Comparative study of electrically conductive cotton fabric prepared through the in situ synthesis of different conductive materials

Cellulose - The electrical conductivity of cotton fabrics was enhanced using an in situ synthesis of graphene or polymerization of conductive polymer. The impact of conductive materials...     

2‐hydroxyethylammonium formate ionic liquid grafted magnetic nanoparticle as a novel heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of substituted imidazoles

Catalytic one‐pot condensation of benzil, aldehyde and ammonium acetate have been successfully carried out using 2‐hydroxyethylammonium formate (HEAF) grafted on a magnetic nanoparticles as a new heterogeneous catalyst. The as‐prepared catalyst was characterized by FT‐IR, TEM, FESEM, VSM, TGA and XRD. This catalyst indicated significant advantages, such as excellent yields, shorter reaction time, reusability of the catalyst and easy workup process.     

Application of a hybrid meshless technique for natural frequencies analysis in functionally graded thick hollow cylinder subjected to suddenly thermal loading

A hybrid meshless technique based on composition of meshless local Petrov–Galerkin method (for spatial variables) and Newmark finite difference method (for time domain) is developed for natural frequencies analysis of thick cylinder made of functionally graded materials (FGMs). The FG cylinder is assumed to be under suddenly thermal loading, axisymmetric and plane strain conditions. The dynamic behaviors and time history of displacements are obtained in time domain using Green–Naghdi (GN) theory of coupled thermo-elasticity (without energy dissipation). Using fast Fourier transform (FFT) technique, the displacements are transferred to frequency domain and all natural frequencies are illustrated for various grading patterns of FGMs. The variations of mechanical properties in FG thick hollow cylinder are considered to be in nonlinear volume fraction law through radial direction. The presented hybrid meshless technique furnishes a ground to analyze the effects of various grading patterns of FGMs on natural frequencies, which are obtained employing GN coupled thermo-elasticity governing equations. Also, the frequency history and natural frequencies are illustrated for various grading patterns at several points across thickness of cylinder.     

Polymeric catalyst for the synthesis of new pyrido[2,3-b]indoles

A new and efficient method has been developed for the one-pot synthesis of novel 2,9-dihydro-2-oxo-4-aryl-1H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole-3-carbonitrile derivatives by condensation of substituted (triethoxymethyl)arene, 1-methyl-1H-indol-2-ol and cyanoacetamide in the presence of a catalytic amount of crosslinked poly(2-acrylamido-2-methyl propane sulfonic acid) (AMPS) as an efficient and heterogeneous catalyst. This polymeric solid acid catalyst is stable and can be easily recovered and reused without significant change in its activity.     

Mechanistic insight into the hydrogenation of acetylene on the Pd2/g-C3N4 catalyst: effect of Pd clustering on the barrier energy and selectivity

Structural Chemistry - In this work, the hydrogenation of acetylene on the Pd2/g-C3N4 catalyst is investigated by the density functional theory (DFT) and quantum theory of atoms in molecules...     

Temperature tunable random laser using superconducting materials

We propose that spectral intensity of superconductor based random lasers can be made tunable by changing temperature. The two fluid model and wavelength dependent dispersion formula have been employed to describe the optical response of the superconducting materials. Random laser characteristics have been calculated using the one dimensional FDTD method. Our simulation results reveal that the emission spectrum can be manipulated through the ambient temperature of the system. It is observed that transition from metal phase to pure superconducting phase leads to the enhancement of the laser emission. Furthermore, spatial distribution of the fields in one dimensional disordered media is very sensitive to the system temperature.     

Recent approaches to the synthesis of thieno[2,3-b]pyridines (microreview)

Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds - This microreview describes recent approaches to the synthesis of thieno[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives. Selected works published in 2015–2019 are reviewed.