Publications by authors named "N Som"

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  • Polymeric carbon nitride (PCN) and its nanocomposite with zinc oxide (ZnO) are being studied for their potential to enhance hydrogen evolution reactions (HER), but their efficiency needs improvement.
  • The research developed two synthesis methods for the PCN-ZnO nanocomposites, with Method 1 yielding a more effective catalyst for both hydrogen and oxygen production due to a favorable energy gap and smaller particle size.
  • Results indicate that the PCN-ZnO nanocomposite from Method 1 significantly outperformed pristine PCN and ZnO in HER and exhibited four times greater solar-to-hydrogen efficiency, highlighting its promise for sustainable energy applications.
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Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen of significant concern for the food industry due to its remarkable ability to persist through safety control efforts, posing a subsequent health threat to consumers. Understanding the microbial communities coexisting with L. monocytogenes in food processing environments provides insights into its persistence mechanisms.

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Fullerene-based biosensors have received great attention due to their unique electronic properties that allow them to transduce electrical signals by accepting electrons from amino acids. Babies with MSUD (maple syrup urine disease) are unable to break down amino acids such as l-leucine, and excess levels of the l-leucine are harmful. Therefore, sensing of l-leucine is foremost required.

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  • The study explores the connection between red blood cell autoimmunity and alloimmunity in transfused patients, focusing on the incidence of red blood cell alloimmunisation in those with a positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT).
  • Among 47,285 patients analyzed, those with a positive DAT had a cumulative alloimmunisation incidence of 4.5% after receiving 10 transfusions, which was statistically similar to the 4.2% incidence in the control group.
  • The findings suggest that while DAT-positive patients may have a higher risk of red blood cell immune responses, their overall risk is not significantly higher than that of control patients, indicating that more extensive matching for transfusions may not be necessary in these cases.
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Transition metal oxides (TMO) are the preferred materials for metal ion battery cathodes because of their high redox potentials and good metal-ion intercalation capacity, which serve as an outstanding replacement for layered sulphide. In this work, using first-principles calculations based on Density functional theory approach, we explored the structural and electronic properties which comprise of adsorption and diffusion behaviour along with the analysis of voltage profile and storage capacity of Ru doped two-dimensional transition metal oxide [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text] monolayers. The adsorption of alkali ions (Li, Na) to the surface of TMOs is strengthened by Ru-atom doping.

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