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Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Adedibu C. Tella, Victoria T. Olayemi, Folahan A. Adekola, Adetola C. Oladipo, Vincent O. Adimula, Joseph O. Ogar, Eric C. Hosten, Adeniyi S. Ogunlaja, Stephen P. Argent, Robert Mokaya
Summary: In recent years, there has been significant interest in designing luminescent materials for detecting explosives, with a focus on selectivity, sensitivity, and fast response time. Two new luminescent compounds, 1 and 2, were synthesized and characterized for their potential applications in detecting nitroaromatic compounds. Compound 2 demonstrated stronger quenching ability towards nitro analytes compared to compound 1.
INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Swastik Biswas, Niranjan Patel, Rahul Deb, Moumita Majumdar
Summary: The ambiphilic Ge(II) and Sn(II) cationic species have been successfully stabilized using structurally non-rigid bis(imine) based tetradentate supporting ligands. The inherent flexibility of the ligand backbone allows for geometric rearrangements to enhance reactivity, and the bifunctionality of the ligand enables the formation of Ge(II) bis-monocations. The redox-active nature of the ligand promotes participation in chemical transformations.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Andrew C. Meng, Yanming Wang, Michael R. Braun, J. Zach Lentz, Siying Peng, Huikai Cheng, Ann F. Marshall, Wei Cai, Paul C. McIntyre
Summary: Core-shell Ge/GeSn nanowires offer a pathway to dislocation-free single crystal germanium-tin alloys with desirable light emission properties during GeSn shell growth. However, the uniformity of tin incorporation may be limited by the balance between Sn precursor flux and available surfaces for GeSn nucleation and growth. Insufficient Sn precursor delivery or nanowire surface area can result in defect formation during GeSn shell growth.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
George Serghiou, Nicholas Odling, Hans Josef Reichmann, Kristina Spektor, Wilson A. Crichton, Gaston Garbarino, Mohamed Mezouar, Anna Pakhomova
Summary: The successful preparation of a new tetragonal GeSn solid solution using high-pressure conditions has created a structural and electronic bridge between four-fold and eight-fold coordinated alloy, opening up innovative avenues for advanced materials development.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Aswin Chandran, Jose Miguel Leon Baeza, Vladislava Timofeeva, Raphael Nougue, Shintaro Takahashi, Ryoma Ohno, Antoine Baceiredo, Rene Segundo Rojas Guerrero, Mikhail Syroeshkin, Tsukasa Matsuo, Nathalie Saffon-Merceron, Tsuyoshi Kato
Summary: Phosphine-stabilized lead (II) cations, generated by chloride abstraction, react with Lewis bases to form donor-acceptor complexes. These complexes can then undergo alkyne insertion into the Pb-L bond to form vinylplumbylenes, with certain complexes serving as hydroamination catalysts for phenylacetylene.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Yong-Xin Wang
Summary: In this study, two new coordination polymers were successfully synthesized using a mixed-ligand synthesis approach. These polymers were evaluated for their therapeutic activity on gastric carcinoma and the underlying mechanism was explored.
LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY
(2022)
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Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Zhai Li-Jun, Tong Ru, Wang Ci-Bin, Shi Meng-Jie, Mo Ya-Nan, Che Wen-Kai, Niu Yu-Lan, Hu Tuo-Ping
Summary: Two new coordination polymers were synthesized and characterized, with one showing a 2D structure and the other a 3D framework based on different building units. Both polymers exhibited antiferromagnetic interactions between adjacent Co(II) ions, with slight differences in magnetic properties attributed to their distinct assembly structures.
CHINESE JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Physical
Enrico Di Russo, Francesco Sgarbossa, Pierpaolo Ranieri, Gianluigi Maggioni, Samba Ndiaye, Sebastien Duguay, Francois Vurpillot, Lorenzo Rigutti, Jean-Luc Rouviere, Vittorio Morandi, Davide De Salvador, Enrico Napolitani
Summary: Researchers have developed a new method for fabricating fully relaxed Ge1-ySny layers on Ge substrates with Sn concentrations up to 13 at. %. By sputtering thin Sn films directly onto Ge wafers followed by pulsed laser melting, Sn was successfully incorporated into Ge. Microstructural analyses revealed that below 6 at. % Sn concentration, the Ge1-ySny layers were fully substitutional and strained, with few defects. For Sn concentrations above 6 at. %, Sn-rich regions were observed around dislocations. However, outside these regions, the Ge1-ySny layers displayed a homogeneous Sn distribution, full substitutionality, strain relaxation, and excellent crystal quality. This new approach offers a promising alternative to epitaxy and ion implantation for high-quality Ge1-ySny alloy fabrication, with the added benefit of spatially confined thermal processes using pulsed laser melting.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Oluwatobi Olorunsola, Solomon Ojo, Grey Abernathy, Yiyin Zhou, Sylvester Amoah, P. C. Grant, Wei Dou, Joe Margetis, John Tolle, Andrian Kuchuk, Wei Du, Baohua Li, Yong-Hang Zhang, Shui-Qing Yu
Summary: A SiGeSn/GeSn/SiGeSn single quantum well structure was prepared and characterized in this work. The GeSn well layer of the sample was thicker, reaching 22nm, compared to the previously reported 9nm well configuration. This thicker well layer resulted in three improvements: (i) a lowered ground energy level in the Gamma valley, providing more bandgap directness; (ii) an increased carrier density in the well; and (iii) improved carrier collection due to increased barrier height. Consequently, significantly enhanced emission from the quantum well was observed. The strong photoluminescence signal allowed for the estimation of quantum efficiency (QE), which was unattainable in previous studies. Using pumping-power-dependent photoluminescence spectra at 20K, the peak spontaneous QE and external QE were measured as 37.9% and 1.45%, respectively.
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Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Ryan J. Schwamm, Clara A. von Randow, Ahmed Mouchfiq, Matthew J. Evans, Martyn P. Coles, J. Robin Fulton
Summary: The study describes the synthesis and structural characterization of a series of Ge, Sn, and Pb compounds with different substituents, where the Ge complexes are monomeric, the Sn complexes are dimeric, and the Pb complexes exist as both monomers and dimers. Solution phase NMR spectroscopic data indicate that all compounds are monomeric in solution. Structural parameters, including buried volume (%V-bur), are discussed.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Masahito Murai, Mako Ito, Satoshi Takahashi, Shigehiro Yamaguchi
Summary: Diazulenylmethyl cations bridged with a germanium and tin moiety were synthesized, and the properties of these cations were affected by the nature of these elements. Aggregated cations exhibit absorption bands in the near-infrared region, which are slightly blue-shifted compared to silicon-bridged congeners.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2023)
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Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Muhammad U. Anwar, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Parisa Abbasi, Jeremy M. Rawson, Melanie Pilkington
Summary: A compound containing Mn(II) ions was synthesized, with magnetic studies revealing weak antiferromagnetic interactions between dinuclear units connected by different bridges, forming a magnetic 1-D chain structure.
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Chemistry, Physical
Marta Kubovics, Oriol Careta, Oriol Vallcorba, Guillermo Romo-Islas, Laura Rodriguez, Jose A. Ayllon, Concepcion Domingo, Carme Nogues, Ana M. Lopez-Periago
Summary: A series of porous metalloporphyrin frameworks were prepared using supercritical CO2 as a solvent. These frameworks showed surface areas of about 450 m2 g-1 and were obtained by coordinating metal complexes to the pyridine moieties in the porphyrin linker. The Co(II)-based MOF was crystallized using a layering technique and showed high-quality crystals.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2023)
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Materials Science, Ceramics
Yaning Guo, Chen Hao, Ying Yang, Xingli Wu, Chenghao Ni, Xiaokun Wang, Xiaohong Wang
Summary: A Ni-Mn-S@rGO composite material was designed to enhance the performance of supercapacitors, showing potential applications in the field.
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
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Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Ya-Xin Kang, Dong-Cheng Hu, Dan-Dan Zhang, Man-Na Zhao, Ji Zhang, Jia-Cheng Liu
Summary: The template-induced synthesis of two Co(II)-complexes with different structures was reported in this study. Compound 1 showed a 2D layer structure, while compound 2 exhibited 2D -> 3D supermolecular frameworks. The magnetization data for compound 2 indicated antiferromagnetic coupling in the {Co-2} units.
TRANSITION METAL CHEMISTRY
(2021)