κ-carrageenan is a seaweed-derived polysaccharide commonly used in the food and pharmaceutical industry as a thickening agent and rheological modifier. The biopolymer has shown promising potential as a gel-based ink for ...
The deposition of particulate matter (PM) on PV surfaces reduces energy generation, which results in huge losses to the PV industry. Hydrophobic coatings are known to reduce PM deposition on PV surfaces. Covering panels ...
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have sought intensive research attention from diverse scientific disciplines due to their unique and exciting properties. The most well-known 2D material is graphene that finds applications ...
The optical transmittance loss (OTL) of glass coupons is frequently used to estimate the soiling losses of solar PVs. The soiling loss estimation methodologies (SLEMs) and selection range of wavelengths for OTL evaluation ...
Palkar, Vaibhav; Thakar, Devanshu; Kuksenok, Olga(American Chemical Society, 2023-02)
Via mesoscale simulations, we characterize the process of controlled degradation of nanogels suspended in a single solvent and those adsorbed at the liquid-liquid interface between two incompatible fluids. Controlled ...
Multicomponent wastewater treatment utilising simple and cost-effective materials and methods is an important research topic. This study has reported the fabrication and utilisation of graphene oxide (GO) embedded granular ...
Surfactants in water and both alcohol-water mixed solutions are used extensively in a host of industrial applications. This work presents the solution behavior and micellar transition of a cationic gemini surfactant ...
Chitosan (CH)-based hydrogels have been extensively researched in numerous biological applications, including drug delivery, biosensing, wound healing, and tissue engineering, to name a few. Previously, modified CH hydrogels ...
Hydrogel beads are emerging as alternate adsorbent material for the batch or continuous column treatment of dye wastewater. Polysaccharide-based gel beads are preferred for their uniform shape and size, large specific ...
Saini, Tak Radhe Shyam; Pappas, Iosif; Avraamidou, Styliani; Ganesh, Hari S.(American Chemical Society, 2023-01)
The distributed control system architecture strikes a balance between the decentralized control system architecture, where subsystem interactions are unaccounted for, and the computationally expensive centralized control ...
Transition-metal diborides are a class of abundantly available ceramic materials that exhibit a landscape of rich properties such as extraordinary high strength, exceptional hardness, and high-melting points. To date, these ...
Self-sustained locomotion of synthetic droplet swimmers has been of great interest due to their ability to mimic the behavior of biological swimmers. Here we harness the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction to induce Marangoni ...
Gunda, Harini; Jasuja, Kabeer et al.(Wiley, 2022-12)
Metal boride nanostructures have shown significant promise for hydrogen storage applications. However, the synthesis of nanoscale metal boride particles is challenging because of their high surface energy, strong inter- ...
Hydrogels have long been developed for a plethora of applications such as soft electronics, energy storage, the development of actuators, sensors, and, most importantly, biomedical applications. The biomedical applications ...
The present work exhibits an alternative route to design a nano-carrier using simple electrostatic interactions of biopolymeric layers on Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle surface using Layer by Layer (LbL) technique. The ...
Cationic helical peptides play a crucial role in applications such as anti-microbial and anticancer activity. The activity of these peptides directly correlates with their helicity. In this study, we have performed extensive ...
Utilization of carbonaceous waste into energy storage applications not only solves the problem of waste management but also promotes the circular economy. Any carbonaceous material with a high surface area and sheet-like ...
Kumar, Vinod; Mitchell-Koch, Katie R.; Marapureddy, Sai Geetha; Verma, Rajni; Thareja, Prachi; Kuperkar, Ketan; Bahadur, Pratap(American Chemical Society, 2022-10)
This study exploits higher-order micellar transition ranging from ellipsoidal to rodlike to wormlike induced by 1-octanol (C8OH) in an aqueous solution of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), characterizing phase behavior, ...
Materials Advances for Sustainable Environment and Energy: Theory,
Status, and Challenges, book concisely summarise the possible ways
to harvest hydrogen from water and also reduce CO2 into various
hydrocarbons. A ...