The two-dimensional layer of molybdenum disulfide (MoS(2)) has recently attracted much interest due to its direct-gap property and potential applications in optoelectronics and energy harvesting. However, the synthetic approach to obtain high-quality and large-area MoS(2) atomic thin layers is still rare. Here we report that the high-temperature annealing of a thermally decomposed ammonium thio...

The interaction between poly(ethylene oxide) or poly(vinylpyrrolidone) and cesium and tetraalkylammonium (tetramethyl to tetrabutyl ammonium) dodecylsulfate has been investigated by means of electrical conductivity measurements to determine the critical aggregation concentration (cac) of the surfactants in the presence of polymer. The cac values were compared to the values of the critical micel...

The Sn(IV) atom in the title salt, [N(CH(3))(3)(C(6)H(5))](2)[SnBr(4)(C(6)H(4)Cl)(2)], exists in a distorted all-trans SnC(2)Br(4) octa-hedral geometry. The Sn(IV) atom lies on a center of inversion. Weak inter-molecular C-H⋯Br hydrogen bonding is observed between trimethyl-phenyl-ammonium cations and the Sn complex anion in the crystal structure.

The dual template synthesis of zeolite SSZ-13 by use of trimethyl-adamantanammonium hydroxide and a diquaternary-ammonium mesoporogen induces considerable mesoporosity without impeding zeolite microporosity. The strongly improved accessibility of Brønsted sites in mesoporous SSZ-13 increases its stability during application as an acid catalyst in the methanol-to-olefins reaction.

This communication reports the formation of complex Langmuir monolayer at the air-water interface with the water-soluble N-cetyl N,N,N-trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) molecules when interacted with the stearic acid (SA) molecules. The reaction kinetics of the formation of the CTAB-SA complex was monitored by observing the surface pressure versus time graph. Multilayered LB films of this compl...

A chemolithotrophic ammonium-oxidizing bacterium that was able to reduce NO(2) to N(2) (m/z 30) while oxidizing ammonium under conditions of oxygen stress was isolated from stream sediments. Energy was derived from ammonium oxidation, as evidence by growth, with CO(2) serving as the sole C source. The organism was a gram-negative, motile, short rod that failed to grow either aerobically or anae...

The asymmetric unit of the title molecular salt, C(14)H(30)N(2)O(4) (2+)·SiF(6) (2-), contains half of both the anion and the cation, both ions being completed by a crystallographic twofold axis passing through the Si atom. The cation has a cage structure with the ammonium H atoms pointing into the cage. These H atoms are shielded from inter-molecular inter-actions and form only intra-molecular...

The title organic salt, 6C(3)H(10)N(+)·C(10)H(2)O(8) (4-)·C(10)H(4)O(8) (2-)·4H(2)O, contains seven independent entities in the asymmetric unit which comprises three propyl-ammonium cations, two water mol-ecules, half a 2,5-dicarb-oxy-benzene-1,4-carboxyl-ate dianion (H(2)btc(2-)) and half a benzene-1,2,4,5-tetra-carboxyl-ate tetra-anion (btc(4-)), the latter two anions being located about cent...

A mechanistic study of the isothiourea-catalyzed enantioselective [2,3]-rearrangement of allylic ammonium ylides is described. Reaction kinetic analyses using 19F NMR and density functional theory computations have elucidated a reaction profile and allowed identification of the catalyst resting state and turnover-rate limiting step. A catalytically relevant catalyst-substrate adduct has been ob...

Comparison of the production of pectin methylesterase (PME) by Aspergillus niger from apple pomace in solid-state (SSF) and submerged fermentation (SmF) was made for higher PME production. pH value of 4.0, incubation temperature of 25 °C and incubation period of 96 h were found optimum in both SSF and SmF, while optimum dilution levels were 1:3 and 1:6, respectively. Ammonium sulphate in SSF an...