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Objectives of the Study
1. To determine if nanoscale silver oxide and silver alloys such as silver copper alloys are effective biocides against micro organism.
2. To develop cost - effective nanofilters for water purification on the basis of the scheme put forward by Savage and Diallo.
3.To identify the reaction processes of different VOCs with manganese oxides.
4. To identify the effective nanomaterial system for the removal of VOCs.
5. To develop high throughput nanoparticulate based filteration units to remove VOCs from contaminated air.
Proposed outcomes of the study
1. It is likely to enable us to understand the chemistry of the destruction of VOCs by managanese oxides and thereby, faciliated in the identification of the most suitable nanomaterials for the removal of VOCs from contaminated air.
2. the development of hgh throughput filtration units for the reduction of VOCs in contaminated air to the sub-ppm levels should significantly contribute to improve health of blood humans and the planet.
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Summary of The Knowledge Outcome.
1. To determine if nanoscale silver oxide and silver alloys such as silver copper alloys are effective biocides against micro organism.
2. To develop cost - effective nanofilters for water purification on the basis of the scheme put forward by Savage and Diallo.
3.To identify the reaction processes of different VOCs with manganese oxides.
4. To identify the effective nanomaterial system for the removal of VOCs.
5. To develop high throughput nanoparticulate based filteration units to remove VOCs from contaminated air.
Publication.
1 Gopalakrishnan C. and Mahapatra Ojas Size Dependence of CuO Nanoparticles Synthesized by Wet Chemical Method Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics 2008, 3, 177-179
2 Gopalakrishnan C., Ramaswamy Shivaraman and Memoriya Usha Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Silver Nanoislands Synthesised from Aspergillus versicolor Journal of Scanning Probe Microscopy 2007, 2, 58-62
3 N. Satya Vijayakumar, N. Angeline Little Flower, B. Brabu, C. Gopalakrishnan and S.V. Kasmir Raja Degradation of DCE and TCE by Fe-Ni nanoparticles immobilised polysulphone matrix Journal of Experimental Nanoscience 2010, 8, 890-900
4 Natesan A. L. Flower, Balusamy Brabu, Murugan Revathy, Chandrasekaran Gopalakrishnan, Savarimuthu V. K. Raja, Siva S. Murugan and Tirukalikundram S. Kumaravel Characterization of synthesized silver nanoparticles and assessment of its genotoxicity potentials using the alkaline comet assay Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis 2012, 742, 61-65
5 Ojas Mahapatra, Megha Bhagat, C. Gopalakrishnan and Kantha D. Arunachalam Ultrafine dispersed CuO nanoparticles and their antibacterial activity Journal of Experimental Nanoscience 2008, 3, 185-193
Patent.
5 A Nanocomposite and a device for the filtration of fluids comprising the said nanocomposite. Indian Patent Application No. 621/CHE/2011.
Technology Transferred..
Human Resources.
3 JRF
