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Akansha Mehta
Senior Research Scholar
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147004, Punjab-INDIA
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Total number of citations: 80

Education:
Ph.D. (Chemistry) Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala- INDIA. (2015- 2018)
Thesis: Catalytic and Optical Application of Metal oxide and Carbon Dot Nanostructures: Effect of Morphology and Concentration.
M. Sc. (Chemistry) Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala- INDIA. (2015)
Thesis: Synthesis of SBA-15/TiO2 nanocomposites and its photocatalytic activity for the degradation of Hazardous organic pollutants.
Work Experience
Title: Teaching Associate, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala-
INDIA (1.8.2016 - 30.6.2018)
Duty: To assist graduate students in chemistry lab courses
Skills and Expertise
Being the instrument incharge for quantification of different reaction products I have good experience in handling and maintaining different instruments like GC, HPLC, TGA, FTIR, UV-visible spectrometer, DLS zeta potential etc. I have experience in analysis of different fabricated nanostructures by XRD, HRTEM, FESEM, BET isotherms and IV curves. Have good experience in handling different software’s like MS office, Origin, Chem draw, ImageJ etc for the interpretation of obtained results. Also I guided postgraduate (M.Sc. Chemistry) students for their thesis and experiment course. I have good hand in synthesising photoactive nanomaterials by using microwave assisted, hydrothermal and template synthesis protocols especially focusing on greener methods for sustainable applications.
Publications:-
1. Mehta A, Mishra A, Basu S. Highly Effective CQD/TiO2 Nanocomposite For Sensing of Toxic Metal Ions and Photodetoxification of Industrial Dyes with Kill Waste by Waste Concept. Material and Design. 2018 (I.F - 4.3).
2. Mehta A, Pooja D, Thakur A, Basu S. Enhanced photocatalytic water splitting by gold carbon dot core shell nanocatalyst under visible/sunlight. New Journal of Chemistry. 2017; 41(11):4573-81 (I.F - 3.2).
3. Mehta A, Basu S. Controlled photocatalytic hydrolysis of nitriles to amides by mesoporous MnO2 nanoparticles fabricated by mixed surfactant mediated approach. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry. 2017 Jun 15; 343:1-6 (I.F - 2.8).
4. Mehta A, Mishra A, Sharma M, Singh S, Basu S. Effect of silica/titania ratio on enhanced photooxidation of industrial hazardous materials by microwave treated mesoporous SBA-15/TiO2 nanocomposites. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 2016 Jun 1; 18(7):209 (I.F - 2.0).
5. Mehta A, Sharma M, Kumar A, Basu S. Effect of Au content on the enhanced photocatalytic efficiency of mesoporous Au/TiO2 nanocomposites in UV and sunlight. Gold Bulletin. 2017 Mar 1; 50(1):33-41 (I.F - 1.7).
6. Mehta A, Sharma M, Kumar A, Basu S. Gold Nanoparticles Grafted Mesoporous Silica: A Highly Efficient and Recyclable Heterogeneous Catalyst for Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol. Nano. 2016 Sep; 11(09):1650-104 (I.F - 1.1).
7. Mehta A, Mishra A, Basu S. Luminescent Carbon Quantum Dot-Au Nanoparticles System for Fluorescence Turn-on/off Detection of Biothiols. Plasmonics. 2018 (I.F - 2.3).
8. Mehta A, Mishra A, Basu S. Fluorescent carbon dots decorated MnO2 nanorods for complete photomineralization of phenol. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. 2018 (Under Minor Revision) (I.F - 2.8).
9. Mehta A, Mishra A, Basu S. Band Gap Tuning and Surface Modification of Carbon Dots for Sustainable Development Application. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells. 2018 (Under Review) (I.F - 4.7).
10. Dongre R S, Sadasivuni K K , Ponnamma D, Mehta A, Basu S, Meshram J S, Ali Al-Maadeed M A. Biocomposite for purification of water. Journal of Membrane Science. 2017 (Under Review) (I.F - 6.5).
11. Sharma M, Jain P, Mishra A, Mehta A, Choudhury D, Hazra S, Basu S. Variation of surface area of silica monoliths by controlling ionic character/chain length of surfactants and polymers. Materials Letters. 2017 May 1; 194:213-6 (I.F - 2.6).
12. Mishra A, Mehta A, Sharma M, Basu S. Enhanced heterogeneous photodegradation of VOC and dye using microwave synthesized TiO2/Clay nanocomposites: A comparison study of different type of clays. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 2017 Feb 15;694:574-80 (I.F - 3.7).
13. Sharma M, Mishra A, Mehta A, Choudhury D, Basu S. Enhanced catalytic and antibacterial activity of nanocasted mesoporous silver monoliths: kinetic and thermodynamic studies. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. 2017 Mar 1;81(3):704-10 (I.F - 1.7).
14. Mishra A, Mehta A, Sharma M, Basu S. Impact of Ag nanoparticles on photomineralization of chlorobenzene by TiO2/bentonite nanocomposite. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 2017 Feb 28;5(1):644-51 (I.F -).
15. Mishra A, Sharma M, Mehta A, Basu S. Microwave Treated Bentonite Clay Based TiO2 Composites: An Efficient Photocatalyst for Rapid Degradation of Methylene Blue. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 2017 Feb 1;17(2):1149-55 (I.F - 1.35).
16. Sharma M, Mishra A, Mehta A, Basu S. Effect of Surfactants on the Structure and Adsorption Efficiency of Hydroxyapatite Nanorods. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2017 Jan 1;17: 1-11 (I.F - 1.35).
17. Garg D, Mehta A, A Sensitive Turn Off – Turn On Fluorescent Probe For Detection Of Biothiols Using (concealed information) Dots. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 2017 Nov 192: 411-419 (I.F - 2.0).
18. Arora N, Mehta A, Mishra A. Nitrophenol Reduction Catalysed by Au-Ag Bimetallic Nanoparticles Supported in LDH: Homogeneous Vs. Heterogeneous Catalysis. Applied Clay Science. 2018 Jan 31; 151: 1-9 (I.F - 3.6).
19. Kumar M, Mehta A, Mishra A, Singh J, Rawat M, Basu S. Biosynthesis of Tin Oxide Nanoparticles using Psidium Guajava Leave Extract for Photocatalytic Dye Degradation under Sunlight. Materials Letters. 2017 Dec 18 (I.F - 2.6).
20. Mishra A, Mehta A, Kainth S, Basu S. Effect of different plasmonic metals on photocatalytic degradation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by bentonite/M-TiO2 nanocomposites under UV/visible light. Applied Clay Science. 2018 Mar 1;153: 144-53 (I.F - 3.6).
21. Singh J, Mehta A, Mishra A, Rawat M, Basu S. Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Sun Dried Tulsi Leaves and Its Catalytic Application for 4-Nitrophenol Reduction. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 2018.6, 1468-1474 (I.F - ).
22. Kainth S, Mishra A, Mehta A, Basu S. Implementation of a logic gate by chemically induced nitrogen and oxygen rich C-dots for the selective detection of fluoride ions. New Journal of Chemistry. 2018 (I.F - 3.2).
23. Mishra A, Mehta A , Kainth S, Basu S. A comparative study on the effect of different precursors for synthesis and efficient photocatalytic activity of g-C3N4/TiO2/bentonite nanocomposites. Journal of Materials Science. 2018 (I.F - 2.9).

Papers presented in Conferences /Workshops attended

 Paper presentation (Poster) in National Conference on Material Science Applications in Energy and Environment at DAV Jalandhar on March 17, 2018 (Best Poster Award).
 Paper presentation (Oral) in International Conference on Nano for Energy and Water at Dehradun on Feb 22-24 2017.
 Paper presentation (Oral) in 28th Annual General Meeting of Materials Research Society of India held at IIT Mumbai on Feb 13-15, 2017 (Scholarship by MRSI society to deliver student talk).
 Paper presentation (Poster) in HETIS held at Punjab University Chandigarh on Sep 29- 30, 2016.
 Paper presentation (Poster) in Third international conference on nanotechnology for better living held at National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India on May 25-29, 2016.
 Paper presentation (Poster) in Second conference on microscopy in materials science (AMST-2016) held at Thapar University, Patiala on February 25-27, 2016.
 Paper presentation (Poster) in International conference on recent advances in emerging technologies ICRAET-2016 held at SGGSWU Fatehgarh Sahib on February 23-24, 2016.
 Participated in National workshop on advanced techniques for surface characterization held at Thapar University, Patiala on October 28-30, 2015.
References
1. Dr. Soumen Basu
Associate Professor
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Patiala, INDIA-147004
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2. Dr. Akash Deep
Scientist
CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO)
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3. Dr. Bonamali Pal
Professor
School of chemistry and biochemistry
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Patiala, INDIA-147004
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