The relevance of polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) in the automobile industry has been booming for the last few decades because this kind of material can fulfill the need for lightweight vehicles, and that leads to low gasoline intake and drain gas emission. This review covers the fundamental aspects of polymer-based nanocomposites and their application in the automotive sector. Following an introduction that comprises the need for PNCs and their rewards over traditional materials for instance, excellent thermal and mechanical strength, eco-friendliness, affordable corrosion resistance, low density, and so on. In addition, the review also covers how these composites can be useful in automotive sector applications. Apart from this, the second section covers the different synthetic approaches (solution casting, melt blending, electrodeposition, electrospinning, in-situ polymerization, and others) for the manufacturing of PNCs and their characterizations using scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction spectroscopy, energy dispersive X-ray analysis, and other techniques. Afterward, the applications of PNCs in different parts of vehicles such as automotive coatings, tires, glasses, and inner parts of the vehicles, extra will be discussed. Finally, discussions related to key areas of PNCs and future perspectives are explained.

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Objectives Presently, the pandemic of COVID-19 has worsened the situation worldwide and received global attention. The United States of America have the highest numbers of a patient infected by this disease followed by Brazil, Russia, India and many other countries. Moreover, lots of research is going on to find out effective vaccines or medicine, but still, no potent vaccine or drug is discovered to cure COVID-19. As a consequence, many types of research have designated that computer-based studies, such as protein–ligand interactions, structural dynamics, and chembio modeling are the finest choice due to its low cost and time-saving features. Here, oxindole derivatives have been chosen for docking because of their immense pharmacological applications like antiviral, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, and so on. Molecular docking of 30 oxindole derivatives done on the crystallized structure of the protein (COVID-19 Mpro). Methods The process of docking, interaction, and binding the structure of ligand with protein has executed using Molegro Virtual Docker v.7.0.0 (MVD) and visualized the usage by Molegro Molecular Viewer v.7.0.0 (MMV). Results Among the 30 derivatives, the outcomes depicted better steric interaction and hydrogen bonding amongst OD-22 ligand, OD-16 ligand, OD-4 ligand, and OD-9 ligand (oxindole derivatives) with COVID-19. In addition to this, the comparative study of these four compounds with existing drugs that are under clinical trials shows comparatively good results in terms of its MolDock scores, H-bonding and steric interactions. Conclusions Hence, It is proposed that these four oxindole derivatives have good potential as a new drug against coronavirus as possible therapeutic agents.

Regardless of many extensive studies, hormonal-based breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related mortality of females worldwide. Indeed, estrogen receptor-positive (ER +) is the communal subtype in breast cancer. To treat this, three types of medications are typically used: selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), selective estrogen receptor down modulators (SERDMs), and aromatase inhibitors (AIs), all of which directly interact with the activation of the estrogen signaling pathway and its formation. Despite their effectiveness, the development of new treatments is required since clinical efficacy is restricted owing to resistance. As a result, in silico studies for drug discovery are booming over the decades because of their affordability and less time-consuming features. Here, 25 deketene curcumin derivatives have been selected for docking studies through MVD software over the positive type of breast cancer through both the treatment hosts Erα + receptor and aromatase. DKC compounds are used because they have several pharmacological uses, including anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, anti-viral, anti-fungal, and anti-bacterial properties. Moreover, an ADME study was carried out for DKC derivatives that reveal the optimum drug-likeness profile. From 25 derivatives, the results showed a better MolDock score, hydrogen bonding, and steric interaction between compounds DKC-10, DKC-20, and DKC-21 with Erα + and aromatase. Although the study was done on both the treatable path hosts, better results were obtained with Erα + as an antagonist. Therefore, it is proposed that three selected DKC derivatives would be better therapeutic agents against breast cancer.

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