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Effects of surface oxygen vacancy on CO2 adsorption and its activation towards C2H4 using metal (Cu, Pd, CuPd) cluster-loaded TiO2 catalysts: A first principles study

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03507K, Paper
Sajjad Hussain, Lina Zhang, Zhengzheng Xie, Jianjun Yang, Qiuye Li
The conversion of the highly selective CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) into desired value-added multicarbon compounds, like C2H4, is crucial, but it is mainly constrained by high energy barrier for C-C...
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Mechanistic Insights into CO2 Activation on Pristine, Vacancy-containing and Doped Goldene: A Single-Atom Layer of Gold

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03087G, Paper
Kamal Kumar, Nora Henriette De Leeuw, Jost Adam, Abhishek Kumar Mishra
Goldene, a one-atom-thick gold sheet, is an emerging graphene-like flat 2-dimensional material. In this study, the geometrical and electronic properties, as well as CO2 adsorption characteristics, of the pristine,...
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A hydrogen passivation strategy for the electrocatalytic chlorine evolution reaction on metal–organic frameworks: a theoretical insight

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03153A, Paper
Jiake Fan, Lei Yang, Hui Li, Zijian Sun, Mengyun Mei, Weihua Zhu
The chlorine evolution reaction (CER) is a crucial solution for treating chlorine-containing wastewater, a type of wastewater generated during the chemical production process.
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Magnetic field enhanced discharge and water activation of atmospheric pressure plasma jet: effect of assistance region and underlying physico-chemical mechanism

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03938F, Paper
Xiongfeng Zhou, Bin Chen, Hua Liao, Kun Liu
Magnetic field-assistance holds the promise of becoming a new or complementary approach to enhance the efficiency of atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ), but there is currently a lack of research...
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From Lollapalooza to the Cherry Blossom festival, here is a list of India’s top music festivals to look forward to

Missed out on the Coldplay tickets? There’s lots more coming up, starting with Maroon 5 in December. Plan for the months ahead with our line-up of the top festivals that promise thrilling performances and immersive experiences




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Manam Theatre Festival 2024 | Fresh, investigative takes on gender and the body

The stage is changing as more women and queer folk take the helm, and practitioners experiment with new stories




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Thermally activated structural phase transitions and processes in metal–organic frameworks

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,3606-3629
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS01105D, Review Article
Open Access
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Celia Castillo-Blas, Ashleigh M. Chester, David A. Keen, Thomas D. Bennett
The structural knowledge of metal–organic frameworks is crucial for understanding and developing new efficient materials for industrial implementation.
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Low oxidation state and hydrido group 2 complexes: synthesis and applications in the activation of gaseous substrates

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CS00097H, Review Article
Matthew J. Evans, Cameron Jones
This review summarises advances in the chemistry of low-oxidation state and hydrido group 2 metal complexes, focussing on their use for the reductive activation of feed-stock gaseous small molecules, and their subsequent transformation into value added products.
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Visible photons as ideal reagents for the activation of coloured organic compounds

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS01129A, Review Article
Open Access
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Lorenzo Di Terlizzi, Luca Nicchio, Stefano Protti, Maurizio Fagnoni
In search for the perfect wave(length). This review is dedicated to recent efforts in the development of visible light driven photochemical strategies occurring in coloured organic compounds.
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Indian racing festival 2024 hits Chennai with Formula 4 and India’s first night race

Experience the thrill of high-octane racing as the Indian Racing Festival 2024 revs up Chennai 




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Indian Racing Festival | Chennai dazzles under lights with action-packed races

The on-track drama was exciting, and barring a minor incident during the first Indian Racing League race, the event passed off without hiccups.




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Verstappen's Brazil victory silences critics, impresses rivals as he closes in on 4th F1 title

Max Verstappen delivered one of the best performances of his career to move up from 17th at the start and clinch victory




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Paris Olympics 2024: This opportunity motivates me to work..., says Sanjay ahead of debut

India will commence their Paris 2024 Olympics campaign on July 27, when they take on New Zealand in their first pool B match




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Motivated India eye German scalp to script another historic chapter in Olympic men's hockey

India won last of their eight Olympic gold medals way back in the 1980 Moscow Games. Paris provides them a great opportunity to make history.




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How to spacewalk : step-by-step with shuttle astronauts / created by Kathryn D. Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, and Michael J. Rosen ; illustrated with images from NASA and drawings by Michael J. Rosen

Sullivan, Kathy, 1951- author




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Mythical monsters of Greenland : a survival guide / by Maria Bach Kreutzmann ; illustrated by Maria Bach Kreutzmann and Coco Apunnguaq Lynge

Kreutzmann, Maria Bach, author




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Synthesis of heteroleptic bis-phosphine bis-NHC iron (0) complexes: a strategy to enhance small molecule activation

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05463F, Communication
Open Access
Christian M. Andre, Nathaniel K. Szymczak
We report low-valent iron complexes containing bis-NHC and bis-phosphine donor ligands that coordinate and strongly activate N2 and CO.
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Alkenylation of unactivated alkanes: synthesis of Z-alkenes via dual Co-TBADT catalysis

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04651J, Communication
Vetrivelan Murugesan, Anagha Syam, Guru Vigknesh Anantharaj, Ramesh Rasappan
Hydroalkylation of terminal alkynes using unactivated alkanes under dual Co-TBADT catalysts is reported. Our cobalt-HAT catalysis achieves the desired Z alkene with excellent regio- and diastereoselectivity via C–H activation.
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Visible light-activated polyphenol–Al3+ coordination for ambient and quantitative xylose-to-furfural conversion

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04899G, Communication
Jinshu Huang, Qizhi Luo, Tengyu Liu, Song Yang, Hu Li
Visible light-enhanced coordination of polyphenol–Al3+ is uncovered to switch Lewis/Brønsted acid sites for room-temperature cascade upgrading of xylose to furfural in ultrahigh yields.
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From one to two: In-site constructing C3N5-Poly (triazine imide) heterojunction for enhanced O2 activation

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05077K, Communication
Shiling Xu, Ziheng Yang, Laiqing Zhang, Xiaorui Zhang, Zikang Zeng, Wenxuan Wang, Yujun Liang, Lan Yuan, Chuang Han
A novel C3N5-Poly (triazine imide) (PTI) heterojunction was designed and constructed by thermal polymerization process, which featured with intimated S-scheme interface coupling and exhibited a predominant performance for H2O2 production....
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Employing a PhI(OAc)2-mediated domino reaction to assemble nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivatives and assessing their anti-inflammatory activity

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13352-13355
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03245D, Communication
Xinyue Li, Yuhua Fang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Shenshen Luo, Yuhui Xue, Tingting Yong, Bin Wang
Metal-free radical cascade synthesis of substituted pyrazole derivatives was initiated by PhI(OAc)2 at 23 °C.
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Bengaluru hosts Indian Cacao & Craft Chocolate Festival this weekend

The upcoming craft chocolate fest promises to be an eye-opener on the entire bean-to-bar experience




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A four-day Wild Food Festival in the Nilgiris puts the spotlight on sustainability

Climate crisis is real. It’s time to switch the narrative towards seasonal, locally available produce for sustainability, say speakers at the recently-concluded four-day Nilgiris Wild Food Festival




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Adoration for Siva




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Exogenous analogues of substance P trigger pseudo-allergic reactions through activation of MRGPRX2

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ04581A, Paper
Yi Shan, Jiayu Lu, Na Li, Xiaoxue Mo, Cheng Wang, Huaizhen He
This article reports that exogenous analogues of the neuropeptide substance P can activate MRGPRX2 to trigger pseudo-allergic reactions.
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A novel Eu3+ activated Ca3Zn3Te2O12 tellurate red phosphor for white LEDs with high color stability and color purity

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ01281J, Paper
Feiyan Xie, Junqiang Gu, Dekang Xu, Qiancheng Xiong, Jinyu Yang, Xiangjian Ou, Dawei Wen
Research into red phosphors with a high color rendering index is particularly compelling, given the absence of a red component in the spectrum of commercial phosphor-converted white light-emitting diodes, which...
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Adsorption behavior of chloramphenicol on an activated carbon from pomelo peel using KHCO3 activator

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7081-7091
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05838G, Paper
Haixia Li, Hai Zhu, Junqiang Qiu, Danning Zheng, Lifang Gao, Dan Zhou, Dan Xu
The pomelo peel-based activated carbon as a high-performance adsorbent for chloramphenicol is synthesized by KHCO3 activator through a solid pyrolysis method.
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Sharing our latest differential privacy milestones and advancements

Google is committed to investing in privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) to ensure user data privacy, improving products like Google Home and Google Search.




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Carbon nanotubes as a nanocatalyst and nanoreactor for the efficient treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater via CaSO3 activation

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00026A, Paper
Haoqi Wang, Xiaohong Liu, Yanlan Wang, Yiqun Tian, Yingping Huang, Di Huang, Xiang Liu
Herein, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are reported as an efficient catalyst and nanoreactor for activating CaSO3 for water decontamination.
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Regulating the type of nitrogen to improve the performance of Co–N/C with a confinement effect in peroxymonosulfate activation for the effective degradation of organic pollutants

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00145A, Paper
Yanqing Cong, Lingjie Ye, Qiuang Zheng, Yudi Wang, Yifan Shao, Xuhua Ren, Shi-Wen Lv
Three Co–N/C-based catalysts with different types of nitrogen are prepared and employed to activate peroxymonosulfate for tetracycline degradation.
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Understanding the active sites and associated reaction pathways of metal-free carbocatalysts in persulfate activation and pollutant degradation

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1368-1393
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00988B, Critical Review
Huawen Hu, Dongchu Chen, Yaoheng Liang, Wenyi Wang, Yinlei Lin, Xuejun Xu, Xiaowen Wang, Kun Wang, Yuyuan Zhang, Jian Zhen Ou
Environmental remediation based on peroxomonosulfate- and peroxydisulfate-activation-enabled radical/non-radical oxidation has gained growing interest due to the strong oxidation power, long life of reactive oxygen species, and wide pH adaptability.
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Selective metal recovery by mucin: turning gold from wastewater into a peroxymonosulfate-activated catalyst

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1487-1498
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00699A, Paper
Open Access
Shira Gavriely, Shachar Richter, Ines Zucker
This study explores mucin's ability to selectively recover gold (Au) from metal wastewater. The Au, in the form of a nanoparticle, was utilized in peroxymonosulfate activation for the degradation of bisphenol A.
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The effects of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots on autofluorescence properties and growth of algae Desmodesmus communis: dependence on cultivation medium

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1701-1712
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00955F, Paper
Open Access
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Agnė Kalnaitytė-Vengelienė, Danguolė Montvydienė, Emilija Januškaitė, Živilė Jurgelėnė, Mindaugas Kazlauskas, Nijolė Kazlauskienė, Saulius Bagdonas
The cultivation media markedly influence the quantum dot induced effects on photosynthesis properties and growth of green freshwater microalgae.
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Sulfur-doped porous carbon sheets embedded with rich iron sites for 1O2 dominated peroxymonosulfate activation

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00971H, Paper
Yadan Song, Yalong Liu, Yangju Li, Haipeng Hu, Kexin Huang, Zhe Zhang, Zhongxian Li, Wanning Cao, Kai Jiang, Dapeng Wu
Porous carbon films co-doped with iron, nitrogen, and sulfur were synthesized via a one-step pyrolysis process, which have multiple active sites and can produce bulk 1O2 through PMS activation, which is effective in phenol degradation.
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New 8-hydroxy quinoline-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) conjugates and their sulfonated derivatives: effects of sulfonation and PAH size on their structural, supramolecular and cytotoxic properties

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00105B, Paper
Suman Sehlangia, Surbhi Dogra, Prosenjit Mondal, Chullikkattil P. Pradeep
The ring size of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and sulfonation affect the supramolecular interactions and cytotoxic properties of a new series of 8-hydroxy quinoline-PAH conjugates.
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Synthesis and photophysical properties of charge transfer cocrystals based on TCNB and fluorene and its derivatives

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2155-2165
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01208E, Paper
Wenxiu Yao, Pengfei Wu, Yidan Xie, Xinyu Shen, Shuwei Xia, Liangmin Yu
A series of charge transfer cocrystals with fluorescence properties involving 1,2,4,5-tetracyanobenzene as acceptor, fluorene, 2-bromofluorene, carbazole and 2-bromocarbazole as donor were synthesized via cocrystal design strategies.
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WhatsApp private messages to appear on mirrors in restrooms, Anushka Sharma roped in to drive awareness

The messages will appear on special mirrors in restrooms installed at select locations in Delhi and vanish without a trace like disappearing messages, the company said.




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WhatsApp introduces new privacy features — silence unknown calls, privacy checkup

WhatsApp also announced a private messaging feature. Actor Anushka Sharma has been roped in for the launch




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How to deactivate Threads account?

Guide to deactivate Threads




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Meta's Twitter rival Threads overtakes ChatGPT as fastest-growing platform

Threads bears a strong resemblance to Twitter, as do numerous other social media sites that have cropped up in recent months as users have chafed at Musk's management of the service




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Musk's X delays access to content on Reuters, NY Times, social media rivals

A Washington Post report said clicking a link on X to one of the affected websites resulted in a delay of about five seconds before the webpage loaded




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WhatsApp unveils ‘Secret Code’ feature to enhance privacy

The new feature allows users to set a distinct password that is separate from their phone unlock code




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Koo, rival to X, to shut down amid failed acquisition talks

After struggling to secure new funding and exploring mergers with various platforms, Koo faced insurmountable challenges




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Public, private sectors need to leverage synergy and think out-of-the-box, says PM Modi

Modi meets economists seeking suggestions for the Budget




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Inflation at 6.8% not too high to deter private consumption, investment: Survey

Inflation remains above RBI's upper tolerance level for 10 months since January 2022




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‘Sharp increase in Railway freight traffic indicative of strong revival in economic activity post-Covid’

Revenue-earning freight traffic for April–Nov period was saw an 8.3 per cent higher y-o-y at 976.8 million tonnes




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Bengal cultural festival kicks off in Thrissur




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Fisherfolk suggest Shivaji statue at racecourse




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U.P.-bound private bus turns turtle in Thane, 16 injured




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Accept cheques from patients, CM tells private hospitals

Diktat from Fadnavis comes after a newborn died after hospital refused payment in old notes