B. Gopal Krishna , Dhriti Sundar Ghosh , Sanjay Tiwari
{"title":"Magnetic response of metal–dielectric hybrid Au-ZnO nanomaterial in the infrared region","authors":"B. Gopal Krishna , Dhriti Sundar Ghosh , Sanjay Tiwari","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100201","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100201","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The synthesized photoluminescent and highly dielectric ZnO nanostructures are theoretically investigated as the metamaterial. Herein, the electric and magnetic responses of the ZnO nanomaterial are enhanced by introducing gold into ZnO to form Au-ZnO core–shell nanomaterial. The ZnO nanostructures are studied by optimizing their particle size in the near-infrared and far-field frequency region using Mie theory. The intense light scattering peaks with a peak shift for the Au-ZnO core–shell nanomaterial at the optimized particle size and particular wavelength in the near-infrared region are observed. A strong electric and magnetic pattern for the Au-ZnO core–shell nanomaterial is observed in the near-infrared and far-field frequency region as compared to the ZnO nanoparticles due to the surface plasmon property of the gold. The results pave the way for the design of complex dielectric materials for different optical applications through metamaterial technologies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100201"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47491401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recycling marine plastic waste to energy storage devices","authors":"Daisuke Tashima , Takuhiro Kashio , Takuya Eguchi , Seiji Kumagai , Toshiki Tsubota , John D.W. Madden","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100193","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100193","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, a method was developed for the management of marine plastic waste via the production of activated carbon. The specific surface area, micropore volume, and mesopore volume of marine-plastic-based activated carbon prepared at selected temperatures and using selected activator weight ratios were measured, and the specific capacitance and supercapacitor electrode performance were evaluated. At an activation temperature of 800 °C and a raw material to 8 M KOH weight ratio of 1:7, a specific capacitance of 201F/g and a high surface area of 2389 m<sup>2</sup>/g were obtained. Therefore, marine plastic waste-based activated carbon can be used as the electrode material in supercapacitors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100193"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48817353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis of Mn3O4 on carbon cloth for flexible supercapacitors","authors":"Liu-Yi Xu, Yi-Jie Gu","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100198","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100198","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Mn<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@CC electrodes were synthesized via a fast one-step molten salt method for flexible quasi-solid symmetric supercapacitors. Mn<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> grows rapidly in a high polarity molten salt system and strongly anchors to carbon cloth. The molten salt method can realize sodion embedded in Mn<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> and then improve the conductivity and capacitance. The results show that the Na-0.9-based supercapacitor exhibits a high capacitance of 1225.7 mF cm<sup>−2</sup> at 5 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>. The preparation method, design strategy on structure of composition in this work will provide a novel route to realize high-performance flexible supercapacitors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100198"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41994027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A mechanism for excitation-dependent emission from carbon nanodots","authors":"Manisha Mondal , Subhamay Pramanik","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100195","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100195","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Carbon nanodots (CDs) synthesized via the microwave pyrolysis approach are monodisperse with the nano-size distribution. The CDs show color tunability simply by changing the excitation wavelength. Also, the emission intensity varies with varying different microwave response times. Detail characterizations indicate that the carbon defects that lead to heterogeneous emission levels are responsible for the emission properties of the CDs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100195"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42552519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Red luminescence from La2O3:Eu3+ nanophosphor prepared by Sol-Gel method","authors":"Pushpa N , M.K. Kokila , K.R. Nagabhushana","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100205","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100205","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Pure and Eu<sup>3+</sup> doped La<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> nanophosphor was synthesized by sol gel process. PL spectra of undoped La<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> samples shows broad emission peaks between 400 and 600 nm and Eu<sup>3+</sup> doped samples show PL emission peaks at 510, 515, 531, 537, 553, 578, 585, 594, 612 and 624 nm. These peaks are attributed to <sup>5</sup>D<sub>1</sub> → <sup>7</sup>F<sub>2</sub>, <sup>5</sup>D<sub>1</sub> → <sup>7</sup>F<sub>2</sub>, <sup>5</sup>D<sub>0</sub> → <sup>7</sup>F<sub>0</sub>, <sup>5</sup>D<sub>0</sub> → <sup>7</sup>F<sub>1</sub>,<sup>5</sup>D<sub>0</sub> → <sup>7</sup>F<sub>2</sub> transitions of Eu<sup>3 +</sup> ions. The electronic dipole transition corresponding to<sup>5</sup>D<sub>0</sub> → <sup>7</sup>F<sub>2</sub> (624, 612 nm) is stronger than the magnetic dipole transition of <sup>5</sup>D<sub>0</sub> → <sup>7</sup>F<sub>1</sub> (585, 594 nm) of Eu<sup>3+</sup> ions. Luminescence behavior of Eu<sup>3+</sup> in La<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> is analyzed by Judd–Ofelt intensity parameters.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100205"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45123390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study the hall effect and DC conductivity of CdSe and Te doped CdSe thin films prepared by RF magnetron sputtering method","authors":"Devendra Kumar , Chiranji Lal , Dharm Veer , Deshraj Singh , Pawan Kumar , Ram S. Katiyar","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100204","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100204","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>CdSe and CdSe:Te thin films were grown on Si p-type substrates by RF magnetron sputtering method. The doping percentage of Tellurium (Te) in CdSe was 7% for the CdSe:Te thin film. The results show that after the doping of Te in the CdSe thin film, the conductivity changes from n-type to p-type and the mobility of the CdSe thin film increased. The conductivity of Te doped CdSe was found to be in order of 10<sup>−6</sup> Ω<sup>−1</sup> cm<sup>−1</sup>, while without doping it was 10<sup>−5</sup> Ω<sup>−1</sup> cm<sup>−1</sup>. X-ray diffraction (XRD) confirmed the presence of CdSe, Te and Si.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100204"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43936982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. R. Nagabhushana, H. Lokesha, S. Satyanarayana Reddy, N. Thejavathi, F. Singh
{"title":"Effect of 100 MeV Ni7+ ion irradiation on photoluminescence of α-A","authors":"K. R. Nagabhushana, H. Lokesha, S. Satyanarayana Reddy, N. Thejavathi, F. Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100199","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44230532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Americium doping induced self irradiation of SrBPO5: 241Am: Spectroscopic insight","authors":"M. Mohapatra , Santosh K. Gupta","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100185","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100185","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the present work, <sup>241</sup>Am incorporated in SrBPO<sub>5</sub> (SBP) host matrix was investigated by various spectroscopic techniques to understand the trap level spectroscopic properties of the system. Photoluminescence (PL) depicted stabilization of Am in +3 oxidation state with low local symmetry. Thermoluminescence (TL) on the other hand suggested that creation of self irradiated defects in SBP:<sup>241</sup>Am leads to a glow curve around 463 K. Electron spin resonance (ESR) further confirmed the creation of borate radical in axial symmetry on doping ‘Am’ in SBP with hyperfine splitting. We could further propose the mechanism of TL glow curve on doping Am in the SBP lattice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100185"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42826823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optical characteristics and biosensing application of core@shell nanomaterials","authors":"Sarita Shaktawat , Kshitij RB Singh , Sushma Thapa , Ranjana Verma , Jay Singh , Ravindra Pratap Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100187","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100187","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Core@shell nanomaterials are a class of materials containing a core and a shell, both at the nanometer scale, as they have become a consequential research interest owing to their optical, electrical, and magnetic properties. Moreover, various core@shell nanomaterials have also emerged in many other fields, such as catalysis, pharmaceuticals, and biomedical due to their less toxicity, surface area, good biocompatibility, adequate penetration power for biological tissue, and selectivity for target molecules. Hence, this review covers the optical properties of core@shell nanomaterials and biosensors based on various core@shell nanomaterials, for example, inorganic@inorganic (Au@Ag), organic@inorganic (polyurethane@Au), inorganic@organic (CeO<sub>2</sub>@polyaniline), and organic@organic (poly(vinylidene difluoride)@dopamine) for biomedical applications; along with this, it also discusses the advantage and disadvantage of core@shell nanomaterials.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100187"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42898133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Indranil Roy, Subhrajit Roychowdhury, Bojun Feng, Sandipp Krishnan Ravi, Sayan Ghosh, Rajnikant Umretiya, Raul B. Rebak, Daniel M. Ruscitto, Vipul Gupta, Andrew Hoffman
{"title":"Data-driven predictive modeling of FeCrAl oxidation","authors":"Indranil Roy, Subhrajit Roychowdhury, Bojun Feng, Sandipp Krishnan Ravi, Sayan Ghosh, Rajnikant Umretiya, Raul B. Rebak, Daniel M. Ruscitto, Vipul Gupta, Andrew Hoffman","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100183","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2023.100183","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>FeCrAl alloys are among the most promising candidates for accident-tolerant fuel cladding material in light water nuclear reactors. Despite their high-temperature oxidation resistance in corrosive environments coupled with their hydrothermal corrosion resistance, a key challenge remains in optimizing the composition of the alloy that can be achieved through statistical analysis. However, the current literature on FeCrAl alloy design lack studies for designing alloys based on oxidation resistance. This study addresses that gap by developing a predictive model for the oxidation of FeCrAl alloys based on an experimental dataset, which lays the groundwork for model-based optimization for alloy composition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100183"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46337657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}