Inorganic Chemistry is pleased to present a Forum on Functional Inorganic Materials. A recent workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation highlighted these materials and their technological impact (Prog. Solid State Chem. 2008, 36, 1-133). As the report makes clear, we are presently at the halfway point of the solid-state century [The Solid State Century. Sci Am. 1997, 8 (1)], in whic...

At present, the research on flotation separation of cassiterite and gangue minerals is mainly focused development new collectors or depressants, while combined depressants rare. In this study, typical mineral, calcite, was investigated using metal-inorganic complex depressant AlSS, composed aluminum sulfate (Al2(SO4)3) water glass (Na2SiO3·4H2O). The results indicated that, with assistance Al3+...

The aims of this study was to determine the effect of organic and inorganic Zn and Cu supplements on performance, footpad dermatitis (FPD), carcass characteristics and blood profile in broiler chickens. A total of 336 one-day-old Ross 308 broiler chicks were distributed into 24 floor pen and reared for 42 days. A basal mineral premix (without Zn and Cu) was supplemented with organic or inorgani...

Magnesium (Mg) supplementation may be required when certain health problems or conditions such as Crohn’s disease or pregnancy cause Mg deficiency for which increasing dietary intake is insufficient. Mg supplements are available as inorganic or organic forms, which are absorbed differently. Although inorganic salts are particularly rich in elemental Mg, organic forms are generally considered to...

Copper chloropyrophosphate frameworks have been synthesised with a wide variety of complex inorganic anions trapped in a large, flexible, one-dimensional pore, with anions including chloride, bromide, phosphate and the complex metal halo-anions PtCl(4)(2-), PdBr(4)(2-), CuCl(4)(2-) and AuCl(4)(-).

The use of microwave heating has improved the reaction rate, enhanced the yield of an inorganic cluster complex, and allowed for the high-temperature/high-pressure synthesis of a Mn(III) single-molecule magnet.