A5074214541- Advanced oxidation water treatment
- Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
- Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
- Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
- Dental Research and COVID-19
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
- Antimicrobial agents and applications
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Analytical chemistry methods development
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
2022-2025
Emerging contaminants, particularly pesticides and microplastics, pose a substantial risk to both human beings ecosystems. In order provide clean freshwater sources preserve aquatic ecosystems, their removal from water matrices is crucial.
A batch electrocoagulation (EC) process using aluminum electrodes was optimized for the removal of natural organic matter (NOM) and subsequent reduction in total trihalomethane (TTHM) formation potential from synthetic (SynW) river water (RW) samples. Optimum operating conditions were found to be 45 min electrolysis time, an initial NOM concentration 10 mg/L, applied voltage 15 V. Initial concentrations tested 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50 mg/L treatment efficiency increased with increasing...
Microplastics presence in the environment is now a major global issue. Personal care and cosmetic products (PCCPs) contain microbeads are one of primary sources microplastics which contribute to health ecological risks. The aim this study was evaluate widely used PCCPs (facial scrubs) Indian market extent these can serve as vectors for toxic compounds like chromium under different environmental conditions. Four ten facial scrubs contained size ranging from 220 600 µm. Based on FTIR analyses,...
Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous in all kinds of water matrices. The different properties MPs facilitate their role as carriers emerging contaminants like pesticides, pharmaceuticals, PFAS and surfactants. Hydrophobic pesticides have a high tendency to be adsorbed on non-polar substances such MPs. widespread use atrazine has caused it omnipresent the environment, leading concurrent presence with partitioning fate sorbed governed by various environmental conditions physicochemical...
Microplastics can act as carriers for several organic pollutants like poly aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, and other persistent pharmaceutical pollutants. It is important to be noted that pharmaceuticals are bio-active substances, structurally modified induce pharmacological changes in living organisms. These pose a threat the ecosystem organisms it when not treated effectively. Antibiotic residues may enter aquatic environment through effluents from sewage...
Atrazine is one of the most frequently found pesticides in groundwater and surface water. Under natural light, half-life this herbicide aqueous medium around 250 days. has shown potential to alter food webs, decrease diversity, can interfere with species composition. In current study, electrocoagulation powered by solar energy was used eliminate atrazine from solution. Aluminum copper electrodes were investigate effect different operating parameters such as contact time (10-60 min), applied...