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26 January 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports       Chemical Sciences               Large-scale synthesis of hybrid metal oxides through metal redox mechanism for high-performance pseudocapacitors ▶     Zhonghua Ren, Jianpeng Li, Yaqi Ren et al.     Electrochemical performance and production cost are the main concerns for the practical application of supercapacitors. Here we report a simple and universally applicable method …             Direct Synthesis of Multicolor Fluorescent Hollow Carbon Spheres Encapsulating Enriched Carbon Dots ▶     Qiao-Ling Chen, Wen-Qing Ji, Su Chen     Multicolor fluorescent hollow carbon spheres (HCSs) are fabricated by an easy one-step route of in situ pyrolysis process with the use of natural scales and collagen powders as …             Hydrophilic Mineral Coating of Membrane Substrate for Reducing Internal Concentration Polarization (ICP) in Forward Osmosis ▶     Qing Liu, Jingguo Li, Zhengzhong Zhou et al.     Internal concentration polarization (ICP) is a major issue in forward osmosis (FO) as it can significantly reduce the water flux in FO operations. It is known that a hydrophilic …             Characterization of Adsorption Enthalpy of Novel Water-Stable Zeolites and Metal-Organic Frameworks ▶     Hyunho Kim, H. Jeremy Cho, Shankar Narayanan et al.     Water adsorption is becoming increasingly important for many applications including thermal energy storage, desalination, and water harvesting. To develop such applications, it …             A Two-Photon Fluorescent Probe for Lysosomal Thiols in Live Cells and Tissues ▶     Jiangli Fan, Zhichao Han, Yao Kang et al.     Lysosome-specific fluorescent probes are exclusive to elucidate the functions of lysosomal thiols. Moreover, two-photon microscopy offers advantages of less phototoxicity, better …             Synthesis and characterization of a novel eco-friendly corrosion inhibition for mild steel in 1 M hydrochloric acid ▶     Ahmed A. Al-Amiery, Fatin A. Binti Kassim, Abdul Amir H. Kadhum et al.     The acid corrosion inhibition process of mild steel in 1 M HCl by azelaic acid dihydrazide has been investigated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), …             Lifetime of Ionic Vacancy Created in Redox Electrode Reaction Measured by Cyclotron MHD Electrode ▶     Atsushi Sugiyama, Ryoichi Morimoto, Tetsuya Osaka et al.     The lifetimes of ionic vacancies created in ferricyanide-ferrocyanide redox reaction have been first measured by means of cyclotron magnetohydrodynamic electrode, which is …             Dual strain mechanisms in a lead-free morphotropic phase boundary ferroelectric ▶     Julian Walker, Hugh Simons, Denis O. Alikin et al.     Electromechanical properties such as d33 and strain are significantly enhanced at morphotropic phase boundaries (MPBs) between two or more different crystal structures. Many …             A novel non-fluorescent excited state intramolecular proton transfer phenomenon induced by intramolecular hydrogen bonds: an experimental and theoretical investigation ▶     Hang Yin, Hui Li, Guomin Xia et al.     Two molecules, 1-hydroxypyrene-2-carbaldehyde (HP) and 1-methoxypyrene-2-carbaldehyde (MP) were explored. We investigated their photophysical properties, using experimental …             Rational steering of insulin binding specificity by intra-chain chemical crosslinking ▶     Jitka Viková, Michaela Collinsová, Emília Kletvíková et al.     Insulin is a key hormone of human metabolism with major therapeutic importance for both types of diabetes. New insulin analogues with more physiological profiles and better …             Super Soft All-Ethylene Oxide Polymer Electrolyte for Safe All-Solid Lithium Batteries ▶     Luca Porcarelli, Claudio Gerbaldi, Federico Bella et al.     Here we demonstrate that by regulating the mobility of classic −EO− based backbones, an innovative polymer electrolyte system can be architectured. This polymer electrolyte …             Corrigendum: MoS2 Surface Structure Tailoring via Carbonaceous Promoter ▶     Yumeng Shi, Henan Li, Jen It Wong et al.                 Poly (acrylic acid sodium) grafted carboxymethyl cellulose as a high performance polymer binder for silicon anode in lithium ion batteries ▶     Liangming Wei, Changxin Chen, Zhongyu Hou et al.     The design of novel binder systems is required for the high capacity silicon (Si) anodes which usually undergo huge volume change during the charge/discharge cycling. Here, we …             Dual Ionic and Organic Nature of Ionic Liquids ▶     Rui Shi, Yanting Wang     Inherited the advantages of inorganic salts and organic solvents, ionic liquids (ILs) exhibit many superior properties allowing them promising green solvents for the future. …             Preparation of Pd supported on La(Sr)-Mn-O Perovskite by microwave Irradiation Method and Its Catalytic Performances for the Methane Combustion ▶     Wei Wang, Fulong Yuan, Xiaoyu Niu et al.     In this work, a series of palladium supported on the La0.8Sr0.2MnO3.15 perovskite catalysts (Pd/LSM-x) with different Pd loading were prepared by microwave irradiation processing …             A Combination of Chemometrics and Quantum Mechanics Methods Applied to Analysis of Femtosecond Transient Absorption Spectrum of Ortho-Nitroaniline ▶     Jing Yi, Ying Xiong, Kemei Cheng et al.     A combination of the advanced chemometrics method with quantum mechanics calculation was for the first time applied to explore a facile yet efficient analysis strategy to …             Hierarchically ordered mesoporous Co3O4 materials for high performance Li-ion batteries ▶     Shijiao Sun, Xiangyu Zhao, Meng Yang et al.     Highly ordered mesoporous Co3O4 materials have been prepared via a nanocasting route with three-dimensional KIT-6 and two-dimensional SBA-15 ordered mesoporous silicas as …             Preservation of carbon dioxide clathrate hydrate in the presence of trehalose under freezer conditions ▶     Hironori D. Nagashima, Satoshi Takeya, Tsutomu Uchida et al.     To investigate the preservation of CO2 clathrate hydrate in the presence of sugar for the novel frozen dessert, mass fractions of CO2 clathrate hydrate in CO2 clathrate hydrate …             Optically induced mode splitting in self-assembled, high quality-factor conjugated polymer microcavities ▶     Daniel Braam, Soh Kushida, Robert Niemöller et al.     We investigate the whispering gallery modes (WGMs) of self-assembled single microspheres. They consist of a recently developed highly fluorescent π-conjugated copolymer and …             Selective effect of cell membrane on synaptic neurotransmission ▶     Pekka A. Postila, Ilpo Vattulainen, Tomasz Róg     Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations were performed with 13 non-peptidic neurotransmitters (NTs) in three different membrane environments. The results provide compelling …             Combined Labelled and Label-free SERS Probes for Triplex Three-dimensional Cellular Imaging ▶     Yong Chen, Xiangru Bai, Le Su et al.     Cells are complex chemical systems, where the molecular composition at different cellular locations and specific intracellular chemical interactions determine the biological …               • Careers & Jobs         naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Senior Research Associate     University of East Anglia (UEA)            Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate     Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)             PostDoc (M / F) Biomarker Research     Boehringer Ingelheim            Fellowships     Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)            Research Associate     University of Glasgow            Postgraduate - Doctorate / PhD     University of Fribourg            Postdoctoral Training Fellow     The Francis Crick Institute            PhD position     University Hospital Bonn            Postdoctoral Fellow     The University of Tennessee Health Science Center            MRC Postdoctoral Scientist (CSC 74)     Medical Research Council          No matter what your career stage, student, postdoc or senior scientist, you will find articles on naturejobs.com to help guide you in your science career. 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