Publications by authors named "A Saddique"
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- Developing polymeric nanocomposites with silane-treated cellulose nanocrystals (SCNC) enables remarkable mechanical properties and fast self-healing, even at low temperatures.
- Using an eco-friendly method, cellulose nanocrystals were modified and blended into a polymer matrix to enhance self-healing capabilities, achieving over 99% healing in under 20 minutes at 5 and 25°C.
- The final SCNC-based materials demonstrated impressive toughness and tensile strength, maintaining their mechanical properties post-healing, making them ideal for flexible and wearable applications.
The development of low-temperature self-healing polymers is crucial because high-temperature or softening conditions for rapid self-healing inevitably reduce their mechanical strength. Herein, we first report cellulose nanocrystal (CNC)/polymer nanocomposites with a rapid low-temperature self-healing performance. The nanocomposite was prepared by simple blending of grafted CNC and matrix prepolymer made from the monomers having metal-ligand coordination and lower critical solution temperature functionalities along with the presence of hexamethylene diisocyanate and dibutyltin dilaurate.
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- * The case study involves a 78-year-old male who developed PTS characterized by weakness in his hands, following his second dose of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine.
- * PTS, often known by several other names, leads to chronic pain and paralysis in the upper extremities, and its exact cause and mechanism remain unclear, although treatment typically includes corticosteroids and therapy.
The current study identifies the spatial distribution of COVID-19 cases and its association with meteorological and social variables in Punjab (densely populated province of Pakistan). To identify the COVID-19 propagation, the weekly growth, recovery, and deaths rate have also been calculated. The geographic information system (GIS) has used to determine COVID-19 impacts on gender (male/female), age groups, and causalities over an affected population (km) for the period of 11th March to 12th August, 2020 in each district of province.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe first study of charm quark diffusion with respect to the jet axis in heavy ion collisions is presented. The measurement is performed using jets with p_{T}^{jet}>60 GeV/c and D^{0} mesons with p_{T}^{D}>4 GeV/c in lead-lead (Pb-Pb) and proton-proton (pp) collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV, recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC.
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