Highly-metallized phosphonium polyelectrolytes.

Interaction forces between surfaces coated with highly branched polyelectrolytes

Highly fluorinated phosphonium ionic liquids: novel media for the generation of superhydrophobic coatings.

A new class of highly fluorinated phosphonium ionic liquids (HFPILs) that are thermally stable, non-volatile, tuneable small molecules has been synthesized; they are uniquely suited for creating novel superhydrophobic coatings, offering a new paradigm in the application of ionic liquids.

Thiourea-phosphonium salts from amino acids: cooperative phase-transfer catalysts in the enantioselective aza-Henry reaction.

New chiral bifunctional thiourea-phosphonium salts have been developed based on natural amino acids as highly efficient phase-transfer catalysts in the enantioselective aza-Henry reaction.

Catalytic Ketone Hydrodeoxygenation Mediated by Highly Electrophilic Phosphonium Cations.

Ketones are efficiently deoxygenated in the presence of silane using highly electrophilic phosphonium cation (EPC) salts as catalysts, thus affording the corresponding alkane and siloxane. The influence of distinct substitution patterns on the catalytic effectiveness of several EPCs was evaluated. The deoxygenation mechanism was probed by DFT methods.

Metal ions: driving the orderly assembly of polyelectrolytes at a hydrophobic surface.

The accumulation of polyelectrolytes at the interface between water and nonpolar fluids is an important process in both environmental and biological systems. For instance, polyelectrolytes such as humic acids are highly charged molecules that play a role in the remediation of water contaminated by oil, and the adsorption of other polyelectrolytes such as proteins and DNA to cellular surfaces is...