There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one. I remember first hearing about it at school. It seemed an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality.

Usually familiarity dulls this sense of the bizarre, but in the case of i it was the reverse: over the years the sense of its surreal nature intensified. It seemed that it was impossible to write mathematics that described the real world in …

I and i

Elements Of X Ray Diffraction

https://cyberleninka.org/article/n/768408.pdf

Mechanical properties of graphene and graphene-based nanocomposites

Large-Scale Fabrication of Boron Nitride Nanosheets and Their Utilization in Polymeric Composites with Improved Thermal and Mechanical Properties

A review on carbon nanotubes and graphene as fillers in reinforced polymer nanocomposites

Iodine doped zinc oxide (I-ZnO) thin films were synthesized by microwave assisted successive ionic layer adsorption (mSILAR) method. The structural characteristics of pure ZnO and I-ZnO thin films were carried out by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) analysis. The potential toxicity of pure and I-ZnO films was examined against gram-positive species like Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus haemolyticus and Bacillus cereus as well as gram-negative species like Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonia, Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Serratia marcescens, Proteus rettigiri and Vibrio cholera by employing disc diffusion method. All the samples exhibited antibacterial activity on the tested organisms. I-ZnO produced maximum activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative species compared with pure ZnO thin film. The gram-positive species were observed to be more resistant to pure and I-ZnO thin films than gram-negative species. The studies revealed an enhancement in antibacterial activity of the I-doped thin films as compared to pure ZnO thin films.

A scrutiny of antibacterial activity of pure and iodine doped ZnO thin films synthesized by mSILAR method

Human breath analysis of volatile organic compounds has gained significant attention recently because of its rapid and noninvasive potential to detect various metabolic diseases. The detection of ketones in the breath and blood is key to diagnosing and managing diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in patients with type 1 diabetes. It may also be of increasing importance to detect euglycemic ketoacidosis in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes or heart failure, treated with sodium-glucose transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2-i). The present research evaluates the efficiency of colorimetry for detecting acetone and ethanol in exhaled human breath with the response time, pH effect, temperature effect, concentration effect, and selectivity of dyes. Using the proposed multidye system, we obtained a detection limit of 0.0217 ppm for acetone and 0.029 ppm for ethanol in the detection range of 0.05–50 ppm. A smartphone-assisted unit consisting of a portable colorimetric device was used to detect relative red/green/blue values within 60 s of the interface for practical and real-time application. The developed method could be used for rapid, low-cost detection of ketones in patients with type 1 diabetes and DKA and patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes or heart failure treated with SGLT2-I and euglycemic ketoacidosis.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsomega.1c05948

Breath Analysis for the In Vivo Detection of Diabetic Ketoacidosis

The role of cellulose nanofibrillated fibers produced with combined supercritical carbon dioxide and high‐pressure homogenization process as reinforcement material in biodegradable polymer

Superhydrophobic coatings have a huge impact in various applications due to their extreme water-repellent properties. The main novelty of the current research work lies in the development of cheap, stable, superhydrophobic and self-cleaning coatings with extreme water-repellency. In this work, a composite of hydrothermally synthesized alumina (Al2O3), polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) and polystyrene (PS) was deposited on a glass surface by a dip-coating technique. The Al2O3 nanoparticles form a rough structure, and low-surface-energy PHMS enhances the water-repellent properties. The composite coating revealed a water contact angle (WCA) of 171 ± 2° and a sliding angle (SA) of 3°. In the chemical analysis, Al2p, Si2p, O1s, and C1s elements were detected in the XPS survey. The prepared coating showed a self-cleaning property through the rolling action of water drops. Such a type of coating could have various industrial applications in the future.

Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni

Papers

A scrutiny of antibacterial activity of pure and iodine doped ZnO thin films synthesized by mSILAR method

Breath Analysis for the In Vivo Detection of Diabetic Ketoacidosis

The role of cellulose nanofibrillated fibers produced with combined supercritical carbon dioxide and high‐pressure homogenization process as reinforcement material in biodegradable polymer

Superhydrophobic Al2O3–Polymer Composite Coating for Self-Cleaning Applications

Superhydrophobic PU Sponge Modified by Hydrophobic Silica NPs—Polystyrene Nanocomposite for Oil–Water Separation