The construction of branched coumarin dyes based on a 2D-pi-A system is focused to optimize the light-harvesting capability and enhance the photovoltaic performance. Three novel coumarin dyes, coded as MS-C, MS-F, and MS...
Methylene blue and 2 nm gold nanoparticles were incorporated into commercial PVC catheters by use of a simple "swell-encapsulation-shrink'' method using acetone-water mixtures. Neither the methylene blue nor the nanogold...
Two bridged-triphenylamine starburst molecules were designed and synthesized. Their electrochemical properties were studied in detail using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and square wave voltammetry (SWV) methods. The bridged m...
Organic-inorganic hybrid microcapsules (AP-capsules) were fabricated by sequential preparation of calcium alginate microcapsules (Alg-capsules), followed by the addition of the Alg-capsules to an aqueous solution of 3-am...
We synthesized three isomeric subpopulations of bisadduct analogues of [6,6]-phenyl-C-61-butyric acid methyl ester (bis-PCBM) via tether-directed control. Bulk heterojunction solar cells prepared using these isomers toge...
Proton conductors capable of operation between 100 and 400 degrees C are attractive electrochemical materials due to their high utility value in energy and environmental applications. However, such proton conductors have...
Using density functional theory, we investigate TM-cyclopentadienyl-benzene sandwich molecular wires (SMWs) which are composites of TM-cyclopentadienyl and TM-benzene wires (TM = transition metal (V, Fe)). All the SMWs a...
A single-step magnetic separation procedure that can remove both organic pollutants and arsenic from contaminated water is clearly a desirable goal. Here we show that water dispersible magnetite nanoparticles prepared by...
A LiCoPO4 positive electrode material with an extremely high discharge capacity, 145 mA h (g-phosphate)(-1), is reported. Seeking high capacity, we examined three kinds of precursors, Co3O4, Co-3(PO4)(2)center dot 2H(2)O...
The application of anionic stabilizers is of great importance in the synthesis of supported metal nanoparticles with small and uniform size and high dispersion. Herein, we extensively studied the influence of four congen...
NaNb(1-x)TaxO3 (0.1 <= x <= 0.9) materials have been synthesized and investigated by combining diffraction methods and high resolution electron microscopy with dielectric measurements. The stabilization of lead-free ferr...
Significant enhancement in supercapacitor performance was achieved via the synthesis of nanocrystalline RuO2 on vertically aligned Few Layered Graphene (FLG) nanoflakes, synthesized on bare n-type heavily doped silicon s...
The synthesis, structure, gas adsorption and catalytic properties of a new 3D porous, crystalline metal-organic framework (Ca-5TIA-MOF) as well as stable viscoelastic metallogels (Ca-5TIA-Gel) are reported. Remarkably, t...
Mesoporous 0.4Li(2)MnO(3)center dot 0.6LiNi(2/3)Mn(1/3)O(2) foams with a pore diameter of ca. 3 nm have been fabricated by a gel-combustion method. The sintering temperature is optimized to as low as 600 degrees C by con...
The complex tris(N,N-diethyl-N'-naphthoylselenoureato) iron(III) was synthesised and its X-ray single crystal structure determined. Thermolysis of this complex in oleylamine at all temperatures produced nanocrystals of F...
A series of fullerene acceptors have been selected for the systematic study of their electron-transporting properties on a standardized field-effect transistor (FET) platform. It was found that small structural alternati...