The salt metathesis reaction between one equivalent of SmI2(THF)2 and two equivalents K(C5Me4H) in THF afforded single crystals the unusual, toluene-soluble, asymmetric bimetallic Sm(II)/Sm(II) complex, (C5Me4H)2SmII(μ-η3:η5-C5Me4H)SmII(C5Me4H)(THF)2, instead expected product, (C5Me4H)2SmII(THF)2. toluene-insoluble products this can be worked up 1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME) to provide X-ray qualit...

The oxidation of bimetallic alloy nanoparticles comprising a noble and a nonnoble metal is expected to cause the formation of a single-component surface oxide of the nonnoble metal, surrounding a core enriched with the noble metal. Studying the room temperature oxidation of Au-In nanoparticles, we show that this simple picture does not apply to an important class of bimetallic alloys, in which ...

Herein, we report a facile two-step approach to produce gold-incorporated copper (Cu/Au) nanostructures through controlled disproportionation of the Cu(+)-oleylamine complex at 220 °C to form copper nanowires and the subsequent reaction with Au(3+) at different temperatures of 140, 220 and 300 °C. In comparison with copper nanowires, these bimetallic Cu/Au nanostructures exhibit their synergist...

A simple method to grow vertically aligned arrays of various forms of single-walled carbon nanotubes (V-SWNT) is reported. CO disproportionation on CoAMo bimetallic catalysts has been used in the synthesis. Resonant Raman and transmission electron microscope (TEM) were employed to characterize the as-produced SWNTs, which display a high purity and very low concentration of other carbon forms. C...

Bimetallic nitrides are now being considered as one of the emerging advanced functional materials due to their characteristic features and remarkable physicochemical properties. Herein, we report a new crystalline bimetallic nitride (Co3ZnN) that belongs to the cubic crystal phase, which was successfully synthesized through direct nitridation of metallic salts as precursors. Co3ZnN nanoparticle...

In this paper, we report the synthesis and characterization of dioxidovanadium(V) complex derived from a malonohydrazide ligand (N'1,N'3-bis(2-hydroxybenzylidene) malonohydrazide). The newly synthesized was characterized by infrared spectroscopy (IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), structure also established single crystal X-ray diffraction study. bimetallic crystallizes in triclinic space g...