Inorganics, Volume 2, Issue 3

This special issue of Inorganics features a Forum for novel materials and approaches for electrochemical energy storage and conversion. Diminishing non-renewable fossil fuels and the resulting unattainability of environment have made us search new su...

New bromidotetracarboxylatodiruthenium(II,III) compounds of the type [Ru₂Br(μ-O₂CC₆H₄–R)₄]_n [R = o-Me (1), m-Me (2), p-Me (3)] have been prepared using microwave-assisted methods. Syntheses by means of solvothermal and conventional activations have a...

The divalent complex [{Pt(bzq)(μ-L)}₂] (1) [Hbzq = benzo[h]quinolone, HL = CF₃C₄H₂N₂SH: 4-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine-2-thiol] was obtained from equimolar amounts of [Pt(bzq)(NCMe)₂]ClO₄ and 4-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine-2-thiol with an excess of NE...

In this review, microwave plasma gas-phase synthesis of inorganic materials and material groups is discussed from the application-oriented perspective of a materials scientist: why and how microwave plasmas are applied for the synthesis of materials?...

Design of experiments (DOE) methodology was used to identify and optimize factors that influence the degree of functionalization (polycarboxylation) of WS₂ INTs via a modified acidic Vilsmeier–Haack reagent. The six factors investigated were reaction...

Since the first gold liquid crystal was described in 1986, much effort has been done to prepare new compounds bearing this property. The review deals with the last results obtained in this new century. Gold(I) has a strong affinity to give linear co...

Innovative synthetic approaches should be simple and environmentally friendly. Here, we present the surface modification of inorganic submicrometer particles with long alkyl chain organophosphorus coupling agents without the need of a solvent, which...

The reaction of the ligand Et₄todit (4,5,6,7-Tetrathiocino-[1,2-b:3,4-b']-diimidazolyl-1,3,8,10-tetraethyl-2,9-dithione) with gold complexes leads to the dinuclear gold(I) complexes [{Au(C₆F₅)}₂(Et₄todit)] and [Au(Et₄todit)]₂(OTf)₂, which do not cont...

The spray-pyrolysis of borazine at 1400 °C under nitrogen generates boron nitride (BN) nanoparticles (NPs). The as-prepared samples form elementary blocks containing slightly agglomerated NPs with sizes ranging from 55 to 120 nm, a Brunauer-Emmett-T...

This manuscript summarizes the failure mechanisms found in inorganic fullerene-type tungsten disulfide (IF-WS₂) nanoparticles treated with diverse pressure loading methods. The approaches utilized to induce failure included: the use of an ultrasonic...