acknowledgements

Proceedings of

Applications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology the National Seminar

Patna Women's College, Patna University, Bailey Road, Patna – 800 001

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We are extremely grateful to the following committee members for making the National

Seminar on "Applications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" a grand success through their cooperation and support.

Members of the National Advisory Committee .

Prof. Vijay A. Singh

Prof. H. C. Verma

—

—

Prof. G. S. Singh —

Prof. R. N. P. Choudhary —

Dr. Ashok K. Keshari —

Dr. Ranjan Kumar Singh

—

Dr. M. K. Roy —

Prof. Avinash C. Pandey —

Dr. N. K. Pandey

Prof. T. P. Sinha

—

—

HBCSE, TIFR Mumbai

IIT Kanpur

IIT Roorkee

IIT Kharagpur

IIT Delhi

B.H.U.

IIIT, Jabalpur

Allahabad University

Lucknow University

S. N. Bose Institute, Kolkata

Members of the Local Advisory Committee .

Prof. J. Thakur

Prof. A. Yadav

Prof. R. P. Sinha

Prof. R. S. Prasad

Prof. S. P. Singh

Prof. D. N. Roy

Prof. S. N. Guha

Prof. D. K. Sharma

Prof. S. P. Verma

Prof. Dr. K. V. Srinivasan —

Dr. Amitabh Ghosh —

—

—

—

—

Prof. H. P. Singh

Dr. Kamal Prasad

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

P.G. Head & Former V.C., Patna University

Former V.C., BRABU

Department of Physics P.U. & Former V.C., LNMU

P.G. Head, Dept. of Physics, P.U. (Retd.)



Principal, Patna Science College

Dean, Faculty of Science, P.U.

President, Science for Society, Bihar

Deptt. of Chemistry, P.U. (Retd.)

Director, Planetarium, Patna

P.G. Head, M.U., Body Gaya

Deptt. of Physics, Bhagalpur University

(i)

Proceedings of



Members of the Steering Committee .

Prof. Padma Srinivasan

—

Prof. Akhileshwari Nath —

Prof. U.N.L. Mathur

—

Prof. D. Prakash —

Head, Deptt. of Physics, Magadh Mahila College (Retd.)

P.G. Head, Deptt. of Zoology, P.U. (Retd.)

Head, Deptt. of Physics, Patna Science College

P.G. Head, Deptt. of Chemistry, P.U.

Prof. Kashi Nath —

Dr. Amarendra Narayan —

Dr. A. K. Ghosh —

Dr. Parmendra Ranjan —

Dr. Santosh Kumar

Dr. Kalpana Sahi

Dr. Anant Kumar

—

—

—

Deptt. of Physics, P.U.

Deptt. of Physics, P.U.

Head, Deptt. of Environmental Sc., A.N. College, Patna

Deptt. of Physics, J.P. University, Chapra

Deptt. of Physics, B.S. College, Danapur

Deptt. of Chemistry, J.D. Women's College, Patna

Assistant Director, Deptt. of Science and Technology,

Govt. of Bihar

We are extremely grateful to UGC for sponsoring the seminar. I also express my gratitude to the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Bihar and

Nalanda Open University for their support and sponsorship.

We express our indebtedness to His Excellency Shri R. L. Bhatia , Governor of Bihar and Chancellor, Universities of Bihar, for inaugurating the seminar and for being the

Chief Guest. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Prof. Shyam Lal , Vice Chancellor,

P.U. Prof. Dr. Syed I Ahson , Pro Vice Chancellor, P.U. and Hon'ble Minister, Shri

Shahid Ali Khan , Department of Science and Technology for their gracious presence in the inaugural session.

We are sincerely thankful to Vijaya Bank for sponsoring the Kits-bags for the delegates of the seminar. We also thank India Book Centre, S. Chand and Company Ltd, Ranjan

Scientific and Bihar Scientific Corporation for their sponsorship.

We are also thankful to Prof. Sidhi Verma and Dr. Stuti Prasad of the Department of

English, Ms. Neerja Lal, Dr. Ejya Yadav, Ms. Sweta Priya and Ms. Beauty Yadav of the

Department of Communicative English with Media Studies ; Dr. Shefali Roy, Department of Political Science, Patna Women's College ; Dr. Sister M. Rashmi A.C., Department of

Geography ; Dr. Sister Matilda A.C., Department of History and Sister Liza A.C.,

Librarian, Dr. Anju Srivastava and Dr. Sujata Jha, Department of Home Science ;

(ii)

Proceedings of



Dr. Shobha Shrivastava, Department of Zoology ; Dr. Amrita Chowdhury, Department of

Geography ; Dr. Anupma Kumari, Department of Zoology for their valuable contributions.

We express our gratitude to the staff and faculty members of the Department of

Computer Applications.

Thanks to members of the College Organizing Committee .

Dr. Surabhi Prasad —

Prof. Dr. Basabi Mahapatra

—

Dr. Amarlata Kaur

Ms. Sheila Bedi

—

—

Dr. Shahla Yasmin —

Ms. Padma Mukherjee

Ms. Kavita Verma

Ms. Anjali Singh

Ms. Sapna Suman

Ms. Manishi Puja

—

—

—

—

—

Department of Physics

Head, Department of Chemistry

Head, Department of Mathematics

Head, Department of Botany and IMB

Head, Department of Zoology






Last but not least, we are very thankful to our support staff – without their enthusiastic involvement, it would not have been possible to hold this event.

Dr. Sister Doris D'Souza A.C.

Prof.

Dr. Girija Gupta Dr. Aprajita Krishna Dr. Rakesh Kumar Singh

Patron Convenor Organizing Secretary

Principal, Patna Women's College University Professor and Head Department of Physics,

Department of Physics,

Patna Women's College


Joint Organising Secretary

Department of Physics,


(iii)

Proceedings of



UGC sponsored National Seminar on

'Applications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology'

A REPORT

To inculcate the tradition of research in the field of Nanoscience, Department of

Physics, Patna Women's College organised UGC sponsored National Seminar on

'Applications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology' which was held on 12 th

September, 2008 .

•

•

Objectives of the National Seminar

• To provide a much needed platform for undergraduate, postgraduate students, researchers and academicians.

• To give the participants an exposure to the new and emerging technological advancements.

To initiate research in this important field.

To put northern region on the global map.

Theme of the Seminar

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology are among the fastest emerging areas of research.

The technology can be best described as one which includes all activities related to minute particles of atomic and molecular dimension. The emerging trends in

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology will change the nature of almost every man-made object in the next century. It is expected to revolutionize areas like semi conductors, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, specialized fabric manufacturing, waste treatment, high density data storage device, super computers etc. The 21 st

century would be the

Nanotechnology Century. Nanosized inorganics have various promising applications in areas like the ceramic industry, paint industry, catalyst industry, drug industry etc.

Almost all the countries have accorded top research priority to it. This sector is also expected to create 12 million jobs by 2015. The field of nanostructured materials is widening. This seminar will provide a forum for discussion on all aspects of nanoscienc e and will foster the exchange of ideas on techniques, experiments and applic ations of nanoscience and nanotechnology. All original contributions will be arranged in the form of plenary, keynote, invited, oral and poster presentations.

(iv)

Proceedings of



•

•

•

•

SubThemes

Nano Particle Synthesis & Fabrication

Nano Physics

Chemistry of Nano Structures

Applications of Nano Materials

Pre-seminar Preparations

The Department of Physics, Patna Women's College sent invitations for attending the seminar to Colleges, Post-graduate Departments of different Universities and Institutes of the country in first week of July, 2008. Research papers / Posters related to the theme were invited for presentations.

The College Organizing Committee met on 8 th

July, 2008 to plan the seminar. The Advisory

Committee, Steering Committee and College

Organizing Committee Meetings were held on

12 th

July, 2008 and the Editorial Board was formed for publication of souvenir which includes the abstracts received for the seminar.

National Seminar Advisory, Steering and

College Organizing Committee meet

The Screening Committee met on 20 th

, 22 nd

, 26 th and 28 th

of July for scrutiny of the abstracts of the papers for oral and poster presentations. Thirty delegates were invited for oral paper presentations and twenty two delegates were invited for poster presentation on the basis of selection of abstracts.

The Advisory Committee and extended organizing committee Meetings were held on 6 th

September to finalize the details of the seminar to be held on 12 th

September, 2008.

(v)

Proceedings of



INAUGURAL FUNCTION

UGC sponsored National Seminar on the ' Applications of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology' started with the Rashtragan. It was inaugurated with the lighting of the lamp by His Excellency Shri R. L. Bhatia, Governor of Bihar, Hon'ble Minister, Shri

Shahid Ali Khan, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Bihar, Prof. Shyam

Lal, Vice Chancellor, Patna University, Dr. Sister Doris D'Souza A.C., Principal, Patna

Women's College and Prof. (Dr.) Girija Gupta , Head of the Department of Physics,

Patna Women's College.

The Inaugural Function started with a welcome song presented by students of Patna

Women's College.


, Principal, Patna

Women's College welcomed the Honourable

Guests and delegates coming from various parts of

India. She stated that the seminar was organised to give new dimensions to Physics education and ignite a passion for research in Nanoscience.

Prof. Girija Gupta , the Convenor of the seminar


, Pr incipal, Patna

Women's College w elcoming the Guest also welcomed the Guests and explained the theme of the seminar 'Applications of

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology' . Hoping that new technologies would be applied for building a better India, she explained that it is a special branch which requires the scientists and the

Prof. Girija Gupta , Head, Dept. of Physics, Patna

Women's College presenting the theme of the Seminar

(vi)

Proceedings of


Patna Women's College, Patna University, Bailey Road, Patna – 800 001 technocrats to work together in the current development of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology.

Hon'ble Minister for Science and Technology, Govt. of Bihar Shri Shahid Ali Khan expressed his hope that this seminar would have a positive impact on the academic atmosphere of Bihar and also widen the horizon of students.

Prof. Shyam Lal , Vice Chancellor, Patna University in his address highlighted the use of nanoscience in various fields and explained the role of technology in human life.

The inaugural session concluded with the address by the Chief Guest, His Excellency

Shri R. L. Bhatia , Governor of Bihar.

Addressing the audience, he lauded the academic activities of the College and said that

Bihar will definitely progress in the field of nanotechnology.

He also released the souvenir which included abstracts to be presented by the delegates at the seminar.

Prof. Shyam Lal, Vice Chancellor, P.U., Bihar addressing the delegates

The Principal of the College presented mementoes to His Excellency Shri R. L. Bhatia ,

Hon'ble Minister, Shri Shahid Ali Khan & Prof. Shyam Lal, Vice Chancellor, Patna

University.

The Vote of thanks was offered by Dr. Aprajita Krishna , Organizing Secretary,

Department of Physics, Patna Women's College.

Inaugural function ended with the Rashtragan.

His Excellency,

Shri R. L. Bhatia

Governor of Bihar addressing the

Seminar

Release of the Souvenir by His Excellency

Shri R. L. Bhatia

(vii)

Proceedings of



Principal, Patna Women's College presenting memento to His Excellency Shri R. L. Bhatia

Inaugural Function ends with Rashtragan

Ms. Neerja Lal , Coordinator, Department of Communcative English with Media Studies,

Patna Women's College compered the session.

POSTER SESSION

The Poster session started at 11:15 a.m. Panel of Experts for the session were Dr. Amitabh Ghosh, Director, Indira Gandhi Vigyan Parisar, Taramandal,

Patna ; Dr. Kamal Prasad, Department of Physics, Bhagalpur University ; Dr. Ashok

Kumar Ghosh, Head, Department of Environmental Science, A.N. College, Patna and Dr. Amarendra Narayan, Department of Physics, Patna University.

Ms. Kavita Verma and Ms. Sapna Suman were In-charge of the Poster Session of the

Department of Physics, Patna Women's College.

Eighteen posters were presented by the delegates which were critically evaluated by the experts.

THE PLENARY SESSION

The Plenary Session started at 12:00 noon with the keynote addres s by Prof. Vijay A.

Singh, National Coordinator Science Olympiads, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science

Education, TIFR, Mumbai. Prof. A. Yadav, Chief Coordinator, School of Pure Science,

P.G. Section, Nalanda Open University, Patna and Former Vice Chancellor, BRA Bihar

University chaired the sessions. PowerPoint presentations were also made by the resource persons Prof. G.S. Singh, Department of Physics, IIT Roorkee and Dr.

Avinash C. Pandey , Department of Physics, Nanophosphors Centre, University of

Allahabad.

(viii)

Proceedings of



The Resource Persons were facilitated by Dr. Ashok Kumar Ghosh , Head, Department of Environmental Science, A.N. College, Patna.

Dr. A. K. Ghosh, En vironmental Science, A.N. College facilitating the

Resource Persons at the Plenary Session

Prof. V. A. Singh in his very informative keynote address quoted a Sanskrit 'shloka' to convey the idea of how minute a nanostructure is. He mentioned objects used since ancient times that were examples of nanotechnology.

He stated that this is an age of silicon, and India has taken initiative in the field of nanotechnology through Nano Science and

Technology Mission which works on four thrust areas – Nano Electronics, Drug Delivery

Systems, Phosphors for Lighting and Display, and Nano Scale Surface. He stressed the need

Prof. V. A. Singh presenting the

Keynote Address to strengthen scientific research, and develop a nanocourse for undergraduate students in Bihar. He also gave information about the National Initiative on Undergraduate

Science with stress on Teacher Curriculum development. Professor Singh suggested that the elementary education of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience should start at the

Undergraduate or even at the 12 th

grade level. He also talked about Nano Technology in Electronic Devices. Physicists have been able t o fabricate one electron to transistor.

The more and more transistors you put on a chip, the smaller and faster the device becomes. Today, it is possible to include a camera, an internet, an e-mail service and a

GPS device in a mobile cell phone.

(ix)

Proceedings of



Prof. G. S. Singh talked about Fullerene

(C

60

) and Single – Walled Carbon Nano

Tube. He also talked about Multinational

Carbon Nano Tube with Central Carbon

Nano Wire.

Biological systems such as DNA molecules are Nano materials. Quantum wells are 2D systems, whereas Quantum wires and

Prof. G. S. Singh presenting his PowerPoint

Presentation

Nanorings are 1D system. Quantum Dots and OD system (Artificial Atoms) as mentioned earlier. Diamond is a 3D material where as Graphite and Graphere are 2D materials.

Professor Singh also mentioned possible use of Nanorobots for medical applications, such as artery clearing, gene repair, dental care, neurological damage repair, etc.

Nanoparticles can be used to kill virus and bacteria also, in addition to several other medical applications.

Dr. Avinash C. Pandey gave a talk based on Quantum confined Atom based

Nanomaterials for their Application in

Electronics, Optoelectronic Devices and

Biology. In the nano-limit, materials behave non-linearly. This property makes nanoparticles more interesting and more useful. He compared

Quantum Dots versus Quantum Confined

Atoms (QCA). Quantum confinement of an atom in a nanocage produces polarized atom.

He also talked about Magnetic Quantum Dot

Dr. Avinash C. Pandey, presenting his

PowerPoint Presentation and Nanomagnets and their applications in biology and medicine. He talked about

Targeted Drug Delivery using Magnetic Nanoparticles. He mentioned the challenges for

Physicists, Chemists and Biologists to develop nanomaterials for the third world.

(x)

Proceedings of



The session ended with concluding remarks by the Chairperson of the session,

Prof. A. Yadav.

Prof. A. Yadav, Former Vice Chancellor, Bihar University,

Mu zaffarpur Chairperson of the session presenting the concluding remarks

Prof. Sidhi Verma , Head, Department of English, Patna Women's College compered the Plenary Session. Rapporteurs were Dr. Kashi Nath , P.G. Department of Physics,

P.U. and Dr. Stuti Prasad , Department of English, Patna Women's College.

Technical sessions started after lunch break.

TECHNICAL SESSION – I

The theme of the Technical Session I Nano Physics and Nano Particle synthesis and

Fabrications . This session was chaired by Prof. R. P. Sinha, Director, Academic Staff

College, Patna University and former Vice Chancellor, L. N. Mithila University, Bihar.

There were 3 paper presentations.

•

The 1 st

paper was presented by

Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Senior Research

Fellow, Department of Physics, IIT, New

Delhi. He explained the Raman scattering from Laser – Etched Silicon

Nano structure.

• The 2 nd

paper was presented by

Dr. Santosh Kumar, Department of

Physics, B.S. College Danapur. He spoke about Mosabauer and

Paper presentation in Technical Session

XRD studies of electro deposited Pure Iron Powder.

– I

(xi)

Proceedings of



• The last speaker was Dr. Rakesh

Kumar Singh , Department of

Physics, Patna Women's College. He was also the Jt. Organizing Secretary of this National Seminar. He explained the structural and magnetic characteristics of Cobalt Ferrite nanoparticles synthesized using chemical route.

Dr. Rakesh Kumar Singh (Jt. Organizing Secretary),

Lecturer, Department of Physics, Patna Women's

College presenting paper

Every presentation was followed by a brief question-answer session.

The session ended with concluding remaks by the Chairperson of the session,

Prof. R.P. Sinha.

Prof. R.P. Sinha, Former Vice Chancellor, LNMU,

Darbhanga, Chairperson of the session presenting the concluding remarks

The session was compered by Prof. Basabi Choudhary, Department of Chemistry,

Patna Women's College. Rapporteurs were Dr. Amrendra Narayan, Department of

Physics, Patna University and Dr. Ejya Yadav, Department of Communicative English with Media Studies, Patna Women's College.

TECHNICAL SESSION – II

The theme of the Technical Session II was Nanotechnology and Applications of

Nanomaterials. The session was Chaired by Prof. U.N. L. Mathur , University Prof. and

Head, Department of Physics, Patna Science College, P.U., Patna

(xii)

Proceedings of



There were six paper presentations.

The first speaker was Dr. Sudhir Kumar

Mishra . The paper was on 'Effect of

Ferroelectric Nanotube Phase Diagrams and Polar Properties.' It was a theoretical work. Calculations have been done to study the properties related to phase transition. Ferroelectric transition temp has been calculated.

Prof. U.N.L. Mathur

Chairing Technical Session-II (In the middle)

The next paper was from Dr. (Mrs.)

Sumita Singh, Lecturer, Department of Physics, Patna University. The paper was on

'Quantum Size Effect.' This paper was presented by her student Mr. Swetamber P.

Das.

The theme of the paper was – the study of how the electrons react to any change in size. The QSE is observable in semi conductor. The property has been studied in

Gold nanoparticle with size less than 2.1 nm.

Dr. Anant Kumar, Assistant Director, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of

Bihar presented his paper on 'Nanotechnology in ancient times.' He discussed (a)

Dambulla Cave paintings, (b) Stained glass window.

Dr. (Mrs.) Sangeeta Lal, Lecturer, Jamuni Lal

College, Hajipur presented her paper on 'The

Role of Carrier Mass in Two Dimensional

Quantum Dots.' It was a theoretical work based on asymptotic analysis to study the variation of ground state energy.

Mona Priya, Research Scholar, P.U. discussed

'The Application of Thin Films.' The application was related to various techniques associated with Nanoparticles.

Paper presented in Technical Session - II

The last speaker was Mr. Suresh Kumar, BIT Mesra, Patna. It was an experimental paper. He presented his paper on the technique of 'Preparation of Lithium Titanate

Pebble.'

(xiii)

Proceedings of



The session ended with concluding remarks by the Chairperson of this session,

Prof. U.N.L. Mathur.

The session was compered by Kavita Verma , Department of Physics, Patna Women's

College. The Rapporteurs were Prof. Basabi Choudhary, Department of Chemistry,

Patna Women's College and Ms. Sweta Priya , Department of Communicative English with Media Studies, Patna Women's College.

TECHNICAL SESSION

– III

The theme of the Technical Session III was

Nanoscience and Bio-medical Applications of nanoscience. The session was Chaired by Prof.

Akhileshwari Nath , Director, Research Centre,

Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna and Former

Head, Department of Zoology, P.U.

Six papers were presented in the session.

• Dr. B.K. Singh from the Department of Technical Session – III

Chemistry, Govt. M.H. Autonomous College, Jabalpur spoke with a lot of detailed informative aspects about Nanosorbents, Nanocatalysts, Nanostructures and reactive membranes.

• Dr. R.N. Tagore spoke with great emphasis about "paditaxed". He enlightened us with the therapeutic applications of Nanoparticle (Nab-Paclitaxel, C

47

H

51

NO

14

) in the treatment of breast cancer.

• Dr. B.K. Mishra from the Department of Botany, Danapur gave specific details about the upcoming Bio-technology and the next industrial Revolution.

•

Dr. K. Prasad from T. M.

Bhagalpur University, talked quite interestingly about the Nature's, Nanofactory. He, in particular, made us feel grateful to Nature's treasure already available to fulfill our needs.

• Himanshu Kumar Pandey, Research Scholar, J.P. University, Chapra had precise views on Scaling laws for Semiconductor Quantum Dots were worth praise.

(xiv)

Proceedings of



• Dr. Ashish Kumar, Department of Chemistry, Patna Women's College made the last presentation with enough details about application of Zincoxide as a Nano compound.

The session ended with concluding remarks by the Chairperson of the session

Prof. Prof. Akhileshwari Nath .

Prof. Akhileshwari Nath,

Chairperson of the session presenting the concluding remarks

The session was compered by Dr. Shahla Yasmin, Head of the Department of Zoology,

Patna Women's College.

The Rapporteurs were Dr. Kalpana Shahi, Department of Chemistry, J.D. Women's

College, M.U. and Ms. Beauty Yadav, Department of Communicative English with

Media Studies.

(xv)

Proceedings of



VALEDICTORY FUNCTION

Prof. Dr. Syed I Ahson, Pro Vice Chancellor, Patna University was the Guest of

Honour at the Valedictory Function of the seminar.


welcomed the Guests. Participants were invited to provide their feedback which was very encouraging. Prof. Dr. Girija Gupta , presented the report and summed up the deliberations of the day. The Recommendations were read by

Ms. Aprajita Krishna.

Valedictory Function

The Principal presented mementoes to

Prof. Syed I. Ahson and the Resource Persons Prof. Vijay A. Singh , Prof. G.S.

Singh and Dr. Avinash C. Pandey. Prof.

Ahson in his valedictory address appreciated the efforts made by Patna Women's College in organizing the seminar and praised its success.

Dr. Kavita Verma gave the vote of thanks.

Dr. Shefali Roy , Department of Political

Science, Patna Women's College compered the valedictory function.

Prof. Syed I. Ahson , Pro Vice Chancellor, Patna

University, presenting valedictory address

The seminar ended with a dance drama

'Ganga'.


, Principal, Patna

Women's College presenting memento to

Prof. Syed I. Ahson

Memento presented to Prof. Vijay A. Singh

(xvi)

Proceedings of



Memento presented to Prof. G.S. Singh

Vote of thanks by Ms. Kavita Verma,

Department of Physics, Patna Women's College

Memento presented to Dr. Avinash C. Pande y

Dance drama 'Ganga' presented by students of


(xvii)

acknowledgements - Patna Women`s College

UGC sponsored National Seminar on

'Applications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology'

A REPORT

TECHNICAL SESSION – II

TECHNICAL SESSION

– III

Related documents

Products

Support

acknowledgements - Patna Women`s College