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Achieving isopropenyl-enriched polyisoprene: unraveling the role of bidentate vs. tridentate iron precatalysts through ligand framework design

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02659D, Paper
Sunny Sohail, Yanping Ma, Qaiser Mahmood, Zexu Hu, Yizhou Wang, Tongling Liang, Wen-Hua Sun
The coordination sphere and steric variations in iron catalysts present a fascinating strategy for adjusting monomer regio- and stereoselective enchainment, leading to the development of novel polymer structures in isoprene polymerization.
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Design and theoretical analysis of a tunable bifunctional metasurface absorber based on vanadium dioxide and photoconductive silicon

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02563F, Paper
Changfeng Fu, Xinke Wang, Yicheng Zhang, Jiaxin Ju, Wei Fan, Xiaobo Yan, Lianfu Han
A bifunctional metasurface absorber based on vanadium dioxide (VO2) and photoconductive silicon (PSi) is proposed, which can be switched from dual- to single-broadband absorption by VO2, and the absorptivity is tunable by varying σPSi.
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Meet Aswanth A, the visual designer behind the IFFK 2024 logo and brand identity concept

The IFFK film festival will take place in Thiruvananthapuram from December 13 onwards




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Mahindra University opens School of Design Innovation

It will allow students to be mentored by some of the best design brains from India and abroad




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At Design for Change, we let children find creative solutions: Kiran Bir Sethi

Change for Social Transformation — Design for Change




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Designing their future

With many young designers running the fashion rat race, upcoming designers and industry experts talk about why very few actually win it.




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What makes Dundee Design Festival the world’s most sustainable design event

Set in a former factory and powered by renewable energy, here is why the upcoming Dundee Design Festival is touted to be ‘the world’s most sustainable design festival’




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Naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c']bis([1,2,3]thiadiazole) enables the design of efficient halogen-free polymer donors and fabrication of organic solar cells with >19% efficiency

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8593-8608
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02414A, Paper
Tao Jia, Yongmin Luo, Yulong Hai, Tao Lin, Xudong Qin, Ruijie Ma, Kezhou Fan, Aleksandr A. Sergeev, Top Archie Dela Peña, Yao Li, Mingjie Li, Kam Sing Wong, Gang Li, Jiaying Wu, Shengjian Liu, Fei Huang
Fusion and isomerization strategies are used to develop an electron-withdrawing motif naphtho[1,2-d:5,6-d']bis([1,2,3]thiadiazole) (iNT) and a halogen-free polymer donor achieving an efficiency of 19.1%.
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Circular battery design: investing in sustainability and profitability

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8529-8544
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03418J, Perspective
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Andreas Wolf, Felix Nagler, Philip Daubinger, Christoph Neef, Karl Mandel, Andreas Flegler, Guinevere A. Giffin
The market share of low-cost battery chemistries, which offer little to no recycling profitability with current methods, is growing. Design for circularity could be the key to reducing costs and enhancing sustainability for these batteries.
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Development of Coimbatore North Station generates hopes for designation as originating terminal




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Automated kinetic model identification via cloud services using model-based design of experiments

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00047A, Paper
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Emmanuel Agunloye, Panagiotis Petsagkourakis, Muhammad Yusuf, Ricardo Labes, Thomas Chamberlain, Frans L. Muller, Richard A. Bourne, Federico Galvanin
Industry 4.0 has birthed a new era for the chemical manufacturing sector, transforming reactor design and integrating digital twin into process control.
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Scaling-up continuous production of mesoporous silica particles at kg scale: design & operational strategies

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00707C, Paper
Rajashri B. Jundale, Jayesh R. Sonawane, Anil V. Palghadmal, Hemant Kumar Jaiswal, Hital S. Deore, Amol A. Kulkarni
This paper demonstrates a continuous flow pilot-scale production of highly porous mesoporous silica particles (MSPs) via a soft template based technique.
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Redesigned programmes can vastly improve TB treatment outcomes

Doubling the direct benefit transfer to Rs.1,000 per month, disbursing Rs.3,000 at the time of diagnosis, and nutrition support to TB patients can have a huge impact




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Designs for sustainability

Students of IIT Bombay are working towards an energy-efficient housing solution.




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Designer cocoon

Zaarga uses the Internet to weave a unique success tale. Payal Chhabria has the details...




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Designs on the skyline

Architect Tony Joseph who designed South India’s tallest apartment tower says that the state needs a vertical growth plan



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Accelerated design of nickel-cobalt based catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation with human-in-the-loop active machine learning

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6307-6320
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00873A, Paper
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Yasemen Kuddusi, Maarten R. Dobbelaere, Kevin M. Van Geem, Andreas Züttel
The effect of catalyst synthesis and reaction conditions on catalytic activity were accurately predicted with an interpretable data-driven strategy. The method is demonstrated for CO2 methanation and is extendable to other catalytic processes.
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Material design of biodegradable primary batteries: boosting operating voltage by substituting the hydrogen evolution reaction at the cathode

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20027-20036
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03321C, Minireview
Shunsuke Yamada, Takashi Honda
This review highlights recent progress in increasing the operating voltage of biodegradable primary batteries by suppressing or substituting the hydrogen evolution reaction at the cathode with alternative redox reaction.
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Refined Design of DNA Logic Gate for Implementing DNA-based Three-level Circuit

Nanoscale, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03606A, Paper
Yuanpeng Zhang, Bei Yan, Xingge Li, Huan Liu, Xiao Liu, Xianjin Xiao, Zenghui Mao, Zhihao Ming
DNA computing circuits are favored by researchers due to their high density, high parallelism, and biocompatibility. However, compared with electronic circuits, current DNA circuits have significant errors in understanding the...
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Design of a new process for the stabilization of FeS–Bi2S3 hybrid nanostructure and its application as a field emitter

Nanoscale, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR04138K, Paper
Arushi Arora, Anima Mahajan, Nausad Khan, Santanu Ghosh, Menaka Jha
Design of a new process for the fabrication of FeS–Bi2S3 anisotropic nanostructure for field emission application.
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Liquid–liquid phase separation-inspired design of biomaterials

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,1943-1949
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM02008H, Minireview
Yang Song
Biological liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) provides novel insights for the assembly of biomaterials with tailored structure and intrinsic functionality.
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Design, manufacturing and testing of a green non-isocyanate polyurethane prosthetic heart valve

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,2149-2164
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM01911J, Paper
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Sofia F. Melo, Alicia Nondonfaz, Abdelhafid Aqil, Anna Pierrard, Alexia Hulin, Céline Delierneux, Bartosz Ditkowski, Maxime Gustin, Maxime Legrand, Bibian M. E. Tullemans, Sanne L. N. Brouns, Alain Nchimi, Raoul Carrus, Astrid Dejosé, Johan W. M. Heemskerk, Marijke J. E. Kuijpers, Jan Ritter, Ulrich Steinseifer, Johanna C. Clauser, Christine Jérôme, Patrizio Lancellotti, Cécile Oury
Non-isocyanate polyurethanes (NIPUs) were developed and tested in vitro. Prosthetic heart valves made of NIPU were designed and manufactured. NIPUs showed low thrombogenicity and the produced valves performed well in terms of hydrodynamics.
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Cell-membrane engineering strategies for clinic-guided design of nanomedicine

Biomater. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM02114A, Review Article
Di Huang, Xiaoyu Wang, Wentao Wang, Jiachen Li, Xiaomei Zhang, Bing Xia
Cells are the fundamental units of life. The cell membrane primarily composed of two layers of phospholipids (a bilayer) structurally defines the boundary of a cell, which can protect its...
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Porphyrin-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks from Design, Synthesis to Biological Applications

Biomater. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4BM00214H, Review Article
Open Access
Xin-Gui Li, Junjian Li, Jinfeng Chen, Liangmei Rao, Libin Zheng, Fei Yu, Yijing Tang, Jie Zheng, Jie Ma
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) constitute a class of highly functional porous materials characterized by ordered structures, high crystallinity, and a substantial specific surface area, primarily composed of light atoms such...
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Actor Kani Kusruti’s watermelon clutch at Cannes was designed in Kochi

Diya John who designed actor Kani Kusruti’s watermelon slice bag talks about how it came to be



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Hyderabad: Weavers design the Sonthanga collection with locally sourced organic cotton

An initiative of Malkha Commons brings farmers, spinners and weavers together on a common platform



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Arish John Andrews designs and makes bespoke ornaments from natural materials such as seeds, clay, bamboo and so on

Arish John Andrews designs and makes bespoke ornaments from natural materials such as seeds, clay and bamboo



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Decoding Diljit Dosanjh’s global desi style with designer Raghavendra Rathore

Designer Raghavendra Rathore takes us behind Diljit Dosanjh’s traditional-contemporary look at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon




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From Radhika Merchant to Katrina Kaif, meet the designer who makes floral jewellery for weddings

At Srishti Calcuttawala’s Floral Art Studio in Mumbai, it took five karigars six hours to create Radhika Merchant’s floral dupatta and jewellery



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Why Amit Aggarwal is one of the most exciting designers at India Couture Week 2024

In the sea of wedding lehengas, heavy silk saris and Swarovski-encrusted gowns that made Couture Week, this outlier’s bold experiments with polymer and corded textiles stood tall




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Advaya, the label that designed Deepika Padukone’s wedding saris, brings its bandhgalas and Kanjeevarams to Chennai

The Bengaluru-based label incorporates innovative techniques like blending linen with Kanjeevaram



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Designers Abraham and Thakore bring their black and white design philosophy to Hyderabad

Slow, responsible and fashion that lasts seasons are beliefs that A&T hold dear




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Kochi designers use memories, motifs and gold for their Onam collections

Can’t make up your mind about your Onam fit? Here are some options...




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Rahul Mishra has designs for Hyderabad

A champion of slow fashion, Rahul Mishra on being inspired by Nature and why he considers fashion an art form




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Chennai designer Neesha Amrish’s handmade stoles are now at the Van Gogh museum store in Amsterdam

The Ahimsa silk stoles are inspired by Van Gogh’s Almond Blossom and it takes 15 days to create one



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Manish Malhotra becomes the first Indian designer to showcase his fashion line, World Collection, at Harrods, London

The couturier navigates the global fashion scene through his World Collection that modernises India’s traditional textile crafts 




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Lakme Fashion Week 2024: Designer Aneeth Arora on Péro’s collaboration with Hello Kitty

At Lakme Fashion Week SS 25, the fashion brand’s biggest collab yet with Hello Kitty channeled ‘Cottagecore Kawaii’




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A Hyderabad firm helps design lifestyle products from water hyacinth fibres

Hyderabad-based Creative Bee trained rural women in Tuticorin to design lifestyle products using water hyacinth fibres. Another training programme in Bihar is in the offing




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‘Shocking’: Ananya Panday, Sonam Kapoor, Manish Malhotra, mourn demise of fashion designer Rohit Bal

From Bollywood actors to designer Manish Malhotra, many took to social media to pay their respects to Rohit Bal, affectionately known as 'Gudda' by his admirers




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Traditional Kashmiri jewellery finds a fresh, modern twist in Ratika Kaul’s designs

A timeless piece of Kashmiri heritage, this traditional gold ornament is now finding new life in the hands of modern brides



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Designer Arpita Mehta’s wedding collection

Nazara, Arpita Mehta’s latest bridal couture collection, is inspired by the vibrant traditions of Gujarat and the Northeast




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Design should be localised

For the sake of insulation and ventilation, structures should be built in tune with the prevailing climatic conditions. By Sathya Prakash Varanashi




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Why India needs universal design

A city’s design should utilise public spaces to the maximum. M. Soundariya Preetha speaks to Niels Schoenfelder of Mancini Design




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Redesign or perish

Cities are shedding their past and new necessities are urging rapid changes in the landscape. By M.A. Siraj




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Designing beyond borders

An eastward tilt is in the offing in the global design movement with Indian and Chinese designers, architects and artists forging a new camaraderie.




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A tribute to the design wizard

M.P. Ranjan’s designs aimed at not only creating single point solutions, but crafting self-sustaining eco-systems.




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In search of the right design

Keeping in mind rich traditional practices in building construction and a more responsive approach to local sensitivities will help, feel experts




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Design tips worth stealing

Teja Lele Desai gives you nine ideas that designers swear by




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Designer Sanjay Garg of Raw Mango fuses Mughal and Rajputana traditions in his latest festive line

Raw Mango’s Sanjay Garg fuses Mughal and Rajputana traditions to create a joyful line in jewel tones for the festive season




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A crop of new-age schools in India now boasts of seamless designs, flexible furniture, and collaborative spaces

Meet the Indian designers doing away with cramped classrooms and dull walls and prioritising schools with flexible furniture, collaborative spaces, and interactive elements