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Structural features and physical properties of tetragonal Ln2MoO6 (Ln=La, Pr) oxymolybdates doped with cadmium atoms
Crystal Growth & Design. 2023. Vol. 23. No. 1. P. 473–479.
Orlova E., Sorokin T., Antipin A., Kharitonova E., Lyskov N., Sorokina N., Voronkova V.
Cadmium-doped lanthanum and praseodymium oxymolybdates were synthesized as single crystals and polycrystalline samples. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed that Cd cations replace rare-earth atoms in the oxymolybdate structure (sp. gr. I4̅c2), shifting from the main position to a distance of approximately 0.6 A. It is shown that in the temperature range of 20−600 °C, Cd doped Ln2MoO6 (Ln = La, Pr) samples expand linearly, and their thermal expansion coefficients (10−12) × 10−6 K−1 are close in values to the coefficients of standard solid-oxide fuel cell electrolytes, for example, yttria-stabilized zirconia. Cadmium heterovalent doping of lanthanum oxymolybdate increases the conductivity of the compound by an order of magnitude but reduces its hygroscopicity, as evidenced by the data of thermogravimetric analysis.
Belousov Y., Кискин М. А., Sidoruk A. et al., Australian Journal of Chemistry 2022 Vol. 75 No. 9 P. 572–580
Four new complexes [Ln(pfaa)3(H2O)2]n (Ln = Eu (1), Tb (2)) and [Ln2Cd2(pfaa)10 (phen)2(EtOH)2]·2MeCN (Ln = Eu (3), Tb (4), phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) based on pentaphorphenylacetic acid (Hpfaa) have been prepared and completely investigated. The structures of compounds 1 and 3 were studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis: the isostructural complexes 1 and 2 represent ...
Added: August 26, 2026
Mazur D., Brandyshev P., Doronin S. V. et al., Electrochimica Acta 2026 Vol. 577 Article 149729
The electric double layer (EDL) at a single-crystal metal surface is controlled not only by the electrolyte composition and the electrode potential, but also by the atomic structure of the surface itself. This makes the Ag(hkl)/NaF interface a stringent test for continuum theories of the EDL. In the third part of our series, we examine ...
Added: August 20, 2026
Budkov Y., Kalikin N., Journal of Chemical Physics 2026 Vol. 165 Article 064506
A self-consistent statistical-mechanical theory of the Hall effect in electrolyte solutions is developed by extending the self-consistent Debye–Hückel–Onsager (SCDHO) framework to crossed electric and magnetic fields. The theory incorporates non-local ionic charge distributions via Slater-type form factors, regularizing the Coulomb interaction at short range, and accounts for dielectric friction through ion-specific coefficients, employing experimental values ...
Added: August 12, 2026
Novikov A., New Journal of Chemistry 2026 Vol. 50 P. 13931–13957
The rational design of coinage metal nanocarriers requires a mechanistic understanding of metal-drug binding and predictive descriptors that translate molecular interactions into design rules. Using DFT (B3LYP-D3BJ/def2-TZVP, SMD water), we systematically investigated the binding of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and levodopa (l-DOPA) to neutral and cationic homo- and heteronuclear dimers of Au, Ag, and Cu (Au2, Ag2, ...
Added: August 12, 2026
Nikolaev G. A., Orlov O. V., Andreeva S. et al., Physical Review Applied 2026 Vol. 26 Article 014099
We report the electrical detection of the spin resonance with temporal resolution in a two-dimensional electron system. Spin resonance was excited by pulses of subterahertz radiation characterized by relatively short rise and fall times on the order of 10 ns and was observed as a resonant peak in the high-frequency conductivity of the two-dimensional channel. The ...
Added: July 31, 2026
Voropaeva D., S. Novikova, I. Stenina et al., Solid State Ionics 2026 Vol. 445 Article 117288
Composite gel polymer electrolytes based on a perfluorinated sulfonic acid cation-exchange MF-4SC membrane
containing surface-sulfonated nanoparticles of aluminum oxide, cerium (IV) oxide, and titanium oxide (sAl2O3,
sCeO2, and sTiO2, respectively) were prepared by casting from a dispersion in N,N-dimethylformamide and
plasticized with a 1,3-dioxolane/1,2-dimethoxyethane mixture. The influence of the filler nature on ionic conductivity,
solvent uptake, activation energy, lithium ...
Added: July 30, 2026
Korogod D., Shapeev A., Ivan S. Novikov, Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2026 Vol. 114 No. 2 Article 024104
We present two models with explicit long-range electrostatics in the form of Coulomb interactions. Both models include point charges depending on their local atomic environments, and the second model also conserves a total charge of an atomic system. We combine the proposed long-range models with the local moment tensor potential (MTP) and demonstrate that they ...
Added: July 22, 2026
Moshkina E., Molokeev M., Zolotov A. et al., Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2026 Vol. 1077 Article 189412
A wide series of substitutions in a subsystem of small radii cations M = Al, Cr, Fe, Ga, Sc is possible in rare-earth borates ReM3(BO3)4 with the huntite structure. However, the existence of these compounds where M = Mn still raises doubts. The study presents a synthetic approach developed in the framework of the flux method allowing for the required ...
Added: June 29, 2026
Schneider M., Zaripov D., Dokin R. et al., Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 2026 Vol. 22 No. 9 P. 4405–4414
Density functional theory (DFT) is the workhorse of modern reactions and materials modeling. While the exact functional remains unknown, many approximations to it have been constructed either by hand-crafting functional forms to satisfy exact constraints or by machine learning. In this work, we show how both of these approaches can be fused to build both ...
Added: June 26, 2026
Laurinavichyute V., Levin E. E., Mironkova A. A. et al., Surfaces and Interfaces 2026 Vol. 81 Article 108389
In this work we characterize mixed Mo-W acidic deposition solutions with Mo content ranging from 0 to 100 mol.% by Raman and UV–Vis spectroscopy. The obtained distribution diagram of mixed isopolyanions allows one to explain the observed change in film deposition rate with increase in Mo content. It was found that the initial decrease in ...
Added: June 24, 2026
Filippova A. V., Yurchenko N. Y., Smirnov S. A. et al., Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2026 No. 1074 Article 189162
This study investigates the effects of post-processing heat treatment at 300–500 °C on the microstructure, hardness, and tensile properties of laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) processed Al-bronze processed with energy densities (ED) in the range of 125–938 J/mm3. In the as-printed state, sharp needle-like α + β′ laths form at lower ED whereas with increasing ED, the β′ ...
Added: June 12, 2026
Obijiofor O., Novikov A., New Journal of Chemistry 2026 Vol. 50 No. 23 P. 9749–9768
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 ...
Added: June 3, 2026
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 ...
Added: June 2, 2026
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 ...
Added: June 2, 2026
Ostovari Moghaddam A., Mehrabi-Kalajahi S., Hossein Vasigh S. A. et al., The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2026 Vol. 17 No. 13 P. 3978–3985
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 ...
Added: June 1, 2026
Chowdhury U., Mondal S., Dey S. et al., Journal of the american chemical society 2026 Vol. 148 No. 23 P. 24538–24550
Covalent functionalization offers a versatile platform to engineer carbon nanotube properties for optoelectronics applications. We demonstrate by atomistic quantum dynamics simulation that covalent functionalization can renormalize the CNT band gap, split the degenerate CNT band edge states, and strongly influence charge carrier separation and recombination dynamics. Open-ring CNT functionalization (O-CNT) largely retains the π-conjugation, whereas ...
Added: June 1, 2026
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 ...
Added: May 27, 2026
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 ...
Added: May 27, 2026
Kuzmin A. V., Flakina A., Nazarov D. et al., Crystal Growth & Design 2025 Vol. 25 P. 6332 –6344
Oxidation of tetraselenatetracene (TSeT) and bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene (BEDT-TTF) by p-chloranil in the presence of metal hexafluoroacetylacetonates: MnII(hfac)₂, CoII(hfac)₂ and PrIII(hfac)₃ followed by precipitation of crystals by n-hexane produces (TSeT₁.₅)⁺{MnII(hfac)₃⁻} (1), (TSeT₁.₅)⁺{PrIII(hfac)₄⁻} (3), (TSeT₂)⁺{CoII(hfac)₂Cl⁻} (4), and (ET₃)⁺{MnII(hfac)₃⁻} (5). Thioindigo dye is introduced into (TSeT₁.₅)⁺(Thioindigo₁.₅){MnII(hfac)₃⁻} (2) due to the appearance of specific C=O···(Se−Se bond) interactions accompanied by the ...
Added: May 6, 2026
Kalle P., Bezzubov S., Vener M. et al., Crystal Growth & Design 2025 Vol. 25 No. 20 P. 8658–8664
Sodium acetate (NaOAc), a simple and widely used compound, has been studied structurally in several works; still, uncertainties concerning its polymorphism remain. In the present study, the crystallization conditions of the known polymorphs of anhydrous NaOAc were clarified, whereas their crystal structures were corrected. Two new polymorphs were discovered, one of which (NaOAc II) crystallizes ...
Added: October 15, 2025
Flakina A., Nazarov D., Faraonov M. et al., International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2024 Т. 25 № 25 С. 8068
The oxidation of tetraselenatetracene (TSeT) by tetracyanoquinodimethane in the presence of dysprosium(III) tris(hexafluoroacetylacetonate), DyIII(hfac)3, produces black crystals of {TSeT1.5}●+[DyIII(hfac)4]− (1) salt, which combines conducting and magnetic sublattices. It contains one-dimensional stacks composed of partially oxidized TSeT molecules (formal averaged charge is +2/3). Dimers and monomers can be outlined within these stacks with charge and spin ...
Added: April 30, 2025
Kalle P., Stanislav I. Bezzubov, Latipov E. et al., Inorganic Chemistry 2025 Vol. 64 No. 4 P. 2146–2153
The crystal structure determines the properties of compounds and materials, although one can find simple yet industrially relevant compounds such as potassium acetate (KOAc) and its hydrates for which the properties and even the composition still remain misunderstood, owing to the lack of structural data. In this study, the crystal structures of KOAc polymorphs and ...
Added: February 25, 2025
Ahmad Ostovari Moghaddam, Shaburova N., Zhivulin D. et al., Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2025 Vol. 1010 Article 177238
Cold gas dynamic spraying was attempted as a new technique to additively fabricate functionally graded Cu-matrix composites reinforced by BaFe12O19 and its corresponding BaFe6(AlCrTiGaCo)6O19, BaFe2(AlCrTiGaCo)10O19 and BaFe6(AlCrSnGaCo)6O19 high entropy oxides (HEOs) particles. The BaFe12O19 and HEOs reinforcement particles, prepared by solid-phase sintering and ball milling, exhibited a single BaFe12O19-type structure and homogenous microstructure. Cu-matrix composites with a gradient lamellar ...
Added: December 29, 2024