Adarsh Shetty

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Is there a readily available list of functional groups present in each phytochemical (alkaloids, flavanoids, resins, etc.)?

I have conducted phytochemical screening followed by FTIR for an aqueous plant extract and I want to know how to interpret the FTIR results to determine which phytochemicals are present based on...

03 April 2024 9,633 3 View

Hello all, can anyone help me with identifying which functional groups correspond to the peaks in the FTIR analysis below?

The FTIR analysis is of Mucuna Bracteata aqueous leaf extract. I referred to a few articles to understand which functional group corresponds to which wavenumber but I encountered ambiguities. Any...

03 April 2024 975 3 View

Have iron oxide nanoparticles ever been used as a solid acid catalyst?

Is there literature available on this where iron oxide nanocatalysts are substituted for general iron oxide catalysts.

11 March 2024 5,372 1 View

Which website/writing software is preferred for writing a research article for publication?

My apologies if this is a silly question but I am a beginner/student and an amateur who is making his first attempt to write a manuscript. My mentor has been disappointingly unhelpful in this...

03 March 2024 194 4 View

What is the standard protocol for microbial growth media development from biomass hydrolysate?

The microbe is yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and acid hydrolysis is the route of treatment. A good paper highlighting all the necessary steps and sequences would be highly appreciated since...

01 March 2024 3,375 2 View

What is lack of fit test in statistical analysis in simple terms and why is it undesirable when it is significant?

What are the possible ways of rectifying a lack of fit test showing up as significant. Context: Optimization of lignocellulosic biomass acid hydrolysis (dilute acid) mediated by nanoparticles

03 February 2024 9,455 2 View

What is an appropriate range of hydrogen peroxide concentration or strength for the optimization of alkaline treatment of biomass?

The biomasses are coconut coir pith, corn husk and rice straw. Concentration preferably in volume by volume or weight by volume of h2o2.

25 January 2024 3,403 1 View

What is a simple and general protocol for growth medium preparation from lignocellulosic biomass hydrosylate?

Preferably one that can be done by a student in a lab setting with medium facilities. I need it for my project.

07 January 2024 7,955 0 View

How to detect growth inhibitory compounds like furfural in growth medium?

Are there any simple colorimetric or other methods that do not need expensive sophisticated equipments?

07 January 2024 2,552 0 View

I wish to ultrasonicate carbon powder in water. What is the optimal duration and frequency for this?

Is it also possible to add iron oxide nanoparticles into the mixture during ultrasonication? Will that achieve incorporation and formation of carbon-iron oxide nanocomposite?

06 January 2024 2,038 2 View

Why are two kinds of iron salts used for Fe3O4 nanoparticle synthesis?

why not any one?

02 January 2024 8,848 4 View

What can i do with precipitated lignin from biomass pretreatment liquor?

What is the next step i can move on to with this material to create some value-added product

02 December 2023 2,135 5 View

Among magnesium, iron and carbon, which element can inhibit or reduce delignification?

The question is very specific so let me give the context. I prepared magnesium ferrite nanoparticles doped on carbon and conducted delignification tests with them (using coconut coir fibre as...

26 November 2023 5,390 2 View

What's the most simplest lignin derived/based product that can be made in a lab?

Especially one that involves a biotechnological route

24 November 2023 9,472 3 View

How do I determine the lignocellulosic composition of a biomass?

What are all the methods available for doing this, ranging from simple to sophisticated.

17 November 2023 9,722 2 View

What is the simplest method of determining lignin content in biomass?

One that involves no sophisticated equipments or devices and just reagents.

17 November 2023 8,062 1 View

I wish to perform delignification studies on coconut coir using nanoparticle mediated delignification. Can anyone please suggest a protocol/procedure?

Nanobiotechnology has been applied to biomass pretreatment and I too wish to make a similar application wherein I want to assess how well the nanoparticles can delignify the coconut coir biomass....

17 November 2023 9,415 1 View

What is the standard protocol for assessing a nanoparticle's ability to catalyse delignification and/or sugar formation from lignocellulosic biomass?

Are there standard assays for this? Can it be done without using the biomass just to get a rough idea of the nanoparticle's enzymatic/catalytic abilities? The nanoparticles I wish to test are...

06 November 2023 1,669 0 View

What is the role of calcination in nanoparticle synthesis and when does it become necessary to employ this process?

An brief description of how various temperatures affect the process would also be appreciated.

28 October 2023 3,461 22 View

How do I biosynthesize magnesium ferrite doped carbon nanoparticles?

I wish to combine the effects of carbon's adsorption and the ferrite nanoparticle's catalytic activities. Please suggest any literature on this or better yet the straightforward protocol.

15 October 2023 6,710 2 View

How do you dope nanoparticles on carbon?

Is there a standard protocol for doping nanoparticles on carbon? What are the prerequisites?

13 October 2023 9,738 10 View

How to green synthesize/biosynthesize magnesium doped Fe3O4 nanoparticles?

Any papers on this would be appreciated.

20 September 2023 9,842 2 View

Which metallic nanoparticle can catalyse the breakdown of cellulose to glucose?

Is there any single or bimetallic nanoparticle that can mimic the role of cellulase? I have seen some papers on metal-organic frameworks regarding this but I'm curious to know if metallic...

19 September 2023 7,542 1 View

Is it possible for nanoparticles alone to carry out biomass pretreatment, without being coupled with any enzyme or acid?

I have seen numerous excellent research papers where metallic nanoparticles are used as carriers for enzymes or acids in lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment. But is it possible where the...

11 September 2023 1,394 4 View

How may I synthesize Cu-Ni decorated ZnO nanocomposite using plant extracts?

I do not know of a plant extract that can act as reducing, capping and binding agent for this synthesis. I also want to know if such a nanocomposite can be biosynthesized in the first place...

10 September 2023 6,775 3 View

How can I biosynthesize (preferably using plant extracts) iron-selenide nanoparticles?

I wish to study dye degradation using these nanoparticles but I am unable to find adequate research papers on biosynthesis of iron-selenide nanoparticles.

09 September 2023 9,941 4 View

Is there any nanobiotechnological biomass pretreatment in which only metallic (preferably conjugated) nanoparticles are used for pretreatment?

There are many papers on biomass pretreatment using a combination of nanoparticles and enzymes wherein these nanoparticles mostly help in the recovery and reusability of the enzymes. But there are...

07 September 2023 5,438 0 View

Which plant material is best for PbSe nanoparticle biosynthesis?

I would like to know which plant material is best suited for synthesizing PbSe nanoparticles, if not, atleast which phytochemicals are necessary for synthesizing it. It would be much appreciated...

07 September 2023 2,127 2 View