Scientific Reports Chemistry Table of Contents e-alert: August 2013

01 August 2013      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Chemical Sciences               Copper Nanowires as Fully Transparent Conductive Electrodes ▶     Huizhang Guo, Na Lin, Yuanzhi Chen et al.     In pondering of new promising transparent conductors to replace the cost rising tin-doped indium oxide (ITO), metal nanowires have been widely concerned. Herein, we demonstrate an …             Scalable One-pot Bacteria-templating Synthesis Route toward Hierarchical, Porous-Co3O4 Superstructures for Supercapacitor Electrodes ▶     Hyun-Woo Shim, Ah-Hyeon Lim, Jae-Chan Kim et al.     Template-driven strategy has been widely used to synthesize inorganic nano/micro materials. Here, we used a bottom-up controlled synthesis route to develop a powerful …             Nonvolatile multilevel data storage memory device from controlled ambipolar charge trapping mechanism ▶     Ye Zhou, Su-Ting Han, Prashant Sonar et al.     The capability of storing multi-bit information is one of the most important challenges in memory technologies. An ambipolar polymer which intrinsically has the ability to …             A self-cleaning underwater superoleophobic mesh for oil-water separation ▶     Lianbin Zhang, Yujiang Zhong, Dongkyu Cha et al.     Oil–water separation has recently become a global challenging task because of the frequent occurrence of oil spill accidents due to the offshore oil production and transportation, …             The edge- and basal-plane-specific electrochemistry of a single-layer graphene sheet ▶     Wenjing Yuan, Yu Zhou, Yingru Li et al.     Graphene has a unique atom-thick two-dimensional structure and excellent properties, making it attractive for a variety of electrochemical applications, including …             Carbon inverse opal entrapped with electrode active nanoparticles as high-performance anode for lithium-ion batteries ▶     Xin Huang, Jing Chen, Ziyang Lu et al.     Enhancing ion and electron transport kinetics together with improving cycle life are important issues to be considered when developing high-performance Li ion batteries. Here we …             Capturing intercellular sugar-mediated ligand-receptor recognitions via a simple yet highly biospecific interfacial system ▶     Zhen Li, Si-Si Deng, Yi Zang et al.     Intercellular ligand-receptor recognitions are crucial natural interactions that initiate a number of biological and pathological events. We present here the simple construction …             Surface Structure Dependent Electrocatalytic Activity of Co3O4 Anchored on Graphene Sheets toward Oxygen Reduction Reaction ▶     Junwu Xiao, Qin Kuang, Shihe Yang et al.     Catalytic activity is primarily a surface phenomenon, however, little is known about Co3O4 nanocrystals in terms of the relationship between the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) …             Size-controlled conformal nanofabrication of biotemplated three-dimensional TiO2 and ZnO nanonetworks ▶     Hakan Ceylan, Cagla Ozgit-Akgun, Turan S. Erkal et al.     A solvent-free fabrication of TiO2 and ZnO nanonetworks is demonstrated by using supramolecular nanotemplates with high coating conformity, uniformity, and atomic scale size …             Emerging superconductivity hidden beneath charge-transfer insulators ▶     Yoshiharu Krockenberger, Hiroshi Irie, Osamu Matsumoto et al.     In many of today's most interesting materials, strong interactions prevail upon the magnetic moments, the electrons, and the crystal lattice, forming strong links between these …             Optimising a vortex fluidic device for controlling chemical reactivity and selectivity ▶     Lyzu Yasmin, Xianjue Chen, Keith A. Stubbs et al.     A vortex fluidic device (VFD) involving a rapidly rotating tube open at one end forms dynamic thin films at high rotational speed for finite sub-millilitre volumes of liquid, with …             Competitive Binding of Natural Amphiphiles with Graphene Derivatives ▶     Slaven Radic, Nicholas K. Geitner, Ramakrishna Podila et al.     Understanding the transformation of graphene derivatives by natural amphiphiles is essential for elucidating the biological and environmental implications of this emerging class …             Make Caffeine Visible: a Fluorescent Caffeine "Traffic Light" Detector ▶     Wang Xu, Tae-Hyeong Kim, Duanting Zhai et al.     Caffeine has attracted abundant attention due to its extensive existence in beverages and medicines. However, to detect it sensitively and conveniently remains a challenge, …             Direct nitrogen fixation at the edges of graphene nanoplatelets as efficient electrocatalysts for energy conversion ▶     In-Yup Jeon, Hyun-Jung Choi, Myung Jong Ju et al.     Nitrogen fixation is essential for the synthesis of many important chemicals (e.g., fertilizers, explosives) and basic building blocks for all forms of life (e.g., nucleotides for …             Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Based Fuel Cell Benchmarked Against US DOE 2017 Technical Targets ▶     Neetu Jha, Palanisamy Ramesh, Elena Bekyarova et al.     Chemically modified single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with varying degrees of functionalization were utilized for the fabrication of SWNT thin film catalyst support layers …             Sulfide Solid Electrolyte with Favorable Mechanical Property for All-Solid-State Lithium Battery ▶     Atsushi Sakuda, Akitoshi Hayashi, Masahiro Tatsumisago     All-solid-state secondary batteries that employ inorganic solid electrolytes are desirable because they are potentially safer than conventional batteries. The ionic conductivities …             In-Situ Formation of Cobalt-Phosphate Oxygen-Evolving Complex-Anchored Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanosheets for Oxygen Reduction Reaction ▶     Zhi-Gang Zhao, Jing Zhang, Yinyin Yuan et al.     Oxygen conversion process between O2 and H2O by means of electrochemistry or photochemistry has lately received a great deal of attention. Cobalt-phosphate (Co-Pi) catalyst is a …             Molecule-displacive ferroelectricity in organic supramolecular solids ▶     Heng-Yun Ye, Yi Zhang, Shin-ichiro Noro et al.     Ferroelectricity is essential to many forms of current technology, ranging from sensors and actuators to optical or memory devices. In this circumstance, organic ferroelectrics …             Biphasic catalysis using amphiphilic polyphenols-chelated noble metals as highly active and selective catalysts ▶     Hui Mao, Hong Yu, Jing Chen et al.     In the field of catalysis, it is highly desired to develop novel catalysts that combine the advantages of both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. Here we disclose that the …             Efficient Fabrication of Nanoporous Si and Si/Ge Enabled by a Heat Scavenger in Magnesiothermic Reactions ▶     Wei Luo, Xingfeng Wang, Colin Meyers et al.     Magnesiothermic reduction can directly convert SiO2 into Si nanostructures. Despite intense efforts, efficient fabrication of highly nanoporous silicon by Mg still remains a …             Walkable Dual Emissions ▶     Hai-Bing Xu, Peng-Chong Jiao, Bin Kang et al.     Walkable dual emissions, in which the emission bands of the walker reversibly cross or leave those of the stationary ones depending on temperature and concentration, have been …             Large-Scale, Three–Dimensional, Free–Standing, and Mesoporous Metal Oxide Networks for High–Performance Photocatalysis ▶     Hua Bai, Xinshi Li, Chao Hu et al.     Mesoporous nanostructures represent a unique class of photocatalysts with many applications, including splitting of water, degradation of organic contaminants, and reduction of …             Zn- and Mg- Containing Tricalcium Phosphates-Based Adjuvants for Cancer Immunotherapy ▶     Xiupeng Wang, Xia Li, Kazuo Onuma et al.     Zn-, and Mg-containing tricalcium phosphates (TCPs) loaded with a hydrothermal extract of a human tubercle bacillus (HTB) were prepared by immersing Zn-TCP and Mg-TCP in …             Duality of liquids ▶     K. Trachenko, V. V. Brazhkin     Liquids flow, and in this sense are close to gases. At the same time, interactions in liquids are strong as in solids. The combination of these two properties is believed to be …             Two-Dimensional β-MnO2 Nanowire Network with Enhanced Electrochemical Capacitance ▶     Chengzhen Wei, Huan Pang, Bo Zhang et al.     Conventional crystalline β-MnO2 usually exhibits poor electrochemical activities due to the narrow tunnels in its rutile-type structure. In this study, we synthesized a novel 2D …             From superhydrophobicity to icephobicity: forces and interaction analysis ▶     Vahid Hejazi, Konstantin Sobolev, Michael Nosonovsky     The term "icephobicity" has emerged in the literature recently. An extensive discussion took place on whether the icephobicity is related to the superhydrophobicity, and the …             Ag nanoprisms with Ag2S attachment ▶     Shenglin Xiong, Baojuan Xi, Kang Zhang et al.     Triangular Ag nanoprisms are a type of most-studied noble-metal nanostructures over the past decade owing to their special structural architecture and outstanding optical and …             Specific Accumulation of Lipid Droplets in Hepatocyte Nuclei of PFOA-exposed BALB/c Mice ▶     Ling Wang, Yu Wang, Yong Liang et al.     Lipid droplets (LDs), which are important storage structures for neutral lipids and organelles of diverse functions, participate in various cellular activities. In this study, …             Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles alter expression of obesity and T2D-associated risk genes in human adipocytes ▶     S. Sharifi, S. Daghighi, M. M. Motazacker et al.     Adipocytes hypertrophy is the main cause of obesity and its affliction such as type 2 diabetes (T2D). Since superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) are used for a wide …             Self-assembly of hierarchical MoSx/CNT nanocomposites (2<x<3): towards high performance anode materials for lithium ion batteries ▶     Yumeng Shi, Ye Wang, Jen It Wong et al.     Two dimension (2D) layered molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has emerged as a promising candidate for the anode material in lithium ion batteries (LIBs). Herein, 2D MoSx (2 ≤ x ≤ 3) …             Ultrasound and pH Dually Responsive Polymer Vesicles for Anticancer Drug Delivery ▶     Wenqin Chen, Jianzhong Du     Recently, smart polymer vesicles have attracted increasing interest due to their endless potential applications such as tunable delivery vehicles for the treatment of degenerative …             Crystal, magnetic, and electronic structures, and properties of new BaMnPnF (Pn=As, Sb, Bi) ▶     Bayrammurad Saparov, David J. Singh, Vasile O. Garlea et al.     New BaMnPnF (Pn=As, Sb, Bi) are synthesized by stoichiometric reaction of elements with BaF2. They crystallize in the P4/nmm space group, with the ZrCuSiAs-type structure, as …             Fundamental Analysis of Piezocatalysis Process on the Surfaces of Strained Piezoelectric Materials ▶     Matthew B. Starr, Xudong Wang     Recently, the strain state of a piezoelectric electrode has been found to impact the electrochemical activity taking place between the piezoelectric material and its solution …             Biopolymer-Activated Graphitic Carbon Nitride towards a Sustainable Photocathode Material ▶     Yuanjian Zhang, Zoë Schnepp, Junyu Cao et al.     Photoelectrochemical (PEC) conversion of solar light into chemical fuels is one of the most promising solutions to the challenge of sustainable energy. Graphitic carbon (IV) …             Large-scale and Rapid Synthesis of Disk-Shaped and Nano-Sized Graphene ▶     Chunyong He, San Ping Jiang, Pei Kang Shen     We synthesized disk-shaped and nano-sized graphene (DSNG) though a novel ion-exchange methodology. This new methodology is achieved by constructing metal ion/ion-exchange resin …             Chemically Stable Proton Conducting Doped BaCeO3 -No More Fear to SOFC Wastes ▶     Ramaiyan Kannan, Kalpana Singh, Sukhdeep Gill et al.     Development of chemically stable proton conductors for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) will solve several issues, including cost associated with expensive inter-connectors, and …             Hollow Microporous Organic Capsules ▶     Buyi Li, Xinjia Yang, Lingling Xia et al.     Fabrication of hollow microporous organic capsules (HMOCs) could be very useful because of their hollow and porous morphology, which combines the advantages of both microporous …             High-Density Three-Dimension Graphene Macroscopic Objects for High-Capacity Removal of Heavy Metal Ions ▶     Weiwei Li, Song Gao, Liqiong Wu et al.     The chemical vapor deposition (CVD) fabrication of high-density three-dimension graphene macroscopic objects (3D-GMOs) with a relatively low porosity has not yet been realized, …             Identification of new pillared-layered carbon nitride materials at high pressure ▶     Ashkan Salamat, Malek Deifallah, Raul Quesada Cabrera et al.     The compression of the layered carbon nitride C6N9H3·HCl was studied experimentally and with density functional theory (DFT) methods. This material has a polytriazine imide …             Quantitative analysis of molecular-level DNA crystal growth on a 2D surface ▶     Junwye Lee, Shogo Hamada, Si Un Hwang et al.     Crystallization is an essential process for understanding a molecule's aggregation behavior. It provides basic information on crystals, including their nucleation and growth …             CORRIGENDUM: A cellulose liquid crystal motor: a steam engine of the second kind ▶     Yong Geng, Pedro Lúcio Almeida, Susete Nogueira Fernandes et al.                 Self-Organized and Cu-Coordinated Surface Linear Polymerization ▶     Qing Li, Jonathan R. Owens, Chengbo Han et al.     We demonstrate a controllable surface-coordinated linear polymerization of long-chain poly(phenylacetylenyl)s that are self-organized into a "circuit-board" pattern on a Cu(100) …             In Vivo and Real-time Monitoring of Secondary Metabolites of Living Organisms by Mass Spectrometry ▶     Bin Hu, Lei Wang, Wen-Cai Ye et al.     Secondary metabolites are compounds that are important for the survival and propagation of animals and plants. 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