{"title":"Understanding the thermomechanical behavior of geopolymer foams: Influence of rate and type of foaming agent and stabilizer","authors":"Ghizlane Moutaoukil , Isabel Sobrados , Saliha Alehyen , M'hamed Taibi","doi":"10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101111","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101111","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study assesses the impact of foaming agent type/content (hydrogen peroxide and Zn powder) and stabilizer content on the mechanical, thermal and microstructural of the elaborated geopolymer foams. Eighteen geopolymer foams were synthesized and their microstructure, density, porosity and compressive strength were analyzed before and after exposure to high temperatures (300 and 600 °C). To characterize the raw materials and the samples, several techniques were used, including X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction, Magic-Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (<sup>29</sup>Si and <sup>27</sup>Al MAS NMR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and porosity measurements. Thermogravimetric analysis was also performed to assess the thermal stability of the geopolymer foams with different foaming agent content and type. According to the results, the geopolymer foam with Zn powder as a foaming agent was more stable after exposure to the high temperature. The porosity increased after exposure to 300 °C, meanwhile decreasing after annealing at 600 °C.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":269,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Data Collections","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101111"},"PeriodicalIF":2.218,"publicationDate":"2023-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139053193","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}
Egoigwe Vincent Sochima , Victor Sunday Aigbodion , Patrick Udeme-Obong Akpan
{"title":"Unveiling the degradation and stability of the insulating properties of Epoxy/CaCO3 derived from snail shell bio-composite","authors":"Egoigwe Vincent Sochima , Victor Sunday Aigbodion , Patrick Udeme-Obong Akpan","doi":"10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101110","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101110","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>High-voltage insulators were developed from CaCO<sub>3</sub> derived from waste snail shell to replace the low-impact energy ceramic insulators. The 15 wt% CaCO<sub>3</sub>-snail shell/epoxy composite was produced using the solution stir-cast method. The UV radiation test, breakdown and flashover voltages, mechanical properties, tracking, and erosion depth of the developed composite were determined. A 116.7 and 43.82 % enhancement in the flashover voltage and leakage current was obtained at 1000 h of UV ageing. The developed insulator has longer thermal process breakdown strength and increased high-temperature insulation resistance. The properties attained in this work are within the acceptable range for high-tension insulator applications.It was established that waste snail shell could be used in the production of high-voltage insulators with high ultraviolet radiation resistance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":269,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Data Collections","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101110"},"PeriodicalIF":2.218,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139015219","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}
Egoigwe Vincent Sochima, Victor Sunday Aigbodion, Patrick Udeme-Obong Akpan
{"title":"Unveiling the Degradation and Stability of the insulating properties of Epoxy/CaCO3 derived from snail shell bio-composite","authors":"Egoigwe Vincent Sochima, Victor Sunday Aigbodion, Patrick Udeme-Obong Akpan","doi":"10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101110","url":null,"abstract":"<p>High-voltage insulators were developed from CaCO<sub>3</sub> derived from waste snail shell to replace the low-impact energy ceramic insulators. The 15 wt% CaCO<sub>3</sub>-snail shell/epoxy composite was produced using the solution stir-cast method. The UV radiation test, breakdown and flashover voltages, mechanical properties, tracking, and erosion depth of the developed composite were determined. A 116.7% and 43.82% enhancement in the flashover voltage and leakage current was obtained at 1000 hrs of UV ageing. The developed insulator has longer thermal process breakdown strength and increased high-temperature insulation resistance. The properties attained in this work are within the acceptable range for high-tension insulator applications.It was established that waste snail shell could be used in the production of high-voltage insulators with high ultraviolet radiation resistance.</p>","PeriodicalId":269,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Data Collections","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.218,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139026911","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}
Somaiah Nalla , Y. Pavani , Ravi kumar Gollapudi , Sumalatha Poodari , Subbarao Mannam
{"title":"Synthesis and biological evaluation of amide derivatives of 1,2,4-thiadiazole-thiazole-pyridine as anticancer agents","authors":"Somaiah Nalla , Y. Pavani , Ravi kumar Gollapudi , Sumalatha Poodari , Subbarao Mannam","doi":"10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101108","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101108","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A new series of amide derivatives (<strong>10a–j</strong>) were designed and synthesized and their structures were confirmed by analytical data. Further, all these derivatives (<strong>10a–j</strong>) were examined for <em>in vitro</em> antitumor activity against four human cancer cell lines like MCF-7 (breast), A549 (lung), Col-205 (colon) and A2780 (ovarian) by using of the MTT assay. All the derivatives (<strong>10a–j</strong>) were exhibited remarkable anticancer effects on four cell lines as compared with etoposide used as a positive control. The IC<sub>50</sub> values range of tested compounds from 0.11 ± 0.051 µM to 7.42 ± 5.89 µM; whereas, positive control showed IC<sub>50</sub> values ranges from 0.17 ± 0.034 µM to 3.34 ± 0.152 µM, respectively. Among these derivatives, four compounds <strong>10a, 10b, 10c</strong> & <strong>10d</strong> demonstrated more potent activities than the positive control.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":269,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Data Collections","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 101108"},"PeriodicalIF":2.218,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405830023001192/pdfft?md5=54995a8ec02965d22e92794c51f9f41a&pid=1-s2.0-S2405830023001192-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138688373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultrasound-assisted self-assembly synthesis of WO3 nanoparticles and its photocatalytic study for tetracycline photooxidation","authors":"Is Fatimah , Hiroko Kawai Wijayanti , Suresh Sagadevan , Won-Chun Oh","doi":"10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101107","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101107","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The existing work demonstrated the successful synthesis of WO<sub>3</sub> nanoparticles in one-pot system via self-assembly synthesis using triton-X as non-ionic polymer templating agent. The fast and efficient method was achieved by ultrasound irradiation. Characterization by using XRD, FTIR, XPS, UV-DRS, SEM, TEM and HRTEM demonstrated the formation of pure WO<sub>3</sub> having particle size of 10–25 nm. With the band gap energy of 2.25 eV, the prepared nanoparticles showed excellent photocatalytic performance towards tetracycline photooxidation with removal of 91.84 % during 60 of treatment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":269,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Data Collections","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 101107"},"PeriodicalIF":2.218,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405830023001180/pdfft?md5=223d281885dcaf6f1f979b7b23d90b9e&pid=1-s2.0-S2405830023001180-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138562585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development and validation of UV–Vis spectrophotometric method for determination of rivastigmine in PBS and biological matrices: Application to ex vivo permeation profiles and in vivo studies from trilayer dissolving microneedle","authors":"Aprilia Paramitha Dwi Putri , Nur Rezky Aulia Ilyas , Dian Arnita Putri Abdullah , Febriansyah Anandha Pratama , Kanaya Shafi Azzahra , Andi Dian Permana","doi":"10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101106","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurological illness. AD is often treated with rivastigmine (RV). The present study developed trilayer dissolving microneedle (TDMN) RV delivery system to overcome challenges in RV conventional forms. To enable the assessment of TDMN by <em>ex vivo</em> and <em>in vivo</em> methods, we developed a UV–Visible spectrophotometric method to quantify RV in four media using cobalt thiocyanate as a derivatization reagent. Guidelines set by the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) were used to validate this approach. Results indicate a correlation coefficient of 0.9999 for all media, with the lower limit of quantification values for Phosphate Buffer Saline, rats’ plasma, skin, and brain matrices were 1.29, 0.67, 0.67, and 0.89 µg/mL, respectively. Significantly, the method is precise and accurate. Finally, to support this study's objective, TDMN formulation was developed, and direct application of the proposed method for quantifying RV in <em>ex vivo</em> and <em>in vivo</em> studies was conducted.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":269,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Data Collections","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 101106"},"PeriodicalIF":2.218,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405830023001179/pdfft?md5=eef5567876af029d8e1b3a897d17be5c&pid=1-s2.0-S2405830023001179-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138491012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metal ions detection probes with new chemo-sensors","authors":"Muhammad Arif","doi":"10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101104","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Contamination of water by toxic transition metal ions is increasing gradually. These metal ions cause various types of diseases. Therefore, some sew chemo-sensors 4,4′-((1E,1′E)-(propane-2,2-diylbis(4,1-phenylene))bis(diazene-2,1-diyl))bis(3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid), [4,4′-((1E,1′E)-(oxybis(4,1-phenylene))bis(diazene-2,1-diyl))bis(3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid), 4,4′-((1E,1′E)-(sulfonylbis(4,1-phenylene))bis(diazene-2,1-diyl))bis(3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid), (E)-4-((4-(4-(2-(4-(4-carboxy-2,6-dihydroxyphenoxy)phenyl)propan-2-yl)phenoxy)phenyl)diazenyl)-3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid] were synthesized and characterized by TLC, UV–Visible spectrophotometry, FTIR, and NMR techniques. The synthesized chemo-sensors exhibited the best performance in sensing the various types of transition metal ions by simply color variation. The detection of metal ions was also monitored by UV–Visible spectrophotometry through shifting in λ<sub>max</sub> of chemo-sensors caused by interactions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":269,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Data Collections","volume":"48 ","pages":"Article 101104"},"PeriodicalIF":2.218,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138474790","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":"Phytochemical analysis, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of three Eucalyptus species essential oils from the Moroccan Maâmora Forest: Eucalyptus cladocalyx F.Muell, Eucalyptus grandis W.Hill ex Maiden and Eucalyptus botryoides Sm.","authors":"Loubna Koursaoui , Satrani Badr , Mohammed Ghanmi , Imane Jaouadi , Abdelkader Chibani , Nabila Chahboun , El Mahjoub Aouane , Abdelaziz Chaouch , Abdelkader Zarrouk","doi":"10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101101","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This research aimed to evaluate the chemical quality, antioxidant, and antimicrobial (antibacterial and antifungal) activity of essential oils (EOs) from three species of <em>Eucalyptus: E. botryoides, E. cladocalyx, and E. grandis</em>. The identification of the chemical profile of these essential oils revealed that 1,8-cineole, <em>α</em>-pinene, and <em>β</em>-(Z)-ocimene constitutes the significant compounds of these EOs. The antioxidant power tests of the essential oils of <em>E. grandis</em> and and <em>E. cladocalyx shows</em> a strong scavenging activity of the DPPH free radical with a percentage of 80.83 % and 80.46 % respectively at the concentration of 160 mg/mL, results confirmed by the FRAP test. As for the antimicrobial activity, the essential oils significantly inhibited the growth against all the strains studied. <em>E. cladocalyx</em> EOs were preferentially effective against fungi at the minimum inhibitory concentration of 1/2000 v/v, then <em>E. grandis</em> EOs were more effective against bacteria and fungi at the minimum inhibitory concentration of 1/1000 v/v. Finally, <em>E. botryoides</em> EO is less effective against the tested microbial strains.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":269,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Data Collections","volume":"48 ","pages":"Article 101101"},"PeriodicalIF":2.218,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138471805","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 1:1 cocrystal of 4-oxo-4-(pyridin-2-ylamino)butanoic acid and benzoic acid: Synthesis, characterization, structural and energy framework analysis","authors":"G.K. Radha , Mahesha , S. Naveen , N.K. Lokanath , P.A. Suchetan","doi":"10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101102","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A 1:1 cocrystal of 4-oxo-4-(pyridin-2-ylamino)butanoic acid (APS) and benzoic acid (BA), APS-BA (1:1), was prepared and characterized by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), Infrared (FT-IR), powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and single crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) studies. Crystal structure reveals that APS-BA (1:1) is formed by joint N-H…O and O-H…N hydrogen bonding between APS and BA molecule resulting in a hetero-dimeric R<sup>2</sup><sub>2</sub>(8) motif. A pair of C-H…O interactions and another pair of O-H…O hydrogen bonds between APS molecules ensures formation of a one-dimensional zig-zag hydrogen bonded tape of APS molecules, with the BA molecules occupying pendant position. Hirshfeld surface analysis including energy framework and lattice energy calculations were performed and compared with those of the components APS and BA. Comparison of the computed energetics of individual interactions and the lattice energies showed that cocrystal formation is thermodynamically favoured.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":269,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Data Collections","volume":"48 ","pages":"Article 101102"},"PeriodicalIF":2.218,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138474791","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, in vitro urease inhibitory potential and molecular docking study of thiazolidine-4-one derivatives","authors":"Hayat Ullah , Fahad Khan , Fazal Rahim","doi":"10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101103","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cdc.2023.101103","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Thiazolidin-4-one sixteen analogues (<strong>1–16</strong>) were synthesized, characterized and tested against urease inhibitory potential. All synthesized analogues showed varied degrees of IC<sub>50</sub> values from excellent to good potency as compared to standard thiourea. Analogues <strong>8, 7</strong> and <strong>5</strong> were the most potent analogue with IC<sub>50</sub> values 1.10 ± 0.20, 2.30 ± 0.30 and 4.50 ± 0.10 µM respectively among the series. These analogues showed many folds better potency as compared to standard thiourea. All other analogues also showed excellent potency which was many folds better than standard thiourea. Structure-activity relationship was established and binding interactions of the most potent analogues were confirmed through molecular docking studies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":269,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Data Collections","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 101103"},"PeriodicalIF":2.218,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405830023001143/pdfft?md5=a34e0fabbad9d19c8349a98a2e8add98&pid=1-s2.0-S2405830023001143-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138524787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}