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THE GANDHIGRAM RURAL INSTITUTE – DEEMED UNIVERSITY Gandhigram – 624 302, Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu, India

Dr.SM. RAMASAMY Vice-Chancellor

Gandhigram – 624 302 Dindigul District Tamil Nadu, India

Date: 31.01.2013

FOREWORD

The discipline of Surface Science has opened up newer vistas in the arena of research and development leading to path-breaking innovations in Analytical Sciences, Catalysis, Chemical Reaction Dynamics, Electrochemical Sciences, Functional Ceramics, Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits, Plasma and Lasers, Plasmonics and Polymer Materials. This discipline has seen tremendous growth in the recent years in view of its applications in the area of manufacturing technologies, materials for energy applications and biomedical engineering. The challenges associated with high-impact industrial applications provide major thrust to progressive advances in Surface Chemistry. The

countless technological challenges in Surface Chemistry applications provide a fertile field for researchers working in the domain. The advancements made especially in the Surface Characterization Techniques, Catalysis and Nanotechnology has attracted the Scientists all over the world.

Dr.M.G.Sethuraman, Professor of Chemistry, Gandhigram Rural Institute has conceived this time-demanding National Conference “Recent Advances in Surface Science”, which attracted over 140 researchers across the country to discuss, deliberate and exchange the latest developments in the field of Surface Science. I am sure that the special volume, brought out on the deliberations made during the National Conference, will serve as a good reference material for Scientists working in the area of Surface Science in the years to come.

(SM. RAMASAMY)

PREFACE

Gandhigram Rural Institute (GRI) is one of the fourteen Rural Institutes established by the Government of India in 1956, based on the Mahatma Gandhiji’s concept of Nai Talim. Situated in a scenic valley of Sirumalai ranges in the east and Kodai hill on the west, Gandhigram renders yeomen service to the scores of rural communities in its vicinity and beyond. In recognition of its outstanding services to the rural populace, the Deemed University status was conferred on Gandhigram Rural Institute in the Year 1976. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) conferred the five star status in 2002 and the institute was re-accredited with ‘A’ grade in 2010.

The Department of Chemistry of this institute contributes substantially in all the

three dimensions of education namely Teaching, Research and Extension. Its contribution to the research in the frontier areas of chemistry such as Applied electro chemistry, Natural products chemistry, Synthetic organic chemistry, Corrosion inhibition, Water treatment methods, Chemical kinetics and Conducting polymers is note worthy. Nearly 60 research scholars have been awarded Ph. D from this department and 36 research scholars are working for their Ph. D degrees. The Department is additionally funded by DST under FIST and UGC under SAP programmes. The Department has undertaken many research projects funded by leading funding agencies. The Faculty members of this Department have published more than 500 research papers in both National and International journals.

The National Conference on “Recent Advances in Surface Science” (RASS – 2013)

held during 14 – 15th Feb, 2013 has provided an ideal platform for academicians and researchers, working in the area of Surface Science disseminating knowledge and ensuring the exchange of ideas.

The Conference has evoked a tremendous response, across the country. About 130

research articles were selected for presentation in RASS – 2013. This compilation of research articles presented in this conference, would definitely serve as a source of reference in the field of Surface Science. The Editor wishes to place on record the financial support rendered by UGC and CSIR, New Delhi. The support received from the authorities of GRI and colleagues in the department is also duly acknowledged. February 2013 M. G. SETHURAMAN

CONTENTS

Paper ID Title/Author Page No.

SS001 Electrochemical Sensing of DNA at DOTAP-DOPE-AuNP Nano Composite Platform

M. Bhuvana, J. Shankara Narayanan and V. Dharuman

01

SS002 Surface Modification of Gold Electrode with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Sulphite Sensing

S. Jesny and K. Girish Kumar

03

SS003 Selective and Simultaneous Determination of Four Purine Derivatives using Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide Modified Electrode

M. Amal Raj and S. Abraham John

05

SS004 Influence of Various Organic Amines on Size and Shape of Silica Nanosphere

M. Nookaraju, A. Rajini, A. Ajay Kumar, I.A.K. Reddy and N. Venkatathri

07

SS005 Propyl Gallate Sensing through Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Modified Gold Electrode

E.V. Anuja and K. Girish Kumar

09

SS006 Antibacterial and Some Physical Properties of Doubly (Mg + F) Doped ZnO Nanopowders Synthesized using a Soft Chemical Route

S. Snega, K. Ravichandran, A. Panneerselvam and A.T. Ravichandran

11

SS007 Fabrication and Studies of Polymer/ Nanocrystalline Porous Silicon Based Optoelectronic Devices

N. Jeyakumaran, B. Natarajan, S. Jothi, B. Lawrence, N. Pri thivikumaran and V. Vasu

14

SS008 Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube based Platinum Electrode Sensor for the Voltammetric Determination of Guaifenesin

R. Zafna, C.J. Theresa and K. Girish Kumar

17

SS009 Study of Phase Transformation in Calcium Oxalate Nanoparticles on Annealing

Sreedevi R Mohan, Lekshmi Mohan, M. Sivakumar and S. Saravanakumar

19

SS010 Synthesis and Characterization of Monometallic Gold and Silver Colloidal Nanoparticles

B. Gajalakshmi, K.Chandran, Vaidehi Ganesan, V.Ganesan and P.K.Nair

21

SS011 Direct Spectrophotometric Determination of Iron (III) with 2- Dithiocarbamato Acetic Acid in Aqueous Medium

K. Girish Kumar and R. Muthuselvi

23

SS012 Sawdust – Chitosan Composite Beads as an Adsorbent – A Surface and Kinetic Study

K.M. Tajun Meera Begum and N.M.I. Alhaji

25

SS013 Voltammetric Behaviour of Electrodeposited Terbium Hexacyanoferrate Film on Glassy Carbon Electrode

A.M. Vinu Mohan, K.K. Aswini and V.M. Biju

28

SS014 Fabrication of Nanomaterials Based Non-enzymatic Glucose Sensors

S.R. Shrinidhi, A. Pradeep, J. Stanley and T.G. Satheesh Babu

30

SS015 Cyclodextrin - Covered Dye Produced Nanorod from Supramolecular Self-Assembly

R.K. Sankaranarayanan and N. Rajendiran

32

SS016 Voltammetric Determination of Bromate

A.A. Shanty and K. Girish Kumar

34

SS017 Effect of Strong Base on the Crystalline Phase of Zirconia Nanoparticles Synthesized by Arrested Chemical Precipitation Method

A. Uma Maheswari, S. Saravana Kumar, Sreedevi R Mohan and M. Sivakumar

36

SS018 Natural Biomass for Treatment of Chrome Plating Effluent

S. Padmavathy, S. Syghana Begum and P. Amirtham

38

SS019 Mesoporous Nickel-Aluminosilicate Nanocomposites for Ether Synthesis: Preparation, Characterisation and Catalytic Activity

N. Neelakandeswari and N. Dharamaraj

40

SS020 Green Synthesis and Larvicidal Activity of Pithecellobium dulce Mediated Silver Nanoparticles against Culex quinquefasciatus

S. Sudharsan, N. Raman, V. Veerakumar, N. Pravin and K. Vi thiya

42

SS021 CdSe Quantum Dots as Luminescent Probes for Nimesulide Determination

Divya Thomas and K. Girish Kumar

44

SS022 Selective Glucose Sensor based on Ruthenium Dioxide-Poly (vinyl chloride)-Nafion Composite

J. Shankara Narayanan, C. Anjalidevi and V. Dharuman

46

SS023 In-situ Synthesis and In-vitro Studies of Hydroxyapatite-Calcite Nanocomposite for Ortheopedic Applications

G. Suresh Kumar, A. Thamizhavel and E.K. Girija

48

SS024 Voltammetric Determination of Tamsulosin on an Au electrode Coated with a Polymeric Film of o-Phenylene Diamine

C.J. Theresa and K. Girish Kumar

50

SS025 Analysis of Fluorine Doped Tin Oxide (FTO)/ Aluminium Doped Zinc Oxide (AZO) Double Layered Structures

N. Jabena Begum, K. Ravichandran, P.V. Rajkumar, R. Chandramohan and K. Swaminathan

52

SS026 Fabrication of Non-enzymatic Glucose Biosensor Using CuO/Pt Nanoparticles Modified Ta2O5 Nanotube Arrays

P.V. Suneesh, K. Chandhini, T. Ramachandran and T.G. Satheesh Babu

54

SS027 Fabrication of 2D Nano Sheet through Self Assembly Behaviour of Sulfamethoxypyridazine Inclusion Complex with β-Cyclodextrin

G. Venkatesh, S. Siva and N. Rajendiran

56

SS028

A Salt Cocrystallization Strategy to Tune the Luminescence Property of 2, 6-Diaminopyridine Phosphoric Acid Single Crystals

M. Rajaboopathi and V. Krishnakumar

58

SS029 Detection of Rutile TiO2 by Benzimidazole Derivative

C. Karunakaran, J. Jayabharathi, K. Jayamoorthy and R. Sathishkumar

59

SS030 Simultaneous Electrocatalytic Determination of Ceftriaxoe and Simvastatin at Poly (Glycine) Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode

M.B. Deepa, G.P. Mamatha, Y. Arthoba Naik and B.S. Sherigara

61

SS031 Probing the Interparticle Interactions between Bare Gold Nanoparticle and Acridine Orange by Spectroscopic Techniques

A. Selva Sharma and M. Ilanchelian

64

SS032 A Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Modified Gold Sensor for the Determination of Amaranth

Sreejith Chandran and K. Girish Kumar

65

SS033 Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles using Mangrovese

T. Ashokkumar, D. Devakumar and G. Singaravelu

68

SS034 PEG-Assisted Sol-Gel Synthesis of ZnTiO3@ZnO Core-Shell Nanospheres for Photocatalysis and Bacterial Disinfection

C. Karunakaran, P. Vinayagamoorthy, G. Manikandan and I. Jeba Singh

70

SS035 Voltammetric Investigation of Vitamin B6 using Fe3O4

Microparticle Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode

V .Violet Dhayabaran, S. Valentine Adaikalaraj, T. Daniel Prakash and T. Ramachandran

72

SS036 Synthesis and Designing of Dye Capped Silver Nanoparticles for Sensing of Biomolecules

P. Manivel and M. Ilanchelian

74

SS037 Supercapacitor Behaviour of NiO Nanorods

K.K. Purushothaman, B. Sethuraman, I. Manohara Babu and G. Muralidharan

75

SS038 Electrochemical Oxidation of Vitamin C Mediated by Zirconia Microparticles Modified GC Electrode

J. Princy Merlin, R. Sivadharshini, A. Sathyan and L. Sarala

77

SS039 Solubility and Swelling Studies on Aromatic Polyol based Bio-Polyurethane

A.J. Sunija, S. Siva Ilango and K.P. Vinod Kumar

80

SS040 Microwave Assisted Synthesis of ZnO Nanopowders

S. Shanthi, S. Anjal Queen, S. David Jereil and K. Vi jayalakshmi

82

SS041 Synthesis and Characterization of (Zn,Ce)TiO3 Nanomaterials by Modified Sol-Gel Route

T. Surendar, Santosh Kumar and Vishnu Shanker

84

SS042 Photoinduced Electron Transfer from Phenanthroimidazole to Nano WO3, CuO ZrO2 and Al2O3 - A New Approach on LUMO - CB Energy Binding Efficiency Relationship

C. Karunakaran, J. Jayabharathi, R. Sathishkumar and K. Jayamoorthy

86

SS043 Effect of Acids on the Morphology and Conductivity of PAn-Pb Nanocomposites Prepared via Oxidative Polymerization

K. Nagapandi, V. Balakumar and K.K. Satheesh Kumar

88

SS044 Fabrication and Studies of Titania-Decorated Graphene Nanocomposites and their Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Activities under Solar-Light Irradiation

P. Muthirulan, C. Nirmala Devi and M. Meenakshi Sundaram

90

SS045 Synthesis and Characterization of Zn-Doped CuO Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Supercapacitor Applications

C. Karunakaran and G. Manikandan

93

SS046 Electrochemical Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Magnetic Properties of Co Nanorods on Aluminium

P. Rajakumar, J. Silambarasan and V. Raj

96

SS047 Synthesis and Physical Properties of CdS/Pva/PEG Nanocomposite Film

G. Shanmugam and V. Krishnakumar

98

SS048 Microwave Assisted Processing of Mg Doped ZnO

A. Renitta, A. Monamary and K. Vi jayalakshmi

100

SS049 Perchlorate and Oxalate Complexes of Nicotinamide (B Vitamin): Infra-Red, Factor Group and Hydrogen Bonding Analyses

S. Athimoolam and P. Sankar

102

SS050 Prussian Blue and Gold Nanoparticle Modified Screen Printed Carbon Electrode for the Fabrication of Immunosensor

R. Jyothi Sree, Vidhu Sara Vargis and T.G. Satheesh Babu

104

SS051 A Novel Zeotype Palladium Dodecylamino Phosphate: Efficient Catalyst for the Suzuki Coupling Reactions

A. Rajini, M. Nookaraju, A. Ajay kumar, N. Venkatathri and I.A.K. Reddy

106

SS052 Synthesis and Fabrication of Silica Composite Coatings on Implant by Electrophoretic Deposition Method

M. Chellappa, U. Anjaneyulu, Geetha Manivasagam and U. Vijayalakshmi

108

SS053 Liquid Crystals and their Polymers as Switchable Functional Materials

P. Kannan, M. Vijaysrinivasan and A. Roy

110

SS054 Studies on the Electrochemical Interactions of DL - Methionine with Mild Steel in Sulfuric Acid

Mathew Kuruvilla and Abraham Joseph

111

SS055 Equilibrium, Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies for the Adsorption of Reactive Dye from Aqueous Solution using Polymer Composite

A. Geetha and P.N. Palanisamy

113

SS056 Adsorption of Cobalt Ions from Aqueous Solutions Employing Treated Fruit Shells of Terminalia catappa

N. Muthulakshmi Andal and S. Charulatha

115

SS057 Preparation of Visible Light Driven Photocatalyst Bi2WO6 via Hydrothermal Method and its Activity

Moscow Subramanian and J. Kandasamy

117

SS058 Studies on Nano-Crystalline Properties of Dip Coated Cadmium Telluride Thin Film

K. Deepalakshmi, A. Alfind Paulfrit, N. Prithivikumaran and N. Jeyakumaran

119

SS059 Titanium Containing Solid Core Mesoporous Silica Shell: A Novel Efficient Catalyst for Ammoxidation Reactions

N. Venkatathri, M. Nookaraju, A. Rajini and I.A.K. Reddy

122

SS060 Development of Sol-Gel Nano Hydroxyapatite Coatings on Ti-6Al-4V Implant for Biomedical Applications

U. Anjaneyulu, M. Chellappa, Geetha Manivasagam and U. Vijayalakshmi

124

SS061 Decolorization of Reactive Brown 18 Dye in Aqueous Solutions by Electrocoagulation; Investigation of the Effect of Operational Parameters

P. Manikandan and P.N. Palanisamy

127

SS062 A Study on the Removal of Copper (II) from Aqueous Solution by Adsorption using the Carbon of Papaya Seeds and Grape Seeds

S. Uma Maheswari and G.N. Kousalya

131

SS063 Corrosion Inhibition by Aminotriethylene Phosphonic Acid-Zn2+ System for Carbon Steel in Ground Water

N. Muthumani, S. Rajendran and R. Ramaraj

133

SS064 Synergistic Influence of 2, 6-Diphenylpiperidin-4-one and Ni2+ ion on Corrosion Inhibition of Mild Steel in 1M H3PO4

K. Kalaiselvi and J. Mallika

134

SS065 Kinetic Mechanism on Duolite based Phenol Removal from Aqueous Solution

R. Karthik and S. Meenakshi

136

SS066 Enhanced Decoloration of Acid Yellow 99 Dye on TiO2 Photocatalysts by Adding β-CD in Aqueous Suspension under Visible Light Irradiation

S. Pitchaimuthu, S. Rajalakshmi, N. Kannan and P. Velusamy

138

SS067 Strontium Substituted Hydroxyapatite Coating on Surface Treated Surgical Grade Stainless Steel for Biomedical Applications

D. Rajeswari, S. Ramya, M. Sekar, D. Gopi and L. Kavitha

141

SS068 Sulfated MCM-41 Catalysed One Pot Synthesis of 1, 5-Benzodiazepine and its Derivatives

P. Vadivel, R. Ramesh and A. Lalitha

143

SS069 Study of Corrosion Behaviour of Alkaline Aluminium with Zn2+ and Diethylene Triamine Penta (Methylene Phosphonic Acid)

C. Thangavelu, S. Rajendran and T. Kasilingam

145

SS070 Effect of NH4VO3 on the Electro Chemical Behaviour of Mild Steel

Y. Brightson Arul Jacob, R. Sayee Kannan, J. Jeyasundari and M. Ilayaraja

147

SS071 Fabrication and Characterization of Simultaneously Doped (Sn+F) ZnO Thin Films

R. Mohan, K. Ravichandran, B. Sakthivel and C. Ravidhass

149

SS072 Lead Ion Sorption by Hydroxyapatite based Adsorbents

K. Sangeetha, A. Thamizhavel and E.K. Girija

151

SS073 Activated Carbon from Tannery Leather Wastes for the Removal of Auramine-O and Rhodamine-B from Aqueous Solution

Augustine Amalraj and Anitha Pius

153

SS074 Adsorption Removal of Nickel by Ricinus communis Leaves

M. Makeswari and T. Santhi

155

SS075 Ceric Ammonium Nitrate Supported HY- Zeolite: An Efficient Catalyst for the Synthesis of 1, 8-Dioxo-Octahydroxanthenes

P. Sivaguru, K. Parameswaran and A. Lalitha

157

SS076 Kinetic and Thermodynamic Aspects of Adsorption of Arsenic onto Activated Cassia tora

G. Alagumuthu and T. Sumathi

159

SS077 Removal of Nickel (II) from Aqueous Solution using Azaridachta indica Seed Shell Powder as Adsorbent

N. MuthulakshmiAndal and G. Gohulavani

161

SS078 Corrosion Inhibition by Urea - Zn2+- Glycine System

M.B. Geetha, K. Madhavan and S. Rajendran

163

SS079 Effective Removal of Phosphate from Aqueous Solution using a Novel Adsorbent

A. Sowmya, M. Rajiv Gandhi and S. Meenakshi

165

SS080 Microporous Activated Carbon from Cajanus cajan using Physical Activation

Suhas, Randhir Singh and Monika Chaudhary

167

SS081 Adsorption and Corrosion Inhibitive Studies of Hevea brasiliensis Seed Husk Extract on Mild Steel

G. Rexin Thusnavis, K. P. Vinod Kumar, M. Sankara Narayana Pillai and R. Inigo

169

SS082 Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil and Anti - Corrosion Study of Ethanolic Extract of Clausena dentata in Mild Steel in Acid Media

N. Muniyappan, K. Mani and N.S. Nagarajan

171

SS083 Corrosion Inhibition and Adsorption Properties of Pharmaceutically Active Compound Pantoprazole on Mild Steel in Sulphuric Acid Solution

G. Karthik and M. Sundaravadivelu

173

SS084 Solute Concentration Dependent Structural and Optical Properties of Sol-Gel Spin Coated CdO Thin Films

R. Rajammal, E. Savarimuthu and S. Arumugam

175

SS085 Prosopis juliflora Carbon and Commercial Activated Carbon in the Removal of Manganese (II) ions from Aqueous Solution

A. Jesu, L. Prabudoss Kumar, A. Pandiarajan, Ignatius Navis Karthika, K.K. Sivakumar and M.S. Dheenadayalan

177

SS086 Inhibitive Effect of Phosphonate based Inhibitor for Corrosion Protection on Mild Steel in Aqueous Solution

M. Prabakaran, S. Ramesh and V. Periasamy

180

SS087 Protective Tin Oxide over Layer to Prevent the Loss of Oxygen Vacancies in Aluminum Doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films

P. Ravikumar, K. Ravichandran and B. Sakthivel

182

SS088 Corrosion Inhibiting Effect of Calcium Nitrate and Amines in Concrete Reinforcing Steels and its Effect on Setting Time of Cement

S. Ramesh and A. Muneeswaran

184

SS089 Corrosion Inhibitive Properties of Metal Complexes on Carbon Steel

C. Thangavelu, T. Kasilingam, M. Sekar and R. Gobi

186

SS090 Electrosynthesis of Polyaniline ZrO2 Nanocomposite Coatings on Aluminium Alloy (AA2024 T3) and its Corrosion Protection Performance

G. Bonita, R. Vaishali, K. Kamaraj and S. Sathiyanarayanan

189

SS091 Preparation of Nano Structured Metal Oxide/Carbon Cluster Composite Materials

S. Karuppuchamy and M. Karthikeyan

193

SS092 Hydrogen Peroxide Sensing at Ruthenium Oxide - Gold Nanomodified Electrode

C. Anjalidevi, J. Shankara Narayanan and V. Dharuman

195

SS093 Fabrication and Characterization of Electrochemically Deposited Tin Nanorods on Alumina Template and its Application for the Determination of Ortho Nitro Benzaldehyde

V. Raj, J. Silambarasan and P. Rajakumar

197

SS094 Application of Titania Nanotubes- A Review

S. Thennarasu, K. Rajasekar and K. Balkis Ameen

198

SS095 Functionalized Thiadiazole Capped Semiconductor Nanoparticles as Fluorophore for the Selective and Sensitive Detection of Copper (II) Ions by Spectrofluorimetry

N. Vasimalai and S. Abraham John

200

SS096 Synthesis, Growth and Characterization of New Organic NLO Single Crystal: 1-(4-Nitrophenyl)-5-phenyl-penta-2, 4-dien-1-one

S. Karthi and E.K. Girija

202

SS097 Preparation and Characterization of Zinc Sulphide Nanocomposites based on Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber

M.T. Ramesan

204

SS098 A Study on Cation Exchange Capacity using Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Resin Blended with Low-Cost Plant Material

A. Girija and R.K. Seenivasan

206

SS099 Effect of Mg Doping on the Microstructure and PL Emission of Wurtzite ZnO Synthesized by Microwave Processing

K. Karthick, K. Vijayalakshmi and K. Ravichandran

208

SS100 Role of Concentration of Al on the Structural and Electrical Properties of ZnO Nanorods

K. Uthayarani, M. Chitra, N. Rajasekaran and E.K. Girija

210

SS101 Effect of SND on the Structural Characteristics of Spray Pyrolysis Prepared Cu/Cu2O Nano Composite Films

K. Rajaram, E. Savarimuthu and S. Arumugam

212

SS102 Spectroscopic and DFT Studies on Colorimetric Sensing of Fluoride Ions by Naphthoquinone based Schiff Base and its Co (II) Complex

S. Madhupriya and K.P. Elango

214

SS103 Photocatalytic Reduction of Chromium (VI) under UV Light on Chitosan/TiO2 Composite

M. Hasmath Farzana and S. Meenakshi

216

SS104 Cobalt Oxide Thin Film for H2S Gas Sensing Applications

S. Nagamuthu, D. Prakash, S. Vi jayakumar and G. Muralidharan

218

SS105 Excess Thermodynamic Properties of Ternary Liquid Mixtures of Some Aliphatic Alcohols at 303.15, 308.15 and 313.15 K

R. Palani and G. Srinivasan

220

SS106 Structure and Reactivity of -Hydroxy Acids towards Piperidinium Chlorochromate Oxidation

K. Anbarasu and P. Selvi

223

SS107 Preparation of Zr (IV) Impregnation into Silica Gel/Chitosan Composite and its Fluoride Removal Studies

S. Muthu Prabhu, N. Viswanathan and S. Meenakshi

225

SS108 Preparation and Soaking Behaviour of Porous Nickel Oxide Thin Film

J. Johnson William, S. Vijayakumar, S. Nagamuthu and G. Muralidharan

227

SS109 Nonlinear Optical Studies on ZnO Nanothin Films

K. Satheshkumar and P. Srinivasan

229

SS110 Chloroquine as a Corrosion Inhibitor for Cu in H2SO4 Medium

T. Srinivasan and M.G. Sethuraman

231

SS111 Corrosion Inhibition of Mild Steel by Polyesters

A. Kiruthika, K. Parameswari, S. Chitra and A. Gayathri

233

SS112 Sulfadoxin as Charge Transfer Resistor in HCl Medium

S. Premlatha and A.N. Senthilkumar

235

SS113 Hypnea valentiae – A Marine Alga as a Green Corrosion Inhibitor for Mild Steel in 1M HCl

C. Kamal and M.G. Sethuraman

237

SS114 Surface Modification of TiO2 Nano-particles Coated on ITO Glass Plate by Chemisorption of Cyanoacetic Acid

K. Sudha, S. Karthikaikumar, K. Abinaya, S. Sundharamurthi and Palanisamy Kalimuthu

239

SS115 Use of TiO2/β-CD System as a Photocatalysts for the Photocatalytic Decoloration of Organic Compounds

S. Rajalakshmi, S. Pitchaimuthu, R. Palani, N. Kannan and P. Velusamy

242

SS116 Preparation and Characterization of Activated Carbon from Agricultural Waste for the Removal of Dyes from Textile Waste Water

S. Supriya and P.N. Palanisamy

244

SS117 Self Assembled Monolayer of 3-Amino-5-Mercapto-1, 2, 4-Triazole on Copper and its Corrosion Protection in 1% NaCl Solution

G. Rajkumar and M.G. Sethuraman

246

SS118 Corrosion Inhibition of Aluminium by Polyvinylalcohol(PVA) in Alkaline Medium

R. Kalaivani, P. Thillai Arasu and S. Rajendran

248

SS119 Analysis of Optical, Electrical and Surface Morphological Properties of Zn Doped SnO2 Films Deposited using a Simplified Spray Pyrolysis Technique

K. Thirumurugan, K. Ravichandran, K. Vijayalakshmi, V. Senthamilselvi, P. Ilaiyaraja and R. Rathi

250

SS120 Inhibition of Corrosion of Aluminium in Alkaline Medium by Glutaric Acid

Shanmugam Rajendran, C. Thangavelu, G. Sivakumar and R. Karthikeyan

253

SS121 N, N-Dimethyl Urea Doped Sol-Gel Coating on Metal for Corrosion Protection

R. Babhu Vignesh and M.G. Sethuraman

255

SS122 Two Component Polyurethane Coatings based on Epoxy Polyol with Polyisocyanate

Tennis Anthuvan and G. Paruthimal kalaignan

258

SS123 Recovery of Victoria Blue through Adsorption on Mesoporous Aluminophosphate Molecular Sieves

Kumarasamy Muthuraja and Chellapandian Kannan

260

SS124 Electrochemical Investigation on Corrosion Inhibition of Spermidine on Mild Steel in 1 M H2SO4

T. Jebakumar Immanuel Edison and M.G. Sethuraman

262

SS125 Vanadium Dodecylamino Phosphate: Efficient Catalyst for the Room Temperature Synthesis of Polyhydroquinolines

A. Rajini, A. Ajay Kumar, M. Nookaraju, N. Venkatathri and I.A.K. Reddy

264

SS126 Adsorption and Desorption Behaviour of Phosphorus in Soil under the Influence of Phosphatic Fertilizer Application

M. Manimaran and T. Senthivel

266

SS127 Improved Efficiency of 3-Mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane on Surface Protection of Copper by Hydrogen Peroxide

N. Karthik and M.G. Sethuraman

268

SS128 Anti Corrosion Study of Ethanolic Extract of Dalbergia coromandeliana Roots

T. Radha, A. Lakshmanan and N.S. Nagarajan

271

SS129 Visualisation of Nano Structures of Protective Film on Aluminium Metal Surface

C. Thangavelu, T. Venkatesh, T. Asokan and B. Balanagakarthik

273

SS130 Green Synthesis of ZrO2 Nanoparticle using Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Leaf Extract

I. Sharmila Lydia, S. Eva Gnana Dhana Rani, N. Radhika and S. Steplin Paul Selvin

274

SS131 Thermodynamic and Mechanistic Study of Adsorption of Acid Dye from Aqueous Solution onto Elephant (Eliphas maximus) Dung Activated Carbon S. Chandra and C. Theivarasu

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INVITED LECTURES

IL1 Tailoring Metallic Surfaces for Catering to Multifunctional Requirements

V.S. Raja

279

IL2 Spray Technique for Photovoltaic Applications: Taming of Technique for Tailored Material Properties

K.P. Vijayakumar

280

IL3 Smart Coatings

S. Sathiyanarayanan

281

IL4 Principles and Applications of Surface Analysis Techniques

Parasuraman Selvam

283

IL5 Film Modified Electrodes for Voltammetric Sensing of Pharmaceuticals

K. Girish Kumar, Leena Rajith and Sindhu Issac

284