bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The association between naturally acquired IgG subclass specific antibodies to the PfRH5 invasion complex and protection from Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Authors: Weaver Rupert , Reiling Linda , Feng Gaoqian , Drew Damien R. , Mueller Ivo , Siba Peter M. , Tsuboi Takafumi , Richards Jack S. , Fowkes Freya J. I. , Beeson James G.
Published: September 2016

Understanding the targets and mechanisms of human immunity to malaria is important for advancing the development of highly efficacious vaccines and serological tools for malaria surveillance. The PfRH5 and PfRipr proteins form a complex on the surface of P. falciparum merozoites that is essential for invasion of erythrocytes and are vaccine candidates. We determined IgG subclass responses to these proteins among malaria-exposed individuals in Papua New Guinea and their association with protection from malaria in a longitudinal cohort of children. Cytophilic subclasses, IgG1 and IgG3, were predominant with limited IgG2 and IgG4, and IgG subclass-specific responses were higher in older children and those with active infection. High IgG3 to PfRH5 and PfRipr were significantly and strongly associated with reduced risk of malaria after adjusting for potential confounding factors, whereas associations for IgG1 responses were generally weaker and not statistically significant. Results further indicated that malaria exposure leads to the co-acquisition of IgG1 and IgG3 to PfRH5 and PfRipr, as well as to other PfRH invasion ligands, PfRH2 and PfRH4. These findings suggest that IgG3 responses to PfRH5 and PfRipr may play a significant role in mediating naturally-acquired immunity and support their potential as vaccine candidates and their use as antibody biomarkers of immunity.
Record-breaking warming and extreme drought in the Amazon rainforest during the course of El Niño 2015–2016
Authors: Jiménez-Muñoz Juan C. , Mattar Cristian , Barichivich Jonathan , Santamaría-Artigas Andrés , Takahashi Ken , Malhi Yadvinder , Sobrino José A. , Schrier Gerard van der
Published: September 2016

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the main driver of interannual climate extremes in Amazonia and other tropical regions. The current 2015/2016 EN event was expected to be as strong as the EN of the century in 1997/98, with extreme heat and drought over most of Amazonian rainforests. Here we show that this protracted EN event, combined with the regional warming trend, was associated with unprecedented warming and a larger extent of extreme drought in Amazonia compared to the earlier strong EN events in 1982/83 and 1997/98. Typical EN-like drought conditions were observed only in eastern Amazonia, whilst in western Amazonia there was an unusual wetting. We attribute this wet-dry dipole to the location of the maximum sea surface warming on the Central equatorial Pacific. The impacts of this climate extreme on the rainforest ecosystems remain to be documented and are likely to be different to previous strong EN events.
Deep sequencing reveals microbiota dysbiosis of tongue coat in patients with liver carcinoma
Authors: Lu Haifeng , Ren Zhigang , Li Ang , Zhang Hua , Jiang Jianwen , Xu Shaoyan , Luo Qixia , Zhou Kai , Sun Xiaoli , Zheng Shusen , Li Lanjuan
Published: September 2016

Liver carcinoma (LC) is a common malignancy worldwide, associated with high morbidity and mortality. Characterizing microbiome profiles of tongue coat may provide useful insights and potential diagnostic marker for LC patients. Herein, we are the first time to investigate tongue coat microbiome of LC patients with cirrhosis based on 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequencing. After strict inclusion and exclusion criteria, 35 early LC patients with cirrhosis and 25 matched healthy subjects were enrolled. Microbiome diversity of tongue coat in LC patients was significantly increased shown by Shannon, Simpson and Chao 1 indexes. Microbiome on tongue coat was significantly distinguished LC patients from healthy subjects by principal component analysis. Tongue coat microbial profiles represented 38 operational taxonomic units assigned to 23 different genera, distinguishing LC patients. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) effect size (LEfSe) reveals significant microbial dysbiosis of tongue coats in LC patients. Strikingly, Oribacterium and Fusobacterium could distinguish LC patients from healthy subjects. LEfSe outputs show microbial gene functions related to categories of nickel/iron_transport, amino_acid_transport, energy produced system and metabolism between LC patients and healthy subjects. These findings firstly identify microbiota dysbiosis of tongue coat in LC patients, may providing novel and non-invasive potential diagnostic biomarker of LC.
Factors associated with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome infection and fatal outcome
Authors: Sun Jimin , Gong Zhenyu , Ling Feng , Zhang Rong , Tong Zhendong , Chang Yue , Chen Enfu , Liu Qiyong , Lin Junfen , Chen Zhiping , Jiang Jianmin
Published: September 2016

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is emerging in China and the incidence increased year by year. In this study, we conducted case control study to explore factors associated with SFTS virus (SFTSV) infection and fatal outcome. In the study of factors associated with SFTSV infection, a total of 216 individuals participated the study, including 72 cases and 144 matched controls. There were significant differences in proportion of history of tick bite and breeding domestic animals between cases and controls. Of note, individuals who were unclear whether they had been bitten by ticks had the highest risk of SFTSV infection and odds ratio (OR) was 10.222. In the study of factors associated with SFTS fatal outcome, a total of 129 cases participated the study including 16 deaths and 113 survivors. Significant differences were observed in body mass index (BMI), intervals from illness onset to confirmation, and proportion of gingival hemorrhage between deaths and survivors, whose ORs of these factors were 3.903, 1.996, and 3.826, respectively. Our results suggest that all patients with fever, thrombocytopenia and leukocytopenia in SFTS endemic areas should be suspected of SFTS, even they don’t have history of tick bite, and more intense treatment should be administered to patients with abnormal BMI before laboratory parameters are detected.
Mid-infrared fibre evanescent wave spectroscopy of serum allows fingerprinting of the hepatic metabolic status in mice
Authors: Le Corvec Maëna , Allain Coralie , Lardjane Salim , Cavey Thibault , Turlin Bruno , Fautrel Alain , Begriche Karima , Monbet Valérie , Fromenty Bernard , Leroyer Patricia , Guggenbuhl Pascal , Ropert Martine , Sire Olivier , Loréal Olivier
Published: September 2016

Infrared spectroscopy from mice unveils a transition in the time course of steatosis.
Development of a protease-resistant reporter to quantify BCR–ABL activity in intact cells
Authors: Proctor Angela , Zigoneanu Imola G. , Wang Qunzhao , Sims Christopher E. , Lawrence David S. , Allbritton Nancy L.
Published: September 2016

A peptidase-resistant ABL kinase substrate was developed by identifying protease-susceptible bonds on an ABL substrate peptide and replacing flanking amino acids with non-native amino acids.
Mechanization of measurement of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy/ring-oven pre-concentration: determination of copper in cachaça
Authors: Pasquini Celio , Farias Filho Benedito B.
Published: September 2016

The hyphenation of the micro-analytical sensing characteristics of LIBS with the ring-oven pre-concentration technique is improved through mechanization of the ring measurement and use of lithium as internal standard.
Structure property studies revealed a new indoylfuranone based bifunctional chemosensor for Cu2+ and Al3+
Authors: Kumawat Lokesh Kumar , Kumar Manoj , Bhatt Priyanka , Jha Anjali , Gupta Vinod Kumar , Sharma Anuj
Published: September 2016

The present report highlights the role of comprehensive structure property relationships (SPRs) in the discovery of a new and more effective molecular system for sensing purposes.
Attenuated total reflection Fourier transform-infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy as a new technology for discrimination between Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii
Authors: Costa Fernanda S. L. , Silva Priscila P. , Morais Camilo L. M. , Arantes Thales D. , Milan Eveline Pipolo , Theodoro Raquel C. , Lima Kássio M. G.
Published: September 2016

ATR-FTIR spectroscopy with discriminant analysis was employed to distinguishCryptococcus neoformansandCryptococcus gattii.
Periosteum tissue engineering—a review
Authors: Li Nanying , Song Juqing , Zhu Guanglin , Li Xiaoyu , Liu Lei , Shi Xuetao , Wang Yingjun
Published: September 2016

As always, the clinical therapy of critical size bone defects caused by trauma, tumor removal surgery or congenital malformation is facing great challenges.
Enantioselective oxidative functionalization of the Csp3–H bond adjacent to a nitrogen atom for rapid access to β-hydroxyl-α-amino acid derivatives
Authors: Qiu Lin , Guo Xin , Qian Yu , Jing Changcheng , Ma Chaoqun , Liu Shunying , Hu Wenhao
Published: September 2016

Highly chemoselective and enantioselective one-pot reactions involved in the oxidative functionalization of Csp3–H bonds adjacent to nitrogen atoms were developed to rapidly construct highly functionalized β-hydroxyl-α-amino acid derivatives from simple starting materials under mild conditions.
Beyond energies: geometry predictions with the XYG3 type of doubly hybrid density functionals
Authors: Su Neil Qiang , Xu Xin
Published: September 2016

The scaled mean absolute deviations (s-MADs) of the optimized geometric parameters for covalent bondings (the CCse set), nonbonded interactions (the S22G30 set) and the transition state structures (the TSG36 set), with Tot referring to the averaged s-MAD for general performances.
A fingerprint of metal-oxide powders: energy-resolved distribution of electron traps
Authors: Nitta Akio , Takase Mai , Takashima Mai , Murakami Naoya , Ohtani Bunsho
Published: September 2016

Energy-resolved density of electron traps in metal-oxide particles measured using newly developed reversed double-beam photoacoustic spectroscopy can be used as a fingerprint for identification.
Facile synthesis of hierarchical dendrite-like structure iron layered double hydroxide nanohybrids for effective arsenic removal
Authors: Tian Na , Tian Xike , Liu Xiangwen , Zhou Zhaoxin , Yang Chao , Ma Longlong , Tian Chen , Li Yong , Wang Yanxin
Published: September 2016

Stably hierarchical dendrite-like Fe-LDH/SEPs with excellent arsenic removal performance have been successfully developed.
Use of steric encumbrance to develop conjugated nanoporous polymers for metal-free catalytic hydrogenation
Authors: Tian Chengcheng , Zhu Xiang , Abney Carter W. , Tian Ziqi , Jiang De-en , Han Kee Sung , Mahurin Shannon M. , Washton Nancy M. , Dai Sheng
Published: September 2016

A novel approach to create conjugated nanoporous polymers with efficient hydrogenation activities toward unsaturated ketones was demonstrated.
Domain-dependent electronic structure and optical absorption property in hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite
Authors: Meng Xiang , Zhang Ruifeng , Fu Zhongheng , Zhang Qianfan
Published: September 2016

Hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites, represented by materials in the CH3NH3PbI3 series, have become one of the most promising materials for solar cells with a high power conversion efficiency and low cost.
Aromatic embedding wins over classical hydrogen bonding – a multi-spectroscopic approach for the diphenyl ether–methanol complex
Authors: Medcraft Chris , Zinn Sabrina , Schnell Melanie , Poblotzki Anja , Altnöder Jonas , Heger Matthias , Suhm Martin A. , Bernhard Dominic , Stamm Anke , Dietrich Fabian , Gerhards Markus
Published: September 2016

A clear dispersion-enhanced preference for OH–π binding over the competing and more intuitive OH–O binding motif is observed.
Solvent effects on the thermal isomerization of a rotary molecular motor
Authors: Lubbe Anouk S. , Kistemaker Jos C. M. , Smits Esther J. , Feringa Ben L.
Published: September 2016

Solvent effects on a thermal isomerization process are explored using an exceptionally large data set and statistical analysis.
Mechanical responses of borophene sheets: a first-principles study
Authors: Mortazavi Bohayra , Rahaman Obaidur , Dianat Arezoo , Rabczuk Timon
Published: September 2016

Effect of loading direction and point vacancy on the mechanical response of several borophene films are studied using DFT method.
Steric confinement and enhanced local flexibility assist knotting in simple models of protein folding
Authors: Soler Miguel A. , Rey Antonio , Faísca Patrícia F. N.
Published: September 2016

Steric confinements able to accelerate the folding process of knotted proteins considerably.
Tuning the thermoelectric properties of A-site deficient SrTiO3 ceramics by vacancies and carrier concentration
Authors: Srivastava Deepanshu , Norman Colin , Azough Feridoon , Schäfer Marion C. , Guilmeau Emmanuel , Kepaptsoglou Demie , Ramasse Quentin M. , Nicotra Giuseppe , Freer Robert
Published: September 2016

The work demonstrates the relative contributions to enhanced thermoelectric performance in perovskites from (i) vacancies and (ii) charge carriers.
Adsorption dynamics and rate assessment of volatile organic compounds in active carbon
Authors: Zhu J. , Zhan H. L. , Miao X. Y. , Song Y. , Zhao K.
Published: September 2016

A new form of the pseudo-second-order kinetic model in terms of the adsorbed rate parameter and the THz parameter.
When does near-wall hindered diffusion influence mass transport towards targets?
Authors: Eloul Shaltiel , Kätelhön Enno , Compton Richard G.
Published: September 2016

Hindered diffusion is strongly dependant on the sizes of both the particle and the target.
Retraction: Origin of colossal permittivity in (In1/2Nb1/2)TiO2via broadband dielectric spectroscopy
Authors: Zhao Xiao-gang , Liu Peng , Song Yue-Chan , Zhang An-ping , Chen Xiao-ming , Zhou Jian-ping
Published: September 2016

Retraction of ‘Origin of colossal permittivity in (In1/2Nb1/2)TiO2via broadband dielectric spectroscopy’ by Xiao-gang Zhao et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 23132–23139.
Water-soluble Schiff base-actinyl complexes and their effect on the solvent extraction of f-elements
Authors: Hawkins Cory A. , Bustillos Christian G. , May Iain , Copping Roy , Nilsson Mikael
Published: September 2016

Conventional solvent extraction of neptunyl(v), Cm(iii), Eu(iii) & uranyl(vi) by bis(2-ethylhexylphosphoric acid (HDEHP) can be altered through introduction of an actinyl selective hold-back complexant.
Activity, stability and 3-D structure of the Cu(ii) form of a chitin-active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
Authors: Gregory Rebecca C. , Hemsworth Glyn R. , Turkenburg Johan P. , Hart Samuel J. , Walton Paul H. , Davies Gideon J.
Published: September 2016

The enzymatic deconstruction of recalcitrant polysaccharide biomass is central to the conversion of these substrates for societal benefit, such as in biofuels.
The electronic and solvatochromic properties of [Co(L)(bipyridine)2]+(L = o-catecholato, o-benzenedithiolato) species: a combined experimental and computational study
Authors: Cioncoloni Giacomo , Senn Hans M. , Sproules Stephen , Wilson Claire , Symes Mark D.
Published: September 2016

Complexes of Co(iii) containing mixed chelating diimine ando-quinone ligand sets are of fundamental interest on account of their fascinating magnetic and electronic properties.
The role of ammonia in promoting ammonia borane synthesis
Authors: Ramachandran P. Veeraraghavan , Kulkarni Ameya S.
Published: September 2016

Mechanistic studies point toward added ammonia acting as a reagent while promoting the high-yielding synthesis of pure ammonia borane from sodium borohydride and ammonium salts.
Fluorescence “on–off–on” peptide-based chemosensor for the selective detection of Cu2+ and S2− and its application in living cell bioimaging
Authors: Wang Peng , Wu Jiang , Su Pingru , Xu Cong , Ge Yushu , Liu Dan , Liu Weisheng , Tang Yu
Published: September 2016

A novel fluorescence chemosensor L based on a tetra-peptide conjugated with dansyl groups has been designed as a promising analytical tool for detecting Cu2+ and S2− in 100% aqueous solutions and living cells.
Activating earth-abundant electrocatalysts for efficient, low-cost hydrogen evolution/oxidation: sub-monolayer platinum coatings on titanium tungsten carbide nanoparticles
Authors: Hunt Sean T. , Milina Maria , Wang Zhenshu , Román-Leshkov Yuriy
Published: September 2016

Decorating titanium tungsten carbide nanoparticles with sub-monolayer platinum surface coatings yields efficient and stable catalysts for hydrogen evolution/oxidation reactions in acidic media.
A new multi-scale method to reveal hierarchical modular structures in biological networks
Authors: Jiao Qing-Ju , Huang Yan , Shen Hong-Bin
Published: September 2016

Biological networks are effective tools for studying molecular interactions.
Intriguing cellular processing of a fluorinated amino acid during protein biosynthesis in Escherichia coli
Authors: Vaughan Mark D. , Su Zhengding , Daub Elisabeth , Honek J. F.
Published: September 2016

Unusualin vivoprocessing of a fluorinated amino acid provides unexpected dual protein labeling inE. coli.
Regioselective transition metal- and halogen-free direct dithiolation at C(sp3)–H of nitrotoluenes with diaryl disulfides
Authors: Kumar Shailesh , Kadu Rahul , Kumar Sangit
Published: September 2016

Here we describe a potassium tert-butoxide-mediated regioselective direct C–S bond formation at the C(sp3)–H position of nitrotoluenes with disulfides in DMSO at room temperature. The developed reaction generated various dithioacetals in good yields. Further, synthesized dithioacetals were transformed into 4-nitrobenzaldehyde and 7-(bis(phenylthio)methyl)-1H-indole.
Facile carbohydrate-mimetic modifications of poly(ethylene imine) carriers for gene delivery applications
Authors: Englert Christoph , Fevre Mareva , Wojtecki Rudy J. , Cheng Wei , Xu Qingxing , Yang Chuan , Ke Xiyu , Hartlieb Matthias , Kempe Kristian , García Jeannette M. , Ono Robert J. , Schubert Ulrich S. , Yang Yi Yan , Hedrick James L.
Published: September 2016

PEI was chemically-modified with carbohydrates and carbohydrate-mimetics to improve biocompatibility.
Efficient synthesis of well-defined cyclic polystyrenes using anionic polymerization, silicon chloride linking chemistry and metathesis ring closure
Authors: He Qiming , Yol Aleer M. , Wang Shih-Fan , Ma Hongwei , Guo Kai , Zhang Fan , Wesdemiotis Chrys , Quirk Roderic P. , Foster Mark D.
Published: September 2016

An efficient method for the synthesis of well-defined cyclic polystyrenes using anionic polymerization, silicon chloride linking chemistry, and metathesis ring closure has been developed.
TiO2 nanoparticle interactions with supported lipid membranes – an example of removal of membrane patches
Authors: Zhao Fang , Holmberg Jenny Perez , Abbas Zareen , Frost Rickard , Sirkka Tora , Kasemo Bengt , Hassellöv Martin , Svedhem Sofia
Published: September 2016

Different levels of model systems are needed for effect studies of engineered nanoparticles and the development of nanoparticle structure–activity relationships in biological systems.
One-step electrophoretic fabrication of a graphene and carbon nanotube-based scaffold for manganese-based pseudocapacitors
Authors: Huq Mohammad Mahmudul , Hsieh Chien-Te , Lin Zih-Wei , Yuan Chun-Yao
Published: September 2016

A reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/carbon nanotube (CNT)/MnOxbased supercapacitor electrode has been fabricated successfully by a facile one-step electrophoretic deposition (EPD) method.
Preparation and characterization of novel polysulfone-red mud composite capsules for the removal of fluoride from aqueous solutions
Authors: Kazak Omer , Tor Ali , Akin Ilker , Arslan Gulsin
Published: September 2016

This study is the first investigation on the encapsulation of red mud by a polysulfone matrix through a phase inversion process to obtain composite capsules for the removal of fluoride from aqueous solutions.
Enzymatic electrochemical biosensor for urea with a polyaniline grafted conducting hydrogel composite modified electrode
Authors: Das Joyati , Sarkar Priyabrata
Published: September 2016

A new conducting polymer hydrogel (CPH) comprising polyaniline grafted polyvinyl alcohol–polyacrylamide ensured high enzyme loading and urea sensitivity.
An extremely rapid-response fluorescent probe for hydrogen peroxide and its application in living cells
Authors: Zhan Fuxu , Yang Qian , Wang Qiufen , Zhang Qilong , Zhuang Zhiyuan , Feng Xue , Zhang Guangyou , Zheng Gengxiu
Published: September 2016

An extremely rapid-response fluorescent probe for H2O2was constructed for monitoring the H2O2levels in biological processes.
Interactions between C60and vesicles: a coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation
Authors: Zhang Jianhua , Zhao Xiaowei , Liu Qing Huo
Published: September 2016

Fullerene (C60) prefers to stay in the head group region of the inner leaflet of a vesicle after penetration.
Lanthanum molybdenum oxide as a new platform for highly selective adsorption and fast separation of organic dyes
Authors: Sun Meng , Ma Yuan-Yuan , Tan Huaqiao , Yan Jian , Zang Hong-Ying , Shi Hong-Fei , Wang Yong-Hui , Li Yang-Guang
Published: September 2016

A lanthanum molybdenum oxide (La2Mo2O9) exhibits fast adsorption properties and high selectivity for multi-sulfonic dyes.
Dual drug-loaded halloysite hybrid-based glycocluster for sustained release of hydrophobic molecules
Authors: Massaro M. , Riela S. , Baiamonte C. , Blanco J. L. J. , Giordano C. , Lo Meo P. , Milioto S. , Noto R. , Parisi F. , Pizzolanti G. , Lazzara G.
Published: September 2016

A dual drug-loaded HNT–CD glycocluster delivery system based on halloysite nanotubes and carbohydrate functionalized cyclodextrin for delivery of natural drugs was developed.
A simple, recyclable, and self-assembled palladium(ii)–alkyl Schiff base complex for Suzuki coupling reaction: chain length dependence and heterogeneous catalysis
Authors: Liu Hui , Xue Xiaoxia , Li Tiesheng , Wang Jiong , Xu Wenjian , Liu Minghua , Chen Penglei , Wu Yangjie
Published: September 2016

A simple, recyclable, and self-assembled Pd(ii)–alkyl Schiff base complex for Suzuki coupling reaction: chain length dependence and heterogeneous catalysis.
A comprehensive review: electrospinning technique for fabrication and surface modification of membranes for water treatment application
Authors: Ray Saikat Sinha , Chen Shiao-Shing , Li Chi-Wang , Nguyen Nguyen Cong , Nguyen Hau Thi
Published: September 2016

The review paper discusses the surface modification and fabrication of electrospun nanofibers for wastewater treatment.
Indirect conversion of ambient pressure CO2 into oxazolidin-2-ones by a copper-based magnetic nanocatalyst
Authors: Cheng Bin-Bin , Yu Bing , Hu Chang-Wen
Published: September 2016

A magnetically recyclable Cu-based catalytic system was developed for the indirect conversion of ambient pressure of CO2 into oxazolidin-2-ones.
Facile fabrication of a multifunctional aramid nanofiber-based composite paper
Authors: Li Jianbo , Fan Jinchen , Liao Kexuan , Xie Jiawei , Chen Yihui , Liu Peng , Min Yulin , Xu Qunjie
Published: September 2016

A multifunctional silver nanoparticles/aramid nanofibers composite paper was facilely fabricated with a simple solution-blending and vacuum-filtration assembly.
Composites of graphene oxide and epoxy resin assuming a uniform 3D graphene oxide network structure
Authors: Xiao Weiwei , Liu Yi , Guo Shouwu
Published: September 2016

The curing reactions and formation mechanism of 3D GO network.
Single-walled carbon nanotubes/polyaniline-coated polyester thermoelectric textile with good interface stability prepared by ultrasonic induction
Authors: Li Peng , Guo Yang , Mu Jiuke , Wang Hongzhi , Zhang Qinghong , Li Yaogang
Published: September 2016

A novel and high-flexibility thermoelectric device, which is integrated with a SWNT/PANI textile, was prepared via ultrasonic induction for developing wearable electronic devices.
Energy transfer cascade in bio-inspired chlorophyll-a/polyacrylamide hydrogel: towards a new class of biomimetic solar cells
Authors: Mandal Pubali , Manna Jhimli S. , Das Debmallya , Mitra Manoj K.
Published: September 2016

Efficient solar energy harvesting in natural photosystem inspired chlorophyll-a/hydrogel based soft, simple system, revealing the effect of coherence-dephasing interpaly.
N-lauryltyramine capped copper nanoparticles exhibit a selective colorimetric response towards hazardous mercury(ii) ions and display true anti-biofilm and efflux pump inhibitory effects in E. coli
Authors: Megarajan Sengan , Vidhyalakshmi Mohan , Ayaz Ahmed Khan Behlol , Murali Vandhitha , Niranjani Bommasamudram R. S. , Saisubramanian Nagarajan , Anbazhagan Veerappan
Published: September 2016

Hg2+ ions selectively decolorize CuNPs through aggregation.
Highly efficient and low toxic skin penetrants composed of amino acid ionic liquids
Authors: Furukawa Shin-ya , Hattori Gaku , Sakai Shinji , Kamiya Noriho
Published: September 2016

Herein, we introduce an amino acid ester (AAE) as a potent biocompatible counter ion to formulate ionic liquefied active pharmaceutical ingredients.
γ-Radiation fabrication of porous permutite/carbon nanobeads/alginic acid nanocomposites and their adsorption properties for Cs+
Authors: Chang Ling , Chang Shuquan , Han Wei , Chen Wei , Li Zheng , Zhang Zheng , Dai Yaodong , Chen Da
Published: September 2016

Novel porous permutite/carbon nanobeads/alginic acid nanocomposites were successfully fabricated and applied for Cs+ removal.
Polydopamine-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes-supported palladium–lead bimetallic alloy nanoparticles as highly efficient and robust catalysts for ethanol oxidation
Authors: Yang Honglei , Kang Siyi , Zou Hai , Jin Jun , Ma Jiantai , Li Shuwen
Published: September 2016

High performance electrocatalysts of palladium–lead bimetallic alloy nanoparticles anchored onto polydopamine-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (PDA-MWCNTs) were fabricated by a facile one-step strategy.
Monohydride signature as a key predictor of successful Si(110) surface functionalization
Authors: Gupta A. , Bruce J. P. , McEleney K. , Freund M. S. , Oliver D. R.
Published: September 2016

Methyl-terminated (110)-oriented silicon surfaces have been prepared from monohydride-terminated, H–Si(110) surfaces using a chlorination/alkylation procedure.
Improving antifouling ability by site-specific silver decoration on polyethylene ionomer membranes for water remediation: assessed using 3D micro computed tomography, water flux and antibacterial studies
Authors: Kumar S. Mural Prasanna , Jain Shubham , Madras Giridhar , Bose Suryasarathi
Published: September 2016

Silver laden ionomeric membranes for efficient water purification.
Investigation of silicon wear against non-porous and micro-porous SiO2 spheres in water and in humid air
Authors: Qi Yaqiong , Chen Lei , Jiang Shulan , Yu Jiaxin , Yu Bingjun , Xiao Chen , Qian Linmao
Published: September 2016

Tribochemical wear, a method to achieve controlled material removal without residual damage on substrates, plays a very important role in super-smooth silicon surface manufacturing.
Ferroelectric polymer tuned two dimensional layered MoTe2 photodetector
Authors: Huang Hai , Wang Xudong , Wang Peng , Wu Guangjian , Chen Yan , Meng Caimin , Liao Lei , Wang Jianlu , Hu Weida , Shen Hong , Lin Tie , Sun Jinglan , Meng Xiangjian , Chen Xiaoshuang , Chu Junhao
Published: September 2016

Ferroelectric P(VDF-TrFE) tuned the MoTe2 channel effectively with different direction of polarization.
Solid phase synthesis of a thrombin binding aptamer on macroporous silica for label free optical quantification of thrombin
Authors: Terracciano Monica , De Stefano Luca , Borbone Nicola , Politi Jane , Oliviero Giorgia , Nici Fabrizia , Casalino Maurizio , Piccialli Gennaro , Dardano Principia , Varra Michela , Rea Ilaria
Published: September 2016

Human α-thrombin (TB) is a serine protease with a crucial role in coagulation and hemostasis.
UV-cured thiol–ene eugenol/ZnO composite materials with antibacterial properties
Authors: Modjinou Tina , Rodriguez-Tobias Heriberto , Morales Graciela , Versace Davy-Louis , Langlois Valérie , Grande Daniel , Renard Estelle
Published: September 2016

ZnO nanoparticles, i.e. efficient antimicrobial inorganic compounds, are combined to eugenol-based networks to design by “click chemistry” new promising eugenol/ZnO composite with enhanced antibacterial properties for biomedical applications.
Silver-catalyzed synthesis of 2-arylvinylphosphonates by cross-coupling of β-nitrostyrenes with H-phosphites
Authors: Yuan Jin-Wei , Yang Liang-Ru , Mao Pu , Qu Ling-Bo
Published: September 2016

An efficient protocol for stereoselective synthesis of vinylphosphonates has been developed via AgNO3-catalyzed cross-coupling of β-nitrostyrenes with dialkyl H-phosphites under mild conditions.
A turn-on dual emissive nucleobase sensitive to mismatches and duplex conformational changes
Authors: Gavvala Krishna , Barthes Nicolas P. F. , Bonhomme Dominique , Dabert-Gay Anne Sophie , Debayle Delphine , Michel Benoît Y. , Burger Alain , Mély Yves
Published: September 2016

Herein, we demonstrate the on–off dual emissive behaviour of a fluorescent nucleoside sensitive towards DNA hybridization and conformational changes as well as detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms.
Computational electrochemistry study of derivatives of anthraquinone and phenanthraquinone analogues: the substitution effect
Authors: Wang Zhen , Li Anyang , Gou Lei , Ren Jingzheng , Zhai Gaohong
Published: September 2016

Effects of functional group position on the calculated redox potential for the single electron-withdrawing group substitution of phenanthraquinone analogues.
Use of a novel multicomponent reaction under high pressure for the efficient construction of a new pyridazino[5,4,3-de][1,6]naphthyridine tricyclic system
Authors: Moustafa Moustafa Sherief , Al-Mousawi Saleh Mohammed , Elnagdi Mohamed Hilmy
Published: September 2016

A novel multicomponent reaction between the 2-phenylhydrazono derivative1a, malononitrile and aromatic aldehydes or acetone, carried out under high pressure, was found to generate pyridazino[5,4,3-de][1,6]naphthyridine derivatives9a–hand22.
Synthesis and structure of novel Ag2Ga2SiSe6 crystals: promising materials for dynamic holographic image recording
Authors: Parasyuk O. V. , Pavlyuk V. V. , Khyzhun O. Y. , Kozer V. R. , Myronchuk G. L. , Sachanyuk V. P. , Dmytriv G. S. , Krymus A. , Kityk I. V. , El-Naggar A. M. , Albassam A. A. , Piasecki M.
Published: September 2016

Phase diagrams of the AgGaSe2–SiSe2 system were explored by differential thermal analysis (DTA) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis methods for the first time.
Unpowered oil absorption by a wettability sponge based oil skimmer
Authors: Liu Ziai , Wang Xuyue , Gao Mingqian , Song Jinlong , Huang Liu , Liu Jiyu , Liu Xin , Xu Wei , Zhao Danyang
Published: September 2016

Superhydrophobic–superoleophilic sponges equipped on oil skimmers are obtained after being immersed in a copper stearate solution.
Evolution of bacterial consortia in an integrated tannery wastewater treatment process
Authors: Liang Hebin , Ye Dongdong , Li Pan , Su Tingting , Wu Jiegen , Luo Lixin
Published: September 2016

PCR-DGGE and Illumina HiSeq revealed the composition of bacterial communities in tannery sewage treatment and their linkages with the physicochemical characteristics of wastewater.
Investigation of the photoinduced electron injection processes for natural dye-sensitized solar cells: the impact of anchoring groups
Authors: Akın S. , Açıkgöz S. , Gülen M. , Akyürek C. , Sönmezoğlu S.
Published: September 2016

In this study, nine different natural dyes having various anchoring groups were extracted from various plants and used as photo-sensitizers in DSSC applications. The photovoltaic parameters were investigated as a function of these anchoring groups.
Metal-free regioselective construction of indolin-3-ones via hypervalent iodine oxidation of N-substituted indoles
Authors: Yang Chao , Cheng Guanyun , Huang Baofu , Xue Fengtian , Jiang Chao
Published: September 2016

A metal-free method for regioselective construction of 2-acetoxy indolin-3-ones from N-substituted indoles using PhI(OAc)2 was developed under mild reaction conditions.
Strained alkyne substituted near infrared BF2azadipyrromethene fluorochrome
Authors: Wu Dan , Cheung Shane , O'Sullivan Corry James , Gao Yinghua , Chen Zhi-long , O'Shea Donal F.
Published: September 2016

Synthesis and evaluation of a strained alkyne substituted NIR BF2-azadipyrromethene (NIR-AZA) shows potential for translation to clinical imaging.
High performance solution-processed infrared photodiode based on ternary PbSxSe1−x colloidal quantum dots
Authors: Sulaman Muhammad , Yang Shengyi , Song Taojian , Wang Haowei , Wang Yishan , He Bo , Dong Miao , Tang Yi , Song Yong , Zou Bingsuo
Published: September 2016

High performance solution-processed infrared photodiodes ITO/ZnO/PbSxSe1−x/Au, in which ternary PbSxSe1−x colloidal quantum dots acts as the active layer and ZnO interlayer acts as electron-transporting layer, have been demonstrated.
Rapid deposition of superhydrophilic stalagmite-like protrusions for underwater selective superwettability
Authors: Yang Ching-Yu , Lo Yu-Hsiang , Liu Chang , Cheng Hsin-Ming , Duh Jenq-Gong , Chen Po-Yu
Published: September 2016

Hierarchically stalagmite-like tungsten-oxide protrusions on stainless steel mesh exhibited superior selective superwettability toward low surface tension oils under harsh environments.
A flavylium-based turn-on fluorescent probe for imaging hydrogen polysulfides in living cells
Authors: Gong Xueyun , Yang Xiao-Feng , Zhong Yaogang , Chen Haihua , Li Zheng
Published: September 2016

A flavylium-based turn-on fluorescent probe for imaging of hydrogen polysulfides in living cells has been developed.
LC-MS/MS suggests that hole hopping in cytochrome c peroxidase protects its heme from oxidative modification by excess H2O2
Authors: Kathiresan Meena , English Ann M.
Published: September 2016

Hole hopping to zones of redox-active residues protects Ccp1's heme and triggers H2O2-regulated heme transfer.
Negative stiffness and modulated states in active nematics
Authors: Srivastava Pragya , Mishra Prashant , Marchetti M. Cristina
Published: September 2016

Activity softens the stiffness of active nematics on a frictional substrate, yielding modulated phases and active turbulence.
Influence of molecular structure on the performance of low Voc loss polymer solar cells
Authors: Wang Ming , Wang Hengbin , Ford Michael , Yuan Jianyu , Mai Cheng-Kang , Fronk Stephanie , Bazan Guillermo C.
Published: September 2016

Two regioregular narrow bandgap conjugated polymers (PM1 and PM2) are prepared and their devices exhibit low Voc loss and high short circuit current Jsc, but, most significantly, display improved fill factors compared to previously reported PIPCP.
A versatile platform of catechol-functionalized polysiloxanes for hybrid nanoassembly and in situ surface enhanced Raman scattering applications
Authors: Liu Yida , Demirci Ali , Zhu Huie , Cai Jinguang , Yamamoto Shunsuke , Watanabe Akira , Miyashita Tokuji , Mitsuishi Masaya
Published: September 2016

Catechol-functionalized polysiloxanes show a versatile coating on numerous substrates and a good adhesive property with silver nanoparticles, which make the substrate a promising SERS sensor.
Luminescence enhancement of a self-organised Y2O3:Eu3+thin film-coated porous alumina membrane
Authors: Abdellaoui N. , Pereira A. , Kandri T. , Drouard E. , Novotny M. , Moine B. , Pillonnet A.
Published: September 2016

Easy fabrication of a disordered photonic structure for fluorescence intensity amplification of a thin film deposited on a nanostructured membrane.
Evolution of CsPbBr3 nanocrystals upon post-synthesis annealing under an inert atmosphere
Authors: Palazon F. , Di Stasio F. , Lauciello S. , Krahne R. , Prato M. , Manna L.
Published: September 2016

Annealing a film of CsPbBr3 nanocrystals (NCs) leads to the removal of surface ligands and ripening of the NCs below 200 °C.
Co-flow microfluidic synthesis of liquid crystalline actuating Janus particles
Authors: Hessberger T. , Braun L. B. , Henrich F. , Müller C. , Gießelmann F. , Serra C. , Zentel R.
Published: September 2016

A microfluidic synthesis of stimuli-responsive actuating Janus particles composed of a liquid crystalline elastomer (LCE) and a polymeric hydrogel is reported.
Variable quality checking for backbone computation
Authors: Wang Yiyuan , Ouyang Dantong , Zhang Liming
Published: September 2016

Backbones of a propositional theory are those literals, whose assignments are always true in every satisfying assignment, and have been applied for characterising the hardness of decision and optimisation problems. A new strategy called variable quality checking (VQC) is proposed for backbone computation. The VQC strategy to check the variable quality is used to obtain from the level information of variables when a Davis‐Putnam‐Logemann‐Loveland‐based satisfiablity problem solver returns satisfiable, and then decide which variable is the next variable to be computed, i.e. to select the most likely or unlikely backbone variable, whereas the previous algorithms randomly select a variable to compute. Furthermore, we use the VQC strategy to improve an efficient backbone algorithm called OTPV (one test per variable) and design a new algorithm for backbone computation, called BVQC (backbone with the VQC). The VQC strategy can also improve the performance of state‐of‐the‐art backbone algorithm core‐based with chunking, which calls OTPV to test whether the remaining literals are in the backbone or not. Experimental results show that BVQC significantly outperforms OTPV and gains a 1.30 times on average speed‐up, even up to one order of magnitude for some instances.
Miniaturised equal/unequal SIW power divider with bandpass response loaded by CSRRs
Authors: Danaeian M. , Moznebi A.‐R. , Afrooz K. , Hakimi H.
Published: September 2016

A miniaturised equal/unequal substrate integrated waveguide power divider with bandpass filtering response loaded by complementary split‐ring resonators (CSRRs) is proposed. The proposed structure is based on the theory of evanescent mode propagation. The use of the CSRRs enables the filtering function of the power divider and is able to reduce its size. By changing the orientations of the CSRRs, the equal/unequal power dividers are achieved. In the unequal power divider, the power ratio can be arbitrarily controlled by carefully tuning the parameters of the CSRRs and locations of the output ports. Three miniaturised filtering power divider samples with power division ratios of 1:1, 1:4 and 1:8 are fabricated and tested. These designs resonate at the frequency of 5.8 GHz covering WLAN. The sizes of the proposed power dividers (1:1, 1:4 and 1:8) are only 0.37 × 0.21λg2, 0.3 × 0.16λg2 and 0.3 × 0.15λg2, respectively.
Code generator for implementing dual tree complex wavelet transform on reconfigurable architectures for mobile applications
Authors: Canbay Ferhat , Levent Vecdi Emre , Serbes Gorkem , Ugurdag H. Fatih , Goren Sezer , Aydin Nizamettin
Published: September 2016

The authors aimed to develop an application for producing different architectures to implement dual tree complex wavelet transform (DTCWT) having near shift‐invariance property. To obtain a low‐cost and portable solution for implementing the DTCWT in multi‐channel real‐time applications, various embedded‐system approaches are realised. For comparison, the DTCWT was implemented in C language on a personal computer and on a PIC microcontroller. However, in the former approach portability and in the latter desired speed performance properties cannot be achieved. Hence, implementation of the DTCWT on a reconfigurable platform such as field programmable gate array, which provides portable, low‐cost, low‐power, and high‐performance computing, is considered as the most feasible solution. At first, they used the system generator DSP design tool of Xilinx for algorithm design. However, the design implemented by using such tools is not optimised in terms of area and power. To overcome all these drawbacks mentioned above, they implemented the DTCWT algorithm by using Verilog Hardware Description Language, which has its own difficulties. To overcome these difficulties, simplify the usage of proposed algorithms and the adaptation procedures, a code generator program that can produce different architectures is proposed.
Wearable, multimodal, vitals acquisition unit for intelligent field triage
Authors: Beck Christoph , Georgiou Julius
Published: September 2016

In this Letter, the authors describe the characterisation design and development of the authors’ wearable, multimodal vitals acquisition unit for intelligent field triage. The unit is able to record the standard electrocardiogram, blood oxygen and body temperature parameters and also has the unique capability to record up to eight custom designed acoustic streams for heart and lung sound auscultation. These acquisition channels are highly synchronised to fully maintain the time correlation of the signals. The unit is a key component enabling systematic and intelligent field triage to continuously acquire vital patient information. With the realised unit a novel data‐set with highly synchronised vital signs was recorded. The new data‐set may be used for algorithm design in vital sign analysis or decision making. The monitoring unit is the only known body worn system that records standard emergency parameters plus eight multi‐channel auscultatory streams and stores the recordings and wirelessly transmits them to mobile response teams.
Geometric structure and properties of linear time invariant multivariable systems in the controller canonical form
Authors: Kazantzidou Christina , Ntogramatzidis Lorenzo
Published: September 2016

In this study, the authors analyse some fundamental structural properties of linear time‐invariant multivariable systems in the controller canonical form and present a direct method for the computation of bases and associated friends for output‐nulling, input‐containing and reachability subspaces in terms of the parameters of the system and the invariant zero structure, both in the non‐defective and in the defective case. Using this analysis, it is possible to express the solvability conditions of important control and estimation problems in terms of easily checkable conditions on the system matrices.
Security constrained economic dispatch of wind‐integrated power system considering optimal system state selection
Authors: Ma Yanfeng , Hao Yi , Zhao Shuqiang , Bi Huijing
Published: September 2016

The increasing penetration of wind power makes it a critical problem to maintain the security and economy in power system operations. This study proposes a security constrained economic dispatch (SCED) strategy that considers optimising system state selection and spinning reserve allocation. The system state selection is judged by the criterion of occurrence probability. Considering the impacts of wind power integration on the outage probability of system component, the over‐current protection outage model and voltage protection outage model are employed to calculate the operational outage probabilities of transmission lines and generators, respectively. The fast sorting technique is adopted to select all system states with higher‐occurrence probability than the system security threshold. Besides the traditional constraints on system demand and regulation range, the spinning reserve allocation additionally obeys the transmission constraints in the selected states to avoid transmission congestion in contingency situations. Benders decomposition is utilised to partition the SCED problem into the active power dispatch sub‐problem and the optimal reserve allocation sub‐problem for tractability. A numerical comparison with the traditional N−1 security assessment SCED is given to validate security and economic improvement of the proposed method.
Enhanced DBCC for high‐speed permanent magnet synchronous motor drives
Authors: Tang Mi , Gaeta Alberto , Formentini Andrea , Ohyama Kazuhiro , Zanchetta Pericle , Asher Greg
Published: September 2016

High bandwidth and accuracy of the current control loop are fundamental requisites when a fast torque response is required or for facilitating the reduction of torque ripple in high‐performance drives, especially at high speed. One of the most suitable control methods to achieve these goals is dead beat current control (DBCC). Many types of DBCCs have been proposed and implemented in the literature. This study proposes a DBCC incorporating two new functionalities. One is a two steps current prediction to improve prediction accuracy when current measurements are taken place before each sampling period; and particularly to reduce the overshoot during transients when mean value is used as current feedback. The second is a novel compensation method for the rotor movement to eliminate offset errors which occur at high speed. Moreover, the dynamic and steady‐state performance of the proposed DBCC is assessed in simulations. On the basis of the simulation tests, the control parameters are tuned for experiments and the performance of the proposed functionalities are verified. Finally, the advantage of DBCC, compared with a classical dq proportional–integral current regulator, is verified in experiments.
Single‐stage electrolytic capacitor less non‐inverting buck‐boost PFC based AC–DC ripple free LED driver
Authors: Ramanjaneya Reddy Udumula , Narasimharaju Beeramangalla Lakshminarasaiah
Published: September 2016

This study proposes electrolytic capacitor (EC) less power factor correction (PFC) light emitting diode (LED) driver with reduced current ripple. Generally PFC LED drivers need massive ECs to diminish output current ripple. The life‐span of LED driver significantly reduces due to short life‐span of ECs, and hence demands for EC‐less LED drivers. The proposed LED driver is composed of non‐inverting buck‐boost PFC converter and bi‐directional converter (BDC) for ripple current cancellation which replace the short‐life ECs with long‐life film capacitors. The PFC converter is designed with discontinuous conduction mode in order to ensure unity power factor operation. The role of BDC is to absorb second harmonic ac ripple current of PFC converter and allow the dc current to LED load. In addition, the desired BDC output voltage (vcbc) is higher than the PFC output voltage (VLED) irrespective of ac source voltage, hence, simplifies the control complexity. Theoretical analysis and predictions of the system have been validated using MATLAB/Simulink simulation, and experimentally validated with a prototype of 7 W. The results evident that PFC integrated BDC provide reduced ripple current with film capacitor as compared with EC counterpart and hence increase the life‐span of LED driver.