**Author details**

Sajjad Hussain1,2\*, Nadeem Khan1 , Saima Gul3 , Sabir Khan4 and Hammad Khan1

1 Faculty of Materials and Chemical Engineering, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, KPK, Pakistan

2 Faculty of Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning and Geography, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil

3 Department of Chemistry, Islamia College Peshawar, Pakistan

4 Institute of Chemistry Araraquara, State University of Sao Paulo (UNESP), Araraquara, SP, Brazil

\*Address all correspondence to: sajjad.hussain@giki.edu.pk

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