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Amritvir Kaur Centre For Materials Science School Of Forensic And Investigative Sciences

Research focuses on removing toxic metal ions and water-borne microbes from contaminated water, addressing battery waste pollution. Current methods for extraction, future work on novel materials, and the important impact on public health are explored.

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Amritvir Kaur Centre For Materials Science School Of Forensic And Investigative Sciences

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  1. Synthesizing Multifunctional nanocomposites for the removal of valuable and toxic metal ions from along with water-borne microbes from contaminated water Amritvir Kaur Centre For Materials Science School Of Forensic And Investigative Sciences University Of Central Lancashire, Preston England

  2. Battery electrolyte waste goes into the lakes, river, oceans and causes water pollution Removal of toxic metal ions from battery electrolyte waste / contaminated water Hg+2, Pb+2, Cd+2, Ni+2, Cr+3, As+2 , Zn+2, Cu+2 Natural water reservoirs are getting contaminated due to industrial battery waste UK govt. has published the use of 45,000 tonnes of batteries every year Only 3% goes to recycling and 97% goes to landfill waste (water and soil) How important this research is? Diseases like Cholera, dysentery, typhoid, legionnaires other deformities and even cancer People drink contaminated water that causes deadly diseases Presence of E.coli, Legionella and microbes contaminate water 3.4 million people die each year due to the contaminated water related diseases (World Health Organization, WHO) Further recycling of valuable metal ions extracted Future work

  3. Introducing UK-India Project based on the the separation of toxic and microbial contaminants from water Task Management Task Management at UCLan , Preston, UK IACS, Kolkata, India Dr. Dhurjati Piyali Bhanja Amrit Kaur Qurban Ali Kumar Prof. Asim Bhaumik Dr. Tapas Sen Indian project lead UK project lead Academic organisation Task Management Task Management Academic organisation Feedwater Ltd. UK Tata, Pune Research and development via knowledge Know - how, exploitation and commercialisation Dr Nawal K Mal Mr Gary Hogben Industrial partner, India Industrial partner, UK

  4. 1m Macropores with interconnecting windows Porous silica Research background Biomimetic synthesis by templating method Surfactant : Co-surfactant : H2O : HCl : TMOS Gel Air space filled with a gel Dried at 600C Resultant material 15min, RT Filter Calcination 550oC for 8 hrs. Toluene Extraction TEM image Sen et. Al. Sen et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Eng. 42, 2003,4649, Chem. Mater. 16, 2004,2044

  5. Work Done to prepare novel materials • A work has done to synthesize porous materials with crystalline wall structures • A part of research work has been accomplished to synthesize nanocomposites using nanocrystalline zeolites as building blocks • S. J. Reitmeier, Investigation of hydrocarbon transport phenomena on surface modified H-ZSM5 zeolites, University of Technology, Munich, Munich, 2009

  6. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM): To verify the porous structure

  7. X-ray Diffraction: To verify the crystalline nature

  8. Mercury porosimetry: To determine the porosity

  9. Nitrogen adsorption (BET surface area): To determine the surface area

  10. CONCLUSION

  11. Future work To synthesize novel multifunctional Nanocomposites by: • Introducing magnetism so that the materials can be separated by one step magnetic separation • Introducing silver nanoparticles for antimicrobial properties • Surface functionalization using DNA primers for capturing water-borne microbes

  12. Any questions?Thank you

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