Amino acid assisted-synthesis and characterization of magnetically retrievable ZnCo2O4–Co3O4 nanostructures as high activity visible-light-driven photocatalyst

Barrier Properties and Hydrophobicity of Biodegradable Poly(lactic acid) Composites Reinforced with Recycled Chinese Spirits Distiller’s Grains

“…Samples were retrieved from the soil every 30 days, and they were washed, dried, and weighed. The degradation rate was calculated according to Equation (5). C 0 was the initial sample weight (g), and C t was the sample weight after the degradation (g).…”

“…Research and development on environment-friendly polymers and polymer composites based on renewable resources has attracted increasing attention [1,2]. Natural [3,4] and various functional materials used in manufacturing have gradually replaced traditional ones [5,6] because of their clean, easy-to-use, harmless, and environment-friendly features, and their usage can reduce energy consumption [7] and environmental pollution [8,9]. Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) can be naturally metabolized in the human body into commonly used in plastics to prepare environment-friendly composites.…”

Studies of structural and electrical characteristics of multi-substituted Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 ferroelectric ceramics

“…Generally, it is demonstrated that the attributes and functionality of the nano compounds can be affected by key variables consisting of dimensionality, shape, purity, structure, composition, and grain size. Due to this reason, their fabrication with optimizing the mentioned variables has gained a great deal of attention, and has become a remarkable topic for researcher [18][19][20]. Moreover, it is also found that the change in these effectual factors causes variation in the characteristics of the nano compounds [21].…”

Tuning magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of Pr0.6Sr0.4MnO3 through size modifications

“…Recently, exploitation of the material properties at the nanoscale has gained wide importance due to their potential in medicine and industrial applications [6][7][8]. The significant advancement in the availability of strategies for the synthesis and characterization of the materials has resulted in the explosive growth of nanoscience and nanotechnology [9][10][11][12][13][14]. Nanosized materials such as nanotubes, nanowires, nanodiscs, and nanocomposites are widely used in logic circuits, magneto-electronic devices, optoelectronic devices, data storage, catalysis, electrochemistry, energy storage, drug delivery, and biotechnology [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] which are vital in the creation of future ultra-high-end technologies and devices.…”

“…The significant advancement in the availability of strategies for the synthesis and characterization of the materials has resulted in the explosive growth of nanoscience and nanotechnology [9][10][11][12][13][14]. Nanosized materials such as nanotubes, nanowires, nanodiscs, and nanocomposites are widely used in logic circuits, magneto-electronic devices, optoelectronic devices, data storage, catalysis, electrochemistry, energy storage, drug delivery, and biotechnology [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] which are vital in the creation of future ultra-high-end technologies and devices. The spectral tuning in semiconductor quantum-confined nanomaterials, sensitizing dyes, and polymers allows the manipulation of optical bandgap over a broad range of solar spectrum to efficiently harvest solar energy in photovoltaics [20], while the large surface area and size, shape-dependent structural, electrical, and optical properties provide extensive usage in catalytic activities and water purification [11-14, 21, 22].…”