Inorganic Chemistry Editor’s Pick 2021

Editorial

28 April 2021

Editorial: Inorganic Chemistry Editor’s Pick 2021

Luís D. Carlos

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Luís D. Carlos

University of Aveiro

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(A) The Cd(II) coordination geometries of 4. (B) The [Cd3(μ2-COO)4N4] SBU of 4. (C) The two-dimensional (2D) layered motif based on mdpt− tectons of 4 via the a axis. (D) The three-dimensional (3D) porous structure of 4 via the b axis.

Original Research

17 December 2020

Different Benzendicarboxylate-Directed Structural Variations and Properties of Four New Porous Cd(II)-Pyridyl-Triazole Coordination Polymers

Ying Zhao

, 4 more and

Lu-Fang Ma

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5 citations

Phase, microstructural, and chemical state analysis of Ni(OH)2 nanoplates. (A) XRD patterns. (B,C) The SEM images at different magnifications. Inset of C is a high-magnification SEM image. (D) AFM image of ultra-thin Ni(OH)2 nanoplates, inset is the thickness curve. (E) XPS peaks of Ni 2p. (F) XPS peaks of O1s.

Original Research

01 December 2020

Rational Design and in-situ Synthesis of Ultra-Thin β-Ni(OH)2 Nanoplates for High Performance All-Solid-State Flexible Supercapacitors

Shensong Wang

, 8 more and

Haoshuang Gu

3,317 views

16 citations

Two methods for surface modification to MOF by DNA.

Review

28 July 2020

Review of the Biomolecular Modification of the Metal-Organ-Framework

Qiqi Xing

, 2 more and

Long Wang

6,492 views

21 citations

Ding's alkali-based synthesis of lanthanide oxysulfide and its derivatives. The number of equivalent (“eq” in the table) is the molar ratio between the reactant and metal. The term “hex.” stands for “hexagonal” and “irreg.” for “irregular.”

Review

31 March 2020

Metal Oxysulfides: From Bulk Compounds to Nanomaterials

Clément Larquet

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Sophie Carenco

This review summarizes the syntheses and applications of metal oxysulfides. Bulk compounds of rare earth and transition metals are discussed in the section Introduction. After a presentation of their main properties and applications, their structures are presented and their syntheses are discussed. The section Bulk Materials and Their Main Applications is dedicated to the growing field of nanoscaled metal oxysulfides. Synthesis and applications of lanthanide-based nanoparticles are more mature and are discussed first. Then, works on transition-metal based nanoparticles are presented and discussed. Altogether, this review highlights the opportunities offered by metal oxysulfides for application in a range of technological fields, in relation with the most advanced synthetic routes and characterization techniques.

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(A) Ellipsoid plot of 2 with partial atom numbering scheme; (B) a fragment of 1D polymeric chain with the metals in polyhedral representation; (C) a view of the 1D chain. The nitrate counter-ions are omitted for clarity. Symmetry operations to generate equivalent atoms: (i) 1+x, y, z; (ii) −1+x, y, z.

Original Research

06 March 2020

1D Copper(II)-Aroylhydrazone Coordination Polymers: Magnetic Properties and Microwave Assisted Oxidation of a Secondary Alcohol

Manas Sutradhar

, 4 more and

Armando J. L. Pombeiro

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25 citations

(A–F) Frequency dependence of RL curves for the PVDF composites with 1, 5, 10, 20, 30, and 40 wt% Ni/MWCNTs at various thicknesses.

Original Research

28 February 2020

Enhanced Electromagnetic Absorption Properties of Commercial Ni/MWCNTs Composites by Adjusting Dielectric Properties

Pei-Yan Zhao

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Guang-Sheng Wang

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17 citations

Original Research

05 November 2019

Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Photoluminescent Properties of One-Dimensional Europium(III)- and Terbium(III)-Glutarate Coordination Polymers, and Their Applications for the Sensing of Fe3+ and Nitroaromatics

Sajjad Hussain

, 6 more and

David Awoyelu

5,422 views

15 citations

Original Research

06 September 2019

In situ Preparation of Chitosan/ZIF-8 Composite Beads for Highly Efficient Removal of U(VI)

Lijuan Liu

, 3 more and

Qinhe Pan

With the rapid growth of nuclear power generation and fuel processing, the treatment of nuclear industry wastewater has become a major problem, and if not handled properly, it will pose a potential threat to the ecological environment and human health. Herein, a chitosan (CS)/ZIF-8 composite monolithic beads with ZIF-8 loading up to 60 wt% for U(VI) removal was prepared, which can be easily removed after use. It possesses a very high adsorption capacity of 629 mg•g⁻¹ at pH = 3 for U(VI) and a well recyclability is demonstrated for at least four adsorption/desorption cycles. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was carried out to study the adsorption mechanism between uranium and adsorbent, and the chelation of U(VI) ions with imidazole, hydroxyl, and amino groups was revealed. This work shows that CS/ZIF-8 composite can be used as an effective adsorbent for uranium extraction from aqueous solution, and has a potential application value in wastewater treatment.

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XRD patterns of LaGaO3:V nanocrystals synthesized by citric acid-assisted sol-gel method (M:CA 1:1) annealed at different temperatures (a); visualization of LaGaO3 perovskite structure (b); respective TEM images of LaGaO3:V nanocrystals with the 10-fold excess of citric acid, annealed at 800°C (c), 900°C (d), 1,000°C (e), and 1,100°C (f).

Original Research

23 July 2019

Different Strategies of Stabilization of Vanadium Oxidation States in Lagao3 Nanocrystals

Karolina Kniec

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Lukasz Marciniak

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9 citations

Zn(II) metal complexes used in this work and RNA-model substrate, HPNP.

Original Research

03 July 2019

The Zn(II)-1,4,7-Trimethyl-1,4,7-Triazacyclononane Complex: A Monometallic Catalyst Active in Two Protonation States

Marta Diez-Castellnou

, 2 more and

Paolo Scrimin

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8 citations

Structural scheme of Re(I) tricarbonyl complexes and their different functional groups [i.e., substituted dinitrogenated ligand (N, N); ancillary ligand (L)]. Some examples of (N, N) ligands include (1) 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bpy (dmb); (2) 2,2′-bipyridine (bpy); (3) 1,10-phenanthroline (phen); (4) 5,6-dione-1,10-phenanthroline (dione). Some examples of ancillary ligands (L) include (1) halogens; (2) 3-chloromethylpyridyl; (3) (E)-2-{[(3-aminopyridin-4-yl)imino]-methyl}-4,6-di-tert-butyl-phenol (a pyridine Schiff base harboring an intramolecular hydrogen bond) (Carreño et al., 2014, 2015a,b, 2017a).

Review

26 June 2019

Rhenium (I) Complexes as Probes for Prokaryotic and Fungal Cells by Fluorescence Microscopy: Do Ligands Matter?

Carolina Otero

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Juan A. Fuentes

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28 citations

Original Research

06 June 2019

Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity of Microwave Mediated Solvothermal Synthesized CeO2/g-C3N4 Nanocomposite

Siba Soren

, 4 more and

Purnendu Parhi

(a) TEM, (b) HRTEM at 10 nm, (c) SAED, and (d) HRTEM at 1 nm of CeO2/g-C3N4.

Electrocatalytic active species like transition metal oxides have been widely combined with carbon-based nanomaterials for enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) studies because of the synergistic effect arising between different components. The aim of the present study is to synthesize CeO₂/g-C₃N₄ system and compare the ORR activity with bare CeO₂. Ceria (CeO₂) embedded on g-C₃N₄ nanocomposite was synthesized by a single-step microwave-mediated solvothermal method. This cerium oxide-based nanocomposite displays enhanced ORR activity and electrochemical stability as compared to bare ceria.

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$(a, c) Low-resolution and High-magnification TEM images of the as-synthesized NaGdF4:Yb/Er nanocrystals; (b) The corresponding High-resolution TEM (HRTEM) image of a single nanocrystal; (d) The selected-area electron diffraction (SAED) patterns of the TEM image shown in (f); (e) High-magnification TEM image of the as-synthesized NaGdF4: Yb/Er/5 Mn nanocrystals; (f) Low-resolution TEM image of the as-synthesized NaGdF4: Yb/Er/5 Mn nanocrystals; (g) Histograms of particle size distributions for the NaGdF4: Yb/Er NCs; (h) and (i) show histograms of length and width distributions of the NaGdF4: Yb/Er/5 Mn NCs, respectively.$

Original Research

06 June 2019

Effect of Mn2+ on Upconversion Emission, Thermal Sensing and Optical Heater Behavior of Yb3+ - Er3+ Codoped NaGdF4 Nanophosphors

Qinping Qiang

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Yuhua Wang

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26 citations

Proposed mechanism for alcohol oxidation catalyzed by Ru/TBHP system.

Original Research

04 June 2019

Synthesis and Structures of Ruthenium Carbonyl Complexes Bearing Pyridine-Alkoxide Ligands and Their Catalytic Activity in Alcohol Oxidation

Xinlong Yan

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Jin Lin

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6 citations

Original Research

30 April 2019

Synthesis, Thermal, Structural Analyses, and Photoluminescent Properties of a New Family of Malonate-Containing Lanthanide(III) Coordination Polymers

Sajjad Hussain

, 5 more and

Shabbir Muhammad

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12 citations

(a) The plots of varied luminescent intensity of 1 when dispersed in different small organic molecules (λex = 320 nm); (b) The quenching efficiency of different nitro compounds (Emission intensities at 375 nm were selected); (c) The luminescence intensity of 1 recorded after addition of 1 mM TNP (λex = 320 nm); (d) SV plot in the presence of 1 at different TNP concentrations.

Original Research

16 April 2019

A New 3D 10-Connected Cd(II) Based MOF With Mixed Ligands: A Dual Photoluminescent Sensor for Nitroaroamatics and Ferric Ion

Jun Wang

, 6 more and

Mingbin Zheng

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60 citations

(Left) The measured and computed Ln-O bond-length in LnPO4 compounds. (Right) The Hubbard U parameter computed for LnPO4 compounds. The data come from Blanca-Romero et al. (2014) and Beridze et al. (2016).

Review

03 April 2019

Rare-Earth Orthophosphates From Atomistic Simulations

Yaqi Ji

, 7 more and

Dirk Bosbach

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16 citations

Original Research

06 February 2019

Toward Low-Cost and Sustainable Supercapacitor Electrode Processing: Simultaneous Carbon Grafting and Coating of Mixed-Valence Metal Oxides by Fast Annealing

Keyvan Malaie

, 1 more and

Francesca Soavi

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14 citations

$(A) A graphical illustration of the Rietveld refinement applied to grazing-incident X-Ray diffraction patterns of un-irradiated and irradiated xenotime-type YPO4 and monazite-type LaPO4 ceramics (cp. Table 1). The glancing angle was set to 3.2° to probe a thin surface layer unto a depth of ~1.5 μm. In YPO4 patterns, a minor diffraction peak at 2θ ~ 30° (marked with an asterisk) is attributed to a secondary phase (Y-stabilized tetragonal zirconia; Strasberg et al., 2014). To quantify the amorphous fraction f a, a refinement with three model phases have been applied: a fully crystalline component as observed from the un-irradiated sample (blue); a strongly stressed but still crystalline component (green); and an amorphous component refined with free lattice constants and very small grain-size factors (red). (B) The intensity of representative reflections of un-irradiated YPO4 [(211) at 2θ ≈ 35°, left-hand y-axis] and LaPO4 ceramic [(120) at 2θ = 28.6°, right hand y-axis] in dependence of various glancing angles that correspond to certain X-ray attenuation lengths calculated after Henke et al. (1993) (cp. Table 1). GI-XRD intensities of un-irradiated references samples saturate significantly above attenuation lengths >2 μm. An accurate probing depth of this method was accepted to be until ~1.5 μm below the surface for both phases.$