Evidence is provided that thermal decomposition of Co(CO)(4)SiCl3 adsorbed on silica in a hydrogen atmosphere results in the formation of metallic cobalt nanoparticles covered with a Co2SiO4/CoO shell instead of cobalt s...
The shape of Pd nanocrystals (NCs) can be controlled by combination of oleylamine (OAm) and alkylammonium alkylcarbamate (AAAC), and Pd spheres, tetrahedra and multipods have been synthesized. The multipods and tetrahedr...
A novel three hindered quadrant bisphosphine ligand has been synthesized. The ligand shows excellent enantioselectivities and reactivities for rhodium-catalyzed hydrogenations of various functionalized olefins.
Simple strategies for using alkene reductase enzymes to produce gram-scale quantities of both (R)- and (S)-citronellal have been developed. The methodology is easily accessible to non-specialist laboratories, allowing al...
The reaction of bis(pentafluorophenyl) borane, HB(C6F5)(2), with 3,5-di-tert-butyl-1H-pyrazole (3) affords the zwitterionic pyrazolium-borate trans-5 and, after dehydrogenation by use of the frustrated carbene-borane Lew...
[(NH3)(2)BH2](+)[BH4](-) is formed from the room temperature decomposition of NH4+BH4-, via a NH3BH3 intermediate. Its crystal structure has been determined and contains disordered BH4- ions in 2 distinct sites. Hydrogen...
Topochemical synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was achieved on crystalline cellulose single nanofibers (CSNFs), which were tailored from native cellulose. Exposed AuNPs@CSNFs composite exhibited an excellent cataly...
The oxy-globin models Fe(Por)(NH3)(O-2), prepared by sequential reactions of O-2 (O-18(2)) and NH3 with thin porous layers of Fe-II(Por), react with NO ((NO)-N-15) at 80-100 K to form only the low-spin nitrato complexes ...
A fused-seven-ring anthracene derivative with two sulfur bridges, benzobisthioxanthene (BTA), was synthesized, facilely. OLEDs employing BTA as the emitter exhibited bright (maximum 40 752 cd m(-2)) and efficient red emi...
Fe2O3 nanoparticles with a mean diameter of similar to 9 nm were homogeneously filled into the hollow core of high aspect ratio CNTs synthesized by the AAO template method with tunable filling ratios. These Fe2O3-filled ...
Symmetrically substituted hexakis(alkoxy)triphenylene (HAT) derivatives were assembled into single molecular thick 2D nanosheets, which stacked further to give multilayered nanofibers through a convenient solution proces...
Treatment of [60]fullerene with potassium methylnaphthalenide and excess C6F5CH2Br afforded 1,4-bis(pentafluorobenzyl)[60]fullerene, the study of which showed that there is a face-to-face interaction between [60]fulleren...
A new concept for formation of nanostructured intrinsically conducting polymers (ICP) is demonstrated. Polypyrrole can be electropolymerized from an ionic-surfactant-solution in TiO2 nanotube framework to form a geometri...
The Michael addition of water is a major challenge. Here an enzymatic approach is described. Interestingly, the enzyme (MhyADH) does not only catalyse the Michael addition of water but also the in situ oxidation of the p...
A novel FePt@Cu nanowire catalyst was prepared by the reduction of Cu(acac)(2) on the surface of FePt nanowires, in oleylamine (OAm). This nanowire catalyst efficiently epoxidised stilbene in the presence of molecular ox...
Visible-light-derived O-2 production was yielded by conjugating water oxidation catalysis by [(OH2)(terpy)Mn(mu-O)(2)Mn-(terpy)(OH2)](3+) as an oxygen evolving center model and photo-sensitization of [Ru(bpy)(3)](2+) as ...