2 publications

• Published Open access Original Research Special issue 10 Dec 2024

  ZnO Nanostructure Shape Effects in Photocatalysis of Methylene Blue

  By Ramya M, Jitha P Marydasan, Swathy Satheesh, V P N Nampoori, Kailasnath M

  Abstract: Nowadays, dyes are used in the food industry, textile industry, paper industry, hair coloring, light-harvesting arrays, photoelectrochemical cells, etc. Most of the dyes are nonbiodegradable, toxic, carcinogenic, and consist of organic compounds. These dye wastages are discharged into water bodies and the environment causing serious hazards to the marine ecosystem as well as the humans extensively. To treat toxic dyes traditional methods such as adsorption, activated carbon, ultrafiltration, and reverse …

  Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 13, Issue 1, 2025 · pp. 722–727 Read article →

• Published Open access Original Research Special issue 9 Dec 2024

  A Study on Solvent Interaction and Thermal Transport of β-Carotene

  By Ramya M, Bhavya Pramod, Navya Pramod, Akshaya Muralidharan, Anita Mary Peter, Kailasnath M

  Abstract: β-carotene, a prominent compound of carrot pigments having a non-polar nature consisting of conjugated double bonds, plays a vital role in human health as a biological antioxidant and a precursor of vitamin A. In addition, it is also responsible for being a multicolored agent in various plant species and extensively employed in food colorants. This has centered attention on β-carotene nowadays. For the extraction of β-carotene, we used the most …

  Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 13, Issue 1, 2025 · pp. 847–855 Read article →