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Enhancing the Performance of Organic Phototransistors Based on Oriented Floating Films of P3HT Assisted by Al-Island Deposition Reviewed International journal

Tejswini K. Lahane, Shubham Sharma, Moulika Desu, Yoshito Ando, Shyam S. Pandey, Vipul Singh

Materials ( MDPI ) 16 5249(1) - 5249(12) 2023.07

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The fabrication of high-performance Organic Phototransistors (OPTs) by depositing Al-islands atop Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) thin film coated using the unidirectional floating-film transfer method (UFTM) has been realized. Further, the effect of Al-island thickness on the OPTs’ performance has been intensively investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray Diffraction, Atomic force microscopy and UV-Vis spectroscopy analysis. Under the optimized conditions, OPTs’ mobility and on–off ratio were found to be 2 × 10−2 cm2 V−1 s−1 and 3 × 104, respectively. Further, the device exhibited high photosensitivity of 105, responsivity of 339 A/W, detectivity of 3 × 1014 Jones, and external quantum efficiency of 7.8 × 103% when illuminated with a 525 nm LED laser (0.3 mW/cm2).

DOI： https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16155249

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Advancement in precision diagnosis and therapeutic for triple-negative breast cancer: Harnessing diagnostic potential of CRISPR-cas & engineered CAR T-cells mediated therapeutics Reviewed International journal

Vinayak Nayak, Sushmita Patra, Kshitij RB Singh, Bristy Ganguly, Das Nishant Kumar, Deepak Panda, Ganesh Kumar Maurya, Jay Singh, Sanatan Majhi, Rohit Sharma, Shyam S. Pandey, Ravindra Pratap Singh, Rout George Kerry

Environmental Research ( Elsevier ) 235 116573(1) - 116573(31) 2023.07

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

Cancer is characterized by uncontrolled cell growth, disrupted regulatory pathways, and the accumulation of genetic mutations. These mutations across different types of cancer lead to disruptions in signaling pathways and alterations in protein expression related to cellular growth and proliferation. This review highlights the AKT signaling cascade and the retinoblastoma protein (pRb) regulating cascade as promising for novel nanotheranostic interventions. Through synergizing state-of-the-art gene editing tools like the Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)-Cas system with nanomaterials and targeting AKT, there is potential to enhance cancer diagnostics significantly. Furthermore, the integration of modified CAR-T cells into multifunctional nanodelivery systems offers a promising approach for targeted cancer inhibition, including the eradication of cancer stem cells (CSCs). Within the context of highly aggressive and metastatic Triple-negative Breast Cancer (TNBC), this review specifically focuses on devising innovative nanotheranostics. For both pre-clinical and post-clinical TNBC detection, the utilization of the CRISPR-Cas system, guided by RNA (gRNA) and coupled with a fluorescent reporter specifically designed to detect TNBC's mutated sequence, could be promising. Additionally, a cutting-edge approach involving the engineering of TNBC-specific iCAR and syn-Notch CAR T-cells, combined with the co-delivery of a hybrid polymeric nano-liposome encapsulating a conditionally replicative adenoviral vector (CRAdV) against CSCs, could present an intriguing intervention strategy. This review thus paves the way for exciting advancements in the field of nanotheranostics for the treatment of TNBC and beyond.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116573

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Facile Fabrication and Characterization of Oriented and Multilayer Thin Films of Solution Processable Conjugated Polymer Reviewed International journal

Shubham Sharma, Shuichi Nagamatsu, Vipul Singh, Shyam S. Pandey

Physica Status Solidi-A ( Elsevier ) 220 ( 24 ) 2300194 (1) - 2300194 (7) 2023.07

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Fabrication of multilayer thin films of solution-processable organic semiconductors has great potential in organic electronics, but adopting existing thin-film techniques to attain this is highly cumbersome. Herein, a unique unidirectional floating film transfer method has been utilized, which allows the facile fabrication of large area and oriented thin films of conjugated polymers. This method has successfully fabricated and characterized multilayer and oriented thin films of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) without having any adverse effect on the underlying layers. Optical characterizations reveal that fabricated thin films are anisotropic with a dichroic ratio of 2.2 having a single layer thickness of 14.5 nm. X-ray diffraction results demonstrate uniformity in the crystallinity of the multilayered thin film with comparable crystallite size and interplanar spacing with purely edge-on molecular orientation. The organic field effect transistor fabricates using multilayer thin films and also exhibits a uniform and saturated charge carrier mobility of about 0.1 cm2 V−1 s−1.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202300194

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Gold nanoparticle assisted colorimetric biosensors for rapid polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sensing for sustainable environment to monitor microplastics Reviewed International journal

Abhishek Behera, Soumya Ranjan Mahapatra, Sanatan Majhi, Namrata Misra, Rohit Sharma, Jay Singh, Ravindra Pratap Singh, Shyam S. Pandey, Kshitij RB Singh, Rout George Kerry

Environmental Research ( Elsevier ) 234 116556(1) - 116556(10) 2023.07

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

The extremely widespread and ubiquitous nature of plastics, estimated to boost its global production by 26 billion tons till 2050. The large chunks of plastic waste that decomposed down to micro- or nano plastics (MNPs) leads to various ill effects on biological entities. The conventional PET detection methods lack rapid detection of microplastics due to variances in microplastic features, long-drawn-out sample pre-processing procedures and complex instrumentation. Therefore, an instantaneous colorimetric evaluation of microplastic will ensures the simplicity of conducting assays on field. Several nanoparticle-based biosensors that detects proteins, nucleic acids, metabolites operate on either cluster or disperse state of nanoparticle. However, gold nanoparticle (AuNPs) emerges an ideal scaffold for sensory element in lateral flow biosensors due to their simple surface functionalization, unique optoelectronic properties and varied colour spectrum depending on morphologies and aggregation state. In this paper an effort has been made in the form of a hypothesis using in silico tools as a basis to detect polyethylene terephthalate (PET) – most abundant type of microplastic using gold nanoparticle based lateral flow biosensor. We retrieved sequences of PET-binding synthetic peptides and modelled their 3-D structure using I-Tasser server. The best protein model for each peptide sequences are docked with PET monomers – BHET, MHET and other PET polymeric ligands, to evaluate their binding affinities. The synthetic peptide SP 1 (WPAWKTHPILRM) docked with BHET and (MHET)4 exhibits 1.5-fold increases in binding affinity as compared to reference PET anchor peptide Dermaseptin SI (DSI). The GROMACS molecular dynamics simulation studies of synthetic peptide SP 1 - BHET & - (MHET)4 complexes for 50 ns further confirmed the stable binding. RMSF, RMSD, hydrogen bonds, Rg and SASA analysis provides useful structural insights of the SP 1 complexes as compared to reference DSI. Furthermore, SP 1 functionalized AuNP-based colorimetric device was described in detail for detection of PET.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116556

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Controlling the TiO 2 –Dye Nanomolecular Interactions for Improving the Photoconversion in Transparent Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells Reviewed International journal

Pritha Roy, Yuki Kurokawa, Shyam S. Pandey

Physica Status Solidi-A ( Wiley ) 220 ( 4 ) 2300158 (1) - 2300158 (8) 2023.06

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Herein, transparent dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are fabricated using two sensitizing dyes aiming toward panchromatic photon harvesting following two different approaches of dye adsorption such as using dye cocktail and sequential dye adsorption. A combination of complementary yellow-colored dye (D-131) and green-colored far-red-sensitive squaraine dye (SQ-140) is judiciously selected not only for panchromatic light absorption but also for bypassing the absorption in the high eye-sensitivity wavelength region (500–600 nm) region to improve the transparency. The DSSC fabricated using a dye cocktail of D-131 and SQ-140 in a 9:1 molar ratio exhibits a photoconversion efficiency (PCE) and average visible transparency (AVT) of 3.89% and 36.9%, respectively. In contrast, stepwise and controlled dye adsorption of SQ-140 followed by D-131 on mesoporous TiO2 leads to further improvement in the PCE from 3.89% to 4.50%, while AVT is reduced from 36.9% to 15.6%. This marked improvement in the PCE for the stepwise co-sensitized transparent DSSCs is attributed to the suppression of unfavorable inter-dye interaction leading to synergistic photon harvesting by both of the constituent sensitizing dyes.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202300158

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Vertical Distribution of Molecular Orientation and Its Implication on Charge Transport in Floating Films of Conjugated Polymers Reviewed International journal

Harshita Rai, Kumar Vivek Gaurav, Safalmani Pradhan, Moulika Desu, Shubham Sharma, Shuichi Nagamatsu, Shyam S. Pandey

Physica Status Solidi-A ( Wiley ) 220 ( 24 ) 2300236 (1) - 2300236 (7) 2023.06

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Fabrication of uniform and oriented thin films of conjugated polymers (CPs) with controlled thickness is essential for the implementation of organic devices. Over the years, unidirectional floating film transfer method (UFTM) has emerged as a facile technique for the fabrication of oriented thin films but its distribution of orientation in vertical (thickness) direction has not been explored yet. To investigate this, thin films of nonregioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) are fabricated using UFTM with different concentrations of CPs to obtain thickness variation from 11 to 47 nm. Thin films of 4% and 9% polymer solution have similar dichroic ratio of 5.5 but have an appreciable difference in film thickness of 12 and 47 nm where thicker films are disordered as probed by polarized absorption spectra. Organic field-effect transistors fabricated using thinner films (12 nm) exhibit a saturated charge carrier mobility of 2.3 × 10−3cm2 V−1 s−1, an order of magnitude higher than its thicker (47 nm) counterpart. This difference in device performance can be attributed to the fact that charge transport is principally governed by the top polymer surface at air–polymer interface, which is found to be more disordered owing to the vertical distribution of orientation.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202300236

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Optimization of Device Parameters for Back Contact Transparent Conductive Oxide Less Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Fabrication Reviewed International journal

Md Zaman Molla, Ajay Kumar Baranwal, Shuzi Hayase, Shyam S. Pandey

Physica Status Solidi-A ( Wiley ) 220 ( 4 ) 2300095(1) - 2300095(7) 2023.06

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Transparent conductive oxide–less (TCO-less) dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) has been constructed and characterized employing mesoporous TiO2-coated stainless-steel mesh (S-S-mesh or Mesh) as a bendable photoanode and iodine-based redox electrolyte. Efforts have been directed toward optimizing electronic parameters to enhance the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of TCO-less DSSC to equalize its TCO-based DSSC counterpart. It is found that protection of Mesh is essential for increasing the PCE of TCO-less DSSCs employing iodine electrolyte as assured by suppressed reverse saturation current and better diode factor. The PCE of 5.6% is obtained with TCO-less DSSC compared with TCO-based DSSC with PCE of 6.09%. A bit of decrease in PCE with TCO-less DSSC is due to larger resistance in TiO2/dye/electrolyte as well as within electrolyte as evident by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) study owing to the Mesh having perforated holes and larger thickness of electrolyte absorbing sheet of the porous polytetrafluoroethylene film (35 μm) compared to TCO-based DSSC without any barriers and lower electrolyte layer thickness of 25 μm.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202300095

Design and Synthesis of Novel Squaraine Dye with Highly Enhanced Far‐Red Fluorescence and its Interaction with a Model Protein Reviewed International journal

Shekhar Gupta, Yuki Yamawaki, Safalmani Pradhan, Shyam S. Pandey, Tamaki Kato

Physica Status Solidi-A ( Wiley ) 220 ( 24 ) 2300226(1) - 2300226(8) 2023.06

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

Novel amine-functionalized symmetrical squaraine (SQ)-dye and fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)–SQ–FITC dye conjugate are designed and successfully synthesized, followed by their structural and photophysical characterizations. Symmetrical SQ dye exhibits complete fluorescence quenching in polar solvents, which is explained by considering photoinduced electron transfer (PET) as a dominant quenching pathway. In contrast, FITC–SQ–FITC dye conjugate results in a decrease in an aggregation of both SQ and FITC units and about 47 times enhancement in the far-red fluorescence appearing at 674 nm. This profound enhancement in the far-red fluorescence is explained by the synergistic influence of suppression of aggregation-induced quenching (ACQ) and PET. This newly designed FITC–SQ–FITC dye conjugate shows complete quenching of the far-red fluorescence in phosphate buffer saline (PBS) owing to very strong dye aggregation, as confirmed by spectral absorption investigation. In PBS, it strongly interacts with bovine serum albumin (BSA) (Ka = 1.1 × 104 m−1) used as a model protein breaking the dye aggregation by BSA and increasing far-red fluorescence associated with SQ as a function of increasing BSA concentration. A profound 117 times increase in fluorescence at 674 nm with 25 times of BSA concentration suggests that the designed FITC–SQ–FITC is an excellent far-red probe for dye-protein interaction.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202300226

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Bistable Resistive Memory Switches Fabricated by Floating Thin Films of Conjugated Polymers Reviewed International journal

Shubham Sharma, Nikita Kumari, Shuichi Nagamatsu, Masakazu Nakamura, Shyam S Pandey

Materials Today Electronics ( Elsevier ) 4 100043(1) - 100043(1) 2023.06

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The layer-by-layer (LBL) fabrication of conjugated polymer (CPs) thin films while preserving their microstructural features by solution processing is highly desired for compact and flexible electronic circuits. However, it is cumbersome and challenging owing to the unavoidable damage to the underlying layers. To circumvent this issue, the unidirectional floating-film transfer method (UFTM) was utilized for the LBL fabrication of oriented CP thin films on the orthogonal liquid surfaces. Further, resistive bistable memory switches were fabricated by sandwiching a layer of metal nanostructures between the LBL-fabricated oriented CP thin films. The resistive switching phenomena were realized by utilizing the applied bias-dependent charge trapping, holding, and recombination on the available states at vacuum-deposited aluminum nanostructures. The effect of CP backbone conformation on the vertical charge transport was also analyzed via a comparative study of three thiophene-based polymers namely RR-P3HT, PBTTT, and PTB-7. It was revealed that CPs with relatively fewer hydrophobic side chains was more favorable for the facile vertical charge transport due to its preferred face-on conformation on the hydrophilic liquid substrate used in UFTM. It was demonstrated that a non-volatile bistable resistive memory switch fabricated using UFTM-processed oriented thin films of PTB-7 exhibited a remarkably high on-off ratio of 1.5 × 106 with high durability.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtelec.2023.100043

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Controlling the electrocatalytic activities of conducting polymer thin films toward suitability as cost-effective counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells Reviewed International journal

Yuki Kurokawa, Takehito Kato, Shyam S. Pandey

Synthetic Metals ( Elsevier ) 220 117362(1) - 117362(8)) 2023.05

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Role dopant anions and solvents in electropolymerized conducting polymers (CPs) on controlling the
morphology of thin films and electrocatalytic activities to judge their suitability as low-cost counter electrodes (CE) of dye-sensitized solar cells ( DSSCs) was systematically investigated. Amongst various CPs such as polyaniline (PANI), polypyrrole (PPy), and PEDOT with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as a dopant, PEDOT was found to exhibit the best photovoltaic performance with a photoconversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.99 %. This was attributed to the best lectrocatalytic activity due to the smallest ΔEp, most minor R1, and nano-morphologyassisted high surface area, as confirmed by CV, EIS, and FE-SEM investigations. Using PEDOT as CP, the nature of dopants such as SDS, TFSI, and ClO4 has also been found to control the electrocatalytic activities and the morphology of the fabricated thin films affecting overall photovoltaic performance DSSCs. Amongst the various CP-based CE fabricated using different dopants and solvents, PEDOT:TFSI thin films prepared in acetonitrile solvent and used as CE exhibited not only the best electrocatalytic activity as CE but also demonstrated the best
photovoltaic performance with PCE of 7.0 %, which almost similar to that of DSSC utilizing Pt as CE with PCE of 7.1 %. Therefore, it was concluded that the nature of CP and dopant ions were vital factors in governing the electrocatalytic activities of the thin films to ensure their suitability as CE for optimal functioning and controlling the DSSC performance.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2023.117362

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3. Design and Synthesis of Novel NIR Sensitive Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes for Molecular Photovoltaics Reviewed

Safalmani Pradhan Yuki Kurokawa Shyam S Pandey

Physica Status Solidi-A ( Wiley ) 220 ( 24 ) 2300145(1) - 2300145(10) 2023.04

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Two novel near-infrared (NIR)-sensitive unsymmetrical squaraine dyes, SQ-258 and SQ-259, for their suitability as a sensitizer in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are designed and synthesized, followed by photophysical and photovoltaic characterizations. It is demonstrated that introducing a 1,3-indandione acceptor unit in the central squaric acid core of SQ-259 leads to the suppression of dye aggregation owing to its nonplanar molecular geometry and the broadening of the optical absorption and photon-harvesting window up to 800 nm. Owing to the extended wavelength photon harvesting, SQ-259 improves the photoconversion efficiency (PCE) compared to its SQ-258 dye counterpart. However, despite its wide wavelength photon harvesting, the improvement in the PCE of SQ-259 is less pronounced, and this is attributed to the small driving force for injection of electrons (0.29 eV), hampered electronic coupling, and decreased electron lifetime for resistance to recombination (7.9 ms), which is confirmed by the cyclic voltammetry, quantum chemical calculation, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopic investigations, respectively.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202300145

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Highly Conductive Graphenated-Carbon Nanotubes Sheet with Graphene Foliates for Counter Electrode Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Reviewed International journal

Yusnita Yusuf, Suhaidi Shafie, Ismayadi Ismail, Fauzan Ahmad, Mohd Nizar Hamidon, Pandey Shyam Sudhir and Lei Wei

Journal of Science and Technology ( UPM, Malaysia ) 31 ( 3 ) 2023.03

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

This work enlightened the synthesis of graphenated-carbon nanotubes sheet (g-CNT) using the floating-catalyst chemical vapor deposition method (FCCVD) for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) application. The carbon injection flow rate in the experiment was varied to 6, 8, and 10 ml/h. The morphological findings revealed that the g-CNT formed a highly conductive network. Excellent conductivity was obtained for the sample g-CNT8 (34.5 S/cm) compared to the sample g-CNT6 (11.2S/cm) and CNT10 (4.76 S/cm). This excellent feature is due to the hybrid structure of the g-CNT8, which creates efficient electron transfer in the materials resulting in higher conductivity. The hybrid structure provides a high surface area that improves conductivity. Therefore, the g-CNT sheet is an excellent candidate to replace the conventional platinum used as a counter electrode (CE) in DSSC.

DOI： 10.47836/pjst.31.3.12

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Optical and dielectric realisation of biomolecular detection using gold nanoparticles bio-conjugate with liquid crystal Reviewed International journal

Lokesh K. Gangwar, Vikash Sharma, Amit Choudhary, Gajjala Sumana, Shyam .S. Pandey, Hirofumi Tanaka, Ashok M. Biradar, Rajesh

Journal of Molecular Liquids ( Elsevier ) 380 121754 2023.03

Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

Dielectric biosensor based on nematic liquid crystal platform has been fabricated using sandwich immunoassay technique for the detection of a biomolecule, human cardiac troponin I (cTnI). The optical response of Liquid crystal (LC) biosensor and its corresponding frequency-dependent dielectric properties have been investigated as a function of cTnI concentration. Gold nanoparticles conjugate with detection antibody (AB-GNP) is used for the enhancement of both the optical and dielectric signal of the biosensor. AB-GNP binding with cTnI alter the surface energy of the substrate causing disturbances in LC alignment resulting in a change in transmission. The transmission of the LC cell has been found to be varying from dark to bright texture under polarized microscope as a function of cTnI concentration. A change in low-frequency permittivity with increasing cTnI concentration that forms an increasing order of sandwich immunocomplex with AB-GNP revealed an interfacial surface phenomenon. A positive shift in the onset frequency of permittivity is observed due accumulation of immunocomplex with increasing concentration of cTnI at electrode/LC interface. The dielectric response
of the biosensor is fitted with Hill-Langmuir equation over a concentration range of 0.01 to 10 ng mL−1 cTnI. The dissociation constant ‘Kd’ of 1.02 ± 0.24 ng/mL−1 indicates strong cTnI binding affinity for substrate antibody. A nearby value of 1, calculated for Hill coefficient ‘n’ revealed no co-operativity characteristic of cTnI binding to the primary capture antibody, wherein each binding site of the antibody functions independently at the electrode surface, causing accumulation of charged species revealing LC interfacial surface electrical property.

DOI： 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121754

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Bifacial Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Utilizing Visible and NIR Dyes: Implications of Dye Adsorption Behaviour Reviewed International journal

Suraya Shaban, Ajendra K Vats, Shyam S Pandey

Molecules ( MDPI ) 28 ( 6 ) 2784 2023.03

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Bifacial dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were fabricated utilizing dye cocktails of two dyes, Z-907 and SQ-140, which have complementary light absorption and photon harvesting in the visible and near-infrared wavelength regions, for panchromatic photon harvesting. The investigation of the rate of dye adsorption and the binding strengths of the dyes on mesoporous TiO2 corroborated the finding that the Z-907 dye showed a rate of dye adsorption that was about >15 times slower and a binding that was about 3 times stronger on mesoporous TiO2 as compared to SQ-140. Utilizing the dye cocktails Z-907 and SQ-140 from ethanol, the formation of the dye bilayer, which was significantly influenced by the ratio of dyes and adsorption time, was demonstrated. It was demonstrated that the dyes of Z-907 and SQ-140 prepared in 1:9 or 9:1 molar ratios favoured the dye bilayer formation by subtly controlling the adsorption time. In contrast, the 1:1 ratio counterpart was prone to form mixed dye adsorption; the best performance of the BF-DSSCs was shown when a dye cocktail of Z-907 and SQ-140 in a molar 9:1 ratio was used to prepare a photoanode for 1 h of dye adsorption. The BF-DSSCs thus exhibited PCEs of 4.23% and 3.48% upon the front and rear side light illuminations, a cumulated PCE of 7.71%, and a very good BBF of 83%.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28062784

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Bioactive potential of morin loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles: A nobel and efficient antioxidant, antidiabetic and biocompatible abilities in in-silico, in-vitro, and in-vivo models Reviewed International journal

Rout George Kerry, Kshitij RB Singh, Subhasis Mahari, Atala Bihari Jena, Bijayananda Panigrahi, Kahnu Charan Pradhan, Satyanarayan Pal, Bhagaban Kisan, Jagneshwar Dandapat, Jay Singh, Shyam S Pandey, Ravindra Pratap Singh, Sanatan Majhi

Open Nano ( Elsevier ) 10 100126 2023.02

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Developing a delivery system has become crucial in engineering cutting-edge next-generation theranostic approaches. Therefore, in the present research work, a customized Mesoporous silica nanoparticle (MSiNPs) was designed by adapting the Stöber method with silane polymerization for Morin (MO) adsorption. The average size of MSiNPs was 50–130 nm as measured by TEM, while FE-SEM revealed a spherical surface shape. According to Raman and FTIR spectra, while the synthesis of MSiNPs, CTAB (a surfactant) was eliminated from MSiNPs, silane was functionalized, and with a loading efficiency of 10.28 ± 0.22%, MO was adsorbed. Molecular docking was used to perform in-silico studies to investigate the interaction of native MO with antidiabetic and antioxidant enzymes. Furthermore, the antioxidant and antidiabetic effects of both MO adsorbed MSiNPs, and native MO were examined in vitro, with the former showing promise even at lower concentrations than the latter. The cell survival experiment on Mouse macrophages RAW 264.7 and HCT cells revealed that MO adsorbed MSiNPs were nontoxic up to 15 μg/ml. The acute toxicity of different concentrations of MO adsorbed MSiNPs was also conducted in an in vivo model zebrafish (Danio rerio), where the study was conducted for about 96 h and evaluated for histological significance. The findings described above revealed that the MSiNPs were electrochemically, structurally, and thermally stable and MO adsorbed MSiNPs were nontoxic and biocompatible, implying that it might be an effective drug delivery vehicle for MO in the future. Moreover, in coming times, this nano-delivery system with effective biodistribution of the adsorbed MO could be explored as an antidiabetic and anti-cancer agent.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onano.2023.100126

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Improving vertical charge transport in organic Schottky diodes via Interface engineering of large-area conducting polymer thin films fabricated on hydrophilic liquid surface of tunable surface energy Reviewed International journal

Subhajit Jana, Nikita Kumari, Shyam S Pandey, Rajiv Prakash

Applied Surface Science ( Elsevier ) 616 156377 2023.01

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Molecular orientation and stacking genre proved to be one of the decisive factors for the performance of conducting polymer (CP) based electronic devices. In this context, harnessing the key advantages of the ribbon shaped “floating-film transfer method” (FTM) along with an interfacial engineering approach has been utilized for molecular rearrangement in polymer thin-films formed on the surface of a high surface energy hydrophilic liquid mixture. In this novel subphase modified floating-film transfer method (SM-FTM), dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid (DBSA) has been used to control the molecular backbone stacking proximate to the solution-liquid interface and regioregular-poly(3-hexylthiophen-2,5-diyl) (rr-P3HT) was used as the model CP to probe the polymer-DBSA interaction. The molecular arrangements in microcrystalline domains, electronic band structures, and the evolution of surface texture at the solution-liquid interface have been investigated through multiple characterization tools. After that, the electrical performances of Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) were studied in an ITO/P3HT/AlOx/Al sandwiched structure and a dramatic enhancement of rectification ratio up to 8.2 × 106 at ± 6 V was achieved. Further, an analytical model for SM-FTM, developed using lubrication theory and thin-film dynamics, has also been presented to elucidate the polymer spreading dynamics and the mechanism of molecular rearrangement at the interface.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.156377

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Cylindrical transparent conductive oxide-free dye-sensitized solar cells with treated flat titanium sheet Reviewed International journal

Azwar Hayat, Ajay Kumar Baranwal, Masaki Nakamura, Fujisawa Shigeki, Shyam S Pandey, Shuzi Hayase

Journal of Photonics for Energy ( SPIE ) 2022.12

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Conventional dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) require two transparent conductive oxide (TCO) glasses as working and counter electrodes and are one of the most costly components posing an appreciable cost burden for production and commercialization. To circumvent this issue, we propose a TCO-free device structure utilizing titanium (Ti) sheets as a substitute for TCO. This back contact device structure not only allows the removal of the costly TCO component from the working electrode but also enhances the extent of photons absorbed by the photoanode. A flat titanium sheet with microholes (FTS-MH) was successfully applied to fabricate cylindrical TCO-free-DSSCs) with a titanium sheet as a back contact electrode. When the H2O2 surface-treated FTS-MH substrate generating dense anatase TiO2 nanosheets was used as a photoanode, there was a pronounced improvement in efficiency from 5.76% to 8.59%. This was mainly attributed to the lower interfacial resistance facilitated by improved electrical contact between the conducting FTS-MH substrate and mesoporous TiO2 layer since enhancement in the dye loading was only 8.6%.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.12.045502

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Controlling the molecular orientation of a novel diketopyrrolopyrrole-based organic conjugated polymer for enhancing the performance of organic field-effect transistors Reviewed International journal

Moulika Desu, Shubham Sharma, Kuang-Hao Cheng, Yu-Han Wang, Shuichi Nagamatsu, Jyh-Chien Chen, Shyam S Pandey

Organic Electronics ( Elsevier ) 113 106691 2022.11

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A novel organic conjugated copolymer p(DPP-BZC) was utilized as a solution-processable organic semiconductor and its large area of the unidirectionally oriented thin film was fabricated by the Ribbon-shaped floating film transfer (FTM) method. Organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) fabricated using oriented thin films of this polymer demonstrated a clear p-type semiconducting behaviour and anisotropic charge carrier transport. A maximum orientation with a dichroic ratio of 5.1 was obtained in the FTM-processed thin film under optimized condition with liquid substrate viscosity, temperature and polymer solution concentration of 6.12 cst, 50 °C and 3% (w/v), respectively. Out-of-plane XRD and in-plane GIXD results revealed that oriented thin films of this copolymer are semicrystalline and adopt purely edge-on conformation. The implication of surface modification of Si/SiO2 gate dielectric utilizing HMDS. OTS and CYTOP on the charge carrier transport revealed that substrate with high-surface-energy hampers the on/off ratio, operating voltage and charge carrier mobility (μ). On the other hand, Si/SiO2 substrate treated with CYTOP having relatively lower surface energy demonstrated the best device performance with the highest μ of 2.7 x 10−2 cm2/Vs, which is > 30 times higher as compared to that of its non-oriented spin-coated device counterparts an μ of 8.0 x 10−4 cm2/V

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2022.106691

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Other Link： https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1566119922002634

Mechanical Modelling and Stress-Strain Prediction of Electroactive Polymer-Based Capacitive Sensor under Multiaxial Loads using Uniaxial Tensile Data Reviewed International journal

Nitin Kumar SINGH, Kazuto TAKASHIMA and Shyam S. PANDEY

Sensors and Transducers ( IFSA Publishing ) 259 ( 5 ) 12 - 18 2022.10

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In this paper, mechanical modelling and stress-strain prediction of the ionic type of electroactive polymer (EAP)
based capacitive strain sensor under multiaxial loading has been performed using uniaxial tensile data. A highly stretchable
sensor with > 400 % strain was fabricated using Styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS) rubber and Dodecyl benzene
sulphonic acid (DBSA) doped polyaniline (PANI) composite material as a dielectric film, and carbon grease as top and bottom
electrodes. From uniaxial tensile measurements, a three-dimensional constitutive model of the EAP strain sensor was validated.
Experimental data obtained from the uniaxial tensile measurement was fitted according to the Ogden-based constitutive
mathematical model. For predicting the stress-strain behaviour of the sensor under the multiaxial loads, 2nd term of the Ogden
model was demonstrated to fit well with uniaxial tensile data. Such modelling can play a significant role in designing any type
of EAP-based sensor for various operations under variable loading conditions.

Other Link： https://www.sensorsportal.com/HTML/DIGEST/october_2022/Vol_259/P_3275.pdf

Unraveling the Implications of Macromolecular Orientation on the Planar and Vertical Charge Transport in Organic Electronic Devices Reviewed International journal

Shubham Sharma, Ajendra Kumar Vats, Manish Pandey, Shuichi Nagamatsu, Jyh-Chien Chen, Shyam S Pandey

ACS Applied Polymer Materials ( American Chemical Society ) 4 ( 11 ) 8315 - 8323 2022.10

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The role of film morphology of conjugated polymers (CPs) and their macromolecular conformation with respect to the substrate in governing charge transport and overall device performances has been a matter of debate. The nature of the macromolecular orientation of CPs in thin films has a pivotal role in controlling the performance of planar and sandwich devices. Thin-film characterizations unveiled that spin-coated films are isotropic with mixed edge-on/face-on conformation, whereas unidirectional floating film transfer method (UFTM) films are anisotropic with edge-on-oriented micrometer-sized ordered domains. To unravel the explicit role of molecular orientation on device performance, two types of devices, organic Schottky diodes (OSDs) for out-of-plane carrier transport and organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) for in-plane charge transport, were fabricated and characterized. Isotropic and relatively low crystalline spin-coated films exhibited superior transport characteristics in the out-of-plane direction than UFTM films irrespective of the crystallinity. On the other hand, edge-on-oriented UFTM thin films demonstrated remarkably enhanced in-plane charge transport with more than two orders of magnitude of enhancement in the field-effect mobility. The nature of molecular orientation of different films is significantly correlated with the performance of the OSDs and OFETs.

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c01283

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Other Link： https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsapm.2c01283

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