@article { ISI:000341543200034, title = {Soft colloidal scaffolds capable of elastic recovery after large compressive strains}, journal = {Chemistry of Materials}, volume = {26}, number = {17}, year = {2014}, month = {SEP}, pages = {5161-5168}, publisher = {AMER CHEMICAL SOC}, type = {Article}, address = {1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA}, abstract = {

Assemblies of inorganic or glassy particles are typically brittle and cannot sustain even moderate deformations. This restricts the use of such materials to applications where they do not experience significant loading or deformation. Here, we demonstrate a general strategy to create centimeter-size macroporous monoliths, composed primarily (\>90 wt \%) of colloidal particles, that recover elastically after compression to about one-tenth their original size. We employ ice templating of an aqueous dispersion of particles, polymer, and cross-linker such that cross-linking happens in the frozen state. This method yields elastic composite scaffolds for starting materials ranging from nanoparticles to micron-sized dispersions of inorganics or glassy lattices. The mechanical response of the monoliths is also qualitatively independent of polymer type, molecular weight, and even cross-linking chemistry. Our results suggest that the monolith mechanical properties arise from the formation of a unique hybrid microstructure, generated by cross-linking the polymer during ice templating. Particles that comprise the scaffold walls are connected by a cross-linked polymeric mesh. This microstructure results in soft monoliths, with moduli similar to O (10(4) Pa), despite the very high particle content in their walls. A remarkable consequence of this microstructure is that the monolith mechanical response is entropic in origin: the modulus of these scaffolds increases with temperature over a range of 140 K. We show that interparticle connections formed by cross-linking during ice templating determine the monolith modulus and also allow relative motion between connected particles, resulting in entropic elasticity.

}, issn = {0897-4756}, doi = {10.1021/cm502643a}, author = {Rajamanickam, Raja and Kumar, Sushma and Kumar, Deepak and Ghosh, Shankar and Kim, Jong Chul and Tae, Giyoong and Sen Gupta, Sayam and Kumaraswamy, Guruswamy} } @article {45638, title = {Strategic Preparation of Efficient and Durable NiCo Alloy Supported N-Doped Porous Graphene as an Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalyst: A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation}, journal = {Advanced Materials Interfaces}, volume = {3}, year = {2016}, month = {OCT }, pages = {1600532}, type = {Article}, abstract = {

Development of an efficient and durable water splitting electrocatalyst holds a great commitment for the future energy devices. The real application of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts mainly suffers from sluggish kinetics and high overpotential except for the Ir and Ru-based systems. However, the high cost and vulnerability of the Ir and Ru metals are the main hostiles to use them for marketization. Herein, a high-performance OER electrocatalyst consisting of NiCo alloy nanoparticles supported on high surface area N-doped porous graphene (NiCo/pNGr(75: 25)) is reported. The importance of the doped-N for achieving the uniform dispersion-cum-effective interaction of the size controlled NiCo alloy nanoparticles has been explicitly investigated by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photo electron spectroscopy, Raman, density functional theory (DFT) calculations, etc. The electrochemical analysis of NiCo/pNGr(75: 25) shows an overpotential of approximate to 260 mV at 10 mA cm(-2) with a smaller Tafel slope of approximate to 87 mV dec(-1) and long catalytic durability. DFT calculations are done to check the interaction between the NiCo alloy nanoparticles and the defective sites of pNGr and also with the doped-N, which could be attained for maintaining long catalytic durability. Furthermore, NiCo/pNGr(75: 25) is used as an OER catalyst to fabricate an electrolyzer, which works at very low potential of 1.5 V in 1 M KOH.

}, issn = {2196-7350}, doi = {10.1002/admi.201600532}, author = {Singh, Santosh K. and Kumar, Deepak and Dhavale, Vishal M. and Pal, Sourav and Kurungot, Sreekumar} } @article {47108, title = {Synthesis and cell imaging applications of fluorescent mono/di/tri-heterocyclyl-2,6-dicyanoanilines (vol 27, pg 979, 2017)}, journal = {Bioorganic \& Medicinal Chemistry Letters}, volume = {32}, year = {2021}, month = {JAN }, pages = {127737}, type = {Correction}, issn = {0960-894X}, doi = {10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127737}, author = {Pisal, Mahesh M. and Annadate, Ritesh A. and Athalye, Meghana C. and Kumar, Deepak and Chavan, Subhash P. and Sarkar, Dhiman and Borate, Hanumant B.} } @article {49387, title = {Sustainable bioprocess technology for producing food-flavour (+)-γ-decalactone from castor oil-derived ricinoleic acid using enzymatic activity of Candida parapsilosis: Scale-up optimization and purification using novel composite}, journal = {Journal of Biotechnology}, volume = {393}, year = {2024}, month = {SEP}, pages = {17-30}, type = {Article}, abstract = {

Ricinoleic acid (RA) from castor oil was employed in biotransformation of peach-flavoured gamma-decalactone (GDL), using a Candida parapsilosis strain (MTCC13027) which was isolated from waste of pineapple crown base. Using four variables-pH, cell density, amount of RA, and temperature-the biotransformation parameters were optimized using RSM and BBD. Under optimized conditions (pH 6, 10 \% of microbial cells, 10 g/L RA at 28 degrees C), the conversion was maximum and resulted to 80 \% (+)-GDL (4.4 g/L/120 h) yield in shake flask (500 mL). Furthermore, optimization was achieved by adjusting the aeration and agitation parameters in a 3 L bioreactor, which were then replicated in a 10 L bioreactor to accurately determine the amount of (+)-GDL. In bioreactor condition, 4.7 g/L (\>85 \%) of (+)-GDL is produced with 20 \% and 40 \% dissolved oxygen (1.0 vvm) at 150 rpm in 72 h and 66 h, respectively. Further, a new Al-Mg-Ca-Si composite column-chromatography method is developed to purify enantiospecific (+)-GDL (99.9 \%). This (+)-GDL is 100 \% nature-identical as validated through 14C-radio-carbon dating. Thorough chemical investigation of enantiospecific (+)-GDL is authenticated for its use as flavour. This bioflavour has been developed through a cost-effective biotechnological process in response to the demand from the food industry on commercial scale.

}, keywords = {(+)-gamma-Decalactone, Al-Mg-Ca-Si composite, Bioflavour, Candida parapsilosis, castor oil, Food-waste}, issn = {0168-1656}, doi = {10.1016/j.jbiotec.2024.07.011}, author = {Syed, Naziya and Singh, Suman and Chaturvedi, Shivani and Kumar, Prashant and Kumar, Deepak and Jain, Abhinav and Sharma, Praveen Kumar and Nannaware, Ashween Deepak and Chanotiya, Chandan Singh and Bhambure, Rahul and Kumar, Pankaj and Kalra, Alok and Rout, Prasant Kumar} }