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27 September 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports         Chemical Sciences               Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Isoxazolines/Oxime Sulfonates of 2′(2′,6′)-(Di)Chloropodophyllotoxins as Insecticidal Agents ▶     Mingqiao Yu, Guangci Liu, Yuanyuan Zhang et al.     A series of 2′(2′,6′)-(di)halogeno-isoxazolopodophyllic acids-based esters, and oxime sulfonates of 2′(2′,6′)-(di)halogenopodophyllones were prepared by structural modifications …             Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Block Copolypeptoids – Micelles, Worms and Polymersomes ▶     Corinna Fetsch, Jens Gaitzsch, Lea Messager et al.     Polypeptoids are an old but recently rediscovered polymer class with interesting synthetic, physico-chemical and biological characteristics. Here, we introduce new aromatic …             Sporicidal performance induced by photocatalytic production of organic peroxide under visible light irradiation ▶     Yuichi Yamaguchi, Takahito Shimodo, Noriyasu Chikamori et al.     Bacteria that cause serious food poisoning are known to sporulate under conditions of nutrient and water shortage. The resulting spores have much greater resistance to common …             Nb2O5-γ-Al2O3 nanofibers as heterogeneous catalysts for efficient conversion of glucose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural ▶     Huanfeng Jiao, Xiaoliang Zhao, Chunxiao Lv et al.     One-dimensional γ-Al2O3 nanofibers were modified with Nb2O5 to be used as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst to catalyze biomass into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF). At low Nb2O…             Textile Organic Electrochemical Transistors as a Platform for Wearable Biosensors ▶     I. Gualandi, M. Marzocchi, A. Achilli et al.     The development of wearable chemical sensors is receiving a great deal of attention in view of non-invasive and continuous monitoring of physiological parameters in healthcare …             Mesoporous Silica Supported Pd-MnOx Catalysts with Excellent Catalytic Activity in Room-Temperature Formic Acid Decomposition ▶     Min-Ho Jin, Duckkyu Oh, Ju-Hyoung Park et al.     For the application of formic acid as a liquid organic hydrogen carrier, development of efficient catalysts for dehydrogenation of formic acid is a challenging topic, and most …             Tanshinones and diethyl blechnics with anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activities from Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen) ▶     Hongwei Gao, Wen Sun, Jianping Zhao et al.     Four novel compounds (1–4) as well as fourteen reported compounds (5–18) were isolated and purified from Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen). The structures of novel compounds …             Anomalous Enhancement of Mechanical Properties in the Ammonia Adsorbed Defective Graphene ▶     Fengxian Ma, Yalong Jiao, Yuantong Gu et al.     Pure graphene is known as the strongest material ever discovered. However, the unavoidable defect formation in the fabrication process renders the strength of defective graphene …             Highly conductive and pure gold nanostructures grown by electron beam induced deposition ▶     Mostafa M. Shawrav, Philipp Taus, Heinz D. Wanzenboeck et al.     This work introduces an additive direct-write nanofabrication technique for producing extremely conductive gold nanostructures from a commercial metalorganic precursor. Gold …             Degradable Organically-Derivatized Polyoxometalate with Enhanced Activity against Glioblastoma Cell Line ▶     Shan She, Shengtai Bian, Ruichao Huo et al.     High efficacy and low toxicity are critical for cancer treatment. Polyoxometalates (POMs) have been reported as potential candidates for cancer therapy. On accounts of the slow …             The discovery of the hydrogen bond from p-Nitrothiophenol by Raman spectroscopy: Guideline for the thioalcohol molecule recognition tool ▶     Yun Ling, Wen Chang Xie, Guo Kun Liu et al.     Inter- and intra- molecular hydrogen bonding plays important role in determining molecular structure, physical and chemical properties, which may be easily ignored for molecules …             Elemental characterisation of melanin in feathers via synchrotron X-ray imaging and absorption spectroscopy ▶     Nicholas P. Edwards, Arjen van Veelen, Jennifer Anné et al.     Melanin is a critical component of biological systems, but the exact chemistry of melanin is still imprecisely known. This is partly due to melanin’s complex heterogeneous nature …             Novel and Neuroprotective Tetranortriterpenoids from Chinese Mangrove Xylocarpus granatum Koenig ▶     Zhen-Fang Zhou, Tibor Kurtán, Attila Mándi et al.     Eight new tetranortriterpenoids (1–8) were isolated from the twigs and leaves of the Chinese mangrove plant Xylocarpus granatum, together with four related known ones (9–12). The …             N-doped graphene layers encapsulated NiFe alloy nanoparticles derived from MOFs with superior electrochemical performance for oxygen evolution reaction ▶     Yi Feng, Xin-Yao Yu, Ungyu Paik     Water splitting, an efficient approach for hydrogen production, is often hindered by unfavorable kinetics of oxygen evolution reaction (OER). In order to reduce the …             Identification of a novel human deoxynivalenol metabolite enhancing proliferation of intestinal and urinary bladder cells ▶     Benedikt Warth, Giorgia Del Favero, Gerlinde Wiesenberger et al.     The mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) is an abundant contaminant of cereal based food and a severe issue for global food safety. We report the discovery of DON-3-sulfate as a novel …             Full-Color Biomimetic Photonic Materials with Iridescent and Non-Iridescent Structural Colors ▶     Ayaka Kawamura, Michinari Kohri, Gen Morimoto et al.     The beautiful structural colors in bird feathers are some of the brightest colors in nature, and some of these colors are created by arrays of melanin granules that act as both …             Effect of graphene oxide ratio on the cell adhesion and growth behavior on a graphene oxide-coated silicon substrate ▶     Jin-Tak Jeong, Mun-Ki Choi, Yumin Sim et al.     Control of living cells on biocompatible materials or on modified substrates is important for the development of bio-applications, including biosensors and implant biomaterials. …             Fluorescence-based assay as a new screening tool for toxic chemicals ▶     Ewa Moczko, Evgeny M. Mirkes, César Cáceres et al.     Our study involves development of fluorescent cell-based diagnostic assay as a new approach in high-throughput screening method. This highly sensitive optical assay operates …             One material, multiple functions: graphene/Ni(OH)2 thin films applied in batteries, electrochromism and sensors ▶     Eduardo G. C. Neiva, Marcela M. Oliveira, Márcio F. Bergamini et al.     Different nanocomposites between reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and Ni(OH)2 nanoparticles were synthesized through modifications in the polyol method (starting from graphene oxide …             Carboxylic Acid-Functionalized Conducting-Polymer Nanotubes as Highly Sensitive Nerve-Agent Chemiresistors ▶     Oh Seok Kwon, Chul Soon Park, Seon Joo Park et al.     Organophosphates are powerful inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase, which is critical to nerve function. Despite continuous research for detecting the highly toxic …             A Facile Electrochemical Preparation of Reduced Graphene Oxide@Polydopamine Composite: A Novel Electrochemical Sensing Platform for Amperometric Detection of Chlorpromazine ▶     Selvakumar Palanisamy, Balamurugan Thirumalraj, Shen-Ming Chen et al.     We report a novel and sensitive amperometric sensor for chlorpromazine (CPZ) based on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) and polydopamine (PDA) composite modified glassy carbon …             Corrigendum: Purification of High Salinity Brine by Multi-Stage Ion Concentration Polarization Desalination ▶     Bumjoo Kim, Rhokyun Kwak, Hyukjin J. Kwon et al.                 Efficient Dual-Site Carbon Monoxide Electro-Catalysts via Interfacial Nano-Engineering ▶     Zhen Liu, Zhongyuan Huang, Feifei Cheng et al.     Durable, highly efficient, and economic sound electrocatalysts for CO electrooxidation (COE) are the emerging key for wide variety of energy solutions, especially fuel cells and …             Cholesterol Alters the Dynamics of Release in Protein Independent Cell Models for Exocytosis ▶     Neda Najafinobar, Lisa J. Mellander, Michael E. Kurczy et al.     Neurons communicate via an essential process called exocytosis. Cholesterol, an abundant lipid in both secretory vesicles and cell plasma membrane can affect this process. In …             Mechanochemical route to the synthesis of nanostructured Aluminium nitride ▶     S. A. Rounaghi, H. Eshghi, S. Scudino et al.     Hexagonal Aluminium nitride (h-AlN) is an important wide-bandgap semiconductor material which is conventionally fabricated by high temperature carbothermal reduction of alumina …             Synthesis of Highly Polymerized Water-soluble Cellulose Acetate by the Side Reaction in Carboxylate Ionic Liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate ▶     Jinhui Pang, Xin Liu, Jun Yang et al.     In the present study, we describe a novel one-step method to prepare water-soluble cellulose acetate (WSCA) with higher degree of polymerization values (DP = 650–680) by in situ …             Ultrafast in cellulo photoinduced dynamics processes of the paradigm molecular light switch [Ru(bpy)2dppz]2+ ▶     Alejandro De la Cadena, Dar’ya Davydova, Tatiana Tolstik et al.     An in cellulo study of the ultrafast excited state processes in the paradigm molecular light switch [Ru(bpy)2dppz]2+ by localized pump-probe spectroscopy is reported for the …             Multi-Phenotypic subtyping of circulating tumor cells using sequential fluorescent quenching and restaining ▶     Daniel L Adams, R. Katherine Alpaugh, Susan Tsai et al.     In tissue biopsies formalin fixed paraffin embedded cancer blocks are micro-sectioned producing multiple semi-identical specimens which are analyzed and subtyped proteomically, …             High content reduced graphene oxide reinforced copper with a bioinspired nano-laminated structure and large recoverable deformation ability ▶     Ding-Bang Xiong, Mu Cao, Qiang Guo et al.     By using CuO/graphene-oxide/CuO sandwich-like nanosheets as the building blocks, bulk nacre-inspired copper matrix nano-laminated composite reinforced by molecular-level …               • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m / f)     Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing            Image Analyst     Francis Crick Institute            Postdoctoral Associate     Arizona State University (ASU)            8 Postdoctoral Fellows     Philip Morris International (PMI)            Postdoctoral Research Scientist     Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center            Postdoctoral Scholar     University of California - Irvine            Research Associate     University of Cambridge            Bioinformatics Analyst     University of Virginia            Research Group Leader Position     Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet            Junior Research Chairs at Postdoctoral Level     Ecole Normale Superieure          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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