Research

Research Article	Research Category
Hybrid films of reduced graphene oxide-noble metal nanoparticles	Reduced graphene oxide based hybrid films
Improved and renewable SERS substrates for fluorescent dye detection	Reduced graphene oxide based hybrid films
Electrochemical sensors based on hybrid Films of rGO-Osmium nanostructures	Reduced graphene oxide based hybrid films
Enhanced photocatalysis by rGO-ZnO and rGO-Au-ZnO nanostructures	Reduced graphene oxide based hybrid films
Vertically aligned MoO3 nanorods	Metal Oxide nanomaterials
MoO2 nanostructures for Electrochemical Hydrogen evolution	Metal Oxide nanomaterials
Single sea urchin–MoO3 as a SERS substrate	Metal Oxide nanomaterials
Influence of Iodine doping on the Structure and Properties of Metal-Phthalocyanine Thin Films	Scanning probe microscopy
Nanoscale photocurrent mapping by current-sensing AFM	Scanning probe microscopy
Nanoscale Conductance in Lead Phthalocyanine Thin Films	Scanning probe microscopy
Films of Reduced Graphene Oxide-Ni(OH)2 Nanowall Networks for Oxygen Evolution and Supercapacitor Applications	Nanomaterials for energy applications
MoO2 nanostructures for Electrochemical Hydrogen evolution	Nanomaterials for energy applications
Solution Processable Metal PhthalocyanineNanofibre dispersions	Nanomaterials for energy applications

Research

Research Article	Research Category
Minority governs the packing: Nanophase segregation or layer roughening?	Geometric confinement
Giant Enhancement of Photoluminescence and Tertiary Emission by Matching Photonic Band Gap and Excitation Wavelength	Photo-driven effects
Nanoparticle network enhances liquid crystal photoluminescence	Photo-driven effects
Fast electrically switchable anisotropic photoluminescence	Photo-driven effects
Anisotropic Fast Electrically Switchable Emission from Perovskite Quantum Cuboids in a Liquid Crystal	Photo-driven effects
Conductivity switching in a carbon nanotube/liquid crystal composite	Nanostructures in Soft matter
Rotator phases: Influence of quenched disorder created by nanosilica network	Nanostructures in Soft matter
Insulating network enhances electrical conductivity	Nanostructures in Soft matter
Bent-core structures between polymer strands	Geometric confinement
Polymer stabilization: Antiferroelectric and paraelectric structures	Geometric confinement
Light bends it better: Photonic switch and large elasticity changes	Photo-driven effects
Soft-bent dimer showing twist-bend nematic: photo-driven effects & optical memory device	Photo-driven effects
Elasticity of Gold nanorod/nematic composites	Nanostructures in Soft matter
Carbon nanotube reinforced polymer stabilized liquid crystal device	Nanostructures in Soft matter

Research

Research Article	Research Category
A New Twist In Graphene Research: Twisted Graphene	Graphene and graphene based composites
A planar supercapacitor made of supramolecular nanofibre based solid electrolyte exhibiting 8V window	Nanomaterials
A spring network simulation in three dimensions for designing optimal crack pattern template to fabricate transparent conducting electrodes	Transparent conducting electrode materials
Twisted multilayer graphene exhibiting strong absorption bands induced by van Hove Singularities	Graphene and graphene based composites
Parallel cracks from a desiccating colloidal layer under gravity flow and their use in fabricating metal micro-patterns	Transparent conducting electrode materials
Transparent and Flexible Supercapacitors with Networked Electrodes	Transparent conducting electrode materials
Nobler than the Noblest: Noncubic Gold Microcrystallites	Nanomaterials
Improving the quality of graphene/Cu by Joule heating and enabling polymer-free direct transfer onto arbitrary substrates	Graphene and graphene based composites
A Supramolecular Nanofiber-Based Passive Memory Device for Remembering Past Humidity	Nanomaterials
Defining switching efficiency of multi-level resistive memory with PdO as example	Nanomaterials
Large Area Transparent ZnO Photodetectors with Au Wire Network Electrodes	Transparent conducting electrode materials
Visibly Transparent Heaters	Transparent conducting electrode materials
Transparent Pd Wire Network-Based Areal Hydrogen Sensor with Inherent Joule Heater	Nanomaterials
Non-FCC rich Au crystallites exhibiting unusual catalytic activity	Nanomaterials
Energy efficient hydrogel based smart windows with low cost transparent conducting electrodes	Transparent conducting electrode materials
Highly conformal Ni micromesh as a Current Collecting Front Electrode for Reduced Cost Si Solar Cell	Transparent conducting electrode materials
In-Situ GISAXS Study of Supramolecular Nanofibers having Ultrafast Humidity Sensitivity	Nanomaterials
High Fabrication of solar and electrically adjustable large area smart windows for indoor light and heat modulation	Nanomaterials
Intrinsic Nature of Graphene Revealed in Temperature-Dependent Transport of Twisted Multilayer Graphene	Graphene and graphene based composites

Research

Research Article	Research Category
The first examples of V-shaped compounds exhibiting a B5 mesophase and a direct transition from the isotropic to a polar biaxial smectic A mesophase	Achiral non-linear mesogens
Ferroelectric Nematic and Ferrielectric Smectic Mesophases in an Achiral Bent-Core Azo Compound	Ferroelectric nematics
Smectic nanoclusters in the nematic mesophases of dimeric compounds composed of rod-like azo moieties with lateral substituents	Photo-sensitive organogels
Quantum dots dispersed hockey stick nematic liquid crystal: studies on dielectric permittivity, elastic constants and electrical conductivity	Quantum dot - liquid crystal nanocomposites
Thermally stable azo-substituted bent-core nematogens: observation of chiral domains in the nematic mesophases composed of smectic nano clusters	Bent-core nematics composed of smectic nanoclusters

Research Interests

Metal oxide-based nanomaterials for multifunctional applications including, Light trapping, Gas sensors, Resistive switching devices, Photodetectors, Magnetic memory, etc.

Research Articles	Research Category
Enhancement of room-temperature magnetoresistance in polyvinyl acetate encapsulated Fe3O4 nanoparticles	Magnetic nanoparticles for magnetic memory applications
Dimensional constraints favour high temperature anatase phase stability in TiO2 nanorods	Fabrication of oxide nanostructures using GLAD for Device applications
Highly transparent, superhydrophilic and high-temperature stable anatase phase TiO2	Fabrication of oxide nanostructures using GLAD for Device applications
SnO2-NiO heterojunction based self-powered UV photodetectors	Metal oxides heterostructures
Bias dependent NDR in TiO2/NiO heterojunction diodes	Metal oxides heterostructures
Enhanced resistive switching performance of hafnium oxide-based devices: Effects of growth and annealing temperatures	Resistive switching
Tin oxide nanorod array-based photonic memristors with multilevel resistance states driven by optoelectronic stimuli	Resistive switching
UV assisted room temperature oxygen sensors using titanium dioxide nanostructures	Gas Sensors

Research Article	Research Category
Mechanically robust ferrogels	Nano-Soft composites
Liquid crystal metamaterials	Soft Anisotropic Metamaterials
Helical Twisting Power change-induced pitch modulation of cholesteric LC	Liquid Crystal composites
Soft Glassy Gels	Liquid crystal Gels
Giant elastic strength and perfect ultrafast switching in NLC gels	Liquid crystal Gels
Semiconducting molecular wires	Liquid crystal Gels
Anchoring Transition Induced by Gelation	Liquid crystal Gels
Chirality transfer in a ferroelectric gel	Liquid crystal Gels
Diminished, temperature-independent splay elastic constant on gelation	Liquid crystal Gels
Tuning gelation with light	Liquid crystal Gels
Tunable reflecting/ transparent mirror in a photonic gel	Liquid crystal Gels