Publications by authors named "Pramoda K Pallathadka"

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  • Polyaniline hollow spheres (PANI-HS) combined with electrochemically reduced graphene oxide (ERGO) create a core-shell hybrid structure that improves performance in energy storage applications.
  • This design increases the surface area and enhances charge and ion movement, resulting in a high specific capacitance of 614 F g(-1) at 1 A g(-1).
  • The PANI-HS@ERGO hybrids demonstrate strong cycling stability, with 90% of their capacitance retained after 500 charge/discharge cycles, showcasing their potential for use in advanced supercapacitors.
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This work exploits the thermal responsive phase behavior of hydroxypropylcellulose to produce 3D interconnected macroporous hydrogels in aqueous environment. Hydroxypropylcellulose was modified with allyl isocyanate, and their temperature mediated phase behavior was studied as a function of degree of modification (DS). A derivative with a DS of 1.

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This paper reports the packing structures of two types of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)-imidazolium surfactants with different molecular rigidity in the intergalleries of montmorillonite clay. Wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) and molecular modeling studies suggest that the POSS-imidazolium cations have a bilayer packing structure in clay with the long axes of the molecules largely tilted with respect to the basal plane. Direct evidence for the bilayer structure is provided by transmission electron microscopy (TEM).

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