Recent developments in polypyrrole/manganese oxide-based nanocomposites for thin film electrodes in supercapacitors: a minireview.

This review article highlights the recent developments in the synthesis and electrochemical performance of polypyrrole/manganese oxide thin-film electrodes synthesized by various chemical methods for supercapacitor applications. In the class of conducting polymers for electrode applications, polypyrrole (Ppy) is considered an important polymer due to its low cost and abundance. Ppy's polymeric composition and structural properties, however, pose stability concerns and have a drawback of a short life cycle over long-term charge-discharge processes, limiting its potential for industrial and commercial utilization.

Immunostimulatory and anti-allergic potential of novel heterotrimeric lectin from seeds of Zizyphus mauritiana Lam.

Zizyphus mauritiana Lam. seeds (ZMS) have been used medicinally as sedative or hypnotic drugs in most of Asian countries. ZMS has significant benefits to the human health.

Sulfamic acid promoted one-pot multicomponent reaction: a facile synthesis of 4-oxo-tetrahydroindoles under ball milling conditions.

We report an efficient and facile one-pot synthesis of 4-oxo-tetrahydroindoles using sulfamic acid under ball milling conditions. The present protocol for preparation of biologically important 4-oxo-tetrahydroindoles offers several advantages such as mild reaction conditions, improved selectivity and higher isolated yields. Moreover, solvent-free reaction conditions and the use of ball milling make the present protocol environmentally friendly in nature.

Metal/Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: Toxicity, Applications, and Future Prospects.

The ever-growing resistance of pathogens to antibiotics and crop disease due to pest has triggered severe health concerns in recent years. Consequently, there is a need of powerful and protective materials for the eradication of diseases. Metal/metal oxide nanoparticles (M/MO NPs) are powerful agents due to their therapeutic effects in microbial infections.

Mesoporous PbO nanoparticle-catalyzed synthesis of arylbenzodioxy xanthenedione scaffolds under solvent-free conditions in a ball mill.

A protocol for the efficient synthesis of arylbenzodioxy xanthenedione scaffolds was developed a one-pot multi-component reaction of aromatic aldehydes, 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, and 3,4-methylenedioxy phenol using mesoporous PbO nanoparticles (NPs) as a catalyst under ball milling conditions. The synthesis protocol offers outstanding advantages, including short reaction time (60 min), excellent yields of the products (92-97%), solvent-free conditions, use of mild and reusable PbO NPs as a catalyst, simple purification of the products by recrystallization, and finally, the use of a green process of dry ball milling.