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Item Ultrasonic velocities, densities, and viscosities of glycylglycine and CoCl2 in aqueous and aqueous ethanol systems at different temperatures(2010) Santosh, M.S.; Bhat, D.K.; Bhatt, A.S.Ultrasonic velocity (u), density (?), and viscosity (?) have been measured for glycylglycine and CoCl2 in aqueous and aqueous ethanol systems at T = (288.15 to 318.15) K. Using the experimental values, the adiabatic compressibility (?s), molar hydration number (nH), apparent molar compressibility (KS?), apparent molar volume (V?), limiting apparent molar compressibility (KS ?{symbol}0), limiting apparent molar volume (V?{symbol}0), their constants (SK, SV), viscosity coefficients of A and B parameters of Jones-Dole equation, relative viscosity (?r), and excess Gibbs free energy of activation (? G* E) were calculated and the results of all these parameters have been discussed in terms of solute-solvent and solute-solute interactions. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Item Electrochemical properties of chitosan-Co3O4 nanocomposite films(Elsevier B.V., 2011) Bhatt, A.S.; Bhat, D.K.; Santosh, M.S.Chitosan-Co3O4 composite films have been prepared by solution casting method. The obtained films have been characterised by XRD and FESEM. The electrical properties of the films are examined by impedance spectroscopy in the temperature range 303-343 K. The impedance plot of the films pronounces the role of temperature in charge-transfer resistance of the composite. Frequency as well as temperature dependencies of dielectric constant and dielectric loss exhibit the general trend followed by carrier dominated dielectrics. Electric modulus parameters give an insight on the ionic conductivity and relaxation phenomena of the composite films. The dielectric parameters along with modulus data have been exploited to discuss the conduction mechanism in the material. The minimum activation energy of 3.9 kJ mol -1 and maximum room temperature conductivity of 1.94 × 10 -2 S cm-1 were found for composite film with 8% Co 3O4 content. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Item Chitosan/NiO nanocomposites: A potential new dielectric material(2011) Bhatt, A.S.; Bhat, D.K.; Santosh, M.S.; Tai, C.-W.The study of electrochemical behavior of organic-inorganic nanocomposite materials remains a major challenge for application in energy storage devices. Here, new composite materials of chitosan and NiO nanoparticles have been fabricated. The NiO nanoparticles are well characterized by infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The electrical properties of the films are studied by impedance spectroscopy at different temperatures; and thereby permittivity, electric modulus and conductivity data are obtained. By studying the variations in permittivity and electric modulus spectra with respect to applied frequency signal and temperature, the ionic conductivity of the material is investigated. The Correlated Barrier Hopping model is employed to understand the conduction mechanism. An admirable conductivity of 1.4 × 10-2 S cm -1 is obtained for a nanocomposite with 4 wt% NiO content. The activation energies of the composite films decrease with increase in NiO content, from 16.5 to 4.8 kJ mol-1. © 2011 The Royal Society of Chemistry.