Effect of hybrid fillers on the mechanical behavior of polypropylene based hybrid composites

The present study investigates the effect of hybrid fillers such as graphene nanoplatelets (GnPs) and Titanium di-oxide (TiO₂) in polypropylene (PP) composites on the mechanical properties. The compatibilizing agent of Maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) are used in the polypropylene based composites to increase the interfacial adhesion between matrix and fillers. The experiments are designed according to L₁₆ orthogonal array (OA) based design of experiments (DOE). The parameters selected for this study are GnPs, TiO₂ and MAPP with four different levels are used.By using Orthogonal array and Taguchi based experimental design, the performance characteristics of tensile modulus, tensile strength, elongation at break and toughness can be analyzed with more objective through a small set of experiments.Taguchi based analysis are used to find out the optimal parameters to maximize the tensile properties for the GnPs and TiO₂ reinforced PP hybrid composites. Further, analysis of variance (ANOVA) is investigated to identify the most significant parameters which influence the mechanical properties.From the analysis it was found that the optimal parameters of 3 ?wt% GnPs, 2 ?wt% TiO₂ and 6 ?wt% MAPP for maximum tensile modulus and tensile strength. The most significant parameter for tensile modulus and tensile strength is GnPs followed by TiO₂ and MAPP according to ANOVA analysis.     

Assessing the feasibility study of highly efficient and selective co-sequestration process for cesium and strontium utilizing calix-crown and crown-ether based combined solvent systems

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - Efficient and selective extraction of 137Cs and 90Sr from high level liquid waste (HLLW) is of utmost importance in the back end nuclear fuel...     

In Situ Grignard Metalation Method for the Synthesis of Hauser Bases

The in situ Grignard Metalation Method (iGMM) is a straightforward one-pot procedure to quickly produce multigram amounts of Hauser bases R₂N-MgBr which are valuable and vastly used metalation reagents and novel electrolytes for magnesium batteries. During addition of bromoethane to a suspension of Mg metal and secondary amine at room temperature in an ethereal solvent, a smooth reaction yields R₂N-MgBr under evolution of ethane within a few hours. A Schlenk equilibrium is operative, interconverting the Hauser bases into their solvated homoleptic congeners Mg(NR₂)₂ and MgBr₂ depending on the solvent. Scope and preconditions are studied, and side reactions limiting the yield have been investigated. DOSY NMR experiments and X-ray crystal structures of characteristic examples clarify aggregation in solution and the solid state.     

Stereoselective Seed-Induced Living Supramolecular Polymerization

Stereoselective and temporally controlled supramolecular polymerizations are ubiquitous in nature and are desirable attributes for the design of chiral, well-defined functional materials. Kinetically controlled, living supramolecular polymerization (LSP) has emerged recently for the synthesis of supramolecular polymers with controlled length and narrow dispersity. On the other hand, stringent design requirements for chiral-discriminating monomers precludes the stereoselective control of the supramolecular polymer structure. Herein, a synergetic stereo- and structural control of supramolecular polymerization by the realization of an unprecedented stereoselective seed-induced LSP is reported. Homochiral and seeded growth is demonstrated with bischromophoric naphthalene diimide (NDI) enantiomers with a chiral binaphthyl amine core, exhibiting strong self-recognition abilities and pathway complexity.     

Methods and concerns in disposal of nuclear waste from storage vials post recovery

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - The speciation of iodine in environment must be known in order to properly assess its geological fate and to study potential remediation materials...     

Black holes in brane worlds

A Kerr metric describing a rotating black hole is obtained on the three brane in a five-dimensional Randall-Sundrum brane world by considering a rotating five-dimensional black string in the bulk. We examine the causal structure of this space-time through the geodesic equations.     

Synthesis of 2-deamino- and 2-deamino-2-nitroactinomycin D

A single step synthesis of 2-deaminoactinomycin D ( 3a ) and 2-deamino-2-nitroactinomycin D ( 2a ) arising from actinomycin D ( 1a, AMD ) is reported. Structural confirmation was made by nmr, ir and chemical conversion to known materials.