Free‐Standing CoO‐POM Janus‐like Ultrathin Nanosheets

A single‐step solution‐based strategy is used to obtain 2D Janus‐like free‐standing ultrathin nanosheets build from two structurally unrelated species, that is, polyoxomolybdate (POM) and CoO. A controlled 2D‐to‐1D morphological transition was achieved by judiciously adjusting the solvent choice. These POM‐CoO heterostructures can behave as an ideal catalyst for the epoxidation of styrene. Benefiting from their amphiphilic nature, these 2D POM‐CoO nanosheets have also been used as surfactant to emulsify immiscible solvents. It is anticipated that structurally diverse polyoxometalates will offer promise as design elements for variety of structurally and compositionally tunable van der Waals integrated heteromaterials having a broad range applications.     

Coumarins: Facile and Expeditious Synthesis via Keggin‐Type Heteropolycompounds under Solvent‐Free Condition

Different Keggin‐type heteropolycompounds were used in Pechmann reaction to obtain biologically active coumarins. Effect of solvent, catalyst loading, and molar ratios of substrates was studied to introduce the best reaction condition. The optimized reaction condition was extended to Pechmann reaction of methylacetoacetate with various monohydric and polyhydric phenols. This rapid procedure afforded structurally diverse coumarins with high to excellent yields. Short reaction times, simple work‐up, and mild reaction conditions were advantages of this method. The optimized catalysts were reusable for four runs.     

Geometric classification of warped products isometrically immersed into Sasakian space forms

The main objective of this paper is to study the warped product pointwise semi‐slant submanifolds which are isometrically immersed into Sasakian manifolds. First, we prove some characterizations results in terms of the shape operator, under which influence a pointwise semi‐slant submanifold of a Sasakian manifold can be reduced to a warped product submanifold. Then, we determine a geometric inequality for the second fundamental form regarding to intrinsic invariant and extrinsic invariant using the Gauss equation instead of the Codazzi equation. Evenmore, we give some applications of this inequality into Sasakian space forms, and we will investigate the status of equalities in the inequality. As a particular case, we provide numerous applications of the Green lemma, the Laplacian of warped functions and some partial differential equations. Some triviality results for connected, compact warped product pointwise semi‐slant submanifolds of Sasakian space form by means of Hamiltonian and the kinetic energy of warped function involving boundary conditions are established.     

Spectrophotometric and conductometric studies of the thermodynamics complexation of Zn2+, Ni2+, Co2+, Pb2+ and Cu2+ ions with 1,13-bis(8-quinolyl)-1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxatridecane ligand in acetonitrile solution

The complexation reaction between 1,13-bis(8-quinolyl)-1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxatridecane ligand (Kryptofix5) and Zn²⁺, Ni²⁺, Co²⁺, Pb²⁺ and Cu²⁺ ions were studied conductometrically in acetonitrile solution. The formation constants of the resulting 1:1 complexes were calculated from the computer fitting of the molar conductance and absorbance measurements in various mole ratios. The enthalpy and entropy changes of the complexation reactions were derived from titration conductometry in acetonitrile at various temperatures. At 25 °C, the stability of the resulting complexes varied in the order Pb²⁺ > Zn²⁺ > Cu²⁺> Co²⁺> Ni²⁺.     

Novel and efficient one-pot tandem synthesis of 2-styryl-substituted 4(3H)-quinazolinones

A novel one-pot tandem synthesis of 2-styryl-4(3 H)-quinazolinones in an acidic ionic liquid is reported. In this procedure isatoic anhydride, a primary aniline or ammonium acetate, and triethylorthoacetate are reacted in the presence of imidazolium trifluoroacetate [Hmim]TFA. Subsequently an aromatic aldehyde is added to the mixture to afford the title compounds in high to excellent yields.     

Sonoelectrochemical Synthesis of Nano Zinc (II) Complexes with 9-Anthracenecarboxylic Acid: Effect of Current Density and Study of their Photophysical Properties

A new zinc complex, [Zn (9-AC)₂] (1) (9-AC = 9-anthracenecarboxylic acid), was prepared via conventional electrochemical method in a fast and facile process and fully characterized by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The nano structures of the same compound were successfully produced by a facile and environment-friendly sonoelectrochemical route at different current densities (0.5, 1.2, 1.8, 2.5 and 3.5 mA/cm²). The new nano-structure particles were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. Thermal stability of single crystal and nano-size samples of the prepared compound was studied by thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis. The comparison of the effect of current density without and with ultrasonic irradiation on particle size has been investigated in convectional electrochemical and sonoelectrochemical method respectively. The results showed that using ultrasonic irradiation with increasing the current density lead to decrease the particle sizes unlike conventional electrochemical method. In other words, when the current density increase from 0.5 to 3.5 mA/cm², in sonoelectrochemical method, the particle sizes decrease from 100 to 48 nm while, in convectional electrochemical method, the particle sizes increase from 400 to 1200 nm and possible explanation offered. Photoluminescence properties of the nano-structured and crystalline bulk of the prepared complex at room temperature in the solid state have been investigated in detail. The results indicate that the size of the complex particles has an important effect on their optical properties.     

Liquid Crystal Polymers: Overview of Characteristics and Applications in Communication and Biomedical Technologies

Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry - Liquid crystals polymers (LCPs) are aromatic polymers with unique properties which enable their usage in various applications. LCPs are herein discussed, in...     

Experimental performance analysis of two different passive cooling techniques for solar photovoltaic installations

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - At higher ambient temperatures during summer months, the cell temperature of a photovoltaic (PV) module increases to 50–60 °C and sometimes...     

Quintic spline technique for time fractional fourth‐order partial differential equation

Higher order non‐Fickian diffusion theories involve fourth‐order linear partial differential equations and their solutions. A quintic polynomial spline technique is used for the numerical solutions of fourth‐order partial differential equations with Caputo time fractional derivative on a finite domain. These equations occur in many applications in real life problems such as modeling of plates and thin beams, strain gradient elasticity, and phase separation in binary mixtures, which are basic elements in engineering structures and are of great practical significance to civil, mechanical, and aerospace engineering. The quintic polynomial spline technique is used for space discretization and the time‐stepping is done using a backward Euler method based on the L1 approximation to the Caputo derivative. The stability and convergence analysis are also discussed. The numerical results are given, which demonstrate the effectiveness and accuracy of the numerical method. The numerical results obtained in this article are also compared favorably well with the results of (S. S. Siddiqi and S. Arshed, Int. J. Comput. Math. 92 (2015), 1496–1518). © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 33: 445–466, 2017     

Intuitionistic fuzzy soft graphs with applications

We present different types of new concepts, including intuitionistic fuzzy soft graphs, complete intuitionistic fuzzy soft graph, strong intuitionistic fuzzy soft graph and self complement of intuitionistic fuzzy soft graph. We describe various methods of their construction, and investigate some of their related properties. We also discuss applications of intuitionistic fuzzy soft graphs in communication network and decision making.