Research Methodology in Chemical Sciences Experimental and Theoretical Approach

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Magnetic Field Effect on Photo-Induced Interactions: Its Implications in Distance Dependent Photo-Induced Electron Transfer Between CT-DNA and Metal Complex; Banabithi Koley Seth and Samita Basu

Role of Hydrophobicity of Some Single and Double Chain Surfactant–Cobalt(III) Complexes on the Interaction with Bovine Serum Albumin; Selvakumar Veeralakshmi, Selvan Nehru, and Sankaralingam Arunachalam

A Review on the Selective Synthesis of Spiro Heterocycles Through 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions of Azomethine Ylides; Anshu Dandia, Sukhbeer Kumari, Shuchi Maheshwari, and Pragya Soni

Recent Trends in Plasma Chemistry and Spectroscopy Diagnostics; Ram Prakash and PDT Team

Diversity Oriented Synthesis of Substituted and Fused ß-Carbolines from 1-Formyl-9H-ß-Carboline Scaffolds; Nisha Devi, Ravindra K. Rawal, and Virender Singh

Plasma Chemistry as a Tool for Eco-Friendly Processing of Cotton Textile; Hemen Dave, Lalita Ledwani, and S. K. Nema

Ligand-Free Palladium Nanoparticles Catalyzed Hiyama Cross-Coupling of Aryl and Heteroaryl Halides in Ionic Liquids; Chanchal Premi, Ananya Srivastava, and Nidhi Jain

Acyclic and Macrocyclic Schiff Base Based Chelating Ligands for Uranyl Ion (UO22+) Complexation; Summan Swami and Rahul Shrivastava

Study of the Influence of Operational Parameters on Eliminating Azo Dyes from Textile Effluent by Advanced Oxidation Technology; Preeti Mehta and Rajeev Mehta

Effect of PGRs in in vitro Callus Culture for Production of Secondary Metabolites; Jitendra Mittal, Madan Mohan Sharma, Abhijeet Singh, and Amla Batra

Density Functional Theory (DFT): Periodic Advancement and New Challenges; Amrit Sarmah

Asbestos, the Carcinogen and Its Bioremediation; Shabori Bhattacharya, Lalita Ledwani, and P. J. John

Eco-Friendly Products as Corrosion Inhibitors for Aluminum: A Review; Rekha N. Nairt Sharad Bohra

Role of Catalyst Particles in the Vertical Alignment of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes Prepared by Chemical Vapor Deposition; Ved Prakash Arya, V. Prasad, and P. S. Anil Kumar

Electro-Chemical Process: Review on Research Applications in Machining of Advanced Materials; Anand Pandey

Mathematical Aspects of Chemical Sciences; Pushpak Jaiswal and Shalini Jain

A Survey of QSAR Approach to Drug Design; Seema Dhail, Lalita Ledwani, and Tanmoy Chakrborty

Lead Toxicity and Flavonoids; Amrish Chandra, Deepali Saxena, and S. J. S. Flora

A Theoretical Analysis of Bi-metallic Ag-Aun;(n=1-7) Nano Alloy Clusters Invoking DFT Based Descriptors; Prabhat Ranjan, Srujana Venigalla, Ajay Kumar, and Tanmoy Chakraborty

Study of Pesticide Residue in Vegetables and Fruits in India: A Review; Sanjan Choudhary and Nitu Bhatnagar

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Biography

Tanmoy Chakraborty, PhD, is now working as assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at Manipal University Jaipur, India. He has been working in the challenging field of computational and theoretical chemistry for the last six years. He has completed his PhD from the University of Kalyani, West-Bengal, India, in the field of application of QSAR/QSPR methodology in the bioactive molecules. He has published many international research papers in peer-reviewed international journals with high impact factors. Dr. Chakraborty is serving as an international editorial board member of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering. He is also reviewer of the World Journal of Condensed Matter Physics (WJCMP). Dr. Tanmoy Chakraborty is the recipient of prestigious Paromeswar Mallik Smawarak Padak, from Hooghly Mohsin College, Chinsurah (University of Burdwan), in 2002.

Lalita Ledwani, PhD, is currently associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Manipal University in Jaipur, India. She has been both an assistant professor and senior lecturer at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, as well as a lecturer at a private degree college in Jaipur, affiliated to Rajasthan Technical University, Rajasthan. A member of several professional organizations, including the American Chemical Society, she has published over a dozen papers in international refereed journals and has presented at many conferences and invited talks. She is the author of the forthcoming book, Petroleum Industrial Chemistry. She currently guides several students toward their PhD and postgraduate degrees. She received her PhD from Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, formerly Agra University, in Uttar Pradesh India.