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Item Correlation and regression studies of water quality parameters: A case study of water from the Bhavani river(ResearchGate, 2007-07) Dominic RavichandranIn this paper, a calculation of correlation coefficient between various water quality parameters of Bhavani river is carried out. The analysis show significant linear relationship between pH, alkalinity, hardness, Ca 2+, Mg2+, concentration of F- and total solids. Finally, multiple regression equation relating hardness with other paramters is developed. The usefulness of correlation and implication of regression equations are discussed.Item Covalent functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes with anthracene by green chemical approach and their temperature dependent magnetic and electrical conductivity studies(VIT University, 2013-10-15) Dominic RavichandranSingle-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were covalently functionalized with anthracene in molten urea by a green chemical approach. The anthracene functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (Antf-SWCNTs) were examined along with SWCNTs, using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, powder X-Ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning, and transmission electron microscopy. The observations revealed the functionalization of SWCNTs by anthracene. The temperature dependent magnetization (300e5 K) and electrical resistivity were also measured for both SWCNTs and Ant-f-SWCNTs. The electrical resistivity of Ant-f-SWCNTs at 300 K was found to be 1.27 KUm, which is much lower than 388.55 KUm for pristine. This indicated a 300 fold increase in conductivity at room temperature for Ant-f-SWCNTs when compared to SWCNTs. The temperature dependence of the conductivity provided an indication of the semiconducting behaviour.Item Marine Polysaccharide (Chitosan) and Its Derivatives as Water Purifier(ResearchGate, 2013-04) Dominic RavichandranChitosan (CH)-based biosorbents are by far the most extensively studied material among those suggested for water and wastewater treatment by biosorption. This is due to their ability to remove a wide range of pollutants and simpler ways to synthesize them [19][20][21][22]. CH is a cationic polymer, and its biosorbents can be held together either by physical interactions like hydrogen bonding, electrostatic interactions, Vander Waal's forces, or by chemical crosslinking by covalent bonds [12,[23][24][25][26][27]. ...Item Synthesis and study the anti-proliferative effect of new series of 1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinoline derivatives in MCF-7 (human breast cancer) cells(VIT University, 2015-06) Dominic RavichandranBreast cancer is the most prevalent form of cancer in women world over. MCF-7 cells are useful for in vitro breast cancer studies because the cell line has retained several ideal characteristics particular to the mammary epithelium. These include the ability for MCF-7 cells to process estrogens, in the form of estuarial, via estrogens receptors in the cell cytoplasm. This makes the MCF-7 cell line an estrogens receptor (ER) positive control cell line. In breast cancer cells containing oestrogen receptors both oestrogens and growth factors can stimulate proliferation, invasion and the secretion of a number of proteins.