RESEARCH : Nanostructured Materials and Heterogeneous Catalysis

EXPERTISE : HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS; SOLIDS AND SURFACES; PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY MATERIALS

  • Framework Structures including Silicates, Phosphates, Aluminates, Titanates, Carbons, and other Binary and Ternary Metal Oxides
  • Morphologically controlled (Size and Shape) monometallic and bimetallic nanomaterials as well as and their supported catalysts.
  • Microporous, Mesoporous and Hierarchical Zeolites, Organic-Inorganic Hybrids, Metal-Organic Frameworks.
  • Heterogeneous Catalysis: Eco-friendly Nanostructured Catalysts Design for Organic Transformations (Petrochemicals, Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceutical intermediates).
  • Green Chemistry and Catalysis including Photocatalysis, Electrocatalysis and Environmental Catalysis.
  • Environmental Remediation Processes (Photo-degradation of Volatile Organic Compounds, Phenols, Dyes, Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals).
  • Energy Conversion (Biomass; Fuel Cell; Water Splitting; Solar Fuels from Water and Carbon Dioxide).
  • Energy Storage (Li-ion Battery) and Gas Adsorption Studies (Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide).
  • Advanced Materials including Superconductors, Superioniconductors, Semiconductors, Metal Hydrides.

19th Winter School on Orientation Programme in Catalysis for Research Scholars, NCCR, IIT-Madras.

 November 30 – December 17, 2018.

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19th Winter School on Orientation Programme in Catalysis for Research Scholars, NCCR, IIT-Madras.

 November 30 – December 17, 2018.

OPC 2018   opc2 2018


1  2015    2  2016    OPC 2016  2017


 OPC 2001   2001

19th Winter School on Orientation Programme in Catalysis for Research Scholars, NCCR, IIT-Madras.

 November 30 – December 17, 2018.

OPC 2018   opc2 2018


1  2015    2  2016    OPC 2016  2017


 OPC 2001   2001

19th Winter School on Orientation Programme in Catalysis for Research Scholars, NCCR, IIT-Madras.

 November 30 – December 17, 2018.

OPC 2018   opc2 2018


1  2015    2  2016    OPC 2016  2017


 OPC 2001   2001

GROUP MEMBERS

  • PhD

    Dr. Sushanta Kumar Badamali, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar

    Dr. R.J. Mahalingam, G.E. India, Bengaluru

    Dr. Ayamperumal  Sakthivel, Central University of Kerala, Nileshwar

    Dr. Sudhir Eknath Dapurkar, Tata Chemicals, Pune

    Dr. Sakkarai Balamurugan, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kumaracoil

    Dr. Vidya Krishna, Chennai

    Dr. Sushanta Kumar Mohapatra, USA

    Dr. Balaiah Kuppan, Saint Gobain India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai

    Dr. Nunna Vamsi Krishna, Indian Oil Coporation Ltd., Faridabad

    Dr. Palle Ramana Murthy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian, China 

    Dr. Maddila Anil Kumar, Reliance Industries Ltd., Jamnagar

    Dr. Subaramani Mahendran, Sud Chemie, Baroda

    Dr. Arumugam Alagarasi, D.G. Vaishnav College, Chennai

    Dr. Krishnan Suthagar, NCCR, IIT-Madras, Chennai

    Dr. Rajesh Kumar Parsapur, KAUST, Saudi Arabia

    Dr. Sourav Khan, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea

    Dr. Talla Venkata Ramana Mohan, Adikavi Nannaya University, Tadepalligudem

    Dr. Kavimonica Venkatesan, Chennai

    Dr. Godhulayyagari Shivudu, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

    Dr. Surya Kumar Vatti, USA

    Dr. Sanjeev Gupta, Kanpur

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    Dr. Ramesh Gurram, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Faridabad

    Dr. D. Naresh, SABIC, Bangalore

    Dr. R. K. Sankaranarayanan, Chennai Institute of Technology, Chennai

    Dr. Jayashree Ethiraj, Chennai Institute of Technology, Chennai

  • AWARDS/PRIZES

    Best Oral Presentation Award (Vandana Verma), International conference on Recent Trends in Material and Magnetism (ICRTMM-22), 
    Loyola College, Chennai, 15 & 16 December 2022.
    
    EUROMOF2021 Poster Award (Rimita Bose) - 4th European Conference on Metal Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers,  
    Krakow, Poland, 2021.
    EUROMOF21
    Best Thesis Award (Rajesh Kumar Parsapur) - LANGMUIR PRIZE , Department of Chemistry, IIT-Madras, 2019.
    CSI Best Poster Award (Sanjeev Gupta) - 17th National Workshop on Catalysis for Clean Energy and Sustainable Future, 
    Delhi, 2019.

    Sanjeev      IMMS-10

    IMMS10 Best Poster Presentation (Surya Kumar Vatti / Sanjeev Gupta) - 10th International Mesostructured Materials Symposium, 
    Los Angeles, USA, 2018.
    
    • Hindustan Platinum Best Paper (Oral Presentation), 23rd National Symposium on Catalysis: Applied Catalysis in Emerging
      Technologies for Chemicals, Bengaluru (Sanjeev Gupta), 2018.
      
    • RSC Advances Poster Presentation Prize (Sanjeev Gupta) - RSC-NIT Symposium on Heterogeneous Catalysis and 
      Sustainable Chemistry, Tiruchy, 2016.
    • Hindustan Platinum Best Paper (K. Suthagar) - 17th National Workshop on Challenges in Catalysis Science and Technology, 
      Hyderabad, 2016.
    
    
    • Prof. Ramamurthy Endowment Prize for Best M.Sc. Dissertation (V. Vijay Kumar), 2012.
      
    • Hindustan Platinum Best Poster, 15th National Workshop on the Role Materials in Catalysis, Chennai (Balaiah Kuppan) 2011.
      
    • Hindustan Platinum Best Paper, 2nd Indo–Pacific Conference on Catalysis and 15th National Symposium on Catalysis, Pune 
      (Vidya Krishna), 2001.
      
    • Hindustan Platinum Best Paper, 14th National Symposium on Recent Trends in Catalysis, Chennai (R.J. Mahalingham), 1998.
  • Dr. Ramesh Gurram

    Dr. T. Abiraman

    Dr. D. Sharada

    Dr. K. Suthagar

    Dr. Parimala Srinivasan

  • Mr. Sanjeev Gupa

    Mr. Surya Kumar Vatti

    Mr. Venu Gopal

    Mr. K Shivaraj Kumar

    Mr. J. Prasanna Manikanda Kartik

    Ms. Rimita Bose

    Ms. K.K. Athira

    Mr. Partha Dutta

    Ms. S.S. Smita

Ms. Amitha Mallika

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Mr. Aman Goyal

Dr. N. Nagarjun

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RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • Single phase mercury cuprate superconductors through chemical stabilization, BRNS / DAE (1996-2000).

  • Use of single crystal X-ray diffractometer for the study of structure-reactivity correlation, DST (1997-2002).

  • Orientation Program in Catalysis, DST (2000-2001).

  • Development of Novel Anchored Catalyst System: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications in DAE related programmes, BRNS / DAE (1999-2004).

  • Conversion of Bio-Glycerol into Value Added Chemicals: I. Acrolein/Acrylic acid, NMITLI, New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative programme, CSIR (2007-2009).

  • Conversion of Bio-Glycerol into Value Added Chemicals: II. Propane Diols, NMITLI, New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative programme, CSIR (2007-2009).

  • Studies on hydrogen storage in carbon materials, MNRE, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, DST (2007-2010).

  • Development of Doped – Oxide/noble Metal Nanostructures for Electrocatalysis

    and Fuel Cell Applications, MNRE, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, DST (2007-2010).

  • AMCOS advanced materials as CO2 removers: A computational study, DST, New Delhi (2010-2012).

  • Generation of Solar Hydrogen, Technology systems development (TSD) programme on priority areas, DST (2012-2015).

  • Synthesis of ordered mesoporous BiVO4 and InTaO4 for high order photocatalysis and high energy density, DST, New Delhi (2017-2019).

  • Size- and Shape-controlled Synthesis of Monometallic and Bimetallic Palladium Polyhedra/Nanocrystal, DST, New Delhi (2017-2019).

  • Application of nanoscience and nanotechnology in bimetallic catalysts

    Indo-Hungarian S & T Programme (2006-2009)

  • Catalytic Conversion of Carbohydrates as Renewable Raw Materials to

    Key Platform Chemicals using Novel Metal Supported Mesoporous Materials.

    Indo-Australian S & T Programme (2008-2010).

  • Design and studies on electrode materials for fuel cells and water splitting.

    Indo-Taiwan S & T Programme (2009-2012).

  • Iron-containing nanostructured catalyst for the chemical processing and environment

    Indo-Russian S &  T Programme (2011-2012).

  • Synthesis characterization and testing of integrated photocatalytic adsorbents for water

    Indo-Ireland S & T Programme (2012-2014).

  • A nanocomposite material for high power lithium battery cathodes

    Indo-Australian S & T Programme (2012-2015).

  • Development of PEM Fuel-Cell Stacks for Utilization of Hydrogen from Renewable Sources

    Indo-Hungarian S & T Programme (2018-2021).

  • Heterogeneous catalysts for the synthesis of various substituted aromatic amines, National Organic Chemical Industries Limited, Mumbai (1998-2001).

  • The use of acrylamide in leather industry, KT Corporation, Mumbai (1999-2000).

  • Interpretation of data and technical opinion on the nature of gems, Shah Consultant & Emission Agent, Mumbai (2000-2001).

  • Evaluation of the analysis of palladium and platinum, Hindustan Platinum Ltd., Mumbai (2003-2004).

  • Analysis of wastes of scrap and precious metals, Hindustan Platinum Ltd., Mumbai (2003-2004).

  • Analysis and evaluation of certain pharmaceutical substances – Clopidogrel bisulphate polymorph study, RPG Life Sciences Ltd., Mumbai (2005-2006)

  • Analysis and evaluation of certain pharmaceutical substances – Butylated hydroxy anisole polymorph study, Camlin Ltd., Mumbai (2005-2006)

  • Developmement of Eco-friendly Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Oxidation of Certain organics, Vamshi Export Ltd., Mumbai (2005-2007)

  • Development and processing of Heterogeneous Catalysts and Organic Fine Chemicals

    Jay Chemicals, Mumbai (2005-2007)

  • Identification and analysis of polymorphic forms of the drug pentaprazole sodium sesquihydrate, RPG Life Sciences Ltd., Mumbai (2006-2007)

  • Identification of isomers and polymorphs of butylated hydroxy anisole, Camlin Ltd., Mumbai (2006-2007)

  • Seminar-cum-lecture series on industrial catalysis – Part I, SABIC, Bengalure (2015-16)

  • Seminar-cum-lecture series on industrial catalysis – Part II, SABIC, Bengalure (2015-16)

  • Terminal oxidation of hydrocarbon molecules, The Procter & Gamble Co., Bangalore

  • Development of alumina with defined textural properties, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Faridabad

  • Heterogeneous catalyst for selective hydrogenation of nitrobenzene, Granules India Ltd., Hyderabad

  • Synthesis of mesoporous carbon materials, SHELL, Bangalore

  • Development of eco-friendly and low-cost Synthetic process of Exo-tetrahydrocyclo pentadiene (JP-10), DRDO, Bangalore

  • Kinetic Studies of Bomass Devolatilization and Catalytic Hydrodeoyygenation, SHELL, Bangalore

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