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Trump victory: The effect on crude oil and the Indian rupee

Trump’s policies on trade have tended to strengthen the US dollar in the past




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Rupee falls 6 paise to fresh all-time low of 84.37 against US dollar

Meanwhile, the dollar index was trading 0.22 per cent lower at 104.86




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Avenue Supermarts Q3 results: Standalone net profit rises 25% to ₹586 crore

Revenue from operations rose 22 per cent y-o-y to ₹9,065 crore in the reporting quarter against ₹7,433 crore in the year ago quarter




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HDFC Life PAT up 13% in FY23, private sector market share at 17%

Value of new business (VNB) grew 37 per cent YoY to ₹3,674 crore in FY23.



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Mechanistic insights into the oxidative coupling of methane over a Li/MgO catalyst: an experimental and microkinetic modeling study

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01132E, Paper
Zaili Xiong, Jijun Guo, Yuwen Deng, Meirong Zeng, Zhandong Wang, Zhongyue Zhou, Wenhao Yuan, Fei Qi
This study investigates the oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) using a Li/MgO catalyst in a packed bed reactor.
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Mechanistic differences between the Ru(II) and Zn(II)-catalyzed cross-coupling of cyclopropenes with diazo compounds: a DFT study

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00995A, Paper
Tiantian Liu, Kang Lv, Xiaoguang Bao
A detailed computational study was performed to shed light on the mechanistic differences between the Ru(II) and Zn(II)-catalyzed cross-coupling of cyclopropenes with diazo compounds.
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New insights into influences of initial oxidization states on dynamic reconstruction of Cu catalysts and C–C coupling in CO2 reduction

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6224-6232
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00781F, Paper
Chen Qin, Xuheng Li, Haoyang Li, Ting Wang, Xue Zhang, Yuyao Wang, Fuping Pan, Kai-Jie Chen
The spontaneous oxidization/reduction of the Cu surface occurs during CO2 reduction, resulting in the dynamic evolution of i-CuOx species. The in situ formed i-CuOx plays decisive roles in promoting C–C coupling.
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Multiscale modelling of CO2 hydrogenation of TiO2-supported Ni8 clusters: on the influence of anatase and rutile polymorphs

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6393-6410
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00586D, Paper
Open Access
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Lulu Chen, Ying-Ying Ye, Rozemarijn D. E. Krösschell, Emiel J. M. Hensen, Ivo A. W. Filot
The selection of TiO2 phase, whether anatase or rutile, for supporting small Ni clusters significantly influences the activity and selectivity in CO2 hydrogenation to methane.
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Fundamental studies of ruthenium species supported on boron nitride nanotubes: metal loading and pretreatment effects on CO oxidation

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6198-6206
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00945B, Paper
Jinwon Choi, Amol Pophali, Byeongseok Kim, Kwangsuk Yoon, Thomas You-Seok Kim, Hocheol Song, Sang Eun Shim, Jaewoo Kim, Taejin Kim
RuOx/BNNT catalysts were prepared with varying metal loadings and under oxidation and reduction conditions. RuOx/BNNT showed superior catalytic activity than Ru/BNNT. The catalyst will be favorable to the ER mechanism over the LH mechanism.
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Photocatalytic dehydrogenative C(sp2)–P coupling reaction between dibenzo[b,f][1,4]oxazepanes and phosphine oxides

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6176-6179
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00955J, Communication
Zhaotian Wu, Xuefei Sha, Shan Wang, Huan Yang, Shaojun Zheng, Chunhui Jiang, Shu-Yang Chen, Hongfei Lu
Visible-light-induced cross-dehydrogenative coupling between cyclic imines and diaryl phosphine oxides has been developed to afford their oxyphosphide derivatives, using rhodamine B as a photocatalyst.
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Effect of metal loading sequences in CO2 methanation activity on samarium-doped ceria supported bimetallic catalysts

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01007H, Paper
Andrew C. Chien, Corinna C. Chi
The La/Ni/SDC catalyst from one pot microwave-heating gives higher methanation activity than La–Ni/SDC and Ni–La/SDC from stepwise heating.
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Heterogeneous oxidative upcycling of polystyrene plastics to benzoic acid under air conditions

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6584-6591
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00970C, Paper
Chengyang Sun, Yong Guo, Xiaohui Liu, Yanqin Wang
A heterogeneous oxidative upcycling strategy converting polystyrene (PS) waste into benzoic acid.
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Unsupervised pattern recognition on the surface of simulated metal nanoparticles for catalytic applications

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6651-6661
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01000K, Paper
Jonathan Y. C. Ting, George Opletal, Amanda S. Barnard
The structural patterns and catalytic activities of the surface atoms of simulated metal nanoparticles are characterised by an automatable data-driven unsupervised machine learning approach.
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Enhancing coking resistance of nickel-based catalysts for dry reforming of methane via nitric oxide abatement: a support study

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6678-6691
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00936C, Paper
Open Access
Beatrice Senoner, Andrea Osti, Antonella Glisenti
How to enhance DRM and NO carbon-assisted coupling using a support?
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Bifunctional catalysts based on PdZn/ZnO and hierarchical zeolites in the direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from CO-rich syngas: influence of the support and the Zn/Pd molar ratio

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00860J, Paper
Open Access
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Bing Wang, Nicola Da Roit, Michael Zimmermann, Markus Boese, Thomas Zevaco, Silke Behrens
Pd/Zn-nanoparticles were used as precursors to study the influence of the molar Zn/Pd ratio and hierarchical HZSM-5 zeolites in the syngas-to-dimethyl ether process.
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Anthracene-based covalent organic framework supported palladium nanoparticles for visible-light-mediated Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01083C, Paper
Lei Li, Qiujie Shan, Jiyuan Zang, Lei Yu, David James Young, Zhi-Gang Ren, Hong-Xi Li
An anthracene-based covalent organic framework (COF) anchoring Pd(0) nanoparticles (Pd/AntCOF) photocatalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of arylbromides and arylboronic acids in water under blue LED irradiation at ambient temperature. The AntCOF both...
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IBzH (IBenzhydryl): Sterically-Flexible N-Aliphatic N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHC) for Iron-Catalyzed C(sp3)–C(sp2) Cross-Coupling of Unactivated Haloalkanes

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01315H, Communication
Marlena Kardela, Błażej Dziuk, Roman Szostak, Michal Szostak, Elwira Bisz
Iron-catalyzed cross-coupling has emerged as a pivotal concept for the synthesis of valuable products across various facets of chemical research, including pharmaceuticals, organic materials and biological probes. In this respect,...
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An eco-friendly polycaprolactone/graphite composite as a robust freestanding electrode platform for supercapacitive energy storage

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20155-20167
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03113J, Paper
Rajeev Gupta, Monika Singhal
A novel eco-friendly composite electrode/current collector made from polycaprolactone and graphite filler offers bulk conductivity, is freestanding, cost-effective, and shows supercapacitive energy storage potential with electrodeposited polyaniline.
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Ni,S co-doped Cu dendrites decorated with core–shell architecture assisted by MOF and Fe0.92Co0.08S nanoflakes on nanocellulose/graphene fibers for fabrication of flexible wire-type micro-supercapacitor

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20260-20279
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR02283A, Paper
Leila Naderi, Saeed Shahrokhian
A flexible 1D micro-SC was fabricated based on a multidimensional nanoarchitecture derived from MOF on foam-like microwires and FeCoS nanoflakes on nanocellulose/graphene fibers and exhibited high energy storage capability.
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Interplay between superconducting fluctuations and weak localization in disordered TiN thin films

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20319-20330
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR02639J, Paper
Sachin Yadav, Bikash Gajar, R. P. Aloysius, Sangeeta Sahoo
The interplay between superconducting fluctuations (SFs) and weak localization (WL) has been probed by temperature dependent resistance [R(T)] and magnetoresistance (MR) measurements in two-dimensional disordered superconducting TiN thin films.
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Nucleic acid detection with single-base specificity integrating isothermal amplification and light-up aptamer probes

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20067-20072
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR01638F, Communication
Jaekyun Baek, Jihyun Park, Youngeun Kim
CLASSIC is a label-free DNA detection platform with single-nucleotide specificity and attomolar sensitivity. This assay offers rapid and sequence-specific DNA analysis through single-strand conversion and split light-up aptamer probes.
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Active site engineering of intermetallic nanoparticles by the vapour–solid synthesis: carbon black supported nickel tellurides for hydrogen evolution

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20168-20181
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03397C, Paper
Open Access
Daniel Garstenauer, Patrick Guggenberger, Ondřej Zobač, Franz Jirsa, Klaus W. Richter
The intermetallic phases Ni3Te2, NiTe, NiTe2−x & NiTe2 were synthesized as carbon-black supported nanoparticles using the vapour–solid synthesis approach and were characterized for their performance in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution.
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Folic acid-targeted redox responsive polylactic acid-based nanoparticles co-delivering pirarubicin and salinomycin suppress breast cancer tumor growth in vivo

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20131-20146
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR02365J, Paper
Priya Gupta, Ankushi Bansal, Harshdeep Kaur, Mohd Anees, Neetu Singh, Harpal Singh
Schematic illustration of design, administration, and mechanism of action of Pira/Sal dual-loaded FA-conjugated redox responsive [S-(PLA-b-PEG-CONH)]2 block copolymeric nanoparticles.
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HKUST-1 MOF Nanoparticles: Non-classical Crystallization Route in Supercritical CO2

Nanoscale, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03070B, Communication
Ji Feng, Almond Lau, Igor V. Novosselov
Reducing MOF particles to the nanoscale size range is beneficial due to their increased surface-to-volume ratio, higher defects exposing metals and ligands, and short diffusion path. While great efforts have...
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Interfacial coupling of NiSe in heterostructures promotes electrocatalytic hydrolysis of MoS2

Nanoscale, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03180F, Paper
Feng Jiao, Jun Tang, Jinzhao Huang, Zehui Liu, Jing Xiao
NiSe@MoS2 was prepared using a hydrothermal method. Interfacial effects between the two phases lead to electronic restructuring of the interfacial region, resulting in more active sites.
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Boosting Quantum Efficiency and Suppressing Self-Absorption in CdS Quantum Dots through Interface Engineering

Nanoscale, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR02990A, Paper
Shyamashis Das, Poulomi Mukherjee, Arpita Mukherjee, Anirban Dutta, Biswajit Bhattacharyya, Ashutosh Mohanty, Anshu Pandey, Priya Mahadevan, Ranjani Viswanatha, Dipankar D. Sarma
Applications of photoluminescence from semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have faced the dichotomy of excitonic emission being susceptible to self-absorption and shallow defects reducing quantum yield (QY) catastrophically and doped emissions...
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Photoemission spectroscopy and microscopy for Ta@Si16 superatoms and their assembled layers

Nanoscale, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR02778G, Paper
Open Access
Masahiro Shibuta, Tsutomu Ohta, Toshiaki Kamoshida, Kana Yamagiwa, Hironori Tsunoyama, Tomoya Inoue, Tsugunosuke Masubuchi, Atsushi Nakajima
An alkaline-like Ta-encapsulating Si16 superatom film was fabricated on a C60 substrate. Charge transfer between Ta@Si16 and C60 lowers the work function. In the multilayer film, the central Ta atom's positive charge is compensated by the Si16 cage.
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Biomass-derived substrates hydrogenation over Rhodium Nanoparticles Supported on Functionalized Mesoporous Silica

Nanoscale, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR02579B, Paper
Open Access
Israel Tonatiuh Pulido-Díaz, Draco Martínez, Karla Patricia Salas-Martin, Benjamín Portales-Martínez, Dominique Agustin, Antonio Reina, Itzel Guerrero Ríos
The use of supported rhodium nanoparticles (RhNPs) is gaining attention due to the drive for better catalyst performance and sustainability. Silica-based supports are promising for RhNP immobilization because of their...
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Impact of catalyst support on water-assisted CO oxidation over PdO/MO2 (M = Sn, Ti, and Si) catalysts: experimental and theoretical investigation

Nanoscale, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03963G, Paper
Kun Liu, Luliang Liao, Guangfu Liao
This study investigates the influence of different supports on PdO-based catalysts during CO oxidation, particularly under humid conditions.
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Effect of number ratio and size ratio on the formation of binary superlattices assembled by two-sized polymer-tethered spherical nanoparticles

Nanoscale, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR04032E, Communication
Open Access
Jinlan Li, Xin Yu, Jianing Zhang, Jing Jin, Yanxiong Pan, Xiangling Ji, Wei Jiang
Binary superlattices (BNSLs) with unique configurations are of great interest, attributing to the interaction between two kinds of nanoparticles, providing potential applications in sensing, electronic and optical fields. Here, polystyrene...
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Efficient healing of diabetic wounds by MSC-EV-7A composite hydrogel via suppression of inflammation and enhancement of angiogenesis

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,1750-1760
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM01904G, Paper
Xinyi Long, Qian Yuan, Rui Tian, Wanting Zhang, Lang Liu, Minghui Yang, Xin Yuan, Zhujie Deng, Quanjiang Li, Ronghui Sun, Yuyi Kang, Yingying Peng, Xiubin Kuang, Lingfang Zeng, Zhengqiang Yuan
An alginate hydrogel loaded with mesenchymal stem-cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) and a 7-amino-acid peptide (7A) constitutes a novel dressing for efficient healing of diabetic wounds with anti-inflammation and pro-angiogenesis mechanisms.
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Comparative analysis of supercritical fluid-based and chemical-based decellularization techniques for nerve tissue regeneration

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,1847-1863
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM02072J, Paper
Open Access
Beom-Seok Kim, Jeong-Uk Kim, Jae Woo Lee, Kyung Min Ryu, Rachel H. Koh, Kyoung-Ha So, Nathaniel S. Hwang
The supercritical (SC) fluid-based method were utilized for nerve tissue decellualrization. In vitrovivo assessments underscore its potential for advanced tissue engineering and regenerative applications.
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Copper(II)-based metal–organic framework delivery of calcium ascorbate for enhanced chemodynamic therapy via H2O2 self-supply and glutathione depletion

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,1871-1882
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM01922E, Paper
Meng Zhang, Hongjin Xue, Jiaxin Yang, Xin Zhao, Mei Xue, Wei Sun, Jianfeng Qiu, Zhihong Zhu
A Cu/ZIF-8/Vc-Ca/HA nanosystem synchronously releases Fenton catalytic Cu2+ and Vc-Ca to achieve improved chemodynamic therapy via H2O2 self-supply and GSH depletion.
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Correction: Clodronate-nintedanib-loaded exosome–liposome hybridization enhances the liver fibrosis therapy by inhibiting Kupffer cell activity

Biomater. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4BM90028F, Correction
Open Access
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Keqin Ji, Mingrui Fan, Dong Huang, Lingna Sun, Bingqin Li, Ruoting Xu, Jiajing Zhang, Xuan Shao, Yanzuo Chen
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Efforts to promote osteogenesis-angiogenesis coupling for bone tissue engineering

Biomater. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM02017G, Review Article
Zhiwei Xu, Bingbing Wang, Ruoyu Huang, Mengyao Guo, Di Han, Lan Yin, Xiaoyun Zhang, Yong Huang, Xiaoming Li
Repair of bone defects exceeding critical size has been always a big challenge in clinic. Tissue engineering has exhibited great potentials to effectively repair the defects with less adverse effect...
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Apple MacBook Pro M3: Polishing up, like a pro!

A versatile powerhouse with a stunning display, smooth gaming experience and long-lasting battery




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OnePlus Watch 2: Time to shake things up

Two processors playing tag, and excellent battery life make this timekeeper shine




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MWC 2024: Lenovo showcases transparent laptop, new ThinkBook lineup and more

The focus is on seamless connectivity and AI-experiences 




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Back with a bang! MWC 2024 roundup

A glimpse into the tech toys to look forward to this year




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I drank soup, sniffed some wine, and took a walk in the woods at MWC 2024. And none of it was real!

Here’s a firsthand account of ‘Feel Tech Bar’ in World Mobile Congress 2024, Barcelona




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iOS 18 to support more Indian languages than ever

Users will be able to customise the time on the lock screen with Indian numerals from 12 languages




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Fold into the future with Samsung’s latest line-up

Foldables, smartwatches and the all-new smart ring




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OnePlus Pad 2 review: Padding up for performance

With a powerful processor and new AI-capabilities, this tablet is off to a great start




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Lenovo launches business and enterprise line-up

Unveils ultra-light ThinkPad laptops at Lenovo Innovation World 2024




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Buttoned up & ready to roll!

Apple iPhone 16 Pro. With a dedicated Camera Control, upgraded main camera and longer battery life, you’ll be snapping away for quite some time




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Wake up babe, new iCandies just dropped!

Latest launches include the new iMac, Mac mini, plus Apple Intelligence finally on devices




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TSPSC extends date for submission of Group-IV applications




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Tips to prepare for the Sociology paper in the UPSC CSE Mains

Sociology is a popular choice for the optional subject in the UPSC Civil Services Exams (Mains). Here are a few tips on how to prepare for this subject




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Employee resource groups shape the inclusion narrative  

Across companies, these units are proving their effectiveness in promoting the LGBTQ+ cause




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UPSC Civil Services 2023 results declared, Aditya Srivastava secures top rank

Animesh Pradhan and Donuru Ananya Reddy secure the 2nd and 3rd ranks respectively