Sreekumar, R; Thazhakkuni, S E; Sreejakumari, S S(Elsevier, 2024-07)
Selective oil removal from water is a critical problem in the realm of environmental science and engineering. Metallic meshes are commonly used as potential oil–water separators due to their low cost and good mechanical ...
Akhil, K R; Nandana, S K; Hopf, H; John, J(Wiley, 2024-03-11)
Heteroacenes are considered as an important class of compounds for material applications due to their stability, electron-richness and tunable properties. Mostly, four ring containing heteroacenes have found immense ...
Shidenur, H; Mathew, S M; Sagarika, N; Warrier, A S; Harikrishnan, M P; Pandiselvam, R; Kothakota, A(Wiley Online Library, 2024-04)
The jackfruit is the largest edible fruit but remains underutilized due to challenges such as sticky latex, labor-intensive peeling/coring, and lack of mechanization. This study developed and evaluated a jackfruit peeling, ...
Suresh, S; Nabiyeva, T; Biniek, L; Gowd, E B(American Chemical Society, 2024-04-10)
Strategic customization of crystalline forms of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) aerogels is of great importance for a variety of applications, from energy harvesters to thermal and acoustic insulation. Here, we report ...
Meethal, S M; Pradhan, S C; Velore, J; Varughese, S; Pillai, R S; Sauvage, F; Hagfeldt, A; Soman, S(Elsevier, 2024-02)
The need for a sustainable and circular bioeconomy model is imperative due to petroleum non-renewability, scarcity and environmental impacts. Biorefineries systems explore biomass to its maximum, being an important pillar ...
Vaisakh, S S; Mahesh, K V; Balanand, S; Metz, R; Hassanzadeh, M; Ananthakumar, S(Royal society of chemistry, 2015)
A 2-dimensional ceramic nanostructure was successfully processed out of nanolamellar 312 MAX phase
ternary carbide, titanium silicon carbide, Ti3SiC2 (TSC), via a simple shear-induced delamination
technique. It has been ...
Anas, S; Rahul, S; Babitha, K B; Mangalaraja, R V; Ananthakumar, S(Elsevier, 2015-11)
Photoactive zinc based nanoplates were developed through a rapid microwave synthesis. A low temperature thermolysis reaction in a surfactant medium was initially performed for producing microwave
active zinc based polar ...
Babitha, K B; Linsha, V; Anas, S; Mohamed, A P; Kiran, M; Ananthakumar, S(Elsevier, 2015-06)
A facile aqueous synthesis has been reported for the preparation of organosilane treated ZnO nano
architectures (Si@ZnO) via microwave strategy. An in-situ addition of 3-aminopropyl trimethoxy silane
(APTMS) resulted in ...
Saraswathy, D; Rao, P P; Sameera, S; James, V; Raj, A K V(Royal society of chemistry, 2015)
New blue inorganic oxide materials LaGa1−xMnxGe2O7 are developed by a solid state reaction method. Substitution of Mn3+ in LaGaGe2O7 changes the color from white (x = 0) to blue (x = 0.1–0.4). The blue color is due to the ...
Christopher, M; Anusree, M; Mathew, A K; Nampoothiri, K M; Sukumaran, R K; Pandey, A(Elsevier, 2016-08)
The current study evaluates the detoxification of acid pretreatment liquor (APL) using adsorbent (ADS 400 & ADS 800) or ion-exchange (A-27MP & A-72MP) resins and its potential for amino acid production. The APL is generated ...
Dhar, K S; Wendisch, V F; Nampoothiri, K M(Elsevier, 2016-07-20)
Xylitol is a non-fermentable sugar alcohol used as sweetener. Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC13032 was metabolically engineered for xylitol production from the lignocellulosic pentose sugars xylose and arabinose. Direct ...
Devendra, L P; Kiran Kumar, M; Pandey, A(Elsevier, 2016-08)
The production of cellulosic ethanol from biomass is considered as a promising alternative to fossil fuels, providing a sustainable option for fuels production in an environmentally compatible manner. The presence of lignin ...
Ummalyma, S B; Mathew, A K; Pandey, A; Sukumaran, R K(Elsevier, 2016-08)
Harvesting of the micro alga Chlorococcum sp. R-AP13 through autoflocculation, chemical flocculants or by change in medium pH was evaluated. Surface charge of algal cells changed in response to the method used and affected ...
Divya, S; Rao, P P; Sameera, S; Raj, A K V(Elsevier, 2016-11)
The influence of aliovalent cation substitutions in In2Cu2O5 system on the optical properties has been investigated through the powder X-ray diffraction coupled with Rietveld analysis, UV–vis–NIR spectroscopy, scanning ...
Mohan, A J; Sekhar, V C; Bhaskar, T; Nampoothiri, K M(Elsevier, 2016-08)
The efficacy of newly isolated Pseudomonas and Bacillus strains to degrade brominated High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) was investigated. Viability of these cultures while using e-plastic as sole carbon source was validated ...
A halophilic mangrove isolate identified by 16S rRNA sequence as a Bacillus spp. was found to be capable of using a broad range of carbon sources including monosaccharides (glucose and fructose), disaccharides (sucrose), ...
Gangareddy, J; Rudra, P; Chirumamilla, M; Ganisetti, S; Kasimuthumaniyan, S; Sahoo, S; Jayanthi, K; Rathod, J; Soma, V R; Das, S; Gosvami, N N; Anoop Krishnan, N M; Pedersen, K; Mondal, S; Ghosh, S; Allu, A R(Wiley Online, 2024-01-04)
Metal nanoparticles (MNPs) are synthesized using various techniques on diverse substrates that significantly impact their properties. However, among the substrate materials investigated, the major challenge is the stability ...
Balhara, A; Gupta, S K; Abraham, M; Modak, B; Das, S; Annadata, H V; Tyagi, M(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024-01-01)
Recently, defect luminescence-based ultralong persistent luminescent (PersL) materials have been increasingly appreciated for advanced applications. However, an in-depth understanding of trap manipulation is a big challenge ...
Anjalikrishna, P K; Suresh, C H(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024-01-01)
Molecular electrostatic potential (MESP) topology analysis reveals the underlying phenomenon of the through-space effect (TSE), which imparts electron donor–acceptor properties to a wide range of chemical systems, including ...
Vipin Krishnan, S; Nampoothiri, K M; Suresh, A; Linh, N T; Balakumaran, P A; Pócsi, I; Pusztahelyi, T(Frontiers, 2024-01-03)
Mycotoxins produced by Fusarium species are secondary metabolites with low molecular weight formed by filamentous fungi generally resistant to different environmental factors and, therefore, undergo slow degradation. ...