Vivek is a Chemist and Professor at TIFR, Mumbai : https://www.nanocat.co.in/prof-vivek-polshettiwar.html
Vivek’s research focuses on advanced nanomaterials, nanocatalysis, and climate change. He envisions developing next-generation catalysts by controlling the shape and morphology of nanomaterials to optimize active site exposure. His team synthesizes nano-materials like metals, metal oxides, silica, titania, and plasmonic metals with tailored shapes for use as nano-catalysts in combating climate change. The ultimate goal is to advance catalysis research by creating non-precious metal-based nanocatalysts.
His group is dedicated to designing novel nanomaterial catalysts that address climate change challenges effectively.
In this episode, we explored his intellectual journey and learn what catalyzes him to do what he does.
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[6]A. Maity, S. Chaudhari, J. J. Titman, and V. Polshettiwar, “Catalytic nanosponges of acidic aluminosilicates for plastic degradation and CO2 to fuel conversion,” Nat Commun, vol. 11, p. 3828, Jul. 2020, doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17711-6.
[7]M. Dhiman et al., “Plasmonic colloidosomes of black gold for solar energy harvesting and hotspots directed catalysis for CO2 to fuel conversion †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Detailed experimental surface area data, low magnification STEM images, PXRD, details of thermal efficiency and Raman thermometry calculations, catalysis selectivity data and tomography videos. See DOI: 10.1039/c9sc02369k,” Chem Sci, vol. 10, no. 27, pp. 6594–6603, Jul. 2019, doi: 10.1039/c9sc02369k.
[8]A. Maity, R. Belgamwar, and V. Polshettiwar, “Facile synthesis to tune size, textural properties and fiber density of dendritic fibrous nanosilica for applications in catalysis and CO2 capture,” Nat Protoc, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 2177–2204, Jul. 2019, doi: 10.1038/s41596-019-0177-z.
[9]V. Polshettiwar, “Dendritic Fibrous Nanosilica: Discovery, Synthesis, Formation Mechanism, Catalysis, and CO2 Capture–Conversion,” Acc. Chem. Res., vol. 55, no. 10, pp. 1395–1410, May 2022, doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00031.