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Co(III) carboxamide complexes as electrocatalysts for water splitting

Water splitting is a promising approach for storing intermittent renewable energies, such as sunlight in the clean chemical bonds as a hydrogen fuel. Two water-soluble octahedral cobalt (III) complexes, [Co(bpb)(OAc)(H2O)], 1, (bpb(2-) = N,N' -bis[(2-pyrid ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2022

Binding affinity of p-PD-based schiff-bases towards human serum albumin; in-vitro and in-silico assessment

Kurt Schenk

The Schiff-bases [N,N'-Bis(2-hydroxybenzylidene)-benzene-1,4-diamine (L-1), N,N'-Bis(5-bromo-2-hydroxybenzylidene)-benzene-1,4-diamine (L-2), N,N'-Bis(2-hydroxy-3-methoxy-benzylidene)-benzene-1,4-diamine (L-3), and N,N'-Bis(2-hydroxynaphthylidene)-benzene- ...

ELSEVIER2022

Structure-Property Relationships in Bithiophenes with Hydrogen-Bonded Substituents

Rosario Scopelliti, Kurt Schenk, Anne-Clémence Corminboeuf, Holger Frauenrath, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Bilal Özen, Kun-Han Lin

The use of crystal engineering to control the supramolecular arrangement of pi-conjugated molecules in the solid-state is of considerable interest for the development of novel organic electronic materials. In this study, we investigated the effect of combi ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2021

Promising anti-cancer potency of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[d]thiazole-based Schiff-bases

Kurt Schenk, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

Four new Schiff-bases have been synthesized from the 1:2 M condensation of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzothiazole-2,6-diamine with 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde (SL3), 5-Bromo-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde (SL2), 2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde (SL3) and 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehy ...

ELSEVIER2020

Catalytic and antibacterial properties of 3-dentate carboxamide Pd/Pt complexes obtained via a benign route

Kurt Schenk, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

The complexes Pd-II(qcq)(OAc) and Pt-II(qcq)Cl have been synthesized using environmentally benign synthesized ligands and characterized by elemental analyses: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, H-1 NMR spectroscopy, and X-ray ...

WILEY2020

Zero-dimensional hybrid iodobismuthate derivatives: from structure study to photovoltaic application

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Kurt Schenk, Philip Pattison, Peng Gao, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Yi Zhang

The quest for lead-free light-absorbing perovskite materials has long been the target of researchers to make the 'star' material friendly to the commercial market. After a summary of different lead-free solar absorbers, we demonstrate a zero-dimensional io ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

Synthesis, Characterisation and Crystal structure of a New Cu(II)-carboxamide Complex and CuO nanoparticles as New Catalysts in the CuAAC reaction and Investigation of their Antibacterial activity

Kurt Schenk, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

The bidentate carboxamide ligand N-(thiazole-2-yl) picolinamide (LH) was synthesized in the environmentally friendly ionic liquid TBAB, and the five-coordinated Cu-II-complex, [Cu(L)(2)(H2O)]center dot CHCl3 (1) was synthesized from LH and copper(II)acetat ...

2020

Development of a novel carboxamide-based off-on switch fluorescence sensor: Hg2+, Zn(2+)and Cd2+

Kurt Schenk

Here, the carboxamide ligandN-(thiazole-2-yl) picolinamide (L) was synthesized in an ionic liquid tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) as the benign reaction medium. The sensitivity ofLtowards different metal-ions was investigated, and a comprehensive, logica ...

2020

Double bridged mu(2)-Halide Cu (II) complexes for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2

Kurt Schenk, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Jun Gu

Two dicopper (II) complexes of general formula CuLX2 {L = 2, 5-diphenyl-3, 4(2-pyridyl) cyclopenta-2, 4-dien-1-one, X = Cl (1) or Br (2)} have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, UV-Vis spectroscopic methods. The crystal stru ...

2019

Efficient Synthesis of Some New Chromenopyrimidine Azo- Dyes Catalyzed by Cu/SBA-15

Kurt Schenk, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

2018

Facile synthesis of Co3O4 nanoparticles from a novel tetranuclear cobalt(III) complex. Application as efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline media

Kurt Schenk

2018

DNA-BSA interaction, cytotoxicity and molecular docking of mononuclear zinc complexes with reductively cleaved N2S2 Schiff base ligands

Kurt Schenk, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

The synthesis of three potentially tetradentate, N2S2 Schiff-base-ligands, containing a disulfide bond, (LSSLThio)-S-Thio(L1), (LSSLBr)-S-Br(L2) and (LSSLDiMeO)-S-DiMeO (L3) are reported. These ligands undergo reductive disulfide bond scission upon reactio ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2018

Hydrothermal growth of iron oxide NPs with a uniform size distribution for magnetically induced hyperthermia: Structural, colloidal and magnetic properties

Olivier Jordan, Heinrich Hofmann, Kurt Schenk

Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles with a narrow size distribution were synthesized by hydrothermally treating suspensions of iron oxide nanoparticles. Ricinoleic-acid-coated magnetic nanoparticles were co precipitated at room temperature from an aqueous so ...

Elsevier2017

Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles as High Efficiency Magnetic Resonance Imaging T-2 Contrast Agent

Kurt Schenk, Henrik Moodysson Rønnow, Arash Alahgholipour Omrani, Francesco Stellacci, Randy Patrick Carney, Paulo Henrique Jacob Silva, Tamara Michael Carney, Ping Huang, Lin Yang

Nanoparticle-based magnetic resonance imaging T-2 negative agents are of great interest, and much effort is devoted to increasing cell loading capability while maintaining low cytotoxicity. Herein, two classes of mixed-ligand protected magnetic-responsive, ...

American Chemical Society2017

A nanoporous oxygen evolution catalyst synthesized by selective electrochemical etching of perovskite hydroxide CoSn(OH)(6) nanocubes

Kurt Schenk, Xile Hu, Fang Song

The development of efficient and Earth-abundant oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts is essential for the generation of renewable hydrogen. The synthesis of nanoporous and high-surface-area catalysts remains challenging. Herein, we show that large nan ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2016

Hg(II) coordination complexes containing the tris(2-pyridylmethyl) amine ligand: Synthesis, characterization and crystal structure analysis

Kurt Schenk, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

Two new Hg(II) coordination compounds containing the tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (TPA) ligand were synthesized by conventional and sonochemical methods, characterized by spectroscopic techniques (FT-IR and elemental analysis) and their X-ray crystallographi ...

Elsevier2016

Synthesis, structure, and catalytic properties of palladium complexes containing bis(phosphino)-amine ligands

Kurt Schenk, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

Two N,N-bis(diphenylphosphino)-amine ligands [amine = 4-aminomorpholine (L-1) or 1-amino-4-methylpiperazine (L-2)] and their Pd(II) complexes were synthesised and characterised by IR and NMR spectroscopies. The structures of ligand L-1 and both complexes C ...

Elsevier Science Sa2016

Exploration of the compositional space for mixed lead halogen perovskites for high efficiency solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Kurt Schenk, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Michael Saliba, Tor Jesper Jacobsson

Lead halide perovskites have attracted considerable interest as photoabsorbers in PV-applications over the last few years. The most studied perovskite material achieving high photovoltaic performance has been methyl ammonium lead iodide, CH3NH3PbI3. Recent ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2016

Carboxylic Acid Functionalized Clathrochelate Complexes: Large, Robust, and Easy-to-Access Metalloligands

Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Euro Solari, Kurt Schenk, Philip Pattison, Mathieu Jérémie Marmier, Matthew David Wise

Polycarboxylate ligands are among the most important building blocks for the synthesis of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). The ability to access these ligands in an efficient way is of key importance for future applications of MOFs. Here, we demonstrate th ...

2016

Crystal Engineering of Polymeric Structures with Dative Boron–Nitrogen Bonds: Design Criteria and Limitations

Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Euro Solari, Kurt Schenk, Philip Pattison, Nicolas Luisier, Kevin Bally, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

The combination of tripyridyl ligands and linear diboronate esters results in the formation of oligomeric or polymeric adducts featuring dative boron−nitrogen bonds. The relative orientation of the two different building blocks in the assemblies can be pre ...

2016