CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. N.O. Gopal
Post Doctoral fellow,
Department of Physics,
National Dong Hwa University,
No. 1, Sec. 2, Da-Hsueh Rd.,
Shou-Feng, Hualien - 97401,
Taiwan, R.O.C.
: +886-3-863-3722 (Office) 3712 (Lab)
Fax: +8863-863-3690.
E-mail : nogopal@yahoo.com
Date of Birth : 10th May 1973
Nationality : Indian
Education
B.Sc.
: 1991-1994
Subjects
: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, India.
M.Sc.
: Physics, 1994-1996
Electives
: Solid State Physics and Applied Spectroscopy
Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India.
Ph.D.
: Physics, 1999 - 2004
Title of Thesis: “EPR and optical absorption spectral investigations of Iron group
transition metal ions in paramagnetic host single crystals and minerals”
Ambition:
Enthusiastic to do thriving research in Materials Science.
Professional Experience:
1.
February 2005 to till date - as “Post Doctoral Fellow” in Department of Physics, National
Dong Hwa University, Hualien – 97441.
2.
Involved in teaching of Practicals in Applied Spectroscopy for Post Graduate Students
(M.Sc.) of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati during 1999 - 2004.
3.
Taught Physics to Para Medical Technical Course students of Sri Venkateswara
Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati during December 2003 to May 2004
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Project Fellow
UGC- Major Research Project
Department of Physics
Sri Venkateswara University
Tirupati – 517 502, INDIA.
June 2001 to May 2004
Project Title
Magnetic Resonance Studies of Transition Metal and Rare-earth
Ions in glasses
Technical Skills:
Expertise in preparing TiO2 nanoparticles doped with different non-metal ions and their
characterization by different techniques like EPR, UV-vis, Raman, XPS and Infrared.
Instruments operated:
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer
Electron Nuclear Double Resonance Spectrometer
UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
Raman Spectrometer
X-ray Diffractometer
Publications:
International journals: 37
Recent Publications:
1.
Chemical State and Environment of Boron Dopant in B,N-Codoped Anatase TiO2
Nanoparticles: An Avenue for Probing Diamagnetic Dopants in TiO2 by Electron
Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Journal of American Chemical Society, 130 (2008) 2760-2761
Neeruganti O. Gopal, Hsin-Hsi Lo, Shyue-Chu Ke
2.
Low Temperature Kinetics and Energetics of the Electron and Hole Traps in Irradiated TiO2
Nanoparticles as Revealed by EPR Spectroscopy
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110 (2006) 11628-11634
Shyue-Chu Ke, Ting-Chung Wang, Ming-Show Wong, Neeruganti O. Gopal
3.
EPR investigation of TiO2 nanoparticles with temperature-dependent properties.
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110 (2006) 5223-5229
Kumar C.P., Gopal N.O., Wang T.C., Wong M.S., Ke S.C.
4.
Redox chemistry in the reaction of oxovanadium(V) with thiolate containing ligands: The
isolation and characterization of nonoxovanadium(IV) complexes containing disulfide and
thioether groups
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, (2006) 1161-1167
Hua-Fen Hsu, Chia-Ling Su, Neeruganti O. Gopal, Chi-Chin Wu, Wei-Cheng Chu, Yi-Feng
Tsai, Yi-Hung Liu, Ting-Shen Kuo, Shyue-Chu Ke.
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