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Item DECORATION AND FUNCTIONALIZATION OF GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES FOR SENSING APPLICATIONS(Elsevier, 2019) Ramalakshmi, V; Balavijayalakshmi, JIn the present work, β-cyclodextrin functionalized reduced graphene oxide-silver nanocomposites (GO-β-CD-Ag) are effectively synthesized using wet chemical method. The GO-β-CD nanocomposites are initially produced via hydrazine reduction. The various concentrations (0.002 M, 0.004 M, 0.006 M, 0.008 M and 0.01 M) of silver nanoparticles are decorated on the GO-β-CD surface by the reduction of silver nitrate with sodium borohydrate as a reducing agent. The produced GO-β-CD-Ag nanocomposites are well characterized using XRD, SEM and EDAX analysis. The XRD results firmly established that the β-CD molecules are satisfactorily coated on the rGO surface and also the Ag nanoparticles with an average size of 23 nm are evenly decorated on the GO-β-CD surface. The GO-β-CD-Ag nanocomposites modified glassy carbon electrode is captivated for the selective detection of o-Nitrophenol. Cyclic voltammetry test is employed to determine the presence of o-Nitrophenol compound. The result shows the oxidation and reduction potential for o-Nitrophenol at -0.25 V and -0.5 V respectively, indicating the successful determination of o-Nitrophenol by using the GO-CD-Ag nanocomposite modified electrode.Item IMPACT OF ALUMINIUM ON “STRUCTURAL, OPTICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF COPPER OXIDE NANOPARTICLES”(Elsevier, 2019) Vidhya priya, P; Balavijayalakshmi, JMetal-oxide-semiconductors have been widely used for the optoelectronic applications like smart windows, solar cells, light emitting diodes and flat panel displays. Among all the metal oxides, copper oxide nanomaterials have a great attention due to its unique properties. It is mostly used in recent research works because of its low cost, rich availability and used in latent applications like antibacterial activities. Aluminium nanoparticles are a good conductor and it enhances the conductivity. Hence an attempt is made to synthesize CuO and Al doped CuO nanoparticles by hydrothermal method. The prepared samples are characterized by XRD, FT-IR, SEM, UV-Vis and PL analysis.The crystallite structures of CuO and Al doped CuO nanoparticles are identified by XRD analysis. The Fourier transform Infrared spectroscopy is used to determine the functional groups present in the prepared nanoparticles. UV-Vis Spectral analysis is performed to determine the band gap energy of the synthesized nanoparticles. PL spectral studies are used to study the optical properties of the nanoparticles. The morphology of the samples is determined by using scanning electron microscopy analysis. The impact of aluminium on structural, optical and morphological properties is investigated. The antibacterial activities of prepared CuO and Al doped CuO nanoparticles are probed.Item GRAPHENE BASED NANOCOMPOSITES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION OF H2O2(Elsevier, 2019) Yuvashree, S; Balavijayalakshmi, JIn this study, a novel reduced graphene oxide-based nanocomposite electrochemical biosensor for the reliable detection of H2O2 is developed. Reduced graphene oxide-chitosan nanocomposites are successfully prepared by chemical reduction method. XRD, FT-IR, SEM and EDAX analysis are performed to characterize the structural, spectral, morphology and composition of the prepared nanocomposites. The response of the modified electrode to H2O2 is examined by cyclic voltammetry. Under optimal experimental conditions, the RGO-CS biosensor showed outstanding catalytic activity toward H2O2 reduction. The H2O2 reduction peaks are observed about 0.1V. These results confirm that RGO-CS nanocomposites with the high surface area and electrocatalytic activity offer a promising candidate for the detection of H2O2 in biological environment.