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ANNEXURE-I

List of Publications

1. Mahesh Chhatbar, Ramavtar Meena, Kamalesh prasad, A.K. Siddhanta*.

Microwave assisted rapid method for hydrolysis of sodium alginate for M/G

ratio determination, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2009, 76, 650-656.

2. A.K. Siddhanta*, Kamalesh Prasad, Ramavatar Meena, Gayatri Prasad,

Gaurav K. Mehta, Mahesh U. Chhatbar, Mihir D. Oza, Sanjay Kumar,

Naresh D. Sanandiya. Profiling of cellulose content in Indian seaweed species,

Bioresource Technology, 2009, 100, 6669-6673.

3. Mahesh U. Chhatbar, Ramavatar Meena, Kamalesh Prasad, A.K.

Siddhanta*. Agar/sodium alginate-graft-polyacrylonitrile, a stable hydrogel

system, Indian Journal of Chemistry, 2009, 48A, 1085-1090.

4. A.K. Siddhanta*, Mahesh U. Chhatbar, Gaurav K. Mehta, Naresh D.

Sanandiya, Sanjay Kumar, Mihir D. Oza, Kamalesh Prasad, Ramavatar

Meena. The cellulose contents of Indian seaweeds, Journal of Applied

Phycology (In press; September 22, 2010) [DOI 10.1007/s10811-010-9599-2].

5. Ramavatar Meena, Mahesh U. Chhatbar, Kamalesh Prasad, A.K.

Siddhanta*. Microwave assisted synthesis of pH-responsive swellable adducts

of chitosan-polyuronic acids, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2011, 83, 1402-1407.

6. Mahesh U. Chhatbar, Ramavatar Meena, Chirag B. Godiya, A.K.

Siddhanta*. Evaluation of controlled drug release properties in chitosan-

polyuronic acid adducts (Manuscript in preparation, 2011).

7. Mahesh U. Chhatbar, Ramavatar Meena, A.K. Siddhanta*. Microwave

assisted synthesis of CIsps-graft-PVP copolymers: Evaluation of its adhesive

properties (Manuscript in preparation, 2011).

8. Mahesh U. Chhatbar, Ramavatar Meena, A.K. Siddhanta*. Chemical studies

on the alginate of Indian brown seaweed species (Manuscript in preparation,

2011).

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Book Chapter

1. Siddhanta, A.K., Meena, R., Gayatri Prasad, Mahesh U. Chhatbar, Mehta,

G.K., Oza, M.D., Kumar, S., Prasad, K. Development of carbohydrate

polymer based new hydrogel materials derived from seaweed polysaccharides

in “Carbohydrate Polymers: Development, Properties and Applications”

Ryouichi, I., Youta, M., (Eds), NOVA Science Publishers Inc., New York,

2010, pp 555-582.

Other publications (work that is not described in this dissertation)

1. Ramavatar Meena, Mahesh Chhatbar, Kamalesh Prasad, A.K. Siddhanta*.

Development of a robust hydrogel system based on agar and sodium alginate

blend, Polymer International, 2008, 57, 329-336.

2. Mahesh U. Chhatbar, Ramavatar Meena, Kamalesh Prasad, Dharmesh R.

Chejara, A.K. Siddhanta*. Microwave-induced facile synthesis of water-

soluble fluorogenic alginic acid derivatives, Carbohydrate Research, 2011 (In

press; January 5, 2011; DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2011.01.002).

3. Mahesh U. Chhatbar, Kamalesh Prasad, Dharmesh R. Chejara, A.K.

Siddhanta*. Synthesis of sodium alginate based new thixotropic material

(Manuscript in preparation).

Seminars Attended

1. Ramavatar Meena, Kamalesh Prasad, Mahesh U. Chhatbar and A.K.

Siddhanta*.“Preparation of copolymer hydrogel of agar and sodium alginate

blend” in “XX Carbohydrate Conference” during November 24-26, 2005 at

Department of Chemistry, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).

2. Mahesh U. Chhatbar, R. Meena, K. Prasad and A.K. Siddhanta*. “Synthesis

of robust copolymer hydrogel (Agar/Na-Alg-graft-PAN) based on agar and

sodium alginate blend” (Participated and present a paper in “44th Annual

Convention of Chemists 2007” during December 23-27, 2007 at Mahatma

Gandhi Institute of Applied Sciences, Jaipur (Rajasthan).

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3. Mahesh U. Chhatbar, R. Meena, K. Prasad and A.K. Siddhanta*.“Isolation

and characterization of alginate from Indian brown seaweeds” (Participated

and present a paper in “XXII Gujarat Science Congress” March 9, 2008 at

Department of Chemistry Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar (Gujarat).

4. Mahesh U. Chhatbar, R. Meena, K. Prasad and A.K. Siddhanta*.“Synthesis

of alginic acid-biphenyl conjugate” (Participated and present a paper in

“XXIII Carbohydrate Conference” during January 22-24, 2009 at Department

of Chemistry Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar (Gujarat).

5. Mahesh U. Chhatbar, R. Meena, K. Prasad and A.K. Siddhanta*.“Microwave

assisted synthesis and characterization of alginic acid hydrazide” (Participated

and present a paper in “XXIV Carbohydrate Conference” during December 7-

9, 2009 at Lachu Memorial College at Jodhpur (Rajasthan).

6. Ramavatar Meena*, A.K. Siddhanta, Kamalesh Prasad, Mahesh U.

Chhatbar. “Modification and characterization of some Indian seaweed

polysaccharides” in “11th European Workshop on Lignocellulosics and Pulp”

during August 16-19, 2010 at Hamburg, Germany.

7. Mahesh U. Chhatbar, R. Meena and A.K. Siddhanta*.“Chemical

modification of the polysaccharides of Cystoseira indica by grafting with

polymerizable substrates” (Participated and present a paper in “XXV

Carbohydrate Conference” during November 11-13, 2010 at Department of

Chemistry, H. P. University, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh).