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Studies on Utilisation of Agro-Waste for Fabrication of Sustainable Bio-Composites

Bhattacharjee, Sayan Kumar (2023)

This doctoral thesis focuses on the valorisation of agricultural waste in the form of rice straw and the fabrication of different polymeric bio-composites and nanocomposites. Other value-added products in the nanometres ...

Synthesis of Bio-lubricant Base Stocks From Waste Oil

Paul, Atanu Kumar (2022)

Lubricants are oils that are often used in machines to reduce friction. Most lubricants and functional fluids in the present day are made entirely from petrochemical or mineral sources. Rising concerns about the environmental ...

Rheology and Microstructure of Shear Thickening Suspensions

Prabhu, T Ajeeth (2022)

The thesis focuses on the experiments studies on rheology and microstructure of discontinuous shear thickening suspensions. In the current study, we present a systematic rheological study on the fumed silica suspensions ...

Optofluidic Microreactor for the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation via Water Splitting Reaction

Rambabu, Ponnala (2023)

The hydrogen (H2) is the most viable future energy carrier due to its high gravimetric energy density and non-polluting nature. The direct conversion of solar to green H2 via photocatalytic water splitting has a great ...

Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of a Novel Natural Surfactant–Polymer Assembly for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Machale, Jinesh Subhash (2022)

A significant amount of oil (i.e., 60–70%) remains trapped in the reservoirs after the conventional primary and secondary methods of oil recovery. Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is, therefore, necessary to recover the major ...

Noise-activated dynamics of DNA through nanoporous gel

Deb, Aniruddha (2023)

Gel electrophoresis is a widely used protocol in molecular biology and biochemistry for separating and analyzing biomolecules based on their size, charge or other physical properties. However, conventional gel electrophoresis ...

Synthesis and characterization of poly(lactic acid) based antimicrobial bio-nanocomposites for potential food packaging applications

Boro, Udangshree (2023)

"Biopolymers or biodegradable polymers have gained enormous attention worldwide as an alternative to synthetic plastic mainly due to their biodegradability, non-toxic, and renewable resources. Among different biopolymers, ...

Sustainable and Green Composite Functional Hydrogels: Synthesis, Characterization and Performance Evaluation

Ingtipi, Kajal (2023)

"Hydrogels are the most versatile multifaceted polymer material which is widely applied in biomedical devices, bioelectronics, drug delivery, water remediation, and recently as fire retardants. The demand for low carbon ...

Selective Gas Adsorption on Functionalized Metal Organic Frameworks

Prudhviraj, Medikonda (2022)

This work focuses on to study the effect of functionality on gas adsorption properties of various categories of MOFs viz. [{Cu2(abtc)3] (functional groups N=N and NH–NH), Cu–BTC (–H, –Br, and –I), and UiO–66 (–H, –NH2, ...

Catalytic and Non-Catalytic Co-Pyrolysis of Torrefied Bamboo Biomass and Plastic: Synergism, Kinetics and Reaction Mechanism

Alam, Mahboob (2021)

The depletion of fossil fuels and environmental deterioration leads researchers to search for alternative, renewable, sustainable, and eco-friendly energy resources. The lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) is one of the most ...

Micro/Nano Patterning on Solid Surface

Murmu, Kaniska (2022)

This thesis focuses on the low-cost approach for long range pattern formation with polymers. The size of the features varies from micro to nano. We investigate a variety of polymeric structures comprising straight to ...

Forward Osmosis for The Concentration of Black Tea Extract: Insights Into The Development Of Draw Solute And Extraction Of Essential Tea Components

Bardhan, Ananya (2023)

In liquid food and beverage processing industries, concentrating liquid food extract while maintaining its essential nutritional and sensory qualities is a challenging topic that needs to be addressed. Since the recent ...

Treatment of Pharmaceutical Effluents by Hybrid Advanced Oxidation Process

Patel, Surabhi (2022)

"Detection of pharmaceuticals in surface and ground water has become very frequent worldwide. The elevated concentration of pharmaceuticals is also raising concerns among researchers. These active organic compounds have ...

Preparation of Low-Cost Kaolin Based Tubular Ceramic and Chabazite Zeolite-Ceramic Composite Membranes: Application in Microalgae Recovery and Wastewater Treatment

Purnima, Madu (2023)

"The separation and purification process is an important aspect of downstream operation as it deals with great energy consumption and operational cost in chemical and several other industries. On the other hand, the need ...

Formulation of Slurry for the Process of Interconnect Metal (Cu)-Barrier Metal (Ru/Co) Chemical Mechanical Planarization

Hazarika, Jenasree (2023)

Failure of Integrated Circuits (IC) due to maintenance of diffusion barrier property is a major concern in the semiconductor industry. Hence, cobalt (Co) and ruthenium (Ru) are introduced as new promising barrier metals. ...

Fabrication, Characterization and Application of Low-cost Tubular Ceramic Membranes Derived from Fly Ash: A Waste to Resource Conversion Strategy

Goswami, Kakali Priyam (2021)

The development of low-cost ceramic membranes for various separation applications is one of the most discussed topics in recent times due to their outstanding thermal, chemical and mechanical properties. Among the various ...

Destabilization of Alzheimer’s Amyloid-β Fibrils by Natural Compounds: An All-Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study

Gupta, Shivani (2023)

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) which is a progressive, neurodegenerative and geriatric disease is multi-faceted in nature with genetic, environmental and some unknown mechanism associated with it. The main culprit behind the ...

Molecular Modifications of Flexible Porous Substrates Through Depositions

Gogoi, Prerona (2023)

The thesis reports important applications of surface chemistry and nanoscience that can be considered exceptional and has the potential for commercialization both in the electronics and biomedical industry. In general, the ...

Studies on co-utilization of High Ash Coal under CO2 Atmosphere for Thermal Treatment with Wastes in the Context of Syngas and Electricity Generation

Sahu, Pradeep (2023)

High ash coal (HAC) is a low quality fuel, which is present in abundance in India. To improve the utility of Indian HAC, it can be utilized with various wastes to enhance the efficiency of combustion and gasification ...

Non-Catalytic and Catalytic Co-Pyrolysis of Delonix Regia and Butyl Rubber Tube Wastes: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Investigations

Rammohan, Draksharapu (2023)

The outline of this dissertation was to investigate the kinetics and thermodynamic insights for the catalytic and non-catalytic pyrolysis of Delonix Regia (DR) and butyl rubber tube (BRT) wastes. The specific objectives ...

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