Professor Rajendra Prasad Vijayan

Department of Chemistry
University of Venda
Private Bag X5050

0950 Thohoyandou, Republic of South Africa

 

 

Telephone: +27 15 962 8279, Fax: +27 15 812 10175
E-mail: prasadr@univen.ac.za

Brief CV

B.Sc. (Kerala, India), M.Sc. (Saugar, India), Ph.D. (Saugar, India), C.Chem., MRSC (UK)

 

Research Interests

 

·        Biosorption of hazardous metal ions from aqueous solutions

·        Hazardous waste management.

·        Coordination compounds.

·        Intercalation chemistry and new materials

Selected publications

  1. Vijayan, R.P. and O’Hare, D. 2001. “Preferential anion exchange intercalation of pyridine carboxylate and touluate isomers in the layered double hydroxide [Li Al2 (OH) 6]Cl.H2O”, J. Mater. Chem , 11, 3276-3280.
  2. “Excess enthalpies and volumes of mixing for mesitylene + alcohols at 298.15K”, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 61 (1990) 81-87.
  3. “Characterization and thermogravimetric analysis of mixed-ligand complexes of oxovandium(IV) with nicotinic acid and 8-hydroxyquinoline, piperazine, a,a'-dipyridyl and b-picoline”, Thermochimica Acta, 99 (1986)  193-203.
  1. Vijayan, R.P. and Prasad, A.K. 1994. “Biosorption of trace metals from aqueous solution”, American Chemical Society, I & E Division, 2, p 997. 
  2. Biosorption of hazardous metal ions from aqueous solutions using aquatic-macrophytes, ICC in Africa, 7 (1998) p 26.