Bulk and surface theoretical investigation of Nb-doped δ-FeOOH as a promising bifunctional catalyst.

The development of bifunctional catalysts is of great interest in fine chemistry, since they are capable of promoting multicatalytic reactions involved in several important industrial processes. Iron oxyhydroxides have been identified as low-cost bifunctional catalysts. However, their applications are limited due to their weak acid character.

Hybrid Materials Based on Magnetic Iron Oxides with Benzothiazole Derivatives: A Plausible Potential Spectroscopy Probe.

Rare diseases affect a small part of the population, and the most affected are children. Because of the low availability of patients for testing, the pharmaceutical industry cannot develop drugs for the diagnosis of many of these orphan diseases. In this sense, the use of benzothiazole compounds that are highly selective and can act as spectroscopy probes, especially the compound 2-(4'-aminophenyl)benzothiazole (ABT), has been highlighted.

Ionic desorption in PMMA-gamma-Fe2O3 hybrid materials induced by fast electrons: an experimental and theoretical investigation.

Poly(methylmetacrilate)-maghemite (PMMA-gamma-Fe2O3) hybrid material was studied by the electron stimulated ion desorption (ESID) techniques coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF-MS) and theoretical investigation about its fragmentation. Moreover, atomic force microscopy was utilized to characterize the morphology before and after ionic desorption. ESID results indicated differences of pattern fragmentation for different compositions of hybrid material in comparison with neat PMMA.