Highly sensitive, easy-to-fabricate, and low-cost pH sensors with small dimensions are required to monitor human bodily fluids, drinking water quality and chemical/biological processes. In this study, a low-temperature, solution-based process is developed to prepare palladium/palladium oxide (Pd/PdO) thin films for pH sensing. A precursor solution for Pd is spin coated onto pre-cleaned glass su...

Abstract. This study tests the relationships between grandiose narcissism and affective, calculative, social-normative motivation to lead (MTL), avoidance lead, vulnerable affective MTL lead. Further, we assess moderating effect of narcissistic organizational identification (NOI). As expected, correlated positively with three dimensions MTL, though relationship disappeared when controlling for ...

In this study, the catalytic use of [Pd(L1)2]Cl2 complex is aimed for reduction / degradation reactions organic pollutants in water sources which pose a threat to environment. For purpose, 2-(thiophen-2-yl)-1H-benzimidazole ligand (L1) and its Pd(II) (C1) were synthesized characterized by FT-IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, ESI-MS spectroscopic techniques. The efficiency C1 on 4-nitro phenol compound (4-NP...

A series of Pd-supported metal oxides (Al2O3, Fe2O3 and CeO2) have been prepared by a single step solution combustion synthesis (SCS). Their catalytic performance was evaluated for selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde (CAL) to hydrocinnamaldehyde (HCAL) under atmospheric pressure of hydrogen at 100 °C. Among these materials, combustion synthesized Pd (2 at.%)/Al2O3 catalyst exhibits the hi...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com There are three main types of threads currently available; polydioxanone (PDO), polylactic acid (PLA) and polycaprolactone (PCA). PDO threads have been around the longest and are made of a synthetic biodegradable polymer that has been used in surgery for many years. PDO threads are absorbed into the body over 6 months by hydrolysis and work by trigg...

We demonstrate through PdO doping that creation of heterojunctions on Co3O4 nanoparticles can quantitatively adjust band-gap and Fermi energy levels to study the impact of metal oxide nanoparticle semiconductor properties on cellular redox homeostasis and hazard potential. Flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) was used to synthesize a nanoparticle library in which the gradual increase in the PdO content ...

The advantages of fully-depleted (FD) SOI CMOS technology in comparison to bulk Si regarding analogue circuit design have been reported in [1]. Most of them relate to the combination of the reduced capacitance of SOI technology with the better transconductance (gm) over drain current (IDS) ratio due to the reduced FD body factor, which provides enhanced bandwidth and gain, resulting in very sig...

Seven reaction products (2-chloro-4-nonylphenol [NP], 2,6-dichloro-4-NP, trichlorophenol, 4-propyl-2'-hydroxyphenol, 4-isobutyl-2'-hydroxyphenol, 4-isoamyl-2'-hydroxyphenol, and 4-isopentyl-2'-hydroxyphenol) were identified by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) in order to assess the estrogenic activity originated from 4-nonylphenol (4-NP) in drinking water. The estrogenic activities ...

We used temperature programmed reaction spectroscopy (TPRS) and molecular beam reflectivity measurements to investigate the initial dissociation of n-butane isotopologues on PdO(101) and determine kinetic parameters governing the selectivity of initial C-H(D) bond cleavage. We observe differences in the reactivity of the n-butane isotopologues on PdO(101) due to kinetic isotope effects, and fin...

As a promising sustainable and clean energy source for the future, hydrogen plays an important role. Due to its high flammability explosive nature of gas, it is crucial employ reliable sensors that can detect presence gas in air at room temperature (RT). By utilizing light, working such be reduced whilst simultaneously enhancing sensing performance. In this study, have been fabricated introduce...