Archive for May, 2014

Porous Inorganic Materials Symposium

Dalton Transactions and Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C will be jointly presenting a Porous Inorganic Materials Symposium in China this June, comprising of three events at: 

  • University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 26 June, hosted by Professor Shu-Hong Yu (Materials Horizons Advisory Board member)
  • Fudan University, Shanghai, 28 June, hosted by Professor Gengfeng Zheng (Journals of Materials Chemistry A Advisory Board Member) 
  • Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun, 30 June, hosted by Professor Hongjie Zhang (CrystEngComm Associate Editor)  

All three meetings will feature talks from Dr Andy Burrows (University of Bath, UK), Professor Jing Li (Rutgers University, USA) and Professor Christoph Janiak (University of Dusseldorf, Germany) with additional speakers that will be unique to each event.

To register for any of the events and to view the full list of speakers, see the symposium’s webpage.

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Top 10 Dalton Transactions most downloaded articles

During the 1st quarter of the year (the months of January, February & March) the top 10 most downloaded Dalton Transactions articles were:

Chloride ion impact on materials for light-emitting electrochemical cells
Gabriel E. Schneider, Henk J. Bolink, Edwin C. Constable, Cathrin D. Ertl, Catherine E. Housecroft, Antonio Pertegàs, Jennifer A. Zampese, Andreas Kanitz, Florian Kessler and Sebastian B. Meier
Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 1961-1964
DOI: 10.1039/C3DT53229A

Syntheses, topological analyses, and NLO-active properties of new Cd(II)/M(II) (M = Ca, Sr) metal–organic frameworks based on R-isophthalic acids (R = H, OH, and t-Bu)  
Jian-Di Lin, Shu-Ting Wu, Zhi-Hua Li and Shao-Wu Du 
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 10719-10728 
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00390E 

Nitrogen defects from NH3 in rare-earth sesquioxides and ZrO2  
Jonathan M. Polfus, Truls Norby and Reidar Haugsrud 
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 132-135 
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01068E  

Recent progress in the synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles  
C. N. R. Rao, H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte, Rakesh Voggu and A. Govindaraj 
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 5089-5120 
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12266A     
  
Shape-controlled synthesis and catalytic application of ceria nanomaterials  
Dengsong Zhang, Xianjun Du, Liyi Shia and Ruihua Gao 
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 14455-14475 
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31759A     

Organometal halide perovskites as useful materials in sensitized solar cells  
Surya Prakash Singh and P. Nagarjuna 
Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 5247-5251 
DOI: 10.1039/C3DT53503G  

Synthesis, crystal structure and EPR spectroscopic analysis of novel copper complexes formed from N-pyridyl-4-nitro-1,8-naphthalimide ligands  
Jonathan A. Kitchen, Paulo N. Martinho, Grace G. Morgan and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson 
Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 6468-6479 
DOI: 10.1039/C3DT53323A  

Metal–organic frameworks in mixed-matrix membranes for gas separation  
Harold B. Tanh Jeazet, Claudia Staudt and Christoph Janiak 
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 14003-14027 
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31550E  

A colorimetric organic chemo-sensor for Co2+ in a fully aqueous environment  
Gyeong Jin Park, Yu Jeong Na, Hyun Yong Jo, Seul Ah Lee and  Cheal Kim 
Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 6618-6622 
DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00423J  

Zinc and cobalt complexes based on tripodal ligands: synthesis, structure and reactivity toward lactide  
Mathieu J.-L. Tschan, Jia Guo, Sumesh K. Raman, Emilie Brulé, Thierry Roisnel, Marie-Noelle Rager, Rémi Legay, Guillaume Durieux, Baptiste Rigaud and Christophe M. Thomas 
Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 4550-4564 
DOI: 10.1039/C3DT52629A

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Salt lakes worth their lithium

Researchers in Japan have demonstrated the exceptional potential of a hydrated titanium oxide to extract lithium from salt lake brine collected from Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, the world’s largest salt flat.  

The high levels of magnesium and sulfate in Uyuni brine would create difficulties if it was processed by conventional techniques © Shutterstock

The high levels of magnesium and sulfate in Uyuni brine would create difficulties if it was processed by conventional techniques © Shutterstock

Demand for lithium is growing alongside the development of lithium ion batteries. This strain on scarce supplies puts the cost and effectiveness of current methods for harvesting lithium into question.

Interested? Read the full article at Chemistry World.

The original article can be read below:

Lithium recovery from salt lake brine by H2TiO3
Ramesh Chitrakar, Yoji Makita, Kenta Ooi and Akinari Sonoda
Dalton Trans., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00467A

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Hodgkin’s Nobel Prize remembered

The Royal Society of Chemistry has awarded a National Chemical Landmark blue plaque to the University of Oxford Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Britain’s first female Nobel Prize winner.

Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Dr Robert Parker, spoke at the plaque presentation and said: “I am delighted to be here again, to honour and celebrate the work of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin. 

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin plaque

“It has been 50 years since she received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and so I am delighted to mark the occasion by awarding a new plaque, one that will inspire those that read its message and demonstrate the valuable work that takes place here at the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, in Oxford.”

Dorothy Hodgkin won the Nobel Prize “for her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances”.

Amongst her most significant discoveries are the confirmation of the three-dimensional structures of penicillin, Vitamin B12 and insulin.

An award symposium to mark the presentation saw Professors Susan Lea , Paul Raithby and Andrew Goodwin discussing their work in the field of crystallography, and how the field has changed in the 50 years since Hodgkin’s Nobel Prize.

The audience included Professor Philip Mountford, Head of Inorganic Chemistry and Chair of the Dalton Transactions Editorial Board, as well as some of Dorothy’s former students and those they have gone on to teach

2014 is International year of Crystallography and the events at Oxford’s Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory form part of the year-long celebration.

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Winners at Dalton 2014

We were delighted to award six winners with poster prizes at the Dalton 2014 Joint Discussion Meeting .

The Dalton 2014 Joint Discussion Meeting was held at the University of Warwick in April and was attended by 200+ delegates with 150 posters presented. Poster prizes were jointly sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry journals Chemical Science, Dalton Transactions and Metallomics with each winner receiving a certificate and a Royal Society of Chemistry book.  

1st Prize was awarded to Mr Jack Rowbotham from Durham University who was also awarded a Dalton Division Bursary to present his work at  XVII Brazilian Meeting on Inorganic Chemistry in Araxá, Brazil in August. The award was presented by Dr Sam de Visser from the University of Manchester and Sarah Ruthven, Editor of Dalton Transactions. Well done Jack!

Sam de Visser, Jack Rowbotham, Sarah Ruthven

Sam de Visser, Jack Rowbotham and Sarah Ruthven.

Five other poster prizes were awarded to to the following people:

Miss Rhiann Andrew (University of Warwick)
Ms Nivedita Das (Dublin City University)
Mr Abayomi Faponle (University of Manchester)
Dr Amanda Jarvis (University of St Andrews)
Miss Sofia Papdouli (University of Bristol)

Congratulations to all the winners from Dalton Transactions, Chemical Science and Metallomics!

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HOT articles for May!

Check out our new HOT articles for May and keep on checking as these are updated every week and more importantly – free to access for 4 weeks!

A new family of Ln7 clusters with an ideal D3h metal-centered trigonal prismatic geometry, and SMM and photoluminescence behaviors
Eleni C. Mazarakioti, Katye M. Poole, Luis Cunha-Silva, George Christou and Theocharis C. Stamatatos
Dalton Trans., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00976B

Graphical Abstract

Free to access until 10th June 2014


Enhanced photocatalytic CO2-reduction activity of electrospun mesoporous TiO2 nanofibers by solvothermal treatment
Junwei Fu, Shaowen Cao, Jiaguo Yu, Jingxiang Low and Yongpeng Lei
Dalton Trans., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00181H

Graphical Abstract

Free to access until 10th June 2014


Towards a comprehensive understanding of the chemical vapor deposition of titanium nitride using Ti(NMe2)4: a density functional theory approach
Kaushik Sen, Tahamida Banu, Tanay Debnath, Deepanwita Ghosh and Abhijit K. Das
Dalton Trans., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00690A

Graphical Abstract

Free to access until 3rd June 2014


Coordination chemistry of sterically encumbered pyrrolyl ligands to chromium(II): mono(pyrrolyl)chromium and diazachromocene formation
Markus Kreye, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Matthias Freytag, Peter G. Jones and Marc D. Walter
Dalton Trans., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00533C

Graphical Abstract

Free to access until 3rd June 2014


A study of the optical properties of metal-doped polyoxotitanium cages and the relationship to metal-doped titania
Yaokang Lv, Jun Cheng, Peter D. Matthews, Juan Pedro Holgado, Janina Willkomm, Michal Leskes, Alexander Steiner, Dieter Fenske, Timothy C. King, Paul T. Wood, Lihua Gan, Richard M. Lamberta and Dominic S. Wright
Dalton Trans., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00555D

Graphical Abstract

Free to access until the 29th May 2014


Activation of the C–N bond of N-heterocyclic carbenes by inorganic elements
Kalon J. Iversen, David J. D. Wilson and   Jason L. Dutton
Dalton Trans., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00946K

Graphical Abstract

Free to access until the 29th May 2014


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