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Paris Olympics men’s hockey: Germany enters finals; India to fight for bronze

India went down fighting against Germany 3-2 and will be up against Spain in the bronze medal play-off




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Sreejesh urges India to fight for bronze against Spain after semifinal loss to Germany in Paris Olympics

Sreejesh, who would play his last international match in the third place encounter against Spain on Thursday (August 8), said winning a medal should be the team’s priority




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P.R. Sreejesh: Man with lightning reflexes

The former Indian hockey team goalkeeper, who has hung up his boots after an illustrious career, takes over as the junior men’s team coach on October 1




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There will always be some regret of not reaching the final at Paris, says Manpreet Singh

Since relinquishing captaincy after the Tokyo Olympics, there has been a second wind to Manpreet’s career and performance, playing with a lot more freedom.




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Railways enters semifinals with a hard-fought win over BPCL




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Railways retains the title after fighting win over IOC




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Karnataka defeats Chandigarh, makes the last-eight stage




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A.P. has second thoughts on dropping Telangana lessons




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High Court tells CBSE to re-evaluate Political Science answer sheet

Board against revaluation despite verification revealing that student had been marked wrongly




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Not declaring deletions on Mahatma Gandhi, RSS in textbooks an ‘oversight’, says NCERT head

The issue is being blown out of proportion, says D.P. Saklani, reacting to the controversy over the removal of sentences on Gandhiji and the RSS; Congress president Kharge says the BJP cannot erase history, no matter how hard it tries




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The forest keeper : the true story of Jadav Payeng / by Rina Singh ; illustrated by Ishita Jain

Singh, Rina, 1955- author




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Isabel and the invisible world / Alan Lightman ; illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki

Lightman, Alan P., 1948- author




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Light : energy we can see! / Julie K. Lundgren

Lundgren, Julie K., author




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Mushrooms know : wisdom from our friends the fungi / Kallie George + Sara Gillingham

George, K. (Kallie), 1983- author




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Can you hear the plants speak? / Nicholas Hummingbird with Julia Wasson ; illustrations by Madelyn Goodnight

Hummingbird, Nicholas, author




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Canada wild : animals found nowhere else on Earth / words by Maria Birmingham ; art by Alex MacAskill

Birmingham, Maria, author




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Drop : an adventure through the water cycle / Emily Kate Moon

Moon, Emily Kate, author, illustrator




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Spark, shine, glow! : what a light show / written by Lola M. Schaefer ; illustrated by James Yang

Schaefer, Lola M., 1950- author




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Sifting through fact, fiction and passion in a business plan

The many challenges in envisioning the first business plan of a start-up




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Funds in search of bright business plans

Even as start-up investments grind down to a seven-year low, VCs are sitting on mounds of unallocated funds




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IoT on tap: Defeating drought through data analysis

Bengaluru start-up digitises water infrastructure of industries, smart cities to halt wastage




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Hovering fighters birthed in Bengaluru

Start-up Zulu Defence manufactures drones geared for deployment in warfare




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Why founders love to firefight

Even well-funded start-ups do not deploy time or resources towards process-driven growth




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Yolk-shelled MoS2/C@Void@C@MoS2 nanospheres as a stable and high-rate anode in sodium/potassium ion batteries

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05088F, Communication
Mang Niu, Zongfan Zhu, Zhenkai Mou, Wenpei Kang
Yolk-shelled MoS2/C@Void@C@MoS2 exhibits superior high-rate sodium/potassium sodium storage capability, owing to the large inner void and ingenious shell.
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Visible light-activated polyphenol–Al3+ coordination for ambient and quantitative xylose-to-furfural conversion

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04899G, Communication
Jinshu Huang, Qizhi Luo, Tengyu Liu, Song Yang, Hu Li
Visible light-enhanced coordination of polyphenol–Al3+ is uncovered to switch Lewis/Brønsted acid sites for room-temperature cascade upgrading of xylose to furfural in ultrahigh yields.
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Boosting the electrochemical performance of Ni-rich LiNi0.96Co0.02Mn0.02O2 cathode by high-valence Zr/Mo dual-doping

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04275A, Communication
Hongmei Cao, Yudong Zhang, Xunzhu Zhou, Jie Yu, Xiang Chen, Lin Li
Ni-rich oxides are attractive high-energy cathodes for lithium-ion batteries but suffer from inherent instability. Herein, we employed an ectopic Zr4+/Mo6+ dual-doping strategy to reinforce the layered structure through robust M-O...
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Zirconium metal–organic framework photocatalysis with TEMPO for blue light-powered aerobic sulfoxidation

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05173D, Communication
Bing Zeng, Yuexin Wang, Kanghui Xiong, Keke Zhang, Siyu Zhang, Xianjun Lang
A catalytic amount of TEMPO, mobile in the reaction medium, enhances the hole transfer of NU-1003 photocatalysis for blue light-powered oxidation of organic sulfides with O2.
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PVDF nanocomposites with aligned boron nitride nanosheets and dispersed BaTiO3@PEG nanoparticles by a superspreading strategy towards high energy density

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13344-13347
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04430D, Communication
Dajun Hou, Jingjing Zhou, Wen Chen, Jing Zhou, Pengchao Zhang
The limited improvement in discharge energy density (Ue) of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanocomposites filled with low-dielectric-constant (εr) nanosheets has been addressed by using a superspreading layering strategy.
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Ion induced ultra-tough single-network ionogel

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13388-13391
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04732J, Communication
Zhenchuan Yu, Biaolong Ma, Jiqiang Wang
A strategy to fabricate ultra-tough ionogels by ionic induction is proposed, which provides a simple and general method for tuning ionogel properties.
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Sb nanoparticles embedded uniformly on the surface of porous carbon fibres for high-efficiency sodium storage

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13428-13431
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04806G, Communication
Yafei Zhao, Kai Xue, Xinyu Liu, Zhiyuan Gao, Junhao Zhang, Yuanjun Liu, Xiangjun Zheng, ZhongYao Duan, Qianqian Fan, Xingmei Guo
Sb nanoparticles (∼5 nm) are embedded uniformly on the surface of carbon fibers to prepare Sb NPs–SCFs, which exhibit excellent sodium storage with a stable capacity of 381.9 mA h g−1 at 1.0 A g−1 after 200 cycles, due to their unique structure.
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Constructing efficient organic solar cells by highly volatile solid additives with controlled phase morphology

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13424-13427
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04675G, Communication
Yueheng Liu, Yetai Cheng, Shenbo Zhu, Zhengdong Wei, Chenyi Zhang, Shuyue Song, Xinyue Cui, Ya-Nan Chen, Andong Zhang, Yahui Liu, Hao Lu, Huawei Hu, Zhishan Bo
We synthesized two highly volatile and low-cost solid additives, PT and TFT.
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Ultra-high Li+ transfer efficiency of in situ grown membrane for high-performance batteries

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13412-13415
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04546G, Communication
Jian Wang, Kang Ma, Yanbo Zhang, Jiawei Chen, Xin Song, Jianmin Zhang
Lewis acid effect of in situ grown nano-Al2O3 promotes lithium salt dissociation to improve Li+ transport efficiency.
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Atomistic insight into the promising thermoelectric performance of the copper-based ternary phosphide CaCuP

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13400-13403
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04660A, Communication
Un-Gi Jong, Chol Ryu, Ji-Min Hwang, Su-Hyang Kim, Il-Gwang Ju, Chol-Jun Yu
We provide a valuable atomistic insight into the thermoelectric properties of hexagonal CaCuP, revealing that nano-structuring can double the thermoelectric figure of merit by further reducing lattice thermal conductivity.
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An effective orange-red solution-processed circularly polarized organic light-emitting diode

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04938A, Communication
Junqing Wang, Xiaoyi Lai, Yongzhi Zhou, Lei Hua, Weiguo Zhu, Pengfei Duan, Yafei Wang
Two orange-red emission circularly polarized thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters (R)-ad-PXZ/(S)-ad-PXZ were synthesized. The solution processable device exhibits the maximum external quantum efficiency of 9.0% and gEL value of 10−3.
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Metal-free photocatalysts with charge-transfer excited states enable visible light-driven atom transfer radical polymerization

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04470C, Communication
Yuchen Huang, Yangxin Liu, Yingde Yan, Yanjun Gong, Yifan Zhang, Yanke Che, Jincai Zhao
Photoredox-catalyzed atom transfer radical polymerization (O-ATRP) offers powerful tools for the precise control of polymer synthesis. Metal-free photocatalysts are particularly desirable due to their high level of control in O-ATRP...
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Tuneable Sulfonated Hypercrosslinked Polymers for Selective Esterification: Insights into Performance and Stability

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05208K, Communication
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Paul Schweng, Dorian Guerin-Faucheur, Freddy Kleitz, Robert Thomas Woodward
We report sulfonated hypercrosslinked polymers (SHCPs) as heterogeneous catalysts for the selective esterification of hexanoic acid with benzyl alcohol. The SHCPs demonstrate tuneable catalytic activity and selectivity, outperforming conventional acid...
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In the creative universe of Raghu Rai

The internationally-acclaimed photographer tells us how he enjoys his work and food




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Reconsider decision to distribute fortified rice through PDS in Wayanad: Shreyams Kumar

Health issues, social impact not considered, says LJD State president




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Currently trending in Hyderabad’s food scene: Apricot delight

Hyderabadis’ love affair with apricot continues to delight with many modern variations



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A four-day Wild Food Festival in the Nilgiris puts the spotlight on sustainability

Climate crisis is real. It’s time to switch the narrative towards seasonal, locally available produce for sustainability, say speakers at the recently-concluded four-day Nilgiris Wild Food Festival




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At Kraft, a concept store in Chennai, shop for pendant lights and wall art over a meal of crispy keema dosas and Korean burgers

Shop, eat, and try your hand at games at Kraft, the concept store that showcases around 60 different types of furniture and decor




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The structural, electronic and thermodynamic properties of the designed p-benzoquinone based dicationic ionic liquids: insight from DFT–GD3 and QTAIM

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00119B, Paper
Hossein Roohi, Sajedeh Habibipour, Khatereh Ghauri
In this work, physicochemical properties of the dicationic ionic liquids [BTAD][A1–8]2 ([BTAD]2+ = [p-C6O2(N3H2)2]2+ and A1–8 = [CH3CO2], [CF3CO2], [N(CN)2], [CF3SO3], [ClO4], [BF4], [NTf2] and [PF6]) were theoretically investigated.
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Hitting a high note

Usha Uthup will sing a song composed by her at Mother Teresa’s canonisation




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Grace confers enlightenment




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Imageries of lotus and light in Raghavayadaveeyam

In Venkatadvari’s Raghavayadaveeyam, each verse when read from beginning to end is about Rama and when read from end to the beginning, it is about Krishna




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Importance of laughter




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Exogenous analogues of substance P trigger pseudo-allergic reactions through activation of MRGPRX2

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ04581A, Paper
Yi Shan, Jiayu Lu, Na Li, Xiaoxue Mo, Cheng Wang, Huaizhen He
This article reports that exogenous analogues of the neuropeptide substance P can activate MRGPRX2 to trigger pseudo-allergic reactions.
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Ligand-assisted solvothermal precipitation synthesis of quantum-sized SnO2 nanoparticles and their application in quantum dot light emitting diodes

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00811A, Paper
Jiaxin Gao, Mengxin Liu, Xinan Shi, Daocheng Pan
Quantum dot-light emitting diodes with an external quantum efficiency of 12.9% are fabricated based on quantum sized SnO2 nanoparticles as electron transportation layers.
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A novel Eu3+ activated Ca3Zn3Te2O12 tellurate red phosphor for white LEDs with high color stability and color purity

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ01281J, Paper
Feiyan Xie, Junqiang Gu, Dekang Xu, Qiancheng Xiong, Jinyu Yang, Xiangjian Ou, Dawei Wen
Research into red phosphors with a high color rendering index is particularly compelling, given the absence of a red component in the spectrum of commercial phosphor-converted white light-emitting diodes, which...
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