Chemical functionalization of carbon nanomaterials (C6O fullerene, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and graphene oxide) with different kinds of inorganic (gold and silver nanoparticles, etc.), organic (amines, macrocyclic ligands and their complexes), and bioorganic compounds (peptides, proteins, nucleic acid components, antibiotics, etc.).
Development of environmentally friendly functionalization techniques.
Characterization of nanohybrids obtained through different microscopy, spectroscopy, and thermal analysis techniques.
Use of computational techniques (molecular mechanics and density functional theory) for the interpretation and prediction of experimental results.
Phytotoxicity studies of the carbon nanomaterials in cactus plants.
Laboratory Infrastructure
Major equipment
JEOL JSM-6510LV scanning electron microscope coupled with an X-ray-energy dispersion device (EDS).