Atomic/molecular layer deposition offers us an elegant way of fabricating crystalline copper(ii)terephthalate metal-organic framework (MOF) thin films on various substrate surfaces. The films are grown from two gaseous precursors with a digital atomic/molecular level control for the film thickness under relatively mild conditions in a simple and fast one-step process.

The di-copper(II) cation, [Cu(2)(μ-terephthalate)(1,10-phen)(4)](2+), is a powerful, non-sequence-specific, minor-groove oxidizer of duplex DNA which, unlike copper(II) bis-1,10-phenanthroline chloride, operates independently of exogenous reagents. The agent displays excellent in vitro cytoxicity towards cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer cells, producing intracellular reactive oxygen species u...

A scandium terephthalate with isolated ScO6 octahedra and fully-linked carboxylate groups is prepared hydrothermally and possesses a novel hybrid framework structure with high thermal stability and a pore volume for N2 adsorption of 0.26 cm(3) g(-1) at 77 K.

Porous pigments in which chemically responsive dyes have been immobilized in a matrix of organically modified siloxanes (ormosils) have been prepared and characterized by AFM, TEM, EDS, and optical analysis. In typical chemical sensing applications, an array of 36 different porous ormosil pigments are deposited on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film.

One of the major environmental threats is the least rate of degradation or non biodegradability of the organic materials under natural condition, e.g. plastics. The plastics of various forms such as nylon, polycarbonate, polyethylene-terephthalate, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polytetraflouro ethylene, polyurethane and polyvinyl chloride (Smith, 1964) are being continuously used in...