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Dr Balagopal N Nair

Adjunct Professor
Noritake Company Ltd

Job Description / Background

Visiting Research Fellow from Noritake Company LTD., Aichi, Japan, where Dr. Nair work as an Assistant General Manager. Visit http://www.noritake.co.jp/eng/ to learn more about Noritake.

Fields of Interest

Nanomaterials, Porous structures, Membranes, Fuel Cells, Absorbents

Selected Publications

Nair, B. N.; Ando, Y.; Taguchi, H., Development of Advanced Materials and Membranes for Hydrogen and Energy Production. American Chemical Society: In press.

Nair, B. N.; Suzuki, T.; Yoshino, Y.; Suraj, G.; Sugawara, T.; Nakao, S. I.; Taguchi, H., An Oriented Nanoporous Membrane. Advanced Materials 2005, 17, (9), 1136-1140.

Yoshino, Y.; Suzuki, T.; Yamada, S.; Nair, B. N.; Taguchi, H., Development of Tubular Substrates, Silica Based Membranes and Membrane Modules for Hydrogen Separation at High Temperature. Journal of Membrane Science 2005, In press, corrected proof.

Kawamura, H.; Yamaguchi, T.; Nair, B. N.; Nakagawa, K.; Nakao, S. I., A Dual Ion Conducting Membrane for High Temperature CO₂ Separation. Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan 2005, 38, (5), 322-328.

Nair, B. N.; Yamaguchi, T.; Kawamura, H.; Nakagawa, K.; Nakao, S. I., Synthesis of Lithium Zirconate for Applications in CO2 Separation: Structure and Properties of the Powders. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 2004, 87, (1), 68-74.

Yamaguchi, T.; Ibe, M.; Nair, B. N.; Nakao, S.-i., A Pore-Filling Electrolyte Membrane-Electrode Integrated System for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Applications. Journal of Electrochemistry 2002, 149, (11), A1448-1453.

Lin, J.; Kumakiri, I.; Nair, B. N.; Alsyouri, H., Microporous Ceramic Membranes: Review. Separation and Purification Methods 2002, 31, (2), 229-379.

Nair, B. N.; Keizer, K.; Suematsu, H.; Suma, Y.; Ono, S.; Okubo, T.; Nakao, S.-I., Synthesis of Gas and Vapor Molecular Sieving Silica Membranes and Analysis of Pore Size and Connectivity. Langmuir 2000, 16, (10), 4558-4662.

Nair, B. N.; Keizer, K.; Okubo, T.; Nakao, S.-I., Formation Process, Analysis and Structure of Silica Polymers and Membranes. In Surface Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Membranes, Sorenson, T., Ed. Marcel Dekker: NY, 1998; pp 125-167.

Nair, B. N.; Keizer, K.; Okubo, T.; Nakao, S.-I., Evolution of Pore Structure in Microporous Silica Membranes; Sol-gel Procedures and Strategies. Advanced Materials 1998, 10, (3), 249-252.

Nair, B. N.; Yamaguchi, T.; Okubo, T.; Suematsu, H.; Keizer, K.; Nakao, S.-I., Sol-gel Synthesis of Molecular Sieving Silica Membranes. Journal of Membrane Science 1997, 135, (2), 237-243.

Nair, B. N.; Elferink, W. J.; Keizer, K.; Verweij, H., Sol-gel Synthesis and Characterization of Microporous Silica Membranes, 1. SAXS Study on the Growth of Polymeric Structures. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 1996, 178, 565-570.

Nair, B. N.; Vos, R. d.; Keizer, K.; Verweij, H., Sol-gel Synthesis and Characterization of Microporous Silica Membranes, 2. Tailor Making Porosity. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 1996, 180, 127-134.