2 publications

• Published Subscription 3 Jun 2020

  Seaweeds nanoparticles for wastewater treatment

  By Prashant Agarwal, Ritika Gupta

  Abstract: Wastewater comprises of organic, biological and inorganic pollutants. By 2020, the world’s population is expected to reach 7.9 billion further, leading to severe water scarcity. Water purification by nanotechnology can be a possible approach as it can eliminate contaminants and help in the recycling process of nanoparticles to control the economy of water treatment technology. Nanotechnology is one of the major fields of modern research which has escalated over the …

  Published in International Journal of Green Chemistry · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 20–24 Read article →

• Published Subscription 19 Nov 2018

  Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Water Purification

  By Prashant Agarwal, Ritika Gupta

  Abstract: DNA hydrogels have been demonstrated as versatile catalysts, potential adsorbents, sensors and immobilization carriers of bioactive molecules. They are a type of tenuous, semiflexible polymeric network that consists of precisely designed synthetic nucleotide strands as chemical or physical cross-linkers. Hydrogels have been widely studied due to their improved physicochemical properties and used as antibacterial platforms, wastewater pollutants, adsorbents and drug deliverers. Because of their biocompatibility and the ability to mix …

  Published in International Journal of Industrial Biotechnology and Biomaterials · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 17–21 Read article →