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Open AccessAtomically Dispersed Dual-Metal Sites Showing Unique Reactivity and Dynamism for Electrocatalysis
An atomically dispersed catalyst with unprecedented N8V4 Co-Ni dual-metal sites is synthesized, which shows interesting asymmetric in situ structural evolution and serves as a ...
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A gating ultramicroporous metal-organic framework showing high adsorption selectivity, capacity and rate for xylene separation
Adsorptive separation of p-xylene (pX) from xylene isomers is a key process in chemical industry, but known adsorbents cannot simultaneously achieve high adsorption selectivity, capacity, and rate. Here, we demon...
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Asymmetric Synthesis of (S)-14-Methyl-1-Octadecene, the Sex Pheromone of the Peach Leafminer Moth
An asymmetric synthesis of 14-methyl-1-octadecene, the sex pheromone of the peach leafminer moth, has been achieved efficiently. From a key intermediate (R)-4-(benzyloxy)-2-methylbutan-1-ol and 1,11-undecanedi...
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Structural transformation of highly active metal–organic framework electrocatalysts during the oxygen evolution reaction
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are increasingly being investigated as electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Despite their promising catalytic activity, many fundamental questions concernin...
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Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host–guest strategy
Single-atom catalysts not only maximize metal atom efficiency, they also display properties that are considerably different to their more conventional nanoparticle equivalents, making them a promising family o...
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Open AccessMolecule-based nonlinear optical switch with highly tunable on-off temperature using a dual solid solution approach
Nonlinear optical switches that reversibly convert between on/off states by thermal stimuli are promising for applications in the fields of photoelectronics and photonics. Currently one main drawback for pract...
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Open AccessApproaching the activity limit of CoSe2 for oxygen evolution via Fe do** and Co vacancy
Electronic structure engineering lies at the heart of efficient catalyst design. Most previous studies, however, utilize only one technique to modulate the electronic structure, and therefore optimal electroni...
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Open AccessGiant anisotropic thermal expansion actuated by thermodynamically assisted reorientation of imidazoliums in a single crystal
Materials demonstrating unusual large positive and negative thermal expansion are fascinating for their potential applications as high-precision microscale actuators and thermal expansion compensators for norm...
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Intermediate-sized molecular sieving of styrene from larger and smaller analogues
Molecular sieving can lead to ultrahigh selectivity and low regeneration energy because it completely excludes all larger molecules via a size restriction mechanism. However, it allows adsorption of all molecu...
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Open AccessAccelerating water dissociation kinetics by isolating cobalt atoms into ruthenium lattice
Designing highly active and robust platinum-free catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction is of vital importance for clean energy applications yet challenging. Here we report highly active and stable cobalt-s...
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Open AccessOriented electron transmission in polyoxometalate-metalloporphyrin organic framework for highly selective electroreduction of CO2
The design of highly stable, selective and efficient electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction reaction is desirable while largely unmet. In this work, a series of precisely designed polyoxometalate-metalloporphyrin org...
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Mild metal-organic-gel route for synthesis of stable sub-5-nm metal-organic framework nanocrystals
Nanoscale metal-organic frameworks (NMOFs) have attracted increased attention in recent years for miniaturized and/or biological applications. However, the synthesis of ultrasmall NMOFs with good stability is ...
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Ultrathin metal–organic framework nanosheets for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution
The design and synthesis of efficient electrocatalysts are important for electrochemical conversion technologies. The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a key process in such conversions, having applications i...
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A novel pillared-layer-type porous coordination polymer featuring three-dimensional pore system and high methane storage capacity
Solvothermal reaction of Zn(NO3)2, 4-(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)pyridine (Hpypz) and 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid (H3btc) in N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) produced a new porous coordination polymer [Zn5(pypz)4(btc)2] (1)....
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Thermal-induced reversible ferroelastic phase transition in a new bromethyl-substituted molecular rotor
A new bromethyl-substituted molecular rotor, [Cu(dabcoCH2Br)(H2O)Br3] (dabcoCH2Br+=1-(2-bromethyl)-1,4-diazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane cation), which belongs to a family of halomethyl-substituted molecular rotors, w...
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Open AccessStructural, energetic and dynamic insights into the abnormal xylene separation behavior of hierarchical porous crystal
Separation of highly similar molecules and understanding the underlying mechanism are of paramount theoretical and practical importance, but visualization of the host-guest structure, energy, or dynamism is ve...
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Direct visualization of a guest-triggered crystal deformation based on a flexible ultramicroporous framework
Host–guest composites may exhibit abnormal and/or controllable physical properties that are unavailable for traditional solids. However, it is still very difficult to control or visualize the occupancy and mot...
