The Cu3O4 layer in Sr2Cu3O4Cl2 is a variant of the square CuO2 lattice of the high-temperature superconductors, in which the center of every second plaquette contains an extra Cu2+ ion. The ions that make up the conventional CuO2 network, called CuI, have CuI-CuI exchange energy ≈130meV, and order antiferromagnetically at about 380 K; the CuII-CuII exchange is only ≈10meV, and the CuII’s order ...

Layers of ethylene carbonate (EC) modified CuI/PVA polymer composites were prepared by growth of CuI nano-particles in an aqueous solution of PVA followed by casting at room temperature. The structural, thermal, optical, electrical and di-electrical characterization of polymer composites was investigated using different techniques. These investigations confirm the growth of CuI nano-particles a...

The electronic structures of dinuclear copper complexes of the general formula [GFA(CuX2)2], where X = Br or Cl and GFA denotes a redox-active bridging Guanidino-Functionalized Aromatic ligand, were analysed and compared. The diamagnetic complexes [GFA(CuBr2)2] can all be described as dinuclear CuI complexes with bridging GFA2+ dicationic ligand units exhibiting a [CuI-GFA2+-CuI] electronic str...

NELLA LIQUIDITÀ DELL'INFOSFERA, A BEN GUARDARE, SI POSSONO SCORGERE ARCIPELAGHI DI ATOLLI FATTI DI INTERESSI INTERDISCIPLINARI, DI CAPACITÀ DI STUPIRSI DI FRONTE AD OGNI PICCOLO DETTAGLIO DELLA NATURA, DI SETE INSAZIABILE PER IL SAPERE, DI INTERESSE PER L'ASTRAZIONE E PER L'ESPERIMENTO, DI PIACERE PER LA CREAZIONE, DI INGEGNOSITÀ TECNOLOGICA, DI SPINTA PROPULSIVA ALLA PRODUZIONE INNOVATIVA, DI ...

A combination of experimental and density functional theory (DFT) investigations suggests that the Cu-catalyzed fluorination of unsymmetrical diaryliodonium salts with general structure [Mes(Ar)I]+ in N,N'-dimethylformamide proceeds through a CuI/CuIII catalytic cycle. A low concentration of fluoride relative to combined iodonium reagent plus copper ensures that [Mes(Ar)I]+ is available as the ...

INTRODUCTION This study compared canal and isthmus debridement efficacies between side-vented needle irrigation (SNI) and continuous ultrasonic irrigation (CUI) in the mesial root of mandibular first molars with narrow isthmuses using a closed-canal design. METHODS Micro-computed tomography scanning was used to select 20 teeth, each containing a narrow isthmus. Each root was sealed at the ape...

In a recent letter, Cui, Duan and Chan propose a generalisation of the Scott-Barreto method to build a larger family of MNT curves, and they claim that their proposal is also applicable to other curve construction methods. Here we show that the Cui-Duan-Chan technique is irrecoverably flawed.