Cobalt hydroxide is a promising electrode material for supercapacitors due to the high capacitance and long cyclability. However, the energy storage/conversion mechanism of cobalt hydroxide is still vague at the atomic level. Here we shed light on how cobalt hydroxide functions as a supercapacitor electrode at operando conditions. We find that the high specific capacitance and long cycling life...

By reacting IPr⋅InBr3 with AgSbF6 in dichloroethane at room temperature, we could obtain single crystals comprising [{(IPr⋅InBr3 )(Ag⋅(CH2 Cl)2 )}2 ][SbF6 ]2 (1) and two identical HSbF6 units. It is presumed that the reaction gave rise to [IPr⋅InBr3-x ][SbF6 ]x (x=1, 2, or 3) which reacted with adventitious water to give HSbF6 and [IPr⋅InBr3-x (OH)][SbF6 ]x-1 . The experiment was reproduced at ...

The synthesis and structure of a dimeric aluminium hydroxide complex containing the novel chelating 1,4-disiloxide ligand [CH(2){Me(Me(3)Si)(2)Si}(2)SiO](2)(2-) (2)-2H is reported. [CH(2){Me(Me(3)Si)(2)Si}(2)SiO](2)AlOH (4) was prepared by careful hydrolysis of [CH(2){Me(Me(3)Si)(2)Si}(2)SiO](2)AlMe·THF (3).

The hydrothermal synthesis, X-ray crystal structures and thermal and magnetic properties of a layered coordination polymer, [Ni(3.9)Mn(1.1)(μ(3)-OH)(2)(L(I))(2)(H(2)O)(10)]·2H(2)O (1) (L(I) = 1e,2a,4a,5e-cyclohexanetetracarboxylate), and a porous 3D coordination polymer, [Ni(4)(μ(2)-OH)(2)(μ(6)-H(2)L(IV))(2)(pymc)(4,4'-bpy)(H(2)O)(2)](OH)·9H(2)O (2) (pymc = 2-pyrimidinecarboxylate, 4,4'-bpy = 4...

The title compound, dizinc cadmium hydroxide tetraoxido-vanadate, Zn(1.86)Cd(0.14)(OH)VO(4), was prepared under low-temperature hydro-thermal conditions. It is isostructural with Zn(2)(OH)VO(4) and Cu(2)(OH)VO(4). In the crystal structure, chains of edge-sharing [ZnO(6)] octahedra are inter-connected by VO(4) tetra-hedra (site symmetries of both V atoms and their coordination polyhedra are .m.)...

The delaminated gadolinium hydroxide layers doped with Eu(3+) ions were assembled on the surface of silica spheres and annealed at high temperatures, resulting in the formation of fluorescent and MR active GdPO(4) : Eu nanoparticles at the surface.

Castings produced for the automotive industry are considered important components for overall roadworthiness. To ensure the safety of construction, it is necessary to check every part thoroughly using non-destructive testing. Radioscopy rapidly became the accepted way for controlling the quality of die cast pieces. In this paper the fundamental principles of the automated detection of casting d...

The synthesis of the mono-uranyl complex [UO(2)(THF)(H(2)L(Me))] of a ditopic Schiff-base pyrrole macrocycle is described and is shown to adopt a Pacman wedge-shaped structure in which the uranyl dication is desymmetrised and sits solely in one N(4)-donor compartment to leave the other vacant. While investigating the mechanism of the previously reported, base-initiated, reductive silylation che...

ARMIN BISCHOFF, LISÈLE CRÉMIEUX, MARIE SMILAUEROVA, CLARE S. LAWSON, SIMON R. MORTIMER, JIRI DOLEZAL, VOJTECH LANTA, ANDREW R. EDWARDS, ALEX J. BROOK, MIRKA MACEL, JAN LEPS, THOMAS STEINGER and HEINZ MÜLLER-SCHÄRER 1 University of Fribourg, Department of Biology, Unit of Ecology and Evolution, Chemin du musée 10, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland, University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 31, CZ-370...

The reaction of (t)Bu(2)Zn with water was investigated which led to isolation of the novel hexameric tert-butylzinc hydroxide. The resulting zinc hydroxide cluster appears to be an ideal predesigned single-source precursor which decomposes smoothly in one step at only ca. 120 °C into ZnO nanoparticles.