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23 August 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports           Chemical Sciences               Repetitive Biomimetic Self-healing of Ca2+-Induced Nanocomposite Protein Hydrogels ▶     Jun Chen, Qiuchen Dong, Xiaoyu Ma et al.     Self-healing is a capacity observed in most biological systems in which the healing processes are autonomously triggered after the damage. Inspired by this natural behavior, …             On the Thermal and Thermodynamic (In)Stability of Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskites ▶     Bruno Brunetti, Carmen Cavallo, Andrea Ciccioli et al.     The interest of the scientific community on methylammonium lead halide perovskites (MAPbX3, X = Cl, Br, I) for hybrid organic-inorganic solar cells has grown exponentially since …             Purification of High Salinity Brine by Multi-Stage Ion Concentration Polarization Desalination ▶     Bumjoo Kim, Rhokyun Kwak, Hyukjin J. Kwon et al.     There is an increasing need for the desalination of high concentration brine (>TDS 35,000 ppm) efficiently and economically, either for the treatment of produced water from shale …             Example study for granular bioreactor stratification: Three-dimensional evaluation of a sulfate-reducing granular bioreactor ▶     Tian-wei Hao, Jing-hai Luo, Kui-zu Su et al.     Recently, sulfate-reducing granular sludge has been developed for application in sulfate-laden water and wastewater treatment. However, little is known about biomass …             Penta-BxNy sheet: a density functional theory study of two-dimensional material ▶     Jiao Li, Xinyu Fan, Yanpei Wei et al.     By using density functional theory with generalized gradient approximation, we have carried out detailed investigations of two-dimensional BxNy nanomaterials in the Cairo …             Specific polyunsaturated fatty acids modulate lipid delivery and oocyte development in C. elegans revealed by molecular-selective label-free imaging ▶     Wei-Wen Chen, Yung-Hsiang Yi, Cheng-Hao Chien et al.     Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) exhibit critical functions in biological systems and their importance during animal oocyte maturation has been increasingly recognized. …             A Doping Lattice of Aluminum and Copper with Accelerated Electron Transfer Process and Enhanced Reductive Degradation Performance ▶     Lin Zhang, Xue Gao, Zhixuan Zhang et al.     Treatment of azo dye effluents has received increasing concerns over the years due to their potential harms to natural environment and human health. The present study described …             Revisit the Correlation between the Elastic Mechanics and Fusion of Lipid Membranes ▶     Zih-An Fan, Kuan-Yu Tsang, Si-Han Chen et al.     Membrane fusion is a vital process in key cellular events. The fusion capability of a membrane depends on its elastic properties and varies with its lipid composition. It is …             Electrically Controllable Microparticle Synthesis and Digital Microfluidic Manipulation by Electric-Field-Induced Droplet Dispensing into Immiscible Fluids ▶     Taewoong Um, Jiwoo Hong, Do Jin Im et al.     The dispensing of tiny droplets is a basic and crucial process in a myriad of applications, such as DNA/protein microarray, cell cultures, chemical synthesis of microparticles, …             A plasmonic colorimetric strategy for visual miRNA detection based on hybridization chain reaction ▶     Jie Miao, Jingsheng Wang, Jinyang Guo et al.     In this work, a novel colorimetric strategy for miRNA analysis is proposed based on hybridization chain reaction (HCR)-mediated localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) …             Effect of pristine graphene incorporation on charge storage mechanism of three-dimensional graphene oxide: superior energy and power density retention ▶     Kiran Pal Singh, Dhrubajyoti Bhattacharjya, Fatemeh Razmjooei et al.     In the race of gaining higher energy density, carbon’s capacity to retain power density is generally lost due to defect incorporation and resistance increment in carbon …             Photo Initiated Chemical Vapour Deposition To Increase Polymer Hydrophobicity ▶     Ariane Bérard, Gregory S. Patience, Gérald Chouinard et al.     Apple growers face new challenges to produce organic apples and now many cover orchards with high-density polyethylene (HDPE) nets to exclude insects, rather than spraying …             The microstructure matters: breaking down the barriers with single crystalline silicon as negative electrode in Li-ion batteries ▶     M. Sternad, M. Forster, M. Wilkening     Silicon-based microelectronics forms a major foundation of our modern society. Small lithium-ion batteries act as the key enablers of its success and have revolutionised portable …             Impacts of Conformational Geometries in Fluorinated Alkanes ▶     Tim Brandenburg, Ronny Golnak, Masanari Nagasaka et al.     Research of blood substitute formulations and their base materials is of high scientific interest. Especially fluorinated microemulsions based on perfluorocarbons, with their …             Polydopamine-Coated Manganese Complex/Graphene Nanocomposite for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity Towards Oxygen Reduction ▶     Charlette M. Parnell, Bijay Chhetri, Andrew Brandt et al.     Platinum electrodes are commonly used electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reactions (ORR) in fuel cells. However, this material is not economical due to its high cost and …             Inhibition of methane and natural gas hydrate formation by altering the structure of water with amino acids ▶     Jeong-Hoon Sa, Gye-Hoon Kwak, Kunwoo Han et al.     Natural gas hydrates are solid hydrogen-bonded water crystals containing small molecular gases. The amount of natural gas stored as hydrates in permafrost and ocean sediments is …             Pressure-induced Transformations of Dense Carbonyl Sulfide to Singly Bonded Amorphous Metallic Solid ▶     Minseob Kim, Ranga Dias, Yasuo Ohishi et al.     The application of pressure, internal or external, transforms molecular solids into non-molecular extended network solids with diverse crystal structures and electronic …             Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Pt Nanopeanuts ▶     Xuemei Zhang, Zengzilu Xia, Yingzhou Huang et al.     Exploring the novel shape of Pt nanoparticles is one of the most useful ways to improve the electrocatalytic performance of Pt in fuel cells. In this work, the Pt nanopeanuts …             High Efficient Photo-Fenton Catalyst of α-Fe2O3/MoS2 Hierarchical Nanoheterostructures: Reutilization for Supercapacitors ▶     Xijia Yang, Haiming Sun, Lishu Zhang et al.     A novel three-dimensional (3D) α-Fe2O3/MoS2 hierarchical nanoheterostructure is effectively synthesized via a facile hydrothermal method. The zero-dimensional (0D) Fe2O3 …             Proteomics tools reveal startlingly high amounts of oxytocin in plasma and serum ▶     Ole Kristian Brandtzaeg, Elin Johnsen, Hanne Roberg-Larsen et al.     The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) is associated with a plethora of social behaviors, and is a key topic at the intersection of psychology and biology. However, tools for measuring …             Out-of-Plane Coordinated Porphyrin Nanotubes with Enhanced Singlet Oxygen Generation Efficiency ▶     Qiang Zhao, Yao Wang, Yanshuang Xu et al.     A supramolecular porphyrin nanotube displaying J-aggregation feature was constructed by out-of-plane coordinated bismuth-porphyrin. Significantly, compared to traditional …             Directed self-assembly of block copolymer films on atomically-thin graphene chemical patterns ▶     Tzu-Hsuan Chang, Shisheng Xiong, Robert M. 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