Synthesis of Iron Oxide Micro and Nanoparticles from Aluminum Industry Waste and Its Application in the Decolorization of Reactive Blue 235 Dye.

Iron oxide micro and nanoparticles were successfully synthesized from Red Mud (RM) using a simple twostep process. RM was characterized using various techniques such as X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), Fourier Transform- Infra Red (FTIR) spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis and Carbon Hydrogen Nitrogen (CHN) microanalysis. Red mud derived iron oxide micro and nanoparticles (RIMNP) were characterized using techniques such as XRD, FTIR, SEM/EDX, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Vibrating Sample Magnetometry (VSM).

Strategies to evade false positives in the in situ analysis of peptide antibiotics in SDS-PAGE gels.

In situ activity assay is one of the promising techniques for the characterization of peptide antibiotics. This assay was carried out for the peptide purified from a new bacterial isolate Paenibacillus alvei and commercial peptide antibiotic polymixin E. Towards this, the routine and new protocols were tried.