Silicon nanowires were synthesized, in a controlled manner, for their practical integration into devices. Gold colloids were used for nanowire synthesis by the vapor-liquid-solid growth mechanism.

Borohydride exchange resin (BER) with transition metal (Ni2+, Co2+, Cu2+, Cu+, Pd2+) catalysts reduced C = C double bond to single bonds, and aromatic nitro compounds to amines in ethanol solvent.

Grafting of a ferrocene-containing liquid-crystalline malonate derivative to C-60 led to the mixed fullerene-ferrocene material 1 which gave rise to a smectic A phase.

Few metal oxide photoanodes are able to reduce protons to hydrogen because their conduction band minimum is located at too positive potentials.