Industrial Research And Consultancy Centre

New ESCA (Installed in February 2016) : 

Make : Kratos Analytical, UK (SHIMADZU group) 

Model : AXIS Supra 

  • Two chamber ultra high vacuum system: Analysis chamber (< 2.0 x 10-9 Torr) and Sample load-lock chamber (< 5.0 x 10-8 Torr)
  • Automated sample transfer mechanism and five-axis sample manipulator
  • XPS source : Monochromatic (AlKα) 600 W X-ray source; 1486.6 eV
  • UPS source : High photon flux He gas discharge lamp (He-I 21.2 eV and He-II at 40.8 eV)
  • Auger : Field emission gun for Auger electron spectroscopy and Scanning Auger microscopy. Source energy range up to 10 kV
  • Electron energy analyser and detector : Concentric hemispherical analyzer (CHA) for spectroscopy, and Spherical mirror analyzer for parallel imaging. Multichannel plates stack with delay-line detector for counting. Spectroscopy, snapshot and imaging modes with option of large area and small area analysis.
  • Differentially pumped ion gun : High performance gun for precision depth profiling, Energy range 500 eV to 4 keV for sample etching (cleaning) and depth profiling
  • Sample cleaning ion gun : Broad beam sputter ion gun in sample entry chamber. Energy ranges 300 eV to 3 keV.
  • Charge neutralizer : For non-conducting samples
  • Sample heating & cooling : 500oC to -100oC
  • Software system : Windows based software (ESCApe) for automated sample transfer, data acquisition and data processing. Site license for data processing.
  • Capabilities : Under ideal sample preparation conditions the following can be achieved
    XPS : energy resolution is ~0.5 eV, & 0.7 eV in case of non-conducting samples, XPS-imaging spatial resolution is ~ 1 μm
    UPS : energy resolution is ~ 0.12 eV. 
    Auger elemental mapping spatial resolution : ~ 0.1 μm
  • Typically analysis depth is ~ 5 nm for metals/semiconductors and ~ 10 nm for polymers and is dependent on the material and photoemission angle. Typical emission angle is 0 degree (Analyzer is normal to sample surface)



Old ESCA (Installed in February 2004) : 

Make :Thermo VG Scientific, UK 

Model : Multilab 

  • Electron Analyser: Concentric hemispherical analyzer (CHA), Option of large area, small area spectroscopy, Multi channel spectroscopic detector
  • XPS Sources: Twin anode (MgKα/ZrLα) 300 W and Microfocused monochromatic (AlKα) 250 W X-ray sources
  • UPS Source: High photon flux He gas discharge source (modes: HeI 21.2 eV and HeII at 40.8 eV) with 2-stage differential pumping
  • Auger Electron Gun (FEG1000): SEM gun with high spatial resolution Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and Scanning Auger microscopy (SAM), Energy range up to 7 keV
  • Differentially Pumped Ion Gun: High performance gun for precision depth profiling, Energy range 100 eV to 5 keV for sample etching (cleaning) and depth profiling
  • Sample Cleaning Ion Gun: Cross ionization gun for broad area cleaning and uniform etch profiles. Energy range 300 eV to 3 keV. Facility for sample heating up to 400oC
  • Data System (AVANTAGE): Windows based data acquisition system and digital control of spectrometer

 

 

 

Special Features of AXIS Supra (New ESCA) : 

  • Automated sample handling and programming of experiments for high thru put analysis
  • High energy resolution and high sensitivity (uses both electrostatic lens and magnetic immersion lens)
  • Automated charge neutralizer for analysis of insulating samples
  • Parallel 2D- XPS imaging and mapping of elements as well as chemical state (Spatial resolution ~ 1 um)
  • Depth profiling (Zalar rotation is also available)
  • Angle dependent spectroscopy (Compucentric)
  • Scanning Auger microscopy



Special Features of Multilab (Old ESCA) :

  • High transmission electron energy analyzer
  • High flux dual anode X-ray, High flux UV source, and monochromatic X-ray source
  • AES/SEM/SAM electron gun
  • Low energy charge neutralization source
  • Broad spot sample cleaning source

Working Principle New ESCA Facility : 
Electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) instrument comprises of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Ultra-violet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) / Scanning Auger Microscopy (SAM).

The surface to be analyzed is placed in a vacuum environment and then irradiated with photons (X-ray or Ultra-violet). The incident photons release electrons (called photoelectrons) from their electronic structure (core-levels and valence band) and ionize the atoms. The kinetic energy and the number of photoelectrons are precisely measured and counted respectively using an analyzer-detector based on which the binding energy and the intensity of the photoelectron are determined. AES/SAM is based on the Auger effect (series of internal relaxation events upon ionization of core level) leading to emission of electrons called Auger electrons. It uses primary electron beam (3 to 10 keV) and the possibility to focus and scan this primary electron beam in nm and μm range. The Auger electrons are part of the secondary electron spectrum with characteristic energy allowing one to identify the emitting element. The experimental setup is somewhat similar to that of SEM with a difference, that is, the electrons are not only used for imaging but also for chemical identification of the surface atoms.

Limitations: ESCA can detect all the elements except H and He. The detection limit is 0.1%

Reference Books: 
1. An Introduction to Surface Analysis by XPS & AES, John F. Watts & John Wolstenholme, Wiley 2003. 2. Surface Analysis - The Principle Techniques, Edtd by John Vickerman & Ian Gilmore, Wiley 2009.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Registration

o What is the registration procedure for using this facility and how many samples one can do?

Ans: You can register your request at the link Submit new request. You can submit three samples in one slot. However, in case of XPS-depth profiling you can submit one or two sample (total acquisition time limited to 6 h), as depth-profiling is a lengthy experiment. The samples of the duly registered person only will be accepted. Further registration should be avoided until the slot for existing registration is completed.

o Whether XPS and UPS analysis is possible on same samples in one submission?

Ans: XPS analysis followed by UPS analysis on same samples is possible. Please make two separate requests, one for each mode.

o How long will it take to get a slot, and do I need to be present during the experiment/data collection?

Ans: Normally it takes about two weeks to get a slot, but it could vary depending on the load. The given slot is for submitting the samples. Typically the samples are loaded in the system on the day of your slot and are run unattended (the instrument is automated) in the night or on the subsequent day. You are encouraged to be present during analysis of your samples. You can inform the lab staff so that the analysis is scheduled during working hours.

Instrument related

o What is the typical experimental routine for XPS analysis?

Ans: For a typical XPS investigation a broad survey (wide) spectrum is obtained to identify elements present on the sample surface. The survey spectrum is recorded with analyzer pass energy of 160 eV or 80 eV and large area aperture. These settings provide higher sensitivity and adequate resolution for elemental identification. Once the elemental composition is obtained narrower detailed scans of selected peaks can be recorded at lower pass energy (~ 20 eV) to get better resolution for a more comprehensive picture of the chemical state and composition.

o What is the depth of analysis (surface sensitivity) in XPS and AES? Is it possible to vary the analysis depth?

Ans: The depth of analysis in the case of both XPS and AES is same and is in the range 5 to 10 nm. The analysis can be made more surface sensitive by tilting the sample (changing the emission angle).

o Whether it is possible to record SEM and do XPS analysis?

Ans: It is not possible to do SEM and XPS analysis together. SEM is with Auger analysis and is used for point analysis (< 100 nm) and to generate chemical maps.

o My sample is non-conducting. Is it possible to do XPS and obtain chemical state information?

Ans: It is possible to do XPS on non-conducting samples as the ESCA instrument is equipped with charge neutralizer. However, for chemical state information accurate charge correction to binding energy scale using a reference peak is required. Usually adventitious carbon peak appearing at 284.8 eV can be used for this purpose.

Sample Preparation and Analysis

o Whether liquid samples can be analyzed?

Ans: It is not possible to analyse liquid samples. However, liquid samples may be drop casted on solid substrates like silicon, aluminium foil, gold film etc. and should be dried completely. Wet and greasy samples are not accepted. Caution: ESCA is an ultra high vacuum (UHV) system and any out-gassing from sample will contaminate the system!!!

o Whether it is possible to do sample drop casting and drying in ESCA lab?

Ans: It is not possible in ESCA lab and users have to bring their samples in ready-to-load form. However, if required doctor blade and diamond cutter are available to cut the sample to required size. The samples should be completely dry, free from any solvent and should be stable in UHV conditions.

o Is it possible to analyze powder samples in ESCA system?

Ans: ESCA is a UHV system and hence light weight fine powder samples are likely to fly-off and contaminate the pumping system unless stick properly to sample holder. Therefore, powder samples should be made in to pellet or in to thin coating on substrates like silicon, aluminium foil, copper etc. with good adhesion on its own. No additive should be used as it will interfere with the analysis. Pressing powders in to indium foil is another method.

o Is it possible to do surface cleaning of powder samples using sputter ion gun in ESCA system?

Ans: Powder samples are not possible to sputter as the powder particles are likely to move during ion bombardment. Also, there is a possibility of shadow effect and inhomogeneous sputtering.

o If carbon is element of interest, what is the reference for charge correction?

Ans: In this case you need to identify some element of your sample itself for which you should be sure of its binding energy. Alternately, you can intentionally add some element that will remain unchanged during processing of your sample and whose chemical state / binding energy is well known. Evaporating a small gold dot will also serve the purpose.

o After surface cleaning adsorbed carbon disappears. In that case what is the reference?

Ans: In this case, it is likely that there may be a trace amount of Ar from ion sputtering process present on the sample surface. The Ar 2p core level peak at 242.3 eV can be used for charge correction. In the absence of this the solution same as discussed above may be used.

o What happens to samples after analysis?

Ans: If the samples are to be recovered and returned, you should clearly indicate the same at the time of submitting the samples for analysis. After two to three days of receiving the data (completion of the analysis) the samples can be collected from the lab between 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM. Uncollected samples will be disposed off after ten days of intimation of the completion of the work and no reminders will be sent.

Data Analysis

o Does the ESCA lab provide elemental quantification and peak fitting analysis?

Ans: ESCA lab provides the elemental quantification based on survey (wide) spectrum. However, users are advised to verify / cross-check themselves, as sometimes there are overlapping peaks and the operator may not have full details of your sample while quantifying. Peak fitting analysis of high-resolution scans should be performed by users taking in to account the literature and data-base.

o Which software I can use for peak fitting analysis of XPS spectra?

Ans: XPS peak fitting analysis is to be performed using specialized software meant for XPS and AES analysis. Licensed commercial softwares “ESCApe” and “CASA XPS” are available for institute users. Users can download the ESCApe software from the link provided in email received along with data, while the demo version of CASA XPS can be downloaded from internet and later obtain the license from ESCA lab. The .experiment file can be directly opened in ESCApe software, while in the case of CASA XPS software you need it in .vms format (this format conversion can be done in ESCApe software).

Other

o Whether the facility is to be acknowledged in publications?

Ans: If the data obtained from ESCA facility is used in the publications/reports/thesis, the facility must be acknowledged as “Central surface analytical facility (ESCA Lab) of IIT Bombay” with due feedback through email to esca@iitb.ac.in.

List of Journal Publications:

List of publications 2021-2022 (Based on feedback received from users and scopus search)
1) Dharmveer Yadav, Rahul Kumar Das, Sumit Saxena, Shobha Shukla, “OGF nanocomposite foam for enhanced recyclability and oil-recovery”, Journal of Cleaner Probuction, 137266, (2023).

2) Karthik Kiran Sarigamala, Alexander Struck, Shobha Shukla, Sumit Saxena, “Heterophase interfacial hybrid//grapheme nanoscrolls based high performance lithium-ion hybrid supercapacitor”, Electrochimica Acta, Volume 450, 142266, (2023).

3) Abhishek Pandey, Rahul Kumar Das, Amit K. Chakarborty, Shobha Shukala, Sumit Saxena, “Nanodefects assisted removal of reative dyes using biomass derived reduced 3D-OGFs”, Journal of cleaner production, volume 362, 132257, 15August (2022).

4) Ramu Banavath, Anand Abhinav, Rohit Srivastava, Parag Bhargava, “ Highly sensitive ascorbic acid sensors from EDTA chelation derived nickel hexacyanoferrate/grapheme nanocomposites/grapheme nanocomposites”, electrochimica acta, volume 419, 140335, 1 july (2022).

5) Mihir Kumar Jha, Neelam Sunariwal, Bradyn J. Parker, Neil Cameron, Chandramouli Subramaniam, “Multi-cationic ionic liquid combination enabling 86- fold enhancement in frequency response and superior energy density in all solid state supercapacitors, Journal of energy storage, Volume 53, 105164, September (2022).

6) Snehasis Biswas a, Jayesh Bellare, “Explaining Ayurvedic preparation of Rasasindura, its toxicological effects on NIH3T3 cell line and Zebrafish larvae”, Journal of Ayurveda and Intergrative Medicine, Volume 13, Issue 2, 100518, April- June (2022).

7) K Bhawana , Amlan Roy , Nilanjan Chakrabarty , Manoj Gautam , Dimple P. Dutta , Sagar Mitra, “Sodium-ion batteries: Chemistry of biomass derived disordered carbon in carbonate and ether-base electrolytes” electrochemical Acta, volume 425, 140744, September (2022).

8) Md Adil, Ananta Sarkar, Supriya Sau, Divyamahalakshmi Muthuraj, Sagar Mitra, Non-aqueous rechargeable calcium-ion batteries based on high voltage zirconium- doped ammonium vanadium oxide cathode, Journal of power sources, volume 541, 231669, September (2022).

9) Aakash Ahuja , Ajit Kumar , Abhinanda Sengupta , Manoj Gautam , Harshita Lohan i , Pratima Kumari , Sagar Mitra , “Single-crystal spinel Li1.08Mn1.92O4 octahedra cathode covered with Li-ion permeable robust NMC thin-layer protection for high voltage lithiumion batteries”, Energy Storage Materials, Volume 52, Pages 169- 179, November (2022).

10) Jeffry Nongkynrih , Abhinanda Sengupta , Brindaban Modak , Sagar Mitra b, A.K. Tyagi , Dimple P. Dutta , “Enhanced electrochemical properties of W-doped Na3V2(PO4)2F3@C as cathode material in sodium ion batteries”, Electrochimica Acta, Volume 415, 140256, 20 May (2022).

11) Garima Chaturvedi , Rishabh Jaiswal , S.A. Ilangovan , S. Sujatha , K.S. Ajeesh , Sa nkara Sarma V. Tatiparti, “A systematic approach for selecting suitable morphologies for supercapacitor applications through morphological stability map – A case of Ni-MOF” Volume 49, Issue 6, Pages 9382-9394, 15 March (2023).

12) Sukanya Krishnan, Amritanshu Shriwastav, “ Chlorophyll sensitized and salicylic acid functionalized TiO2 nanoparticles as a stable and efficient catalyst for the photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin with visible light” Environmental Research, Volume 216,114568, January (2023).

13) Anagha pradeep, Bachu Sravan Kumar, Vaibhav Verma, Sushobhan Kobi, T. Nandakumar, Amartya Mukhopadhyay “ Features of carbon-based reinforcements influencing the electrochemical behavior of bi-phase Na-titanate base anode materials for Na-ion batteries”, Carbon, volume 201, January (2023).

14) Ramu Banavath, siva sankar Nemala, Soo-Hyun Kim, Sivasambu Bohm, Mohd Zahid Ansari, Debananda Mohapatra, Parag Bhargava, “Industrially scalable exfoliated grapheme nanoplatelets by high presuure airless spray technique for high performance supercapacitors”, FlatChem, Volume 33, 100373, May (2022).

15) Santa Kolay, Parag Bhargava, “ Role of MgO in lowering glass transition temperature and increasing hardness of lithium silicate glass and glass-ceramics” Ceramics International, volume 48, issue 9, pages 12699-12711, May (2022).

16) Ashwini kumar, Andrea Perinot, Sudipta Kumar Sarkar, Dipti Gupta, Nicolas F. Zorn, Jana Zaumseil, Mario Caironi, “Low-temperature solution-processed high capacitance AlOx dielectrics for low-voltage carbon-based transistors”, Organic Electronics, Volume 110, 106636, November (2022).

17) V. Chakkravarthy , J.P. Oliveira , Anisa Mahomed , Nan Yu , P. Manojkumar , M. Lakshmanan , Long Zhang , V. Raja , S. Jerome , T. Ram Prabhu , R.L. Narayan , Effect of abrasive water jet peening on NaCl-induced hot corrosion behavior of Ti- 6Al-4V” Vacuum 210 , 111872, (2023).

18) Abhishek Kumar Arya , R.K. Singh Raman , Rahul Parmar , Matteo Amati , Luca Gregoratti , Sumit Saxena, “Spectroscopic investigation of improved corrosion resistance of nickel due to multilayer graphene coating developed with suitably tilted substrate during CVD”, Carbon 200,) 215–226, (2022).

19) Rajiv Kumar, R.K. Singh Raman, S.R. Bakshi, V.S. Raja, S. Parida, “Nanocrystalline structure remarkably enhances oxidation resistance of Fe-20Cr- 5Al alloy”,Journal of Alloys and Compounds 900 , 163568, (2022).

20) Kritika Singh, Aparna Singh, “Effect of austempering temperature on corrosion evolution during immersion of high carbon nano-structured bainitic steel in aqueous chloride environment”, Materialia 21, 101282, (2022).

21) Bhabani Prasad Sahu, Santosh Kumar Yadav, Simran Arora and Subhabrata Dhar, Study of lithium incorporation in (111) NiO epitaxial layers grown on c-sapphire substrates by pulsed laser deposition technique, Journal of Physics D, (2023). Article

22) Rashmi Tripathi, Vaishali Chauhan, Pranay Gandharapu, Sushobhan Kobi, Amartya Mukhopadhyay,and Rajiv O. Dusane, Si Nanowires Grown on Cu Substrates via the Hot-Wire-Assisted Vapor−Liquid−Solid Method for Use as Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries, ACS Applied nano materials, 5, 17767-17782, (2022).

23) Barkha Singh, Rohan Bahadur,b Priyanka Maske, Mayuri Gandhi, Dipty Singh and Rohit Srivastava, Preclinical safety assessment of red emissive gold nanocluster conjugated crumpled MXene nanosheets: a dynamic duo for image-guided photothermal therapy, Nanoscale, 15, 2932, (2023).

24) M. V. V. S. Aditya, S. Panda, S. Kutiyar and S. S. V. Tatiparti, "Mg-B-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites with negligible incubation time for hydrogen release", Adv. Sustainable Syst., 2200470, (2023).

25) S. Panda, M. V. V. S. Aditya, S. Kutiyar and S. S. V. Tatiparti, "Combined effect of multiple atomic interactions and structural catalysis on the dehydrogenation from MgH2 in Mg (H2)-Ni-rGO system" Applied Nanoscience, 1-10, (2023).

26) Poulomi, N.; Subramaniam, C. “Employing redox-active additives for enhanced charge polarization and two-fold higher energy density in supercapacitor”, Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 2202052, (2023).

27) S. Bhaskar, D. Thacharakkal, S.S. Ramamurthy. Chandramouli Subramaniam, “Metal–Dielectric Interfacial Engineering with Mesoporous Nano-Carbon Florets for 1000-Fold Fluorescence Enhancements: Smartphone-Enabled Visual Detection of Perindopril Erbumine at a Single-molecular Level” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 11, 78, (2023).

28) I. Dwivedi, A. Sarkar, G. Rajaraman, C. Subramaniam, “Electric-Field-Induced Solid–Gas Interfacial Chemical Reaction in Carbon Nanotube Ensembles: Route toward Ultra-sensitive Gas Detectors”, ACS Appl Mater. Interfaces, 14, 13271, (2022).

29) I. Dwivedi, C. Subramaniam, “Joule Heating-Driven Transformation of Hard-Carbons to Onion-like Carbon Monoliths for Efficient Capture of Volatile Organic Compounds” , ACS Mater. Au, 2, 154, (2022).

30) Urvashi Bothra, Pramiti Hui, Wen Liang Tan, Eliot Gann, Hariprasad Venugopal, Chandramouli Subramaniam, Amelia Liu, Christopher R McNeill, Dinesh Kabra, “Visualization of Sub-Nanometer Scale Multi-Orientational Ordering in Thin Films of Polymer/Non-Fullerene Acceptor Blends”, J. Mater. Chem. A, (2022).

31) RK Kashyap, I Dwivedi, S Roy, S Roy, A Rao, Chandramouli Subramaniam, PP Pillai, “Insights into the Utilization and Quantification of Thermoplasmonic Properties in Gold Nanorod Arrays” , Chem. Mater., 34, 7369 , (2022).

32) MK Jha, N Sunariwal, BJ Parker, N Cameron, Chandramouli Subramaniam, “Multi-cationic ionic liquid combination enabling 86-fold enhancement in frequency response and superior energy density in all-solid-state supercapacitors” J. Energy Storage, 53, 105164, (2022).

33) Ankit Mukherjee, Ankush Shankar Pujari, Shraddha Nitin Shinde, Uddip Kashyap, Lalit Kumar, Chandramouli Subramaniam, Sandip K Saha, “Performance assessment of open thermochemical energy storage system for seasonal space heating in highly humid environment” Renewable Energy, 201, 204, (2022).

34) Sudeshna Chaudhari, Vishwanath Kalyani, Rosemary M.J., Sneha Letha, Subramaniam Chandramouli, “Engineering interfaces to facilitate charge transport pathways in electrospun scaffolds for high-performance, flexible supercapacitors” Journal of Energy Storage, 65, 107271, (2023).

List of Publications in 2017 (Based on Scopus search and feedback received from users)

Journal:

1)Mahesh, I., Jaithaliya, R., Sarkar, A., Efficient electro oxidation of ethanol on Bi-Pt/C nanoparticles: (i) Effect of monolayer Bi deposition on specific sites of Pt nanoparticle (ii) Calculation of average number of e-s without help of chemical analysis (2017) ElectrochimicaActa, 258, pp. 933-941.

2)Nawaz, S., Tulapurkar, A.A., Palkar, V.R., Comparative study of multiferroic properties of PbTi0.5Fe0.5O3 thin films grown on various substrates (2017) Ceramics International, 43 (17), pp. 15939-15945.

3)Mitra, A., Mohapatra, J., Sharma, H., Aslam, M., Engineering Magnetic and Tunneling Magnetoresistance Properties of CoxFe3−xO4 Nanorods (2017) Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, 214 (12), art. no. 1700505.

4)Dutta, D., Gupta, J., Thakur, D., Bahadur, D., Magnetically engineered SnO2 quantum dots as a bimodal agent for optical and magnetic resonance imaging (2017) Materials Research Express, 4 (12), art. no. 125005.

5)Muhammed Shameem, P.V., Mekala, L., Kumar, M.S., Exchange Bias Induced by the Spin Glass-Like Surface Spins in Sputter Deposited Fe3O4 Thin Films (2017) IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 53 (11), art. no. 7927465.

6)Roy, S., Bajpai, R., Soin, N., Sinha Roy, S., McLaughlin, J.A., Misra, D.S., Structural and compositional changes in single wall carbon nanotube ensemble upon exposure to microwave plasma (2017) Journal of Applied Physics, 122 (15), art. no. 154303.

7)Karthik, M., Gohil, J.M., Suresh, A.K., Probing the thickness and roughness of the functional layer in thin film composite membranes (2017) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42 (42), pp. 26464-26474.

8)Kaleeswaran, D., Antony, R., Sharma, A., Malani, A., Murugavel, R., Catalysis and CO2 capture by palladium-incorporated covalent organic frameworks (2017) Chem Plus Chem, 82 (10), pp. 1253-1265.

9)Sengupta, A., Mallick, S., Bahadur, D., Tetragonal nanostructured zirconia modified hematite mesoporous composite for efficient adsorption of toxic cations from wastewater  (2017) Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 5 (5), pp. 5285-5292.

10)Bera, B., Chakraborty, A., Kar, T., Leuaa, P., Neergat, M., Density of states, carrier concentration, and flat band potential derived from electrochemical impedance measurements of N-doped carbon and their influence on electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction reaction (2017) Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121 (38), pp. 20850-20856.

11)Dhonde, M., Sahu, K., Murty, V.V.S., Nemala, S.S., Bhargava, P., Surface plasmon resonance effect of Cu nanoparticles in a dye sensitized solar cell (2017) Electrochimica Acta, 249, pp. 89-95.

12)Hossain, M.S., Muralidharan, B., Bevan, K.H., A general theoretical framework for characterizing solvated electronic structure via voltammetry: Applied to carbon nanotubes (2017) Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121 (33), pp. 18288-18298.

13)Rai, D.K., Solanki, C.S., Kavaipatti, B.R.,Growth of silicon nitride by nitridation of amorphous silicon at low temperature in hot-wire CVD (2017) Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 67, pp. 46-54.

14)Nemala, S.S., Kartikay, P., Prathapani, S., Bohm, H.L.M., Bhargava, P., Bohm, S., Mallick, S.,Liquid phase high shear exfoliated graphene nanoplatelets as counter electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells (2017) Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 499, pp. 9-16.

15)Prathapani, S., More, V., Bohm, S., Bhargava, P., Yella, A., Mallick, S., TiO2 colloid-based compact layers for hybrid lead halide perovskite solar cells (2017) Applied Materials Today, 7, pp. 112-119.

16)Mankodi, T.K., Bhandarkar, U.V., Puranik, B.P., Dissociation cross sections for N2 + N → 3N and O2 + O → 3O using the QCT method (2017) Journal of Chemical Physics, 146 (20), art. no. 204307.

17)Singh, R., Singh, M.K., Bhartiya, S., Singh, A., Kohli, D.K., Ghosh, P.C., Meenakshi, S., Gupta, P.K., Facile synthesis of highly conducting and mesoporous carbon aerogel as platinum support for PEM fuel cells (2017) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42 (16), pp. 11110-11117.

18)Mahuli, N., Saha, D., Sarkar, S.K., Atomic layer deposition of p-type Bi2S3 (2017) Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121 (14), pp. 8136-8144.

19)Nawaz, S., Roy, S., Tulapurkar, A.A., Palkar, V.R., Characterization of Au/PbTi0.5Fe0.5O3/Si structure for possible multiferroic based non-volatile memory applications (2017) Journal of Applied Physics, 121 (11), art.no. 114105.

20)Das, S.S., Kumar, M.S., Magnetization and anomalous Hall effect in SiO2/Fe/SiO2 trilayers (2017) Materials Research Express, 4 (3), art.no. 035025.

21)Singh, M., Mayya, Y.S., Gaware, J., Thaokar, R.M., Levitation dynamics of a collection of charged droplets in an electrodynamic balance (2017) Journal of Applied Physics, 121 (5), art. no. 054503.

22)Alla, S.K., Devarakonda, K.K., Komarala, E.V.P., Mandal, R.K., Prasad, N.K., Ferromagnetic Fe-substituted cerium oxide nanorods: Synthesis and characterization (2017) Materials and Design, 114, pp. 584-590.

23)Chakraborty, A., Devivaraprasad, R., Bera, B., Neergat, M., Electrochemical estimation of the active site density on metal-free nitrogen-doped carbon using catechol as an adsorbate (2017) Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19 (37), pp. 25414-25422.

24)Bhosale, A.C., Meenakshi, S., Ghosh, P.C., Root cause analysis of the degradation in a unitized regenerative fuel cell (2017) Journal of Power Sources, 343, pp. 275-283.

25)Ahirwar, S., Mallick, S., Bahadur, D., Electrochemical method to prepare graphene quantum dots and graphene oxide quantum dots (2017) ACS Omega, 2 (11), pp. 8343-8353.

26)P. Biswas and R. Bandyopadhyaya, Biofouling prevention using silver nanoparticle impregnated polyethersulfone (PES) membrane: E. coli cell-killing in a continuous cross-flow membrane module  (2017) Journal of Colloids and Interface Science 491, 13–26.

27)P. Biswas and R. Bandyopadhyaya, Demonstration of complete bacterial-killing in water at a very high flow-rate: Use of a surface-enhanced hybrid of copper nanoparticle with activated carbon  (2017) Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 93, 508-517.

28)Farjana J. Sonia, Hemen Kalita, M. Aslam and Amartya Mukhopadhyay, Correlations between preparation methods, structural features and electrochemical Li-storage behavior of reduced graphene oxide  (2017)  Nanoscale, 9, 11303-11317.

29)Farjana J. Sonia, Manoj K. Jangid, Balakrishna Ananthoju, M. Aslam, Priya Johari and Amartya Mukhopadhyay, Understanding the Li-storage in few layers graphene with respect to bulk graphite: experimental, analytical and computational study  (2017)  J. Mater. Chem. A, 5, 8662-8679.

30)Sushobhan Kobi and Amartya Mukhopadhyay, Structural (in)stability and spontaneous cracking of Li-La-zirconate cubic garnet upon exposure to ambient atmosphere  (2017) J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 2018, 38, 4707-4718.

31)Tanesh D. Gamot, Arup Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Tam Sridhar, Fiona Beach, Rico F. Tabor and M. Majumder, Synthesis and stability of water-in-oil emulsion using partially reduced graphene oxide as a tailored surfactant  (2017) Langmuir, 33 (39), pp 10311–10321.

32)Sachin D. Giri, A. Sarkar, Sanjay M. Mahajani, A.K. Suresh, Electrochemical reduction of CO2 on copper oxidized by electrochemical methods  (2017) ECS Transactions, 75 (48), 19-31.

33)Ravi Sankannavar, A. Sarkar, The electrocatalysis of oxygen evolution reaction on La1-xCaxFeO3-δ perovskites in alkaline solution (2017) International journal of hydrogen energy, 43(9), 4682-4690.

34)C Das, B Ananthoju, A K Dhara, M Aslam, S K Sarkar, Electron‐selective TiO2/CVD‐graphene layers for photocorrosion inhibition in Cu2O photocathodes (2017) Advanced Materials Interfaces, 4 (17), 1700271.

35) D. Mohapatra, S. Parida, S. Badrayyana, B. K. Singh, High performance flexible asymmetric CNO-ZnO//ZnO supercapacitor with an operating voltage of 1.8 V in aqueous medium  (2017)  Applied Materials Today, 7, 212–221.

36)D. Mohapatra, S. Parida, B.K. Singh and D.S. Sutar, Importance of microstructure and interface in designing metal oxide nanocomposites for supercapacitor electrodes (2017) J. Electroanalytical Chem., 807, 

37)M K Kumawat, M Thakur, RB Gurung, R Srivastava, Graphene quantum dots from mangiferaindica: Application in near-infrared bioimaging and intracellular nano-thermometry  (2017)  ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 5 (2), 1382–1391.

38)M K Kumawat, M Thakur, JR Lakkakula, D Divakaran, R Srivastava, evolution of thiol-capped gold nanoclusters into larger gold nanoparticles under electron beam irradiation  (2017)   Micron, 95, 1-6.

39)M Thakur, M K Kumawat, R Srivastava, Multifunctional graphene quantum dots for combined photothermal and photodynamic therapy coupled with cancer cell tracking application (2017) RSC Advances 7 (9), 5251-5261.

40)M K Kumawat, M Thakur, RB Gurung, R Srivastava, Graphene quantum dots for cell proliferation, nucleus imaging and photoluminescent sensing applications (2017) Scientific Reports, 7, 1–16.

41)Arpan Dhara, Shaibal K. Sarkar and SagarMitra, Controlled 3D carbon nanotube architecture coated with MoOx material by ald technique: a high energy density lithium-ion battery electrode (2017) Adv. Mater. Interfaces 4, 1700332.

42)Shivani  Singh, Anish K Raj, Raja Sen, Priya Johari and Sagar Mitra,“Impact of Cl Doping on Electrochemical Performance in Orthosilicate (Li2FeSiO4): A Density Functional Theory Supported Experimental Approach (2017) ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9 (32), 26885-26896.

43)Ananta Sarkar, Sudeep Sarkar and Sagar Mitra, “Exceptionally high sodium-ion battery cathode capacity based on doped ammonium vanadium oxide and a full cell SIB prototype study” (2017) J.Mater.Chem.A 2017, 5, 24929-24941.

44)Amlan Roy, Prasit Kumar DuttaandSagarMitra, “Advanced sodium storage property in an exfoliated MoO3 anode: the stability and performance improvement by in situ impedance mapping” (2017) J. Mater. Chem. A, 5, 20491-20496.

45)Tuhin Subhra Sahu, Qianqian Li, Jinsong Wu, Vinayak P. Dravid and Sagar Mitra, Exfoliated MoS2 nanosheets confined in 3-Dhierarchical carbon nanotube@graphene architecture with superior sodium-ion storage (2017) J.Mater.Chem.A , 5, 355-363.

46)A.S. Kumawat, A. Sarkar, Comparative study of carbon supported Pb, Bi and Sn catalysts for electroreduction of carbon dioxide in alakaline medium, (2017) J. Elecchem. Soc. 164, H1112-H1120.

 

Patents:

1.Kumawat, Mukesh Kumar; Thakur, Mukeshchand; Gurung, Raju B; Srivastava, Rohit; Process for the synthesis of multi-fluorescent carbon nanostructures. Indian Patent Application (IPA no. 201621011794).

2.Kumawat, Mukesh Kumar; Thakur, Mukesh chand; Gurung, Raju B, Srivastava, Rohit; Red luminescent graphene quantum dots, synthesis and applications thereof. Indian Patent Application (IPA No. 201721016198).

3.Chauhan, Deepak Singh; Kumawat, Mukesh Kumar; Srivastava, Rohit; Near infra-red hybrid nanomaterials and graphene oxide for theranostic applications. Indian Patent Application (IPA no. 4747/MUM/2015).

4.Lakkakula, J. R.; Tharayil, Deepika Divakaran; Thakur, Mukeshchand; Kumawat, Mukesh Kumar; Srivastava, Rohit. Cyclodextrin functionalized inorganic nanostructures: synthesis and applications thereof. Indian Patent Application (IPA No. 201721016954) (Provisional).

5.Bahadur, Rohan; Thakur, Mukeshchand; Kumawat, Mukesh Kumar; Srivastava, Rohit. Method for preparing graphene quantum dots (GQDs) and uses thereof. Indian Patent Application (IPA No. 201721038918) (Provisional).

6.Tanksale A., Shastri Y., and Gholkar P., Catalytic conversion of microalgae into hydrogen-rich syngas using reactive flash volatilization. 2017; Indian Patent App. TEMP/E-1/42293/2017-MUM

7.Tanksale A., Shastri Y., and Gholkar P., Catalytic conversion of microalgae into methane-rich syngas using reactive flash volatilization. 2017; Indian Patent App. TEMP/E-1/42301/2017-MUM

 

Publications in 2016 (Based on Scopus search)

1)Tripathi, A.M., Mitra, S., Solvent transfer of graphene oxide for synthesis of tin mono-sulfide graphene composite and application as anode of lithium-ion battery (2016) Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology, 213, pp. 69-82.

2)Sarkar, S., Bhowmik, A., Pan, J., Bharadwaj, M.D., Mitra, S., Preparation, structure study and electrochemistry of layered H2V3O8 materials: High capacity lithium-ion battery cathode (2016) Journal of Power Sources, 329, pp. 179-189. 

3)Pathan, S., Pandita, N., Kishore, Acid functionalized-nanoporous carbon/MnO2 composite for removal of arsenic from aqueous medium (2016) Arabian Journal of Chemistry, Article in Press.

4)Namdeo, A., Mahajani, S.M., Suresh, A.K., Palladium catalysed oxidation of glycerol - Effect of catalyst support (2016) Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 421, pp. 45-56.

5)Soman, S., Sonigra, D., Kulkarni, A.R., Isothermal crystallization and effect of soak time on phase evolution, microstructure and ionic conductivity of Li2O-Al2O3-TiO2-P2O5 glass-ceramic (2016) Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 439, pp. 38-45.

6)Pezhumkattil Palakkal, J., Lekshmi, P.N., Thomas, S., Valant, M., Suresh, K.G., Varma, M.R., Polarons induced electronic transport, dielectric relaxation and magnetodielectric coupling in spin frustrated Ba2FeWO6 (2016) Materials Research Bulletin, 76, pp. 161-168.

7)Ghosh, S., Saha, M., Ashok, V.D., Chatterjee, A., De, S.K., Excitation dependent multicolor emission and photoconductivity of Mn, Cu doped In2S3 monodisperse quantum dots (2016) Nanotechnology, 27 (15), art. no. 155708.

8)Giri, S.D., Sarkar, A., Electrochemical study of bulk and monolayer copper in alkaline solution (2016) Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 163 (3), pp. H252-H259.

9)Mahapatra, S., Joshi, K., Mukhopadhyay, S., Chaudhary, A., Goel, N., Physical mechanism of BTI degradation -modeling of process and material dependence (2016) Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics, 139, pp. 127-179.

10)Srinivasan, N.R., Bandyopadhyaya, R., SnxTi1-xO2 solid-solution-nanoparticle embedded mesoporous silica (SBA-15) hybrid as an engineered photocatalyst with enhanced activity (2016) Faraday Discussions, 186, pp. 353-370.

11)Tyagi, H., Khan, T., Mohapatra, J., Mitra, A., Kalita, H., Aslam, M., The exclusive response of LSPR in uncapped gold nanoparticles towards silver ions and gold chloride ions (2016) RSC Advances, 6 (110), pp. 109192-109200.

12)Singh, B.K., Shaikh, A., Badrayyana, S., Mohapatra, D., Dusane, R.O., Parida, S., Nanoporous gold-copper oxide based all-solid-state micro-supercapacitors (2016) RSC Advances, 6 (102), pp. 100467-100475.

13)Raval, M.C., Saseendran, S.S., Suckow, S., Saravanan, S., Solanki, C.S., Kottantharayil, A., N2O plasma treatment for minimization of background plating in silicon solar cells with Ni-Cu front side metallization (2016) Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 144, pp. 671-677.

14)Aasiya Shaikh, Smrutiranjan Parida and Sivasambu Bohm, One step eco-friendly synthesis of Ag–reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite by phytoreduction for sensitive nitrite determination, (2016) RSC Adv. 6 pp. 100383.

15)Debananda Mohapatra, Subramanya Badrayyana, Smrutiranjan Parida, Facile wick-and-oil flame synthesis of high-quality hydrophilic onionlike carbon nanoparticles, (2016) Materials Chemistry and Physics 174 pp.112-119.

 

Publications in 2015

1. Sahoo P.K., Sahoo S., Satpati A.K., Bahadur D., Solvothermal synthesis of reduced graphene oxide/Au nanocomposite-modified electrode for the determination of inorganic mercury and electrochemical oxidation of toxic phenolic compounds, Electrochimica Acta, 180 (2015) 1023.

2.Singh S., Bahadur D., Catalytic and antibacterial activity of Ag decorated magnetic core shell nanosphere,  Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 133 (2015) 58.

3.Nandi D.K., Sen U.K., Sinha S., Dhara A., Mitra S., Sarkar S.K., Atomic layer deposited tungsten nitride thin films as a new lithium-ion battery anode, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17 (2015) 17445.

4.Rahul R., Singh R.K., Bera B., Devivaraprasad R., Neergat M., The role of surface oxygenated-species and adsorbed hydrogen in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) mechanism and product selectivity on Pd-based catalysts in acid media, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17 (2015) 15146.

5.Gupta J., Bhargava P., Bahadur D., Fluorescent ZnO for imaging and induction of DNA fragmentation and ROS-mediated apoptosis in cancer cells, J. Mater. Chem. B 3 (2015) 1968.

6.Singh S., Barick K.C., Bahadur D., Inactivation of bacterial pathogens under magnetic hyperthermia using Fe3O4-ZnO nanocomposite, Powder Technology 269 (2015) 513.

7.Gulbagh Singh, V.D. Botcha, D.S. Sutar, S.S. Talwar, R.S. Srinivasa, S.S. Major, Graphite mediated reduction of graphene oxide monolayer sheets, Carbon 95 (2015) 843.

8.S. Agnihotri, Geetika Bajaj, Suparna Mukherji and Soumyo Mukherji, Arginine-assisted immobilization of silver nanoparticles on ZnO nanorods: an enhanced and reusable antibacterial substrate without human cell cytotoxicity, Nanoscale 7 (2015) 7415.

9.Jeotikanta Mohapatra, Arijit Mitra, Himanshu Tyagi, D. Bahadur and M. Aslam, Iron oxide nanorods as high-performance magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents, Nanoscale 7 (2015) 9174.

10.M.C. Raval, A.P. Joshi, S.S. Saseendran, S. Suckow, S. Saravanan, C.S. Solanki, A. Kottanthrayil, IEEE J. Photovoltaics 5 (2015) 1554.

11.R.L. Kalyani, J. Venkatraju, Pratap Kollu, N.H. Rao, S.V.N. Pammi, Low temperature synthesis of various transition metal oxides and their antibacterial activity against multidrug resistance bacterial pathogens, Korean J. Chemical Engg. 32 (2015) 911.

 

Publications during 2010 to 2014

1. Aqueous synthesis of Mn- and Co-doped ZnO nanorods, B. Panigrahy, M. Aslam, D. Bahadur, J. Phy. Chem. C 114 (2010) 11758.

2. Synthesis and characterization of carbon coated nanoparticles produced by a continuous low-pressure plasma process, Vineet Panchal, M. Neergat, U. Bhandarkar, J. Nanoopart. Res. 13 (2011) 3825.

3. Spectroscopic studies of large sheets of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide monolayers prepared by Langmuir-Blodgett technique, D.S. Sutar, Pavan K. Narayanam, Gulbagh Singh, V. Divakar Botcha, S.S. Talwar, R.S. Srinivasa, S.S. Major, Thin Solid Films 520 (2012) 5991.

4. Growth of CdS nanocrystallites on graphene oxide Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers, P.K. Narayanam, G. Singh, V. Divakar Botcha, D.S. Sutar, S.S. Talwar, R.S. Srinivasa, S.S. Major, Nanotechnology 23 (2012) 325605.

5. Effect of Fe doping concentration on optical and magnetic properties of ZnO nanorods, B. Panigrahy, M. Aslam, D. Bahadur, Nanotechnology 23 (2012) 115601.

6. A comparative study on thermoresponsive magnetic nanohydrogels: Role of surface-engineered magnetic nanoparticles, M.K. Jaiswal, S. Mehta, R. Banerjee, D. Bahadur, Colloid and Polymer Sc. 290 (2012) 607.

7. Structural, magnetic, and textural properties of iron oxide-reduced graphene oxide hybrids and their use for the electrochemical detection of chromium, Anand Prakash, S. Chandra, D. Bahadur, Carbon 50 (2012) 4209.

8. Unsupported Cu-Pt Core-Shell Nanoparticles: Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) Catalyst with Better Activity and Reduced Precious Metal Content, M. Neergat and R. Rahul, J. Electrochem. Soc. 159 (2012) D1–D4.

9. High Quality Al2O3 Dielectric Films Deposited by Pulsed-DC Reactive Sputtering Technique for High-k Applications, Meenakshi Bhaisare, Abhishek Misra, Mayur Waikar, and Anil Kottantharayil, Nanoscience and Nanotech. Lett. 4 (2012) 645.

10. Highly accessible SnO2 nanoparticle embedded SBA-15 mesoporous silica as a superior photocatalyst, N.R.Srinivasan, R. Bandyopadhyaya, Microporous and Mesoporous material 149 (2012) 166.

11. Nanocrystal-based ohmic contacts on n and p-type germanium, V. Pavan Kishore, Prashanth Paramahans, S. Sadana, U. Ganguly, S. Lodha, App. Phy. Lett. 100 (2012) 142107.

12. Fermi-level unpinning and low resistivity in contacts to n-type Ge with a thin ZnO interfacial layer, P. Paramahans, R.K. Mishra, V. Pavan Kishore, P. Ray, A. Nainani, M. Abraham, U. Ganguly, S. Lodha, App. Phy. Lett. 101 (2012) 182105.

13. Effect of surface groups on the luminescence property of ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by sol–gel route, A. Sharma, S. Dhar, B. P. Singh, T. Kundu, Surface Science, 606 (2012) L13.

14. Facile one-step transfer process of graphene, Reeti Bajpai, S. Roy, L. Jain, N. Kulshrestha, K.S. Hazra, D.S. Misra, Nanotechnology 22 (2011) 225606.

15. Broken multiwalled carbon nanotubes using very low energy electrons on SEM: A route toward comlete recovery, Neha Kulshreshtha, A. Misra, K.S. Hazra, S. Roy, R. Bajpai, D. R. Mohapatra, D.S. Misra, ACS Nano Lett. 5 (2011) 1724.

16. Electronic structure od graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide, D.S. Sutar, G. Singh, V.D. Botcha, App. Phy. Lett. 102 (2012) 103103.

17. Study of simultaneous reduction and nitrogen doping of graphene oxide Langmuir-Blodgett monolayer sheets by ammonia plasma treatment, Gulbagh Singh, D.S. Sutar, V. Divakar Botcha, Pavan K Narayanam, S.S. Talwar, R.S. Srinivasa, S.S. Major, Nanotechnology 24 (2013) 355704.

18. Investigation of effects of ionizing radiation exposure on material properties of organic semiconducting oligomer – Pentacene, Harshil N. Raval, D.S. Sutar, P. R. Nair, V. Ramgopal Rao, Org. Electron., 14 (2013) 1467.

19. Copper (II) phthalocyanine based organic electronic devices for ionizing radiation dosimetry applications, Harshil Raval, D.S. Sutar, V. Ramgopal Rao, Org. Electron. 14 (2013) 1281.

20. Immobilized silver nanoparticles enhance contact killing and show highest efficacy: Elucidation of the mechanism of bactericidal action of silver, Agnihotri S., Mukherji S., and Mukherji S., Nanoscale 5 (2013) 7328.

21. Plasma treated activated carbon impregnated with silver nanoparticles for improved antibacterial effect in water disinfection, N. R. Srinivasan, P. A. Shankar, and R. Bandyopadhyaya, Carbon 57 (2013) 1.

22. Strong and Tunable Blue Luminescence from Cd1-xZnxS Alloy Nanocrystallites Grown in LangmuirBlodgett Multilayers, Pavan K. Narayanam, P. Soni, R.S. Srinivasa, S.S. Talwar and S.S. Major, J. Phys. Chem. C, 117 (2013) 4314.

23. Meenakshi Bhaisare, Abhishek Misra and Anil Kottantharayil, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaic 3 (2013) 930.

24. Sandeep S. S. and Anil Kottantharayil, IEEE Electron Device Letters 34 (2013) 918.

25. Removal of surfactant and capping agent from Pd nanocubes (Pd-NCs) using tert-butylamine: its effect on electrochemical characteristics, N. Naresh, F. G. S. Wasim, B. P. Ladewig and M. Neergat, J. of Material Chemistry A 1 (2013) 8553.

26. Stability issues in Pd-based catalysts: the role of surface Pt in improving the stability and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity’, R. K. Singh, Rahul R., and M. Neergat, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15 (2013) 13044.

27. The role of reduced graphene oxide on defect induced ferromagnetism of ZnO nanorods, Anand Prakash, S.K. Misra, D. Bahadur, Nanotechnology 24 (2013) 095705.

28. Formation of carbon nanotube bucky paper and feasibility study for filtration at the nano and molecular scale, S. Roy, V. Jain, R. Bajpai, P. Ghosh, A.S. Pente, B.P. Singh, D.S. Misra, J. Phy. Chem. C 116 (2012) 19025.

29. UV-assisted production of ferromagnetic graphitic quantum dots from graphite, A.K. Swain, J. Li, D. Bahadur, Carbon 57 (2013) 356.

30. Influence of excess Fe accumulation over the surface of FePt nanoparticles: Structural and magnetic properties, Niroj Sahu, D. Bahadur, J. App. Phy. 113 (2013) 134303.

31. Stability issues in Pd-based catalysts: The role of surface Pt in improving the stability and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity, R. K. Singh, R. Rahul, and M. Neergat, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15 (2013) 13044.

32. Near room temperature reduction of graphene oxide Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers by hydrogen plasma, Gulbagh Singh, V. Divakar Botcha, D.S. Sutar, Pavan K. Narayanam, S.S. Talwar, R.S. Srinivasa and S.S. Major, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16 (2014) 11708.

33. Study of simultaneous reduction and nitrogen doping of graphene oxide Langmuir–Blodgett monolayer sheets by ammonia plasma treatment, Gulbagh Singh, D.S. Sutar, V. Divakar Botcha, Pavan K. Narayanam, S.S. Talwar, R.S. Srinivasa and S.S. Major, Nanotechnology 24 (2013) 355704.

34. Effect of Heat-treatment on the Photoluminescence of CdS Nanocrystallites in Cadmium-rich Organic Langmuir Blodgett Matrix, Pavan K. Narayanam, Purvesh Soni, P. Mohanta, R.S. Srinivasa, S.S. Talwar and S.S., Major Materials Chemistry and Physics 139 (2013) 196.

35. Vervey transition in octahedral Fe3O4 nanoparticles, Arijit Mitra, J. Mohapatra, D. Bahadur, M. Aslam, Phy. Chem. C 118 (2014) 19356.

36. Improved structural and optical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films via optimized potential in single bath electro deposition, Balakrishna Ananthoj, F. J. Sonia, Ajay Kushwaha, D. Bahadur, N.V. Medhekar,M. Aslam, Electrochimica Acta 137 (2014) 154.

37. ZnS shielded ZnO nanowire photoanodes for efficient water splitting, A Kushwaha, M Aslam,Electrochimica Acta 130 (2014) 222.

38. High and stable electrical conductivity in hydrogen incorporated ZnO nanowire array films, Ajay Kushwaha and M. Aslam, J. Phy. D: Appl. Phy, 46 (2013) 485104.

39. Immobilized silver nanoparticles enhance contact killing and show highest efficacy:elucidation of the mechanism of bactericidal action of silver nanoscale, S. Agnihotri, Soumyo Mukherji, Suparna Mukherji, Nanoscale 5 (2013) 7328.

40. A dendrimer matrix for performance enhancement of evanescent wave absorption-based fiber-optic biosensors, J Satija, B Karunakaran, S Mukherji, RSC Advances 4 (2014) 15841.

41. Tin sulfide (sns) nanorods: structural, optical and lithium storage property study, Alok M Tripathi and Sagar Mitra, RSC Advances 4 (2014) 10358.

42. Li3V2(PO4)3 addition to olivine phase: understanding the effect in electrochemical performance, Sudeep Sarkar and Sagar Mitra, J. Phys. Chem. C 118 (2014) 11512.

43. Work function modulation and thermal stability of reduced graphene oxide gate electrodes in mos devices, Abhishek Misra, Hemen Kalita, Anil Kottantharayil, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 6 (2014) 786.

44. Plasma grown oxy-nitride films for silicon surface passivation, Sandeep S. S., Anil Kottantharayil, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 34 (2013) 918.

45. Aluminum oxidedeposited by pulsed-dc reactive sputtering for crystalline silicon surfacepassivation, Meenakshi Bhaisare, Abhishek Misra and Anil Kottantharayil, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 3 (2013) 930.

46. Effect of partial pressure of precursors on Atomic Layer Deposited Zinc oxide films as TCO material in Solar Cell application, Soumyadeep Sinha and Shaibal K. Sarkar, Applied Mechanics and Materials 492 (2014) 341.

47. Atomic layer deposition of molybdenum oxide for solar cell application, Dip K. Nandi, and Shaibal K. Sarkar, Applied Mechanics and Materials 492 (2014) 375.

48. Atomic Layer Deposited Molybdenum Nitride Thin Film: A PromisingAnode Material for Li Ion Batteries, Dip K. Nandi, Uttam K. Sen, Devika Choudhury, Sagar Mitra and Shaibal K. Sarkar, ACS Applied Material & Interfaces 6 (2014) 6606.

49. Study of simultaneous reduction and nitrogen doping of graphene oxide Langmuir-Blodgett monolayer sheets by ammonia plasma treatment, Gulbagh Singh, D.S. Sutar, V. Divakar Botcha, Pavan K Narayanam, S.S. Talwar, R.S. Srinivasa, S.S. Major, Nanotechnology 24 (2013) 355704.

50. Investigation of effects of ionizing radiation exposure on material properties of organic semiconducting oligomer – Pentacene, Harshil N. Raval, D.S. Sutar, P. R. Nair, V. Ramgopal Rao, Org. Electron. 14 (2013) 1467.

51. Copper (II) phthalocyanine based organic electronic devices for ionizing radiation dosimetry applications, Harshil Raval, D.S. Sutar, V. Ramgopal Rao, Org. Electron. 14 (2013) 1281.

52. Immobilized silver nanoparticles enhance contact killing and show highest efficacy: Elucidation of the mechanism of bactericidal action of silver, Agnihotri S., Mukherji S., and Mukherji S., Nanoscale 5 (2013) 7328-7340.

53. Plasma treated activated carbon impregnated with silver nanoparticles for improved antibacterial effect in water disinfection, N. R. Srinivasan, P. A. Shankar, and R. Bandyopadhyaya, Carbon 57 (2013) 1-10.

54. Strong and Tunable Blue Luminescence from Cd1-xZnxS Alloy Nanocrystallites Grown in LangmuirBlodgett Multilayers, Pavan K. Narayanam, P. Soni, R.S. Srinivasa, S.S. Talwar and S.S. Major, J. Phys. Chem. C 117 (2013) 4314.

55. Aluminum oxide deposited by pulsed DC reactive sputtering for crystalline silicon surface passivation, Meenakshi Bhaisare, Abhishek Misra and Anil Kottantharayil, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaic 3 (2013) 930.

56. Plasma grown oxy-nitride films for silicon surface passivation, Sandeep S. S. and Anil Kottantharayil, IEEE Electron Device Letters 34 (2013) 918.

57. Removal of surfactant and capping agent from Pd nanocubes (Pd-NCs) using tert-butylamine: its effect on electrochemical characteristics, N. Naresh, F. G. S. Wasim, B. P. Ladewig and M. Neergat, J. of Material Chemistry A 1 (2013) 8553.

58. Stability issues in Pd-based catalysts: the role of surface Pt in improving the stability and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity’, R. K. Singh, Rahul R., and M. Neergat, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15 (2013) 13044.

59. The role of reduced graphene oxide on defect induced ferromagnetism of ZnO nanorods, Anand Prakash, S.K. Misra, D. Bahadur, Nanotechnology 24 (2013) 095705.

60. UV-assisted production of ferromagnetic graphitic quantum dots from graphite, A.K. Swain, J. Li, D. Bahadur, Carbon 57 (2013) 356.

61. Influence of excess Fe accumulation over the surface of FePt nanoparticles: Structural and magnetic properties, Niroj Sahu, D. Bhadur, J. App. Phy. 113 (2013) 134303.

62. A.G. Thawari, V.K. Hinge, M. Temgire and C.P. Rao, Mercuration of apo-α-lactalbumin: Binding of Hg2+ followed by protein mediated nanoparticle formation, RSC Advances 4 (2014) 53429.

63. R. Jindal, V.S. Raja, M.A. Gibson, M.J. Styles, T.J. Bastow, C.R. Hutchinson, Effect of annealing below the crystallization temperature on the corrosion behavior of Al-Ni-Y metallic glasses, Corrosion Science 84 (2014) 54.

64. Gulbagh Singh, V. D. Botcha, D. S. Sutar, Pavan K. Narayanam, S.S. Talwar, R.S. Srinivasa and S.S. Major, Near room temperature reduction of graphene oxide Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers by hydrogen plasma, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16 (2014) 11708.

65. T.P. Sumangala, C. Mahender, B.N. Sahu, N. Venkatramani, S. Prasad, Study of magnesium ferrite nanoparticles with excess iron content, Physica B: Condensed Matter 448 (2014) 312.

66. A. Kushwaha, M. Aslam, ZnS shielded ZnO nanowires photoanodes for efficient water splitting, Electrochimica Acta 130 (2014) 222.

67. D.K.R. Rai, D.S.Sutar, C.S. Solanki, K.R. Balasubramaniam, Ultrathin SiNx on a-Si in-situ hot-wire CVD by decomposing NH3 gas, Adv. Mater. 894 (2014) 421.

68. A. Asok, A. R. Kulkarni, M. N. Gandhi, Defect rich seed mediated growth: A novel synthesis method to enhance defect emission in nanocrystals, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2 (2014)1691.

69. A.M. Tripathi, S. Mitra, Tin sulfide (SnS) nanorods: Structural, optical and lithium storage property stydy, RSC Advances, 4 (2014) 10358.

70. A. Sharma, B. P. Singh, A. K. Gathania,Synthesis and characterization of dodecanethiol-stabilized gold nanoparticles, Indian J. Pure and App. Physics, 52 (2014) 93.

71. S. Sinha, S.K. Sarkar, Effect of partial pressure of precursors on atomic layer deposited zinc oxide films as TCO material in solar cell application, App. Mechanics and Materials 492 (2014) 341.

72. J. Manna, B. Roy, M. Vashistha, P. Sharma, Effect of Co+2/BH4-ratio in the synthesis of Co-B catalysts on sodium borohydride hydrolysis, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 39 (2014) 406.

73. P.K.Sahoo, B. Panigrahy, D. Bahadur, Facile synthesis of reduced grapheme oxide/Pt-Ni nanocatalysts: Their magnetic and catalytic properties, RSC Advances 4 (2014) 48563.

74. N.I. Jamnapara, V. Nayak, D.U. Avtani, ..A.S. Khanna, Al2O3 films grown by glow discharge plasma aluminising, Surface Engg. 30 (2014) 467.

75. K.C. Barick, M. Aslam, D. Bahadur, Fabrication and properties of Co doped ZnO spherical assemblies, J. Alloys & Comp. 587 (2014) 282.

76. S. Felix, P. Kollu, B.P.C. Raghupathy, S.K. Jeong, A.N. Grace, Electrocatalytic activity of Cu2O nanocubes-based electrode for glucose oxidation. J. Chem. Sc. 126 (2014) 25.

77. D.K. Nandi, S.K. Sarkar, Atomic layer deposition of tungsten oxide for solar cell application, Energy Procedia 54 (2014) 782.

78. Anand Prakash, N. Shanta Singh, D. Bahadur, The photo-electrochemical studies of Eu3+ doped yttrium orthovanadate–zinc oxide–reduced graphene oxide nanohybrid, Mater Chem. & Phy. 144 (2014) 529.

79. Sankara Rao Gollu, R. Sharma, G. Srinivas, S. Kundu, Dipti Gupta, Effects of incorporation of copper sulfide nanocrystals on the performance of P3HT: PCBM based inverted solar cells, Org. Elec. 15 (2014) 2518.

80. Rajashree Nori, S.N. Kale, U. Ganguly, N.R.C. Raju, D. S. Sutar, R. Pinto, V. Ramgopal Rao, Morphology and Curie temperature engineering in crystalline La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO) films on Si by pulsed laser deposition, J. App. Physics 115 (2014) 033518.

81. Amrita Poyekar, A.R. Bhattacharyya, A. Panwar, G. Simon, D.S. Sutar, Influence of non-covalent modification on the state of dispersion of multiwall carbon nanotubes in co-continuous binary polymer blends: Assessment through morphology, rheology, dynamic mechanical thermal analysis and electrical conductivity measurements, ACS App. Mater. & Interfaces 6 (2014) 11054.

82. Pratap Kollu, S. Prathapani, Eswara K. Varaprasadarao, S. Chella, Sudhanshu Mallick, Andrews Nirmala Grace and D. Bahadur, Anomalous magnetic behavior in nanocomposite materials of reduced graphene oxide-Ni/NiFe2O4, App. Phy. Lett. 105 (2014) 052412.

 

List of publications (2019-2020) (Based on feedback received from users)

 

[1] A. Ghosh, A. Kumar, T. Das, A. Ghosh, S. Chakraborty, M. Kar, D.R. MacFarlane, S. Mitra, Lewis Acid–Base Interactions between Polysulfides and Boehmite Enables Stable Room-Temperature Sodium–Sulfur Batteries, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2005669 (2020) 1–11. 

[2] M.R. Panda, R. Gangwar, D. Muthuraj, S. Sau, D. Pandey, A. Banerjee, A. Chakrabarti, A. Sagdeo, M. Weyland, M. Majumder, Q. Bao, S. Mitra, High Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Layered 2H-MoTe2 as Anode, Small  2002669 (2020) 1–16. 

[3] A.K. Patel, M.R. Panda, E. Rani, H. Singh, S.S. Samatham, A. Nagendra, S.N. Jha, D. Bhattacharyya, K.G. Suresh, S. Mitra,  Unique Structure-Induced Magnetic and Electrochemical Activity in Nanostructured Transition Metal Tellurates Co  1 –  x  Ni  x  TeO 4 ( x = 0, 0.5, and 1) , ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 3 (2020) 9436-9448. 

[4] A. Kumar, A. Ghosh, M. Forsyth, D.R. MacFarlane, S. Mitra, Free-Radical Catalysis and Enhancement of the Redox Kinetics for Room-Temperature Sodium–Sulfur Batteries, ACS Energy Lett. 5 (2020) 2112–2121. 

[5] A. Ghosh, A. Kumar, A. Roy, C. Nguyen, A. Ahuja, M. Adil, M. Chatti, M. Kar, D.R. MacFarlane, S. Mitra, Ultrathin Lithium Aluminate Nanoflake-Inlaid Sulfur as a Cathode Material for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with High Areal Capacity, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 3 (2020) 5637–5645. 

[6] M. Monisha, P. Permude, A. Ghosh, A. Kumar, S. Zafar, S. Mitra, B. Lochab, Halogen-free flame-retardant sulfur copolymers with stable Li–S battery performance, Energy Storage Mater. 29 (2020) 350–360. 

[7] P.H. Wadekar, A. Ghosh, R. V. Khose, D.A. Pethsangave, S. Mitra, S. Some, A novel chemical reduction/co-precipitation method to prepare sulfur functionalized reduced graphene oxide for lithium-sulfur batteries, Electrochim. Acta. 344 (2020) 136147. 

[8] A. Sarkar, C. V. Manohar, S. Mitra, A simple approach to minimize the first cycle irreversible loss of sodium titanate anode towards the development of sodium-ion battery, Nano Energy. 70 (2020) 104520.

[9] A. Dhara, D. Saha, S. Mitra, S.K. Sarkar, Atomic layer deposition of nitrogen incorporated molybdenum oxide: Unveiling carrier transport mechanism and its application in Li-ion battery, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A. 38 (2020) 022409.

[10] A. Sarkar, S. Mitra, Chemically sodiated ammonium vanadium oxide as a new generation high-performance cathode, J. Power Sources. 452 (2020) 227832. 

[11] M. Adil, A. Sarkar, A. Roy, M.R. Panda, A. Nagendra, S. Mitra, Practical Aqueous Calcium-Ion Battery Full-Cells for Future Stationary Storage, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 12 (2020) 11489–11503. 

[12] R. Kumar, K. Anish Raj, S. Mita, P. Bhargava, Carbon Derived from Sucrose as Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries, J. Electron. Mater. 48 (2019) 7389–7395.

[13] A. Kumar, A. Ghosh, A. Roy, M.R. Panda, M. Forsyth, D.R. MacFarlane, S. Mitra, High-energy density room temperature sodium-sulfur battery enabled by sodium polysulfide catholyte and carbon cloth current collector decorated with MnO2 nanoarrays, Energy Storage Mater. 20 (2019) 196–202. 

[14] S. Bag, A. Roy, S. Mitra, Sulfur, Nitrogen Dual Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide Supported Two-Dimensional Sb2S3 Nanostructures for the Anode Material of Sodium-Ion Battery, ChemistrySelect. 4 (2019) 6679–6686. 

[15] A. Sarkar, A.K. Sinha, S. Mitra, Nanostructured vanadium tri-oxides, as a long life and high performance anode for sodium-ion battery, Electrochim. Acta. 299 (2019) 914–925. 

[16] A. Raj K, M.R. Panda, D.P. Dutta, S. Mitra, Bio-derived mesoporous disordered carbon: An excellent anode in sodium-ion battery and full-cell lab prototype, Carbon N. Y. 143 (2019) 402–412. 

[17] S. Bera, A. Roy, A.K. Guria, S. Mitra, N. Pradhan, Insights of Diffusion Doping in Formation of Dual-Layered Material and Doped Heterostructure SnS-Sn:Sb 2 S 3 for Sodium Ion Storage, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 10 (2019) 1024–1030. 

[18] D. Muthuraj, A. Ghosh, A. Kumar, S. Mitra, Nitrogen and Sulfur Doped Carbon Cloth as Current Collector and Polysulfide Immobilizer for Magnesium-Sulfur Batteries, ChemElectroChem. 6 (2019) 684–689. 

[19] M.R. Panda, A. Raj K, A. Ghosh, A. Kumar, D. Muthuraj, S. Sau, W. Yu, Y. Zhang, A.K. Sinha, M. Weyland, Q. Bao, S. Mitra, Blocks of molybdenum ditelluride: A high rate anode for sodium-ion battery and full cell prototype study, Nano Energy. 64 (2019) 103951. 

[20] P.K. Dutta, Y. Myung, R. Kulangaramadom Venkiteswaran, L. Mehdi, N. Browning, P. Banerjee, S. Mitra, Mechanism of Na-Ion Storage in BiOCl Anode and the Sodium-Ion Battery Formation, J. Phys. Chem. C. 123 (2019) 11500–11507. 

[21] A. Ghosh, A. Kumar, A. Roy, M.R. Panda, M. Kar, D.R. Macfarlane, S. Mitra, Three-Dimensionally Reinforced Freestanding Cathode for High-Energy Room-Temperature Sodium-Sulfur Batteries, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 11 (2019) 14101–14109. 

[22]  V Tripathi, H Kumar, A Agarwal, LS Panchakarla, Microwave-induced electric discharges on metal particles for the synthesis of organic nanomaterials under solvent-free conditions, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 11 (2020) 1019-1025.

[23]   1. R. Jayarajan, R. Kumar, J. Gupta, G. Dev, P. Kadu, D. Chatterjee, D. Bahadur, D. Maiti, S.K. Maji, Fabrication of an amyloid fibril-palladium nanocomposite: a sustainable catalyst for C–H activation and the electrooxidation of ethanol, J. Mater. Chem. A,7 (2019) 4486.

[24]    Roy, Mrinmoy, Ghorui, Supriti, Bhawna, Kangsabanik, Jiban, Yadav, Rekha, Alam, Aftab, Aslam, Enhanced visible light absorption in layered Cs3Bi2Br9 Halide Perovskites: Hetervalent Pb2+ substitute-induced defect band formation, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124 (2020) 19484-19491.

[25]    BK Singh, A Shaikh, RO Dusane, S Parida, Copper oxide nanosheets and nanowires grown by one-step linear sweep voltammetry for supercapacitor application, Journal of Energy storage, 31(2020) 101631.

[26]   B K Singh, A Shaikh, Rajiv O Dusane, S Parida, Nanoporous gold-nitrogen-doped carbon nano-onions all-solid-state micro-supercapacitor, Nano-structures & Nano-Objects 17 (2019) 239-247.

[27]    SK Yadav, S Das, N Prasad, BK Barick, S Arora, DS Sutar, S Dhar, Ammonia assisted low temperature growth of In2O3(111) epitaxial films on c-sapphire substrates by chemical vapour deposition technique, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A 38 (2020) 033414.

[28]    BK Barick, SK Yadav, S Dhar, Understanding negative photoconductivity observed inc-orientated InN epitaxial layer, Phys. Status Solidi B (2020) 2000219. 

[29]   A Modi, J Bellare, Zeolitic imidazolate framework-67/carboxylated graphene oxide nanosheets incorporated polyether sulfone hollow fiber membranes for removal of toxic heavy metals from contaminated water, Separation and Purification Technology 249 (2020) 117160.

[30]   Pal et al., Chemical fingerprinting of polyvinyl acetate and polycarbonate using   electron energy-loss spectroscopy, Polymer Chemistry 11 (2020) 5484-5492.

[31]  S Biswas, J Bellare, Ayurvedic processing of α-HgS gives navel physicochemistry and distinct toxicokinetics in zebrafish, Chemosphere 251 (2020) 126295.

[32]    Singh, S., & Garg, A., Characterisation and utilization of steel industry waste sludge as heterogeneous catalyst for the abatement of chlorinated organic by advanced oxidation process, Chemoshere, 242 (2020) 125158.

[33]  CC Singh, A Roychoudhury, DS Sutar, SK Sarkar, Plasma assisted combustion route for thin film deposition, Journal of material science (2020).

[34]    Srinivas, Coke resistant catalyst for hydrogen production in a versatile, multi-fuel, reformer, Applied Catalysis B (2020).

[35]     SK Appani, AK Yadav, DS Sutar, SN Jha, D Bhattacharyya, SS Major, X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of Ga-doping in reactively sputtered ZnO films, Thin Solid Films 701 (2020) 137966.

[36]     M Monish,S Mohan, DS Sutar, SS Major, Gallium nitride films of high n-type conductivity grown by reactive sputtering, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 35 (2020) 045011.

[37]     PK Narayanam, VD Botcha, M Ghosh, SS Major, Growth and photocatalytic behaviour of transparent reducted GO-ZnO nanocomposite sheets, Nanotechnology 30 (2019) 485601.

List of publications 2021-2022 (Based on feedback received from users and
scopus search)

1) Mandol B, Mahuli N, Ohno K, Scudder L, Sarkar S.K, Atomic layer deposition of chromium oxide – An interplay between deposition and etching. Journal of vacuum science & technology A 39, (2021).

2) Radhika Poojari, Bhabani Mohanty, Vijay Kadwad, D. sutar, P Chaudhari, B. Khade, R. srivastava, S. Gupta, D. Panda Combinatorial cetuximab targeted polymeric nanocomplexes reduce PRC1 level and abrogate growth of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma in vivo with efficient radionuclide uptake, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, biology and medicine, Volume 41,April (2022), 102529.

3) Ramu Banavath1 , Siva Sankar Nemala1 , Rohit Srivastava2 and Parag Bhargava1 , Non-Enzymatic H2O2 Sensor Using Liquid Phase High-Pressure Exfoliated Graphene, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Volume 168, (2021),Number 8

4) Barkha Singh, Rohan Bahadur, Suditi Neekhra, Mayuri Gandhi, and Rohit Srivastava, Hydrothermal-Assisted Synthesis and Stability of Multifunctional MXene Nanobipyramids: Structural, Chemical, and Optical Evolution, ACS
Applied Materials & Interfaces (2021) 13 (2), 3011-3023.

5) Bindra A.K., Sreejith S., Prasad R., Gorain M., Thomas R., Jana D., Nai M.H., Wang D., Tharayil A., Kundu G.C., Srivastava R., Thomas S, A Plasmonic Supramolecular Nanohybrid as a Contrast Agent for Site-Selective Computed
Tomography Imaging of Tumor, Advanced Functional Materials ( 2021),

6) Rajiv KumarR.K. Singh RamanS.R. BakshiV.S. RajaS. Parida[, “Nanocrystalline structure remarkably enhances oxidation resistance of Fe-20Cr-5Al alloy” Journal of Alloys and Compounds, (2022) 900.

7) Rajiv Kumar, R. K. Singh Raman, S. R. Bakshi, V. S. Raja & S. Parida, Effect of Nanocrystalline Structure on the Oxidation Behavior of Fe–20Cr–3Al Alloy at High Temperatures, Oxidation of Metals volume 97, pages307–321 (2022).

8) Mishra G.K.,Gautam M.,Sau S.,Mitra S, Surface-Modified Lithium Cobalt Oxide (LiCoO2) with Enhanced Performance at Higher Rates through Li-Vacancy Ordering in the Monoclinic Phase, ACS Applied Energy MaterialsVolume 4, Issue
12, (2021) Pages 14260 – 14272.

9) Manas RanjanPanda,Anish RajKathribail,BrindabanModak,SupriyaSau,Dimple P.Dutta,SagarMitra, Electrochemical properties of biomass-derived carbon and its composite along with Na2Ti3O7 as potential high-performance anodes for Na-ion and Li-ion batteries, Electerochimica Acta, Volume 392, (2021), 139026.

10)Mishra et al., Phosphorus doping of ZnO using spin-on dopant process : A better choice than costly and destructive ion-implantation technique, J. Lumin., vol. 233, no. January,( 2021) p. 117921.

11) Karthik S Bhat, A Sarkar, “In-situ synthesis of nickel seleno-sulfide nano-rod arrays on three-dimensional nickel foam as efficient electrocatalyst for water oxidation”, Electrochimica Acta 407, (2022), 139886.

12) Jinal M. Mehta, Nishant K. Jain, Deepak S. Chauhan, Rajendra Prasad, Mukesh K. Kumawat, Mukesh Dhanka, AsifkhanShanavas, Rohit Srivastava, Emissive radiodense stealth plasmonic nanohybrid as X-ray contrast and photo-ablative agent of cancer cells, Materials Today Communications, Volume 27, (2021).

13)Mohammad Monish, C Nayak, D S Sutar, S N Jha, D Bhattacharyya, and S S Major, “X-ray absorption study of defects in reactively sputtered GaN films displaying large variation of conductivity” Semicond. Sci. Technol. 36, (2021), 075019.

14)Mohammad Monish and S S Major, “Microstructural dependence of residual stress in reactively sputtered epitaxial GaN films” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54, (2021),175302.

15) Seemesh Bhaskar, Pratyusha Das, Maku Moronshing, Aayush Rai, Chandramouli Subramaniam*, Shivakiran B. N. Bhaktha* and Sai Sathish Ramamurthy* Photoplasmonic assembly of dielectric-metal, Nd2O3-Gold soret nanointerfaces for dequenching the luminophore emission, Nanophotonics 10(13), (2021), 3417–3431.

16)Rinku Kushwaha, Sattwick Haldar, Pragalbh Shekhar, Akshara Krishnan, Jayeeta Saha, Pramiti Hui, Chathakudath Prabhakaran Vinod, Chandramouli Subramaniam, Ramanathan Vaidhyanathan, Exceptional Capacitance Enhancement
of a Non-Conducting COF through Potential-Driven Chemical Modulation by Redox Electrolyte, Advanced Energy MaterialsVolume 11, (2021), Issue 13.
 

17) Kankona Singha Roy, Chandramouli Subramaniam,Leela S. Panchakarla*Non- Stoichiometry Induced Exsolution of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles via Formation of Wavy Surfaces and their Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity: Case of Misfit
Calcium Cobalt Oxide, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, (2021), 13, 9897.

18)Jayeeta Saha,Ranadeb Ball, and Chandramouli Subramaniam, Premagnetized Carbon-Catalyst Interface Delivering 650% Enhancement in Electrocatalytic Kinetics of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. , 9, (2021)
7792.

19) Sudeshna Mondala and Chandramouli Subramaniam , Scalable approach towards specific and ultrasensitive cation sensing under harsh environmental conditions by engineering the analyte–transducer interface. Nanoscale Adv. (2021), 3, 3752.

20)JayeetaSaha1 , Chandramouli Subramaniam, “Thermochemically nanostructured off- stoichiometric Ti0.2Al1.8C4O5 nanowires as robust electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution from corrosive acidic electrolyte”, Catalysis Today, (2021), 370, 26.

21) Seemesh Bhaskar, Prajant Jha, Chandramouli Subramaniam, Sai SATHISH Ramamurthy, Multifunctional Hybrid Soret nanoarchitectures for Mobile Phone- based Picomolar Cu2+ ion sensing and Dye Degradation Applications, Physica E, (2021), 114764.

22)Mihir Kumar Jha and Chandramouli Subramaniam, “Design Principles for Manipulating Electrochemical Interfaces in Solid-State Supercapacitors for Wearable Applications” ACS Omega, (2021), 6, 7970.

23) Sumit Sharma, Ananya Sah, Chandramouli Subramaniam, “Performance Enhancement of Tapered Helical Coil Receiver using Novel Nanostructured Carbon Florets Coating”, Appl. Therm. Engg. (2021), 194, 117065.

24) Nishad KadamA. Sarkar, “A rechargeable zinc–air battery with decoupled metal oxidation and oxygen reduction reactions” Journal of Power Sources, 510 (2021) 230375.

25) M. V. V. S. Aditya, S. Panda and S. S. V. Tatiparti, "Boron form net charge acceptor to donor and its effect on hydrogen uptake by novel Mg-B-electrochemically synthesized reduced graphene oxide," Scientific Reports, 11, (2021), pp. 1-10.

26) S. Panda, M. V. V. S. Aditya and S. S. V. Tatiparti, "Synergetic effect of C and Ni on hydrogen release from Mg-Ni-electrochemically synthesized reduced graphene oxide based hydride," Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 5,( 2021), pp. 4414-4424,.

27) A. Parashtekar, L. Bourgeois and S.S.V. Tatiparti, "Stoichiometry-grain size- specific capacitance interrelationships in Nickel Oxide†", RSC Advances,Accepted,(2022).

Conference
1. Mishra et al., Improvement in optical and elemental properties of spin-on phosphorus doped ZnO film, Proc. SPIE. 11800, Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices 2021.

2. Mishra et al., Doping of ZnMgO with phosphorus by spin‐on dopant technique, Proc. SPIE. 11800, Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices 2021.

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