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30 September 2014      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Physical Sciences               Network-based statistical comparison of citation topology of bibliographic databases ▶     Lovro Šubelj, Dalibor Fiala, Marko Bajec     Modern bibliographic databases provide the basis for scientific research and its evaluation. While their content and structure differ substantially, there exist only informal …             CORRIGENDUM: Measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution for Scarani-Acin-Ribordy-Gisin 04 protocol ▶     Akihiro Mizutani, Kiyoshi Tamaki, Rikizo Ikuta et al.                 The combination of high Q factor and chirality in twin cavities and microcavity chain ▶     Qinghai Song, Nan Zhang, Huilin Zhai et al.     Chirality in microcavities has recently shown its bright future in optical sensing and microsized coherent light sources. The key parameters for such applications are the high …             Direct Deposition of Uniform High-κ Dielectrics on Graphene ▶     Peng Zhou, Songbo Yang, Qingqing Sun et al.     High quality High-κ dielectrics on graphene were achieved by atomic layer deposition directly using remote oxygen plasma surface pretreatment. The uniform coverage on graphene is …             Highly anisotropic metasurface: a polarized beam splitter and hologram ▶     Jun Zheng, Zhi-Cheng Ye, Nan-Ling Sun et al.     Two-dimensional metasurface structures have recently been proposed to reduce the challenges of fabrication of traditional plasmonic metamaterials. However, complex designs and …             Average is Boring: How Similarity Kills a Meme's Success ▶     Michele Coscia     Every day we are exposed to different ideas, or memes, competing with each other for our attention. Previous research explained popularity and persistence heterogeneity of memes …             Multifunctional Au-ZnO Plasmonic Nanostructures for Enhanced UV Photodetector and Room Temperature NO Sensing Devices ▶     Narendar Gogurla, Arun Kumar Sinha, Sumita Santra et al.     In this study we report the enhancement of UV photodetection and wavelength tunable light induced NO gas sensing at room temperature using Au-ZnO nanocomposites synthesized by a …             The formation of nano-layered grains and their enhanced superconducting transition temperature in Mg-doped FeSe0.9 bulks ▶     Feng Lan, Zongqing Ma, Yongchang Liu et al.     To search a proper dopant to further improve superconductivity in 11 type Fe-based superconductors makes sense to both their superconductivity mechanism and possible …             Simultaneous Enhancements of Conductivity and Stability for Anion Exchange Membranes (AEMs) through Precise Structure Design ▶     Jin Ran, Liang Wu, Bing Wei et al.     Polymeric materials as anion exchange membranes (AEMs) play an essential role in the field of energy and environment. The achievement of high performance AEMs by the precise …             Co-detection and sequencing of genes and transcripts from the same single cells facilitated by a microfluidics platform ▶     Lin Han, Xiaoyuan Zi, Lana X. Garmire et al.     Despite the recent advance of single-cell gene expression analyses, co-measurement of both genomic and transcriptional signatures at the single-cell level has not been realized. …             A Thiazole Coumarin (TC) Turn-On Fluorescence Probe for AT-Base Pair Detection and Multipurpose Applications in Different Biological Systems ▶     Nagarjun Narayanaswamy, Manoj Kumar, Sadhan Das et al.     Sequence-specific recognition of DNA by small turn-on fluorescence probes is a promising tool for bioimaging, bioanalytical and biomedical applications. Here, the authors report …             Ultrasmall Li2S Nanoparticles Anchored in Graphene Nanosheets for High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries ▶     Kai Zhang, Lijiang Wang, Zhe Hu et al.     Li2S has a high theoretical capacity of 1166 mAh g−1, but it suffers from limited rate and cycling performance. Herein we reported in-situ synthesis of thermally exfoliated …             Vibrational, electronic and structural properties of wurtzite GaAs nanowires under hydrostatic pressure ▶     Wei Zhou, Xiao-Jia Chen, Jian-Bo Zhang et al.     The structural, vibrational, and electronic properties of GaAs nanowires have been studied in the metastable wurtzite phase via Resonant Raman spectroscopy and synchrotron X-ray …             Using a Sharp Metal Tip to Control the Polarization and Direction of Emission from a Quantum Dot ▶     Anil Ghimire, Eyal Shafran, Jordan M. Gerton     Optical antennas can be used to manipulate the direction and polarization of radiation from an emitter. Usually, these metallic nanostructures utilize localized plasmon …             Symmetric curvature descriptors for label-free analysis of DNA ▶     Renato Buzio, Luca Repetto, Francesca Giacopelli et al.     High-resolution microscopy techniques such as electron microscopy, scanning tunnelling microscopy and atomic force microscopy represent well-established, powerful tools for the …             Hall conductance and topological invariant for open systems ▶     H. Z. Shen, W. Wang, X. X. Yi     The Hall conductivity given by the Kubo formula is a linear response of quantum transverse transport to a weak electric field. It has been intensively studied for quantum systems …             Equilibrium spin current in graphene with Rashba spin-orbit coupling ▶     Huan Zhang, Zhongshui Ma, Jun-Feng Liu     The existence of a background spin current under thermodynamic equilibrium is an interesting phenomenon in the two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling …             A directional wave measurement attack against the Kish key distribution system ▶     Lachlan J. Gunn, Andrew Allison, Derek Abbott     The Kish key distribution system has been proposed as a classical alternative to quantum key distribution. The idealized Kish scheme elegantly promises secure key distribution by …             Reversible Hydrophobic to Hydrophilic Transition in Graphene via Water Splitting Induced by UV Irradiation ▶     Zhemi Xu, Zhimin Ao, Dewei Chu et al.     Although the reversible wettability transition between hydrophobic and hydrophilic graphene under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation has been observed, the mechanism for this …             Aperiodic TiO2 Nanotube Photonic Crystal: Full-Visible-Spectrum Solar Light Harvesting in Photovoltaic Devices ▶     Min Guo, Keyu Xie, Yu Wang et al.     Bandgap engineering of a photonic crystal is highly desirable for photon management in photonic sensors and devices. Aperiodic photonic crystals (APCs) can provide unprecedented …             Structural limitations of learning in a crowd: communication vulnerability and information diffusion in MOOCs ▶     Nabeel Gillani, Taha Yasseri, Rebecca Eynon et al.     Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) bring together a global crowd of thousands of learners for several weeks or months. In theory, the openness and scale of MOOCs can promote …             Phosphorene nanoribbon as a promising candidate for thermoelectric applications ▶     J. Zhang, H. J. Liu, L. Cheng et al.     In this work, the electronic properties of phosphorene nanoribbons with different width and edge configurations are studied by using density functional theory. It is found that …             Candidate Quantum Spin Liquid due to Dimensional Reduction of a Two-Dimensional Honeycomb Lattice ▶     Bin Zhang, Yan Zhang, Zheming Wang et al.     As with quantum spin liquids based on two-dimensional triangular and kagome lattices, the two-dimensional honeycomb lattice with either a strong spin-orbital coupling or a …                 Light Science & Applications has received its first impact factor:8.476* Now is the time to submit your next excellent paper to LSA for these reasons: - Ranked 4 of 82 in optics (2013 Journal Citation Reports) - Open Access: anyone can download and read your paper - Wide exposure to a large global audience - Respected editors and an editorial board - Quick decision and speedy online publication   Publish your best research today! *2013 Journal Citation Reports Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2014)         • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Research Associate / Fellow     The University of Nottingham            PhD fellowship     Imperial College London            Two Post doctoral researchers     The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL)            Nutrition Scientist     Nestlé Research Center (NRC)            3 PhD Positions     Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf            Postdoctoral research fellows     The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences            Postdoctoral Research     University of Arizona in Tucson            Postdoc position     University of Southern California            SPIN PhD Fellowship Neuroscience     Innsbruck Medical University (IMU)            Post Doctoral Research Scientist     Rothamsted Research          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. 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