Bharathiar University

About: Bharathiar University is a education organization based out in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Thin film & Adsorption. The organization has 5812 authors who have published 8628 publications receiving 143934 citations. The organization is also known as: BU.

Hybrid Reduced Graphene Oxide/Manganese Diselenide Cubes: A New Electrode Material for Supercapacitors

Abstract: The integration of 2 D graphene nanosheets and layered transition-metal dichalcogenides has been recognized as one of the most extensive strategies for the synthesis of promising electrode materials for energy-storage devices. In this study, cubic manganese diselenide (MnSe2) and hybrid reduced graphene oxide/MnSe2 (G-MnSe2) materials were synthesized by a facile hydrothermal method. Metallic selenium impurities are considered to be a major unwanted byproduct in this method. An effective means to remove such bulk chalcogenides is a key challenge. For the synthesis of the G-MnSe2 hybrid material, we used a strategy in which the graphene oxide was mixed with manganese and selenium precursors. Surprisingly, the final G-MnSe2 product contained a negligible amount of selenium impurity. The MnSe2 and G-MnSe2 hybrid materials were characterized in detail. For the first time, the electrochemical energy-storage behavior of MnSe2-based materials was assessed for supercapacitor applications. The specific capacitance of the MnSe2 electrode was approximately 57.8 mF cm−2, whereas the hybrid G-MnSe2 electrode showed a much higher specific capacitance of 93.3 mF cm−2 at a scan rate of 1 mV s−1. A symmetric cell made from the G-MnSe2 hybrid material showed excellent long-term stability for 4500 cycles and approximately 106 % retention of its initial capacitance, which is impressive compared with the cycle life of the MnSe2-based symmetric cell (80 % capacitance retention at the 4500th cycle).

Efficiency of newly formulated camptothecin with β-cyclodextrin-EDTA-Fe3O4 nanoparticle-conjugated nanocarriers as an anti-colon cancer (HT29) drug

Abstract: Camptothecin (CPT) is an anti-cancer drug that effectively treats various cancers, including colon cancer. However, poor solubility and other drawbacks have restricted its chemotherapeutic potential. To overcome these restrictions, CPT was encapsulated in CEF (cyclodextrin-EDTA-FE3O4), a composite nanoparticle of magnetic iron oxide (Fe3O4), and β-cyclodextrin was cross-linked with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). This formulation improved CPT’s solubility and bioavailability for cancer cells. The use of magnetically responsive anti-cancer formulation is highly advantageous in cancer chemotherapy. The chemical characterisation of CPT-CEF was studied here. The ability of this nano-compound to induce apoptosis in HT29 colon cancer cells and A549 lung cancer cells was evaluated. The dose-dependent cytotoxicity of CPT-CEF was shown using MTT. Propidium iodide and Annexin V staining, mitochondrial membrane depolarisation (JC-1 dye), and caspase-3 activity were assayed to detect apoptosis in CPT-CEF-treated cancer cells. Cell cycle analysis also showed G1 phase arrest, which indicated possible synergistic effects of the nano-carrier. These study results show that CPT-CEF causes a dose-dependent cell viability reduction in HT29 and A549 cells and induces apoptosis in colon cancer cells via caspase-3 activation. These data strongly suggest that CPT could be used as a major nanocarrier for CPT to effectively treat colon cancer.

Existence results for impulsive neutral functional integrodifferential equations with infinite delay

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the existence of mild solutions for impulsive neutral functional integrodifferential equations with infinite delay in Banach spaces. The results are obtained by using the Krasnoselski–Schaefer type fixed point theorem. An example is provided to illustrate the theory.

Synchronization of fractional-order complex dynamical network with random coupling delay, actuator faults and saturation

Abstract: This paper examines the synchronization problem of fractional-order complex dynamical networks (FCDNs) against input saturation and time-varying coupling by using a fault-tolerant control scheme. Precisely, the occurrence of coupling delay assumed is considered to be random, which is characterized by stochastic variables that obeys the Bernoulli distribution properties, and the actuator fault values are represented by a normally distributed stochastic random variable. The main aim of this paper is to propose the fault-tolerant fractional-order controller such that for given any initial condition, the state trajectories of considered FCDN are forced to synchronize asymptotically to the reference node. Based on the linear matrix inequality technique and Lyapunov stability theorem, a new set of sufficient conditions is established to not only guarantee mean-square asymptotic synchronization of the resulting closed-loop system but also cover the issues of actuator saturation and actuator faults. Moreover, the obtained sufficient conditions can help to enlarge the estimation about the domain of attraction for the closed-loop system. Finally, to show the advantages and effectiveness of the developed control design, numerical simulations are carried out on both Lorenz and Chen type FCDNs.