Presented herein is the organic synthesis and thin film (TF) assembly of six alkyl-substituted thiocyante and selenocyante bithiophene molecules: NCSe-T2-Hx, NCS-T2-Hx, NCS-Hx-T2-Hx, NCSe- Hx-T2-Hx, NCS-Hx-T2-Hx-SCN and ...

Despite the large number of successful commercial applications of chalcogenide glasses (ChGs) ranging from memory devices to photonics and medical imaging detectors, the understanding of a fundamental property – ...

The immense benefits of using renewable resources are because they can reduce global warming and other environmental issues which directly affect life on earth. Forest residues serve as potential renewable resources which ...

We are currently facing climate change and global warming effects due to the emission of greenhouse gases from our existing energy sources. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells are one of the most efficient alternatives ...

A variety of room temperature ionic liquids have been synthesized and applied to various reactions. Four of these ionic liquids were prepared in a chiral manner: [1-butyl-3- methylimidazolium][L-lactate], [1-butyl-3-me ...

Poly(p-methoxyacrylophenone) (PMAP), poly{3,4-dimethoxyacrylophenone) (P34DMAP) and poly(3,5-dimethoxyacrylophenone) (P35DMAP) were exposed in the form of dilute solutions and thin films to long-wave UV radiation (see ...

A photochromic fulgide, coimnonly known as Aberchrome 540, is amber in its ring-opened E (see document) dimethyl -3- furylethylidene) (isopropylidene) succinic anhydride] and z (see document) furylethylidene) (isopropylidene) ...

Silicon-29 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has been used to investigate the equilibrium distribution and kinetics of silicate oligomers in aqueous tetraalkylammonium silicate solutions. Certain tetraalkyl ...

Hydrogen storage remains one of the most challenging prerequisites to overcome toward the realization of a hydrogen based economy. The use of hydrogen as an energy carrier for fuel cell applications has been limited by the ...