This article is devoted to the development of a new method for the synthesis of magnetic cobalt boride nanoparticles using a low-energy approach. The obtained nanoparticles were used to create composite materials based on industrial thermoplastic ABS. The effect of different concentrations of nanoparticles on the physical, mechanical, magnetic, and dielectric properties of composite materials was studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLiV(PO) cathodes for Li-ion batteries (LIBs) were synthesized using a hydrothermal method with the subsequent annealing in an argon atmosphere to achieve optimal properties. The X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the material's single-phase nature, while the scanning electron microscopy revealed a granular structure, indicating a uniform particle size distribution, beneficial for electrochemical performance. Magnetometry and electron spin resonance studies were conducted to investigate the magnetic properties, confirming the presence of the relatively low concentration and highly uniform distribution of tetravalent vanadium ions (V), which indicated low lithium deficiency values in the original structure and a high degree of magnetic homogeneity in the sample, an essential factor for consistent electrochemical behavior.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis work is devoted to the study of thermometric performances of Nd (0.1 or 0.5 mol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis article shows the success of using the chemical reduction method, the polyol thermolytic process, the sonochemistry method, and the hybrid sonochemistry/polyol process method to design iron-based magnetically active composite nanomaterials in a hyperbranched polyester polyol matrix. Four samples were obtained and characterized by transmission and scanning electron microscopy, infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetry. In all cases, the hyperbranched polymer is an excellent stabilizer of the iron and iron oxides nanophase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are a globally distributed group of soil organisms that play critical roles in ecosystem function. However, the ecological niches of individual AM fungal taxa are poorly understood. We collected > 300 soil samples from natural ecosystems worldwide and modelled the realised niches of AM fungal virtual taxa (VT; approximately species-level phylogroups).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo types of Fe(III) polynuclear iron(III) 1D-chain coordination compounds of the general formula [Fe (L)(tvp)]BPh nSolv, where L = dianion of N,N'-ethylenebis (benzoylacetylacetone)2,2'-imine (bzacen), tvp = 1,2-di(4-pyridyl)ethylene were synthesized and studied by the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and magnetic susceptibility methods in the temperature range (100-300) К. Two types of spin-variable complexes are formed depending on the time of precipitation of the complexes from the same solution leading to differently solvated species. They have different characteristics of the local ligand field and the spin transition behavior.
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