A large number of microorganisms are responsible for the oxidation of Mn(2+)((aq)) to insoluble Mn(3+/4+) oxides (MnO(x)()) in natural aquatic systems. This paper reports the structure of the biogenic MnO(x)(), including a quantitative analysis of cation vacancies, formed by the freshwater bacterium Leptothrix discophora SP6 (SP6-MnO(x)()). The structure and the morphology of SP6-MnO(x)() were ...

We have found ferromagnetism in epitaxially grown superlattices of CaRuO(3)/CaMnO(3) that arises in one unit cell at the interface. Scanning transmission electron microscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy indicate that the difference in magnitude of the Mn valence states between the center of the CaMnO(3) layer and the interface region is consistent with double exchange interaction among...

The synthesis and characterisation of three new mixed-valent manganese clusters [Mn(II)₄Mn(III)₁₆O₁₂(OH)₄(tea)₈(chp)₄]·6MeOH·4H₂O (1), [Mn(II)₆Mn(III)₄(teaH)₄(teaH₂)₂(tpaa)₆(F)₈]·2Et₂O·4MeCN (2) and [Mn(II)₆Mn(III)₄(teaH)₄(teaH₂)₂(2-bpca)₆(F)₈]·4MeCN (3) are reported. They were obtained by the reaction of simple manganese salts with triethanolamine (teaH₃), triethylamine (NEt₃) and the appropri...

Four new partially fluorinated metal organic frameworks (HF-MOFs) have been synthesized under different solvothermal conditions (H(2)O or dimethylformamide (DMF)) from transition metal cations [Co(2+) and Mn(2+)], 3-methyl pyridine (3-mepy) and 4,4'-(hexafluoroisopropylidene) bis(benzoic acid) (C(17)H(10)F(6)O(4), H(2)hfbba), to determine the influence of reaction conditions on the formation of...

Let k ⩾ 1 be an integer. In this study, we derive asymptotic formula for the average number of representations integers id="M2"> n = p + 2 3 4 5 in short intervals, where id="M3"> <...

Dedicated to Professor Heinrich Nöth on the occasion of his 85th birthday The new compound [Mn(dien)2][Mn(dien)SbS4]2 (dien = diethylenetriamine) was synthesized under solvothermal conditions. It crystallizes in the non-centrosymmetric monoclinic space group P21 with a = 7.5736(5), b = 19.1081(16), c = 13.1174(11) Å, β = 90.022(9)◦, V = 1898.3(3) Å3, and Z = 2. The crystal structure is composed...

A novel S4-symmetric icosanuclear manganese metalladiazamacrocycle was synthesized using a pentadentate ligand, N-3-phenyl-trans-2-propenoylsalicylhydrazide (H3L), that has a rigid and bulky terminal N-acyl group. A 20 cyclic repeat of an--(Mn-N-N)--linkage resulted in a highly puckered diaza-bridged 60-membered icosanuclear metallamacrocycle. The steric interaction between the ligands in the c...

The effects of selected metals (Mg, Mn, Zn, and Fe) on 3-acetyldeoxynivalenol (3-ADN) production by Fusarium graminearum R2118 and on its mycelial growth were investigated by using a two-stage submerged-culture technique. In certain concentrations ranges, Mg and Fe stimulated growth but suppressed 3-ADN production; at other concentrations, Mg, Fe, and Zn suppressed growth but stimulated 3-ADN p...

Mixed-valent Mn/O dinuclear and polynuclear molecular compounds containing Mn are almost without exception trapped valence. Large differences between the strengths of the exchange interactions within MnMn, MnMn and MnMn pairs lead to situations where MnMn interactions, the strongest of the three mentioned and antiferromagnetic in nature, dominate the intramolecular spin alignments in trinuclear...