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Stop ‘animal diplomacy’ now

Politicians need to come up with better, non-living gifts



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Groupon willing to look at inorganic growth in India




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MCA begins inspection of companies in railway bribery case




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Oil marketing companies to get Rs. 11,000 crore subsidy in Q1




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5 Indian firms among Forbes’ most innovative companies




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Mukesh Ambani details succession plan; retail to Isha, energy to Anant

Mukesh Ambani says he isn’t retiring yet




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#InternationalWomensDay: HimVani Top 10 Women Achievers of Himachal 2017-18

She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible. She walked with the Universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings.” The beauty of these lines doesn’t just rest on the words written, they also evoke the true strength women brace. Women have broken the shackles and forged their way […]




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Naba Kumar Saraniya is not going to contest in upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha Election

Militant turned politician Naba Kumar Saraniya is reported to be not to contest in upcoming Lok Sabha Election 2024. One of Saraniya’s own security personnel revealed it to Times of Assam. Saraniya, two times MP (Minister of Parliament) from the Kokrajhar Lok Sabha Constituency till date, is now in the dilemma of losing the upcoming […]

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Journalist Anil Majumdar was Killed By Former DGP of Assam | ULFA : The Mirage of Dawn

In a shocking revelation, senior journalist Rajeev Bhattacharyya’s latest book ‘ULFA : The Mirage of Dawn‘s page no 280 reads that “A former Director General of Assam police hired a surrendered ULFA (SULFA) activist to assassinate editor Anil Mazumdar in Guwahati on 24 March 2009.” The same also added “After two weeks, the police chief […]

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Say cheese, says the organised dairy sector

And it has every reason to smile. Covid-19 has triggered a consumer shift towards branded products as against vending in loose. Rutam Vora and Vishwanath Kulkarni report




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Atmanirbharta in toy-making is no child’s play

The PM’s call to become a world beater in toys has created a buzz around Gujarat’s clock town Morbi. But there’s the Chinese competition to deal with.




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Greenhouse gas emissions surge to new record in 2023: World Meteorological Organization report

The globally averaged surface concentration of carbon dioxide reached 420 parts per million (ppm), methane 1934 parts per billion and nitrous oxide 336.9 parts per billion (ppb) in 2023.




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Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: Famous Animals! 

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened: Anatole France




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The climate targets of the world’s major oil and gas companies

Direct comparisons of the oil companies’ climate plans are difficult as they emphasise different approaches to intensity-based targets




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Chief Hydrographer Pathania urges investment in satellites for geospatial awareness

The 14th edition of the Indo-Pacific Geo Intelligence Forum highlighted the critical role of geospatial technology in addressing security challenges in the region.




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Govt. hiding behind private firm instead of solving Dharani issues: Kishan Reddy




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Ruhani Sharma: I play a close-to-reality cop in ‘HER’; there is no scope for ‘Singham’ style of histrionics

Ruhani Sharma talks about headlining the Telugu cop drama franchise ‘HER’, says she never imagined herself as a sharpshooter 




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Spanish woman gang rape case: Crimes against foreigners in India rarely result in convictions | Data

Approximately, one in twenty rape cases in which victims are foreigners results in convictions




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Discover the hidden charm of Anija on the Odisha-Andhra border

Explore a world of greens, caves and rivers at Anija village in the Rayagada district of Odisha




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Government organisations take ‘Integrity Pledge’




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




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Hindu Munnani workers stage protest over encroachment of govt. land by a religious group




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Organic kitchen garden inaugurated at government school in Puducherry




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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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Low-pressure hydrogen sensing mechanism based on the field emission of defect-controlled ZnO nanorods

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17419-17428
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC01951B, Paper
Mingliang Dong, Weijin Qian, Youqing Tu, Guitao Chen, Weijun Huang, Haijun Luo, Changkun Dong
The work function of ZnO is reduced with H adsorbed on oxygen defects, leading to the hydrogen sensing effect.
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Melt-preparation of organic–inorganic Mn-based halide transparent ceramic scintillators for high-resolution X-ray imaging

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17411-17418
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03459G, Paper
Zhi-Zhong Zhang, Zi-Lin He, Qing-Peng Peng, Jing-Hua Chen, Bang Lan, Dai-Bin Kuang
A large size TBP2MnBr4 transparent ceramic is prepared by the melt processing method, which shows a high transmittance of >80% in the wavelength range of 350 nm to 800 nm, for realizing a high-resolution (16 lp mm−1) X-ray imaging.
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Modulation of photophysical properties in o-carborane derivatives and their application in white organic light-emitting diode devices

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17554-17562
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03085K, Paper
Jina Lee, Yeonju Jeong, Sunhee Lee, Yi Sak Lee, Bubae Park, Taekyung Kim, Won-Sik Han
Two derivatives of o-carborane, CAPCb and CAMCb, were synthesized and utilized in the fabrication of white OLED devices that exhibit cool white emission and specific CIE coordinates.
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Application of a NADH-modified ZnO electron transport layer in high performance organic solar cells

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17429-17438
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03144J, Paper
Hongye Li, Song Yang, Huangzhong Yu
A novel ZnO:NADH composite electron transport layer is constructed, and the efficiency of organic solar cells (OSCs) with PM6:L8-BO as the active layer has improved from 17.43% to 18.21%.
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Additive-induced intermolecular interaction enhancement enables highly efficient organic solar cells

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17668-17675
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03277B, Paper
Chen Chen, Dingqin Hu, Peihao Huang, Chun Hong Mak, Heng Liu, Hongliang Lei, Xue Jiang, Yulu Li, Fengyi Yu, Kaihuai Tu, Hsien-Yi Hsu, Xinhui Lu, Haiyan Chen, Zeyun Xiao
We developed a pyridine-based solvent additive targeting the acceptor moiety. This additive fine-tunes the aggregation, crystallinity, and stacking of the active layer through stronger non-covalent interactions with the acceptor.
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Ultra-low thermal conductivity and enhanced mechanical properties of high-entropy perovskite ceramics

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17687-17694
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03278K, Paper
Wenjing Qiao, Jiantuo Zhao, Yingwei Qi, Xiaopei Zhu, Xifei Wang, Zhizhi Xu, Mei Bai, Junwen Mei, Yanhua Hu, Xiaojie Lou
A novel entropy-stabilized ceramic system featuring a disordered perovskite structure manifests low thermal conductivity and superior mechanical properties.
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Highly sensitive OFET based room temperature operated gas sensors using a thieno[3,2-b]thiophene extended phthalocyanine semiconductor

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03208J, Paper
Recep Isci, Ozgur Yavuz, Sheida Faraji, Dilara Gunturkun, Mehmet Eroglu, Leszek A. Majewski, Ismail Yilmaz, Turan Ozturk
A novel thienothiophene (TT) and phthalocyanine (Pc) based conjugated material was designed, synthesized, fabricated for an organic field effect transistor (OFET) and utilized as an OFET based gas sensor for hazardous gases such as NO2 and SO2.
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Revealing the effect of conductive mechanism on the voltage endurance of ferroelectric thin films via controlling the deposition temperature for reaching high energy storage capability

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03879G, Communication
Hongmei Jing, Shibo Zhao, Ting Wang, Wanbiao Hu, Liming Diwu, Jingru Xu, Peiqiao Han, Miao Liu, Zhuo Wang, Zixiong Sun
By controlling the conducting mechanism of BCZT–BZT thin films, which was significantly affected by the deposition temperature, the voltage endurance was strongly enhanced, and the energy storage performance was also optimized.
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Pressure-Induced Tunable Emission Colors and Irreversible Bandgap Narrowing in Organic–Inorganic Manganese Bromide Hybrid

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03814B, Paper
Ruijing Fu, Junpeng Gao, Pinsen Zhang, Lingrui Wang, Bo Wang, Guangxia Wang, Xiaoshuang Li, youchao Kong, Qingguang Zeng, Guanjun Xiao
Manganese (Mn)-based organic-inorganic metal halides (OIMHs) are extensively employed in various optical applications due to their non-toxicity, superior optical properties, and tunable emission advantages. Developing effective strategies to enhance the...
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Silver-incorporated NiCo metal–organic frameworks with controlled morphology for enhanced cycling in flexible supercapacitor applications

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02970D, Paper
Chu Chu, Wenjing Zhang, Xuehua Yan, Yingnan Yan, Jianmei Pan, Zohreh Shahnavaz, Jamile Mohammadi Moradian
The specific capacitance of NCA15-MOF/NF was 1317 F g−1, which was significantly higher compared to the NCA0-MOF/NF. After 15 000 charge–discharge cycles, the NCA15-MOF/NF retained 89% of its initial specific capacitance.
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Application of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and their derivatives in the cathode materials of aqueous zinc-ion batteries

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03273J, Review Article
Pingchun Guo, Shisong Ouyang, Hedong Jiang, Jiake Li, Hua Zhu, Yanxiang Wang
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are regarded as potential candidate materials for the cathodes of aqueous zinc-ion batteries. This review presents the applications of MOFs and their derivatives in the cathodes of aqueous zinc-ion batteries.
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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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A metal–organic framework enhanced single network organohydrogel with superior low-temperature adaptability and UV-blocking capability towards human-motion sensing

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03148B, Paper
Ying Li, Zhongquan Yu, Jialuo Zhang, Enke Feng, Xiaoqin Li, Linan Cao, Zhiming Yang, Zhiqiang Wu
A UiO-66-NH2 nanoparticle reinforced organohydrogel with anti-freezing and UV-blocking properties was synthesized for sensing complex human movements and transmitting different messages even at subzero temperature.
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Modulation of GeSe and As2Se3 motifs to optimise GeAsSe OTS performance and its mechanism

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03586K, Paper
Yukun Li, Haotian Wang, Mingyue Shao, Yuhao Wang, Sannian Song, Yuan Xue, Zhitang Song
Ovonic threshold switching (OTS) selectors are pivotal in the construction of highly integrated 3D crosspoint array volatile storage systems, necessitating materials with superior electrical properties.
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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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Organic agriculture, a stop to climate change



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PILI, the "organic" ink pioneer

A French biotech company is developing fully biodegradable ink, using pigments made from bacteria. Is this the next revolution for our ballpoint pens?



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#IndianIdol: Painter Who Dares To Dream

'I am a very poor man. My family has nothing to eat sometimes.'




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#IndianIdol: 'This is my second attempt...'

'I was very young when I had come to audition for Indian Idol. I wasn't taken because of my age.'




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SEE: Mani Ratnam On His PS-1 Obsession

'This novel, even after 1,000 years, is still relevant.''The politics and psychology is still relevant.''It is as contemporary as you can get.'




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Anil Kapoor's One Big Regret In Life

'My eyes were too small (to convey) expressions. I was too hairy. I did not have a great physique. (In this profession) you just keep on working on your minus points and try to improve yourself as much as you can.'




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Manipur Video: Akshay-Kiara 'Shaken'

Akshay Kumar and Urmila Matondkar expressed shock over a May 4 video of two women being paraded naked in strife-hit Manipur and demanded punishment for the perpetrators of the 'horrifying' incident.




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Swine Flu: Live chat with Dr. Subhakar from Osmania Medical College




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Show cause notices sent to 10 Indian doctors for receiving payment from drug companies




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Ultrasound mechanisms and their effect on solid synthesis and processing: a review

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CS00148F, Review Article
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Cedric Devos, Ariana Bampouli, Elena Brozzi, Georgios D. Stefanidis, Michiel Dusselier, Tom Van Gerven, Simon Kuhn
Ultrasound intensifies a wide range of processes involving solids, enhancing control over their formation and post-treatment. This review summarizes key ultrasonic mechanisms and effects in solids' synthesis and processing.
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