A nanocomposite adsorbent based on potassium nickel hexacyanoferrate-loaded polypropylene fabric was synthesized for selective removal of Cs ions from contaminated waters by a two-stage synthesis: radiation-induced graft polymerization of acrylic acid monomer onto the nonwoven polypropylene fabric surface with subsequent in situ formation of potassium nickel hexacyanoferrate (KNiHCF) nanopartic...

Nickel oxide (NiO), deposited onto the strontium titanate (SrTiO3) (110)-(4 × 1) surface, was studied using photoemission spectroscopy (PES), X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES), and low-energy He+ ion scattering (LEIS), as well as scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The main motivation for studying this system comes from the prominent role it plays in photocatalysis. The (4 × 1) reco...

A number of nickel based materials are investigated as potential oxygen evolution catalysts under conditions close to those met in modern, high current density alkaline water electrolysers. Microelectrodes are used to avoid distortion of voltammetric data by IR drop even at the high current densities employed in such water electrolysers. High surface area nickel metal oxides prepared by cathodi...

Cold development was applied to improve the resolution in a trilayer resist that is used for the fabrication of state-of-the-art soft x-ray microscopy zone plates. By decreasing the temperature of the hexyl acetate developer to −50 °C, 11 nm half-pitch gratings have been resolved in the electron-beam resist ZEP 7000. 12 nm half-pitch gratings have been successfully transferred, via the intermed...

Lithiated oxides like Li[Ni x Co y Mn z ]O 2 ( + = 1) with high nickel content ≥ 0.8) can possess specific capacity ≥200 mA h g −1 and have attracted extensive attention as perspective cathode materials for advanced lithium-ion batteries.

In the title centrosymmetric mononuclear nickel(II) complex, [Ni(C(7)H(5)ClNO)(2)], the Ni(II) ion, lying on an inversion center, is four-coordinated by two O and two imine N atoms from two 4-chloro-2-imino-methyl-phenolate ligands, forming a distorted square-planar geometry. In the crystal structure, mol-ecules are linked into a two-dimensional network parallel to the bc plane by C-H⋯O hydroge...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Ni(C(12)H(18)N(2)O(2))(2)](ClO(4))(2), consists of one-half of a centrosymmetric mononuclear Schiff base nickel(II) complex cation and one perchlorate anion. The Ni(II) ion, lying on the inversion center, is coordinated by two N atoms and two O atoms from two Schiff base ligands, forming a square-planar geometry. The crystal packing is stabilized by N...

Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 has the ability to grow in mass quantity under ideal conditions; such an ability provides usable biomass at a minimal effort. Using lyophilized biomass grown under normal conditions, Synechococcus was tested for its potential to bind metal ions from solution. Batch experiments have determined the optimum binding pH, time dependency, and metal binding capacities for co...

MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, 1H NMR spectrometry, the continuous variation method and molecular modeling by MM3 calculation confirmed our earlier studies showing that gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) forms complex with copper(II) ion with the binding ratio 1:1. The copper(II) complex formed at physiological pH has a square planar configuration and GnRH complexes with nickel(II) and cobalt(...