Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of porous solid, which have a variety of potential applications. Unfortunately, MOFs often lack hydrolytic stability, which hinders their use as viable materials for large scale applications. Though there have been an increasing number of reports proving water stability, this aspect is often ignored and negative results often remain unpublished. As a ...

Fungi consists of varied group of heterotrophs, which due to their unique properties show applications in different fields. Nanotechnology covers diverse fields of science and technology, and the fabrication of nanoparticles using the biological route is the need of the day. The introduction of biological agents for the synthesis of nanoparticles has encouraged the researchers to search for the...

Unprecedented multi-channel TiN micro/nanotubes as well as various metal nitride nanofibers, including TiN, VN, NbN and ternary metal nitride nanofibers, were fabricated by a template free electrospinning method combined with post-nitridation.

Catalytic microspheres: A general approach is demonstrated for the facile preparation of mesoporous metal oxide microspheres loaded with noble metal nanoparticles (see TEM image in the picture). Among 18 oxide/noble metal catalysts, TiO(2)/0.1 mol % Pd microspheres showed the highest turnover frequency in NaBH(4) reduction of 4-nitrophenol (see picture).

Transition metal chalcogenides are an important family of materials that have received significant interest in recent years as they have the potential for diverse applications ranging from use in electronics to industrial lubricants. One of their most exciting properties is the ability to generate electricity from incident light. In this perspective we will summarise and highlight the key resul...

P(4) reaction with metal NPs (In, Pb, Zn) provides an easy access to the corresponding metal phosphide NPs in a soft and stoichiometric reaction. Size-influence on the reactivity is investigated in the case of indium.

This paper builds a bridge between heavy metal music, complexity theory and sustainability science to show the potential of the (auditory) arts to inform different aspects of complex systems of people and nature. The links are described along different dimensions. This first dimension focuses on the scientific aspect of heavy metal. It uses complex adaptive systems theory to show that the rapid...

Using density-functional theory calculations, we study the stability and electronic properties of single layers of mixed transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), such as MoS2xSe2(1-x), which can be referred to as two-dimensional (2D) random alloys. We demonstrate that mixed MoS2/MoSe2/MoTe2 compounds are thermodynamically stable at room temperature, so that such materials can be manufactured us...

We describe the properties of guided modes in metallic parallel plate structures with subwavelength corrugation on the surfaces of both conductors, which we refer to as spoof-insulator-spoof (SIS) waveguides, in close analogy to metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguides in plasmonics. A dispersion relation for SIS waveguides is derived, and the modes are shown to arise from the coupling of convent...