Center for Advanced Materials Research: Recent submissions
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Towards sustainable copper matrix composites: Manufacturing routes with structural, mechanical, electrical and corrosion behaviour
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2020 , Article Review)In the last few decades, man has become more innovative in discovering new materials to make his life more sustainable. Copper metal matrix composite is the most promising material for many engineering applications where ... -
Non-Invasive Diabetic Sensor Based on Cellulose Acetate/Graphene Nanocomposite
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2020 , Article)Metabolic changes or pathological disorders are a promising tool for non-invasive medical diagnosis, occurring in human exhaled breath as a measurement of volatile organic compounds, such as the exhaled acetone quantities ... -
Investigation and performance analysis of Scheffler reflector solar cooking system integrated with sensible and latent heat storage materials
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2020 , Article)In this present research work, Scheffler reflector is taken to supply heat to specially designed cooker having sensible and latent heat storage materials. Here, three different types of sensible heat storage materials like ... -
Enhanced LPG Sensitivity for Electron Beam Irradiated Al-ZnO Nanoparticles
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2020 , Article)Al doped and un-doped ZnO thin films are coated on glass substrate by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction technique with varying doping concentrations of Al from 3 to 7 at%. The samples are annealed at 450 °C ... -
Experimental and water quality analysis of solar stills with vertical and inclined fins
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)The main aim of the present work is to see the effect of vertical and inclined fins on the yield of solar still. Three same size solar stills have been used to carry out research work in climate conditions of Gandhinagar, ... -
Facile microwave-assisted synthesis of metal oxide CdO-CuO nanocomposite: Photocatalytic and antimicrobial enhancing properties
( Elsevier GmbH , 2020 , Article)CdO-CuO nanocomposite was synthesized by a microwave-assisted process and examined by employing different spectroscopic methods. The cubic and monoclinic crystal structure of CdO and CuO, respectively, with crystallite ... -
Microstructural, tribological and compression behaviour of Copper matrix reinforced with Graphite-SiC hybrid composites
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs) are generating a wide and varied range of interest in the recently developed materials because of their high applicability in the industries. Copper matrix composites have rich properties ... -
Solar still with evacuated tubes and calcium stones to enhance the yield: An experimental investigation
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Present research study shows the evacuated tubes coupled with solar still to enhance the yield. Basin area of 1-meter square taken for the experiments and 14 evacuated tubes have been used at a lower side of the still. ... -
Enhanced detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by caffeine modified carbon nanotube junctions
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)Detection of vapor phase analytes and gas molecules is primarily essential for numerous applications including medical diagnostic, environmental monitoring, chemical threat detection, food quality control, and chemical ... -
Oil-Water Separation by ZnO-Based Superhydrophobic PU Sponges
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2020 , Article)Continuous oil–water separation is not only an important topic for scientific research but also for practical applications to clean oil from industrial oily wastewater and oil-spill pollution. In this work, polyurethane ... -
Investigation of interaction between boronic acids and sugar: effect of structural change of sugars on binding affinity using steady state and time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and molecular docking
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)Binding interactions of boronic acid derivatives viz. 2-Methylphenylboronic acid (B1) and 3-Methoxyphenylboronic acid (B2) with mono saccharides (arabinose, fructose and galactose) and disaccharides (sucrose, lactose and ... -
Productivity enhancement of solar still with thermoelectric modules from groundwater to produce potable water: A review
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article Review)Groundwater is recognized as a principal source of water for the drinking, irrigation and many other purposes. Researchers have also used groundwater in the solar distillation to convert it to drinkable water by use of ... -
Superhydrophobic PVC/SiO2 Coating for Self-Cleaning Application
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2020 , Article)A lotus leaf like self-cleaning superhydrophobic coating has high demand in industrial applications. Such coatings are prepared by alternative dip and spray deposition techniques. A layer of polyvinyl chloride is applied ... -
Spray Deposition of PDMS/Candle Soot NPs Composite for Self-Cleaning Superhydrophobic Coating
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2020 , Article)The preparation of superhydrophobic coating using cheap candle soot nanoparticles (CS NPs) collected from candle flame is a very novel research topic. A less than 30 nm sized candle soot particles are collected by passing ... -
Superhydrophobic Coating Using TiO2 NPs/PMHS Composite for Self-Cleaning Application
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2020 , Article)In the present research work, spray deposition technique is adopted for the fabrication of superhydrophobic coating on glass slide using TiO2 nanoparticles and polymethylhydrosyloxane (PMHS) composite. The prepared ... -
Facile synthesis of NiO-CYSO nanocomposite for photocatalytic and antibacterial applications
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)Ceria based metal oxide nanocomposites (combination with rare earth oxides) have become irreplaceable and tend to display great functioning in all kinds of arenas like as photocatalytic, electrochemical and biological. ... -
Structural and functional properties of rare earth-based (NiO-CGO) nanocomposite produced by effective multiple doping approach via co-precipitation
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2021 , Article)Several metal oxide nanocomposites produced by multiple doping approaches with a combination of rare earth metals tend to show improved performance in various areas such as electrochemical, photocatalytic, and biomedical. ... -
Progress of Advanced Nanomaterials in the Non-Enzymatic Electrochemical Sensing of Glucose and H2O2
( NLM (Medline) , 2020 , Article Review)Non-enzymatic sensing has been in the research limelight, and most sensors based on nanomaterials are designed to detect single analytes. The simultaneous detection of analytes that together exist in biological organisms ... -
Methanol Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production Using Polymer Electrolyte Membrane: A Mini-Review
( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article Review)Hydrogen (H2) has attained significant benefits as an energy carrier due to its gross calorific value (GCV) and inherently clean operation. Thus, hydrogen as a fuel can lead to global sustainability. Conventional H2 ... -
Quantum chemical computations, fluorescence spectral features and molecular docking of two biologically active heterocyclic class of compounds
( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)This work is an effort for determination of excited and ground state values of dipole moments and also for quantum chemical computation of two biologically active heterocyclic class of compounds namely of 3-[2-Oxo-2-(2-o ...