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Shellaiah M, Sun KW, Thirumalaivasan N, Bhushan M, Murugan A. Sensing Utilities of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskites and Composites: A Comprehensive Review. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 24:2504. [PMID: 38676122 PMCID: PMC11054776 DOI: 10.3390/s24082504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2024] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Recently, the utilization of metal halide perovskites in sensing and their application in environmental studies have reached a new height. Among the different metal halide perovskites, cesium lead halide perovskites (CsPbX3; X = Cl, Br, and I) and composites have attracted great interest in sensing applications owing to their exceptional optoelectronic properties. Most CsPbX3 nanostructures and composites possess great structural stability, luminescence, and electrical properties for developing distinct optical and photonic devices. When exposed to light, heat, and water, CsPbX3 and composites can display stable sensing utilities. Many CsPbX3 and composites have been reported as probes in the detection of diverse analytes, such as metal ions, anions, important chemical species, humidity, temperature, radiation photodetection, and so forth. So far, the sensing studies of metal halide perovskites covering all metallic and organic-inorganic perovskites have already been reviewed in many studies. Nevertheless, a detailed review of the sensing utilities of CsPbX3 and composites could be helpful for researchers who are looking for innovative designs using these nanomaterials. Herein, we deliver a thorough review of the sensing utilities of CsPbX3 and composites, in the quantitation of metal ions, anions, chemicals, explosives, bioanalytes, pesticides, fungicides, cellular imaging, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), toxic gases, humidity, temperature, radiation, and photodetection. Furthermore, this review also covers the synthetic pathways, design requirements, advantages, limitations, and future directions for this material.
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- Muthaiah Shellaiah
- Department of Research and Analytics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, India; (M.S.); (M.B.)
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Periodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, Tamil Nadu, India;
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- Department of Research and Analytics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, India; (M.S.); (M.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Nirjuli, Itanagar 791109, India;
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Ahmed S, Mohanta D, Baruah K, Dolui SK. CsPbBr 3 perovskite quantum dot decorated ZIF-8 MOF: a selective dual recognition fluorometric visual probe for 4-nitroaniline and rhodamine blue. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2023; 15:6394-6403. [PMID: 37982280 DOI: 10.1039/d3ay01458d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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The uses of highly luminescent perovskite quantum dots in real analytical detection were limited by their supersensitive nature. Here, we have designed a CsPbBr3 perovskite based fluorometric sensor by integrating them with a zeolitic imidazole framework (ZIF-8) via an in situ one step technique and established its stability in aqueous and other polar solvents. The CsPbBr3@ZIF-8 luminescence sensor functioned excellently for the trace detection of 4-nitroaniline and rhodamine blue dye molecules with a detection limit value of 8.367 ppb and 0.088 ppm, respectively. A comprehensive investigation found that the quenching of the fluorescence signal occurred via fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) for rhodamine blue dye and a H-bonding interaction induced trap density mediated quenching mechanism was responsible for 4-NA detection. The potential of this suggested sensor as a cheap portable test paper probe for analyte detection was also explored. This study introduces CsPbBr3 as a cutting-edge sensing platform for industrial pollutants such as dye molecules and nitroaromatics.
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- Shahnaz Ahmed
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur, 784028, Assam, India.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur, 784028, Assam, India.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur, 784028, Assam, India.
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Lu TF, Chu W, Agrawal S, Zhang Z, Prezhdo OV. Lattice Distortion and Low-Frequency Anharmonic Phonons Suppress Charge Recombination in Lead Halide Perovskites upon Pseudohalide Doping: Time-Domain Ab Initio Analysis. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:10685-10692. [PMID: 37988630 PMCID: PMC10694819 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Perovskite solar cells have witnessed a surge in interest as a promising technology for low-cost, high-efficiency photovoltaics with certified power conversion efficiencies beyond 25%. However, their commercial development is hindered by poor stability and nonradiative losses that restrict their approach to the theoretical efficiency limit. Using ab initio nonadiabatic molecular dynamics, we demonstrate that nonradiative charge recombination is suppressed when the iodide in formamidinium lead iodide (FAPbI3) is partially replaced with pseudohalide anions (SCN-, BF4-, and PF6-). The replacement breaks the symmetry of the system and creates local structural distortion and dynamic disorder, decreasing electron-hole overlap and nonadiabatic electron-vibrational coupling. The charge carrier lifetime is found to increase with increased structural distortion and is the longest for PF6-. This work is fundamentally relevant to the design of high-performance perovskite materials for optoelectronic applications.
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- Teng-Fei Lu
- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian
Jiaotong University, Dalian 116028, Liaoning, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences (Ministry of Education),
Institute of Computational Physical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian
Jiaotong University, Dalian 116028, Liaoning, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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Recent progress on the modifications of ultra-small perovskite nanomaterials for sensing applications. Trends Analyt Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2021.116432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Qiao L, Fang WH, Long R, Prezhdo OV. Elimination of Charge Recombination Centers in Metal Halide Perovskites by Strain. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:9982-9990. [PMID: 34155882 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c04442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Metal halide perovskites exhibit enhanced photoluminescence and long-lived carriers in experiments under strain. Using ab initio nonadiabatic molecular dynamics, we demonstrate that compressive and tensile strain can eliminate charge recombination centers created by defect states, by shifting traps from bandgap into bands. A compressive strain enhances coupling of Pb-s and I-p orbitals, pushes the valence band (VB) up in energy, and moves the trap state due to iodine interstitial (Ii) into the VB. The strain distorts the system and breaks the I-dimer responsible for the Ii trap. A tensile strain increases Pb-Pb distance, weakens overlap of Pb-p orbitals, and pushes the conduction band (CB) down in energy. The trap state created by replacement of iodine with methylammonium (MAI) is moved into the CB. Application of strain to the defective systems not only eliminates midgap traps but also creates moderate disorder that reduces overlap of electron and hole wave functions, activates phonon modes accelerating coherence loss within the electronic subsystem, and extends carrier lifetimes even beyond those in pristine MAPbI3. Our investigation rationalizes the high performance of perovskites solar cells under strain and reveals how strain passivates Ii and MAI defects in MAPbI3, providing a new nonchemical strategy for defect control and engineering.
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- Lu Qiao
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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Huang Y, Feng Y, Li F, Lin F, Wang Y, Chen X, Xie R. Sensing studies and applications based on metal halide perovskite materials: Current advances and future perspectives. Trends Analyt Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2020.116127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Extending Carrier Lifetimes in Lead Halide Perovskites with Alkali Metals by Passivating and Eliminating Halide Interstitial Defects. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201911615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Qiao L, Fang W, Long R, Prezhdo OV. Extending Carrier Lifetimes in Lead Halide Perovskites with Alkali Metals by Passivating and Eliminating Halide Interstitial Defects. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:4684-4690. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201911615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 11/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Lu Qiao
- College of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry University of Southern California Los Angeles CA 90089 USA
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Qiao L, Long R, Fang WH. Surface Pb-Dimer Passivated by Molecule Oxygen Notably Suppresses Charge Recombination in CsPbBr 3 Perovskites: Time-Domain Ab Initio Analysis. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:5499-5506. [PMID: 31475525 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Experiments show that excess lead atoms accelerate charge recombination while oxygen passivation can heal the defects and enhance solar cell efficiency. Using ab initio nonadiabatic (NA) molecular dynamics, we demonstrate that an excess lead atom forms a Pb-dimer with a single surface lead atom of CsPbBr3(001) surface and creates a deep hole trap. The electron-hole recombination is accelerated to over 10 ps via fast hole trapping or bypassing the hole trap compared to the pristine CsPbBr3, occurring on tens of picoseconds. Pb-dimer passivated with oxygen molecules forms Pb-O bonds, breaks the Pb-dimer, and removes the trap state, leading to a decrease in the recombination and extending excited-state lifetime to over 100 ps. The deceleration arises mainly due to the reduced NA coupling and short decoherence time. The study advances our understanding of excited-state dynamics of all-inorganic perovskites in the presence of excess lead and oxygen atmosphere.
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- Lu Qiao
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education , Beijing Normal University , Beijing , 100875 , People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education , Beijing Normal University , Beijing , 100875 , People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education , Beijing Normal University , Beijing , 100875 , People's Republic of China
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Qiao L, Sun X, Long R. Mixed Cs and FA Cations Slow Electron-Hole Recombination in FAPbI 3 Perovskites by Time-Domain Ab Initio Study: Lattice Contraction versus Octahedral Tilting. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:672-678. [PMID: 30681858 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Using time domain density functional theory combined with nonadiabatic (NA) molecular dynamics, we show that electron-hole recombination takes subnanoseconds in FAPbI3, showing excellent agreement with experiment. Cs doping retards charge recombination by factors of 1.1 and 3.1 due to lattice contraction and octahedral tilting, respectively. Lattice contraction decreases the NA coupling and increases the coherence time arising from the suppressed atomic fluctuations, slightly slowing recombination because the two factors have an opposite influence on quantum transition. In contrast, octahedral tilting simultaneously decreases the NA coupling, thanks to the reduced overlap between Pb and I orbitals, and the coherence time, extending the excited-state lifetime over 1 ns. Our simulations provide a mechanistic understanding for delayed charge losses in the mixed Cs and FA system, suggesting a rational strategy to improve perovskite solar cell performance.
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- Lu Qiao
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 , People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering , Yantai University , Yantai 264005 , People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 , People's Republic of China
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Aamir M, Mehmood RF, Butt AF, Khan MD, Malik MA, Revaprasadu N, Nunzi JM, Sher M, Akhtar J. 3D hybrid perovskite solid solutions: a facile approach for deposition of nanoparticles and thin films via B-site substitution. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj06389c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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CH3NH3Pb1−xCuxBr3 hybrid perovskite solid solutions as nanoparticles and thin films have been fabricated.
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- Muhammad Aamir
- Materials laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST)
- Mirpur-10250 (AJK)
- Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Education Lahore
- Dera Ghazi Khan Campus
- Kangan Road
- DG khan
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- Materials laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST)
- Mirpur-10250 (AJK)
- Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Zululand
- Private Bag X1001
- Kwadlangezwa
- South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Zululand
- Private Bag X1001
- Kwadlangezwa
- South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry
- Allama Iqbal Open University
- Islamabad
- Pakistan
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- Materials laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST)
- Mirpur-10250 (AJK)
- Pakistan
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Aamir M, Khan MD, Sher M, Revaprasadu N, Malik MA, Akhtar J. Broadband emission in a new lead free all-inorganic 3D CsZnCl2I perovskite. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj04404j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Broadband emission was observed in new lead free all-inorganic 3D CsZnCl2I perovskite thin films deposited by AACVD.
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- Muhammad Aamir
- Department of Chemistry
- Materials Laboratory
- Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST)
- Mirpur-10250 (AJK)
- Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Allama Iqbal Open University
- Islamabad-44000
- Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Zululand
- Kwadlangezwa
- South Africa
- School of Materials
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- Department of Chemistry
- Materials Laboratory
- Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST)
- Mirpur-10250 (AJK)
- Pakistan
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Aamir M, Adhikari T, Sher M, Revaprasadu N, Khalid W, Akhtar J, Nunzi JM. Fabrication of planar heterojunction CsPbBr2I perovskite solar cells using ZnO as an electron transport layer and improved solar energy conversion efficiency. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj02238k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Inorganic cesium lead bromoiodide based planar perovskite solar cells with ZnO electron transport layers are deposited using one step spin coating.
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- Muhammad Aamir
- Department of Chemistry
- Queen's University
- Kingston
- Canada
- Department of Chemistry, Materials Laboratory, Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST)
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- Department of Chemistry
- Queen's University
- Kingston
- Canada
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- Department of Chemistry
- Allama Iqbal Open University
- Islamabad-44000
- Pakistan
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- Functional Materials Lab
- Department of Physics
- Air University
- Islamabad
- Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials Laboratory, Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST)
- Mirpur Azad Jammu & Kashmir
- Pakistan
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