MnO2 nanoparticles have been synthesized by a simple combustion method using MnSO4.4H2O. The crystalline phase,
morphology, optical property and magnetic property of the as prepared nanoparticle were characterized using XRD, FT-IR, FTRaman,
SEM, UV-Vis, PL and VSM respectively. Structural studies by XRD indicate that the synthesized material as tetragonal rutile
crystal structure. FT-IR and FT-Raman analysis revealed the stretching vibrations of metal ions in tetrahedral co-ordination confirming
the crystal structure. The PL and UV analysis having an emission band at 390 nm, showed a prominent blue peak at 453 nm as well as
a green emission lines at 553 nm with band gap energy of 3.2eV. Magnetic measurements indicate that the Néel temperature of the β-
MnO2 structures is 92.5K for Hc = 100 Oe which showed antiferromagnetic behaviour
Electrochemical Synthesis of MoO3 Nanoparticles Effect of Temperature Convert...IJERA Editor
MoO3 nanorods were prepared by electrochemical reduction method using the tetra propyl ammonium bromide (TPAB) was structure directing agent in an organic medium viz. tetra hydro furan (THF) and acetonitrile (ACN) in 4:1 ratio and at current density 14mA &18 mA. The reduction process takes place under atmospheric condition over a period of 2 h. Dried sample was calcinated in muffle furnace at 500ºC. The parameters such as current density and concentration of stabilizers were used to control the size of nanorods. The synthesized MoO3 nanorods were characterized by using UV-Visible, FT-IR, XRD, SEM-EDS and TEM analysis techniques.
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Electrochemical Synthesis of MoO3 Nanoparticles Effect of Temperature Convert...IJERA Editor
MoO3 nanorods were prepared by electrochemical reduction method using the tetra propyl ammonium bromide (TPAB) was structure directing agent in an organic medium viz. tetra hydro furan (THF) and acetonitrile (ACN) in 4:1 ratio and at current density 14mA &18 mA. The reduction process takes place under atmospheric condition over a period of 2 h. Dried sample was calcinated in muffle furnace at 500ºC. The parameters such as current density and concentration of stabilizers were used to control the size of nanorods. The synthesized MoO3 nanorods were characterized by using UV-Visible, FT-IR, XRD, SEM-EDS and TEM analysis techniques.
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Structural, Electrical and Magnetotransport properties of La0.7Ca0.2Sr0.1MnO3...IOSR Journals
The sample of manganite perovskite oxide La0.7Ca0.2Sr0.1MnO3 has been prepared by solution combustion synthesis. The synthesized sample has been pelletized and further sintered at 8000C for 8 hours. The XRD pattern reveals that the samples are of single phase nature with orthorhombic structure and the diffraction patterns can be indexed with the pbnm space groups. The crystallite sizes calculated from broadening of XRD peaks using Scherrer’s formula were about 18 nm. Resistivity measurements were performed in the temperature range 2K under 3, 5, 10 and 14 T field using PPMS. Magnetoresistance shows a shift in metal-insulator transition temperature from ~213 K at zero field to ~250 K at 14T. MR value decreases as the temperature increases and at 300 K maximum value of MR is found to be ~ 22% for an applied field of 14 T. MR of ~ 28% is observed at 230 K. MR of ~ 35% is observed at 150 K in an applied field of 14 T and MR has negative sign
Synthesis of Cobalt ferrite by Solid Reaction Methodsank_sanjay
Cobalt ferrite nano-crystalline powder was synthesized from the powder mixture of cobalt carbonate and iron oxide by mixed oxide ceramic method. The effects of temperature of calcination as well as molar ratio of CoCO3/Fe2O3 on the phase structure, morphology and magnetic properties of the products were studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) techniques, respectively. The samples calcined at 800 and 900˚C consisted of cobalt ferrite, iron oxide and cobalt oxide. In the sample calcined at 1000˚C, the reaction was completed and single phase CoFe2O4 with a mean crystallite and particle sizes of 49 and 300 nm, respectively was obtained.
Effects of Zno on electrical properties of Polyaniline CompositesIJERA Editor
In the present investigation, Polyaniline / Zinc oxide with various weight percentage of Zinc oxide (10%, 20%, 30, 40% and 50%) were synthesized by in-situ polymerization method. The prepared composites were characterized by X-Ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Fourier Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The dc conductivity of the samples was measured as a function of temperature in the range 30-180oC and it was found that increasing the concentration of ZnO particles increases the conductivity. Ac conductivity of the composites was studied with respect to frequency
Structural and Morphological Properties of Mn-Doped Co3O4 ThinFilm Deposited ...IJERA Editor
In this study, a series of manganese (Mn)-doped Cobalt oxide (Co3O4)thin films were deposited on steel substrate by the sol-gel spin coat method and investigated the influence of doping concentrations of Mn in Cobalt ranging from 0.001% to 1% on physical, structural and morphological properties of Co3O4 thin films. Cobalt acetate[(CH3COO)2Co.4H2O], Mn acetate [C4H6MnO4.4H2O] and Isopropyl alcohol were used as starting material, dopant source and reagent respectively.X-ray diffraction analysis indicated that pureCo3O4 thin film iscrystallinein nature andcubic phase with [400] preferential orientation.For Mn doped films, three new peaks corresponding to the planes [310], [320] and [420] of orthorhombic MnO2 phase were observed.SEM micrographs showed that incorporation of Mn in Co site was found to influence the surface morphology of the films. All the films showed tetragonal shaped grains. TheEDAXanalysis revealedthe amount of Mn element in the sample increased with increasing dopant concentration.
Consistently High Voc Values in p-i-n Type Perovskite Solar Cells Using Ni3+-...Pawan Kumar
Leading edge p-i-n type halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) severely underperform n-i-p PSCs. p-i-n type PSCs that use PEDOT:PSS hole transport layers (HTLs) struggle to generate open-circuit photovoltage values higher than 1 V. NiO HTLs have shown greater promise in achieving high Voc values albeit inconsistently. In this report, a NiO nanomesh with Ni3+ defect grown by the hydrothermal method was used to obtain PSCs with Voc values that consistently exceeded 1.10 V (champion Voc = 1.14 V). A champion device photoconversion efficiency of 17.75% was observed. Density functional theory modeling was used to understand the interfacial properties of the NiO/perovskite interface. The PCE of PSCs constructed using the Ni3+-doped NiO nanomesh HTL was ∼34% higher than that of conventional compact NiO-based perovskite solar cells. A suite of characterization techniques such as transmission electron microscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, intensity-modulated photocurrent spectroscopy, intensity-modulated photovoltage spectroscopy, time-resolved photoluminescence, steady-state photoluminescence, and Kelvin probe force microscopy provided evidence of better film quality, enhanced charge transfer, and suppressed charge recombination in PSCs based on hydrothermally grown NiO nanostructures.
Crustal Structure from Gravity and Magnetic Anomalies in the Southern Part of...Editor IJCATR
The gravity and magnetic data along the profile across the southern part of the Cauvery basin have been
collected and the data is interpreted for crustal structure depths.The first profile is taken from Karikudito
Embalecovering a distance of 50 km. The gravity lows and highs have clearly indicated various sub-basins and ridges.
The density logs from ONGC, Chennai, show that the density contrast decreases with depth in the sedimentary basin,
and hence, the gravity profiles are interpreted using variable density contrast with depth. From the Bouguer gravity
anomaly, the residual anomaly is constructed by graphical method correlating with well data and subsurface geology.
The residual anomaly profiles are interpreted using polygon and prismatic models. The maximum depths to the granitic
gneiss basement are obtained as 3.00 km. The regional anomaly is interpreted as Moho rise towards coast. The
aeromagnetic anomaly profiles are also interpreted for charnockite basement below the granitic gneiss group of rocks
using prismatic model.
Structural, Electrical and Magnetotransport properties of La0.7Ca0.2Sr0.1MnO3...IOSR Journals
The sample of manganite perovskite oxide La0.7Ca0.2Sr0.1MnO3 has been prepared by solution combustion synthesis. The synthesized sample has been pelletized and further sintered at 8000C for 8 hours. The XRD pattern reveals that the samples are of single phase nature with orthorhombic structure and the diffraction patterns can be indexed with the pbnm space groups. The crystallite sizes calculated from broadening of XRD peaks using Scherrer’s formula were about 18 nm. Resistivity measurements were performed in the temperature range 2K under 3, 5, 10 and 14 T field using PPMS. Magnetoresistance shows a shift in metal-insulator transition temperature from ~213 K at zero field to ~250 K at 14T. MR value decreases as the temperature increases and at 300 K maximum value of MR is found to be ~ 22% for an applied field of 14 T. MR of ~ 28% is observed at 230 K. MR of ~ 35% is observed at 150 K in an applied field of 14 T and MR has negative sign
Synthesis of Cobalt ferrite by Solid Reaction Methodsank_sanjay
Cobalt ferrite nano-crystalline powder was synthesized from the powder mixture of cobalt carbonate and iron oxide by mixed oxide ceramic method. The effects of temperature of calcination as well as molar ratio of CoCO3/Fe2O3 on the phase structure, morphology and magnetic properties of the products were studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) techniques, respectively. The samples calcined at 800 and 900˚C consisted of cobalt ferrite, iron oxide and cobalt oxide. In the sample calcined at 1000˚C, the reaction was completed and single phase CoFe2O4 with a mean crystallite and particle sizes of 49 and 300 nm, respectively was obtained.
Effects of Zno on electrical properties of Polyaniline CompositesIJERA Editor
In the present investigation, Polyaniline / Zinc oxide with various weight percentage of Zinc oxide (10%, 20%, 30, 40% and 50%) were synthesized by in-situ polymerization method. The prepared composites were characterized by X-Ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Fourier Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The dc conductivity of the samples was measured as a function of temperature in the range 30-180oC and it was found that increasing the concentration of ZnO particles increases the conductivity. Ac conductivity of the composites was studied with respect to frequency
Structural and Morphological Properties of Mn-Doped Co3O4 ThinFilm Deposited ...IJERA Editor
In this study, a series of manganese (Mn)-doped Cobalt oxide (Co3O4)thin films were deposited on steel substrate by the sol-gel spin coat method and investigated the influence of doping concentrations of Mn in Cobalt ranging from 0.001% to 1% on physical, structural and morphological properties of Co3O4 thin films. Cobalt acetate[(CH3COO)2Co.4H2O], Mn acetate [C4H6MnO4.4H2O] and Isopropyl alcohol were used as starting material, dopant source and reagent respectively.X-ray diffraction analysis indicated that pureCo3O4 thin film iscrystallinein nature andcubic phase with [400] preferential orientation.For Mn doped films, three new peaks corresponding to the planes [310], [320] and [420] of orthorhombic MnO2 phase were observed.SEM micrographs showed that incorporation of Mn in Co site was found to influence the surface morphology of the films. All the films showed tetragonal shaped grains. TheEDAXanalysis revealedthe amount of Mn element in the sample increased with increasing dopant concentration.
Consistently High Voc Values in p-i-n Type Perovskite Solar Cells Using Ni3+-...Pawan Kumar
Leading edge p-i-n type halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) severely underperform n-i-p PSCs. p-i-n type PSCs that use PEDOT:PSS hole transport layers (HTLs) struggle to generate open-circuit photovoltage values higher than 1 V. NiO HTLs have shown greater promise in achieving high Voc values albeit inconsistently. In this report, a NiO nanomesh with Ni3+ defect grown by the hydrothermal method was used to obtain PSCs with Voc values that consistently exceeded 1.10 V (champion Voc = 1.14 V). A champion device photoconversion efficiency of 17.75% was observed. Density functional theory modeling was used to understand the interfacial properties of the NiO/perovskite interface. The PCE of PSCs constructed using the Ni3+-doped NiO nanomesh HTL was ∼34% higher than that of conventional compact NiO-based perovskite solar cells. A suite of characterization techniques such as transmission electron microscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, intensity-modulated photocurrent spectroscopy, intensity-modulated photovoltage spectroscopy, time-resolved photoluminescence, steady-state photoluminescence, and Kelvin probe force microscopy provided evidence of better film quality, enhanced charge transfer, and suppressed charge recombination in PSCs based on hydrothermally grown NiO nanostructures.
Crustal Structure from Gravity and Magnetic Anomalies in the Southern Part of...Editor IJCATR
The gravity and magnetic data along the profile across the southern part of the Cauvery basin have been
collected and the data is interpreted for crustal structure depths.The first profile is taken from Karikudito
Embalecovering a distance of 50 km. The gravity lows and highs have clearly indicated various sub-basins and ridges.
The density logs from ONGC, Chennai, show that the density contrast decreases with depth in the sedimentary basin,
and hence, the gravity profiles are interpreted using variable density contrast with depth. From the Bouguer gravity
anomaly, the residual anomaly is constructed by graphical method correlating with well data and subsurface geology.
The residual anomaly profiles are interpreted using polygon and prismatic models. The maximum depths to the granitic
gneiss basement are obtained as 3.00 km. The regional anomaly is interpreted as Moho rise towards coast. The
aeromagnetic anomaly profiles are also interpreted for charnockite basement below the granitic gneiss group of rocks
using prismatic model.
Synthesis and Study on Structural, Morphological and Magnetic properties of n...Editor IJCATR
Mn3O4 nanoparticles were prepared by co-precipitation method followed by annealing of samples at 300 °C for 2 hours. The
samples were characterized to find the structural, functional, optical, morphological, compositional and magnetic properties by PXRD,
FTIR, Micro-Raman, HRSEM, TEM, XPS, EDX and VSM respectively. Structural studies by PXRD indicate that the annealing has
strongly influenced the phase transition showing two coexisting phases of Mn2O3 and Mn3O4. Micro-Raman spectra showed the
presence of A1g mode of vibration corresponding to Mn3O4 phase. Magnetic studies of the as synthesized Mn3O4 nanoparticles depict
paramagnetic behavior at room temperature.
Characterization of Manganese doped ZnO (MZO) thin films by Spin Coating Tech...IOSR Journals
Doping is a widely used to improve the structural and optical properties of semiconductors. However deposition route is also very important to get nanostructure with different properties. ZnO nanostructures doped with Mn having 5% doping concentrations by weight percentage have been synthesized in the laboratory using Spin coating technique. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) image shows the around one millimeter and X-ray diffractometer studies shows that the average diameter of the particles is 25 nm. From the UV-Vis studies the annealing temperature increases the crystal size decreases and the bandgap values increases accordingly.
Synthesis and Characterisation of Copper Oxide nanoparticlesIOSR Journals
Cupric oxide (CuO) nanoparticles were prepared by the chemical route by calcinations at a higher temperature from 300oC to 400 oC. For the comparison transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and x-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements were made through JCPDS. There is good agreement between data produced by spectroscopy and the microscopic measurements.
Selective Oxidation of Cyclohexene, Toluene and Ethyl Benzene Catalyzed by Bi...Iranian Chemical Society
Bis-(L-tyrosinato)copper(II) was reacted with 3-(chloropropyl)-trimethoxysilane functionalized silica that has infused magnetite to yield a magnetically separable catalyst in which the copper carboxylate is covalently linked to the silica matrix through the silane linkage. The immobilized catalyst has been characterized by spectroscopic studies (such as FT-IR, EPR, Magnetic Measurement, SEM) and chemical analyses. The immobilized catalytic system functions as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for oxidation of cyclohexene, toluene and ethyl benzene in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (as an oxidant) and sodium bicarbonate (a co-catalyst). The reaction conditions have been optimized for solvent, temperature and amount of oxidant and catalyst. Comparison of the encapsulated catalyst with the corresponding homogeneous catalyst showed that the heterogeneous catalyst had higher activity and selectivity than the homogeneous catalyst. The immobilized catalyst could be readily recovered from the reaction mixture by using a simple magnet, and reused up to five times without any loss of activity.
Growth and Characterization of Morpholium Cadmium Acetoperchlorate Single Cry...IJERA Editor
In the search for novel crystal with promising nonlinear optical properties an attempt is made to grow
morpholium cadmium aceto-perchlorate single crystals. The title compound is synthesized by slow evaporation
technique at room temperature. The powder X-ray diffraction pattern has been recorded and the various planes
of reflections are identified. The transmittance spectrum of the crystal in the UV–Vis region has been obtained.
Using the FTIR spectrum, the vibrational modes of the crystal is analysed and the presence of cadmium in the
crystal is confirmed. Thermogravimetric analysis and differential thermal analysis studies have been done to
assess the thermal stability of the grown crystal. The dielectric measurement for the crystal is carried out in the
range of 50 Hz to 5 MHz for three different temperatures 40ºC, 80ºC and 120ºC to study the electrical nature of
the grown crystal. The nonlinear optical property of the grown crystal is confirmed
Preparation, Structure, and Characterization of Nd2mo2o9 fast Oxide Ion Condu...IJARIIT
The structure and ion conductivity of Nd2Mo2O9powders were synthesized by using Nd(NO2)3, MoO3, and aspartic acid (fuel) in assisted combustion method with heating at 550˚C for 6 hours. The thermal decomposition, phase identification, morphology, ionic conductivity of the samples were studied by TGA/DTA, XRD and SEM four probe D.C. method respectively. The formation of Nd2Mo2O9 was confirmed by FTIR studies. The synthesis and crystallization were followed by thermochemical techniques (TGA/DTA) studies. The synthesized materials showed reasonable ionic conductivity. These results indicate that assisted combustion method is a promising method to prepare nanocrystalline Nd2Mo2O9 for solid oxide fuel cell.
Infrared Spectral and EPR Studies of Mn2+ Ions Doped K2O - CdO - B2O3 - SiO2 ...inventionjournals
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Synthesis and charaterization of la1 x srxmno3 perovskite nanoparticlesMai Trần
In recent times perovskite materials are extensively studied and have attracted much attention because they exhibit interesting the properties, showing potential applications in commercial, technical and biomedical. In Vietnam, perovskite materials be of interest research and applications are strong but with major research direction is to go deep into the electrical properties and the magnetic properties. The Lanthanum Strontium manganite is a perovskite-based crystal-structured ceramic material with the formula of La1-xSrxMnO3, where x describes the doping ratio. It has attracted much attention due to its good magnetic, electrical, and catalytic properties and is becoming an attractive possibility material in several biomedical applications, particularly with nano-size. In industry, this material is commonly used in as a cathode material in commercially produced solid oxide fuel cells. In this thesis, we present the Perovskite nanoparticles La1-xSrxMnO3 were successfully synthesized of the nanosize La1-xSrxMnO3 at x = 0; 0.1; 0.2; 0.3 and 0.4 which prepared by a modified sol-gel method. Structure and magnetic properties of them were systematically investigated in dependence on doped Sr ratio x. The structure was investigated by XRD and show slightly changed but magnetic properties varied strongly with changing the doping ratio x. Magnetic properties of samples were studied by Vibrating Sample Mode of Physical Properties Measurement System show at the room temperature, the samples show superparamagnetic properties with high saturated magnetization MS of 57 emu/g which strongly dependents on the doped Sr ratio x.
Study of Microstructural, Electrical and Dielectric Properties of La0.9Pb0.1M...Scientific Review SR
The present work studies the microstructural and electrical properties of La0.9Pb0.1MnO3 and La0.8Y0.1Pb0.1MnO3 ceramics synthesized by solid-state route method. Microstructure and elemental analysis of both samples were carried out by field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) method, respectively. Phase analysis by X-ray diffraction (XRD) indicated formation of single phase distorted structure. The XRD data were further analyzed by Rietveld refinement technique. Raman analysis reveals that Y atom substitutes La site into the LPMO with shifting of phonon modes. The temperature variation of resistivity of undoped and Y-doped La0.9Pb0.1MnO3 samples have been investigated. The electrical resistivity as a function of temperature showed that all samples undergo an metal-insulator (M-I) transition having a peak at transition temperature TMI. Y-doping increases the resistivity and the metal-insulator transition temperature (TMI) shifts to lower temperature. The temperature-dependent resistivity for temperatures less than metal-insulator transition is explained in terms the quadratic temperature dependence and for T > TMI, thermally activated conduction (TAC) is appropriate. Variation of frequency dispersion in permittivity and loss pattern due to La-site substitution in LPMO was observed in the dielectric response curve.
Microwave Assisted Sol Gel Synthesis of Magnesium Oxide(Mgo)IJERDJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: Magnesium oxide (MgO) nanoparticles have been synthesized by Microwave assisted Sol gel synthesis method by using the precursors citric acid (C2O4H2) and magnesium chloride (Mgcl2.6H2O). It is a simple, novel and cost effective method. The structure, morphology and crystalline phase of the magnesium oxide nanocrystals have been investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD).Presence of functional groups and optical characters are analyzed by using FTIR and UV- visible techniques
Simple and Effective Method of the Synthesis of Nanosized Fe2O 3particlesIOSR Journals
Abstract: Nanosized Iron oxide is prepared by using precipitation method from iron nitrate and liquid ammonia. Thermal analysis shows that synthesized iron oxide shows some weight loss and oxide undergoing decomposition, dehydration or any physical change from TGA curve we observe that Iron oxide shows stable weight loss above 4000C. In DTA curve also, there is exothermic and endothermic peak. Which shows phase transition, solid state reaction or any chemical reaction occurred during heating treatment. Morphology is observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) shows particles are nanosized. Further morphology observation by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) revels that Iron Oxide has the corundum (Al2O3) structure. Magnetic measurements shows that iron oxide has five unpaired electron and strongly paramagnetic character.
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Text Mining in Digital Libraries using OKAPI BM25 ModelEditor IJCATR
The emergence of the internet has made vast amounts of information available and easily accessible online. As a result, most libraries have digitized their content in order to remain relevant to their users and to keep pace with the advancement of the internet. However, these digital libraries have been criticized for using inefficient information retrieval models that do not perform relevance ranking to the retrieved results. This paper proposed the use of OKAPI BM25 model in text mining so as means of improving relevance ranking of digital libraries. Okapi BM25 model was selected because it is a probability-based relevance ranking algorithm. A case study research was conducted and the model design was based on information retrieval processes. The performance of Boolean, vector space, and Okapi BM25 models was compared for data retrieval. Relevant ranked documents were retrieved and displayed at the OPAC framework search page. The results revealed that Okapi BM 25 outperformed Boolean model and Vector Space model. Therefore, this paper proposes the use of Okapi BM25 model to reward terms according to their relative frequencies in a document so as to improve the performance of text mining in digital libraries.
Green Computing, eco trends, climate change, e-waste and eco-friendlyEditor IJCATR
This study focused on the practice of using computing resources more efficiently while maintaining or increasing overall performance. Sustainable IT services require the integration of green computing practices such as power management, virtualization, improving cooling technology, recycling, electronic waste disposal, and optimization of the IT infrastructure to meet sustainability requirements. Studies have shown that costs of power utilized by IT departments can approach 50% of the overall energy costs for an organization. While there is an expectation that green IT should lower costs and the firm’s impact on the environment, there has been far less attention directed at understanding the strategic benefits of sustainable IT services in terms of the creation of customer value, business value and societal value. This paper provides a review of the literature on sustainable IT, key areas of focus, and identifies a core set of principles to guide sustainable IT service design.
Policies for Green Computing and E-Waste in NigeriaEditor IJCATR
Computers today are an integral part of individuals’ lives all around the world, but unfortunately these devices are toxic to the environment given the materials used, their limited battery life and technological obsolescence. Individuals are concerned about the hazardous materials ever present in computers, even if the importance of various attributes differs, and that a more environment -friendly attitude can be obtained through exposure to educational materials. In this paper, we aim to delineate the problem of e-waste in Nigeria and highlight a series of measures and the advantage they herald for our country and propose a series of action steps to develop in these areas further. It is possible for Nigeria to have an immediate economic stimulus and job creation while moving quickly to abide by the requirements of climate change legislation and energy efficiency directives. The costs of implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy measures are minimal as they are not cash expenditures but rather investments paid back by future, continuous energy savings.
Performance Evaluation of VANETs for Evaluating Node Stability in Dynamic Sce...Editor IJCATR
Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) are a favorable area of exploration which empowers the interconnection amid the movable vehicles and between transportable units (vehicles) and road side units (RSU). In Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs), mobile vehicles can be organized into assemblage to promote interconnection links. The assemblage arrangement according to dimensions and geographical extend has serious influence on attribute of interaction .Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) are subclass of mobile Ad-hoc network involving more complex mobility patterns. Because of mobility the topology changes very frequently. This raises a number of technical challenges including the stability of the network .There is a need for assemblage configuration leading to more stable realistic network. The paper provides investigation of various simulation scenarios in which cluster using k-means algorithm are generated and their numbers are varied to find the more stable configuration in real scenario of road.
Optimum Location of DG Units Considering Operation ConditionsEditor IJCATR
The optimal sizing and placement of Distributed Generation units (DG) are becoming very attractive to researchers these days. In this paper a two stage approach has been used for allocation and sizing of DGs in distribution system with time varying load model. The strategic placement of DGs can help in reducing energy losses and improving voltage profile. The proposed work discusses time varying loads that can be useful for selecting the location and optimizing DG operation. The method has the potential to be used for integrating the available DGs by identifying the best locations in a power system. The proposed method has been demonstrated on 9-bus test system.
Analysis of Comparison of Fuzzy Knn, C4.5 Algorithm, and Naïve Bayes Classifi...Editor IJCATR
Early detection of diabetes mellitus (DM) can prevent or inhibit complication. There are several laboratory test that must be done to detect DM. The result of this laboratory test then converted into data training. Data training used in this study generated from UCI Pima Database with 6 attributes that were used to classify positive or negative diabetes. There are various classification methods that are commonly used, and in this study three of them were compared, which were fuzzy KNN, C4.5 algorithm and Naïve Bayes Classifier (NBC) with one identical case. The objective of this study was to create software to classify DM using tested methods and compared the three methods based on accuracy, precision, and recall. The results showed that the best method was Fuzzy KNN with average and maximum accuracy reached 96% and 98%, respectively. In second place, NBC method had respective average and maximum accuracy of 87.5% and 90%. Lastly, C4.5 algorithm had average and maximum accuracy of 79.5% and 86%, respectively.
Web Scraping for Estimating new Record from Source SiteEditor IJCATR
Study in the Competitive field of Intelligent, and studies in the field of Web Scraping, have a symbiotic relationship mutualism. In the information age today, the website serves as a main source. The research focus is on how to get data from websites and how to slow down the intensity of the download. The problem that arises is the website sources are autonomous so that vulnerable changes the structure of the content at any time. The next problem is the system intrusion detection snort installed on the server to detect bot crawler. So the researchers propose the use of the methods of Mining Data Records and the method of Exponential Smoothing so that adaptive to changes in the structure of the content and do a browse or fetch automatically follow the pattern of the occurrences of the news. The results of the tests, with the threshold 0.3 for MDR and similarity threshold score 0.65 for STM, using recall and precision values produce f-measure average 92.6%. While the results of the tests of the exponential estimation smoothing using ? = 0.5 produces MAE 18.2 datarecord duplicate. It slowed down to 3.6 datarecord from 21.8 datarecord results schedule download/fetch fix in an average time of occurrence news.
Evaluating Semantic Similarity between Biomedical Concepts/Classes through S...Editor IJCATR
Most of the existing semantic similarity measures that use ontology structure as their primary source can measure semantic similarity between concepts/classes using single ontology. The ontology-based semantic similarity techniques such as structure-based semantic similarity techniques (Path Length Measure, Wu and Palmer’s Measure, and Leacock and Chodorow’s measure), information content-based similarity techniques (Resnik’s measure, Lin’s measure), and biomedical domain ontology techniques (Al-Mubaid and Nguyen’s measure (SimDist)) were evaluated relative to human experts’ ratings, and compared on sets of concepts using the ICD-10 “V1.0” terminology within the UMLS. The experimental results validate the efficiency of the SemDist technique in single ontology, and demonstrate that SemDist semantic similarity techniques, compared with the existing techniques, gives the best overall results of correlation with experts’ ratings.
Semantic Similarity Measures between Terms in the Biomedical Domain within f...Editor IJCATR
The techniques and tests are tools used to define how measure the goodness of ontology or its resources. The similarity between biomedical classes/concepts is an important task for the biomedical information extraction and knowledge discovery. However, most of the semantic similarity techniques can be adopted to be used in the biomedical domain (UMLS). Many experiments have been conducted to check the applicability of these measures. In this paper, we investigate to measure semantic similarity between two terms within single ontology or multiple ontologies in ICD-10 “V1.0” as primary source, and compare my results to human experts score by correlation coefficient.
A Strategy for Improving the Performance of Small Files in Openstack Swift Editor IJCATR
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Facile Synthesis and Characterization of Pyrolusite, β- MnO2, Nano Crystal with Magnetic Studies
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Facile Synthesis and Characterization of Pyrolusite, β-
MnO2, Nano Crystal with Magnetic Studies
J.S Sherin
Department of Physics,
Karunya University,
Coimbatore 641114,
India.
J.K. Thomas
Department of Physics,
Electronic Materials Research
Laboratory, Mar Ivanios
college, University of Kerala,
Thiruvananthapuram 695015,
Kerala, India
Shiney Manoj
Department of Physics,
Christian College
Kattakada, University of
Kerala,
Thiruvananthapuram
695572, Kerala, India
Abstract: MnO2 nanoparticles have been synthesized by a simple combustion method using MnSO4.4H2O. The crystalline phase,
morphology, optical property and magnetic property of the as prepared nanoparticle were characterized using XRD, FT-IR, FT-
Raman, SEM, UV-Vis, PL and VSM respectively. Structural studies by XRD indicate that the synthesized material as tetragonal rutile
crystal structure. FT-IR and FT-Raman analysis revealed the stretching vibrations of metal ions in tetrahedral co-ordination confirming
the crystal structure. The PL and UV analysis having an emission band at 390 nm, showed a prominent blue peak at 453 nm as well as
a green emission lines at 553 nm with band gap energy of 3.2eV. Magnetic measurements indicate that the Néel temperature of the β-
MnO2 structures is 92.5K for Hc = 100 Oe which showed antiferromagnetic behaviour.
Keywords: Nanostructures; Chemical synthesis; X-ray diffraction; Magnetic properties.
1. INTRODUCTION
Nanostructured manganese dioxides and their derivative
compounds have special attention owing to their potential
application in photonics, catalysis, magnetic fluids and
magnetic resonance imaging [1] Manganese dioxide (β-
MnO2, Pyrolusite) is a magnetic transition metal consisting of
Mn4+
cation and O2
2-
anion. The different crystallographic
forms are responsible for their electrochemical and magnetic
properties [2]. The stable isomorph of MnO2 is the mineral
pyrolusite, β-MnO2. It is a tetragonal rutile type (P42/mnm
(136) space group), in which the basic motif is an infinite
chain of MnO6
8-
octahedra sharing two edges. However, the
bridging Mn-O distances within a chain are shorter than the
apical Mn-O distance within the basal planes. The structure
consists of strings of MnO6 octahedra and empty channels
corresponding to a width of (1×1) octahedron [3]. However
there are only few reports on the synthesis of Mn based
nanoparticles and relating its magnetic characteristics with
particle size [4].
Various approaches have been used to fabricate manganese
dioxide, such as self-reacting microemulsion [5], precipitation
[6], room-temperature solid reaction [7], sonochemical [8],
hydrothermal methods [9] and combustion synthesis [10]. The
combustion synthesis method is a powerful approach for
synthesizing various forms of manganese oxides and affords
advantageous features including the use of mild synthesis
conditions such as pH and temperature, and a wide range of
precursors that can be used. Henceforth, the controlled
synthesis of manganese dioxide nanostructures with
favourable surface morphology, phase structure, crystallinity,
and high reproducibility remains a considerable challenge
[11].
This paper reports the controlled synthesis of MnO2
nanostructures via combustion without using any physical
template and addition of any surfactant. The structural,
morphological, vibrational, optical characteristics and field
dependent magnetization study of the synthesized material is
also presented.
2. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS
2.1 Synthesis of nanopowders
A modified auto igniting solution combustion technique, was
used for the synthesis of MnO2 nanoparticles. Aqueous
solution containing ions of Mn was prepared by dissolving
stoichiometric amount of high purity MnSO4.4H2O in double
distilled water in a beaker. Citric acid was added to the
solution containing Mn ions. Amount of citric acid was
calculated based on total valence of the oxidising and the
reducing agents for maximum release of energy during
combustion. Oxidant/Fuel ratio of the system was adjusted till
the ratio was at unity. The solution containing the precursor
mixture was heated using a hot plate in a ventilated fume
hood. The solution boils on heating and undergoes
dehydration accompanied by foam. The foam then ignites by
itself on persistant heating giving voluminous and fluffy
blackish grey product on combustion. The combustion
product was calcinated at about 750 0
C for 1 hour. The final
powder was collected for characterization and characterised as
single-phase nanocrystals of MnO2.
2.2 Characterization.
The as-prepared nanopowders were characterized by XRD
(XPERT – PRO) diffractometer using Cu kα radiation source
in the region 200
–900
. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR)
spectra were recorded using a Thermo Nicolet, Avatar 370
FT-IR Infrared spectrometer. Fourier transform Raman
spectra were recorded using Bruker RFS FT-Raman
Spectrometer. SEM picture was recorded using a
JEOL/EOJSM – 6390 instrument. The UV-Vis absorption
spectra were recorded for the as prepared samples using a
Shimadzu UV–Vis 2400 PC spectrophotometer. The PL
spectra were recorded using Shimadzu RF 5301PC
spectrophotometer in the range 300 – 550nm. VSM
measurements were performed using a Quantum Design
Vibrating sample magnetometer. The sample was measured
between 1KOe – 15KOe at 15K. ZFC and FC measurements
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were carried out at 100 Oe and the blocking temperature was
determined.
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Figure 1a shows the XRD pattern of the synthesised material
where all the diffraction peaks in the pattern can be indexed to
tetragonal β- MnO2 (JCPDS card No 24-0735) with space
group P42/mnm (136) in primitive lattice. The diffraction
pattern exhibits characteristic peaks having tetragonal phase
of β- MnO2 with lattice constants a = 4.3743 Aͦ and c = 2.8573
Aͦ , which are in good agreement with the reported data (a =
4.3999 Aͦ and c = 2.8739 Aͦ ). The broad diffraction peaks
maybe due to the nanosize effects on the products. The
calculated average crystallite size was 23.05nm. The XRD
pattern showed that they are predominantly composed of
tetragonal lattice structure.
Figure 1b shows FT-IR spectra of as-prepared β-MnO2
nanoparticles without any thermal treatment displays three
significant absorption bands in the range of 400 – 700 cm-1
,
where stretching and bending vibrations of [MnO]n units are
showing up and are in good agreement with the published
[12]. The vibrational frequency located at 574 cm-1
is the
characteristic of Mn–O stretching modes in tetrahedral sites.
The bands at 486 and 513 cm-1
corresponds to the distortion
vibration of Mn-O in an octahedra framework [13]. A small
band at 3420 cm-1
is caused by the stretching vibrations of the
OH bond and other weak band at 1631 cm-1
due to the
bending vibrations of OH molecules. The peak at 1021cm-1
is
attributed to the OH bending modes to γ-OH. The FT-IR
spectrum confirms the crystal structure of the sample and
shows the existence of crystallization water in the sample
which is necessary for battery activity [14].
The Raman spectrum of β-MnO2 nanopowder in figure 1c has
three bands at 629, 538 and 498 cm−1
which agrees well with
the previous reports on the β-MnO2 phase [15]. The Raman
band at 629 cm−1
is attributed to the B2g mode and involves
antisymmetric Mn–O vibrations. The Raman band at 538 cm−1
can be assigned to the A1g mode and is indicative of a well-
developed rutile-type framework. Here, the Eg mode is
assigned to the band at 498 cm−1
. The Raman scattering band
assignment is consistent with those reported for rutile type
compounds [16]. The peaks at 1824 cm-1
and 1168 cm-1
is
ascribed to stretching and bending vibrations of the OH group
[17].
SEM micrograph shown in figure 1d reveals the overall
appearance of the combustion derived product. The particles
are nearly spherical in shape has uniform size and distribution
with varying sizes and indicates the agglomeration of
nanoparticles [18].
Figure 2a shows the UV- Vis spectra of MnO2. It is found
that most molecules consists of few humps rather than
sharp lines which shows that the molecule is absorbing
radiation over a band of wavelengths. This is due to an
electronic level transition is usually accompanied by a
simultaneous change between the numerous vibrational
levels. The band gap energy of the as prepared sample is
Eg=3.185 eV [19].
PL spectra were measured for the sample in the range of
300-800nm is shown in figure 2b. The sample was excited
at 360 nm, two sharp peaks at 380nm and 552nm observed
in the emission spectrum. This indicates that MnO2
nanopowder has a prominent blue emission peak at 380nm
as well as a weak green emission at 553nm [20]. The bandgap
energy was about 3.45eV.
The figure 2c shows the temperature dependence on
magnetization of β-MnO2 sample in the zero-field cooling
(ZFC) and field cooling (FC) procedures. The magnetic
moment is enhanced below 100K which can be confirmed
by the deviation from the linear behaviour of the M
against T curve. MnO2 has been reported as an
antiferromagnetic material with a Neel temperature, TN of
92K. Both the ZFC and FC loops deviate from
antiferromagnetism under magnetic field, showing high
remanent magnetism and a strong coercive field. Bulk β-
MnO2 undergoes a transition to AFM state at TN ≈ 92.5 K that
exhibits both long and short range magnetic order [21]. Figure
2d shows the hysteresis loop of the β-MnO2 nanoparticle at
15K. The hysteresis loops are not saturated under ±20k Oe
due to the contribution of the antiferromagnetic core
which is a common phenomenon in nanocrystalline
oxide materials. The hysterisis loop shows a maximum
symmetric magnetization, Mmax at 0.57093 emu/g and
remanence value is estimated to be 14.339 emu/g with a
remanence ratio of 0.2511.The coercivity HC of the
synthesized nanoparticle was 50.21Oe.
4. CONCLUSION
In this paper, a simple auto igniting combustion method
has been successfully used to prepare β-MnO2
nanoparticles, which are indexed as tetragonal rutile
pyrolusite. As synthesized MnO2 nanoparticle have been
identified using XRD analysis which were proven to be
single crystal in nature with an average particle size of
23 nm. The structural and functional studies were carried
out using FT-IR and FT- Raman techniques. FT-IR
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analysis showed a vibrational frequency as the
characteristics of Mn-O stretching vibration in the
tetrahedral site. The other two characteristic peak
corresponds to the distortion vibration of Mn-O in an
octahedral framework confirming the rutile β-MnO2. FT-
Raman analysis revealed the characterstic peak with Mn-O
vibration of the rutile type compound. The
photoluminescence study showed two emission lines in the
blue and green region. The UV-Vis analysis showed
vibrational level transitions and some electronic states. The
band gap obtained from PL and UV-Vis was found to be in
the range 3.185eV – 3.45eV. The magnetic measurements
revealed a Neel temperature TN of 92.5K at 100e above which
the material behaves as antiferromagnetic. The remanent
magnetization and coercivity was found to be 14.339 emu/g
and 50.21Oe respectively.
5 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We are thankful to the Department of Physics, Karunya
University Coimbatore and Electronic Materials Research
Laboratory, Mar Ivanios College for their experimental
facilities.
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