{"title":"Effect of Reaction Medium Composition on the Photocatalytic Properties of Nickel Ferrite NiFe2O4","authors":"M. E. Fedosenko, S. V. Saikova, D. I. Nemkova","doi":"10.1134/S0036023626601388","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0036023626601388","url":null,"abstract":"<p>NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles with average size of 17 ± 2 nm (saturation magnetization 32 emu/g, coercive force 112 Oe) have been synthesized by the joint alkaline precipitation of nickel(II) and iron(II) ions followed by oxidation with atmospheric oxygen. It has been found that, in addition to the ferrospinel phase (<i>a</i> = 8.329 ± 0.001 Å), the product contains 9.6 wt % of α-Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>. The presence of this impurity does not hinder the effective magnetic separation of the material from the reaction medium. The influence of sacrificial agents (Sodium citrate, carbonate, bicarbonate, and hydrogen peroxide) on the photocatalytic degradation of indigo carmine in the presence of NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> under UVA irradiation (λ = 340 nm) has been systematically investigated for the first time. It has been demonstrated that only addition of hydrogen peroxide at concentration of 0.01 mol/L leads to a significant enhancement of the process (up to 70% degradation within 60 min). Scavenging experiments with reactive oxygen species (ROS) revealed that singlet oxygen plays a major role in the oxidation of Indigo Carmine. These findings extend the current understanding of photocatalytic mechanism on ferrospinels and confirm the potential of NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> for application in wastewater treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":762,"journal":{"name":"Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"71 7","pages":"1019 - 1028"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148859871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. N. Guskov, N. A. Gribchenkova, A. V. Guskov, P. G. Gagarin, G. I. Betenev, K. S. Gavrichev
{"title":"Heat Capacity and Thermodynamic Functions of Mixed Lanthanum–Samarium–Gadolinium Zirconate in the Range of 2–1800 K","authors":"V. N. Guskov, N. A. Gribchenkova, A. V. Guskov, P. G. Gagarin, G. I. Betenev, K. S. Gavrichev","doi":"10.1134/S003602362660139X","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S003602362660139X","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Microcrystalline single-phase mixed lanthanum–samarium–gadolinium zirconate (LaSmGd)<sub>2/3</sub>Zr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> with a pyrochlore structure was prepared. The heat capacity of (LaSmGd)<sub>2/3</sub>Zr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> was measured by relaxation, adiabatic, and differential scanning calorimetry in the temperature range of 2–1865 K. The obtained data set on the heat capacity of (LaSmGd)<sub>2/3</sub>Zr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> was smoothed using various methods and used to calculate the thermodynamic functions of (LaSmGd)<sub>2/3</sub>Zr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>.</p>","PeriodicalId":762,"journal":{"name":"Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"71 8","pages":"1121 - 1126"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148859782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. V. Baglov, D. B. Migas, L. S. Khoroshko, V. E. Borisenko
{"title":"Destabilization of Triclinic Tungsten Disulfide WS2 Induced by the Peierls Distortion","authors":"A. V. Baglov, D. B. Migas, L. S. Khoroshko, V. E. Borisenko","doi":"10.1134/S0036023626601303","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0036023626601303","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Ab initio quantum-mechanical modeling has been employed to investigate the crystal structure of a bulk crystal of triclinic tungsten disulfide (WS<sub>2</sub>). The factors that influence the accuracy of representation of the triclinic phase have been established. The tetramerization process, defined as the formation of rhomboid metallic clusters of tungsten, observed irrespective of the approximation used, has been described. The destabilizing effect of the Peierls lattice distortion in the triclinic WS<sub>2</sub>, caused by a deficiency of valence electrons at tungsten, leading to the structural collapse of this phase, is revealed. The decisive role of isoelectronicity for isostructural transition metal dichalcogenides in determining the stability of bulk crystals is demonstrated using triclinic WS<sub>2</sub> and ReS<sub>2</sub> as an example.</p>","PeriodicalId":762,"journal":{"name":"Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"71 7","pages":"952 - 959"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148859798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. S. Samadzoda, J. N. Hakimzoda, A. F. Stepnova, A. V. Kuzin, G. Z. Kaziev
{"title":"Influence of Electronic Effects of Radicals of Some Aliphatic Amino Acids on Complexing Properties with Silver(I) Ions in Aqueous Solutions","authors":"A. S. Samadzoda, J. N. Hakimzoda, A. F. Stepnova, A. V. Kuzin, G. Z. Kaziev","doi":"10.1134/S0036023626601297","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0036023626601297","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The complexation of silver(I) ions with serine (Ser), glycine (Gly), alanine (Ala), valine (Val), leucine (Leu), and isoleucine (Ile) in aqueous solutions at <i>T</i> = 298.2 K and <i>I</i> = 0.1 mol/L NaNO<sub>3</sub> was studied using a potentiometric method. It was determined, that in these systems, silver(I) ions form complexes of the composition AgL<sup>o</sup> and <span>({text{AgL}}_{2}^{ - })</span> with the aliphatic amino acids used. Based on the calculated numerical values of the protonation constants of individual aliphatic amino acids, as well as the stability constants of the complexes formed from them, patterns in the influence of the electron effects of amino acid side chains on the stability of complex particles in aqueous media were established. It was found that the stability of the resulting complexes changes as follows: <span>({text{AgSer}}_{2}^{ - } < {text{AgGly}}_{2}^{ - } < {text{AgLeu}}_{2}^{ - } < {text{AgAla}}_{2}^{ - } < {text{AgIle}}_{{2{;}}}^{ - } < {text{AgVal}}_{2}^{ - }.)</span> It was also found that the presented dependence of the stability constants of silver complexes of the indicated amino acids correlates well with the change in the protonation constants of the individual ligands.</p>","PeriodicalId":762,"journal":{"name":"Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"71 8","pages":"1151 - 1157"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148859933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. G. Il’in, A. S. Parshakov, V. I. Privalov, E. I. Goryunov, V. K. Brel
{"title":"Diastereomers of Zirconium Tetrafluoro Complex cis-[ZrF4(1-Ac-2-[Ph2P(O)]C6H10)2] in Solution","authors":"E. G. Il’in, A. S. Parshakov, V. I. Privalov, E. I. Goryunov, V. K. Brel","doi":"10.1134/S0036023626601479","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0036023626601479","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The reaction between [ZrF<sub>4</sub>(dmso)<sub>2</sub>] and monodentate phosphoryl-containing ligand 1-Ac-2-[Ph<sub>2</sub>P(O)]C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>10</sub> (L'), which contains two asymmetric carbon atoms and is a racemic mixture of the two enantiomers (1R,2S) and (1S,2R), was studied in a Me<sub>2</sub>SO–СН<sub>2</sub>Сl<sub>2</sub> mixture using <sup>19</sup>F{<sup>1</sup>H} NMR spectroscopy. Based on the analysis of the <sup>19</sup>F{<sup>1</sup>H} NMR spectra and taking into account the concept of heterotopy of organic compounds, the resonance signals were assigned, and a conclusion was drawn regarding the formation of the racemic and <i>meso</i> diastereomers of the octahedral zirconium complex <i>cis</i>-[<span>({text{Zr}}{{{text{F}}}_{{text{4}}}}{text{L}}_{2}^{{{'}}})</span>]. For the first time, the value of the spin–spin coupling constant between fluorine atoms in <i>trans</i> position to each other was determined for zirconium fluoride complexes <i>J</i><sub>F'F''</sub> = 205 Hz.</p>","PeriodicalId":762,"journal":{"name":"Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"71 8","pages":"1115 - 1120"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148859810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu. V. Antipova, D. V. Karpov, S. V. Saikova, N. P. Fadeeva, A. Yu. Pavlikov, A. S. Samoilo, M. S. Molokeev
{"title":"Synthesis and Characterization of Long-Afterglow Eu2+, Dy3+-Doped Strontium Aluminates","authors":"Yu. V. Antipova, D. V. Karpov, S. V. Saikova, N. P. Fadeeva, A. Yu. Pavlikov, A. S. Samoilo, M. S. Molokeev","doi":"10.1134/S0036023626601169","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0036023626601169","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Strontium aluminate-based phosphors activated by Eu<sup>2+</sup> (0.5–4.0 at %) and Dy<sup>3+</sup> (1.0–8.0 at %) were prepared by solution combustion synthesis (SCS) followed by reduction annealing at 1000° under CO atmosphere. The optimal dopant concentrations that provided the highest afterglow intensity and duration were 1.0 at % Eu<sup>2+</sup> and 2.0 at % Dy<sup>3+</sup>. The K<sup>+</sup> and Na<sup>+</sup> (1.0 at % each) charge-compensator ions increased the afterglow time up to 10 min due to their efficient incorporation into the strontium sublattice. The substitution of boron for aluminum (8–30 at %) did not change the phase composition, but significantly increased the afterglow duration: for a 15 at % boron sample, the afterglow time amounted to 60 min, which exceeds the documented values for similar compositions. The phase composition of the samples was a mixture of luminescent phases (Sr<sub>4</sub>Al<sub>14</sub>O<sub>25</sub>, SrAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, and SrAl<sub>12</sub>O<sub>19</sub>) and nonluminescent compounds; a single-phase product was not a prerequisite for long-lasting afterglow to be achieved. The photoluminescence spectra featured a broad band in the range 450–600 nm with a peak at about 520 nm, corresponding to 4<i>f</i> <sup>6</sup>5<i>d</i><sup>1</sup> → 4<i>f</i> <sup>7</sup> (<sup>8</sup><i>S</i><sub>7</sub>/<sub>2</sub>) transitions in Eu<sup>2+</sup> ions in various crystal environments. The luminescence was excited by 365-nm UV radiation.</p>","PeriodicalId":762,"journal":{"name":"Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"71 7","pages":"892 - 904"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148859819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. A. Seleznyova, E. S. Smirnova, M. B. Strugatsky, N. I. Snegirev, S. V. Yagupov, Yu. A. Mogilenec, E. M. Maksimova, O. A. Alekseeva, I. S. Lyubutin
{"title":"Thermal Expansion Anomalies of Fe1–xGaxBO3 Antiferromagnets","authors":"K. A. Seleznyova, E. S. Smirnova, M. B. Strugatsky, N. I. Snegirev, S. V. Yagupov, Yu. A. Mogilenec, E. M. Maksimova, O. A. Alekseeva, I. S. Lyubutin","doi":"10.1134/S0036023626601285","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0036023626601285","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the present study, the temperature dependence of thermal expansion of iron-gallium borates Fe<sub>1–<i>x</i></sub>Ga<sub><i>x</i></sub>BO<sub>3</sub>—trigonal antiferromagnets with weak ferromagnetism—has been studied using X-ray diffraction analysis in the temperature range of 240–400 K. It has been found that the nature of thermal expansion changes significantly upon passing through the Néel point. It has been shown that, below the magnetic phase transition temperature, changes in the crystal lattice parameters are influenced by magnetostrictive deformations, as well as the temperature itself. Using the developed theoretical model, the temperature dependences of magnetoelastic constants for diamagnetically diluted Fe<sub>1–<i>x</i></sub>Ga<sub><i>x</i></sub>BO<sub>3</sub> single crystals have been determined for the first time.</p>","PeriodicalId":762,"journal":{"name":"Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"71 7","pages":"869 - 875"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148859820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Melting Entropy as a Criterion for Searching for Fluoride Compounds with High Anionic Conductivity","authors":"N. I. Sorokin","doi":"10.1134/S0036023626600504","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0036023626600504","url":null,"abstract":"<p>O’Keeffe (1973), using PbF<sub>2</sub> as an example, proposed to consider the presence of a low melting entropy in fluoride compounds as a criterion for high anionic conductivity: Δ<i>S</i><sub><i>fus</i></sub> < 20 J/(mol K). To test this criterion, data on entropy Δ<i>S</i><sub><i>fus</i></sub> were analyzed for 38 fluorides (1 ≤ <i>n</i> ≤ 4) with a ionic bond and different types of crystal structure. It has been shown that a low entropy of melting is a necessary but not sufficient condition for high anionic conductivity in fluoride crystals. A low Δ<i>S</i><sub><i>fus</i></sub> value is typically a consequence of the existence of polymorphic or diffuse (Faraday) transitions in fluoride compounds. Structural types of fluorides with high ionic conductivity have been identified, including the highly symmetric structures of fluorite CaF<sub>2</sub>, tysonite LaF<sub>3</sub>, and the α-modification of YF<sub>3</sub>. The results obtained can be used to search for, model, and synthesize new fluoride solid electrolytes.</p>","PeriodicalId":762,"journal":{"name":"Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"71 7","pages":"905 - 911"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148859803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Three-Component Reciprocal System K,La||Cl,WO4","authors":"Zh. A. Kochkarov, A. B. Kabardov, A. I. Rasulov","doi":"10.1134/S0036023626600966","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0036023626600966","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The phase diagram of the ternary reciprocal system K,La||Cl,WO<sub>4</sub> was studied using differential thermal, X-ray diffraction, and elemental analysis. Triangulation of the system into stable simplices was performed and confirmed by differential thermal analysis. The coordinates of binary eutectics in stable triangulating sections, four ternary eutectics, and one ternary peritectic in the K,La||Cl,WO<sub>4</sub> ternary reciprocal system were determined. It was established that the K,La||Cl,WO<sub>4</sub> system is irreversible, with exchange and complexation reactions occurring equally. Based on the stable and unstable sections revealed by differential thermal analysis (DTA) using the conversion method, the main chemical exchange reactions and the formation of binary salts in the K,La||Cl,WO<sub>4</sub> system were determined. The possibility of synthesizing lanthanum tungstate in ionic melts of the K,La||Cl,WO<sub>4</sub> system via an exchange reaction between salts of the unstable diagonal was revealed. The results of the chemical synthesis were confirmed by X-ray diffraction and elemental analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":762,"journal":{"name":"Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"71 7","pages":"964 - 971"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148859823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. N. Vasilyeva, D. A. Kozlov, T. O. Kozlova, N. P. Simonenko, V. K. Ivanov
{"title":"Hydrothermal Synthesis of Ternary Potassium–Cerium(IV)–Zirconium(IV) Phosphate","authors":"D. N. Vasilyeva, D. A. Kozlov, T. O. Kozlova, N. P. Simonenko, V. K. Ivanov","doi":"10.1134/S0036023626601273","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0036023626601273","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A mixed cerium(IV)–zirconium(IV) phosphate was obtained for the first time under hydrothermal conditions. Based on X-ray diffraction, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis, and IR spectroscopy data, it was assigned the composition H<sub>2</sub>K<sub>2</sub>CeZr(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>4</sub>·<i>x</i>H<sub>2</sub>O. Using the crystallographic parameters of isostructural double cerium(IV) phosphates from X-ray powder diffraction data, the unit cell parameters of H<sub>2</sub>K<sub>2</sub>CeZr(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>4</sub>·<i>x</i>H<sub>2</sub>O were calculated: <i>a</i> = 6.6727(2) Å, <i>b</i> = 6.7462(2) Å, <i>c</i> = 17.3705(9) Å, <i>V</i> = 781.94(5), <i>Z</i> = 4 (space group <i>Imma</i>). The thermal behavior of the obtained compound was studied, and phase analysis of the thermolysis products was performed at each stage of mass loss. It was found that, for the initial structure, the decomposition process begins at temperatures below 500°C, and the final products at 1000°C are CePO<sub>4</sub>, KZr<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub>, and K<sub>2</sub>CeZr(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub>.</p>","PeriodicalId":762,"journal":{"name":"Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"71 7","pages":"920 - 924"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148859767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}