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Investigate the significance of DES to enhance the solubility of noscapine: DFT calculations, MD simulations, and experimental approach
In the present work, investigation of the choline chloride-urea base deep eutectic solvents (DES) in various solvents has been performed to explore the change in interaction between choline chloride and urea. ...
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Open AccessInteraction study of L-phenylalanine/glycyl-L-phenylalanine in water-soluble 1-decyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([C10mim]Br) ionic liquid: thermodynamic/physicochemical approaches
Recent times have witnessed notable progress in augmenting the effectiveness of pharmaceutical actions, leading to the creation of novel drug formulations and delivery technologies. A complete understanding of...
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Potassium-Solubilizing Bacteria (KSB): A Microbial Tool for K-Solubility, Cycling, and Availability to Plants
The potassium (K) requirement of crops is fulfilled solely from the soil solution form. About 98% of the K is fixed in the soil system whereas only 2% is readily available to plants. Many of the efficient micr...
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Advances in the Application of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in Horticulture
To manage a soil biodiversity, significant role is played by microbes. In this context, free-living soil bacteria/rhizobacteria are beneficial for improving plant growth and development commonly termed as plan...
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Zinc-Solubilizing Bacteria: A Boon for Sustainable Agriculture
The continuous rise in world population requires more food to feed people. To fulfill this demand, farmers apply different agrochemicals, especially fertilizers, in indiscriminate quantity in fields to increas...
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Evaluation of potassium solubilizing rhizobacteria (KSR): enhancing K-bioavailability and optimizing K-fertilization of maize plants under Indo-Gangetic Plains of India
Imbalanced potassium (K) fertilization in agricultural fields has led to considerable negative impacts and remains to be the foremost challenge for maize production in India-Gangetic region. Plant growth-promo...
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A Green and Sustainable Approach for Mild Steel Acidic Corrosion Inhibition Using Leaves Extract: Experimental and DFT Studies
The effect of Holoptelea integrifolia leaf extract (HILE) on corrosive dissolution of mild steel in 1 M hydrochloric acid was investigated using weight loss, surface, electrochemical, and DFT methods. Results sho...
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Open AccessExperimental and theoretical studies on inhibition of mild steel corrosion by some synthesized polyurethane tri-block co-polymers
Polyurethane based tri-block copolymers namely poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)-b-polyurethane-b-poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PNVP-PU) and poly(dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate)-b-polyurethane-b-poly(dimethylaminoethylmeth...
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Can Potassium-Solubilising Bacteria Mitigate the Potassium Problems in India?
The nutrients are one of the basic inputs for achieving increased crop productivity, and potassium is one of them. In a recently published nutrient budget, it has been shown that potassium became unbalanced th...
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Towards the Soil Sustainability and Potassium-Solubilizing Microorganisms
Potassium (K) is needed in adequate quantities for a crop to achieve its maximum yield. The function of potassium in plant growth has not been clearly defined but it is associated with movement of water, nutri...
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Potassium-Solubilizing Microorganism in Evergreen Agriculture: An Overview
Increasing cost of the fertilizers with lesser nutrient use efficiency necessitates alternate means to fertilizers. Soil is a storehouse of nutrients and energy for living organisms under the soil-plant-microo...
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The Molecular Mechanisms of KSMs for Enhancement of Crop Production Under Organic Farming
The continuous use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides for the enhancement of crop yield and instant action of pest control causes harmful and hazardous effect on the environment due to the accumulation of ...
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Optical properties of regiorandom polythiophene/Al2O3 nanocomposites and their application to ammonia gas sensing
Polythiophene (PT) and its composite with Al2O3 have been synthesized successfully using chemical oxidation method. The structural, morphological and chemical properties of the nanocomposites (NCs) are investigat...
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Liquid–Liquid Equilibria for Mixtures of Hexadecane and Ethanol with Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids
The applicability of 1-alkyl-imidazoluim-based ionic liquids (ILs) for the extraction of ethanol from hexadecane by solvent extraction was studied by determining the liquid–liquid equilibrium (LLE) data for th...
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Apparent Molar Volume and Isentropic Compressibility for the Binary Systems {Methyltrioctylammonium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide + Methyl Acetate or Methanol} and (Methanol + Methyl Acetate) at T=298.15, 303.15, 308.15 and 313.15 K and Atmospheric Pressure
The densities and speeds of sound for binary mixtures containing the solute ionic liquid (IL) methyltrioctylammonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([MOA]+[Tf2N]−), solute/solvent methanol, and solvent methyl ...
