Bhawana Jain

Government V.Y.T.PG. Autonomous College Durg · Department of Chemistry

Metal Organic Frameworks: Fundamentals to Advanced offers a substantial and complete treatment of published results. The book includes a summary of current research, along with an in- depth explanation of Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and applications in this versatile area. Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are structured frameworks made up of met...

The design and fabrication of smart and low-cost nanocomposites (NCs) is still an area of challenge in wastewater treatment. In this context, firstly individual graphene oxide (GO) and cerium oxide (CeO2) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by precipitation method. This was followed by synthesis of GO-CeO2-NCs by mixing GO and CeO2-NPs in natur...

On a global scale, cancer is a difficult and devastating illness. Several problems with current chemotherapies include cytotoxicity, lack of selectivity, stem-like cell growth, and multi-drug resistance. The most appropriate nanomaterials for cancer treatment are those with characteristics, such as cytotoxicity, restricted specificity, and drug cap...

This chapter explores the intriguing domain of quantum dots (QDs) and two-dimensional (2D) materials, considering their synergistic combination to create innovative composites. In this context, the combination or synthesis of 2D materials with low-dimensional nanostructures in intricately engineered frameworks presents a novel opportunity to effect...

Photo-thermal-catalysts (PTC) exceptional features and ability to concurrently solve sustainable energy requirements and environmental problems have drawn scientific interest. The photo-thermal effect is the process by which photo-thermal conversion materials transform radiant energy from light into thermal energy. The photo-thermal therapy of ener...

The emergence of green synthesis provides an environmentally conscious alternative to conventional methods in the pursuit of sustainable nanotechnology. Exploring this environmentally friendly territory, our research reveals the fascinating realm of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs), which are made using the botanical expertise of Aloe barbadensis...

Water is a vital natural resource for all living things, ecological systems, human health, food production, and economic growth. Chemical and microbiological pollutants endanger the safety of drinking water and cause major health problems. Therefore, water quality must be ensured by routine testing for both kinds of contaminants. In this research,...

Corrosion is an irreversible process which relates to the degradation of metals and alloys either through chemical reaction by coming in contact with the atmospheric moisture or through an electrochemical process [1]. Corrosion is considered to be a spontaneous process with negative Gibbs free energy. It relates to the fact that the higher is the s...

Citation: Kanungo, S.; Gupta, N.; Rawat, R.; Jain, B.; Solanki, A.; Panday, A.; Das, P.; Ganguly, S. Doped Carbon Quantum Dots Reinforced Hydrogels for Sustained Delivery of Molecular Cargo. Abstract: Hydrogels have emerged as important soft materials with numerous applications in fields including biomedicine, biomimetic smart materials, and electr...

Carbon shows indirect spin–spin coupling with hydrogen directly bonded to it to a large extent to give rise to distinctive multiplets that are highly useful in the interpretation of the spectra. The S/N ratio is, however, not high enough to allow the spectra for use in qualitative analysis as liberally as 1H, 19F, and 31P spectra. This leaves scope...

Due to growing access to cheap and fast computing systems, detailed, and specific computational methods increase the efficiency of organometallic catalysis. An ideal computational method is used in the discovery of reaction mechanisms and kinetics of transition metal‐catalyzed reactions. That computational method was not related to chemical intuiti...

For ages, carbon has been used in technology and in human existence, both as a single entity and in many forms. Since prehistoric times, carbon-based substances such as graphite, charcoal, and carbon black have been employed as writing and drawing materials. Conjugated carbon nanomaterials, including carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, activated carbon,...

Metallic corrosion is a serious issue that is focused by all domains of research scientists all over the world. Exposed metallic surfaces corrode not only in the presence of acidic or alkaline environments but they are also attacked by numerous microbes. Such problems are mostly experienced in petrochemical industries. Inorganic inhibitors, contain...

Textile industries discharge wastewater in huge amount that contains several toxic contaminants, especially organic dyes. Organic dyes present in wastewater have many adverse effects on environment as well as on living organisms including human beings. The generation of a nanocomposite to trap the toxic organic dyes from wastewater is highly recomm...

Graphene is a two-dimensional material with sp2 hybridization that has found its broad-spectrum potentialities in various domains like electronics, robotics, aeronautics, etc.; it has recently gained its utilities in the biomedical domain. The unique properties of graphene and its derivatives of graphene have helped them find their utilities in the...

A simple and practical approach has been successfully explored for the transformation of methotrexate, to its nano form using bioenhancers like piperine and quercetin. The transformed MTX expressed better therapeutic response against cancer in comparison to free MTX. Different techniques have been employed to characterize the synthesized MTX nanopa...

Past few decades, light absorbing materials based on CuInGaSe2 and CdTe have been used for fabrication of thin film solar cells. But main issues arising from these absorbers are the limited availability and toxicity of some of their constituents, viz. In, Cd, and Te. At present, light absorbing materials based on Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) is a best alternat...

This work investigates the degradation of the azo dye solochrome dark blue (SDB) by measurement of the photocatalytic, sonocatalytic and sonophotocatalytic activities, under low ul-trasonic frequency (40 kHz) and UV-C (254 nm) light, using Mn-doped ZnS semiconductor quantum dots (Mn 2+ :ZnS Qds) as catalysts, prepared by a simple chemical precipita...

Transformation of paclitaxel, an FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approved highly potent anticancer drug, to its nano dimensions was achieved using bioenhancers namely piperine and quercetin. After addition of bio enhancer, paclitaxel nanoparticles expressed better solubility and bioavailability in comparison to free paclitaxel. The size, morphol...

Plastics and e-waste are major emerging problems in developed and developing countries around the globe. Annual production of plastics is 300 million metric tonnes and that of electronics goods is 50 million tonnes in the world. As per latest survey, it is estimated that approximately 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic has been produced since the early...

Discussion of the conventional techniques in the synthesis of recent QDs.

Water pollution kills nearly 2 million people and costs trillions of dollars every year, which continuously threatens the survival of both human and animal species in the world. The textile industry is considered as pollutant-releasing industries in water. In this research work, we firstly report the synthesis of cerium oxide (CeO2) nanoparticles i...

Textile industries release a huge amount of wastewater that holds a very high ratio of toxic contaminants, such as dyes and various organic compounds. These are harmful to the environment, and their treatment is very much required for a clean and safe environment. So, our work explains the enhanced degradation of dye by heterogeneous Fenton process...

Due to intermittent behavior, renewable energy sources can be used for storage of sustainable electrical energy in stationary devices. Sodium ion batteries have the bright prospect for energy storage from economic point of view because of its high abundance in nature. But batteries of this kind are associated with lower energy density, which moves...

Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering: With indiscriminate use and disposal, antibiotics enter the water bodies and thus are categorized as emerging pollutants. We report the studies on the degradation of norfloxacin, a well-known antibiotic, using hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO) by heterogeneous Fenton process i...

Nowadays, lifetime of battery is major area of research. It can be modified by some physical and chemical ageing processes. To clearly understand ageing process of battery, characterization techniques at microscopic level help for analysis of the materials consumed in a cell and tally the finding with measured electrical data. This chapter narrates...

Analytical Chemistry Letters, 2010, 10(1), 21-32 The management of water pollution in the world is an important need and easy to implement methods are urgently needed for water purification. In this study, efforts were made to assess the efficiency of graphene oxide (GO) as a catalyst in the Fenton process to degrade water pollutants, using the Au...

The effect of anionic surfactant, di-octylsodium sulphosuccinate (AOT) and nonionic surfactant, polyoxyethylene sorbitanmonooleate (Tween-80) on the hydrolysis of di-2,3-dichloroaniline phosphate was studied spectrophotometrically at 303 K. The influence of inorganic salts on the reaction rate was studied. The added salts viz. KCl, KNO 3 , and K 2...

Graphene is a radiant star in the field of nanomaterials. It has gained prominent interest since of its very good mechanical, thermal, optical and electronic possessions. The basic chemical reaction elaborate in the Hummer’s method was the oxidation of graphite, during which harmful toxic gases used to emit. Nowadays green chemistry is blossoming i...

Quantum dots (QDs), due inter alia to their colourtunable symmetry, narrow emission, broad absorption, stability, and solution processibility have received an upsurge of interest in the last decade as potential materials for diverse applications. Doped QDs, in particular, have gained significant attention as a new class of luminescent materials sin...

International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry............. Environmental pollution, particularly from heavy metal ions in the wastewater, is one of the most serious concerns of the world. In the pursuit of remedial action, various conventional methods such as ion exchange, chemical precipitation, coagulation, membrane separation, reve...

Wastewater generated by dyeing industries is of great threat to the globe and is major area of concern. In present paper, we deals with oxidation of brilliant green (BG) by catalytic route in alkaline medium at 298 K. Osmium(VIII) used as catalyst and the reaction showed first-order and zero-order behavior with respect to [BG] and [CAT] respectivel...

New magnetic iron oxide (Fe3O4)/activated charcoal (AC)/β-cyclodextrin (CD)/sodium alginate (Alg) polymer nanocomposite materials were prepared by direct mixing of the polymer matrix with the nanofillers. The obtained materials were utilized as nano-adsorbents for the elimination of methylene blue (MB), a hazardous water-soluble cationic dye, from...

In this work, we report the synthesis of graphene oxide nanosheets (GO NS) using four different oxidants, namely, chloramine-T (CAT), FeCl3, N-bromosuccinimide (NBS), and KIO3. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to characterize the functional groups present in the synthesized GO. The microstructure analysis was performed using...

In the present paper, a simple, and novel method for the abatement of paracetamol (PA) in aqueous system into environmental friendly compound benzoquinone at 308 K has been described, and was accelerated by simple, and inexpensive catalyst Cu(II)/Ni(II). A comparative assessment between Cu(II) and Ni(II)catalyzed, abatement of PA by CAT was perform...

Water, the most important substance in our evolution, is an integral part of the human life and health in particular. The devoid of water makes life impossible and next to air, it is the most indispensable thing. A man can survive for a month without food but cannot live even for 10 days without water. Every day we have to drink; the amount of drin...

Organic compounds receive from industries as effluents are highly toxic and hazardous for the environment. Conventional oxidation process for the oxidation of organic compounds through use of N-bromophthalimide (NBP) is one of the significant process for conversion of organic compounds into environmental friendly or less harmful substances. The mai...

Nowadays, the water ecosystem is being polluted due to the rapid industrialization and massive use of antibiotics, fertilizers, cosmetics, paints, and other chemicals. Chemical oxidation is one of the most applied processes to degrade contaminants in water. However, chemicals are often unable to completely mineralize the pollutants. Enhanced pollut...

The unrestricted use of drug has aroused researcher concern toward its removal from the environment. The present work is aimed to synthesize a highly stable water-soluble nanosize colloidal MnO2 and its application in the degradation of pharmaceuticals waste in aquatic environment. The as-synthesized colloidal MnO2 is systematically characterized b...

The kinetics of oxidation of metronidazole (MTZ) by acidic KMn04 has been studied spectrophoto-metrically. The stoichiometry of reaction is found to be 5: 2 ratio the main oxidation product were identified as 2-methyl-5-nitro-l-imidazole ethanol. The reaction was fractional order with respect to [MTZ] and [H ⁺ ] and first order with respect to perm...

Wastewater effluent from industries using dyes and pigments contains high concentration of organics. This paper presents a method for degradation of Fast sulphon black-F (FSB), a naphthylazo anionic dye, using Fenton and Fenton-like reaction systems. The degradation of the FSB dye using a Fenton reagent varied with the molar ratios of the reactants...

Synthesis of silver nanoparticles via an eco-friendly route is an active area of research because of its unique properties. Present work deals with green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using mint leaves and its catalytic behaviour was explored for the oxidation of metronidazole (MTZ) by hexacyanoferrate (HCF) as an oxidant. Firstly, synthesized...

Kinetic studies in homogenous Ru(III) catalyzed oxidation of l-leucine (Leu), by N-bromophthalimide (NBP) in the presence of perchloric acid have been made at 303 K using mercuric acetate as Br− ion scavenger. The reaction follows first-order kinetics with respect to [NBP]. In the lower concentration range of Leu and Ru(III) chloride, the reaction...

Pd(II) catalyzed oxidation of paracetamol (PA) by sodium N-chloro p-toluenesulfonamide (chloramine-T or CAT) was studied in HClO4 and NaOH solutions at 303 K. The stoichiometry and the oxidation product in both solutions were found to be the same. The determined stoichiometric ratio was 1:2 ([PA]:[CAT]) and quinone oxime was identified as the oxidi...

The kinetics of Iridium (III) catalyzed oxidation of d-glucose [d-glu] has been studied by N-bromophthalimide [NBP] in the acidic medium (pH 1.3) at 303 K. The reaction followed first-order kinetics with respect to [NBP] from 0.5 × 10−4 to 4.0 × 10−4 mol dm−3. The results indicate the first-order kinetics in [iridium(III)] chloride at lower concent...

The kinetics of ruthenium(III) chloride-catalyzed oxidation of glycine by N–bromophthalimide (NBP) was studied in aqueous perchloric acid at 35°C. The results showed first- and zero-order behavior with respect to NBP and Gly, respectively. Ru(III) showed a catalytic effect on the reaction which followed first-order kinetics with respect to [Ru(III)...

The mechanistic study of Ir(III) chloride catalyzed oxidation of Val has been studied by by N-bromophthalimide (NBP) in aqueous perchloric acid medium at 303 K. The reaction followed first order kinetics with respect to [NBP] and zero order kinetics with respect to [Val]. At lower concentration range of Ir(III) chloride, the reaction followed first...

The present paper deals with the kinetics and mechanism of Ru(III)-catalyzed oxidation of paracetamol by chloramine-T (CAT) in aqueous perchloric acid medium at 303 K. The experimental result shows a first order dependence on paracetamol at its low concentrations, but tending towards zeroth order at its higher concentrations. The reactions follow a...

The kinetics of Ru(III) chloride-catalyzed oxidation of β-Alanine (NH3 +CH2CH2COOH, β-Ala) by N–bromophthalimide (NBP) in aqueous perchloric acid medium was studied at 35°C. The rate law followed a first-order and zero-order dependence with respect to [NBP] and [β-Ala], respectively. The reaction followed first-order kinetics with respect to [Ru(II...

Kinetics of Ruthenium(III) [Ru(III)] chloride catalyzed oxidation of valine (Val) has been studied by N-bromophthalimide (NBP) in the acidic medium at 35 °C. The reaction rate follows first-order and zero-order dependence with respect to [NBP] and [Val]. First-order kinetics was observed for Ru(III) chloride at low range of concentrations and tendi...

Kinetics of Pd(II) catalyzed oxidation of valine has been studied by N-bromophthalimide (NBP) in acidic medium at 303 K. The reaction follows first order kinetics with respect to [Pd(II)] while negative effect was observed for the variation of [H +] on the rate of reaction. The reaction exhibits first order kinetics with respect to [NBP] at its low...

For the first time, the kinetics of Ir(III)-catalysed oxidation of glycine by N-bromo-phthalimide has been studied in the presence of acetic acid-perchloric acid at constant temperature. The reaction exhibits first order kinetics with respect to N-bromophthalimide (NBP) at lower concentrations, but tending towards zero order at its higher concentra...