Nature has evolved several molecular strategies to ensure adhesion in aqueous environments, where artificial adhesives typically fail. One recently-unveiled molecular design for wet-resistant adhesion is the cohesive cross-beta structure characteristic of amyloids, complementing the well-established surface-binding strategy of mussel adhesive prote...
Various studies have emphasized the importance of surface oxidation of sulfide minerals with regard to xanthate adsorption and their flotation response. However, the correlation between pyrite surface oxidation, xanthate adsorption and its flotation response has not been clearly established. The complexity lies in various intermediate sulfur oxidat...
Various studies have emphasized the importance of surface oxidation of sulfide minerals with regard to xanthate adsorption and their flotation response. However, the correlation between pyrite surface oxidation, xanthate adsorption and its flotation response has not been clearly established. The complexity lies in various intermediate sulfur oxidat...
Understanding the effects of lattice strain on oxygen surface and diffusion kinetics in oxides is a controversial subject that is critical for developing efficient energy storage and conversion materials. In this work, high-quality epitaxial thin films of the model perovskite La0.5Sr0.5Mn0.5Co0.5O3-δ (LSMC), under compressive or tensile strain, wer...
Each vinyl monomer of acrylates and styrene requires a ligand, initiator, and solvent set for its controlled radical polymerization because of the difference in the reactivity of the vinyl monomers. In this work, we present a platform for accelerated Cu(0)-mediated polymerization of the vinyl monomers in which a common ligand, initiator, and solven...
Supramolecular self-assembly has allowed the synthesis of beautiful and complex molecular architectures, such as cages, macrocycles, knots, catenanes, and rotaxanes. We focus here on porous organic cages, which are molecules that have an intrinsic cavity and multiple windows. These cages have been shown to be highly effective at molecular separatio...
Sulfonimidamides are intriguing new motifs for medicinal and agrochemistry, and provide attractive bioisosteres for sulfonamides. However, there remain few operationally simple methods for their preparation. Here, for the first time the synthesis of NH-sulfonimidamides is achieved directly from sulfenamides, themselves readily formed in 1 step from...
The property of lower soda and alumina contents of iron hydrogarnet can reduce the loss of soda and alumina in Bayer and Sub-molten salt process. Thus, the economic efficiency of alumina production could be improved. How to solve the effective formation of iron hydrogarnet in concentrated caustic aluminate solution and its cycle in the digestion pr...
The property of lower soda and alumina contents of iron hydrogarnet can reduce the loss of soda and alumina in Bayer and Sub-molten salt process. Thus, the economic efficiency of alumina production could be improved. How to solve the effective formation of iron hydrogarnet in concentrated caustic aluminate solution and its cycle in the digestion pr...
