Mouni Roy

Dr. Roy's research topic is mainly based on wet chemical synthesis of porous materials, nanocomposites, nano-biocomposites via simple cost-effective approaches and their utilization towards water remediation and catalysis applications. She has also worked on development of semiconductor nanomaterials in order to enhance efficiency of photocatalytic reaction under visible light radiation for treatment of organic pollutant containing wastewater. Further she is working on some advanced semiconductor porous materials which could utilize easily available solar-spectrum for synthesizing some industrially important compounds. Apart from this she is also interested on synthesis of luminescent carbon dots for their utilization in various sensing-based applications.

a. Publications
Research Journals :

1. Recent development on titania-based nanomaterial for photocatalytic CO 2 reduction: A review, Som, I., & Roy, M. (2022) J. Alloy. Compd. 918, 165533.
2. Som, I., Suman, S., Roy, M., Gupta S., & Saha, R.N. (2022). Effective phosphate removal from sewage water using zerovalent iron nanomaterial as an adsorbent. Water Quality Research Journal, 57(3), 177-199.
3. Chakrabaorty, S., Roy, M., & Saha, R.N. (2020). Cost-effective synthesis method of facile environment friendly SnO 2 nanoparticle for efficient photocatalytic degradation of water contaminating compound. Water Sci. Technol., 81, 508–517.
4. Som, I.†, Roy, M.†, & Saha, R.N. (2020). Advances in nanomaterial based water treatment approaches for photocatalytic degradation of water pollutants. ChemCatChem, 12, 3409- 3433. († equal contribution).
5. Chowdhury, I. H., Roy, M., Kundu, S., & Naskar, M. K. (2019). TiO 2 hollow microspheres impregnated with biogenic gold nanoparticles for the efficient visible light-induced photodegradation of phenol. J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 129, 329-339.
6. Roy, M., & Naskar, M. K. (2016). Alkali metal ion induced cube shaped mesoporous hematite particles for improved magnetic properties and efficient degradation of water pollutant. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 20528-20541.
7. Roy, M., Basak, S., & Naskar, M. K. (2016). Bi-template assisted synthesis of mesoporous manganese oxide nanostructures: Tuning properties for efficient CO oxidation. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 5253-5263.
8. Roy, M., Ghosh, S., & Naskar, M. K. (2015). Solvothermal synthesis of Cr 2 O 3 nanocubes via template-free route. Mater. Chem. Phys., 159, 101-106.
9. Roy, M., Ghosh, S., & Naskar, M. K. (2015). Ligand-assisted soft-chemical synthesis of self-assembled different shaped mesoporous Co 3 O 4 : efficient visible light photocatalysts. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 17, 10160-10169.
10. Chowdhury, I. H., Ghosh, S., Roy, M., & Naskar, M. K. (2015). Green synthesis of water-dispersible silver nanoparticles at room temperature using green carambola (star fruit) extract. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol., 73, 199 -207.
11. Ghosh, S., Roy, M., & Naskar, M. K. (2014). A facile soft-chemical synthesis of cube-shaped mesoporous CuO with microcarpet-like interior. Cryst. Growth Des., 14, 2977−2984.
12. Roy, M., Ghosh, S. & Naskar, M. K. (2014). Synthesis of morphology controllable porous Co 3 O 4 nanostructures with tunable textural properties and their catalytic application. Dalton Trans., 43, 10248 -10257.
13. Ghosh, S., Roy, M., & Naskar, M. K. (2014). Template-free synthesis of mesoporous single-crystal CuO particles with dumbbell- shaped morphology. Mater. Lett., 132, 98 -101.
14. Biswas, M., Dinda, E., Paira, T. K., Roy M., & Mandal, T. K. (2013). Gelation of amino acid-based amphiphiles in water-based mixed solvent systems: reusable catalytic templates for nanostructured silica and silica-zirconia photocatalyst. Soft Matter, 9, 5293- 5304.
15. Raula, M., Rashid, Md. H., Lai, S., Roy, M., & Mandal, T. K. (2012). Solvent- adoptable polymer Ni/NiCo alloy nanochains: Highly active and versatile catalysts for various organic reactions in both aqueous and nonaqueous media. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 4, 878-889.

1. Dyes and their removal technologies from wastewater: A critical review, M. Roy, and R.N. Saha, Book chapter published to Intelligent Environmental Data Monitoring for Pollution Management, Elsevier, ISBN No: 978-0-12-819671-7.
2. Recent Trends on Graphene-Based Metal Oxide Nanocomposites Towards Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Application, K. Lellala and M. Roy, Book chapter accepted for the book “2D Functional Nanomaterials (9783527346776)” Wiley-VCH, ISBN No.: 9783527346776

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a. Awards:
1. Recipient of Universal Outstanding Woman Award for the International American Council for Research and Development (IACRD), United States of America-Global Achievement Award Conference 2021
2. Recipient of Best Researcher Award 2021 from DKIRF in the year 2021
3. Recipient of Young Scientist Award 2021 from VDGOOD in the year 2021
4. Recipient of Young achiever Award 2021 from INSC in the year 2021
5. Recipient of Science and Engineering Research Board-National Postdoctoral Fellowship, (SERB-NPDF), July 2017
6. Recipient of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)-Junior research fellowship (JRF) fellowship scheme by qualifying National Eligibility Test (NET), (AIR- 103), 2011
7. Recipient of Certificate of Excellence from Asansol Girls’ College in the year 2008

b. Projects:

1. Completed project funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Title: Nanoporous transition metal based semiconductors towards catalysis and in electrochemical applications Duration: 2 yrs Amount of Fund: Rs. 19,20,000
2. Approved project Funded by University Grant Commission (UGC) (START-UP GRANT) Title: Waste biomass-derived cost-effective luminescent carbon dots as excellent detection and sensing probe Duration: 2 yrs Amount of Fund: Rs. 9,50,000