RESEARCH
Research Areas
We are interested in several areas of research, but they may be broadly classified as
Polymer reactions, primarily polymer degradation
Supercritical fluids
Catalytic Reactions
Continuous distribution kinetics for transport processes and separation processes
To the best of our knowledge of the peer-reviewed published literature, we have developed, for the first time in the world, several new processes and modeling techniques. Listed below is a selected list among them,
· Degradation of polymers in supercritical benzene/toluene etc.
· Degradation of polymers with combustion synthesized catalyst under UV exposure
· Thermal degradation of polymers with combustion-synthesized catalysts
· Degradation of polymers with combined ultrasound and ultraviolet exposure
· Simultaneous polymerization and degradation under ultrasound
· Enzymatic degradation of polymers in supercritical fluids
· Synthesis of specialized pharmaceuticals in supercritical fluids
· Synthesis of new materials for the selective degradation of dyes and phenols
· Development of kinetic models for
o Catalytic degradation of dyes in presence of metals under ultraviolet exposure
o Catalytic oxidation, hydrogenation and combustion reactions for combustion-synthesized catalysts
o Water gas shift reaction in presence of oxide ion vacancy catalysts
o Three way catalytic activity of metal substituted catalysts
o Photocatalytic degradation of dyes in presence of metals
o Photocatalytic degradation of organic mixtures
· Development of continuous distribution kinetic models for
o Granular flow/mixing
o Precipitation and mixing
o Simultaneous polymerization and degradation in microwaves/ultrasound
o Degradation under combined ultrasound and ultraviolet exposure
o Crystal growth
o Ostwald ripening
o Oscillator synchronization
o Gelation during polymerization
o Attrition during crystal growth
o Avrami equation for polymer crystallization
We work in the following broad categories under each topic.
Polymer reactions
Thermal degradation by pyrolysis
Degradation of polymers in supercritical fluids
Degradation by enzymes
Degradation in presence of UV radiation
Degradation in presence of ultrasonic radiation
Degradation in presence of microwaves
Degradation of polymer mixtures
Degradation of polymers in combo processes