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08 November 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports           Physical Sciences               Blu-ray-sensitive localized surface plasmon resonance for high-density optical memory ▶     Shencheng Fu, Xintong Zhang, Qiang Han et al.     Tunable spectrum-response is desired for efficient photo-energy transformation. Blu-ray (~405 nm) and polarization sensitive Ag/TiO2 nanocomposite films are thus fascinating in …             Electronic hybridisation implications for the damage-tolerance of thin film metallic glasses ▶     Volker Schnabel, B. Nagamani Jaya, Mathias Köhler et al.     A paramount challenge in materials science is to design damage-tolerant glasses. Poisson’s ratio is commonly used as a criterion to gauge the brittle-ductile transition in …             The Dependency of Nematic and Twist-bend Mesophase Formation on Bend Angle ▶     Richard J. Mandle, Craig T. Archbold, Julia P. Sarju et al.     We have prepared and studied a family of cyanobiphenyl dimers with varying linking groups with a view to exploring how molecular structure dictates the stability of the nematic …             Optical metrics of the extracellular matrix predict compositional and mechanical changes after myocardial infarction ▶     Kyle P. Quinn, Kelly E. Sullivan, Zhiyi Liu et al.     Understanding the organization and mechanical function of the extracellular matrix (ECM) is critical for the development of therapeutic strategies that regulate wound healing …             Attosecond electronic and nuclear quantum photodynamics of ozone monitored with time and angle resolved photoelectron spectra ▶     Piero Decleva, Nicola Quadri, Aurelie Perveaux et al.     Recently we reported a series of numerical simulations proving that it is possible in principle to create an electronic wave packet and subsequent electronic motion in a neutral …             Underwater superoleophobicity, anti-oil and ultra-broadband enhanced absorption of metallic surfaces produced by a femtosecond laser inspired by fish and chameleons ▶     K. Yin, Y. X. Song, X. R. Dong et al.     Reported here is the bio-inspired and robust function of underwater superoleophobic, anti-oil metallic surfaces with ultra-broadband enhanced optical absorption obtained through …             Structural evolution of nanoscale metallic glasses during high-pressure torsion: A molecular dynamics analysis ▶     S. D. Feng, W. Jiao, Q. Jing et al.     Structural evolution in nanoscale Cu50Zr50 metallic glasses during high-pressure torsion is investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. Results show that the strong …             Recombinant spider silk from aqueous solutions via a bio-inspired microfluidic chip ▶     Qingfa Peng, Yaopeng Zhang, Li Lu et al.     Spiders achieve superior silk fibres by controlling the molecular assembly of silk proteins and the hierarchical structure of fibres. However, current wet-spinning process for …             Performance Improvement of AlN Crystal Quality Grown on Patterned Si(111) Substrate for Deep UV-LED Applications ▶     Binh Tinh Tran, Noritoshi Maeda, Masafumi Jo et al.     An AlN template layer is required for growth of AlGaN-based deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs). However, the crystal quality of AlN templates grown on both flat and …             Possible existence of optical communication channels in the brain ▶     Sourabh Kumar, Kristine Boone, Jack Tuszyński et al.     Given that many fundamental questions in neuroscience are still open, it seems pertinent to explore whether the brain might use other physical modalities than the ones that have …             A Comprehensive Model for Real Gas Transport in Shale Formations with Complex Non-planar Fracture Networks ▶     Ruiyue Yang, Zhongwei Huang, Wei Yu et al.     A complex fracture network is generally generated during the hydraulic fracturing treatment in shale gas reservoirs. Numerous efforts have been made to model the flow behavior of …             Phase transitions and self-organized criticality in networks of stochastic spiking neurons ▶     Ludmila Brochini, Ariadne de Andrade Costa, Miguel Abadi et al.     Phase transitions and critical behavior are crucial issues both in theoretical and experimental neuroscience. We report analytic and computational results about phase transitions …             PEPlife: A Repository of the Half-life of Peptides ▶     Deepika Mathur, Satya Prakash, Priya Anand et al.     Short half-life is one of the key challenges in the field of therapeutic peptides. Various studies have reported enhancement in the stability of peptides using methods like …             Concurrent profiling of polar metabolites and lipids in human plasma using HILIC-FTMS ▶     Xiaoming Cai, Ruibin Li     Blood plasma is the most popularly used sample matrix for metabolite profiling studies, which aim to achieve global metabolite profiling and biomarker discovery. However, most of …             A new method for measuring lung deposition efficiency of airborne nanoparticles in a single breath ▶     Jonas K. F. Jakobsson, Johan Hedlund, John Kumlin et al.     Assessment of respiratory tract deposition of nanoparticles is a key link to understanding their health impacts. An instrument was developed to measure respiratory tract …             The role of gibberellins in improving the resistance of tebuconazole-coated maize seeds to chilling stress by microencapsulation ▶     Lijuan Yang, Daibin Yang, Xiaojing Yan et al.     Chilling stress during germination often causes severe injury. In the present study, maize seed germination and shoot growth under chilling stress were negatively correlated with …             Power-law rheology controls aftershock triggering and decay ▶     Xiaoming Zhang, Robert Shcherbakov     The occurrence of aftershocks is a signature of physical systems exhibiting relaxation phenomena. They are observed in various natural or experimental systems and usually obey …             On the behaviour of lung tissue under tension and compression ▶     Pinelopi Andrikakou, Karthik Vickraman, Hari Arora     Lung injuries are common among those who suffer an impact or trauma. The relative severity of injuries up to physical tearing of tissue have been documented in clinical studies. …             A Novel Non-Peptidic Agonist of the Ghrelin Receptor with Orexigenic Activity In vivo ▶     Elena Pastor-Cavada, Leticia M. Pardo, Dalia Kandil et al.     Loss of appetite in the medically ill and ageing populations is a major health problem and a significant symptom in cachexia syndromes, which is the loss of muscle and fat mass. …             Biodegradable Polycaprolactone as Ion Solvating Polymer for Solution-Processed Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells ▶     Nils Jürgensen, Johannes Zimmermann, Anthony John Morfa et al.     In this work, we demonstrate the use of the biodegradable polymer polycaprolactone (PCL) as the ion solvating polymer in solution-processed light-emitting electrochemical cells …             Resistive Switching in All-Printed, Flexible and Hybrid MoS2-PVA Nanocomposite based Memristive Device Fabricated by Reverse Offset ▶     Muhammad Muqeet Rehman, Ghayas Uddin Siddiqui, Jahan Zeb Gul et al.     Owing to the increasing interest in the nonvolatile memory devices, resistive switching based on hybrid nanocomposite of a 2D material, molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) and polyvinyl …             Highly efficient dual-wavelength mid-infrared CW Laser in diode end-pumped Er:SrF2 single crystals ▶     Weiwei Ma, Xiaobo Qian, Jingya Wang et al.     The spectral properties and laser performance of Er:SrF2 single crystals were investigated and compared with Er:CaF2. Er:SrF2 crystals have larger absorption cross-sections at …             High Performance Palladium Supported on Nanoporous Carbon under Anhydrous Condition ▶     Zehui Yang, Ying Ling, Yunfeng Zhang et al.     Due to the high cost of polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs), replacing platinum (Pt) with some inexpensive metal was carried out. Here, we deposited palladium nanoparticles …             Thermoelectric properties of in-situ plasma spray synthesized sub-stoichiometry TiO2−x ▶     Hwasoo Lee, Su Jung Han, Ramachandran Chidambaram Seshadri et al.     The thermoelectric properties of sub-stoichiometric TiO2−x deposits produced by cascaded-plasma spray process are investigated from room-temperature to 750 K. Sub-stoichiometric …             An Aldol Reaction-Based Iridium(III) Chemosensor for the Visualization of Proline in Living Cells ▶     Jin-Biao Liu, Li-Juan Liu, Zhen-Zhen Dong et al.     A long-lived aldol reaction-based iridium(III) chemosensor [Ir(ppy)2(5-CHOphen)]PF6 (1, where ppy = 2-phenylpyridine and 5-CHOphen = 1,10-phenanthroline-5-carbaldehyde) for …             Fluorescence microscopy reveals molecular localisation at line defects in nematic liquid crystals ▶     Takuya Ohzono, Kaoru Katoh, Jun-ichi Fukuda     Topological defects easily form in liquid crystals (LCs) as a result of frustrations in spatially dependent anisotropic molecular ordering, and have been regarded as promising …             A self-assembling nanomedicine of conjugated linoleic acid-paclitaxel conjugate (CLA-PTX) with higher drug loading and carrier-free characteristic ▶     Ting Zhong, Xin Yao, Shuang Zhang et al.     The main objective of this study was to demonstrate the proof-of-principle for the hypothesis that conjugated linoleic acid-paclitaxel conjugate (CLA-PTX), a novel fatty acid …             Multifunctional Optical Thin Films Fabricated by the Photopolymerization of Uniaxially Oriented Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Monomers for Electro-Optical Devices ▶     Pureun Im, Yu-Jin Choi, Won-Jin Yoon et al.     A multifunctional optical thin film (MOTF) is fabricated by coating the newly synthesized perylene-based reactive mesogen (PBRM) and stabilized by the subsequent …             Power-efficient low-temperature woven coiled fibre actuator for wearable applications ▶     Maki Hiraoka, Kunihiko Nakamura, Hidekazu Arase et al.     A fibre actuator that generates a large strain with high specific power represents a promising strategy to develop novel wearable devices and robotics. We propose a new …             Surface-Enhanced Impulsive Coherent Vibrational Spectroscopy ▶     Juan Du, Juha Harra, Matti Virkki et al.     Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has attracted a lot of attention in molecular sensing because of the remarkable ability of plasmonic metal nanostructures to enhance …             Photoelectron Holographic Atomic Arrangement Imaging of Cleaved Bimetal-intercalated Graphite Superconductor Surface ▶     Fumihiko Matsui, Ritsuko Eguchi, Saki Nishiyama et al.     From the C 1s and K 2p photoelectron holograms, we directly reconstructed atomic images of the cleaved surface of a bimetal-intercalated graphite superconductor, (Ca, K)C8, which …             Large enhancement of superconducting transition temperature in single-element superconducting rhenium by shear strain ▶     Masaki Mito, Hideaki Matsui, Kazuki Tsuruta et al.     Finding a physical approach for increasing the superconducting transition temperature (Tc) is a challenge in the field of material science. Shear strain effects on the …             Effect of magnetron sputtering parameters and stress state of W film precursors on WSe2 layer texture by rapid selenization ▶     Hongchao Li, Di Gao, Senlin Xie et al.     Tungsten diselenide (WSe2) film was obtained by rapid selenization of magnetron sputtered tungsten (W) film. To prevent WSe2 film peeling off from the substrate during …             High-quality AlN epitaxy on nano-patterned sapphire substrates prepared by nano-imprint lithography ▶     Lisheng Zhang, Fujun Xu, Jiaming Wang et al.     We report epitaxial growth of AlN films with atomically flat surface on nano-patterned sapphire substrates (NPSS) prepared by nano-imprint lithography. The crystalline quality …             A compact time reversal emitter-receiver based on a leaky random cavity ▶     Trung-Dung Luong, Thomas Hies, Claus-Dieter Ohl     Time reversal acoustics (TRA) has gained widespread applications for communication and measurements. In general, a scattering medium in combination with multiple transducers is …             Dynamically sculpturing plasmonic vortices: from integer to fractional orbital angular momentum ▶     Yu Wang, Peng Zhao, Xue Feng et al.     As a fundamental tool for light-matter interactions, plasmonic vortex (PV) is extremely useful due to the unique near field property. However, it is a pity that, up to now, the …             Fretting properties of biodegradable Mg-Nd-Zn-Zr alloy in air and in Hank’s solution ▶     Wenting Li, Nan Li, Yufeng Zheng et al.     Fretting is a significant cause for the failure of orthopedic implants. Currently, since magnesium and its alloys have been developed as promising biodegradable implant …             Diffusion of Charged Species in Liquids ▶     J. A. del Río, S. Whitaker     In this study the laws of mechanics for multi-component systems are used to develop a theory for the diffusion of ions in the presence of an electrostatic field. The analysis …             Engineering of band gap states of amorphous SiZnSnO semiconductor as a function of Si doping concentration ▶     Jun Young Choi, Keun Heo, Kyung-Sang Cho et al.     We investigated the band gap of SiZnSnO (SZTO) with different Si contents. Band gap engineering of SZTO is explained by the evolution of the electronic structure, such as changes …             Hydrogen separation through tailored dual phase membranes with nominal composition BaCe0.8Eu0.2O3-δ:Ce0.8Y0.2O2-δ at intermediate temperatures ▶     Mariya E. Ivanova, Sonia Escolástico, Maria Balaguer et al.     Hydrogen permeation membranes are a key element in improving the energy conversion efficiency and decreasing the greenhouse gas emissions from energy generation. The scientific …             Complete integrability of information processing by biochemical reactions ▶     Elena Agliari, Adriano Barra, Lorenzo Dello Schiavo et al.     Statistical mechanics provides an effective framework to investigate information processing in biochemical reactions. Within such framework far-reaching analogies are established …             Insights into the Ecotoxicity of Silver Nanoparticles Transferred from Escherichia coli to Caenorhabditis elegans ▶     Xun Luo, Shengmin Xu, Yaning Yang et al.     Previous studies have indicated that engineered nanomaterials can be transferred through the food chain. However, their potential ecotoxicity to the environment is not fully …             Predicting Subtype Selectivity for Adenosine Receptor Ligands with Three-Dimensional Biologically Relevant Spectrum (BRS-3D) ▶     Song-Bing He, Ben Hu, Zheng-Kun Kuang et al.     Adenosine receptors (ARs) are potential therapeutic targets for Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, pain, stroke and cancers. Prediction of subtype selectivity is therefore important …             Fluorimetric Mercury Test Strips with Suppressed “Coffee Stains” by a Bio-inspired Fabrication Strategy ▶     Yuchun Qiao, Jizhen Shang, Shuying Li et al.     A fluorimetric Hg2+ test strip has been developed using a lotus-inspired fabrication method for suppressing the “coffee stains” toward the uniform distribution of probe materials …             Mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis related to calcium-driven alternans in a model of human atrial fibrillation ▶     Kelly C. Chang, Natalia A. Trayanova     The occurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with progressive changes in the calcium handling system of atrial myocytes. Calcium cycling instability has been …             Measurement of in-plane elasticity of live cell layers using a pressure sensor embedded microfluidic device ▶     Chien-Han Lin, Chien-Kai Wang, Yu-An Chen et al.     In various physiological activities, cells experience stresses along their in-plane direction when facing substrate deformation. Capability of continuous monitoring elasticity of …             Biopsy variability of lymphocytic infiltration in breast cancer subtypes and the ImmunoSkew score ▶     Adnan Mujahid Khan, Yinyin Yuan     The number of tumour biopsies required for a good representation of tumours has been controversial. An important factor to consider is intra-tumour heterogeneity, which can vary …             Rotating lattice single crystal architecture on the surface of glass ▶     D. Savytskii, H. Jain, N. Tamura et al.     Defying the requirements of translational periodicity in 3D, rotation of the lattice orientation within an otherwise single crystal provides a new form of solid. Such rotating …             Manipulation of small particles at solid liquid interface: light driven diffusioosmosis ▶     David Feldmann, Salim R. Maduar, Mark Santer et al.     The strong adhesion of sub-micron sized particles to surfaces is a nuisance, both for removing contaminating colloids from surfaces and for conscious manipulation of particles to …             Hexacoordinated nitrogen(V) stabilized by high pressure ▶     Dominik Kurzydłowski, Patryk Zaleski-Ejgierd     In all of its known connections nitrogen retains a valence shell electron count of eight therefore satisfying the golden rule of chemistry - the octet rule. Despite the diversity …             Digital barcodes of suspension array using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy ▶     Qinghua He, Yixi Liu, Yonghong He et al.     We show a coding method of suspension array based on the laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), which promotes the barcodes from analog to digital. As the foundation of …             Dynamics of Disagreement: Large-Scale Temporal Network Analysis Reveals Negative Interactions in Online Collaboration ▶     Milena Tsvetkova, Ruth García-Gavilanes, Taha Yasseri     Disagreement and conflict are a fact of social life. However, negative interactions are rarely explicitly declared and recorded and this makes them hard for scientists to study. …             β-Synuclein suppresses both the initiation and amplification steps of α-synuclein aggregation via competitive binding to surfaces ▶     James W. P. Brown, Alexander K. Buell, Thomas C. T. Michaels et al.     α-Synuclein is an intrinsically disordered protein that is associated with the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease through the processes involved in the formation of amyloid …             Nanostructured MoS2/BiVO4 Composites for Energy Storage Applications ▶     Yukti Arora, Amit P. Shah, Shateesh Battu et al.     We report the optimized synthesis and electrochemical characterization of a composite of few-layered nanostructured MoS2 along with an electroactive metal oxide BiVO4. In …             Ultra-Smooth, Fully Solution-Processed Large-Area Transparent Conducting Electrodes for Organic Devices ▶     Won-Yong Jin, Riski Titian Ginting, Keum-Jin Ko et al.     A novel approach for the fabrication of ultra-smooth and highly bendable substrates consisting of metal grid-conducting polymers that are fully embedded into transparent …             TiO2 nanotubes wrapped with reduced graphene oxide as a high-performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries ▶     Peng Zheng, Ting Liu, Ying Su et al.     Through electrostatic interaction and high-temperature reduction methods, rGO was closely coated onto the surface of TiO2 nanotubes. Even at a high temperature of 700 °C, the …             Raman tensor elements of β-Ga2O3 ▶     Christian Kranert, Chris Sturm, Rüdiger Schmidt-Grund et al.     The Raman spectrum and particularly the Raman scattering intensities of monoclinic β-Ga2O3 are investigated by experiment and theory. The low symmetry of β-Ga2O3 results in a …             High-efficient Synthesis of Graphene Oxide Based on Improved Hummers Method ▶     Huitao Yu, Bangwen Zhang, Chaoke Bulin et al.     As an important precursor and derivate of graphene, graphene oxide (GO) has received wide attention in recent years. However, the synthesis of GO in an economical and efficient …             Constructing safe and durable antibacterial textile surfaces using a robust graft-to strategy via covalent bond formation ▶     Liang He, Sha Li, Cordelia T. W. Chung et al.     Recently zwitterionic materials have been widely applied in the biomedical and bioengineering fields due to their excellent biocompatibility. Inspired by these, this study …             Trends for isolated amino acids and dipeptides: Conformation, divalent ion binding, and remarkable similarity of binding to calcium and lead ▶     M. Ropo, V. Blum, C. Baldauf     We derive structural and binding energy trends for twenty amino acids, their dipeptides, and their interactions with the divalent cations Ca2+, Ba2+, Sr2+, Cd2+, Pb2+, and Hg2+. …             Origin and Quenching of Novel ultraviolet and blue emission in NdGaO3: Concept of Super-Hydrogenic Dopants ▶     Siddhartha Ghosh, Surajit Saha, Zhiqi Liu et al.     In this study we report the existence of novel ultraviolet (UV) and blue emission in rare-earth based perovskite NdGaO3 (NGO) and the systematic quench of the NGO …             Cascading and Parallelising Curvilinear Inertial Focusing Systems for High Volume, Wide Size Distribution, Separation and Concentration of Particles ▶     B. Miller, M. Jimenez, H. Bridle     Inertial focusing is a microfluidic based separation and concentration technology that has expanded rapidly in the last few years. Throughput is high compared to other …             Origin of multiple band gap values in single width nanoribbons ▶     Deepika Goyal, Shailesh Kumar, Alok Shukla et al.     Deterministic band gap in quasi-one-dimensional nanoribbons is prerequisite for their integrated functionalities in high performance molecular-electronics based devices. However, …             Resonance states and beating pattern induced by quantum impurity scattering in Weyl/Dirac semimetals ▶     Shi-Han Zheng, Rui-Qiang Wang, Min Zhong et al.     Currently, Weyl semimetals (WSMs) are drawing great interest as a new topological nontrivial phase. When most of the studies concentrated on the clean host WSMs, it is expected …             Giant Gyroid and Templates from High-Molecular-Weight Block Copolymer Self-assembly ▶     Sungmin Park, Yeongsik Kim, Hyungju Ahn et al.     We present a feasible approach to the direct development of three-dimensionally (3D) bicontinuous gyroid (GYR) nanostructure in high-molecular-weight, composition-controlled …             Sulfated hyaluronan alters fibronectin matrix assembly and promotes osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow stromal cells ▶     Sarah Vogel, Simon Arnoldini, Stephanie Möller et al.     Extracellular matrix (ECM) composition and structural integrity is one of many factors that influence cellular differentiation. Fibronectin (FN) which is in many tissues the most …             Rechargeable calcium phosphate orthodontic cement with sustained ion release and re-release ▶     Ling Zhang, Michael D. Weir, Laurence C. Chow et al.     White spot lesions (WSL) due to enamel demineralization are major complications for orthodontic treatments. Calcium phosphate (CaP) dental resins with Ca and P ion releases are …             Periodic protein adsorption at the gold/biotin aqueous solution interface: evidence of kinetics with time delay ▶     H. Neff, H. M. Laborde, A. M. N. Lima     An oscillatory molecular adsorption pattern of the protein neutravidin from aqueous solution onto gold, in presence of a pre-deposited self assembled mono-molecular biotin film, …             Metal-coupled folding as the driving force for the extreme stability of Rad50 zinc hook dimer assembly ▶     Tomasz Kochańczyk, Michał Nowakowski, Dominika Wojewska et al.     The binding of metal ions at the interface of protein complexes presents a unique and poorly understood mechanism of molecular assembly. A remarkable example is the Rad50 zinc …             An improved d-band model of the catalytic activity of magnetic transition metal surfaces ▶     Satadeep Bhattacharjee, Umesh V. Waghmare, Seung-Cheol Lee     The d-band center model of Hammer and Nørskov is widely used in understanding and predicting catalytic activity on transition metal (TM) surfaces. Here, we demonstrate that this …             Few Ramachandran Angle Changes Provide Interaction Strength Increase in Aβ42 versus Aβ40 Amyloid Fibrils ▶     Oscar H. Bastidas, Benjamin Green, Mary Sprague et al.     The pathology of Alzheimer’s disease can ultimately be traced to the increased aggregation stability of Aβ42 peptides which possess two extra residues (Ile 41 & Ala 42) that the …             Human vision is determined based on information theory ▶     Alfonso Delgado-Bonal, Javier Martín-Torres     It is commonly accepted that the evolution of the human eye has been driven by the maximum intensity of the radiation emitted by the Sun. However, the interpretation of the …             Physical interactions between DNA and sepiolite nanofibers, and potential application for DNA transfer into mammalian cells ▶     Fidel Antonio Castro-Smirnov, Olivier Piétrement, Pilar Aranda et al.     Nanofibers of sepiolite, a natural silicate belonging to the clay minerals family, might constitute a potential promising nanocarrier for the non-viral transfer of bio-molecules. …             Decoding of top-down cognitive processing for SSVEP-controlled BMI ▶     Byoung-Kyong Min, Sven Dähne, Min-Hee Ahn et al.     We present a fast and accurate non-invasive brain-machine interface (BMI) based on demodulating steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs) in electroencephalography (EEG). …             Erratum: High-energy side-peak emission of exciton-polariton condensates in high density regime ▶     Tomoyuki Horikiri, Makoto Yamaguchi, Kenji Kamide et al.                 Hexafluoroisopropyl alcohol mediated synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones ▶     Mohammad A. Alam, Zakeyah Alsharif, Hessa Alkhattabi et al.     An efficient synthesis of novel 2,3-dihydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones has been reported. Inexpensive and readily available substrates, environmentally benign reaction …             Surface micro- and nano-texturing of stainless steel by femtosecond laser for the control of cell migration ▶     M. Martínez-Calderon, M. Manso-Silván, A. Rodríguez et al.     The precise control over the interaction between cells and the surface of materials plays a crucial role in optimizing the integration of implanted biomaterials. In this regard, …             Passively synchronized Q-switched and mode-locked dual-band Tm3+:ZBLAN fiber lasers using a common graphene saturable absorber ▶     Chenglai Jia, Bhavin J. Shastri, Nurmemet Abdukerim et al.     Dual-band fiber lasers are emerging as a promising technology to penetrate new industrial and medical applications from their dual-band properties, in addition to providing …             Highly Dispersed NiO Nanoparticles Decorating graphene Nanosheets for Non-enzymatic Glucose Sensor and Biofuel Cell ▶     Guisheng Zeng, Weiping Li, Suqin Ci et al.     Nickel oxide-decorated graphene nanosheet (NiO/GNS), as a novel non-enzymatic electrocatalyst for glucose oxidation reaction (GOR), was synthesized through a facile hydrothermal …             Determination of the band parameters of bulk 2H-MX2 (M = Mo, W; X = S, Se) by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy ▶     Beom Seo Kim, Jun-Won Rhim, Beomyoung Kim et al.     Monolayer MX2 (M = Mo, W; X = S, Se) has recently been drawn much attention due to their application possibility as well as the novel valley physics. On the other hand, it is …             Elaborately Tuning Intramolecular Electron Transfer Through Varying Oligoacene Linkers in the Bis(diarylamino) Systems ▶     Jing Zhang, Zhao Chen, Lan Yang et al.     The research efforts on oligoacene systems are still relatively limited mainly due to the synthetic challenge and the extreme instability of longer acenes. Herein, these two …             Pressure-Driven Spin Crossover Involving Polyhedral Transformation in Layered Perovskite Cobalt Oxyfluoride ▶     Yoshihiro Tsujimoto, Satoshi Nakano, Naoki Ishimatsu et al.     We report a novel pressure-driven spin crossover in layered cobalt oxyfluoride Sr2CoO3F with a distorted CoO5 square pyramid loosely bound with a fluoride ion. Upon increasing …             Non-invasive, transient determination of the core temperature of a heat-generating solid body ▶     Dean Anthony, Daipayan Sarkar, Ankur Jain     While temperature on the surface of a heat-generating solid body can be easily measured using a variety of methods, very few techniques exist for non-invasively measuring the …             A flexible triboelectric-piezoelectric hybrid nanogenerator based on P(VDF-TrFE) nanofibers and PDMS/MWCNT for wearable devices ▶     Xingzhao Wang, Bin Yang, Jingquan Liu et al.     This paper studied and realized a flexible nanogenerator based on P(VDF-TrFE) nanofibers and PDMS/MWCNT thin composite membrane, which worked under triboelectric and …             Demonstration of Temperature Dependent Energy Migration in Dual-Mode YVO4: Ho3+/Yb3+ Nanocrystals for Low Temperature Thermometry ▶     Manoj Kumar Mahata, Tristan Koppe, Kaushal Kumar et al.     A dual mode rare-earth based vanadate material (YVO4: Ho3+/Yb3+), prepared through ethylene glycol assisted hydrothermal method, demonstrating both downconversion and …             Possible flat band bending of the Bi1.5Sb0.5Te1.7Se1.3 crystal cleaved in an ambient air probed by terahertz emission spectroscopy ▶     Soon Hee Park, Sun Young Hamh, Joonbum Park et al.     We investigate an evolution of the surface electronic state of the Bi1.5Sb0.5Te1.7Se1.3 single crystal, which is one of the most bulk insulating topological insulators, by …             The ethanopharmacological aspect of carbon nanodots in turmeric smoke ▶     Sechul Chun, Manikandan Muthu, Enkhtaivan Gansukh et al.     Smoke manifested ever since our ancient’s lit fire; today it has evolved to become an environmental concern. However, medicinal smoke is still part of man’s natural remedies, …             Synthesis and Application of Ferroelectric Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride-co-Trifluoroethylene) Films using Electrophoretic Deposition ▶     Jeongjae Ryu, Kwangsoo No, Yeontae Kim et al.     In this study, we investigated the deposition kinetics of polyvinylidene fluoride copolymerized with trifluoroethylene (P(VDF-TrFE)) particles on stainless steel substrates …             A Low-loss Metasurface Antireflection Coating on Dispersive Surface Plasmon Structure ▶     Jiyeon Jeon, Khagendra Bhattarai, Deok-Kee Kim et al.     Over the years, there has been increasing interest in the integration of metal hole array (MHA) with optoelectronic devices, as a result of enhanced coupling of incident light …             General hyperconcentration of photonic polarization-time-bin hyperentanglement assisted by nitrogen-vacancy centers coupled to resonators ▶     Fang-Fang Du, Fu-Guo Deng, Gui-Lu Long     Entanglement concentration protocol (ECP) is used to extract the maximally entangled states from less entangled pure states. Here we present a general hyperconcentration protocol …             High-speed quantum networking by ship ▶     Simon J. Devitt, Andrew D. Greentree, Ashley M. Stephens et al.     Networked entanglement is an essential component for a plethora of quantum computation and communication protocols. Direct transmission of quantum signals over long distances is …             Burstein-Moss Effect Behind Au Surface Plasmon Enhanced Intrinsic Emission of ZnO Microdisks ▶     Qiuxiang Zhu, Junfeng Lu, Yueyue Wang et al.     In this paper, ZnO microdisks with sputtering of Au nanoparticles were prepared to explore their plasmon/exciton coupling effect. 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