Structural Diversity and Photoluminescent Properties of Cadmium...
Two series of Cd(II) coordination polymers (CPs) , {[Cd(bimm)2(H2O)2][(3,4-tdc)2][H2O]2}n (1a), [Cd(3,4-tdc)(bimb)]n (2a), [Cd(3,4-tdc)(bimpy)(H2O)]n (3a) and [Cd(2,3-Htdc)2(bimm)2]n (1b),...
View ArticleHigh performance photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation and solar cells...
We report on the fabrication of CdSe quantum dot (QD) sensitized electrodes by direct adsorption of colloidal QDs on mesoporous TiO2 followed by 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) ligands exchange. High...
View ArticleUnconventional ordering behavior of semi-flexible polymers in dense brushes...
Using a coarse-grained bead-spring model for semi-flexible macromolecules forming a polymer brush, structure and dynamics of the polymers is investigated, varying chain stiffness and grafting density....
View ArticleEngineering microstructure and redox properties in the mixed conductor...
10% Praseodymium doped ceria exhibits a combination of mixed ionic and electronic conductivity, redox catalytic properties and chemical compatibility with water and carbon dioxide at high...
View ArticleSimulation of diffusion in a crowded environment
We performed extensive and systematic simulation studies of two-dimensional fluid motion in a complex crowded environment. In contrast to other works we focused on cooperative phenomena that occurred...
View ArticleSynthesis and catalytic alcohol oxidation and ketone transfer hydrogenation...
We report on the synthesis of a variety of C,E-bidentate triazolylidene ruthenium complexes that comprise different donor substituents E (E = C: phenyl anion; E = O: carboxylate, alkoxide; E = N:...
View ArticleSolvent and electrolyte effects on Ni(PR2NR[prime or minute]2)2-catalyzed...
We report solvent and electrolyte effects on the electrocatalytic oxidation of H2 using Ni(PCy2NR′2)2 (R = Bn, tBu) complexes. A turnover frequency of 46 s−1 for Ni(PCy2NBn2)2 was obtained using 0.2 M...
View ArticleTryptoline-3-hydroxypyridinaldoxime conjugates as efficient reactivators of...
Two promising uncharged reactivators for inhibited human BChE and AChE have been described. These compounds show an ability to reactivate VX-inhibited BChE largely superior to those of known...
View ArticleQuadrupolar, emission-tunable [small pi]-expanded...
The synthesis and optical characterization of six novel heteroaromatic-based chromophores is described. The new dyes present mostly an A-D-A general framework, where A is an electron-deficient...
View ArticleExclusive selectivity of multidentate ligands independent on the oxidation...
The present report describes the syntheses, characterizations, crystal structures and study of the phenoxazinone synthase activity of two peroxo-bridged dicobalt(III) complexes,...
View ArticleTowards cancer cell-specific phototoxic organometallic rhenium(I) complexes
Over the recent years, several Re(i) organometallic compounds have been shown to be toxic to various cancer cell lines. However, these compounds lacked sufficient selectivity towards cancer tissues to...
View ArticleA Microfluidic Tubing Method and Its Application to Controlled Synthesis of...
This report describes a straightforward but robust tubing method for connecting polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic devices to external equipments. The interconnection is irreversible and can...
View ArticleHighly diastereoselective addition of alkoxyethynyl aluminium reagents to...
The addition of dimethylaluminium alkoxyacetylides to Ellman's sulfinylimines is described. The reaction proceeds with excellent diastereoselectivity and high yield to produce oxygenated...
View ArticleBenzothiazole-cyclopentadithiophene Bridged D-A-[small pi]-A Organic...
We demonstrate an efficient D–A–π–A sensitizer with a benzothiazole-cyclopentadithiophene moiety as the spacer into the triphenylamine organic dye for dye-sensitized solar cells. The dye has broad...
View ArticleReceding mechanism of NLO Response of polyanion [M8O26]4-(M=Cr, Mo, W) and...
The second hyperpolarizability of six octa-poly-oxo anions [M8O26]4-(M=Cr, Mo, W) were studied by DFT/TDDFT method. All of the six high symmetric anions possess moderately large γ values and the...
View ArticleActivation Energies of Colloidal Particle Aggregation: Towards a Quantitative...
A quantitative description of specific ion effects is an essential and focusing topic in colloidal and biological science. In this work, the dynamic light scattering technique was employed to study...
View Articlep-n junction CuO/BiVO4 heterogeneous nanostructures：synthesis and highly...
A new strategy via coupling a polyol route with oxidation process has been developed to successfully synthesize p-n junction CuO/BiVO4 heterogeneous nanostructures. The experimental results reveal...
View ArticleMechanistic insight into highly efficient gas permeation and separation in a...
A fully atomistic simulation study is reported to provide mechanistic insight into the superior performance experimentally observed for a polymer membrane (Carta et al., Science, 2013, 339, 303–307)....
View ArticleSupramolecular Hydrogen-bonding Assembly of Silanediols with Bifunctional...
X-ray crystallography showcases the distinct self-association and hydrogen-bonding patterns of organic silanediols, R2Si(OH)2, with bifunctional heterocycles for supramolecular assembly....
View ArticleLong-lived excited states in i-motif DNA studied by picosecond time-resolved...
The transient IR absorption spectrum for UV-excited i-motif DNA is reported for the first time and found to possess complex dynamics pointing to multiple decay processes, including possible charge...
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