01894nas a2200181   4500008004100000245009800041210006900139260000800208300001600216490000600232520123800238100001701476700001901493700002501512700002401537700002701561856012401588       2016                        eng d00aPVAc/PEDOT:PSS/graphene-iron oxide nanocomposite (GINC): an efficient thermoelectric material0 aPVAcPEDOTPSSgrapheneiron oxide nanocomposite GINC an efficient t  cFEB  a22453-224600 v63 aA green method for the synthesis of a graphene-iron oxide nanocomposite (GINC) and its PVAc based polymer nanocomposites was reported in an earlier communication. The fabricated PVAc-GINC film exhibited a conductivity of 2.18 x 104 S m(-1) with a Seebeck coefficient of 38.8 mu V K-1. Hence, the power factor (PF) reached a value of 32.90 mu W m(-1) K-2 which is 27 fold higher than a thermoelectric material based on a PVAc-graphene composite as reported in the contemporary literature. In continuation of the above mentioned study, PEDOT:PSS was used to further enhance the power factor (PT) and figure of merit (ZT) of the system. During evaluation, a PEDOT: PSS/GINC composite (5 : 95) showed a remarkable increase in various thermoelectric properties like electrical conductivity (8.0 x 10(4) S m(-1)) with a Seebeck coefficient of 25.42 mu V K-1 and thermal conductivity 0.90 m(-1) K-1. Hence PF and ZT reach up to 51.93 mW m(-1) K-2 and 0.017, respectively. To improve the mechanical strength of the polymer composite, cellulose fibre was also employed. By the addition of cellulose fibre, though the mechanical strength of the composite increases the PF reaches 5.6, which is 10 times lower than the PEDOT:PSS/GINC composite.1 aDey, Abhijit1 aMaity, Arunava1 aKhan, Md, Abdul Shaf1 aSikder, Arun, Kanti1 aChattopadhyay, Santanu  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/pvacpedotpssgraphene-iron-oxide-nanocomposite-ginc-efficient-thermoelectric-material02621nas a2200193   4500008004100000022001400041245011400055210006900169260000800238300001400246490000700260520192500267100002502192700002202217700001702239700002402256700002002280856012702300       2019                        eng d  a1466-803300aMorphology of ammonium perchlorate in the presence of ethylene glycol as an additive: a first principle study0 aMorphology of ammonium perchlorate in the presence of ethylene g  cDEC  a7519-75270 v213 a<p>Ammonium perchlorate (AP) is an extensively used crystalline oxidizer in high energy materials and their compositions. A desired morphology of AP is crucial for the high burn rates of solid propellants. We have examined the habit modification of AP crystals in the absence and presence of ethylene glycol as an impurity by means of important parameters such as interaction and surface energies to predict the resultant morphology. On the basis of first principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the binding and surface energies before and after the adsorption of the surface-capping agent (ethylene glycol) on the AP surfaces, we have shown that the relative stability of all the important surfaces (100), (101), (011), (001) and (210) rationalize the habit modification of AP crystals. In accordance with the surface energy calculations, the stability order of the five crystallographic surfaces of AP was found to be (001) &gt; (210) &gt; (101) &gt; (100) &gt; (011) in the absence of additive molecules, i.e., in the clean surfaces. This result is in concurrence with the fact that AP crystals richly contain (001) planes when grown in the absence of an additive. The computational methodology applied for the determination of surface energies was found to be reliable as it has well reproduced the stability trend of AP surfaces. However, the trend, (210) &gt; (001) &gt; (101) &gt; (011) &gt; (100), was observed when these surfaces were capped with a known additive molecule, i.e., ethylene glycol. The crystal habit of AP in the presence of ethylene glycol is such that the intensity of the lattice plane (2 1 0) of the modified AP was remarkably high leading to the shape of hexahedral, which is in excellent agreement with the experimental results. A linear fit correlation was also observed between surface energies and interaction energy values for the additive adsorbed AP surfaces.</p>
1 aKhan, Md, Abdul Shaf1 aVijayalakshmi, R.1 aSingh, Avtar1 aNandi, Amiya, Kumar1 aTalawar, M., B.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/morphology-ammonium-perchlorate-presence-ethylene-glycol-additive-first-principle-study02194nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245008700055210006900142260001000211300001000221490000700231520141300238653002401651653001101675653003301686653002401719653001201743100002201755700002001777700002001797700002501817856011001842       2020                        eng d  a1060-132500aExamining the compatibility of energetic plasticizer DNDA-5 with energetic binders0 aExamining the compatibility of energetic plasticizer DNDA5 with   cJAN 2  a46-540 v573 a<p>The requirement of developing energetic binders with suitable energetic plasticizers is to enhance the mechanical properties and to reduce glass transition temperature of propellant and explosive formulations. Compatibility of energetic plasticizer 2,4-dinitro-2,4-diazapentane (DNDA-5) with four different energetic binders viz. poly glycidyl nitrate (PGN), poly(3-nitratomethyl-3-methyloxetane) (PLN), glycidyl azide polymer (GAP) and tetra functional glycidyl azide polymer (t-GAP) was studied by using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and density functional theory (DFT) methods. Results obtained for the pure binder was compared with the results obtained for binder/plasticizer blend in the parameters of decomposition temperature and the format of the peak which indicated the compatibility or incompatibility of DNDA-5 with the studied binders. Glass transition temperatures of all these blends were determined by low temperature DSC and showed desirable lowering of glass transition temperature with single peak in the case of PLN. The proposed energetic plasticizer DNDA-5 has displayed its compatibility with three binders PGN, PLN and GAP employing thermal techniques. DNDA-5 has been found as incompatible when it is mixed with t-GAP. The predicted relative trend of interaction energies between plasticizer and binder has provided concurrence to results drawn from thermal studies.</p>10aComputational study10aDNDA-510aGlass transition temperature10aplasticizing effect10athermal1 aVijayalakshmi, R.1 aAgawane, N., T.1 aTalawar, M., B.1 aKhan, Md, Abdul Shaf  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/examining-compatibility-energetic-plasticizer-dnda-5-energetic-binders