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Festival of lights, a display of antique oil lamps in Hyderabad

Antique collectors oil lamps on display at The Purple Turtles in Hyderabad




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The vibrant culture of Gujarat comes alive at Rann Utsav in Kutch

Prized buffaloes, white desert sunsets, stargazing and a Harappan site in India’s westernmost district



  • Life & Style

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Women who drive SUVs in Thiruvananthapuram form a group to explore new paths of adventure

The women want to go on offroading trips and on long-distance drives




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Spot manta rays in the Maldives with private cruises, on-call services 

Private cruises and on-call services highlight this year’s manta spotting season courtesy of The Manta Trust in the Maldives




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Ricky Kej’s anthem for Bengaluru airport captures the emotions of departures and homecomings

Ricky Kej’s BLR Airport Anthem, featuring fellow Grammy-winner Lonnie Park, tells stories of travel and connection




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In the forests of the night | On the tiger’s trail in Ranthambhore National Park

The national park is home to 80-odd Royal Bengal tigers. Our quest to see the big cat includes sighting baby langurs, chitals and a retreating leopard




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Kalaignar sports kit scheme meant to create champions in rural Tamil Nadu, says Udhayanidhi Stalin




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Police arrest six persons, execute three non-bailable warrants during surprise raid in Puducherry

Security proceedings were initiated against 46 persons for likelihood of breach of public safety during operation Trishul, a special drive against anti-social elements in Puducherry




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Traders protest seeking action against anti-social element for threatening Independent MLA in Puducherry

Traders submit a memorandum to the Lieutenant Governor, Chief Minister and Director General of Police seeking stern action against Ramu, a resident of Thilaspet




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High-Performance Photodetector based on ZnO/CsPbBr3 Quantum-dot-level-contact Hybrid Sandwich Structure

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03359K, Paper
Song Wang, Shuhua Yang, Zenglong Xu, Huiyan Xu, Guanbin Duan, Degang Zhao, Xiutong Wang, Bingqiang Cao
Perovskite quantum dot photodetectors have attracted intensive research interest due to their outstanding optical and electronic properties. However, the nonradiative recombination of photo-generated electron-hole pairs on the surface of CsPbBr3...
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Efficient and easily repeatable organic solar cells in a high boiling point solvent by introducing a highly mixed tolerant guest acceptor

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17403-17410
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03192J, Paper
Open Access
Xiangyu Shen, Xiaoning Wang, Jianxiao Wang, Rulin Wang, Yonghai Li, Fuzhen Bi, Xichang Bao
Efficient and easily repeatable organic solar cells were fabricated based on a highly mixed tolerant acceptor in a high boiling point solvent.
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Synergistic in situ growth of a MOF on the surface of Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets with different tannic acid (TA) ratios for the photocatalytic degradation of pollutants

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17620-17634
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02771J, Paper
Huanggen Yang, Pei Zhang, Qi Zheng, Asif Hayat, Hisham S. M. Abd-Rabboh, Saleem Raza, Duofu Li, Yan Sui
The integration of a two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbide (MXene) with metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) presents a promising avenue for addressing the limitations of MXene materials in various applications.
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Enhancing visual luminescence detection of tetracycline antibiotics through regulation of nitrogen-containing ligand and antenna effect of Ln3+

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17635-17646
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02735C, Paper
Tingting Liu, Mengna Ji, Jun Zheng, Nana Liu, Hongguo Hao, Jianmin Dou, Jingjing Jiang, Yunwu Li, Suna Wang
Two water-stable luminescent Cd-MOFs were synthesized from flexible carboxylate ligand and two N-containing ligands with different rigidity and flexibility, which demonstrated different luminescence responses toward antibiotics TC/OTC.
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In situ preparation of highly luminescent Sb3+/Mn2+ co-doped Cs2KInCl6 lead-free double perovskites in a PVDF matrix and application to white light emitting diodes and anti-counterfeiting

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17458-17468
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03527E, Paper
Yongrun Dong, Wen Li, Tao Huang, Shuaigang Ge, Linghang Kong, Chuang Ning, Zequan Li, Wei Gao, Bingsuo Zou
A strategy for in situ preparation of lead-free double perovskite-based polymer composite film with large area and high efficiency white light emission and its applications.
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Synergistic modulation of BiOI by atomic-level vacancies and dominant facets for efficient photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17676-17686
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02536A, Paper
Qicheng He, Zhihao Zhang, Quanxi Zhang, Zhifeng Zhang
BiOI-2 exhibits excellent photocatalytic degradation performance through the synergistic regulation of defects and facets.
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n-Type redox-tuneable conducting polymer optical nanoantennas

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17469-17474
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03038A, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Suraya Kazi, Pravallika Bandaru, Haoran Tang, Yulong Duan, Shangzhi Chen, Fei Huang, Magnus P. Jonsson
We show that the n-type conducting polymer PBFDO can be optically metallic for wavelengths above around 695 nm after post-treatment, and that nanostructures of the material can act as optical nanoantennas that are dynamically switchable.
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Facile Synthesis of Silicon Quantum Dots with Photoluminescence in the Near-Ultraviolet to Violet Region via Wet Oxidation

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02095B, Paper
Yizhou He, Qianxi Hao, Chi Zhang, Qi Wang, Wenxin Zeng, Jiamin Yu, Xue Yang, Shaorong Li, Xiaowei Guo, Serguei Lazarouk
To emit blue photoluminescence (PL), the size of silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) must be reduced to below 1.7 nm, which leads to a considerable increase in synthesis difficulty and cost....
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Unravelling Structure - Luminescence Relationship in Two Dimensional Antimony(III) Doped Cadmium (II) Halide Hybrids

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03543G, Paper
Open Access
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Ashwath Kudlu, Dhritismita Sarma, Deep K Das, Alisha Basheer Shamla, Rangarajan Bakthavatsalam, Venkatesha R. Hathwar, Arup Mahata, Janardan Kundu
Luminescent zero dimensional (0D) antimony halide (Sb-X) hybrids showcase emissive properties (emission peak position; photoluminescence quantum yield-PLQY) that are strongly dependent on the local metal halide geometry/site asymmetry. However, controlling...
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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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Microfluidic synthesis of monodispersed sharp emitting perovskite CsPbBr3 quantum dots via multidimensional parameterization

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04104F, Paper
Yunhao Ning, Shuo Guan, Chuantong Cheng, Bao Zhang, Bingyu Qin, Beiju Huang
A microfluidic chip is employed for continuous synthesis of CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots, which feature tunable emission across various dimensions and wavelengths, and effects of multidimensional parameters on their properties are investigated.
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Stabilizing perovskite quantum dot oxygen sensors through ultra-long 2 mm horizontally aligned nanopores in anodic alumina oxide templates

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03851G, Paper
Johan Iskandar, Chih-Yi Liu, Chih-Chien Lee, Kuan-Yu Ke, M. Rivaldi Ali Septian, Richie Estrada, Humaidi Humaidi, Sajal Biring, Cheng-Shane Chu, Zong-Liang Tseng, Shun-Wei Liu
Perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) offer potential for gas sensing, though stability limits use. Johan et al. enhanced PQD stability with a horizontally aligned anodic alumina oxide template, maintaining fluorescence for 3 weeks without change.
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Tb(III)-Functionalized MOF Hybridized Bis-crosslinked Networked Hydrogel Luminescent Films for Arginine and Dopamine Hydrochloride Sensing and Anticounterfeiting

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03444A, Paper
Jiaxuan Pan, JZ Lu, Yichen Shang, Ying Li, Bing Yan
Dopamine and arginine are both important substances in the body and are closely related to human health. Timely detection of their concentration abnormalities is of great significance for dsaevention. In...
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Large magnetic anisotropy and rotating cryomagnetocaloric effect in single-crystalline paramagnetic lanthanide calcium oxyborates LnCa4O(BO3)3 with Ln = Pr, Nd, Gd, Tm, Er

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03249G, Paper
Fatiha Azrour, Romain Viennois, Jérôme Long, Corine Reibel, Jérome Debray, Fapeng Yu, Shujun Zhang, Mickaël Beaudhuin, Jerome Rouquette
The lanthanide calcium oxyborates LnCa4O(BO3)3 compounds form a family of multifunctional materials with promising nonlinear and linear optical properties and piezoelectrical properties because of their polar crystal structure. In the...
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Robust Dihydroxyacetone Production via Photoelectrochemical Glycerol Oxidation using Oxygen Vacant BiVO4 Photoanode

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04085F, Paper
Yeji Lee, Yeseul Jo, Youn Jeong Jang
Photoelectrochemical conversion of glycerol into high-value dihydroxyacetone offers a sustainable approach via BiVO4 semiconductor materials, which manifest highly photoactive properties. However, dihydroxyacetone production poses a limitation due to poor charge...
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Pulp and paper industry diversifies the use of planted forest



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Video: Sushant's final heroine bids him goodbye

'The fact that you get to spend the rest of your time by your mother's side, I know, gives you the only happiness you wanted in the world.'








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What Rajkummar Rao Wants To Talk About

'We don't take mental illness seriously in our country, and we don't even talk about it. We don't realise even when we are having a panic attack,' Rajkummar Rao says, at the trailer launch of his new film, Hit: The First Case.




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'I want to be famous like Neha Kakkar'

Ankita Singh has always dreamt of a career in singing, but her family was against it.




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Janhvi Kapoor, Radiant In Red!

The stars Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted over the weekend.




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What Irrfan's Son Babil Wants To Explore

'Mere father ki khubiyaan woh lekar chale gaye, ab mein apne khubiyaan explore karoonga.'




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Jhalak Winner: 'Want Elsa Doll House'

Assam's Gunjan Sinha, 8, won the 10th edition of the dance show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and she couldn't quite control her excitement.




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Who Does Vidya Want To Murder?

Vidya doesn't not take the question lightly, and explains her pick with a seriousness.




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Ayushmann Wants To Win Best Actress Award

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, Ayushmann Khurrana and Ananya Panday unveiled the trailer for Dream Girl 2.




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Fans Celebrate Rajinikanth's Birthday

As Rajinikanth turned 73 on December 12, fans gathered outside his residence in Chennai to celebrate his birthday.




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Pankaj Tripathi Wants To Invite You To...

'Why not make plays more popular, so that people from all corners of society come and watch?'




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'Veer Savarkar is anti-propaganda film'

"I owe it to Veer Savarkar, to his spirit, to his legacy and to his untold story so that I tell it well and it reaches people, and people absorb it and feel what he went through and all the sacrifices that he made, which have been brushed under the carpet."




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Kajol Wants This Video Of Ajay Devgn

Film folk have a lot to celebrate on social media.




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




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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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Sikkim inches closer to Mumbai in multi-drug-resistant TB cases

Mumbai, with a population of 1.3 crore, recorded over 27,000 TB cases last year of which 3,300 were MDR-TB cases.




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Antimicrobial resistance: clear and present danger

India awoke late to risks of antibiotic overuse and is scrambling to contain the surge in drug resistance.



  • Policy & Issues

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First case of pregnant woman diagnosed with Zika in Singapore




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New single-dose treatment shows promise in anti-malaria battle



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Chemical strategies for antisense antibiotics

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CS00238E, Tutorial Review
Open Access
Mathijs J. Pals, Alexander Lindberg, Willem A. Velema
Antibacterial resistance is a severe threat to modern medicine and human health. Antisense technology offers an attractive modality for future antibiotics.
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Electrodegradation of nitrogenous pollutants in sewage: from reaction fundamentals to energy valorization applications

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CS00517A, Review Article
Ming-Lei Sun, Hao-Yu Wang, Yi Feng, Jin-Tao Ren, Lei Wang, Zhong-Yong Yuan
This review provides a comprehensive insight into the electrodegradation processes of nitrogenous pollutants in sewage, highlighting the reaction mechanisms, theoretical descriptors, catalyst design, and energy valorization strategies.
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