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Crystals, Volume 6, Issue 11

November 2016 - 20 articles

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Cover Story: Within our research on the metal binding patterns of acyclovir (acv), we report the crystal structure of (H3O)2[Cu(N7–acv)2(H2O)2(SO4)2]·2H2O which has also been modeled by high-level DFT (left) and molecular electrostatic potential surface calculations (right). Our results highlight the role of the two H-bonding interactions between the hydronium ions, the guanine acv-moiety on the electronic properties of the novel Cu(II) complex and the depleted proton affinity of the N3-acv atom.View this paper.

Articles (20)

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,681 Views
10 Pages

23 November 2016

A hierarchical zeolite CaA with microporous, mesoporous and macroporous structure was hydrothermally synthesized by a ”Bond-Blocking” method using organo-functionalized mesoporous silica (MS) as a silica source. The characterization by XRD, SEM/TEM a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
83 Citations
17,319 Views
26 Pages

Topological Insulator Film Growth by Molecular Beam Epitaxy: A Review

  • Theresa P. Ginley,
  • Yong Wang and
  • Stephanie Law

23 November 2016

In this article, we will review recent progress in the growth of topological insulator (TI) thin films by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The materials we focus on are the V2-VI3 family of TIs. These materials are ideally bulk insulating with surface s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,997 Views
13 Pages

23 November 2016

Starting from Ni-Co-Mn carbonate nanoparticles prepared by microreaction technology, uniform spherical particles of Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3CO3 with a size of 3–4 μm were obtained by a controllable hydrothermal conversion with the addition of (NH4)2CO3. Based...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,341 Views
8 Pages

Synthesis and Crystallographic Characterization of a Maleimide Derivative of Tryptamine

  • Jean Dubois,
  • Melwin Colaço,
  • Grégoire Rondelet and
  • Johan Wouters

21 November 2016

While mechanosynthesis of the target compound, 1-[2-(1H-indol-3-yl)-ethyl]-pyrrole-2,5-dione, C14 H12 N2 O2, did not yield the desired product, it instead resulted in an open intermediate. On the other hand, synthesis starting from the activated male...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
12,822 Views
9 Pages

E’’ Raman Mode in Thermal Strain-Fractured CVD-MoS2

  • Di Wu,
  • Han Huang,
  • Xupeng Zhu,
  • Yanwei He,
  • Qiliang Xie,
  • Xiaoliu Chen,
  • Xiaoming Zheng,
  • Huigao Duan and
  • Yongli Gao

18 November 2016

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has recently attracted considerable interests due to its unique properties and potential applications. Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method is used widely to grow large-area and high-quality MoS2 single crystals. Here, w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,035 Views
7 Pages

Temperature-Dependent X-ray Diffraction Measurements of Infrared Superlattices Grown by MBE

  • Charles J. Reyner,
  • Arnold M. Kiefer,
  • Gamini Ariyawansa,
  • Joshua M. Duran and
  • John E. Scheihing

17 November 2016

Strained-layer superlattices (SLSs) are an active research topic in the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and infrared focal plane array communities. These structures undergo a >500 K temperature change between deposition and operation. As a result, th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
98 Citations
12,764 Views
19 Pages

16 November 2016

Semiconductor photocatalysis provides potential solutions for many energy and environmental-related issues. Recently, various semiconductors with hierarchical nanostructures have been fabricated to achieve efficient photocatalysts owing to their mult...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
8,146 Views
10 Pages

Structural and Quantitative Investigation of Perovskite Pore Filling in Mesoporous Metal Oxides

  • Shany Gamliel,
  • Inna Popov,
  • Bat-El Cohen,
  • Vladimir Uvarov and
  • Lioz Etgar

16 November 2016

In recent years, hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite light absorbers have attracted much attention in the field of solar cells due to their optoelectronic characteristics that enable high power conversion efficiencies. Perovskite-based solar cells’ e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,995 Views
12 Pages

15 November 2016

In order to match the growth of the decentered square and the evolution of the interface cell in a two-dimensional cellular automaton-finite volume method (CA-FVM) model with decentered square algorithm, the present work first alters the determinatio...

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