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Synergistic Multimetal Effects in a High-Entropy Perovskite Oxide Anchored on Reduced Graphene Oxide for Accelerated Water Oxidation
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2026. Vol. 17. No. 13. P. 3978–3985.
Ostovari Moghaddam A., Mehrabi-Kalajahi S., Hossein Vasigh S. A., Bavili H. Y., Shaabani B., Bai X., Qin W., Vagov A., Vasenko A., Bai F., Varfolomeev M.
Water electrolysis is a key technology for sustainable energy conversion and hydrogen generation. Recently, high-entropy oxides (HEOs) have emerged as promising materials because they allow tuning of structural, electronic, and catalytic properties in multifunctional systems. Here, we report the synthesis of a multicomponent La(FeCoCuTiNiMnMgSnZn)O3 perovskite, and its hybridization with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) to form a robust La(FeCoCuTiNiMnMgSnZn)O3–rGO nanocomposite. Structural characterization confirms the formation of a single-phase cubic perovskite structure with a uniform cation distribution and a slight lattice expansion compared with LaTiO3. In addition, HEO nanoparticles are homogeneously dispersed on the rGO sheets. High-resolution XPS analysis also reveals a defect-rich surface with mixed metal valence states, which interact with the conductive carbon network. Electrochemical measurements show that the La(FeCoCuTiNiMnMgSnZn)O3–rGO nanocomposite exhibits superior oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity. It reaches a current density of 30 mA cm–2 at a lower overpotential and shows a Tafel slope of 81.9 mV dec–1. The catalyst also demonstrates good stability during 8 h of continuous operation. The enhanced performance is attributed to the combined effect of multiple metal elements in the high-entropy lattice, improved charge transport through the rGO network, and the presence of many active sites created by surface defects. These results show that combining HEOs with conductive carbon materials is a useful strategy for developing efficient and durable electrocatalysts for the OER.
Novikov A., New Journal of Chemistry 2026 Vol. - No. - Article 0
Rational design of gold-based nanocarriers for neurotherapeutics requires atomic-scale understanding of drug-material interactions. Density functional theory calculations were performed to investigate levodopa (L-DOPA) adsorption on small gold clusters (Au2–Au4) with cationic, neutral, and anionic charges, with additional validation on a larger Au10 cluster using multiple low-energy isomers. Binding free energies (ΔGbind), charge transfer, and electronic descriptors ...
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Das A., Saikia J., Maji N. et al., ChemNanoMat 2026 Vol. 12 No. 5 Article e202500733
Developing efficient photoactive materials from bio-derived resources is vital yet challenging for achieving effective water splitting performance. In this work, nano carbon dots (CDs) of zero-dimensional (0D) were synthesized from papaya peel through a simple and eco-friendly process and subsequently anchored onto the two-dimensional (2D) layered structure of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4, GCN) at various ...
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Wary R. R., Mahato B., Sharma N. et al., The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2026 Vol. 17 No. 17 P. 5099–5107
Development of heterojunction materials is an efficient approach for enhancing photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical processes. We develop a ZnO/CuO heterojunction via Cu doping into a ZnO matrix. Structural characterization confirmed that Cu was effectively incorporated into ZnO without any structural changes. The improved optical properties and reduced charge carrier recombination of the doped samples were confirmed ...
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Jiménez-Grávalos F., Alexander S. Novikov, Pendás Á. M., Communications in Computational Chemistry 2026 Vol. 8 No. 2 P. 203–210
Chalcogen bonds (ChBs) are often interpreted as 𝜎-hole driven electrostatic interactions between a chalcogen atom and a Lewis base, yet their covalent character remains under active discussion. Here, we present a real-space, reference-free study of prototypical X2Ch···X– complexes (X = F, Cl; Ch = O, S) using the Interacting Quantum Atoms (IQA) energy decomposition within ...
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Uskov F., Korobkov S., Birin K. P. et al., Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 2026 Vol. 474 Article 116936
Oxidation of sulfides by singlet oxygen has been extensively studied, yet the structure-photoactivity relationship of these photosensitizers remains underinvestigated. In the present work the photocatalytic performance of a set of functionalized palladium(II) porphyrinates was comprehensively investigated in the photocatalytic oxidation of sulfides to reveal mutual influence of structural peculiarities onto the photosensitizing properties. The photophysical ...
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Mezentsev I., Dudarova N., Druzina A. et al., Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 2026 Vol. 479 Article 117316
Novel cobalt bis(dicarbollide) based terminal alkynes with charge-compensated group in a spacer were synthesized by the nucleophilic ring-opening reactions of cyclic oxonium derivatives of cobalt bis(dicarbollide) with N,N-dimethylbut-3-yn-1-amine. A series of zwitterionic conjugates of cobalt bis(dicarbollide) with BODIPY were synthesized using the copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction. The absorption-emission spectra of the synthesized fluorescent conjugates of cobalt ...
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Toukach P., Smirnova N. S., Zdorovenko E. L. et al., Analytical Chemistry 2026 Vol. 98 No. 15 P. 10988–10996
Pyruvylation is one of the immunochemically relevant modifications of O-antigens in bacterial and fungal cells. Therefore, fast and relatively simple analytical methods for identifying this modification are highly demanded. 13C NMR spectroscopy is the best candidate for this purpose, but its successful application requires using reference structures and reliable databases. In this work, we collected ...
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Зверева О., Клюев Ф. С., Lebedeva N. et al., Organic Letters 2025 Vol. 27 No. 50 P. 13711–13716
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Mikhail A. Losev, Andrey S. Kozlov, Afanasyev O. et al., ACS Catalysis 2026 Vol. 16 No. 10 P. 9380–9386
A convenient, stable, and non-toxic substance, tetrabutylammonium difluorotriphenylsilicate (TBAT), can be used as an organocatalyst in all stages of polymer lifetime: synthesis, modification, and recycling. The fluorine-containing initiator showed high activity in the polymerization of siloxanes compared to classic organocatalytic systems. Using kinetically controlled ROP, a high-molecular-weight PDMS (Mn up to 820 𝑘𝑔/𝑚𝑜𝑙) was prepared at room ...
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Лосев М. А., Козлов А. С., Клюев Ф. С. et al., Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 2023 Vol. 21 No. 42 P. 8477–8481
A simple and atom-efficient way to prepare amides directly from carboxylic acids and nitroarenes was developed. Carbon monoxide as a sole reducing agent provides the ultimate selectivity of the protocol. A straightforward and selective way for the preparation of amides from nitroarenes and carboxylic acids using carbon monoxide as a reductant was developed. This protocol ...
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Malikov D., Krasnov L., Kiseleva M. et al., Scientific data 2026 Vol. 13 Article 727
Solubility is a crucial property of organic compounds, impacting their potential applications in synthetic chemistry, materials science and drug design. Moreover, in technological processes mixtures of solvents are often utilized, making the solubility assessment more complicated. Predicting solubility values in mixtures of solvents from a molecular structure can help to address this issue, although a ...
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Гущина В. А., / Series chemrxiv-2023-vpzhz-v2 "ChemRxiv". 2023.
All-inorganic perovskite CsPbBr3 and Cs4PbBr6 nanoparticles are being intensively studied due to their unique properties and wide range of applications; however, however, the nature of their optical properties is not yet fully understood due to the difficulty of synthesis of singlephase nanoparticles. In this article we describe the features of the synthesis of single-phase particles ...
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Гущина В. А., Mendeleev Communications 2025 Vol. 35 No. 2 P. 193–195
All-inorganic perovskite CsPbBr3 and Cs4PbBr6 nanoparticles are intensively studied for their unique optical properties, though synthesizing single-phase nanoparticles has posed challenges. Detailed synthesis method of CsPbBr3 and Cs4PbBr6 single-phase nanoparticles and their chemical and phase analysis are described. Distinctive optical characteristics, such as photoluminescence, optical band gap and the Urbach tail region, are revealed and explained within the current ...
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Гущина В. А., Physics of Complex System 2026 Vol. 7 No. 1 P. 3–15
Heterostructures based on ZnO nanorods and CsPbBr3 nanocrystals were investigated for their potential as semiconductor SERS substrates. We found that ZnO morphology governs the efficiency of interfacial energy transfer, leading to enhanced photoluminescence under 390 nm excitation and a noticeable reduction of the bandgap in the composites. Raman analysis revealed a pronounced intensity enhancement and ...
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Мальцева В. Е., Ananyev I., Sivaev I. et al., Journal of Cluster Science 2025 Vol. 36 No. 5 Article 161
The conformational mobility of the [8-EtO-8’-I-3,3’-Co(1,2-C2B9H10)2]− anion, which has been chosen as a model compound for many potential drugs based on cobalt bis(dicarbollide), was studied by 1H NMR spectroscopy, single crystal X-ray diffraction and quantum chemical calculations. According to the results of quantum chemical calculations, the most favourable conformation for [8-EtO-8’-I-3,3’-Co(1,2-C2B9H10)2]− is the transoid conformation, which is stabilized by one ...
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Мальцева В. Е., Оскорбин А. А., Журнал общей химии 2023 Т. 93 № 11 С. 1722–1735
С использованием композитных методов квантово-химических расчетов и метода атомизации выполнены расчеты энтальпии образования для тестового набора из 79 соединений с точностью 3.8, 4.5, 4.7 кДж/моль для методов G4, G4MP2, CBS-QB3 соответственно. По результатам статистического анализа отклонений теоретических значений от экспериментальных выявлено присутствие ошибок, возникающих на этапе оптимизации геометрии из-за неучтенных в расчете корреляционных эффектов. Для ...
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Мальцева В. Е., Ananyev I., Милевская А. В. et al., Теоретические основы химической технологии 2025 Т. 59 № 3 С. 13–22
Проведено квантово-химическое моделирование механизма экстракции Fe(III) из солянокислого раствора с использованием гидрофобных эвтектических растворителей на основе 1-октанола. Установлено, что путь реакции существенно различается в зависимости от того, является ли инертный компонент донором или акцептором водородной связи в димере с октанолом. На основе оценки прочности водородных связей показано, что более слабое взаимодействие между компонентами упрощает протекание ...
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Мальцева В. Е., Ananyev I., Kozhevnikova A. et al., Molecules 2024 Vol. 29 No. 21 Article 5022
A new approach to managing the extraction properties of eutectic solvents based on aliphatic alcohols is proposed. Aliphatic alcohols, when functioning as hydrogen bond donors within a eutectic solvent, significantly enhance the solvent’s efficiency in extracting metal ions. Conversely, when the alcohol acts as a hydrogen bond acceptor, its extraction properties diminish. Molecular modelling reveals ...
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Садртдинова Г. И., Nifantiev I., Vinogradov A. et al., Russian Chemical Reviews 2025 Vol. 94 No. 9 P. 1 – 55
The reactivity of polar vinyl monomers, unsaturated compounds containing functional groups, depends on the presence or absence of conjugation between the C=C bond and the neighbouring unsaturated moieties or donor heteroatoms. Conjugated polar vinyl monomers (acrylates, vinyl ethers, etc.) (co)polymerize upon free-radical initiation. The reaction is widely used to produce numerous polymer materials that qualitatively differ ...
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Ilya Nifant’ev, Komarov P., Guzelia Sadrtdinova et al., Polymers 2024 Vol. 16 No. 5 Article 681
Silica-supported chromium oxide catalysts, also named Phillips chromium catalysts (PCCs), provide more than half of the world’s production of high- and medium-density polyethylenes. PCCs are usually prepared in the Cr(VI)/SiO2 form, which is subjected to reductive activation. It has been explicitly proven that CO reduces Cr(VI) to Cr(II) species that initiate ethylene polymerization; ethylene activates ...
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Гущина В. А., Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2024 Vol. 69 No. 6 P. 940–948
Currently, ABX3 nanoparticles (NPs) based on lead halides attract the attention due to their unique optical properties and a wide range of applications. The preparation of NPs with lead as a partial or complete replacement is particularly interesting because of the toxicity of this chemical element and most of its compounds. In this study, we propose a ...
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Li S., Novikova S., Stenina I. et al., Mendeleev Communications 2025 Vol. 35 No. 5 P. 560–562
A sulfur–reduced graphene oxide (rGO) composite was investigated as a cathode material for lithium–sulfur batteries. The cathode material containing both monoclinic (g-S) and orthorhombic (a-S) sulfur and rGO exhibits excellent electrochemical performance. The discharge capacity of (a+g)S@rGO in Li–S battery at C/8 is 950 and 620 mAh g−1 for cycles 1 and 20, respectively. © 2025 ...
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Anandkumar M., Kesavan K. P., Sudarsan S. et al., Gels 2025 Vol. 11 No. 2 Article 117
Tailoring the bandgap of a material is necessary for improving its optical properties. Here, the optical bandgap of high-entropy oxide Ce0.2Gd0.2Sm0.2Y0.2Zr0.2O2-δ (HEO) nanoparticles was modified using Pr3+. Various concentrations of Pr3+ (x = 0, 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1, 0.15) were incorporated into the host high-entropy oxide using a gel combustion synthesis. After the gel ...
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Ostovari Moghaddam A., Shaburova N., Pashkeev K. et al., Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 2025 Vol. 78 Article 61
In this study, BaFe12O19 and three corresponding BaFe6(AlCrTiGaCo)6O19, BaFe2(AlCrTiGaCo)10O19 and BaFe6(AlCrSnGaCo)6O19 high-entropy oxides (HEOs) particles were utilized as reinforcement particles to fabricate Al-matrix composites coatings using cold gas dynamic spraying technique. First, BaFe12O19 and HEOs reinforcement particles with a single BaFe12O19-type structure were fabricated by solid-phase sintering and ball milling. Then, Al-matrix composites with a ...
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