  The role of hadronic matter in the suppression of open heavy flavored mesons
has been studied. The heavy-quarks (HQs) suppression factors have been
calculated and contrasted with the experimental data obtained from nuclear
collisions at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and Large Hadronic
Collider (LHC) experiments. It is found that the suppression in the hadronic
phase at RHIC energy is around $20%-25%$ whereas at the LHC it is around
$10%-12%$ for the D meson. In case of B meson the hadronic suppression is
around $10%-12%$ and $5%-6%$ at RHIC and LHC energies respectively. Present
study suggests that the suppression of heavy flavor in the hadronic phase is
significant at RHIC. However, the effect of hadronic suppression at LHC is
marginal, this makes the characterization of QGP at LHC less complicated.

Nuclear Theory;High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;Nuclear Experiment