Publications

International Journal

  • Singh, R., Nidheesh, P.V., Sivasankar, T., Integrating ultrasound with activated carbon prepared from mangosteen fruit peel waste material for effective removal of reactive black 5 dye, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2019, (accepted).
  • Kaviyarasan, K., Vinoth, V., Sivasankar, T., Asiri, A.M., Wu, J.J., Anandan, S., Photocatalytic and Photoelectrocatalytic performance of Sonochemically Synthesized Cu2O@TiO2 Heterojunction Nanocomposites, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2019, 51, 223-229.
  • Balachandramohan, J., Sivasankar, T., Ultrasound Assisted Synthesis of Guar Gum-Zero Valent Iron Nanocomposites as a Novel Catalyst for the Treatment of Pollutants, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2018, 199, 41-50.
  • Nazimudheen, G., Roy, K., Sivasankar, T., Moholkar, V.S., Mechanistic Investigations in Ultrasonic Pretreatment and Anaerobic Digestion of Landfill Leachates, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2018, 6, 1690–1701.
  • Balachandramohan, J., Anandan, S., Sivasankar, T., A simple approach for the sonochemical synthesis of Fe3O4-guargum nanocomposite and its catalytic reduction of p-nitroaniline, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2018, 40, 1-10.
  • Pugazhenthiran, N., Kaviyarasan, K., Sivasankar, T., Emeline, A., Bahnemann, D., Mangalaraja, R.V., Anandan, S., Sonochemical Synthesis of Porous NiTiO3 Nanorods for Photocatalytic Degradation of Ceftiofur Sodium, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2017, 35, 342-350.
  • Dinesh, G.K., Anandan, S., Sivasankar, T., Sonophotocatalytic Degradation of Scarlet Red dye using Fe-Bi2O3 Catalyst and its Process Optimization by Response Surface Methodology, Journal of Catalyst & Catalysis, 2016, 3, 14-32.
  • Dinesh, G.K., Anandan, S., Sivasankar, T., Synthesis of Fe/ZnO composite nanocatalyst and its sonophotocatalytic activity on Acid yellow 23 dye and real textile effluent, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2016, 18, 1889–1903.
  • Dinesh, G.K., Anandan, S., Sivasankar, T., Synthesis of Fe doped Bi2O3 Nanocatalyst and its Sonophotocatalytic Activity on Synthetic Dye and Real Textile Wastewater, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016, 23, 20100–20110.
  • Reddy, D.R., Dinesh, G.K., Anandan, S., Sivasankar, T., Sonophotocatalytic Treatment of Naphthol Blue Black dye and Real Textile Wastewater using Synthesized Fe doped TiO2, Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 2016, 99, 10-18.
  • Kaviyarasan, K., Anandan, S., Mangalaraja, R.V., Sivasankar, T., Ashokkumar, M., Sonochemical synthesis of Cu2O nanocubes for enhanced chemiluminescence applications, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2016, 29, 388-393.
  • Saravanan, S., Sivasankar, T., Effect of ultrasound power and calcination temperature on the sonochemical synthesis of Copper Oxide nanoparticles for textile dyes treatment, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 2016, 35, 669-679.
  • Saravanan, S., Sivasankar, T., Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles using Ultrasound for the Treatment of Textile Organic Dyes (Reactive Black 5 and Basic Blue 3), Journal of Catalyst & Catalysis, 2015, 2, 16-22.
  • Saravanan, S., Sivasankar, T., Sono-Fenton degradation of Basic Blue 3 dye: Understanding the mechanism, parametric effect and kinetic studies, Materials Focus, 2015, 4, 313-320.
  • Geddam, S., Dinesh, G.K., Sivasankar, T., Determination of Thermal Performance of a Box Type Solar Cooker, Solar Energy, 2015, 113, 324-331.
  • Dinesh, G.K., Anandan, S., Sivasankar, T., Sonophotocatalytic treatment of Bismarck Brown G dye and real textile effluent using synthesized novel Fe(0) doped TiO2 catalyst, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 10440-10451.
  • Hemapriyamvadha, R., Sivasankar, T., Sonophotocatalytic treatment of Methyl Orange Dye and Real Textile Effluent using synthesized nano-Zinc Oxide, Coloration Technology, 2015, 131, 110-119.
  • Kurukutla, A.B., Satishkumar, P., Anandan, S., Sivasankar, T., Intensification of Sonochemical Degradation of Rhodamine B using Oxidants, hydrogen peroxide/peroxydisulphate/peroxymonosulphate with Fe2+ ion: Proposed Pathsway and Kinetics, Environmental Engineering Science, 2015, 32(2), 129-140.
  • Saravanan, S., Sivasankar, T., Ultrasound Assisted Fenton’s treatment of Reactive Black 5 dye: Effect of system parameters, kinetics and mechanism, Desalination and Water Treatment, 2015, 56, 492-501.
  • Laiju, A.R., Sivasankar, T., Nidheesh, P.V., Iron loaded Mangosteen as a Heterogeneous Fenton catalyst for the Treatment of Landfill Leachate, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014, 21, 10900–10907.
  • Anandan, S., Sivasankar, T., Teresa Lana-Villarreal, Synthesis of TiO2/WO3 nanoparticles via sonochemical approach for the Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue under Visible Light Illumination, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2014, 21, 1964-1968.
  • Reddy, B.R., Sivasankar, T., Sivakumar, M., Moholkar, V.S., Physical Facets of Ultrasonic Cavitational Synthesis of Zinc Ferrite Particles, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2010, 17 (2), 416-426.
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar, V.S., Physical Insights into the Sonochemical Degradation of 2, 4 Dichlorophenol, Environmental Technology, 2010, 31 (14), 1483-1494.
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar, V.S., Physical Insights into the Sonochemical Degradation of Recalcitrant Organic Pollutants with Cavitation Bubble Dynamics, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2009, 16 (6), 769-781.
  • Kalva, A., Sivasankar, T., Moholkar, V.S., The Mechanism of Ultrasound Enhanced Transesterification of Vegetable Oil, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2009, 48 (1), 534-544.
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar, V.S., Mechanistic Approach to Intensification of Sonochemical Degradation of Phenol, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2009, 149 (1-2), 57-69.
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar, V.S., Physical Features of the Sonochemical Degradation of Nitroaromatic Pollutants, Chemosphere, 2008, 72, 1795-1806.
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar, V.S., Mechanistic Features of the Sonochemical Degradation of Organic Pollutants, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, 2008, 54 (8), 2206-2219.
  • Sivasankar, T., Paunikar, A.W., Moholkar, V.S., Mechanistic Approach to Enhancement of the yield of a Sonochemical Reaction, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, 2007, 53 (5), 1132-1143.

 

International Conference

  • Balachandramohan J, Midhun Kumar M, Sivasankar T, “Ultrasound Assisted Catalytic Oxidation of p-nitroaniline by Fe3O4 Encapsulated Guar Gum Nanocomposite”. CHEMCON – 2016 the 69th Annual Session of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers held at A.C. Tech, Anna University, Chennai, during 27th-30th December 2016.
  • Gazliya Nazimudheen, Sivasankar, T., Ultrasound Pretreatment For Biomethanogenisis of Landfill Leachate, International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2015), March 20-21, 2015, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal, (India).
  • Dinesh, G.K., Sivasankar, T., Synthesis and Sonophotocatalytic Activity of Fe(0) Doped TiO2 Nanocatalyst on BB1 Dye Degradation, International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2015), March 20-21, 2015, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal, (India).
  • Anjaneyulu, J.V.V.N., Dinesh, G.K., Sivasankar, T., Sonophotocatalytic Treatment of Acid Yellow 23 using Novel nano-Zinc Oxide Doped Iron (nZnO-Fe(0)), International Conference on Recent Advancements in Chemical, Environmental and Energy Engineering (RACEEE-14), February 27-28, 2014, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, (India).
  • Trivendra Singh Gangwar, Dinesh, G.K., Sivasankar, T., Synthesis of nano-Bismuth Oxide (nBi2O3) and Zero Valent Iron Doped nano-Bismuth Oxide (nBi2O3-Fe(0)) for Sonophotocatalytic degradation of Textile Dyes, International Conference on Recent Advancements in Chemical, Environmental and Energy Engineering (RACEEE-14), February 27-28, 2014, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, (India).
  • Saravanan, S., Randeep Singh, Sivasankar, T., Degradation Of Basic Blue 3 Dye by using novel Fenton's reagent in assistance with Ultrasound, International Conference on Recent Advancements in Chemical, Environmental and Energy Engineering (RACEEE-14), February 27-28, 2014, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, (India).
  • Saravanan, S., Sivasankar, T., Synthesis of Copper Oxide nanoparticles by Sonochemical method, International Conference on Recent Advancements in Chemical, Environmental and Energy Engineering (RACEEE-14), February 27-28, 2014, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, (India).
  • Hemapriyamvadha, R., Sivasankar, T., Degradation of Methyl Orange using Sonochemical Techniques and “Green” Nano Iron – A Synergistic Approach, International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering (ICACE-13), April 5-6, 2013, NIT Raipur, (India).
  • Singh, R., Sivasankar, T., Ultrasound assisted Adsorptive removal of Reactive Black 5 dye using Activated Carbon prepared from Mangosteen Fruit Peel, Bright International Conference and Events (BIOFEST 2012), December 12-13, 2012, Hyderabad, (India).
  • Saravanan, S., Sivasankar, T., Colour Removal of an Azo Dye (Reactive Black 5) from Textile Wastewater using Ultrasound, Second International Conference on Advanced Oxidation Processes, AOP 2012, October 5-8, 2012, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, (India).
  • Kurukutla, A.B., Satishkumar, P., Anandan, S., Sivasankar, T., Ultrasonic Degradation of Rhodamine B dye using Fenton’s type Reagents, International Conference on Environmental, Biological and Ecological Sciences, and Engineering (ICEBESE 2012), February 19-21, 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Saravanan, S., Sivasankar, T., Study on the decolourization of aqueous solution of Reactive Black 5 dye using Ultrasound, ICER-2011, December 2011, SVNIT, Surat, (India).
  • Kurukutla, A.B., Satishkumar, P., Anandan, S., Sivasankar, T., Color Removal Efficiency Study of Recalcitrant Rhodamine B Dye in Aqueous Solution Using Probe and Bath Type Ultrasound Sources, CHEMCON-2010, December 2010, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, (India).
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar V.S., Enhancement of Sonochemical Degradation of Hydrophillic and Hydrophobic organics pollutants, 8th IWA specialized conference on Small Water and Wastewater systems and 2nd specialized conference on Decentralized Water and Wastewater International network – February 2008, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, (India).
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar V.S., A Mechanistic Approach to Enhancement of Phenol degradation with ultrasound, ICCTEM-2007, January 2007, Pondicherry, (India).

 

National Conference

  • Gazliya Nazimudheen, Sivasankar, T., National conference "Innovations and New Horizons in Algal Technology and Biotechnology" at Kamaraj college of Engineering & Technology, 2015, Virudhunagar, (India).
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar V.S. Physical Features of Sonochemical Degradation of Recalcitrant Organic Pollutants, CHEMCON-2008, December 2008, Chandigarh, (India).
  • Abhijit Majhi, Abhigyan Gupta, P. Monash, T. Sivasankar, G. Pugazhenthi. Preparation and Characterization of Nano-sized Alumina Powders by Ultrasound Stimulation, CHEMCON-2007, December 2007, Kolkata, (India).

 

Book Chapters

  • Dinesh, G.K., Sivasankar, T., Anandan, S., “Metals Oxides and Doped Metal Oxides for Ultrasound and Ultrasound Assisted Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Degradation of Textile Organic Pollutants”, Handbook of Ultrasonics and Sonochemistry, Editors: Ashokkumar, M. (Springer), 733-759, 2016, ISBN: 978-981-287-277-7.
  • Moholkar V.S., Sivasankar, T., Nalajala, V.S., “Mechanistic Aspects of Ultrasound Enhanced Physical and Chemical Processes”, Handbook on Applications of Ultrasound: Sonochemistry for Sustainability, Editors: Chen, D., Sharma S.K. and Mudhoo, A. (Taylor & Francis Group LLC, USA), CRC press, 501-534, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4206-5, 2012.