This study reports 78 Rietveld quantitative phase analyses using Cu Kα1, Mo Kα1 and synchrotron radiations. Synchrotron powder diffraction has been used to validate the most challenging analyses. From the results for three series with increasing contents of an analyte (an inorganic crystalline phase, an organic crystalline phase and a glass), it is inferred that Rietveld analyses from high-ener...

A new organic-inorganic two-dimensional hybrid compound, [CuMoO(4)(C(2)H(8)N(2))], has been hydro-thermally synthesized at 443 K. The unit cell contains layers composed of CuN(2)O(4) octa-hedra and MoO(4) tetra-hedra. Corner-sharing MoO(4) and CuN(2)O(4) polyhedra form CuMoO(4) bimetallic sites that are joined together through O atoms, forming an edge-sharing Cu(2)Mo(2)O(4) chain along the c ax...

The evolution of microstructure in MO-Cu thin films during annealing has been investigated by in situ sheet resistance measurements, ex situ x-ray diffraction, and ~PZ situ hot-stage as well as conventional transmission electron microscopy. MO-Cu thin films, deposited on various glass substrates by magnetron sputtering at -30 “C, were supersaturated solid solutions of Cu in MO with a nanocrysta...

Strong interaction between the Cu and Mo2C phases formation of Mo2C–Cu+ interfaces is required for efficient hydrogenation CO2 to methanol.

An unusual PFO(3)(2-)-templated "inverse Keggin" polyanion, [Mo(12)O(46)(PF)(4)](4-), has been isolated from the degradation reaction of an {Mo(132)}-type Keplerate to [PMo(12)O(40)](3-) by [Cu(MeCN)(4)](PF(6)) in acetonitrile. (31)P-NMR studies suggest a structure-directing role for [Cu(MeCN)(4)](+) in the formation of the highly unusual all-inorganic inverse Keggin structure.

This paper reviews the influence of alloying elements Mo, Nb, Ta and Ni on glass formation and corrosion resistance of Cu-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs). In order to obtain basic knowledge for application to the industry, corrosion resistance of the Cu-Hf-Ti-(Mo, Nb, Ta, Ni) and Cu-Zr-Ag-Al-(Nb) bulk glassy alloy systems in various solutions are reported in this work. Moreover, X-ray photoe...

The USP has proposed using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) for determining heavy metals in drug articles to replace the USP <231> heavy metals test. While the current USP <231> procedure will detect Pb, Hg, Bi, As, Sb, Sn, Cd, Ag, Cu and Mo, the proposed method will test for Al, Sb, As, Be, B, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, In, Ir, Fe, Pb, Li, Mg, Mn, Hg, Mo, Ni, Os, Pd, Pt, Rh, Rb, Ru, Se, Sr, Tl, Sn, W and...

By using first principles calculations, it is found that the noble metal atoms Ag, Au and Cu would like to occupy the vacancy sites of the W(0 0 1) or Mo(0 0 1) surface to form the substitutional surface alloys, despite the fact that they do not like to form alloy in the bulk. The electronic local function (ELF) for these substitutional surface alloys shows that there is no obvious chemical bon...