Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

Ball‐Milling‐Enabled Solvent‐ and Ligand‐Free Tsuji–Trost Reaction of C ‐, N ‐, O ‐, S ‐, and Se ‐Nucleophiles in Air: Synthesis and Late‐Stage Modification of Drugs

We report a novel ball‐milling‐enabled, ligand‐free Tsuji–Trost reaction involving C ‐, N ‐, O ‐, S ‐, and Se ‐nucleophiles with allyl and cinnamyl acetates, as well as allyl phosphate. Thiophenols and benzeneselenol have been demonstrated for the first time as nucleophiles in a...

Phenylalanine Fibrils Seed Native Lysozyme to Form Membrane-Active Pathological Complexes at Physiological Conditions

Abstract Accumulation of metabolites at pathological concentrations can trigger nonclassical protein aggregation pathways that remain poorly understood. Here, we explore the molecular mechanism by which the metabolite phenylalanine (Phe), known to form amyloid-like fibrils in Phe...

Ag Reinforcement in Pd–Ag/MnO2 Nanoensembles Boosts the Electrocatalytic Performance in Low-Temperature Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells: Studies on Ethanol Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Abstract The present investigation involves the validation of Pd–Ag catalyst nanoparticles (NPs) supported on MnO2 nanostructures at both ends of a direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC) operating in an alkaline environment at low temperatures. The studies are based on evaluating electr...

Snow Avalanche Hazard Assessment Using AHP and Geospatial Techniques for Upper Alaknanda River Basin

Abstract This study utilizes Geographic Information System (GIS) based multi-criteria decision analysis to delineate avalanche susceptibility zones in the Upper Alaknanda River Basin of the Western Indian Himalaya. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was applied to rigorously...

Dynamic response of sigmoidal FGM plates with attached mass: Finite element analysis and GPR-based sensitivity assessment

Functionally graded material (FGM) plates are widely used in aerospace, marine, nuclear and civil engineering applications due to their customisable material properties. In practical structures, such plates often carry attached mass in the form of functional components; however,...

Tuning Chiroptical Properties of Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskites through Organic Spacer and Halide Composition

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) chiral hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) have emerged as promising materials for optoelectronic and spintronic applications owing to their tunable electronic structures and chiroptical properties. Here, we investigate the effects of organi...

A Greener Approach towardYnones via Visible-Light-InducedOxidation of Propargyl Alcohols under Aqueous-Aerobic Conditions

Abstract A simple and convenient approach involving visible-light-induced, TBHP-mediated oxidation of propargyl alcohols to ynone in aqueous media has been developed. This photoinduced protocol was conducted under an aerobic-aqueous medium using Eosin Y as a photosensitizer. A di...

Koopman-based reduced-order modelling of discrete dislocation dynamics simulations

Abstract The plastic behaviour of single crystals emerges from the motion and interaction of crystal dislocations, which may nowadays be simulated with so-called discrete dislocation dynamics (DDD) simulations. Data-driven methods offer the prospect that results from DDD simulati...