Dr. Prasanta Kumar Raul

Defence Research Laboratory, Tezpur DRDO, Ministry of Defence, India

Email: prasanta.drdo@gmail.com

Qualifications

2016 Ph.D., Honours in Chemistry , Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

2006 M.Sc.., Organic Chemistry , Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

2004 B.Sc.., Organic Chemistry, Water purification by nanoparticles, Tezpur University (Central University), Assam, India

Publications (Selected)

1. CuO nanorods: a potential and efficient adsorbent in water purification, Prasanta Kumar Raul, Samarpita Senapati, Ashish K. Sahoo, Iohborlang M. Umlong, Rashmi R. Devi, Ashim Jyoti Thakur and Vijay Veer, RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 40580-40584 [IF: 3.840]
2. Vermicomposting of Tea Factory Coal Ash: Metal accumulation and metallothionein response in Eisenia fetida (Savigny) and Lampito mauritii(Kinberg), L. Goswami, S. Sarkar, S. Mukherjee, S. Das, S. Barman, P. Raul, P. Bhattacharyya, N.C. Mandal, S. Bhattacharya, S.S. Bhattacharya, Bioresource Technology 2014, 166, 96–102. [IF: 5.651]
3. Graphene nanocomposites of CdS and ZnS in effective water purification, Ashish Kumar Sahoo, Suneel Kumar Srivastava, Prasanta Kumar Raul, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Rajnish Shrivastava, Journal of Nanoparticle Research 2014, 16, 2473 [IF: 2.101]
4. High iron accumulation in hair and nail of people living in iron affected areas of Assam, India, Richa Chaturvedi, Saumen Banerjee, Pronobesh Chattopadhyay, Chira R. Bhattacharjee, Prasanta Raul, Kusum Borah, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2014, 110, 216–220. [IF: 3.743]
5. “Removal of Iron and Arsenic from Drinking Water Using Iron Oxide Coated Sand and Limestone”, Rashmi Rekha Devi, Iohborlang Mylliem Umlong, Bodhaditya Das, Kusum Borah, Ashim Jyoti Thakur, Prasanta Kumar Raul, Saumen Banerjee and Lokendra Singh, Applied Water Science, 2014, 4, 175-182
6. In water homocoupling of arylboronic acids using nano-rod shaped and reusable copper oxide(II) catalyst at room temperature, Prasanta Kumar Raul, Abhijit Mahanta, Utpal Bora, Ashim Jyoti Thakur, VijayVeer, Tetrahedron Letters, 2015, 56, 7069–7073. [IF: 2.193]
7. Vermiremediation of Water Treatment Plant Sludge employing Metaphire posthuma: A soil quality and metal solubility prediction, approach, S. Das, J. Bora, L. Goswami, P. Bhattacharyya, P. Raul, M. Kumar, S.S. Bhattacharya, Ecological Engineering 2015, 81, 200–206. [IF: 3.422]
8. Solubility, hydro-geochemical impact, and health assessment of toxic metals in municipal wastes of two differently populated cities, Banashree Sahariah, Linee Goswami, Imran U. Farooqui, Prasanta Raul, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Satya Sundar Bhattacharya, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2015, 157, 100–109 [IF: 3.024]
9. Sustainable resource based carbon dot-silver nanohybrid: a strong tool against Culex quinquefasciatus, a common disease vector, Shaswat Barua, Prasanta Kumar Raul, Reji Gopalakrishnan, Boddhaditya Das, Vanlalhmuaka, and Vijay Veer, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2016, 4, 2345–2350 [IF: 5.951]
10. Magnetic Ni/PPy nanocomposite as effective reusable adsorbent for removal of arsenite and fluoride from contaminated water, Suneel K. Srivastava, Samarpita Senapati, Shiv B. Singh, Prasanta K. Raul, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 113424–113431, DOI: 10.1039/c6ra24531e [IF: 3.840]
11. Copper Oxide Nanoparticles as a Mild and Efficient Catalyst for N-Arylation of Imidazole and Aniline with Boronic Acids at Room Temperature, Raju Kumar Borah, Prasanta Kumar Raul, Abhijit Mahanta, Andrey Shchukarev, Jyri-Pekka Mikkola, Ashim Jyoti Thakur, Synlett, 28(10), 1177-1182 2017; DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588741 [IF: 2.323]
12. Methanol aided synthesis of PdNPs decorated on montmorillonite K10 and its implication in Suzuki Miyaura type cross coupling reaction under base free condition, A Mahanta, PK Raul, S Saikia, U Bora, AJ Thakur, Appl. Organometal. Chem. 2017; DOI: 10.1002/aoc.4192 [IF: 2.319]
13. Vermi-sanitization of toxic silk industry waste employing Eisenia fetida and Eudrilus eugeniae: substrate compatibility, nutrient enrichment and metal accumulation dynamics, Paul, S., Das, S., Raul, P., Bhattacharya, S.S., Bioresource Technology(2018), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2018.06.092
14. Nanoweapon: control of mosquito breeding using carbon-dot-silver nanohybrid as a Biolarvicide, Nazima Sultana, Prasanta K. Raul, Diganta Goswami, Bodhaditya Das, Hamanta K. Gogoi & P. Srinivas Raju, Environ Chem. Lett., DOI 10.1007/s10311-018-0712-0 [IF: 3.594]
15. A convenient room temperatureipso‐nitration of arylboronic acid catalysed by molecular iodine using zirconium oxynitrate as nitrating species: An experimental and theoretical investigation, Abhijit Mahanta, Nanda Kishor Gour, Plaban Jyoti Sarma, Raju Kumar Borah, Prasanta Kumar Raul, Ramesh Chandra Deka, Ashim Jyoti Thakur & Utpal Bora, Appl. Organometal. Chem. 20178 DOI: 10.1002/aoc.4951 [IF: 2.319]
16. Bio-nanocomposite Assembly: A Potent on-site Biolarvicidal Agent against Mosquito Vector” authored by Nazima Sultana, Prasanta K. Raul*, Diganta Goswami, Dipankar Das, Saidul Islam, Varun Tyagi, Bodhaditya Das, Hamanta K. Gogoi, P Chattopadhyay, P. Srinivas Raju, RSC Advances 2020, 10, 9356-9368, https://doi.org/10.1039/C9RA09972G (IF: 3.070)
17. Study on integrated approach to remove iron, arsenic and manganese from water as well as study of effect of competing ions in water, Ananta Saikia, Gaurav Agnihotri, Prasanta Kumar Raul, Saumen Banerjee, Sanjai K Dwivedi, Environmental Sciences: A Indian Journal, DOI: 10.37532/tses.2020.16(1).101 (IF: 0.45).
18. Assessment of drinking water quality in rural areas of Sonitpur district (Assam), India, P K Raul, B Nayak, R R Devi, I M Umlong, D Dutta, R Dubey, A Puzari & S K Dwivedi, International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Research Technology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.29121/ijesrt.v9.i7.2020.18
19. Infra-red spectra of different species of cultivated oyster Mushrooms: Possible tool for Identifying Bioactive compounds and establishing taxonomic linkage, Bodhaditya Das, Jadab Rajkonwar, A. Jagannath, Prasanta Kumar Raul and Utsab Deb, Defence Life Science Journal, 2020, 5(2), 118-124. DOI: 10.14429/dlsj.5.15562
20. Musa balbisiana Colla pseudostem biowaste mediated Zinc oxide nanoparticles: their Antibiofilm and Antibacterial potentiality, M. Basumatari, R.R.Devi , M. K. Gupta, S. K. Gupta, P. K. Raul, S. Chatterjee, S.K. Dwivedi, Current Research in Green & Sustainable Chemistry (Elsevier), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crgsc.2020.100048

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