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Hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks with extended conjugate systems for boosted photocatalytic degradation

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7213-7224
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00610K, Paper
Xiaojuan Bai, YiLin Xin, Tianqi Jia, Linlong Guo, Wei Song, Derek Hao
A schematic mechanism of the photocatalytic degradation process of SMX by solvothermal synthesis of hydrogen-bonded organic framework materials.
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Vacancy engineering modulates spin polarization to enhance the charge dynamics of CuIn5S8 for photocatalytic sterilization

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7394-7404
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05482A, Paper
Wenbin Wu, Jing Wang, Xiaojie Liang, Laixi Luo, Yaohong Yang, Fan Zhou, Shuduan Deng, Yumin Song, Le Yang, Kunyong Kang
Photocatalytic sterilization technology is a strategy that is environmentally friendly for killing drug-resistant bacteria using solar energy.
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High proficiency Ag/β-Ag2WO4/V3O4/g-C3N4 heterojunction photocatalyst for the actuation of C(OH)–H bond

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7430-7438
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00395K, Paper
Fereshteh Zolfi, Mahdieh Ghobadifard, Sajjad Mohebbi
Ag/β-Ag2WO4/V3O4/g-C3N4 heterojunction photocatalyst was prepared for the actuation of the C(OH)–H bond with a mechanistic point of view.
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Enhanced photocatalytic activity of carbon nitride nanosheets with alkali metal ion doping

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ01210K, Paper
Xinhang Sun, Gang Zhao, Songyuan Li, Mingju Huang, Junhui Liu
Photocatalytic degradation of pollutants is one of the most promising strategies for addressing environmental issues associated with wastewater from textile and other dyeing industries. Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has emerged...
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A cubic Sm@CdS Q-dot glass as a photocatalyst for solar H2 generation

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00050A, Paper
Vijay B. Autade, Rajendra P. Panmand, Sandeep A. Arote, Reshma S. Ballal, Sonali D. Naik, Milind V. Kulkarni, Baharat B. Kale
Under natural sunlight, thermally stable cubic Sm@CdS QDs – glass matrix shows increase of 42.5% in the hydrogen evolution with respect to the CdS-glass with a similar heat treatment temperature.
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Self-Sacrificial templated-directed synthesis of ultrathin 0D/2D FeNi3-NC/NiFeOx Schottky junction as hydrogen evolution reaction electrode for alkaline seawater electrolysis

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ01321B, Paper
Zili Xu, Yuankang Bao, Xun Xu, Ping Li, Hao Zhang, Deliang Li, Shuwang Duo
Seawater, a plentiful natural resource, is promising for hydrogen production compared to traditional electrocatalytic methods based on high-purity freshwater. This strategy shift addresses the challenge of limited freshwater resources and...
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Updates to the Google Photos APIs: Picker API launch and Library API changes

The new Picker API enables secure photo selection, while the Library API will focus on managing photos and videos uploaded by your application.




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Who calls the shots?

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Watch | Bhumi Pednekar’s latest venture - a boutique hotel in Goa

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International Tiger Day: A wildlife photography exhibition in Visakhapatnam on June 29 and 30

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Selenium nanomaterials promoted ferredoxin and iron–sulfur protein synthesis and acetyl CoA carboxylase activity to improve the photosynthesis and fatty-acid synthesis in soybean

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00978E, Paper
Lian Zhang, Xiaona Li, Le Yue, Xuesong Cao, Bingxu Cheng, Chuanxi Wang, Zhenyu Wang
Herein, the effect of selenium engineered nanomaterials (Se ENMs) on soybean photosynthesis and fatty-acid synthesis by regulating ferredoxin (Fd) and iron–sulfur (Fe/S) protein synthesis and acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACC) activity was explored.
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Magnetically recyclable nanophotocatalysts in photocatalysis-involving processes for organic pollutant removal from wastewater: current status and perspectives

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00906H, Critical Review
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Zexiao Zheng, Juhua He, Zuyao Zhang, Ashutosh Kumar, Musharib Khan, Cheuk Wai Lung, Irene M. C. Lo
The critical review covers the applications, associated mechanisms, challenges, and prospects of magnetically recyclable nanophotocatalysts in photocatalysis-related processes.
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A novel CuAl2O4/MoS2/BaFe12O19 magnetic photocatalyst simultaneously coupling type I and Z-scheme heterojunctions for the sunlight-driven removal of tetracycline hydrochloride

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00970J, Paper
Mengjun Han, Shifa Wang, Xinmiao Yu, Xianlun Yu, Huajing Gao, Xianju Zhou, Dengfeng Li, Leiming Fang, Jagadeesha Angadi V., Mohd Ubaidullah, Bidhan Pandit
A novel CuAl2O4/MoS2/BaFe12O19 photocatalyst is synthesized that simultaneously couples type I and Z-scheme heterojunctions and exhibits high photocatalytic activity for the degradation of TC under simulated sunlight irradiation.
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Facile fabrication of Z-scheme g-C3N5/Gd-MOF/silver nanocubes composite as new generation visible light active photocatalyst for abatement of persistent toxic pollutants

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00913K, Paper
Varsha UshaVipinachandran, Susanta Kumar Bhunia
Some of the persistent hazardous contaminants that readily dissolve in water with a recognizable hue are hexavalent chromium and neomycin antibiotic. Herein, a Z-scheme g-C3N5/Gd-MOF/silver nanocubes (CNGdAg) ternary composite was...
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TiO2−x prepared by radio-frequency thermal plasma: optical switching of hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity used in the efficient recovery of photocatalysts

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1693-1700
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00033A, Paper
Chang Liu, Huacheng Jin, Zongxian Yang, Yuge Ouyang, Fei Ding, Baoqiang Li, Fangli Yuan
A TiO2−x catalyst synthesized using radio-frequency thermal plasma can switch between hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties. Its dispersion and agglomeration can thus be adjusted so that it is dispersed evenly or forms floating balls, which is convenient for recycling.
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Cooperative catalytic behavior of CoS and Bi2S3 nanoparticles on Zr:BiVO4 photoanodes for enhanced photoelectrochemical sulfite oxidation coupled with pharmaceutical pollution degradation

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00018H, Paper
Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Maged N. Shaddad, Mabrook S. Amer, Abdulaziz M. Alsalman, Madhavan Jagannathan
Photoelectrocatalysis is a promising advancing technology that converts energy into electricity and purifies the environment. A photoelectrochemical reaction (PEC) that splits water and degrades pharmaceutical pollutants can be achieved using...
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Constructing a novel super-crosslinked triazine COF through molecular expansion for enhanced photocatalytic performance under visible light

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00176A, Paper
Yuxuan Shao, Dan You, Yuqi Wan, Zhiquan Pan, Qingrong Cheng
A novel hypercrosslinked triazine COF photocatalyst (HCTF-2) with excellent photocatalytic performance was constructed by molecular expansion. HCTF-2 has a larger specific surface area and exhibits excellent molecular oxygen activation ability.
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Construction of CsPbBr3/carboxyl-modified rGO heterostructures for efficient photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,1994-2002
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00036F, Paper
Meng Li, Jingtao Xu, Yang Song, Yuanyuan Li, Jin Wang, Feiyong Chen
Construction of monodispersed CsPbBr3 NCs and carboxyl-modified rGO composites led to the production of CO and CH3OH with an Relectron of 359 μmol g−1 h−1 by photocatalytic CO2 reduction.
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“Feather-duster” like ZnIn2S4/TiO2 heterostructured nanocomposites with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performance

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2025-2032
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01239E, Paper
Wenjie Liu, Lei Li, Jingru Li, Fang Wang, Chun-Shuai Cao, Jianzhou Gui, Alex T. Kuvarega, Bhekie B. Mamba, Dan Liu
The ZnIn2S4/TiO2 heterostructures show an increased surface area and strengthened interface contacts, facilitating efficient photogenerated carrier separation and leading to high photocatalytic performance under visible light irradiation.
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High-performance (Al0.4Ga0.6)2O3/Al0.32Ga0.68N-based UVC/UVB tunable dual-band photodetector

CrystEngComm, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01297B, Paper
Siyu Wu, Zhengyuan Wu, Peng Fei Tian, Jason Hoo, Shiping Guo, Zhilai Fang
The detection of ultraviolet B (UVB) and UVC radiation is of paramount importance, and has been expanding applications in industrial, scientific, environmental and biomedical fields. In this work, high-Al-content β-(Al0.4Ga0.6)2O3/Al0.32Ga0.68N...
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Enhanced photocatalytic activity of single-atom Au1/TiO2 catalysts prepared using cold plasma

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2103-2111
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00171K, Paper
Zikun Yang, Jingxuan Zheng, Mengge Shi, Zhao Wang
Single-atom Au1/TiO2-DBD catalysts were synthesised using DBD plasma and glow plasma, and the synergistic effect of single-atom Au and oxygen vacancies improved the degradation performance.
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Fabrication of BiVO4 submicron rods photoanodes through phase transition assisted by Mo doping

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2078-2086
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00074A, Paper
Shuang Zhao, Haipeng Zhang, Zhaoqi Wang, Deifei Xiao, Xianbin Xu, Peng Wang, Zhaoke Zheng, Yuanyuan Liu, Ying Dai, Hefeng Cheng, Zeyan Wang, Baibiao Huang
Herein, Mo doping has been found to effectively lower the phase transition temperature from tetragonal zircon BiVO4 to monoclinic scheelite BiVO4. Our research introduces a novel method for the production of submicron rods BiVO4 photoanodes.
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First-principles prediction of a direct Z-scheme WSe2/HfS2 van der Waals heterostructure for overall photocatalytic water decomposition

CrystEngComm, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00267A, Paper
Yan Zhang, Zhi-Bo Qiang, Jian-Xin Ding, Kang-Xin Xie, Li Duan, Lei Ni
The direct Z-scheme heterostructures photocatalyst has been validated as an efficacious approach for addressing the energy source issues and environmental challenges. This manuscript employs the first-principles to scrutinize singular-layer WSe2...
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Noble-metal-free bimetallic nitride decorated CdS nanorods for photocatalytic hydrogen generation

CrystEngComm, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00216D, Paper
Lu Chen, Yu Zou Xia, Jiale Shi, Xiaohui Huang, Xiyao Liu, Guiyang Yan, Renkun Huang
Developing highly active and stable non-noble-metal cocatalyst-decorated semiconductors is desirable for the practical application of photocatalysis, which remains an open question. Herein, we report transition-metal nitride (Ni3FeN) loaded cadmium sulfide...
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S-scheme heterojunction based on CuWO4/WO3 microspheres with improved photocatalytic property under visible light

CrystEngComm, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00301B, Paper
Yangang Sun, Jianhua Ge, jiaqi xu, Jinguo Wang
Dye wastewater green treatment has always been one of the research hotspots in the environmental protection and remediation field. The photocatalytic degradation and mineralization of organic dyes are considered to...
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Orthogonal stimulation of structural transformations in photo-responsive MOF films through linker functionalization

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00221K, Communication
Open Access
Sumea Klokic, Benedetta Marmiroli, Denys Naumenko, Giovanni Birarda, Simone Dal Zilio, Miriam de J. Velásquez-Hernández, Paolo Falcaro, Lisa Vaccari, Heinz Amenitsch
Controlling the magnitude of structural dynamics in flexible MOF films by an applied stimulus is largely desired for specific applications such as energy storage.
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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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Facile syntheses, structures and photocatalytic properties of 3D iodoargentate frameworks derived from TM-flexible-amino-ligand templates

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2172-2179
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00247D, Paper
Yan Gao, Xiao Yang, Taohong Ren, Dingxian Jia
3D iodoargentates [Co(en)3(Ag2I4)]n (1), [Fe(en)3(Ag2I4)]n (2) and [Co(dien)2(Ag2I4)]n·nH2O (3) were prepared by solvothermal methods. Compounds 1–3 were catalytic activity for photodegradation of crystal violet under visible light irradiation.
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India-Pakistan match garnered peak concurrency viewership of 3.5 crore on Disney+Hotstar

India vs Pakistan match during the Asia Cup 2023 garnered 2.8 crore viewers on the platform.




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Obsolescence rents [electronic resource] : teamsters, truckers, and impending innovations / Costas Cavounidis, Qingyuan Chai, Kevin Lang, Raghav Malhotra

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Real effects of rollover risk [electronic resource] : evidence from hotels in crisis / Anthony A. DeFusco, Charles G. Nathanson, Michael Reher

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Clean facts on global warming and photosynthesis

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I just pulled a 2006 and uploaded my holiday photos to Flickr with a Creative Commons Licence

I just returned from a holiday on the gorgeous island of Corfu in Greece and spent quite some time taking photos. Instead of releasing those piecemeal on various social media channels, I thought it would be fun to go back to our ways of early social media, and put them all up on Flickr with […]




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New 2-pyridone-based donor–acceptor dyes: the effect of the donor group position, type of π-linker and acid–base characteristics of the medium on the photophysical properties

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00177J, Paper
Saveliy P. Sorokin, Mikhail Yu. Ievlev, Oleg V. Ershov
Synthesis of a series of new donor–acceptor dyes based on 2-pyridone and the study of the effect of the position of the donor group, the type of π-linker and the acid–base characteristics of the medium on their photophysical properties.
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Electrochemical and photochemical reaction of isatins: a decade update

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00202D, Review Article
Nandini M. Gotgi, J. Saurab Jain, Rita Pal, Debashis Ghosh
This review presents all the recent reports on electro- and photochemical reactions of isatins over the last decade.
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Photoinduced decatungstate-catalyzed C(sp3)–H thioetherification by sulfinate salts

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00394B, Paper
Pengcheng Li, Jia-Lin Tu, Ao-Men Hu, Lin Guo, Chao Yang, Wujiong Xia
A visible light photoinduced decatungstate-catalyzed C(sp3)–H thioetherification of hydrocarbons by sodium sulfite is herein reported.
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Photogenerated chlorine radicals activate C(sp3)–H bonds of alkylbenzenes to access quinazolinones

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,2968-2973
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00129J, Communication
Xin-Yao Pan, Gui-Xia Sun, Fang-Ping Huang, Wen-Jian Qin, Qing-Hu Teng, Kai Wang
An Fe-catalyzed visible-light induced condensation of alkylbenzenes with anthranilamides has been developed.
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Selective enhancement of (6–4) photoproduct formation in dithymine dinucleotides driven by specific sugar puckering

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,3025-3034
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00279B, Paper
Jouda Jakhlal, Clément Denhez, Stéphanie Coantic-Castex, Agathe Martinez, Dominique Harakat, Thierry Douki, Dominique Guillaume, Pascale Clivio
Evidence is presented that (6–4) photoproduct formation between two thymine residues in dinucleotide analogues is significantly and specifically enhanced when the 5''- and 3''-end sugar puckering are mainly north and south, respectively.
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Photochromism of phenazine-2,3-diol derivatives through excited state intermolecular proton transfer based on keto–enol tautomerization

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00387J, Paper
Open Access
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Kazuki Ohira, Kumpei Kozuka, Naoki Kaneda, Masahiro Yamamoto, Keiichi Imato, Yousuke Ooyama
It was found that phenazine-2,3-diol derivatives exhibit photochromism through excited state intermolecular proton transfer (ESInterPT) processes based on keto–enol tautomerization.
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Photoproperties of Favipiravir and their 6-Substituted Analogues: Fluorescence Controlled through Halogen Substitution and Tautomerism

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00397G, Paper
Angel H Romero, Marcos Couto, Ivan E Romero, German Fuentes, Matías N. Möller
Herein, we showed the photophysical properties of the favipiravir and their 6-substituted analogues. Also, we interpreted the origin of the fluorescence of the favipiravir and their 6-substituted analogues as function...
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Tetrabutylammonium decatungstate (TBADT), a compelling and trailblazing catalyst for visible-light-induced organic photocatalysis

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00171K, Review Article
Bor-Cherng Hong, Ranadheer Reddy Indurmuddam
This review summarizes recent developments in visible-light or near-visible-light photocatalysis reactions enabled by the TBADT catalyst.
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Visible light-driven photocatalytic sulfonative oxidation of benzyl secondary amines

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00348A, Paper
Yong-Xiang Lü, Xinqian Wang, Ying-Ming Pan, Keyume Ablajan
A method for the α-oxidation and sulfonation of benzyl secondary amines was developed utilizing Ir(III) or Eosin Y as the photocatalyst in the presence of O2 as a green oxidant....
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