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15 December 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports         An open access, online-only, multidisciplinary research journal dedicated to publishing the most important scientific advances in the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering fields that are facilitated by spaceflight and analogue platforms. Explore the benefits of submitting your next research article.           Physical Sciences               Isotope effect on the circular dichroism spectrum of methyl α-D-glucopyranoside in aqueous solution ▶     Yusuke Kanematsu, Yukiko Kamiya, Koichi Matsuo et al.     H/D isotope effect on the circular dichroism spectrum of methyl α-D-glucopyranoside in aqueous solution has been analyzed by multicomponent density functional theory calculations …             Enhanced exchange bias and improved ferromagnetic properties in Permalloy–BiFe0.95Co0.05O3 core–shell nanostructures ▶     K. Javed, W. J. Li, S. S. Ali et al.     Hybrid core–shell nanostructures consisting of permalloy (Ni80Fe20) and multiferroic(BiFeO3, BFO/BiFe0.95Co0.05O3, BFC) materials were synthesized by a two-step method, based on …             Quantum secured gigabit optical access networks ▶     Bernd Fröhlich, James F. Dynes, Marco Lucamarini et al.     Optical access networks connect multiple endpoints to a common network node via shared fibre infrastructure. They will play a vital role to scale up the number of users in …             A squeezed light source operated under high vacuum ▶     Andrew R. Wade, Georgia L. Mansell, Sheon S. Y. Chua et al.     Non-classical squeezed states of light are becoming increasingly important to a range of metrology and other quantum optics applications in cryptography, quantum computation and …             Facile Isolation of Adsorbent-Free Long and Highly-Pure Chirality-Selected Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Using A Hydrogen-bonding Supramolecular Polymer ▶     Fumiyuki Toshimitsu, Naotoshi Nakashima     The ideal form of semiconducting-single-walled carbon nanotubes (sem-SWNTs) for science and technology is long, defect-free, chirality pure and chemically pure isolated narrow …             Coincident-site lattice matching during van der Waals epitaxy ▶     Jos E. Boschker, Lauren A. Galves, Timur Flissikowski et al.     Van der Waals (vdW) epitaxy is an attractive method for the fabrication of vdW heterostructures. Here Sb2Te3 films grown on three different kind of graphene substrates (monolayer …             Yb- and Er-doped fiber laser Q-switched with an optically uniform, broadband WS2 saturable absorber ▶     M. Zhang, Guohua Hu, Guoqing Hu et al.     We demonstrate a ytterbium (Yb) and an erbium (Er)-doped fiber laser Q-switched by a solution processed, optically uniform, few-layer tungsten disulfide saturable absorber (WS2…             Time-resolved X-ray Tracking of Expansion and Compression Dynamics in Supersaturating Ion-Networks ▶     Y. Matsushita, H. Sekiguchi, K. Ichiyanagi et al.     Supersaturation of a solution system is a metastable state containing more solute than can be normally solubilized. Moreover, this condition is thermodynamically important for a …             Novel Flower-like Nickel Sulfide as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Non-aqueous Lithium-Air Batteries ▶     Zhong Ma, Xianxia Yuan, Zhenlin Zhang et al.     In this paper, metal sulfide materials have been explored for the first time as a new choice of bifunctional cathode electrocatalyst materials for non-aqueous lithium-air …             An efficient planar accordion-shaped micromixer: from biochemical mixing to biological application ▶     Armando Cosentino, Hojjat Madadi, Paola Vergara et al.     Micromixers are the key component that allow lab-on-a-chip and micro total analysis systems to reach the correct level of mixing for any given process. This paper proposes a …             Applications of gradient index metamaterials in waveguides ▶     Yangyang Fu, Yadong Xu, Huanyang Chen     In this letter, we find that gradient index metamaterials (GIMs) could be utilized to manipulate wave propagation in waveguides. Through manipulating the conversion between …             Landau damping effects in the synchronization of conformist and contrarian oscillators ▶     Tian Qiu, Yue Zhang, Jie Liu et al.     Two decades ago, a phenomenon resembling Landau damping was described in the synchronization of globally coupled oscillators: the evidence of a regime where the order parameter …             Plasmon-induced strong interaction between chiral molecules and orbital angular momentum of light ▶     Tong Wu, Rongyao Wang, Xiangdong Zhang     Whether or not chiral interaction exists between the optical orbital angular momentum (OAM) and a chiral molecule remains unanswered. So far, such an interaction has not been …             Direct and accurate measurement of size dependent wetting behaviors for sessile water droplets ▶     Jimin Park, Hyung-Seop Han, Yu-Chan Kim et al.     The size-dependent wettability of sessile water droplets is an important matter in wetting science. Although extensive studies have explored this problem, it has been difficult …             Multimode fibre: Light-sheet microscopy at the tip of a needle ▶     Martin Plöschner, Věra Kollárová, Zbyněk Dostál et al.     Light-sheet fluorescence microscopy has emerged as a powerful platform for 3-D volumetric imaging in the life sciences. Here, we introduce an important step towards its use deep …             Remarkably stable amorphous metal oxide grown on Zr-Cu-Be metallic glass ▶     Ka Ram Lim, Chang Eun Kim, Young Su Yun et al.     In the present study, we investigated the role of an aliovalent dopant upon stabilizing the amorphous oxide film. We added beryllium into the Zr50Cu50 metallic glass system, and …             Manipulation of magnetization switching and tunnel magnetoresistance via temperature and voltage control ▶     Houfang Liu, Ran Wang, Peng Guo et al.     Magnetization switching between parallel and antiparallel alignments of two magnetic layers in magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) is conventionally controlled either by an external …             0.54 μm resolution two-photon interference with dispersion cancellation for quantum optical coherence tomography ▶     Masayuki Okano, Hwan Hong Lim, Ryo Okamoto et al.     Quantum information technologies harness the intrinsic nature of quantum theory to beat the limitations of the classical methods for information processing and communication. …             Reversible strain-induced magnetization switching in FeGa nanomagnets: Pathway to a rewritable, non-volatile, non-toggle, extremely low energy straintronic memory ▶     Hasnain Ahmad, Jayasimha Atulasimha, Supriyo Bandyopadhyay     We report reversible strain-induced magnetization switching between two stable/metastable states in ~300 nm sized FeGa nanomagnets delineated on a piezoelectric PMN-PT substrate. …             Graphene Based Surface Plasmon Polariton Modulator Controlled by Ferroelectric Domains in Lithium Niobate ▶     Hao Wang, Hua Zhao, Guangwei Hu et al.     We proposed a ferroelectric domain controlled graphene based surface plasmon polariton modulator. Ferroelectricity-induced electronic and optical property tuning of graphene by …             Significance of the double-layer capacitor effect in polar rubbery dielectrics and exceptionally stable low-voltage high transconductance organic transistors ▶     Chao Wang, Wen-Ya Lee, Desheng Kong et al.     Both high gain and transconductance at low operating voltages are essential for practical applications of organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). Here, we describe the …             High contrast microstructural visualization of natural acellular matrices by means of phase-based x-ray tomography ▶     Charlotte K. Hagen, Panagiotis Maghsoudlou, Giorgia Totonelli et al.     Acellular scaffolds obtained via decellularization are a key instrument in regenerative medicine both per se and to drive the development of future-generation synthetic scaffolds …             High-Throughput Non-Contact Vitrification of Cell-Laden Droplets Based on Cell Printing ▶     Meng Shi, Kai Ling, Kar Wey Yong et al.     Cryopreservation is the most promising way for long-term storage of biological samples e.g., single cells and cellular structures. Among various cryopreservation methods, …             Condensation and dissolution of nematic droplets in dispersions of colloidal rods with thermo–sensitive depletants ▶     Anna Modlińska, Ahmed M. Alsayed, Thomas Gibaud     Nematic droplets are droplets composed of elongated molecules that tend to point in the same direction but do not have any positional order. Such droplets are well known to adopt …             Influence of Water on Chemical Vapor Deposition of Ni and Co thin films from ethanol solutions of acetylacetonate precursors ▶     Theodor Weiss, Volkmar Zielasek, Marcus Bäumer     In chemical vapor deposition experiments with pulsed spray evaporation (PSE-CVD) of liquid solutions of Ni and Co acetylacetonate in ethanol as precursors, the influence of water …             Composition formulas of binary eutectics ▶     Y. P. Ma, D. D. Dong, C. Dong et al.     The present paper addresses the long-standing composition puzzle of eutectic points by introducing a new structural tool for the description of short-range-order structural unit, …             Ultrafast degradation of azo dyes catalyzed by cobalt-based metallic glass ▶     X. D. Qin, Z. W. Zhu, G. Liu et al.     Reactivity and mass loss are considered mutually exclusive in conventional zero-valent metal (ZVM) technology to treat environmental contaminants. Here, we report the outstanding …             Zepto-molar electrochemical detection of Brucella genome based on gold nanoribbons covered by gold nanoblooms ▶     Amid Rahi, Naghmeh Sattarahmady, Hossein Heli     Gold nanoribbons covered by gold nanoblooms were sonoelectrodeposited on a polycrystalline gold surface at −1800 mV (vs. AgCl) with the assistance of ultrasound and co-occurrence …             Regulation of Bacterial DNA Packaging in Early Stationary Phase by Competitive DNA Binding of Dps and IHF ▶     Sin Yi Lee, Ci Ji Lim, Peter Dröge et al.     The bacterial nucleoid, a bacterial genome packed by nucleoid binding proteins, forms the physical basis for cellular processes such as gene transcription and DNA replication. …             Effects of green and red light in βL-crystallin and ovalbumin ▶     J. Horacio Espinoza, Elizabeth Reynaga-Hernández, Jaime Ruiz-García et al.     The effects of visible light on biological systems have been widely studied. In particular, the alterations of blue light on the ocular lens have recently attracted much …             Anomalous Dynamics of a Lipid Recognition Protein on a Membrane Surface ▶     Eiji Yamamoto, Antreas C. Kalli, Takuma Akimoto et al.     Pleckstrin homology (PH) domains are lipid-binding modules present in peripheral membrane proteins which interact with phosphatidyl-inositol phosphates (PIPs) in cell membranes. …             Tunable Broadband Radiation Generated Via Ultrafast Laser Illumination of an Inductively Charged Superconducting Ring ▶     John Bulmer, Thomas Bullard, Brian Dolasinski et al.     An electromagnetic transmitter typically consists of individual components such as a waveguide, antenna, power supply, and an oscillator. In this communication we circumvent …             Conservation of the pure adiabatic state in Ehrenfest dynamics of the photoisomerization of molecules ▶     Yoshiyuki Miyamoto, Yoshitaka Tateyama, Norihisa Oyama et al.     We examined real-time-propagation time-dependent density functional theory (rtp-TDDFT) coupled with molecular dynamics (MD), which uses single-particle representation of …             Origin of interfacial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in MgO/CoFe/metallic capping layer structures ▶     Shouzhong Peng, Mengxing Wang, Hongxin Yang et al.     Spin-transfer-torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) attracts extensive attentions due to its non-volatility, high density and low power consumption. The core device in …             CoxFey@C Composites with Tunable Atomic Ratios for Excellent Electromagnetic Absorption Properties ▶     Hualiang Lv, Guangbin Ji, Haiqian Zhang et al.     The shell on the nano-magnetic absorber can prevent oxidation, which is very important for its practical utilization. Generally, the nonmagnetic shell will decrease the integral …             Magnetically controlled planar hyperbolic metamaterials for subwavelength resolution ▶     Bo Han Cheng, Hong Wen Chen, Kai Jiun Chang et al.     Breaking diffraction limitation is one of the most important issues and still remains to be solved for the demand of high-density optoelectronic components, especially for the …             III-nitride tunable cup-cavities supporting quasi whispering gallery modes from ultraviolet to infrared ▶     T. V. Shubina, G. Pozina, V. N. Jmerik et al.     Rapidly developing nanophotonics needs microresonators for different spectral ranges, formed by chip-compatible technologies. In addition, the tunable ones are much in demand. …             One node driving synchronisation ▶     Chengwei Wang, Celso Grebogi, Murilo S. Baptista     Abrupt changes of behaviour in complex networks can be triggered by a single node. This work describes the dynamical fundamentals of how the behaviour of one node affects the …             A random interacting network model for complex networks ▶     Bedartha Goswami, Snehal M. Shekatkar, Aljoscha Rheinwalt et al.     We propose a RAndom Interacting Network (RAIN) model to study the interactions between a pair of complex networks. The model involves two major steps: (i) the selection of a pair …             Design of full-k-space flat bands in photonic crystals beyond the tight-binding picture ▶     Changqing Xu, Gang Wang, Zhi Hong Hang et al.     Based on a band engineering method, we propose a theoretical prescription to create a full-k-space flat band in dielectric photonic crystals covering the whole Brillouin Zone. …             Hydroxypropyl Cellulose Based Non-Volatile Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications using 1-methyl-3-propylimidazolium iodide ionic liquid ▶     Mohammad Hassan Khanmirzaei, S. Ramesh, K. Ramesh     Gel polymer electrolytes using imidazolium based ionic liquids have attracted much attention in dye-sensitized solar cell applications. Hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), sodium …             Time-resolved observation of band-gap shrinking and electron-lattice thermalization within X-ray excited gallium arsenide ▶     Beata Ziaja, Nikita Medvedev, Victor Tkachenko et al.     Femtosecond X-ray irradiation of solids excites energetic photoelectrons that thermalize on a timescale of a few hundred femtoseconds. The thermalized electrons exchange energy …             Measurement of Two-Photon Absorption Cross Section of Metal Ions by a Mass Sedimentation Approach ▶     Zhuo-Chen Ma, Qi-Dai Chen, Bing Han et al.     The photo-reduction of metal ions in solution induced by femtosecond laser is an important and novel method for fabricating three-dimensional metal microstructures. However, the …             IM3D: A parallel Monte Carlo code for efficient simulations of primary radiation displacements and damage in 3D geometry ▶     Yong Gang Li, Yang Yang, Michael P. Short et al.     SRIM-like codes have limitations in describing general 3D geometries, for modeling radiation displacements and damage in nanostructured materials. A universal, computationally …             One-step Synthesis of Few-layer WS2 by Pulsed Laser Deposition ▶     Tamie A. J. Loh, Daniel H. C. Chua, Andrew T. S. Wee     Atomically thin tungsten disulfide (WS2) has attracted much attention in recent years due its indirect-to-direct band gap transition, band gap tunability, and giant spin …             Negative differential resistance and characteristic nonlinear electromagnetic response of a Topological Insulator ▶     Ching Hua Lee, Xiao Zhang, Bochen Guan     Materials exhibiting negative differential resistance have important applications in technologies involving microwave generation, which range from motion sensing to radio …             Visible-light active conducting polymer nanostructures with superior photocatalytic activity ▶     Srabanti Ghosh, Natalie Amoin Kouame, Samy Remita et al.     The development of visible-light responsive photocatalysts would permit more efficient use of solar energy, and thus would bring sustainable solutions to many environmental …             Flexible Sensory Platform Based on Oxide-based Neuromorphic Transistors ▶     Ning Liu, Li Qiang Zhu, Ping Feng et al.     Inspired by the dendritic integration and spiking operation of a biological neuron, flexible oxide-based neuromorphic transistors with multiple input gates are fabricated on …             Dipole-allowed direct band gap silicon superlattices ▶     Young Jun Oh, In-Ho Lee, Sunghyun Kim et al.     Silicon is the most popular material used in electronic devices. However, its poor optical properties owing to its indirect band gap nature limit its usage in optoelectronic …             Reaction temperature sensing (RTS)-based control for Li-ion battery safety ▶     Guangsheng Zhang, Lei Cao, Shanhai Ge et al.     We report reaction temperature sensing (RTS)-based control to fundamentally enhance Li-ion battery safety. RTS placed at the electrochemical interface inside a Li-ion cell is …             Rapid Dissolving-Debonding Strategy for Optically Transparent Paper Production ▶     Jinbo Chen, Xiaogang Han, Zhiqiang Fang et al.     Transparent paper is an alternative substrate for electronic devices due to its unique properties. However, energy-intensive and/or time-consuming procedures currently limit the …             Preparation of wood-like structured copper with superhydrophobic properties ▶     Tianchi Wang, Guiju Liu, Jian Kong     Here, we report a method to use natural wood lauan as a template to fabricate superhydrophobic biomorphic copper on a carbon substrate (Cu/C). First, a carbon substrate with the …             Extremely Coherent Microwave Emission from Spin Torque Oscillator Stabilized by Phase Locked Loop ▶     Shingo Tamaru, Hitoshi Kubota, Kay Yakushiji et al.     Spin torque oscillator (STO) has been attracting a great deal of attention as a candidate for the next generation microwave signal sources for various modern electronics systems …             A dual role of transient receptor potential melastatin 2 channel in cytotoxicity induced by silica nanoparticles ▶     Peilin Yu, Jin Li, Jialin Jiang et al.     Silica nanoparticles (NPs) have remarkable applications. However, accumulating evidence suggests NPs can cause cellular toxicity by inducing ROS production and increasing …             pH-Triggered Molecular Alignment for Reproducible SERS Detection via an AuNP/Nanocellulose Platform ▶     Haoran Wei, Peter J. Vikesland     The low affinity of neutral and hydrophobic molecules towards noble metal surfaces hinders their detection by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Herein, we present a …             Intrinsic Localized Modes in Proteins ▶     Adrien Nicolaï, Patrice Delarue, Patrick Senet     Protein dynamics is essential for proteins to function. Here we predicted the existence of rare, large nonlinear excitations, termed intrinsic localized modes (ILMs), of the main …             Determination of the source of SHG verniers in zebrafish skeletal muscle ▶     William P. Dempsey, Nathan O. Hodas, Aaron Ponti et al.     SHG microscopy is an emerging microscopic technique for medically relevant imaging because certain endogenous proteins, such as muscle myosin lattices within muscle cells, are …             Non-linear, non-monotonic effect of nano-scale roughness on particle deposition in absence of an energy barrier: Experiments and modeling ▶     Chao Jin, Tomasz Glawdel, Carolyn L. Ren et al.     Deposition of colloidal- and nano-scale particles on surfaces is critical to numerous natural and engineered environmental, health, and industrial applications ranging from …             A Mechanistic Understanding of a Binary Additive System to Synergistically Boost Efficiency in All-Polymer Solar Cells ▶     Yu Jin Kim, Sunyong Ahn, Dong Hwan Wang et al.     All-polymer solar cells are herein presented utilizing the PBDTTT-CT donor and the P(NDI2OD-T2) acceptor with 1,8-diiodooctane (DIO) and 1-chloronaphthalene (CN) binary solvent …             Ballistic Thermal Transport in Carbyne and Cumulene with Micron-Scale Spectral Acoustic Phonon Mean Free Path ▶     Mingchao Wang, Shangchao Lin     The elastic modulus of carbyne, a one-dimensional carbon chain, was recently predicted to be much higher than graphene. Inspired by this discovery and the fundamental correlation …             Plasmonic Hot Hole Generation by Interband Transition in Gold-Polyaniline ▶     Tapan Barman, Amreen A. Hussain, Bikash Sharma et al.     Studies on hot carrier science and technology associated with various types of nanostructures are dominating today’s nanotechnology research. Here we report a novel synthesis of …             Low-temperature-grown continuous graphene films from benzene by chemical vapor deposition at ambient pressure ▶     Jisu Jang, Myungwoo Son, Sunki Chung et al.     There is significant interest in synthesizing large-area graphene films at low temperatures by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for nanoelectronic and flexible device …             Effective Energy Transfer via Plasmon-Activated High-Energy Water Promotes Its Fundamental Activities of Solubility, Ionic Conductivity, and Extraction at Room Temperature ▶     Chih-Ping Yang, Hsiao-Chien Chen, Ching-Chiung Wang et al.     Water is a ubiquitous solvent in biological, physical, and chemical processes. Unique properties of water result from water’s tetrahedral hydrogen-bonded (HB) network (THBN). The …             Image routing via atomic spin coherence ▶     Lei Wang, Jia-Xiang Sun, Meng-Xi Luo et al.     Coherent storage of optical image in a coherently-driven medium is a promising method with possible applications in many fields. In this work, we experimentally report a …             2D dynamical arrest transition in a mixed nanoparticle-phospholipid layer studied in real and momentum spaces ▶     Davide Orsi, Eduardo Guzmán, Libero Liggieri et al.     We investigate the interfacial dynamics of a 2D self-organized mixed layer made of silica nanoparticles interacting with phospholipid (DPPC) monolayers at the air/water …             Kondo peak splitting and Kondo dip induced by a local moment ▶     Pengbin Niu, Yun-Long Shi, Zhu Sun et al.     Many features like spin-orbit coupling, bias and magnetic fields applied, and so on, can strongly influence the Kondo effect. One of the consequences is Kondo peak splitting. …             Thermodynamic consequences of the kinetic nature of the glass transition ▶     Kajetan Koperwas, Andrzej Grzybowski, Satya N. Tripathy et al.     In this paper, we consider the glass transition as a kinetic process and establish one universal equation for the pressure coefficient of the glass transition temperature, dTg…             CeRu4Sn6: a strongly correlated material with nontrivial topology ▶     Martin Sundermann, Fabio Strigari, Thomas Willers et al.     Topological insulators form a novel state of matter that provides new opportunities to create unique quantum phenomena. While the materials used so far are based on …             Flame treatment of graphene oxides: cost-effective production of nanoporous graphene electrode for Lithium-ion batteries ▶     Hao-Bo Jiang, Yong-Lai Zhang, Yi Zhang et al.     A facile production of highly porous graphene foam by using flame treatment of graphene oxide (GO) is proposed. Highly porous architectures with randomly distributed micro-crack …             Ionic Liquid Directed Mesoporous Carbon Nanoflakes as an Effiencient Electrode material ▶     Lirong Kong, Wei Chen     Supercapacitors are considered to be the most promising approach to meet the pressing requirements for energy storage devices. The electrode materials for supercapacitors have …             Full Quantitative Analysis of Arbitrary Cylindrically Polarized Pulses by Using Extended Stokes Parameters ▶     Masato Suzuki, Keisaku Yamane, Kazuhiko Oka et al.     Cylindrically polarized (CP) modes are laser beam modes which have rotational symmetry of the polarization distribution around the beam axis. Considerable attention has been paid …             Strain induced topological phase transitions in monolayer honeycomb structures of group-V binary compounds ▶     Yaozhuang Nie, Mavlanjan Rahman, Daowei Wang et al.     We present first-principles calculations of electronic structures of a class of two-dimensional (2D) honeycomb structures of group-V binary compounds. Our results show these new …             Holographic leaky-wave metasurfaces for dual-sensor imaging ▶     Yun Bo Li, Lian Lin Li, Ben Geng Cai et al.     Metasurfaces have huge potentials to develop new type imaging systems due to their abilities of controlling electromagnetic waves. Here, we propose a new method for dual-sensor …             Quantitative image analysis for evaluating the abrasion resistance of nanoporous silica films on glass ▶     Karsten H. Nielsen, Stefan Karlsson, Rene Limbach et al.     The abrasion resistance of coated glass surfaces is an important parameter for judging lifetime performance, but practical testing procedures remain overly simplistic and do …             GaN Haeckelite Single-Layered Nanostructures: Monolayer and Nanotubes ▶     Dulce C. Camacho-Mojica, Florentino López-Urías     Nowadays, III-V semiconductors are interesting candidate materials for the tailoring of two dimensional (2D) graphene-like structures. These new 2D materials have attracted …             Direct Femtosecond Laser Surface Structuring with Optical Vortex Beams Generated by a q-plate ▶     Jijil JJ Nivas, Shutong He, Andrea Rubano et al.     Creation of patterns and structures on surfaces at the micro- and nano-scale is a field of growing interest. Direct femtosecond laser surface structuring with a Gaussian-like …             Random walk hierarchy measure: What is more hierarchical, a chain, a tree or a star? ▶     Dániel Czégel, Gergely Palla     Signs of hierarchy are prevalent in a wide range of systems in nature and society. One of the key problems is quantifying the importance of hierarchical organisation in the …             Circular analysis in complex stochastic systems ▶     Angelo Valleriani     Ruling out observations can lead to wrong models. This danger occurs unwillingly when one selects observations, experiments, simulations or time-series based on their outcome. In …             A mirrorless spinwave resonator ▶     Olivier Pinel, Jesse L. Everett, Mahdi Hosseini et al.     Optical resonance is central to a wide range of optical devices and techniques. In an optical cavity, the round-trip length and mirror reflectivity can be chosen to optimize the …             Switchable directional scattering of electromagnetic radiation with subwavelength asymmetric silicon dimers ▶     Pablo Albella, Toshihiko Shibanuma, Stefan A. Maier     High refractive index dielectric nanoparticles show high promise as a complementary nanophotonics platform due to compared with plasmonic nanostructures low absorption losses and …             Reactivity of Metal-Free and Metal-Associated Amyloid-β with Glycosylated Polyphenols and Their Esterified Derivatives ▶     Kyle J. Korshavn, Milim Jang, Yeon Ju Kwak et al.     Both amyloid-β (Aβ) and transition metal ions are shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), though the importance of their interactions remains …             Combined DNA, toxicological and heavy metal analyses provides an auditing toolkit to improve pharmacovigilance of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) ▶     Megan L. Coghlan, Garth Maker, Elly Crighton et al.     Globally, there has been an increase in the use of herbal remedies including traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). There is a perception that products are natural, safe and …             Influence of ionic liquid and ionic salt on protein against the reactive species generated using dielectric barrier discharge plasma ▶     Pankaj Attri, Thapanut Sarinont, Minsup Kim et al.     The presence of salts in biological solution can affect the activity of the reactive species (RS) generated by plasma, and so they can also have an influence on the …             Remote Manipulation of Droplets on a Flexible Magnetically Responsive Film ▶     Jeong Hun Kim, Seong Min Kang, Byung Jun Lee et al.     The manipulation of droplets is used in a wide range of applications, from lab-on-a-chip devices to bioinspired functional surfaces. Although a variety of droplet manipulation …             Phase separation enhanced magneto-electric coupling in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3/BaTiO3 ultra-thin films ▶     A. Alberca, C. Munuera, J. Azpeitia et al.     We study the origin of the magnetoelectric coupling in manganite films on ferroelectric substrates. We find large magnetoelectric coupling in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3/BaTiO3 ultra-thin …             Magnetic fluctuations driven insulator-to-metal transition in Ca(Ir1−xRux)O3 ▶     J. Gunasekera, L. Harriger, A. Dahal et al.     Magnetic fluctuations in transition metal oxides are a subject of intensive research because of the key role they are expected to play in the transition from the Mott insulator …             Revealing text in a complexly rolled silver scroll from Jerash with computed tomography and advanced imaging software ▶     Gry Hoffmann Barfod, John Møller Larsen, Achim Lichtenberger et al.     Throughout Antiquity magical amulets written on papyri, lead and silver were used for apotropaic reasons. While papyri often can be unrolled and deciphered, metal scrolls, …             Low temperature solution process-based defect-induced orange-red light emitting diode ▶     Pranab Biswas, Sung-Doo Baek, Sang Hoon Lee et al.     We report low-temperature solution-processed p-CuO nanorods (NRs)/n-ZnO NRs heterojunction light emitting diode (LED), exploiting the native point defects of ZnO NRs. ZnO NRs …             Magnetic ordering induced giant optical property change in tetragonal BiFeO3 ▶     Wen-Yi Tong, Hang-Chen Ding, Shi Jing Gong et al.     Magnetic ordering could have significant influence on band structures, spin-dependent transport, and other important properties of materials. Its measurement, especially for the …             Manipulating quantum information with spin torque ▶     Brian Sutton, Supriyo Datta     The use of spin torque as a substitute for magnetic fields is now well established for classical operations like the switching of a nanomagnet. What we are describing here could …             Observation of stimulated emission from a single Fe-doped AlN triangular fiber at room temperature ▶     Liangbao Jiang, Shifeng Jin, Wenjun Wang et al.     Aluminum nitride (AlN) is a well known wide-band gap semiconductor that has been widely used in fabricating various ultraviolet photo-electronic devices. Herein, we demonstrate …             Nonlinear Generation of Electromagnetic Waves through Induced Scattering by Thermal Plasma ▶     E. M. Tejero, C. Crabtree, D. D. Blackwell et al.     We demonstrate the conversion of electrostatic pump waves into electromagnetic waves through nonlinear induced scattering by thermal particles in a laboratory plasma. …             A Petal-type Chiral NADH Model: Design, Synthesis and its Asymmetric Reduction ▶     Cui-Bing Bai, Nai-Xing Wang, Yan-Jing Wang et al.     A new type of NADH model compound has been synthesized by an efficient and convenient method. This model compound exhibits high reactivity and enantioselectivity in asymmetric …             A High-Performing Sulfur-Tolerant and Redox-Stable Layered Perovskite Anode for Direct Hydrocarbon Solid Oxide Fuel Cells ▶     Hanping Ding, Zetian Tao, Shun Liu et al.     Development of alternative ceramic oxide anode materials is a key step for direct hydrocarbon solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). Several lanthanide based layered …             Quantum metrology with spin cat states under dissipation ▶     Jiahao Huang, Xizhou Qin, Honghua Zhong et al.     Quantum metrology aims to yield higher measurement precisions via quantum techniques such as entanglement. It is of great importance for both fundamental sciences and practical …             Formation of crystal-like structures and branched networks from nonionic spherical micelles ▶     Joshua J. Cardiel, Hirotoshi Furusho, Ulf Skoglund et al.     Crystal-like structures at nano and micron scales have promise for purification and confined reactions, and as starting points for fabricating highly ordered crystals for protein …             Hydrolysis of Selected Tropical Plant Wastes Catalyzed by a Magnetic Carbonaceous Acid with Microwave ▶     Tong-Chao Su, Zhen Fang, Fan Zhang et al.     In this study, magnetic carbonaceous acids were synthesized by pyrolysis of the homogeneous mixtures of glucose and magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles, and subsequent sulfonation. The …             Emission color-tuned light-emitting diode microarrays of nonpolar InxGa1–xN/GaN multishell nanotube heterostructures ▶     Young Joon Hong, Chul-Ho Lee, Jinkyoung Yoo et al.     Integration of nanostructure lighting source arrays with well-defined emission wavelengths is of great importance for optoelectronic integrated monolithic circuitry. We report on …             Partial Geometric Frustration in Inorganic Supramolecular Spin Systems with One-Dimensional Trigonally Aligned Magnetic Chains ∞1(MCl4)2− (M = Fe2+, Co2+) ▶     Xiao-Ming Jiang, Xiao-Guo Li, Ming-Jian Zhang et al.     Exploration of new spin systems with low-dimensional subunits have been of great interest in the past decades due to their interesting physical properties and potential …             Nanoporous CuS with excellent photocatalytic property ▶     Wence Xu, Shengli Zhu, Yanqin Liang et al.     We present the rational synthesis of nanoporous CuS for the first time by chemical dealloying method. The morphologies of the CuS catalysts are controlled by the composition of …             Sensitive detection of vortex-core resonance using amplitude-modulated magnetic field ▶     Xiaomin Cui, Shaojie Hu, Makoto Hidegara et al.     Understanding and manipulating the dynamic properties of the magnetic vortices stabilized in patterned ferromagnetic structures are of great interest owing to the superior …             Long-lived Aqueous Rechargeable Lithium Batteries Using Mesoporous LiTi2(PO4)3@C Anode ▶     Dan Sun, Yougen Tang, Kejian He et al.     The instability of anode materials during cycling has been greatly limiting the lifetime of aqueous rechargeable lithium batteries (ARLBs). Here, to tackle this issue, mesoporous …             PMMA interlayer-modulated memory effects by space charge polarization in resistive switching based on CuSCN-nanopyramids/ZnO-nanorods p-n heterojunction ▶     Baochang Cheng, Jie Zhao, Li Xiao et al.     Resistive switching (RS) devices are commonly believed as a promising candidate for next generation nonvolatile resistance random access memory. Here, polymethylmethacrylate …             Contrasting levels of absorption of intense femtosecond laser pulses by solids ▶     Prashant Kumar Singh, Y. Q. Cui, Amitava Adak et al.     The absorption of ultraintense, femtosecond laser pulses by a solid unleashes relativistic electrons, thereby creating a regime of relativistic optics. This has enabled exciting …             Low-Temperature, Dry Transfer-Printing of a Patterned Graphene Monolayer ▶     Sugkyun Cha, Minjeong Cha, Seojun Lee et al.     Graphene has recently attracted much interest as a material for flexible, transparent electrodes or active layers in electronic and photonic devices. However, realization of such …             MHD Stagnation-Point Flow and Heat Transfer with Effects of Viscous Dissipation, Joule Heating and Partial Velocity Slip ▶     Mohd Hafizi Mat Yasin, Anuar Ishak, Ioan Pop     The steady two-dimensional stagnation-point flow and heat transfer past a permeable stretching/shrinking sheet with effects of viscous dissipation, Joule heating and partial …             Efficient Structure Resonance Energy Transfer from Microwaves to Confined Acoustic Vibrations in Viruses ▶     Szu-Chi Yang, Huan-Chun Lin, Tzu-Ming Liu et al.     Virus is known to resonate in the confined-acoustic dipolar mode with microwave of the same frequency. However this effect was not considered in previous virus-microwave …             A neural coding scheme reproducing foraging trajectories ▶     Esther D. Gutiérrez, Juan Luis Cabrera     The movement of many animals may follow Lévy patterns. The underlying generating neuronal dynamics of such a behavior is unknown. In this paper we show that a novel discovery of …             Unfavorable Individuals in Social Gaming Networks ▶     Yichao Zhang, Guanrong Chen, Jihong Guan et al.     In social gaming networks, the current research focus has been on the origin of widespread reciprocal behaviors when individuals play non-cooperative games. In this paper, we …             Simulation of avascular tumor growth by agent-based game model involving phenotype-phenotype interactions ▶     Yong Chen, Hengtong Wang, Jiangang Zhang et al.     All tumors, both benign and metastatic, undergo an avascular growth stage with nutrients supplied by the surrounding tissue. This avascular growth process is much easier to carry …             Bolometric-Effect-Based Wavelength-Selective Photodetectors Using Sorted Single Chirality Carbon Nanotubes ▶     Suoming Zhang, Le Cai, Tongyu Wang et al.     This paper exploits the chirality-dependent optical properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes for applications in wavelength-selective photodetectors. We demonstrate that …             Exceptional surface and bulk electronic structures in a topological insulator, Bi2Se3 ▶     Deepnarayan Biswas, Sangeeta Thakur, Geetha Balakrishnan et al.     The outstanding problem in topological insulators is the bulk metallicity underneath topologically ordered surface states and the appearance of Dirac point far away from the …             Double-way spectral tunability for the control of optical nanocavity resonance ▶     Fadi I. Baida, Thierry Grosjean     Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy (SNOM) has been successful in finely tuning the optical properties of photonic crystal (PC) nanocavities. The SNOM nanoprobes proposed so …             Superluminal and stopped light due to mode coupling in confined hyperbolic metamaterial waveguides ▶     Andres D. Neira, Gregory A. Wurtz, Anatoly V. Zayats     Anisotropic metamaterials with hyperbolic dispersion can be used to design waveguides with unusual properties. We show that, in contrast to planar waveguides, geometric …             Large Stokes Shift and High Efficiency Luminescent Solar Concentrator Incorporated with CuInS2/ZnS Quantum Dots ▶     Chen Li, Wei Chen, Dan Wu et al.     Luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) incorporated with quantum dots (QDs) have been widely regarded as one of the most important development trends of cost-effective solar …             W-state Analyzer and Multi-party Measurement-device-independent Quantum Key Distribution ▶     Changhua Zhu, Feihu Xu, Changxing Pei     W-state is an important resource for many quantum information processing tasks. In this paper, we for the first time propose a multi-party measurement-device-independent quantum …             Resonating Behaviour of Nanomachined Holed Microcantilevers ▶     Giancarlo Canavese, Alessandro Ricci, Gian Carlo Gazzadi et al.     The nanofabrication of a nanomachined holed structure localized on the free end of a microcantilever is here presented, as a new tool to design micro-resonators with enhanced …             Quantification of the boron speciation in alkali borosilicate glasses by electron energy loss spectroscopy ▶     Shaodong Cheng, Guang Yang, Yanqi Zhao et al.     Transmission electron microscopy and related analytical techniques have been widely used to study the microstructure of different materials. However, few research works have been …             Selective self-assembly of adenine-silver nanoparticles forms rings resembling the size of cells ▶     Sungmoon Choi, Soonyoung Park, Seon-Ah Yang et al.     Self-assembly has played critical roles in the construction of functional nanomaterials. However, the structure of the macroscale multicomponent materials built by the …             Tuning the conductance of H2O@C60 by position of the encapsulated H2O ▶     Chengbo Zhu, Xiaolin Wang     The change of conductance of single-molecule junction in response to various external stimuli is the fundamental mechanism for the single-molecule electronic devices with …             Detection of airborne viruses using electro-aerodynamic deposition and a field-effect transistor ▶     Kyu-Tae Park, Dong-Guk Cho, Ji-Woon Park et al.     We report a technique for the detection of aerosolized viruses. Conventional field-effect-transistor (FET)-based techniques use solution-based processes, thus require antibody …             Orthogonal-band-multiplexed offset-QAM optical superchannel generation and coherent detection ▶     Zhennan Zheng, Dan Wang, Xiaoqi Zhu et al.     Nowadays the Internet not only has fast growing data traffic, but also has a fast growing number of on-line devices. This leads to high demand of capacity and flexibility of the …             Ultrafast Thermal Nonlinearity ▶     Jacob B. Khurgin, Greg Sun, Wei Ting Chen et al.     Third order nonlinear optical phenomena explored in the last half century have been predicted to find wide range of applications in many walks of life, such as all-optical …             A low cost, green method to synthesize GaN nanowires ▶     Jun-Wei Zhao, Yue-Fei Zhang, Yong-He Li et al.     The synthesis of gallium nitride nanowires (GaN NWs) by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) are successfully demonstrated in this work. The simple and green …             Bio-inspired heterogeneous composites for broadband vibration mitigation ▶     Yanyu Chen, Lifeng Wang     Structural biological materials have developed heterogeneous and hierarchical architectures that are responsible for the outstanding performance to provide protection against …             A cheap and non-destructive approach to increase coverage/loading of hydrophilic hydroxide on hydrophobic carbon for lightweight and high-performance supercapacitors ▶     Liuyang Zhang, Hao Gong     Carbon-based substrates offer unprecedented advantages in lightweight supercapacitors. However, it is still challenging to achieve high coverage or loading. Different from the …             Suspended Solid-state Membranes on Glass Chips with Sub 1-pF Capacitance for Biomolecule Sensing Applications ▶     Adrian Balan, Chen-Chi Chien, Rebecca Engelke et al.     Solid-state membranes are finding use in many applications in nanoelectronics and nanomedicine, from single molecule sensors to water filtration, and yet many of their …             One Dimensional(1D)-to-2D Crossover of Spin Correlations in the 3D Magnet ZnMn2O4 ▶     S. M. Disseler, Y. Chen, S. Yeo et al.     We report on the intriguing evolution of the dynamical spin correlations of the frustrated spinel ZnMn2O4. Inelastic neutron scattering and magnetization studies reveal that the …             Sub-second thermoplastic forming of bulk metallic glasses by ultrasonic beating ▶     Jiang Ma, Xiong Liang, Xiaoyu Wu et al.     The work proposed a novel thermoplastic forming approach–the ultrasonic beating forming (UBF) method for bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) in present work. The rapid forming approach …             High Performance All-solid Supercapacitors Based on the Network of Ultralong Manganese dioxide/Polyaniline Coaxial Nanowires ▶     Junli Zhou, Lin Yu, Wei Liu et al.     In recent years, thin, lightweight and flexible solid supercapacitors are of considerable interest as energy storage devices. Here we demonstrated all-solid supercapacitors …             Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Highly-Crumpled, Few-Layered Graphene and Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for Use as High-Performance Electrodes in Capacitive Deionization ▶     Ahmad Amiri, Goodarz Ahmadi, Mehdi Shanbedi et al.     Capacitive deionization (CDI) is a promising procedure for removing various charged ionic species from brackish water. The performance of graphene-based material in capacitive …             Thermal catalytic oxidation of octachloronaphthalene over anatase TiO2 nanomaterial and its hypothesized mechanism ▶     Guijin Su, Qianqian Li, Huijie Lu et al.     As an environmentally-green technology, thermal catalytic oxidation of octachloronaphthalene (CN-75) over anatase TiO2 nanomaterials was investigated at 300 °C. 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