Facile hydrothermal synthesis of BiVO nanomaterials for degradation of industrial waste.

Bismuth Vanadate (BiVO) has been synthesized using simple hydrothermal technique while varying the pH of concentrated HSO. With the increase of pH values (from 06 to 10), the morphology of the synthesized material tuned in the form of nano-spheres and cubes in the range from 50 to 60 nm. The lateral affect tuned the bandgap of BiVO from 2.

Fabrication of novel BiVO/BiOheterostructure with superior visible light induced photocatalytic properties.

Heterostructure BiVO/BiOnanocomposites with enhanced visible light activity are effectively synthesized through an easiest and single step hydrothermal route, using bismuth subnitrate and ammonium meta-vanadate as main raw materials in existence of citric acid. The phase and surface structure, topography and optical properties of synthesized composites are characterized by XRD, SEM, EDX, FTIR, UV-Visible and PL spectroscopy. It was found that 5%BiVO/BiO(BOBV-5) nanocomposite exhibit excellent photocatalytic performance for rhodamine B dye degradation and tetracyclic under irradiation of visible light as compared to single component i.

Efficient biosensing through 1D silver nanostructured devices using plasmonic effect.

The current work explores the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) on a one dimensional (1D) silver nano-grating device, simulated on glass substrate, which can sense a very small change in the refractive index of an analyte adjacent to it. The most recent modeling technique finite element analysis is applied in this work by using a COMSOL RF module. The models of 1D grating devices of different slit widths with fixed periodicity and film thickness are simulated.