Flexible and scalable energy storage solutions are necessary for mitigating fluctuations of renewable energy sources. The main advantage of redox flow batteries is their ability to decouple power and energy. However, they present some limitations including poor performance, short-lifetimes, and expensive ion-selective membranes as well as high price, toxicity, and scarcity of vanadium compounds...

The biochemical activity and morphology of control and streptozotocin-diabetic rat liver Golgi complexes were previously investigated by us under influence of some vanadium [V(IV)] compounds. The effectiveness of these derivatives depends on the kind of complexing ligands. This paper presents the investigation of the effect of bipyridyl, the ligand of a new vanadium compound, tested by us with ...

A series of pseudosymmetrical structures of formula K10(M2OnF11-n)3X (M = V and Nb, n = 2, X = (F2Cl)1/3, Br, Br4/2,I4/2; M = Mo, n = 4, X = Cl, Br4/2, I4/2) illustrates generation of polar structures with the use of Λ-shaped basic building units (BBUs). For a compound to belong to a polar space group, dipole moments of individual species must be partially aligned. Incorporation of d(0) early t...

We systematically assessed the cytotoxic effects of five metallocene dichlorides containing vanadium (vanadocene dichloride), titanium (titanocene dichloride), zirconium (zircodocene dichloride), molybdenum (molybdocene dichloride), and hafnium (hafnocene dichloride) as the central metal atom and 19 other vanadocene complexes. These compounds were tested against the human testicular cancer cell...

Metal based drugs have successfully been used in the detection and treatment of a variety of diseases [1]. Despite the advantages in early diagnostic and treatment of cancer, there is essential to develop new alternative of drugs. A number of in vitro studies have revealed that vanadium shows its antitumor effects on various cell lines [2]. Moreover, it is shown that vanadium compounds may show...

The aim of this thesis is the investigation of the spectroscopic properties and the electronic structure of vanadium in minerals with a geological and/or technological interest. V K-edge HERFD-XAS experiments were combined with a theoretical determination of the measured spectra. Two approaches were complementary used to calculate the spectra: an ab initio approach and a multielectronic one. Th...

Diabetes patients suffer from chronic disorders in the metabolism due to high blood sugar caused by anomalies in insulin excretion. Recently, vanadium compounds have been prepared and functionalized to decrease the level of hyperglycemia. Vitamin A boosts beta cell activity; therefore, the lack of this vitamin plays a role in the development of type 2 diabetes. The aim of this article focused o...

Halogenated natural products are frequently reported metabolites in marine seaweeds. These compounds span a range from halogenated indoles, terpenes, acetogenins, phenols, etc., to volatile halogenated hydrocarbons that are produced on a very large scale. In many cases these halogenated marine metabolites possess biological activities of pharmacological interest. Given the abundance of halogena...

Generation of neural precursors persists throughout life in the forebrain subventricular zone (SVZ) and dentate gyrus (DG) subgranular zone (SGZ) in rodent and human brains. In addition, newborn granule cells in the hippocampal DG are important for learning and memory formation. Brain injuries such as seizures or trauma could trigger endogenous programs for adult neurogenesis. Although brain is...