Therapeutic drug monitoring of MTX is crucial to attain a good efficacy. In spite of the advantages of multiparticulate, prodrug and drug conjugates, clinical applications of such formulations of MTX are still under infancy. These drug delivery systems require the special attention of medical experts for its wider clinical usage, and pharmaceutical experts for its scale-up. The combination of MTX with other antineoplastic and immunosuppressants should also be subjected to clinical trials, such as the combination of misoprostol with MTX in abortion.

In recent years, the demand for high-performance flexible and portable electronics with high power/energy density has increased rapidly. Currently, the flexible devices have seized the interest of researchers in energy storage especially, supercapacitors and batteries. Working on the same line, ternary nanostructured polyaniline/Fe2O3-decorated graphene (PGF) composite hydrogel coated on carbon cloth has been prepared as a potential electrode material for flexible supercapacitor. Different compositions of aniline to Fe2O3-decorated graphene have been synthesized by in situ chemical oxidative polymerization. The ternary composite hydrogel on carbon cloth exhibits a high specific capacitance of 1124 F/g at a current density of 0.25 A/g in 1 M H2SO4. The symmetrical supercapacitor has shown high rate capability (∼82.2% at 7.5 A/g) as well as excellent cycling stability. The excellent electrochemical performance of ternary composites hydrogel have been realized because of the well-designed cross-linked hydrogel structure, high surface area, and synergistic effects among all three constituents. This outstanding performance holds great potential for next-generation flexible supercapacitors.

We report the synthesis, (micro)structural, magneto-transport and magnetization of polycrystalline La 2/3 Ca 1/3 MnO 3 :Ag x composites with x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4. The temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) near ferromagnetic (FM) transition is increased significantly with addition of Ag. The FM transition temperature (T FM ) is also increased slightly with Ag addition. Magneto-transport measurements revealed that magneto-resistance MR is found to be maximum near T FM . Further the increased MR of up to 60% is seen above 300 K for higher silver added samples in an applied field of 7 Tesla. Sharp TCR is seen near T FM with highest value of up to 15 % for Ag (0.4) sample, which is an order of magnitude higher than as for present pristine sample and best value yet reported for any polycrystalline LCMO compound. Increased TCR, T FM and significant above room temperature MR of La 2/3 Ca 1/3 MnO 3 :Ag x composites is explained on the basis of improved grains size and connectivity with silver addition in the matrix. Better coupled FM domains and nearly conducting grain boundaries give rise to improved physical properties of the La 2/3 Ca 1/3 MnO 3 manganites. Ag composites Ag is not substituted into main LCMO lattice but remain rather as an additive in the system. (280 K) is comparable to aligned thin films [6,8,15] of LCMO, and to our knowledge is the best one yet obtained for any polycrystalline mangenites. As far fixed temperature and varying field MR is concerned its shape is changed from U type to V type. And is maximum at all fields up to 7 Tesla at 300 K. Infact with an increase in Ag content the low T below 300K MR% decrease and the room temperature 300 K increase. For LCMO: Ag (0.4) sample the MR of up to 60% is observed in 7 Tesla field at 300 K. Even at low fields of say 1 Tesla the MR of up to 16% is seen.The results of magnetization and magneto transport of LCMO:Ag x composites can be summarized as follows: 7 1. Ag does not substitute into host LCMO matrix in our polycrystalline LCMO:Ag x composites but improved significantly the grain morphology of the host.2. The T MI and T c remain nearly invariant with increase in x (Ag content).3. The sharpness of insulator-metal transition increases dramatically with increase in x (Ag content) and high (15%) sharp TCR is observed for Ag composites 4. Though the MR is seen in all the samples right from 300 K down to 5 K, the same is negligible at 300 K and more at lower T for pure sample and is maximum at 300 K and least at 5 K for Ag (0.4) containing compounds. DISCUSSIONNow we try to explain in broad sense the main results summarized above, as far as (1) is concerned there are some very recent reports in literature, which deals with the LCMO and LCMO/ZrO 2 [20]. In all these composites the quality of the LCMO was deteriorated. In case of LCMO:Ag there is a good probability of Ag being distributed at grain boundaries and hence providing better connectivity of grains, which is seen in Fig. 2(b). In most of other composites [16][17][18][19][20] the addi...

The advent of nanotechnology leading to high‐frequency device realization has resulted in a rapid increase in radiation pollution. The synthesis of core–shell morphology based poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT)/ reduced graphene oxide (RGO) nanocomposites incorporated with SrFe12O19 nanoparticles via in situ emulsion polymerization is a step to control ever‐increasing radiation pollution. For electromagnetic (EM) shielding, impedance matching, and absorption of EM wave being the two key parameters. RGO and PEDOT establish an interconnected conducting network inside the PEDOT matrix and the resulting conductive pathway provides better impedance matching for the incident radiation. The RGO sheets decorated with ferrite nanoparticles strengthen the mechanism of the shielding by absorbing incoming EM radiation. The synergic coupling of the magneto‐dielectric characteristics of nanocomposites result in high electromagnetic shielding effectiveness (SE) of 42.29 dB at 12.4 GHz for 2.5 mm thick sample. The SE is mainly dominated by absorption and also measured as a function of thickness resulting in SE(max) value of 62 dB at a thickness of 4.66 mm. The present set of nanocomposites are found to exhibit attenuation of more than 99.999% and have the potential for commercial application in EM shielding.

Abstract. In the present study, grafting technology has been used to develop novel grafted hydrogel beads as controlled drug delivery carriers. The chemical crosslinking and grafting of polyacrylamide onto sodium alginate has been found to be efficient method for the development of new polymeric carrier. The successful crosslinking has been confirmed by Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and elemental analysis. The polymeric network of sodium alginate-co-polyacrylamide (NaAlg-g-PAM) has been interlinked by covalent and hydrogen bonds which also strength the gel network. Simple ionotropic gelation method has been used for the preparation of NaAlg-g-PAM hydrogel beads. Its swelling and gelation were dependent on monomer and crosslinker concentrations. Entrapment of the drug moiety (famotidine; an antiulcer drug) within the grafted beads has been confirmed by X-ray powder diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry. More than 75% of drug loading in beads occurred with the increase of monomer and crosslinker concentration. In vitro drug release was found to be sustained up to the 12 h with 80% drug release.