The flexible solid electrolytes are important for flexible batteries and supercapacitors. For that reason, we fabricated ZnO doped PVA-Borax based solid-gel electrolytes for 5%, 10% and 15% ZnO amounts in this study by chemical composition. The obtained ZnO doped PVA-Borax electrolytes were characterized by cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements for 100, 200 and 400 mV scanning speeds and Raman spectroscopy

Two wheel-shaped lanthanide complexes, [Pr(L)2•(CH3OH)2]•(NO3)3 (complex 1) and [Er(L)2•(CH3OH)2]•(NO3)3 (compex 2), formed by the long flexible ligand, (L = 1,4-bis[2-(4-pyridyl)ethenyl]benzene), were synthesized and characterized. The interaction of the complexes 1-2 with FS-DNA was explored using UV absorption spectra and fluorescence spectra demonstrating the bind to DNA in partial insertion. The

Neutral [CuL2], [NiL2], [CoL2], [MnL2] and [ZnL2] complexes were synthesized using Schiff base derived from Benzalidene-4-imino-2,3-dimethyl-1-phenyl-3-pyrazolin-5-one and tyrosine. All the compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, magnetic susceptibility, ESI-Mass spectra, Powder XRD, SEM, FTIR, UV–Vis., 1H & 13C-NMR, EPR and Cyclic voltammogram techniques. The general formula of the complexes

Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are excellent anion-exchange materials, and are useful in adsorbing hazardous anions. The LDHs form nanosheets upon delamination, which improves their efficiency. In this study, we investigated the SeO42− adsorption properties of the nanosheets obtained by the delamination of NO3•Mg-Al LDH in an aqueous solution and compared them with those of the NO3•Mg-Al LDH. The

Four new benzopyran- platinum (Pt) complexes, [Pt(C1)Cl2]⋅CH3OH (C1-Pt), [Pt(C2)Cl2] (C2-Pt), [Pt(C3)Cl2] (C3-Pt), and [Pt(C4)Cl2] (C4-Pt) with 3-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)-2H-chromen-2-imine (C1), 6-bromo-3-(pyridin-2-yl)-2H-chromen-2-imine (C2), 6-chloro-3-(pyridin-2-yl)-2H-chromen-2-imine (C3), and 5,7-dichloro-3-(pyridin-2-yl)-2H-chromen-2-imine (C4), were first designed and synthesized as mitochondria-targeting

Metal chelates comprised of highly conjugated planar 1,10-Phenanthroline derivative, [ML] where L is ligand (1,10-Phenanthroline derivative); M=Cu2+, Co2+, Ni2+ & Zn2+, were prepared. They were subjected to the composition measurement and different spectroscopic techniques for structural elucidation. Based on spectroscopic and analytical measurements confirmed that a distorted square planar arrangement

Non-noble metal g-C3N4/Ni(OH)2 photocatalyst was successfully synthesized by a wet-chemical method. The morphology, structure and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of g-C3N4/Ni(OH)2 were researched. The experiments showed that the best photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of g-C3N4/Ni(OH)2 was 21 μmolg-1h-1, which was about 105 folds than that of pure g-C3N4. And that the apparent quantum efficiency (AQE)

The single crystal of CaBi2B2O7 was obtained by recrystallization in solid-state and studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Its crystal structure was refined in the centrosymmetric orthorhombic space group Pnma with a = 8.5556(8) Å, b = 5.1569(5) Å, c = 9.6677(7) Å, Z = 4. The structure is based upon parallel (010) {CaBi2B2O7}∞ layers from BO3 triangles, ψ-tetrahedral BiO3 groups, and CaO6 triangular

Two isomorphic 3D MOFs [Cd(2-bpeb)(sdba)] (1) and [Zn(2-bpeb)(sdba)] derived from the π-conjugated pro-ligand 2-(4-((E)-2-(pyridine-2-yl)vinyl)styryl)pyridine (2-bpeb) and 4,4’-sulfonyldibenzoate (H2sdba) were synthesized and characterized. Complexes 1 and 2 exhibit striking fluorescence properties and can function as chemical sensors via rapid luminescence quenching in the presence of Fe3+and Cr2O72-

A series of eight rare-earth substituted antimony tungstates with the formulae [((RE)4(H2O)6Sb6O4)(SbW10O37)2(SbW8O31)2]22- [(RE)III = Y(1), Gd(2), Tb(3), Dy(4), Ho(5), Er(6), Tm(7), Yb(8)] has been synthesized under ambient conditions. The compounds were isolated using rare-earth salts and Na9[B-α-SbW9O33]•19.5 H2O as precursors along with sodium dihydrogen phosphate in 1 M NaCl solution. The addition

High performance electrode materials have always been the key of supercapacitor research. Herein, we have prepared a kind of Ni(OH)2/g-C3N4/RGO nanosheet composite with petal-like structure, which was prepared by a simple hydrothermal method. The growth of Ni(OH)2 based on g-C3N4/RGO nanosheets owning to a more loose structure between the layers, which provided a sufficient electron transfer region

Herein, a pair of 3D MOFs were constructed by the solvothermal reactions of the 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid (H4btc) with Ce(NO3)3·6H2O or FeCl2·4H2O. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the Ce-based MOF {[Ce(H2btc)0.5(btc)0.5]·H2O}n (1) crystallized in a triclinic system (PĪ) to form a 3D network due to two different coordination modes of btc− with Ce(III). While, Fe-based

A novel rhodamine-based hydrazone (1) bearing morpholine as the lysosome-locating group was synthesized via Schiff base condensation. Probe 1 exhibited a remarkable fluorescent turn-on response over the pH range of 4.0 to 3.0, which corresponds to the acidic microenvironment of lysosomes in cancer cells. The results of fluorescence cell imaging and a subcellular localization study conducted with HeLa

The global energy crisis has become a major issue to get resolved immediately, and a number of researches are working on it, in order to fix these crises. The recent isolation of 2D BP, i.e. phosphorene, has shown a great hope for the solution of this problem. 2D materials are already famous since the fabrication of graphene due to their remarkable properties of stability, surface area, strength, strain

Herein, we have synthesized novel noble metal Pd deposited ZnO/CuO (8:1) nano-composites using simple single step deposition method with different weight percentage. The morphological, structural, elemental and optical characteristics of synthesized materials were uncovered by using different techniques such as FESEM, TEM, XRD, XPS and UVDRS. The synthesized materials are highly crystalline in nature

A copper(I)‐acyclovir complex supported on magnetic was designed and successfully synthesized. Catalytic activity and stability of two structures of copper(I)‐acyclovir complex supported on magnetic were investigated by the theoretical method. The more active and stable copper(I)‐acyclovir complex supported on magnetic was applied as a catalyst for C–N cross‐coupling reaction with high yield in a deep

Graphene derivatives have received significant attention as excellent anti-corrosion coating materials, but their application as corrosion inhibitors in the aqueous medium is restricted due to poor solubility. Chemical Functionalization is one of the essential methods to improve solubility and corrosion inhibition performance. In present work, two novel surfactant modified graphene oxide (GO) derivatives

A facile synthesis of erbium doped nickel oxide ([email protected]) was accomplished via combustion route at 550 °C within 2h. Cubic phase of all [email protected] samples was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Rietveld refinement methods. All XRD profiles were fitted well by Rietveld. XRD data was used to determine the values of size, dislocations and strain and the size was reduced from 26

Coordination complexes of iron(III), cobalt(II) and zinc(II) with the ligand N′-{[1-(pyridin-2-yl)ethylidene]amino}pyridine-2-carboximidamide (pmhpa) have been synthesised and were structurally characterized by elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy. The mononuclear iron(III) complex, [Fe(pmhap)2][FeCl4], (1), adopts the orthorhombic non-centric space group