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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               Physical Sciences               Shear-mediated contributions to the effective properties of soft acoustic metamaterials including negative index ▶     Derek Michael Forrester, Valerie J. Pinfield     Here we show that, for sub-wavelength particles in a fluid, viscous losses due to shear waves and their influence on neighbouring particles significantly modify the effective …             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 …             Stanene cyanide: a novel candidate of Quantum Spin Hall insulator at high temperature ▶     Wei-xiao Ji, Chang-wen Zhang, Meng Ding et al.     The search for quantum spin Hall (QSH) insulators with high stability, large and tunable gap and topological robustness, is critical for their realistic application at high …             Phosphorous Diffuser Diverged Blue Laser Diode for Indoor Lighting and Communication ▶     Yu-Chieh Chi, Dan-Hua Hsieh, Chung-Yu Lin et al.     An advanced light-fidelity (Li-Fi) system based on the blue Gallium nitride (GaN) laser diode (LD) with a compact white-light phosphorous diffuser is demonstrated for fusing the …             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 …             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 …             Graphene based widely-tunable and singly-polarized pulse generation with random fiber lasers ▶     B. C. Yao, Y. J. Rao, Z. N. Wang et al.     Pulse generation often requires a stabilized cavity and its corresponding mode structure for initial phase-locking. Contrastingly, modeless cavity-free random lasers provide new …             Quantum-to-classical crossover near quantum critical point ▶     M. Vasin, V. Ryzhov, V. M. Vinokur     A quantum phase transition (QPT) is an inherently dynamic phenomenon. However, while non-dissipative quantum dynamics is described in detail, the question, that is not thoroughly …             Low temperature superplasticity and thermal stability of a nanostructured low-carbon microalloyed steel ▶     J. Hu, L.-X. Du, G.-S. Sun et al.     We describe here for the first time the low temperature superplasticity of nanostructured low carbon steel (microalloyed with V, N, Mn, Al, Si, and Ni). Low carbon …             Fast non-Abelian geometric gates via transitionless quantum driving ▶     J. Zhang, Thi Ha Kyaw, D. M. Tong et al.     A practical quantum computer must be capable of performing high fidelity quantum gates on a set of quantum bits (qubits). In the presence of noise, the realization of such gates …             Controllable Growth of Large–Size Crystalline MoS2 and Resist-Free Transfer Assisted with a Cu Thin Film ▶     Ziyuan Lin, Yuda Zhao, Changjian Zhou et al.     Two-dimensional MoS2 is a promising material for future nanoelectronics and optoelectronics. It has remained a great challenge to grow large-size crystalline and high surface …             Charge-Transfer Induced High Efficient Hydrogen Evolution of MoS2/graphene Cocatalyst ▶     Honglin Li, Ke Yu, Chao Li et al.     The MoS2 and reduced graphite oxide (rGO) composite has attracted intensive attention due to its favorable performance as hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst, but still …             Engineering Heteromaterials to Control Lithium Ion Transport Pathways ▶     Yang Liu, Siarhei Vishniakou, Jinkyoung Yoo et al.     Safe and efficient operation of lithium ion batteries requires precisely directed flow of lithium ions and electrons to control the first directional volume changes in anode and …             Self-instability of finite sized solid-liquid interfaces ▶     L.K. Wu, B. Xu, Q.L. Li et al.     In solid-liquid systems, macroscopic solids lose their equilibrium and melt in a manner that results in overall movement of the solid-liquid interface. This phenomenon occurs …             Competition between strain and dimensionality effects on the electronic phase transitions in NdNiO3 films ▶     Le Wang, Sheng Ju, Lu You et al.     Transition metal oxides host an array of exotic electronic phases, including superconductivity, ferroelectricity, quantum spin liquid and Mott insulators. Their extreme …             Magnetic field induced flow pattern reversal in a ferrofluidic Taylor-Couette system ▶     Sebastian Altmeyer, Younghae Do, Ying-Cheng Lai     We investigate the dynamics of ferrofluidic wavy vortex flows in the counter-rotating Taylor-Couette system, with a focus on wavy flows with a mixture of the dominant azimuthal …             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 …             A Dual Role of Graphene Oxide Sheet Deposition on Titanate Nanowire Scaffolds for Osteo-implantation: Mechanical Hardener and Surface Activity Regulator ▶     Wenjun Dong, Lijuan Hou, Tingting Li et al.     Scaffold biomaterials with open pores and channels are favourable for cell growth and tissue regeneration, however the inherent poor mechanical strength and low surface activity …             Ultrasound-aided Multi-parametric Photoacoustic Microscopy of the Mouse Brain ▶     Bo Ning, Naidi Sun, Rui Cao et al.     High-resolution quantitative imaging of cerebral oxygen metabolism in mice is crucial for understanding brain functions and formulating new strategies to treat neurological …             An integrated statistical model for enhanced murine cardiomyocyte differentiation via optimized engagement of 3D extracellular matrices ▶     Jangwook P. Jung, Dongjian Hu, Ibrahim J. Domian et al.     The extracellular matrix (ECM) impacts stem cell differentiation, but identifying formulations supportive of differentiation is challenging in 3D models. Prior efforts involving …             Lignocellulose-based analytical devices: bamboo as an analytical platform for chemical detection ▶     Chen-Meng Kuan, Roger L. York, Chao-Min Cheng     This article describes the development of lignocellulose-based analytical devices (LADs) for rapid bioanalysis in low-resource settings. LADs are constructed using either a …             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, …             “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 …             Magnetically modulated critical current densities of Co/Nb hybrid ▶     Zhigang Li, Weike Wang, Li Zhang et al.     By tuning morphology and size of magnetic subsystem, ferromagnet-superconductor (F/S) hybrid system provides an effective way to modulate superconductivity due to the interaction …             Homogeneity of lithium distribution in cylinder-type Li-ion batteries ▶     A. Senyshyn, M. J. Mühlbauer, O. Dolotko et al.     Spatially-resolved neutron powder diffraction with a gauge volume of 2 × 2 × 20 mm3 has been applied as an in situ method to probe the lithium concentration in the graphite anode …             Liquid immersion thermal crosslinking of 3D polymer nanopatterns for direct carbonisation with high structural integrity ▶     Da-Young Kang, Cheolho Kim, Gyurim Park et al.     The direct pyrolytic carbonisation of polymer patterns has attracted interest for its use in obtaining carbon materials. In the case of carbonisation of nanopatterned polymers, …             Investigation of the dynamic bending properties of MoS2 thin films by interference colours ▶     Peng Wang, Si Xiao, Xiaohong Li et al.     A non-contact method for the observation of the elastic deformation of 2D molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) thin films using an ordinary optical microscope is reported. A pulsed laser …             Corrigendum: Statistical Signs of Social Influence on Suicides ▶     Hygor Piaget M. Melo, André A. Moreira, Élcio Batista et al.                 Erratum: Simultaneous excitation and emission enhancements in upconversion luminescence using plasmonic double-resonant gold nanorods ▶     Xin Liu, Dang Yuan Lei                 Erratum: Non-perturbative effects in spin glasses ▶     Michele Castellana, Giorgio Parisi                 Tunable Optical Nanoantennas Incorporating Bowtie Nanoantenna Arrays with Stimuli-Responsive Polymer ▶     Qiugu Wang, Longju Liu, Yifei Wang et al.     We report on a temperature-responsive tunable plasmonic device that incorporates coupled bowtie nanoantenna arrays (BNAs) with a submicron-thick, thermosensitive hydrogel …             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 …             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 …             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 …             Full controlling of Fano resonances in metal-slit superlattice ▶     Zi-Lan Deng, Natesan Yogesh, Xiao-Dong Chen et al.     Controlling of the lineshape of Fano resonance attracts much attention recently due to its wide capabilities for lasing, biosensing, slow-light applications and so on. However, …             Maximal Neighbor Similarity Reveals Real Communities in Networks ▶     Krista Rizman Žalik     An important problem in the analysis of network data is the detection of groups of densely interconnected nodes also called modules or communities. Community structure reveals …             Super-resolution optical telescopes with local light diffraction shrinkage ▶     Changtao Wang, Dongliang Tang, Yanqin Wang et al.     Suffering from giant size of objective lenses and infeasible manipulations of distant targets, telescopes could not seek helps from present super-resolution imaging, such as …             A robust, melting class bulk superhydrophobic material with heat-healing and self-cleaning properties ▶     S. Ramakrishna, K. S. Santhosh Kumar, Dona Mathew et al.     Superhydrophobic (SH) materials are essential for a myriad of applications such as anti-icing and self-cleaning due to their extreme water repellency. A single, robust material …             Growth and Stress-induced Transformation of Zinc blende AlN Layers in Al-AlN-TiN Multilayers ▶     Nan Li, Satyesh K. Yadav, Jian Wang et al.     AlN nanolayers in sputter deposited {111}Al/AlN/TiN multilayers exhibit the metastable zinc-blende-structure (z-AlN). Based on density function theory calculations, the growth of …             Mode-evolution-based polarization rotation and coupling between silicon and hybrid plasmonic waveguides ▶     Sangsik Kim, Minghao Qi     Hybrid plasmonic (HP) modes allow strong optical field confinement and simultaneously low propagation loss, offering a potentially compact and efficient platform for on-chip …             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 …             Spatial resolution effect of light coupling structures ▶     Juntao Li, Kezheng Li, Christian Schuster et al.     The coupling of light between free space and thin film semiconductors is an essential requirement of modern optoelectronic technology. For monochromatic and single mode devices, …             The effect of magnetic field on chiral transmission in p-n-p graphene junctions ▶     Yuan Li, Qi Wan, Yingzi Peng et al.     We investigate Klein tunneling in graphene heterojunctions under the influence of a perpendicular magnetic field via the non-equilibrium Green’s function method. We find that the …             In-Situ Probing Plasmonic Energy Transfer in Cu(In, Ga)Se2 Solar Cells by Ultrabroadband Femtosecond Pump-Probe Spectroscopy ▶     Shih-Chen Chen, Kaung-Hsiung Wu, Jia-Xing Li et al.     In this work, we demonstrated a viable experimental scheme for in-situ probing the effects of Au nanoparticles (NPs) incorporation on plasmonic energy transfer in Cu(In, Ga)Se2 …             Anomalous Tunnel Magnetoresistance and Spin Transfer Torque in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions with Embedded Nanoparticles ▶     Arthur Useinov, Lin-Xiu Ye, Niazbeck Useinov et al.     The tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) in the magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) with embedded nanoparticles (NPs) was calculated in range of the quantum-ballistic model. The simulation …             High-temperature superconductivity from fine-tuning of Fermi-surface singularities in iron oxypnictides ▶     A. Charnukha, D. V. Evtushinsky, C. E. Matt et al.     In the family of the iron-based superconductors, the REFeAsO-type compounds (with RE being a rare-earth metal) exhibit the highest bulk superconducting transition temperatures (Tc…             Speckle lithography for fabricating Gaussian, quasi-random 2D structures and black silicon structures ▶     Jayachandra Bingi, Vadakke Matham Murukeshan     Laser speckle pattern is a granular structure formed due to random coherent wavelet interference and generally considered as noise in optical systems including photolithography. …             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 …             A Fluorescent Tile DNA Diagnocode System for In Situ Rapid and Selective Diagnosis of Cytosolic RNA Cancer Markers ▶     Kyung Soo Park, Seung Won Shin, Min Su Jang et al.     Accurate cancer diagnosis often requires extraction and purification of genetic materials from cells, and sophisticated instrumentations that follow. Otherwise in order to …             Gas-generated thermal oxidation of a coordination cluster for an anion-doped mesoporous metal oxide ▶     Kenji Hirai, Shigehito Isobe, Kazuki Sada     Central in material design of metal oxides is the increase of surface area and control of intrinsic electronic and optical properties, because of potential applications for …             Direct observation of laser guided corona discharges ▶     Tie-Jun Wang, Yingxia Wei, Yaoxiang Liu et al.     Laser based lightning control holds a promising way to solve the problem of the long standing disaster of lightning strikes. But it is a challenging project due to insufficient …             Wireless fluorescence capsule for endoscopy using single photon-based detection ▶     Mohammed A. Al-Rawhani, James Beeley, David R. S. Cumming     Fluorescence Imaging (FI) is a powerful technique in biological science and clinical medicine. Current FI devices that are used either for in-vivo or in-vitro studies are …             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 …             DNA-Directed Assembly of Nanogold Dimers: A Unique Dynamic Light Scattering Sensing Probe for Transcription Factor Detection ▶     Nianjia Seow, Yen Nee Tan, Lin-Yue Lanry Yung et al.     We have developed a unique DNA-assembled gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) dimer for dynamic light scattering (DLS) sensing of transcription factors, exemplified by estrogen receptor …             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 …             Compact Wireless Microscope for In-Situ Time Course Study of Large Scale Cell Dynamics within an Incubator ▶     Di Jin, Dennis Wong, Junxiang Li et al.     Imaging of live cells in a region of interest is essential to life science research. Unlike the traditional way that mounts CO2 incubator onto a bulky microscope for observation, …             Deformability of Tumor Cells versus Blood Cells ▶     Josephine Shaw Bagnall, Sangwon Byun, Shahinoor Begum et al.     The potential for circulating tumor cells (CTCs) to elucidate the process of cancer metastasis and inform clinical decision-making has made their isolation of great importance. …             A Revisit to High Thermoelectric Performance of Single-layer MoS2 ▶     Zelin Jin, Quanwen Liao, Haisheng Fang et al.     Both electron and phonon transport properties of single layer MoS2 (SLMoS2) are studied. Based on first-principles calculations, the electrical conductivity of SLMoS2 is …             The realization of the dipole (γ, γ) method and its application to determine the absolute optical oscillator strengths of helium ▶     Long-Quan Xu, Ya-Wei Liu, Xu Kang et al.     The dipole (γ, γ) method, which is the inelastic x-ray scattering operated at a negligibly small momentum transfer, is proposed and realized to determine the absolute optical …             Quantum correlations which imply causation ▶     Joseph F. Fitzsimons, Jonathan A. Jones, Vlatko Vedral     In ordinary, non-relativistic, quantum physics, time enters only as a parameter and not as an observable: a state of a physical system is specified at a given time and then …             Self-immunity microcapsules for corrosion protection of steel bar in reinforced concrete ▶     Yanshuai Wang, Guohao Fang, Weijian Ding et al.     A novel microcapsule-based self-immunity system for reinforced concrete is proposed. Its feasibility for hindering the corrosion of steel rebar by means of lifting the threshold …             Development of a real-time flexible multiphoton microendoscope for label-free imaging in a live animal ▶     Guillaume Ducourthial, Pierre Leclerc, Tigran Mansuryan et al.     We present a two-photon microendoscope capable of in vivo label-free deep-tissue high-resolution fast imaging through a very long optical fiber. First, an advanced light-pulse …             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 …             Examining the Effects of Stiffness and Mass Difference on the Thermal Interface Conductance Between Lennard-Jones Solids ▶     Kiarash Gordiz, Asegun Henry     To date, the established methods that describe thermal interface conductance (TIC) and include mode-level dependence have not included anharmonicity. The current intuition is …             Fully epitaxial C1b-type NiMnSb half-Heusler alloy films for current-perpendicular-to-plane giant magnetoresistance devices with a Ag spacer ▶     Zhenchao Wen, Takahide Kubota, Tatsuya Yamamoto et al.     Remarkable magnetic and spin-dependent transport properties arise from well-designed spintronic materials and heterostructures. Half-metallic Heusler alloys with high spin …             Giant barocaloric effect in hexagonal Ni2In-type Mn-Co-Ge-In compounds around room temperature ▶     Rong-Rong Wu, Li-Fu Bao, Feng-Xia Hu et al.     The most widespread cooling techniques based on gas compression/expansion encounter environmental problems. Thus, tremendous effort has been dedicated to develop alternative …             Self-assembled honeycomb lattice in the monolayer of cyclic thiazyl diradical BDTDA (= 4,4′-bis(1,2,3,5-dithiadiazolyl)) on Cu(111) with a zero-bias tunneling spectra anomaly ▶     Masayuki Yamamoto, Rie Suizu, Sudipta Dutta et al.     Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) observation reveals that a cyclic thiazyl diradical, BDTDA (= 4,4′-bis(1,2,3,5-dithiadiazolyl)), forms a well-ordered monolayer honeycomb …             Paving the way to nanoionics: atomic origin of barriers for ionic transport through interfaces ▶     M. A. Frechero, M. Rocci, G. Sánchez-Santolino et al.     The blocking of ion transport at interfaces strongly limits the performance of electrochemical nanodevices for energy applications. The barrier is believed to arise from …             Albumin adsorption on CoCrMo alloy surfaces ▶     Yu Yan, Hongjuan Yang, Yanjing Su et al.     Proteins can adsorb on the surface of artificial joints immediately after being implanted. Although research studying protein adsorption on medical material surfaces has been …             Observation of an atomic exchange bias effect in DyCo4 film ▶     Kai Chen, Dieter Lott, Florin Radu et al.     The fundamental important and technologically widely employed exchange bias effect occurs in general in bilayers of magnetic thin films consisting of antiferromagnetic and …             Critical field enhancement of asymptotic optical bound states in the continuum ▶     Jae Woong Yoon, Seok Ho Song, Robert Magnusson     We study spectral singularities and critical field enhancement factors associated with embedded photonic bound states in subwavelength periodic Si films. Ultrahigh-Q resonances …             Estimating the Attack Ratio of Dengue Epidemics under Time-varying Force of Infection using Aggregated Notification Data ▶     Flavio Codeço Coelho, Luiz Max de Carvalho     Quantifying the attack ratio of disease is key to epidemiological inference and public health planning. For multi-serotype pathogens, however, different levels of …             Reconfigurable Solid-state Dye-doped Polymer Ring Resonator Lasers ▶     Hengky Chandrahalim, Xudong Fan     This paper presents wavelength configurable on-chip solid-state ring lasers fabricated by a single-mask standard lithography. The single- and coupled-ring resonator hosts were …             Highly Flexible and Conductive Printed Graphene for Wireless Wearable Communications Applications ▶     Xianjun Huang, Ting Leng, Mengjian Zhu et al.     In this paper, we report highly conductive, highly flexible, light weight and low cost printed graphene for wireless wearable communications applications. As a proof of concept, …             Nature of low-frequency noise in homogeneous semiconductors ▶     Vilius Palenskis, Kęstutis Maknys     This report deals with a 1/f noise in homogeneous classical semiconductor samples on the base of silicon. We perform detail calculations of resistance fluctuations of the silicon …             Physical Modeling of Gate-Controlled Schottky Barrier Lowering of Metal-Graphene Contacts in Top-Gated Graphene Field-Effect Transistors ▶     Ling-Feng Mao, Huansheng Ning, Zong-Liang Huo et al.     A new physical model of the gate controlled Schottky barrier height (SBH) lowering in top-gated graphene field-effect transistors (GFETs) under saturation bias condition is …             Orientation-distribution mapping of polycrystalline materials by Raman microspectroscopy ▶     T. Schmid, N. Schäfer, S. Levcenko et al.     Raman microspectroscopy provides the means to obtain local orientations on polycrystalline materials at the submicrometer level. The present work demonstrates how …             Heterogeneous distribution of dye-labelled biomineralizaiton proteins in calcite crystals ▶     Chuang Liu, Liping Xie, Rongqing Zhang     Biominerals are highly ordered crystals mediated by organic matters especially proteins in organisms. However, how specific proteins are distributed inside biominerals are not …             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 …             HIV-1 CCR5 gene therapy will fail unless it is combined with a suicide gene ▶     Aridaman Pandit, Rob J. de Boer     Highly active antiretroviral therapy (ART) has successfully turned Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) from a deadly pathogen into a manageable chronic infection. ART is …             Synthesis of heavy hydrocarbons at the core-mantle boundary ▶     Anatoly B. Belonoshko, Timofiy Lukinov, Anders Rosengren et al.     The synthesis of complex organic molecules with C-C bonds is possible under conditions of reduced activity of oxygen. We have found performing ab initio molecular dynamics …             Immobilization of myoglobin on Au nanoparticle-decorated carbon nanotube/polytyramine composite as a mediator-free H2O2 and nitrite biosensor ▶     A. T. Ezhil Vilian, Vediyappan Veeramani, Shen-Ming Chen et al.     A novel composite film was designed for use as a highly selective mediator-free amperometric biosensor, and a method was created for accomplishing direct electrochemistry of …             Development of a smart guide wire using an electrostrictive polymer: option for steerable orientation and force feedback ▶     F. Ganet, M. Q. Le, J. F. Capsal et al.     The development of steerable guide wire or catheter designs has been strongly limited by the lack of enabling actuator technologies. This paper presents the properties of an …             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 …             Effect of edge pruning on structural controllability and observability of complex networks ▶     Simachew Abebe Mengiste, Ad Aertsen, Arvind Kumar     Controllability and observability of complex systems are vital concepts in many fields of science. The network structure of the system plays a crucial role in determining its …             Principles of using Cold Atmospheric Plasma Stimulated Media for Cancer Treatment ▶     Dayun Yan, Annie Talbot, Niki Nourmohammadi et al.     To date, the significant anti-cancer capacity of cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) on dozens of cancer cell lines has been demonstrated in vitro and in mice models. Conventionally, …             Mechanically Stretchable and Electrically Insulating Thermal Elastomer Composite by Liquid Alloy Droplet Embedment ▶     Seung Hee Jeong, Si Chen, Jinxing Huo et al.     Stretchable electronics and soft robotics have shown unsurpassed features, inheriting remarkable functions from stretchable and soft materials. Electrically conductive and …             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 …             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 …             Distillation of photon entanglement using a plasmonic metamaterial ▶     Motoki Asano, Muriel Bechu, Mark Tame et al.     Plasmonics is a rapidly emerging platform for quantum state engineering with the potential for building ultra-compact and hybrid optoelectronic devices. Recent experiments have …             Hierarchical honeycomb auxetic metamaterials ▶     Davood Mousanezhad, Sahab Babaee, Hamid Ebrahimi et al.     Most conventional materials expand in transverse directions when they are compressed uniaxially resulting in the familiar positive Poisson’s ratio. Here we develop a new class 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) …             Local structural distortion and electrical transport properties of Bi(Ni1/2Ti1/2)O3 perovskite under high pressure ▶     Jinlong Zhu, Liuxiang Yang, Hsiu-Wen Wang et al.     Perovskite-structure materials generally exhibit local structural distortions that are distinct from long-range, average crystal structure. The characterization of such …             Magnetoelectricity coupled exchange bias in BaMnF4 ▶     Shuang Zhou, Ji Wang, Xiaofeng Chang et al.     Multiferroic BaMnF4 powder was prepared by hydrothermal method. Hysteretic field dependent magnetization curve at 5 K confirms the weak ferromagnetism aroused from the canted …             Non-local Optical Topological Transitions and Critical States in Electromagnetic Metamaterials ▶     Satoshi Ishii, Evgenii Narimanov     Just as the topology of the Fermi surface defines the properties of the free electrons in metals and semiconductors, the geometry of the iso-frequency surface in the phase space …             Robust High-performance Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Based on Ionic Liquid-sulfolane Composite Electrolytes ▶     Genevieve P. S. Lau, Jean-David Décoppet, Thomas Moehl et al.     Novel ionic liquid-sulfolane composite electrolytes based on the 1,2,3-triazolium family of ionic liquids were developed for dye-sensitized solar cells. The best performing …             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 …             Self-assembly preparation of SiO2@Ni-Al layered double hydroxide composites and their enhanced electrorheological characteristics ▶     Xuqiang Ji, Wenling Zhang, Lei Shan et al.     The core-shell structured SiO2@Ni-Al layered double hydroxide (LDH) composites were prepared via self-assembly of Ni-Al LDH on the surface of SiO2 spheres. Only coating a layer …             The impact of natural modes in plasmonic imaging ▶     Angela Demetriadou     Plasmonic imaging is crucial for understanding cellular behaviours for biological sciences, where is used to image and track organelles in cells, such as DNA and virus molecules. …             Nanoscale Kerr Nonlinearity Enhancement Using Spontaneously Generated Coherence in Plasmonic Nanocavity ▶     Hongyi Chen, Juanjuan Ren, Ying Gu et al.     The enhancement of the optical nonlinear effects at nanoscale is important in the on-chip optical information processing. We theoretically propose the mechanism of the great Kerr …             Parallel charge sheets of electron liquid and gas in La0.5Sr0.5TiO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures ▶     X. Renshaw Wang, L. Sun, Z. Huang et al.     We show here a new phenomenon in La0.5Sr0.5TiO3/SrTiO3 (LSTO/STO) heterostructures; that is a coexistence of three-dimensional electron liquid (3DEL) and 2D electron gas (2DEG), …             Dimpled elastic sheets: a new class of non-porous negative Poisson’s ratio materials ▶     Farhad Javid, Evelyne Smith-Roberge, Matthew C. Innes et al.     In this study, we report a novel periodic material with negative Poisson’s ratio (also called auxetic materials) fabricated by denting spherical dimples in an elastic flat sheet. …             Space-charge Effect on Electroresistance in Metal-Ferroelectric-Metal capacitors ▶     Bo Bo Tian, Yang Liu, Liu Fang Chen et al.     Resistive switching through electroresistance (ER) effect in metal-ferroelectric-metal (MFM) capacitors has attracted increasing interest due to its potential applications as …             Production of Oxidation-Resistant Cu-Based Nanoparticles by Wire Explosion ▶     Go Kawamura, Samuel Alvarez, Ian E. Stewart et al.     The low performance or high cost of commercially available conductive inks limits the advancement of printed electronics. This article studies the explosion of metal wires in …             High performance polymer tandem solar cell ▶     Wilson Jose da Silva, Fabio Kurt Schneider, Abd. Rashid bin Mohd Yusoff et al.     A power conversion efficiency of 9.02% is obtained for a fully solution-processed polymer tandem solar cell, based on the diketopyrrolopyrrole unit polymer as a low bandgap …             The principle and physical models of novel jetting dispenser with giant magnetostrictive and a magnifier ▶     C. Zhou, J.H. Li, J.A. Duan et al.     In order to develop jetting technologies of glue in LED and microelectronics packaging, giant-magnetostrictive-material (GMM) is firstly applied to increase jetting response, and …             Novel Iron-based ternary amorphous oxide semiconductor with very high transparency, electronic conductivity, and mobility ▶     A. Malasi, H. Taz, A. Farah et al.     Here we report that ternary metal oxides of type (Me)2O3 with the primary metal (Me) constituent being Fe (66 atomic (at.) %) along with the two Lanthanide elements Tb (10 at.%) …             Controllable Fabrication and Optical Properties of Uniform Gadolinium Oxysulfate Hollow Spheres ▶     Fashen Chen, Gen Chen, Tao Liu et al.     Uniform gadolinium oxysulfate (Gd2O2SO4) hollow spheres were successfully fabricated by calcination of corresponding Gd-organic precursor obtained via a facile hydrothermal …             Ion beam nanopatterning of III-V semiconductors: consistency of experimental and simulation trends within a chemistry-driven theory ▶     O. El-Atwani, S. A. Norris, K. Ludwig et al.     Several proposed mechanisms and theoretical models exist concerning nanostructure evolution on III-V semiconductors (particularly GaSb) via ion beam irradiation. However, making …             Twinning of cubic diamond explains reported nanodiamond polymorphs ▶     Péter Németh, Laurence A. J. Garvie, Peter R. Buseck     The unusual physical properties and formation conditions attributed to h-, i-, m-, and n-nanodiamond polymorphs has resulted in their receiving much attention in the materials …             Stochasticity and homeostasis in the E. coli replication and division cycle ▶     Aileen Adiciptaningrum, Matteo Osella, M. Charl Moolman et al.     How cells correct for stochasticity to coordinate the chromosome replication and cellular division cycle is poorly understood. We used time-lapse microscopy and fluorescently …             MCO Membranes: Enhanced Selectivity in High-Flux Class ▶     Adriana Boschetti-de-Fierro, Manuel Voigt, Markus Storr et al.     Novel MCO high-flux membranes for hemodialysis have been developed with optimized permeability, allowing for filtration close to that of the natural kidney. A comprehensive in …             Development of a pneumatically driven active cover lid for multi-well microplates for use in perfusion three-dimensional cell culture ▶     Song-Bin Huang, Dean Chou, Yu-Han Chang et al.     Before microfluidic-based cell culture models can be practically utilized for bioassays, there is a need for a transitional cell culture technique that can improve conventional …             Graphene flakes under controlled biaxial deformation ▶     Charalampos Androulidakis, Emmanuel N. Koukaras, John Parthenios et al.     Thin membranes, such as monolayer graphene of monoatomic thickness, are bound to exhibit lateral buckling under uniaxial tensile loading that impairs its mechanical behaviour. In …             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 …             Self-assembly of Carbon Vacancies in Sub-stoichiometric ZrC1−x ▶     Yanhui Zhang, Bin Liu, Jingyang Wang     Sub-stoichiometric interstitial compounds, including binary transition metal carbides (MC1−x), maintain structural stability even if they accommodate abundant anion vacancies. …             Manipulation of Dirac Cones in Mechanical Graphene ▶     Toshikaze Kariyado, Yasuhiro Hatsugai     Recently, quantum Hall state analogs in classical mechanics attract much attention from topological points of view. Topology is not only for mathematicians but also quite useful …             Synergistic multi-doping effects on the Li7La3Zr2O12 solid electrolyte for fast lithium ion conduction ▶     Dong Ok Shin, Kyungbae Oh, Kwang Man Kim et al.     Here, we investigate the doping effects on the lithium ion transport behavior in garnet Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) from the combined experimental and theoretical approach. The …             Low-Temperature Selective Growth of Tungsten Oxide Nanowires by Controlled Nanoscale Stress Induction ▶     Hyungjoo Na, Youngkee Eun, Min-Ook Kim et al.     We report a unique approach for the patterned growth of single-crystalline tungsten oxide (WOx) nanowires based on localized stress-induction. Ions implanted into the desired …             Single particle optical extinction and scattering allows real time quantitative characterization of drug payload and degradation of polymeric nanoparticles ▶     M. A. C. Potenza, T. Sanvito, S. Argentiere et al.     The behavior of nanoparticles in biological systems is determined by their dimensions, size distribution, shape, surface chemistry, density, drug loading and stability; the …             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. This high …             Realizing Broadband and Invertible Linear-to-circular Polarization Converter with Ultrathin Single-layer Metasurface ▶     Zhancheng Li, Wenwei Liu, Hua Cheng et al.     The arbitrary control of the polarization states of light has attracted the interest of the scientific community because of the wide range of modern optical applications that …             Modified box dimension and average weighted receiving time on the weighted fractal networks ▶     Meifeng Dai, Yanqiu Sun, Shuxiang Shao et al.     In this paper a family of weighted fractal networks, in which the weights of edges have been assigned to different values with certain scale, are studied. For the case of the …             Black Phosphorus Transistors with Near Band Edge Contact Schottky Barrier ▶     Zhi-Peng Ling, Soumya Sakar, Sinu Mathew et al.     Black phosphorus (BP) is a new class of 2D material which holds promise for next generation transistor applications owing to its intrinsically superior carrier mobility …             Discrimination of two-qubit unitaries via local operations and classical communication ▶     Joonwoo Bae     Distinguishability is a fundamental and operational measure generally connected to information applications. In quantum information theory, from the postulates of quantum …             A Microperfusion and In-Bore Oxygenator System Designed for Magnetic Resonance Microscopy Studies on Living Tissue Explants ▶     Jeremy J. Flint, Kannan Menon, Brian Hansen et al.     Spectrometers now offer the field strengths necessary to visualize mammalian cells but were not designed to accommodate imaging of live tissues. As such, spectrometers pose …             Understanding hydrothermal transformation from Mn2O3 particles to Na0.55Mn2O4·1.5H2O nanosheets, nanobelts, and single crystalline ultra-long Na4Mn9O18 nanowires ▶     Yohan Park, Sung Woo Lee, Ki Hyeon Kim et al.     Manganese oxides are one of the most valuable materials for batteries, fuel cells and catalysis. Herein, we report the change in morphology and phase of as-synthesized Mn2O3 by …             Coherent controlization using superconducting qubits ▶     Nicolai Friis, Alexey A. Melnikov, Gerhard Kirchmair et al.     Coherent controlization, i.e., coherent conditioning of arbitrary single- or multi-qubit operations on the state of one or more control qubits, is an important ingredient for the …             DeFiNe: an optimisation-based method for robust disentangling of filamentous networks ▶     David Breuer, Zoran Nikoloski     Thread-like structures are pervasive across scales, from polymeric proteins to root systems to galaxy filaments, and their characteristics can be readily investigated in the …             Enhanced thermoelectric performance of β-Zn4Sb3 based nanocomposites through combined effects of density of states resonance and carrier energy filtering ▶     Tianhua Zou, Xiaoying Qin, Yongsheng Zhang et al.     It is a major challenge to elevate the thermoelectric figure of merit ZT of materials through enhancing their power factor (PF) and reducing the thermal conductivity at the same …             Distinct promoter activation mechanisms modulate noise-driven HIV gene expression ▶     Arvind K. Chavali, Victor C. Wong, Kathryn Miller-Jensen     Latent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections occur when the virus occupies a transcriptionally silent but reversible state, presenting a major obstacle to cure. There is …                 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. 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