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17 November 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports         Nature Publishing Group offers a free open access funding support service to enable authors to discover and apply for article processing charge funding available to them. Visit our website for further advice on the funding options available, and guidance in approaching funders and institutions, or email openaccess@nature.com for more information.            Chemical Sciences               X-ray induced dimerization of cinnamic acid: Time-resolved inelastic X-ray scattering study ▶     Juho Inkinen, Johannes Niskanen, Tuomas Talka et al.     A classic example of solid-state topochemical reactions is the ultraviolet-light induced photodimerization of α-trans-cinnamic acid (CA). Here, we report the first observation of …             Molecular Designs for Enhancement of Polarity in Ferroelectric Soft Materials ▶     Ryo Ohtani, Manabu Nakaya, Hitomi Ohmagari et al.     The racemic oxovanadium(IV) salmmen complexes, [VO((rac)-(4-X-salmmen))] (X = C12C10C5 (1), C16 (2), and C18 (3); salmmen = N,N′-monomethylenebis-salicylideneimine) with “banana …             Boron nitride encapsulated copper nanoparticles: a facile one-step synthesis and their effect on thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate ▶     Caijin Huang, Qiuwen liu, Wenjie Fan et al.     Reactivity is of great importance for metal nanoparticles used as catalysts, biomaterials and advanced sensors, but seeking for high reactivity seems to be conflict with high …             Influence of copper content on the electrocatalytic activity toward methanol oxidation of CoχCuy alloy nanoparticles-decorated CNFs ▶     Zafar Khan Ghouri, Nasser A. M. Barakat, Hak Yong Kim     In this study, CoCu alloy nanoparticles-incorporated carbon nanofibers are introduced as effective non precious electrocatalyst for methanol oxidation in alkaline medium. The …             Broadband All-Polymer Phototransistors with Nanostructured Bulk Heterojunction Layers of NIR-Sensing n-Type and Visible Light-Sensing p-Type Polymers ▶     Hyemi Han, Sungho Nam, Jooyeok Seo et al.     We report ‘broadband light-sensing’ all-polymer phototransistors with the nanostructured bulk heterojunction (BHJ) layers of visible (VIS) light-sensing electron-donating …             High catalytic activity and pollutants resistivity using Fe-AAPyr cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cell application ▶     Carlo Santoro, Alexey Serov, Claudia W. Narvaez Villarrubia et al.     For the first time, a new generation of innovative non-platinum group metal catalysts based on iron and aminoantipyrine as precursor (Fe-AAPyr) has been utilized in a …             Electrochemical and Dry Sand Impact Erosion Studies on Carbon Steel ▶     M. Y. Naz, N. I. Ismail, S. A. Sulaiman et al.     This study investigated the dry and aqueous erosion of mild steel using electrochemical and dry sand impact techniques. In dry sand impact experiments, mild steel was eroded with …             Crystallization and precipitation of phosphate from swine wastewater by magnesium metal corrosion ▶     Haiming Huang, Jiahui Liu, Yang Jiang     This paper presents a unique approach for magnesium dosage in struvite precipitation by Mg metal corrosion. The experimental results showed that using an air bubbling column …             Superior removal of arsenic from water with zirconium metal-organic framework UiO-66 ▶     Chenghong Wang, Xinlei Liu, J. Paul Chen et al.     In this study, water stable zirconium metal-organic framework (UiO-66) has been synthesized and for the first time applied as an adsorbent to remove aquatic arsenic …             Label-free colorimetric detection of mercury via Hg2+ ions-accelerated structural transformation of nanoscale metal-oxo clusters ▶     Kun Chen, Shan She, Jiangwei Zhang et al.     Mercury and its compounds are known to be extremely toxic but widely distributed in environment. Although many works have been reported to efficiently detect mercury, development …             A Holistic Multi Evidence Approach to Study the Fragmentation Behaviour of Crystalline Mannitol ▶     Jasdip S. Koner, Ali Rajabi-Siahboomi, James Bowen et al.     Mannitol is an essential excipient employed in orally disintegrating tablets due to its high palatability. However its fundamental disadvantage is its fragmentation during direct …             Dual-emissive Polymer Dots for Rapid Detection of Fluoride in Pure Water and Biological Systems with Improved Reliability and Accuracy ▶     Qiang Zhao, Chuanqi Zhang, Shujuan Liu et al.     It is of paramount importance to develop new probes that can selectively, sensitively, accurately and rapidly detect fluoride in aqueous media and biological systems, because F- …             Dissipative solitons and backfiring in the electrooxidation of CO on Pt ▶     Philipp R. Bauer, Antoine Bonnefont, Katharina Krischer     Collisions of excitation pulses in dissipative systems lead usually to their annihilation. In this paper, we report electrochemical experiments exhibiting more complex pulse …             Interface-designed Membranes with Shape-controlled Patterns for High-performance Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells ▶     Yukwon Jeon, Dong Jun Kim, Jong Kwan Koh et al.     Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell is a promising zero-emission power generator for stationary/automotive applications. However, key issues, such as performance and costs, …             Inversion of Supramolecular Chirality by Sonication-Induced Organogelation ▶     Sibaprasad Maity, Priyadip Das, Meital Reches     Natural helical structures have inspired the formation of well-ordered peptide-based chiral nanostructures in vitro. 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