The cyclization of the hydroxy-allene 2 to the tetrahydrofuran 3 catalyzed by the gold-phosphoramidite complex 1, after ionization with an appropriate silver salt AgX, is one of the most striking cases of enantioinversion known to date. The major reason why the sense of induction can be switched from (S) to (R) solely by changing either the solvent or the temperature or the nature of the counte...

We demonstrated a novel, simple, and low-cost method to fabricate silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays and silicon nanohole (SiNH) arrays based on thin silver (Ag) film dewetting process combined with metal-assisted chemical etching. Ag mesh with holes and semispherical Ag nanoparticles can be prepared by simple thermal annealing of Ag thin film on a silicon substrate. Both the diameter and the distr...

The chemo- and regioselectivity and functional group compatibility in gold and palladium cooperatively catalyzed cross-coupling reactions were determined in the synthesis of lactones; the selectivity in the gold and palladium dual-metal catalysis system was distinct from that available for the same class of substrates in systems with only gold catalysis or only palladium catalysis rather than d...

nano-cus powders were synthesized with chemical solution method. xrd and sem and spectrophotometry were used for characterization of the cus powders. xrd analysis indicated that tetragonal cus was the main phase with particle size of 16.2nm and little cu2s phase was present. scanning electron microscopy (sem) analysis revealed that powder was plate like and had very little aspect ratio in morph...

Meysam Yarie was born in 1987 in Malayer, Hamedan, Iran. He received his B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry (2010) from Malek-Ashtar University of Technology and M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry (2012) from Kurdistan University under the supervision of Dr. Kamal Amani. He is currently working towards his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Mohammad Ali Zolfigol. His research interest is catalysis, inclu...

In these recent years, magnetite (Fe3O4) has witnessed a growing interest in the scientific community as a potential material in various fields of application namely in catalysis, biosensing, hyperthermia treatments, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents and drug delivery. Their unique properties such as metal-insulator phase transitions, superconductivity, low Curie temperature, and...

Precious metal nanoparticles are key for a range of applications ranging from catalysis and sensing to medicine. While gold (Au), silver (Ag), platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd) or ruthenium (Ru) have been widely studied, other precious metals less investigated. Osmium (Os) is one the least studied metals. However, Os interesting materials since they present unique features compared nanomater...

The stability of supported metal particles is an important parameter in heterogenous catalysis. For silver catalysts on α-alumina, industrially used ethylene epoxidation, the loss surface area as result particle growth one most deactivation mechanisms. In this work, was investigated by exposing to thermal treatments. presence oxygen during heating strongly enhanced growth, and interparticle dis...

Clusters of coinage metals like silver and gold have been studied for their opto-physical properties interesting applications. These nanoscale materials are usually synthesized from salts by reduction in aqueous solution at ambient conditions. Copper nanoclusters were copper (II) using sodium borohydride as reducing agent solution. The resulting sample was observed to be luminescent with emissi...

Vahid Khakyzadeh was born in Hamedan, Iran. He received his B.S. degree (Pure Chemistry) and M.S. degree (Organic Chemistry) from Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran, at 2008, 2010 respectively under supervision of professor Mohammad Ali Zolfigol. He is currently working on his Ph. D. under the supervision of professor Mohammad Ali Zolfigol in organic chemistry. Among his recent awards, Vahid...