Consumer purchasing behaviour of emotional design in e-commerce

When we touched about consumer purchasing behaviour through emotional design, we refer to the three significant attributes; emotion, reasoning, and perception. Then, when we explain further about the emotional design, we are about to touch on the three levels of design; visceral, behavioural, and reflective, respectively. Designing something means designing the emotion and thus, create a vivid and symbolic image of high artistic value. The concept of emotional design is applicable to e-Commerce, an area that is booming nowadays as a result of the significant competition of technology. The findings in this research can be used as a reference in developing an impactful website which will trigger the purchase on the Internet. © 2020, World Academy of Research in Science and Engineering. All rights reserved

Electromagnetic shielding effectiveness of epoxy/lanthanum iron garnet (LIG) nanocomposites at Ku-band frequency

The effect of shielding materials on electromagnetic (EM) waves has been studied. This research was carried out to investigate the shielding effectiveness of Epoxy/ Lanthanum Iron Garnet (LIG) nanocomposite. Lanthanum (III) Oxide (La2O3) and Iron (III) Oxide (Fe2O3) was used to form Lanthanum Iron Garnet (LIG) as a shielding material. The Lanthanum Iron Garnet nanoparticle as a filler was prepared using solid-state reaction methods and was sintered at 900 °C. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern of Lanthanum Iron Garnet was observed using an X-ray diffractometer (Rigaku Miniflex) at a diffraction angle of 20° to 80°. The functional group was obtained by using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Different compositions of Lanthanum Iron Garnet fillers (5 wt% and 10 wt%) were prepared and dispersed in epoxy resin to form Epoxy/ Lanthanum Iron Garnet nanocomposites. The morphology of the composites was determined using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and the samples were found inhomogeneous and homogeneous with filler particle size are about 15.95 nm and 15.45 nm for 5 wt% and 10 wt%, respectively. The Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) was utilized to measure a transmission coefficient and reflection at Ku-band frequency (12 to 18 GHz) to determine the shielding effectiveness of composites. From the result, the total shielding effectiveness of Epoxy/Lanthanum Iron Garnet (epoxy/LIG) nanocomposite was increased as the percentage of filler increases

Influence of Microstructural Effect on Microvickers Hardness Propertiesof SiO2-Na2O-CaO (SNC) Waste Based Glass-ceramic

There are a lot of waste materials consist of silicate based such as coal combustion ash, slag from steel production, fly ash, mud, as well as glass cullet or mixtures to produce glass-ceramics. This research work using clam shell (CS) ash and soda-lime-silica (SLS) waste glass powder for fabricating novel SiO2-Na2O-CaO (SNC) glass-ceramic. The samples were composed of SLS (50%), Na2CO3 (30%), and CS (20%) in weight percentage via conventional melt-quenching technique and solid-state sintering technique. The samples were investigated via X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), Field emission microscope (FESEM), and microvickers hardness tester. The samples were sintered at 550-950 °C to investigate the influence of microstructural effect on microvickers hardness properties at applied force 0.5 and 1.0 kgf. The optimal Vickers hardness properties at sintering temperature 850 °C due to high crystallization of SiO2 phase from the residual glass and CaO content enhanced the viscosity flow, high compactness of particles arrangement and densification of sample

Influence of Microstructural Effect on Microvickers Hardness Properties of SiO2-Na2O-CaO (SNC) Waste Based Glass-ceramic

There are a lot of waste materials consist of silicate based such as coal combustion ash, slag from steel production, fly ash, mud, as well as glass cullet or mixtures to produce glass-ceramics. This research work using clam shell (CS) ash and soda-lime-silica (SLS) waste glass powder for fabricating novel SiO2-Na2O-CaO (SNC) glass-ceramic. The samples were composed of SLS (50%), Na2CO3 (30%), and CS (20%) in weight percentage via conventional melt-quenching technique and solid-state sintering technique. The samples were investigated via X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), Field emission microscope (FESEM), and microvickers hardness tester. The samples were sintered at 550-950 °C to investigate the influence of microstructural effect on microvickers hardness properties at applied force 0.5 and 1.0 kgf. The optimal Vickers hardness properties at sintering temperature 850 °C due to high crystallization of SiO2 phase from the residual glass and CaO content enhanced the viscosity flow, high compactness of particles arrangement and densification of sample

Design, synthesis and activity study of tyrosinase encapsulated silica aerogel (TESA) biosensor for phenol removal in aqueous solution

Tyrosinase encapsulated silica aerogel (TESA) was synthesized via an alcohol-free colloidal sol–gel route at room temperature and at neutral pH. Characterization on TESA indicated that 98% of enzyme was effectively loaded and located inside the aerogel network. TESA without solvent extraction showed higher tyrosinase activity than TESA extracted by amyl acetate/acetone (v/v:1/1). Stability of tyrosinase in TESA was enhanced towards extreme temperature, acidic and basic conditions. Optimization study indicates that 500 U enzyme/g silica aerogel; aged for 2 days, showed superior performance in the oxidation of catechol. The activity of TESA was remarkably enhanced; which was active at a wider temperature (up to 80 °C) and pH range (4–9). In contrast, free tyrosinase was totally inactive at these pH values and temperature >55 °C. TESA successfully removed about 90% of phenol in aqueous solution after 3 h of contact time with excellent reusability

Role of Sm3+ on mn nanoparticles embedded zinc tellurite glasses: absorption and luminescence characteristic

Enhancing the optical performance of rare earth doped binary inorganic glasses is an ever- demanding quest. Samarium (Sm3+) doped zinc tellurite glasses containing Manganese (Mn) nanoparticles (NPs) with composition (59-x)TeO2-20ZnCl2-10ZnO-10Li2O-1Sm2O3-(x)Mn3O4, where x = 0 to 0.06 mol% are prepared by melt quenching technique. The role played by Mn NPs in enhancing the optical behaviors are analyzed and discussed. The XRD patterns confirm the amorphous nature of the glass. The UV-Vis-NIR spectra reveal seven prominent absorption bands of Sm3+ ions. The photoluminescence spectra display four peaks corresponding to 4G5/2→6H5/2, 4G5/2 →6H7/2, 4G5/2→6H9/2 and 4G5/2 →6H11/2 transitions. An enhancement in the luminescence intensity is observed up to 0.05 mol% concentration of NPs and the intensity quenches beyond it. The enhancement is attributed to local electric field effect of NPs in the proximity of Sm3+ ion. Our results on improved optical response via precise control of NPs contents may be useful for the development of solid state lasers and amplifiers