A/Professor Muthupandian Ashokkumar
BSc (Madurai-K.), MSc (Madurai-K.), PhD(Madr.) |
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Position |
Associate |
Phone Number |
61 3 8344 7090 |
Fax Number |
61 3 8344 5180 |
Department |
School of Chemistry |
Group |
Sonochemistry Lab |
Office Location |
Rm 279, Bld 153 |
Research Interests
- Sonochemistry
- Sonoluminescence
- Sonophotocatalysis
- Sonochemical modification of food ingredients
- Sonochemical synthesis of functional materials
- Colloid & surface chemistry
Selected Publications
Ashokkumar, M., Hodnett, M., Zeqiri, B., Grieser, F., and Price, G. J. (2007). "Acoustic emission spectra from 515 kHz cavitation in aqueous solutions containing surface-active solutes." Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(8), 2250-2258.
Ashokkumar, M. (2008). "Sonochemical synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles." Advanced Wet-Chemical Synthetic Approaches to Inorganic Nanostructures, P.D. Cozzoli, ed., Transworld Research Network, Kerala, India, 107-131.
Ashokkumar, M., Sunartio, D., Kentish, S., Mawson, R., Simons, L., Vilkhu, K., and Versteeg, C. (2008). "Modification of food ingredients by ultrasound to improve functionality: A preliminary study on a model system." Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 9(2), 155-160.
Kumar, P. S. S., Sivakumar, R., Anandan, S., Madhavan, J., Maruthamuthu, P., and Ashokkumar, M. (2008). "Photocatalytic degradation of acid red 88 using Ag-TiO2 nanoparticles in aqueous solutions." Water Research, 42, 4878-4884.
Brotchie, A., Grieser, F., and Ashokkumar, M. (2009). "The effect of power and frequency on acoustic cavitation bubble size distributions." Physical Review Letters, 102, 084302-1 - 084302-4.