Polymer electrolytes have emerged as a powerful platform in the progress of more efficient energy storage devices. In this study, polymer electrolyte materials (PEM) was successfully prepared using drop casting method. A spectroscopic study of the film were prepared by variying the ratio of the volume (PVA/CMC) at 100/0, 75/25, 50/50, 25/75 %. The functional groups were investigated using fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The crystallinity degree obtained by X-ray diffraction (XRD). Their transparency degree were observed by UV-Vis spectroscopy. The ionic conductivity studies obtained by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).

This systematic literature review aims to study the thermal properties (TP) of poly(acrylic acid)-based hydrogels (PAA) by differential scanning calorimetry. The data sources were obtained from Google Scholar via Publish or Perish software from 2018 to 2020. The synthesis results show that most of the analysis of TP in PAA-based hydrogel consists of glass transition temperature ([ ]), melting temperature ([ ]), and enthalpy ([ ]). The subsequent thermal properties analysis is important for a new development and depth study in the future application.

The abundance of applications of alginates in aqueous surroundings created by their interactions with water is a fascinating area of research. In this paper, computational analysis was used to evaluate the conformation, hydrogen bond network, and stabilities for putative intermolecular interactions between alginate dimers and water molecules. Two structural forms of alginate (alginic acid, alg, and sodium alginate, SA) were evaluated for their interactions with water molecules. The density functional theory (DFT-D3) method at the B3LYP functional and the basis set 6-31++G** was chosen for calculating the data. Hydrogen bonds were formed in the Alg-(H₂O)_n complexes, while the SA-(H₂O)_n complexes showed an increase in Van der Walls interactions and hydrogen bonds. Moreover, in the SA-(H₂O)_n complexes, metal-nonmetal bonds existed between the sodium atom in SA and the oxygen atom in water (Na…O). All computational data in this study demonstrated that alginate dimers and water molecules had moderate to high levels of interaction, giving more stability to their complex structure.

Carbon dots (C-dots) have been successfully synthesized from cassava peels using the hydrothermal method. The C-dots are further passivated using poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG) with a variation of the volume of 0.5 ml, 1.0 ml, and 1.5 ml. The properties of photoluminescence C-dots before and after PEG were characterized using photoluminescence (PL) and time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) spectrophotometers. PEG succeeded in influencing PL C-dots properties, such as peak wavelength, PL intensity, and electron time decay. The addition of 0.5 ml of PEG to C-dots is the optimum condition and best with the peak wavelength, the PL intensity and, time decay electron is 507.52 nm, 5302 a.u, and 3.794031133 ns, respectively.

Carbon dots (C-dots) is a new type of luminescense nanoparticles that can be synthesized easily from natural sources, such as cassava peels. C-dots has been synthesized from cassava peels based green synthesis using low temperature. The surface of C-dots was passivated by poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) with variations in volume from 0.5 ml, 1 ml, and 1.5 ml. Luminescense properties before and after passivasive with PEG characterized using photoluminescense (PL) and time resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) spectrophotometer. Peak wavelength spectrum of PL shows a red shift when 0.5 ml PEG was added. However, when the addition of PEG increases, peak wavelength spectrum of PL shows a blue shift. PL intensity decreased along with increasing of PEG volume. PL intensity influenced C-dots electron time decay linearly. C-dots electron time decay increased along with decreased of PL intensity. This results assigned potency that C-dots in water solution can be applied as bioimaging and metal ion and salt biosensing. however, it needs extra optical measurements to support our discovery.Keywords: cassava peels, C-dots, electron time decay, FL intensity, PEG