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22 December 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Chemical Sciences               In situ analysis of dynamic laminar flow extraction using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy ▶     Fei Wang, Hua-Lin Wang, Yang Qiu et al.     In this study, we performed micro-scale dynamic laminar flow extraction and site-specific in situ chloride concentration measurements. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy was …             PEDOT/PSS-Halloysite Nanotubes (HNTs) Hybrid Films: Insulating HNTs Enhance Conductivity of the PEDOT/PSS Films ▶     Hu Yan, Ping Zhang, Juan Li et al.     We have for the first time found that completely insulating Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) significantly enhance electrical conductivity of PEDOT/PSS films by simply mixing. Based …             Spatially modulated structural colour in bird feathers ▶     Andrew J. Parnell, Adam L. Washington, Oleksandr O. Mykhaylyk et al.     Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) feathers display periodic variations in the reflected colour from white through light blue, dark blue and black. We find the structures …             Formation and dissolution of microbubbles on highly-ordered plasmonic nanopillar arrays ▶     Xiumei Liu, Lei Bao, Michele Dipalo et al.     Bubble formation from plasmonic heating of nanostructures is of great interest in many applications. In this work, we study experimentally the intrinsic effects of the number of …             “Cation-Stitching Cascade”: exquisite control of terpene cyclization in cyclooctatin biosynthesis ▶     Hajime Sato, Kazuya Teramoto, Yui Masumoto et al.     Terpene cyclization is orchestrated by terpene cyclases, which are involved in the biosynthesis of various cyclic natural products, but understanding the origin and mechanism of …             Ligand-Mediated and Copper-Catalyzed C(sp3)-H Bond Functionalization of Aryl Ketones with Sodium Sulfinates under Mild Conditions ▶     Xing-Wang Lan, Nai-Xing Wang, Cui-Bing Bai et al.     A novel and convenient copper (II) bromide and 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.1]undec-7-ene (DBU) or 1,10-phenanthroline catalysis protocol for the construction of α-alkyl-β-keto sulfones …             Asymmetric light reflectance from metal nanoparticle arrays on dielectric surfaces ▶     K. Huang, W. Pan, J. F. Zhu et al.     Asymmetric light reflectance associated with localized surface plasmons excited in metal nanoparticles on a quartz substrate is observed and analyzed. This phenomenon is …             Coil-globule transition of a single semiflexible chain in slitlike confinement ▶     Liang Dai, C. Benjamin Renner, Jie Yan et al.     Single polymer chains undergo a phase transition from coiled conformations to globular conformations as the effective attraction between monomers becomes strong enough. In this …             High-density carrier-accumulated and electrically stable oxide thin-film transistors from ion-gel gate dielectric ▶     Mami N. Fujii, Yasuaki Ishikawa, Kazumoto Miwa et al.     The use of indium–gallium–zinc oxide (IGZO) has paved the way for high-resolution uniform displays or integrated circuits with transparent and flexible devices. However, …             Minimal domain of bacterial phytochrome required for chromophore binding and fluorescence ▶     Konstantin A. Rumyantsev, Daria M. Shcherbakova, Natalia I. Zakharova et al.     Fluorescent proteins (FP) are used to study various biological processes. Recently, a series of near-infrared (NIR) FPs based on bacterial phytochromes was developed. Finding …             Mapping Chemical Selection Pathways for Designing Multicomponent Alloys: an informatics framework for materials design ▶     Srikant Srinivasan, Scott R. Broderick, Ruifeng Zhang et al.     A data driven methodology is developed for tracking the collective influence of the multiple attributes of alloying elements on both thermodynamic and mechanical properties of …             Zirconia based superhydrophobic coatings on cotton fabrics exhibiting excellent durability for versatile use ▶     Indranee Das, Goutam De     A fluorinated silyl functionalized zirconia was synthesized by the sol-gel method to fabricate an extremely durable superhydrophobic coating on cotton fabrics by simple immersion …             Iron oxide nanoparticle-mediated hyperthermia stimulates dispersal in bacterial biofilms and enhances antibiotic efficacy ▶     Thuy-Khanh Nguyen, Hien T. T. Duong, Ramona Selvanayagam et al.     The dispersal phase that completes the biofilm lifecycle is of particular interest for its potential to remove recalcitrant, antimicrobial tolerant biofilm infections. Here we …             Direct Observation of Photoinduced Charge Separation in Ruthenium Complex/Ni(OH)2 Nanoparticle Hybrid ▶     Yu Tang, Brian Pattengale, John Ludwig et al.     Ni(OH)2 have emerged as important functional materials for solar fuel conversion because of their potential as cost-effective bifunctional catalysts for both hydrogen and oxygen …             Disintegration of Carbon Dioxide Molecules in a Microwave Plasma Torch ▶     Hyoung S. Kwak, Han S. Uhm, Yong C. Hong et al.     A pure carbon dioxide torch is generated by making use of 2.45 GHz microwave. Carbon dioxide gas becomes the working gas and produces a stable carbon dioxide torch. The torch …             PRINT: A Protein Bioconjugation Method with Exquisite N-terminal Specificity ▶     Surojit Sur, Yuan Qiao, Anja Fries et al.     Chemical conjugation is commonly used to enhance the pharmacokinetics, biodistribution, and potency of protein therapeutics, but often leads to non-specific modification or loss …             Substrate-Mediated Laser Ablation under Ambient Conditions for Spatially-Resolved Tissue Proteomics ▶     Benoit Fatou, Maxence Wisztorski, Cristian Focsa et al.     Numerous applications of ambient Mass Spectrometry (MS) have been demonstrated over the past decade. They promoted the emergence of various micro-sampling techniques such as …             Morphology-Dependent Electrochemical Performance of Zinc Hexacyanoferrate Cathode for Zinc-Ion Battery ▶     Leyuan Zhang, Liang Chen, Xufeng Zhou et al.     Zinc hexacyanoferrate (ZnHCF) which is a dimorphic (cubic or rhombohedral) Prussian blue analogue and can be intercalated by both monovalent and divalent ions,is a promising …             Porous three-dimensional graphene foam/Prussian blue composite for efficient removal of radioactive 137Cs ▶     Sung-Chan Jang, Yuvaraj Haldorai, Go-Woon Lee et al.     In this study, a simple one-step hydrothermal reaction is developed to prepare composite based on Prussian blue (PB)/reduced graphene oxide foam (RGOF) for efficient removal of …             A New Route for High-Purity Organic Materials: High-Pressure-Ramp-Induced Ultrafast Polymerization of 2-(Hydroxyethyl)Methacrylate ▶     E. Evlyukhin, L. Museur, M. Traore et al.     The synthesis of highly biocompatible polymers is important for modern biotechnologies and medicine. Here, we report a unique process based on a two-step high-pressure ramp (HPR) …             Photocleavable linker for the patterning of bioactive molecules ▶     Seraphine V. Wegner, Oya I. Sentürk, Joachim P. Spatz     Herein, we report the use of a versatile photocleavable nitrobenzyl linker to micropattern a wide variety of bioactive molecules and photorelease them on demand. On one end, the …             Interfacial valence electron localization and the corrosion resistance of Al-SiC nanocomposite ▶     Sareh Mosleh-Shirazi, Guomin Hua, Farshad Akhlaghi et al.     Microstructural inhomogeneity generally deteriorates the corrosion resistance of materials due to the galvanic effect and interfacial issues. However, the situation may change …             Ba1−xSrxZn2Si2O7 - A new family of materials with negative and very high thermal expansion ▶     Christian Thieme, Helmar Görls, Christian Rüssel     The compound BaZn2Si2O7 shows a high coefficient of thermal expansion up to a temperature of 280 °C, then a transition to a high temperature phase is observed. 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