Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a ternary alloy having the formula SixTiyNiz, wherein x, y and z are natural numbers, for use in electrolysis and photoelectrolysis, in particular photo-oxidation of water. One aspect of the invention relates to a method for the manufacture of an electrode, the method comprising a step of heating a carrier comprising a surface having a layer of silicon on which a layer of TiO2 is disposed, the layer of TiO2 being covered with a layer of NiO; the heating step being carried out at a temperature above 1,000° C., and preferably between 1,150° C. and 1,250° C. The invention also relates to an electrode comprising a carrier, said electrode having either: an outer surface on which particles of a ternary alloy having the formula SixTiyNiz are positioned, wherein x, y and z are natural numbers, and wherein the particles form protrusions; or an outer surface consisting of a layer of said alloy, the layer comprising protrusions.

Abstract: An active light-emitting layer composition including a thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) molecule with TADF properties as a host material and a luminescent molecule with circularly polarized (CP) properties as a dopant. Also, a light-emitting device, such as an organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), including the active light-emitting layer made of this composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds simultaneously having thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF), circularly polarised luminescence (CPL) and aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) properties. The invention also relates to the use of such compounds as a photocatalyst or as a dopant, in particular in the emitting layers of light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), as well as light-emitting devices or light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) comprising such compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition (C1) including: (a) at least one compound of formula (I) in which each of the radicals Z is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent radical (Z1); (b) at least one compound of formula (IV); (c) a compound of formula (V). The invention also relates to a method for preparing said composition and to the use thereof in cosmetics.

Abstract: The invention relates to a surfactant composition including at least one compound of formula (I): in which each of the radicals Z is a hydrogen atom or (Z1); at least one compound of formula (IV); one compound of formula (V); and one compound of formula (VI). The invention also relates to a method for preparing said composition and to the use thereof in cosmetics.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ruthenium alkylidene complex comprising a 1-aryl-3-cycloalkyl-imidazolin-2-ylidene ligand, the cycloalkyl group of said 1-aryl-3-cycloalkyl-imidazolin-2-ylidene ligand being a cyclic secondary aliphatic alkyl.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing an asymmetrical imidazolium salt of formula (1A), in which R1 is an aromatic group, R2 is chosen from a cyclic secondary aliphatic alkyl group and a heteroalkyl group, R3 and R4 are chosen, independently of one another, from the group consisting of hydrogen, a halide and an alkyl group, and A? is an anion. The process comprises a first substep of forming a reaction mixture by bringing one equivalent of an aniline into contact with one equivalent of a compound bearing an amine group, in the presence of at least four point five equivalents of a Brønsted acid. The process also comprises a second substep of forming a solution comprising one equivalent of a dicarbonyl, one equivalent of formaldehyde, and at least four point five equivalents of the Brønsted acid, and adding thereto the reaction mixture formed in the first substep. The mixture is left to stir for a predetermined time at a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: This invention describes a process for metathesis of olefins from feedstocks obtained from the Fischer-Tropsch process, using as catalyst a ruthenium alkylidene complex comprising a saturated or unsaturated, dissymmetrical N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand.

Abstract: A process for enzymatically converting a furanoside substrate in a product of interest, includes contacting the substrate with an enzyme in presence of an alcohol acceptor, wherein the enzyme is preferably Araf51, and wherein the product is preferably an alkyl furanoside. The mutant Araf51 enzyme showing improved transglycosylation activity in comparison with the native wild-type (wt) Araf51 enzyme, and a method for screening the mutants are also described.

Abstract: This invention describes a process for metathesis of olefins from feedstocks obtained from the Fischer-Tropsch process, using as catalyst a ruthenium alkylidene complex comprising a saturated or unsaturated, dissymmetrical N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand.

Abstract: The present invention relates to catalytically active compounds of the general formula (1) that are highly tunable, as well as to a method of their preparation and their use in any type metathesis reaction. The new compounds of the present invention comprise activation sites that allow for specific catalyst design. Particularly, side chains and ligands allow efficient activity and specificity control of the catalysts of the present invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to C-glycose compounds of formula (I) where: S? is a monosaccharide radical or a polysaccharide radical derived from a monosaccharide or polysaccharide S; R is a linear or branched alkyl radical; and Z is an ethylenyl CH?CR1(R2) or an acetylenyl C?CR3 radical. The invention also relates to a method for preparing C-glycoside compounds of formula (III), characterized in that the method consists of a step of reacting a sugar (S), in an aqueous solvent or in the absence of a solvent and in the presence of an organic or mineral base (B), with a phosphonate of formula (II) according to the following reaction pattern: Formulas (II), (III).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a terpenoid derivative, the process comprising a metathesis of an olefin and a terpenoid, and to terpenoid derivatives prepared with said process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) or the formula (II) in which: W is an oxygen atom or a radical of the formula NH; X is hydrogen or an alkaline cation or a C1-C8 alkyl or a —(CH2)n3—C(R4)(R5)(R6) radical; X and R on the one hand and X and R1 on the other hand may independently form an optionally substituted cycle with 5, 6 or 7 links. The invention also relates to complexes of said compounds with at least one metal selected from the group comprising copper, palladium, ruthenium, iridium and rhodium, and to a method for the synthesis of these compounds. These compounds and complexes can be used in various asymmetrical catalysis methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to surfactant compositions made from esters or amides of the betaine glycine, produced by reaction of the glycine betaine with a sulphonic acid and an alcohol or a fatty-chain amine derived from vegetable oils. The invention further relates to a cosmetic comprising said surfactant composition, in particular, liquid soap, bath foam, shower gel or shampoo.

Abstract: The invention relates to surfactant compositions made from esters or amides of the betaine glycine, produced by reaction of the glycine betaine with a sulphonic acid and an alcohol or a fatty-chain amine derived from vegetable oils. The invention further relates to a cosmetic comprising said surfactant composition, in particular, liquid soap, bath foam, shower gel or shampoo.

Abstract: The invention relates to surfactant compositions made from esters or amides of the betaine glycine, produced by reaction of the glycine betaine with a sulphonic acid and an alcohol or a fatty-chain amine derived from vegetable oils. The invention further relates to a cosmetic comprising said surfactant composition, in particular, liquid soap, bath foam, shower gel or shampoo.

Abstract: The invention relates to all compounds of the formula (I) or (II) in which: L is a neutral ligand; X, X? are anionic ligands; R1 and R2 are, separately, a hydrogen, a C1-C6 alkyl, a C1-C6 perhalogenoalkyl, a aldehyde, a ketone, an ester, a nitrile, an aryl, a pyridinium alkyl, an optionally substituted C5 or C6 pyridinium alkyl, perhalogenoalkyl or cyclohexyl, a Cnh2NY radical 10 with n between 1 and 6 and y an i8onic marker, or a radical having the formula: wherein R1 can be a radical of formula (Ibis) when the compound has formula (I) or of formula (IIbis) when the compound has formula (II), R3 is a C1-C6 alkyl, or a C5 or C6 cycloalkyl or a C5 or C6 aryl; R0, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, are, separately, a hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, a C1-C6 perhalogenoalkyl, or a C5 or C6 aryl; wherein R9, R10, R11 can be a heterocycle; X1 is anion. R1 and R2 can form, with the N and the C to which they are attached, a heterocycle.