Category Archives: Research
PowderCell – Legacy Crystallography & Powder Diffraction Tool
Archival listing for an academic Windows program used to visualise crystal structures and simulate powder diffraction patterns. PowderCell PowderCell is a classic Windows application by W. Kraus & G. Nolze for visualising crystal structures and computing X-ray/neutron powder diffraction patterns. Although unmaintained, it remains useful for teaching, reproducing older analyses, and testing structure/phase hypotheses on…
Harnessing Nature for a Cleaner Tomorrow: Activated Carbon/Chitosan Hybrid Material for Lead Removal
Research Article Details Introduction The issue of toxic metal contamination poses a silent yet insidious threat to our drinking water. My focus as a Sri Lankan researcher is on addressing this problem using waste materials. I’m actively developing a novel material known as activated carbon/chitosan hybrid material (ACCHM), which merges activated carbon(rice husk) and chitosan(shrimp…
