Scientific Reports Physics Table of Contents e-alert: 16 August 2016

If you are unable to see the message below, click here to view.

16 August 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports           Physical Sciences               Full data acquisition in Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy: Mapping dynamic electric phenomena in real space ▶     Liam Collins, Alex Belianinov, Suhas Somnath et al.     Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) has provided deep insights into the local electronic, ionic and electrochemical functionalities in a broad range of materials and devices. In …             Experimental and Theoretical Studies on Oxidation of Cu-Au Alloy Surfaces: Effect of Bulk Au Concentration ▶     Michio Okada, Yasutaka Tsuda, Kohei Oka et al.     We report results of our experimental and theoretical studies on the oxidation of Cu-Au alloy surfaces, viz., Cu3Au(111), CuAu(111), and Au3Cu(111), using hyperthermal O2 …             Corrigendum: Determination of Stark parameters by cross-calibration in a multi-element laser-induced plasma ▶     Hao Liu, Benjamin S. Truscott, Michael N. R. Ashfold                 Coherent control of light-matter interactions in polarization standing waves ▶     Xu Fang, Kevin F. MacDonald, Eric Plum et al.     We experimentally demonstrate that standing waves formed by two coherent counter-propagating light waves can take a variety of forms, offering new approaches to the interrogation …             Erratum: Partially ordered state of ice XV ▶     K. Komatsu, F. Noritake, S. Machida et al.                 Corrigendum: Hydrothermal growth of VO2 nanoplate thermochromic films on glass with high visible transmittance ▶     Jiasong Zhang, Jingbo Li, Pengwan Chen et al.                 Hierarchical core-shell NiCo2O4@NiMoO4 nanowires grown on carbon cloth as integrated electrode for high-performance supercapacitors ▶     Liang Huang, Wei Zhang, Jinwei Xiang et al.     Hierarchical core-shell NiCo2O4@NiMoO4 nanowires were grown on carbon cloth (CC@NiCo2O4@NiMoO4) by a two-step hydrothermal route to fabricate a flexible binder-free electrode. …             High-pressure X-ray diffraction, Raman, and computational studies of MgCl2 up to 1 Mbar: Extensive pressure stability of the β-MgCl2 layered structure ▶     Elissaios Stavrou, Yansun Yao, Joseph M. Zaug et al.     Magnesium chloride (MgCl2) with the rhombohedral layered CdCl2-type structure (α-MgCl2) has been studied experimentally using synchrotron angle-dispersive powder x-ray …             Microstructure evolution with varied layer thickness in magnetron-sputtered Ni/C multilayer films ▶     Jichang Peng, Wenbin Li, Qiushi Huang et al.     The microstructure evolution of magnetron-sputtered Ni/C multilayers was investigated by varying the Ni and C layer thickness in the region of a few nanometers. For the samples …             Structural and morphological peculiarities of hybrid Au/nanodiamond engineered nanostructures ▶     Roberto Matassa, Silvia Orlanducci, Giacomo Reina et al.     Nanostructured Au nano-platelets have been synthesized from an Au(III) complex by growth process triggered by nanodiamond (ND). An electroless synthetic route has been used to …             Modulation of electrical potential and conductivity in an atomic-layer semiconductor heterojunction ▶     Yu Kobayashi, Shoji Yoshida, Ryuji Sakurada et al.     Semiconductor heterojunction interfaces have been an important topic, both in modern solid state physics and in electronics and optoelectronics applications. Recently, the …             Basin entropy: a new tool to analyze uncertainty in dynamical systems ▶     Alvar Daza, Alexandre Wagemakers, Bertrand Georgeot et al.     In nonlinear dynamics, basins of attraction link a given set of initial conditions to its corresponding final states. This notion appears in a broad range of applications where …             Growth of Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films on Graphene ▶     Bin Zou, Clementine Walker, Kai Wang et al.     The transfer process of graphene onto the surface of oxide substrates is well known. However, for many devices, we require high quality oxide thin films on the surface of …             Hybrid threshold adaptable quantum secret sharing scheme with reverse Huffman-Fibonacci-tree coding ▶     Hong Lai, Jun Zhang, Ming-Xing Luo et al.     With prevalent attacks in communication, sharing a secret between communicating parties is an ongoing challenge. Moreover, it is important to integrate quantum solutions with …             De Hass-van Alphen and magnetoresistance reveal predominantly single-band transport behavior in PdTe2 ▶     Yongjian Wang, Jinglei Zhang, Wenka Zhu et al.     Research on two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) has grown rapidly over the past several years, from fundamental studies to the development of next generation …             Structural manipulation and tailoring of dielectric properties in SrTi1−xFexTaxO3 perovskites: Design of new lead free relaxors ▶     R. Shukla, S. J. Patwe, S. K. Deshpande et al.     We report composition dependent structure evolution from SrTiO3 to SrFe0.5Ta0.5O3 by powder X-ray and neutron diffraction studies of SrTi1−2xFexTaxO3 (0.00 ≤ × ≤ 0.50) …             A Horn-fed Frequency Scanning Holographic Antenna Based on Generalized Law of Reflection ▶     Dawei Liu, Bo Cheng, Xiaotian Pan et al.     A new method of designing horn-fed frequency scanning holographic antenna is proposed. The artificial surface design of holographic antenna is based on generalized law of …             Responses of Waveform-Selective Absorbing Metasurfaces to Oblique Waves at the Same Frequency ▶     Hiroki Wakatsuchi, Fei Gao, Satoshi Yagitani et al.     Conventional materials vary their electromagnetic properties in response to the frequency of an incoming wave, but these responses generally remain unchanged at the same …             Mitochondria-Mediated Protein Regulation Mechanism of Polymorphs-Dependent Inhibition of Nanoselenium on Cancer Cells ▶     Ge Wang, Yuming Guo, Gai Yang et al.     The present study was (i) to prepare two types of selenium nanoparticles, namely an amorphous form of selenium quantum dots (A-SeQDs) and a crystalline form of selenium quantum …             Experimental and theoretical studies on inhibition of mild steel corrosion by some synthesized polyurethane tri-block co-polymers ▶     Sudershan Kumar, Hemlata Vashisht, Lukman O. Olasunkanmi et al.     Polyurethane based tri-block copolymers namely poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)-b-polyurethane-b-poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PNVP-PU) and …             Influence of grain boundary characteristics on thermal stability in nanotwinned copper ▶     Rongmei Niu, Ke Han, Yi-feng Su et al.     High density grain boundaries provide high strength, but may introduce undesirable features, such as high Fermi levels and instability. We investigated the kinetics of recovery …             A Dominant Social Comparison Heuristic Unites Alternative Mechanisms for the Evolution of Indirect Reciprocity ▶     Roger M. Whitaker, Gualtiero B. Colombo, Stuart M. Allen et al.     Cooperation is a fundamental human trait but our understanding of how it functions remains incomplete. Indirect reciprocity is a particular case in point, where one-shot …             Insight into the cellular fate and toxicity of aluminium adjuvants used in clinically approved human vaccinations ▶     Matthew Mold, Emma Shardlow, Christopher Exley     Aluminium adjuvants remain the most widely used and effective adjuvants in vaccination and immunotherapy. Herein, the particle size distribution (PSD) of aluminium oxyhydroxide …             Loophole-free Bell test using electron spins in diamond: second experiment and additional analysis ▶     B. Hensen, N. Kalb, M. S. Blok et al.     The recently reported violation of a Bell inequality using entangled electronic spins in diamonds (Hensen et al., Nature 526, 682–686) provided the first loophole-free evidence …             Bacteria Delay the Jamming of Particles at Microchannel Bottlenecks ▶     Zenamarkos Bantie Sendekie, Arthur Gaveau, Rob G. H. Lammertink et al.     Clogging of channels by complex systems such as mixtures of colloidal and biological particles is commonly encountered in different applications. In this work, we analyze and …             Controllably Alloyed, Low Density, Free-standing Ni-Co and Ni-Graphene Sponges for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting ▶     Thazhe Veettil Vineesh, Suhail Mubarak, Myung Gwan Hahm et al.     Synthesis of low cost, durable and efficient electrocatalysts that support oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are the bottlenecks in water …             Elastic Carbon Aerogels Reconstructed from Electrospun Nanofibers and Graphene as Three-Dimensional Networked Matrix for Efficient Energy Storage/Conversion ▶     Yunpeng Huang, Feili Lai, Longsheng Zhang et al.     Three-dimensional (3D) all-carbon nanofibrous aerogels with good structural stability and elasticity are highly desirable in flexible energy storage/conversion devices. Hence, an …             Design of a Yellow-Emitting Phosphor with Enhanced Red Emission via Valence State-control for Warm White LEDs Application ▶     Jian Chen, Yangai Liu, Lefu Mei et al.     The phosphor-converted warm W-LED have being rapidly developed due to the stringent requirements of general illumination. Here, we utilized a strategy to synergistically enhance …             Distribution of coniferin in freeze-fixed stem of Ginkgo biloba L. by cryo-TOF-SIMS/SEM ▶     Dan Aoki, Yuto Hanaya, Takuya Akita et al.     To clarify the role of coniferin in planta, semi-quantitative cellular distribution of coniferin in quick-frozen Ginkgo biloba L. (ginkgo) was visualized by cryo time-of-flight …             Porous V2O5/RGO/CNT hierarchical architecture as a cathode material: Emphasis on the contribution of surface lithium storage ▶     Kowsalya Palanisamy, Ji Hyun Um, Mihee Jeong et al.     A three dimensional vanadium pentoxide/reduced graphene oxide/carbon nanotube (3D V2O5/RGO/CNT) composite is synthesized by microwave-assisted hydrothermal method. The …             A universal explanation of tunneling conductance in exotic superconductors ▶     Jongbae Hong, D. S. L. Abergel     A longstanding mystery in understanding cuprate superconductors is the inconsistency between the experimental data measured by scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) and …             Quantum measurement-induced antiferromagnetic order and density modulations in ultracold Fermi gases in optical lattices ▶     Gabriel Mazzucchi, Santiago F. Caballero-Benitez, Igor B. Mekhov     Ultracold atomic systems offer a unique tool for understanding behavior of matter in the quantum degenerate regime, promising studies of a vast range of phenomena covering many …             Analyzing generalized coherent states for a free particle ▶     Mustapha Maamache, Abderrezak Khatir, Halim Lakehal et al.     Despite the didactic importance of a free particle in quantum mechanics, its coherent state analysis has long been untouched. It is only recently that it has been noticed and …             Dislocation network with pair-coupling structure in {111} γ/γ′ interface of Ni-based single crystal superalloy ▶     Yi Ru, Shusuo Li, Jian Zhou et al.     The γ/γ′ interface dislocation network is reported to improve the high temperature creep resistance of single crystal superalloys and is usually found to deposit in {001} …             Pinch-off of microfluidic droplets with oscillatory velocity of inner phase flow ▶     Pingan Zhu, Xin Tang, Ye Tian et al.     When one liquid is introduced into another immiscible one, it ultimately fragments due to hydrodynamic instability. In contrast to neck pinch-off without external actuation, the …             Octahedral Tin Dioxide Nanocrystals Anchored on Vertically Aligned Carbon Aerogels as High Capacity Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries ▶     Mingkai Liu, Yuqing Liu, Yuting Zhang et al.     A novel binder-free graphene - carbon nanotubes - SnO2 (GCNT-SnO2) aerogel with vertically aligned pores was prepared via a simple and efficient directional freezing method. SnO2 …             Accurate Estimation of the Intrinsic Dimension Using Graph Distances: Unraveling the Geometric Complexity of Datasets ▶     Daniele Granata, Vincenzo Carnevale     The collective behavior of a large number of degrees of freedom can be often described by a handful of variables. This observation justifies the use of dimensionality reduction …             Physiological and pathological clinical conditions and light scattering in brain ▶     Tsuyoshi Kurata, Sachiko Iwata, Kennosuke Tsuda et al.     MRI of preterm infants at term commonly reveals subtle brain lesions such as diffuse white matter injury, which are linked with later cognitive impairments. The timing and …             Localized Down-regulation of P-glycoprotein by Focused Ultrasound and Microbubbles induced Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption in Rat Brain ▶     HongSeok Cho, Hwa-Youn Lee, Mun Han et al.     Multi-drug resistant efflux transporters found in Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) acts as a functional barrier, by pumping out most of the drugs into the blood. Previous studies showed …             Ozone/graphene oxide catalytic oxidation: a novel method to degrade emerging organic contaminant N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) ▶     Jia-Nan Liu, Zhuo Chen, Qian-Yuan Wu et al.     N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) is one of the important emerging contaminants that are being increasingly detected in reclaimed water as well as in drinking water sources. …             Clustered marginalization of minorities during social transitions induced by co-evolution of behaviour and network structure ▶     Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Jonathan F. Donges, Denis A. Engemann et al.     Large-scale transitions in societies are associated with both individual behavioural change and restructuring of the social network. These two factors have often been considered …             Electrical Identification and Selective Microstimulation of Neuronal Compartments Based on Features of Extracellular Action Potentials ▶     Milos Radivojevic, David Jäckel, Michael Altermatt et al.     A detailed, high-spatiotemporal-resolution characterization of neuronal responses to local electrical fields and the capability of precise extracellular microstimulation of …             Tunneling-injection in vertical quasi-2D heterojunctions enabled efficient and adjustable optoelectronic conversion ▶     Wei-Chun Tan, Chia-Wei Chiang, Mario Hofmann et al.     The advent of 2D materials integration has enabled novel heterojunctions where carrier transport proceeds thrsough different ultrathin layers. We here demonstrate the potential …             Controlled creation and displacement of charged domain walls in ferroelectric thin films ▶     L. Feigl, T. Sluka, L. J. McGilly et al.     Charged domain walls in ferroelectric materials are of high interest due to their potential use in nanoelectronic devices. While previous approaches have utilized complex …             Functional lignocellulosic materials prepared by ATRP from a wood scaffold ▶     Etienne Cabane, Tobias Keplinger, Tina Künniger et al.     Wood, a natural and abundant source of organic polymers, has been used as a scaffold to develop novel wood-polymer hybrid materials. Through a two-step surface-initiated Atom …             NaGd(MoO4)2 nanocrystals with diverse morphologies: controlled synthesis, growth mechanism, photoluminescence and thermometric properties ▶     Anming Li, Dekang Xu, Hao Lin et al.     Pure tetragonal phase, uniform and well-crystallized sodium gadolinium molybdate (NaGd(MoO4)2) nanocrystals with diverse morphologies, e.g. nanocylinders, nanocubes and square …             Optical characterization of Tm3+ doped Bi2O3-GeO2-Ga2O3 glasses in absence and presence of BaF2 ▶     Kexuan Han, Peng Zhang, Shunbin Wang et al.     In this paper, Two new Bi2O3-GeO2-Ga2O3 glasses (one presence of BaF2) doped with 1mol% Tm2O3 were prepared by melt-quenching technique. Differential thermal analysis (DTA), the …             The secret life of Pickering emulsions: particle exchange revealed using two colours of particle ▶     David J. French, Aidan T. Brown, Andrew B. Schofield et al.     Emulsion droplets stabilised by colloidal particles (Pickering emulsions) can be highly stable, so it is unsurprising that they are beginning to be exploited industrially. The …             Hierarchical Mesoporous 3D Flower-like CuCo2O4/NF for High-Performance Electrochemical Energy Storage ▶     Harsharaj S. Jadhav, Sambhaji M. Pawar, Arvind H. Jadhav et al.     Ternary spinel CuCo2O4 nanostructure clenches great potential as high-performance electrode material for next-generation energy storage systems because of its higher electrical …             Wiring up pre-characterized single-photon emitters by laser lithography ▶     Q. Shi, B. Sontheimer, N. Nikolay et al.     Future quantum optical chips will likely be hybrid in nature and include many single-photon emitters, waveguides, filters, as well as single-photon detectors. Here, we introduce …             Carbon nanorings with inserted acenes: breaking symmetry in excited state dynamics ▶     R. Franklin-Mergarejo, D. Ondarse Alvarez, S. Tretiak et al.     Conjugated cycloparaphenylene rings have unique electronic properties being the smallest segments of carbon nanotubes. Their conjugated backbones support delocalized electronic …             Assessing the temporal stability of surface functional groups introduced by plasma treatments on the outer shells of carbon nanotubes ▶     Andrea Merenda, Elise des Ligneris, Kallista Sears et al.     Plasma treatments are emerging as superior efficiency treatment for high surface to volume ratio materials to tune functional group densities and alter crystallinity due to their …             Template-mediated Synthesis of Hollow Microporous Organic Nanorods with Tunable Aspect Ratio ▶     Qingyin Li, Shangbin Jin, Bien Tan     Hollow microporous organic nanorods (HMORs) with hypercrosslinked polymer (HCPs) shells were synthesized through emulsion polymerization followed by hypercrosslinking. The HMORs …             Creation of artificial skyrmions and antiskyrmions by anisotropy engineering ▶     S. Zhang, A. K. Petford-Long, C. Phatak     Topologically non-trivial spin textures form a fundamental paradigm in solid-state physics and present unique opportunities to explore exciting phenomena such as the topological …             Prediction of Quantum Anomalous Hall Insulator in half-fluorinated GaBi Honeycomb ▶     Sung-Ping Chen, Zhi-Quan Huang, Christian P. Crisostomo et al.     Using first-principles electronic structure calculations, we predict half-fluorinated GaBi honeycomb under tensile strain to harbor a quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator …             Purely electronic mechanism of electrolyte gating of indium tin oxide thin films ▶     X. Leng, A. T. Bollinger, I. Božović     Epitaxial indium tin oxide films have been grown on both LaAlO3 and yttria-stabilized zirconia substrates using RF magnetron sputtering. Electrolyte gating causes a large change …             Topological spin and valley pumping in silicene ▶     Wei Luo, L. Sheng, B. G. Wang et al.     We propose to realize adiabatic topological spin and valley pumping by using silicene, subject to the modulation of an in-plane ac electric field with amplitude Ey and a vertical …             Size dependence of structural parameters in fcc and hcp Ru nanoparticles, revealed by Rietveld refinement analysis of high-energy X-ray diffraction data ▶     Chulho Song, Osami Sakata, Loku Singgappulige Rosantha Kumara et al.     To reveal the origin of the CO oxidation activity of Ruthenium nanoparticles (Ru NPs), we structurally characterized Ru NPs through Rietveld refinement analysis of high-energy …             Voltage controlled core reversal of fixed magnetic skyrmions without a magnetic field ▶     Dhritiman Bhattacharya, Md Mamun Al-Rashid, Jayasimha Atulasimha     Using micromagnetic simulations we demonstrate core reversal of a fixed magnetic skyrmion by modulating the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of a nanomagnet with an electric …             Entanglement revive and information flow within the decoherent environment ▶     Jia-dong Shi, Dong Wang, Liu Ye     In this paper, the dynamics of entanglement is investigated in the presence of a noisy environment. We reveal its revival behavior and probe the mechanisms of this behavior via …             Highly conductive, printable pastes from capillary suspensions ▶     Monica Schneider, Erin Koos, Norbert Willenbacher     We have used the capillary suspension phenomenon to design conductive pastes for printed electronic applications, such as front side metallization of solar cells, without …             Reduced interfacial recombination in dye-sensitized solar cells assisted with NiO:Eu3+,Tb3+ coated TiO2 film ▶     Nannan Yao, Jinzhao Huang, Ke Fu et al.     Eu3+,Tb3+ doped and undoped NiO films were deposited on TiO2 by a sol-gel spin-coating method as the photoanodes of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). A comparative study with …             Wafer-scale high-resolution patterning of reduced graphene oxide films for detection of low concentration biomarkers in plasma ▶     Jinsik Kim, Myung-Sic Chae, Sung Min Lee et al.     Given that reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-based biosensors allow disposable and repeatable biomarker detection at the point of care, we developed a wafer-scale rGO patterning …             Scalable hybrid chemical manufacture to photothermal therapy: PEG-capped phototransducers ▶     Jeong Hoon Byeon     Ag-TiO2@polyethylene glycol (PEG) nanoparticles were continuously obtained in a single-pass configuration by appropriately reacting freshly flame-synthesized TiO2 with Ag formed …             Multifunctional metal-polymer nanoagglomerates from single-pass aerosol self-assembly ▶     Jeong Hoon Byeon     In this study, gold (Au)-iron (Fe) nanoagglomerates were capped by a polymer mixture (PM) consisting of poly(lactide-co-glycolic acid), protamine sulfate, and poly-l-lysine via …             Intercellular ultrafast Ca2+ wave in vascular smooth muscle cells: numerical and experimental study ▶     J. C. Quijano, F. Raynaud, D. Nguyen et al.     Vascular smooth muscle cells exhibit intercellular Ca2+ waves in response to local mechanical or KCl stimulation. Recently, a new type of intercellular Ca2+ wave was observed in …             Polydiacetylenyl β-cyclodextrin based smart vesicles for colorimetric assay of arginine and lysine ▶     Eunae Cho, Hwanhee Kim, Youngjin Choi et al.     Selective visualization of arginine and lysine has been explored among 20 amino acids using the hybrid conjugate of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and polydiacetylene (PDA). The mono …             Nanolithography using Bessel Beams of Extreme Ultraviolet Wavelength ▶     Daniel Fan, Li Wang, Yasin Ekinci     Bessel beams are nondiffracting light beams with large depth-of-focus and self-healing properties, making them suitable as a serial beam writing tool over surfaces with arbitrary …             Robust phase retrieval for high resolution edge illumination x-ray phase-contrast computed tomography in non-ideal environments ▶     Anna Zamir, Marco Endrizzi, Charlotte K. Hagen et al.     Edge illumination x-ray phase contrast tomography is a recently developed imaging technique which enables three-dimensional visualisation of low-absorbing materials. Dedicated …             An atomic symmetry-controlled thermal switch ▶     Daniel Manzano, Elica Kyoseva     We propose a simple diatomic system trapped inside an optical cavity to control the energy flow between two thermal baths. Through the action of the baths the system is driven to …             Deformable Self-Propelled Micro-Object Comprising Underwater Oil Droplets ▶     Taisuke Banno, Arisa Asami, Naoko Ueno et al.     The self-propelled motion with deformation of micrometer-sized soft matter in water has potential application not only for underwater carriers or probes in very narrow spaces but …             A Versatile and Scalable Approach toward Robust Superhydrophobic Porous Materials with Excellent Absorbency and Flame Retardancy ▶     Changping Ruan, Mengxia Shen, Xiaoyan Ren et al.     The frequent oil spillages and the industrial discharge of organic contaminants have not only created severe environmental and ecological crises, but also cause a risk of fire …             A hole inversion layer at the BiVO4/Bi4V2O11 interface produces a high tunable photovoltage for water splitting ▶     Wayler S. dos Santos, Mariandry Rodriguez, André S. Afonso et al.     The conversion of solar energy into hydrogen fuel by splitting water into photoelectrochemical cells (PEC) is an appealing strategy to store energy and minimize the extensive use …             In-Depth Characterization and Validation of Human Urine Metabolomes Reveal Novel Metabolic Signatures of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms ▶     Ling Hao, Tyler Greer, David Page et al.     Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are a range of irritative or obstructive symptoms that commonly afflict aging population. The diagnosis is mostly based on patient-reported …             Plasmonic nanoparticles tuned thermal sensitive photonic polymer for biomimetic chameleon ▶     Yang Yan, Lin Liu, Zihe Cai et al.     Among many thermo-photochromic materials, the color-changing behavior caused by temperature and light is usually lack of a full color response. And the study on visible …             Precise Tuning of Facile One-Pot Gelatin Methacryloyl (GelMA) Synthesis ▶     Hitomi Shirahama, Bae Hoon Lee, Lay Poh Tan et al.     Gelatin-methacryloyl (GelMA) is one of the most commonly used photopolymerizable biomaterials in bio-applications. However, GelMA synthesis remains suboptimal, as its reaction …             Mode jumping of split-ring resonator metamaterials controlled by high-permittivity BST and incident electric fields ▶     Xiaojian Fu, Xinxi Zeng, Tie Jun Cui et al.     We investigate the resonant modes of split-ring resonator (SRR) metamaterials that contain high-permittivity BST block numerically and experimentally. We observe interesting …             Energy Bandgap and Edge States in an Epitaxially Grown Graphene/h-BN Heterostructure ▶     Beomyong Hwang, Jeongwoon Hwang, Jong Keon Yoon et al.     Securing a semiconducting bandgap is essential for applying graphene layers in switching devices. Theoretical studies have suggested a created bulk bandgap in a graphene layer by …             Structural Stability and Deformation of Solvated Sm@C2(45)-C90 under High Pressure ▶     Jinxing Cui, Mingguang Yao, Hua Yang et al.     Solvated fullerenes recently have been shown to exhibit novel compression behaviors compared with the pristine fullerenes. However, less attention has been focused on the large …             Helicity-dependent photocurrent induced by the in-plane transverse electric current in an InAs quantum well ▶     J. B. Li, X. G. Wu, G. W. Wang et al.     We report the observation of a new type of helicity-dependent photocurrent induced by an in-plane transverse direct electric current in an InAs quantum well. The amplitude of the …             3D Printing Variable Stiffness Foams Using Viscous Thread Instability ▶     Jeffrey I. Lipton, Hod Lipson     Additive manufacturing of cellular structures has numerous applications ranging from fabrication of biological scaffolds and medical implants, to mechanical weight reduction and …             Breaking through the strength-ductility trade-off dilemma in an Al-Si-based casting alloy ▶     B. Dang, X. Zhang, Y. Z. Chen et al.     Al-Si-based casting alloys have a great potential in various industrial applications. Common strengthening strategies on these alloys are accompanied inevitably by sacrifice of …             Band gap bowing in NixMg1−xO ▶     Christian A. Niedermeier, Mikael Råsander, Sneha Rhode et al.     Epitaxial transparent oxide NixMg1−xO (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) thin films were grown on MgO(100) substrates by pulsed laser deposition. High-resolution synchrotron X-ray diffraction and …             Reciprocity in spatial evolutionary public goods game on double-layered network ▶     Jinho Kim, Soon-Hyung Yook, Yup Kim     Spatial evolutionary games have mainly been studied on a single, isolated network. However, in real world systems, many interaction topologies are not isolated but many different …             Detecting the Biopolymer Behavior of Graphene Nanoribbons in Aqueous Solution ▶     Sithara S. Wijeratne, Evgeni S. Penev, Wei Lu et al.     Graphene nanoribbons (GNR), can be prepared in bulk quantities for large-area applications by reducing the product from the lengthwise oxidative unzipping of multiwalled carbon …             Photochemical Copper Coating on 3D Printed Thermoplastics ▶     Winco K. C. Yung, Bo Sun, Junfeng Huang et al.     3D printing using thermoplastics has become very popular in recent years, however, it is challenging to provide a metal coating on 3D objects without using specialized and …             Locally indistinguishable orthogonal product bases in arbitrary bipartite quantum system ▶     Guang-Bao Xu, Ying-Hui Yang, Qiao-Yan Wen et al.     As we know, unextendible product basis (UPB) is an incomplete basis whose members cannot be perfectly distinguished by local operations and classical communication. However, very …             Dynamically Tuning the Up-conversion Luminescence of Er3+/Yb3+ Co-doped Sodium Niobate Nano-crystals through Magnetic Field ▶     Quanlan Xiao, Yuanhao Zhang, Han Zhang et al.     In this work, we show here that the up-conversion luminescence of NaNbO3:Er3+/Yb3+ nano-materials can be modulated by magnetic field and a enhancement of up-conversion …             Bisphenol A Exposure May Induce Hepatic Lipid Accumulation via Reprogramming the DNA Methylation Patterns of Genes Involved in Lipid Metabolism ▶     Zhang-Hong Ke, Jie-Xue Pan, Lu-Yang Jin et al.     Accumulating evidence suggests a role of bisphenol A (BPA) in metabolic disorders. However, the underlying mechanism is still unclear. Using a mouse BPA exposure model, we …             Investigating the association between photosynthetic efficiency and generation of biophotoelectricity in autotrophic microbial fuel cells ▶     Gustavo P. M. K. Ciniciato, Fong-Lee Ng, Siew-Moi Phang et al.     Microbial fuel cells operating with autotrophic microorganisms are known as biophotovoltaic devices. It represents a great opportunity for environmentally-friendly power …             2-(Maleimidomethyl)-1,3-Dioxanes (MD): a Serum-Stable Self-hydrolysable Hydrophilic Alternative to Classical Maleimide Conjugation ▶     Igor Dovgan, Sergii Kolodych, Oleksandr Koniev et al.     The vast majority of antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) are prepared through amine-to-thiol conjugation. To date, N-Succinimidyl-4-(maleimidomethyl) cyclohexanecarboxylate (SMCC) has …             High power laser-driven ceramic phosphor plate for outstanding efficient white light conversion in application of automotive lighting ▶     Young Hyun Song, Eun Kyung Ji, Byung Woo Jeong et al.     We report on Y3Al5O12: Ce3+ ceramic phosphor plate (CPP) using nano phosphor for high power laser diode (LD) application for white light in automotive lighting. The prepared CPP …             Homogenised daily lake surface water temperature data generated from multiple satellite sensors: A long-term case study of a large sub-Alpine lake ▶     Sajid Pareeth, Nico Salmaso, Rita Adrian et al.     Availability of remotely sensed multi-spectral images since the 1980’s, which cover three decades of voluminous data could help researchers to study the changing dynamics of …             Novel Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-g-vinyl alcohol) Polyurethane Scaffold for Tissue Engineering ▶     Adriana Pétriz Reyes, Ataúlfo Martínez Torres, Ma. del Pilar Carreón Castro et al.     The design of new synthetic grafted poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) as composite 3D-scaffolds is a convenient alternative for tissue engineering applications. The chemically modified …             Nanometal Skin of Plasmonic Heterostructures for Highly Efficient Near-Field Scattering Probes ▶     Gianluigi Zito, Giulia Rusciano, Antonio Vecchione et al.     In this work, atomic force microscopy probes are functionalized by virtue of self-assembling monolayers of block copolymer (BCP) micelles loaded either with clusters of silver …             Soliton driven angiogenesis ▶     L. L. Bonilla, M. Carretero, F. Terragni et al.     Angiogenesis is a multiscale process by which blood vessels grow from existing ones and carry oxygen to distant organs. Angiogenesis is essential for normal organ growth and …             Fabrication of Unique Magnetic Bionanocomposite for Highly Efficient Removal of Hexavalent Chromium from Water ▶     Yunlei Zhong, Xun Qiu, Dongyun Chen et al.     Biotreatment of hexavalent chromium has attracted widespread interest due to its cost effective and environmental friendliness. However, the difficult separation of biomass from …             A Nanoscale Interface Promoting Molecular and Functional Differentiation of Neural Cells ▶     Tamara Posati, Assunta Pistone, Emanuela Saracino et al.     Potassium channels and aquaporins expressed by astrocytes are key players in the maintenance of cerebral homeostasis and in brain pathophysiologies. One major challenge in the …                 • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Research Assistant     Brunel University London            Postdoctoral Fellow     University of Bergen            Postdoctoral Scientist (m / f)     Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine            Postdoctoral Research Scientist     Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute in Glasgow            Postdoctoral Scientist     NCIRE - The Veterans Health Research Institute            Early Career Fellowships     University of Aberdeen            Tenure-Track Faculty     Washington University in St. Louis            Post Doctoral Scholar     University of Chicago            Research Assistant     Queen's University Belfast          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. Keep up-to-date with the latest sector trends, vote in our reader poll and sign-up to receive the monthly Naturejobs newsletter.           • Scientific Reports events Directory featured events           natureevents directory featured events         11th International Conference On Physics Of Advanced Materials (ICPAM-11)     08.09.16 Cluj-Napoca, Romania         Natureevents Directory is the premier resource for scientists looking for the latest scientific conferences, courses, meetings and symposia. Featured across Nature Publishing Group journals and centrally at natureevents.com it is an essential reference guide to scientific events worldwide.               Your email address is in the Scientific Reports: Physics mailing list. You have been sent this Table of Contents Alert because you have opted in to receive it. You can change or discontinue your e-mail alerts at any time, by modifying your preferences on your nature.com account at: www.nature.com/nams/svc/myaccount (You will need to log in to be recognised as a nature.com registrant). For further technical assistance, please contact our registration department For other enquiries, please contact our customer feedback department Nature Publishing Group | One New York Plaza, Suite 4500 | New York | NY 10004-1562 | USA Nature Publishing Group's offices: Principal offices: London - New York - Tokyo Worldwide offices: Basingstoke - Boston - Buenos Aires - Delhi - Hong Kong - Madrid - Melbourne - Munich - Paris - San Francisco - Seoul - Washington DC Macmillan Publishers Limited is a company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 785998 and whose registered office is located at The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW. © 2016 Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.