Single-layer, ultrasmall ReS2 nanoplates embedded in amorphous carbon were synthesized from a hydrothermal treatment involving ammonium perrhenate, thiourea, tetraoctylammonium bromide, and further annealing. The rhenium disulfide, obtained as a low dimensional carbon composite (ReS2/C), was tested in the hydrodesulfurization of light hydrocarbons, using 3-methylthiophene as the model molecule,...

While sulfur is often described as a catalyst poison, many of nature s most remarkable enzymes feature metals embedded in a sulfur-rich coordination sphere. This is especially true for the biological processing of dihydrogen, dinitrogen, and carbon monoxide.[1±3] In the industrial sector, metal sulfides are used to activate H2 in the hydrodesulfurization (HDS) process.[4, 5] Inspired by these p...

Polarization-selective angle-resolved infrared pump-probe spectroscopy was developed and used to study the orientational dynamics of a planar alkylsiloxane monolayer functionalized with a rhenium metal carbonyl headgroup on an SiO2 surface. The technique, together with a time-averaged infrared linear dichroism measurement, characterized picosecond orientational relaxation of the headgroup occur...

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common form of skin cancer. In cases, non-invasive SCC has a good prognosis and curable by surgical resection. Nevertheless, small percentage patients pose specific management problems due to technical difficulty maintaining function aesthetics because size or location tumor. An emerging therapeutic approach with high-dose brachytherapy...

A fluorescent tridentate phosphine, BodP3 (2), forms rhenium complexes which effectively image cancer cells. Related technetium analogues are also readily prepared and have potential as dual SPECT/fluorescent biological probes.

An N-fused porphyrin rhenium complex was synthesized by the thermal reaction of an N-confused porphyrin with Re2(CO)10 and its structure was determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis.

Two novel luminescent rhenium(I) diimine indole complexes have been designed and their properties studied; these conjugates can be recognised by indole-binding proteins including bovine serum albumin, lysozyme and tryptophanase.