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Effects of oxidation treatment by KClO3/H2SO4 systems on the chemical, crystal and microscopic structures of polyacrylonitrile fibers

New J. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ00442A, Paper
Cheng Zhang, Shijie Xiao, Zhigang Shen, Runping Li, Jianhua Liu, Shenghui Guo, Lei Xu
Oxidation treatment of PAN fibers (PFs) in a KClO3/H2SO4 system as a new pretreatment method for carbon fiber oxidation stabilization.
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Iodine-Catalyzed α,β-Dehydrogenation of Ketones and Aldehydes Generating Conjugated Enones and Enals

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01244K, Letter
Yuanjie Cao, Long Liu, Tianzeng Huang, Tieqiao Chen
A transition metal-free α,β-dehydrogenation of ketones and aldehydes was developed. This reaction was conducted in a facile I2/KI/DMSO system to produce the corresponding unsaturated compounds in good to high yields....
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Antitumor effects of novel nickel-hydrazone complexes in lung cancer cells

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ00921K, Paper
Damir Safin, Burak AY, Onur ŞAHİN, Burcu Saygideğer Demir, Yasemin Saygideger, José Maria López-de-Luzuriaga, Ghodrat Mahmoudi
In this work we have synthesized and characterized two new mononuclear nickel(II) complexes [NiLI]∙CH3CN (1∙CH3CN) and [Ni(H2LII)(NCS)2]∙0.5H2O (2∙0.5H2O), fabricated from a mixture of Ni(NO3)2 and KNCS with N',N'''-(1,2-diphenylethane-1,2-diylidene)di(picolinohydrazide) (H2LI) and...
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Magnetic hierarchical zero-valent iron nanoflake-decorated graphene nanoplates composite for simultaneous adsorption and reductive degradation of rhodamine B

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ00126K, Paper
Dung Trung Dang, Hang Thi Thu Le, Anh Duy Nguyen, Duong Duc La, Dinh Duc Nguyen
Zero-valent iron (ZVI) has been widely studied and utilized as highly reductive agent for environment remediation. In this study, ZVI nanoflake-decorated graphene composite was successfully fabricated via the reduction of...
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Synergic effect of pore size engineering and an applied electric field on the controlled permeation of alkali metal atoms and ions across pristine and defect-containing h-BN sheets

New J. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9NJ03962G, Paper
Sajida Munsif, Naveen Kosar, Muhammad Ali Hashmi, Tariq Mahmood, Mazhar Amjad Gilani, Khurshid Ayub
Electric field facilitates the diffusion of Na and Li+.
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Discovery of [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazine derivatives bearing 4-oxo-pyridazinone moiety as potential c-Met kinase inhibitors

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ00575D, Paper
Binliang Zhang, Xiaobo Liu, Hehua Xiong, Qian Zhang, Xin Sun, Zunhua Yang, Shan Xu, Pengwu Zheng, Wufu Zhu
Two series of [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazine derivatives bearing 4-oxo-pyridazinone moiety (compounds 21a-l and 22a-l) were designed and evaluated for the IC50 values against three cancer cell lines (A549, MCF-7 and Hela) and...
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Fabrication of a 3D self-supporting Ni–P/Ni2P/CC composite and its robust hydrogen evolution reaction properties in alkaline solution

New J. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ00727G, Paper
Fan Yang, Shuqin Yang, Qianqian Niu, Siyue Huo, Zimo Song, Laizhou Song
The Ni–P/Ni2P/CC composite exhibits excellent alkaline HER properties derived from Ni–P filling the sites on the CC not occupied by Ni2P nanosheets.
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Synthesis of 3-halochromones with simple KX halogen sources enabled by in situ halide oxidation

New J. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ00825G, Paper
Yan Lin, Jie-Ping Wan, Yunyun Liu
An in situ oxidation strategy for generating molecular halogen has been developed for the synthesis of 3-halochromones by employing simple potassium halides as halogen sources.
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A nickel molybdenum oxide nanoarray as an efficient and stable electrocatalyst for overall water splitting

New J. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01232G, Paper
Xiaoshuang Zhang, Hui Su, Xiaoqiang Du
Experimental and DFT calculation results show that the presence of oxygen vacancies can decrease the adsorption energy of intermediates at active sites and facilitate their adsorption, thus improving the catalytic properties.
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Proton conduction in two Cu/Zn dimer-based hydrogen-bonded supramolecular frameworks from imidazole multi-carboxylate

New J. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01189D, Paper
Qingxu Wang, Zhejun Ye, Guoqing Shi, Kaimeng Guo, Gang Li
At 98% RH and 100 °C, two dimer-based HSFs show the best σ values of 3.13 × 10−4 S cm−1 for 1 and 0.55 × 10−4 S cm−1 for 2, which can be compared to the values of reported HSFs.
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Discrete and polymeric ensembles based on dinuclear molybdenum(VI) building blocks with adaptive carbohydrazide ligands: from the design to catalytic epoxidation

New J. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01045F, Paper
Edi Topić, Jana Pisk, Dominique Agustin, Martin Jendrlin, Danijela Cvijanović, Višnja Vrdoljak, Mirta Rubčić
Discrete and polymeric ensembles based on dimolybdenum(VI) units with adaptive carbohydrazide ligands are described. The polymeric complexes are efficient catalysts for cyclooctene epoxidation under eco-friendly conditions.
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Hydroamination of isocyanates and isothiocyanates by alkaline earth metal initiators supported by bulky iminopyrrolyl ligand

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01509A, Paper
Tarun Kanti Panda, Kulsum Bano, Srinivas Anga, Archana Jain, Hari Pada Nayek
A series of new heteroleptic alkaline earth (Ae) metal complexes of general formula [{(Ph2CHN=CH)2C4H2N}AeI(THF)3] {Ae = Ca (2), Sr (3), and Ba (4)} were synthesized via salt metathesis by reacting...
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Complexes of BiCl3 with hydrazone derived ligands: Möbius-like discrete metal chelate versus salt-like porous polymeric structure

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ00930J, Paper
Damir Safin, Farhad Akbari Afkhami, Ghodrat Mahmoudi, Barbara Miroslaw, Fengrui Qu, Arunava Gupta, Antonio Frontera, Fedor Ivanovich Zubkov, Ennio Zangrando
In this work we have synthesized and characterized a new helical complex of BiCl3, namely [Bi(LI)Cl3], fabricated from an extremely bulky ligand 1,2-diphenyl-1,2-bis((phenyl(pyridin-2-yl)methylene)hydrazono)ethane (LI). The same reaction of BiCl3 with...
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Synthesis of eight isostructural 2D lanthanide coordination polymers assembled by rigid furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid and flexible adipic acid as linkers and exploration of luminescent Eu/Tb polymers as efficient and sensitive sensors for nitroaromatic comp

New J. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01018A, Paper
Zaib ul Nisa, Lobzang Tashi, Charanjeet Sen, Nargis Akhter Ashashi, Subash Chandra Sahoo, Haq Nawaz Sheikh
Eight isostructural coordination polymers were synthesized by a solvothermal method. The luminescent Eu/Tb polymers function as efficient sensors for nitroaromatics via turn-off mode.
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Novel nitro substituted formazan derivatives: Selective ratiometric and colorimetric chemosensors for fluoride anion sensing detectable by the naked eye

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01860K, Paper
Gulsen Turkoglu
Novel two formazan derivatives FNB and FDNB were synthesized from their corresponding phenylhydrazone and characterized by various spectroscopic methods. The sensing ability of these formazan sensors towards different anions was...
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Ultrasound-assisted extraction of bioactive alkaloids from Phellodendri amurensis cortex using deep eutectic solvent aqueous solutions

New J. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ00877J, Paper
Yuanbin Li, Zuchen Pan, Binshen Wang, Wen Yu, Siwei Song, Huanhuan Feng, Weiwei Zhao, Jiaheng Zhang
ChCl/citric acid-based DESs are demonstrated to be effective green solvents for the ultrasound-assisted extraction of bioactive alkaloids from herbs.
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Ultrastable conductive microporous covalent triazine frameworks based on pyrene moieties provide high-performance CO2 uptake and supercapacitance

New J. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01292K, Paper
Mohamed Gamal Mohamed, Ahmed F. M. EL-Mahdy, Yasuno Takashi, Shiao-Wei Kuo
Two pyrene-functionalized CTFs through ionothermal treatment TCNPy in the presence of molten zinc chloride at 500 °C, which displayed high-performance CO2 uptake and supercapacitance.
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Density Functional Theory Investigations on the Coordination of Pa(V) with N, N-dialkylamide

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ00687D, Paper
Jun Ma, Chu-Ting Yang, Jun Han, Sheng Hu, Haizhu Yu, Xinggui Long
Density functional theory (DFT) method was used to study the coordination of a series of N, N-dialkylamides with Pa(V) to shed light on the inherent principals for screening amides extractants...
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A Size-Controlled Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles by the Berry Extract of Sea Buckthorn and the Biological Activities

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01335H, Paper
Simin Wei, Yinghui Wang, Zhishu Tang, Jinhang Hu, Su Rui, Lin Jingjie, Zhou Tuan, Hui Guo, Wang Nan, Xu Rongrong
Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) has been extensively studied by using a variety of plant extracts for the applications in biomedical sciences and engineering. However, there are no reports...
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Fast and easy conversion of ortho amidoaryldiselenides into the corresponding Ebselen-like derivatives driven by theoretical investigations.

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01605E, Paper
Vanessa Nascimento, Pâmella da Silva Cordeiro, Massimiliano Arca, Francesca Marini, Luca Sancineto, Antonio Luiz Braga, Vito Lippolis, Michio Iwaoka, Claudio Santi
DFT calculations performed on amidoaryldiselenides as electrophilic derivatives evidenced the presence of a prevalent Se···O weak interaction when selenium is bonded to a Se atom (diselenides), a Br atom (selenenyl...
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Benchmarking the inversion barriers in σ3λ3-phosphorus compounds: a computational study

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01237H, Paper
Arturo Espinosa Ferao, Antonio García Alcaraz
The study of inversion barriers for ninety-four P(III)-containing compounds has been carried out using DFT calculations. Most of these compounds display a typical vertex (“umbrella”) transition state (TS) structure, whereas...
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POM-based dyes featured rigidified bithiophene π linkers: Potential high-efficient dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01150A, Paper
Yu Gao, Li-Kai Yan, Wei Guan, Yanhong Xu
A series of POM-based dyes with triphenylamine electron donor group, cyanoacrylic acid electron acceptor group and different π linkers of thiophene derivatives are systematically investigated to analyze the influence of...
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Cu(II)Cl2 Containing Bispyridine-based Porous Organic Polymer Support Prepared via Alkyne-Azide Cycloaddition as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for Oxidation of Various Olefins

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ01174F, Letter
Jong Ho Yoon, Hye Min Choi, Suk Joong Lee
New class of porous organic polymer (POP) based heterogeneous catalyst Cu-POP was prepared from immobilizing Cu(II)Cl2 into bpy containing POP prepared via alkyne-azide cycloaddition. This new catalyst showed efficient catalytic...
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Three Children’s Books

Crayons, lights, and the boyhood of poet Pablo Neruda.




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In the Kettle, the Shriek

Hannah Stephenson’s first book of poems.




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A New Look for Image

With the same great content as always.




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The Breakfast of Champions

Previewing the November/December issue of B&C.




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“How Do You Decide What Books to Review?”

It’s very subjective.




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What Makes This Book So Great

Jo Walton on sci-fi and fantasy.




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Revisiting the "Englewood Review of Books"

A very tasty menu.




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Celebrating Muriel Spark

A volume of her essays and a collection in her honor.




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Get Prufrock

An indispensable literary newsletter.




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Secrets of Book-Reviewing

Episode 1.




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Secrets of Book Reviewing 2

An editor's not-so-occult revelations.




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Secrets of Book Reviewing 3

Sometimes your bright ideas don't pan out.




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Scheduling Jekyll posts with Netlify and GitHub Actions

Last year, I wrote about how to schedule Jekyll posts using Netlify and AWS Lambda[^1]. I used that approach from the moment I wrote that blog post up until today. What changed? In the past year, GitHub has introduced GitHub Actions[^2], a way to run container jobs triggered by different GitHub events. One of those...




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How I think about solving problems

Early on in my career as a software developer I thought my primary contribution was writing code. After all, software engineers are paid to ship software and writing code is a key component of that. It took several years for me to realize that there are numerous other contributions that go into shipping software (if...




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[ASAP] <italic toggle="yes">Leishmania infantum</italic> Enhances Migration of Macrophages via a Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase ?-Dependent Pathway

ACS Infectious Diseases
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Rare Books Revealed: Parchment Repurposed

Sometimes when catalogers examine a book, we find that parts of its structure use recycled materials from other books. These materials are often invisible, hidden away under outer coverings of paper or leather, and revealed only when an item is damaged or taken apart for conservation. But sometimes, the entire outer cover itself is made from...

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Treasure Trove: Constructing the Central Park Reservoir

A series of remarkable photographs from the library’s Geographic File (PR20) documents the construction of the Central Park Reservoir,  located between 86th and 96th streets.  Built between 1858 and 1862, the 106-acre reservoir is 40 feet deep and holds over a billion gallons of water. Once a critical part of the city’s fresh water system, it received water from the Croton...

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Manhattan Housing Stock, 1900

Conceived by housing reformer Lawrence Veiller and produced in conjunction with the Charity Organization Society, the Tenement House Exhibition opened on Fifth Avenue near 38th Street in February 1900. The exhibition was an innovative, groundbreaking way to educate the public about substandard housing in New York City. It resonated with people in a way that...

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  • Maps
  • Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor
  • Charity Organization Society
  • Lawrence Veiller
  • Prevalence of Disease
  • Strong-holds of Poverty
  • Tenement House Exhibition
  • Tenement Law of 1901
  • United Hebrew Charities

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All Work and No Play: Celebration at the Workingman’s School

Today, the Ethical Culture Fieldston School is a prestigious K-12 school serving more than 1,600 students on campuses in Manhattan and Riverdale. But like many long-running New York institutions—including the New-York Historical Society—the school has seen multiple iterations and locations before settling into its current form. The school’s story begins with the Free Kindergarten, which...

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Brooklyn’s Boardwalk Empire

In time for its 95th anniversary, the Coney Island Boardwalk has become a New York City landmark! On May 15, 2018, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the wooden walkway a scenic landmark (read the designation report here). It joins others around the city like Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn and Morningside Park in Manhattan. The Boardwalk–officially called the Riegelmann Boardwalk...

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Wiring Manhattan: Sterling Communications and Cable Television in New York City

Between 1945 and 1960 the number of television sets in use in the United States rose from a few thousand to approximately 60 million. Although many of the programs shown originated in New York City, many of Gotham’s denizens had to endure a steadily degrading signal reception. The cause: new buildings in the vertically growing...

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The 1923 American Silk Mission to Asia

Dancing geishas, ancient palaces, drifting over misty rivers in a houseboat. The adventures of a businessman traveling through China, Japan, and Korea in 1923 are captured within the detailed correspondence and ephemera saved by Myron S. Falk (1878-1945), an engineer from New York City who was sent on a trip to Asia with the American Silk...

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Selections from the James Boyd Collection of New York City Etchings

The James Boyd Collection of New York City Etchings in the Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections is a particularly lovely survey of etchings by various artists depicting the city between 1910 and 1935. Boyd donated the collection to the New-York Historical Society in honor of his wife, Agnes Boyd, in 1935, and continued to...

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Treasure Trove: Our Oldest Printed Book

While the collections of the New-York Historical Society’s Patricia D. Klingenstein Library contain many oddities acquired over a long period of time, none is, at first blush, stranger than our oldest printed book: a copy of the Moralia of Pope Gregory the Great, printed in Basel in 1496. Why strange? Because in collections shaped largely...

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The Return of Canal Park

Tiny Canal Park, a .66-acre triangular green space that sits on Canal Street between Washington and West Streets, hides a substantial history. The city’s ownership of this land dates back to the Dongan Charter in 1686 and the Montgomery Charter in 1730. By the time this land was approved as a site for the Clinton...

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Selections from the James Boyd Collection of New York City Etchings, part 2

An earlier post introduced readers to a sampling of artwork from the James Boyd Collection of New York City Etchings. Today’s post highlights works by William C. McNulty, an American painter, illustrator, etcher and art instructor whose work is part of the Boyd Collection. McNulty was born in Ogden, Utah in 1884. He began his career as  an editorial...

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Rare Books Revealed: Text Corrections in Printed Books

While working on the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library’s hidden collections cataloging project, I’ve found some examples of the different methods authors and printers used to fix small errors in a text after an item was printed. Shown below are a few examples of the corrections that were made directly to the page. In the first...

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