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Intercalates of Vanadyl Phosphate with Dinitriles
Intercalates of vanadyl phosphate with aliphatic dinitriles (malononitrile, succinonitrile, glutaronitrile, adiponitrile, pimelonitrile and suberonitrile) were prepared and characterized by X-ray powder diffra...
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The intercalation process and the structure of montmorillonite intercalated with [rhodamine B]+ cations have been investigated using molecular modeling (molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics simulations), X-...
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Intercalates of Vanadyl Phosphate with Aliphatic Nitriles
Intercalates of vanadyl phosphate with aliphatic nitriles (acetonitrile, propionitrile, butyronitrile, valeronitrile and hexanenitrile) were prepared and characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, thermogravim...
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Molecular dynamics and IR spectroscopy in investigation of phase transitions in molecular crystal 4,4'-bis(11-hydroxy-1-undecyloxy)biphenyl
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Montmorillonite and Beidellite Intercalated with Tetramethylammonium Cations
Molecular mechanics simulations, combined with X-ray powder diffraction and infrared spectroscopy, have been used in structure analysis of montmorillonite and beidellite intercalated with tetramethylammonium c...
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Host-guest Interactions in Intercalates Zr(HPO4)2·2C2H5OH and VOPO4·2C2H5OH
Molecular mechanics simulations using Cerius2 modelling environment combined with vibrational spectroscopy (IR and Raman) have been used to study the host-guest interactions in zirconium and vanadyl phosphate int...
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Thin composite films of metal nanoparticles incorporated into a phthalocyanine matrix were prepared by simultaneous vacuum deposition of copper and phthalocyanine from two evaporation sources. Absorption spect...
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The fluorescence spectra of thin films of poly(N-vinylcarbazole), PVCA, were measured at temperatures between 103 K and 535 K by constant excitation light intensity. Below 300 K, the corrected spectra were div...
