A molecular network that exhibits critical correlations in the spatial order that is characteristic of a random, entropically stabilized, rhombus tiling is described. Specifically, we report a random tiling formed in a two-dimensional molecular network of p-terphenyl-3,5,3',5'-tetracarboxylic acid adsorbed on graphite. The network is stabilized by hexagonal junctions of three, four, five, or si...

A 1D anionic lanthanide coordination polymer {[(CH(3))(2)NH(2)] [(H(2)abtc)(2)Ho(H(2)O)]}n () (H(4)abtc = 3,3',5,5'-azobenzene-tetracarboxylic acid) has been synthesized under hydrothermal reaction conditions. The protonated [(CH(3))(2)NH(2)](+) is generated from decomposed DMA during the reaction, and balances the negative charge of the framework. The as-obtained samples were characterized usi...

The practice now known as “dabbing” appears to be quickly proliferating as a fashionable way to use marijuana in the United States.1 Dabbing is the inhalation of a concentrated tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) product created through butane extraction. The use of butane hash oil (BHO) products and the modification of cannabis more generally are not new phenomena, but dabbing has recently moved from r...

The title co-crystal, C4H7N5·C4H10O2, crystallizes with one mol-ecule of 6-methyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine (DMT) and one mol-ecule of butane-1,4-diol in the asymmetric unit. The DMT mol-ecules form ribbons involving centrosymmetric R2(2)(8) dimer motifs between DMT mol-ecules along the c-axis direction. These ribbons are further hydrogen bonded to each other through butane-1,4-diol, forming s...

We unveil a unique kinetic driven separation material for selectively removing linear paraffins from iso-paraffins via a molecular sieving mechanism. Subsequent carbonization and thermal treatment of CD-MOF-2, the cyclodextrin metal-organic framework, afforded a carbon molecular sieve with a uniform and reduced pore size of ca. 5.0 Å, and it exhibited highly selective kinetic separation of n-bu...

Organization of different iridophores into a [email protected] structure constitutes an evolutionary novelty for panther chameleons that allows their skins to display diverse color change. Inspired by this natural color-changing design, we present responsive multi-luminogen supramolecular hydrogel system generates programmable multi-color fluorescent Specifically, red Eu3+-amidopicolinate (R) l...

The synthesis and NOE-based structural characterization is described of thiacalix[4]arene tricarboxylic acid (7), thiacalix[4]crown-5 and -6 monocarboxylic acids (2 and 5), and the bis(N-methylsulfonyl)thiacalix[4]crowns-5 and -6 (4a,b). The 226Ra2+ selectivity coefficients, log(K(Ra)ex/K(M)ex), of the new thiacalix[4]arene derivatives are compared directly with those of thiacalix[4]crown-5 and...

Orbitals are invaluable in providing a model of bonding in molecules or between molecules and surfaces. Most present-day methods in computational chemistry begin by calculating the molecular orbitals of the system. To what extent have these mathematical objects analogues in the real world? To shed light on this intriguing question, we employ a photoemission tomography study on monolayers of 3,4...

A series of new squaraine rotaxanes have been synthesized with a tetralactam macrocycle and stopper groups of varying sizes and functionalities. In chloroform solvent, the relative size of the stopper group appears to have little influence on the high mechanical stability of the rotaxane structure. There is no evidence for unthreading (sometimes referred to as deslipping), even in the presence ...

The emergence of an organic/metal interface state is studied for the interface between 3,4,9,10-perylene-tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (PTCDA) and Ag(100) by means of time- and angle-resolved two-photon photoemission and density functional theory. The interface state is located in the projected band gap of Ag(100), 2.3 eV above the Fermi level, and has an electron lifetime in the 10 fs range...