i Table of Contents Research Articles • Insight of precursor concentration, particle size and band gap of zirconia nanoparticles synthesized by co-precipitation method Arun Bhujel, Bibek Sapkota, Ram Lochan Aryal, Bhoj Raj Poudel, Sitaram Bhattarai, Surendra K. Gautam 1-9 • Fabrication of open type carbonizer for the preparation of activated carbon from rice husk A Rajbhandari (Nyachhyon), A Kumari Dhami 10-18 • Surface modification of polyamide by 50 Hz dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) produced in air at atmospheric pressure Rajesh Prakash Guragain, Hom Bahadur Baniya, Santosh Dhungana, Bishnu Prasad Pandey, Ujjwal Man Joshi, Deepak Prasad Subedi 19-25 • Spatial orientations of angular momentum vectors of galaxies in Supercluster S [173+014+0082]Astrophysics Janak Ratna Malla, Walter Saurer, B Aryal 26-32 • Phonon dynamics of Zr67Ni33 AND Fe80B20 binary glassy alloysPHONON DYNAMICS Aditya M Vora, Alkesh L Gandhi 33-47 • Simulated spectra (IR and Raman), NLO, AIM and molecular docking of carisoprodol from DFT approachPhysics Manoj Kumar Chaudhary, Tarun Chaudhary, Bhawani Datt Joshi 48-57 • Effect of electron temperature in a magnetized plasma sheath using kinetic trajectory simulation R Chalise, S K Pandit, G Thakur, R Khanal 58-66 • Molecular dynamics study of structural properties of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) Shyam P Khanal, Rajendra P Koirala, Esha Mishra, Narayan Prasad Adhikari 67-74 • Modeling and parameter analysis of deflection of a beam Puskar Raj Pokhrel, Bhabani Lamsal 75-82 • Facile methods of preparing pure hydroxyapatite nanoparticles in ordinary laboratories Gokarna Pandey, Kedar Nath Dhakal, Ajaya Kumar Singh, Suresh Kumar Dhungel, Rameshwar Adhikari 96-103 • Study of tunneling and oscillation in a GaAs/〖Al〗_(0.3) 〖Ga〗_(0.7) As superlattice: using transfer matrix method S Shrestha, N Bhusal, S. Byahut, C. K. Sarkar 104-112 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/28958 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/28958 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/28918 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/27650 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/27650 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29165 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29165 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/28760 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29036 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29036 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29204 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29204 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29442 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29359 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29600 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/27450 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/27450 ii • A spectroscopic study of the low redshift dwarf galaxy SDSS J134326.99+431118.7 to calculate star formation rate Daya Nidhi Chhatkuli, Sanjaya Paudel, Binil Aryal 113-120 • Diffusion of oxytocin in water: a molecular dynamics study Khimananda Acharya, Rajendra Prasad Koirala, Nurapati Pantha 121-130 • Analysis of Aerosol Optical Depth and Angstrom Exponents over an AERONET site at Pokhara, Nepal Jeevan Regmi, Khem N Poudyal, Amod Pokhrel, Madhu Gyawali, Anthony Barinelli, Rudra Aryal 131-140 • Structural analysis of Cu substituted Ni\Zn in Ni-Zn Ferrite Deependra Parajuli, K Samatha 141-146 • Modulation frequency and velocity variation of ions in a magnetized plasma sheath for different obliqueness of the field Bhesha Raj Adhikari, Hari Prasad Lamichhane, Raju Khanal 147-152 • Thermal properties of normal and sickled hemoglobin protein Jhulan Powrel, Narayan P Adhikari 153-161 • Investigation on thermo-physical properties of liquid In-Tl alloy I B Bhandari, N Panthi, I koirala 179-187 • Prediction of daily global solar radiation using different empirical models on the basis of meteorological parameters at Trans Himalaya Region, Nepal Usha Joshi, I B Karki, N P Chapagain, K N Poudyal 188-198 • Study of aerosol optical properties at different tourist places of Nepal Rejeena Jha, Binod Adhikari, Dharmendra Singh 199-212 • Thermodynamic, structural, surface and transport properties of Au-Ni liquid alloy at 1150 K S K Yadav, N Chaudhary, D Adhikari 236-244 • Empirical model for estimation of global solar radiation at lowland region Biratnagar using satellite data Ganesh Kumar Shrestha, Binod Pandey, Usha Joshi, Khem N. Poudyal 245-252 Review Articles • An overview on the non-destructive in-depth surface analysis of corrosion-resistant films: A case study of W-xCr deposits in 12 M HCl solution Jagadish Bhattarai 83-95 • Schiff base metal complex as a potential therapeutic drug in medical science: A critical review Narendra Kumar Chaudhary, Biswash Guragain, Siyanand Kumar Chaudhary, Parashuram Mishra 162-178 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29466 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29466 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29316 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29448 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29448 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29475 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29171 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29171 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29750 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29531 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29203 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29203 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29906 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/30546 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29689 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29689 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29222 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29222 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29841 iii • Pyrolyzed human hair: a review on synthesis, characterization and applications Tika Ram Bhandari, Bidit Lamsal, Rameshwar Adhikari 213-221 • Degradation of fundamental polymers/plastics used in daily life: a review Netra Lal Bhandari, Ganesh Bhandari, Sunita Bista, Basant Pokhrel, Kabita Bist, Kedar Nath Dhakal 222-235 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29601 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BIBECHANA/article/view/29619