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Dalton Trans

September 2025

Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Interior, CU, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico.

Synthesis, characterization, and electrocatalytic water oxidation studies of the cubane-type complexes [(μ-)CoCl(MeOH)] (1) and [(μ-)CoCl(MeOH)] (2) are herein reported. Cubanes 1 and 2 were obtained in high yields under mild conditions by self-assembly of the ligands = 1--2-benzimidazolylmethanol and = 1-methyl-2-benzimidazolylmethanol with CoCl·6HO in basic methanolic solution. Both compounds feature a cubane-type structure in which the central {CoO} units are built by four Co centers coordinated by alkoxide-bridged oxygen and nitrogen atoms from the deprotonated ligands and stabilized by MeOH molecules and chloride ions.

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Center for Clean Energy Technology, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, 2007, Australia.

The coupling of electrocatalytic CO reduction (ECR) and methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) presents a promising strategy for simultaneous cogeneration of formic acid (FA) at both cathode and anode. However, sluggish kinetics, low selectivity and efficiency hinder practical application. Herein, we demonstrate an integrated ECR||MOR system employing CuBi cathode and NiCo anode for energy-efficient FA cogeneration.

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Identification of Double-Chain ZnO Structure on ZrO as a Highly Active Site for CO Hydrogenation to Methanol.

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State Key Laboratory of Fluorine & Nitrogen Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.

ZnZrO catalysts exhibit excellent performance in the hydrogenation of CO to methanol, yet the structural identification of active sites in the mixed oxide remains elusive. Herein, combining density functional theory calculations, large-scale machine-learning atomic simulations, and microkinetic modeling, we discovered that double-chain ZnO structures supported on monoclinic ZrO(1̅11) surfaces (ZnO-ZrO) are highly active and stable for methanol synthesis. The double-chain ZnO structure, corresponding to 50% ZnO surface coverage and featuring interconnected 8-membered rings, induces a local minimum (0.

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Langmuir

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School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Higher Education Megacenter, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.

The interface between grafted poly(-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) and fluid plays an important role in drug delivery, responsive nanomaterials, and separation technologies. However, under external shear, the transport at the interface is regulated by both the thermoresponsive behavior and grafting densities. This study combines equilibrium and nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the synergistic effects of grafting density, temperature, and shear flow on the structural and dynamic properties of PNIPAM brushes in methanol-water solutions.

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