List of Research Publications 221. Sequential Electrochemical Unzipping of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes to Graphene Ribbons Revealed by in situ Raman Spectroscopy and Imaging, Robin John, Dhanraj B. Shinde, Lili Liu, Feng Ding, Zhiping Xu, CherianathVijayan, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai and Thalappil Pradeep, ACS Nano, 8(1), (2014), 234 - 242 220. Porous CO3O4 nanorods as superior electrode material for supercapacitorsand rechargeable Liion batteries, Vijayan, Kannan, Vijayamohanan K Pillai and Joy P.A. J. Applied Electrochem. 43 (2013) ,995 219. Hysteresis and charge trapping in graphene quantum dots, HemenKalita, HarikrishnanV,Dhanraj B. Shinde,Vijayamohanan K. Pillai and and M. Aslam, Appl. Phys. Lett.102 (2013), 143104 218. Thiolatedgraphene – a new platform for anchoring CdSe quantum dots for hybrid heterostructures, JoyashishDebgupta and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai , Nanoscale, 5(2013), 3615 217. Three dimensionally self-assembled single crystalline platinum nanostructures on few-layer graphene as an efficient oxygen reduction electrocatalyst , Sreekuttan M. Unni, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai and SreekumarKurungot, RSC Adv., 3 (201), 6913 216. High Performance Carbon Nanotube Based Electrodes for Zinc Bromine Redox Flow Batteries, Y. Munaiah, S. Dheenadayalan, P. Ragupathy and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, J. Electrochemical Soc. (Solid State Science and Technology), 10 (2013), 3182 215. Stabilization of graphene quantum dots (GQDs) by encapsulation inside zeoliticimidazolate framework nanocrystals for photoluminescence tuning, Bishnu P. Biswal, Dhanraj B. Shinde, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai and Rahul Banerjee, Nanoscale, 5(2013) , 10556 214. Electrochemical Resolution of Multiple Redox Events for Graphene Quantum Dots, Dhanraj B. Shinde and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, AngewChem.Int. Ed, 125 (2013), 2542 213. Charge transport in functionalized multi-wall carbon nanotube-Nafion composite, C.S. Suchand Sangeeth, R Kannan, Vijayamohanan K Pillai and Reghu Menon, J. Appl. Phys. 112, 2012, 053706 – 053706-6. 212. Polydentate disulfides for enhanced stability of AuNPs and facile nanocavity formation, Satish C Biradar, Dhanraj B Shinde, Vijayamohanan K Pillai, Mohan G Kulkarni J. Mater. Chem., 22, 2012, 10000 - 10008. 211. Electrochemical Preparation of Luminescent Graphene Quantum Dots from Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes, Dhanraj B. Shinde[a] and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Chem. Eur. J. (2012), 18,12522 – 12528 210. Hydrous RuO2–carbon nanofiber electrodes with high mass and electrode-specific capacitance for efficient energy storage, Ranjith Vellacheri, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai and Sreekumar Kurungot Nanoscale, J. Nanoscale 4(2012) 890 - 896 1 List of Research Publications 209. Functionalization of SBA-15 Mesoporous Materials using Thiol_Ene “Click” Michael Addition Reaction, Sushma Kumari, Bharmana Malvi, Anal K. Ganai, Vijayamohanan K Pillai, and Sayam Sen Gupta, J. Phys. Chem. (2011) 17774 - 17781 208. In situ electrochemical organization of CdSe nanoclusters on grapheme during unzipping of carbon nanotubes, joyashish Debgupta, Dhanraj B. Shinde and Vijamohanan K. Pillai, Chem.Commun. 2012, 48, 3088 -3090 207. Competitive wetting of acetonitrile and dichloromethane in comparison to that of water on functionalized carbon nanotube surfaces, Joyashish Debgupta,a Bhalchandra A. Kakadeb and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 14668 – 14674 206. Anion Exchange Reaction Potentials as approximate estimates of the relative thermodynamic stabilites of Mg/Al layered double hydroxides containing different anions, Belavvalli E.Prasad, P. Vishnu Kamath, K. Vijayamohanan, Langmuir 2011, 27, 13539 - 13543 205. Application of Functionalized CNT–Polymer Composite Electrolytes for Enhanced Charge Storage in “All Solid-State Supercapacitors” Ramaiyan Kannan, Ranjith Vellacheri, Nileshkumar Pardeshi, Harshal D. Chaudhari, Ulhas. K. Kharul, Sreekumar Kurungot, and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, J. Nano Energy and Power Research Vol. 1, 1–7, 2011 204. “Enhanced electrocatalytic performance of functionalized carbon nanotube electrodes for oxygen reduction in proton exchange membrane fuel cells” Ramaiyan Kannan, Unni Bipinlal, Sreekumar Kurungot, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys 13(2011) 10312-317 203. Electrochemical Unzipping of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes for Facile Synthesis of HighQuality Graphene Nanoribbons, Dhanraj B. Shinde, Joyashish Debgupta, Ajay Kushwaha, Mohammed Aslam, and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, J. Am. Chem.Soc. 133(2011)4168-71 202. Improved Performance of Phosphonated Carbon Nanotube –Polybenzimidazole Composite Membranes in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells” Ramaiyan Kannan,Husain N Kagalwala, Harshal D Chaudhari, Ulhas K Kharul, Sreekumar Kurungot, Vijayamohanan K Pillai J. Mater. Chem 21(2011)7223 201. Enhanced electrocatalytic performance of interconnected Rh nano-chains towards formic Acid oxidation, Bhaskar R. Sathe,a Beena K. Balan and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Energy & Environmental science 4(2011)1029-1036 200. “High Pt Utilization Electrodes for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells by Dispersing Pt Particles Formed by a Preprecipitation Method on Carbon “Polished” with Polypyrrole”. Sreekuttan M. Unni, Vishal M. Dhavale, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai and Sreekumar Kurungot, J. Phy. Chem. C 2010, 114 (34), 14654-14661. 199. Direct transfer of micro-molded electrodes for enhanced mass transport and water management in PEMFC, Ashvini B. Deshmukh, Vinayak S. Kale, Vishal M. Dhavale, K. Sreekumar, K. Vijayamohanan, Manjusha V. Shelke, Electrochemistry Communications 12 (2010) 1638–1641 2 List of Research Publications 198. Carbon nanotube-modified sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for molecular weight determination of proteins, Meera Parthasarathya,Joyashish Debgupta, Bhalchandra Kakade, Abu A. Ansary, M. Islam Khan and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Anal. Biochem. 409(2011)230-235 197. Bio-inspired catalyst compositions for enhanced oxygen reduction using Nanostructured Pt electrocatalysts in polymer electrolyte fuel cells, Meera Parthasarathy, Ramaiyan Kannan, Kurungot Sreekumar and Vijayamohanan K.Pillai, J. Mater. Chem. 20(2010)9651 - 9657 196. Ex-situ Dispersion of Core-shell Nanoparticle of Cu-Pt on In-situ Modified Carbon Surface and their Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activities. Vishal M Dhavale, Sreekuttan M Unni, Husain N Kagalwala, Vijayamohanan Pillai, Sreekumar Kurungot, Chem. Commun.,47(2011)3951 - 3953 195. High current density, low threshold field emission from functionalized carbon nanotube bucky paper, Bhalchandra A. Kakade, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Dattatray J. Late,Padmakar G. Chavan, Farid J. Sheini, Mahendra A. More,and Dilip S. Joag, Appl. Phys. Let, 97(2010) 073102 194. Artificially Designed Membranes Using Phosphonated Multiwall Carbon NanotubePolybenzimidazole Composites for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, Ramaiyan Kannan,Pradnya P. Aher, Thangavelu Palaniselvam, Sreekumar Kurungot, Ulhas K. Kharul, and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1(2010)2109–2113 193. Synthesis of Rh–carbon nanotube based heterostructures and their enhanced field emission characteristics, Bhaskar R. Sathe, Bhalchandra A. Kakade, Ajay Kushwaha, Mohammed Aslam and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Chem. Com. 46(2010)5671-5673 192. High aspect ratio nanoscale multifunctional materials derived from hollow carbon nanofiber by polymer insertion and metal decoration, Beena K. Balan, Vinayak S. Kale, Pradnya P. Aher, Manjusha V. Shelke,Vijayamohanan K. Pillai and Sreekumar Kurungot, Chem. Com. 46(2010)5590-92 191. Tunable optical features from self-organized rhodium nanostructures, Bhaskar R. Sathe, Beena K. Balan, and Vijayamohanan K. Pillaia, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96(2010) 233102 190. Effect of Fe3O4 on morphology of Fe–SnO2 hyperbranched heterostructures Bhaskar R. Sathe, Pravin S. Walke, Imtiaz S. Mulla, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Chem. Phys. Let. 493 (2010) 121–125 189. Observation of Photoconductivity in Sn-Doped ZnO Nanowires and Their Photoenhanced Field Emission Behavior, Farid Jamali Sheini, Mahendra A. More, Sandesh R. Jadkar, K. R. Patil, Vijaymohanan K.Pillai, and Dilip S. Joag, J. Phys. Chem. 114 (2010) 188. Applications of carbon nanotubes in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, Ramaiyan Kannan and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, J. Indian Institute of Science 89(2009)425-34 187. Design of an ‘‘all solid-state’’ supercapacitor based onphosphoric acid doped polybenzimidazole (PBI) electrolyte, Dhanraj Rathod, Meenu Vijay, Nazrul Islam, Ramaiyan Kannan, Ulhas Kharul, Sreekumar Kurungot and Vijayamohanan Pillai, J Appl. Electrochem., 39(2009)1097–1103 3 List of Research Publications 186. Enhanced Conversion Efficiency in dye sensitized solar cells based on hydrothermally synthesized TiO2-MWCNT Nanocomposites, Subas Muduli, Wonjoo Lee, Vivek Dhas, Sarfraj Mujawar, Megha Dubey, K. Vijayamohanan, Sung-Hwan Han and Satishchandra Ogale, Applied Materials and Interfaces 1(2009)2030 185. Imaging hydrogen oxidation activity of catalyst-coated perfluoro sulfonic acid-polymer electrolyte membranes using Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy, Meera Parthasarathy and Vijayamohanan K Pillai, J. Chem. Sci., Vol. 121(2009)719–725. 184. Preparation and Characterization of Rhodium nanostructures through the Evolution of microgalvanic Cells and their enhanced electrocatalytic activity for formaldehyde oxidation, Bhaskar Sathe, Dhanraj Shinde and Vijayamohanan K Pillai, J. Phys. Chem. C. 113(2009)9616-22. 183. Domain size manipulation of perflouorinated polymer electrolytes by sulfonic acid functionalized MWCNTs to enhance fuel cell performance”. Ramaiyan Kannan, Meera Parthasarathy, Sreekuttan U Maraveedu, Sreekumar Kurungot and Vijayamohanan K Pillai, Langmuir 25(2009)8299 – 8305. 182. Shape dependant electrocatalytic activity of Platinum nanostructures, Mahima Subhramannia and Vijayamohanan K Pillai, J. Materials Chemistry,18 (2009)5858-5870 181. Field emission Investigations of single Fe doped SnO2 wire, Bhise, Late, Sathe, More, Mulla, I.S., Pillai, V.K., Joag, D.S., J. Solid State Sciences 11(2009)114-17. 180. Y-junction nanostructures of palladium: Enhanced electrocatalytic properties for fuel cell reactions, Mahima Subhramannia, Kannan Ramaiyan, Mohammed Aslam, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, J. Electroanal. Chem. 627(2009)58-62 179. Ultrafast switching time and third order nonlinear coefficients of microwave treated single walled carbon nanotubes suspensions, Kamaraju N, Sunil Kumar, Karthikeyan B, Kakakde B, Vijayamohanan. K and A.K. Sood, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 9(2009)550-54. 178. Near-complete phase transfer of single-wall carbon nanotubes by covalent functionalization, Bhalchandra Kakade, Sanjay Patil, Bhasker Sathe, Suresh Gokhale and Vijayamohanan Pillai, J. Chem. Sci., 120(2008) 599–606. 177. “The effect of synthesis procedure on the structure and properties of palladium /polycarbonate nanocomposites”, Valmikanathan, O.P., Ostroverkhova, O. Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan, K., Atre, S.V., Polymer 49(2008) 3413- 18. 176. Invertase inhibition based electrochemical sensor for the detection of heavy metal ions in Aqueous system: Application of ultramicroelectrode to enhance sucrose biosensor’s sensitivity Dipali Bagal-Kestwal, Meena S. Karve, Bhalchandra Kakade, Vijayamohanan K., Pillai, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 24(2008)65-664 4 List of Research Publications 175. RuO2 doped SnO2 nanobipyramids on Si(111) as a field emmiter, Ashok K Bhise, D.J. Late, N.S. Ramgir, M.A. More, I.S. Mulla, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai and Dilip S. Joag, Thin Solid Films 516(2008)6388-91 174. Electric Field Induced Switching of Superhydrophobic to Superhydrophilic Surfaces in Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube papers, Bhalchandra Kakade, Rutvik Mehta, Apurva Durge and Vijayamohanan Pillai, Nanoletters 8(2008)2693 173. Enhanced field emission from hexagonal rhodium nanostructures, Bhaskar R. Sathe, Bhalchandra A. Kakade, Imtiaz S. Mulla, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Dattatray J. Late, Mahendra A. More, and Dilip S. Joag, Applied Physics Letters. 92(2008)253106 172. Imaging the Stomatal Physiology of Somatic Embryo-derived Peanut Leaves by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy, Meera Parthasarathy, Shweta Singh, Sulekha Hazra and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 391(2008)2227 – 2233. 171. Silicate nanoparticles by bioleaching of glass and modification of the glass surface, Sneha Kulkarni, Asad Syed, Sanjay Singh, Anil Gaikwad, Kashinath Patil, K. Vijayamohanan, Absar Ahmad, Satishchandra Ogale, J. Noncrystalline Solids 354(2008)3433-37 170. Tuning the transport properties of Poly(oxyethylene)bisamine-Nafion Polyelectrolyte Complexes by dielectric manipulation, Meera Parthasarathy, Bhalchandra Kakade, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Macromolecules 41(2008)3653-3658 169. Tuning the wetting properties of Multiwalled Carbon nanotube by surface functonalization, Bhalchandra A. Kakade and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, J. Physical Chem. C 112(2008)3183-86 168. Electrochemical Sensing of Sulphur Dioxide: A Comparison using Dodecanethiol and Citrate Capped Gold nanoclusters, Bhaskar R. Sathe, Mandar S. Risbud, Imtiaz S. Mulla and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 8 (2008)3184-91 167. A 27-3 fractional factorial optimization of polybenzimidazole based membrane- electrode assembly for H2/O2 fuel cells, R. Kannan, Md. Nazrul Islam, Dhanraj Rathod, Meenu Vijay, U.K. Kharul, P.C. Ghosh, K. Vijayamohanan J. Appl. Electrochem. 38(2008)583-590 166. An efficient route towards the covalent functionalization of Single walled carbon nanotubes, Bhalchandra A. Kakade and Vijayamohanan K Pillai, Applied Surface Science 254(2008)49364943 165. Polymer electrolyte fuel cells with Nafion-based composite electrolytes with functionalized carbon nanotubes, Ramaiyan Kannan, Bhalchandra A. Kakade, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Angew Chem. Int. Ed. 47 (2008)2653-56 164. Comparative Study of the Shape Dependant Electrocatalytic Activity of Platinum Multipods, Discs and Hexagons: Applications for Fuel Cells, Mahima Subhramannia, Ramaiyan Kannan, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Langmuir 24 (2008)3576 – 3583. 5 List of Research Publications 163. Synthesis of Platinum Y-Junction Nanostructures using Hierarchically Designed Alumina Templates and Their Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity for Fuel-Cell Applications, Subhramannia Mahima, Ramaiyan Kannan,Indulekha Komath, Mohammed Aslam, and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Chem. Mater. 20 (2008)601 – 603. 162. Tuning the hydrophobic properties of silica particles by surface silanization using mixed selfassembled monolayer Sneha A. Kulkarni, Vijayamohanan K Pillai and S.B. Ogale, J. Colloid. Interfac. Sci. 318(2007)372-379 161. Sb-doped SnO2 wire: Highly stable field emitter, Ashok B. Bhisea, Dattatray J. Latea, Pravin S. Walke, Mahendra A. Morea, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Imtiaz S. Mulla, Dilip S. Joag, J. Crystal Growth 307 (2007) 87–91 160. All-solid-state’ electrochemistry of a protein-confined polymer electrolyte film Meera Parthasarathy a, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Imtiaz S. Mulla, Mohammed Shabab, M.I. Khan, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 364 (2007)86 - 91 159. Template–Assisted Synthesis of Ruthenium Oxide Nanoneedles: Electrical and Electrochemical Properties, Mahima Subhramannia, Beena K. Balan, Bhaskar R. Sathe, Imtiaz S. Mulla and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, J. Phys. Chem. 111(2007) 16593 – 16600. 158. Surface State-Mediated Electron Transfer at Nanostructured ZnO multipod/ Electrolyte Interfaces, Meera Parthasarathy, Niranjan S. Ramgir, Bhaskar R. Sathe, Imtiaz S. Mulla, and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, J.Physc.Chem.111(2007) 13092 -13102 157. A single In-doped SnO2 submicron sized wire as a field emitter, ., A.B. Bhise, D.J. Late, Pravin Walke, M.A. More, I.S. Mulla, Vijayamohanan K Pillai and D.S. Joag, J. Phys. D. Appl. Phys. 40(2007)3644-3648 156. High-Purity Synthesis of Scrolled Mats of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes using Temperature Modulation, Bhalchandra A. Kakade, Hatem Allouche, Mahima Subhramannia, Vijayamohanan K Pillai. Vijayamohanan K Pillai, Carbon 46(2008)567 - 576. 155. Comparative Study of the Shape – Dependent Electrocatalytic Activity of Platinum Multipods, Discs and Hexagons : Applicaitons for Fuel Cells, Mahima Subhramannia, Kannan Ramaiyan, and Vijayamohanan K Pillai, Langmuir 2008, 24, 3576 - 3583 154. Interfacial Behavior of Alkyltrichlorosilane Monolayers on Silicon: Control of Flat-Band Potential and Surface State Distribution Using Chain Length Variation, Sneha A. Kulkarni and Vijayamohanan K Pillai, Surface Science 601(2007)2983 153. Highly Sensitive Nanostructured Platinum Electrocatalysts for CO oxidation: Implications for CO sensing and Fuel Cell Performance, Bhaskar Sathe, Mandar Risbud, Sanjay Patil, K.S. Ajayakumar, R.C. Naik, Mulla, Vijayamohanan K., Sensors & Actuators 138 (2007) 376 - 383 6 List of Research Publications 152. Energy analysis of field emitted electrons from a ZnO tetrapods, Ahmed A. Al-Tabbakh, Mahendra A. More, Dilip S. Joag, Niranjan S. Ramgir, Imtiaz S. Mulla and Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Appl. Phys. Let. 90(2007)162102 151. Role of Polyfunctional Organic molecules in the Synthesis and Assembly of Metal Nanoparticles, Jadab Sharma, Bhalchandra A. Kakade, Nirmalya K Chaki, S. Mahima and Vijayamohanan K Pillai, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 7(2007) 2139-50 150. Cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance and ex-situ x-ray diffraction studies of electrochemical insertion and deinsertion of lithium ion into nanostructured organic-inorganic poly(3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) based hybrids, Vadivel Murugan, M.V. Reddy, Guy Campet and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Electroanal. Chem. 603(2007)287-296 149. Nanometer sized, Tridecyl amine capped, Rhodium dispersed on high Surface area support: Catalytic Investigations, Trissa Joseph, Shashidhar Shintri , Bhalchandra Kakade , Vijayamohanan Pillai and S.B. Halligudi, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 7(2007) 1-7 148. Quantized Double Layer Charging of Rh2057(Tridecylamine)321 clusters using Differential Pulse and Cyclic Voltammetry, Bhalchandra A. Kakade, Shashidhar S. Shintri, Bhaskar R. Sathe, Shivappa B. Halligudi, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Adv. Mater. 19 (2007)272-275 147. Autoreduction of Cyanoferrate (III) ions in a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane: All Solid State Electrochemical and Spectroscopic investigations, Meera Parthasarathy, Chinnakonda S. Gopinathand Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Chem. Mater. 18(2006)5244 - 5252 146. Electrochemical characterization of self-assembled monolayers on semiconducting substrates for MEMS applications, Kulkarni, S.A., Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan, K., Journal of Physics: Conference Series 34 (2006)322-329 145. ZnO multipods, submicron wires, spherical structures and their unique field emission behavior, Niranjan, S.R. Late D.J., A.D. Bhise, M.A. More, I.S. Mulla, D.S. Joag and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Phys. Chem. 110(2006) 18236-242 144. Highly efficient organic-inorganic layered Poly(3,4 – ethylenedloxythiophene)-MoO3 nanocomposite electrodes for electrochemical supercapacitor, A.Vadivel Murugan, A.K. Viswanath, C.S. Gopinath, and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Appl. Phys.100(2006)074319 143. Wolff Rearrangement of α-Diazoketones using an in situ generated silver nanoclusters as Electron Mediators, S.G. Sudrik, Jadav Sharma, V.B. Chavan, S.P. Chavan, S.P. Chavan, H.R. Sonawane and K. Vijayamohanan, Organic Letters 8(2006)1089 - 1092 142. Field Emission Studies of Novel ZnO nanostructures in high and low field regions, Niranjan S Ramgir, N Dattatray J Late, Ashok B Bhise, Imtiaz S Mulla, Mahendra A More, Dilip S Joag and Vijayamohanan K Pillai, Nanotechnology 17(2006)2730 7 List of Research Publications 141. Suppression of electron transfer characteristics of ferrocene by OTS monolayers on a Silicon/electrolyte Interface, Sneha A. Kulkarni ; Bhalchandra A. Kakade; Imtiaz S. Mulla and Vijayamohanan K Pillai, J. Colloid. Interfac. Sci. 299(2006)777-784 140. Directed organization of gold nanoclusters on Silver nanowires : a step forward in heterostructure assembly, Jadab Sharma, Poonam Singh, Vivek J. P, Vijayamohanan, and C. V. Dharmadhikari, Applied Phys. Let. 88(2006)193103 139. Electrochemical Organization of Monolayer Protected Gold Nanoclusters on Single- Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Significantly Enhanced Double Layer Capacitance, S. Mahima, N. K. Chaki, J. Sharma, B. A. Kakade,† R. Pasricha, A. M. Rao, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Journal of Nanoscience Nanotechnology 6(2006)1387 138. Investigation of interparticle interactions of larger (4.63 nm) monolayer protected gold clusters during quantized double layer charging, Nirmalya Kumar Chaki, Balachandra Kakde, Vijayamohanan K Pillai, Poonam Singh and C.V. Dharmadhikari, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, 8(2006)1837-44 137. Organic dye molecules as reducing agent for the synthesis of electroactive gold nanoplates, Jadab Sharma, Vijayamohanan, J. Colloidal and Interfacial Sci. 298 (2006)679-684 136. Electron Transfer Behavior of Monolayer Protected monoclusters and Nanowires of Silver and Gold, Jadab Sharma, Vivek J. P., and Kunjukrishna P. Vijayamohanan, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 6(2006)3464-69 135. Optical trapping and transportation of carbon nanotubes made easy by decorating with palladium, Manas Khan, A.K. Sood, S.K. Mohanty, P.K. Gupta, Girish V Arabale, K. Vijayamohanan and C.N. R. Rao, Optics Express, 14(2006)424-29 134. Micropencils and Microhexagonal cones of ZnO, Niranjan, S.R. I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Phys. Chem 110(2006)3995 – 4001. 133. Ultralow threshold field emission from a single multipod structure of ZnO, Niranjan S. Ramgir, Dattatray J. Late, Ashok B. Bhise, Imtiaz S. Mulla, Mahendra A. More, Dilip S. Joag and K. Vijayamohanan, Appl. Phys. Let. 88(2006)42107 132. Silver nanocluster redox-couple-promoted Nonclassical Electron Transfer: An efficient Electrochemical Wolff Rearrangement of α-Diazoketones, S.G. Sudrik, N.K. Chaki, V.B. Chavan, S.P. Chavan, S.P. Chavan, H.R. Sonawane and K. Vijayamohanan, Chem. Eur. J., 12(2006)859-64 131. Synnthesis and Characterization of organo-inorganic Poly (3, 4-Ethylenedioxy thiophene) PEDOT/ MoS2 Nanocomposite via in situ oxidative polymerization, A.V. Murugan , M. Quintin, Marie-Helene Delville, Guy Campet, C.S. Gopinath, and K. Vijayamohanan l. J. Mater. Res. 21(2006)112. 8 List of Research Publications 130. Enhancement of double-layer capacitance behavior and its electrical conductivity in layered poly (3, 4 - ethylenedioxy thiophene_ based nanocomposite, A.V. Murugan, A. Kasi Viswanathan, Guy Campet, C.S. Gopinath, and K. Vijayamohanan, Appl. Phys. Let. 87(2005)1-3 129. Thermal Stability of Self-assembled octadecyl trichlorosilane monolayers on planar and curved silica surfaces, Sneha Kulkarni, S.A. Mirji, A.B. Mandale and K. Vijayamohanan, Thin Solid Films 496(2005)420-25 128. Growth Kinetics and thermodynamics stability of octadecyltrichlorosilane Self-assembled monolayer on Si(100) substrate, Sneha Kulkarni, S.A. Mirji, A.B. Mandale, R.P. Gupta and K. Vijayamohanan, Mater. Lets. 59 (2005)3890-95 127. Exfoilation induced nanoribbon formation of poly (3, 4-Ethylenedioxy thiophene) PEDOT between MoS2 layers as cathode materials for lithium batteries, A.Vadivel Murugan, M. Quintin, Marie-Helene Delville, Guy Campet, C.S. Gopinath, and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Power Sources 156(2006)615-19 126. Comparative behavior of CdS and CdSe quantum dots in poly(3-hexylthiophene) based nanocomposites, Prashant Sonar, K.P. Srinivasan, Trupti Maddanimath, and K. Vijayamohanan, Materials Research Bulletin 41(2006)198-208 125. Effect of RuO2 in the shape selectivity of submicron-sized SnO2, Niranjan, S.R. I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Physical. Chem. 109(2005)12297-12303 124. A room temperature nitric oxide sensor actualized from Ru doped tin oxide nanowires, Niranjan, S.R. I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, Sensors and Actuators B, 107(2005)708-715 123. Synthesis and characterization of polyimides and co-polyimides having pendant benzoic acid moiety, Mahesh Kulkarni, Sandeep Kothwade, Girish Arabale, Deepali Wagh, K. Vijayamohanan, R.A. Kulkarni and S.P. Vernekar, Polymer 46(2005)3669-76 122. Study of Correlation of Structural and Surface Properties with Electrochemical behaviour in carbon aerogels, N. Hebalker, G. Arabale, S.R. Sainkar, S.D. Pradhan, I.S. Mulla, K. Vijayamohanan, P. Ayyub and S.K. Kulkarni, J. Mater. Sci. 40(2005)3777-82 121. Wet-chemical templateless assembly of metal nanowires from nanoparticles,. T. Maddanimath, A. Kumar, J. D'Arcy-Gall, P. G. Ganesan, K. Vijayamohanan, G. Ramanath, Chem. Commun. 2005, 1435 - 1437 120. Effects of Amine and Pyridine terminated molecular nanolayers on adhesion at Cu/SiO2 interfaces, P.G. Ganesan, G. Cui, K. Vijayamohanan, M. Lane and G. Ramanath, J. Vac. Sci. Technolo. B 23(2005) 327 119. "Electrochemical studies of Poly (3, 4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) PEDOT/ VS2 Nanocomposite as a cathode material for rechargeable Lithium batteries, A.V. Murugan et al., Electrochemical Communications, 7(2005)213 – 218. 9 List of Research Publications 118. Entrapment of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) between VS2 layers to form a new organicinorganic intercalative nanocomposites, A. Vadivel Murugan, Mathieu Quintin, Marie-Helene Delville, Guy Capet and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Mater. Chem. 15(2005)902-909 117. Temperature-Induced Phase Transitions of the Ordered Superlattice Assembly of Au Nanoclusters Chaki, N. K and Vijayamohanan, K., J. Phys. Chem. B. 109(2005) 2552-2558. 116. Shape selective synthesis of unusual nanobipyramids, cubes and nanowires of RuO2:SnO2, N.S. Ramgir, I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Phys. Chem. 108(2004)14815-819 115. Preparation and characterization of composite electrode of coconut-shell-based activated carbon and hydrous ruthenium oxide for supercapacitors, Muktha Dandekar, Girish and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Power Sources, 141(2005)198 - 203 114. Phase transitions in octanethiol-capped Ag nanocluster microfilm assemblies, A.V. Ellis, J. D’Arcy-Gall, K. Vijayamohanan, R. Goswami, P.G. Ganesan, C. Ryu and G. Ramanath, Thermochimica Acta, 406(2005)207-212 113. Self-assembled molecular nanocathodes for rechargeable energy storage Modules, Trupti Maddanimath, G. Ramanath and K. Vijayamohanan, Chemical Physics Letters, 396(2004) 277281. 112. Single Electron Charging Features of Larger, Dodecanethiol Protected Gold Nanoclusters: Electrochemical and Scanning Tunneling microscopy studies" Nirmal Chaki , N. K.; Singh, P.; Dharmadhikari,C.V., and Vijayamohanan, K., Langmuir; 2004; 20(23); 10208 – 10217. 111. Highly Resolved Quantized Double Layer Charging of Relatively Larger dodecanethiol Passivated Gold Q-dots, Nirmalya K. Chaki, Bhalchandra Kakade, Jadab Sharma, Subhramannia Mahima, K. Vijayamohanan and S.K.Haram, J. Appl. Phys. 96(2004)5032 110. Solvent assisted one-pot synthesis and self-assembly of 4-aminothiophenol capped gold nanoparticles, Jadab Sharms, S. Mahima, B.A. Kakade, Renu Parischa, A.B. Mandale and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Phys. Chem. 108(2004)13280 - 13286 109. A novel approach to prepare poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Nanoribbons between V2O5 layers by microwave radiation, A. Vadivel Murugan, C.W. Kwon, G. Campet, B.B. Kale, A.B. Mandale, S.R. Sainker, C.K. Gopinath, and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Phys. Chem. 108(2004)10736 10742 108. Quantized double layer charging of dodecanethiol protected larger Au nanoclusters: Combined investigations using diferential pulse voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry and impedance technique N.K. Chaki, B. Kakade and k. Vijayamohanan, Electrochem. Commun. 6 (2004), 661 – 665. 107. Novel one-step synthesis of amine stabilized aqueous colloidal gold Nano particles, M. Aslam, Lei Fu, Ming Su, K. Vijayamohanan and Vinayak P. Dravid, J. Mater. Chem 14(2004)1795-1797 10 List of Research Publications 106. Templateless Room – Temperature Assembly of nanowires networks from nanoclusters, A.V. Ellis, J.D. Gall, P.G. Ganesan, R. Goswami, T. Maddanimath, K. Vijayamohanan and G. Ramanth, Langmuir 20(2004)5583-87 105. Electrochemistry of inorganic nanocrystalline electrode materials for Lithium batteries, C.W. Kwon, S.J. Hwang, M.H. Delville, C. Labrugre, Vadivel Murugan, B.B. Kale, K. Vijayamohanan and G. Campet, Active and Passive Electronic Components, 26(2004)23-29 104. Synthesis of silver nanowires inside mesoporous MCM-41 host, P.V. Adhyapak, P. Karandikar, K. Vijayamohanan, A.A. Athawale and A.J. Chandwadkar, Mater. Let. 58(2004)1168-71 103. Morphological and sensing properties of spray pyrolysed Th:SnO2 thin films, R.S. Niranjan, K.R. Patil, S.R. Sainkar, K. Vijayamohanan and I.S. Mulla, Mater. Chem. And Phys. 84(2004)37-45 102. Size dependent redox behavior of monolayer protected silver nanoparticles (2-7 nm) in aqueous medium, Nirmalya K. Chaki, Jadab Sharma, A.B. Mandale, I.S. Mulla, Renu Paricha and K. Vijayamohanan, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 6(2004)1304-1309 101. Tuning the aspect ratio of silver nanostructures: the effect of solvent mole fraction and Aminothiophenol concentration, Jadab Sharma, N.K. Chaki, S. Mahima, R.G. Gonnade, I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Mater. Chem. 14(2004)970-75 100. Effect of chain length and the nature of the monolayer on the electrical behavior of Hydrophobically organized gold clusters, Nirmalya Kumar Chaki, M. Aslam, T.G. Gopakumar, Jadab Sharma, Renu Parischa, I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, J. .Phys. Chem. B. 107(2003)13567-574 99. Phase transitions in octanethiol-capped Ag, Au and CdS nanocluster assemblies, Vijayamohanan, K.; C.; Ramanath, G. Materials Research Society Symposium, 739, 127-132, 2003, Materials Research Society 98. Controlled Interlinking of Au and Ag nanoclusters using 4-aminothiophenol as molecular interconnects. Jadab Sharma, N.K. Chaki, A.B. Mandale, Renu Parischa and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Colloidal and Interfacial Science 272(2004) 145-52 97. Self-assembled monolayers of diphenyl disulphide: a novel cathode material for rechargeable lithium batteries, Trupti Maddani, Y.B. Kollam, M. Aslam, I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Power Sources 124(2003)133-142 96. Effect of chain length on the tunneling conductance of gold quantum dots at room temperature, N.K. Chaki, T.G. Gopakumar, Trupti Maddani, M. aslam and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Appl. Phys. 94(2003)3663-3366 95. Evidence for the involvement of silver nan diazoketones, S.G. Sudrik, T. Maddani, N.K. Chaki, S.P. Chavan, S.P. Chavan, H.R. Sonawane, and K. Vijayamohanan, Organic letters, 5(2003)2355-2358 11 List of Research Publications 94. Enhanced Supercapacitance of multiwalled carbon nanotubes functionalized with ruthenium oxide, Girish A., Depali W., Mahesh K., Mulla I.S., Vernekar, S.P., K. Vijayamohanan and A.M. Rao, Chem. Phys. Let. 376(2003)207-213 93. A novel Luminescent functionalized Siloxane Polymer, M.P. Vinod, D. Bahnemann, P.R. Rajumohanan and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Phys. Chemistry. B. 107(2003)11583-11588 92. Monolayer Coated Au and Ag Nanoclusters, N.K. Chaki, T.G. Gopakumar, M. Aslam and K. Vijayamohanan, Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol.5, 861-877; Edited by H.S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers, Stevenson Ranch, California (2004) 91. Device Applications of Self-assembled Monolayers and monolayer protected nanoclusters, M. aslam, N,.K. Chaki, Jadab Sharms and K. Vijayamohanan, Current Applied Physics, 3(2003)115127 90. Freely Dispersible Au@TiO2, Au@ZrO2, Ag@TiO2 and Ag@ZrO2 core-shell nanoparticles: one step synthesis, characterization, spectroscopy and optical limiting prperties, Renjis T. Tom, A. Sreekumaran Nair, Navinder Singh, M. Aslam, C.L. Nagendra, Reji Philip, K. Vijayamohanan and T. Pradeep, Langmuir 19(2003)3439-3445 89. Cu2+ - perchlorophthalocyanine immobilized MCM-41: catalyst for oxidation of alkenes, P. Karandikar, M. Agashe, K. Vijayamohanan and A.J. Chandwadkar, Appl. Catalysis A: 257(2004)133-143 88. Crystal structure, magnetic and electrochemical properties of a quarternary thiospinel: Ag2MnSn3S8, G. Garg, K. V. Ramanajuchary, S.E. Loffland, M.V. Lobanov, M. Greenblat, T. Maddanimath, K. Vijayamohanan and A.K. Ganguli, J. Solid. State Chem. 174(2003)229-232. 87. Self-assembled subnanolayers as interfacial adhesion enhancers and diffusion barriers for integrated circuits, G. Ramanath, G. Cui, P.G. ganesan, X. Guo, A.V. Ellis, M. Stukowski, K. Vijayamohanan, P. Doppelt and M. Lane, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83(2003)383-385 86. Hydrophobic Anchoring of Monolayer protected gold nanoclusters to carbon nanotubes, A.V. Ellis, K. Vijayamohanan, R. Goswami, N. Chakrapani, L.S. Ramanathan, P.M. Ajayan and G. Ramanath, Nanoletters 3(2003)279-282 85. Formation of Cu and Cu2o Nanoparticles by Variation of the Surface Ligand: Preparation, Structure, and Insulating – to – Metallic Transition, Mohammed Aslam, G.Gopakumar, T.L. Shoba, I.S Mulla, K. Vijayamohanan, S.K.Kulkarani, J. Urban and W. Vogel Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 255, 79 -90(2002). 84. A novel hydrogen sulfide room temperature sensor based on copper nanocluster functionalized tin oxide thin films, R S Niranjan, V.A. Chaudhary, I.S Mulla, K. vijayamohanan, Sensors and Actuators B 85 (2002) 26 – 32. 12 List of Research Publications 83. Application of Electrochemically prepared carbon nanofibers in supercapacitors, P.V. Adyapak, Trupti Maddanimath, Sushama Pethkar, A.J. Chandwadkar, Y.S. Negi and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Power Sources, 109(2002)105-110 82. Trimethylamine sensing properties of thorium incorporated tin oxide, R.S. Niranjan, S.L. Meghana, A.B. Mandale, S.R. Sainkar, L.S. Prabhumirashi, K. Vijayamohanan and I.S. Mulla, Sensors and Actuators B 87(2002)406-413 81. Ruthenium: tin oxide thin films as a highly selective hydrocarbon sensor, R.S. Niranjan, S.R. Sainkar, K. Vijayamohanan and I.S. Mulla, Sensors and Actuators B 82(2002)82-88 80. Poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)V2O5 hybrids for lithium batteries, Chai-won Kwon, A. Vadivel Murugan, Guy Campet, Josik Portier, B.B. Kale, K. Vijayamohanan and J. Choy, Electrochemistry Communications 4(2002)384-387 79. Humidity sensing properties of surface functionalised polyethylene and polypropylene films, T. Maddanimath, I.S. Mulla, S.R. Sainkar, K. Vijayamohanan, K.I Shaikh, . Patil, S.P.Vernekar, Sensors and Actuators B 81(2002) 141-151 78. Single phase preparation of monodispersed silver nanoclusters using a unique electron transfer and cluster stabilizing agent, triethy amine, Nirmalya K Chaki, Surendra G. Sudrik, H.R. Sonawane and K. Vijayamohanan, Chem. Com(2002)76-77 77. Self-assembled monolayers as a tunable platform for biosensor applications, K. Vijayamohanan and Nirmalya K. Chaki, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 17/1-2(2002) 1-12 76. Comparative Performance of Surface Modified Carbon as Anode for Li-Ion Rechargable Cells. T.M. Maddanimath, I.S.Mulla, K Vijayamohanan, K.I.Shaikh, S.Patil and S.P.Vernekar, SAEST Vol. o.1 & 2 Jan- Jun 2001 75. Application of self-assembled monolayers in materials chemistry, N.K. Chaki, M M. Aslam, J. Sharma and K. Vijayamohanan, Proc. Chem. Sci. 113 (2001)1-12. 74. Electrochemical lithium insertion into a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)PEDOT/V2O5 Nanocomposite, A. Vadivel Murugan, Chai-Won Kwon, Gay Campet, B.B. Kale, Trupti Maddanimath and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Power Sources, 105(2002),1-5. 73. Hydrophobic organization of monolayer protected Au clusters on thiol functionalized Au(111) surfaces, Mohammed Aslam, I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, Langmuir 17 (2001) 7487 - 7493. 72. Effect of Iron oxide on the hydrogen sulphide sensitivity of tin oxide thin films, Choudhary V.A., Sainker S.R., Vijayamohanan K and Mulla I.S., J. Mat. Sci. Let. 20(2001)1643-45 71. Piezoresistivity of conducting polyaniline/BaTiO3 composites, R.C. Patil, Sushama Pethkar and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Mater. Res. 16(2001)1982-88 13 S. Radhakrishnan, List of Research Publications 70. Synthesis and Characterization of a new organo-inorganic poly(3,4- Ethylene Dioxythiophene) PEDOT/V2O5 Nanocomposite by Intercalation, A.V. Murugan, B.B. Kale, C Kwon, Guy Campet and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Mater. Chem.11(2001)2470-75. 69. Surface ruthenated tin oxide thin film as a hydrocarbon sensor, R.S Niranjan, V.S. Choudhary, K.R. Patil, K. Vijayamohanan and I.S. Mulla, Sensors & Actuators B 79(2001) 132 – 136. 68. Insulator-Metal transition in Coulomb Blockade Nanostructures, Mohammed Aslam, I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79(2001)689 - 691 67. Evidence for second order optical Nonlinearity in ray induced partially cross-linked polyacrylonitrile, Susham Pethkar, J.A. Dharmadhikari, Anjali A. Athawale, R.C. Iyer and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Phys. Chem. B 105(2001)5110-5113 66. Preparation and Electrical Characterisation of Dodecanethiol Monolayer Protected Silver Nanoclusters, M. Aslam, N. K. Chaki, I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, Appl. Surf. Sc. 182(2001) 338-344. 65. Preparation and Characterisation of silver quantum dot superlattice using sequential selfassembled monolayers of pentane dithiol, Sushama Pethkar, M.Aslam, I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Mater. Chem 11(2001)1710-14. 64. Hydrocarbon sensing mechanism of surface ruthenated tin oxide: An In situ, IR, ESR and Absorption Kinetics study, V. A. Chaudhary, I.S. Mulla, K. Vijayamohanan, S.G. Hegde and D. Srinivas, J. Phys. Chem. B 105 (2001) 2565 – 2571. 63. Comparative behaviour of aromatic disulphide and diselenide monolayers on polycrystalline gold films using CV, STM and QCM, Mohammed Aslam, K. Bandhopadhyay, K. Vijayamohanan and V. Laxminarayanan, J. Colloidal and Interf. Sci. 234 (2001),410 -417 62. Electrochemical Supercapacitors: Energy storage beyond Batteries, A.K. Shukla, S. Sampath and K. Vijayamohanan, Current Science 79(2000)1656-1661 61. Preparation, Characterisation and Mechanistic Features of Zirconia Films on bare and functionalised gold surfaces, M. Aslam, Sushama Pethkar, K. Bandyopadhyay, I.S. Mulla, S.R. Sainkar, A.B. Mandale and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Mater. Chem. 10(2000) 1737-43. 60. Applications of Self-assembled monolayers for Biomolecular Electronics, K. Vijayamohanan and M. Aslam, Appl. Biochem. & Biotech. 96/1-3(2001)25-39. 59. Effect of Protonation media on Chemically and Electrochemically Syntheisized Polyaniline, R.C. Patil, S.F. Patil, I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, Polym. Int. 49 (2000)189-196 58. Effect of gelling on the Impedance parameters of Pb/PbSO4 electrode in Maintenance-Free Lead acid Batteries, M.P. Vinod and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Power Sources 89(2000)88-92. 14 List of Research Publications 57. Metal ion reactivity to 1,4-benzenedimethanethiol monolayers on gold, M. Venkataramanan, K.V.G.K. Murthy, T. Pradeep, W. Deepali and K. Vijayamohanan, Langmuir, 16(2000)7673-78. 56. Surface Ruthenated hydrocarbon sensor: Statistical Optimisation of sensitivity, V.A. Choudhary, I.S. Mulla, S.R. Sainkar, A. B. Mandale and K. Vijayamohanan, Sensors and Actuators 79(2000)224-229 55. A highly selective ammonia gas sensor using surface ruthenated zic oxide, M. Aslam, V.A. Choudhary, I.S. Mulla, S.R. Sainkar, A.B. Mandale, A.A. Belhekar and K. Vijayamohanan, Sensors & Actuators A 75(1999)162-167 54. Catalytic and Electrocatalytic Properties of Intrazeolitically prepared Iron- phthalocyanine, M.P. Vinod, T.Kr. Das, A.J. Chandwadkar, K. Vijayamohanan and J.G. Chandwadkar, Mater. Chem. Phys. 58(1999)37-43. 53. Deposition and characterization of CdS nanoparticle /polyaniline composite films, Sushama Pethkar, R.C. Patil, J.A. Kher and K. Vijayamohanan Thin Sold Films 349 (1999)105-109. 52. Self-assembled monolayers of two aromatic disulfides and a diselenide on polycrystalline silver films: an investigation by SERS and XPS.M. Venkataramanan, G. Skanth, K. Bandhyopadhyay, K. Vijayamohanan and T. Pradeep, J. Colloidal and Interf. Sci. 212(1999)553-561 51. Self-assembled monolayers of small aromatic disulphide and diselenide molecules on polycrystalline gold films: A comparative study of the geometric constraint using temperature dependent Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, X- Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Electrochemistry. K. Bandyopadhyay, K. Vijayamohanan, M. Venkataraman and T. Pradeep, Langmuir, 15 ( 1999 ) 5314 -5322 50. Selective hydrogen sensing properties of surface functionalized tin oxide, V.A. Choudhary, Mulla, K. Vijayamohanan, Sensors & Actuators B 55(1999)154-160. 49. Impedance Studies of an LPG sensor using surface ruthenated tin oxide, V. A. Choudhary, Mulla, K. Vijayamohanan, Sensors & Actuators B 55 (1999)127-133. 48. Comparative studies of doped and surface modified tin oxide towards hydrogen sensing: synergistic effects of Pd and Ru. V.A. Chaudhary, I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, Sensors & Actuators, B 50(1998) 45-51. 47. Formation of microcrystalline Zirconia using functionalised interface of self-assembled monolayer of dithiol on polycrystalline gold at room temperature. K. Bandyopadhyay, K. Vijayamohanan, Langmuir, 14 (1998)6924-6929. 46. Effect of Co-adsorbed surfactant on the structure of self-assembled monolayer of thiol on polycrystalline gold, K. Bandyopadhyay, K. Vijayamohanan, Abhijit Manna and B.D. Kulkarni, J. Colloid. Inter. Sci. 206(1998)224-230. 15 List of Research Publications 45. Effect of Geometric Constraints on the self-assembled monolayer formation of Aromatic disulphides on polycrystalline gold, K. Bandyopadhyay, Vijaya Patil, Murali Sastry and K. Vijayamohanan, Langmuir 14(1998) 3808 -3814. 44. Humidity sensing properties of boron phosphate, I.S. Mulla, V.A. Choudhary and K. Vijayamohanan, Sensors & Actuators A 69(1998)72-76. 43. Novel room temperature synthesis of microcrystalline zirconia, Bandyopadhyay, S.R. Sainker and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 82 [1] (1999)222-24. 42. Formation of self-assembled monolayer of diphenyl diselenide on polycrystalline gold surface. K. Bandyopadhyay and K. Vijayamohanan, Langmuir, 14(1998)625-629. 41. Selective gas sensing properties of surface ruthenated tin oxide, V.A. Choudhary, I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Mater. Res. 14(1999)185-188. 40. Surface-Ruthenated tin oxide as a novel hydrocarbon sensor, V.A. Choudhary, I.S. Mulla, S.R. Sainker, A.A. Belheker, and K. Vijayamohanan Sensors and Actutators, A 65(1998) 197-202. 39. Impedance Analysis of self-assembled Naphthalene disulphide monolayer on gold using external redox probes, K. Bandhyopadhyay, K. Vijayamohanan, G.S. Shekhawat and R.P. Gupta, J. Electroanal. Chem., 447(1998)11-16. 38. Effect of silicate and phosphate additives on the kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction in valve-regulated lead/ acid batteries. M.P. Vinod, K.Vijayamohanan and S.N. Joshi, J. Power Sources, 70(1998)103-105. 37. Synthesis and characterization of hydrophobic, Approtically-Dispersible, silver nanoparticles in Winsor II Type microemulsions, Abhijit Manna, B.D.Kulkarni, Krisanu Bandyopadhyay and K. Vijayamohanan, Chem. Mater., 9(1997)3032 - 3036 36. Adsorption of silver colloidal particles through covalent linkage to self assembled monolayers. K. Bandyopadhyay, S. Mayya, K. Vijayamohanan and Murali Sastry, Langmuir, 13(1997) 5244-5248. 35. Poly(m-chloroaniline): Electrochemical Synthesis and characterisation. A.A. Athawale, S.F. Patil, B. Deore, R.C. Patil and K. Vijayamohanan, Polymer Journal, 29(1997)787-794. 34. Spontaneously organised molecular assembly of an aromatic organic disulfide on silver/platinum alloy surfaces: an angle dependent X-ray photoemission investigation, K. Bandyopadhyay, K.S. Mayya, K. Vijayamohanan, Murali Sastry J. Electron. Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 87(1997)101107. 33. Formation of Silicon nanoclusters during the reaction of β- ionone with tetrachlorosilane, S. Suresh, U.M. Joshi, M.P. Vinod, N.R. Pawasker and K. Vijayamohanan, Chem. Mater., 9(1997)1186-1190. 16 List of Research Publications 32. Role of surfactants in synthesis of poly(p-phynelene) Film in microemulsions. Abhijit Manna, K. Bandyopadhyay, K. Vijayamohanan, P.R. Rajumohan, S. Sainker and B.D. Kulkarni, Langmuir, 14(1998)84-90. 31. Synergestic sensitivity effects in surface modified tin oxide as a hydrogen sensor using Ru-Pd oxides, V.A. Choudhary, I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Mat. Sci. Let., 16(1997) 1819-21. 30. Catalytic and Electrocatalytric oxidation of aniline to nitrobenzene over vanadium silicate molecular sieves, T. Selvam, M.P. Vinod and K. Vijayamohanan, React. Kin. Cat. Let. 60(1997)137-144. 29. Redox active self-assembled monolayer formation of Naphtho-1,2 dithiol on gold K. Bandyopadhyay, Murali sastry, V. Paul and K. Vijayamohanan, Langmuir, 13(1997)866-69. 28. Effect of monomer concentration and substrate resistance on redox behaviour of polyaniline films, A.G. Bedekar, S.F. Patil, R.C. Patil and K Vijayamohanan, Mater Chem. and Phys., 48 (1997)76-81. 27. Humidity sensing behaviour of surface-modified zirconia, I.S. Mulla and K. Vijayamohanan, Sensors & Actuators, A 57(1996)217-221. 26. Effect of gelling on the surface structure of porous lead electrode in sulphuric acid, M.P. Vinod, A.B. Mandale, S.R. Sainker and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Appl. Electrochem., 27(1997)462-468. 25. Mechanism of humidity-sensitivity of Ti doped Magne¬sium chromate, S.S. Pingale, S.F. Patil, M.P. Vinod, G. Pathak and K. Vijayamohanan, Mater. Chem. and Phys., 46 (1996) 72-76. 24. Silicon based light emitting gels, M.P. Vinod and K. Vijayamohanan, Appl. Phys. Let., 68(1)(1996)81-83. 23. Cyclic Voltammetric Studies of Vanadium in V-molecular sieves, N. Venkitathiri, M.P. Vinod, K. Vijayamohanan and S. Sivasankar, J Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 92(3)(1996)473-478. 22. Mechanistic studies of electrochemically deposited poly o-anisidine films. A.G. Bedekar, S.F. Patil, R.C. Patil and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Mater. Chem., 5(7)(1995)963-967. 21. An unusual electron-transfer behaviour of ferrocene in aqueous microemulsion systems, .K. Jha, B.D. Kulkarni, M.P. Vinod and K. Vijayamohanan, Chem. Phys. Lett., 240 (1995) 442-448. 20. Binuclear dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes of dithio or methylene bridged Schiff bases, M.R. Maurya, D.C. Antony, S. Gopinathan, C. Gopinathan and K. Vijayamohanan, Indian J. Chem., 34A (1995) 360. 19. Effect of surface-modification due to Superacid species in Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity of SnO2 gas sensors. A. Keshavaraja, B.S. Jayashri, A.V. Ramaswami and K. Vijayamohanan, Sensors and Actuators B 23 (1995) 75-81. 17 List of Research Publications 18. Effect of silicate adsorption on the double layer capacitance and exchange current density of Pb/PbSO4 electrode reaction, P. Vinod and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Appl. Electrochem., 25(1995)80-87. 17. Light Emitting Porous silicon, S.V. Bhorasker, K. Vijaya¬mohanan and Tejashree M Bhave, Phys. Education, 11 (1994)144-153. 16. A novel Non-destructive method for the prediction of the state-of-charge of Maintenance-free Lead / acid batteries from galvanostatic transients, M.P. Vinod and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Power Sources, 52 (1994) 135 – 139 15. Effect of gelling on the electrode kinetics of the Pb/PbSO4 and hydrogen -elctrode reactions in maintenance- free lead/ acid batteries. M.P. Vinod and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Power Sources, 50 (1994) 67 -79. 14. Effect of gelling on the open-circuit potential against time tran¬sients of Pb/PbSO4 electrodes at various states-of-charge, M.P. Vinod and K. Vijayamohanan, J. Appl. Electrochem.,24 (1994)44 51 13. Mechanism of the discharge of porous iron electrodes in alkaline medium, T.S. Balasubramaniam, K. Vijayamohanan, and A.K. Shukla, J. Appl. Electrochem., 23 (1993) 947 – 950 12. Some techniques for the estimation of SO2 in mixtures used in process control, G.N. Acharya,T.K. Balwe, P.R. Brahme. R.N. Karekar, R.N. Prasad and K. Vijayamohanan, in Solid state Ionics: materials and applications, ed. B.V.R. Chowdari et al, World Scientific, (1992). 11. Gas sensor materials, C.N.R. Rao, A.R. Raju and K. Vijayamo¬hanan, in New Materials, ed., S.K. Joshi, T. Tsuruta, C.N.R. Rao and S. Nagakura, Narosa, (1992). 10. Rechargeable alkaline iron electrodes: a technical update, K. Vijayamohanan, T.S. Balasubranmaniam and A.K. Shukla, J. Powe Sources, 34 (1991) 269-285. 9. Kinetics of electrode reactions occurring on porous iron electrodes in alkaline media, K. Vijayamohanan, A.K.Shukla and S. Sathyanarayana, J. Electroanal. Chem., 295 (1990) 59 – 70 8. Open-circuit potential time transients of alkaline iron electrodes at various states-of-charge, K. Vijayamohanan, A.K. Shukla and S. Sathyanarayana, Electrochim. Acta, 36 (1991) 369-380. 7. Formation mechanism of porous alkaline iron electrodes, K. Vijayamo¬hanan, A.K. Shukla and S. Sathyanarayana, J. Power Sources, 32 (1990) 329 – 339 6. Role of sulphide additives on the performance of alkaline iron electrodes. K. Vijayamohanan, A.K. Shukla and S. Sathyanarayana, J. Electroanal. Chem. 289(1990)55 – 68 5. On the premature failure of nickel-cadmium batteries, K. Vijayamohanan, Curr.Sci., 58 (1989) 944. 18 List of Research Publications 4. Kinetics of hydrogen evolution reaction on lead / acid battery negative, electrodes with Silicate and Antimony added to the electrolyte, K. Vijayamohanan, S.N. Joshi and S. Sathyanarayana, J. Power Sources, 30 (1990) 169 – 175 3. A new lead/lead Sulphate reference electrode for Lead / Acid battery research, K. Vijayamohanan, S.N. Joshi and S. Sathyanarayana, J. Power Sources, 27(1989) 167 - 176 2. Open-circuit potential - recovery transients of alkaline porous iron electrodes ,K. Vijayamohanan, A.K. Shukla and S. Sathyanarayana, J. Power Sources, 21 (1987)53 -57 1. Statistical optimization of Iron Electrodes for alkaline Storage Batteries, K. Vijayamohanan, A.K. Shukla and S. Sathyanarayana, Indian J. Technol., 24 (1986) 430-434 19