The phase stability of Zn2NCl is systematically studied by using the CALYPSO swarm structure searching method coupled with first principles calculations under pressure up to 100 GPa. The experimental ground state structure Pna21 (phase) is confirmed. Furthermore, two new high-pressure structures...

Zinc nitride films were coated on a glass substrate by reactive magnetron sputtering method using a zinc target and a mixture of N2 and Ar gasses. The deposited films were characterized for microstructure, surface morphology and optical properties. These films possess a polycrystalline structure...

Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) bifunctional electrocatalysts are essential for rechargeable zinc-air batteries. Here, a novel design strategy is demonstrated for developing highly dispersed Fe2Ni2N/Co trimetallic nitride nanocrystals strongly coupled with N-d...

In this study, zinc oxide-graphitic carbon nitride (ZnO-CN) nanohybrid has been synthesized via a facile in-situ one pot solid-state thermal decomposition method, here [Zn(hmp-H)2(H2O)(μ-Cl)Zn(μ-Cl)(Cl)3] was used as single-source molecular precursor (SSMP) for ZnO and urea was taken as a sour...

Transparent semiconducting nitrides are important materials for many modern technologies. Here, optical transparent semiconducting zinc nitride (Zn3N2) thin films have been developed by reactive RF magnetron sputtering at different nitrogen (N2) contents. The deposited films are found to be cubi...

In this work, the comparison of source/drain electrodes in thin film transistors (TFTs) based on room temperature deposited Zinc Nitride (Zn3N2) films is presented. Aluminum and aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO) films are used as electrodes. Both devices exhibit an on/off-current ratio of 104 and ...

Traditional procedures for synthesis of carbonyl compounds suffer from a lack of selectivity, use of organic solvents, toxicity of the reagents, and waste production. As a cleaner alternative, an environmentally benign solvent free oxidation of alcohols catalyzed by mono transition metal-substit...

Phosphomolybdate-based ionic liquid [(C8H17)3NCH3]3PMo12O40 was prepared and supported on a magnetic mesoporous silica (γ-Fe2O3@SiO2@mSiO2) to obtain a magnetic mesoporous catalyst. The morphology and components of the catalyst were characterized by FT-IR, XRD, XPS, SEM, TEM, nitrogen adsorptio...

Caesium phosphomolybdate (Cs3PMo12O40·xH2O) and zirconium molybdate ([ZrMo2O7(OH)2]·2H2O) solids are known to precipitate out from highly active liquors (HAL) during reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. Here, a new synthesis for these simulants is reported; with the initial step producing spher...

A combination of montmorillonite (MT) clay and catalysts was used to explore possible synergistic effects in reducing the flammability of poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) (SAN). Several catalysts, including ammonium phosphomolybdate hydrate (NHPMo), melamine phosphomolybdate hydrate (MEPMo), zinc ...

In the present study, zinc molybdate (ZM) and zinc phosphomolybdate (ZMP) nanoparticles of white color were synthesized using conventional and innovative sonochemical co-precipitation method without any emulsifier. This new class of pigment is environmental friendly which can be used as an alter...

This paper explores reactivity of phosphomolybdate clusters in the presence of in situ generated copper azole complexes under hydrothermal condition using two isomeric azole ligands viz. imidazole (imi) and pyrazole (pz). A systematic analysis of the synthetic variables suggested that with an in...

To promote the development of phosphoproteome analysis in highly selective efficient tracing phosphorylated proteins or peptides, views of researches should not confined with intrinsic materials and their modification. New materials are supposed to be explored for phosphoproteome analysis. In th...

[MoOF4(MeCN)], prepared from reaction of MoF6 with (Me3Si)2O in anhydrous MeCN solution, reacts with the neutral O-donor ligands, thf, Ph3PO, Me3PO, dmf and dmso, (L) in a 1:1 molar ratio under rigorously anhydrous conditions to form six-coordinate [MoOF4(L)], which have been characterised by mi...

Oxido-alcoholato- and oxido-thiolato-molybdenum(VI) complexes bearing two ene-1,2-dithiolate ligands (cyclohexene-1,2-dithiolate) are prepared as synthetic models of molybdenum(VI) reaction centers of dimethyl sulfoxide reductase family of molybdenum enzymes. These complexes are prepared by oxyg...

Unplanned oxidation of molybdenum(V) in the presence of carboxylic acid afforded three fully-oxidized polynuclear oxomolybdates. In very similar reaction mixtures, the initial oxidation state of the metal ion was retained and species with the frequently-encountered dinuclear {MoV(O)(μ2-O)2MoV(O...

A difficulty for the electrochemical deposition is the high negative electrolytic potential of the Mn+ 2/Mn° pair in aqueous solutions producing water reduction at any pH value; to resolve this problem it is necessary to use selenium dioxide (SeO2) as additive. However, there is little informat...

Nineteen organoselenides were synthesized and tested for their intrinsic cytotoxicity in hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) and breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7) cell lines and their corresponding selective cytotoxicity (SI) was estimated using normal lung fibroblast (WI-38) cells. Most of the organic...

Methylpentacarbonylmanganese and diethylselenium have been pyrolyzed for the organometallic chemical vapour deposition of manganese selenide thin films. Polycrystalline layers of manganese selenide exhibiting either rocksalt structure or both rocksalt and zincblende structure have been fabricate...

Electrochemical water splitting has gained momentum for the development of alternative energy sources. Herein, we report the synthesis of two different nickel selenide nanostructures of different morphology and composition employing hydrothermal method. NiSe2 nanosheets were obtained by the anio...