Areas of Research

• Preparation and functionalization of hexagonal, cubic and cage type mesoporous carbons with tunable pore diameters and their application towards large biomolecules and hazardous molecule adsorption

• Preparation of crystalline mesoporous carbons and fuel cell applications

• Mesoporous Nitrides (mesoporous CN, BN, BCN, GaN, InN, AlN, Si₃N₄) molecular sieves

• Adsorption of proteins over mesoporous molecular sieves

• Bio-nanomaterials

• Synthesis and pore size modification of mesoporous molecular sieves (SBA-1, SBA-15, SBA-16, KIT-5, SBA-12 and MCM type molecular sieves)

• Incorporation of hetero atoms in mesoporous molecular sieves

• Acidic and basic catalysis using novel mesoporous molecular sieves (alkylation and hydroisomerization reactions)

• Synthesis of bulky esters using large pore three dimensional aluminosilicate molecular sieves

• Enzymatic catalysis using proteins encapsulated mesoporous molecular sieves

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