This work deals with the development of a green and versatile synthesis of stable mono- and bi-metallic colloids by means of microwave heating and exploiting ecofriendly reagents: water as the solvent, glucose as a mild and non-toxic reducer and polyvinylpirrolidone (PVP) as the chelating agent. Particle size-control, total reaction yield and long-term stability of colloids were achieved with t...

Pristine complex quaternary hydride (LiBH4/2LiNH2) and its destabilized counterpart (LiBH4/2LiNH2/nanoMgH2) have recently shown promising reversible hydrogen storage capacity under moderate operating conditions. The destabilization of complex hydride via nanocrystalline MgH2 apparently lowers the thermodynamic heat values and thus enhances the reversible hydrogen storage behavior at moderate te...

This Article contains typographical errors. In the caption of Figure 4, " k|| refers to the Κ-Γ-Κ direction in the reciprocal space of (Bi,Sb)2Te3 film. " should read: " k // refers to the Κ-Γ-Κ direction in the reciprocal space of (Bi,Sb) 2 Te 3 film. " In the Discussion section, " As the Te layer thickness increases, we do not detect obvious changes in the band dispersion or doping level nor ...

The discovery of ferromagnetic two-dimensional (2D) materials provides reference value for the exploration low-dimensional magnetism and new spintronic devices. VSi2N4 monolayer is with half-metallic characteristics, which a 2D material in field spintronics. Here, electronic structure magnetic anisotropy VSi2X2N2 (X = P, As, Sb, Bi) Janus monolayers are studied systematically via first-principl...

1 Atmospheric metallic and arsenic pollution at an offshore drilling platform in the Bo Sea: A health risk assessment for the workers Hong Xu, Suqin Han, Xiaohui Bi, Zhijing Zhao, Lei Zhang, Wenjie Yang, Min Zhang, Jing Chen, Jianhui Wu, To investigate the ambient metal pollution at the offshore drilling platform in the Bo Sea, which few studies have focused on, PM2.5samples were collected and ...