Publications by authors named "H C Sarmah"
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- Recent research highlights the increasing use of natural biopolymers, specifically guar gum (GG), as polymer electrolytes in electrochemical devices, with promising results from AlO nanofiber enhancements.
- The best-performing gel electrolyte, containing 7.5 wt% AlO nanofibers, demonstrated a high room temperature ionic conductivity of 2.37 × 10 S/cm, indicating that these nanofibers significantly improve ion transport within the GG matrix.
- Various analytical techniques confirm the conductive properties of the nanofibers, while electrochemical tests reveal good performance metrics, including stable discharge capacities and high thermal and mechanical stability for the nanofiber-dispersed BGEs.
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- * Researchers developed a strong protocol to culture mesothelial progenitor cells (MPCs) from pig and mouse thorax, discovering that BMP4 aids in differentiation into smooth muscle cells, while FGF2 helps expand the MPC pool but inhibits this differentiation.
- * The study highlighted key signaling pathways involving BMP4, FGF2, and a Wnt activator (CHIR99021) that regulate MPC behaviors, offering insights into potential mechanisms underlying mesothelial cell functions and their role in conditions like mesothelioma.
We have performed density functional theory (DFT) based calculations to investigate the effects of stacking patterns on the electronic and magnetic properties of several nitride MXenes. MXenes, a relatively new addition to the family of two-dimensional materials, have exhibited fascinating properties in several occasions, primarily due to their compositional flexibility. However, compared to carbide MXenes, nitride MXenes are much less explored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the animal kingdom, evolutionarily conserved mechanisms known as cell competition eliminate unfit cells during development. Interestingly, cell competition also leads to apoptosis of donor cells upon direct contact with host cells from a different species during interspecies chimera formation. The mechanisms underlying how host animal cells recognize and transmit cell death signals to adjacent xenogeneic human cells remain incompletely understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhole salivary gland generation and transplantation offer potential therapies for salivary gland dysfunction. However, the specific lineage required to engineer complete salivary glands has remained elusive. In this study, we identify the Foxa2 lineage as a critical lineage for salivary gland development through conditional blastocyst complementation (CBC).
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