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Discover what we can do for your data            Physical Sciences               Homogeneous self-aligned liquid crystals on wrinkled-wall poly(dimethylsiloxane) via localised ion-beam irradiation ▶     Hae-Chang Jeong, Hong-Gyu Park, Ju Hwan Lee et al.     We demonstrate self-aligned liquid crystals (LCs) using a wrinkled-wall polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) wrinkle structure, which is a key factor to obtain a stable homogeneous …             Facile and Gram-scale Synthesis of Metal-free Catalysts: Toward Realistic Applications for Fuel Cells ▶     Ok-Hee Kim, Yong-Hun Cho, Dong Young Chung et al.     Although numerous reports on nonprecious metal catalysts for replacing expensive Pt-based catalysts have been published, few of these studies have demonstrated their practical …             Optical Nonreciprocity in Asymmetric Optomechanical Couplers ▶     Zheqi Wang, Lei Shi, Yi Liu et al.     We propose an all-optical integrated nonreciprocal device on the optomechanical platform with a large nonreciprocal bandwidth and low operating power. The device is based on an …             Ultrasmall Glutathione-Protected Gold Nanoclusters as Next Generation Radiotherapy Sensitizers with High Tumor Uptake and High Renal Clearance ▶     Xiao-Dong Zhang, Zhentao Luo, Jie Chen et al.     Radiotherapy is often the most straightforward first line cancer treatment for solid tumors. While it is highly effective against tumors, there is also collateral damage to …             Functionalised MnVI-nanoparticles: an advanced high-valent magnetic catalyst ▶     Saikat Khamarui, Yasmin Saima, Radha M. Laha et al.     We discover MnVI-nanoparticles (NPs) bearing functional groups, high oxidation state, strong electron affinity, unique redox and paramagnetic nature, which opens up a new avenue …             Engineering the Phase Front of Light with Phase-Change Material Based Planar lenses ▶     Yiguo Chen, Xiong Li, Yannick Sonnefraud et al.     A novel hybrid planar lens is proposed to engineer the far-field focusing patterns. It consists of an array of slits which are filled with phase-change material Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST). …             Large-scale Topographical Screen for Investigation of Physical Neural-Guidance Cues ▶     Wei Li, Qing Yuan Tang, Amol D. Jadhav et al.     A combinatorial approach was used to present primary neurons with a large library of topographical features in the form of micropatterned substrate for high-throughput screening …             Analysis of low-field isotropic vortex glass containing vortex groups in YBa2Cu3O7−x thin films visualized by scanning SQUID microscopy ▶     Frederick S. Wells, Alexey V. Pan, X. Renshaw Wang et al.     The glass-like vortex distribution in pulsed laser deposited YBa2Cu3O7 − x thin films is observed by scanning superconducting quantum interference device microscopy and analysed …             Scalable quantum memory in the ultrastrong coupling regime ▶     T. H. Kyaw, S. Felicetti, G. Romero et al.     Circuit quantum electrodynamics, consisting of superconducting artificial atoms coupled to on-chip resonators, represents a prime candidate to implement the scalable quantum …             Electrolytic reduction of liquid metal oxides and its application to reconfigurable structured devices ▶     Jinqi Wang, Kanagasundar Appusamy, Sivaraman Guruswamy et al.     Structured metallic patterns are routinely used for a wide variety of applications, ranging from electronic circuits to plasmonics and metamaterials. Numerous techniques have …             Sequential Cobalt Magnetization Collapse in ErCo2: Beyond the Limits of Itinerant Electron Metamagnetism ▶     D. P. Kozlenko, E. Burzo, P. Vlaic et al.     The itinerant electron metamagnetism (IEM) is an essential physical concept, describing magnetic properties of rare earth – transition metal (R-TM) intermetallics, demonstrating …             Understanding the influence of all nodes in a network ▶     Glenn Lawyer     Centrality measures such as the degree, k-shell, or eigenvalue centrality can identify a network's most influential nodes, but are rarely usefully accurate in quantifying the …             Determining Chemically and Spatially Resolved Atomic Profile of Low Contrast Interface Structure with High Resolution ▶     Maheswar Nayak, P. C. Pradhan, G. S. Lodha     We present precise measurements of atomic distributions of low electron density contrast at a buried interface using soft x-ray resonant scattering. This approach allows one to …             The study of surface states in a semi-infinite crystal ▶     Huiping Wang, Tingting Gao, Ruibao Tao     An infinite three dimensional (3D) crystal can be constructed by an infinite number of parallel 2D (hkl) crystal planes (CPs) coupled to each other. Based on lattice model …             Identification of hybrid node and link communities in complex networks ▶     Dongxiao He, Di Jin, Zheng Chen et al.     Identifying communities in complex networks is an effective means for analyzing complex systems, with applications in diverse areas such as social science, engineering, biology …             Intravital Microscopic Interrogation of Peripheral Taste Sensation ▶     Myunghwan Choi, Woei Ming Lee, Seok Hyun Yun     Intravital microscopy is a powerful tool in neuroscience but has not been adapted to the taste sensory organ due to anatomical constraint. Here we developed an imaging window to …             Extraordinary sensitivity enhancement by metasurfaces in terahertz detection of antibiotics ▶     Lijuan Xie, Weilu Gao, Jie Shu et al.     We have detected trace amounts of molecules of antibiotics (kanamycin sulfate) dispersed on metasurfaces with terahertz (THz) spectroscopy. Utilizing the extraordinary optical …             CORRIGENDUM: A Stable Binary BeB2 phase ▶     Changzeng Fan, Ye Jin, Jian Li et al.                 Enhanced Performance of nano-Bi2WO6-Graphene as Pseudocapacitor Electrodes by Charge Transfer Channel ▶     Jun Zhang, Pengliang Liu, Yupeng Zhang et al.     The nano-Bi2WO6/reduced graphene oxide composite obtained by a simple hydrothermal reaction demonstrates a larger specific capacitance of 922 F/g at a charge and discharge …             Why Sn doping significantly enhances the dielectric properties of Ba(Ti1-xSnx)O3 ▶     Tao Shi, Lin Xie, Lin Gu et al.     Through appropriate doping, the properties of BaTiO3-based ferroelectrics can be significantly enhanced. To determine the physical process induced by the doping of Sn atoms in …             A Graphene-Based Resistive Pressure Sensor with Record-High Sensitivity in a Wide Pressure Range ▶     He Tian, Yi Shu, Xue-Feng Wang et al.     Pressure sensors are a key component in electronic skin (e-skin) sensing systems. Most reported resistive pressure sensors have a high sensitivity at low pressures (<5 kPa) to …             Compatible interface design of CoO-based Li-O2 battery cathodes with long-cycling stability ▶     Chaoqun Shang, Shanmu Dong, Pu Hu et al.     Lithium-oxygen batteries with high theoretical energy densities have great potential. Recent studies have focused on different cathode architecture design to address poor cycling …             Analysis of the effects of evaporative cooling on the evaporation of liquid droplets using a combined field approach ▶     Xuefeng Xu, Liran Ma     During liquid evaporation, the equations for the vapor concentration in the atmosphere and for the temperature in the liquid are coupled and must be solved in an iterative …             All-in-one assembly based on 3D-intertangled and cross-jointed architectures of Si/Cu 1D-nanowires for lithium ion batteries ▶     Chihyun Hwang, Tae-Hee Kim, Yoon-Gyo Cho et al.     All-in-one assemblies of separator, electrode and current collector (SECA) for lithium ion batteries are presented by using 1D nanowires of Si and Cu (nwSi and nwCu). Even …             Theory of nodal s±-wave pairing symmetry in the Pu-based 115 superconductor family ▶     Tanmoy Das, Jian-Xin Zhu, Matthias J. Graf     The spin-fluctuation mechanism of superconductivity usually results in the presence of gapless or nodal quasiparticle states in the excitation spectrum. Nodal quasiparticle …             Self-similarity of human protein interaction networks: a novel strategy of distinguishing proteins▶     Emad Fadhal, Junaid Gamieldien, Eric C. Mwambene     The successful determination of reliable protein interaction networks (PINs) in several species in the post-genomic era has hitherto facilitated the quest to understanding …             Directionally hiding objects and creating illusions above a carpet-like device by reflection holography ▶     Qiluan Cheng, Kedi Wu, Yile Shi et al.     Realization of a perfect invisibility cloak still challenges the current fabricating technologies. Most experiments, if not all, are hence focused on carpet cloaks because of …             Multi-Fractal Hierarchy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Hydrophobic Coatings ▶     Francesco De Nicola, Paola Castrucci, Manuela Scarselli et al.     A hierarchical structure is an assembly with a multi-scale morphology and with a large and accessible surface area. Recent advances in nanomaterial science have made increasingly …             Rate-dependent phase transitions in Li2FeSiO4 cathode nanocrystals ▶     Xia Lu, Huijing Wei, Hsien-Chieh Chiu et al.     Nanostructured lithium metal orthosilicate materials hold a lot of promise as next generation cathodes but their full potential realization is hampered by complex crystal and …             Nature of charge transport and p-electron ferromagnetism in nitrogen-doped ZrO2: An ab initioperspective ▶     Huanfeng Zhu, Jing Li, Kun Chen et al.     Zirconium dioxide provides an exceptional prototype material for studying the redistribution of the polaron holes and its magnetic coupling with their nearby anions owning to the …             Polymorphism in glassy silicon: Inherited from liquid-liquid phase transition in supercooled liquid▶     Shiliang Zhang, Li-Min Wang, Xinyu Zhang et al.     Combining molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and Voronoi polyhedral analyses, we discussed the microstructure evolution in liquid and glassy silicon during cooling by focusing on …             Giant strain with ultra-low hysteresis and high temperature stability in grain oriented lead-freeK0.5Bi0.5TiO3-BaTiO3-Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 piezoelectric materials ▶     Deepam Maurya, Yuan Zhou, Yaojin Wang et al.     We synthesized grain-oriented lead-free piezoelectric materials in (K0.5Bi0.5TiO3-BaTiO3-xNa0.5Bi0.5TiO3 (KBT-BT-NBT) system with high degree of texturing along the [001]c …             A strategy to design novel structure photochromic sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells ▶     Wenjun Wu, Jiaxing Wang, Zhiwei Zheng et al.     Two sensitizers with novel structure were designed and synthetized by introducing photochromic bisthienylethene (BTE) group into the conjugated system. Thanks to the photochromic …             Breakdown of Continuum Fracture Mechanics at the Nanoscale ▶     Takahiro Shimada, Kenji Ouchi, Yuu Chihara et al.     Materials fail by the nucleation and propagation of a crack, the critical condition of which is quantitatively described by fracture mechanics that uses an intensity of singular …             Combined node and link partitions method for finding overlapping communities in complex networks ▶     Di Jin, Bogdan Gabrys, Jianwu Dang     Community detection in complex networks is a fundamental data analysis task in various domains, and how to effectively find overlapping communities in real applications is still …             Luminescence in the fluoride-containing phosphate-based glasses: A possible origin of their high resistance to nanosecond pulse laser-induced damage ▶     Pengfei Wang, Min Lu, Fei Gao et al.     Fusion power offers the prospect of an almost inexhaustible source of energy for future generations. It was reported that fusion fuel gains exceeding unity on the National …             Sub-100 nm resolution microscopy based on proximity projection grating scheme ▶     Feng Hu, Michael G. Somekh, Darren J. Albutt et al.     Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) has been widely used in life science imaging applications. The maximum resolution improvement of SIM, compared to conventional bright …             Spin-current nano-oscillator based on nonlocal spin injection ▶     V. E. Demidov, S. Urazhdin, A. Zholud et al.     Nonlocal spin injection has been recognized as an efficient mechanism for creation of pure spin currents not tied to the electrical charge transfer. Here we demonstrate …             Facile synthesis of the Ti3+ self-doped TiO2-graphene nanosheet composites with enhanced photocatalysis ▶     Bocheng Qiu, Yi Zhou, Yunfei Ma et al.     This study developed a facile approach for preparing Ti3 self-doped TiO2-graphene photocatalyst by a one-step vacuum activation technology involved a relative lower temperature, …             Responses of Solid Tumor Cells in DMEM to Reactive Oxygen Species Generated by Non-Thermal Plasma and Chemically Induced ROS Systems ▶     Neha Kaushik, Nizam Uddin, Geon Bo Sim et al.     In this study, we assessed the role of different reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by soft jet plasma and chemical-induced ROS systems with regard to cell death in T98G, …             Experimental on-demand recovery of entanglement by local operations within non-Markovian dynamics ▶     Adeline Orieux, Antonio D'Arrigo, Giacomo Ferranti et al.     In many applications entanglement must be distributed through noisy communication channels that unavoidably degrade it. Entanglement cannot be generated by local operations and …             Quantum Computation under Micromotion in a Planar Ion Crystal ▶     S.-T. Wang, C. Shen, L.-M. Duan     We propose a scheme to realize scalable quantum computation in a planar ion crystal confined by a Paul trap. We show that the inevitable in-plane micromotion affects the gate …             Sub-wavelength terahertz beam profiling of a THz source via an all-optical knife-edge technique ▶     Sze Ho Phing, Anna Mazhorova, Mostafa Shalaby et al.     Terahertz technologies recently emerged as outstanding candidates for a variety of applications in such sectors as security, biomedical, pharmaceutical, aero spatial, etc. …             Synthesis and characterization of ZnS with controlled amount of S vacancies for photocatalytic H2 production under visible light ▶     Gang Wang, Baibiao Huang, Zhujie Li et al.     Controlling amount of intrinsic S vacancies was achieved in ZnS spheres which were synthesized by a hydrothermal method using Zn and S powders in concentrated NaOH solution with …             Enhanced photovoltaics inspired by the fovea centralis ▶     Gil Shalev, Sebastian W. Schmitt, Heidemarie Embrechts et al.     The fovea centralis is a closely-packed vertical array of inverted-cone photoreceptor cells located in the retina that is responsible for high acuity binocular vision. The cones …             Aluminum-Centered Tetrahedron-Octahedron Transition in Advancing Al-Sb-Te Phase Change Properties ▶     Mengjiao Xia, Keyuan Ding, Feng Rao et al.     Group IIIA elements, Al, Ga, or In, etc., doped Sb-Te materials have proven good phase change properties, especially the superior data retention ability over popular Ge2Sb2Te5, …             Quantum metrology with unitary parametrization processes ▶     Jing Liu, Xiao-Xing Jing, Xiaoguang Wang     Quantum Fisher information is a central quantity in quantum metrology. We discuss an alternative representation of quantum Fisher information for unitary parametrization …             A hybrid electro-optic polymer and TiO2 double-slot waveguide modulator ▶     Feng Qiu, Andrew M. Spring, Daisuke Maeda et al.     An electro-optic (EO) modulator using a TiO2 slot hybrid waveguide has been designed and fabricated. Optical mode calculations revealed that the mode was primarily confined …             Atomic Scale Analysis of the Enhanced Electro- and Photo-Catalytic Activity in High-Index Faceted Porous NiO Nanowires ▶     Meng Shen, Ali Han, Xijun Wang et al.     Catalysts play a significant role in clean renewable hydrogen fuel generation through water splitting reaction as the surface of most semiconductors proper for water splitting …             Swimming droplets driven by a surface wave ▶     Hiroyuki Ebata, Masaki Sano     Self-propelling motion is ubiquitous for soft active objects such as crawling cells, active filaments, and liquid droplets moving on surfaces. Deformation and energy dissipation …             Ultrasensitive Biosensors Using Enhanced Fano Resonances in Capped Gold Nanoslit Arrays ▶     Kuang-Li Lee, Jhih-Bin Huang, Jhih-Wei Chang et al.     Nanostructure-based sensors are capable of sensitive and label-free detection for biomedical applications. However, plasmonic sensors capable of highly sensitive detection with …             Photonic lattice simulation of dissipation-induced correlations in bosonic systems ▶     Amit Rai, Changhyoup Lee, Changsuk Noh et al.     We propose an optical simulation of dissipation-induced correlations in one-dimensional (1D) interacting bosonic systems, using a two-dimensional (2D) array of linear photonic …             Supersymmetry-Inspired Non-Hermitian Optical Couplers ▶     Maria Principe, Giuseppe Castaldi, Marco Consales et al.     Supersymmetry has been shown to provide a systematic and effective framework for generating classes of isospectraloptical structures featuring perfectly-phase-matched modes, …             Potential dual imaging nanoparticle: Gd2O3 nanoparticle ▶     Md. Wasi Ahmad, Wenlong Xu, Sung June Kim et al.     Gadolinium (Gd) is a unique and powerful element in chemistry and biomedicine which can be applied simultaneously to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray computed tomography …             The catalytic role of the M2 metal ion in PP2Cα ▶     Chang Pan, Jun-yi Tang, Yun-fei Xu et al.     PP2C family phosphatases (the type 2C family of protein phosphatases; or metal-dependent phosphatase, PPM) constitute an important class of signaling enzymes that regulate many …                     • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Research Fellow     University of Edinburgh            Research Assistant     University of Bristol            Research Fellow     TU Dresden, Dezernat 6, Sachgebiet Organisation            Post doctoral scholar     University of California - San Francisco            Postdoctoral Position     Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS Paris)            Postdoctoral Research Assistant     Harper Adams University            postdoctoral fellow     Johns Hopkins University Shcool of Medicine            Postdoctoral Researcher     Karolinska Institutet (KI)            PhD Student     Robert Koch-Institut            Research Technician     Queen Mary University of London          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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