Current Materials Science - Volume 18, Issue 2, 2025

Tea tree oil (TTO) is a widely known essential oil extracted from Melaleuca alternifolia leaves naturally having antimicrobial and antibacterial activities. Tea tree oil is widely used in a variety of industries, including agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, medicine, food, textiles, as well as cosmetic and hygiene products. To overcome the limitation of tea tree oil being highly volatile and reactive, microencapsulation has bec Read More

Rapid industrialization by humans is a dominant source of waste materials in water bodies and has created serious environmental problems, which has made the survival of life forms on land as well as in water bodies a challenge. Water gets contaminated by human waste, domestic sewage, wastewater discharges and effluents from industrial sites such as factories, refineries, and mines, accidental spills of chemicals, agricult Read More

A grid is an interconnected network for electricity delivery from the producer to the consumer. This review focuses on the challenges associated with the integration of renewable energy into the grid, as well as the solutions that can be used to reduce the environmental impact of climate change and achieve sustainability. Renewable energy such as solar energy, wind energy, hydroelectricity, geothermal energy, and tidal Read More

BackgroundThe present work deals with DFT-based theoretical investigations on pristine and metal (M = Na, Mg, and Al) substituted zinc oxide nanotube (M-ZnONT). The investigation advocates a change in the electronic bandgap of ZnONT on the respective substitution of Zn with Na, Mg, and Al. The forbidden energy gap vanishes on Na incorporation, while Al substitution brings the gap to 0.08eV. The formation energy cal Read More

BackgroundTwo-dimensional (2D) nanosheets have been widely explored for sensing toxic gases by investigating structural and electronic properties. However, the optical investigation could be an alternative approach to address the sensing capability of the nanosheets. In the present work, the electronic and optical investigation is performed using density functional theory (DFT) to find out the sensitivity of boron-nitrid Read More

BackgroundSynthetic surfactants, when released into the environment, do not degrade completely and show harmful effects. To minimize the damage to the environment and to introduce milder surfactants, it was necessary to introduce bio-surfactants.ObjectiveOptimization of the yield is performed by using a design expert model. The analysis of the product was carried out by using different techniques. The formulation of Read More

ObjectiveThis work aims to provide a detailed analysis of a biomedically relevant compound with the chemical name 5-methoxybenzimidazole.MethodsThe compound was analyzed for its thermochemical, charge distribution, electrical, nonlinear optical, atomic force, and atomic orientations. Different ab-initio methods and their combinations (ONIOM1 and ONIOM2) were used for quantum mechanical Read More

Sprayed steel fiber reinforced recycled concrete (SSFRC), as a green product of small particle size recycled aggregate (RA), was tested for compressive performance using an electro-hydraulic servo pressure testing machine. The replacement rate of RA, the volume ratio of Steel Fiber (SF), and the strain-stress curve of SSFRC were studied. The relationship between the axial compressive strength and the compressive c Read More

The transformation of ordinary fabrics into self-healing (SH) or intelligent fabric is now emerging as an important research area. SH fabrics are capable of maintaining their structural and functional integrity over an extended period of time, while also offering protection and aesthetic appeal. Similar to the biological mechanism of healing the superficial damages caused to a living being, smart fabrics are created to have sensit Read More

ObjectiveThe objective of this work was to study in more detail the dielectric permittivity and dielectric losses at different frequencies. It is well known that adding ions increases the dielectric constant and increases the dielectric loss as well as conductivity. Furthermore, the real part of the dielectric constant decreases with increasing frequency. Dielectrics are used as a capacitor for storing energy and a transformer for ins Read More