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01 July 2014      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports         Plant pathogen-induced volatiles attract parasitoids to increase parasitism of an insect vector (open access) In this original research article, Lukasz L. Stelinski and colleagues report of a parasitoid "eavesdropping" on a plant volatile induced by bacterial pathogen infection, which also increases effectiveness of host seeking behavior of its herbivorous vector.   Read more high-quality articles from Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution         Jump to the content that matters to you ▼ Biological Sciences   ▼ Chemical Sciences   ▼ Physical Sciences   ▼ Earth & Environmental Sciences   ▼ Health Sciences               Biological Sciences ▲ top               Semi-supervised learning for potential human microRNA-disease associations inference ▶     Xing Chen, Gui-Ying Yan     MicroRNAs play critical role in the development and progression of various diseases. Predicting potential miRNA-disease associations from vast amount of biological data is an …             Bluffing promotes overconfidence on social networks ▶     Kun Li, Rui Cong, Te Wu et al.     The overconfidence, a well-established bias, in fact leads to unrealistic expectations or faulty assessment. So it remains puzzling why such psychology of self-deception is …             Network dynamics of 3D engineered neuronal cultures: a new experimental model for in-vitro electrophysiology ▶     Monica Frega, Mariateresa Tedesco, Paolo Massobrio et al.     Despite the extensive use of in-vitro models for neuroscientific investigations and notwithstanding the growing field of network electrophysiology, all studies on cultured cells …             Estimation of the hydrogen concentration in rat tissue using an airtight tube following the administration of hydrogen via various routes ▶     Chi Liu, Ryosuke Kurokawa, Masayuki Fujino et al.     Hydrogen exerts beneficial effects in disease animal models of ischemia-reperfusion injury as well as inflammatory and neurological disease. Additionally, molecular hydrogen is …             The image-scratch paradigm: a new paradigm for evaluating infants' motivated gaze control ▶     Michiko Miyazaki, Hideyuki Takahashi, Matthias Rolf et al.     Human infants show spontaneous behaviours such as general movement, goal-directed behaviour, and self-motivated behaviour from a very early age. However, it is unclear how these …             Preparation of protein imprinted materials by hierarchical imprinting techniques and application in selective depletion of albumin from human serum ▶     Jinxiang Liu, Qiliang Deng, Dingyin Tao et al.     Hierarchical imprinting was developed to prepare the protein imprinted materials, as the artificial antibody, for the selective depletion of HSA from the human serum proteome. …             HE4 expression is associated with hormonal elements and mediated by importin-dependent nuclear translocation ▶     Elizabeth Lokich, Rakesh K. Singh, Alex Han et al.     Antiestrogens including tamoxifen and fulvestrant have been evaluated as chemotherapeutics for ovarian cancer, particularly in cases of platinum resistant disease. Human …             Defection and extortion as unexpected catalysts of unconditional cooperation in structured populations ▶     Attila Szolnoki, Matjaž Perc     We study the evolution of cooperation in the spatial prisoner's dilemma game, where besides unconditional cooperation and defection, tit-for-tat, win-stay-lose-shift and extortion …             Decomposition of Phragmites australis litter retarded by invasive Solidago canadensis in mixtures: an antagonistic non-additive effect ▶     Ling Zhang, Yaojun Zhang, Jianwen Zou et al.     Solidago canadensis is an aggressive invader in China. Solidago invasion success is partially attributed to allelopathic compounds release and more benefits from AM fungi, which …             Spectral and structural comparison between bright and dim green fluorescent proteins in Amphioxus ▶     Erin K. Bomati, Joy E. Haley, Joseph P. Noel et al.     The cephalochordate Amphioxus naturally co-expresses fluorescent proteins (FPs) with different brightness, which thus offers the rare opportunity to identify FP molecular …             Subdigital setae of chameleon feet: Friction-enhancing microstructures for a wide range of substrate roughness ▶     Marlene Spinner, Guido Westhoff, Stanislav N. Gorb     Hairy adhesive systems of microscopic setae with triangular flattened tips have evolved convergently in spiders, insects and arboreal lizards. The ventral sides of the feet and …             CORRIGENDUM: FasL Gene -844T/C Mutation of Esophageal Cancer in South China and Its Clinical Significance ▶     Hongguang Zhao, Linfeng Zheng, Xinru Li et al.                 RNA-Seq-based transcriptome analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus biofilm inhibition by ursolic acid and resveratrol ▶     Nan Qin, Xiaojuan Tan, Yinming Jiao et al.     Bacterial biofilms are particularly problematic since they become resistant to most available antibiotics. Hence, novel potential antagonists to inhibit biofilm formation are …             Real-time Measurement of Membrane Conformational States Induced by Antimicrobial Peptides: Balance Between Recovery and Lysis ▶     Kristopher Hall, Tzong-Hsien Lee, Adam I. Mechler et al.     The disruption of membranes by antimicrobial peptides is a multi-state process involving significant structural changes in the phospholipid bilayer. However, direct measurement of …             Dichotomal effect of space flight-associated microgravity on stress-activated protein kinases in innate immunity ▶     Auke P. Verhaar, Elmer Hoekstra, Angela S. W. Tjon et al.     Space flight strongly moderates human immunity but is in general well tolerated. Elucidation of the mechanisms by which zero gravity interacts with human immunity may provide …             Ataxia telangiectasia derived iPS cells show preserved x-ray sensitivity and decreased chromosomal instability ▶     Yoshihiro Fukawatase, Masashi Toyoda, Kohji Okamura et al.     Ataxia telangiectasia is a neurodegenerative inherited disease with chromosomal instability and hypersensitivity to ionizing radiation. iPS cells lacking ATM (AT-iPS cells) …             Elucidating a Key Anti-HIV-1 and Cancer-Associated Axis: The Structure of CCL5 (Rantes) in Complex with CCR5 ▶     Phanourios Tamamis, Christodoulos A. Floudas     CCL5 (RANTES) is an inflammatory chemokine which binds to chemokine receptor CCR5 and induces signaling. The CCL5:CCR5 associated chemotactic signaling is of critical biological …             Scaling of nitrogen and phosphorus across plant organs in shrubland biomes across Northern China ▶     Xian Yang, Zhiyao Tang, Chengjun Ji et al.     Allocation of limiting resources, such as nutrients, is an important adaptation strategy for plants. Plants may allocate different nutrients within a specific organ or the same …             Genome-wide identification of transcription factors and transcription-factor binding sites in oleaginous microalgae Nannochloropsis ▶     Jianqiang Hu, Dongmei Wang, Jing Li et al.     Nannochloropsis spp. are a group of oleaginous microalgae that harbor an expanded array of lipid-synthesis related genes, yet how they are transcriptionally regulated remains …             Dark-operative protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase generates substrate radicals by an iron-sulphur cluster in bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis ▶     Jiro Nomata, Toru Kondo, Tadashi Mizoguchi et al.     Photosynthesis converts solar energy to chemical energy using chlorophylls (Chls). In a late stage of biosynthesis of Chls, dark-operative protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) …             Zn2+ Blocks Annealing of Complementary Single-Stranded DNA in a Sequence-Selective Manner ▶     Shunwen Lu     Zinc is the second most abundant trace element essential for all living organisms. In human body, 30–40% of the total zinc ion (Zn2) is localized in the nucleus. Intranuclear free …             Phosphoinositides: Minor Lipids Make a Major Impact on Photoreceptor Cell Functions ▶     Raju V. S. Rajala, Ammaji Rajala, Andrew J. Morris et al.     Activation of the phosphoinositide (PI) cycle generates the second messengers that control various aspects of cellular signaling. We have previously shown that two PI cycle …             Non-invasive analysis of intestinal development in preterm and term infants using RNA-Sequencing ▶     Jason M. Knight, Laurie A. Davidson, Damir Herman et al.     The state and development of the intestinal epithelium is vital for infant health, and increased understanding in this area has been limited by an inability to directly assess …             A preliminary study of the relationship between breast cancer metastasis and loss of heterozygosity by using exome sequencing ▶     Hongsheng Li, Bo Yang, Ke Xing et al.     We explored the feasibility of studying loss of heterozygosity (LOH) by using exome sequencing and compared the differences in genetic LOH between primary breast tumors and …             Baicalin, a metabolite of baicalein with antiviral activity against dengue virus ▶     Ehsan Moghaddam, Boon-Teong Teoh, Sing-Sin Sam et al.     Baicalin, a flavonoid derived from Scutellaria baicalensis, is the main metabolite of baicalein released following administration in different animal models and human. We …             Isolation, plant colonization potential, and phenanthrene degradation performance of the endophytic bacterium Pseudomonas sp. Ph6-gfp ▶     Kai Sun, Juan Liu, Yanzheng Gao et al.     This investigation provides a novel method of endophyte-aided removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from plant bodies. A phenanthrene-degrading endophytic bacterium …             Assortative mating between two sympatric closely-related specialists: inferred from molecular phylogenetic analysis and behavioral data ▶     Huai-Jun Xue, Wen-Zhu Li, Xing-Ke Yang     Host plant shifting of phytophagous insects can lead to the formation of host associated differentiation and ultimately speciation. In some cases, host plant specificity alone …             Quorum quenching bacteria Bacillus sp. QSI-1 protect zebrafish (Danio rerio) from Aeromonas hydrophila infection ▶     Weihua Chu, Shuxin Zhou, Wei Zhu et al.     Quorum Sensing (QS) is a bacterial regulatory mechanism, which is responsible for controlling the expression of various biological macromolecules such as the virulence factors in …             Suppression of metastasis by mirtazapine via restoration of the Lin-7C/β-catenin pathway in human cancer cells ▶     Katsuhiro Uzawa, Atsushi Kasamatsu, Toshihiro Shimizu et al.     No definitive therapy exists to treat human metastatic tumors. We reported previously that down-regulation of Lin-7C is essential for metastasis of human squamous cell carcinomas …             Spatio-temporal mapping of variation potentials in leaves of Helianthus annuus L. seedlings in situ using multi-electrode array ▶     Dong-Jie Zhao, Zhong-Yi Wang, Lan Huang et al.     Damaging thermal stimuli trigger long-lasting variation potentials (VPs) in higher plants. Owing to limitations in conventional plant electrophysiological recording techniques, …             Functional divergence in gastrointestinal microbiota in physically-separated genetically identical mice ▶     G. B. Rogers, J. Kozlowska, J. Keeble et al.     Despite the fundamental contribution of the gut microbiota to host physiology, the extent of its variation in genetically-identical animals used in research is not known. We …             Two distinct populations of Bovine IL-17+ T-cells can be induced and WC1+IL-17+γδ T-cells are effective killers of protozoan parasites ▶     R. K. Peckham, R. Brill, D. S. Foster et al.     IL-17 has emerged as a key player in the immune system, exhibiting roles in protection from infectious diseases and promoting inflammation in autoimmunity. Initially thought to be …             A New Biocompatible and Antibacterial Phosphate Free Glass-Ceramic for Medical Applications ▶     Belén Cabal, Luís Alou, Fabio Cafini et al.     In the attempt to find valid alternatives to classic antibiotics and in view of current limitations in the efficacy of antimicrobial-coated or loaded biomaterials, this work is …             Changes of statistical structural fluctuations unveils an early compacted degraded stage of PNS myelin ▶     Nicola Poccia, Gaetano Campi, Alessandro Ricci et al.     Degradation of the myelin sheath is a common pathology underlying demyelinating neurological diseases from Multiple Sclerosis to Leukodistrophies. Although large malformations of …             Controlled glucose consumption in yeast using a transistor-like device ▶     Yang Song, Jiapeng Wang, Siu-Tung Yau     From the point of view of systems biology, insight into controlling the functioning of biological systems is conducive to the understanding of their complexness. The development …             Alternative hypotheses to explain why biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships are concave-up in some natural ecosystems but concave-down in manipulative experiments ▶     Camilo Mora, Roberto Danovaro, Michel Loreau     Recent studies of the relationship between biodiversity and functioning in marine ecosystems have yielded non-saturating patterns that contrast sharply with the results of …             Evolutionary optimality in sex differences of longevity and athletic performances ▶     Hiromi Asanuma, Satoshi Kakishima, Hiromu Ito et al.     Many sexual differences are known in human and animals. It is well known that females are superior in longevity, while males in athletic performances. Even though some sexual …             Small molecule inhibitors of HCV replication from Pomegranate ▶     B. Uma Reddy, Ranajoy Mullick, Anuj Kumar et al.     Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the causative agent of end-stage liver disease. Recent advances in the last decade in anti HCV treatment strategies have dramatically increased the …             Microinjection free delivery of miRNA inhibitor into zygotes ▶     Jin Young Joo, Jonghwan Lee, Hae Young Ko et al.     The development of gene delivery systems into embryos is challenging due to technical difficulties, delivery efficiency and toxicity. Here, we developed an organic compound …             PPARβ/δ activation of CD300a controls intestinal immunity ▶     Toshiya Tanaka, Satoko Tahara-Hanaoka, Tsukasa Nabekura et al.     Macrophages are important for maintaining intestinal immune homeostasis. Here, we show that PPARβ/δ (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor β/δ) directly regulates CD300a in …             CCL2 enhances pluripotency of human induced pluripotent stem cells by activating hypoxia related genes ▶     Yuki Hasegawa, Dave Tang, Naoko Takahashi et al.     Standard culture of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) requires basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF) to maintain the pluripotent state, whereas hiPSC more closely …             A Minimally Invasive Method for Retrieving Single Adherent Cells of Different Types from Cultures ▶     Jia Zeng, Aida Mohammadreza, Weimin Gao et al.     The field of single-cell analysis has gained a significant momentum over the last decade. Separation and isolation of individual cells is an indispensable step in almost all …             Knockdown of Malic Enzyme 2 Suppresses Lung Tumor Growth, Induces Differentiation and Impacts PI3K/AKT Signaling ▶     Jian-Guo Ren, Pankaj Seth, Clary B. Clish et al.     Mitochondrial malic enzyme 2 (ME2) catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of malate to yield CO2 and pyruvate, with concomitant reduction of dinucleotide cofactor NAD or NADP. We …             Two different approaches for pharmacokinetic modeling of exhaled drug concentrations ▶     S. Kreuer, A. Hauschild, T. Fink et al.     Online measurement of drug concentrations in patient's breath is a promising approach for individualized dosage. A direct transfer from breath- to blood-concentrations is not …                 Nature Genetics in association with the Wellcome Trust are pleased to present: The Genomics of Common Diseases 2014 September 17-20, 2014 Bolger Center, Potomac, MD, USA Click here for more information or to register for this conference today!         Chemical Sciences ▲ top               Fabrication of graphene-based electrode in less than a minute through hybrid microwave annealing ▶     Duck Hyun Youn, Ji-Wook Jang, Jae Young Kim et al.     Highly efficient and stable MoS2 nanocrystals on graphene sheets (MoS2/GR) are synthesized via a hybrid microwave annealing process. Through only 45 second-irradiation using a …             Synergistic effect on the visible light activity of Ti3+ doped TiO2 nanorods/boron doped graphene composite ▶     Mingyang Xing, Xiao Li, Jinlong Zhang     TiO2/graphene (TiO2-x/GR) composites, which are Ti3 self-doped TiO2 nanorods decorated on boron doped graphene sheets, were synthesized via a simple one-step hydrothermal method …             Shape-Controllable Formation of Poly-imidazolium Salts for Stable Palladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Polymers ▶     Huaixia Zhao, Liuyi Li, Yangxin Wang et al.     The imidazolium-based main-chain organic polymers are one of promising platforms in heterogeneous catalysis, the size and outer morphology of polymer particles are known to have …             An NCN-pincer ligand dysprosium single-ion magnet showing magnetic relaxation via the second excited state ▶     Yun-Nan Guo, Liviu Ungur, Garrett E. Granroth et al.     Single-molecule magnets are compounds that exhibit magnetic bistability purely of molecular origin. The control of anisotropy and suppression of quantum tunneling to obtain a …             Colloidal Nanocrystals Fluoresced by Surface Coordination Complexes ▶     Guan Wang, Jianwei Ji, Xinwen Zhang et al.     Colloidal Nanocrystals (NCs) with fluorescence originating from surface complexes are successfully prepared. The components of these NCs range from insulator, semiconductor to …             High mobility polymer based on a π-extended benzodithiophene and its application for fast switching transistor and high gain photoconductor ▶     Sungmin Park, Byung Tack Lim, BongSoo Kim et al.     Here we present synthesis and electronic properties of a new alternating copolymer composed of dithieno[2,3-d;2′,3′-d′]benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b′]dithiophene (DTBDT) and …             Metal Dichalcogenides Monolayers: Novel Catalysts for Electrochemical Hydrogen Production ▶     Hui Pan     Catalyst-driven electrolysis of water is considered as a “cleanest” way for hydrogen production. Finding cheap and abundant catalysts is critical to the large-scale implementation …             A Theoretical Study of Single-Atom Catalysis of CO Oxidation Using Au Embedded 2D h-BN Monolayer: A CO-Promoted O2 Activation ▶     Keke Mao, Lei Li, Wenhua Zhang et al.     The CO oxidation behaviors on single Au atom embedded in two-dimensional h-BN monolayer are investigated on the basis of first-principles calculations, quantum Born-Oppenheim …             Versatile, High Quality and Scalable Continuous Flow Production of Metal-Organic Frameworks ▶     Marta Rubio-Martinez, Michael P. Batten, Anastasios Polyzos et al.     Further deployment of Metal-Organic Frameworks in applied settings requires their ready preparation at scale. Expansion of typical batch processes can lead to unsuccessful or low …             Changes of statistical structural fluctuations unveils an early compacted degraded stage of PNS myelin ▶     Nicola Poccia, Gaetano Campi, Alessandro Ricci et al.     Degradation of the myelin sheath is a common pathology underlying demyelinating neurological diseases from Multiple Sclerosis to Leukodistrophies. Although large malformations of …             Quantitatively Mapping Cellular Viscosity with Detailed Organelle Information via a Designed PET Fluorescent Probe ▶     Tianyu Liu, Xiaogang Liu, David R. Spring et al.     Viscosity is a fundamental physical parameter that influences diffusion in biological processes. The distribution of intracellular viscosity is highly heterogeneous, and it is …             Plasmon-driven sequential chemical reactions in an aqueous environment ▶     Xin Zhang, Peijie Wang, Zhenglong Zhang et al.     Plasmon-driven sequential chemical reactions were successfully realized in an aqueous environment. In an electrochemical environment, sequential chemical reactions were driven by …             Cuprate-like Electronic Properties in Superlattices with AgIIF2 Square Sheet ▶     Xiaoping Yang, Haibin Su     Using the generalized gradient approximation augmented with maximally localized Wannier functions analysis, we present the formation of cuprate-like electronic structures in AgIIF2…             Impact of heterocirculene molecular symmetry upon two-dimensional crystallization ▶     W. D. Xiao, Y. Y. Zhang, L. Tao et al.     Despite the development of crystal engineering, it remains a great challenge to predict the crystal structure even for the simplest molecules, and a clear link between molecular …                     Physical Sciences ▲ top               Controlled Vapor Phase Growth of Single Crystalline, Two-Dimensional GaSe Crystals with High Photoresponse ▶     Xufan Li, Ming-Wei Lin, Alexander A. Puretzky et al.     Compared with their bulk counterparts, atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) crystals exhibit new physical properties, and have the potential to enable next-generation electronic …             Random bits, true and unbiased, from atmospheric turbulence ▶     Davide G. Marangon, Giuseppe Vallone, Paolo Villoresi     Random numbers represent a fundamental ingredient for secure communications and numerical simulation as well as to games and in general to Information Science. Physical processes …             Fabrication of graphene-based electrode in less than a minute through hybrid microwave annealing ▶     Duck Hyun Youn, Ji-Wook Jang, Jae Young Kim et al.     Highly efficient and stable MoS2 nanocrystals on graphene sheets (MoS2/GR) are synthesized via a hybrid microwave annealing process. Through only 45 second-irradiation using a …             Microwave Memristive-like Nonlinearity in a Dielectric Metamaterial ▶     Hongya Wu, Ji Zhou, Chuwen Lan et al.     Memristor exhibit interesting and valuable circuit properties and have thus become the subject of increasing scientific interest. Scientists wonder if they can conceive a …             Shortest path and Schramm-Loewner Evolution ▶     N. Posé, K. J. Schrenk, N. A. M. Araújo et al.     We numerically show that the statistical properties of the shortest path on critical percolation clusters are consistent with the ones predicted for Schramm-Loewner evolution …             Defection and extortion as unexpected catalysts of unconditional cooperation in structured populations ▶     Attila Szolnoki, Matjaž Perc     We study the evolution of cooperation in the spatial prisoner's dilemma game, where besides unconditional cooperation and defection, tit-for-tat, win-stay-lose-shift and extortion …             From nanocorals to nanorods to nanoflowers nanoarchitecture for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells at relatively low film thickness: All Hydrothermal Process ▶     Sawanta S. Mali, Chirayath A. Betty, Popatrao N. Bhosale et al.     Simple and low temperature hydrothermal process is employed to synthesize exotic nanostructures of TiO2. The nanostructures are obtained merely by changing the nature of the …             Graphene from Amorphous Titanium Carbide by Chlorination under 200°C and Atmospheric Pressures ▶     Tao Peng, Zongkui Kou, Hui Wu et al.     The synthesis of graphene via decomposition of SiC has opened a promising route for large-scale production of graphene. However, extremely high requirements for almost perfectly …             Spin nano–oscillator–based wireless communication ▶     Hyun Seok Choi, Sun Yool Kang, Seong Jun Cho et al.     Spin–torque nano–oscillators (STNOs) have outstanding advantages of a high degree of compactness, high–frequency tunability, and good compatibility with the standard complementary …             Synergistic effect on the visible light activity of Ti3+ doped TiO2 nanorods/boron doped graphene composite ▶     Mingyang Xing, Xiao Li, Jinlong Zhang     TiO2/graphene (TiO2-x/GR) composites, which are Ti3 self-doped TiO2 nanorods decorated on boron doped graphene sheets, were synthesized via a simple one-step hydrothermal method …             Preparation of protein imprinted materials by hierarchical imprinting techniques and application in selective depletion of albumin from human serum ▶     Jinxiang Liu, Qiliang Deng, Dingyin Tao et al.     Hierarchical imprinting was developed to prepare the protein imprinted materials, as the artificial antibody, for the selective depletion of HSA from the human serum proteome. …             Bluffing promotes overconfidence on social networks ▶     Kun Li, Rui Cong, Te Wu et al.     The overconfidence, a well-established bias, in fact leads to unrealistic expectations or faulty assessment. So it remains puzzling why such psychology of self-deception is …             Nuclear quantum dynamics in dense hydrogen ▶     Dongdong Kang, Huayang Sun, Jiayu Dai et al.     Nuclear dynamics in dense hydrogen, which is determined by the key physics of large-angle scattering or many-body collisions between particles, is crucial for the dynamics of …             Shape-Controllable Formation of Poly-imidazolium Salts for Stable Palladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Polymers ▶     Huaixia Zhao, Liuyi Li, Yangxin Wang et al.     The imidazolium-based main-chain organic polymers are one of promising platforms in heterogeneous catalysis, the size and outer morphology of polymer particles are known to have …             Highly Sensitive and Wide-Band Tunable Terahertz Response of Plasma Waves Based on Graphene Field Effect Transistors ▶     Lin Wang, Xiaoshuang Chen, Anqi Yu et al.     Terahertz (THz) technology is becoming a spotlight of scientific interest due to its promising myriad applications including imaging, spectroscopy, industry control and …             Colloidal Nanocrystals Fluoresced by Surface Coordination Complexes ▶     Guan Wang, Jianwei Ji, Xinwen Zhang et al.     Colloidal Nanocrystals (NCs) with fluorescence originating from surface complexes are successfully prepared. The components of these NCs range from insulator, semiconductor to …             Graphene/Ionic Liquid Composite Films and Ion Exchange ▶     Yufei Mo, Yunfang Wan, Alicia Chau et al.     Wettability of graphene is adjusted by the formation of various ionic surfaces combining ionic liquid (IL) self-assembly with ion exchange. The functionalized ILs were designed …             An NCN-pincer ligand dysprosium single-ion magnet showing magnetic relaxation via the second excited state ▶     Yun-Nan Guo, Liviu Ungur, Garrett E. Granroth et al.     Single-molecule magnets are compounds that exhibit magnetic bistability purely of molecular origin. The control of anisotropy and suppression of quantum tunneling to obtain a …             Critical coupling with graphene-based hyperbolic metamaterials ▶     Yuanjiang Xiang, Xiaoyu Dai, Jun Guo et al.     In order to effectively realize and control the critical coupling, a graphene-based hyperbolic metamaterial has been proposed to replace the absorbing thin film in the critically …             Effects of surface defects on two-dimensional electron gas at NdAlO3/SrTiO3 interface ▶     X. Xiang, L. Qiao, H. Y. Xiao et al.     Density functional theory calculations of NdAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructure show that two-dimensional electron gas (2-DEG) is produced at the interface with a built-in potential of …             Subdigital setae of chameleon feet: Friction-enhancing microstructures for a wide range of substrate roughness ▶     Marlene Spinner, Guido Westhoff, Stanislav N. Gorb     Hairy adhesive systems of microscopic setae with triangular flattened tips have evolved convergently in spiders, insects and arboreal lizards. The ventral sides of the feet and …             Does the Dirac Cone Exist in Silicene on Metal Substrates? ▶     Ruge Quhe, Yakun Yuan, Jiaxin Zheng et al.     Absence of the Dirac cone due to a strong band hybridization is revealed to be a common feature for epitaxial silicene on metal substrates according to our first-principles …             High mobility polymer based on a π-extended benzodithiophene and its application for fast switching transistor and high gain photoconductor ▶     Sungmin Park, Byung Tack Lim, BongSoo Kim et al.     Here we present synthesis and electronic properties of a new alternating copolymer composed of dithieno[2,3-d;2′,3′-d′]benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b′]dithiophene (DTBDT) and …             Bulk induced phase transition in driven diffusive systems ▶     Yu-Qing Wang, Rui Jiang, Anatoly B. Kolomeisky et al.     This paper studies a weakly and asymmetrically coupled three-lane driven diffusive system. A non-monotonically changing density profile in the middle lane has been observed. When …             Metal Dichalcogenides Monolayers: Novel Catalysts for Electrochemical Hydrogen Production ▶     Hui Pan     Catalyst-driven electrolysis of water is considered as a “cleanest” way for hydrogen production. Finding cheap and abundant catalysts is critical to the large-scale implementation …             Heterojunction Hybrid Devices from Vapor Phase Grown MoS2 ▶     Chanyoung Yim, Maria O'Brien, Niall McEvoy et al.     We investigate a vertically-stacked hybrid photodiode consisting of a thin n-type molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) layer transferred onto p-type silicon. The fabrication is scalable as …             Self-Assembly and Horizontal Orientation Growth of VO2 Nanowires ▶     Chun Cheng, Hua Guo, Abbas Amini et al.     Single-crystalline vanadium dioxide (VO2) nanostructures have attracted an intense research interest recently because of their unique single-domain metal-insulator phase …             Abnormal drop in electrical resistivity with impurity doping of single-crystal Ag ▶     Ji Young Kim, Min-Wook Oh, Seunghun Lee et al.     Resistivity is an intrinsic feature that specifies the electrical properties of a material and depends on electron-phonon scattering near room temperature. Reducing the …             Why are some Interfaces in Materials Stronger than others? ▶     S. J. Fensin, E. K. Cerreta, G. T. Gray III et al.     Grain boundaries (GBs) are often the preferred sites for void nucleation in ductile metals. However, it has been observed that all boundaries do not contribute equally to this …             InPBi Single Crystals Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy ▶     K. Wang, Y. Gu, H. F. Zhou et al.     InPBi was predicted to be the most robust infrared optoelectronic material but also the most difficult to synthesize within In-VBi (V=P, As and Sb) 25 years ago. We report the …             ERRATUM: Untangling complex dynamical systems via derivative-variable correlations ▶     Zoran Levnajić, Arkady Pikovsky                 Electricity from the Silk Cocoon Membrane ▶     Brindan Tulachan, Sunil Kumar Meena, Ratan Kumar Rai et al.     Silk cocoon membrane (SCM) is an insect engineered structure. We studied the electrical properties of mulberry (Bombyx mori) and non-mulberry (Tussar, Antheraea mylitta) SCM. When …             A Theoretical Study of Single-Atom Catalysis of CO Oxidation Using Au Embedded 2D h-BN Monolayer: A CO-Promoted O2 Activation ▶     Keke Mao, Lei Li, Wenhua Zhang et al.     The CO oxidation behaviors on single Au atom embedded in two-dimensional h-BN monolayer are investigated on the basis of first-principles calculations, quantum Born-Oppenheim …             Spin-orbit-coupled superconductivity ▶     Shun-Tsung Lo, Shih-Wei Lin, Yi-Ting Wang et al.     Superconductivity and spin-orbit (SO) interaction have been two separate emerging fields until very recently that the correlation between them seemed to be observed. However, …             High-Performance Few-layer Mo-doped ReSe2 Nanosheet Photodetectors ▶     Shengxue Yang, Sefaattin Tongay, Qu Yue et al.     Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have recently been the focus of extensive research activity owing to their fascinating physical properties. As a new member of TMDCs, Mo …             Single and double bosonic stimulation of THz emission in polaritonic systems ▶     M. A. Kaliteevski, K. A. Ivanov, G. Pozina et al.     The influence of the surrounding cavity on the efficiency of different types of polaritonic emitters of THz radiation has been analysed. It is demonstrated that THz lasing …             Fast temperature measurement following single laser-induced cavitation inside a microfluidic gap ▶     Pedro A. Quinto-Su, Madoka Suzuki, Claus-Dieter Ohl     Single transient laser-induced microbubbles have been used in microfluidic chips for fast actuation of the liquid (pumping and mixing), to interact with biological materials …             Versatile, High Quality and Scalable Continuous Flow Production of Metal-Organic Frameworks ▶     Marta Rubio-Martinez, Michael P. Batten, Anastasios Polyzos et al.     Further deployment of Metal-Organic Frameworks in applied settings requires their ready preparation at scale. Expansion of typical batch processes can lead to unsuccessful or low …             Focusing and Extraction of Light mediated by Bloch Surface Waves ▶     Angelo Angelini, Elsie Barakat, Peter Munzert et al.     The control of emission from localized light sources is an objective of outstanding relevance in nanophotonics. In a recent past, a large number of metallic nanostructures has …             A New Biocompatible and Antibacterial Phosphate Free Glass-Ceramic for Medical Applications ▶     Belén Cabal, Luís Alou, Fabio Cafini et al.     In the attempt to find valid alternatives to classic antibiotics and in view of current limitations in the efficacy of antimicrobial-coated or loaded biomaterials, this work is …             Changes of statistical structural fluctuations unveils an early compacted degraded stage of PNS myelin ▶     Nicola Poccia, Gaetano Campi, Alessandro Ricci et al.     Degradation of the myelin sheath is a common pathology underlying demyelinating neurological diseases from Multiple Sclerosis to Leukodistrophies. Although large malformations of …             Controlled glucose consumption in yeast using a transistor-like device ▶     Yang Song, Jiapeng Wang, Siu-Tung Yau     From the point of view of systems biology, insight into controlling the functioning of biological systems is conducive to the understanding of their complexness. The development …             Plasmon-driven sequential chemical reactions in an aqueous environment ▶     Xin Zhang, Peijie Wang, Zhenglong Zhang et al.     Plasmon-driven sequential chemical reactions were successfully realized in an aqueous environment. In an electrochemical environment, sequential chemical reactions were driven by …             Quantitatively Mapping Cellular Viscosity with Detailed Organelle Information via a Designed PET Fluorescent Probe ▶     Tianyu Liu, Xiaogang Liu, David R. Spring et al.     Viscosity is a fundamental physical parameter that influences diffusion in biological processes. The distribution of intracellular viscosity is highly heterogeneous, and it is …             Cuprate-like Electronic Properties in Superlattices with AgIIF2 Square Sheet ▶     Xiaoping Yang, Haibin Su     Using the generalized gradient approximation augmented with maximally localized Wannier functions analysis, we present the formation of cuprate-like electronic structures in AgIIF2…             Robustness of Interrelated Traffic Networks to Cascading Failures ▶     Zhen Su, Lixiang Li, Haipeng Peng et al.     The vulnerability to real-life networks against small initial attacks has been one of outstanding challenges in the study of interrelated networks. We study cascading failures in …             Analysis of Entanglement Measures and LOCC Maximized Quantum Fisher Information of General Two Qubit Systems ▶     Volkan Erol, Fatih Ozaydin, Azmi Ali Altintas     Entanglement has been studied extensively for unveiling the mysteries of non-classical correlations between quantum systems. In the bipartite case, there are well known measures …             Optically-controlled extinction ratio and Q-factor tunable silicon microring resonators based on optical forces ▶     Yun Long, Jian Wang     Tunability is a desirable property of microring resonators to facilitate superior performance. Using light to control light, we present an alternative simple approach to tuning …             Evolution of microstructure, strain and physical properties in oxide nanocomposite films ▶     Aiping Chen, Marcus Weigand, Zhenxing Bi et al.     We, using LSMO:ZnO nanocomposite films as a model system, have studied the effect of film thickness on the physical properties of nanocomposites. It shows that strain, …             Highly Flexible Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Produced by Sewing Textile Electrodes on Cloth ▶     Min Ju Yun, Seung I. Cha, Seon Hee Seo et al.     Textile forms of solar cells possess special advantages over other types of solar cells, including their light weight, high flexibility, and mechanical robustness. Recent demand …             Nature of strong hole pairing in doped Mott antiferromagnets ▶     Zheng Zhu, Hong-Chen Jiang, D. N. Sheng et al.     Cooper pairing instability in a Fermi liquid is well understood by the BCS theory, but pairing mechanism for doped Mott insulators still remains elusive. Previously it has been …             Blue shift of spontaneous emission in hyperbolic metamaterial ▶     Lei Gu, T. U. Tumkur, G. Zhu et al.     Spontaneous emission is one of the most fundamental quantum phenomena in optics. Following the seminal work of Purcell and in agreement with the Fermi's Golden Rule, its rate can …             Impact of heterocirculene molecular symmetry upon two-dimensional crystallization ▶     W. D. Xiao, Y. Y. Zhang, L. Tao et al.     Despite the development of crystal engineering, it remains a great challenge to predict the crystal structure even for the simplest molecules, and a clear link between molecular …               Earth & Environmental Sciences ▲ top               Synergistic effect on the visible light activity of Ti3+ doped TiO2 nanorods/boron doped graphene composite ▶     Mingyang Xing, Xiao Li, Jinlong Zhang     TiO2/graphene (TiO2-x/GR) composites, which are Ti3 self-doped TiO2 nanorods decorated on boron doped graphene sheets, were synthesized via a simple one-step hydrothermal method …             Decomposition of Phragmites australis litter retarded by invasive Solidago canadensis in mixtures: an antagonistic non-additive effect ▶     Ling Zhang, Yaojun Zhang, Jianwen Zou et al.     Solidago canadensis is an aggressive invader in China. Solidago invasion success is partially attributed to allelopathic compounds release and more benefits from AM fungi, which …             Defection and extortion as unexpected catalysts of unconditional cooperation in structured populations ▶     Attila Szolnoki, Matjaž Perc     We study the evolution of cooperation in the spatial prisoner's dilemma game, where besides unconditional cooperation and defection, tit-for-tat, win-stay-lose-shift and extortion …             Pacific freshening drives Pliocene cooling and Asian monsoon intensification ▶     Junsheng Nie, Thomas Stevens, Yougui Song et al.     The monsoon is a fundamental component of Earth's climate. The Pliocene warm period is characterized by long-term global cooling yet concurrent monsoon dynamics are poorly known. …             Isolation, plant colonization potential, and phenanthrene degradation performance of the endophytic bacterium Pseudomonas sp. Ph6-gfp ▶     Kai Sun, Juan Liu, Yanzheng Gao et al.     This investigation provides a novel method of endophyte-aided removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from plant bodies. A phenanthrene-degrading endophytic bacterium …             Alternative hypotheses to explain why biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships are concave-up in some natural ecosystems but concave-down in manipulative experiments ▶     Camilo Mora, Roberto Danovaro, Michel Loreau     Recent studies of the relationship between biodiversity and functioning in marine ecosystems have yielded non-saturating patterns that contrast sharply with the results of …               Health Sciences ▲ top               HE4 expression is associated with hormonal elements and mediated by importin-dependent nuclear translocation ▶     Elizabeth Lokich, Rakesh K. Singh, Alex Han et al.     Antiestrogens including tamoxifen and fulvestrant have been evaluated as chemotherapeutics for ovarian cancer, particularly in cases of platinum resistant disease. Human …             CORRIGENDUM: FasL Gene -844T/C Mutation of Esophageal Cancer in South China and Its Clinical Significance ▶     Hongguang Zhao, Linfeng Zheng, Xinru Li et al.                 Ataxia telangiectasia derived iPS cells show preserved x-ray sensitivity and decreased chromosomal instability ▶     Yoshihiro Fukawatase, Masashi Toyoda, Kohji Okamura et al.     Ataxia telangiectasia is a neurodegenerative inherited disease with chromosomal instability and hypersensitivity to ionizing radiation. iPS cells lacking ATM (AT-iPS cells) …             Dichotomal effect of space flight-associated microgravity on stress-activated protein kinases in innate immunity ▶     Auke P. Verhaar, Elmer Hoekstra, Angela S. W. Tjon et al.     Space flight strongly moderates human immunity but is in general well tolerated. Elucidation of the mechanisms by which zero gravity interacts with human immunity may provide …             Disorganized vascular structures in sporadic venous malformations: a possible correlation with balancing effect between Tie2 and TGF-β ▶     Gang Chen, Jian-Gang Ren, Wei Zhang et al.     Venous malformations (VMs) are among the most common slow-flow vascular malformations characterized by irregular venous channels, luminal thrombi, and phleboliths. To …             Non-invasive analysis of intestinal development in preterm and term infants using RNA-Sequencing ▶     Jason M. Knight, Laurie A. Davidson, Damir Herman et al.     The state and development of the intestinal epithelium is vital for infant health, and increased understanding in this area has been limited by an inability to directly assess …             Baicalin, a metabolite of baicalein with antiviral activity against dengue virus ▶     Ehsan Moghaddam, Boon-Teong Teoh, Sing-Sin Sam et al.     Baicalin, a flavonoid derived from Scutellaria baicalensis, is the main metabolite of baicalein released following administration in different animal models and human. We …             Treatment of MSCs with Wnt1a-conditioned medium activates DP cells and promotes hair follicle regrowth ▶     Liang Dong, Haojie Hao, Lei Xia et al.     Hair loss (alopecia) is a common problem for people. The dermal papilla is the key signaling center that regulates hair growth and it engage in crosstalk with the …             Differential Response of Central Blood Pressure to Isometric and Isotonic Exercises ▶     Satoru Tanaka, Tomonori Sugiura, Sumiyo Yamashita et al.     Central blood pressure may be more closely associated with cardiovascular events than peripheral blood pressure. The aim of the present study was to investigate central blood …             A New Biocompatible and Antibacterial Phosphate Free Glass-Ceramic for Medical Applications ▶     Belén Cabal, Luís Alou, Fabio Cafini et al.     In the attempt to find valid alternatives to classic antibiotics and in view of current limitations in the efficacy of antimicrobial-coated or loaded biomaterials, this work is …             Knockdown of Malic Enzyme 2 Suppresses Lung Tumor Growth, Induces Differentiation and Impacts PI3K/AKT Signaling ▶     Jian-Guo Ren, Pankaj Seth, Clary B. Clish et al.     Mitochondrial malic enzyme 2 (ME2) catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of malate to yield CO2 and pyruvate, with concomitant reduction of dinucleotide cofactor NAD or NADP. We …             Two different approaches for pharmacokinetic modeling of exhaled drug concentrations ▶     S. Kreuer, A. Hauschild, T. Fink et al.     Online measurement of drug concentrations in patient's breath is a promising approach for individualized dosage. 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