Abstract: Self-assembly is a process in which interacting monomers autonomously organize themselves into one or many ordered structures. Although it occurs at all length scales self-assembly of…
Past Events
May 16, 2011
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Apr 28, 2011
Abstract: Chlorinated solvents such as trichloroethylene tetrachloroethylene and carbon tetrachloride are used in large volumes by various industries. Uncontrolled or accidental discharges of…
Apr 06, 2011
It is often said that contradictions and conflicts bring profound changes in history. It is also true that peace and tranquility usher great progress in the arts and sciences. One might conclude that…
Apr 05, 2011
Abstract: Fruits of a creative act surface suddenly out of the blue. As a result there is and has been a debate as to whether creativity is inborn or cultivated. Problem solving involves an act of…
Apr 05, 2011
Professor K S Gandhi has been invited as the distinguished fellow to visit our department under the Prof. Kartic Khilar Memorial Endowment. The details of his visit are given in the PDF file…
Apr 01, 2011
Abstract: The membrane technologies have made great progress in the desalination field. Thin film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) membranes have been widely applied not…
Mar 26, 2011
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Mar 03, 2011
Abstract: If you stretch out a drop of a viscous polymer solution between your fingers how long would the filament take to break up? The answer to this simple question has some important applications…
Feb 25, 2011
Abstract: Metabolic engineering continues to develop as an important methodology for the production of chemicals and materials as researchers in laboratories throughout the world develop new ways to…
Feb 17, 2011
Abstract: While specific-ion effects on proteins are ubiquitous in nature their underlying mechanisms remain elusive. In dilute (
Jan 20, 2011
Abstract: High performance computing (HPC) strategies can today be applied to petroleum-processing problems including those in the domain of heterogeneous catalysis. Advances in ab-initio quantum…
Jan 13, 2011
Abstract: I will describe our recent work on polymerization and assembly of particles in surfactant hexagonal mesophases. We have demonstrated that synthesis of condensation polymers in a hexagonal…
Jan 06, 2011
Abstract: A high throughput photochemical microreactor setup was developed as part of MIT’s Center for Methodology and Library Development (CMLD). UV transparent pyrex incorporated into a silicon…
Jan 03, 2011
Abstract: Hydrogen gas is projected to be a promising energy carrier in the near future. Consequently its production storage and use have become subjects of intense research. Molecular hydrogen…
Dec 09, 2010
Abstract : Fused chemical reactions are reactions that are delayed from taking place for a specified time after initiation. Three examples of fused reactions will be discussed the first being a…
Oct 27, 2010
Abstract: Complex organisms like humans have an adaptive immune system that mounts pathogen-specific responses to diverse quickly evolving microbes for which the immune system is not pre-programmed.…
Oct 23, 2010
About ChEQ Initiated by IITB and UICT 25 years ago the N.R.Kamath Memorial Chemical Engineering Quiz (ChEQ) surely has had a legacy of its own. The quiz restarted its course in the year of 2006 under…
Oct 21, 2010
Abstract: The above topics talk about what are the Primary Secondary Micro Nutrients required for the soil. How the agricultural production is dependent on fertilizers and their statistics indicating…
Oct 14, 2010
Abstract: Sequencing of genomes is taking place at an ever growing pace that has led to genome-scale metabolic reconstructions of various organisms. Constraint-based flux balance analysis method is…