J-Aggregates of Astaxanthin and Its Monoesters and Diesters

Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin - The conditions for the preparation of astaxanthin ester aggregates are optimized, and their physicochemical characteristics (size and absorption spectra) are...     

Conductivity of Composite Films Based on Conductive Polymer PEDOT:PSS,Graphene Oxide and Nanoparticles TiO2 for Contact Layers of Perovskite Photovoltaic Structures

Physics of the Solid State - The electrical properties of composite films based on conductive polymer PEDOT: PSS, graphene oxide (GO), and titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2) (PEDOT: PSS–...     

Thermal stability and electrical conductivity of multiferroics BiFeO<Subscript>3</Subscript>/REEs

Ceramic samples of bismuth ferrite and solid solutions of Bi_{1 − x} A _x FeO₃ type (where A = Lu, Yb, Tm, Er, Ho, Dy, Tb, Gb, Eu, Sm, Nd, Pr, La; 0.05 ≤ x ≤ 0.20; Δx = 0.05) were prepared. Spectra of the real part of electrical conductivity were studied within the range 10⁻⁴–10⁻⁶ Hz. The dependence of the samples’ thermal stability and electrical conductivity on the size of the substituting ions was established.     

Light-Emitting Field-Effect Transistors Based on Composite Films of Polyfluorene and CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals

Physics of the Solid State - Light-emitting organic field-effect transistors (LE-FETs) on the basis of composite films that consist of perovskite nanocrystals (CsPbBr3) embedded in a matrix of...     

Spin State of the Iron(II) and Cobalt(II) 2,6-Di(5-Amino-1H-Pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine Complexes in Solution and in Crystal

Russian Journal of Coordination Chemistry - The cobalt(II) and iron(II) complexes with 2,6-di(5-amino-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine (L), CoL2(ClO4)2 (I) and FeL2(ClO4)2 (II), are synthesized by the...     

Solid-phase fluorescence in chemical test methods of analysis based on the principles of planar chromatography

Morin immobilized on cellulose matrices was used as a reagent for determining Al, Be, and Zr(IV) by the length of the fluorescent zone on a test strip after its contact with the test solution and by the fluorescence intensity of the reaction zone of the indicator matrix after passing the test solution through it. A test procedure was developed for determining 0.2–200 mg/L Al in potable water using paper test strips sealed in a polymer film. Test procedures were developed for determining 0.0001–1 mg/L Al and 0.00001–0.1 mg/L Be in river water by the intensity of the fluorescent zone on the indicator viscose fabric after passing 100 mL of the test solution through it, using a test facility. The time of analysis was 15–20 min. The relative standard deviation did not exceed 40% in the former case and 60% in the latter case.     

Chromium oxide catalysts with low valence state ions for heterocyclic ring formation

Conclusions In aluminum-chromium catalysts promoted by potassium and rare-earth oxides, used in the synthesis of 2-methylthiophene by heterocyclization of n-pentane with hydrogen sulfide, there are present low-valence cations of chromium and the rare-earth that enter into the active centers of the catalysts.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 782–784, April, 1986.     

Switching and memory effects governed by the hopping mechanism of charge carrier transfer in composite films based on conducting polymers and inorganic nanoparticles

The switching and memory effects in composite films based on conducting polymers [poly(phenylenevinylene), thiophene, and carbazole derivatives] and inorganic nanoparticles (ZnO, Si) are investigated. It is established that the introduction of inorganic nanoparticles (ZnO, Si) exhibiting strong acceptor properties into polymer materials leads to the appearance of memory effects, which manifest themselves in the transition of the polymer from a low-conductivity state to a high-conductivity state. For a number of composites, this transition is accompanied by the formation of a region with a negative differential resistance and a hysteresis in the current-voltage characteristics. It is demonstrated that the observed effects are determined by the mechanism of charge carrier transfer in the composite. In particular, the main mechanism of transport in films based on thiophene derivatives is associated with electrical conduction due to the tunneling of charge carriers between conducting regions embedded in a nonconducting matrix, whereas the dominant mechanism of transport in “polymer-semiconductor nanoparticle” composite films is hopping conduction, which is responsible for the effects observed in these objects.