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10 November 2015      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Chemical Sciences               Anisotropic electronic conduction in stacked two-dimensional titanium carbide ▶     Tao Hu, Hui Zhang, Jiemin Wang et al.     Stacked two-dimensional titanium carbide is an emerging conductive material for electrochemical energy storage which requires an understanding of the intrinsic electronic …             Synthesis of bi-phase dispersible core-shell FeAu@ZnO magneto-opto-fluorescent nanoparticles ▶     Xue-Mei Li, Hong-Ling Liu, Xiao Liu et al.     Bi-phase dispersible core-shell FeAu@ZnO magneto-opto-fluorescent nanoparticles were synthesized by a modified nanoemulsion process using poly(ethylene …             A hierarchical view on material formation during pulsed-laser synthesis of nanoparticles in liquid ▶     Shyjumon Ibrahimkutty, Philipp Wagener, Tomy dos Santos Rolo et al.     Pulsed-laser assisted nanoparticle synthesis in liquids (PLAL) is a versatile tool for nanoparticle synthesis. However, fundamental aspects of structure formation during PLAL are …             Microsphere integrated microfluidic disk: synergy of two techniques for rapid and ultrasensitive dengue detection ▶     Samira Hosseini, Mohammad M. Aeinehvand, Shah M. Uddin et al.     The application of microfluidic devices in diagnostic systems is well-established in contemporary research. Large specific surface area of microspheres, on the other hand, has …             Innovative Strategy on Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Utilizing Activated Liquid Water ▶     Bing-Joe Hwang, Hsiao-Chien Chen, Fu-Der Mai et al.     Splitting water for hydrogen production using light, or electrical energy, is the most developed ‘green technique’. For increasing efficiency in hydrogen production, currently, …             Intriguing Electrostatic Potential of CO: Negative Bond-ends and Positive Bond-cylindrical-surface ▶     Hahn Kim, Van Dung Doan, Woo Jong Cho et al.     The strong electronegativity of O dictates that the ground state of singlet CO has positively charged C and negatively charged O, in agreement with ab initio charge analysis, but …             Two-State or Non-Two-State? An Excess Spectroscopy-based Approach to Differentiate the Existing Forms of Molecules in Liquids Mixtures ▶     Yu Zhou, Yan-Zhen Zheng, Hai-Yuan Sun et al.     Characterization/identification of the clusters/associates in liquids has long been a challenging topic. In this paper, we report a method to identify molecules with two …             Metallocene Catalytic Insertion Polymerization of 1-Silene to Polycarbosilanes ▶     Yuelong Tian, Min Ge, Weigang Zhang et al.     Metallocene of zirconium were used as a catalyst for an insertion polymerization of 1-methylsilene directly into pre-ceramic precursor polyzirconocenecarbosilane (PZCS) during …             Rapid identification of haloarchaea and methanoarchaea using the matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry ▶     Chao-Jen Shih, Sheng-Chung Chen, Chieh-Yin Weng et al.     The aim of this study was to classify certain environmental haloarchaea and methanoarchaea using matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry …             A relay strategy for the mercury (II) chemodosimeter with ultra-sensitivity as test strips ▶     Zhijun Ruan, Conggang Li, Jian-Rong Li et al.     A relay strategy has been proposed to design a new Hg2+ chemodosimeter (TPE-S), by coupling Hg2+-promoted deprotection reaction with ketone-enol isomerization, realizing the …             Bio-inspired Construction of Advanced Fuel Cell Cathode with Pt Anchored in Ordered Hybrid Polymer Matrix ▶     Zhangxun Xia, Suli Wang, Luhua Jiang et al.     The significant use of platinum for catalyzing the cathodic oxygen reduction reactions (ORRs) has hampered the widespread use of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). …             Versatile Molding Process for Tough Cellulose Hydrogel Materials ▶     Mutsumi Kimura, Yoshie Shinohara, Junko Takizawa et al.     Shape-persistent and tough cellulose hydrogels were fabricated by a stepwise solvent exchange from a homogeneous ionic liquid solution of cellulose exposure to methanol vapor. …             Platinized Graphene/ceramics Nano-sandwiched Architectures and Electrodes with Outstanding Performance for PEM Fuel Cells ▶     Xu Chen, Daping He, Hui Wu et al.     For the first time a novel oxygen reduction catalyst with a 3D platinized graphene/nano-ceramic sandwiched architecture is successfully prepared by an unusual method. Herein the …             Manual control of catalytic reactions: Reactions by an apoenzyme gel and a cofactor gel ▶     Yuichiro Kobayashi, Yoshinori Takashima, Akihito Hashidzume et al.     Enzymes play a vital role in catalysing almost all chemical reactions that occur in biological systems. Some enzymes must form complexes with non-protein molecules called …             Biomarker- and similarity coefficient-based approaches to bacterial mixture characterization using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) ▶     Lin Zhang, Sonja Smart, Todd R Sandrin     MALDI-TOF MS profiling has been shown to be a rapid and reliable method to characterize pure cultures of bacteria. Currently, there is keen interest in using this technique to …             Universal roles of hydrogen in electrochemical performance of graphene: high rate capacity and atomistic origins ▶     Jianchao Ye, Mitchell T. Ong, Tae Wook Heo et al.     Atomic hydrogen exists ubiquitously in graphene materials made by chemical methods. Yet determining the effect of hydrogen on the electrochemical performance of graphene remains …             Smart protein biogate as a mediator to regulate competitive host-guest interaction for sensitive ratiometric electrochemical assay of prion ▶     Peng Yu, Xiaohua Zhang, Jiawan Zhou et al.     A novel competitive host-guest strategy regulated by protein biogate was developed for sensitive and selective analysis of prion protein. The methylene blue (MB)-tagged prion …             Compressible and monolithic microporous polymer sponges prepared via one-pot synthesis ▶     Yoonbin Lim, Min Chul Cha, Ji Young Chang     Compressible and monolithic microporous polymers (MPs) are reported. MPs were prepared as monoliths via a Sonogashira–Hagihara coupling reaction of 1,3,5-triethynylbenzene (TEB) …             A novel 2,5-diaminopyrimidine-based affinity probe for Bruton’s tyrosine kinase ▶     Yingying Zuo, Yanxia Shi, Xitao Li et al.     As a critical regulator of the B-cell receptor signaling pathway, Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (Btk) has attracted intensive drug discovery efforts for treating B-cell lineage …             Bioinspired Reductionistic Peptide Engineering for Exceptional Mechanical Properties ▶     M. B. Avinash, Devaraj Raut, Manish Kumar Mishra et al.     A simple solution-processing and self-assembly approach that exploits the synergistic interactions between multiple hydrogen bonded networks and aromatic interactions was …             Heterobimetallic Zeolite, InV-ZSM-5, Enables Efficient Conversion of Biomass Derived Ethanol to Renewable Hydrocarbons ▶     Chaitanya K. Narula, Zhenglong Li, Erik M. Casbeer et al.     Direct catalytic conversion of ethanol to hydrocarbon blend-stock can increase biofuels use in current vehicles beyond the ethanol blend-wall of 10–15%. Literature reports …             Tuning the Reactivity of Radical through a Triplet Diradical Cu(II) Intermediate in Radical Oxidative Cross-Coupling ▶     Liangliang Zhou, Hong Yi, Lei Zhu et al.     Highly selective radical/radical cross-coupling is paid more attention in bond formations. However, due to their intrinsic active properties, radical species are apt to achieve …             A novel approach combining self-organizing map and parallel factor analysis for monitoring water quality of watersheds under non-point source pollution ▶     Yixiang Zhang, Xinqiang Liang, Zhibo Wang et al.     High content of organic matter in the downstream of watersheds underscored the severity of non-point source (NPS) pollution. The major objectives of this study were to …             Antiperovskite Chalco-Halides Ba3(FeS4)Cl, Ba3(FeS4)Br, and Ba3(FeSe4)Br with Spin Super-Super Exchange ▶     Xian Zhang, Kai Liu, Jian-Qiao He et al.     Perovskite-related materials have received increasing attention for their broad applications in photovoltaic solar cells and information technology due to their unique electrical …             Electrodeposited Ultrathin TiO2 Blocking Layers for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells ▶     Tzu-Sen Su, Tsung-Yu Hsieh, Cheng-You Hong et al.     In this study, the electrodeposition (ED) of ultrathin, compact TiO2 blocking layers (BLs) on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is evaluated. …                     • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Bioinformatics Scientist (M / F)     Uniklinik RWTH Aachen            Research Assistant     University of Bristol            13 PhD positions     Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research            Post-doctoral Positions University of Vermont     University of Vermont            Postdoctoral Researcher     John Innes Centre (JIC)            Fellowships     Lundbeck Foundation            Independent Research Fellows     The University of Manchester            Assistant Professor     University of Memphis            Postdoctoral Fellow     Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute            Research Scientist     University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill          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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