Ligands play a crucial role in supporting or stabilizing the divalent oxidation state of
lanthanide metals. To expand the range of ligands used to chelate divalent lanthanide ions …

Given their very negative redox potential (eg, Li+→ Li (0),− 3.04 V; K+→ K (0),− 2.93 V),
chemical reduction of Group-1 metal cations is one of the biggest challenges in inorganic …

The environment around a host–guest complex is defined by intermolecular interactions
between the complex, solvent molecules, and counterions. These interactions govern both …

Grease is an important type of lubricant. In this study, a computational simulation strategy
suitable for revealing the self-assembled structure of grease and its formation mechanism is …

Group 1 metal molecular chemistry is dominated by a+ 1 oxidation state, while a 0 oxidation
state is widespread in the metals. A more exotic, yet still available, oxidation state of group 1 …

Seeking novel multi-response molecular switches have led to the ongoing development in
the field of molecular electronics. Focusing on single-pole quadruple-throw (SP4T) …

Exploration of novel molecular switches is an ongoing hot issue in molecular electronics.
Alkalides and electrides are two typical representatives of excess electron compounds. It …

A systematic electronic structure analysis was conducted for M (L) n molecular electrides
and their corresponding alkalide units M (L) n@ M′(M/M′= Na, K; L= Tren, Azacryptand …

The possibility to design new superalkali species by encapsulating main-group s-block
metals (alkali metal and alkaline earth metal) into aza-cryptands has been examined under …

To combine both electride and alkalide characteristics in one molecular switch, it is shown
herein that the phenalenyl radical and the M3 ring (M3–PHY, M= Li, Na, and K) stacked with …