Being a low-cost, mass-production-compatible route to attain crystalline silicon, post-deposition crystallization of amorphous silicon has received intensive research interest. Here we report a low-temperature (300 °C), rapid (crystallization rate of ~17 nm/min) means of a-Si:H crystallization based on high-density hydrogen plasma. A model integrating the three processes of hydrogen insertion, ...

Catalytic hydrogenation of aromatic compounds is an important reaction which is useful for making key intermediates in organic chemistry and for the production of aromaticcontent-free fuels. More recently, there has been much interest in the potential for storage of molecular hydrogen, as an energy source, by catalytic hydrogenation of carboneous materials (e.g., fullerene and carbon nanotubes)...

This study extends our previous work of using π-FLP strategy to develop metal-free hydrogenation catalysts. Using small MeN=CMe(2) imine (im1) as a model, we previously designed cat1 and cat2 catalysts. But it is unclear whether they are capable of catalyzing the hydrogenations of bulky imines. Using tBuN=C(H)Ph (im2) as a representative of large imines, we assessed the energetics of the cat1- ...

A series of Ru complexes containing lutidine-derived pincer CNC ligands have been prepared by transmetalation with the corresponding silver-carbene derivatives. Characterization of these derivatives shows both mer and fac coordination of the CNC ligands depending on the wingtips of the N-heterocyclic carbene fragments. In the presence of tBuOK, the Ru-CNC complexes are active in the hydrogenati...

In order to explore potent derivatives of pradimicins (PRMs), modification of their C4'-amino group was carried out. 4'-N-Cyano (1,2), 4'-deamino-4'-nitroguanidino (4), 4'-deamino-4'-ureido (7-9) and 4'-deamino-4'-thioureido (10) derivatives were synthesized by trimethylsilylation of PRMs A and C, followed by condensation with appropriate reagents. 4'-Deamino-4'-guanidino (5) and 4'-deamino-4'-...

Significantly increased aCtlVlfY of Cr(CO)6 was achieved for the stereoselective homogeneous hydrogenation of methyl sorbate and tmns,trans-conjugated fatty esters at ambient temperature and pressure by exposing the catalyst to UV irradiation (3500.'1.) in a solvent mixture of cyclohexane-acetonitrile (20:1). In this solvent mixture, methyl sorb ate was converted quantitatively at ambient condi...

The stability of palladium supported on ceria (Pd/CeO2) was studied during liquid flow transfer hydrogenation using primary and secondary alcohols as hydrogen donors. For primary alcohols, the ceria support was reduced to cerium hydroxy carbonate within 14 h and was a contributing factor toward catalyst deactivation. For secondary alcohols, cerium hydroxy carbonate was not observed during the s...

A model is developed based on a two-stage hydrogenation of pyrolysis gasoline to obtain a C6-C8 cut suitable for extraction of aromatics. The first stage hydrogenation takes place in a trickle bed reactor while the second stage hydrogenation is carried out in a two compartment fixed bed reactor in which hydrogenation of olefins takes place in the first compartment while the sulphur is eliminate...

The main goal of this work was to study the hydrogen interactions with carbon nanostructures (graphene grown on Pt(111), and carbon nanotube (CNT)/Pt composites) in lieu towards finding answers related to two bigger questions – (a) hydrogen storage possibility in carbon nanostructures and (b) band gap opening in graphene (for device applications). X-ray spectroscopy was used as the main experim...

The mechanism of the asymmetric hydrogenation of methyl (Z)-2-acetamidocinnamate (mac) catalysed by [Rh(MonoPhos)(2)(nbd)]SbF(6) (MonoPhos: 3,5-dioxa-4-phosphacyclohepta[2,1-a:3,4-a']dinaphthalen-4-yl)dimethylamine) was elucidated by using (1)H, (31)P and (103)Rh NMR spectroscopy and ESI-MS. The use of nbd allows one to obtain in pure form the rhodium complex that contains two units of the liga...