Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute explained

Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (formerly Central Salt Research Institute) is a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India.^[1] The institute was inaugurated by Jawahar Lal Nehru on 10 April 1954 at Bhavnagar, in Gujarat.^[2]

Technology developed

• Preparations of nutrient-rich salt of plant origins
• Electrodialysis domestic desalination system
• Preparation of novel iodizing agent
• "Clean Write" writing chalk
• Preparation of low sodium salt of botanic origin
• Plastic Chip Electrodes^{[3] [4]}

Research activity

• Molecular sensors for selective recognition of cations/anions
• Recognition of analytes and neutral molecules in physiological condition
• Supramolecular metal complexes to study photo-induced energy/electron transfer processes
• Nanocrystalline dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC)
• Smart Materials
• Tailored and modified electrodes.
• Green Chemistry
• Polymer Chemistry and development of novel drug delivery system
• Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Natural products
• Recovery of precious metal ions from natural sources
• Crystal engineering
• Computational Study
• Electrochemical/chemical value addition processes
• Development of polyethylene based inter polymer membranes and design of electrodialysis units

External links

1. About CSMCRI

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of CSIR laboratories and their important research programmes. csirhrdg.nic.i. 18 October 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090410041136/http://csirhrdg.nic.in/SRF_Anx_I.pdf. 10 April 2009. dmy-all.
2. Web site: Genesis of CSMCRI. csmcri.org. 18 October 2014. 23 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161123131854/http://www.csmcri.org/Pages/About/about_us.php. dead.
3. Polymer–graphite composite: a versatile use and throw plastic chip electrode; Mosarrat Perween, Dilip B. Parmar, Gopala Ram Bhadu, Divesh N. Srivastava; Analyst, 139 (2014) 5919-5926.
4. An improved next generation off-laboratory polymer chip electrode USA [US20170082576; A1]