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11 August 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Chemical Sciences               Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor Based on Smart Phone Platforms ▶     Yun Liu, Qiang Liu, Shimeng Chen et al.     We demonstrate a fiber optic surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor based on smart phone platforms. The light-weight optical components and sensing element are connected by …             DNA sequencing with MspA: Molecular Dynamics simulations reveal free-energy differences between sequencing and non-sequencing mutants ▶     Richard M.A. Manara, E. Jayne Wallace, Syma Khalid     MspA has been identified as a promising candidate protein as a component of a nanopore-based DNA-sequencing device. However the wildtype protein must be engineered to incorporate …             Improving battery safety by reducing the formation of Li dendrites with the use of amorphous silicon polymer anodes ▶     Hitoshi Maruyama, Hideyuki Nakano, Masahiro Ogawa et al.     To provide safe lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) at low cost, battery materials which lead to reduced Li dendrite formation are needed. The currently used anode materials have low …             Ultrathin MoS2 Nanosheets with Superior Extreme Pressure Property as Boundary Lubricants ▶     Zhe Chen, Xiangwen Liu, Yuhong Liu et al.     In this paper, a new kind of oil-soluble ultrathin MoS2 nanosheets is prepared through a one-pot process. A superior extreme pressure property, which has not been attained with …             Effect of Temperature on the Aging rate of Li Ion Battery Operating above Room Temperature ▶     Feng Leng, Cher Ming Tan, Michael Pecht     Temperature is known to have a significant impact on the performance, safety, and cycle lifetime of lithium-ion batteries (LiB). However, the comprehensive effects of temperature …             Antibacterial and residual antimicrobial activities against Enterococcus faecalis biofilm: A comparison between EDTA, chlorhexidine, cetrimide, MTAD and QMix ▶     Rui Zhang, Min Chen, Yan Lu et al.     We compared the antibacterial and residual antimicrobial activities of five root canal irrigants (17% EDTA,2% chlorhexidine,0.2% cetrimide, MTAD, and QMix) in a model of …             Photosensitized production of functionalized and unsaturated organic compounds at the air-sea interface ▶     Raluca Ciuraru, Ludovic Fine, Manuela van Pinxteren et al.     The sea-surface microlayer (SML) has different physical, chemical and biological properties compared to the subsurface water, with an enrichment of organic matter i.e., dissolved …             A room-temperature sodium rechargeable battery using an SO2-based nonflammable inorganic liquid catholyte ▶     Goojin Jeong, Hansu Kim, Hyo Sug Lee et al.     Sodium rechargeable batteries can be excellent alternatives to replace lithium rechargeable ones because of the high abundance and low cost of sodium; however, there is a need to …             Formation of highly toxic hydrogen cyanide upon ruby laser irradiation of the tattoo pigment phthalocyanine blue ▶     Ines Schreiver, Christoph Hutzler, Peter Laux et al.     Since laser treatment of tattoos is the favored method for the removing of no longer wanted permanent skin paintings, analytical, biokinetics and toxicological data on the …             Reflecting microscope system with a 0.99 numerical aperture designed for three-dimensional fluorescence imaging of individual molecules at cryogenic temperatures ▶     H. Inagawa, Y. Toratani, K. Motohashi et al.     We have developed a cryogenic fluorescence microscope system, the core of which is a reflecting objective that consists of spherical and aspherical mirrors. The use of an …             Low Work-function Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxylenethiophene): Poly(styrene sulfonate) as Electron-transport Layer for High-efficient and Stable Polymer Solar Cells ▶     Yong Zhang, Lie Chen, Xiaotian Hu et al.     Low-work-function poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) modified with polyethylenimine (PEIE) was used as an electron transport layer (ETL) for …             Interface Engineering through Atomic Layer Deposition towards Highly Improved Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ▶     Hao Lu, Wei Tian, Jun Guo et al.     A composite photoanode comprising ultralong ZnO nanobelts and TiO2 nanoparticles was prepared and its performance in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) was optimized and compared …             Vitroprocines, new antibiotics against Acinetobacter baumannii, discovered from marine Vibrio sp. QWI-06 using mass-spectrometry-based metabolomics approach ▶     Chih-Chuang Liaw, Pei-Chin Chen, Chao-Jen Shih et al.     A robust and convenient research strategy integrating state-of-the-art analytical techniques is needed to efficiently discover novel compounds from marine microbial resources. In …             Chlorophyll catalyse the photo-transformation of carcinogenic benzo[a]pyrene in water ▶     Lijuan Luo, Xueying Lai, Baowei Chen et al.     Algal blooms cause great damage to water quality and aquaculture. However, this study showed that dead algal cells and chlorophyll could accelerate the photo-transformation of …             Visceral fat area is associated with HbA1c but not dialysate-related glucose load in nondiabetic PD patients ▶     Li-chun Ho, Chung-Jen Yen, Chia-Ter Chao et al.     Factors associated with increased visceral fat area (VFA) have been well documented in the general population but rarely explored in nondiabetic individuals on peritoneal …             A Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Sensor Integrated with Battery-Controlled Fluidic Device for Capture and Detection of Trace Small Molecules ▶     Qitao Zhou, Guowen Meng, Peng Zheng et al.     For surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensors, one of the important issues is the development of substrates not only with high SERS-activity but also with strong ability …             Origin of anomalous giant dielectric performance in novel perovskite: Bi0.5−xLaxNa0.5−xLixTi1−yMyO3 (M = Mg2+, Ga3+) ▶     Xiao Liu, Huiqing Fan, Jing Shi et al.     Dielectric properties and dielectric relaxation behaviors of A/B sites co-substituted Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 perovskite-type ferroelectrics are reported. The Bi0.5−xLaxNa0.5−xLixTi1−yMyO3…             A Polymer Lithium-Oxygen Battery ▶     Giuseppe Antonio Elia, Jusef Hassoun     Herein we report the characteristics of a lithium-oxygen battery using a solid polymer membrane as the electrolyte separator. The polymer electrolyte, fully characterized in …                 With an Impact Factor of 9.042 and ranked 12 of 239 in Multidisciplinary Materials Science*, NPG Asia Materials  has established itself as an essential resource for the materials science community! 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