Hybrid organic-inorganic solar absorbers are currently the subject of intense interest; however, the highest-performing materials contain Pb. Here we assess the potential of three Sb-based semiconductors: (i) Sb2S3, (ii) Cs2Sb8S13, and (iii) (CH3NH3)2Sb8S13. While the crystal structure of Sb2S3 is composed of 1D chains, 2D layers are formed in the ternary cesium and hybrid methylammonium antimo...

Unsymmetrical ketones and allyltitanocenes generated by the desulfurizative titanation of γ,γ-disubstituted allyl phenyl sulfides react under highly diastereoselective construction of adjacent quaternary stereocenters (see scheme; R(L) = large group, R(S) = small group). The title reaction is stereospecific: the anti- and syn-homoallylic alcohols are obtained by the reaction of E- and Z-allylic...

Allyl sulfides undergo efficient cross-metathesis in aqueous media with Hoveyda-Grubbs second generation catalyst 1. The high reactivity of allyl sulfides in cross-metathesis was exploited in the first examples of cross-metathesis on a protein surface. S-Allylcysteine was incorporated chemically into the protein, providing the requisite allyl sulfide handle. Preliminary efforts to genetically i...

Sediments develop by sedimentation of organic and inorganic residues of primary and secondary production as well as by inorganic precipitates, e.g., metal hydroxides, carbonates, silicates, and phosphates. The accumulation of this material at the bottom of freshwater lakes leads to an intensification of mainly microbial degradative activities which oxidise and transform the organic freight with...

Vertical flow systems (VFS) are a type of passive treatment unit process in which acid mine drainage (AMD) flows vertically through layers of organic matter and limestone. Located in the coal belt of eastern Oklahoma, the Red Oak VFS was constructed to address AMD exiting an abandoned underground coal mine. The passive treatment system consists of five cells, alternating between surface flow (c...

The parametrization and testing of the OPLS all-atom force field for organic molecules and peptides are described. Parameters for both torsional and nonbonded energetics have been derived, while the bond stretching and angle bending parameters have been adopted mostly from the AMBER all-atom force field. The torsional parameters were determined by fitting to rotational energy profiles obtained ...

This work investigates bituminite (amorphous sedimentary organic matter) in Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay source rock via confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and atomic force (AFM). These petrographic tools were used to provide better understanding of the nature bituminite, which has been historically difficult identify differentiate from similar matter types rocks. As part an Internatio...

We report a facile chemical route for the synthesis of monodisperse nanocrystals of various metal sulfides (PbS, Cu(2)S, and Ag(2)S) and their assemblies into nanocrystal superlattices (NCSs); the sulfides NCSs were precipitated by adding ethanol to nanocrystal colloids, which were obtained directly by a reaction between metal thiolate and thioacetamide in a pure dodecanethiol solvent.

The present XANES study aims at elucidating the roles of carbon deposits and metal sulfides in the catalyst deactivation in steam reforming reactions with the presence of sulfur. CeO(2)-Al(2)O(3)-supported Ni and Rh-based catalysts were tested in steam reforming of liquid hydrocarbon fuel containing 350 ppm sulfur for H(2) production at 800 degrees C. The Rh catalyst demonstrated much better su...