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    Effects of Dy3+-doping on the band-gap widening and formation of mixed cubic and monoclinic phases of Sm2O3 nanoparticles
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023-10-30T00:00:00) Sain, Rachana; Roy, Ayan; Kumar, Ajay; Anu; Deeksha; Kour, Pawanpreet; Singh, Ravi Pratap; Yadav, Kamlesh
    We synthesized Sm2?xDyxO3 (where X = 0.00, 0.03, 0.06, 0.09, and 0.12) nanoparticles using a co-precipitation method and investigated their structural and optical properties. X-ray diffraction (XRD) results reveal that Dy3+-doping in Sm2O3 nanoparticles leads to the formation of a monoclinic polymorphic phase along with the cubic phase of Sm2O3 and its fraction increases with increasing Dy3+-doping concentration. The substitution of Dy3+ at the Sm3+ site converts the cubic Sm2O3 unit cells into distorted monoclinic Sm2?XDyXO3 unit cells. The average crystallite and nanoparticle sizes decrease with increasing Dy3+-doping concentration. Dy3+-ions act as particle size inhibitors, which is attributed to an increase in the segregation of Dy3+-dopant ions at the surface of the nanoparticles with increasing Dy3+-doping content. The peak appearing at 851�cm?1 in the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) spectra confirms the formation of Sm2O3. Widening of the band gap (Eg) above the band gap of pure cubic Sm2O3 with Dy3+-doping concentration has been observed for X > 0.06, which is due to the Moss-Burstein and quantum size effects. � 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE part of Springer Nature.
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    Effects of Interfacial Interactions and Nanoparticle Agglomeration on the Structural, Thermal, Optical, and Dielectric Properties of Polyethylene/Cr2O3 and Polyethylene/Cr2O3/CNTs Nanocomposites
    (Springer, 2022-11-22T00:00:00) Gupta, Jaya; Kumar, Ajay; Roy, Ayan; Anu; Deeksha; Kour, Pawanpreet; Singh, Ravi Pratap; Yogesh, Gaurav Kumar; Yadav, Kamlesh
    In this report, we have synthesized the binary and ternary phase nanocomposites [(polyethylene (PE)1?X/(Cr2O3)x) and (PE)1?X/(Cr2O3)X/CNTs (where X = 0,�2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, and 10%)] using the melt mixing method and studied the structural, optical, thermal and dielectric properties with an increase in Cr2O3 nanofiller concentration. Our results show an increase in interfacial interactions between Cr2O3 nanofiller and PE matrix with an increase in nanofiller concentration up to X = 6%. After that, the interactions decreased with a further increase in X because of the increase in the size of the Cr2O3 nanoparticle aggregates. Incorporating 2% carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into (PE)1?X/(Cr2O3)X nanocomposites, further decreases the interactions between the Cr2O3 nanofiller and the PE matrix. � 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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    Effects of interfacial interactions on structural, optical, thermal degradation properties and photocatalytic activity of low-density polyethylene/BaTiO3 nanocomposite
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2023-04-10T00:00:00) Roy, Ayan; Panda, Sambit; Gupta, Jaya; Anu; Singh, Ravi Pratap; Deeksha; Kour, Pawanpreet; Sharma, M.P.; Yadav, Kamlesh
    Barium titanate (BaTiO3) filled low density polyethylene (LDPE), (LDPE)100?x/(BaTiO3)x (where x = 0, 2, 4, 6 and 10) nanocomposites are prepared via a solvent-free melt-mixing method. The effects of nano-sized BaTiO3 (nBT) on the structural, optical and thermal degradation properties of LDPE are investigated to address the qualitative interfacial interaction effects due to the spatial distribution of nBT particles in the LDPE matrix. X-ray diffraction (XRD) results confirm the uniform dispersion of nBT nano-fillers in the LDPE polymer matrix. The crystallite size of LDPE increases with increasing the nBT content. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) results indicate the enhancement in interfacial physical interactions between the polymer and nano-fillers with increasing nano-filler content. The band gap energy of the nanocomposites decreases with increasing nano-filler content, which suggests chemical imperfections close to the interfaces. DSC results depict higher Tm values for the composites which is attributed to the heterogeneous nucleating effects of the nBT particles. Thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) results indicate an increase in the decomposition temperature (TD), thermal stability and good dispersibility probability of nBT with increasing nBT. The photocatalytic decomposition of MB is highest (73.52%) for the 10% nBT incorporated LDPE nanocomposite sample. These results correlate with the effect of the interfacial interactions between the nBT fillers and the LDPE polymer matrix. � 2023 Elsevier Ltd