Synthesis of homochiral zeolitic imidazolate frameworks via solvent-assisted linker exchange for enantioselective sensing and separation

10.1039/C8CE00403J

2018-04-11

A pair of homochiral zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (S(R)-ZIF-78h) materials of GME topology possessing enantiopure benzimidazolate (S(R)-OH-bim) linkers have been synthesized via solvent-assisted linker exchange (SALE) of ZIF-78, which has been confirmed th...

The defect evolution in homoepitaxial AlN layers grown by high temperature metal organic chemical vapor deposition

10.1039/C8CE00287H

2018-04-11

AlN homoepitaxy is a promising way to obtain high quality AlN and Al-rich AlGaN and thus deep ultraviolet devices. The defect evolution in homoepitaxial AlN grown by high temperature metal organic chemical vapor deposition on AlN/Sapphire templates was studie...

General strategy for lanthanide coordination polymers constructed from 1, 1'-ferrocenedicarboxylic acid under hydrothermal conditions

10.1039/C8CE00233A

2018-04-10

Twenty six lanthanide coordination polymers (CPs), Ln2(fcd)2(phen)2(NO3)2 (Ln = Nd (1-Nd)), [Ln2(fcd)3(phen)2]·(CH3OH)2 (Ln = Sm (2-Sm), Eu (2-Eu), Gd (2-Gd), Tb (2-Tb)), Ln2(fcd)2(Hfcd)2(phen)2 (Ln = La (3-La), Ce (3-Ce), Pr (3-Pr), Nd (3-Nd), Sm (3-Sm), Gd ...

Kitchen Grinder: A Tool for the Synthesis of Metal-Organic Framework towards Size Selective Dye Adsorption

10.1039/C8CE00333E

2018-04-10

In this report, we present a simple, swift mechanochemical synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) using a kitchen grinder. By adopting this tool, we could synthesize ZIF-8, CuBTC and MIL-100(Fe) in multi gram-scale and successfully employed MIL-100(Fe)-...

Anomalies in growth of electrodeposited Ni–Fe nanogranular films

10.1039/C8CE00310F

2018-04-09

Thin Ni–Fe films were produced via electrodeposition onto silicon substrates using direct current and pulse current (with different pulse durations) regimes. The correlation between the technological regimes, chemical composition and microstructure of Ni–Fe n...

High-purity very thin silver nanowires obtained by Ostwald ripening-driven coarsening and sedimentation of nanoparticles

10.1039/C8CE00357B

2018-04-09

Very thin silver nanowires are ideal building blocks for fabricating high-performance transparent conductive films simultaneously with a low sheet resistance, a high visible light transparency, a small haze factor, and a high uniformity. Synthesis of very thi...

Acidochromic Spiropyran-Merocyanine stabilisation in the solid-state

10.1039/C8CE00291F

2018-04-09

In this work, we present an innovative approach to stabilise the open-ring Merocyanine form of a Spiropyran compound. At the solid state the Merocyanine form is only rarily observed, highlighting the importance of this contribution. Our concept is based on a ...

Effect of counter ions on the mesogenic ionic N-phenylpyridiniums

10.1039/C8CE00286J

2018-04-09

Two series of ILCs derived from N-phenylpyridinium 1-2 were prepared and their mesomorphic properties were investigated. A versatile and effective method was developed to prepare these ionic compounds 2-X from their precursor chloride 2-Cl. X-ray crystal-stru...

Direct observation of α- to β-glycine transformation during ionic liquid mediated crystallization process

10.1039/C7CE02247F

2018-04-08

The application of in situ powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) to monitor the polymorphic transformation and crystallization of glycine from ionic liquid-water system is introduced. We compared the polymorphic crystallization processes of glycine in the pure water...

Structural Variation Determined by Length-matching Effects: Towards the Formation of Flexible Porous Molecular Crystal

10.1039/C7CE02245J

2018-04-07

The length ratio of alkyl chain to space group will significantly influence the crystal structure of Gemini molecules with rigid spacers. When the ratio reaches to 1.24 approximately, flexible molecular crystals will form. Such crystals show porosity in chlor...