4-Nitrophenyl hydrazone single crystals were grown by slow evaporation of solvent method using acetone as a solvent. The grown crystals were subjected to various characterizations such as X-ray diffraction studies, UV-visible studies, thermogravimetric analysis and differential thermal analysis (TGA/DTA) and second harmonic generation (SHG). The cell parameters were calculated by using single c...

A study of converting chemically modified wood into thermoplastic materials was undertaken to develop a new technology platform for the effective utilization of wood-based lignocellulosic materials. Highly substituted benzoylated spruce thermomechanical pulp (TMP) and lauroylated spruce TMP were used as components for thermoplastic composites of poly(styrene) and poly(propylene). Scanning elect...

Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is widely used in pharmaceutical industries and as a supplement in probiotics. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of biofield energy treatment on the physicochemical properties of the CaCO3. The CaCO3 powder was divided into two parts and referred as control and treated. The control part was remained untreated, whereas treated part was subjected to T...

Cellulose and its derivatives are used as potential matrices for biomaterials and tissue engineering applications. The objective of present research was to investigate the influence of biofield treatment on physical, chemical and thermal properties of ethyl cellulose (EC) and methyl cellulose (MC). The study was performed in two groups (control and treated). The control group remained as untrea...

A new 2,3-disubstituted 1,2-dihydroquinazolin-4(3H)-one derivative namely 2-hydroxy-2-ethyl-(3-carboxylideneamino)-3-(2-(4-methyl-phenyl))-1,2-dihydroquinazolin-4(3H)-one (HECMDQ) is synthesized employing a modified method in higher yield and is complexed with Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) metal ions in order to study its coordinating behavior. All the complexes were characterized by variou...

Interactions between polycarboxylic acids and cellulose was evaluated by using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) profiles of their mixtures. TGA, DSC were recorded as baseline data peak shifts calculated subtracting the maximum values from that cellulose-polycarboxylic acid In DL-tartaric citric with mixtures showed largest positive +58 +23°C in derivative...

semelil is an herbal-based compound which is used for the treatment of chronic wounds, especially diabetic foot ulcers. on the other hand, electrospun nanofibers have many characteristics such as mimicking extracellular matrix structure, efficiency as bacterial barrier, appropriate water vapor transmission rate, and provision of adequate gaseous exchange which make them ideal candidates for wou...

The combination of chitosan as a renewable heterogeneous catalyst and ionic liquid as a "green" solvent was employed for the Knoevenagel reaction. The chitosan catalyst was characterized by various techniques, including X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared spectros...

Esterified kraft lignins (KL) were prepared by reaction with maleic anhydride (MA), succinic anhydride (SA), and phthalic anhydride (PA) in acetone solutions. The esterified lignins were characterized using ATRFTIR, solid state CP-MAS 13C NMR spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). PA modification resulted in the highest weight gain percent (...