Browsing Research Publications (Applied Sciences) by Title
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Safety of nanofood : a review
(Academic Journals, 2012-10-30)Introduction of genetically modified (GM) foods generated a lot of controversy few years back, now it is the turn of nanofoods. There has been debate on the safety of foods that have been produced directly or indirectly ... -
Seasonal variation and distribution of Anionic Surfactants in and around Tirupati : a famous pilgrim centre in South India
(Asian Publication Corporation, 2015)This report presents the anionic surfactants concentration in water system collected in and around Tirupati, South India. The concentration of anionic surfactants such as sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium dodecyl sulfate, ... -
Separation of aromatic solvents from oil refinery reformates by a newly designed ionic liquid using gas chromatography with flame ionization detection
(Wiley Online Library, 2015-02-26)The aim of this study was to determine whether the new ionic liquid, N,N-dimethyl-2-oxopyrrolidonium iodide, synthesized in our laboratory is a suitable solvent for the separation of aromatic components benzene, toluene, ... -
Shearing radiative collapse with expansion and acceleration
(American Institute of Physicshttp://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.3698286, 2012-03-28)We investigate the behaviour of a relativistic spherically symmetric radiative star with an accelerating, expanding and shearing interior matter distribution in the presence of anisotropic pressures. The junction condition ... -
Silver nanoparticles of Albizia adianthifolia : the induction of apoptosis in human lung carcinoma cell line
(BioMed Centralhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-3155-11-5, 2013)Background Silver nanoparticles (AgNP), the most popular nano-compounds, possess unique properties. Albizia adianthifolia (AA) is a plant of the Fabaceae family that is rich in saponins. The biological properties of a ... -
A size-controlled synthesis and characterization of mixed monolayer protected silver-S-(CH2)11-NHCO-coumarin nanoparticles and their Raman activities
(Materials Research Societyhttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9795901&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0884291415001582, 2015-06-28)The study reports the functionalization of the size-controlled synthesized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) with coumarin derivative. The size and the morphology of the as-synthesized AgNPs were obtained in the presence of ... -
Solid–liquid equilibria measurements for binary systems comprising (butyric acid + propionic or pentanoic acid) and (heptanoic acid + propionic or butyric or pentanoic or hexanoic acid)
(Elsevierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2012.09.019, 2013-02)Solid–liquid equilibria (SLE) measurements have been undertaken for carboxylic acid systems comprising (butyric acid + propionic or pentanoic acid) and (heptanoic acid + propionic or butyric or pentanoic or hexanoic acid) ... -
Some symmetry properties of the Riccati Differential Sequence and its integrals
(Springer Linkhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13370-014-0292-5, 2015-12)We examine the elements of the Riccati Differential Sequence and its integrals in terms of their structure and their symmetry properties. We find that there is a marked change from the fourth member of the sequence (the ... -
Spherically symmetric static matter configurations with vanishing radial pressure
(World Scientific Publishing, 2015)We present a new family of spherically symmetric, static solutions of the Einstein field equations in isotropic, comoving coordinates. The radial pressure at each interior point of these models vanishes yet equilibrium is ... -
Structural characterisation of pretreated solids from flow-through liquid hot water treatment of sugarcane bagasse in a fixed-bed reactor
(Elsevier, 2015-05)Untreated sugarcane bagasse and sugarcane bagasse pretreated with flow-through liquid hot water (LHW) treatment (170-207°C and 204-250 ml/min) in a fixed-bed reactor have been structurally characterised. Field emission gun ... -
Studies on bacterial proteins corona interaction with saponin imprinted ZnO nano-honeycombs and their toxic responses
(ACS Publications, 2015-10-07)Molecular imprinting generates robust, efficient and highly mesoporous surfaces for bio-interactions. Mechanistic interfacial interaction between the surface of core substrate and protein corona is crucial to understanding ... -
Symmetry reductions and solutions to the Zoomeron equation
(IOP Sciencehttp://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0031-8949/90/1/015202/meta;jsessionid=F2B48669F6EC6C93D9A6B6A7D5C67552.c5.iopscience.cld.iop.org, 2014-12-04)The terms Boomeron and Zoomeron describe specific instances of solitons that have distinct features where they arise in various physical contexts particularly in laser physics, nonlinear optics and fluid mechanics. They ... -
Synthesis and antimosquito properties of 2,6-substituted benzo[ d ] thiazole and 2,4-substituted benzo[ d ]thiazole analogues against Anopheles arabiensis
(Elsevierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2013.04.061, 2013-07)A novel and efficient one pot synthesis was developed for 2,6-substituted-benzo[d]thiazole analogues 4a–k and 2,4-substituted-benzo[d]thiazole analogues 4l–pvia three component condensation reaction of substituted arylaldehyde, ... -
Synthesis of ZSM-5 from impure and beneficiated Grahamstown kaolin: Effect of kaolinite content, crystallisation temperatures and time
(Elsevierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2015.10.008, 2016)Raw kaolin obtained from Grahamstown, South Africa was beneficiated using wet sieving and filtration before use in the synthesis of ZSM-5 zeolite via hydrothermal treatment at various temperatures (120–190 °C) and times ... -
Ternary excess molar volumes of {methyltrioctylammonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide + ethanol + methyl acetate, or ethyl acetate} systems at T = (298.15, 303.15, and 313.15) K
(Elsevierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2009.08.012, 2010-01-28)The activity coefficient at infinite dilution for 30 solutes: alkanes, alkenes, cycloalkanes, alkynes, ketones, alcohols, and aromatic compounds was determined from gas–liquid chromatography (glc) measurements at three ... -
Theoretical principles and applications of high performance capillary electrophoresis
(Nova Science Publishershttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/283340890_Chapter_7_Theoretical_Principles_and_Applications_of_High_Performance_Capillary_Electrophoresis, 2015)This book chapter is aimed at addressing the theoretical principles and applications of capillary electrophoresis (CE) for the separation of high intensity artificial sweeteners. Electrophoresis is a technique in which ... -
Thermostable chitinase II from Thermomyces lanuginosus SSBP : Cloning, structure prediction and molecular dynamics simulations
(Elsevierhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022519315001502, 2015-04-08)Thermomyces lanuginosus is a thermophilic fungus that produces large number of industrially-significant enzymes owing to their inherent stability at high temperatures and wide range of pH optima, including thermostable ... -
Thermostable chitinase II from Thermomyces lanuginosus SSBP: Cloning, structure prediction and molecular dynamics simulations
(Elsevierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.03.035, 2015)Thermomyces lanuginosus is a thermophilic fungus that produces large number of industrially-significant enzymes owing to their inherent stability at high temperatures and wide range of pH optima, including thermostable ... -
Towards new drug targets? Function prediction of putative proteins of Neisseria meningitidis MC58 and their virulence characterization
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2015)Neisseria meningitidis is a Gram-negative aerobic diplococcus, responsible for a variety of meningococcal dis-eases. The genome of N. meningitidis MC58 is comprised of 2114 genes that are translated into 1953 proteins. The ... -
Trends and novel strategies for enhancing lipid accumulation and quality in microalgae
(Elsevierhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/283507564_Trends_and_novel_strategies_for_enhancing_lipid_accumulation_and_quality_in_microalgae, 2016)In order to realize the potential of microalgal biodiesel there is a need for substantial impetus involving interventions to radically improve lipid yields upstream. Nutrient stress and alteration to cultivation conditions ...