Scientific Reports Chemistry Table of Contents e-alert: June 2013

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Click here to find out more!                 Chemical Sciences               High-Quality Reduced Graphene Oxide by a Dual-Function Chemical Reduction and Healing Process ▶     Surajit Some, Youngmin Kim, Yeoheung Yoon et al.     A new chemical dual-functional reducing agent, thiophene, was used to produce high-quality reduced graphene oxide (rGO) as a result of a chemical reduction of graphene oxide (GO) …             Directed self-assembly of proteins into discrete radial patterns ▶     Garima Thakur, Kovur Prashanthi, Thomas Thundat     Unlike physical patterning of materials at nanometer scale, manipulating soft matter such as biomolecules into patterns is still in its infancy. Self-assembled monolayer (SAM) with …             Hierarchical Oriented Anatase TiO2 Nanostructure arrays on Flexible Substrate for Efficient Dye-sensitized Solar Cells ▶     Wu-Qiang Wu, Hua-Shang Rao, Yang-Fan Xu et al.     The vertically oriented anatase single crystalline TiO2 nanostructure arrays (TNAs) consisting of TiO2 truncated octahedrons with exposed {001} facets or hierarchical TiO2 …             A physical organogel electrolyte: characterized by in situ thermo-irreversible gelation and single-ion-predominent conduction ▶     Young-Soo Kim, Yoon-Gyo Cho, Dorj Odkhuu et al.     Electrolytes are characterized by their ionic conductivity (σi). It is desirable that overall σi results from the dominant contribution of the ions of interest (e.g. Li in lithium …             Rice husks as a sustainable source of nanostructured silicon for high performance Li-ion battery anodes ▶     Nian Liu, Kaifu Huo, Matthew T. McDowell et al.     The recovery of useful materials from earth-abundant substances is of strategic importance for industrial processes. Despite the fact that Si is the second most abundant element …             Enhanced performance and interfacial investigation of mineral-based composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage ▶     Chuanchang Li, Liangjie Fu, Jing Ouyang et al.     A novel mineral-based composite phase change materials (PCMs) was prepared via vacuum impregnation method assisted with microwave-acid treatment of the graphite (G) and bentonite …             Addressable and unidirectional energy transfer along a DNA three-way junction programmed by pyrrole-imidazole polyamides ▶     Wu Su, Clive R. Bagshaw, Glenn A. Burley     We describe a photonic waveguide where FRET is routed uni-directionally along a double-stranded DNA track. The efficiency of FRET is modulated by the supramolecular control of …             Low-temperature muon spin rotation studies of the monopole charges and currents in Y doped Ho2Ti2O7 ▶     L. J. Chang, M. R. Lees, G. Balakrishnan et al.     In the ground state of Ho2Ti2O7 spin ice, the disorder of the magnetic moments follows the same rules as the proton disorder in water ice. Excitations take the form of magnetic …             The R3-carbon allotrope: a pathway towards glassy carbon under high pressure ▶     Xue Jiang, Cecilia Århammar, Peng Liu et al.     Pressure-induced bond type switching and phase transformation in glassy carbon (GC) has been simulated by means of Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations and the Stochastic …             Hydroxylated derivatives of dimethoxy-1,4-benzoquinone as redox switchable earth-alkaline metal ligands and radical scavengers ▶     Rubin Gulaboski, Ivan Bogeski, Valentin Mirčeski et al.     Benzoquinones (BQ) have important functions in many biological processes. In alkaline environments, BQs can be hydroxylated at quinoid ring proton positions. Very little is known …             Controlled Scalable Synthesis of Uniform, High-Quality Monolayer and Few-layer MoS2 Films ▶     Yifei Yu, Chun Li, Yi Liu et al.     Two dimensional (2D) materials with a monolayer of atoms represent an ultimate control of material dimension in the vertical direction. Molybdenum sulfide (MoS2) monolayers, with …             Polyethyleneimine Incorporated Metal-Organic Frameworks Adsorbent for Highly Selective CO2 Capture ▶     Yichao Lin, Qiuju Yan, Chunlong Kong et al.     A series of polyethyleneimine (PEI) incorporated MIL-101 adsorbents with different PEI loadings were reported for the first time in the present work. Although the surface area and …             Semihydrogenated BN Sheet: A Promising Visible-light Driven Photocatalyst for Water Splitting ▶     Xingxing Li, Jin Zhao, Jinlong Yang     Based on first principles calculations, we predict semihydrogenated graphitic BN (sh-BN) sheet is a potential metal-free visible-light driven photocatalyst for water splitting. …             Snake velvet black: Hierarchical micro- and nanostructure enhances dark colouration in Bitis rhinoceros ▶     Marlene Spinner, Alexander Kovalev, Stanislav N. Gorb et al.     The West African Gaboon viper (Bitis rhinoceros) is a master of camouflage due to its colouration pattern. Its skin is geometrically patterned and features black spots that …             Physiologically-Relevant Modes of Membrane Interactions by the Human Antimicrobial Peptide, LL-37, Revealed by SFG Experiments ▶     Bei Ding, Lauren Soblosky, Khoi Nguyen et al.     Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) could become the next generation antibiotic compounds which can overcome bacterial resistance by disrupting cell membranes and it is essential to …             Molecule-Based Water-Oxidation Catalysts (WOCs): Cluster-Size-Dependent Dye-Sensitized Polyoxometalates for Visible-Light-Driven O2 Evolution ▶     Junkuo Gao, Shaowen Cao, Qiuling Tay et al.     From atomic level to understand the cluster-size-dependant behavior of dye-sensitized photocatalysts is very important and helpful to design new photocatalytic materials. Although …             Virus-based Photo-Responsive Nanowires Formed By Linking Site-Directed Mutagenesis and Chemical Reaction ▶     Murali Murugesan, Gopal Abbineni, Susan L. Nimmo et al.     Owing to the genetic flexibility and error-free bulk production, bio-nanostructures such as filamentous phage showed great potential in materials synthesis, however, their …             Facet-Dependent Catalytic Activity of Platinum Nanocrystals for Triiodide Reduction in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ▶     Bo Zhang, Dong Wang, Yu Hou et al.     Platinum (Pt) nanocrystals have demonstrated to be an effective catalyst in many heterogeneous catalytic processes. However, pioneer facets with highest activity have been …             A Coarse-Grained Protein Model in a Water-like Solvent ▶     Sumit Sharma, Sanat K. Kumar, Sergey V. Buldyrev et al.     Simulations employing an explicit atom description of proteins in solvent can be computationally expensive. On the other hand, coarse-grained protein models in implicit solvent …             Polyoxometalate-based Supramolecular Gel ▶     Peilei He, Biao Xu, Huiling Liu et al.     Self-assemblyings of surfactant-encapsulated Wells-Dawson polyoxometalates (SEPs) nanobuilding blocks in butanone and esters yielded supramolecular gels showing thermo and photo …             An ab-initio Computational Method to Determine Dielectric Properties of Biological Materials ▶     Chathurika D. Abeyrathne, Malka N. Halgamuge, Peter M. Farrell et al.     Frequency dependent dielectric properties are important for understanding the structure and dynamics of biological materials. These properties can be used to study underlying …             Diagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica with interfacial co-assembly-based multi-channel electrochemical immunosensor arrays ▶     Wangping Deng, Bin Xu, Haiyan Hu et al.     Schistosomiasis control remains to be an important and challenging task in the world. However, lack of quick, simple, sensitive and specific sero-diagnostic test is still a hurdle …             Highly tapered pentagonal bipyramidal Au microcrystals with high index faceted corrugation: Synthesis and optical properties ▶     Gangaiah Mettela, Radha Boya, Danveer Singh et al.     Focusing light at sub-wavelength region opens up interesting applications in optical sensing and imaging beyond the diffraction limit. In the past, tapered Au wires with carved …             Graphene-hemin hybrid material as effective catalyst for selective oxidation of primary C-H bond in toluene ▶     Yongjia Li, Xiaoqing Huang, Yujing Li et al.     An effective hemin catalyst on graphene support for selective oxidation of primary C-H bond in toluene is reported with an over 50% conversion rate achieved at mild conditions. …             Fabrication of Ultrafine Soft-Matter Arrays by Selective Contact Thermochemical Reaction ▶     X. Cai, Yue Wang, Xiaowei Wang et al.     Patterning of functional soft matters at different length scales is important for diverse research fields including cell biology, tissue engineering and medicinal science and the …             Single-atom Catalysis Using Pt/Graphene Achieved through Atomic Layer Deposition ▶     Shuhui Sun, Gaixia Zhang, Nicolas Gauquelin et al.     Platinum-nanoparticle-based catalysts are widely used in many important chemical processes and automobile industries. Downsizing catalyst nanoparticles to single atoms is highly …             High Performance Fe- and N- Doped Carbon Catalyst with Graphene Structure for Oxygen Reduction ▶     Hongliang Peng, Zaiyong Mo, Shijun Liao et al.     Proton exchange membrane fuel cells are promising candidates for a clean and efficient energy conversion in the future, the development of carbon based inexpensive non-precious …             Remarkably Durable High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Based on Poly(vinylphosphonic acid)-doped Polybenzimidazole ▶     Mohamed R. Berber, Tsuyohiko Fujigaya, Kazunari Sasaki et al.     Low durability of polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) is a major drawback that should be solved. Recent studies have revealed that leaching of liquid phosphoric acid (PA) from …             Spatially-resolved rotational microrheology with an optically-trapped sphere ▶     James S. Bennett, Lachlan J. Gibson, Rory M. Kelly et al.     We have developed a microrheometer, based on optical tweezers, in which hydrodynamic coupling between the probe and fluid boundaries is dramatically reduced relative to existing …                         Scientific Reports is accepting submissions from all scientific fields. 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