Multifunctional soybean protein isolate-graft-carboxymethyl cellulose composite as all-biodegradable and mechanically robust mulch film for “green” agriculture

Q Wang, Y Duan, Y Huang, Y Teng, C Li, Y Tao… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Multifunctional mulch films with robust mechanical behaviors of biopolymer-based
biodegradable mulch materials were highly demanded in promoting the development of …

Synergistic improvement of the fine size coal dewatering performance by using binary surfactant mixtures

S Zhang, X Shao, J Ding, K Zhao - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, gemini surfactants and binary surfactant mixtures were used in order to
enhance the dewatering performance of fine size coal particles. Compared to three single …

Mechanism and isotherm modeling of effective adsorption of malachite green as endocrine disruptive dye using Acid Functionalized Maize Cob (AFMC)

JO Ojediran, AO Dada, SO Aniyi, RO David… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Cationic Malachite green has been identified as a candidate for the endocrine disruptive
compound found in the environment. In this study, the mechanism and isotherm modeling of …

Ab initio metadynamics calculations of dimethylamine for probing p K b variations in bulk vs. surface environments

S Biswas, H Kwon, KC Barsanti, N Myllys… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The basicity constant, or pKb, is an intrinsic physical property of bases that gives a measure
of its proton affinity in macroscopic environments. While the pKb is typically defined in …

Effects of a novel amide-alcohol bearing admixture on the hydration, microstructure and strength of Portland cement

B Zeng, W Han, S Jia, L Mo - Construction and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Grinding aids and hydration accelerators (GA-HAs) are important admixtures for reducing
energy consumption and enhancing cement performance, however, widely used …

Dynamics of ionic liquid through intrinsic vibrational probes using the dispersion-corrected DFT functionals

A Biswas, BS Mallik - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021 - ACS Publications
First principles molecular dynamics simulations have been utilized to study the spectral
properties of the protic ionic liquid, methylammonium formate (MAF). All simulations were …

Probing the vibrational dynamics of amide bands of N-methylformamide, N, N-dimethylacetamide, and N-methylacetamide in water

S Biswas, BS Mallik - Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
We report the vibrational dynamics of amide modes of N-methylformamide (NMF), N-
methylacetamide (NMA), and N, N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) in water using first principles …

[HTML][HTML] A Computational Study of Structure, Dynamics, and Spectral Properties of Ionic Liquids: Wavelet Spectra as a Tool to Assess Microscopic Dynamics of Ionic …

A Biswas, BS Mallik - 2024 - intechopen.com
This perspective summarizes the recent advances in modeling ionic liquids to highlight
structural as well as dynamical aspects and spectroscopic investigations in complex ionic …

Solvent-mediated dynamics and stretching profile of amide modes: QM/MM simulations of N-methylacetamide in ionic and various molecular liquids

S Biswas, BS Mallik - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, we performed QM/MM molecular dynamics simulations of a simple
biomolecular model, N-methylacetamide molecule, in five different polar and non-polar …