Localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) of degenerately doped copper chalcogenide nanoparticles (NPs) (Cu2-xSe berzelianite and Cu1.1S covellite) have been modified applying different methods. The comparison of the cation exchange (Cu2-xSe) and intercalation (Cu1.1S) of Ag(I) and Cu(I) has shown that Ag(I) causes a non reversible, air stable shift of the LSPR. This was compared to the infl...

Recently we reported the profound effects of second-sphere crown ether binding upon the redox energetics and intervalence spectroscopy of selected mixed-valence (Crowd metal complex associatino is driven primarily by ether oxygen/ ammine hydrogen interactions, where the H-bond-donating capability of NH3 is greatly enhanced by coordination to a transition-metal cation.) For delocalized species s...

The anion in the title salt, (C(7)H(11)N(2))[SnBr(2)(C(6)H(5))(3)], lies on a twofold rotation axis that passes through the metal atom as well as the C(ipso)-C(para) atoms of one of the aromatic rings. The metal center is five-coordinate in a trans-Br(2)SnC(3) trigonal bipyramidal geometry. The cation is disordered about a center of inversion.

The two title isostructural and isomorphous complexes, [M(C6H10N4)2(H2O)2](NO3)2 (M is Co or Ni), contain the transition metal in a distorted octahedral geometry, coordinated by four N atoms of two neutral bidentate organic ligands in the equatorial plane and two water O atoms molecules in the axial positions. The cation is centrosymmetric, with the transition metal located on an inversion cent...

Human cytochrome P450 46A1 (CYP46A1) is one of the key enzymes in cholesterol homeostasis in the brain. The crystallization and heavy-atom structure solution of an active truncated CYP46A1 in complex with the high-affinity substrate analogue cholesterol-3-sulfate (CH-3S) is reported. The 2.6 angstroms structure of CYP46A1-CH-3S was solved using both anion and cation heavy-atom salts. In additio...

The complexation reaction between metal cations o f different valence states (Al, Bi(III), Cr(III), Fe(III); Ca, Co(II), Cu(II), Mn(II), Ni(II), Pb(II), Zn; Na) and fulvic acids is investi­ gated by the streaming current detection technique. It can be shown that the metal complexa­ tion capacity does not only depend on the nature o f the cation but also on the origin o f fulvic acids, which wer...

The energetic performances of seven SOD or RHO-topology ZIFs, with zinc or cobalt metal cation (ZIF-8, ZIF-90, Zn(dcim)2-SALE, ZIF-67, ZIF-7, ZIF-71, ZIF-11) were evaluated using water intrusion-extrusion under high pressure. The relationship between the structural parameters (in particular the pore system SOD or RHO, the type of linker, the metal cation nature) and the intrusion pressure was s...

We report a multinuclear solid-state ( (23)Na, (39)K, (87)Rb, (133)Cs) NMR study of tetraphenylborate salts, M[BPh 4] (M = Na, K, Rb, Cs). These compounds are isostructural in the solid state with the alkali metal ion surrounded by four phenyl groups resulting in strong cation-pi interactions. From analyses of solid-state NMR spectra obtained under stationary and magic-angle spinning (MAS) cond...

An ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) consisting of a thin perfluorinated ionomer (usually, Nafion or Flemion) strip, platinum and/or gold plated on both faces, undergoes large bending motion when a small electric field is applied across its thickness. When the same membrane is suddenly bent, a small electric potential of the order of millivolts is produced across its surfaces. This actuation...

Three novel Re(IV) mononuclear complexes of formulae NBu4[ReC15(pyz)] (1), NH2Me2[ReCl5(pyz)] (2) and NH4[ReCl5(pyz)].0.75H2O (3), (pyz being pyrazine; NBu4+ = tetra-n-butylammonium cation, NH2Me2+ = dimethylammonium cation and NH4+ = ammonium cation), were synthesized by ligand substitution reaction from [ReCl6]2- anion and pyrazine in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF). In addition, two new heterobi...