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About Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials and Green Technologies
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham established the Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials and Green Technologies in May 2013, based on a grant awarded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). The Centre of Excellence (COE) is engaged in research and development activities in the broad areas encompassing the individual developments in, or an integration of, advanced materials and green technologies based on material synthesis, material characterization, material modification, and innovative methodologies of application.
Mission
The centre strives towards developing a world-class facility staffed with a resource pool working on cutting-edge and novel fundamental problems related to materials synthesis, characterization, & modification, and will deliver green and innovative materials technology solutions. The experts in the centre strive to train and...
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People
The Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials and Green Technologies has a unique blend of distinguished patrons, philanthropists, sponsors, celebrated mentors and robust research talent from various specialties who further the research in the four focus areas proposed in the research activities of the Center.
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Collaborations
Collaborators of high renown in the core areas of research identified in this report have committed their support and time to the establishment of, and continued contribution for, the center. The collaborators include Dr. P. Somasundaran (Columbia University, USA), Dr. Jagan Mahadevan (University of Tulsa, USA)...
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About
Our research is centred around the development of nanomaterials and nanostructured materials for various applications with an emphasis on energy applications, such as photovoltaics and electrochemical energy storage.
Carbon-based nanomaterials and their nanocomposites with polymers are an important focus area. It includes graphene, reduced graphene oxide, graphene quantum dots, carbon quantum dots and their polymer nanocomposites for use in low-cost and high-performance supercapacitors, and counter-electrode of dye-sensitized solar cells.
We also develop various semiconductor materials, including 2D materials like MoS2, for the same applications. Band-gap tuning, doping, and surface chemistry modifications and making nanocomposites are some of the methods we use to improve the performance of these materials in the different applications.
We are interested in developing materials for photo-electrochemical production of fuels including and hydrogen and hydrocarbons, using sunlight and CO2. It involves the understanding of the material’s electronic structure, carrier concentration, mobility, trap density, carrier diffusion length and interaction with the electrolyte.
Another focus area is the development of solution chemistry methods for thin film and third generation solar cell fabrication in order to reduce fabrication cost, while maintaining high performance.
We also collaborate with others laboratories in the centre for other application of the materials in areas such as drug delivery, environmental sensors, biosensors and so on.
People
- Dr. Nikhil Kothurkar
- Dr. Sudip Kumar Batabyal
- Dr. Mahendra Nandanwar
- M. Sathish Kumar
- K. Yamini Yasoda
- Sreejith P.M.
- Amit Kumar Pathak
- Senthil Kumar.
Projects
- "Nanocomposites based on graphene oxide and transition metal oxides and chalcogenides synthesized by peroxide route for supercapacitor application" Indo Russian, DST/INT/RFBR/P-241- Cost of the project 2434400 - Completed (June 2017- June 2019)
- Dr. Mahendra (PI), ‘Natural Convection Driven Flow-Through Soluble Lead Redox Flow Battery With Inbuilt Sonication Mechanism for Longer Cycle Life’, SERB, 14.34 lakhs, 2017-2020
- CSIR SRF awarded for one of the Ph.D scholar (M.Sathish Kumar) File no: 09/ 1034 (0005)/ 2K19 EMR-I- ongoing.
Facilities
Electrochemical workstation (ZIVE SP), Two Zone Tubular furnace Labtherm, Thermal evaporator, Spin coater, Centrifuge machine, Four probe conductivity measurement. Chemical vapour deposition
Publications
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Yasoda, K.Y., Mikhaylov, A.A., Medvedev, A.G., Kumar, M.S., Lev, O., Prikhodchenko, P.V. and Batabyal, S.K., Brush like polyaniline on vanadium oxide decorated reduced graphene oxide: Efficient electrode materials for supercapacitor. Journal of Energy Storage, 22, pp.188-193. 2019. |
| 2019 | M Sathish Kumar, K Yamini Yasoda, Nikhil K Kothurkar, Sudip K Batabyal* “Simple Synthesis Route of Glycine Assisted PANi-NiCo2O4 Porous Powder for Electrochemical Application” Ionics vol.25, issue 9, 4499-4507, 2019. |
| 2019 | K. Yamini Yasoda, M Sathish Kumar, Sudip K Batabyal* “Polyaniline Decorated Manganese oxide Nanoflakes Coated Graphene Oxide as a Hybrid-Supercapacitor for High-Performance Energy storage Application” Ionics. |
| 2019 | Amit Kumar Pathak, Muvva D. Prasad, Sudip K. Batabyal “One-dimensional SbSI crystals from Sb, S, and I mixtures in ethylene glycol for solar energy harvesting” Applied Physics A.,2019, 125:213. |
| 2019 | Madhusudanan, S.P., Mohanta, K. Batabyal, S.K. “Electrical bistability and memory switching phenomenon in Cu2FeSnS4 thin films: role of p-n junction”J Solid State Electrochem., 23, 1307, 2019. |
| 2019 | Prasad, M. D., Krishna, M. G., Batabyal, S. K. Facet-Engineered Surfaces of Two-Dimensional Layered BiOI and Au−BiOI Substrates for Tuning the Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering and Visible Light Photodetector Response.,ACS Applied Nano Materials.,2, 2019, 3906-3915. |
| 2019 | R Senthilkumar, Murali Balu, S Ramakrishnan, Praveen C Ramamurthy, Sudip K Batabyal, Duraisamy Kumaresan, Nikhil K Kothurkar, Molybdenum disulfide/reduced graphene oxide hybrids with enhanced electrocatalytic activity: An efficient counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry., 2019, 113236. |
| 2019 | R Senthilkumar, S Mohan Raj, S Ramakrishnan, Duraisamy Kumaresan, Nikhil K Kothurkar, Thermally Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Counter Electrode Material for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology., 19 4, 2019, 2158-2165 |
| 2019 | R Senthilkumar, S Ramakrishnan, Murali Balu, Praveen C Ramamurthy, Duraisamy Kumaresan, Nikhil K Kothurkar, One-step hydrothermal synthesis of marigold flower-like nanostructured MoS2 as a counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry., 22 11, 2019, 3331-3341. |
| 2018 | Kumar, M.S., Yasoda, K.Y., Batabyal, S.K. Kothurkar, N.K., Carbon-polyaniline nanocomposites as supercapacitor materials. Materials Research Express, 5(4), p.045505. 2018. |
| 2018 | Kumar, M.S., Yasoda, K.Y., Kumaresan, D., Kothurkar, N.K. and Batabyal, S.K.,TiO2-carbon quantum dots (CQD) nanohybrid: enhanced photocatalytic activity. Materials Research Express, 5(7), p.075502. 2018. |
| 2016 | K. Y. Yasoda, Kondapa Naidu Bobba, D. Nedungadi, D. Dutta, M. Sathish Kumar, N. K. Kothurkar, N. Mishra, and S. Bhuniya, “GSH Responsive Biotinylated Poly(vinyl alcohol) Grafted GO as a Nanocarrier for Targeted Delivery of Camptothecin,” RSC Adv., vol. 6, pp. 62385–62389, 2016. |
| 2016 | Jelmy, E.J, Ramakrishnan, S, Kothurkar, N.K, EMI shielding and microwave absorption behavior of Au-MWCNT/polyaniline nanocomposites, Polymers for Advanced Technologies., 27 9, 2016, 1246-1257. |
| 2016 | Ramakrishnan Shanmugam, Murali Rangarajan, Sriram Devanathan, Vasant G Sathe, R Senthilkumar, Nikhil K Kothurkar, A design of experiments investigation of the effects of synthesis conditions on the quality of CVD graphene., Materials Research Express, 3 12, 2016. |
| 2015 | Dhakshnamoorthy Mani, Ramakrishnan Shanmugam, Vikram Srinivasan, Nikhil K Kothurkar, Murali Rangarajan, Vasanthakumari Raju, Carbonization of electrospun polyimide/f-multiwalled carbon nanotubes nanofiber webs by RF-induction heating, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters., 7 6, 2015, 521-528. |
| 2015 | Man Su Lee, D Yogi Goswami, Nikhil Kothurkar, Elias K Stefanakos, Development and evaluation of calcium oxide absorbent immobilized on fibrous ceramic fabrics for high temperature carbon dioxide capture, Powder technology., 274, 2015, 313-318. |
| 2015 | A Vadivambigai, Prem Anandh Senthilvasan, Nikhil Kothurkar, Murali Rangarajan, Graphene-oxide-based electrochemical sensor for salicylic acid, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters., 7 2, 2015, 140-146. |
| 2015 | Sesha Srinivasan, Arunachalanadar M Kannan, Nikhil Kothurkar, Yehia Khalil, Sarada Kuravi, Nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications, Journal of Nanomaterials., 2015. |
| 2015 | S Ramakrishnan, KR Pradeep, A Raghul, R Senthilkumar, Murali Rangarajan, Nikhil K Kothurkar, One-step synthesis of Pt-decorated graphene–carbon nanotubes for the electrochemical sensing of dopamine, uric acid and ascorbic acid, Analytical Methods., 7 2, 2015, 779-786. |
| 2015 | Rajamani, A.R, Kannan, R.Krishnan, S. Ramakrishnan, S.Raj, S.M.Kumaresan, D.Kothurkar, N.Rangarajan, M, Electrochemical sensing of dopamine, uric acid and ascorbic acid using tRGO-TiO2 nanocomposites, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 15 7, 2015, 5042-5047 |
Conference Proceedings
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2019 | E J Jelmy, M Lakshmanan, N K Kothurkar, Microwave absorbing behavior of glass fiber reinforced MWCNT-PANi/epoxy composite laminates. Materials Today proceedings, 2019. |
| 2018 | Shiv sagar mittal, Gouri Ramadas, Nandika Vasanthmurali, V S Madaneswar , M Sathish Kumar, Nikhil K Kothurkar, Carbon quantum dot- polypyrrole nanocomposite for supercapacitor electrodes, IConAMMA 2018. |
| 2018 | M. Sanjay Krishna, S Balaji, G Vadamalai Raj, P A Pravin, M Sathish Kumar, Nikhil K Kothurkar, Prasanna Ramani, B Sabarish Narayanan, Arjun Moorthy, Polymer-iron tungstate-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites for microwave absorption, IConAMMA 2018. |
| 2017 | Shilpa Ramachandran, M. Sathishkumar,Nikhil K. Kothurkar* and R. Senthilkumar “Polyaniline/Fe3O4-RGO Nanocomposites for Microwave Absorption” IConAMMA 2017. |
| 2017 | M. Sathishkumar, K. Yamini Yasoda, S. Mohan Raj, D. Kumaresan., Nikhil K. Kothurkar, Sudip K. Batabyal C - polyaniline based energy storage application, 1st international conference on nanomaterials clean energy and medical applications INSCHA 2017. |
| 2016 | Stephanie Olivia Wietlisbach, Kaavya Ram, Nikhil K Kothurkar, Revathy Nair, Sreedhar Harigovind, Performance of a vertical subsurface flow constructed wetland in treating biomethanation effluent, IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)., 2016, 847-853. |
Collaborators
- Dr. Kaushik Ghosh
INST - Dr. Dhamodaran
Cochin AIIMS
- Dr. Kalool Mohanta
PSG-IAS - Dr. Ramaranjan Battacharya
Amity Kolkata
About the Lab / Centre
In Advanced Functional Materials Laboratory, our research activities have been aimed at:
- Developing functional materials and coatings, and,
- Developing feasible, affordable and real-time technologies for water distribution and quality management.
We work with multi-disciplinary teams in developing sustainable technologies and solutions for global challenges. We work both on fundamental and highly applied research, and the problems we work on are diverse.
People
Principal Investigator
r_murali@cb.amrita.edu
Functional Materials and Coatings, Electrodeposition, Electrochemical Sensors, Water and Soil Quality Sensing, Water Distribution, Water Quality Management
Ph. D. Scholar
v_vinoj@cb.amrita.edu
Semi-empirical Simulations of Graphene-Based Electrochemical Sensors
Vijitha S. Nair
Ph. D. Scholar
sn_vijitha@cb.amrita.edu
Hydrothermal Synthesis of Perovskite Mixed Metal Oxides
S. Prem Anandh
Ph. D. Scholar
s_premanandh@cb.amrita.edu
Graphene and Metal Oxide Thin Films for Corrosion Protection
G. Mohan Kumar
Ph. D. Scholar
g_mohankumar@cb.amrita.edu
Electrodeposition of Bismuth, Bismuth Iodides and Oxyiodides
Krishnan C. R.
Ph. D. Scholar
cr_krishnan@cb.amrita.edu
Pervious Concrete Filters for Heavy Metals Removal from Water
Research
Electrodeposition of Metals, Alloys and Compounds :
We use electrodeposition as a synthesis strategy to developed controlled morphologies and compositions of thin films of metals, alloys and compounds.
We have studied electrodeposition of bismuth from acidic baths and deposited different morphologies of bismuth films by choice of bath composition (including additives), pH and deposition conditions. We have electrodeposited SnBi and SnIn alloys from acidic baths for microelectronic packaging and have shown that it is possible to deposit alloys of a wide range of compositions (e.g., 14% to 75% Sn, including eutectic alloys) with smooth morphologies and good surface coverage. We are working on developing the flip-chip technologies for indium, tin-bismuth and tin-indium alloys. We have shown, for the first time, that it is possible to electrodeposit bismuth iodide and oxyiodide thin films of controlled stoichiometries from a single bath.
Ongoing research :
Presently, we are interested in understanding the synthesis-structure and structure-property relationships in electrodeposition of metals, alloys and compounds. We seek collaborations in modelling and simulation of electrodeposition of bismuth, tin-bismuth alloy and bismuth iodide from different baths, particularly the nucleation and crystal growth phenomena.
Electrochemical Sensors :
We have developed bismuth-based and graphene-based electrochemical sensors for the detection of various analytes including heavy metals (particularly lead ions) in water, biomolecules in urine and serum matrices (dopamine, uric acid and ascorbic acid, collaboration with Dr. Nikhil Kothurkar – CEMS), antioxidants and nutrients in food matrices (ascorbic acid, folic acid, ferulic acid, vanillin), and macronutrients (NPK) in soils (collaboration with Dr. A. Purushothaman – Electronics and Communication Engineering). Towards understanding and designing graphene-based sensors, we have employed semi-empirical simulations of graphene oxide-analyte interactions.
Ongoing research :
We are interested in developing real-time electrochemical sensors for detection of heavy metal ions and macronutrients (NPK) in water and soil. To this end, the sensor technology is being standardized and collaboratively, we are developing portable potentiostat and the required instrumentation. We have initiated studies of degradation of screen-printed electrode materials in water and soil matrices. We seek collaborations on systems-level simulations of sensor networks employing such devices.
Water Distribution and Quality Management :
We are developing feasible, affordable and versatile technology solutions for real-time management of water distribution and quality. In an ongoing study, we are examining how to minimize the number and optimize the placement of water flow/pressure sensors in large water distribution networks for real-time localization and detection of leaks in the networks. This is a collaboration with Dr. Vidhya Balasubramanian (Computer Science and Engineering). We are developing packed bed electrochemical reactors for removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater. In this system, we are also exploring the simultaneous production of hydrogen by water electrolysis. We are also developing filters for heavy metal ions using cementitious materials (collaboration with Dr. Manu Santhanam and Dr. Mathava Kumar of IIT Madras). We are designing and developing continuous reactors for electrocoagulation- and advanced oxidation-based removal of various pollutants from water including pesticides and dyes.
Projects
| Years | Sponsor | Title of Project | Amount of Grant (Rs.) | Investigators | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-2014 | DRDO | Electrochemically Tailored Compliant Solder Materials for Flip-Chip Joining | 62,48,000 | Dr. Murali Rangarajan (PI), Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan (Co-PI), Dr. T. Ramachandran (co-PI) | Completed |
| 2013-2015 | MHRD/IIT Kharagpur | National Pedagogy Project: Principal Developer for the Course Chemical Systems Modeling | 5,00,000 | Dr. Murali Rangarajan, Dr. Udaya Bhaskar Reddy Ragula | Completed |
| 2015-2018 | DST (Indo-Norway ENERGIX Scheme) | Photo-electrochemical Splitting of Water with N-doped Graphene-Hematite Composites for Hydrogen Production (PhotoNGrapHy) | Indian Side: 25,88,000 Norwegian Side: 2.4 Million NOK | Indian Team: Dr. Thirugnasambandam Manivasagam (PI), Dr. Murali Rangarajan (Co-PI), Dr. D. Kumaresan (Co-PI), Prof. Peter Notten (Co-PI) Norway Team: Dr. Kaushik Jayasayee (PI), Dr. Jonathan Polfus (Co-PI), Sidsel Meli Hanetho (Co-PI), Silje Fosse Hakonsen (Co-PI), Ann Mari Svenson (Co-PI) | Completed |
| 2015-2016 | ICSSR | Corrosion Auditing in Oil and Gas Transmission Pipelines in India | 4,00,000 | Dr. Bhaskaran Rajan (LPU; PI), Dr. Murali Rangarajan (CI), Mr. Lalit Bhalla (LPU; CI), Mr. Vishal Sarin (LPU; CI) | Completed |
| July 2016 – June 2018 | SERB-NPDF | Iron Oxide Nanostructures from Anodic Dissolution for Electro-Fenton-mediated Oxidative Degradation of Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs) | 19,20,000 | Dr. Kadarkkarai Govindan (PDF), Dr. Murali Rangarajan (Mentor) | Completed |
| March 2018 - February 2021 | SERB-EMR | Development of a Pulsed Flow Packed Bed Electrochemical Reactor for Heavy Metals Removal from Groundwater and Wastewater | 37,24,600 | Dr. Murali Rangarajan (PI), Dr. Thirugnasambandam Manivasagam (CI), Dr. Mahendra Naktuji Nandanwar (CI) | Ongoing |
| March 2019 (expected to begin by December 2019) | DST-ICPS | A Modular Cyberphysical System for Sustainable Water Management | 40,00,000 | Dr.Vidhya Balasubramanian (PI), Dr. K. K. Sasi (CI), Dr. Dhanesh Kurup (CI), Dr. Murali Rangarajan (CI) | Selected |
| December 2017 – November 2021 | Australian Mines Company Ltd. | Fluorite-structured Metal Hydrides: A New Class of High-capacity MgScX Ternary Alloys for Next Generation NiMH Batteries and Stationary Hydrogen Storage Applications | USD 240,000 | Dr. Thirugnasambandam G. Manivasagam (PI), Dr. Peter Notten (TU Eindhoven, Forschungzentrum Juelich, Amrita – PI), Dr. Murali Rangarajan (CI), Dr. Udaya Bhaskar Reddy Ragula (CI) | Ongoing |
Facilities
Rotating Disk Electrode – Pine Instruments, Inc.
Electrochemical Workstation – CH Instruments, Inc.
UV-Visible Spectrophotometer with Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy
Ultrapure Water
Publications
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Govindan, K., Angelin, A., Rangarajan, M., Shankar, P., Jang, A., “Electrocoagulants Characteristics and Application of Electrocoagulation for Micropollutant Removal and Transformation Mechanism”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (Accepted); IF: 8.456 |
| 2019 | Muralidharan, S., Sathish, A., Ramachandran, T., and Rangarajan, M., “Ni-Zn-P Catalyst Supported on Stainless Steel Gauze for Enhanced Electrochemical Oxidation of Methanol”, Materials Research Express 6(9), 095504, 2019; IF: 1.151 |
| 2019 | Murugan, M., Krishnan, C. R., Santhanam, M., Rangarajan, M., Kumar, M., “Heavy Metals Removal and Leaching from Pervious Concrete Filter: Influence of Operating Water Head and Graphene Addition”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering 145(9), 04019049, 2019; IF: 1.541 |
| 2018 | Govindan, K., Angelin, A., and Rangarajan, M., “Critical evaluation of mechanism responsible for biomass abatement during electrochemical coagulation (EC) process: A critical review”, Journal of Environmental Management, 227, 335-353, 2018; IF: 4.005 |
| 2018 | Prem Anandh, S., and Rangarajan, M., “Corrosion Protection of Mild Steel by Graphene-based Films”, Materials Research Express 5(8), 08520, 2018; IF: 1.151 |
| 2018 | Pradeep Kumar, M., Mini, K. M., and Rangarajan, M., “Ultrafine GGBS and Calcium Nitrate as Concrete Admixtures for Improved Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Resistance”, Construction and Building Materials 182(9) 249-257, 2018; IF: 3.169 |
| 2018 | Rajamani, A. R., Jothi, S., Datta, M., and Rangarajan, M., “Electrodeposition of Tin-Bismuth Alloys: Additives, Morphologies and Compositions”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society 165(2), D50-D57, 2018; IF: 3.259 |
| 2018 | Ramakrishnan, S., Johny, J., Senthilkumar, R., Rangarajan, M., and Kothurkar, N., “One-Step RF-CVD Method for the Synthesis of Graphene with Metal- and Metal Oxide-Nanoparticles”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 18(2), 1089-1096, 2018; IF: 1.483 |
| 2017 | Govindan, K., Chandran, H. T., Raja, M., Maheswari, S. U., and Rangarajan, M., “Electron Scavenger-Assisted, Mn3O4-Mediated Photocatalytic Degradation of Amido Black 10B Dye: A Response Surface Methodology Study with Central Composite Design”, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 341, 146-156, 2017; IF: 2.891 |
| 2017 | Rajathilagam, B., and Rangarajan, M., “Edge Detection using G-lets based on Matrix Factorization by Group Representations”, Pattern Recognition, 67, 1-15, 2017; IF: 4.582 |
| 2016 | Ramakrishnan, S., Rangarajan, M., Devanathan, S., Sathe, V., Senthilkumar, R., and Kothurkar, N., “A Design of Experiments Investigation of the Effects of Synthesis Conditions on the Quality of CVD Graphene”, Materials Research Express, 3, 125601, 2016; IF: 1.151 |
| 2016 | Rajamani, A. R., Jothi, S., Srikaanth, S., Dhinesh Kumar, M., Singh, M. K., Otero-Irurueta, G., Ramasamy, D., Datta, M., and Rangarajan, M., “Effects of Additives on Kinetics, Morphologies and Lead-Sensing Property of Electrodeposited Bismuth Films”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120, 22398-22406, 2016; IF: 4.484 |
| 2016 | Vikram, S., Vasanthakumari, R., Tsuzuki, T., and Rangarajan, M., “Suspension Stability of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles using Time-Resolved UV-Visible Spectroscopy”, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 18(9), 272, 2016; IF: 2.127 |
| 2015 | Dhakshnamoorthy, M., Vikram, S., Ramakrishnan, S., Kothurkar, N., Rangarajan, M., and Vasanthakumari, R., “Carbonization of Electrospun Polyimide/f-MWCNTs Nanofiber Webs by RF-Induction Heating”, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, 7(6), 521-528, 2015; IF: 1.431 |
| 2015 | Vadivambigai, A., Prem Anandh, S., Kothurkar, N., and Rangarajan, M., “Graphene-Oxide-Based Electrochemical Sensing of Salicylic Acid”, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, 7(2), 140-146, 2015; IF: 1.889 |
| 2015 | Rajamani, A. R., Rajesh Kannan, D., Krishnan, S., Ramakrishnan, S., Mohan Raj, S., Kumaresan, D., Kothurkar, N., and Rangarajan, M., “Electrochemical Sensing of Dopamine, Uric Acid, and Ascorbic Acid using tRGO-TiO2 Nanocomposites”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 15(7), 5042-5047, 2015; IF: 1.483 |
| 2015 | Vikram, S., Dhakshnamoorthy, M., Vasanthakumari, R., Rajamani, A. R., Rangarajan, M., and Takuya Tsuzuki, “Tuning the magnetic properties of iron oxide nanoparticles by a room-temperature air-atmosphere (RTAA) co-precipitation method”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 15(6), 3870-3878, 2015; IF: 1.483 |
| 2015 | Ramakrishnan, S., Pradeep, K. R., Raghul, A., Senthil Kumar, R., Rangarajan, M., and Kothurkar, N., “One-Step Synthesis of Pt-Decorated Graphene-Carbon Nanotubes for Electrochemical Sensing of Dopamine, Uric Acid and Ascorbic Acid”, Analytical Methods, 7(2), 779-786, 2015; IF: 2.072 |
| 2014 | 19. Rajamani, A. R., Ragula, U. B. R., Kothurkar, N., and Rangarajan, M., “Nano- and Micro-Hexagons of Bismuth on Polycrystalline Copper: Electrodeposition and Heavy Metal Sensing”, CrystEngComm, 16(10), 2032-2038, 2014; IF: 3.474 |
| 2014 | Dhakshnamoorthy, M., Ramakrishnan, S., Vikram, S., Kothurkar, N., Rangarajan, M., and Vasanthakumari, R., “In-Situ Preparation and Characterization of Acid Functionalized Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Polyimide Nanofibers”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 14(7), 5011-5018, 2014; IF: 1.483 |
| 2013 | Jelmy, E. J., Ramakrishnan, S., Devanathan, S., Rangarajan, M., and Kothurkar, N., “Optimization of Conductivity and Yield of Polyaniline Using a Design of Experiments”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 130(2), 1047-1057, 2013; IF: 1.860 |
| 2013 | Jelmy, E. J., Ramakrishnan, S., Rangarajan, M., and Kothurkar, N., “Effect of Different Carbon Fillers and Dopant Acids on the Electrical Properties of Polyaniline Nanocomposites”, Bulletin of Materials Science, 36(1), 37-44, 2013; IF: 0.925 |
| 2013 | Sathiyan, S., Rangarajan, M., and Ramachandran, S., “Heat Transfer to Immiscible Liquid Mixtures in a Spiral Plate Heat Exchanger”, Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 30(2), pp. 311-321, 2013; IF: 1.043 |
| 2012 | Upadyayula, S. P., and Rangarajan, M., “Actin-Based Motility Propelled by Molecular Motors”, Applied Nanoscience, 2(3), pp. 333-338, 2012; IF: 2.951 |
| 2002 | Rangarajan, M., Jimenez, J., and Rajagopalan, R., “Effects of Polymer Layer Anisotropy on the Interaction between Adsorbed Layers”, Macromolecules, 35, pp. 6020-6031, 2002; IF: 5.835 |
Conference Publications – Accepted/Published
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Anil. A. C.., Govindan, K., and Rangarajan, M., “Synthesis of poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG)-capped Fe3O4 nanoclusters by hydrothermal method”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 577, 012153, 2019 |
| 2019 | Vasu, V., and Rangarajan, M., “Semi-Empirical Simulations of Interactions between Edge-Functionalized Graphene Oxides and Bisphenol A”, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2019; doi: 10.1016/j.matpr.2019.07.405 |
| 2018 | Divya Bharathi, T., Prem Anandh, S. and Rangarajan, M., “Differential Pulse Voltammetric Detection of Ferulic Acid Using RGO-TiO2 Electrodes”, IEEE Xplore (Accepted) – presented at INDICON 2018, Coimbatore, December 16-18, 2018 |
| 2017 | Pradeep Kumar, M., Rangarajan, M., and Mini, K. M., “Enhancement of Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Behaviour of Concrete due to Addition of Ultrafine GGBS”, pp. 221-226, Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Construction Materials and Systems (ICACMS), RILEM Proceedings Pro118, RILEM Publications S. A. R. L., 2017, (ISBN: 9782351581940) |
| 2017 | Vikram, S., Vasanthakumari, R, Tsuzuki, T., and Rangarajan, M., “Hydrodynamics of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles”, Materials Today: Proceedings, 4(9), 10524-10528, 2017; IF: 0.22 |
| 2016 | Rajathilagam, B., and Rangarajan, M., “Spectral Representation of Principal Components in Signals and Images using G-lets Decomposition of Subbands”, IEEE TENCON 2016 – Technologies for Smart Nation, Singapore, 2016; http:// http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7848776/ |
| 2015 | Rajathilagam, B., Balaji, B., and Rangarajan, M., “Dynamic Context-based User Profiles by Regression Modeling”, Proceedings of the 8th Annual International Conference on Computer Games, Multimedia and Allied Technology (CGAT 2015), pp. 165-170, GSTF, Singapore, 2015 |
| 2014 | Prem Anandh, S., Kothurkar, N., and Rangarajan, M., “Electrochemical Sensing of Phenytoin by Thermally Reduced Graphene Oxide”, ISEAC-DM-2014, Proceedings of the 11th ISEAC International Discussion Meet on Electrochemistry & Its Applications, pp. 79-84, Indian Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2014 (ISBN: 9788190195065) |
| 2013 | Rajamani, A. R., and Rangarajan, M., “Electrodeposition of Bismuth and Effects of Additives in Acid Bath”, ELAC 2013, Proceedings of the5th ISEAC Triennial International Conference on Advances and Recent Trends in Electrochemistry, pp. 341-344, Indian Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2013 (ISBN: 9788190195058) |
| 2013 | Anuvind, B., Prem Anandh, S., Kothurkar, N., and Rangarajan, M., “Graphene-based Electrochemical Sensor for Paracetamol”, AmritaBioQuest 2013– Proceedings ofInternational Conference on Biotechnology for Innovative Applications, Chapter 59, Elsevier, 2013 (ISBN: 9789351071037) |
| 2013 | Kavitha, V., Babychan, B., Kothurkar, N., Sindhu, S., and Rangarajan, M., “Porous Hydroxyapatite and Poly(Methyl Methacrylate)-Hydroxyapatite Composite Scaffolds”, AmritaBioQuest 2013– Proceedings ofInternational Conference on Biotechnology for Innovative Applications, Chapter 62, Elsevier, 2013 (ISBN: 9789351071037) |
| 2012 | Rangarajan, M., “Actin-Based Motility of Listeria: Right-Handed Helical Trajectories”, DAE-SSPS 2011, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1447, pp. 165-166, 2012; IF: 0.22 |
| 2012 | Sruthy, K., Rajamani, A. R., Ramakrishnan, S., Kothurkar, N., and Rangarajan, M., “Electrochemical Sensing of Dopamine on TiO2-RGO Nanocomposites”, NMC 2012, Proceedings of the 9th Nanomechanical Sensing Workshop, pp. 130-131, IIT Mumbai, 2012 |
| 2012 | Ramakrishnan, S., Jelmy, E. J., Baladhandapani, P., Rangarajan, M., and Kothurkar, N., “Synthesis of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Using RF-CCVD and a Bimetallic Catalyst”, DAE-SSPS 2011, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1447, pp. 275-276, 2012; Citation: 2; IF: 0.22 |
Books
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2013 | R. Mahalingam and Murali Rangarajan (editors), Bhagavata Mela and Ancient Temple Theater Forms in South India, Melattur Bhagavata Mela Natya Natak Trust, 2013 |
Book Chapters
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Janci Rani, P. R., Tharani Devi, N., and Rangarajan, M., “Post Pregnancy Ethnic Nutritional Practices in India: A Critical Perspective of Immunity and Infection,” Chapter 29, in Nutrition, Immunity and Infection, edited by Philip C. Calder and Anil Kulkarni, pp. 467-522, CRC Press, 2018 (Invited Book Chapter) (ISBN: 9781482253979) |
Products
Products being developed
- Packed bed electrochemical reactors for removal of heavy metal ions in water and simultaneous co-generation of hydrogen
- Electrochemical sensor for NPK in soil matrices in real time
- Electrochemical sensor for heavy metal ions in water matrices in real time
Collaborators
International Collaborations
- Sathiskumar Jothi
Dr. Stephen Brown
Dr. Nicholas Lavery
Dr. Kirill Yusenko,
College of Engineering, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea (Joint Publications, Proposals) - Peter Handel
Dr. Carlo Fischione
Dr. Viktoria Fodor,
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (Joint Proposal) - Eddie Koenders
Dr. Neven Ukrainczyk
Dr. Murugan Muthu
Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany (Joint Proposal) - Jose Manuel Diaz Cruz
Dr. Miguel Esteban Cortada
Water Research Institute, University of Barcelona, Spain (Joint Proposal) - Tommy Giertz,
Stockholm Vatten VA AB, Sweden (Joint Proposal) - Jan Lindmark,
Brepus Castel, Sweden (Joint Proposal) - Manoj Kumar Singh
Dr. Gonzalo Otero-Irurueta,
Center for Mechanical Technology & Automation, University of Aveiro, Portugal (Joint Publication) - P. V. Aravind
Process and Energy Laboratory, Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands (Ongoing Joint Research) - Takuya Tsuzuki,
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (Joint Publications) - M. V. Reddy
Graphene Research Center/Advanced Batteries Center, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Joint Student Guidance)
National Collaborations
- Manu Santhanam,
Building Technology and Construction Management Division, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras (Joint Publication, Proposals, Student Guidance) - Mathava Kumar
Environmental Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras (Joint Publication) - Venkatakrishnan,
School of Basic Sciences, IIT Mandi (Joint Proposal) - R. Vasanthakumari
Polymer Nanotechnology Center, B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India (Joint Publications) - Subbiah Alwarappan
CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, India (Joint Student Guidance, Ongoing Joint Research) - R. Bhaskaran<
B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India (Joint Proposal) - Srinath Gopalan,
Sertel Electronics Pvt. Ltd, Chennai (Joint Proposals) - Mr. Archit Naraniwal,
Faclon Labs, Mumbai (Joint Proposal)
About the Lab / Centre
The research work in the lab is mainly focussed on the development of intensified and integrated technologies and catalysts for the conversion of biomass to engine-grade fuels and chemicals, mixed-paraffin dehydrogenation and solar cogeneration. We also work on heat integrated reactors for the production of hydrogen via Steam Reformation and Dry Reformation
People
Mr. A. K. Suresh
Research Projects
- Heating and Cooling with Microchannels to Drive System Performance (Rate and Response) in Atomic Layer Etching Process - Lam REsearch Inc., USA - USD 25000 (17.14 Lakhs) - (2019 -2020) - Ongoing
- Design and Testing of an Efficient Microchannel Reactor for Hydrogen Production via Heat Integrated Combustion and Steam Reformation of Methane - HPCL R&D, Bangalore - 53.10 Lakhs (2019 - 2021) - Ongoing
- Development of an Integrated Wastewater Treatment and Fuel Production System using Ceramic Membranes and Microchannel Reactors (In Collaboration with IIT Guwahati and Aqua Solutions, Assam) - DST - Water & Energy - 110 Lakhs - Project Approved - Waiting for the Financial release.
- Development of a 10 kW Cogeneration Unit based on Microchannel Heat Exchangers for Efficient Utilization of Solar Energy - DST-Clean Energy Research Initiative (CERI) - 104.97 Lakhs (2016-2019) Completed
- Kinetics of Mixed-paraffin Dehydrogenation Over Pt-Sn/Al2O3 Catalyst - Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) - Young Scientist Scheme - 26.82 Lakhs (2015-208) - Completed
Facilities
- CNC Router for the fabrication of microchannel reactors
- High-temperature dehydrogenation facility (up to 900oC)
- Experimental setup for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
- Tube Furnace (upto 1200oC)
- Liquid-phase catalyst reduction
- Biomass gasifier
- 10 kW Concentrated Solar Steam Generation Unit (up to 270oC) steam temperature.
10 kW Cogeneration Unit
CNC Router
Integrated Microchannel Reactor/ Heat Exchanger
Custom-built Experimental Unit for Mixed-paraffin Dehydrogenation
Publications
Journal Articles
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Rishi Kaashyap B., Udaya B. Ragula, Modeling & Optimization of Renewable Hydrogen Production from Biomass via Anaerobic Digestion and Dry Reformation, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, September 2019,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.08.209 (IF: 4.032) |
| 2019 | Sindhu Subramanian and Ragula U.B., “Effect of Particle Size and Heating Rate on Pyrolysis of Nerium Oleander”, Chemical Engineering and Communications, September 2019,https://doi.org/10.1080/00986445.2019.1659784 IF: 1.432 |
| 2019 | Sindhu Subaramanian and Ragula U.B., “Catalytic and Non-catalytic Pyrolysis of Nerium Oleander”, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Accepted), IF: 1.962, 2019 |
| 2019 | Ragula, U.B., and Devanathan, Sriram, Efficiency Improvement in Solar Cogeneration using Microchannel Heat Exchangers, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Accepted), IF:1.962 |
| 2018 | Sindhu, S., Ragula, U.B., “Kinetics of Pyrolysis of Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis and Nerium Oleander”, Biofuels, March 2018,https://doi.org/10.1080/17597269.2018.1432274 (IF: 1.130) |
| 2018 | Shobana, M., Krishna Prasad, R., Ragula U.B., Duraisamy Kumaresan, “Kinetics and characterization of transesterification of cottonseed oil to biodiesel using calcined clam shells as catalyst”, Biofuels, February 2018 (IF: 1.130) |
| 2015 | Rajeev N.,Krishna Prasad R., Ragula U.B., “Process Simulation and Modeling of Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Performance in Crude Refinery”, Petroleum Science & Technology, 2015. (IF: 1.070) |
| 2014 | Suresh, A.K., Shrinidhi S.R., Murali R., Ragula, U.B., “Modeling and Simulation of Mixed-paraffin Dehydrogenation in an Adiabatic Fixed-bed Reactor”, Chemical Engineering & Technology (Submitted) , 2014, (IF:2.442) |
| 2014 | Rajamani A.R.,, Ragula U.B., Kothurkar, N., Rangarajan M., “Nano- and Micro-hexagons of Bismuth on Polycrystalline Copper: Electrodeposition and Heavy Metal Sensing”, CrystEngComm, 16, 2032-2038, 2014. (IF: 3.897) |
| 2004 | Ragula U., Ramasamy E., Goplakirishnan S., “CFD Analysis of Turbulence Effect on Reaction in Stirred Tank Reactors, Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 59, April 2004, pp 458-469. |
Conference Proceedings
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Suresh A.K., Udaya Ragula, Effect of Catalyst Preparation Method on Mixed-paraffin Dehydrogenation, International Conference on Applied Materials for Energy and Health, Jafna, February, 2019 |
| 2018 | Aadithya H.B., Mohammed , M., Pushkala, V., Suresh A.K., Ragula U.B., Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis over Alumina Supported Cobalt Catalyst in a Fixed-bed Reactor, AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, USA, October- November, 2018 |
| 2018 | Ragula U.B., Dynamic Split-Flow Separation of Micron-sized Slurry Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst, AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, USA, October-November, 2018 (Accepted) |
| 2017 | Deekshita Adapa, Aruna, C.M., Ragula U.B., Modeling of Particle Breakage and Dispersion in a Slurry Fischer-Tropsch Reactor, AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, USA, October, 2017. |
| 2016 | Ragula U.B., Devanathan S., Solar Based Lemongrass Essential Oil for Sustainability and Livelihood in Tribal Community, Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, Seattle, October 2016. |
| 2016 | Arun M., Sri Nithya R., Ragula U.B., Modeling of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis in a Microchannel Reactor with Alumina Supported Cobalt Catalyst, AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 2016. |
| 2015 | Karthik C., Rameshwar V., Swati A., Rangarajan M., Ragula U.B., Modeling of Drying Stage in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed Coal Gasifier, AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2015. |
| 2014 | Ragula, U.B., Shrinidhi S.R., Rangarajan M., “Mixed-Paraffin Dehydrogenation in Fixed-bed Reactors: Modeling and Simulation”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, November 2014. |
| 2014 | Shrinidhi S.R., Rangarajan, M., Ragula, U.B., “Modeling and Simulation of Mixed-Light Paraffin Dehydrogenation in a Multi-tubular Packed bed Reactors”, RACEEE2014, Chennai, February, 2014. |
| 2014 | Rasana, N., Rangarajan, M., Ragula, U.B., Design and Implementation of Model Predictive Control for a Three Tank Interacting System, RACEEE2014, Chennai, Februrry, 2014. |
| 2009 | Ragula, U.B., Dutta S., Whitlow, J., Wright, H., and Elrod, E., “Production of Liquid Fuels using Microreactor Technology” , AIChE National Meeting, November 2009. |
Products
- Microchannel Reactor for Conversion of Biomass Derived Syngas to Liquid Fuels
- 10kW Cogeneration Unit based on Microchannel Heat Exchangers
Collaborators
- Dr. S. Senthil Murugan and Dr. Selvaraju Narayanasmay
IIT Guwahati - Dr. G. Valavarasu
HPCL Green R&D Center, Bangalore - DR. Nerissa Draeger
Office of The Chief Technology Officer, Lam Research Inc., Fremont, USA - Dr. Lavanya M.
CPCL R&D, Chennai
About the Lab
The research focus of this lab is the development of polymer based composites and nanocomposites for specific applications.
People
Projects
- High Performance Polyether Ketone- Carbon Fibre Composite for Future Generation Aviation and Space Applications, Dr. Meera Balachandran ( PI) , Dr. K. Jayanarayanan ( Co-PI), Dr. Shantanu Bhowmik ( Co PI), ISRO RESPOND, 24.96 lakhs, 2019-2021 (ongoing)
- Development of Metal/Poly Ether Ether Ketone Hybrid Composite Laminates for Nuclear Wastage Storage Containers, Dr. Jayanarayanan ( PI), Dr. Shantanu Bhowmik ( Co PI), DAE-BRNS, 30.1 lakhs 2015-2018 ( completed)
- Polymer Nanocomposites for Inflatable Space Structures, Dr. K. Jayanarayanan ( PI), Dr.S.S. Bhagwan ( Co-PI), ISRO-RESPOND, 4.5 lakhs, 2007-2009
Facilities
- Fully Automatic Injection moulding machine (Cincinnati Milacron 40T)
- Twin Screw Extruder
- Single Screw Extruder
- Kneader
- Two Roll Mill
- Hydraulic Compression Press
- Oscillating Disc Rheometer
- Plasma Treatment Unit.
Publications
Collaborators
- Dr. Lalit Varshney
BARC, Mumbai - Kuruvilla Joseph
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram - Sabu Thomas
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, - Mathew Abraham
Gharda Chemicals Ltd., Mumbai
People
Collaborators
- K. Kalyanasundaram, Scientific adviser, LPI, EPFL, Switzerland
- Sathiskumar Jothi, Dr. Trystan Watson and Dr. Mcgettrick, Swansea University, UK
- K. Krishnamoorthy, NCL pune, India
- Russell H Schmehl, Tulane University, Louisiana, USA
Current Members
- Mr. K. Gireesh Baiju
- Mr. Murali Balu
- Mrs. Geetha Nagarajan
- Mr. Senthil Kumar (as Co-guide)
- Mr. M. Sreejith (as Co-guide)
Research
Our group research focuses on the design, synthesis of advanced inorganic, organic nanostructured materials having specific structural and physical properties for the construction of more efficient solar cells, photocatalysts and photodetectors, and we are currently active in the following four broad areas of research:
- a) Dye/ Quantum dot sensitized solar cells: Multi-dimensional, multifunctional metal oxide, pervoskite nanostructures and quantum structures for improving the light absorption, charge transport and electro-catalytic properties of the photoelectrodes in Dye/Quantum dot sensitized solar cells.
- c) Photodetectors: Novel low dimensional (1D or 2D) nanostructures of metals and metal chalcogenides for the photodetection and gas-sensing applications.
- b) Photocatalysts for solar fuels: Novel inorganic metal oxide heterostructures with or without dopants for the photocatalytic/photoelectrochemical hydrogen production from water splitting.
- d) Ionic liquids and Self-assembly: Polymer gels and / or ionic liquids with desirable viscosity and high boiling points for the application as quasi-solid state/gel electrolytes in the solar cells and batteries.
Facilities
Deep Freezer (Western)
Indigenous current-voltage (I-V) tracer
QE/IPCE measuring kit: This contains tunable light source, monochromator, Xe light source, power supply unit, detectors, power energy meter and other accessories
Shimadzu UV-Vis Spectrophotometer (model UV-2600)
Publications
Journal Article
Conferences
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Mohan, T.; Baiju, KJG.; Balu, M.; Kumaresan, D. Titanium Nitride Blended Graphene Nanoplatelets as Low-cost and Efficient Composite Counter Electrode for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, ICSCAN - IEEE conference 2018, 1-5; DOI: 10.1109/ICSCAN.2018.8541145. |
| 2016 | Raj, D.V.; Batabyal, S.K.; Subramaniam, M.R.; Kumaresan, D. Fabrication of Low-cost Carbon Paste Based Counter Electrodes for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, ICEEOT - IEEE conference 2016, 3760-64; DOI: 10.1109/ICEEOT.2016.7755414. |
| 2015 | Asok, A.; Pavithra, L.; Menon, K.; Teja, P.D.; Kumaresan, D. Portable Infrared Carbon Dioxide Detector For Monitoring Vehicular Emissions, IIC - IEEE conference 2015, 724-29; DOI: 10.1109/IIC.2015.7150837. |
About the Lab
The lab research focus is on development of new materials and devices for generation and storage of energy in electrochemical form. Global demand for cleaner and greener energy drives the lab.
People
Facilities
- Electrochemical workstations (AutoLab)
- Computer workstation
- Academic programs
Publications
- Mahendra N. N. and Sanjeev Kumar, A modelling and simulation study of soluble lead redox flow battery: Effect of presence of free convection on the battery characteristics, Journal of Power Sources, 412 (2019) 536–544
Collaborators
- Dr. Sudip Batabyal
(Amrita Centre for Industrial Research and Innovation, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore)
About the Lab
With a view toward sustainability, the researchers of this lab focus on developing materials and technologies based not just on technical functional requirements, but rather more holistically, taking economic, cultural, and social factors into consideration.
People
Research
The focus areas include sustainable technologies for water treatment (such as bioremediation of water for heavy metals), enzymatic bleaching, biodegradable sanitary pads (from banana stem and water hyacinth), biodegradable composites, bio-based superabsorbent polymers, home-scale biomethanation, solar heating based lemon-grass distillation, and pyrolytic gasification for conversion of bio- and plastic- waste to energy.
Projects
Sponsored Research Projects:
- Development of a 10 kW Cogeneration Unit using Microchannel Heat Exchangers for Efficient Utilization of Solar Energy - DST (CERI), 2016-2019
- Development of automated machine for low cost production of sanitary napkins with ability to use different types of absorbent material including textile waste - DST, 2014-2017
Student Projects:
- Closed-loop gas recycling system for pyrolysis of plastic and bio-waste, Aishwarya Babu, Harikrishnan P., Rubala T., Sivahari G.
- Natural fiber-reinforced biodegradable polymer composites for application in wind turbine blades, Swathi P.
- An integrated measurement and process optimisation approach for PMMA synthesis, Durga Ramadas, Gouri Ramadas, Shevani R.M., Shreya Raghunath, 2018.
- Development of low-cost gas calorimeter, Vikas Pandey, George Bobby Poothullil, Chemical Engineering, 2017.
- Membrane-based separation of propylene from mixed propane stream, Abhiram Ashok, Janani Ananth, Neslie Ummer, and Sridhar Harigovind, 2016.
- Risk analysis of a process plant, Niranchana Venkatesh and Nivedita Manoj, 2015.
- Plant study of benzene hydrogenation and design of equipments in heptane removal unit, Varunkumar K.G., 2015.
- Development of a home scale pyrolysis unit to convert plastics waste into liquid fuel, Jayanthan T.P., Muralidarran P.V., Pravin R., Preethi P., 2015.
- Plastics Recycling by Selective Dissolution and Precipitation, Sethuraman S., Vidya R. Pillai, and Viral R. Chandaria, Chemical Engineering, 2014.
- Ultrasound Assisted Oxidative Desulfurization of Diesel, P. T. R. Gupta and Raveendra Goud Thotta, Chemical Engineering, 2014.
Other Projects:
- Development of biodegradable absorbents from water hyacinth, for sanitary pads.
- Development of biodegradable superabsorbent polymers from corn starch, rice starch, and potato starch.
Facilities
- Pyrolysis reactor
- Biomethanation test units
- Manufacturing unit for sanitary pads
- Banana fibre extractor
Academic programs
- Supports M. Tech. Materials Science & Engineering and B. Tech. Chemical Engineering
Publications
Book Chapter
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Chapter title: Modeling and Optimization of Product Profiles in Biomass Pyrolysis, book title: Pyrolysis, publisher: InTechOpen, The Shard, 32 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9SG, United Kingdom,www.intechopen.com, DOI:10.5772/intechopen.85581, authors: Udaya Bhaskar Reddy Ragula, Sriram Devanathan, Sindhu Subramanian |
Research publications
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Achal Bhiogade, M. Kannan and Sriram Devanathan, “Degradation kinetic study of Poly lactic acid (PLA) based biodegredable green composites”, accepted for publication in “Materials Today: Proceedings” (presented at IConAMMA 2018, Bengaluru, 16-18 Aug 2018) |
| 2018 | Sarathiraja M, Sriram Devanathan and Kannan M, “Tuning parameters for flame-retardant coatings on wood and polymer”, accepted for publication in “Materials Today: Proceedings” (presented at IConAMMA 2018, Bengaluru, 16-18 Aug 2018) |
| 2017 | Selvaraj J., Prakash Marimuthu K., Sriram Devanathan, Ramachandran K. I. “Mathematical modelling of raw material preheating by energy recycling method in metal casting process”, International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing (IJSM), Volume 36, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 217-228, IF: 1.72 |
| 2016 | Udaya Bhaskar Reddy Ragula; Sriram Devanathan; Mohan, R., Solar based lemon grass essential oil distillation for sustainability and livelihood in tribal community, GHTC 2016 - IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference: Technology for the Benefit of Humanity, Conference Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p.738-744 (2016) ISBN: 9781509024322 |
| 2014 | Selvaraj, J., Ramachandran K.I., Venkatesh D., and Devanathan S., “Greening the foundry sector by an innovative method of energy conservation and emission reduction”, 2014 IEEE 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control: Green Challenges and Smart Solutions, ISCO 2014 – Proceedings 7103919, pp. 60-63 |
| 2014 | Sindhuja V., P. T. R. Gupta, and Sriram Devanathan, “An Approach for the Assessment of India as a Global Oil & Gas R&D Destination”, International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering and Technology – 2014, TKM College of Engineering, Elsevier Publication, Oct 2014. |
Products:
- Saukhyam banana-fibre based sanitary pads, pyrolysis oil & gas, lemon-grass oil
About the Lab
The research focus of this lab is to functionalize carbon nanomaterials for the sensor and non-linear optical applications. Our research interests also include synthesis of cobaloximes with new or modified equatorial and axial ligands, biologically and medicinally important organic molecules.
Porphyrin-based functional photonic materials have been the cornerstone of research because of their structural rigidity, thermal stability, photochemical, and electrochemical properties. Linking porphyrins to material systems can improve the photochemical and redox properties of the systems. To facilitate the absorptivity of photo absorbers in case of photochemical devices nano materials are functionalized with chromophores such as porphyrin, metalloporphyrin and azo molecules. Our report shows that Porphyrin functionalized carbon nanomaterial shows high third order non-linear optical properties.
Our research interests also include the design and synthesis of cobaloximes with new or modified equatorial and axial ligands. Cobaloxime complexes are among the best synthetic transition metal catalysts known for H2 production. Our interest here to synthesize and characterize new organometallic compounds for H2 production. We reported single crystal X-ray structure of many new cobaloximes. Thermotropic liquid crystalline properties of cobaloxime have been reported for the first time. The crystal structures of various organic compounds with medicinal, biological and pharmaceutical importance have been reported from our lab.
People
Projects
- Synthesis, characterization and liquid crystalline studies of azo and Schiff base containing porphyrin complex. Ref. No.: 01(2256))/08/EMR-II, 3 years (2009-2012), 17 Lakhs, Funding agency: CSIR, New Delhi. Status: Completed (2009-2012). PI: Dr. R. Yamuna, Co-PI: Dr. S. Asha
- Synthesis, characterization and liquid crystalline studies of bridged dicobaloximes Registration No: CS-254/2011, Status: completed 3 years (2012-2015), 28 lakhs, Funding agency: DST, New Delhi. PI: Dr. R. Yamuna
- Development of new and efficient photo sensitizer for dye solar cell. Ref. No.: ERIP/ER/090378/M/01/1218, Status: completed 3 years (2010-2013), 45 Lakhs, Funding agency: DRDO, PI: Dr. D. Kumaresan, Co-PI: Dr. K. Nikhiland Dr. R. Yamuna
Facilities
- Fume hood with schlenk line setup
- Rotary evaporator with chiller
- UV-visible spectrophotometer
- Optical polarizing microscope
- Centrifuge machine and distillation unit.
Research publications
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Covalent functionalization and characterization of Single-walled carbon nanotubes with Cu (II) complexes of meso-tetra(4aminophenyl)porphyrin.Vyshnavi T Veetila, G Prabhavathia and R Yamuna* IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, (2019) 577, 012091 |
| 2018 | Covalent functionalization and characterization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes using 5, 10, 15, 20 tetra(4-aminophenyl)porphyrinatonickel(II). Alifia C. Jafer, Vyshnavi T. Veetil, G. Prabhavathi & R. Yamuna*, FULLERENES, NANOTUBES AND CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES (2018) DOI: 10.1080/1536383X.2018.1492558. |
| 2018 | Synthesis, Characterization and liquid crystalline properties of 1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)propane connected long alkyl chain Dicobaloximes, S. Sarath, R. Yamuna,* Materials today proceedings, (2018), 5, 16748-16755. (I.F – 0.8) |
| 2018 | Covalent Functionalization and Solubilization of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes by Using Zinc and Copper Complexes of Meso-tetra(4-aminophenyl) porphyrin, G. Prabhavathi, R. Yamuna* and Alifia C. Jafer, Journal of organometallic chemistry, (2018), 861, 219-229. (I.F-2.336) |
| 2017 | Synthesis, Characterization and Photoluminescence Properties of Tetra-amino Phenylporphyrin Covalently Linked to Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, G. Prabhavathi, M. Arjun and R. Yamuna*, Journal of chemical sciences, (2017), 129, 699-706. (I.F-1.085) |
| 2016 | Synthesis, Characterization and Thermal Studies of 1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)propane Bridged Dicobaloximes, R. Yamuna,* S. Sarath,K. Kubandiran,M. Umadeviand G. Chakkaravarthi, Journal of organometallic chemistry, (2016), 811, 40-47. (I.F-2.336) |
| 2015 | Crystal structure of 3-(2-nitrophenyl)-1-(1-phenylsulfonyl-1H-indol-3-yl) propan-1-one M. Umadevi, P. Raju, R. Yamuna*, A. K. Mohanakrishnan and G. Chakkaravarthi*, Acta Cryst. (2015). E71, o892-893. (I.F-0.35) |
| 2015 | Crystal structure of N-{[3-bromo-1-(phenylsulfonyl)-1H-indol-2-yl]methyl} benzenesulfonamide, M Umadevi, P Raju, R. Yamuna*, AK Mohanakrishnan, G Chakkaravarthi*, Acta Cryst. (2015). E71, o756-757. (I.F-0.35) |
| 2015 | Crystal structure of ethyl 2-phenyl-9-phenylsulfonyl-9H-carbazole-3-carboxylate, M Umadevi, P Raju, R. Yamuna*, A. K Mohanakrishnan, G Chakkaravarthi*, Acta Cryst. (2015). E71, 725-726. (I.F-0.35) |
| 2015 | Crystal structure of (E)-2-(4-methoxystyryl)-3-methyl-1-phenylsulfonyl-1H-indole M Umadevi, P Raju, R. Yamuna*, A. K Mohanakrishnan, G Chakkaravarthi*, Acta Cryst. (2015). E71, 723-724. (I.F-0.35) |
| 2015 | Crystal structure of2-[2-phenyl-1-(phenylsulfonyl) ethyl]-1-phenylsulfonyl-1H-indole M Umadevi, Potharaju Raju, R. Yamuna*, A. K Mohanakrishnan, G Chakkaravarthi*, Acta Cryst. (2015). E71, 910-911. (I.F-0.35) |
| 2015 | Crystal structure of (E)-diethyl 2-[(1-phenylsulfonyl-1H-indol-3-yl) methylidene] succinate M Umadevi, Potharaju Raju, R. Yamuna*, AK Mohanakrishnan, G Chakkaravarthi* Acta Cryst. (2015). E71, 1029-1030. (I.F-0.35) |
| 2015 | Crystalstructure of [2-bromomethyl-1-(phenylsulfonyl)-1H-indol-3-yl](phenyl)methanone M. Umadevi, V. Saravanan, R. Yamuna*, A. K. Mohanakrishnan and G. Chakkaravarthi* Acta Cryst. (2015). E71, 133. (I.F-0.35) |
| 2015 | Crystal structure of [2-methyl-1-(phenylsulfonyl)-1H-indol-3-yl](phenyl)methanone M. Umadevi, V. Saravanan, R. Yamuna*, A. K. Mohanakrishnan and G. Chakkaravarthi* Acta Cryst. (2015). E71, o86. (I.F-0.35) |
| 2014 | Crystal structure of 2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4- hydroxy-9-phenylsulfonyl-9H-carbazole-3- Carbaldehyde, M. Umadevi, B. M. Ramalingam, R. Yamuna*, A. K. Mohanakrishnan and G. Chakkaravarthi*, Acta Cryst. (2014). E70, 466. (I.F-0.35) |
| 2014 | Azo functionalized graphene oxide: synthesis, characterization and photoluminescence property R. Devi,G. Prabhavathy, R. Yamuna*, S. Ramakrishnan, and Nikhil K. Kothurkar, Journal of chemical sciences, (2014), 126, 75. (I.F-1.085) |
| 2013 | Synthesis, Characterization and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Graphene oxide covalently Functionalized with 5,10,15,20 Mesotetra (4-aminophenyl) Porphyrin R. Yamuna*, S. Ramakrishnan, Keerthy Dhara, Nikhil K. Kothurkar, R. Devi, E. Kirubha and P. K. Palanisamy, Journal of nano particle research, (2013) 15:1399. (I.F-3.29) |
| 2013 | (E )-1-[2-(4-Fluoro-2-nitrostyryl)-1-phenylsulfonyl-1H-indol-3-yl]propan-1-one M. Umadevi, V. Saravanan, R. Yamuna*, A. K. Mohanakrishnan and G. Chakkaravarthi* Acta Cryst. (2013). E69, o1780. (I.F-0.35) |
| 2013 | (Z )-3-(1-Chloroprop-1-enyl)-2-methyl-1-phenylsulfonyl-1Hindole, M. Umadevi, V. Saravanan, R. Yamuna*, A. K. Mohanakrishnan and G. Chakkaravarthi*, Acta Cryst. (2013). E69, o1781. (I.F-0.35) |
| 2013 | (E )-1-[2-(4-Chloro-2-nitrostyryl)-1-phenylsulfonyl-1H-indol-3-yl]propan-1-one M. Umadevi, V. Saravanan, R. Yamuna*, A. K. Mohanakrishnan and G. Chakkaravarthi* Acta Cryst. (2013). E69, o1784. (I.F-0.35) |
| 2013 | 1-(2-Bromomethyl-1-phenylsulfonyl-1H-indol-3-yl)propan-1-one, M. Umadevi, V. Saravanan, R. Yamuna*, A. K. Mohanakrishnan and G. Chakkaravarthi*, Acta Cryst. (2013). E69, o1802-1803. (I.F-0.35). |
| 2006 | Cobaloximes with Mixed Dioximes of Glyoxime and Diphenylglyoxime: Synthesis, Characterization, CV, X-ray Studies, and Crystal Packing., B. D. Gupta, R. Yamuna, and Debaprasad Mandal, Organometallics, 2006, 25, 706-714. (I.F-4.186) |
| 2003 | Organocobaloximes with mixed dioxime equatorial ligands: A convenient one-pot synthesis. X-ray structures and cis-trans influence studies. B. D. Gupta, Veena Singh, R. Yamuna, T. Barclay and W. Cordes. Organometallics, 2003, 22, 2670. (I.F-4.186) |
| 2003 | Synthesis and characterization of and cis-trans influence in cobaloximes with glyoxime as the equatorial ligand. B. D. Gupta, R. Yamuna, Veena Singh and Usha Tiwari, Organometallics 2003, 22, 226. (I.F-4.186) |
| 2001 | Organocobaloximes with mixed dioxime equatorial ligands: a convenient one-pot synthesis. X-ray crystal structures of BnCoIII(dmgH)(dpgH)Py and BnCoIII(chgH)(dpgH)Py. B. D. Gupta, R. Yamuna, Veena Singh, Usha Tiwari, T. Barclay and W. Cords. J. of Organometallic Chemistry, 2001, 627, 80. (I.F-2.336) |
| 2001 | Homolytic displacements at carbon in organocobaloximes: Reactions of organocobaloximes with free radical precursor with two radical centers. B. D. Gupta, Moni Oberoi, D. Mandal, Usha Tiwari, R. Yamuna, V. Vijaikanth and Veena Singh, Indian Journal of Chemistry, 2001, 40A, 986. (I.F-0.75) |
| 2000 | Synthesis, characterization and cis-trans influence in cobaloximes with nioxime B. D. Gupta, Kushal Qanungo, R. Yamuna, A. Pandey, U. Tiwari, V.V. Kanth, V. Singh, T. Barclay and W. Cordes. J. of Organometallic Chemistry, 2000, 608, 106. (I.F-2.336) |
| 2000 | Organocobaloximes with mixed-dioxime equatorial ligands: a one-pot synthesis. B. D. Gupta, V. Singh, K. Qanungo, V. Vijaikanth, R. Yamuna, T. Barclay and W. Cordes. J. of Organometallic Chemistry, 2000, 602, 1. (I.F-2.336) |
Collaborators
- Dr. Nikhil Kothurkar & Dr. R. Murali,
Chemical engineering and material sciences, Amrita vishwa vidyapeetham - Prof A. K. Mohanakrishnan
Madras University, - G. Chakkaravarthi
Head, CPCL polytechnic, Chennai. - Nguyen Hung-Huy-Department of Chemistry, Hanoi University of Science, Le Thanh Tong Street, Hoan Kiem-Hanoj, Vietnam
Academics
The center will be offering the two-year degree program of Master of Technology (Materials Science & Engineering), from the academic year 2014. The main objective of the program is to produce graduates equipped with skills to perform well in their professional careers, in any component of the life cycle of materials: design & development, synthesis, processing manufacturing, process optimization & property enhancement, and recycling.
Research
The Centre of Excellence (COE) is engaged in research and development activities in the broad areas encompassing the individual developments in, or an integration of Advanced Materials and Green Technologies based on material synthesis, material characterization, material modification, and innovative methodologies of application. The four main focus areas proposed in the research activities of the Center are Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Green Applications, Environmental and Biological Sensors, Bio-inspired Materials for Green Applications and Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Development. There is a significant overlap between these four focus areas due to the interdisciplinary nature of most of the projects. The Centre aims to study the physicochemical interactions of materials in various environments and engineer novel materials for suitable applications in these environments. The research activities of the Center encompass considerations of sustainability, advanced technological developments, basic research, industrial involvement, medical needs, ethical considerations, and governmental regulations.
Patents
- A Portable Microchannel Reactors for the Conversion of Biomass Derived Syngas to Liquid Fuels
Inventors : Dr. Udaya Bhaskar Reddy Ragula - Microchannel Heat Exchanger for High Temperature Solar Cogeneration Unit
Inventors : Dr. Udaya Bhaskar Reddy Ragula
- Methods of Forming Heavy Metal Iodide Thin Films by Electrodeposition
Inventors : Dr. Murali Rangarajan, Mohan Kumar G. - Electrochemical Sensor for Determination of Soil Macronutrients
Inventors : Dr. Murali Rangarajan, Mohan Kumar G.
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