Publications by authors named "Palani Sasikumar"

Remediating hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] from contaminated water systems is a significant concern due to its harmful effects on human health, aquatic life, and plants. To tackle this issue, scientists have created a chitosan cross-linked hydrous ceria incorporated cupric oxide bio-polymeric composite (CHCCO) by combining chitosan biopolymer with corresponding metal ions using glutaraldehyde as a cross-linker. The composite was characterized using advanced analytical instruments such as FTIR, p-XRD, SEM, XPS, etc.

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Heavy metals such as Iron, Copper, and Zinc are micro-essential trace metal and involve animportant biological role, but it quickly turns toxic at exceeding the permissible limit, causing gastrointestinal irritation, liver, bone, and kidney damage, as well as disorders including Wilson's, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's. It is important to detect the metal ions as well as their concentration quickly and affordable cost using organic probes. Among the organic probes,the coumarin fluorescent probe shows a very prominent candidate with heavy metal ions.

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A low-cost Cr(III)-incorporated Zr(IV) bimetallic oxide (CZ) was synthesized by simple chemical precipitation method for removal of fluoride from contaminated water. The physicochemical properties of CZ before and after fluoride removal were established with several instrumental techniques such as TEM with elemental mapping, SEM with EDX, XRD, IR, XPS, zeta potential measurement, etc. Batch adsorption technique were carried out to understand the factors affecting fluoride adsorption, such as effects of initial pH, adsorbent dose, co-occurring ions, contact time, and temperature.

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Surface modified Cerium(IV)-incorporated hydrous Fe(III) oxide (CIHFO) with β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) nanocomposite (βC-CIHFO) has been developed by in-situ wet chemical deposition method and characterized by means of some analytical tools such as FTIR, XRD,OM, SEM-EDX, TEM-EDX, AFM, TG-DTA and BET surface area analyses, resembled the irregular and undulated surface morphology consisting of microcrystals (∼2-3 nm) and mesoporous (∼6.022 nm) structure confirm surface amended CIHFO with β-CD. Enhanced fluoride adsorption capacity of βC-CIHFO (107.

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Article Synopsis
  • Researchers created a composite material, GO-CIHFO, by modifying a type of iron oxide with graphene oxide, resulting in an increased surface area and a unique microstructure.
  • The new composite demonstrates a significantly higher fluoride removal capacity compared to its individual components and can effectively reduce fluoride levels in groundwater to safe limits.
  • The fluoride removal process is fast, spontaneous, and allows for reactivation of the material, showing it's a sustainable option for addressing fluoride contamination.
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Calcium ion-incorporated hydrous iron(III) oxide (CIHIO) samples have been prepared aiming investigation of efficiency enhancement on arsenic and fluoride adsorption of hydrous iron(III) oxide (HIO). Characterization of the optimized product with various analytical tools confirms that CIHIO is microcrystalline and mesoporous (pore width, 26.97 Å; pore diameter, 27.

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The X-ray structural characterization of tritylphosphonic acid, Ph3CPO3H2 (), reveals that it possesses three different structural forms (a hexameric cage, a two-dimensional polymeric sheet and a dimer) depending upon the solvent used for crystallization. The reaction of cerium nitrate with under solvothermal conditions afforded a molecular dinuclear Ce(III) phosphonate, [Ce2{Ph3CPO2(OEt)}4(NO3)2(H2O)4] (). The molecular structure of reveals that the two cerium atoms are held together by two isobidentate phosphonate and nitrate ligands.

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The reaction of ArPO(3)H(2) (Ar = 2,4,6-iPr(3)-C(6)H(2)) with Cd(CH(3)COO)(2).2H(2)O using various co-ligands such as methanol, dimethylformamide (DMF) and 3,5-dimethylpyrazole (DMPZH) resulted in the formation of tetranuclear assemblies [Cd(4)(ArPO(3))(2)(ArPO(3)H)(4)(CH(3)OH)(4)].3(CH(3)OH) (1), [Cd(4)(ArPO(3))(2)(ArPO(3)H)(4)(DMF)(4)].

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A sterically hindered aryl phosphonic acid ArP(O)(OH)2 (2) (Ar = 2,4,6-isopropylphenyl) was synthesized and structurally characterized. ArP(O)(OH)2 forms an interesting hydrogen-bonded corrugated sheet-type supramolecular structure in the solid-state. A three-component reaction involving ArP(O)(OH)2, 3,5-dimethylpyrazole(DMPZH), and Cu(CH3COO)2.

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