Electron spin resonance of hydrogen-absorbed graphite-potassium intercalation compounds

The conduction electron spin resonance (CESR) of the graphite—potassium intercalation compounds, C₈ K and C₂₄ K, was studied in hydrogen gas. An enhancement of CESR absorption and a decrease in asymmetry parameter were observed for C₈K in the initial stage of hydrogen absorption, attributed to paramagnetic hydrogen atoms stabilized in the matrix of the compound.     

Bimetallic Co–Pd alloy nanoparticles as magnetically recoverable catalysts for the aerobic oxidation of alcohols in water

Co–Pd bimetallic alloy nanoparticle catalysts were prepared from CoCl₂, Pd(OAc)₂ and several capping agents with Li(C₂H₅)₃BH. The nanoparticle catalysts were applied to the aerobic oxidation of a variety of alcohols in water to give the corresponding carbonyl products. The catalyst was magnetically recovered and reused for further oxidation. The nanoparticle catalysts were characterized with TEM, ICP, and XPS analyses.     

Synthesis of novel phenylazomethine dendrimers having a cyclam core and their zinc complex

[structure: see text] Novel phenylazomethine dendrimers having a cyclam core were synthesized by the convergent method. The dendrimers showed selective coordination with zinc chloride on the cyclam ring and with tin chloride on the imine groups. The metal cyclam exhibits a metal-assembling function to provide a multinuclear hetero metal complex.     

Hidden itinerant-spin phase in heavily overdoped La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO4 superconductors revealed by dilute Fe doping: a combined neutron scattering and angle-resolved photoemission study

We demonstrated experimentally a direct way to probe a hidden propensity to the formation of a spin-density wave in a nonmagnetic metal with strong Fermi surface nesting. Substituting Fe for a tiny amount of Cu (1%) induced an incommensurate magnetic order below 20 K in heavily overdoped La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4). Elastic neutron scattering suggested that this order cannot be ascribed to the localized spins on Cu or doped Fe. Angle-resolved photoemission revealed a strong Fermi surface nesting inherent in the pristine La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4) that likely drives this order. Our finding presents the first example of the long-sought "itinerant-spin extreme" of cuprates, where the spins of itinerant doped holes define the magnetic ordering ground state; it complements the current picture of cuprate spin physics that highlights the predominant role of localized spins at lower dopings.     

Unconventional electronic and magnetic functions of nanographene-based host-guest systems

Nanographene has a unique electronic structure which critically depends on the shape of its edge. A zigzag-edged nanographene sheet has a non-bonding pi-electron state (edge state), yielding a strong spin magnetism for edge-state localized spins, in spite of the absence of such a state in an armchair-edged nanographene sheet. Nanographite (stacked nanographene sheets)-network-based nanoporous carbon is employed as the host material to build unconventional magnetic systems based on the host-guest interaction. The physisorption of various guest materials can cause a reversible low-spin/high-spin magnetic switching phenomenon, whose feature varies depending on the type of guest species. The edge-state spins are utilized as a probe to detect a huge condensation of helium atoms in the nanopores. The giant magnetoresistance of the nanographite network is controlled by the physisorption of magnetic oxygen molecules. The confinement of potassium clusters in the nanopores surrounded by nanographite domains yields an interesting nanomagnetic state. Nanographene/nanographite is an intriguing pi-electron-based nanocarbon material with the potential of producing unconventional magnetic structures that cannot be obtained using bulk graphite. The processability of nanographene/nanographite is expected to give a variety of magnetic functions for spintronic applications.     

Application of the cd homoallylic benzoate method as a chiroptical tool for determination of absolute configuration

After the conformation I was clarified to 5α-,10α,-cis-solidagolactones by ¹H NMR measurement with Eu(dpm)₃ and chemical transformations, the CD homoallylic benzoate chirality method was applied to the homoallylic alcohol system of solidagolactone IV ($\text{1a}$) for a chiroptical determination of the absolute configuration. The result agreed with absolute configuration elucidated by x-ray analysis, indicating the usefulness of the cd method.     

Magnetism of nanographene network influenced by the interaction with acid species

The magnetism of nanographite (stacked nanographene sheets)-based nanoporous carbon is investigated in relation to the interaction with acid guest species. The concentration of the localized spins of non-bonding π-electron state (edge state) localized in the nanographene edges decreases upon the sulfonation of nanographene edges through charge-transfer interaction with sulfonic groups. The sulfonation of nanographene edges enhances the hydrophilic nature of the edges, resulting in the easiness in the water adsorption into the nanopores. This enhances the mechanical compression effect of water molecules condensed in the nanopores on the nanographite domains, resulting in the decrease in the spin concentration. The change in the magnetism upon water uptake reveals ferrimagnetic nature of individual nanographene sheets. The adsorption of HCl having no oxidation ability shows a mechanical effect on the edge-state spins similar to water adsorption. The spin concentration is reduced in two-step manner by the charge-transfer interaction with guest concentrated HNO₃ that is strong oxidant. In the presence of H₂O molecules in diluted HNO₃ the cooperation of mechanical and charge-transfer interactions creates also a two-step change in the magnetism.     

Structural disorder and diffusional pathway of oxide ions in a doped Pr2NiO4-based mixed conductor

MEM nuclear density analysis from neutron diffraction data measured in situ at 1015.6 degrees C has indicated the two-dimensional network of curved O2-O3-O2 oxide-ion diffusion paths on the (Pr,La)-O layer in a K2NiF4-type structured oxide-ionic and electronic mixed conductor (Pr0.9La0.1)2(Ni0.74Cu0.21Ga0.05)O4+delta.     

Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide catalyzed by cofacial dinuclear metalloporphyrin

Cofacial dinuclear metalloporphyrins exhibited a catalytic activity for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. The cofacial dinuclear porphyrin was automatically generated by mixing a cationic cobalt porphyrin (CoTMPyP) and an anionic metalloporphyrin (MTPPS) in solution. The redox system of this complex was examined by electrochemical methods. According to the cyclic voltammogram, the catalytic active species was generated at −1.8V vs. Ag/Ag⁺, which was considered to be a monovalent cobalt porphyrin, Co(I)TMPyP. The catalytic activity of the dinuclear complex was two times greater than that of the mononuclear one because the anionic porphyrin acted as an electron mediator.