Inorganics, Volume 11, Issue 7

Relative equilibrium populations of the five lowest-energy isolated-pentagon-rule (IPR) isomeric structures of Pr@C${}_{82}$ under high-temperature fullerene synthesis conditions were calculated with the Gibbs energy terms based on molecular characteristics...

Water oxidation (WO) is the first step in the water-splitting process aiming at the production of hydrogen as a green renewable fuel. To successfully perform WO, potent strategies for overcoming the high energetic barrier and slow kinetics of this re...

In the vitrification of high-level radioactive liquid waste (HLW), the separation of sodium-molybdate melts is a problem because it reduces the chemical durability of the vitrified waste. A glass with both high MoO₃ solubility and chemical durability...

Understanding the complex mechanisms underlying redox-mediated biological processes is a fundamental pillar of cellular biology. We describe the identification and quantification of disulfide formation and reduction in response to phosphine–bor...

Biogenic nanoparticles are considered effective alternatives to chemical pesticides for the management of pathogenic plant diseases. This study was focused on the synthesis of stable silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) to control challenging plant pathogeni...

The preparation of ammine complexes of transition metals having oxidizing anions such as permanganate and perrhenate ions is a great challenge due to possible reactions between ammonia and oxidizing anions during the synthesis of these materials. How...

A predictable type of coordination is a key property of tripodal ligands. Homo- and heteroleptic lanthanide complexes with tripodal ligands are a representative class of compounds. However, despite the fact that many of them are paramagnetic, their m...

Over the past decade, inorganic fillers and sol–gel-based flame-retardant technologies for textile treatments have gained increasing research interest as useful alternatives to hazardous chemicals previously employed in textile coating and fini...

The electrochemical performance of lithium–sulfur batteries (LiSBs) has been hampered by the slow redox kinetics and shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs), which require the rational design and synthesis of highly active electrocatalys...

In this article, the performance and design considerations of the planar structure of germanium on silicon avalanche photodiodes are presented. The dependences of the breakdown voltage, gain, bandwidth, responsivity, and quantum efficiency on the rev...

Oxidative stress is the cause of various pathologies and disorders of cellular functions. Substances that reduce the pathological effect of oxidative stress on homeostasis include organoselenium compounds of natural and synthetic origin. Depending on...

The increase in anthropogenic CO₂ concentrations and associated environmental issues have demanded the development of technologies for CO₂ utilization. Among various potential solutions to decrease CO₂ emissions and achieve carbon neutrality, the rec...

In recent years, two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted significant attention due to their distinctive properties, including exceptional mechanical flexibility and tunable electronic properties. Via the first-principles calculation, we investi...

Rechargeable zinc–air batteries (RZABs) are basically dependent on both affordable and long-lasting bifunctional electrocatalysts. A non-precious metal catalyst, a FeNi nanoalloy catalyst (FeNi@NC) with an extremely low metal consumption (0.06...

Multicomponent doping of ceria with four cations is used as a preliminary investigation into the ionic conductivity of high-entropy-doped ceria systems. Different compositions of Ce_1-x(Nd_x/4Pr_x/4Sm_x/4Gd_x/4)O_2-δ (x = 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, and 0.20)...

Geopolymers are amorphous inorganic polymers that are mainly used in the construction industry as an environmentally friendly alternative to ordinary cement. This study compared selected mechanical properties (setting time, shrinkage, strength) of ge...

Hierarchical zeolites have attracted more and more attention due to their excellent diffusion and mass transfer performance. However, synthesis of most hierarchical zeolites requires long-chain organic templates, which could increase preparation cost...

Functional layered double hydroxide (LDH) usually contains different cationic substitutes to increase the activity of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The intrinsic OER activity of LDH materials is connected with the chemical composition and disp...

The isoelectronic relationship of 1,2-azaborinine (B=N structural motif) and benzene (C=C) is well documented. Upon deprotonation of the former, the anionic 1,2-azaboratabenzene is obtained, which is isosteric with pyridine (C=N) and has a similar ca...

Following the well-known pandemic, declared on 30 January 2020 by the World Health Organization, the request for new global strategies for the prevention and mitigation of the spread of the infection has come to the attention of the scientific commun...

Herein, we present a comparative study on the chemistry and biological activity of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)Pt(II)/Au(I) complexes. Accordingly, representative compounds of the cis/trans- [PtL₂X₂] (X = Cl (5, 6) or I (7, 8)), [PtL₃Cl]⁺ (9), [AuLX]...

MIL-88B(Cr) is a prototypical flexible chromium-based metal-organic framework (MOF), which possesses extremely strong water/thermal stability and excellent “swelling/breathing” ability. However, in previous studies, there have been very f...

Ce³⁺-doped and Ce³⁺/Mn²⁺ co-doped calcium carbodiimide (CaCN₂) phosphors were synthesized from doped calcium carbonate and carbon nitride by a solid-state reaction at 700 °C under flowing NH₃ using a very short reaction time (1 h). The samples we...

Metal hydride (MH) hydrogen storage and compression systems with near-atmospheric H₂ suction pressure are necessary for the utilization of the low-pressure H₂ produced by solid oxide electrolyzers or released as a byproduct of chemical industries. Su...

Although lithium-ion battery (LIB) technology has prevailed for years, the growing pressure and increased cost of lithium sources urge the rapid development of other promising energy storage devices. As a low-cost alternative, sodium-ion batteries (S...

The formation mechanisms of pyrochlore-type Bi₂Co_1/2Cr_1/2Nb₂O_9+Δ (space group Fd-3m, a = 10.4838(8) Å), in the temperature range from 400 to 1050 °C were studied by employing X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive spect...

An overview of the known methods of introducing selenium under the action of elemental selenium into the structures of various saturated, unsaturated, and heteroaromatic selenacycles containing C–Se, N–Se, B–Se, Ge–Se and P&nd...

Fe²⁺-doped ZnSe nanoparticles, with varying concentrations of Fe²⁺ dopants, were prepared by the hydrothermal method and investigated using a multi-technique approach exploiting scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Raman s...

The effect of Zn-doping on the phase composition and optical properties of the Bi₂Zn_xFe_1-xTa₂O_9.5-Δ (x = 0.3, 0.5, 0.7) was studied. XRD data showed that the samples crystallize in the structural type of pyrochlore (sp. gr.Fd-3m). For all the samples...

The article is devoted to the neutralization of the harmful effects of aluminochrome catalyst sludge. Catalyst sludge is a waste product from petrochemical production and poses a serious threat to the environment and humans because of the toxic hexav...

The long–term stability of proton conductors is one of the most important factors in evaluating materials. Guest molecules can act as “bridges” for proton conduction channels and reside in the channels of covalent organic frameworks...

The use of iron as a replacement for noble metals in photochemical and photophysical applications is challenging due to the typically fast deactivation of short-lived catalytically active states. Recent success of a cyclometalated iron(III) complex u...

Environmentally friendly synthetic methods were developed for the selective preparation of new 2,3-dihydro-1,4-thiaselenine derivatives in high yields based on the reactions of 2-bromomethyl-1,3-thiaselenole with alcohols and water at room temperatur...

The great interest in developing emerging zinc-ion capacitors (ZIC) for energy storage applications is due to their inexpensiveness and the future necessity for hybrid electrical energy storage devices. The Zn-ion hybrid capacitor device was assemble...

As a potential negative electrode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), silicon has a relatively high specific lithium storage capacity. However, the large volume change during the cycle may result in the isolation with the current collector and...

A new Co(II) perchlorate complex of the bis-morpholino/benzoimidazole-s-triazine ligand, 4,4′-(6-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-1-yl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diyl)dimorpholine (BMBIT), was synthesized and characterized. The structure of the new Co(II) complex...

This study on Lu₂@C₆₀ isomers provides insights into the metal–metal bond through the confinement effect of fullerene cages. Density functional theory calculations were used to study the nature of the Lu-Lu bond in two stable endohedral metallo...

Ullmann-type C–N heterocoupling reactions have been applied for the syntheses of N-arylated amines. In the past decade, transition metal-catalyzed N-arylations have been recognized as particularly efficient procedures for the preparation of nit...

Three novel dibenzo-18-crown-6 aldimines were successfully synthesised and structurally characterised via various spectroscopic methods (¹H,¹³H NMR, FT-IR) and their solution phase lead binding behaviours probed via absorption spectroscopy, the resul...

In this study, the superoxide radical O₂^•− formed by treating Ti(OR)₄ (R = iPr, nBu) with H₂O₂ in the presence of KOH was detected in the EPR spectra. The g-tensor of this radical differs from the typical values reported for a superoxide o...

The effects of guanidinium (C(NH₂)₃, GA) and cesium (Cs) co-additions on methylammonium lead iodide (CH₃NH₃PbI₃, MAPbI₃) perovskite solar cells were investigated. The first-principles calculations on the density of the states and band structures show...

With the rapid development of society, the demand for information storage is increasing. Hence, research involving magnetic storage materials is gaining importance. In this study, Fe${}_3$Mn${}_3$Co${}_{60.66}$Si${}_{33.34}$ powders were prepared via mechanical alloying and...

Herein, we report on the synthesis and characterization of ruthenium compounds with the general formula [RuCl(AA-H)(NO)(dppb]PF₆, where AA = glycine (1), L-alanine (2), L-phenylalanine (3) and L-valine (4), and dppb = 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphine)butane...

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) are an appealing rechargeable battery technology for next-generation energy storage devices, known for their low cost and high safety. Among the promising cathode materials used for aqueous ZIBs, anthraquinone (AQ) s...

Heteroatom-doped porous carbon materials are highly desired for supercapacitors. Herein, we report the preparation of such material from polybenzoxazine (PBZ), a kind of phenolic resin. Four different N- and O-codoped microporous carbon materials wer...

The present paper presents a thorough study of the ground state magnetic properties of the spin-one mononuclear nanomagnet mer-[V(ddpd)${}_2$][PF${}_6$]${}_3$, with the V${}^{3+}$ center exhibiting a distorted octahedral coordination. The theoretical analysis is based on...

Multiple-phase hydrogen storage materials such as metal alanates and borohydrides, and destabilized systems offer the possibility of high hydrogen storage capacity with favorable thermodynamics. However, the multiphase nature of these materials intri...

Nanostructured metal sulfides such as copper sulfide (CUS) form from single-source precursors (SSPs) and are cost-friendly materials that can be used in a one-pot approach with potential applications in dye-sensitizer solar cells (DSCs). This is an a...

Cations and anions are indispensable resources for the development of nature and modern industry and agriculture, and exploring more efficient technology to monitor them is urgently needed. A multifunctional fluorescent probe based on 1,8-naphthalimi...

Supramolecular 3D Zn(II) coordination polymer {[Zn(bim)(bdc)]⋅0.8DMF⋅0.4EtOH⋅0.1H₂O }_n (Zn-MOF), constructed from Zn²⁺ ions, bis(imidazol-1-yl)methane (bim) and terephthalate (bdc²⁻) anions, was synthesized and structurally chara...