Reactivity of a gold(I)/platinum(0) frustrated Lewis pair with germanium and tin dihalides
The reactivity of germanium and tin dichlorides with a transition metal-only frustrated Lewis pair based on Au(I) and Pt(0) compounds bearing bulky phosphine ligands is described in this work. We have examined both the reactivity of tetrylene dihalides towards the...
Casimir–Lifshitz Force Based Optical Resonators
We theoretically investigate the building of optical resonators based on the levitation properties of thin films subjected to strong repulsive Casimir–Lifshitz forces when immersed in an adequate medium and confronted with a planar substrate. We propose a design in...
Large gap atmospheric pressure barrier discharges using ferroelectric materials
This work reports a phenomenological comparative study of atmospheric pressure barrier plasmas using ferroelectric (ferroelectric barrier discharge (FBD)) and dielectric (dielectric barrier discharge (DBD)) plates to moderate the discharge. For FBD operation and large...
Synthesis, Structure and Nickel Carbonyl Complexes of Dialkylterphenyl Phosphines
The experimental and computational characterization of a series of dialkylterphenyl phosphines, PR2Ar′ is described. The new P‐donors comprise five compounds of general formula PR2ArDtbp2 (R = Me, Et, iPr, c‐C5H9 and c‐C6H11); ArDtbp2 = 2,6‐C6H3‐(3,5‐C6H3‐(CMe3)2)2),...
Cooperative activation of X–H (X = H, C, O, N) bonds by a Pt(0)/Ag(I) metal-only Lewis pair
Metal-only Lewis pairs made of Pt(0)/Ag(I) combinations have been previously reported, but their cooperative reactivity remains unexplored. Here we demonstrate that these systems are capable of synergistically activating a wide variety of X–H (X = H, C, O, N) bonds,...