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Nano onions based on an amphiphilic Au3(pyrazolate)3 complex

Kay Severin, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Atena-Bianca Solea

Multilayer vesicles with an onion-like architecture can form by self-assembly of organic amphiphiles such as dendrimers, small-molecule surfactants, and block copolymers. Thus far, there are limited reports about multilayer vesicles based on coordination c ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2024

A Route to Stabilize Uranium(II) and Uranium(I) Synthons in Multimetallic Complexes

Rosario Scopelliti, Marinella Mazzanti, Ivica Zivkovic, Megan Renee Keener, Dieuwertje Katelijn Modder, Keerthi Shivaraam Rangaraj Ananthakumar

Herein, we report the redox reactivity of a multimetallic uranium complex supported by triphenylsiloxide (−OSiPh3) ligands, where we show that low valent synthons can be stabilized via an unprecedented mechanism involving intramolecular ligand migration. T ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2023

cell2mol: encoding chemistry to interpret crystallographic data

Anne-Clémence Corminboeuf, Rubén Laplaza Solanas, Sergio Vela Llausi, Yuri Cho

The creation and maintenance of crystallographic data repositories is one of the greatest data-related achievements in chemistry. Platforms such as the Cambridge Structural Database host what is likely the most diverse collection of synthesizable molecules ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2022

Structure and Reactivity of Polynuclear Divalent Lanthanide Disiloxanediolate Complexes br

Marinella Mazzanti, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Ivica Zivkovic, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Aurélien René Willauer

Trinuclear molecular complexes of europium (II)and ytterbium(II) [Ln3{(Ph2SiO)2O}3(THF)6],1-Ln3L3(Ln = Euand Yb), supported by the dianionic tetraphenyl disiloxanediolateligand, were synthesized via protonolysis of the [Ln{N-(SiMe3)2}2(THF)2] complexes. In ...

2022

Computational Studies of the Proton-Coupled Metal Ion Transport in the SLC11/NRAMP Family of Transporters

Maria Letizia Merlini

In the last years, it has been demonstrated a link between the overload of metal ions inside nervous system cells and the onset of severe neurodegenerative diseases. This prompted the investigation of the structural and functional properties of transporter ...

EPFL2022

Carbon Dioxide Reduction by Multimetallic Uranium(IV) Complexes Supported by Redox-Active Schiff Base Ligands

Rosario Scopelliti, Marinella Mazzanti, Marta Falcone, Nadir Jori

The synthesis, structure, and reactivity with CO2 and CS2 of new U(IV) complexes with a redox-active Schiff base are reported. The reaction of UI3 with the heptadentate Schiff base ligand 2,2',2 ''-tris(salicylideneimino)-triethylamine (trensal) did not le ...

2020

Cages vs. Prisms: Controlling the Formation of Metallosupramolecular Architectures with Ligand Side-Chains

Rosario Scopelliti, Kay Severin, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Giacomo Cecot, Ophélie Marie Planes, Andrea Luca Ramorini

Metallosupramolecular assemblies of the general formula M2nLn can adopt prismatic or cage‐like structures. The factors controlling the aggregation number n and the geometry of the final assembly are still not fully understood. Here, we describe the synthes ...

2019

Metal-Organic and Oxide Nanostructures for Electrocatalyzing the Oxygen Half-Cell Reaction

Diana Hötger

Energy Storage in the chemical bonds of water, a process accessible through electrochemical conversion, is a simple approach to compensate supply fluctuation common to sustainable energy production such as wind and solar. However, the water cycle is limite ...

EPFL2018

Redox Electrocatalysis of Floating Nanoparticles: Determining Electrocatalytic Properties without the Influence of Solid Supports

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Astrid Johana Olaya Avendano, Evgeny Smirnov, Thomas James Stockmann, Lucie Josette Renée Rivier

Redox electrocatalysis (catalysis of electron-transfer reactions by floating conductive particles) is discussed from the point-of-view of Fermi level equilibration, and an overall theoretical framework is given. Examples of redox electrocatalysis in soluti ...

2017

Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide in Pressurized Systems

Patrick Voyame

The depletion of carbon-based fossil fuels and the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration will force an inevitable change in the future global energy landscape. CO2 reduction presents the advantages of decreasing its atmospheric concentration and ...

EPFL2016

Nucleophilic Reactivity of a Nitride-Bridged Diuranium(IV) Complex: CO2 and CS2 Functionalization

Marinella Mazzanti, Lucile Sylvie Danielle Chatelain, Marta Falcone

Thermolysis of the nitride-bridged diuranium(IV) complex Cs{(-N)U(OSi((OBu)-Bu-t)(3))(3)} (1) showed that the bridging nitride behaves as a strong nucleophile, promoting N-C bond formation by siloxide ligand fragmentation to yield an imido-bridged sil ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2016

Synthesis and spectroscopy of anionic tridentate benzimidazole-pyridine carboxylate and tetrazolate chromophore ligands

Svetlana Eliseeva

We report on seven new anionic benzimidazole-pyridine carboxylate and tetrazolate tridentate (NNO)-N-boolean AND-O-boolean AND and (NNN)-N-boolean AND-N-boolean AND ligands that are modified with chromophore (phenyl, biphenyl, naphthyl) and solubilizing gr ...

Elsevier2015

Drug Screening Boosted by Hyperpolarized Long-Lived States in NMR

Geoffrey Bodenhausen, Sandrine Gerber, Sami Jannin, Aurélien Bornet, Jonas Milani, Basile Vuichoud, Solène Marcelle Françoise Marie Passemard, Daniele Mammoli, Nicola Salvi, Roberto Buratto

Transverse and longitudinal relaxation times (T11 and T1) have been widely exploited in NMR to probe the binding of ligands and putative drugs to target proteins. We have shown recently that long-lived states (LLS) can be more sensitive to ligand binding. ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

Invariant Relationships for Heterogeneous Chemical Reaction Systems in Open Reactors

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

Many chemical and biochemical industries utilize chemical reaction processes to get desired products from raw materials. Common examples include reaction systems used to manufacture pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines and other chemicals. A chemical reaction sy ...

2014

Ultrasensititve system for the real time detection of H2O2 based on strong coupling in a bio-plasmonic system

Olivier Martin, Christian Santschi, Shourya Dutta Gupta

We theoretically investigate the dependence of the different parameters of an optical biosensor for the detection of Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) based on absorption enhancement of Cytochrome c molecules near gold nanoparticles. H2O2 is a major reactive oxygen ...

Spie-Int Soc Optical Engineering, Po Box 10, Bellingham, Wa 98227-0010 Usa2012

Microchip Based Electrospray Mass Spectrometry for Investigation of Neurodegenerative Peptides

Yu Lu

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is a powerful tool to investigate large molecules. Miniaturized microchips, as a goal of ‘Lab-on-chip’, allow various integrated analysis quickly. The coupling of functional microchips and ESI-MS is capabl ...

EPFL2012

Growth of Two-Dimensional Lithium Islands on CaO(001) Thin Films

Wolf-Dieter Schneider

The nucleation and growth behavior of lithium on a CaO/Mo(001) thin film has been investigated by means of scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. The Li follows two different growth regimes on the surface. Whereas extended 2D islands develop on to ...

Amer Chemical Soc2012

Selective Self-Assembly of Hexameric Homo- and Heteropolymetallic Lanthanide Wheels: Synthesis, Structure, and Photophysical Studies

Jean-Claude Bünzli, Marinella Mazzanti

A rational approach to the formation of pure heteropolymetallic lanthanide complexes that uses a two-step assembly strategy and exploits the different size requirements of the two metals included in the final structure is described. The investigation of th ...

2007