{"title":"Amino-Functionalized Metal-Organic Framework Fiber Membranes for CO2 Adsorption.","authors":"Guodong Zhao,Tongtong Zhang,Siqin Zhang,Huijuan Zhao","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c04074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c04074","url":null,"abstract":"Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted attention for CO2 adsorption owing to their unique pore characteristics and facile functionalization. However, their powdery nature causes poor mechanical stability and low gas mass transfer efficiency, limiting their applications. Herein, we report a promising strategy of in situ assembly of amino-functionalized ZIF-8 (ZIF-8-NH2) on the surface of nanofibers to create the one-dimensional gas transport pathway while generating hierarchical porous architectures that increase the number of CO2-philic sites. Benefiting from the created microenvironments, the ZIF-8-NH2 fiber membranes (FMs) showed a high specific surface area of 248.29 m2/g, a high CO2 adsorption capacity of 3.25 mmol/g at 298 K and 1 bar, an excellent CO2/N2 selectivity of 37, and stable recyclability. Molecular dynamics simulations indicated that amination could enhance the CO2 affinity of ZIF-8-NH2 FMs. The gas dynamic breakthrough tests further demonstrated the high separation efficiency of the ZIF-8-NH2 FMs for the formation of CO2 and N2. The proposed collaborative regulation of microenvironments strategy provides a bright orientation for constructing functionalized MOF FMs for efficient CO2 adsorption.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145127405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2-D Silver Iodoplumbate Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution and Photocatalytic Degradation.","authors":"Xing Liu,Yun Jiang,Xian Guo,Jian Zhou","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02604","url":null,"abstract":"The discovery of bifunctional heterometallic iodides is awfully desirable for the potential electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution and photocatalytic degradation applications. Herein, one organic-inorganic hybrid 2-D silver iodoplumbate [H2bip]2[Ag2Pb3I12] (AgPbI-1) has been hydro-thermally prepared. AgPbI-1 comprises dimeric [Ag2I6]4- unit and infrequent 1-D iodoplumbate chain [Pb3I126-]n, which are further interconnected to form a new type of 2-D silver iodoplumbate layer [Ag2Pb3I124-]n with the largest [Ag4Pb6I8] heteroring. The combination of AgPbI-1 with Ni nanoparticles covering the surface of the porous nickel foam (NF) results in the Ni/AgPbI-1/NF electrode as an effective catalyst, indicating excellent hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity with a low overpotential of 121 mV at 10 mA·cm-2. AgPbI-1 also shows the exceptional photocatalytic degradation activity of methylene blue under visible-light illumination. These results highlight the great potential of AgPbI-1 as the efficient bifunctional catalyst in HER and photodegradation applications.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"90 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145127406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bo-An Liao,Cian-Wei Yang,Anokh K Nair,Yi-Chou Tsai
{"title":"Paddlewheel Dicobalt Complexes with Metal Centers Having Various Oxidation States.","authors":"Bo-An Liao,Cian-Wei Yang,Anokh K Nair,Yi-Chou Tsai","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02468","url":null,"abstract":"Herein, we report the characterization of a family of two bidentate silyldiamide-stabilized digonal lantern dinuclear cobalt complexes [Co2{μ-κ2-Ph2Si(N-2,6-iPr2C6H3)2}]x- (x = 0 (1), 1 (2), and 2 (3)) in order to study the interaction between two Co atoms. Complexes 1-3 can be interconverted by redox reactions. The Co2-containing fragments in 1-3 are almost isostructural due to the steric congestion of the supporting ligands, leading to their high rigidity. In contrast to the reported shortest CoI-CoI bonds in similar digonal dicobalt complexes, the homounivalent dicobalt compound 3 instead has the longest Co-Co bond length among 1-3. The calculated Co-Co bond orders are in agreement with the experimental data, with the order decreasing from 2 (1) to 1 (3) as the valence of the central Co2 unit decreases.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145127408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Highly Sensitive Turn-On Detection of Perfluorooctanoic Acid by a Tb(III)-Based Coordination Polymer","authors":"Enting Xu, Chanreingam Long, Yuchen Qiao, Zhonghang Chen, Xuemei Yang, Peng Ren","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c03097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c03097","url":null,"abstract":"Perfluoroalkyl substances, including the most frequently detected perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), have emerged as persistent environmental contaminants of global concern, posing threats to human health. Consequently, their effective detection is of paramount importance. Although coordination polymers show great potential for fluorescence-based sensing, their utility in perfluoroalkyl substance detection remains unexplored. Herein, we report a Tb(III) coordination polymer constructed from 4′-(4<i>H</i>-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-3,5-dicarboxylic acid as a fluorescent sensor for PFOA detection in diverse water matrices, including drinking water, tap water, Pearl River water, and seawater. Differing from the typical fluorescence quenching mechanism observed in most sensors of organic pollutants, the interaction between the Tb coordination polymer and PFOA induces a highly sensitive turn-on fluorescence response. The developed sensor exhibits exceptional selectivity, sensitivity, and recyclability, achieving a low detection limit of 0.066 nM for PFOA.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145133467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Topotaxy in Layered Cobalt Oxide/Oxyhydroxide Thin Films.","authors":"Tomohito Sudare,Kazunori Nishio,Ryo Nakayama,Naoomi Yamada,Taro Hitosugi","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02992","url":null,"abstract":"Inorganic metal hydroxides have found various applications in catalysis, batteries, sensors, and adsorbents. Epitaxial thin films offer well-defined crystallographic orientations and uniform surfaces, providing a prominent platform for the fundamental study of anisotropic and surface-driven functionalities. However, no reports have demonstrated the control of the crystallographic orientations of the metal hydroxide epitaxial thin films. In this study, using β-CoOOH as a model system, we demonstrate crystallographic orientation control of metal hydroxide epitaxial thin films using \"topotaxy\" reaction. We first fabricate the precursor β-NaxCoO2 epitaxial thin films through a reactive solid-state epitaxy using seven different single-crystal substrates: Al2O3(0001), SrTiO3(100), and (110). (111), and MgAl2O4(100), (110), (111). Subsequently, the precursor films are immsersed in an acidic solution and transformed into successfully obtain β-CoOOH (001) and (012) epitaxial thin films on the Al2O3(0001) and SrTiO3(100) substrates, respectively. Furthermore, we confirm that the surface morphology reflects the crystallographic orientations and that the coordination environment of Co ions is consistent with that of the bulk material. This study represents a significant step forward in fabricating metal hydroxide epitaxial thin films, paving the way for developing novel functionalities related to hydroxyl groups.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"86 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145127277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wen-Jun Mi, Xue-Ru Zhou, Guang-Qu Ke, Yi-Ping Chen, Hao-Hong Li
{"title":"Photoluminescence Properties and Stable Bipolar Resistive Switching Behavior of Two Eu(III)-Doped Hexameric Selenotungstates","authors":"Wen-Jun Mi, Xue-Ru Zhou, Guang-Qu Ke, Yi-Ping Chen, Hao-Hong Li","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02943","url":null,"abstract":"Due to their structural versatility, selenotungstates have emerged as a prominent research focus in polyoxometalate (POT) chemistry. Two Eu(III)-doped hexameric selenotungstates with distinct architectures were synthesized via a one-pot synthetic strategy. Detailed structural investigations were prompted by their remarkable photoluminescence lifetimes of 759.8 μs (<b>1</b>) and 722.8 μs (<b>2</b>), significantly surpassing those of most reported Eu(III)-doped polyoxotungstates. Comparative analysis with literature precedents revealed a strong correlation between the luminescent behavior and the coordination environment of the Eu(III) centers. Furthermore, the compounds exhibited exceptional resistive switching performance at ambient conditions, with switching ratios of 1.03 × 10<sup>3</sup> (<b>1</b>) and 3.67 × 10<sup>3</sup> (<b>2</b>) that exceed most reported values for oligomeric POT-based systems. This work systematically investigates the structure–property relationships among molecular architectures, luminescent characteristics, and resistive switching behavior, providing experimental evidence for the design of new luminescent materials and molecular storage devices.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145116192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biodegradable Ca-MOF Nanoplatform with Intracellular H2O2-Triggered CO Release to Augment Mitochondrial Ca2+ Overload for Synergistic Cancer Therapy.","authors":"Jian An,Yan Miao,Yawen Xu,Yuxing Huang,Heng Wang,Jin Wang,Yan Cai,Tingting Chen,Yong Yao,Yang Wang","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c04034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c04034","url":null,"abstract":"To address the challenges of precise calcium regulation and limited efficacy in MOF-based nanomedicine, we developed a biodegradable Ca-MOF platform (Ca-MOF@MnCO/HA) coated with hyaluronic acid (HA) and loaded with a H2O2-responsive CO prodrug, manganese carbonyl (MnCO). This system enables CD44-mediated tumor targeting, followed by acid-triggered biodegradation in the tumor microenvironment (TME) to release Ca2+ and MnCO. Intracellular H2O2 then promotes CO release, inducing mitochondrial dysfunction and impairing calcium efflux. The concurrent release of Ca2+ and CO causes sustained calcium overload, intensifying oxidative stress, activating apoptosis, and triggering tumor-specific calcification. This gas-ion synergy highlights the potential of programmable inorganic nanomedicines for improved anticancer therapy.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145127272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interfacial Mo–O–W Bonds Improve the Photodegradation Performance of a Bi2MoO6/WO3 Z-Scheme Heterojunction","authors":"Hongjiao Song, Binbin Hu, Yulong Zhou, Ye Wu, Jibao Wu, Hongsong Tian, Qifeng Liang, Yongsheng Tan, Zebo Fang, Lirui Yu, Huili Li, Shunhang Wei","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c03722","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c03722","url":null,"abstract":"Interface engineering has been proven to be a promising strategy for regulating carrier transport. Herein, an interfacial Mo–O–W bond was constructed between Bi<sub>2</sub>MoO<sub>6</sub> nanospheres and WO<sub>3</sub> quantum dots. It served as a fast transfer channel for interfacial photogenerated carriers, resulting in the formation of a direct Z-scheme heterojunction. The Z-scheme heterojunction not only maximized the redox ability but also exhibited enhanced separation and transfer efficiency of photogenerated carriers. Thereby, it exhibited excellent degradation activity and reusability for different simulated pollutants (levofloxacin, rhodamine B, and methylene blue) under LED irradiation, and its photocatalytic rate is approximately doubled. Unexpectedly, a considerable amount of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> was formed via a direct one-step two-electron oxygen reduction reaction process, which played a significant role in the photodegradation process, even surpassing the role of electrons/holes as active species. Furthermore, the photodegradation pathway of levofloxacin by the Z-scheme heterojunction was analyzed. This study could provide insights into establishing an interfacial chemical bond, modulating charge transfer, and the photodegradation mechanism.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145116238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Family of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Honeycomb Lattice Magnets RE2Te4O11 (RE = Gd-Er and Yb) with Large Interlayer Distances.","authors":"Ritao Huang,Jin Zhou,Yi Yang,Qingyuan Zeng,Jingxin Li,Langsheng Ling,Wei Tong,Zhaoming Tian","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02709","url":null,"abstract":"Two-dimensional rare earth (RE)-based honeycomb lattice magnets provide a fertile platform for exploring exotic magnetic ground states in view of reduced spatial dimensionality and anisotropic exchange interactions, while the reported 2D honeycomb lattice materials are quite limited. Herein, we report a family of quasi-two-dimensional layered RE-based honeycomb lattice magnets RE2Te4O11 (RE = Gd-Er and Yb), where the magnetic honeycomb layers are well separated by nonmagnetic TeO4 polyhedra with large interlayer distances of 8.353-8.452 Å. Magnetic susceptibility characterizations reveal that all synthesized RE2Te4O11 (RE = Gd-Er and Yb) compounds exhibit dominant antiferromagnetic (AFM) interactions; three RE2Te4O11 (RE = Gd, Tb, and Dy) family members show magnetic transitions with Néel temperatures (TN) of 1.97, 3.61, and 2.52 K, respectively. For Tb2Te4O11, a field-induced spin-flop transition is observed below TN = 3.61 K in the isothermal magnetization M(B) curves. Based on the analysis of the magnetocaloric effect (MCE), a crossover behavior is observed from the inverse MCE at low fields (ΔB < 1.8 T) to conventional MCE at high fields (ΔB > 1.8 T) below the TN in Tb2Te4O11; this is in contrast to the conventional MCE in all measured field regions in other RE2Te4O11 compounds.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"318 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145127275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Prasad C Walimbe,Preeti S Kulkarni,Sunil D Kulkarni
{"title":"Diffusion-Induced Redox Gradients for the Concurrent Synthesis of MoS2 and MoO3 in a Single Reactor: A Green Pathway for Hydrogen Evolution.","authors":"Prasad C Walimbe,Preeti S Kulkarni,Sunil D Kulkarni","doi":"10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02517","url":null,"abstract":"The present work demonstrates the single reactor, diffusion-controlled, stratified, and simultaneous synthesis of molybdenum oxide (Mo(VI)O3) and molybdenum sulfide (Mo(IV)S2) using the reaction-diffusion (RD) framework. Ammonium molybdate heptahydrate was used as an inner electrolyte immobilized in agar gel, while sodium sulfide with dissolved oxygen served as the outer electrolyte. We have optimized the pH levels and the oxic, hypoxic, and anoxic environments inside the reactor, which lead to local redox gradients and the competitive diffusion of oxygen and sulfide, facilitating species-specific and spatially stratified synthesis of these materials. The redox gradients exert thermodynamic control, as the diffusion coefficient of oxygen is smaller than that of sulfide. Oxic conditions resulted in the preferential formation of MoO3, even in the presence of sulfide. Conversely, hypoxic and anoxic conditions resulted in the formation of a mixture of MoO3 and MoS2 and pure MoS2, respectively. The materials were characterized for their morphological, structural, and chemical composition and speciation. The analysis revealed that MoO3 and MoS2 are both layered two-dimensional materials. We then assessed the electrocatalytic properties of the materials for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). It was observed that MoS2 demonstrated superior HER kinetics than MoO3.","PeriodicalId":40,"journal":{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145127273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}