A custom-designed semifluorinated phosphonic acid, (9,9,10,10,11,11,12,12,13,13,14,14,15,15,16,16,16-heptadecafluorohexadecyl)phosphonic acid (F8H8PA), and a normal hexadecylphosphonic acid (H16PA) were synthesized and used to generate self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on commercially available yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) tapes. In this study, we wished to evaluate the effectiveness of th...

We report on the synthesis, characterization, stability and pharmacokinetics of novel iron based contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Statistical copolymers combining multiple phosphonic acid groups and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) were synthesized and used as coating agents for 10 nm iron oxide nanocrystals. In vitro, protein corona and stability assays show that phosphonic aci...

Diverse supramolecular assemblies ranging from nanometres to micrometers of small aromatic π-conjugated functional molecules have attracted enormous research interest in light of their applications in optoelectronics, chemosensors, nanotechnology, biotechnology and biomedicines. Here we study the mechanism of the formation of a flower-shaped supramolecular structure of phosphonic acid appended ...

Crystallisation of yttrium and other trivalent metal cations of similar radius with racemic N,N'-2-methylpiperazinebis(methylene phosphonic acid) gives a small pore bisphosphonate metal-organic framework solid displaying coordinative and hydrogen bonding and permanent porosity.

Exfoliated 2D materials including graphene, BN, MoS(2) and WS(2) are accessible in water over a wide range of pH for a synergistic process involving sonication in the presence of p-phosphonic acid calix[8]arene.

In this study, we have designed, synthesized and full characterized a novel biological based acidic nano organocatalyst via condensations reaction of uric acid phosphorous acid. The obtained compound was named theacrine tetrakis(phosphonic acid) (TTPA) prepared under refluxing ethanol. This new applied as an efficient recyclable catalyst for the preparation pyridines with indole moieties cooper...