Colloidal MoS(2) nanoparticles with diameters of less than 10 nm were prepared with a simple solvothermal method and demonstrated high efficiency in catalyzing H(2) evolution in Ru(bpy)(3)(2+)-based molecular systems under visible light.

A coordination polymer, [Co(II)(bIM)(acetate)] (bIM = benzimidazole) was synthesized using a solvothermal method; the complex has a two dimensional non-interpenetrated network structure and exhibits a spin-canted antiferromagnetic behaviour at low temperature and a high coercive field.

High quality MOF-5 crystals of 5-25 mum in size were prepared for the first time using a sonochemical method in substantially reduced synthesis time (ca. 30 min) compared with conventional solvothermal synthesis (24 h).

A homochiral three-dimensional zinc aspartate has been synthesised via reflux and solvothermal methods, which due to the coordinative flexibility of zinc displays three distinct coordination geometries and three coordination modes of aspartic acid to zinc.

Magnetic FeNi@Ni nanocables were prepared as a superior recyclable catalyst towards the hydrogenation reduction of p-nitrophenol to p-aminophenol through a two-step tunable assembly process in a solvothermal system. The proposed fabrication mechanism was verified through characterization by SEM, TEM, XRD, XPS, and UV-Vis. The as-prepared FeNi@Ni nanocomposites are core-shell-structured nanocabl...

Hollow vanadyl glycolate nanostructured microspheres were synthesized via a highly scalable and template-free polyol-induced solvothermal process. Subsequent calcination transformed the precursor material into vanadium pentoxide, a well-studied transition metal oxide. The vanadyl glycolate nanoparticles were synthesized through a self-seeding process and then aggregated around N2 microbubbles f...

Anatase TiO(2) nanosheets-based hierarchical spheres with over 90% {001} facets synthesized via a diethylene glycol-solvothermal route were used as photoanodes of dye-sensitized solar cells, which generated an energy conversion efficiency of 7.51%.

The formation of discrete complexes [M(mcoe)2S2] (M = Cu, Ni; S = MeOH, H2O) vs. a nitroso-bridged ferromagnetically-coupled Cu(II) coordination polymer [Cu(mcoe)2] is influenced by the use of solvothermal reaction conditions.

The reactions of silver(I) cyanide with tetraalkylammonium salts in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (THF) under solvothermal conditions and then diffused with ether lead to two novel mixed halogeno(cyano)argentates(I) with efficient luminescence.

Transition metal-exchanged polymer resin beads have been used as a heterogeneous controlled-release source of metal cations in high yielding, phase pure solvothermal syntheses of novel transition metal-organic frameworks.