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27 October 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Chemical Sciences               Chelating effect in short polymers for the design of bidentate binders of increased affinity and selectivity ▶     Sara Fortuna, Federico Fogolari, Giacinto Scoles     The design of new strong and selective binders is a key step towards the development of new sensing devices and effective drugs. Both affinity and selectivity can be increased …             Aluminum plasmonic photocatalysis ▶     Qi Hao, Chenxi Wang, Hao Huang et al.     The effectiveness of photocatalytic processes is dictated largely by plasmonic materials with the capability to enhance light absorption as well as the energy conversion …             Gold Nanoparticle Aggregation as a Probe of Antifreeze (Glyco) Protein-Inspired Ice Recrystallization Inhibition and Identification of New IRI Active Macromolecules ▶     Daniel E. Mitchell, Thomas Congdon, Alison Rodger et al.     Antifreeze (glyco)proteins are found in polar fish species and act to slow the rate of growth of ice crystals; a property known as ice recrystallization inhibition. The ability …             Thermodynamics of protein denaturation at temperatures over 100 °C: CutA1 mutant proteins substituted with hydrophobic and charged residues ▶     Yoshinori Matsuura, Michiyo Takehira, Yasumasa Joti et al.     Although the thermodynamics of protein denaturation at temperatures over 100 °C is essential for the rational design of highly stable proteins, it is not understood well because …             Exploration of tetrahedral structures in silicate cathodes using a motif-network scheme ▶     Xin Zhao, Shunqing Wu, Xiaobao Lv et al.     Using a motif-network search scheme, we studied the tetrahedral structures of the dilithium/disodium transition metal orthosilicates A2MSiO4 with A = Li or Na and M = Mn, Fe or …             The roles of lithium-philic giant nitrogen-doped graphene in protecting micron-sized silicon anode from fading ▶     Xiaoxu Liu, Dongliang Chao, Qiang Zhang et al.     A stable Si-based anode with a high initial coulombic efficiency (ICE) for lithium-ion batteries (LIB) is critical for energy storage. In the present paper, a new scalable method …             Gas Evolution in Operating Lithium-Ion Batteries Studied In Situ by Neutron Imaging ▶     Barbara Michalak, Heino Sommer, David Mannes et al.     Gas generation as a result of electrolyte decomposition is one of the major issues of high-performance rechargeable batteries. Here, we report the direct observation of gassing …             Term rules for simple metal clusters ▶     Daisuke Yoshida, Hannes Raebiger     Hund’s term rules are only valid for isolated atoms, but have no generalization for molecules or clusters of several atoms. We present a benchmark calculation of Al2 and Al3, for …             Enhanced Dispersion of TiO2 Nanoparticles in a TiO2/PEDOT:PSS Hybrid Nanocomposite via Plasma-Liquid Interactions ▶     Yazi Liu, Dan Sun, Sadegh Askari et al.     A facile method to synthesize a TiO2/PEDOT:PSS hybrid nanocomposite material in aqueous solution through direct current (DC) plasma processing at atmospheric pressure and room …             Graphene-supported Pd catalyst for highly selective hydrogenation of resorcinol to 1, 3-cyclohexanedione through giant π-conjugate interactions ▶     Zuojun Wei, Ruofei Pan, Yaxin Hou et al.     The selective hydrogenation of resorcinol (RES) to 1, 3-cyclohexanedione (1,3-CHD) without the addition of alkali is a big challenge. In this article, a novel reduced graphene …             Multiple Simulated Annealing-Molecular Dynamics (MSA-MD) for Conformational Space Search of Peptide and Miniprotein ▶     Ge-Fei Hao, Wei-Fang Xu, Sheng-Gang Yang et al.     Protein and peptide structure predictions are of paramount importance for understanding their functions, as well as the interactions with other molecules. However, the use of …             Right handed chiral superstructures from achiral molecules: self-assembly with a twist ▶     Anuradha, Duong Duc La, Mohammad Al Kobaisi et al.     The induction and development of chiral supramolecular structures from hierarchical self-assembly of achiral compounds is closely related to the evolution of life and the chiral …             Visual Identification of Light-Driven Breakage of the Silver-Dithiocarbamate Bond by Single Plasmonic Nanoprobes ▶     Peng Fei Gao, Bin Fang Yuan, Ming Xuan Gao et al.     Insight into the nature of metal-sulfur bond, a meaningful one in life science, interface chemistry and organometallic chemistry, is interesting but challenging. By utilizing the …             Unconventional interplay between heterovalent dopant elements: Switch-and-modulator band-gap engineering in (Y, Co)-Codoped CeO2 nanocrystals ▶     T. S. Wu, H. D. Li, Y. W. Chen et al.     We report the experimental observation and theoretical explanation of an unconventional interplay between divalent Co and trivalent Y dopants, both of which incur oxygen …             Kinetic surface roughening and wafer bow control in heteroepitaxial growth of 3C-SiC on Si(111) substrates ▶     Li Wang, Glenn Walker, Jessica Chai et al.     A thin, chemically inert 3C-SiC layer between GaN and Si helps not only to avoid the “melt-back” effect, but also to inhibit the crack generation in the grown GaN layers. The …             A Novel Physical Approach for Cationic–Thiolate Protected Fluorescent Gold Nanoparticles ▶     Yohei Ishida, Chaiyathat Lee, Tetsu Yonezawa     Knowledge on the synthesis of cationically charged fluorescent gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) is limited because the electrostatic repulsion between cationic ligands on the surface …             Morphology-controlled construction of hierarchical hollow hybrid SnO2@TiO2 nanocapsules with outstanding lithium storage ▶     Linzong Zhou, Hong Guo, Tingting Li et al.     A novel synthesis containing microwave-assisted HCl etching reaction and precipitating reaction is employed to prepare hierarchical hollow SnO2@TiO2 nanocapsules for anode …             Flexible and High Performance Supercapacitors Based on NiCo2O4for Wide Temperature Range Applications ▶     Ram K. Gupta, John Candler, Soubantika Palchoudhury et al.     Binder free nanostructured NiCo2O4 were grown using a facile hydrothermal technique. X-ray diffraction patterns confirmed the phase purity of NiCo2O4. 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