Publications by authors named "Levchenko G"

Article Synopsis
  • * Bacteriochlorophyll (BChl), essential for photosynthesis, was combined with TiCT MXene to create five composite photocatalysts aimed at enhancing hydrogen production under visible light.
  • * Among the variations, BChl-5 with a quaternary ammonium group achieved the highest hydrogen production rate of 51 μmol/h/g due to its strong self-aggregation and excellent electric charge transport with TiCT MXene.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Simultaneous study of magnetic and electrocatalytic properties of cobaltites under extreme conditions expands the understanding of physical and chemical processes proceeding in them with the possibility of their further practical application. Therefore, LaSrCoO (LSCO) nanopowders were synthesized at different annealing temperatures = 850-900 °C, and their multifunctional properties were studied comprehensively. As increases, the rhombohedral perovskite structure of the LSCO becomes more single-phase, whereas the average particle size and dispersion grow.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Spin transition (ST) compounds have been extensively studied because of the changes in rich physicochemical properties accompanying the ST process. The study of ST mainly focuses on the temperature-induced spin transition (TIST). To further understand the ST, we explore the pressure response behavior of TIST and pressure-induced spin transition (PIST) of the 2D Hofmann-type ST compounds [Fe(Isoq)M(CN)] () (M = Pt, Pd, Isoq = isoquinoline).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: To develop an effective minimally invasive method for the treatment of infected pancreatic necrosis.

Material And Methods: There were 168 patients with infected pancreatic necrosis who were treated at the Regional Clinical Hospital No. 2 between 2011 and 2018.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Recently, the possibility of exploiting the phenomenon of spin transition (ST) has been intensively investigated; therefore, it is particularly important to study the behavior of ST under various stimuli. Here, the shape and content of the intermediate phase of ST in Hoffmann-like compounds [Fe(Fpz)M(CN)] (M = Pt, Pd) under external stimuli are studied. For this purpose, magnetic and Raman spectroscopy studies were carried out.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Prospects for the use of manganites in various areas of modern technologies require comprehensive studies of their physical and chemical properties. LaMnO (LMO) ceramics have been synthesized at an annealing temperature of 1150 °C with further post-annealing at 1250, 1350, and 1450 °C. As increases, the structure symmetry changes, and both the crystallite size and chemical defects increase.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Hydrogen energy is an abundant, clean, sustainable and environmentally friendly renewable energy source. Therefore, the production of hydrogen by photocatalytically splitting water on semiconductors has been considered in recent years as a promising and sustainable strategy for converting solar energy into chemical energy to replace conventional energy sources and to solve the growing problem of environmental pollution and the global energy crisis. However, highly efficient solar-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production remains a huge challenge due to the poor visible light response of available photocatalytic materials and the low efficiency of separation and transfer of photogenerated electron-hole pairs.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

A comprehensive experimental and theoretical study of both thermal-induced spin transition (TIST) as a function of pressure and pressure-induced spin transition (PIST) at room temperature for the two-dimensional Hofmann-like SCO polymer [Fe(Fpz)Pt(CN)] is reported. The TIST studies at different fixed pressures have been carried out by magnetic susceptibility measurements, while PIST studies have been performed by means of powder X-ray diffraction, Raman, and visible spectroscopies. A combination of the theory of elastic interactions and numerical Monte Carlo simulations has been used for the analysis of the cooperative interactions in TIST and PIST studies.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

For many medical applications related to diagnosis and treatment of cancer disease, hyperthermia plays an increasingly important role as a local heating method, where precise control of temperature and parameters of the working material is strongly required. Obtaining a smart material with "self-controlled" heating in a desirable temperature range is a relevant task. For this purpose, the nanopowder of manganite perovskite with super-stoichiometric manganese has been synthesized, which consists of soft spherical-like ferromagnetic nanoparticles with an average size of 65 nm and with a narrow temperature range of the magnetic phase transition at 42 °C.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Two types of experiments conducted to investigate the effect of pressure on the spin crossover (SCO) properties of the 2D Fe(II) coordination polymer formulated {Fe[bipy(ttr)]} are reported, namely, (1) magnetic measurements performed at variable temperature and at fixed pressure and (2) visible spectroscopy at variable pressure and fixed temperature. The magnetic experiments carried out under a hydrostatic pressure constraint of 0.04, 0.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Manganites are multifunctional materials which are widely used in both technology and devices. In this article, new prospects of their use as nanoparticles for various types of applications are demonstrated. For that, the ferromagnetic nanopowder of LaSrMnO has been synthesized by the sol-gel method with a subsequent annealing at 700-900 °C.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The rotation of a spherical magnetically soft ferromagnetic particle with uniaxial magnetic anisotropy and located in an elastomer through a certain angle under the action of a magnetic field has been studied theoretically. It was found that if the particle loses its mechanical stability, its rotation angle becomes critically dependent on the magnetic field magnitude. The magnetically induced critical rotation of the particle in the elastomer has a magneto-elastic origin and is accompanied by a critical change in the magnetization of the particle multidomain state, as occurs in the case of second-order magnetic phase transitions.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Pressure effects on the spin transition of the three-dimensional (3D) porous coordination polymer {Fe(pz)[Pt(CN)]} have been investigated in the interval 10 Pa-1.0 GPa through variable-temperature (10-320 K) magnetic susceptibility measurements and spectroscopic studies in the visible region at room temperature. These studies have disclosed a different behavior of the compound under pressure.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The magnetic bimetallic molecular-based compounds attract considerable attention because of their unique characteristics which are very different from those of traditional magnets. We demonstrate the effects of charge transfer as well as spin and magnetic order changes induced by high hydrostatic pressure applied to the two bimetallic multifunctional Prussian blue analogues, KCo[Fe(CN)]·18HO and KMn[Fe(CN)]·6HO. Two opposite directions of change in their properties under pressure are revealed: (i) the magnetization reduction and magnetic order disappearing for the KCo[Fe(CN)]·18HO compound and (ii) an increase of the magnetization and change of the sign of exchange coupling for the KMn[Fe(CN)]·6HO compound.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The high hydrostatic pressure effect on the magnetic properties of the layered hybrid compounds Cu(2)(OH)(3)(C(n)H(2n+1)CO(2))·mH(2)O with distance between magnetic layers of up to 40 Å is studied. It is shown that the temperature of the ferromagnetic ordering decreases linearly with pressure increase. From measurements of susceptibility in the paramagnetic region, using both quantum Heisenberg and Ising exchange coupling models in layers and dipole interaction between layers, the in- and interlayer interactions are deduced.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

For the 2D coordination polymers [Fe(3-Fpy)(2)M(II)(CN)(4)] (M(II) = Ni, Pd, Pt), the pressure-induced spin crossover behavior has been investigated at 298 K by monitoring the distinct optical properties associated with each spin state. Cooperative first-order spin transition characterized by a piezohysteresis loop ca. 0.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Twelve coordination polymers with formula {Fe(3-Xpy)(2)[M(II)(CN)(4)]} (M(II): Ni, Pd, Pt; X: F, Cl, Br, I; py: pyridine) have been synthesised, and their crystal structures have been determined by single-crystal or powder X-ray analysis. All of the fluoro and iodo compounds, as well as the chloro derivative in which M(II) is Pt, crystallise in the monoclinic C2/m space group, whereas the rest of the chloro and all of the bromo derivatives crystallise in the orthorhombic Pnc2 space group. In all cases, the iron(II) atom resides in a pseudo-octahedral [FeN(6)] coordination core, with similar bond lengths and angles in the various derivatives.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The effect of applied pressure on the magnetic properties of the Prussian blue analogue K0.4Fe4[Cr(CN)6]2.8 x 16 H2O (1) has been analyzed by dc and ac magnetic susceptibility measurements.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The crystal structure of [Fe(bt)2(NCS)2] (A) was determined by X-ray diffraction at 293 and at 150 K in order to analyze the structural changes associated with the spin transition. The space group is P1 with Z = 2 at both temperatures. Lattice constants are as follows: a = 8.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

A pressure-induced linkage isomerization of the cyanide anion has been observed in single crystals of a chromium(III)-iron(II) Prussian blue analogue of formula K0.4Fe4[Cr(CN)6]2.8 square1.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

[Fe(hyptrz)3](4-chloro-3-nitrophenylsulfonate)22 H2O (1; hyptrz=4-(3-hydroxypropyl)-1,2,4-triazole) has been synthesized and its physical properties have been investigated by several physical techniques including magnetic susceptibility measurements, calorimetry, and Mössbauer, optical, and EXAFS spectroscopy. Compound 1 exhibits a spin transition below room temperature, together with a very wide thermal hysteresis of about 50 K. This represents the widest hysteresis loop ever observed for an FeII-1,2,4-triazole spin transition material.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Low-spin, high-spin and spin-transition behaviours have been observed for the doubly interpenetrating three-dimensional bimetallic compounds (FeII(pz)[Ag(CN)2]2).pz (pz = pyrazine), (FeII(4,4'-bipy)2[Ag(CN)2]2) (4,4'-bipy = 4,4'-bipyridine), and (FeII(bpe)2[Ag(CN)2]2) (bpe = bispyridylethylene), respectively. The single crystals of the bpe derivative undergo a spin transition with a large hysteresis loop at about 95 K.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

On the base of considerable number of clinical observations the results of application of physiotherapeutic methods in the complex therapy of the patients with pulmonary tuberculosis are presented. Indications and contraindications for physiotherapeutic methods are substantiated.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The diagnosis and therapy of 87 patients with sarcoidosis admitted to the Central Military Clinical Tubercular Hospital were analyzed. The diagnosis was based on the data of clinicoroentgenologic investigation and histologic examination of the specimen taken from the affected tissue. The differential diagnosis with tuberculosis is obligatory.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF