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Kuppuswamy Kalyanasundaram
Other affiliations: Royal Institution
Bio: Kuppuswamy Kalyanasundaram is an academic researcher from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ruthenium & Photoelectrochemical cell. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 71 publications receiving 16761 citations. Previous affiliations of Kuppuswamy Kalyanasundaram include Royal Institution.
Topics: Ruthenium, Photoelectrochemical cell, Ligand, Catalysis, Cadmium sulfide
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TL;DR: New, hydrophobic ionic liquids with low melting points (<−30 °C to ambient temperature) have been synthesized and investigated, based on 1,3-dialkyl imidazolium cations and hydrophilic anions and thus water-soluble.
Abstract: New, hydrophobic ionic liquids with low melting points (<−30 °C to ambient temperature) have been synthesized and investigated, based on 1,3-dialkyl imidazolium cations and hydrophobic anions. Other imidazolium molten salts with hydrophilic anions and thus water-soluble are also described. The molten salts were characterized by NMR and elemental analysis. Their density, melting point, viscosity, conductivity, refractive index, electrochemical window, thermal stability, and miscibility with water and organic solvents were determined. The influence of the alkyl substituents in 1, 2, 3, and 4(5)-positions on these properties was scrutinized. Viscosities as low as 35 cP (for 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)amide (bis(triflyl)amide) and trifluoroacetate) and conductivities as high as 9.6 mS/cm were obtained. Photophysical probe studies were carried out to establish more precisely the solvent properties of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)amide). The hydrophobi...
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TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that in the presence of polar solvents, there is a significant enhancement in the intensity of the 0-0 vibronic band at the expense of other bands.
Abstract: The fluorescence intensities for various vibronic fine structures in the pyrene monomer fluorescence show strong solvent dependence. In the presence of polar solvents, there is a significant enhancement in the intensity of the 0--0 vibronic band at the expense of other bands. This strong perturbation in the vibronic band intensities is more dependent on the solvent dipole moment than on the bulk solvent dielectric constant. This suggests the operation of some specific solute--solvent dipole--dipole interaction mechanism. The strong perturbation of the vibronic band intensities has been used as a probe to accurately determine critical micelle concentrations and also to investigate the extent of water penetration in micellar systems.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a method for the extraction of the structure of the LPI-ARTICLE-1982-012 (LPI-2012-012) abstract from the Web of Science Record.
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TL;DR: A review of the recent applications of transition metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) and ligand-centered (π −π*) excited states of these complexes is given in this article.
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TL;DR: Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) offer the possibilities to design solar cells with a large flexibility in shape, color, and transparency as mentioned in this paper, and many DSC research groups have been established around the world.
Abstract: Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) offer the possibilities to design solar cells with a large flexibility in shape, color, and transparency. DSC research groups have been established around the worl ...
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TL;DR: Approaches to Modifying the Electronic Band Structure for Visible-Light Harvesting and its Applications d0 Metal Oxide Photocatalysts 6518 4.4.1.
Abstract: 2.3. Evaluation of Photocatalytic Water Splitting 6507 2.3.1. Photocatalytic Activity 6507 2.3.2. Photocatalytic Stability 6507 3. UV-Active Photocatalysts for Water Splitting 6507 3.1. d0 Metal Oxide Photocatalyts 6507 3.1.1. Ti-, Zr-Based Oxides 6507 3.1.2. Nb-, Ta-Based Oxides 6514 3.1.3. W-, Mo-Based Oxides 6517 3.1.4. Other d0 Metal Oxides 6518 3.2. d10 Metal Oxide Photocatalyts 6518 3.3. f0 Metal Oxide Photocatalysts 6518 3.4. Nonoxide Photocatalysts 6518 4. Approaches to Modifying the Electronic Band Structure for Visible-Light Harvesting 6519
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