Recent Development in Material Science

Contents: 1. Human quest for material: the changing scenario/S.N. Upadhyay. 2. Probing multifunctional nanoparticles with optical imaging platform: towards a cutting edge platform for cancer therapy and diagnostics/Sonu Bhaskar, Furong Tian, Tobias Stoeger, Wolfgang Kreyling, Jesus Ma La Fuente, Valeria Grazu, Vasilis Ntziachristos and Daniel Razansky. 3. Kinetics as a tool for elucidation of mechanism of oxidation of threonine by chloramines T in the presence of Aquachlororhodium (III) complex in acidic and alkaline media/Bharat Singh. 4. Transition metal ions as catalysts in green organic synthesis/P.K. Tandon. 5. Modification of cassia seed polysaccharides for water remediation/Vandana Singh. 6. Some indigenous medicinal plants/Durga Nath Dhar. 7. Particle field characterization and protein crystals growth analysis using digital holography/Dhananjay Kumar Singh. 8. Graphene: an overview/Lalit c.T. Eusebius. 9. Fullerene: a unique product with tremendous potential in material sciences/Kaman Singh. 10. Isomerization of a hydrocarbon feed containing N-hexane on Pt/H-Beta and Pt/H-Mordenite catalysts/Justin Masih. 11. Comparative studies for a bromination of alkanones using recyclable and greener media/Monika Gupta. 12. Mechanistic studies of chloramines T oxidation of dimethyl sulphoxide in the presence of nano range concentrated aquachlororhodium (III) complex as catalyst in perchloric acid: a kinetic approach/Bharat Singh, Anamika Singh and Aniruddh Kumar Singh. 13. Electro dialysis of sodium chloride solution using modified polystyreneclay composite membrane/Sandhya Pal and SS Kushwaha. 14. Development of biodiesel using KF supported on hydrotalcite as heterogeneous catalyst/Bhaskar Singh, Ashish Birla and Y.C. Sharma. 15. Catalytic abatement of volatile organic compounds/A. Pathak and R. Prasad. 16. Rhodium (III) catalyzed oxidation of some amino acids by acid potassium bromate: a kinetic study/Sheila Srivastava and Parul Srivastava. 17. EPR and optical study of copper doped cytosine hydrochloride single crystals/Ram Kripal, Manisha Bajpai and Poonam Bajpai. 18. Calcined snail shell as a heterogeneous catalyst for synthesis of biodiesel from waste frying oil/Ashish Birla, Bhaskar Singh and Y.C. Sharma. 19. New Age polymer admixtures for ready mixed concrete/Anuradha Varshney and Rashmi Mohan Mathur. 20. Chromotherapy: an alternative medicine/Shaifali Srivastava and S. Singh. 21. Mechanistic aspects for the oxidation of D-mannitol by potassium bromate in presence of sodium hydroxide catalyzed by Chloro complex of Ru(III) in its Nano concentration range as Homogeneous catalyst: A Kinetic approach/Anuyp Lata Singh and R.K. Singh. 22. Recovery of Naringin from Kinnow (citrus reticulate Blanco) Peels/Prashant Katiyar, Laxmi Deepak B and Satya Vir Singh. 23. Biosorption of Ni (II) chloride catalysis in N-chlorosuccinimide oxidation of Maleic acid in perchloric acid/Rishikesh Dubey and R.A. Singh. 25. Mechanistic studies of oxidation of Arabinose and Mannose by [BrO2] in presence of Osmium Tetra Oxide as Homogeneous catalyst/Sheila Srivastava, Arti Jaiswal and Sangeeta Srivasatava. 26. Genomic instability in sunflower due to hyperaccumulation/Neelam Gautam and G. Kumar. 27. Menthofuran (Tetrahydro 4, 5, 6, 7 - dimethyl - 3, 6 coumarane): production for commercial and medicinal purposes/Anita Rai. 28. A preliminary study to assess the impact of air pollution on bryophytes growing around NTPC, Unchahar, Rae Bareli by transplantation technique/Adarsh Kumar and Shazia Kazmi. 29. Good substrate for the mass multiplication of antagonistic fungi of wilt disease of Guava/S.K. Shukla, A.K. Mishra and Poonam Verma. 30. Fluoride testing and fluorosis mitigation in Raebareli District/Sheila Srivastava and Shiv Kumar. 31. Rhodium (III) catalysed oxidation of cycloheptanone by Acidic sodium periodate: a kinetic study/Sheila Srivastava and Shalini Singh. 32. QSAR studies on a series of N3-substituted Coformycin Aglycon analogues in order to develop more potent AMPDA inhibitors as anti-ischemic drugs/Preeti Tiwari and J.P. Mishra. 33. Morphological effect of acrylamide on Drosophila Melanogaster/Rachna Nim and Ajai Kumar. 34. Antibacterial activity of a-oxobisabolene and their newly synthesized analogues/Krishna K. Singh, Darshan Singh, Kamal Pande and Chandra S. Mathela. 35. Synthesis and characterization of graft copolymer (Dextran-g-N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)/Vijay Shankar Pandey and Kunj Behari. 36. Investigation of materials using electron energy-loss spectroscopy and Compton spectroscopy/Yamini Sharma and Pankaj Srivastava. 37. A kinetic study of Ru(III) catalyzed oxidation of cyclohexanone by potassium bromate in alkaline medium/Sheila Srivastava, Lakshmi Chaudhary and Reena Patel. 38. Hydrogen production by water shift reaction in medium temperature range/D.B. Pal, R. Prasad and R. Saini. 39. Studies on Piscian and parasitic fauna occurring in river systems of Raebareili District, India/Sunita Rawat. 40. QSAR studies on dihydroxypyrimidine  4 carboxamides and analogues as novel potent HIV integrase inhibitor/Saloni Mishra and J.P. Mishra. 41. Quantitative structure activity relationship analysis on some potent sulfonamide Etb selective antagonists/Abha Tripathi. 42. Comparative study of adsorption behavior of basic brown 1, Methylene Blue, Methyl violet on almond shell/Vineeta Gautam, Karan Pratap Singh, Sanjay Kumar and Vijay Laxmi Yadav. 43. A hydrochemical analysis of Sai and Gomti River with specific reference to heavy metals and removal of cations by use of adsorbents/Alka Singh. 44. Effect of Azadirachta Indica (A. Juss.) on the histoarchitecture of the Uterus of female Albino rats (Rattus Rattus norvegicus)/Madhubala Shukla and S.K. Pandey. 45. Statistical approach on some physico-chemical characteristics of ground water of Harchandpur Block of Rai Bareli District, Uttar Pradesh, India/Sudhanshu Kanaujia, Sheila Srivastava and S.K. Singh. 46. 2D QSAR studies of Chiral 2 (4 chlorophenoxy) 3 Aryl propanoic acid derivatives as potent PPARu agonist in the treatment of T2DM/Vineet Kumar Trivedi, Tanvee Tripathi and J.P. Mishra. 47. A perspective of hepato protective activities of boerhaavia and other herbs/Sunanda Das and Babita Agrawal. 48. Effect of water temperature on surface visit of Indian freshwater fish heteropneustes fossilis/Ashok Kumar, Sangeeta Sharma and Brijesh Yadav. 49. Chemoinformatics approach to identify best among derivatives of 1-alkyl-4-aryl-[1, 2,3]-triazole for cytochrome P450/Jyotsana Srivastava and Poonam Prakash. 50. Virtual screening of 5-(3-chloro-1-benzothien-2 yl)-4-phenyl-4H-1,2,4 triazole 3-thiol derivatives and their potential application on Aspergillus flavus/Neelottma Singh and Amit Chattree. 51. Acoustical and thermo dynamical studies of glucose and galactose with leucine at different temperature/Roli Srivastava, Archana Pandey, Arti Gupta and Ravindra K. Gupta. 52. Mechanistic investigation of Pd(II) catalyzed oxidation of sugars by chloramines-T in Acidic medium: a kinetic study/Sheila Srivastava and Pushpanjali Singh. 53. Preparation of nano-crystalline composite material (NCCM) based on polyaniline/Karan Pratap Singh. 54. Hydrophilic gels based on natural polysaccharides/Madhu Gupta. 55. A new compound from the stem bark of cassia grandis linn/J.P. Mishra and Geeta Pandey. 56. Impact of traditional practices of litter removal from the forested ecosystems on soil faunal biodiversity in Central Himalaya/Tunira Bhadauria, K.G. Saxena, Pradeep Kumar, Rohit Kumar and V.K. Chaturvedi. 57. QSAR studies of 2-(Alkyloxyaryl)-1H-Benzimidazole derivatives as antitumor agents/Tanvee Tripathi, Vineet Kumar Trivedi and J.P. Mishra. 58. Determination of Ad50 and LD50 with effect of artemisia vulgaris isolated extract for antifertility and mortality if cakkisivrycgys cgubebsus (L.) (Coleptera: Bruchidae) by Topical, dipping and injection method/Mamal Pal and S.K. Pandey. 59. Mechanistic study of Ir(III) catalyzed oxidation of ethylene glycol in alkaline N-bromosuccinimide/Sheila Srivastava, Saumya Bajpai and Tushar Bajpai. 60. Ecological analysis of natural restoration pattern of abandoned brick kiln fields of Raebareli District of U.P/Anil Kumasr and Krishan Kumar Rawat. 61. Temperature dependence dielectric, Ferro electric behaviour of cooked meat broth/C.K. Dixit, A.K. Srivastava and S.H. Abidi.

The intelligent version of life has been in search of useful materials from the treasures of nature and the modern interdisciplinary studies in the field of matter and material shave led us to the systematic knowledge of their properties and application in various areas of engineering and applied sciences. In its earliest form material science existed by way of man’s random hunt for the discovery of materials and exploiting their properties. Today material science aims at creating new materials including biomaterials and nanomaterials with desired properties and behaviours. Material science continues to guide our preference of materials in the light of their properties and this will surely make material science one of the most significant branches of learning in the years to come.

University Grants Commission, New Delhi, is the pioneering body, which has taken various scientific steps for promotion of Research and Technology all over India. In the same light UGC sponsored the National Conference on Recent Development in Material Science held at Feroze Gandhi College, RaeBareli during 11-12 February, 2011. Nearly 100 papers were presented at the conference and every effort has been taken to selected papers in proper form.

This volume contains technical papers in the areas namely Nano-material preparation and characteristics, catalysis, transition metals, polymers, composite materials, sensors, drugs designing and analysis, experimental techniques and devices, biological systems and environmental etc. This will serve as an indispensable reference volume for research workers and an excellent introductory text for newcomers in the field of material science.