A novel co-crystal, [(BTEMPO)2(2+)·4I2·2I5(-)] (BTEMPO(+) = 4-benzoyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxoammonium cation), was successfully constructed using iodine and 4-benzoyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxy free radical (BTEMPO) as starting materials and was well characterized by XRD, Raman and calculation. The co-crystal possesses a fascinating 3D anionic cage structure formed ...

In this work, we study how chain topology can induce different polymorphic behaviors in poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)-based materials. A linear PVDF precursor with two azido groups at the junction point, (PVDFx-N3)2 and three 4-miktoarm star copolymers (PVDFx)2-b-(PEOy)2 poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) arms were synthesized employed study. The amphiphilic miktoarm prepared by a combination of ani...

Monitoring of interfacial electron transfer (ET) in situ is important to understand the ET mechanism and designing efficient photocatalysts. We describe herein a mass spectrometric approach to investigate the ultrafast transfer of photoelectrons that are generated by ultraviolet irradiation on surfaces of semiconductor nanoparticles or crystalline facets. The mass spectrometric approach can not...

Well-defined fluoropolymers exhibit unique properties such as excellent oil and water repellency, satisfactory thermal stability, a low refractive index, surface energy. The origin of these is attributed to the presence strong electronegative polarizable fluorine atom in backbone polymers, which leads C–F bond (with high dissociation energy 485 kJ mol–1). Because features, polymers have found a...

in current work a comprehensive mechanism based on intermediate radical termination theory is assumed for raft polymerization of styrene over cumyl dithiobenzoate as raft agent. rate constants for addition (ka) and fragmentation reactions (kf) are set to 6×106 and 5×104 respectively, which lead to an equilibrium constant value of k = ka/kf = 1.2 x 102. moment equations method was used to model ...