High-pressure fast-pyrolysis, fast-hydropyrolysis and catalytic...
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View ArticlePhosphine-substituted sterically encumbered pyrrolyl ligands – synthesis and...
The sterically encumbered pyrrolyl KPyrtBu2 (1-K, PyrtBu2 = 2,5-(Me3C)2C4H2N) reacts with PCl3, (iPr)2PCl and Ph2PCl exclusively at the C3-position to yield a series of phosphine-substituted pyrroles...
View ArticleReprogramming the Glycolytic Pathway for Increased Hydrogen Production in...
Catabolism of glycogen stored by cyanobacteria occurs during anaerobic auto-fermentation and produces a range of C1-C3 fermentation products and hydrogen via hydrogenase. We investigated both...
View ArticleSyntheses, structures and properties of two new 2-D layered hybrid...
Two new layered hybrid organic-inorganic compounds [Zn(pyim)]2V4O12 (1) (pyim = 2-(2-pyridyl)imidazole) and [Cu(bim)2]2V4O12(H2O)•CH3CH2OH (2) (bim = bis(1-imidazolyl)methane) based on...
View ArticleThermodynamic pathway for the formation of SnSe and SnSe2 polycrystalline...
In this work, tin selenide thin films (SnSex) were grown on soda lime glass substrates by selenization of dc magnetron sputtered Sn metallic precursors. Selenization was performed at maximum...
View ArticleTwo photoluminescent metal-organic frameworks with highly-connected...
Presented here are two three-dimensional metal-organic frameworks [H2N(CH3)2]2[Cd5(bdt)3(btc)2(H2O)2].3(H2O) (1) (H2bdt= 1,4-benzeneditetrazol-5-yl; H3btc= 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid) and...
View ArticleStructure of two-dimensional rods confined by a line boundary
In two dimensions, a nematic liquid crystal displays a two-fold rotational symmetry about the normal to the embedding surface. A confining line boundary that restricts the system within an area can...
View ArticleAutonomic Composite Hydrogels by Reactive Printing: Materials and Oscillatory...
Autonomic materials are those that automatically respond to a change in environmental conditions, such as temperature or chemical composition. While such materials hold incredible potential for a wide...
View ArticleBioengineered bioluminescent magnetotactic bacteria as powerful tool for...
This paper describes the generation of genetically engineered bioluminescent magnetotactic bacteria (BL-MTB) and their integration into a microfluidic analytical device to obtain a portable toxicity...
View ArticleThe Binding Nature of Light Hydrocarbons on Fe/MOF-74 for Gas Separation
The application of metal-organic framework (MOF) has expanded to the area of heterogeneous catalysis, gas storage and separation, drug delivery, and lightweight magnet. Herein, we investigate the...
View ArticleFrom one nanobelt precursor to different ZnO nano/micro structures: porous...
By heating a simple system only composed of zinc acetate, hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) and water at 50 oC, layered basic zinc salt (LBZS) nanobelts were fabricated. The nanobelts could form...
View ArticleIndium(III) Triflate-Catalysed [4+2] Benzannulation Reactions of...
Indium(III) triflate is found to be an effective catalyst for the benzannulation reactions of o-alkynylbenzaldehdyes with enolisable aldehdyes, ketones, 1,3-diketones and β-keto esters. The reactions...
View ArticleFerromagnetic 1D oxide nanostructures grown from chemical solutions in...
This review summarizes the capabilities and recent developments of nanoporous polymeric template systems directly supported on different substrates for the confined growth of epitaxial ferromagnetic...
View ArticleDirected formation of tri-connected Cu(I) coordination polymers
Two new tri-connected copper(i) coordination polymers have been synthesized, featuring a 1D staircase-like structure and an interpenetrating 2D polycyclohexane framework. The geometries are controlled...
View ArticleDinuclear complexes of silver(I) and gold(I) with macrocyclic dicarbene...
Dinuclear silver(I) and gold(I) complexes with nonsymmetric macrocyclic dicarbene ligands featured by a 2,6-lutidinyl bridge as well as by a linker 3-4 carbon atoms long (1,3-propylene, o-xylylene,...
View ArticleOne step synthesis of benzoxazepine derivatives via a PPh3 catalyzed aza-MBH...
PPh3-Catalyzed aza-MBH domino reaction of salicyl N-tosylimines with γ-CH3 substituted allenoates is reported. Readily available imines and allenoates are converted to benzoxazepine derivatives in one...
View ArticleRecent progress in the development of bimetallic photocatalysts for hydrogen...
In this contribution recent developments in the design and application of bimetallic photocatalysts for the generation of hydrogen via intramolecular processes are assessed. The basic concepts of such...
View ArticleKinetic Studies of the BrO + ClO Cross-Reaction over the range T = 246-314K
The kinetics of the atmospherically important gas phase radical reaction between BrO and ClO have been studied over the temperature range T = 246 – 314 K by means of laser flash photolysis coupled...
View ArticleTandem catalysis: a new approach to polymers
The creation of polymers by tandem catalysis represents an exciting frontier in materials science. Tandem catalysis is one of the strategies used by Nature for building macromolecules. Living...
View ArticleA sulfur rich electron acceptor and its [Fe(Cp*)2]+ charge transfer salt with...
The study of a side product of the aerial dithiolene oxidation allowed the rational and efficient synthesis of a sulfur rich electron acceptor,...
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