Novel synthetic method of NbC nanoparticles was reported. The key point of the method is inhibition of capillary action due to the repulsion between hydrophobic MPC and ionic KNbO3, and reaction proceeded at spatially-limited external surface of MPC.
<p>Multi-chromic luminescence in a di-copper(<sc>i</sc>) complex containing NHC ligands, which exhibited dual tribochromism and chronochromism, was observed.</p>
<p>Pt/MoOx/TiO2 shows excellent catalytic performance for the reverse water-gas shift reaction at 250 °C <italic>via</italic> reverse Mars–van Krevelen mechanism.</p>