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Take home a piece of heritage at this Visakhapatnam sweet store

Sarvani Sweets launches its series sweet boxes featuring some iconic heritage spots of Visakhapatnam




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The story behind Goila butter chicken

Saransh Goila tells how Goila Butter Chicken was born and why it is less sweet




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Coimbatore’s Karumbukkadai comes alive at iftar

As the city soaks in the spirit of the holy month of Ramzan, we have crispy potato samosas, piping hot kebabs, and refreshing nungu milk for iftar at Karumbukkadai and Podanur



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At Kraft, a concept store in Chennai, shop for pendant lights and wall art over a meal of crispy keema dosas and Korean burgers

Shop, eat, and try your hand at games at Kraft, the concept store that showcases around 60 different types of furniture and decor




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A healthy lunch bowl or gourmet food? Cloud kitchens in Coimbatore offer a diverse menu

From gourmet food, and healthy bowls to vegetarian sushi and experimental cuisines, cloud kitchens in the city are offering intricate culinary experiences. We pick three of them and sample what they offer 



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The millet makeover: Nutrihub, ICAR-IIMR’s technology business incubator for millet start-ups is a game changer

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Millet Research are helping start-ups create products, from icecream to beer, with the grain at Nutrihub



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Temperature-dependent structural and optical properties of Sb-doped SnO2 nanoparticles and their electrochemical analysis for supercapacitor application

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00918E, Paper
Towseef Ahmad, Mohd Zubair Ansari
Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) play an important role in advanced energy harvesting and storage systems, as well as cutting-edge display technology.
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Tailoring of novel morpholine-sulphonamide linked thiazole moiety as dual targeting DHFR/DNA gyrase inhibitors: Synthesis, antimicrobial, antibiofilm activities and DFT with molecular modelling studies

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05774G, Paper
Moaz M. Abdou, Essam Eliwa, Mohamed Abdel Reheim, Ahmed Abu-Rayyan, Shimaa M. Abd El-Gilil, Mohammed Abu-Elghait , Mohamed H. Sharaf, Mohamed Kalaba, Ahmed Halawa, Walid Elgammal
Herein, the chemical synthesis of new thiazoles-based benzenesulfonamide-linked morpholine 4a,b–7 via late-stage thiazolation of the corresponding thiosemicarbazone 3 was reported. The skeletal formulas of the new compounds were confirmed by...
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Adsorption behavior of chloramphenicol on an activated carbon from pomelo peel using KHCO3 activator

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7081-7091
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05838G, Paper
Haixia Li, Hai Zhu, Junqiang Qiu, Danning Zheng, Lifang Gao, Dan Zhou, Dan Xu
The pomelo peel-based activated carbon as a high-performance adsorbent for chloramphenicol is synthesized by KHCO3 activator through a solid pyrolysis method.
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Novel composite of ZnMoO4/Ni(OH)2 as an electrode material for enhanced performance in energy-storage applications

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7362-7369
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00513A, Paper
Barani Kumar Duvaragan, Ganesan Shanmugam, Arif Mohamed Shahul Hameed, Vetrivel Ramalingam
The as-prepared composite of micro-flower structure of ZnMoO4 with Ni(OH)2 nano-flower were employed as electrode materials for supercapacitors.
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Design and synthesis of few-layer molybdenum oxide selenide encapsulated in a 3D interconnected nitrogen-doped carbon anode toward high-performance sodium storage

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7370-7378
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00389F, Paper
Yonghong Qin, Shahriman Zainal Abidin, Azhari Bin Md Hashim, Oskar Hasdinor Hassan, Xiaojun Zhao
Novel few-layered MoO3–MoSe2 encapsulated in a 3D NC skeleton is constructed to improve the electrochemical performances of SIBs.
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Carbon dots analysis of charge transfer intrinsic capacity based on the analytic calculation of chemical reactivity descriptors

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7244-7255
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ01100G, Paper
Jesús A. Lara-Cerón, Roberto Flores-Moreno, José A. Flores-Ramos, Gururaj K. Jayaprakash
Carbon dots analysis of charge transfer intrinsic capacity based on the analytic calculation of chemical reactivity descriptors.
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Unraveling the inhibitory potential of Rosetta designed de novo cyclic peptides on PARP7 through molecular dynamics simulations

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7347-7355
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00016A, Paper
Yuqi Zhu, Aamir Mehmood, Daixi Li
Cyclic peptides have the characteristics of antibodies and small molecules and have better advantages over small molecules.
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A robust dual-network hydrogel electrolyte coupled with a porous carbon material for flexible quasi-solid-state zinc ion hybrid supercapacitors

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00310A, Paper
Chenchen Ji, Xinhong Lin, Yang Hong, Junfeng Liu, Aoteng Liu, Yijia Yao, Sicheng Liu, Hongyu Mi
A hydrogel electrolyte was designed by constructing a multi-crosslinked network. The quasi-solid-state ZHSC based on the hydrogel electrolyte and HSSPC delivers a high specific capacity, high energy/power densities, and good cycle stability.
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These motorcyclists at the India Bike Week shatter myths about ‘women bikers’

Maral Yazarloo-Pattrick, Sameera Dahiya, and Urvashi Patole smash stereotypes about female bikers in India




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Ahead of 2023, here are five stories that prove it’s never too late to learn something new

These people could inspire you to take up a hobby or learn a skill this New Year, no matter how old you are



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IIT-Madras’s Centre for Memory Studies celebrates Anglo-Indian history

Memory Bytes, a phy-gital exhibition, explores the Anglo-Indian community’s story across centuries



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Weekend events in Bengaluru: German cinema, children’s storytelling, and Backstreet Boys tribute




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Broadway Cinemas opens in Coimbatore with IMAX Laser and EPIQ Premium Large Format screens

With state-of-the-art laser projection and 12-channel sound with EPIQ premium large format, Broadway Cinemas offers an immersive movie experience




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Once upon a time ... Mumbai storyteller Usha Venkatraman on the many ways to relate a fable

Storyteller Usha Venkatraman on what makes the age-old tradition of oral narration reach out to new audiences



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Coimbatore Reads: A silent reading community to find new books and friends

Coimbatore Reads is one of the many chapters of Cubbon Reads, which has sparked a silent reading movement in several parts of the world




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Integrated microfluidic-based ultrafine water condensation particle counter (UWCPC) for monitoring of airborne nanoparticle generation and growth mechanisms

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00686G, Paper
Seong-Jae Yoo, Yong-Jun Kim
This study reports a newly developed condensation particle counter for nanoparticle source tracking, growth mechanism analysis, and wide area nanoparticle monitoring.
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Construction of a nontoxic nano-pesticide and its co-application with natural predators for perfect cooperative pest management: an innovative strategy for pesticide reduction

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00060A, Paper
Shangyuan Wu, Qinhong Jiang, Chunyang Huang, Hailin Yang, Changhua Zhang, Meizhen Yin, Jie Shen, Shuo Yan, Hu Li
The current study develops a nano-pesticide that is nontoxic toward the predatory stinkbug but with enhanced bioactivity toward the common cutworm, which proposes to co-apply the nano-pesticide with predator as an innovative pest control technique.
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Carbon nanotubes as a nanocatalyst and nanoreactor for the efficient treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater via CaSO3 activation

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00026A, Paper
Haoqi Wang, Xiaohong Liu, Yanlan Wang, Yiqun Tian, Yingping Huang, Di Huang, Xiang Liu
Herein, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are reported as an efficient catalyst and nanoreactor for activating CaSO3 for water decontamination.
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What are the effects of environmental factors on Co speciation at the magnetite surface?

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00962A, Paper
Laura Fablet, Fadi Choueikani, Mathieu Pédrot, Rémi Marsac
Magnetite nanoparticles are abundant in the environment and are notably used for environmental applications due to their unique magnetic, adsorption and redox properties.
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Carbon NPs seize the accumulation of storage proteins and check the generation advancement of polyphagous insect pest tobacco cutworm Spodoptera litura (Fabricius)

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00939D, Paper
Manisha Mishra, Rashmi Pandey, Ranjana Chauhan, Sharad Saurabh, Anoop Shukla, Sheelendra Pratap Singh, Pradhyumna Kumar Singh, Farrukh Jamal
Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is considered one of the most important agricultural pests, globally. It is a highly prevalent and very damaging insect pest to several vegetables and crops like...
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Mg–Al LDH nanosheets as a nanotechnological tool in agriculture: an exploratory toxicity evaluation study

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00733B, Paper
Rafael Salinas-Jiménez, Gloria Vera, Mariola Tobar, Jeimy Moscote, Giovana Acha, Ariel Herrera-Vásquez, Diego Rojas-Rivera, Elena A. Vidal, Andrea Miyasaka Almeida, Manuel Ahumada
The possible toxicity effect of Mg–Al LDH nanosheets was evaluated on some agricultural target organisms. Overall, nanoparticle innocuity was observed at the tested concentrations, showing a low risk of toxicity for its agricultural implementation.
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Core–shell magnetic zinc-based molecularly imprinted polymer: a robust heterogeneous catalytic nanoreactor toward the CO2 fixation reaction

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1622-1635
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00554B, Paper
Tahereh Nasiriani, Neda Adabi Nigjeh, Ahmad Shaabani
This study deals with the synthesis of a core–shell magnetic zinc-based molecularly imprinted polymer (M-Zn-MIP) as a robust heterogeneous catalytic nanoreactor. The catalytic activity of the M-Zn-MIP was explored in the CO2 fixation reaction.
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Utilization of lead-based saturated adsorbents for the fabrication of battery-like hybrid asymmetric supercapacitors

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1654-1670
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00601H, Paper
Sourav Acharya, Shrabani De, Ayon Ganguly, Brijesh K. Mishra, Ganesh Chandra Nayak
In this study S-doped graphitic CN/ZIF-8 composite was fabricated to remove Pb from water which was anchored through heat treatment. This formed a composite of carbon, Zn-NCN, PbO and PbS and was used as supercapacitor anode.
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High-performance (Al0.4Ga0.6)2O3/Al0.32Ga0.68N-based UVC/UVB tunable dual-band photodetector

CrystEngComm, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01297B, Paper
Siyu Wu, Zhengyuan Wu, Peng Fei Tian, Jason Hoo, Shiping Guo, Zhilai Fang
The detection of ultraviolet B (UVB) and UVC radiation is of paramount importance, and has been expanding applications in industrial, scientific, environmental and biomedical fields. In this work, high-Al-content β-(Al0.4Ga0.6)2O3/Al0.32Ga0.68N...
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Advanced MnOx/MnWO4 hetero-nanoflakes with abundant oxygen vacancies for high-performance flexible asymmetric supercapacitors with high energy density

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2087-2095
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00052H, Paper
Yanli Yin, Jingli Wang, Sihao Chen, Nengneng Han, Zhiliang Chen, Yuezhou Jing, Yahui Zhang, Juan Xu, Zhongyang Li
High-performance flexible supercapacitors assembled with MnOx/MnWO4@C-3 hetero-nanoflake anodes, exhibiting a maximum areal energy density of 48.49 mW h cm−2.
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Enhanced Zn ion storage performance of polypyrrole coated Mn3O4 composites electrode

CrystEngComm, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00252K, Paper
Shilong Li, Ming Zhao, Weichao Zhang, Xiang Wu
Aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) possess significant application potential in energy storage field due to their large capacity, low redox potential and high safety. Among various materials, Mn3O4 electrode has...
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Nitro group and K+-based secondary building units for the self-assembly of 3D coordination polymers built on dinuclear dianionic helicate connectors

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00255E, Paper
Open Access
Raúl Mendoza-Báez, Alan Molina-Renteria, Juan Olguín
Two dinuclear dianionic helicates, K2[MII2(L)3] M = MnII (1) and NiII (2), based on 2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzaldehyde, self-assemble into novel 3D coordination polymers due to nitro groups acting as secondary assembly instruction.
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In situ P-doping induced Se vacancies enhance the supercapacitor performance of NiCo2Se4

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2197-2206
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00048J, Paper
Miaomiao Wang, Weizhe Liu, Li Zhang, Huanli Liu, Xiao Yang
In this paper, we report the synthesis of P-doped NiCo2Sex nanomaterials with rich Se vacancies induced by P doping, which greatly improves the supercapacitor performance of electrode materials.
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A highly stable hydrogen-bonded organic framework for hydrogen storage

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00245H, Communication
Jeong Hwa Song, Byeong Hak Jeon, Dong Won Kang
Multiple hydrogen bonds construct a porous crystalline network, known as a hydrogen-bonded organic framework (HOF), which can store a moderate amount of hydrogen gas.
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Elon Musk apologises as Twitter takes more storage space on phone

Musk pointed out that the Twitter app occupies 9.52 GB of phone storage




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Meta's social media apps back up after brief outage - Downdetector.com

At the peak of the outage, lasting over an hour, over 14,000 users reported issues with accessing Instagram, while around 7,000 and 2,700 users faced issues with Facebook and WhatsApp, respectively




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Twitter’s blue bird flies off, Musk brings in the X factor

Twitter sees dramatic new updates that might change its entire character




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X to ask for users’ biometric data, job and school history

X’s updated privacy policy seeks to collect biometric data, job history of users




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YouTube rewinds to top trending content, creators of 2023

Short-form videos, Chandrayaan-3 live telecast among Youtube’s top draws of 2023




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Cabinet approves 50% incentive to manufacture semiconductors

‘The modifications will strengthen the semi-conductor scheme and raise capacities within the country’




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Outstanding power sector dues of States decline by ₹24,680 crore

It is expected that strict implementation of the LPS rules will bring back financial viability of the power sector in the country and would attract investment to ensure reliable 24x7 electricity to the consumers




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ONDC may cover mobility, hospitality and travel sectors

Plans come at a time when traditional transport, hotel and restaurant sectors are up in arms against monopolisation of some aggregators