My research interests are broadly in the field of green and environmental chemistry and designed to facilitate undergraduate participation. Our group works with a class of non-volatile and non-flammable solvents termed ionic liquids (ILs). We are interested in both the applications of ILs in various processes and environmental remediation as well as fundamental properties of the solvents such as toxicity, role of water in modifying properties etc. Through a recent Aisiku Interdisciplinary STEM Research Team Initiative grant I have been working with an interdisciplinary group to assess the effects of urbanization on the water quality of the Tatnuck Brook watershed. Some of my research also involves development of green chemistry education materials for use in the undergraduate curriculum.
CH 335: Green Chemistry This course will provide an understanding of the fundamentals of green chemical design that either eliminates or reduces the use or generation of hazardous substances
CH 330: Environmental Toxicology Topics include the pharmacological and biochemical properties of toxins and the effects of toxins on human health, including assessment of risk(s).
Regularly teach the following courses o CH 120: General Chemistry I o CH 121: General Chemistry II o CH 112: Survey of Chemistry o CH 320: Environmental Chemistry o CH 210: Chemical Analysis: An introduction to modern methods
1. Dilip, M.; Muthuraman, G.; Kandasamy, P. “Removal of Textile Dyes from Aqueous Solution using PEG based Aqueous Biphasic System”, Environ. Chem. Ecotox. 2005, 87, 499-507.
2. Dilip, M.; Venkateshwaran, P.; Kandasamy, P. “Removal of Textile Dye from Textile Dye Effluent using TBAB based Aqueous Biphasic Systems” J. Env. Sci. Engg. 2005, 47, 176-181.
3. Griffin, S. T.; Dilip, M.; Spear, S. K.; Huddleston, J. G.; Rogers, R. D. “The Opposite Effect of Temperature on Polyethylene Glycol-Based Aqueous Biphasic Systems versus Aqueous Biphasic Extraction Chromatographic Resins”, J. Chromatograph. B 2006, 844, 23-31.
4. Dilip, M.; Griffin, S. T.; Spear, S. K.; Rogers, R. D. “Dual Nature of Polyethylene Glycol Based Aqueous Biphasic Extraction Chromatographic (ABEC) Resins: Uptakes of Perchlorate versus Mercury (II) “, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2008, 47, 7390–7396.
5. Smiglak, M.; Bridges, N. J.; Dilip, M, Rogers, R. D. “Direct, Atom Efficient, and Halide-Free Syntheses of Azolium Azolate Energetic Ionic Liquids and Their Eutectic Mixtures, and Method for Determining Eutectic Composition”, Chem-Eur J 2008, 14, 11314 – 11319.
6. Cordes, D. B.; Smiglak, M.; Hines, C.C.; Bridges, N. J.; Dilip, M.; Srinivasan, G. Metlen, A.; Rogers, R. D. “Ionic Liquid-Based Routes to Conversion or Reuse of Recycled Ammonium Perchlorate”, Chem-Eur J 2009, 15, 13441 – 13448.
7. Dilip, M.; Griffin, S. T.; Spear, S. K.; Rogers, R. D. “Comparison of Temperature Effects on the Salting Out of Poly(ethylene glycol) versus Poly(ethylene oxide)−Poly(propylene oxide) Random Copolymer” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2010, 49, 2371-2379.
8. Dilip, M. “Cradle to Grave: How Green are Ionic Liquids?” Nanomat. Energy 2012, Submitted (Invited Review)
9. Dilip, M.; Bridges, N.J.; Rodriguez, H.; Periera, J.F.B., Rogers, R.D. “Effect of Temperature on Salt-Salt Aqueous Biphasic Systems: Manifestations of Upper Critical Solution Temperature”, J. Solution Chem. 2015, 44, 454-468.
10. “Transition Catalysis for Organic Synthesis”, Jeremy R. Andreatta and Meghna Dilip, Chapter in Catalysis for Sustainability: Goals, Challenges, and Impacts, Thomas Umile, Ed., CRC Press, Taylor & Frances Group, Boca Raton, FL. 2015, pp. 23 – 46.
11. Dilip, M; Kerr, M.K. “Greening the Curriculum: Traditional and Online Offerings for Science and Non-Science Majors” Phys. Sci Rev. 2016, 1, 2365.
12. Mishra, M; Kelly, S; Dilip, M; Vaid, T.; Cordes, D; Griffin, S; Rogers, R.D. “Insights into the Behavior of Highly Acidic Metal Cations in Ionic Liquids from Reactions of Titanium Tetrachloride with [1-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium][X] Ionic Liquids (X = Chloride, Bromide, Tetrafluoroborate)” Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 1764-1773
13. Murphy, K.C.; Dilip, M.; Quattrucci, J.G; Mitroka, S.M.; Andreatta J.R. J. Chem. Ed. 2019, 96, 2993-2999
