Single crystals of the title compound, aluminium niobium triphosphate, Al(0.5)Nb(1.5)(PO(4))(3), have been synthesized by a high-temperature reaction in a platinium crucible. The Al(III) and Nb(V) atoms occupy the same site on the axis, with disorder in the ratio of 1:3. The fundamental building units of the title structure are isolated Al/NbO(6) octa-hedra and PO(4) tetra-hedra (. 2 symmetry),...

3-Hydroxy-2-(4’-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxo-4H-l-benzopyran (HMPB) forms a yellow colored (1:3) complex with niobium (V), which is extracted into dichloromethane from 1.04–4.40 molL -1 HClO4 solution showing an absorption maximum at 398 – 412 nm (figure curve A: 1.0 μg Nb ml -1 versus blank; curve B: blank versus DCM) with Beer's law range of 0–1.3 μg Nb ml -1 , molar absorptivity of 3.764 10 4 L mol ...

INTRODUCTION Treatment of osteoporotic fractures is still challenging and an urgent need exists for new materials, better adapted to osteoporotic bone by adjusted Young's modulus, appropriate surface modification and pharmaceuticals. MATERIALS AND METHODS Titanium-40-niobium alloys, mechanically ground or additionally etched and titanium-6-aluminium-4-vanadium were analyzed in combination wit...

Dynamic oxygen vacancies play a significant role in memristive switching materials and memristors can be realized via well controlled doping. Based on this idea we deposite Nb₂O₅-NaNbO₃ nanocomposite thin films on SrRuO₃-buffered LaAlO₃ substrates. Through the spontaneous phase separation and self-assembly growth, two phases form clear vertical heteroepitaxial nanostructures. The interfaces bet...

Due to the ongoing improvement in nanostructuring technology, ultrathin metallic nanofilms have recently gained substantial attention in plasmonics, e.g. as building blocks of metasurfaces. Typically, noble metals such as silver or gold are the materials of choice, due to their excellent optical properties, however they also possess some intrinsic disadvantages. Here, we introduce niobium nanof...

The title compound, bis(ethylenediaminium) mu-oxo-bis[tetrafluorooxoniobium(V)], (C2H10N2)2[Nb2O3F8], is a novel organically templated niobium oxyfluoride. It consists of isolated [Nb2O3F8]4- octahedral dimers charge balanced by ethylenediaminium cations, two of which lie about inversion centres. Two NbO2F4 octahedra are fused through a common O atom to form the dimers. Characteristic short ter...

At CERN a compact Quadrupole Resonator has been developed for the RF characterization of superconducting samples at different frequencies. In this contribution measurements on bulk niobium and niobium film on copper samples are presented. Surface resistance results are being correlated to surface analyses measurements carried out on the same samples.

In this paper we show a very simple route for the incorporation of catalytically active niobium species on the surface of carbon materials, such as graphene oxide, carbon nanotubes and activated carbon. Some existing methods of incorporating a transition metal on a support have involved co-precipitation or wet impregnation, to obtain the corresponding oxides. These methods, however, cause reduc...

The electro-deoxidation of metal oxides has been presented as an alternative to the pyro- and electro-metallurgical techniques generally used create metals alloys. However, previous research concentrated on employing chronoamperometric analyse cathodic reactions, ignoring important information reduction processes. In this work, we examine using several DC voltammetric techniques, including cons...