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KFON to depend on Supplyco database to provide Internet connection to BPL families




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Waqf Board can initiate criminal proceedings in post-2013 Waqf land encroachment cases

A Single Judge of the Kerala High Court quashed the proceedings against two people in an alleged pre-2013 land encroachment case on Tuesday by noting that such acts were made punishable only through an amendment to the Waqf Act in 2013, the accused were in possession of the property even before the introduction of the amendment, and no penal acts could be given retrospective operation




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Women’s Commission sitting held in Kollam




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Coast Guard Chief S Paramesh calls on India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, discusses maritime security




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Decline in Austria's fruit farming linked to climate change




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Canada: Peel Police requests temple body to postpone event amid 'threats'




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India is now Russia's second-largest economic partner, says Denis Manturov at trade session




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Germany to hold snap elections on February 23 as coalition crumbles under economic strain




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India, Russia discuss economic cooperation, facilitating mobility of talent and skills




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South Africa expects G20 summit to strengthen multilateralism




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WFP seeks fund to help over 1 million food-insecure Kenyans




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Modi honoured Marathi by giving it classical language status, Amit Shah




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Principal Secretary to PM highlights mitigating risks associated with glacial lakes to ensure safer future




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Former Kerala Minister M.T. Padma passes away




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Affordable generics will stay relevant amid a premiumisation trend: Bhushan Akshikar

GSK will keep its existing portfolios while entering areas like oncology, said company officials at its centenary celebrations




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UN report warns nitrous oxide emissions impact public health




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A programming change

I’m sad to say that due to a personal matter, I’ve had to bow out of speaking at this year’s Mobilism conference. You might have seen PPK’s announcement to that effect, and I’m definitely disappointed I’ll miss the event.

Because let’s be honest: my absence isn’t going to do a damned thing to diminish how amazing this conference is going to be. Seriously, look at this lineup. Look at it. Learning from the likes of Scott Jenson, Stephen Hay, Jake Archibald, Lyza Gardner, and Jason Grigsby is too good to be true, and in Amsterdam? And if you haven’t already, watch Jeremy Keith’s epic mobile browser panel from last year, a performance he’s repeating again in May.

Yeah okay I’m officially depressed all over again about missing it.

Seriously though: while I won’t be there, you can be. If you haven’t already, go register for Mobilism 2012 in May. You’ll have one hell of a time.




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Non-classical electrostriction in calcium-doped cerium oxide ceramics

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,9173-9183
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA07512E, Paper
Ahsanul Kabir, Victor Buratto Tinti, Simone Santucci, Maxim Varenik, Samuel Griffiths, Sebastian Molin, Igor Lubomirsky, Vincenzo Esposito
Oxygen-defective metal oxides, e.g., acceptor-doped CeO2, demonstrate exceptionally large electrostrictive responses compared to state-of-the-art electromechanically active ceramic materials.
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Electrochemical nitrate reduction for ammonia production: amorphous or crystalline oxidized copper catalyst?

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,8689-8693
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA07506K, Communication
Quanxiao Peng, Dandan Xing, Liuqi Dong, Yuhan Fu, Jixue Lu, Xiaoyu Wang, Changhong Wang, Chunxian Guo
An amorphous oxidized copper (a-O–Cu) is designed to investigate for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia. It is found that a-O–Cu has high capability for water dissociation and amorphous structure-enabled high catalytic activity.
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Non-equilibrium defect chemistry in oxygen-rich zinc oxide nano-tetrapods synthesized using atmospheric pressure microplasma

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,9212-9231
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA06821H, Paper
Open Access
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Dilli babu Padmanaban, Paul Maguire, Davide Mariotti
We demonstrate the synthesis of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoscale tetrapods (nTPs) using an atmospheric pressure microplasma with a metal wire as a sacrificial electrode.
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Rejuvenating manganese-based rechargeable batteries: fundamentals, status and promise

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,8617-8639
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00466C, Review Article
Weizhai Bao, Hao Shen, Yangyang Zhang, Chengfei Qian, Dingyu Cui, Jingjie Xia, He Liu, Cong Guo, Feng Yu, Jingfa Li, Kaiwen Sun
Energy storage devices with advanced rechargeable batteries are highly demanded by our modern society.
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Porous carbon nitride rods as an efficient photoanode for water splitting and benzylamine oxidation

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00237G, Paper
Sanjit Mondal, Gabriel Mark, Ayelet Tashakory, Michael Volokh, Menny Shalom
A polymeric carbon nitride layer with controlled directionality, morphology, and nitrogen defects serves as a photoanode to allow photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting and benzylamine oxidation.
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Correction: Superhydrophobic and mechanical properties enhanced the electrospinning film with a multiscale micro-nano structure for high-efficiency radiation cooling

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,9241-9241
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA90062F, Correction
Open Access
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Lijing Kong, Puqing Sun, Jincheng Liu, Yongxing Lin, Chao Xiao, Chao Bao, Kang Zheng, Meng Xue, Xian Zhang, Xianglan Liu, Xingyou Tian
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Mussel-mimetic thermal conductive films with solid–solid phase change and shape-adaptive performance

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00031E, Paper
Donglei Li, Canxia Ding, Sicong Shen, Jun Wang, Limin Wu, Bo You, Guibao Tao
Inspired by mussel structure, a novel thermally conductive phase change film is made using hot pressing, layer-by-layer stacking, cutting, and splicing. It has high thermal conductivity, low thermal resistance, high latent heat, and electrical insulation, suitable as a thermal interface material.
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Expediting ion migration and stabilizing interface deposition through pre-polarized ion channels for zinc-ion batteries

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00580E, Paper
Gang Li, Fulong Hu, Jinxiu Chen, Xiaozhong Fan, Xiong Xiao, Longtao Ma, Long Kong
A pre-polarized ion channels are constructed to inhibit the tip effect and selectively accelerate ion transport, achieving stable and uniform ion deposition, suppressing dendrite growth and side reaction for long-term Zn striping/plating.
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Origin of sputter damage during transparent conductive oxide deposition for semitransparent perovskite solar cells

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA06654A, Paper
Open Access
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Qing Yang, Weiyuan Duan, Alexander Eberst, Benjamin Klingebiel, Yueming Wang, Ashish Kulkarni, Andreas Lambertz, Karsten Bittkau, Yongqiang Zhang, Svetlana Vitusevich, Uwe Rau, Thomas Kirchartz, Kaining Ding
The origin of sputter damage during transparent conductive oxide deposition is ion bombardment rather than plasma radiation. Ion bombardment increased recombination, whereas plasma radiation reduced recombination.
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Atomically Dispersed Ru Sites on MOF-derived NC-ZnO for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acid Media

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00586D, Paper
Sagar Varangane, Ragunath Madhu, Saad Mehmood, Bhavya Jaksani, Vidha Bhasin, Moses Abraham Abraham Bokinala, Ammavasi Nagaraj, Chandra Shobha Vennapoosa, Venkata Subba Reddy Basireddy, Subrata Kundu, Ujjwal Pal
Developing acid-stable oxygen evolution/reduction reaction (OER/ORR) electrocatalysts is essential for high-performance water splitting. Still, the slow kinetics of the ORR and OER during the discharge and charge processes seriously impede...
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Metal–support interaction triggered d–p orbital hybridization for efficient electrocatalytic semi-hydrogenation of alkynes

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA01240B, Paper
Qiong Wan, Jiaxun Zhang, Xuan Liu, Huizhi Li, Abdullah, Taotao Ren, Qiyuan Liu, Yongheng Xu, Jia Liu, Jicheng Liu, Bingqing Yao, Yiyun Fang, Xinzhe Li, Chi He
Atomic restructuring in Pd/Fe2O3 catalysts weakens Pd binding to chemisorbed 4-aminophenylacetylene and hydrogen intermediates, boosting conversion and selectivity in 4-aminophenylacetylene semi-hydrogenation, surpassing Pd/C and other catalysts.
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Revolutionary SAMs: transforming inverted perovskite solar cells

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00962B, Highlight
Hongshi Li, ShunChang Liu
Revolutionary self-assembled monolayers, represented by xPACz, have propelled the rapid improvement in the performance of inverted perovskite solar cells.
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Accurate description of ion migration in solid-state ion conductors from machine-learning molecular dynamics

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00452C, Paper
Open Access
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Takeru Miyagawa, Namita Krishnan, Manuel Grumet, Christian Reverón Baecker, Waldemar Kaiser, David A. Egger
Machine-learning molecular dynamics provides predictions of structural and anharmonic vibrational properties of solid-state ionic conductors with ab initio accuracy. This opens a path towards rapid design of novel battery materials.
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Development of diverse aluminium concentration gradient profiles in Ni-rich layered cathodes for enhanced electrochemical and thermal performances

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00433G, Paper
Open Access
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Xinwei Jiao, Junwei Yap, Junbin Choi, Mengyuan Chen, Devendrasinh Darbar, Gongshin Qi, Xiaosong Huang, Jung-Hyun Kim
Nickel (Ni)-rich cathodes with elemental concentration gradients within particles have attracted great interest due to their considerably enhanced interfacial stability and electrochemical performance for advanced Li-ion batteries.
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Achieving giant energy density/efficiency in light-metal-element-rich relaxor ferroelectric ceramic by annihilating the volatile Schottky defects

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00867G, Paper
Kunjie Lou, Yizheng Bao, Jun Chai, Jiyue Wu, Yanshuang Hao, Shaozheng Zhang, Genshui Wang
With the rapid growth of energy storage capacitors in advanced power systems, the pursuit of lightweight is gradually important despite the urgent need for device miniaturization. To reduce the weight...
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Renewable Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Waste Cooking Oil over Hierarchical Imidazole Supported Zeolite

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00416G, Paper
Bipul Sarkar, Bhanu Joshi, Omvir Singh, Ankit Agrawal, Neha Dhiman, Bhanu Prasad Vempatapu, Navin Gopinathan , Anjan Ray
Unlike coal, oil, or natural gas, waste cooking oil (WCO) acts as a renewable source of carbon. It can be converted into energy, fuels, and fine chemicals, instead of being...
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High-performance planar Zn-ion micro-capacitors

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00300D, Paper
Open Access
Yujia Fan, Xiaopeng Liu, Nibagani Naresh, Yijia Zhu, Iman Pinnock, Tianlei Wang, Mingqing Wang, Ivan P. Parkin, Buddha Deka Boruah
Proposing a planar zinc-ion micro-capacitor, featuring battery type anode and supercapacitor type cathode to offer intermediate energy storage performance, boasting greater energy density than typical supercapacitors, superior power density compared to batteries, and minimal self-discharge rates.
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Regulating the local microenvironment on porous Cu nanosheets for enhancing electrocatalytic CO2 reduction selectivity to ethylene

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA01198H, Paper
Dan Wang, Qingqing Song, Kaibin Li, Yuwei Zhou, Junjun Mao, Chenchen Zhang, Yang Lou, Chengsi Pan, Jiawei Zhang, Yongfa Zhu, Ying Zhang
Local microenvironments of the ECO2RR play an important role in tuning the adsorption energy of crucial intermediates, which helps enhance ECO2RR selectivity.
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Bio-inspired design of a self-supported bismuth microforest for high performance sodium storage

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00950A, Paper
Jia Bai, Yan Liu, Ben Pu, Qi Tang, Yongbin Wang, Ruihan Yuan, Jin Cui, Yi Yang, Xiaojia Zheng, Bin Zhou, Weiqing Yang
A self-supported bismuth microforest anode material, prepared by a simple, efficient and scalable in situ galvanic replacement approach, exhibits high performance for sodium-ion batteries.
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Oxygen insertion at the cage center: an unconventional tuning strategy for enhancing the photocatalytic performance of atomically precise copper cluster cocatalysts

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA07218E, Paper
Yun-Dong Cao, Di Yin, Ming-Liang Wang, Hong Liu, Yi Feng, Lin-Lin Fan, Cai-Li Lv, Guang-Gang Gao
This work not only confirms the long-standing prediction that the Cu8 center can accommodate an oxygen atom but also demonstrates a novel central atom regulation strategy to obtain highly active copper clusters as photocatalysts.
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Closed pore structure engineering from ultra-micropores with the assistance of polypropylene for boosted sodium ion storage

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA01375A, Paper
Xue Li, Ning Sun, Shaohong Zhang, Razium Ali Soomro, Bin Xu
Closed pore architectures with exceptional Na-storage performance have been successfully fabricated from ultra-micropores with the assistance of polypropylene.
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In situ analysis of the oxygen evolution reaction on the CuO film in alkaline solution by surface interrogation scanning electrochemical microscopy: investigating active sites (CuIII) and kinetics

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00628C, Paper
Seokjun Han, Jinoh Yoo, Won Tae Choi
Surface interrogation scanning electrochemical microscopy was employed to assess the electrocatalytic activity of CuO films for the oxygen evolution reaction in an alkaline solution.
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Configuration-entropy effects on BiFeO3–BaTiO3 relaxor ferroelectric ceramics for high-density energy storage

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00921E, Paper
Open Access
Rhys Montecillo, Cheng-Sao Chen, Kuei-Chih Feng, R. R. Chien, Pin-Yi Chen, Chi-Shun Tu
A high-configuration entropy results in the formation of grain boundaries and nanoclusters, which act as barriers for enhancing breakdown strength and energy-storage capability.
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Enhancing CO2 gasification-reforming of municipal solid waste with Ni/CeO2 and Ni/ZrO2 catalysts

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00665H, Paper
Shiyu Zhang, Yibing Peng, Mengna Wu, Qinghai Li, Yanguo Zhang, Hui Zhou
CO2 gasification-reforming facilitates CO2 utilization and yields CO-rich syngas for municipal waste management. Catalysts are essential for enhancing syngas production via catalytic tar reforming.
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Plasticity tunable artificial synapses based on organic electrochemical transistors with aqueous electrolytes

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03569K, Paper
Ruhua Wu, Miao Xie, Yuhua Cheng, Dan Zhao, Liang-Wen Feng, Jianhua Chen, Wei Huang
By regulating ion transporting kinetics and ion diffusion distances in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductor channels, highly tunable short- and long-term plasticity are obtained in vOECTs with aqueous electrolytes.
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Pi-extended hypervalent iodine macrocycles and their supramolecular assembly with Buckminsterfullerene

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04251D, Paper
Krishna Pandey, Samsul Arafin, Grayson Venus, Eli Jones, Yachu Du, Mina Dumre Pandey, Tahir Awais, Lichang Wang, Kyle N. Plunkett
Hypervalent iodine based macrocycles with enlarged aromatic cores can form extended supramolecular assemblies with Buckminsterfullerene.
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Stronger Polar Ferromagnetism and Narrower Optical Band Gaps in Two-Dimensional Hybrid Copper Perovskites Induced by Bromine-Substitution

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03532A, Paper
Ceng Han, Jason Allan McNulty, Alasdair Bradford, Alexandra Slawin, Stephen Lee, Philip Lightfoot
Two-dimensional (2D) organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites are attracting great interest due to their structural tunability and rich functional characteristics. Here, we report a series 2D layered hybrid copper (II) halide perovskites...
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Giant Magnetocaloric Effect in Fe doped Rare earth Orthochromite GdCr0.5Fe0.5O3

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03873H, Paper
Abinash Prusty, Sudipta Mahana, B. Sheetal Priyadarshini, Andrei Gloskovskii, Dinesh Topwal, Unnikrishnan Manju
In this manuscript we present the magnetic and magnetocaloric property investigations of Fe doped orthochromite system GdCr0.5Fe0.5O3, along with the structural, electronic and thermal properties. Manifestations of orbital mediated electron-phonon...
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Beneficiaries receive ₹22.15 lakh in loans from TAMCO for minority welfare




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Supreme Court verdict on bulldozer demolitions: Jamiat hails verdict, victims seek compensation

It is a significant step towards safeguarding the rule of law and fundamental rights of citizens, say Jamiat leaders




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Revise OBC creamy layer limit, say MPs at House panel meeting

They say that many OBC candidates have been unable to join the Civil Services despite clearing the exam




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Global fossil emissions to reach record high in 2024; India's share to rise by 4.6%: Report

According to a UN report released last month, India's greenhouse gas emissions surged by 6.1 per cent in 2023, contributing to 8 per cent of the global total




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Google.org awards USD 1 mn grant to Karya to boost ai-based economic opportunities for low-income communities