Microwave-assisted synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles using different capping agents and their photocatalytic application.

This investigation reports the synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles from various sources of zinc salts via a microwave-assisted method. Furthermore, the synthesized ZnO nanoparticles were capped with different capping agents such as sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), and cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) to examine the stability and characteristics of ZnO nanoparticles. The synthesized ZnO nanoparticles were characterized with sophisticated analytical techniques such as XRD, FTIR, SEM, UV-vis DRS, Raman, and PL to understand their properties.

Supercapacitor and high properties of CNT-PbS reinforced quinoxaline amine based polybenzoxazine composites.

The new 2,3-diphenylquinoxalin-6-amine (dpqa) was designed and synthesized through an efficient and high yield condensation process. Data from FTIR and H-NMR spectroscopy have been adopted to ascertain the molecular structure of benzoxazine compounds. Furthermore, the quinoxaline amine based benzoxazine (BA-dpqa) was synthesized using bisphenol-A and paraformaldehyde followed by combining different weight percentages (1, 5 and 10 wt%) of (3-glycidyloxypropyl)trimethoxysilane functionalized CNT-PbS with benzoxazine to obtain nanocomposites.

Electrochemical sensing of copper (II) ion in water using bi-metal oxide framework modified glassy carbon electrode.

In this research, an electrochemical sensor was fabricated employing the metal-organic framework (MOF) deposited glassy carbon electrode (GCE) for the sensing copper ions in water with high sensitivity. The porous nanostructured MOF was characterized through Transmission electron microscope, scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction analysis. The Bi-MOF nanostructure deposited GCE (Bi-MOF/GCE) was fabricated by drop-casting a suspension of Bi-MOF in water on GCE surface.