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India’s first fuel outlet operated by woman convicts inaugurated in Chennai

About 30 woman prisoners will be employed in this petrol outlet in day shift and about 17 men prisoners on the night shift with a salary of ₹6,000 a month




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Parental behaviour closely associated with adolescents’ excessive Internet use, finds NIMHANS study

The study showed that decreased care and increased control from the mother, high autonomy from father and increased rejection from both parents as risk factors associated with adolescent internet excessive use




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Organs of 20-year-old accident victim from Mysuru donated




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Tharun Bhascker’s crime comedy ‘Keedaa Cola’, presented by Rana Daggubati, announces its release date

Actor-director Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam’s Telugu crime comedy ‘Keeda Cola’, presented by Rana Daggubati, will arrive in theatres in November




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Genetic Testing for Inherited Cancer Susceptibility Syndromes

A fact sheet about genetic testing for inherited cancer risk, including who should consider testing, how to understand test results, and who has access to a person’s test results. Also contains information about at-home, or direct-to-consumer, genetic tests.




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Targeted Cancer Therapies

A fact sheet that describes targeted cancer therapies, which are drugs that interfere with specific molecules involved in cancer cell growth and survival.




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Flight cancellations affected 1.5 lakh people since December 2023: Data

After the COVID-19 lockdowns and jet fuel hikes, aviation firms are now grappling with crew troubles




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Three arrested for assaulting trader in Puducherry




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HRI directed to conduct re-survey of temple lands in Puducherry

According to sources, a report prepared by the Puducherry government in 2017 had revealed that around 200 acres of temple land were under encroachment in the UT




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Stray cattle fitted with reflective collars to curb accidents




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Puducherry has submitted project report to Centre seeking nod for availing ₹4,750 crore loan from Asian Development Bank: CM




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Basketball stadium inaugurated in Auroville

The project, initially launched in 2018, was expedited over the last couple of years after securing essential resources and funding




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12 arrested for running illegal lottery businesses in Puducherry




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Restoration of Calve College school in Puducherry completed




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Organic kitchen garden inaugurated at government school in Puducherry




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Hear the Isolated Vocals of Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush in “Don’t Give Up”: The Power of Perseverance

Just by chance, could you use a song about perseverance and overcoming adversity? Something to give you a little encouragement and reassurance? Then we submit to you “Don’t Give Up,” featuring the isolated vocals of Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush. When he released the song on his 1986 album So, Gabriel told NME: “The catalyst […]




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Stanley Kubrick’s Annotated Copy of Stephen King’s The Shining

The web site Overlook Hotel has posted pictures of Stanley Kubrick’s personal copy of Stephen King’s novel The Shining. The book is filled with highlighted passages and largely illegible notes in the margin—tantalizing clues to Kubrick’s intentions for the movie. The site features a picture of the book’s careworn cover along with two spreads from the […]




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Enhanced magnetic properties and spin–phonon coupling in Ni-substituted α-Cu2V2O7: the role of bond length, bond angles, and distorted polyhedral structures

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17519-17532
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02838D, Paper
A. Das, A. Banerjee, A. Tayal, S. Bandyopadhyay
Ni-Doped Cu2V2O7 exhibits enhanced magnetic hysteresis, zero-field exchange bias, and strong spin–phonon coupling, making it a promising candidate for spintronics applications.
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(C2H10N2)[Zn2(HPO4)2Cl2]: substitution-activated new short-wave ultraviolet phosphate with pivotal dual-property enhancement

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17482-17489
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03504F, Paper
Zhi Fang, Yu-Ming Pan, Pei Han, Bing-Ping Yang, Mei-Hong Duan
A substitution-oriented rational approach to a short-wave ultraviolet phosphate, (C2H10N2)[Zn2(HPO4)2Cl2], results in significant dual-property enhancement.
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Visible light mediated efficient photoswitching of dimethyldihydropyrenes in thin films for all-photonic logic gate applications and dynamic encryption/decryption capabilities

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17511-17518
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03321C, Paper
Sariful Molla, Subhajit Bandyopadhyay
Dimethyldihydropyrene (DHP) photoswitches exhibit visible light-induced ring-opening photoisomerization, reversed by UV/visible light or heat in thin films.
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Near fully depleted Pt/Sb2Se3/ZnO hybrid junctions for high-performance polarized detection and encrypted communication

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17490-17499
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03472D, Paper
Zhipeng Sun, Fazhen Zhang, Mengdan Chen, Tao He, Yun Wei, Caixia Kan, Mingming Jiang, Peng Wan
Based on near fully depleted hybrid junctions, a Pt/Sb2Se3/ZnO polarized photodetector shows an overall photodetecting performance, which can be further applied in near-infrared polarization encrypted communication.
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Green-emitting CsPbI3 nanorods decorated with CsPb2I5 and Cs4PbI6 nanoclusters

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17611-17619
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03500C, Paper
Paundra Rizky Pratama, Azzah Dyah Pramata, Fuko Shiga, Jonas Karl Christopher N. Agutaya, Yusuke Inomata, Biplab Manna, Agung Purniawan, Yuji Akaishi, Tetsuya Kida
This work presents green-emitting CsPbI3 nanorods decorated Cs4PbI6 and CsPb2I5 nanoclusters with a color-tuning approach via multiple-phase combinations without changing elements. These materials have stable emission and color purity.
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Highly sensitive OFET based room temperature operated gas sensors using a thieno[3,2-b]thiophene extended phthalocyanine semiconductor

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03208J, Paper
Recep Isci, Ozgur Yavuz, Sheida Faraji, Dilara Gunturkun, Mehmet Eroglu, Leszek A. Majewski, Ismail Yilmaz, Turan Ozturk
A novel thienothiophene (TT) and phthalocyanine (Pc) based conjugated material was designed, synthesized, fabricated for an organic field effect transistor (OFET) and utilized as an OFET based gas sensor for hazardous gases such as NO2 and SO2.
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Emergence of heavy-fermion behavior and distorted square nets in partially vacancy-ordered Y4FexGe8 (1.0 ≤ x ≤ 1.5)

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03601H, Paper
Hengdi Zhao, Xiuquan Zhou, Mohammad Usman, Ramakanta Chapai, Lei Yu, Jianguo Wen, Hyowon Park, Alexios P. Douvalis, Patricia E. Meza, Yu-Sheng Chen, Ulrich Welp, Stephan Rosenkranz, Duck Young Chung, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Heavy fermion characteristics and potential superconductivity are observed in the partially vacancy-ordered Y4FexGe8.
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Enhanced electrical properties of lead-free sodium potassium niobate piezoelectric ceramics prepared via cold sintering assisted sintering

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04031G, Paper
Yao Huang, Xinyue Song, Renbing Sun, Hai Jiang, Peng Du, Laihui Luo
The CSAS method can increase the density of the ceramics and reduce the volatilization of the A-site elements, thus changing the phase structure of the ceramics and making them high piezoelectric properties.
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Influence of a diketopyrrolopyrrole spacer on the ultrafast nonlinear optical properties and excited state dynamics of dimeric zinc porphyrin molecules

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03281K, Paper
Rahul Murali, Chinmoy Biswas, Sudhanshu Kumar Nayak, Hanping Wu, Xiaobin Peng, Vipin Kumar, Prabhakar Chetti, Venugopal Rao Soma, Sai Santosh Kumar Raavi
This work highlights the significance of adding a DPP unit to the zinc-porphyrin core with ethynylene bridges to enhance third-order NLO properties under femtosecond laser excitation.
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Silver-incorporated NiCo metal–organic frameworks with controlled morphology for enhanced cycling in flexible supercapacitor applications

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02970D, Paper
Chu Chu, Wenjing Zhang, Xuehua Yan, Yingnan Yan, Jianmei Pan, Zohreh Shahnavaz, Jamile Mohammadi Moradian
The specific capacitance of NCA15-MOF/NF was 1317 F g−1, which was significantly higher compared to the NCA0-MOF/NF. After 15 000 charge–discharge cycles, the NCA15-MOF/NF retained 89% of its initial specific capacitance.
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Unveiling the mechanism behind shell thickness-dependent X-ray excited optical and persistent luminescence in lanthanide-doped core/shell nanoparticles

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04256E, Paper
Zezhen Liu, Jingtao Zhao, Danyang Shen, Lei Lei, Shiqing Xu
We reveal an optimal shell thickness of approximately 3 nm for both XEOL and XEPL of homogeneous NaYF4:Tb@NaYF4 and heterogeneous NaYF4:Tb@NaLuF4 core/shell NPs.
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Modifying the liquid crystalline chessboard tiling - Soft reticular self-assembly of side-chain fluorinated polyphiles

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04076G, Paper
Open Access
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Christian Anders, Virginia-Marie Fischer, Tianyi Tan, Mohamed Alaasar, Rebecca Waldecker, Yubin Ke, Yu Cao, Feng Liu, Carsten Tschierske
Development of new functional materials requires the understanding of the fundamental rules of complex superstructure formation in self-assembling systems. Here we report new liquid crystalline honeycombs based on reticular self-assembly...
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Solidifying the role of hydrogen bonds in conjugated polymers for wearable electronics

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03666B, Perspective
Open Access
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Megan M. Westwood, Bob C. Schroeder
The functionalisation of conjugated polymers with hydrogen bonding motifs, to impart self-healing or stretchability for wearable electronic applications. Through refinement of characterization techniques in recent years, the effect of these...
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Charge transport properties of high-mobility indium–gallium–zinc oxide thin-film transistors fabricated through atomic-layer deposition

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03560G, Paper
Sang-Joon Park, Se-Ryong Park, Jong Mu Na, Woo-Seok Jeon, Youngjin Kang, Sukhun Ham, Yong-Hoon Kim, Yung-Bin Chung, Tae-Jun Ha
Charge transport properties of indium–gallium–zinc oxide thin-film transistors fabricated by atomic-layer deposition are investigated through comparative analyses based on steady-state DC and time-domain transient measurements.
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Europium ions modulated room temperature phosphorescence in dye-encapsulated MOFs for dual-modal fluorescence-afterglow

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03221G, Paper
Jiabo Chen, Renrui Sun, Wanjun Yang, Feifei Xing, Xiaolin Yu, Lining Sun
In recent years, room temperature phosphorescent (RTP) materials have attracted widespread attention in the field of material science due to their exceptional optical properties. In this study, we explore a...
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Pulp and paper industry diversifies the use of planted forest



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Medicine wheels of the Plains and Rocky Mountains / an update[d] compendium (Reeves and Kennedy) and edited collection of works by John Brumley, Ted Birmie, Rebecca Kallevig, Barry Dau, Trevor Peck, and Dean Wetzel ; overall editors, Brian O. K. Reeves, M

xxv, 359 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. + 1 folded map




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Waterlogged [electronic resource] : examples and Procedures for Northwest Coast archaeologists / edited by Kathryn Bernick.

1 online resource (x, 246 Seiten) : Illustrationen, Karten




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Tracks and traces: archaeology and paleontology at Wally's Beach, Alberta / edited by Brian Kooyman and Tatyanna Ewald

xxii, 322 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 28 cm




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H1N1: health workers to be vaccinated




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10,000 U.S.-supported civilians needed to fight Ebola: United Nations




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H1N1 virus has not mutated: Centre



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40 new drug stores granted licence to sell Tamiflu tablets in Delhi




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‘WHO resisted declaring Ebola emergency’

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that senior directors at the WHO were informed of how dire the situation was early on and held off on declaring a global emergency.




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Leprosy: antiquated Indian laws breed stigma, discrimination




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More ‘unwanted hysterectomies’ come to light in Bengaluru




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Medical team in Arunachal Pradesh’s Chongkhow village after 19 reported dead in two months




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Harnessing luciferase chemistry in regulated cell death modalities and autophagy: overview and perspectives

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00743J, Review Article
Saman Hosseinkhani, Mojdeh Amandadi, Parisa Ghanavatian, Fateme Zarein, Farangis Ataei, Maryam Nikkhah, Peter Vandenabeele
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the use of bioluminescence assays in advancing our understanding and studying cell death modalities and autophagy.
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Metal–support interactions in metal oxide-supported atomic, cluster, and nanoparticle catalysis

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,10450-10490
DOI: 10.1039/D4CS00527A, Review Article
Open Access
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Denis Leybo, Ubong J. Etim, Matteo Monai, Simon R. Bare, Ziyi Zhong, Charlotte Vogt
Metal–support interactions (MSI) impact catalyst activity, stability, and selectivity. This review critically evaluates recent findings, theoretical advances, and MSI tuning strategies, offering new perspectives for future research in the field.
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Carbon encapsulated nanoparticles: materials science and energy applications

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,11100-11164
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS01122D, Review Article
Kun Guo, Lipiao Bao, Zhixin Yu, Xing Lu
This systematic and comprehensive review summarizes the synthetic strategies, structural/compositional features, physicochemical properties, and energy applications of carbon encapsulated nanoparticles as efficient electrocatalysts and electrodes.
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Reactive oxygen species-mediated organic long-persistent luminophores light up biomedicine: from two-component separated nano-systems to integrated uni-luminophores

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,11207-11227
DOI: 10.1039/D4CS00443D, Review Article
Zhe Li, Hongwen Liu, Xiao-Bing Zhang
An overview of the recent advances in reactive oxygen species-mediated organic long-persistent luminophores, including their history, working mechanisms, design strategies, and biomedical applications.
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Light/X-ray/ultrasound activated delayed photon emission of organic molecular probes for optical imaging: mechanisms, design strategies, and biomedical applications

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,10970-11003
DOI: 10.1039/D4CS00599F, Review Article
Rui Qu, Xiqun Jiang, Xu Zhen
Versatile energy inputs, including light, X-ray and ultrasound, activate organic molecular probes to undergo different delay mechanisms, including charge separation, triplet exciton stabilization and chemical trap, for delayed photon emission.
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