June 2015 - 9 articles
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Five coordination polymers with the stoichiometry CaX2(valine)2(H2O)2 (X = Cl, Br) were obtained from the corresponding calcium halides and either racemic and enantiopure valine. In all cases the zwitterionic amino acid is exclusively O coordinated a...
A single crystal of gallium borate, GaBO3, 4 × 4 × 0.2 mm3 in size has been grown by spontaneous crystallization with a molten flux based on a Bi2O3-3B2O3 solvent. From single crystal X-ray diffraction measurement, GaBO3 was found to crystallize in t...
In the square-planar cycloplatinated complex of R–phenylethylamine, both additional substituents, an anionic iodo and a neutral donor ligand, have been replaced by chelating ethylenediamine. A very pronounced trans influence is observed in the cation...
Two new members of the A2B′Cu3F12 family of kagome-related materials have been prepared, in order to further understand the crystal-chemical relationships, phase transitions and magnetic behaviour within this family of potentially frustrated S = ½ tw...
A new mixed-valence Cu(I)–Cu(II) 1D coordination polymer, [CuI4CuIIBr4(Cy2dtc)2]n, with an infinite chain structure is synthesized by the reaction of Cu(Cy2dtc)2 (Cy2dtc− = dicyclohexyl dithiocarbamate, C13H22NS2) with CuBr·S(CH3)2. The as-synthesiz...
We have prepared novel ferronematics based on a paramagnetic liquid crystalline (LC) material. Our ferronematics can disperse a higher volume fraction of magnetic nanoparticles compared to classical ferronematics because paramagnetic nature of the ho...
The solvothermal synthesis of framework isomers was carried out using the hybrid carboxylate and tetrazolate functional ligand, 4-tetrazolyl benzenecarboxylic acid (H2TBC, TBC = 4-tetrazolyl benzenecarboxylate) and zinc. H2TBC was also synthesized wi...
Much attention is drawn to the preparation, structure and properties investigation of lead-free ferroelectrics for the next generation of piezoelectric devices. (Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3-BaTiO3 (NBT-BT) lead-free solid solution piezoelectric single crystals w...
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