We presented here the fluctuation induced excess conductivity in Bi1.7Pb0.3Sr2Ca2-xYxCu3Oy superconductors with various x values (0.00 < x < 0.50). The logarithmic plots of excess conductivity (∆σ) and reduced temperature (ε) reveal three different values of the order param...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/36244
A flow model of blood in a normal bifurcating artery is presented. The models of the problem are solved using the regular perturbation series expansion. Solutions of the temperature, concentration, velocity, Nuselt number, Sherwood number and skin friction are realized, and prese...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/35528
Aims: The main aim of this work is to synthesize the silica glass (SiO2-glass) samples doped with different rare earths (RE) and then to study the thermoluminescence (TL) glow curve of these samples. Study Design: Rare earth doped samples namely silica glass (SiO2-glass) are synt...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/36403
The major sources of drinking water of the residents of rural settlements in Owo Local Government area are either uncovered wells or streams which are also used as latrines and dumpsites. This coupled with the acute poverty and abysmal sanitary practices of persons living across...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/36388
The physicochemical parameters for groundwater within the vicinity of an abandoned automobile battery company were assessed to determine the water qualities. Water samples were collected from the nine hand-dug wells from the adjascent settlement for analysis of 12 parameters and...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/36293
Zinc Oxide nanoparticles were green synthesized by Opuntia ficus indica fruit aqueous extract. The phytochemicals present in the plant extract act as reducing and stabilizing agents. SEM and UV-Vis spectroscopy were used to study the surface morphology and optical properties. Lig...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/35917
We notice real SUSY Hamiltonians have multiple equivalent complex Hamiltonians which may be (i) PTinvariant (ii) T invariant or (iii) combination of both in nature. These three types of complex Hamiltonians give the same energy spectrum . We present here analytical results for th...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/35903
Extraction of electricity from the salinity gradient of sea water-river water interface has drawn the key interest of sustainable energy researchers. Different technologies are in the spot light − such as pressure retarded osmosis, reverse electrodialysis, ionic diode membrane, m...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/35103
A new NLO crystal, glycinium para-toluenesulfonate (GPTS) is synthesized. The FT-IR study substantiated the formation of anion and cation by proton shift from para-toluenesulfonic acid (PTSA) to glycine resulting in adduct formation. Meyer’s index shows that GPTS belongs to soft...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/35916
Aims: Study of thermoluminescence (TL) characteristics of natural quartz and synthesized quartz (silica glass synthesized by sol-gel technique) was investigated. Study Design: Studies TL properties of both types samples with different annealing temperatures, heating rates and dos...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/35542
Oscillatory blood flow in bifurcating arteries with emphasis on the thermal factor is investigated. Blood is treated as Newtonian, viscous, incompressible, homogeneous, magnetically susceptible, chemically reactive but of order one; the arteries are porous, bifurcate axisymmetric...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/35244
This review is intended to update the current advances in the fields of coordination chemistry of transition metals with the Schiff base ligands including the macrocyclic systems. Different methods were involved to synthesize different Schiff base ligands and were reported along...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/34727
Recently, 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) (e.g., MoS2, WS2, MoSe2, WSe2, MoTe2, etc.) have been attracting a wide range for research interest due to their favorable mechanical, chemical, electrical and optical properties. Among them, MoS2 have been widely used as a fu...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/35176
Today in the field of nanotechnology, polymer nanofiber have become a prominent area of research. They are widely used in wound healing, tissue engineering. Drug loaded biopolymer based nanofiber is used in wound healing. They are also used in making scaffold for tissue engineeri...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/35651
In this paper, de Broglies wave particle duality relation is applied to a particle in one dimensional box problem to find the constraint for quantum decoherence of this system. It is observed that, for a particle of mass m captured in one dimensional box of length L should follow...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/34498