The twelve-connected metal-organic frameworks {[Ni(3)(OH)(L)(3)].n(solv)}(infinity) and {[Fe(3)(O)(L)(3)].n(solv)}(infinity) [LH(2) = pyridine-3,5-bis(phenyl-4-carboxylic acid)] have been prepared and characterised: these materials can be desolvated to form porous materials that show adsorption of H(2) up to 4.15 wt% at 77 K.

Osteopontin (OPN) is a key mediator of cell interactions with biomaterials. However, few studies have been dedicated to studying cell adhesion on OPN-adsorbed substrates with controlled charge and wettability. Here, amino-carboxyl (NH2/COOH) and hydroxyl-methyl (OH/CH3) mixed self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of varying charges and wettability, respectively, were used as controllable model surfa...

Small-sized FeO(OH) colloids stabilised by sugars, commercially available for the clinical treatment of iron deficiency, show two waves during cathodic polarographic sweeps, or two current maxima with stationary electrodes, in neutral to slightly alkaline aqueous medium. Similar signals are observed with Fe(III) in alkaline media, pH > 12, containing citrate in excess. Voltammetric and polarogr...

Combined scanning tunneling microscopy, temperature programmed desorption, photo stimulated desorption, and density functional theory studies have probed the formation and reactivity of highly-hydroxylated rutile TiO(2)(110) surfaces, which were prepared via a novel, photochemical route using trimethyl acetic acid (TMAA) dissociative adsorption and subsequent photolysis at 300 K. Deprotonation ...

A unique 4-fold interpenetrated (10,3)-b copper(II) framework exhibits reversible dehydration and rehydration in a single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SC-SC) process, and the dehydrated material can encapsulate CH(3)OH molecules, again in a SC-SC fashion, and shows selective adsorption of H(2) and CO(2) over N(2).

Water-vapor adsorption on poorly crystalline boehmite (PCB) was studied using a gravimetric FTIR apparatus that measured FTIR spectra and water adsorption isotherms simultaneously. The intensity of the delta(HOH) band of adsorbed water changed linearly with water content and this linear relationship was used to determine the dry mass of the sample. Adsorption and desorption isotherms of PCB sho...

Since in situ formation of Mg(OH)2 can efficiently sorb phosphate (PO4) from low concentrations in the environment, a novel dispersed magnesium oxide nanoflake-modified diatomite adsorbent (MOD) was developed for use in restoration of eutrophic lakes by removal of excess PO4. Various adsorption conditions, such as pH, temperature and contact time were investigated. Overall, sorption capacities ...

The impact of four typical adsorbates, namely H2O, H+, Cl−, and OH−, on three different planes, namely, Fe(110), Cr(110) and Cr-doped Fe(110), was investigated by using a density functional theory (DFT)-based model. It is verified by the adsorption mechanism of the abovementioned four adsorbates that the Cr-doped Fe(110) plane is the most stable facet out of the three. As confirmed by the adsor...

By virtue of planar Cu2(μ-OH)2(2+) cluster units, a flexible porous metal azolate framework not only adsorbs large amounts of CO2 (19.6 wt% or 266 g L(-1) at 298 K and 1 atm) with a high zero-coverage adsorption enthalpy (-47 kJ mol(-1)), but also desorbs quickly at very low temperatures.

Effects of H2O on the activity and deactivation of Pd catalysts used for the oxidation of unburned CH4 present in the exhaust gas of natural-gas vehicles (NGVs) are reviewed. CH4 oxidation in a catalytic converter is limited by low exhaust gas temperatures (500–550 °C) and low concentrations of CH4 (400–1500 ppmv) that must be reacted in the presence of large quantities of H2O (10–15%) and CO2 ...