Active surfaces with bactericidal properties are of paramount importance in health care sector as a judicious approach to confront prevalent challenges presented by disastrous pathogenic infections and antibiotic-resistant ...

Maintaining the safety and quality of food are major concerns while developing biomaterial based food packaging. It offers a longer shelf-life as well as protection and quality control to the food based on international ...

We have developed an amphiphilic pH probe (P1CS) to detect pH levels in the plasma membrane in cancer cells. An elevated fluorescence signal at 550 nm at the cell surface of cancer cells (MDA-MB-231, HeLa cells) prompted ...

A comparative study of different enamels and the effect of inhibitor-loaded nanocontainers on corrosion protection performance of the enamel coatings in NaCl solution are reported. The study shows that mesoporous silica ...

Antiproliferative activity was confirmed in the various extracts of rhizomes of Hedychium flavescens (Zingiberaceae). The phytochemical investigation of the rhizomes of Hedychium flavescens led to the isolation of four ...

Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive subtype of the breast cancer commonly occurring in females. It was estimated that around 17%–25% of people with breast cancer are triple negative. Despite the ...

Base assisted divergent reactivity of isatins and allenoates has been achieved, which afforded diastereoselective spirofuran oxindoles and γ-functionalized allenoates. The DBU mediated Morita–Baylis–Hillman (MBH) reaction ...

According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), soil health is declining over the decades and it has an adverse impact on human health and food security. Hence, soil health restoration is a need of the hour. ...

Solar still desalination is the well-established technology for producing potable drinking water. Many research initiatives have been made on performance improvements in solar stills. This study is intended to improve ...

In this study, we present a detailed characterization of weathering profile and groundwater over a hard rock terrain showing the formation of kaolinite, groundwater quality assessment, and hydrogeochemistry. The crystal ...