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Messi scores hat trick as Argentina outclasses Bolivia in South American World Cup qualifying

Lionel Messi shines with a hat trick and two assists in its 6-0 home win as Argentina dominates in World Cup qualifying match




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Thomas Tuchel signs contract to become England’s new national team coach

The German is set to become the third foreign manager to take charge of the England men's team




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Thomas Tuchel appointment: A German in charge of England? Nationality matters less than it used to in international football

Thomas Tuchel taking charge of England shows that, increasingly, even the top countries in the sport are abandoning the long-held belief that the national team must be led by one of their own.




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Rampant Messi hits another hat-trick as Miami break MLS points record

Messi, who came off the bench in the 58th minute and led the late flurry of goals, has now scored 20 goals in 19 appearances in MLS with his former Barcelona team-mate Suarez also notching 20, from 27 games




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Daily quiz | On Indian men’s football

Men’s club football took a break last week and has resumed international matches. Quiz yourself on some stars in Indian men’s football




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ISL: Bengaluru rides on Mendez’s brace against Kerala Blasters, ends two-year wait for a win in Kochi

Bengaluru FC defeated Kerala Blasters 3-1 in the Indian Super League match




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Vinicius favourite for Ballon d'Or in post-Messi/Ronaldo era

The men's shortlist for the 2023/24 edition of the prestigious individual award is the first since 2003 to feature neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo




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Spain’s Rodri and Bonmatí win Ballon d’Or award for best men’s and women’s players in world soccer

Spanish midfielders Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí have won the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best players in men’s and women’s soccer




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ISL: Majcen nets brace as Punjab come from behind to beat Chennaiyin

Luka Majcen, donning a mask after fracturing his jaw in its opening game versus Kerala Blasters, scored twice in three minutes while Asmir Suljic put the result beyond doubt with a third goal in the 70th minute




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ISL: Majcen nets brace as Punjab comes from behind to beat Chennaiyin




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Liverpool goes top of Premier League as Man City’s 32-game unbeaten streak ends at Bournemouth

Manchester City’s 32-game unbeaten streak in the Premier League has ended in a 2-1 loss at Bournemouth as Liverpool wrested back the lead in the title race




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Olmo fires Barca past Espanyol as Simeone's son strikes for Atletico

Barcelona have started life under Flick in sensational form and after beating Bayern Munich and Real Madrid last week, earned their 10th win in 11 La Liga matches.




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Neymar picks up another injury in second game back from ACL tear

Neymar has time to recover before his next game, however, as he is not registered for the team’s matches in the Saudi Pro League and the next fixture in the AFC competition is on Nov. 25.




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Future home of standardista Estelle Weyl

At some point I will write something of interest. Today is not that day.




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Akshaya Tritiya: Planning to buy gold? Here are things to remember

Gold has proven to be a safe haven with increasing returns over the years



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Quick commerce firms Swiggy Instamart and Zepto to deliver gold and silver coins in 10 minutes

Tata Digital’s Bigbasket has partnered with Tanishq and MMTC-PAMP to offer gold and silver coins and bars



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RBI’s gold holding increases by 27.46 metric tonnes in FY24, reaching 822.10 metric tonnes mark

The report noted that the ratio of short-term debt to reserves has decreased, and foreign exchange reserves covering imports have increased to 11 months



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RBI’s gold holdings now exceed India’s annual demand for the precious metals

Central bank embarks on gold buying spree, adds 25 tonnes to forex reserves



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First case in India: Airline crew member caught smuggling gold in rectum

The crew member, identified as Surabhi Khatun from Kolkata, was intercepted at Kannur International Airport and found with 960 grams of smuggled gold




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RBI moves 100 tonnes of gold back home amid global uncertainty

Since late last year, all the major central banks are moving their gold reserves back home given the volatile global developments, including the unrest in West Asia and conflict between Iran and Iraq



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Tamil Nadu’s mineral exploration projects for gold, rare-earth elements approved

The state has seen an increase in mineral revenue, with plans to explore new deposits through agencies like the Geological Survey of India. 



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Budget 2024: To boost domestic production, Kerala gold trade seek basic customs duty reduction 

The recent increase in import duty from 7.5 to 15 per cent has significantly impacted production costs



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Will ‘one nation, one gold rate’ add to the yellow metal’s sheen?

Industry moots policy to bring transparency that can boost customer confidence



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Budget 2024: Domestic gold prices drop 5% after cut in Customs duty

Import levy cut to 6% from 11%, AIDC pruned to 1%; move may curb smuggling



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The purity paradox: Why gold’s fineness matters in your investment 

The precious metal’s brilliance lies not just in its physical form, but also in its adaptability to diverse investment strategies



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SRO will ensure industry gains consumers’ trust: WGC India chief

‘The code of conduct will be different for each segment of players across the value chain’




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Domestic gold prices surge 10% amid global price rally, central bank buying: World Gold Council

Manufacturers have noted that in some cases, orders have reached levels not seen in several years, underscoring the strong buying interest among jewellery retailers and consumers alike



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Gold purification: Provide small and medium refineries licences, says industry association

Merchants’ association urges Centre to review decision on mandatory hallmarking and HUIC certification for purifying old ornaments



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Gold hits all-time high in August as import duties drop and USD weakens

The rise was primarily driven by a drop in the US dollar and lower 10-year Treasury yields due to potential Federal Reserve rate cuts.



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Home Ecology Tips in English and Chinese

Our friend and colleague Catherine ZHOU kindly translated some introductory sections from Karen Christensen's  in-progress book Home Ecology. Versions of these tips were included in some of her previous books, and she is busy compiling and writing a new guide that will focus on preparing for climate change, but also deal with other issues close

The post Home Ecology Tips in English and Chinese appeared first on Berkshire Publishing.




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Bulk photovoltaic effect in a zero-dimensional room-temperature molecular ferroelectric [C8N2H22]1.5[Bi2I9]

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02698E, Paper
Zhibo Chen, Tianhong Luo, Jinrong Wen, Zhanqiang Liu, Jingshan Hou, Yongzheng Fang, Ganghua Zhang
Non-toxic molecular ferroelectrics have attracted significant interest due to their unique flexibility, low costs, and environmental friendliness. However, the variety of such materials with narrow bandgaps and above room temperature...
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Structural and Mechanistic Insights into Oxidative Biaryl Coupling to form Arylomycin Core by an Engineered CYP450

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02197E, Paper
Vandana Kardam, Vaibhav Bhatt, Kshatresh Dubey
Arylomycin, a potent antibiotic targeting bacterial signal peptidases, is difficult to synthesize experimentally due to its poor to moderate yields and the formation of a mixture of compounds. A recent...
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Influence of triphosphine ligand coordination geometry in Mn(I) hydride complexes [(P∩P∩P)(CO)2MnH] on their kinetic hydricity

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02496F, Paper
Sergey A. Kovalenko, Ekaterina S. Gulyaeva, Elena S. Osipova, Oleg A. Filippov, Anastasia Danshina, Laure Vendier, Nikolay V. Kireev, Ivan A. Godovikov, Yves CANAC, Dmitry A. Valyaev, Natalia Belkova, Elena Shubina
Octahedral Mn(I) complexes bearing tridentate donor ligands [(L∩L’∩L’’)(CO)2MnX] have recently emerged as major players in catalytic (de)hydrogenation processes. While most of these systems are still based on structurally rigid pincer...
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Rhenium(I) and technetium(I) complexes with megazol derivatives: towards the development of a theranostic platform for Chagas disease

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02714K, Paper
Ana Cristina Resende Gonçalves, Silvia Helena Libardi, Júlio Cesar Borges, Ronaldo Junio de Oliveira, Carla Gotzmann, Olivier Blacque, Sergio Albuquerque, Carla Duque Lopes, Roger Alberto, Pedro Ivo da Silva Maia
The diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease (CD) in the chronic phase remains a challenge. With that in mind, a potential theranostic device based on the trypanocidal agent known as...
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Achieving isopropenyl-enriched polyisoprene: unraveling the role of bidentate vs. tridentate iron precatalysts through ligand framework design

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02659D, Paper
Sunny Sohail, Yanping Ma, Qaiser Mahmood, Zexu Hu, Yizhou Wang, Tongling Liang, Wen-Hua Sun
The coordination sphere and steric variations in iron catalysts present a fascinating strategy for adjusting monomer regio- and stereoselective enchainment, leading to the development of novel polymer structures in isoprene polymerization.
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Quantitative determination and subcellular mapping of Pt-based drugs in single breast tumour cells via laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02467B, Paper
Open Access
Legna Colina-Vegas, Thibaut Van Acker, Wilmer Villarreal, Olivier De Wever, Alzir Azevedo Batista, Joaquim Araújo Nóbrega, Frank Vanhaecke
This study utilizes LA-ICP-MS to reveal the distribution and determine the concentration of Pt in MDA-MB-231 cells, providing insight into the mechanism and efficacy of Pt-based chemotherapeutic drugs.
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Syntheses, structures and characterization of noncentrosymmetric MZnPO4 (M = K, NH4)

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02530J, Paper
Jiawei Zhao, Wei Wei, Meihui Chen, Yanna Chen, Donghai An
Two phosphates, KZnPO4 and NH4ZnPO4, were successfully synthesized, and both structures show a three-way skeleton of isolated PO4 and ZnO4 tetrahedra. And NCS KZnPO4 and NH4ZnPO4 can exhibit SHG responses of 0.4 × KDP and 1 × KDP.
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Alkyl initiated ring opening polymerization of lactide by indium complexes supported by NCN pincer ligands

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02603A, Paper
Takeo Iwase, Afagh Habibzadeh, Chatura Goonesinghe, Kudzanai Nyamayaro, Joseph Chang, Jason Wai-Lok Poon, Salik Hasan Rushdy, Justin Koh, Brian O. Patrick, Parisa Mehrkhodavandi
Alkyl-indium NCN pincer complexes supported by amine donors are significantly more active for lactide polymerization than the analogous imine derivatives.
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A Zr-based metal–organic framework drug release system with long-lasting antibacterial behavior for accelerating wound healing

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02734E, Paper
Hui-Qian Zheng, Han-Xiao Feng, Bing-Xin Li, Yi-Fei Hui, Yi-Han Lin, Xian-Feng Su, Lai-Peng Yan, Zijie Zhou, Zu-Jin Lin, Faqiang Tang
A biocompatible Zr-based metal–organic framework drug release system, CIP@SU-102, was fabricated by the cation exchange method, which shows superior and long-lasting antibacterial activity as well as effective promotion of infected wound healing.
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The mechanism of Mo-nitrogenase: from N2 capture to first release of NH3

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02606C, Paper
Ian Dance
I describe how nitrogenase catalyses N2 → HNNH → HNNH2 → NH3 + NH and how the calculated dynamics explain recent kinetics data.
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Investigating the formation of metal nitride complexes employing a tetradentate bis-carbene bis-phenolate ligand

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT01765J, Paper
Romain Kunert, Diego Martelino, Samyadeb Mahato, Nicholas Hein, Jason Pulfer, Christian Philouze, Olivier Jarjayes, Fabrice Thomas, Tim Storr
The synthesis of MnV and CrV nitride complexes of a pro-radical tetradentate bis-phenol bis-N-heterocyclic carbene ligand H2LC2O2 were investigated. Employing either azide photolysis of the MnIII precursor complex MnLC2O2(N3) or...
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Solvatomorphic Phase Transitions and Tunable Luminescence Emission in Lanthanide Metal-Organic Frameworks

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02613F, Paper
Alena A. Vasileva, Pavel A. Demakov, Tatiana Y. Guselnikova, Alexey A. Ryadun, Vladimir P Fedin, Danil N. Dybtsev
Four new metal-organic frameworks with the formulae [Sm2(phen)2(NO3)2(chdc)2]·2Solv, where Solv = N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF; 1), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA; 2), N,N-diethylformamide (DEF; 3), N-formylpiperidine (NFP; 4), phen = 1,10-phenanthroline and chdc2– = trans-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate...
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Development of Polyoxometalate-loaded MOF for Heterogeneous Catalysis and Enhanced Dye Adsorption

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02645D, Paper
Ketan Maru, Sarita Kalla, Ritambhara Jangir
The study focuses here on the enhancement of MIL-117 functionality by incorporating well-known polyoxometalate (POM); tetrabutylammonium octamolybdate [(n-C4H9)4N]4[Mo8O26]. Using an encapsulation method with conventional heating, Mo8O264- anions were first time...
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A ratiometric luminescence thermometer based on lanthanide encapsulated complexes

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02639J, Paper
Aribam Rishikanta Sharma, Atom Rajiv Singh, Anju Ajayan Kongasseri, Swadhin Garain, Ann Mariella Babu, Rajkumari Lonibala, Raju Laishram
This paper describes the synthesis of various luminescent Tb and Eu complexes by encapsulation in a Ca-complex. The synthesised material was then used as a ratiometric luminescence thermometer, in which thermometric parameters could be tuned.
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Syntheses and structures of dimesitylphosphinite complexes of alkali metals and their catalytic activity in hydrophosphorylation reactions

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02721C, Paper
Open Access
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Benjamin E. Fener, Philipp Schüler, Phil Liebing, Helmar Görls, Matthias Westerhausen
The diarylphosphinite complexes of the alkali metals exhibit a broad structural variety. Especially for potassium dimesitylphosphinite, the heterocubane cage can be broken down into dimeric K2O2 units by adding oligodentate ether molecules.
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Rational fabrication of an anionic zinc carboxylate framework as a fluorescent probe for 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02529F, Paper
Hui-Hui Xie, Hao Yu, Xiuling Xu, Si-Fu Tang
An anionic zinc carboxylate framework has been fabricated as a fluorescent sensor for the detection of 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (DPA).
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Design and theoretical analysis of a tunable bifunctional metasurface absorber based on vanadium dioxide and photoconductive silicon

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02563F, Paper
Changfeng Fu, Xinke Wang, Yicheng Zhang, Jiaxin Ju, Wei Fan, Xiaobo Yan, Lianfu Han
A bifunctional metasurface absorber based on vanadium dioxide (VO2) and photoconductive silicon (PSi) is proposed, which can be switched from dual- to single-broadband absorption by VO2, and the absorptivity is tunable by varying σPSi.
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Chemistry of organometallic nucleic acid components: personal perspectives and prospects for the future

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02634A, Perspective
Mateusz Klarek, Konrad Kowalski
Article summarizes over 12 years of studies on organometallic nucleic acid components in our laboratory. It outlines synthetic chemistry, redox, photophysical and biological properties alike. It also shows directions for future development.
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Multifunctional chiral metal hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks constructed from lanthanide ions with a trigonal prismatic coordination environment

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02131B, Paper
Guo Peng, Guo-Xing Zhou, Xiang-Tao Dong, Yong-Bo Peng, Rong-Yan Zhang, Ying-Zhao Ma, Xiao-Ming Ren
Four multifunctional chiral lanthanide hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks with second harmonic generation, single molecule magnet behavior and proton conductive ability are reported herein.
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Two amino-functionalized metal–organic frameworks with different topologies for C2H2/C2H4 separation

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02592J, Communication
Yue Li, Mingming Xu, Hongyan Liu, Xiaokang Wang, Yutong Wang, Meng Sun, Weidong Fan, Daofeng Sun
Two amino-functionalized metal–organic frameworks (UPC-121 and UPC-122) with different topologies were obtained by regulating metal ions. Among them, UPC-122 exhibit the potential to separate C2H2/C2H4 at room temperature.
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