{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Altaf S"],"funding":["Higher Education Commission, Pakistan"],"pagination":["144"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7343698"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The present research is a comparative study that reports an economical and accessible method to synthesize niobium (Nb) and Tantalum (Ta) selenides and tellurides with useful application in the removal of pollutants in textile, paper, and dyeing industries as well as in medical field. In this study, solid-state process was used to generate nanocomposites and various characterization techniques were employed to compare two groups of materials under investigation. Structure, morphology, elemental constitution, and functional groups of synthesized materials were analyzed with XRD, FESEM coupled with EDS, FTIR, and Raman spectroscopy, respectively. HR-TEM images displayed nanoscale particles with tetragonal and monoclinic crystal structures. The optical properties were evaluated in terms of cu"],"journal":["Nanoscale research letters"],"pubmed_title":["Comparative Study of Selenides and Tellurides of Transition Metals (Nb and Ta) with Respect to its Catalytic, Antimicrobial, and Molecular Docking Performance."],"pmcid":["PMC7343698"],"funding_grant_id":["21-1669"],"pubmed_authors":["Altaf S","Shahzadi A","Naz S","Imran M","Ul-Hamid A","Ajaz H","Haider J","Ikram M","Haider A","Naz M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Comparative Study of Selenides and Tellurides of Transition Metals (Nb and Ta) with Respect to its Catalytic, Antimicrobial, and Molecular Docking Performance.","description":"The present research is a comparative study that reports an economical and accessible method to synthesize niobium (Nb) and Tantalum (Ta) selenides and tellurides with useful application in the removal of pollutants in textile, paper, and dyeing industries as well as in medical field. In this study, solid-state process was used to generate nanocomposites and various characterization techniques were employed to compare two groups of materials under investigation. Structure, morphology, elemental constitution, and functional groups of synthesized materials were analyzed with XRD, FESEM coupled with EDS, FTIR, and Raman spectroscopy, respectively. HR-TEM images displayed nanoscale particles with tetragonal and monoclinic crystal structures. The optical properties were evaluated in terms of cu","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Jul","modification":"2025-06-01T02:34:53.746Z","creation":"2021-02-19T22:03:17Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7343698","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32643064"],"doi":["10.1186/s11671-020-03375-0"]}}