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12 July 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports           Chemical Sciences               Single-Crystal X-ray Structures of conductive π-Stacking Dimers of Tetrakis(alkylthio)benzene Radical Cations ▶     Xiaoyu Chen, Feng Gao, Wuqin Yang     Salts containing radical cations of 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(isopropylthio)benzene (TPB) and 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(ethylthio) benzene (TEB) have been successfully synthesized with . These …             Enhanced Conversion Efficiencies in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Achieved through Self-Assembled Platinum(II) Metallacages ▶     Zuoli He, Zhiqiang Hou, Yonglei Xing et al.     Two-component self-assembly supramolecular coordination complexes with particular photo-physical property, wherein unique donors are combined with a single metal acceptor, can be …             Corrigendum: Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide-Modified LiMn0.75Fe0.25PO4 Microspheres by Salt-Assisted Spray Drying for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries ▶     Myeong-Seong Kim, Hyun-Kyung Kim, Suk-Woo Lee et al.                 Quantification of intracellular payload release from polymersome nanoparticles ▶     Edoardo Scarpa, Joanne L. Bailey, Agnieszka A. Janeczek et al.     Polymersome nanoparticles (PMs) are attractive candidates for spatio-temporal controlled delivery of therapeutic agents. Although many studies have addressed cellular uptake of …             Oxidative Stress Induced by Pt(IV) Pro-drugs Based on the Cisplatin Scaffold and Indole Carboxylic Acids in Axial Position ▶     Dina Tolan, Valentina Gandin, Liam Morrison et al.     The use of Pt(IV) complexes as pro-drugs that are activated by intracellular reduction is a widely investigated approach to overcome the limitations of Pt(II) anticancer agents. …             A Comprehensive study of the Effects of Chain Morphology on the Transport Properties of Amorphous Polymer Films ▶     Dan Mendels, Nir Tessler     Organic semiconductors constitute one of the main components underlying present-day paradigm shifting optoelectronic applications. Among them, polymer based semiconductors are …             Corrigendum: Molecular orbital analysis of the hydrogen bonded water dimer ▶     Bo Wang, Wanrun Jiang, Xin Dai et al.                 A nanometric Rh overlayer on a metal foil surface as a highly efficient three-way catalyst ▶     Satoshi Misumi, Hiroshi Yoshida, Satoshi Hinokuma et al.     Pulsed arc-plasma (AP) deposition of an Rh overlayer on an Fe–Cr–Al stainless steel foil produced a composite material that exhibited high activity for automotive three-way …             Analysis of temporal evolution of quantum dot surface chemistry by surface-enhanced Raman scattering ▶     İlker Doğan, Ryan Gresback, Tomohiro Nozaki et al.     Temporal evolution of surface chemistry during oxidation of silicon quantum dot (Si-QD) surfaces were probed using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). A monolayer of …             Molecular Dynamics Simulations Reveal that Water Diffusion between Graphene Oxide Layers is Slow ▶     Ram Devanathan, Dylan Chase-Woods, Yongsoon Shin et al.     Membranes made of stacked layers of graphene oxide (GO) hold the tantalizing promise of revolutionizing desalination and water filtration if selective transport of molecules can …             Evaluation of treadmill exercise effect on muscular lipid profiles of diabetic fatty rats by nanoflow liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry ▶     Jong Cheol Lee, Il Yong Kim, Yeri Son et al.     We compare comprehensive quantitative profiling of lipids at the molecular level from skeletal muscle tissues (gastrocnemius and soleus) of Zucker diabetic fatty rats and Zucker …             A novel Si/Sn composite with entangled ribbon structure as anode materials for lithium ion battery ▶     Jinbo Wu, Zhengwang Zhu, Hongwei Zhang et al.     A novel Si/Sn composite anode material with unique ribbon structure was synthesized by Mechanical Milling (MM) and the structural transformation was studied in the present work. …             Effect of the environment on the secondary metabolic profile of Tithonia diversifolia: a model for environmental metabolomics of plants ▶     Bruno Leite Sampaio, RuAngelie Edrada-Ebel, Fernando Batista Da Costa     Tithonia diversifolia is an invasive weed commonly found in tropical ecosystems. In this work, we investigate the influence of different abiotic environmental factors on the …             Investigation of absorptance and emissivity of thermal control coatings on Mg–Li alloys and OES analysis during PEO process ▶     Zhongping Yao, Qixing Xia, Pengfei Ju et al.     Thermal control ceramic coatings on Mg–Li alloys have been successfully prepared in silicate electrolyte system by plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) method. The PEO coatings …             Enhancement of Low-field Magnetoresistance in Self-Assembled Epitaxial La0.67Ca0.33MnO3:NiO and La0.67Ca0.33MnO3:Co3O4 Composite Films via Polymer-Assisted Deposition ▶     Meng Zhou, Yuling Li, Il Jeon et al.     Polymer-assisted deposition method has been used to fabricate self-assembled epitaxial La0.67Ca0.33MnO3:NiO and La0.67Ca0.33MnO3:Co3O4 films on LaAlO3 substrates. Compared to …             Effect of water presence on choline chloride-2urea ionic liquid and coating platings from the hydrated ionic liquid ▶     Cuiling Du, Binyuan Zhao, Xiao-Bo Chen et al.     In the present study, hygroscopicity of the choline chloride-urea (ChCl-2Urea) ionic liquid (IL) was confirmed through Karl-Fisher titration examination, indicating that the …             Integrated hollow microneedle-optofluidic biosensor for therapeutic drug monitoring in sub-nanoliter volumes ▶     Sahan A. Ranamukhaarachchi, Celestino Padeste, Matthias Dübner et al.     Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) typically requires painful blood drawn from patients. We propose a painless and minimally-invasive alternative for TDM using hollow microneedles …             Conformational Heterogeneity of Bax Helix 9 Dimer for Apoptotic Pore Formation ▶     Chenyi Liao, Zhi Zhang, Justin Kale et al.     Helix α9 of Bax protein can dimerize in the mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) and lead to apoptotic pores. However, it remains unclear how different conformations of the dimer …             Improved antifouling properties and selective biofunctionalization of stainless steel by employing heterobifunctional silane-polyethylene glycol overlayers and avidin-biotin technology ▶     Ville Hynninen, Leena Vuori, Markku Hannula et al.     A straightforward solution-based method to modify the biofunctionality of stainless steel (SS) using heterobifunctional silane-polyethylene glycol (silane-PEG) overlayers is …             Continuous hydrogenation of ethyl levulinate to γ-valerolactone and 2-methyl tetrahydrofuran over alumina doped Cu/SiO2 catalyst: the potential of commercialization ▶     Junlin Zheng, Junhua Zhu, Xuan Xu et al.     Hydrogenation of levulinic acid (LA) and its esters to produce γ-valerolactone (GVL) and 2-methyl tetrahydrofuran (2-MTHF) is a key step for the utilization of cellulose derived …             Origin of Nanobubbles Electrochemically Formed in a Magnetic Field: Ionic Vacancy Production in Electrode Reaction ▶     Ryoichi Aogaki, Atsushi Sugiyama, Makoto Miura et al.     As a process complementing conventional electrode reactions, ionic vacancy production in electrode reaction was theoretically examined; whether reaction is anodic or cathodic, …             Self-assembled targeted nanoparticles based on transferrin-modified eight-arm-polyethylene glycol–dihydroartemisinin conjugate ▶     Kefeng Liu, Lin Dai, Chunxiao Li et al.     Poor delivery of insoluble anticancer drugs has so far precluded their clinical application. 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