The first luminescent Bi-Cd-organic framework, Bi2Cd(2,6-pdc)4(H2O)2·H2O (2,6-H2pdc = pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate), has been synthesized by using bismuth (Bi) oxides and cadmium (Cd) salts as metal sources under hydrothermal conditions. Tunable and white light luminescence was obtained through the doping of different Ln(3+) ions into the Bi-Cd-organic framework.

This study demonstrates a facile, mild and environmentally-friendly sustainable (soft processing) approach for the efficient electrochemical exfoliation of graphite using a sodium hydroxide/hydrogen peroxide/water (NaOH/H2O2/H2O) system that can produce high-quality, anodic few-layer graphene nanosheets in 95% yield at ambient reaction conditions. The control experiment conducted using NaOH/H2O...

Four thorium sulfate compounds have been synthesized and characterized. [Th(SO4)2(H2O)7] 2H2O (ThS1) crystallizes in space group P21/m, a1⁄47.2488(4), b1⁄412.1798(7), c1⁄48.0625(5) Å, b1⁄498.245(1); Na10[Th2(SO4)9(H2O)2] 3H2O (ThS2), Pna21, a1⁄417.842(2), b1⁄46.9317(8), c1⁄427.550(3) Å; Na2[Th2(SO4)5 (H2O)3] H2O (ThS3), C2/c, a1⁄416.639(2), b1⁄49.081(1), c1⁄425.078(3) Å, b1⁄4 95.322(2); [Th4(SO...

The chiral macrocyclic amines R-L and S-L derived from the 3 + 3 condensation of 2,6-diformylpyridine and (1R,2R)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane or (1S,2S)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane form enantiopure trinuclear Ni(ii) and Cu(ii) complexes [Ni3(L)(H2O)2Cl5]Cl and [Cu3(L)Cl4]Cl2 and form the dinuclear complex [Zn2(L)Cl2](ZnCl4) with Zn(ii). The X-ray crystal structures of these complexes indicate remarkably ...

In inorganic 5,50-azobistetrazolate (C2N10 2 ; ZT) compounds, the energetic ZT moiety is usually stabilized by H-bonds to lattice H2O and/or coordination of an N-atom of the tetrazole ring to the metal ion. Here we present the synthesis and characterization of a novel, salt-like compound, [Dy(H2O)8]2ZT3, which constitutes a unique exception to the above rule. We used supercritical CO2 as an unc...

Mass spectrometric analysis of small negative ions (e/m < 100) produced by DC negative corona discharge in ozonised wet air both in flow and flow-stopped regimes was conducted at pressure of 30 kPa. The point-to-plain electrode system has been used. The yield of individual ions is strongly affected by trace concentrations of ozone in both regimes. Ozone concentration greater than 25 ppm is suff...

Four novel receptors were designed and synthesized for colorimetric detection of F− ions. The introduction of four electron withdrawing groups into the backbone of the receptors makes the two phenolic groups efficient hydrogen bonding sites. The binding properties of receptors with anions were examined for the first time by UV–Vis, 1H NMR and fluorescence spectroscopies. The addition of F− resu...