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Evaluation of photothermal conversion performance of shape-stabilized phase change materials using a heat flux evolution curve
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Phase change materials are promising alternatives for solar energy harvesting by photothermal conversion and thermal energy storage. In this work, a shape-stabilized phase change material (PCM) was prepared by hot-melt ... -
Evaluation of the Cytotoxic Behavior of Fungal Extracellular Synthesized Ag Nanoparticles Using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
( MDPI AG , 2016 , Article)Silver nanoparticles have been synthesized by subjecting a reaction medium to a Fusarium oxysporum biomass at 28 °C for 96 h. The biosynthesized Ag nanoparticles were characterized on the basis of their anticipated peak ... -
Evaluation of the Influence of Eggshell (ES) Concentration on the Degradation Behavior of Mg–2.5Zn Biodegradable Alloy in Simulated Body Fluid
( American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2023 , Article)Currently, permanent vascular stents are fabricated using titanium and stainless steel implants that are nondegradable and offer high stability, but they have certain disadvantages. For example, the prolonged exposition ... -
Exact traveling wave solutions for two prolific conformable M-Fractional differential equations via three diverse approaches
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)In this paper, we obtain the exact traveling solutions of the M-fractional generalized reaction Duffing model and density dependent M-fractional diffusion reaction equation by using three fertile, (G′ /G, 1/G), modified ... -
Experimental and modeling analysis of p-type Bi0.4Sb1.6Te3 and graphene nanocomposites
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)The state-of-the-art Bismuth-Telluride (Bi2Te3) based systems are promising thermoelectric materials for efficient thermoelectric applications. In this study, the effect of graphene nanosheets (GNS) integrity on thermoelectric ... -
Experimental and theoretical studies on the mechanical and structural changes imposed by the variation of clay loading on poly(vinyl alcohol)/cloisite 93A nanocomposites
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2019 , Article)Polymer nanocomposites (PNC) structures are promising materials due to their novel properties. However, many of their characteristic physical, mechanical, and chemical behavior have not been quantified. Depending on the ... -
Fabrication of fouling resistant Ti3C2Tx (MXene)/cellulose acetate nanocomposite membrane for forward osmosis application
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)In this study, Ti3C2Tx (MXene) was used to enhance the fouling resistance of FO flat-thin film membranes. Mixed-matrix Ti3C2Tx (MXene)/ cellulose acetate (CA) membranes with different (wt%) loading of MXene were fabricated ... -
Fabrication of high-performance symmetric supercapacitor of graphene electrodes by tuning their electrochemical properties
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)The electrochemical efficiency of a supercapacitor highly depends on the electrochemical properties of electrodes used in its fabrication. Herein, we synthesize highly efficient reduced graphene oxide (rGO) electrodes by ... -
Facile Assembly of Aligned Magnetic Nanoparticle Chains in Polymer Nanocomposite Films by Magnetic Flow Coating
( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)Magnetic nanoparticle chains are found in biosystems, such as in the brain of migratory birds. Inspired by natural assemblies, in a novel approach, the facile assembly of magnetically aligned polymer grafted cobalt ... -
Facile Synthesis of Crystalline Nanoporous GaN Templated by Nitrogen Enriched Mesoporous Carbon Nitride for Friedel-Crafts Reaction
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2016 , Article)Highly crystalline nanoporous GaN (NP-GaN) materials have been synthesized for the first time by the transformation of novel diamino tetrazine based mesoporous carbon nitride (MCN-4) having very high nitrogen content (N/C ... -
Facile synthesis of metal-polyphenol-formaldehyde coordination polymer colloidal nanoparticles with sub-50 nm for T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging
( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)Plant polyphenol-based coordination polymers (CPs) with ultra-small particle size and tailorable compositions are highly desired in biomedical applications, but their synthesis is still challenging due to the sophisticated ... -
Facile Synthesis of Uniform Virus-like Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced Cellular Internalization
( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)The low-efficiency cellular uptake property of current nanoparticles greatly restricts their application in the biomedical field. Herein, we demonstrate that novel virus-like mesoporous silica nanoparticles can easily be ... -
Finite Element Analysis of the Dynamics of Power-Law Fluid around an Obstacle in a Channel
( Hindawi Limited , 2022 , Article)Control of uid forces is an emerging area of research with numerous engineering applications. e uneven wake behind an obstacle causes undesirable structural oscillations, which can lead to fatigue or structural failure. ... -
Flexible pressure sensor based on PVDF nanocomposites containing reduced graphene oxide-titania hybrid nanolayers
( MDPI AG , 2017 , Article)A novel flexible nanocomposite pressure sensor with a tensile strength of about 47 MPa is fabricated in this work. Nanolayers of titanium dioxide (titania nanolayers, TNL) synthesized by hydrothermal method are used to ... -
Flexible tri-layer piezoelectric nanogenerator based on PVDF-HFP/Ni-doped ZnO nanocomposites
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2017 , Article)In this work, we report Ni doped ZnO/poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) [PVDF-HFP] nanocomposites prepared by sandwiching and their structural, morphological, thermal, electrical and piezoelectric properties. ... -
Flexible, biodegradable and recyclable solar cells: a review
( Springer New York LLC , 2019 , Article)Solar energy is conceivably the largest source of renewable energy at our disposal, but vital advances are expected to make solar cells economically viable. Biodegradable and flexible solar cells are currently under extensive ... -
Free-volume correlation with mechanical and dielectric properties of natural rubber/multi walled carbon nanotubes composites
( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article)Abstract The microstructure, mechanical strength, dielectric properties, Doppler broadening measurements and positron life time studies of the composites containing multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and natural rubber ... -
Freestanding eggshell membrane-based electrodes for high-performance supercapacitors and oxygen evolution reaction
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2015 , Article)A type of freestanding, light-weight eggshell membrane-based electrode is demonstrated for supercapacitors and for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysis. As a widely available daily waste, eggshell membranes have unique ... -
From Water Oxidation to Reduction: Homologous Ni–Co Based Nanowires as Complementary Water Splitting Electrocatalysts
( WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA , 2015 , Article)A homologous Ni–Co based nanowire system, consisting of both nickel cobalt oxide and nickel cobalt sulfide nanowires, is developed for efficient, complementary water splitting. The spinel-type nickel cobalt oxide (NiCo2O4) ... -
Fundamental group and cycle space of dual graphs and applications
( Elsevier , 2010 , Article)In this work, we study the fundamental group of dual graph of a planar graph. Moreover, we show that a planar graph G has no cut vertex if and only if N(Π(D(G))) = N(Π(D(G − v))) − 1 for any v ∈ V(G). Some applications ...