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MoS2 Polymorphic Engineering Enhances Selectivity in the Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrogen to Ammonia
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b02257
Authors:
Bryan HR Suryanto, Dabin Wang, Luis Miguel Azofra, Moussab Harb, Luigi Cavallo, Rouhollah Jalili
ACS Energy Lett.
Toward the Design of New Suitable Materials for Solar Water Splitting Using Density Functional Theory
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b02884
Authors:
Moussab Harb, Luigi Cavallo
ACS Omega.
The activity of indenylidene derivatives in olefin metathesis catalysts
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.14.275
Authors:
Maria Voccia, Steven P Nolan, Luigi Cavallo, Albert Poater
Beilstein J. Org. Chem.
activation
IMes
indenylidene
Olefin metathesis
SIMes
Single-Site Molybdenum on Solid Support Materials for Catalytic Hydrogenation of N2-into-NH3
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201810409
Authors:
Luis Miguel Azofra, Natalia Morlanés, Albert Poater, Manoja K Samantaray, Balamurugan Vidjayacoumar, Khalid Albahily, Luigi Cavallo, et.al.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
Enhanced Carrier Transport and Bandgap Reduction in Sulfur-Modified BiVO4 Photoanodes
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b03859
Authors:
Marlene Lamers, Wenjie Li, Marco Favaro, David E Starr, Dennis Friedrich, Sheikha Lardhi, et.al.
Chem. Mater.
Recognizing the Mechanism of Sulfurized Polyacrylonitrile Cathode Materials for Li–S Batteries and beyond in Al–S Batteries
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01945
Authors:
Wenxi Wang, Zhen Cao, Giuseppe Antonio Elia, Yingqiang Wu, Wandi Wahyudi,, et.al.
ACS Energy Lett.
Synthesis and Characterization of Cationic Tetramethyl Tantalum(V) Complex
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8110507
Authors:
Raju Dey, Janet C Mohandas, Manoja K Samantaray, Ali Hamieh, et.al.
Catalysts
Tantalum
cationic
tungsten
DFT calculations
homoleptic
et.al.
Roughening of Copper (100) at Elevated CO Pressure: Cu Adatom and Cluster Formation Enable CO Dissociation
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07668
Authors:
Matteo Roiaz, Laura Falivene, Christoph Rameshan, Luigi Cavallo, Sergey M Kozlov, Günther Rupprechter
J. Phys. Chem. C
Tailoring the Crystal- Structure of Nanoclusters Unveiled High Photoluminescence via Ion Pairing
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b00328
Authors:
Megalamane S Bootharaju, Sergey M Kozlov, Zhen Cao, Aleksander Shkurenko, Ahmed M El-Zohry, et.al.
Chem. Mater.
Energy-Efficient Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia at Low Overpotential in Aqueous Electrolyte under Ambient Conditions
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201801632
Authors:
Dabin Wang, Luis Miguel Azofra, Moussab Harb, Luigi Cavallo, et.al.
ChemSusChem
Hydrogenation of CO2-Derived Carbonates and Polycarbonates to Methanol and Diols by Metal–Ligand Cooperative Manganese Catalysis
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201805630
Authors:
Viktoriia Zubar, Yury Lebedev, Luis Miguel Azofra, Luigi Cavallo, Osama El‐Sepelgy, Magnus Rueping
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Apixaban Interacts with Haemoglobin: Effects on Its Plasma Levels
Year:
2018
DOI:
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1669920
Authors:
Monica Sacco, Stefano Lancellotti,, Federico Berruti, et.al.
Thrombosis and Haemostasis
anticoagulants
apixaban
erythrocytes
haemoglobin
et.al.
Imine Metathesis Catalyzed by a Silica-Supported Hafnium Imido Complex
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b01395
Authors:
Maha A Aljuhani, Samir Barman, Edy Abou-Hamad, Andrei Gurinov, Samy Ould-Chikh, et.al.
ACS Catal.
Heterogeneous catalysis
imine metathesis
SOMF
metallaaziridine
imido fragment
Computational modeling of heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts for olefins polymerization
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2018.06.005
Authors:
Ahad Hanifpour, Seyed Amin Mirmohammadi, Albert Poater, Mehdi Nekoomanesh-Haghighi, Giovanni Talarico, Luigi Cavallo
Progress in Polymer Science
Ziegler-Natta catalysts
olefin polymerization
DFT
Computational modeling
Polyolefin
Phase Inversion Strategy to Flexible Freestanding Electrode: Critical Coupling of Binders and Electrolytes for High Performance Li–S Battery
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201802244
Authors:
Wandi Wahyudi,, Zhen Cao, Pushpendra Kumar, Mengliu Li, Yingqiang Wu, et.al.
Advanced Functional Materials
Determination of the Intrinsic Defect at the Origin of Poor H2 Evolution Performance of the Monoclinic BiVO4 Photocatalyst Using Density Functional Theory
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b03044
Authors:
Sheikha Lardhi, Luigi Cavallo, Moussab Harb
J. Phys. Chem. C
Mechanistic Study of Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions of Amides Mediated by [Pd(NHC)(allyl)Cl] Precatalysts
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201800511
Authors:
Guangchen Li, Peng Lei, Michal Szostak, Eric Casals‐Cruañas, Albert Poater, Luigi Cavallo, Steven P Nolan
ChemCatChem.
Metathetic Oxidation of 2-Butenes to Acetaldehyde by Molecular Oxygen Using the Single-Site Olefin Metathesis Catalyst (≡SiO)2Mo(═O)2
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b01767
Authors:
Frédéric Le Quéméner, Samir Barman, Maha A Aljuhani, Manoja K Samantaray, et.al.
ACS Catal.
metathetic oxidation
acetaldehyde
Surface organometallic chemistry
molybdenum catalyst
et.al.
Theoretical insights into dehydrogenative chemisorption of alkylaromatics on Pt(1 0 0) and Ni(1 0 0)
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2018.04.017
Authors:
Amani O Alghamdi, Abdesslem Jedidi, Saadullah G Aziz, Kazuhiro Takanabe, Luigi Cavallo
Journal of Catalysis.
Density functional theory
Alkylaromatics
dehydrogenation
Metal surface
π-conjugated system
Insights into the Impact of Native Defects on the Conductivity of CuVO3 Material for Photovoltaic Application: A First-Principles Computational Study
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b00532
Authors:
Moussab Harb, Luigi Cavallo
ACS Omega.
Mechanism of Insertion Polymerization of Allyl Ethers
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00783
Authors:
Florian P. Wimmer, Lucia Caporaso, Luigi Cavallo, Stefan Mecking, Laura Falivene
Macromolecules.
Application of Semiempirical Methods to Transition Metal Complexes: Fast Results but Hard-to-Predict Accuracy
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00018
Authors:
Yury Minenkov, Dmitry I Sharapa, Luigi Cavallo
J. Chem. Theory Comput.
Manganese Catalyzed Regioselective C–H Alkylation: Experiment and Computation
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.8b01179
Authors:
Chengming Wang, Dr. Bholanath Maity, Luigi Cavallo, Magnus Rueping
Org. Lett.
Constructing Bridges between Computational Tools in Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysis
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b00042
Authors:
Laura Falivene, Sergey M Kozlov, Luigi Cavallo
ACS Catal.
Catalysis
computational chemistry
energetic span model
energy decomposition analysis
activation strain model
et.al.
Rational Electrode–Electrolyte Design for Efficient Ammonia Electrosynthesis under Ambient Conditions
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00487
Authors:
Bryan HR Suryanto, Colin SM Kang, Dabin Wang, Changlong Xiao, Fengling Zhou, Luis Miguel Azofra, , Prof. Luigi Cavallo, et.al.
ACS Energy Lett.
Highly Chemo- and Stereoselective Transfer Semihydrogenation of Alkynes Catalyzed by a Stable, Well-Defined Manganese(II) Complex
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b00983
Authors:
Aleksandra Brzozowska, Luis Miguel Azofra, Viktoriia Zubar, Iuliana Atodiresei, et.al.
ACS Catal.
base metals
manganese
pincer complexes
ammonia borane
alkynes
semihydrogenation
Tailoring the Crystal Structure of Nanoclusters Unveiled High Photoluminescence via Ion Pairing
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b00328
Authors:
Megalamane S Bootharaju, Sergey M Kozlov, Zhen Cao, Aleksander Shkurenko, Mohamed Eddaoudi, et.al.
Chem. Mater.
Metal-Free Catalytic Asymmetric Fluorination of Keto Esters Using a Combination of Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) and Oxidant: Experiment and Computation
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b03118
Authors:
Roman Pluta, Patricia E Krach, Luigi Cavallo, Laura Falivene, Magnus Rueping
ACS Catal.
Reaction mechanism
Transition state
DFT study
fluorine
hypervalent compounds
Ligand-Controlled Chemoselective C(acyl)–O Bond vs C(aryl)–C Bond Activation of Aromatic Esters in Nickel Catalyzed C(sp2)–C(sp3) Cross-Couplings
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b12865
Authors:
Adisak Chatupheeraphat, Hsuan-Hung Liao, Watchara Srimontree, Lin Guo, Yury Minenkov, et.al.
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
A Silica-Supported Monoalkylated Tungsten Dioxo Complex Catalyst for Olefin Metathesis
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b04304
Authors:
Niladri Maity, Samir Barman, Yury Minenkov, Samy Ould-Chikh, Edy Abou-Hamad, Tao Ma, et.al.
ACS Catal.
Olefin metathesis
tungsten dioxo complex
mechanistic study
metallacyclobutane intermediate
tungsten alkylidene
New Insights on Graphite Anode Stability in Rechargeable Batteries: Li Ion Coordination Structures Prevail over Solid Electrolyte Interphases
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01177
Authors:
Jun Ming, Zhen Cao, Wandi Wahyudi,, Mengliu Li, Pushpendra Kumar, Yingqiang Wu, et.al.
ACS Energy Lett.
Insights into the Catalytic Activity of [Pd(NHC)(cin)Cl] (NHC IPr, IPrCl, IPrBr) Complexes in the Suzuki–Miyaura Reaction
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201701279
Authors:
Frédéric Izquierdo, Caroline Zinser, Yury Minenkov, David B Cordes, et.al.
ChemCatChem.
Control of Chain Walking by Weak Neighboring Group Interactions in Unsymmetrical Catalysts
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b08975
Authors:
Laura Falivene, Thomas Wiedemann, Inigo Göttker-Schnetmann, Lucia Caporaso, et.al.
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Communication: An improved linear scaling perturbative triples correction for the domain based local pair-natural orbital based singles and doubles coupled cluster method [DLPNO-CCSD(T)]
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5011798
Authors:
Yang Guo, Christoph Riplinger, Ute Becker, Dimitrios G. Liakos, Yury Minenkov, Luigi Cavallo, Frank Neese
J. Chem. Phys.
Efficient electrochemical transformation of CO2 to C2/C3 chemicals on benzimidazole-functionalized copper surfaces
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC04735A
Authors:
Shenghong Zhong, Xiulin Yang, Zhen Cao, Xinglong Dong, et.al.
Chem. Commun.
Hydrogen atom induced magnetic behaviors in two-dimensional materials: insight on origination in the model of α-MoO3
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR02670J
Authors:
Junli Zhang, Jiecai Fu, Fangyi Shi, Yong Peng, Mingsu Si, Luigi Cavallo, Zhen Cao
Nanoscale.
SOMC grafting of vanadium oxytriisopropoxide (VO(OiPr)3) on dehydroxylated silica; analysis of surface complexes and thermal restructuring mechanism.
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RA02419G
Authors:
Manuel P Högerl, Li Min Serena Goh, Edy Abou-Hamad, Samir Barman, et.al.
RSC advances
Morphology control of anatase TiO2 for well-defined surface chemistry.
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP01983E
Authors:
Gabriel Jeantelot, Samy Ould-Chikh, Julien Sofack-Kreutzer, Edy Abou-Hamad, Dalaver H. Anjum, et.al.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Predicting the DNP-SENS efficiency in reactive heterogeneous catalysts from hydrophilicity.
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC00532J
Authors:
Eva Pump, Anissa Bendjeriou‐Sedjerari, Jasmine Viger-Gravel, David Gajan, Baptiste Scotto, et.al.
Chemical Science
Exploiting the interactions between the ruthenium Hoveyda–Grubbs catalyst and Al-modified mesoporous silica: the case of SBA15 vs. KCC-1.
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7SC05200F
Authors:
Baraa Werghi, Eva Pump, Mykyta Tretiakov, Edy Abou-Hamad, Andrei Gurinov, Pradeep Doggali, et.al.
Chemical Science
Theoretical characterization of sulfur-to-selenium substitution in an emissive RNA alphabet: impact on H-bonding potential and photophysical properties.
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CP07656H
Authors:
Mohit Chawla, Albert Poater, Pau Besalú-Sala, Kanav Kalra, Romina Oliva, Luigi Cavallo
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Energetics and dynamics of the non-natural fluorescent 4AP:DAP base pair.
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CP07400J
Authors:
Mohit Chawla, Ida Autiero, Romina Oliva, Luigi Cavallo
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Complexation of trichlorosalicylic acid with alkaline and first row transition metals as a switch for their antibacterial activity
Year:
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2017.08.064
Authors:
Vijay Kumar, Mohit Chawla, Luigi Cavallo, Abdul Basit Wani, Anu Manhas, Sukhmanpreet Kaur, et.al.
Inorganica Chimica Acta
Trichlorosalicylic acid
Divalent essential metal complexes
Antibacterial activity
DFT calculation
BSA protein binding