In a major technological development, the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) on Monday said its researchers/scientists have formulated efficient 'pincer' catalytic systems that transform industrial/biomass wastes into valuable chemicals. According to the research team, tiny amounts of these 'pincer catalysts' repeatedly convert large amounts of industrial waste such as glycerol into lactic acid and hydrogen.
The findings have recently appeared in the Royal Society of Chemistry journals, Chemical Communications and Catalysis Science & Technology. The research team consists of IIT Guwahati Professors, Dr. Akshai Kumar Alape Seetharam, of the Department of Chemistry and Centre for Nanotechnology, Dr. Hemant Kumar Srivastava, currently at National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Guwahati, research scholars Kanu Das, Moumita Dutta, Siriyara Jagannatha Prathapa, Eileen Yasmin and Dr. Babulal Das.
The conversion of valuable intermediates such as glycerol and ethanol, produced during the processing of biomass, into industrially useful chemicals has elicited much interest worldwide. The conversion of glycerol and ethanol into such useful products hinges on the development of efficient catalysts that can bring about these transformations.
Dr. Akshai Kumar and Dr. Hemant Kumar Srivastava work towards the development of catalysts that can bring about such industrially important transformations. They have recently developed efficient ‘pincer catalysts’ that selectively convert glycerol to lactic acid and bio-ethanol to butanol.
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