In this special issue 17 articles were published by invitation to honor professor Chung-Yuan Mou's 70^th birthday. Thanks to the authors, who accecpted the invitation to summarize his/her research in a very nice from to read. The JCCS congratulates Prof. Mou on his 70^th birthday and wish him a happy retirement. Please join us to find out more information about these manuscripts.

Contour map of the electronic charge density in the honeycomb web that develops upon warming from 6 to 16 K, as obtained from the x-ray diffraction pattern. Significantly large amount of electronic charge shift to Co(2)O(7), Co(3)O(1), and Co(5)O(4) bonds are clearly revealed.

We herein introduce a combination approach in determining the protein structure-dynamics-function in solution through small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering (SAXS and SANS) contrast variation, combined with multi-scale molecular dynamics simulations to describe the hydrodynamics conformation transitions of biomacromolecules in the facilities of synchrotron/neutron beamline stations (TLS 23A and TPS 13A at NSRRC, Taiwan/QUOKKA and BILBY at ANSTO, Australia).

Tungstated zirconia supported on mesoporous SBA-15 by impregnation in a supercritical ethanol and promoted with 1 wt% of Pt shows 100% selectivity of iso-pentane and 2 times conversion in n-pentane isomerization, compared with the counterpart prepared by conventional impregnation.

NA–CO₂ batteries are considered alternative to Li-batteries because of their abundance and low cost. The main discharge products of NA–CO₂ batteries are NA₂CO₃ and C. In the current review, various strategies are discussed to decompose the discharge products and hence improve cycle stability.

The larger contribution to the calculated red shift in excitation energy is from electrostatic term, but polarization contribution is comparable in magnitude. For absorption strength, electrostatic term being the principal feature reduced the absorption strengths, whereas polarization term gives opposite effects. Electrostatic interaction dominated in broadening of spectral profiles while solvation.

Relative solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) film thickness investigation on graphite electrodes after the first charge state in the lithium-ion battery was successfully demonstrated by the ex-situ small-angle neutron scattering technique. The results show that SEI thickness influenced electrolytes and additives, which might ultimately impact battery performance.

ZnAl-hydrotalcite supported Au₂₅ nanoclusters with different loading of gold were prepared for chemoselective hydrogenation of 3-nitrostyrene to 3-vinylaniline. The reaction rates were largely dependent on the loading of Au, which is a reflection of gold particle sizes. Both of the structural and electronic properties of the gold nanoparticles were responsible for the change of the catalytic performances.

Mesoporous silica thin films-based/chitosan (SBA-15(⊥)/CS) mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) with superior nanofiltration performance were fabricated for dye wastewater purification. The high permeance, outstanding selectivity in dye/salt separation, and long-term stability was achieved by epoxy group-modified SBA-15(⊥)-Epo/CS MMMs, which is attributed to better compatibility between SBA-15(⊥)-Epo and chitosan, and the vertically oriented nanochannels.

Mesoporous carbon platelets of high surface area (>1,000 m²/g), large pore size (>10.0 nm), and short channel length (<100 nm) for the application in high-power supercapacitor have been synthesized via a co-assembly approach for the formation of the phenol formaldehyde-Pluronic F127-calcium phosphate composite.

Isoflavones were obtained in good to high yields via the Stille coupling by a reusable Pd(II)/2,2′-cationic bipyridyl system in water under air, and a naturally occurring product, daidzein, could be prepared by this simple protocol via a one-pot reaction.

The thermodynamic solubility product of amorphous magnesium carbonate is estimated to be 6.3 × 10⁻⁶.

Two novel carboline-based hole-transporting materials (α-CPTBF and β-CPTBF) were developed as electron donors for combining a triazine-cored acceptor 3,4-CN to give exciplex-forming systems. The replacement of carbazole in the model molecule (CPTBF) with carboline leads to a new material with deeper highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy levels, resulting in hypsochromic shift of photoluminescence and electroluminescence of the exciplex emission.

We demonstrate synthetic strategies of selectively growing metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes from ultra-small cobalt catalysts (<1.5 nm) in mesoporous substrates prepared via four loading methods that rationally define locations and sizes of cobalt nanoparticles.

The pore characterization of ZIF system using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) technique is presented. The comparison between the results obtained by various methods can provide the verification, complementary information and error analysis to the conventional method using nitrogen atom as probe.

Lithium diffusion coefficient in LFPV has been well studied via quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) technique. The experimental data show that the self-diffusion coefficient DLi was estimated to be ~3 × 10⁻⁷ cm²/s at temperature of 600 K.

The surface of gold nanorods is chemically charged by ascorbic acid; the charging effect can change the deposition rate of silver atoms on Au nanorods. The deposition rate highly depends on the amounts of the charging.

Predict the binding of toxic gases with metal ions - hexa-vacancy defective graphenes (HDG). HDG-Fe(II) and HDG-Cu(II) have the best and worst abilities to capture SO₂, SO₃, H₂S , and N2O, respectively.