFs) indeed use the facilitated diffusion mechanism to locate their target sequences on DNA in living bacteria cells: TFs …             Corrigendum: Interfacial dominated ferromagnetism in nanograined ZnO: a μSR and DFT study ▶     Thomas Tietze, Patrick Audehm, Yu–Chun Chen et al.                 In situ microscopic observation of chitin and fungal cells with chitinous cell walls in hydrothermal conditions ▶     Shigeru Deguchi, Kaoru Tsujii, Koki Horikoshi     Recent findings of intact chitin in fossil records suggest surprisingly high recalcitrance of this biopolymer during hydrothermal treatments. We also know in the experience of …             Wide Carbon Nanopores as Efficient Sites for the Separation of SF6 from N2 ▶     Atsushi Takase, Hirofumi Kanoh, Tomonori Ohba     SF6 and SF6-N2 mixed gases are used widely as insulators, but such gases have high greenhouse gas potential. The separation of SF6 from SF6-N2 mixed gases is an inevitable result …             Global optimization and oxygen dissociation on polyicosahedral Ag32Cu6 core-shell cluster for alkaline fuel cells ▶     N. Zhang, F. Y. Chen, X.Q. Wu     The structure of 38 atoms Ag-Cu cluster is studied by using a combination of a genetic algorithm global optimization technique and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. …             Graphene wrapped ordered LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 nanorods as promising cathode material for lithium-ion batteries ▶     Xiao Tang, S. Savut Jan, Yanyan Qian et al.     LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 nanorods wrapped with graphene nanosheets have been prepared and investigated as high energy and high power cathode material for lithium-ion batteries. The …             Revealing Three Stages of DNA-Cisplatin Reaction by a Solid-State Nanopore ▶     Zhi Zhou, Ying Hu, Xinyan Shan et al.     The dynamic structural behavior in DNA due to interaction with cisplatin is essential for the functionality of platinum-based anti-cancer drugs. Here we report a novel method to …             Single Nanoparticle Detection Using Far-field Emission of Photonic Molecule around the Exceptional Point ▶     Nan Zhang, Shuai Liu, Kaiyang Wang et al.     Highly sensitive, label-free detection methods have important applications in fundamental research and healthcare diagnostics. To date, the detection of single nanoparticles has …             Maskless Lithography and in situ Visualization of Conductivity of Graphene using Helium Ion Microscopy ▶     Vighter Iberi, Ivan Vlassiouk, X.-G. Zhang et al.     The remarkable mechanical and electronic properties of graphene make it an ideal candidate for next generation nanoelectronics. With the recent development of commercial-level …             An optimization solution of a laser plane in vision measurement with the distance object between global origin and calibration points ▶     Guan Xu, Zhaobing Hao, Xiaotao Li et al.     Equation construction of a laser plane demonstrates a remarkable importance for vision measurement systems based on the structured light. Here we create a simple 1D target with a …             Dielectric Optical-Controllable Magnifying Lens by Nonlinear Negative Refraction ▶     Jianjun Cao, Ce Shang, Yuanlin Zheng et al.     A simple optical lens plays an important role for exploring the microscopic world in science and technology by refracting light with tailored spatially varying refractive …             Synthesis of magnetic metal-organic framework (MOF) for efficient removal of organic dyes from water ▶     Xiaoli Zhao, Shuangliu Liu, Zhi Tang et al.     A novel, simple and efficient strategy for fabricating a magnetic metal-organic framework (MOF) as sorbent to remove organic compounds from simulated water samples is presented …             Two Types of Discontinuous Percolation Transitions in Cluster Merging Processes ▶     Y. S. Cho, B. Kahng     Percolation is a paradigmatic model in disordered systems and has been applied to various natural phenomena. The percolation transition is known as one of the most robust …             Interconnecting Carbon Fibers with the In-situ Electrochemically Exfoliated Graphene as Advanced Binder-free Electrode Materials for Flexible Supercapacitor ▶     Yuqin Zou, Shuangyin Wang     Flexible energy storage devices are highly demanded for various applications. Carbon cloth (CC) woven by carbon fibers (CFs) is typically used as electrode or current collector …             Structural Evolution of Chemically-Driven RuO2 Nanowires and 3-Dimensional Design for Photo-Catalytic Applications ▶     Joonmo Park, Jae Won Lee, Byeong Uk Ye et al.     Growth mechanism of chemically-driven RuO2 nanowires is explored and used to fabricate three-dimensional RuO2 branched Au-TiO2 nanowire electrodes for the photostable solar water …             Electrically induced ambipolar spin vanishments in carbon nanotubes ▶     D. Matsumoto, K. Yanagi, T. Takenobu et al.     Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) exhibit various excellent properties, such as ballistic transport. However, their electrically induced charge carriers and the relation between their spin …             Quantitative constraint-based computational model of tumor-to-stroma coupling via lactate shuttle ▶     Fabrizio Capuani, Daniele De Martino, Enzo Marinari et al.     Cancer cells utilize large amounts of ATP to sustain growth, relying primarily on non-oxidative, fermentative pathways for its production. In many types of cancers this leads, …             Synthesis of diamond-like phase from graphite by ultrafast laser driven dynamical compression ▶     Francisco C. B. Maia, Ricardo E. Samad, Jefferson Bettini et al.     Rapid variations of the environmental energy caused by ultrashort laser pulses have induced phase transitions in carbon allotropes, therefore bringing the promise of revealing …             Predictability Bounds of Electronic Health Records ▶     Dominik Dahlem, Diego Maniloff, Carlo Ratti     The ability to intervene in disease progression given a person’s disease history has the potential to solve one of society’s most pressing issues: advancing health care delivery …             Survival in patchy landscapes: the interplay between dispersal, habitat loss and fragmentation ▶     Bernardo B. S. Niebuhr, Marina E. Wosniack, Marcos C. Santos et al.     Habitat loss and fragmentation are important factors determining animal population dynamics and spatial distribution. Such landscape changes can lead to the deleterious impact of …             A versatile snap chip for high-density sub-nanoliter chip-to-chip reagent transfer ▶     Huiyan Li, Jeffrey D. 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