Interfaces and Nanomaterial Lab

07/05/2019

Interfaces and Nanomaterials lab congratulates Nainsi Saxena for her new publication on Fractal Pattern Mediated Superhydrophobic Glass and Metallic Surfaces using PTFE Particles

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/nj/c9nj00620f #!divAbstract

20/06/2018

Congrats to Praneeth Rao on his recent publication in . This research highlights a simple sustainable method for greatly active Anisotropic Au NPs with high-energy facets for catalysis as well as Metal Enhanced Fluorescence and Singlet Oxygen generation applications.

A simple sustainable method has been reported for the synthesis of highly active Au nanoparticles (NPs) having sharp edges and corners using oxalic acid as a reducing agent. Different chloroauric acid to oxalic acid mixing ratios were studied and found that 1:3 ratio gives better structures with hig...

20/06/2018

It’s pleasure to share our latest research paper on Ag NPs deposited urchin-like nanostructures published in . It describes a simple and visible-light induced approach for deposition of ~5 nm Ag NPs with featured nano-gaps to improve SERS performance. Congrats to Rahul Purbia and Prem Depan nayak.

A simple and new fabrication method of Ag nanoparticles deposited “urchin-like” structures has been reported by the visible light-induced approach. As-synthesized structures show deposition of ~5 nm sized Ag nanoparticles with nanogaps, which can generate highly enhanced electromagnetic fields f...

28/04/2018

An innovative research articles with an interesting application from our research group. congratulations Rahul Purbia https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsanm.7b00390

Enjoy reading ,

Green Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Akaganeite Nanorods for Peroxidase Mimic Colorimetric Sensing of Ultralow-Level Vitamin B1 and Sulfide Ions

27/04/2018

Congratulations To all the authors Nainsi Saxena, Praneeth Rao
One more paper from our research group.... :) :)

Organization of Pd Nanoparticles into Fractal Patterns for Highly Enhanced Catalytic Activity and Anode Material for Direct Borohydride Fuel Cells Applications

08/08/2017

One more.. a good research paper from our lab....Interesting work done by Rahul Purbia... http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01864
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Carbon-Doped Mesoporous Anatase TiO2 Multi-Tubes Nanostructures for Highly Improved Visible Light Photocatalytic ActivityRahul Purbia, Rituraj Borah, and Santanu Paria* Interfaces and Nanomaterials Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela-769008, Ind...

09/03/2017

Research Highlights of Interfaces and Nanomaterials Laboratory

06/01/2017

happy new year!! an awesome way to kick off the year with 2 articles,, check them out......
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/dt/c6dt03723b #!divAbstract
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b09519

This study reports an easy synthesis protocol of a novel bimetallic silver halide (Au/AgBr–Ag) plasmonic heterostructure as a visible light induced photocatalyst. In this process, first CTAB capped Au NPs were coated with AgBr, and then Ag nanoparticles were formed on the surface of AgBr by photored...

23/11/2016

this is something beyond extraordinary!! will be fascinating to see its implications......

In a breakthrough, a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has successfully transformed nanoscale pieces of silver to gold and gold to silver by replacing their a…

07/11/2016

A path-breaking work comming out of IISc
They have used bacterial colony and colloidal particles to convert heat to work at an efficiency gr8r than operational heat engines!!
''A micrometre-sized heat engine operating between bacterial reservoirs''
https://journosdiary.com/2016/09/10/iisc-india-bacteria-power-tiny-engine/

09/09/2016

Gods of Small Things

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/09/a_brief_guide_to_nanotechnology_s_history.html

Emerging technologies are curious things. With their aura of risk and disruption, they seem to come out of nowhere—but their patina of novelty typicall ...