One of the dream reactions in polymer chemistry is the bottom-up, self-assembled synthesis of polymer fabrics, with interwoven, one-dimensional fibres of monomolecular thickness forming planar pieces of textiles. We have made a major step towards realizing this goal by assembling sophisticated, quadritopic linkers into surface-mounted metal-organic frameworks. By sandwiching these quadritopic l...

Statistical mechanics predicts that the design of pure organized heteropolymetallic chains of metal ions bound to linear receptors depends on controlled deviations from the mixing rule DeltaE(MiMj) = 1/2 (DeltaE(MiMi) + DeltaE(MjMj)), whereby DeltaE(MiMj) is the intramolecular intermetallic interaction between neighboring metal i and metal j along the receptor. A thorough investigation of linea...

The p-i-n carbon nanotube (CNT) devices suffer from low ON/OFF current ratio and small saturation current. In this paper by band bending engineering, we improved the device performance of p-i-n CNT field effect transistors (CNTFET). A triple gate all around structure is proposed to manage the carrier transport along the channel. We called this structure multi-segment gate (MSG) CNTFET. Band to ...

Crossing the Cyp1a1/1a2(-/-) double-knockout mouse with the Cyp1b1(-/-) single-knockout mouse, we generated the Cyp1a1/1a2/1b1(-/-) triple-knockout mouse. In this triple-knockout mouse, statistically significant phenotypes (with incomplete penetrance) included slower weight gain and greater risk of embryolethality before gestational day 11, hydrocephalus, hermaphroditism, and cystic ovaries. Or...

Cadmium bis(tetrahydroborate) has been prepared from dimethyl cadmium and H3B T H F in tetrahydrofuran. Low temperature ll3Cd N M R spectra recorded for THF, monoglyme and diglyme solutions show a septet with l/ ( ll3Cd'H) = 273 Hz. This proves that the BH4“ groups are bound to the metal centre via triple hydride bridges. Reaction o f Cd(BH4) 2 with LiBH4 yields LiCd(BH4) 3 quantitatively in di...

In the title compound, [Cu(C(2)N(3))(2)(C(13)H(14)N(2))](n), the Cu(II) atom, located on an inversion centre, adopts a distorted octa-hedral coordination by six N atoms, two from 1,3-di-4-pyridylpropane and four from dicyanamide ligands, with significantly different Cu-N distances. The metal centres are linked in an unusual triple-bridged mode into chains parallel to [101].

A microporous metal-organic framework 1 Zn 2(CNC) 2(DPT).G [CNC = 4-Carboxycinnamic; DPT = 3,6-Di-4-pyridyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazine; G = guest molecules] was synthesized and structurally characterized by a triply interpenetrated primitive cubic net with 1D pores of about 3.7 A. 1 is highly robust enforced by triple framework interpenetration through weak van der Waals interactions, thus the activated...

The frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) mediated hydrosilylation of pentafulvenes is described yielding allyl silanes with high regioselectivity in excellent yields. While phenyl substituted allyl silanes undergo B(C6F5)3-mediated rearrangement to vinyl silanes, dimethyl derivatives experience FLP-catalyzed hydrogenation followed by an unprecedented protodesilylation. This observation allowed the metal...

Reaction of AgPF(6) with the asymmetric ligand 1,6-dihydro-2-methyl-6-oxo-(3,4'-bipyridine)-5-carbonitrile (1), afforded a significant silver coordination polymer {[Ag(2)(1)(3)](2).(CH(3)OH)(3).(PF(6))(4)}(n) (2) with unique 1D twofold interpenetrating metal-organic frameworks constructed by 1D triple helical chains with nanosized cages hosting counterions as guests. This compound exhibits high...