# Designing and developing catalytic methods to synthesize multiwalled carbon nanotubes using metal carbonyls and
acetylene as the precursors. Developed a new synthetic route for the synthesis of multiwalled carbon nanotubes or carbon
encapsulated metal nanoparticles from metal carbonyls.
# Mechanistic exploration of the formation of a new form of carbon called �Carbon nanoflask� encapsulating metal particles.
# Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) methods to fabricate carbon nanotubes.
# Purification and dispersion of carbon nanotubes in water by chemical and sonochemical methods.
# Methods to encapsulate novel magnetic materials inside the carbon tubular structure and studying various properties of
these occluded materials.
# Hydrothermal synthesis of various Zeolites (ZSM-5, Y and TS-1) and mesoporous materials (MCM-41, MCM-48).
# Transition metal incorporation into the silicate framework of zeolite and mesoporous materials for their use in oxidation catalysis.
# Surfactant templated synthesis of mesoporous materials of silica and various transition-metal oxides via sonochemical methods
which require a comparatively very short preparation time.
# High power ultrasound mediated synthesis of amorphous and nanostructured materials of metal and metal oxides. Experience in
characterizing these materials by various physico-chemical methods.
# Sol-gel or colloidal method of synthesizing nanoparticles, supported metal oxides and mixed oxides for the use in catalysis and
material science.
# Use of high power ultrasound for chemistry purposes to generate amorphous, nanoparticles, mesoporous materials.
# Use of sonochemical processes to insert or encapsulate various important materials such magnetic materials, semiconductors, catalytic particles into a porous matrix.
# Vapour phase and liquid phase heterogeneous catalytic reactions using zeolites, mesoporous materials and nanoparticles as
catalyst for various organic conversions and characterization of the products by Gas chromatographic techniques.
# Quantum chemical calculations on cluster models representing transition metal substituted sites in Zeolites to evaluate structure-
activity correlations in catalysis and material science.
