Polymer Bulletin, Vol.79, ISSN No: 0170-0839 ( print) 1436-2449 (Online).
Biodegradable polymers have emerged as fascinating materials due to their non-toxicity, environmentally benign nature and good mechanical strength. The toxic effects of non-biodegradable plastics paved way for the development of sustainable and biodegradable polymers. The engineering of biodegradable polymers employing various strategies like radical ring opening polymerization, enzymatic ring opening polymerization, anionic ring opening polymerization, photo-initiated radical polymerization, chemoenzymatic method, enzymatic polymerization, ring opening polymerization and coordinative ring opening polymerization have been discussed in this review.
Electrochimica Acta, Vol.435, ISSN No: 0013-4686.
A facile and sustainable electrochemical synthetic strategy for phenyl <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/benzimidazole" title="Learn more about benzimidazoles from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link">benzimidazoles</a> has been developed using a ferrocene-based <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/electrocatalyst" title="Learn more about electrocatalyst from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link">electrocatalyst</a> anchored on Toray carbon paper (TCP) coated with conducting polymeric film. The developed electrode was used for the electrochemical dehydrogenative <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/cyclization-reaction" title="Learn more about cyclization reaction from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link">cyclization reaction</a> of </span><em>o</em><span>-phenylene <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/diamine" title="Learn more about diamine from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link">diamine</a> and <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/benzaldehyde" title="Learn more about benzaldehyde from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link">benzaldehyde</a> using lithium perchlorate/acetonitrile as electrolyte. The surface characteristic properties of the developed electrode were characterized by <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/field-emission-scanning-electron-microscopy" title="Learn more about FESEM from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link">FESEM</a>, Optical profilometer and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. </span>
Dyes and Pigments, Vol.210, ISSN No: 0143-7208.
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) has received world-wide recognition for their outstanding physicochemical properties that have the ability to substitute the semiconductor quantum dots. Herein, we have developed a strategy to determine the presence of Cd<sup>2+</sup> using CQDs as a fluorescence probe. The CQDs were synthesized from the leaves of <em>Polyalthia longifolia</em> (a natural source) through a one-step hydrothermal method. The CQDs obtained from <em>Polyalthia longifolia</em> (p-CQDs) was characterized using XRD, TEM, FTIR, Raman Spectroscopy, XPS Studies, UV–Visible spectroscopy and PL Spectroscopy. The p-CQDs displayed bright red fluorescence under the UV light, with good water solubility, and appreciable photostability and a quantum yield of 22%. The p-CQDs had a quasi-spherical morphology with an average particle size of 3.33 nm.
International Advanced Research Journal In Science, Engineering And Technology, Vol.2, Issue 3, pp.34-37, ISSN No: 2393-8021 (Online) 2394-1588 (Print).
