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Synthesis of Gadolinium Doped ZnO Nanomaterials Using the Modified-Solvothermal Method and Studied the Effect of Gadolinium on the Structural, Morphological, and Optical Properties
The synthesis and study of doped semiconducting nanomaterials have drawn great importance to researchers over the last few years. In the present study, we premeditated the structural, morphological and optical...
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Interlayer sensitized van der Waals heterojunction photodetector with enhanced performance
Although photodetection based on two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdWs) P—N heterojunction has attracted extensive attention recently, their low responsivity (R) due to the lack of carrier gain mechanism in...
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Corrosion protection ability of hydrophobic zinc based coordination polymers on mild steel surface
A series of Zn2+ based hydrophobic coordination polymers (CPs) have been synthesized by varying methylene spacers length (m = 1 to m = 6) of aliphatic dicarboxylic acids followed by reaction with the zinc acetate...
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Identification of Novel Microbial Strains for Reduced Pesticide Use in Millets
Millets are worldwide used crops, and more than thousands of varieties of millet crops are cultivated globally because of their beneficial supplement to the human diet. Also, it is rich in micronutrients and p...
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Time Dependent Analysis of Galvanic Corrosion on Mild Steel with Magnesium Alloy (AE44) Rivet-Plate Joint System Using COMSOL Multiphysics Simulation
In this work, mild steel with magnesium alloy (AE44)-based rivet-plate joint model has been created to investigate the galvanic corrosion taking place between the rivet and plate joint with help of COMSOL mult...
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Investigations of the physical behavior of novel polymorphs of indium phosphide from a first-principles perspective
Polymorphism has been recognized as a useful tool to govern the behavior of solid materials for different technological applications. In this work, we present new polymorphs of Zinc-Blende (zb) Indium phosphid...
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Analysis of Pitting Corrosion of Pipelines in a Marine Corrosive Environment Using COMSOL Multiphysics
In this work, we have developed a pipeline model made of 316 stainless steel considering the pipeline is subjected to a marine corrosive environment (seawater) and investigated pitting corrosion behaviour insi...
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Comparative Adsorption of Pb2+ on Nanostructured Iron–Zirconium Oxide with Fe-to-Zr Molar Ratio of 1:1 and 1:2: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Studies
Nanostructured iron–zirconium oxides (NIZOs), with Fe-to-Zr molar ratio of 1:1 and 1:2, have been found to show high adsorption efficiency toward Pb2+ from aqueous solution. The NIZO was synthesized by the co-pre...
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Zirconium-Ferrite Nanoparticles As Improved Adsorbent for Co2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Studies
Nanostructured zirconium ferrite with improved surface area of 392 m2/g has been found to show high adsorption affinity for Co2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+. The adsorption was found to be greatly dependent on pH and the max...
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Current scenario of CNG vehicular pollution and their possible abatement technologies: an overview
Compressed natural gas is an alternative green fuel for automobile industry. Recently, the Indian government is targeting to replace all the conventional fuel vehicles by compressed natural gas (CNG) automobil...
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Design and synthesis of organic dyes with various donor groups: promising dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells
The present work is involved in the computational and experimental studies of organic dyes and their applications as dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). This comprised the study of three hydrazone-based sensit...
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Effect of Strontium Do** on the Band Gap of \(\hbox {CeO}_{2}\) Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Facile Co-precipitation
Pure, 3 mol% and 5 mol% Sr-doped cerium oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by facile aqueous co-precipitation method using cerium nitrate hexahydrate and strontium chloride hexahydrate as the precursors with...
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In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity and Metal Ion Sensing by Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles from Fruits of Opuntia Ficus Indica Grown in the Abha Region, Saudi Arabia
We developed a green, inexpensive and simple method for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles from the Opuntia Ficus (OF) Indica fruit juice. The synthesized AgNPs were used as sensor for the detection of toxic m...
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Effect of anti-diabetic drugs on bone metabolism: Evidence from preclinical and clinical studies
Diabetes mellitus is associated with abnormal bone health and an increased risk of fracture even though patients have normal or higher BMD. The mechanisms behind diabetes mellitus- induced various skeletal dis...
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Photophysics of Dihydroquinazolinone Derivatives: Experimental and Theoretical Studies
Herein, we report the synthesis of two dihydroquinazolinone derivative 2-(2-Hydroxy-naphthalen-1-yl)-2, 3-dihydro-1H-quinazolin-4-one (1) and 2-(3-Methyl-thiophen-2-yl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-quinazolin-4-one (2) by usin...
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Evaluation of humidity sensing properties of TMBHPET thin film embedded with spinel cobalt ferrite nanoparticles
In this study, we report the enhanced sensing parameters of previously reported TMBHPET-based humidity sensor. Significant improved sensing performance has been demonstrated by coupling of TMBHPET moisture sen...
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A Combined Experimental and Computational Investigation on Spectroscopic and Photophysical Properties of a Coumarinyl Chalcone
Here, we synthesized a new coumarinyl chalcone derivative 3-[3-(3-Methyl-thiophen-2-yl)-acryloyl]-chromen-2-one (MTC) by simple and proficient method. A comprehensive study on the photophysics of a coumarinyl cha...
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Design and Development of Bioceramic Based Functionalized PLGA Nanoparticles of Risedronate for Bone Targeting: In-vitro Characterization and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation
Bioceramic(Hydroxyapatite) based Poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) nanoparticles of Risedronate was prepared by dialysis method for bone-targeting.
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Regeneration of spent earth in aqueous medium
A simple method of regeneration of spent earth at a relatively low temperature has been developed. Deoiled spent earth was regenerated in the form of a slurry using water as an aqueous phase, in the temperatur...
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Regeneration of spent earth by wet oxidation
Regeneration of deoiled spent earth by wet oxidation has been investigated. Molecular oxygen was used as an oxidizing agent. Effects of operating parameters such as speed of agitation, temperature, oxygen part...
