02143nas a2200277 4500008004100000022001400041245012900055210006900184260013200253300001400385490000600399520110200405653000801507653003501515653001401550653001301564653002101577653002701598100002301625700002001648700001501668700001601683700002101699700002701720856011801747 2010 eng d a1475-743500aRapid generation of hierarchical nanoarchitectures of CdS via facile microwave assisted hydrothermal/semi-solvothermal route0 aRapid generation of hierarchical nanoarchitectures of CdS via fa aWORLD TRADE CENTER BLDG, 29 ROUTE DE PRE-BOIS, CASE POSTALE 896, CH-1215 GENEVA, SWITZERLANDbINDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTDcDEC a1120-11300 v73 a

1-D nanorod bundles as well as sea urchin and starfish like hierarchical morphological nanoarchitectures of CdS have been synthesised using a facile microwave assisted hydrothermal/semi-solvothermal technique. Observation of interesting regular/irregular pine-tree like secondary growth over these hierarchical nanoarchitectures is an important aspect of this work. Cadmium acetate and thiourea were used as precursor materials and were dissolved in solution containing mixture of diethylene triamine (DETA) and deionised water (DIW) in different volume ratios prior to subjecting the resultant solution to microwave radiation of 300 W at a reaction time of 10 min and temperature of 140 degrees C. XRD revealed formation of hexagonal CdS with strong (002) preferred orientation (c-axis orientation). Morphology dependent optical properties are studied using room temperature photoluminescence spectroscopy. We feel such secondary growth will be highly favourable in determining the non-linear properties of optoelectronic devices fabricated using such novel hierarchical nanoarchitectures.

10aCdS10ahierarchical nanoarchitectures10aMicrowave10aNanorods10asecondary growth10asolvothermal synthesis1 aShinde, Manish, D.1 aPawar, Amol, U.1 aSreeja, V.1 aRane, Sunit1 aPotdar, Hari, S.1 aAmalnerkar, Dinesh, P. uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/rapid-generation-hierarchical-nanoarchitectures-cds-facile-microwave-assisted-002065nas a2200241 4500008004100000022001400041245009300055210006900148260007300217300001400290490000700304520125600311653001301567653001701580653001301597653000801610653001901618653000801637100001801645700002001663700001901683856012101702 2013 eng d a0928-493100aProbing interaction of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial cells with ZnO nanorods0 aProbing interaction of Grampositive and Gramnegative bacterial c aPO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDSbELSEVIER SCIENCE BVcAPR a1247-12530 v333 a

In the present work, the physiological effects of the ZnO nanorods on the Gram positive (Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli and Aerobacter aerogenes) bacterial cells have been studied. The analysis of bacterial growth curves for various concentrations of ZnO nanorods indicates that Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial cells show inhibition at concentrations of similar to 64 and similar to 256 mu g/mL respectively. The marked difference in susceptibility towards nanorods was also validated by spread plate and disk diffusion methods. In addition, the scanning electron micrographs show a clear damage to the cells via changed morphology of the cells from rod to coccoid etc. The confocal optical microscopy images of these cells also demonstrate the reduction in live cell count in the presence of ZnO nanorods. These, results clearly indicate that the antibacterial activity of ZnO nanorods is higher towards Gram positive bacterium than Gram negative bacterium which indicates that the structure of the cell wall might play a major role in the interaction with nanostructured materials and shows high sensitivity to the particle concentration. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

10aConfocal10aGrowth curve10aNanorods10aSEM10aZeta potential10aZnO1 aJain, Aanchal1 aBhargava, Richa1 aPoddar, Pankaj uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/probing-interaction-gram-positive-and-gram-negative-bacterial-cells-zno-nanorods-002445nas a2200325 4500008004100000022001400041245015900055210006900214260005700283300001400340490000800354520126400362653003101626653002801657653001301685653001501698653001601713653001801729653002701747653001501774100002801789700002101817700002701838700002401865700002401889700002601913700002601939700002501965856012901990 2014 eng d a0303-402X00aStudies on morphology of polyaniline films formed at liquid-liquid and solid-liquid interfaces at 25 and 5 A degrees C, respectively, and effect of doping0 aStudies on morphology of polyaniline films formed at liquidliqui a233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USAbSPRINGERcMAY a1079-10890 v2923 a

It is well accepted that the morphology of the nanomaterials has great effect on the properties and hence their applications. Therefore, morphology of materials has become a focus of research in the scientific world. The present study shows that interfacial polymerization and subsequent self-assembly provides a control over the morphology, nanorod/nanosheet, of polyaniline (PANI) films synthesized by liquid-liquid interface reaction technique and solid-liquid interface reaction technique. The synthesized PANI films and its particulate structure are characterized by using various spectroscopic techniques such as UV-visible, ATR-IR, Raman and XPS. The study confirmed the formation, the structure, the size and shape of particles and morphology of PANI by using analytical techniques namely, SAED, SEM and TEM. An important observation is that doping with HCl significantly improves the nanorod formation at the interface. The doped PANI electrode exhibits a higher area with rectangular shape in CV cycle and better cycle stability when compared with the performance of undoped PANI films. We believe that the results of these studies can give valuable leads to manoeuvre formation of PANI films with desired morphology for various applications.

10ainterfacial polymerization10aLiquid-liquid interface10aNanorods10ananosheets10apolyaniline10aSelf-assembly10aSolid-liquid interface10aThin films1 aWaghmode, Babasaheb, J.1 aPatil, Sagar, H.1 aJahagirdar, Mandar, M.1 aPatil, Virendra, S.1 aWaichal, Rupali, P.1 aMalkhede, Dipalee, D.1 aSathaye, Shivaram, D.1 aPatil, Kashinath, R. uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/studies-morphology-polyaniline-films-formed-liquid-liquid-and-solid-liquid-interfaces-25-001473nas a2200205 4500008004100000245006300041210006200104260000800166300000800174490000800182520085000190653001901040653001901059653001301078653002401091653001601115100001901131700002401150856009301174 2017 eng d00aMoO3-rGO nanocomposites for electrochemical energy storage0 aMoO3rGO nanocomposites for electrochemical energy storage cOCT a2-80 v4183 aWe have synthesized the one dimensional (1D) MoO3 nanorods and MoO3-rGO nanocomposite by using sonochemical dispersion method at low temperature. The obtained products were characterized by using Raman spectroscopy, FT-IR, SEM, TEM and HR-TEM. We have demonstrated the electrochemical properties of MoO3 nanorods and MoO3-rGO nanocomposites. The specific capacitance for MoO3 nanorods and MoO3-rGO nanocomposite was calculated to be 3.3 F/g and 22.83 F/g at current density of 0.3 A/g respectively. The nanocomposite of MoO3-rGO shows the better electrochemical performance as compared to pristine MoO3 nanorods sample due to improvement in the conductivity. Our result suggests that the MoO3-rGO nanocomposites material has great potential for electrochemical energy storage and related applications. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.10aEnergy storage10aNanocomposites10aNanorods10aStorage (materials)10aTemperature1 aKhandare, Lina1 aLate, Dattatray, J. uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/moo3-rgo-nanocomposites-electrochemical-energy-storage02321nas a2200229 4500008004100000022001400041245009800055210006900153260000800222300001200230520153600242653001001778653001901788653002101807653001301828653002701841100002501868700002501893700002301918700002401941856012601965 2019 eng d a1862-630000aRealization of efficient field emitter based on reduced graphene oxide-Bi2S3 heterostructures0 aRealization of efficient field emitter based on reduced graphene cJUL a19001213 a

Herein, Bi2S3 nanorods and reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-Bi2S3 heterostructures are synthesized using a simple hydrothermal method. The structural, morphological, chemical, and elemental analysis of as-synthesized materials is performed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Field emission (FE) studies are carried out on both pristine Bi2S3 nanorods and rGO-Bi2S3 heterostructure samples at a base pressure of approximate to 1 x 10(-8) mbar. The results show that the rGO-Bi2S3 heterostructure emitter has superior FE performance compared to pristine Bi2S3 emitters in terms of the turn-on field (2.6 V mu m(-1) at 10 mu A cm(-2)) and threshold field (4.0 V mu m(-1) at 100 mu A cm(-2)) along with a high emission current density of approximate to 1464 mu A cm(-2) at an applied electric field of 7.0 V mu m(-1). The rGO-Bi2S3 heterostructure emitter exhibits very good emission current stability, tested for more than 3 h duration, characterized by standard deviation values approximate to 2.84 and 4.06, corresponding to preset values 12 and 100 mu A. This study implies that one-step hydrothermal route can be efficiently used to synthesize organic-inorganic heterostructures that possess unique morphology. Furthermore, the synthesized rGO-Bi2S3 heterostructure emitter shows potential as an electron source for practical application in vacuum microelectronic devices.

10aBi2S310afield emission10aHeterostructures10aNanorods10aReduced graphene oxide1 aGote, Gorkshnath, H.1 aBhopale, Somnath, R.1 aMore, Mahendra, A.1 aLate, Dattatray, J. uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/realization-efficient-field-emitter-based-reduced-graphene-oxide-bi2s3-heterostructures