Bonamali Pal
Professor and Head
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
India
Biography
Education Ph.D. : Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India. (July, 1998) Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Photocatalytic degradation of toxic organic pollutants and photokilling of pathogenic bacteria present in waste water. Sponsored by Ministry of Environment & Forest project entitled ‘’Study of photocatalytic degradation of pesticides & carcinogenic materials present in village drinking water, Rs. 3.09 lakhs, 1993-1996 M.Sc.:First Class (69.8%) in Chemistry (with merit scholarship), University of Viswa Bharati, West Bengal, India (October 1991) Date of Birth :6th January, 1966, Calcutta, India.
Research Interest
Research Interest Preparation, characterization, surface morphology, optical, electrokinetic and photocatalytic properties of noble metals (Au, Ag, Fe, Cr, Cu Pt, Rh and Pd) and semiconductors (CdS, TiO2, ZnS, ZnO) nanoparticles of different shapes and sizes and their metal-semioconductor junctions. Core-shell nanostructure of photostable silica coated CdS/ZnS nanosphere and nanorods (metal/CdS@SiO2) and effect of Ar laser irradiation on the physical properties of this nanostructures. Size and shape dependent thermal conductivity of metal oxide based nanofluids. Photocatalytic organic functional group transformations.
Publications
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Anila Monga and Bonamali Pal, Preparation and Characterization of Different Shapes of Au-Ag Bimetallic Nanocomposites for Enhanced Physicochemical Properties, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. and Eng. Aspects, accepted April 2015.(IF = 2.35)
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Rupinder Kaur and Bonamali Pal, Plasmonic Coinage Metal-TiO2 Hybrid Nanocatalysts for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Oxidation under Sunlight Irradiation, New Journal of Chemistry, Accepted, April 2015 (IF = 3.242).
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Jaspreet Kaur and Bonamali Pal, Selective Formation of Benzo[c]cinnoline by Photocatalytic Reduction of 2,2′ Dinitrobiphenyl with TiO2 and UV light irradiation, Chemical Communication, RSC, Accepted, April 2015. (IF = 6.71)
