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05 July 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports           Physical Sciences               Soft magnetic memory of silk cocoon membrane ▶     Manas Roy, Amarish Dubey, Sushil Kumar Singh et al.     Silk cocoon membrane (SCM), a solid matrix of protein fiber, responds to light, heat and moisture and converts these energies to electrical signals. Essentially it exhibits …             152 fs nanotube-mode-locked thulium-doped all-fiber laser ▶     Jinzhang Wang, Xiaoyan Liang, Guohua Hu et al.     Ultrafast fiber lasers with broad bandwidth and short pulse duration have a variety of applications, such as ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy and supercontinuum generation. …             Highly sensitive gas-phase explosive detection by luminescent microporous polymer networks ▶     André Räupke, Alex Palma-Cando, Eugen Shkura et al.     We propose microporous networks (MPNs) of a light emitting spiro-carbazole based polymer (PSpCz) as luminescent sensor for nitro-aromatic compounds. The MPNs used in this study …             Revealing the morphological architecture of a shape memory polyurethane by simulation ▶     Jinlian Hu, Cuili Zhang, Fenglong Ji et al.     The lack of specific knowledge of the network structure in shape memory polymers (SMPs) has prevented us from gaining an in-depth understanding of their mechanisms and limited …             Role of Yb3+ ions on enhanced ~2.9 μm emission from Ho3+ ions in low phonon oxide glass system ▶     Sathravada Balaji, Gaurav Gupta, Kaushik Biswas et al.     The foremost limitation of an oxide based crystal or glass host to demonstrate mid- infrared emissions is its high phonon energy. It is very difficult to obtain radiative …             Highly conductive and flexible color filter electrode using multilayer film structure ▶     Jun Hee Han, Dong-Young Kim, Dohong Kim et al.     In this paper, a high performance flexible component that serves as a color filter and an electrode simultaneously is suggested. The suggested highly conductive and flexible …             Mechanism of sodium chloride in promoting reduction of high-magnesium low-nickel oxide ore ▶     Shiwei Zhou, Yonggang Wei, Bo Li et al.     Sodium chloride has been proved that it is an effective promoter for the reduction of high-magnesium, low-nickel oxide ore. The aim of current work is to clarify the promotion …             The normal modes of lattice vibrations of ice XI ▶     Peng Zhang, Zhe Wang, Ying-Bo Lu et al.     The vibrational spectrum of ice XI at thermal wavelengths using the CASTEP code, a first-principles simulation method, is investigated. A dual-track approach is constructed to …             Topological water wave states in a one-dimensional structure ▶     Zhaoju Yang, Fei Gao, Baile Zhang     Topological concepts have been introduced into electronic, photonic, and phononic systems, but have not been studied in surface-water-wave systems. Here we study a …             Strain-modulated ferromagnetism and band gap of Mn doped Bi2Se3 ▶     Shifei Qi, Hualing Yang, Juan Chen et al.     The quantized anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) have been theoretically predicted and experimentally confirmed in magnetic topological insulators (TI), but dissipative channels …             Partially ordered state of ice XV ▶     K. Komatsu, F. Noritake, S. Machida et al.     Most ice polymorphs have order–disorder “pairs” in terms of hydrogen positions, which contributes to the rich variety of ice polymorphs; in fact, three recently discovered …             Determination of nicotine in tobacco products based on mussel-inspired reduced graphene oxide-supported gold nanoparticles ▶     Yanqiu Jing, Xiuxiu Yuan, Qiu Yuan et al.     Polydopamine functionalized reduced graphene oxide-gold nanoparticle (PDA-RGO/Au) nanocomposites were successfully prepared by a simple and mild procedure. The PDA-RGO/Au …             The minimization of mechanical work in vibrated granular matter ▶     James P. D. Clewett, Jack Wade, R. M. Bowley et al.     Experiments and computer simulations are carried out to investigate phase separation in a granular gas under vibration. The densities of the dilute and the dense phase are found …             The different effects of twin boundary and grain boundary on reducing tension-compression yield asymmetry of Mg alloys ▶     Huihui Yu, Yunchang Xin, Adrien Chapuis et al.     In the present study, a coarse grained AZ31 plate was refined by twin boundaries (TBs) and grain boundaries (GBs), respectively. A comparative study about the different effects …             Exploring Ag(111) Substrate for Epitaxially Growing Monolayer Stanene: A First-Principles Study ▶     Junfeng Gao, Gang Zhang, Yong-Wei Zhang     Stanene, a two-dimensional topological insulator composed of Sn atoms in a hexagonal lattice, is a promising contender to Si in nanoelectronics. Currently it is still a …             Characteristic distribution of finite-time Lyapunov exponents for chimera states ▶     André E. Botha     Our fascination with chimera states stems partially from the somewhat paradoxical, yet fundamental trait of identical, and identically coupled, oscillators to split into …             Spin Funneling for Enhanced Spin Injection into Ferromagnets ▶     Shehrin Sayed, Vinh Q. Diep, Kerem Yunus Camsari et al.     It is well-established that high spin-orbit coupling (SOC) materials convert a charge current density into a spin current density which can be used to switch a magnet efficiently …             Unexpected electronic structure of the alloyed and doped arsenene sheets: First-Principles calculations ▶     Ming-Yang Liu, Yang Huang, Qing-Yuan Chen et al.     We study the equilibrium geometry and electronic structure of alloyed and doped arsenene sheets based on the density functional theory calculations. AsN, AsP and SbAs alloys …             Corrigendum: The changing shape of vaccination: improving immune responses through geometrical variations of a microdevice for immunization ▶     Michael Lawrence Crichton, David Alexander Muller, Alexandra Christina Isabelle Depelsenaire et al.                 Programmed activation of cancer cell apoptosis: A tumor-targeted phototherapeutic topoisomerase I inhibitor ▶     Weon Sup Shin, Jiyou Han, Rajesh Kumar et al.     We report here a tumor-targeting masked phototherapeutic agent 1 (PT-1). This system contains SN-38—a prodrug of the topoisomerase I inhibitor irinotecan. Topoisomerase I is a …             New insights in Microbial Fuel Cells: novel solid phase anolyte ▶     Tonia Tommasi, Gian Paolo Salvador, Marzia Quaglio     For the development of long lasting portable microbial fuel cells (MFCs) new strategies are necessary to overcome critical issues such as hydraulic pump system and the …             Observations of movement dynamics of flying insects using high resolution lidar ▶     Carsten Kirkeby, Maren Wellenreuther, Mikkel Brydegaard     Insects are fundamental to ecosystem functioning and biodiversity, yet the study of insect movement, dispersal and activity patterns remains a challenge. Here we present results …             Nanoscale imaging of untreated mammalian cells in a medium with low radiation damage using scanning electron-assisted dielectric microscopy ▶     Tomoko Okada, Toshihiko Ogura     Imaging of untreated living cells in a medium at a nanometre-scale resolution under physiological conditions is a significant challenge. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is …             Ultradispersed Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles Assembled in Graphene Aerogel for Continuous Photo-Fenton Reaction and Enhanced Lithium Storage Performance ▶     Bocheng Qiu, Yuanxin Deng, Mengmeng Du et al.     The Photo-Fenton reaction is an advanced technology to eliminate organic pollutants in environmental chemistry. Moreover, the conversion rate of Fe3+/Fe2+ and utilization rate of …             On-Chip Quantitative Measurement of Mechanical Stresses During Cell Migration with Emulsion Droplets ▶     D. Molino, S. Quignard, C. Gruget et al.     The ability of immune cells to migrate within narrow and crowded spaces is a critical feature involved in various physiological processes from immune response to metastasis. …             Limited Quantum Helium Transportation through Nano-channels by Quantum Fluctuation ▶     Tomonori Ohba     Helium at low temperatures has unique quantum properties such as superfluidity, which causes it to behave differently from a classical fluid. Despite our deep understanding of …             Why the dipolar response in dielectrics and spin-glasses is unavoidably universal ▶     Eduardo Cuervo-Reyes     Materials response to electric or magnetic fields is often dominated by the dynamics of dipoles in the system. This is for instance the case of polar dielectrics and many …             Integration scheme of nanoscale resistive switching memory using bottom-up processes at room temperature for high-density memory applications ▶     Un-Bin Han, Jang-Sik Lee     A facile and versatile scheme is demonstrated to fabricate nanoscale resistive switching memory devices that exhibit reliable bipolar switching behavior. A solution process is …             Super-Resonant Intracavity Coherent Absorption ▶     P. Malara, C. E. Campanella, A. Giorgini et al.     The capability of optical resonators to extend the effective radiation-matter interaction length originates from a multipass effect, hence is intrinsically limited by the …             Image Quality Ranking Method for Microscopy ▶     Sami Koho, Elnaz Fazeli, John E. Eriksson et al.     Automated analysis of microscope images is necessitated by the increased need for high-resolution follow up of events in time. Manually finding the right images to be analyzed, …             Towards Enhanced Performance Thin-film Composite Membranes via Surface Plasma Modification ▶     Rackel Reis, Ludovic F. Dumée, Blaise L. Tardy et al.     Advancing the design of thin-film composite membrane surfaces is one of the most promising pathways to deal with treating varying water qualities and increase their long-term …             Charge storage in oxygen deficient phases of TiO2: defect Physics without defects ▶     A. C. M. Padilha, H. Raebiger, A. R. Rocha et al.     Defects in semiconductors can exhibit multiple charge states, which can be used for charge storage applications. Here we consider such charge storage in a series of oxygen …             Diffraction response of photorefractive polymers over nine orders of magnitude of pulse duration ▶     Pierre-Alexandre Blanche, Brittany Lynn, Dmitriy Churin et al.     The development of a single mode fiber-based pulsed laser with variable pulse duration, energy, and repetition rate has enabled the characterization of photorefractive polymer …             Piezoelectricity and rotostriction through polar and non-polar coupled instabilities in bismuth-based piezoceramics ▶     Matias Acosta, Ljubomira A. Schmitt, Claudio Cazorla et al.     Coupling of order parameters provides a means to tune functionality in advanced materials including multiferroics, superconductors, and ionic conductors. We demonstrate that the …             Polysaccharide Nanoparticles for Efficient siRNA Targeting in Cancer Cells by Supramolecular pKa Shift ▶     Ying-Ming Zhang, Yang Yang, Yu-Hui Zhang et al.     Biomacromolecular pKa shifting is considered as one of the most ubiquitous processes in biochemical events, e.g., the enzyme-catalyzed reaction and protein conformational …             Band-like transport in highly crystalline graphene films from defective graphene oxides ▶     R. Negishi, M. Akabori, T. Ito et al.     The electrical transport property of the reduced graphene oxide (rGO) thin-films synthesized from defective GO through thermal treatment in a reactive ethanol environment at high …             Optical gain in GaAsBi/GaAs quantum well diode lasers ▶     Igor P. Marko, Christopher A. Broderick, Shirong Jin et al.     Electrically pumped GaAsBi/GaAs quantum well lasers are a promising new class of near-infrared devices where, by use of the unusual band structure properties of GaAsBi alloys, it …             InGaN Light-Emitting Diodes with an Embedded Nanoporous GaN Distributed Bragg Reflectors ▶     Guo-Yi Shiu, Kuei-Ting Chen, Feng-Hsu Fan et al.     InGaN light emitting diodes (LED) structure with an embedded 1/4λ-stack nanoporous-GaN/undoped-GaN distributed Bragg reflectors (DBR) structure have been demonstrated. Si-heavily …             A realistic fabrication and design concept for quantum gates based on single emitters integrated in plasmonic-dielectric waveguide structures ▶     Günter Kewes, Max Schoengen, Oliver Neitzke et al.     Tremendous enhancement of light-matter interaction in plasmonic-dielectric hybrid devices allows for non-linearities at the level of single emitters and few photons, such as …             Stimulated emission of Cooper pairs in a high-temperature cuprate superconductor ▶     Wentao Zhang, Tristan Miller, Christopher L. Smallwood et al.     The concept of stimulated emission of bosons has played an important role in modern science and technology, and constitutes the working principle for lasers. In a stimulated …             Shapes of minimal-energy DNA ropes condensed in confinement ▶     Antonio Šiber     Shapes of a single, long DNA molecule condensed in a confinement of a virus capsid are described as conformations optimizing a model free energy functional accounting for the …             Ultrasensitive multiplex optical quantification of bacteria in large samples of biofluids ▶     Nicolas Pazos-Perez, Elena Pazos, Carme Catala et al.     Efficient treatments in bacterial infections require the fast and accurate recognition of pathogens, with concentrations as low as one per milliliter in the case of septicemia. …             Robust Multiple-Range Coherent Quantum State Transfer ▶     Bing Chen, Yan-Dong Peng, Yong Li et al.     We propose a multiple-range quantum communication channel to realize coherent two-way quantum state transport with high fidelity. In our scheme, an information carrier (a qubit) …             Nanoscale electrical properties of epitaxial Cu3Ge film ▶     Fan Wu, Wei Cai, Jia Gao et al.     Cu3Ge has been pursued as next-generation interconnection/contact material due to its high thermal stability, low bulk resistivity and diffusion barrier property. Improvements in …             Unbreakable distributed storage with quantum key distribution network and password-authenticated secret sharing ▶     M. Fujiwara, A. Waseda, R. Nojima et al.     Distributed storage plays an essential role in realizing robust and secure data storage in a network over long periods of time. A distributed storage system consists of a data …             ‘Squeezing’ near-field thermal emission for ultra-efficient high-power thermophotovoltaic conversion ▶     Aristeidis Karalis, J. D. Joannopoulos     We numerically demonstrate near-field planar ThermoPhotoVoltaic systems with very high efficiency and output power, at large vacuum gaps. Example performances include: at 1200 °K …             Deep tissue volume imaging of birefringence through fibre-optic needle probes for the delineation of breast tumour ▶     Martin Villiger, Dirk Lorenser, Robert A. McLaughlin et al.     Identifying tumour margins during breast-conserving surgeries is a persistent challenge. We have previously developed miniature needle probes that could enable intraoperative …             Classification of fracture and non-fracture groups by analysis of coherent X-ray scatter ▶     A. J. Dicken, J. P. O. Evans, K. D. Rogers et al.     Osteoporotic fractures present a significant social and economic burden, which is set to rise commensurately with the aging population. Greater understanding of the …             Volumetric Light-Field Excitation ▶     David C. Schedl, Oliver Bimber     We explain how to concentrate light simultaneously at multiple selected volumetric positions by means of a 4D illumination light field. First, to select target objects, a 4D …             Synergistic Effect of H2O2 and NO2 in Cell Death Induced by Cold Atmospheric He Plasma ▶     Pierre-Marie Girard, Atousa Arbabian, Michel Fleury et al.     Cold atmospheric pressure plasmas (CAPPs) have emerged over the last decade as a new promising therapy to fight cancer. CAPPs’ antitumor activity is primarily due to the delivery …             Anti-cancer efficacy of nonthermal plasma dissolved in a liquid, liquid plasma in heterogeneous cancer cells ▶     Ngoc Hoan Nguyen, Hyung Jun Park, Sang Sik Yang et al.     The therapeutic potential of nonthermal plasma for cancer treatment has been reported recently. The heterogeneity of cancer cells need to be addressed to design effective …             Time resolved X-ray Dark-Field Tomography Revealing Water Transport in a Fresh Cement Sample ▶     Friedrich Prade, Kai Fischer, Detlef Heinz et al.     Grating-based X-ray dark-field tomography is a promising technique for biomedical and materials research. Even if the resolution of conventional X-ray tomography does not suffice …             Chemically driven negative linear compressibility in sodium amidoborane, Na(NH2BH3) ▶     Ewelina Magos-Palasyuk, Karol J. Fijalkowski, Taras Palasyuk     Over the past few years we have been witnessing a surge of scientific interest to materials exhibiting a rare mechanical effect such as negative linear compressibility (NLC). …             A dinuclear ruthenium(II) complex as turn-on luminescent probe for hypochlorous acid and its application for in vivo imaging ▶     Zonglun Liu, Kuo Gao, Beng Wang et al.     A dinuclear ruthenium(II) complex Ruazo was designed and synthesized, in which oxidative cyclization of the azo and o-amino group was employed for the detection of hypochlorous …             Tunnelling current-voltage characteristics of Angstrom gaps measured with terahertz time-domain spectroscopy ▶     Joon-Yeon Kim, Bong Joo Kang, Young-Mi Bahk et al.     Quantum tunnelling becomes inevitable as gap dimensions in metal structures approach the atomic length scale, and light passing through these gaps can be used to examine the …             Growing Ultra-flat Organic Films on Graphene with a Face-on Stacking via Moderate Molecule-Substrate Interaction ▶     Ti Wang, Tika R. Kafle, Bhupal Kattel et al.     The electronic properties of small molecule organic crystals depend heavily on the molecular orientation. For multi-layer organic photovoltaics, it is desirable for the molecules …             High Frequency Dielectric Characteristics of Electrochromic, WO3 and NiO Films with LiNbO3 Electrolyte ▶     S. Bulja, R. Kopf, A. Tate et al.     A great deal of attention has been recently focused on Electrochromic (EC) materials and EC based devices, promoting mainly applications related to display technology. In this …             A 23-dB bismuth-doped optical fiber amplifier for a 1700-nm band ▶     Sergei V. Firstov, Sergey V. Alyshev, Konstantin E. Riumkin et al.     It is now almost twenty-five years since the first Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA) was demonstrated. Currently, the EDFA is one of the most important elements widely used in …             Responsive Guest Encapsulation of Dynamic Conjugated Microporous Polymers ▶     Lai Xu, Youyong Li     The host-guest complexes of conjugated microporous polymers encapsulating C60 and dye molecules have been investigated systematically. The orientation of guest molecules inside …             Corrosion Behavior of Ti60 Alloy under a Solid NaCl Deposit in Wet Oxygen Flow at 600 °C ▶     Lei Fan, Li Liu, Zhongfen Yu et al.     The corrosion behavior of Ti60 alloy covered with a solid NaCl deposit in wet oxygen flow at 600 °C has been studied further by SEM, EDX, XPS, XRD, TEM and EPMA analysis. The …             One Step Quantum Key Distribution Based on EPR Entanglement ▶     Jian Li, Na Li, Lei-Lei Li et al.     A novel quantum key distribution protocol is presented, based on entanglement and dense coding and allowing asymptotically secure key distribution. Considering the storage time …             Flexible Lamination-Fabricated Ultra-High Frequency Diodes Based on Self-Supporting Semiconducting Composite Film of Silicon Micro-Particles and Nano-Fibrillated Cellulose ▶     Negar Sani, Xin Wang, Hjalmar Granberg et al.     Low cost and flexible devices such as wearable electronics, e-labels and distributed sensors will make the future “internet of things” viable. To power and communicate with such …             Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Bio-oil Model Compounds over Pt/HY Catalyst ▶     Heejin Lee, Hannah Kim, Mi Jin Yu et al.     The hydrodeoxygenation of a model compound of lignin-derived bio-oil, guaiacol, which can be obtained from the pyrolysis of biomass to bio-oil, has attracted considerable …             Indefinite Plasmonic Beam Engineering by In-plane Holography ▶     J. Chen, L. Li, T. Li et al.     Recent advances in controlling the optical phase at the sub-wavelength scale by meta-structures offer unprecedented possibilities in the beam engineering, holograms, and even …             The entire mean weighted first-passage time on a family of weighted treelike networks ▶     Meifeng Dai, Yanqiu Sun, Yu Sun et al.     In this paper, we consider the entire mean weighted first-passage time (EMWFPT) with random walks on a family of weighted treelike networks. The EMWFPT on weighted networks is …             Four-junction superconducting circuit ▶     Yueyin Qiu, Wei Xiong, Xiao-Ling He et al.     We develop a theory for the quantum circuit consisting of a superconducting loop interrupted by four Josephson junctions and pierced by a magnetic flux (either static or …             Spatially oriented plasmonic ‘nanograter’ structures ▶     Zhe Liu, Ajuan Cui, Zhijie Gong et al.     One of the key motivations in producing 3D structures has always been the realization of metamaterials with effective constituent properties that can be tuned in all propagation …             Inhomogeneous Point-Processes to Instantaneously Assess Affective Haptic Perception through Heartbeat Dynamics Information ▶     G. Valenza, A. Greco, L. Citi et al.     This study proposes the application of a comprehensive signal processing framework, based on inhomogeneous point-process models of heartbeat dynamics, to instantaneously assess …             Growth of Co2FeAl Heusler alloy thin films on Si(100) having very small Gilbert damping by Ion beam sputtering ▶     Sajid Husain, Serkan Akansel, Ankit Kumar et al.     The influence of growth temperature Ts (300–773 K) on the structural phase ordering, static and dynamic magnetization behaviour has been investigated in ion beam sputtered full …             Novel Colloidal MoS2 Quantum Dot Heterojunctions on Silicon Platforms for Multifunctional Optoelectronic Devices ▶     Subhrajit Mukherjee, Rishi Maiti, Ajit K. Katiyar et al.     Silicon compatible wafer scale MoS2 heterojunctions are reported for the first time using colloidal quantum dots. Size dependent direct band gap emission of MoS2 dots are …             A self-sustaining atomic magnetometer with τ−1 averaging property ▶     C. Xu, S. G. Wang, Y. Y. Feng et al.     Quantum measurement using coherent superposition of intrinsic atomic states has the advantage of being absolute measurement and can form metrological standards. One example is …             Wide-field imaging of birefringent synovial fluid crystals using lens-free polarized microscopy for gout diagnosis ▶     Yibo Zhang, Seung Yoon Celine Lee, Yun Zhang et al.     Gout is a form of crystal arthropathy where monosodium urate (MSU) crystals deposit and elicit inflammation in a joint. Diagnosis of gout relies on identification of MS crystals …             Real-time observations of lithium battery reactions—operando neutron diffraction analysis during practical operation ▶     Sou Taminato, Masao Yonemura, Shinya Shiotani et al.     Among the energy storage devices for applications in electric vehicles and stationary uses, lithium batteries typically deliver high performance. However, there is still a …             Iron overload by Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles is a High Risk Factor in Cirrhosis by a Systems Toxicology Assessment ▶     Yushuang Wei, Mengzhu Zhao, Fang Yang et al.     Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) as a contrast agent have been widely used in magnetic resonance imaging for tumor diagnosis and theranostics. However, there …             The synchronization of neuronal oscillators determined by the directed network structure of the suprachiasmatic nucleus under different photoperiods ▶     Changgui Gu, Ming Tang, Huijie Yang     The main function of the principal clock located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of mammals is synchronizing the body rhythms to the 24 h light-dark cycle. Additionally, the …             Subsurface Super-resolution Imaging of Unstained Polymer Nanostructures ▶     Ben E. Urban, Biqin Dong, The-Quyen Nguyen et al.     Optical imaging has offered unique advantages in material researches, such as spectroscopy and lifetime measurements of deeply embedded materials, which cannot be matched using …             Super-oscillatory focusing of circularly polarized light by ultra-long focal length planar lens based on binary amplitude-phase modulation ▶     Gang Chen, Yuyan Li, Anping Yu et al.     In traditional optics, the focal spot size of a conventional lens is restricted to the diffraction limit 0.5λ/NA, where λ is the wavelength in vacuum and NA is the numerical …             Evolution and Engineering of Precisely Controlled Ge Nanostructures on Scalable Array of Ordered Si Nano-pillars ▶     Shuguang Wang, Tong Zhou, Dehui Li et al.     The scalable array of ordered nano-pillars with precisely controllable quantum nanostructures (QNs) are ideal candidates for the exploration of the fundamental features of cavity …             Propylene/propane permeation properties of ethyl cellulose (EC) mixed matrix membranes fabricated by incorporation of nanoporous graphene nanosheets ▶     Bingbing Yuan, Haixiang Sun, Tao Wang et al.     Nanopore containing graphene nanosheets were synthesized by graphene oxide and a reducing agent using a facile hydrothermal treatment in sodium hydroxide media. The as-prepared …             Soot Combustion over Nanostructured Ceria with Different Morphologies ▶     Wen Zhang, Xiaoyu Niu, Liqiang Chen et al.     In this study, nano-structure ceria with three different morphologies (nanorod, nanoparticle and flake) have been prepared by hydrothermal and solvothermal methods. The ceria …             Observation of number-density-dependent growth of plasmonic nanobubbles ▶     Takashi Nakajima, Xiaolong Wang, Souvik Chatterjee et al.     Interaction dynamics of laser pulses and nanoparticles are of great interest in recent years. In many cases, laser-nanoparticle interactions result in the formation of plasmonic …             Synthetic small molecule GLP-1 secretagogues prepared by means of a three-component indole annulation strategy ▶     Oleg G. Chepurny, Colin A. Leech, Martin Tomanik et al.     Rational assembly of small molecule libraries for purposes of drug discovery requires an efficient approach in which the synthesis of bioactive compounds is enabled so that …             Tunable tapered waveguide for efficient compression of light to graphene surface plasmons ▶     Bo Han Cheng, Hong Wen Chen, Yi-Jun Jen et al.     Dielectric-graphene-dielectric (DGD) structure has been widely used to construct optical devices at infrared region with features of small footprint and low-energy dissipation. …             Computational imaging with a balanced detector ▶     F. Soldevila, P. Clemente, E. Tajahuerce et al.     Single-pixel cameras allow to obtain images in a wide range of challenging scenarios, including broad regions of the electromagnetic spectrum and through scattering media. …             Demosaiced pixel super-resolution for multiplexed holographic color imaging ▶     Yichen Wu, Yibo Zhang, Wei Luo et al.     To synthesize a holographic color image, one can sequentially take three holograms at different wavelengths, e.g., at red (R), green (G) and blue (B) parts of the spectrum, and …             Photonic Programmable Tele-Cloning Network ▶     Wei Li, Ming-Cheng Chen     The concept of quantum teleportation allows an unknown quantum states to be broadcasted and processed in a distributed quantum network. The quantum information injected into the …             Experimentally simulating quantum walks with self-collimated light ▶     F. Qi, Y. F. Wang, Q. Y. Ma et al.     In self-collimated photonic crystal, periodically arranged air holes of sub-wavelength scale provide flattened equi-frequency curves perpendicular to the ΓM direction, which …             A new mechanism for dendritic pattern formation in dense systems ▶     Noriko Oikawa, Rei Kurita     Patterns are often formed when particles cluster: Since patterns reflect the connectivity of different types of material, the emergence of patterns affects the physical and …             A Broadband Terahertz Waveguide T-Junction Variable Power Splitter ▶     Kimberly S. Reichel, Rajind Mendis, Daniel M. Mittleman     In order for the promise of terahertz (THz) wireless communications to become a reality, many new devices need to be developed, such as those for routing THz waves. We …             Coherent destruction of tunneling in two-level system driven across avoided crossing via photon statistics ▶     Qiang Miao, Yujun Zheng     In this paper, the nature of the multi-order resonance and coherent destruction of tunneling (CDT) for two-level system driven cross avoided crossing is investigated by employing …             Low Cost Inkjet Printed Smart Bandage for Wireless Monitoring of Chronic Wounds ▶     Muhammad Fahad Farooqui, Atif Shamim     Chronic wounds affect millions of patients around the world and their treatment is challenging as the early signs indicating their development are subtle. In addition, a type of …             Modelling how incorporation of divalent cations affects calcite wettability–implications for biomineralisation and oil recovery ▶     M. P. Andersson, K. Dideriksen, H. Sakuma et al.     Using density functional theory and geochemical speciation modelling, we predicted how solid-fluid interfacial energy is changed, when divalent cations substitute into a calcite …             Site-specific covalent modifications of human insulin by catechol estrogens: Reactivity and induced structural and functional changes ▶     Ming-Chun Ku, Chieh-Ming Fang, Juei-Tang Cheng et al.     Proteins, covalently modified by catechol estrogens (CEs), were identified recently from the blood serum of diabetic patients and referred to as estrogenized proteins. …             Metal-Free C–H Alkyliminylation and Acylation of Alkenes with Secondary Amides ▶     Pei-Qiang Huang, Ying-Hong Huang, Hui Geng et al.     Carbon–carbon bond formation by metal-free cross-coupling of two reactants with low reactivity represents a challenge in organic synthesis. Secondary amides and alkenes are two …             Holographic microscopy and microfluidics platform for measuring wall stress and 3D flow over surfaces textured by micro-pillars ▶     Humberto Bocanegra Evans, Serdar Gorumlu, Burak Aksak et al.     Understanding how fluid flow interacts with micro-textured surfaces is crucial for a broad range of key biological processes and engineering applications including particle …             Optofluidic UV-Vis spectrophotometer for online monitoring of photocatalytic reactions ▶     Ning Wang, Furui Tan, Yu Zhao et al.     On-chip integration of optical detection units into the microfluidic systems for online monitoring is highly desirable for many applications and is also well in line with the …             Informational laws of genome structures ▶     Vincenzo Bonnici, Vincenzo Manca     In recent years, the analysis of genomes by means of strings of length k occurring in the genomes, called k-mers, has provided important insights into the basic mechanisms and …             Steady State Ocean Response to Wind Forcing in Extratropical Frontal Regions ▶     Meghan F. 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While it is known that ramping up …             Direct Measurement of Polarization-Induced Fields in GaN/AlN by Nano-Beam Electron Diffraction ▶     Daniel Carvalho, Knut Müller-Caspary, Marco Schowalter et al.     The built-in piezoelectric fields in group III-nitrides can act as road blocks on the way to maximizing the efficiency of opto-electronic devices. In order to overcome this …             Role of Polar Phonons in the Photo Excited State of Metal Halide Perovskites ▶     Menno Bokdam, Tobias Sander, Alessandro Stroppa et al.     The development of high efficiency perovskite solar cells has sparked a multitude of measurements on the optical properties of these materials. For the most studied …             Heralded quantum repeater based on the scattering of photons off single emitters using parametric down-conversion source ▶     Guo-Zhu Song, Fang-Zhou Wu, Mei Zhang et al.     Quantum repeater is the key element in quantum communication and quantum information processing. Here, we investigate the possibility of achieving a heralded quantum repeater …             Formation of a series of stable pillar[5]arene-based pseudo[1]-rotaxanes and their [1]rotaxanes in the crystal state ▶     Ying Han, Gui-Fei Huo, Jing Sun et al.     A series of mono-amide-functionalized pillar[5]arenes with different lengths of N-ω-aminoalkyl groups as the side chain on the rim were designed and synthesized, which all formed …             Metformin is a novel suppressor for transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 ▶     Han Xiao, Jianshu Zhang, Zhonghe Xu et al.     Metformin is a widely used first-line antidiabetic drug that has been shown to protect against a variety of specific diseases in addition to diabetes, including cardiovascular …             Analyzing the performance of fluorescence parameters in the monitoring of leaf nitrogen content of paddy rice ▶     Jian Yang, Wei Gong, Shuo Shi et al.     Leaf nitrogen content (LNC) is a significant factor which can be utilized to monitor the status of paddy rice and it requires a reliable approach for fast and precise …             Circularly polarized laser emission induced in isotropic and achiral dye systems ▶     Luis Cerdán, Sara García-Moreno, Angel Costela et al.     The production of efficient, tunable, and switchable circularly polarized laser emission would have far reaching implications in optical communications or biophotonics. In this …             In-situ Isotopic Analysis at Nanoscale using Parallel Ion Electron Spectrometry: A Powerful New Paradigm for Correlative Microscopy ▶     Lluís Yedra, Santhana Eswara, David Dowsett et al.     Isotopic analysis is of paramount importance across the entire gamut of scientific research. To advance the frontiers of knowledge, a technique for nanoscale isotopic analysis is …             High- and Reproducible-Performance Graphene/II-VI Semiconductor Film Hybrid Photodetectors ▶     Fan Huang, Feixiang Jia, Caoyuan Cai et al.     High- and reproducible-performance photodetectors are critical to the development of many technologies, which mainly include one-dimensional (1D) nanostructure based and film …             Optomechanically induced transparency in multi-cavity optomechanical system with and without one two-level atom ▶     Amjad Sohail, Yang Zhang, Jun Zhang et al.     We analytically study the optomechanically induced transparency (OMIT) in the N-cavity system with the Nth cavity driven by pump, probing laser fields and the 1st cavity coupled …             Comprehensive stabilization mechanism of electron-beam irradiated polyacrylonitrile fibers to shorten the conventional thermal treatment ▶     Sejoon Park, Seung Hwa Yoo, Ha Ri Kang et al.     An electron beam was irradiated on polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers prior to thermal stabilization. The electron-beam irradiation effectively shortened the thermal stabilization …             Rotational symmetry breaking in the topological superconductor SrxBi2Se3 probed by upper-critical field experiments ▶     Y. Pan, A. M. Nikitin, G. K. Araizi et al.     Recently it was demonstrated that Sr intercalation provides a new route to induce superconductivity in the topological insulator Bi2Se3. Topological superconductors are predicted …             Improved Separability Criteria Based on Bloch Representation of Density Matrices ▶     Shu-Qian Shen, Juan Yu, Ming Li et al.     The correlation matrices or tensors in the Bloch representation of density matrices are encoded with entanglement properties. In this paper, based on the Bloch representation of …             Piezoresistive effect in p-type 3C-SiC at high temperatures characterized using Joule heating ▶     Hoang-Phuong Phan, Toan Dinh, Takahiro Kozeki et al.     Cubic silicon carbide is a promising material for Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) applications in harsh environ-ments and bioapplications thanks to its large band gap, …             Prolonged Culture of Aligned Skeletal Myotubes on Micromolded Gelatin Hydrogels ▶     Archana Bettadapur, Gio C. Suh, Nicholas A. Geisse et al.     In vitro models of skeletal muscle are critically needed to elucidate disease mechanisms, identify therapeutic targets, and test drugs pre-clinically. However, culturing skeletal …             Loss/gain-induced ultrathin antireflection coatings ▶     Jie Luo, Sucheng Li, Bo Hou et al.     Tradional antireflection coatings composed of dielectric layers usually require the thickness to be larger than quarter wavelength. 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