Lead selenide films are prepared by the vacuum evaporation technique on clean glass substrates held at room temperature in a vacuum 10 torr. The thickness of the film is measured by employing quartz crystal monitor technique. EDAX analysis confirms the composition of constituent in the PbSe thin films. The electrical resistivity measurements as a function of temperature in the range 303 K 483 K...

Abstract- Rasa Bhasma is a Herbo-Mineral preparation mentioned by Shri Anantadeva Soori in his textbook Chintamani the context of Parada Marana. Owing to its Hepato-protective indication, it was prepared as per conventional method and subjected various physico-chemical parameters, assessment inorganic elements, SEM EDAX ICP-OES for determination Mercury. Results revealed that tasteless, grey co...

In the present study, zinc oxide (ZnO) and magnesium doped (Zn0.5Mg0.5O) nanoparticles were synthesized by simple cost-effective co-precipitation method. The materials characterized X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) with Energy dispersive spectrum (EDAX). Finally, effect of (Mg) doping on structural, morp...

In order to evaluate the importance of newly-formed minerals in the premature deterioration of Iowa highway concrete, a two-phase study was undertaken. In the first phase, we performed petrographic and SEM/EDAX analyses to determine chemical and mineralogical changes in the aggregate and cement paste of samples taken from Iowa concrete highways that showed premature deterioration. In the second...

Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using seeds of Nigella sativa as reducing agent was evaluated in this study. Homogenized extract of N. sativa exposed to sunlight gave a better synthesis of nanoparticles when compared to other methods. Antibacterial activity of nanoparticles was studied against urinary tract infection (UTI) causing bacteria by disc diffusion method. Further, the silver nanopar...

In this paper, we for the first time show the ability of the mesophilic fungus Fusarium oxysporum in the bioleaching of waste material such as Fly-ash for the extracellular production of highly crystalline and highly stable, protein capped, fluorescent and water soluble silica nanoparticles at ambient conditions. When the fungus Fusarium oxysporum is exposed to Fly-ash, it is capable of selecti...

Using combustion chemical vapour deposition, layers of molybdenum and tungsten oxides have been deposited on glass and silicon at low temperatures. Inexpensive ammonium salts of molybdate and metatungstate ions were used as precursors and were delivered to the coating flame as an aqueous solution using a nebuliser. The resulting films were analysed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy ...

Large scale preparation of single-layer graphene and graphene oxide is of great importance due to their potential applications. We report a simple room temperature method for the exfoliation of graphene oxide using covalent modification of graphene oxide with ferrocene to obtain single-layer graphene oxide sheets. The samples were characterized by FESEM, HRTEM, AFM, EDAX, FT-IR, Raman and Mössb...