A redox active rod coordination polymer from tetrakis(4-carboxylic acid biphenyl)tetrathiafulvalene.

An enlarged version of the ubiquitous tetrathiafulvalene-tetrabenzoic acid is described, with 4,4'-biphenyl moieties as spacers between the coordination moieties and the electroactive core. The obtained rectangular ligand has a 14 × 22 Å size and is combined with Zn(II) under solvothermal conditions to yield a coordination polymer endowed with large cavities of . 15 × 11 Å/10 × 10 Å.

Non-photochemical catalytic hydrolysis of methyl parathion using core-shell Ag@TiO nanoparticles.

Highly water-dispersible core-shell Ag@TiO nanoparticles were prepared and shown to be catalytically active for the rapid degradation of the organothiophosphate pesticide methyl parathion (MeP). Formation of the hydrolysis product, -nitrophenolate was monitored at pH 7.5 and 8.