Germanium substitution effect on the property and performance of Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin films and its solar cell having absorber layer made by sputtering with single metallic target plus selenization

2019 / Materials Science and Engineering: B

We report on the germanium substitution effect on the Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cell performance with absorber layer prepared by sputtering with a… Continue reading Germanium substitution effect on the property and performance of Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin films and its solar cell having absorber layer made by sputtering with single metallic target plus selenization

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Pyranonaphthoquinone and anthraquinone derivatives from Ventilago harmandiana and their potent anti-inflammatory activity

2020 / Phytochemistry

The chemical study on the heartwoods extract of Ventilago harmandiana (Rhamnaceae) resulted in the isolation of ten previously undescribed pyranonaphthoquinones (ventilanones A−J),… Continue reading Pyranonaphthoquinone and anthraquinone derivatives from Ventilago harmandiana and their potent anti-inflammatory activity

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Fine-tuning the properties of the thrombin binding aptamer through cyclization: Effect of the 5′-3′ connecting linker on the aptamer stability and anticoagulant activity

2019 / Bioorganic Chemistry

A small library of cyclic TBA analogues (named cycTBA I-IV), obtained by covalently connecting its 5′- and 3′-ends with flexible linkers,… Continue reading Fine-tuning the properties of the thrombin binding aptamer through cyclization: Effect of the 5′-3′ connecting linker on the aptamer stability and anticoagulant activity

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Performance of Square and Trapezoidal photoreactors for solar hydrogen recovery from various industrial sulphide wastewater using CNT/Ce3+ doped TiO2

2019 / International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

CNT/Ce3+ doped TiO2 powder was synthesized using a sol-gel method and characterized by X-ray Diffraction, UV–vis Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy, FTIR, EDX, Raman,… Continue reading Performance of Square and Trapezoidal photoreactors for solar hydrogen recovery from various industrial sulphide wastewater using CNT/Ce3+ doped TiO2

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Plasmonic Silver Nanoprism-Induced Emissive Mode Control between Fluorescence and Phosphorescence of a Phosphorescent Palladium Porphyrin Derivative

2019 / ACS Nano

We have succeeded in significantly enhancing fluorescence from intrinsically phosphorescent palladium octaethylporphyrin (Pd-porphyrin) that has an intersystem crossing efficiency of… Continue reading Plasmonic Silver Nanoprism-Induced Emissive Mode Control between Fluorescence and Phosphorescence of a Phosphorescent Palladium Porphyrin Derivative

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Inhibition of quorum sensing in opportunistic pathogen, Serratia marcescens, using cyclodextrin-immobilized, multiple parallel gel filaments fabricated with dynamic flow of polymer blend solution

2020 / Materials Science and Engineering: C

Prodigiosin production in the model opportunistic human pathogen, Serratia marcescens AS-1, depends on quorum sensing (QS), the activation of which is induced… Continue reading Inhibition of quorum sensing in opportunistic pathogen, Serratia marcescens, using cyclodextrin-immobilized, multiple parallel gel filaments fabricated with dynamic flow of polymer blend solution

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Synthesis of bulk g-C3N4/Bi2WO6 nanocomposite for effective photocatalytic reaction and for antimicrobial activity by hydrothermal method

2019 / Research on Chemical Intermediates

Bi2WO6 was modified by adding metallic-free polymer graphitic carbon nitrite-g-C3N4 for efficient photocatalytic performance and also for antimicrobial activity. Bulk g-C3N4/Bi2WO6 was synthesized… Continue reading Synthesis of bulk g-C3N4/Bi2WO6 nanocomposite for effective photocatalytic reaction and for antimicrobial activity by hydrothermal method

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Controllable Eu valence based on linear structural evolution in single-phased Sr3-xLa1+x(PO4)3-x(SiO4)x phosphors to realize tunable/white light emissions

2019 / Journal of Alloys and Compounds

A series of Sr3-xLa1+x(PO4)3-x(SiO4)x phosphors based on the elemental co-substitution scheme of [La3++SiO44−] for [Sr2++PO43−] units has been successfully synthesized by… Continue reading Controllable Eu valence based on linear structural evolution in single-phased Sr3-xLa1+x(PO4)3-x(SiO4)x phosphors to realize tunable/white light emissions

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Characterizing the interactions of the antipsychotic drug trifluoperazine with bovine serum albumin: Probing the drug-protein and drug-drug interactions using multi-spectroscopic approaches

2020 / Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Trifluoperazine is a potent antipsychotic drug used in the treatment of neurological disorders. The usage of trifluoperazine is often found… Continue reading Characterizing the interactions of the antipsychotic drug trifluoperazine with bovine serum albumin: Probing the drug-protein and drug-drug interactions using multi-spectroscopic approaches

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Effect of cationic, anionic and non-ionic polymeric surfactants on the stability, photo-catalytic and antimicrobial activities of yttrium oxide nanofluids

2019 / Journal of Molecular Liquids

This work describes the utilization of combining the properties of yttrium oxide as a photoactive metal oxide and the properties… Continue reading Effect of cationic, anionic and non-ionic polymeric surfactants on the stability, photo-catalytic and antimicrobial activities of yttrium oxide nanofluids

Leah Pandiscia, PhD