Umesh Kumar
Scientist
Chemical Sciences
Indian Institute of Petroleum
India
Biography
Dr. Umesh Kumar is a Scientist in Specialty additives Chemical Science Division in CSIR - Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun. His acheivement is Awarded Indian chemical society award 2004
Research Interest
His research interests are • Photo catalysis for water splitting and CO2 reduction to valuable products. • Heterogeneous catalysis for organic reactions • Oxidative desulfurization • Green chemistry
Publications
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Defluoridation from aqueous solutions by nano-alumina: Characterization and sorption studies. Eva Kumar, Amit Bhatnagar, Umesh Kumar, Mika Sillanpaa, J. Hazard. Mater. 2011, 186, 1042–1049.
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Continuous production of biodiesel in a packed-bed reactor using shell–core structural Ca(C3H7O3)2/CaCO3 catalyst. Li-Shan Hsieh, Umesh Kumar, Jeffery C.S. Wu, Chem. Eng. J. 2010, 158, 250–256.
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Polymer-bound oxovanadium(IV) and dioxovanadium(IV) complexes: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic potential for the hydroamination of styrene and vinyl pyridine. Mannar R. Maurya, Aarti Arya, Umesh Kumar, Amit Kumar and João Costa Pessoa, Dalton Trans. 2009, 9555 – 9566.
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Synthesis, Characterization and application of vanadium-salan complexes in oxygen transfer reactions. Pedro Adão, Isabel Correia, Rui T. Henriques, Maxim L. Kuznetsov, Fernando Avecilla, Mannar R. Maurya, Umesh Kumar and João Costa Pessoa, Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48(8), 3542–3561.
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Photocatalytic splitting of water on NiO/InTaO4 catalysts prepared by an innovative sol–gel method. Yi-Ching Chiou, Umesh Kumar, Jeffrey C. S. Wu, Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 2009 357(1), 73–78.
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Vanadium-salen and -salan complexes: characterization and application in oxygen transfer reactions. Pedro Adã, Mannar R. Maurya, Umesh Kumar, Fernando Avecilla, Rui T. Henriques, Maxim Kusnetsov, João Costa Pessoa, and Isabel Correia, Pure Appl. Chem. 2009, 81 (7), 1279–1296.
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Polymer anchored oxovanadium(IV) complexes of L-cysteine derived ligand for the oxidative amination of styrene. Mannar R. Maurya, U. Kumar, Isabel Correia, Pedro Adão,João Costa Pessoa, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 577–587.
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Polymer-anchored oxovanadium(IV) complexes of 2-(2’–hydroxyphenyl)benzimidazole as catalyst for the liquid phase oxidation of organic substrates. Mannar R. Maurya, Maneesh Kumar Umesh Kumar, J. Mole. Catal. A: chem. 2007, 273(1-2), 133–143.
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Synthesis and characterisation of polymer-anchored oxovanadium(IV) complexes and their use for the oxidation styrene and cumene. Mannar R. Maurya, Umesh Kumar, P. Manikandan, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 16, 2303–2314.
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Polymer supported vanadium and molybdenum complexes as potential catalysts for the oxidation and oxidative bromination of organic substrates. Mannar R. Maurya, Umesh Kumar and P. Manikandan, Dalton Trans. 2006, 3561–3575.