Assistant Professor

Dr Jaidev Kaushik

Department of Chemistry

Interests

  1. Green Chemistry
  2. Biomass/Waste derived Nanomaterials
  3. Photocatalysis

Faculty Details

Education

2016

Sri Venkateswara College (University of Delhi)
BSc

2018

Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
MSc

2024

Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
PhD

Research Interests

  • Photo/Thermal reduction of CO2 to valuable molecules (C1 and C2 products)
  • Green Synthesis of Metal Oxide Decorated Graphene-Carbo-Catalysts
  • Photocatalytic degradation of advanced water pollutants
  • Fluorescence quenching based toxic metal ion sensing

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2022-International Travel Grant for International Conference in Barcelona, Spain Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
  • 2022-Best Oral Presentation IISER Bhopal and UEC, Ujjain
  • 2020-Best poster and Paper presentation IISER Bhopal
  • 2018-GATE Qualified Ministry of Education, Government of India
  • 2016-IIT JAM Qualified Ministry of Education, Government of India

Publications

  • N. K. Lamba, P. Choudhary, Twinkle, J. Kaushik, S. K. Choudhary, S. K. Sonkar, Waste-Derived Copper Flakes for Solvent-Free Reductive Acetamidation of Nitroarenes, Langmuir 2024, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01639
  • R. Phogat, J. Kaushik, V. Kumar, M. Jain, S. K. Choudhary, S. Chakma and S. K. Sonkar, Green Light Promoted Photoreduction of Carbonate to Acetic Acid by Zinc Ash-Derived ZCu@ZnO, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2024
  • Kaushik, J.; Lamba, N. K., Kumar V.; Sonker, A. K.; Sonkar, S. K., Fenton-Mediated Thermocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Acetic Acid by Industrial Waste-Derived Magnetite Nanoparticles. Chemical Communications 2024, 60, 3449-3452.
  • Agrawal, F.; Gupta, K.; Kaushik, J.; Tripathi, K. M.; Choudhary, S. K.; Sonkar, S. K., Graphene Incorporated Sugar-derived Carbon Aerogel for Pyridine Adsorption and Oil-Water Separation. Langmuir 2024, (Accepted).
  • Twinkle; Kaushik, J.; Prajapati, D.; Tewatia, H.; Prajapati, R. K.; Choudhary, S. K.; Sonkar, S. K., Multiphase Reduced Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Hydrogenation of Mono‐, Di‐, and Tri-Nitrophenols. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2024, 63, 11717–11723.
  • Lamba, N. K.; Choudhary, P.; Kaushik, J.; Tripathi, K. M.; Choudhary, S. K.; Sonkar, S.K., Deploying used solid carbon dioxide to assist graphite exfoliation. New Journal of Chemistry 2024, 48, 8030-8033.
  • Kaushik, J.; Sahu, A.; Nisha; Gupta, K.; Tripathi, K. M.; Das, M.; Choudhary, S.; Sonkar, S.K., Superhydrophobic Carbon Aerogel Derived from Edible-Sugar for Removal of Oils and Nitro Aromatics. ACS ES&T Water 2024, 4, 1610-1619.
  • Twinkle; Tewatia, H.; Kaushik, J.; Sahu, A.; Choudhary, S.; Sonkar, S. K., Waste Iron Dust Derived Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Efficient Adsorption of Multiple Azo Dyes. ACS Sustainable Resource Management 2024, 1, 278-288.
  • Kumar, V.; Lamba, N. K.; Baig, A.; Kaushik, J.; Jha, T.; Sonal; Sonkar, S. K., Utilization of steel industry waste derived magnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles for reverse water gas shift reaction. Chemical Engineering Journal 2023, 477, 147027.
  • Kaushik, J.; Sharma, C.; Lamba, N. K.; Sharma, P.; Das, G.; Tripathi, K. M.; Joshi, R. K.; Sonkar, S. K., 3D-Porous MoS2-Decorated Reduced Graphene-Oxide-Aerogel as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for Reductive Transformation Reactions. Langmuir 2023, 39 (36), 12865-12877.
  • Kaushik, J.; Twinkle; Tisha; Nisha; Baig, A.; Sonal; Dubey, P.; Sonkar, S. K., Photoactive Fe3O4@Fe2O3 Synthesized from Industrial Iron-Oxide Dust for Fenton-Free Degradation of Multiple Organic Dyes Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2023, 62 (27), 10487-10497.
  • Twinkle; Kaushik, J.; Singla, T.; Lamba, N. K.; Jain, M.; Sharma, N.; Choudhary, S. K.; Sonkar, S. K., Fe3O4 Nanoparticles Synthesized from Waste Iron Dust for Sunlight-Boosted Photodegradation of Nitrophenols and Their Mixtures. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2023, 62 (23), 9091-9103.
  • Kaushik, J.; Sharma, C.; Twinkle; Lamba, N. K.; Singh, R.; Satrawala, N.; Joshi, R. K.; Sonkar, S. K., Waste-Derived Iron Nanoparticles for Solvent-Free Single-Step Reductive Acetylation of Nitroarenes. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2023, 11 (24), 9047-9056.
  • Kaushik, J.; Twinkle; Anand, S.R.; Choudhary S.K.; Sonkar, S.K., H2O2-Free Sunlight-Promoted Photo-Fenton-Type Removal of Hexavalent Chromium Using Reduced Iron Oxide Dust. ACS ES&T Water 2023, 3, 227–235.
  • Garg, A.K.; Dalal, C.; Kaushik, J.; Anand, S.R., Sonkar, S.K., Selective Sensing of Explosive Nitrophenol Compounds by Hydrophobic Carbon Nanoparticles. Materials Today Sustainability 2022, p.100202.
  • Gunture; Garg, A.K.; Aggarwal, R.; Kaushik, J.; Prajapati, R.K.; Sonkar S.K., Non-Aqueous Onion like Nano-carbons from Waste Diesel-Soot used as FRET-based Sensor for Sensing of Nitro-phenols. Environmental Research 2022, 212, 113308.
  • Kaushik, J.; Kumar, V.; Tripathi, K. M.; Sonkar, S. K., Sunlight-promoted photodegradation of Congo red by cadmium-sulfide decorated graphene aerogel. Chemosphere 2022, 287, 132225.
  • Kaushik, J.; Tripathi, K. M.; Singh, R.; Sonkar, S. K., Thiourea-functionalized graphene aerogel for the aqueous phase sensing of toxic Pb (II) metal ions and H2O2. Chemosphere 2022, 287, 132105.
  • Saini, D.; Gunture; Kaushik, J.; Aggarwal, R.; Tripathi, K. M.; Sonkar, S. K., Carbon Nanomaterials Derived from Black Carbon Soot: A Review of Materials and Applications. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2021, 4, 9303-9312.
  • Gunture; Kaushik, J.; Saini, D.; Singh, R.; Dubey, P.; Sonkar, S. K., Surface adhered fluorescent carbon dots extracted from the harmful diesel soot for sensing Fe (iii) and Hg (ii) ions. New Journal of Chemistry 2021, 45, 20164-20172.
  • Kaushik, J.; Kumar, V.; Garg, A. K.; Dubey, P.; Tripathi, K. M.; Sonkar, S. K., Bio-mass derived functionalized graphene aerogel: a sustainable approach for the removal of multiple organic dyes and their mixtures. New Journal of Chemistry 2021, 45, 9073-9083.
  • Gunture; Kaushik, J.; Garg, A. K.; Saini, D.; Khare, P.; Sonkar, S. K., Pollutant diesel soot derived onion-like nanocarbons for the adsorption of organic dyes and environmental assessment of treated wastewater. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2020, 59, 12065-12074.
  • Aggarwal, R.; Garg, A.; Kaushik, J.; Sonkar, S.K., Pollutant-based onion-like nanocarbons for improving the growth of gram plants. Materials Today Chemistry 2020, 18, 100352.
  • Saini, D.; Kaushik, J.; Garg, A. K.; Dalal, C.; Sonkar, S. K., N, S-codoped carbon dots for nontoxic cell imaging and as a sunlight-active photocatalytic material for the removal of chromium. ACS Applied Bio Materials 2020, 3, 3656-3663.
  • Garg, A. K.; Kaushik, J.; Saini, D.; Aggarwal, R.; Sonkar, S. K., Doped Carbon Dots for the Selective Sensing of Hexavalent Chromium in Water. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series E 2020, 1-9.
  • Aggarwal, R.; Saini, D.; Singh, B.; Kaushik, J.; Garg, A. K.; Sonkar, S. K., Bitter apple peel derived photoactive carbon dots for the sunlight induced photocatalytic degradation of crystal violet dye. Solar Energy 2020, 197, 326-331.
  • Gunture; Dalal, C.; Kaushik, J.; Garg, A. K.; Sonkar, S. K., Pollutant-soot-based nontoxic water-soluble onion-like nanocarbons for cell imaging and selective sensing of toxic Cr (VI). ACS Applied Bio Materials 2020, 3, 3906-3913.
  • Chauhan, N.; Anand, S. R.; Aggarwal, R.; Kaushik, J.; Shekhawat, S. S.; Sonker, A. K.; Sonkar, S. K., Soluble non-toxic carbon nano-rods for the selective sensing of iron (iii) and chromium (vi). New Journal of Chemistry 2019, 43, 10726-10734.

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