The ″cyan gap″ is the bottleneck of full-visible-spectrum white light-emitting diodes (WLEDs), and the development of high thermal stability blue–cyan phosphors plays a decisive role in compensating for the cyan gap. Herein, we report a blue–cyan-emitting celsian phosphor prepared using Ba2+-doped LTA/FAUX zeolite. Excited by UV light, celsian phosphors show a super broad emission at the blue–cyan

Metal halide species with multimeric anionic frameworks exhibit outstanding coordination chiralities and intriguing photophysical properties, making them highly promising for emerging photonic applications. However, their chiroptical activities remain largely unexplored to date. Herein, lead-free chiral hybrid 0D materials composed of edge-sharing [Sb2Cl10]4– dimers were synthesized via a natural cooling

Formic acid (FA) dehydrogenation was investigated over several arene-ruthenium catalysts with various imidazolyl-, thiophenyl- and furyl-based ligands. The catalyst with the N-((1H-imidazol-2-yl)methyl)propan-2-amine ligand (Ru/L7) outperformed the other catalysts for FA dehydrogenation at 90 °C in water. Furthermore, the developed process was scaled up by a factor of 10 without any loss in activity

Almost all reported artificial phosphodiesterases with high catalytic efficiency are based on binuclear homometallic models, typically involving two Zn²⁺ ions or two adjacent Zn²⁺ centers forming a catalytic pocket within multivalent assemblies (e.g., Au nanoparticles). However, bi-heterometallic artificial phosphodiesterases remain largely unexplored, representing significant research potential in

Direct electrocatalytic CO2 reduction in seawater to produce valuable products offers significant advantages for CO2 mitigation and minimizes the use of freshwater resources or electrolytes. Nevertheless, the complexity and high concentration of ions in seawater can lead to the corrosion of catalysts, posing challenges to their activity and stability. This study presents a kind of ultrathin heterostructure

The electrocatalytic oxidation of alcohols (AOR) using low-cost metal-organic framework (MOF)-derived electrocatalysts is a promising renewable energy technology. This study explores the impact of the counter anion in MOFs and its relevance to catalytic efficiency to improve understanding of structure-reactivity relationships.

The elaborate interface engineering based on in-situ surface reconstruction during catalysis, especially on the cathode, is effective in promoting hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) but plagued by uncontrollably reconstruction extent and structure collapse. In view of the reasonable reaction-intermediates adsorption and accelerating kinetics of hydroxy oxides (MOOH), we focused on the HER-electrode

Currently, the renewable energy–driven carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) has been identified as a promising carbon neutralization option capable of generating a variety of high-value hydrocarbon products. Importantly, high-entropy borides (HEBs), which are similar to high-entropy carbides, have attracted extensive attention because of their outstanding chemical and physical properties, which

To address the challenges of limited bandwidth and structural complexity in terahertz absorbers, this study proposes a vanadium dioxide (VO₂)-based broadband terahertz (THz) absorber driven by electric dipole resonance. The device achieves broadband absorption exceeding 90% within 3.55-9.95 THz, Absorption bandwidth of 6.4 THz and a relative bandwidth reaching 94.81%. Through comprehensive analyses

The tetravalent titanium pyrazolate Ti(pzMe2)4 inserts two molecules of carbon dioxide instantly at ambient temperature and 1 bar heteroallene, forming the complex Ti(CO2∙pzMe2)2(pzMe2)2 (pzMe2 = 3,5‐dimethylpyrazolato). CO2 insertion is reversible as proven by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Solid Ti(CO2∙pzMe2)2(pzMe2)2 exhibits an exceptionally high stability at ambient atmosphere but converts

The fast massive sublimation of small N-rich monomers due to poor thermal stability for carbon nitride (CN) material synthesis based on supramolecular assembly technique usually causes defects and insufficient integrity that inhibit charge migration for a better photoactivity. Herein, we introduced a highly thermal stable supramolecular assembly of C-doped melem with HCl for the controllable synthesis

The integration of high-nuclearity lanthanide-oxo (Ln-O) clusters into polyoxotungstates (POTs) represents a formidable synthetic challenge due to intricate assembly mechanisms and the labile nature of lanthanide coordination. Herein, we present an innovative alkaline-mediated templating strategy for constructing unprecedented Ln-oxo-cluster-encapsulated POTs through synergistic assembly of lacunary

The diiron vinyliminium complexes [Fe2Cp2(CO)(μ-CO){μ-η1:η3-C(3-C5H4N)CHCN(R)(Me)}]CF3SO3 (Cp = η5-C5H5; R = 2,6-C6H3Me2 = Xyl, 2a, R = Me, 2b) reacted with [IrCp*(Phpy)Cl] (IrCl; Cp* = η5-C5Me5, Phpy = κN,κC-2-phenylpyridine) and AgCF3SO3 to afford the bis-cationic iron–iridium conjugates [Fe2Cp2(CO)(μ-CO){μ-η1:η3-C(3-C5H4NIrCp*Phpy)CHCN(Me)(R)}][CF3SO3]2 (4a–b), in nearly quantitative yields. Similarly

211At is a highly attractive radionuclide for alpha-particle therapy of cancers, provided it is firmly bounded to a suitable targeting agent. In recent years, various radiolabeled gold nano-objects have been evaluated in vitro and in vivo, drawing on the formation of a covalent bond between astatine and gold atoms. While stability was found for 211At-labeling of Au(I)-NHC (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene)

Due to high penetration, low photo-toxicity, and low background signal of red-shifted visible light, the development of visible-light photochromic materials is of great importance but still a challenging task. In this study, four one-dimensional (1D) naphthalenediimide (NDI) photochromic coordination polymers (CPs), namely {[ZnCl2(4-PMNDI)]·H2O}n (1), {[ZnBr2(4-PMNDI)]·2H2O}n (2), {[ZnCl2(3-PMNDI)]}n

To obtain more applicable catalysts with sulphur and water vapor tolerance for toluene combustion, CuxCo1−xAl2O4 compounds by substituting Co−site of CoAl2O4 spinel with different amount of Cu have been purposely designed. For the first time, the XRD extrapolation method has been adopted to measure the substitution capacity of Cu2+ in the spinel matrix, which is with an x = 0.53. Below the capacity

Dithiocarbamates are monoanionic chelating ligands, easily prepared from CS2 and secondary or primary amines, that find widespread use in agriculture, medicine, materials science and coordination chemistry. This is (in part) due to their ability to stabilise metals in a wide range of oxidation states, a result of soft (dithiocarbamate) and hard (thioureide) resonance forms. However, in the many thousands

In this study, we report the thermodynamic, kinetic, relaxation and structural features of the Mn(II) complex formed with a newly synthetized O-pyclen ligand bearing a malonate pendant. The thermodynamic stability of [Mn(OPMMA)] is lower (pMn = 6.27) than that reported for the Mn(II) chelates of OPC2A (pMn = 8.69) and 3,9-PC2A ligands (pMn = 8.64), and it dissociates faster than those at physiological

The progress of high-performance supercapacitor electrode based on emerging 2D materials have received tremendous attention due to their high power density (> 10 kW kg-1) and long charge-discharge cycle life (>105 cycles). Having discovered in 2015, 2D borophene has emerged as a unique material among Xenes due to its excellent electron mobility, metallic behaviour, thermal conductivity, Dirac nature

Photoelectrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (PEC-NIRR) provides a sustainable solution for addressing nitrogen-containing wastewater pollution and green ammonia synthesis. However, the reported catalysts are still limited by issues such as low carrier separation efficiency and competition from the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). A surface sulfidation strategy was employed to epitaxially grow

The development of efficient, visible-light-responsive photocatalysts remains critical for advancing sustainable chemical synthesis. Herein, we report a photosensitive cyclic trinuclear complex (CTC), An-Au3, featuring an anthracene (donor) and trifluoromethyl (acceptor) modified pyrazole ligand (donor–π–acceptor type ligand engineering), where the anthracene chromophore and weak metallophilic interactions

Chelating ligand platforms derived from tris(2-aminoethyl)amine (TREN) can facilitate low coordination numbers and provide opportunities to tune the steric and electronic profile of the secondary coordination sphere. Herein, we examine the ability of two related tris(amidate)amine ligands to stabilize low-coordinate complexes of trivalent iron, and further use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to