For a wide variety of innovation, nano-technology is an umbrella term. Nano-technology and Nano-science is an exceptional multidisciplinary field of technology and applied science proposed to understand, use and create molecular and atomic-scale structures. Plasma Nanoscience is an extremely fascinating and fertile field where many exciting discoveries and feasible applications can be anticipated in the years ahead. Plasma nano-science research bridges the nano-technology and nano-science, physics of plasma and gas discharges. The most widely recognized types of plasma reactors and plasma utilized in the nanoscale plasma processing and synthesis is low and high pressure, thermal plasma, liquid-plasma interaction and etc. In the field of plasma science and technology, microencapsulation through liquid-plasma interaction methods is turning into an undeniably significant topic. In numerous applications extending from material science, health treatment and ecological remediation the interaction of non-equilibrium plasma with fluid state is significant. Silver coated copper nanorods have been one of the intriguing materials in micro-electronic engineering because of their extraordinary thermal and electrical properties. Copper rods show dominant electrical, mechanical and optical properties and held great promise for low-cost fabrication. The oxidation of the copper nanowires and strong thermal stability can be well suppressed by the encapsulation of copper rods with silver nanoparticles. Microencapsulation of copper nanowires with silver nanoparticles is done through DC thermal plasma. In this technique, silver coated copper nanowires synthesized through silver nitrate, fructose and sucrose. The samples were prepared through the various concentration ratio of fructose and sucrose. During the synthesis process, samples dried at 90  temperature in an oven and annealed at 300  for one hour. The samples were prepared for further characterization. XRD and SEM technique were used to explain structure, phase and particles size and surface morphology. Thermo gravimetry analysis was used to elaborate the thermal behavior of metallic nanowires.

Gram-negative bacteria are the most common cause of sepsis and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a major inducer of sepsis. LBP14, a core domain (residues 86-99) of LPS-binding protein, has strong ability to neutralize LPS. Lfcin7 (L7) is a bovine lactoferricin (LfcinB) derivative, which possesses potent antibacterial activity. In this study, the cleavable chimeric peptide-R7 was generated by connecting LBP14 and L7 via a cleavable linker to improve antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activities. Compared to parent peptide L7, the antibacterial activity of R7 against Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium and Staphylococcus aureus was increased by 2~4-fold; the ability of R7 to neutralize LPS was markedly higher than that of L7. R7 had low hemolysis to mouse red blood cells but some toxicity towards RAW264.7 cells. R7 could be cleaved by furin in vitro in a time-dependent manner, and could release L7 and LBP14 in serum. In vivo, after prevention with R7, the survival rate of the mice challenged with multidrug-resistant (MDR) E. coli or LPS was 100%, higher than that of L7 (60% and 40%). R7 significantly inhibited inflammatory response by down-regulating tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) levels and by up-regulating interleukin-10 (IL-10) and intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) levels. It suggests that R7 may be promising dual-function candidates as novel antibacterial and anti-endotoxin agents to prevent bacterial sepsis.

During the current period of covid-19 pandemic where international flight/shipping are suspended, supply of materials and equipmen for oil and gas industries might have been hindere Stainless steel filler metal may be scarce in the plant. Selection of filler metal is critical in dissimilar metal welding involving stainless steel, this is due to the weldability challenges associated with the technique.As a result, it is necessary employ the available filler metal for the progress of production/maintenance.  Dissimilar weld joints of 316 stainless steel/HSLA steel were joined using ER316L-16 and E7018 filler metals. The joints were subjected to tensile test and tensile values were determined, computed, recorded and analysed.According to the results obtained and analysis carried –out the weld joint of E7018 filler metal presented higher ultimate   tensile strength of 498MPa than weld joint of ER316L-16 filler metal of ultimate tensile strength of 450MPa.Specimen A indicated percent elongation of 15% while specimen B 19.5%.The results were compared with related previous works. Tensile strengths of specimen A and B are superior to that of HSLA steel but inferior to 316SS in as-received condition proving that the weld joints meet requirement for engineering applications.