Formation of well-packed TiO<Subscript>2</Subscript> nanoparticles on multiwall carbon nanotubes using CVD method to fabricate high sensitive gas sensors

Titanium oxide nanoparticles were coated on multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) using an atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (CVD) to achieve highly compact nanoparticles of about 5 nm on CNT structure. The CNTs with a diameter of about 50 nm were grown by plasma enhanced CVD. Gas sensitivity of the fabricated structure was investigated and compared with TiO₂/CNT composite-based gas sensors. The effect of the structural interaction between the nanoparticles and the CNT wall on sensing mechanism of the as-prepared gas sensors was investigated. Ultrasensitive gas sensors were obtained by TiO₂/CNT nanostructures with strong interaction between the MWCNT and the TiO₂ nanoparticles. The measurements show high chemical activity and exceptional electrical response of the as-prepared structure being exposed to gases. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis were used to obtain structural information.     

Synthesis, physico-chemical studies and solvent-dependent enantioselective epoxidation of 1,2-dihydronaphthalene catalysed by chiral Ruthenium(II) Schiff base complexes. I

Ruthenium(II) chiral Schiff base complexes 1–10 and their precursor ligands derived from -amino acids viz. -leucine, -histidine with salicylaldehyde, 3-tertiary-butyl-, 3,5-di-tertiary-butyl-, 3,5 dichloro- and 3,5-dinitrosalicylaldehyde are reported. The characterization of the ligands and complexes was accomplished by various appropriate physico-chemical studies, namely, microanalysis, IR-, UV/Vis-, ¹H, ³¹P{¹H} NMR, CD spectroscopy, optical rotation, conductance measurement and cyclic voltammetry. The complexes thus synthesised were used as catalysts for enantioselective epoxidation of 1,2-dihydronaphthalene. The effect on enantioselectivity and chemical conversions to epoxide were studied in different solvents viz. acetonitrile, dichloromethane and fluorobenzene along with change of the substituents on ligands and different terminal oxidants. The less polar nature of solvent as well as the donating group attached on the catalysts favours enantioselectivity, while PhIO was the oxidant of choice. The enantiomeric excess of the resulting epoxide was evaluated by chiral cyclodex BDA capillary column.