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13 January 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Chemical Sciences               Microfluidic-SANS: flow processing of complex fluids ▶     Carlos G. Lopez, Takaichi Watanabe, Anne Martel et al.     Understanding and engineering the flow-response of complex and non-Newtonian fluids at a molecular level is a key challenge for their practical utilisation. Here we demonstrate …             Molecularly imprinted polymer decorated nanoporous gold for highly selective and sensitive electrochemical sensors ▶     Yingchun Li, Yuan Liu, Jie Liu et al.     Electrochemical nanosensors based on nanoporous gold leaf (NPGL) and molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) are developed for pharmaceutical analysis by using metronidazole (MNZ) as …             Hollow carbon nanospheres/silicon/alumina core-shell film as an anode for lithium-ion batteries ▶     Bing Li, Fei Yao, Jung Jun Bae et al.     Hollow carbon nanospheres/silicon/alumina (CNS/Si/Al2O3) core-shell films obtained by the deposition of Si and Al2O3 on hollow CNS interconnected films are used as the anode …             One-dimensional manganese-cobalt oxide nanofibres as bi-functional cathode catalysts for rechargeable metal-air batteries ▶     Kyu-Nam Jung, Soo Min Hwang, Min-Sik Park et al.     Rechargeable metal-air batteries are considered a promising energy storage solution owing to their high theoretical energy density. The major obstacles to realising this …             Electrochemical performance and carbon deposition resistance of M-BaZr0.1Ce0.7Y0.1Yb0.1O3-δ (M=Pd, Cu, Ni or NiCu) anodes for solid oxide fuel cells ▶     Meng Li, Bin Hua, Jian Pu et al.     Pd-, Cu-, Ni- and NiCu-BaZr0.1Ce0.7Y0.1Yb0.1O3-δ anodes, designated as M-BZCYYb, were prepared by impregnating M-containing solution into BZCYYb scaffold, and investigated in the …             Graphene-Co3O4 nanocomposite as electrocatalyst with high performance for oxygen evolution reaction ▶     Yufei Zhao, Shuangqiang Chen, Bing Sun et al.     Graphene-Co3O4 composite with a unique sandwich-architecture was successfully synthesized and applied as an efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction. Field …             Energy Efficient Glazing for Adaptive Solar Control Fabricated with Photothermotropic Hydrogels Containing Graphene Oxide ▶     Dowan Kim, Eunsu Lee, Heon Sang Lee et al.     Glazing for adaptive solar control is the most promising for energy efficient development, because the use of this technology in buildings can be expected to significantly impact …             Trapping of microwave radiation in hollow polypyrrole microsphere through enhanced internal reflection: A novel approach ▶     Ritwik Panigrahi, Suneel K. Srivastava     In present work, spherical core (polystyrene, PS)/shell (polypyrrole, PPy) has been synthesized via in situ chemical oxidative copolymerization of pyrrole (Py) on the surface of …             Synthesis and Characterization of Water-Soluble Polythiophene Derivatives for Cell Imaging ▶     Fengyan Wang, Meng Li, Bing Wang et al.     In this work, four water-soluble polythiophene derivatives (PT, PT-DDA, PT-ADA, and PT-ADA-PPR) with different pendant moieties were synthesized via oxidative copolymerization by …             A Strategy for Fabricating Porous PdNi@Pt Core-shell Nanostructures and Their Enhanced Activity and Durability for the Methanol Electrooxidation ▶     Xinyu Liu, Guangrui Xu, Yu Chen et al.     Three-dimensionally (3D) porous morphology of nanostructures can effectively improve their electrocatalytic activity and durability for various electrochemical reactions owing to …             Interlayer Water Regulates the Bio-nano Interface of a β-sheet Protein stacking on Graphene ▶     Wenping Lv, Guiju Xu, Hongyan Zhang et al.     Using molecular dynamics simulations, we investigated an integrated bio-nano interface consisting of a β-sheet protein stacked onto graphene. We found that the stacking assembly …             A lithium-ion sulfur battery using a polymer, polysulfide-added membrane ▶     Marco Agostini, Jusef Hassoun     In this paper we report the performances of a lithium-ion sulfur battery characterized by a polymer configuration. The cell, based on a sulfur-carbon cathode, a Li-Sn-C …             Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Based on Single Beam Splitting and Geometric Configuration for Effective Signal Enhancement ▶     Guang Yang, Qingyu Lin, Yu Ding et al.     A new laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) based on single-beam-splitting (SBS) and proper optical geometric configuration has been initially explored in this work for …             One-pot synthesis of core-shell Cu@SiO2 nanospheres and their catalysis for hydrolytic dehydrogenation of ammonia borane and hydrazine borane ▶     Qilu Yao, Zhang-Hui Lu, Zhujun Zhang et al.     Ultrafine copper nanoparticles (Cu NPs) within porous silica nanospheres (Cu@SiO2) were prepared via a simple one-pot synthetic route in a reverse micelle system and …                     • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Postdoctoral Research Assistant     University of Bristol            Research Advisor     British Heart Foundation            Postdoctoral Associate     University of Florida            PhD students     ETH Zurich            Research Associate     University of Cambridge            PhD Position     Ulm University            Faculty Position in Neuroscience     North Carolina State University (NCSU)            Research fellow     Duke NUS Graduate Medical School            Research Associate     McGill University            Research Fellow     The University of Warwick          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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