Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Compression behaviour of stiffened double skin tubular columns: Influence of stiffener number and sub-panel width

Double-skin tubular columns (DSTCs) represent one of the most advanced lightweight steel-concrete composite designs featuring two concentrically arranged hollow steel tubes, with concrete infill positioned between them. These light weight DSTCs are very efficient at withstanding...

Structure-Activity Correlation in NiCo2X4 (X = S, Se, and Te) Systems for Electrocatalytic Glycerol Oxidation

Abstract The overall efficiency of electrocatalytic water splitting is hampered by the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at the anode. This issue can be resolved by replacing the OER with a more thermodynamically favorable glycerol oxidation reaction. Herei...

Balanced phosphorus supply and foliar Zn-EDTA improve nutrient acquisition, physiological Zn function, and potential seed Zn bioavailability in blackgram grown on Zn-deficient soil

Phosphorus (P) - zinc (Zn) interactions regulate nutrient acquisition, physiological function, productivity, and seed nutritional quality. However, their integrated effects in blackgram remain insufficiently characterized. A single-season field experiment was conducted with black...

Tuning Analyte Accessibility through Side-Chain-Controlled Supramolecular Organization of Pyridyl-Terminated OPV Derivatives

Abstract The ability to regulate analytical performance through noncoordinating side-chain engineering remains largely unexplored in supramolecular sensing systems. Herein, we report two structurally analogous pyridyl-terminated oligophenylenevinylene (OPV) chromophores bearing h...

Metal nanoparticles incorporated MIL-101(Cr) for enhanced hydrogen storage at room temperature

MIL-101(Cr) is considered a potential material for hydrogen (H 2 ) storage, but its H 2 uptake at room temperature was found to be low. However, incorporating metal nanoparticles (MNPs) into the framework helps enhance its H 2 uptake. Platinum (Pt) is the commonly used MNP to inc...

Energy-efficient thermal performance of walls and windows for four building orientations in four Indian climatic zones: A verified dynamic analysis of insulation, glazing type and glazing area

Facade design rules for Indian dwellings are still drawn largely from mid-latitude studies. This article presents a verified dynamic analysis of the thermal performance and energy requirements of external walls and windows for four orientations in New Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur and Sh...

Vermicompost-assisted Azotobacter and Bacillus inoculation enables partial substitution of mineral NPK and improves maize yield, nutrient uptake, soil fertility, and biological activity

Reducing dependence on mineral fertilizers requires integrated nutrient management (INM) strategies that sustain maize productivity while improving soil functioning. A field experiment evaluated nine combinations of mineral NPK, farmyard manure, vermicompost, and Azotobacter - Ba...

WILD-CRIME: a web-scale, semantically enriched knowledge graph for wildlife crime intelligence and analytics

Wildlife crime is recognized as a key challenge under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, emphasizing its relevance in the modern world and the need for data-driven intelligence systems which can help with analysis and intervention. Wildlife crime impacts biodiversi...

Anolyte Selection Framework for Iodide Oxidation Coupled Hydrogen Evolution‐Based Hybrid Electrolysis Process

Hydrogen production via iodide oxidation reaction‐coupled hybrid electrolysis is an emerging approach in which the system‐level role of anolyte composition remains poorly understood. A systematic investigation on the influence of anolyte composition using hydroiodic acid (HI) and...

Entropy stable numerical schemes for divergence diminishing Chew, Goldberger & low equations for plasma flows

Chew, Goldberger & Low (CGL) equations are a set of hyperbolic PDEs with non-conservative products used to model the plasma flows, when the assumption of local thermodynamic equilibrium is not valid, and the pressure tensor is assumed to be rotated by the magnetic field. This res...

Padé semi-cosmographic reconstruction of residual dark energy in decaying dark matter cosmology: DESI DR2 BAO constraints and mock 21 cm forecasts

Abstract Pure cosmographic reconstructions provide a model-agnostic approach towards constraining cosmic evolution. We develop a hybrid phenomenological semi-cosmographic framework that adopts a Padé-rational fraction parametrization of the luminosity distance, and incorporates a...

Fractional modeling of a solar still incorporating nano-encapsulated phase change materials for enhanced thermal and exergy performance

This study presents a Caputo–Fabrizio fractional-order mathematical model to investigate the thermal behavior of a conventional solar still integrated with core–shell nano-encapsulated phase change materials (NEPCMs) for latent heat thermal energy storage. Two NEPCM configuration...

Inverse design of realizable metasurface based absorbers using improved conditioning and diversity enhanced progressively growing GANs

Abstract Metasurfaces enable precise manipulation of electromagnetic (EM) waves for applications such as beam steering, sensing, and stealth technology. However, inverse design of metasurfaces remains challenging owing to the computational burden of iterative full-wave simulation...

Condensation-Mediated Suppression of Lamella Rupture during High Weber Number Droplet Impact on Cold Superhydrophobic Surfaces

Abstract Droplet impact on superhydrophobic surfaces underpins a range of interfacial transport processes, particularly in anti-icing applications. While impact dynamics on dry surfaces are well-established, the coupled effects of low surface temperature and ambient humidity intr...

A Brezis-Nirenberg type result for systems on stratified Lie groups

Abstract We provide Brezis-Nirenberg type results for subelliptic systems involving sub-Laplacian operators on Carnot groups, extending the results known for the scalar case. Precisely, we investigate existence and non-existence of solutions for critical growth systems with linea...

Automated classification of malaria parasite species in thin blood smears using advanced deep learning techniques

Accurate identification of malaria parasite species from Giemsa-stained thin blood smears is essential for appropriate treatment, but remains difficult because of subtle morphological similarities between Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum, staining variability, and imbal...

Green innovation, green investment, environmental taxation and economic development as determinants of environmental quality in OECD countries

Green growth as a concept gained prominence since the beginning of the millennium, and ever since, there has been increased focus on the credibility of instruments such as green investment, green innovation, and environmental taxation as means for making sustainability compatible...

Monitoring and assessment of groundwater in Uttarakhand state: a geospatial and ARIMA time series forecasting approach

ABSTRACT Groundwater level, rainfall, and groundwater quality data collection, Geographic Information Systems-based spatial interpolation using the ordinary Kriging technique, geospatial analysis, time-series forecasting using autoregressive integrated moving average, groundwater...

Existence Results for Singular Nabla Fractional Perturbed Problems

The aim of the present work is to study a class of singular perturbed nabla fractional problems coupled with Dirichlet conditions. Under sufficient conditions we show that the related Green’s function that can be expressed as an infinite series, is positive, which improves signif...

Hierarchically Porous NiCuFe2O4 Coupled with Li+-Ion Cubic Garnet-Based Electrolyte for Solid-State Supercapacitors

Abstract A hierarchically porous NiCuFe2O4 electrode material was synthesised using a NaCl hard-templating route and integrated with a Li6.75La3Zr1.75Nb0.25O12 (LLZNO) garnet-type solid electrolyte infiltrated with ∼6 wt % 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (EMIM BF4)...