ChemInform Abstract: A New General Synthetic Strategy for Phase-Pure Complex Functional Materials.

ChemInform ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. no-no
Author(s):  
David C. Green ◽  
Stefan Glatzel ◽  
Andrew M. Collins ◽  
Avinash J. Patil ◽  
Simon R. Hall
2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (42) ◽  
pp. 5648-5648
Author(s):  
David C. Green ◽  
Stefan Glatzel ◽  
Andrew M. Collins ◽  
Avinash J. Patil ◽  
Simon R. Hall

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (42) ◽  
pp. 5767-5772 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Green ◽  
Stefan Glatzel ◽  
Andrew M. Collins ◽  
Avinash J. Patil ◽  
Simon R. Hall

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petia Atanasova ◽  
Vladimir Atanasov ◽  
Lisa Wittum ◽  
Alexander Southan ◽  
Eunjin Choi ◽  
...  

The robust, anisotropic tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) provides a monodisperse particle size and defined surface chemistry. Owing to these properties, it became an excellent bio-template for the synthesis of diverse nanostructured organic/inorganic functional materials. For selective mineralization of the bio-template, specific functional groups were introduced by means of different genetically encoded amino acids or peptide sequences into the polar virus surface. An alternative approach for TMV surface functionalization is chemical coupling of organic molecules. To achieve mineralization control in this work, we developed a synthetic strategy to manipulate the surface hydrophilicity of the virus through covalent coupling of polymer molecules. Three different types of polymers, namely the perfluorinated (poly(pentafluorostyrene) (PFS)), the thermo-responsive poly(propylene glycol) acrylate (PPGA), and the block-copolymer polyethylene-block-poly(ethylene glycol) were examined. We have demonstrated that covalent attachment of hydrophobic polymer molecules with proper features retains the integrity of the virus structure. In addition, it was found that the degree of the virus hydrophobicity, examined via a ZnS mineralization test, could be tuned by the polymer properties.


2011 ◽  
Vol 284-286 ◽  
pp. 58-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Ying Hao ◽  
Cui Zhang ◽  
Shuang Xi Liu ◽  
Hai Fu Guo

Zeolites mordenite (MOR) and β decorated with high dispersion degree and loading content of CuO composite (symbolized as CuO/zeolite) were prepared via a novel method-the stepped hydrothermal synthesis. The resultant composite were characterized with details by powder XRD, ICP-AES, H2-TPR and TEM techniques. Shown by experiment, the stepped hydrothermal synthetic method adopted in the present research using urea as alkali source as well as benefiting from the ultrasonic wash treatment hardly damages the zeolitic framework structure. Compared with ammonia, high dispersion degree and loading level of CuO are yielded as a consequence of the employment of urea as alkali source. Besides, the ultrasonic wash treatment not only removes some CuO precursors that deposit on the external surface of the porous support but also produces a uniform distribution of CuO particles with smaller dimension on the surface of zeolites: CuO are dispersed in nanoscale of about 4-8 nm on mordenite and 2-5 nm on zeolite β. The present synthetic strategy could be therefore applied as a novel general method for the manufacture of functional materials in a wide spectrum.


2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 697-700
Author(s):  
Yingying Wang ◽  
Meixia Wen ◽  
Zhongjun Gao ◽  
Ning Sheng

Polynuclear complexes are an important class of inorganic functional materials and are of interest particularly for their applications in molecular magnets. Multidentate chelating ligands play an important role in the design and syntheses of polynuclear metal clusters. A novel linear tetranuclear CoIIcluster, namely bis{μ3-(E)-2-[(2-oxidobenzylidene)amino]phenolato}bis{μ2-(E)-2-[(2-oxidobenzylidene)amino]phenolato}bis(1,10-phenanthroline)tetracobalt(II), [Co4(C14H11NO2)4(C12H8N2)2], was prepared under solvothermal conditions through a mixed-ligand synthetic strategy. The structure was determined by X-ray single-crystal diffraction and bulk purity was confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction. The complex molecule has a centrosymmetric tetranuclear chain-like structure and the four CoIIions are located in two different coordination environments. The CoIIions at the ends of the chain are in a slightly distorted octahedral geometry, while the two inner CoIIions are in five-coordinate distorted trigonal bipyramidal environments. A magnetic study reveals ferromagnetic CoII...CoIIexchange interactions for the complex.


Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Pengfei Liu ◽  
Chongwu Wang ◽  
Lijie Wang ◽  
Xuefeng Wu ◽  
Lirong Zheng ◽  
...  

The poor photoelectrochemical (PEC) performance derived from insufficient charge separation in hematite photoanode crucially limits its application. Gradient doping with band bending in a large region is then considered as a promising strategy, facilitating the charge transfer ability due to the built-in electric field. Herein, we developed a synthetic strategy to prepare gradient Ti-doped ultrathin hematite photoelectrode and systematically investigated its PEC performance. The as-synthesized electrode (1.5-6.0% doping level from the surface to the substrate) delivered a photocurrent of about 1.30 mA cm-2 at 1.23 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), which is nearly 100% higher than that of homogeneously doped hematite electrode. The enhanced charge transfer property, induced by the energy band bending due to the built-in electric field, has been further confirmed by electrochemical measurements. This strategy of gradient doping should be adaptable and can be applied for other functional materials in various fields.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 212-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruyi Fang ◽  
Chu Liang ◽  
Yang Xia ◽  
Zhen Xiao ◽  
Hui Huang ◽  
...  

A green and facile supercritical CO2 (SC-CO2) synthetic strategy is successfully developed to fabricate high-performance carbon–sulfur cathodes for advanced Li–S batteries, which also could open up a new avenue for the rational design and controllable synthesis of functional materials.


Author(s):  
Ralph A. Henning ◽  
Thomas Leichtweiss ◽  
Daniel Dorow-Gerspach ◽  
Rüdiger Schmidt ◽  
Niklas Wolff ◽  
...  

AbstractMost functional materials are thermodynamic equilibrium phases representing minima in the thermodynamic phase space. However, it is expected that many metastable phases with highly interesting properties also exist. Here, we report on a systematic approach to prepare thin-films of such non-equilibrium phases based on the gas phase deposition methods sputtering and pulsed laser deposition (PLD). Our synthetic strategy is to deposit a “precursor phase” which is amorphous or already a crystalline non-equilibrium phase. Subsequent heat treatment leads to the nucleation of crystalline phases which again may be metastable or stable compounds. In the present paper we focus on the binary systems Ti–O and Zr–O, both systems being widely applied and technologically relevant. Highly oxygen-deficient titanium oxide (TiO


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