Attaining the SDGs Through Resilient Approach Needed High Performances Materials, Symbolize in the 6th Issue, Volume 12, June 2021 of Advanced Materials Letters

Accomplishing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a resilient manner required quality Materials via contemporary advances in synthesis, design, and characterization. Sustainable transformation is feasible with multiple strategies in each segments covering industry, academic and R&D sectors. Better materials performance consists of combination between synthesis and characterization with innovative approaches. Findings of new materials and developments to old ones for higher performance is an ultimate goal. Further, this can be increase by advancements in the processing and production section. We home this issue of Advanced Materials Letters will guide worldwide readers to recognizing new sustainable possibilities for materials processing in achieving the structural features to operate well in its expected application.

Advanced Materials Letters (AML, https://aml.iaamonline.org) is a Diamond Open Access official journal of International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM, a non-profit Scientific Organization, https://www.iaamonline.org) publishing technical articles in the area of materials science, engineering, and technology.

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Advanced Materials’ Support to SDGs as Key Features

The rising implementation of advanced materials in areas like manufacturing processes across healthcare, energy, environment, and many more has led them to be incredibly useful and essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) laid down by the United Nations. IAAM utilizes its international researchers’ networks to create interdisciplinary worldwide consortiums and experts’ group on specific kinds of Materials Research and Technology that are focused on taking forward the agenda of sustainability. To understand more kindly read the article number one of this issue. The present issue represents nine remarkable articles depicting the materials science, engineering, and technology effort for global sustainability.

In this issue first article described about the sustainable development goals in terms of advanced materials perspective. This article keep innovation as priorities to accomplishing the target within timeline. Article number two and five discussed about sensing and thermodynamic parameters of materials with advancement characteristics. Article number three and six described extensively regarding materials characterization and synthesis at nano scale. Article number eight discussed structural, optical, and dielectric properties of materials. The next three articles focused on bio-materials perspective for creating sustainable system of health and environment. Article number four focus on antifungal activities, while article number seven discussed removal of toxin using chitosan grafted itaconic acid nanocomposites, while last article (number nine) described element analysis in bimetals. Overall, June issue of Advanced Materials Letters consequently evaluated the materials performance to realize the SDGs in frame and make the concept of green world.

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The International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) is stepped into the next decade by leading the ‘Advancement of Materials to Sustainable and Green World’ to working in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for a green future. With its accumulative sustainable development agenda, the association puts world-wide efforts with Materials Science, Engineering, and Technology across spheres of academia and industry towards potentially addressing the challenges of sustainability of materials research and innovation for a green world. The cover photo of this June 2021 issue of Advanced Materials Letters is dedicated to IAAM’s Sustainable Development Agenda for 2030 and inspired by the editorial article by Dr. Ashutosh Tiwari, Editor-in-Chief, Advanced Materials Letters.

Article 1. Advanced Materials Research and Innovation Priorities for Accomplishing the Sustainable Development Goals

The first article of the issue is published by the Ashutosh Tiwari from Institute of Advanced Materials, IAAM, Sweden. Advanced Materials community has committed to work in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for a green future. The International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) is stepped into the next decade by leading the ‘Advancement of Materials to Sustainable and Green World’. With its accumulative sustainable development agenda, the association puts world-wide efforts with Materials Science, Engineering, and Technology across spheres of academia and industry towards potentially addressing the challenges of sustainability of materials research and innovation for a green world.

Citation of the article: Adv. Mater. Lett., 2021, 12(6), 21061633. [Download Full Text in PDF]

Article 2. Contemporary Advances in Humidity Sensing Materials, Methods, And Performances

The second article describes the advances in materials, mechanisms, and techniques for humidity sensing along with their applications in terms of parameters, utility, durability, and spectrum. This article is reported by the N.S. Abbas and S.K. Shukla from University of Delhi, India. Advances in different types of humidity sensing materials are described along with their processing techniques, significance in humidity sensing properties, and applications. The newer application for the use of humidity sensors, i.e., monitoring of respiration, metabolic rate, quality of organic solvents, packaging, power plants, agriculture practices, and forensic cases was also explained with suitable illustrations.  In conclusion, a road map for the nexus between materials science, technology, applications, and existing challenges are presented about humidity sensors.

Citation of the article: Adv. Mater. Lett., 2021, 12(6), 21061634. [Download Full Text in PDF]

Article 3. Roles Of the Debye Length and Skin Depth in The Characterization of Space Charge Interactions in Semiconductor Nanoparticles

The third article is reported by the Zhijing Hu et al. from Keysight Technologies, USA, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, Qorvo, USA and Kunming University of Science and Technology, China. This article describes the non-degenerate semiconductor nanoparticles with bulk plasma frequency in the terahertz frequency range are of substantial current interest for device and sensing applications in that part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The penetration of electromagnetic field in a material containing mobile charges is governed by two length scales, namely the Debye length and the skin depth. Here, examination of the spectra of charge, field, and current distributions allows for the identification of the influence of particle size, Debye length and skin depth on space charge interactions in a semiconductor nanoparticle.

Citation of the article: Adv. Mater. Lett., 2021, 12(6), 21061635. [Download Full Text in PDF]

Article 4. Antifungal Activity of Iron-Gold and Cobalt-Gold Co-Doped Zinc oxide Nanoparticles

The fourth article of the issue describes the antifungal activity of nanoparticles (NPs). Here, nanoparticles (NPs) have been synthesized via poly-ethylene glycol assisted route. The average crystallite size of NPs was estimated from X-ray diffraction results and UV absorption spectra. The antifungal activity of synthesized NPs was found against four postharvest pathogenic fungi like Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Rhizopus microsporus and Pencillium sp. The doping of iron and gold in zinc oxide nanoparticles enhances the zone of inhibition for the fungal pathogens compared to pure zinc oxide nanoparticles. Here, antifungal activity of nanoparticles was higher when compared with standard antibiotic mycostatin.

Citation of the article: Adv. Mater. Lett., 2021, 12(6), 21061636. [Download Full Text in PDF]

Article 5. Adsorption And Thermodynamic Parameters of Activated Carbon-Diazepam Systems in Simulated Gastric Fluid

The fifth article of this discussed the adsorption and thermodynamic parameters of Diazepam drugs adsorbed onto six activated carbons were determined. This article is reported by the Carlos A. Ray-Mafull et al from Instituto De Ciencia Y Tecnología De Materiales (IMRE-UH), Cuba, Universidade Federal De Santa Catarina (UFSC) Florianópolis, Brazil. Laboratorio Farmacéutico Reinaldo Gutiérrez, Cuba, Instituto Nacional De Pesquisas Da Amazônia (INPA), Brazil, Universitat Politècnica De Catalunya, Spain and Universitat Politècnica De Catalunya, Spain. Here, the results showed relationships between temperature increase, adsorbent characteristics, and the behavior of these drugs in acid solution. Moreover, the positive values of delta S stated that the randomness increased at the solid-solution interface during the adsorption process.

Citation of the article: Adv. Mater. Lett., 2021, 12(6), 21061637. [Download Full Text in PDF]

Article 6. Synthesis, Impedance and Current-Voltage Spectroscopic Characterization of Novel Gadolinium Titanate Nano Structures

In the sixth article, Gadolinium (Gd) doped titanate nanostructures (NS) with a new set of 10-50 wt. percent of Gd were synthesized by microwave-assisted hydrothermal and reduction using hydrazine hydrate. The crystal structure has been evaluated with SEM (scanning electron microscopy) analysis exhibited rod like geometry of nanoparticles (NPs). Here, an increase in the conductance, power dissipation values with a decrease in resistivity, and increase in the frequency has been noticed which embark considerable variation in conductivity and power dissipation in materials NS. The results from the plots of current-voltage (I-V), capacitance-voltage (C-V), and bias voltage with an applied frequency of the gadolinium titanium oxide NS has been discussed.

Citation of the article: Adv. Mater. Lett., 2021, 12(6), 21061638. [Download Full Text in PDF]

Article 7. Removal Of Toxic Dyes from Industrial Wastewater Using Chitosan Grafted Itaconic Acid Nanocomposites

The seventh article of the issue investigates about the toxic dye’s removal. In this article chitosan (CTS) has been grafted with itaconic acid (IA) by following microwave assisted grafting method. Three different types of nanomaterials namely nanoclay, cloisite 30B and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) have also been incorporated during the grafting reaction. Results showed enhanced dye adsorption capacity after addition of nanomaterials. The adsorption isotherm fitted well with Langmuir model. Here, the swelling kinetics in acidic, basic and neutral medium was found to follow pseudo second order kinetic model. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis showed successful grafting of IA on CTS. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and morphological characteristics suggested enhanced dispersion of nanomaterials in CTS matrix.

Citation of the article: Adv. Mater. Lett., 2021, 12(6), 21061639. [Download Full Text in PDF]

Article 8. Structural, Optical and Dielectric Properties of Sr Doped Materials

The eighth article is authored by the Khalid Sultan et al from Central University of Kashmir and National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India. In this study polycrystalline bulk samples were prepared by solid state reaction method. The Morphology and structure wascharacterised by Scanning Electronic microscopy and powder X-ray diffraction respectively. The EDAX spectrum shows that the percentage composition of given elements in the proposed formula was in good agreement with the corresponding values determined experimentally.  Here, studies performed on ac conductivity identifies that the conduction mechanism follows the charge hopping between localised states and follow the small polaron conduction.

Citation of the article: Adv. Mater. Lett., 2021, 12(6), 21061640. [Download Full Text in PDF]

Article 9. Design, 3D Development and Finite Element Analysis of Cylindrical Mesh Cage Bioimplants from Biometals

In the ninth article, author aimed at design and 3D development of a degradable cylindrical mesh cage porous bioimplant for fixation to a segmental femur bone defect. This article is authored by the Harbhajan Ahirwar and Himansu Sekhar Nanda from Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur, India. Here, finite element analysis (FEA) was carried out to obtain the bone-bioimplant interface deformation and stress generated. The cylindrical mesh cage bioimplant was designed using a range of metallic biomaterials such as Magnesium (Mg) alloy, Ti alloy and Stainless Steel. The FEA was carried out for bone-bioimplant assembly in static and dynamic conditions. The results suggested that Mg-based bioimplants could be promising and better alternative for use as a porous scaffold for repair and regeneration of a segmental femur bone defect.

Citation of the article: Adv. Mater. Lett., 2021, 12(6), 21061641. [Download Full Text in PDF]      

Advanced Materials Letters (AML), June 2021 issue exhibit the joint framework of 2030 UN’ sustainability agenda for advanced materials development. Utilization of efficient method for cost-effective materials will be able to fulfill the ever-increasing demands of materials. International Association of Advanced Materials, IAAM is engaged in the campaign of not-for-profit Diamond Open Access Publishing schemes with the goal of “Advancement of Materials to Global Excellence”.