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1. Publication Details:

a. Cation Incorporation and Synergistic Effects on the

Characteristics of Sulfur-Doped Manganese Ferrites
S@Mn(Fe2O4) Nanoparticles for Boosted Sunlight-Driven
Photocatalysis
b. Abstract/Introduction:
: In the present work, sulfur-doped manganese ferrites S@Mn(Fe2O4)
nanoparticles were prepared by using the sol-gel and citrate method.
The concentration of sulfur varied from 1 to 7% by adding Na2S. The
samples were characterized by performing Fourier Transformed
Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX), X-Ray
diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and
Ultraviolet–Visible spectroscopy (UV–Visible). The synthesized sulfur-
doped manganese ferrites were applied to evaluate the photocatalytic
degradation of the dyes. Further, the degradation studies revealed that
the nanoparticles successfully degraded the methylene blue dye by
adding a 0.006 g dose under the sunlight. The sulfur-doped
manganese ferrite nanoparticles containing 3% sulfur completely
degraded the dye in 2 h and 15 min in aqueous medium. Thus, the
ferrite nanoparticles were found to be promising photocatalyst
materials and could be employed for the degradation of other dyes in
the future.
c. Name of Journal: Molecules
d. ISBN/ISSN Number: 1420-3049
e. Edition/Volume Number: 27
f. Number of Pages Published: 7677
g. Date of Publication: 8 November 2022
h. Address of Publisher: Basel, Switzerland
i. Websites/Visibility: . https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27227677
j. doi.org/10.3390/molecules27227677

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a. WoS-JCR Indexed (Please attached copy of supporting documents
also): Attached
b. Impact Factor of Journal: 4.94
c. Journal Quartile in the Category WoS-JCR (only Q1, Q2 & Q3): Q2
d. Subject Category Name: Chemistry
e. TJ = Total journal in relevant WoS-JCR subject category:673

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 f. PJ = Position of the journal in descending order in the subject
category:94
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a. 1stAuthor(Corresponding author)
(i) Name: Sohail Nadeem
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(v) Organization: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, University of Management and
Technology, Lahore 54770, Pakistan
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(i) Name: Mehak Bukhari
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(i) Name: Mohsin Javed
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(i) Name: Shahid Iqbal
(ii) Designation: Assistant Professor
(iii) Contact No: 03466321058
(iv) e-mail Address: shahidiqbal.chem@sns.nust.edu.pk
(v) Organization: SNS, NUST
(vi) Research Interest: Physical Chemistry
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e. 5thAuthor
(i) Name: Mirza Nadeem Ahmad
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Faisalabad 38030, Pakistan
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College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Medina 42353, Saudi Arabia
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(v) Organization: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy,
AlMaarefa University, Riyadh 13713, Saudi Arabia
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 i. 9thAuthor

(i) Name: H. H. Hegazy

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(v) Organization: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid
University, Abha P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia , Research Center for Advanced
Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004 Abha 61413,
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(i) Name: Muhammad Abdul Qayyum
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9 Department of Chemistry, Division of Science & Technology, University of
Education, Lahore 54770, Pakistan
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(i) Name: Eman Alzahrani
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 m. 13thAuthor
(i) Name: Abd-ElAziem Farouk
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5. Utilization/commercialization aspects of the research work at present
and in future with plans and goals:
Herein, the result showed that biologically synthesized CuO NPs can be used as an effective
antioxidant. The half maximal inhibitory concentration IC50 of copper oxide nanoparticles
was found to be in the range of 0.13–0.20.

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substance of the
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areauthenticated.

   
Dr. Shahid Iqbal

   
Dated:28-09-2022 Name & Signature of Applicant

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