Journals, Patents, Books/Proceedings, Syposia/Conferences

Decoration of CdS nanoparticles on 3D self-assembled ZnO nanorods: a single-step process with enhanced field emission behavior, SS Warule, NS Chaudhari, RT Shisode, KV Desa, B B Kale*, MA More, CrystEngComm 17 (1), 140-148, 2015.

Solvothermal Synthesis of Photoluminescent ZnO Nanostructures and Its Photocatalytic Application Study, KR Chandrasekhar , JD Ambekar , SB Rane, SS Arbuj, J. Nanoeng. Nanomanuf., 2015, 5, 77-81.

Nanostructured 2D MoS2honeycomb and hierarchical 3D marigold nanoflower of CdMoS4 for hydrogen production under solar light, Sunil R. Kadam, Dattatray J. Late, Rajendra P. Panmand, Milind V. Kulkarni, Latesh K. Nikam, Suresh W. Gosavi, Chan J. Park, Bharat B. Kale, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (2015) 21233.

Synthesis of hierarchical ZnO nanostructure and it’s photocatalytic performance study, D. G. Kumbhar, V. U. Pandit, S. D. Deshmukh, J. D. Ambekar, S. S. Arbuj, S. B. Rane, Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanomanufacturing, 5 (2015) 227.

G. S. Gayathri, K. T. Nithina, K. G. Vasanthakumari, K. M. Blesson, S. Susanth, T. Radhika and N. Raghu, “Defect free carbon tapes as thermal fugitives for multilayer ceramic application”, Advances in Applied Ceramics  114  2 (2015) 87-92.

Synthesis of Hierarchical ZnO Nanostructure and Its Photocatalytic Performance Study, D G Kumbhar, VU Pandit, SD Deshmukh, JD Ambekar, SS Arbuj, SB Rane J. Nanoeng. Nanomanuf. 2015, 5, 227-231.

Hierarchical 3D ZnIn2S4/graphene nano-heterostructures: their in situ fabrication with dual functionality in solar hydrogen production and as anodes for lithium ion batteries S. B. Kale,  R. S. Kalubarme, M. A. Mahadadalkar, H. S. Jadhav,  A. P. Bhirud,   J. D. Ambekar,  C.J.Park . B.B. Kale, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, 17 (2015) 31850.

Enhanced hydrogen production under a visible light source and dye degradation under natural sunlight using nanostructured doped zinc orthotitanates, Latesh Nikam, Rajendra Panmand, Sunil Kadam, Sonali Naik and Bharat Kale, New J. Chem., 2015,39, 3821-3834.

Spectroscopic and morphological studies of  polyaniline (PANI) – carbon nanotubes (CNTs) nanocomposites  synthesized via dynamic, liquid-liquid interfacial polymerization process and its application as optical pH sensor, S.M. Thorat, M. V. Kulkarni,  B. B. Kale, IEEE Explore, (2015) 133.

G. Mondal, M. Acharjya, A. Santra, P. Bera, S. Jana, N. C. Pramanik, A. Mondal and P. Bera, “A new pyrazolyl dithioate function in the precursor for the shape controlled growth of CdS nanocrystals: optical and photocatalytic activities”, New J. Chem., 39 (2015) pp. 9484-9496 (doi: 10.1039/c5nj02274f)

Magnetic and Dielectric Property Studies in Fe- and NiFe-based Polymer Nanocomposites Himani Sharma, Shubham Jain, Pulugurtha Markondeya Raj, K P Murali, Rao Tummala J Electronic Materials October 2015, Volume 44, Issue 10, pp 3819-3826

Hydrogen sensing characteristics of Pt-SnO2 nano-structured composite thin films, S. Rane, S.Arbuj, S. Rane, S. Gosavi, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 26 (2015) 3707.

Synthesis, Characterization and Photocatalytic Activity of Tungsten Oxide Nanostructures, KA Nevase, SS Arbuj, VU Pandit, J D Ambekar, SB Rane, J. Nanoeng. Nanomanuf. 2015, 5, 221-226.

New single source precursor for bismuth sulfide and its use as low-cost counter electrode material for dye-sensitized solar cells, R. Chauhan, K. C. Molloy, G. Kociok-Köhn, D. P. Amalnerkar, A. Kumar, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 430 (2015) 168.

Solar light driven dye degradation using novel organo–inorganic (6,13- pentacenequinone/TiO2) nanocomposite, Vikram U. Pandit, Sudhir S. Arbuj, Yashwant B. Pandit, Sonali D. Naik, Sunit B. Rane, Uttam P. Mulik, Suresh W. Gosavi and Bharat B. Kale*, RSC Adv., 2015,5, 10326-10331.

Controlled Synthesis of Nanosized Polyaniline via Unstirred, Liquid - Liquid Interfacial Polymerization Process: Advantage of Solution Chemistry for Nanostructuring of the Macromolecules, S. M. Thorat, M. V. Kulkarni, G. M. Thorat, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, 9 (2015) 143.

Structural, optical and antibacterial properties of Yttrium doped ZnO nanoparticles, V.D.Mote, Y.Purushotham, R.S.Shinde, B.N.Dole, Cerâmica, 61 (2015) 457-461

Optical and photovoltaic properties of temperature dependent synthesis of ZnO nanobelts, nanoplates and nanorods, N. V. Tellabati, Y. B. Waghadkar, M.D. Shinde, S.W. Gosavi, D. P. Amalnerkar, R. Chauhan, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 19 (2015) 2413.

In-situ preparation of N-TiO 2 /graphene nanocomposite and its enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production by H 2 S splitting under solar light, Ashwini P. Bhirud, Shivaram D. Sathaye, Rupali P. Waichal, Jalindar D. Ambekar, Chan-J. Park and  Bharat B. Kale*, Nanoscale, 2015,7, 5023-5034.

Coupled Semiconductor Nanosystem Based on SnO/SnO 2 Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Applications, A Roy, Y Waghadkar, S Arbuj, G Umarji, M Shinde, R Chauhan, S Gosavi, S Rane, J. Nanoeng. Nanomanuf. 2015, 5, 210-215.

Dye-sensitized solar cells with biferrocenyl antennae having quinoxaline spacers, R. Chauhan, M. Shahid, M. Trivedi, D. P. Amalnerkar, A. Kumar, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 22 (2015) 3700.

Sonoprocessing of LiFePO4 nanoparticles and nanocomposites for cathode material in lithium ion batteries, L.I. Bhagawat, V.S. Patil, B.B. Kale, S.H. Sonawane, B.A. Bhanvase, D.V. Pinjari and M. Ashokkumar, Polymer Composites,1-7. 2015.

Tuning of morphology of conducting polyaniline via static, liquid-liquid interfacial polymerization process and its application for optical pH sensing, S. M. Thorat M. V. Kulkarni, International Polymer Processing, 2 (2015) 243.

Structural and optical properties of Cr doped ZnS nanorods, M.R.Bodke, Y. Purushotham and B.N. Dole, Journal of Ceramic Processing Research, 16 (2015) 601–604

Tuning magnetic behavior of nanoscale cobalt sulphide and its nanocomposite with engineering thermoplastic, N. Rumale, S. Arbuj, G. Umarji, M. Shinde, U. Mulik, P. Joy, D. Amalnerkar, Journal of Materials in Electronics, 44 (2015) 2308.

Green approach for hierarchical nanostructured Ag-ZnO and their photocatalytic performance under sunlight, S S Patil, M. G Mali, M. S Tamboli, D. R Patil, M. V Kulkarni, H. Yoon, H. Kim, S. S Al- Deyab, S. S Yoon, S. S Kolekar, B. B Kale, Catalysis Today, 2015.

Template-free synthesis of Fe 3 O 4 nanorod bundles and their highly efficient peroxidase mimetic activity for the degradation of organic dye pollutants with H 2 O 2, D Bhuyan, SS Arbuj, L Saikia, New J. Chem., 2015,39, 7759-7762

Synthesis, characterization and light harvesting properties of Sb(III) and Bi(III) ferrocenyl dithiocarbamate complexes, R. Chauhan, M. Trivedi, R.Yadav, A. Kumar, D. P. Amalnerkar, S.W. Gosavi, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 150 (2015) 652.

Self-assembled hierarchical nanostructures of Bi2WO6 for hydrogen production and dye degradation under solar light, RP Panmand, YA Sethi, SR Kadam, MS Tamboli, LK Nikam, JD Ambekar, CJ Park, BB Kale*, CrystEngComm 17 (1), 107-115, 2015.

Magnetically separable Ag3PO4/NiFe2O4 composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity, S. S. Patil, M. S. Tamboli, V. G. Deonikar, G. G. Umarji, J. D. Ambekar, S. D. Naik, M. V. Kulkarni, S. S. Kolekar, B.B. Kale, D. R. Patil, Dalton Transactions, 44 (2015) 20426.

Study of microstructure and augmentation of dc electrical resistivity due to Al3+ substitution in Ni-Zn nano ferrite system synthesized via auto combustion, B.Rajesh Babu, K.V.Ramesh, Y.Purushotham, Modern Physics Letters B, 26 (2015) 1550151-16

Hierarchical ZnO nanoflower: A potential energy material synthesized by precipitation route, N. V. Tellabati, M. D. Shinde, R. Chauhan, S. Rane, U. P. Mulik and D. P. Amalnerkar, Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanomanufacturing, 5 (2015) 281.

Effect of Temperature on Optical and Photovoltaic Properties of nc-TiO2 Thin Films for Dye Sensitized Solar Cell, M. T. Sarode, Y. B. Khollam, S. R. Jadkar, B. B Kale., KC Mohite, Advanced Materials Research, 2015, 1110, 207-210.

Hydrogen sensing characteristics of Pt–SnO 2 nano-structured composite thin films, S. Rane, S. Gosavi, S. Arbuj, S. Rane, J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 2015, 26, 3707-3716.

Photocatalytic activity of TiO2 synthesized by using different surfactants via precipitation route, A. Gupta, P. Srivastava, P. V. Adhyapak, L. Bahadur, R. Chauhan, Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanomanufacturing, 5 (2015) 96.

Hierarchical CdS Nanostructure by Lawesson‘s Reagent and its Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production, VU Pandit, SS Arbuj, RR Hawaldar, PV Kshirsagar, AJ Deshmukh, JD Ambekar, UP Mulik, SW Gosavi, BB Kale*, RSC Advances, 5, 13715-13721, 2015.

Influence of dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid doping on structural, morphological, electrical and optical properties on polypyrrole/3C-SiC nanocomposites, S.Shrikrushna, J. A. Kher, M.V. Kulkarni, Journal of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology, 6 (2015) 1.

Effect of doping on structural, physical, morphological and optical properties of Zn1-xMnxO nano-particles, V.D. Mote, J.S.Dargad, Y. Purushotham and B.N. Dole, Ceramics International, 41 (2015) 15153-15161

Synthesis of cobalt oxide nanostructures by microwave assisted solvothermal technique using binary solvent system, M. Shinde, N. Qureshi, S. Rane, U. Mulik, D. Amalnerkar, Physical Chemistry Communications, 2 (2015) 1.

Superior Dielectric Performance of Engineering Thermoplastic as a Result of In situ Embedding of Nanoscale Mixed-Phase Molybdenum Oxide, N. Qureshi, M. Shinde, R. Ratheesh, A. Bhalerao, B. Kale, U. Mulik, D. P Amalnerkar, Journal of Electronic Materials, 2015, 44, 2269-2276.

Evolution of Dielectric and Ferroelectric Relaxor States in Al³⁺ -doped BaTiO₃ , K.Vani and V.Kumar, AIP Advances 5,027135(2015)

Tuning Magnetic Behavior of Nanoscale Cobalt Sulfide and Its Nanocomposite with an Engineering Thermoplastic, N Rumale, S Arbuj, G Umarji, M Shinde, U Mulik, P Joy, D Amalnerkar, Journal of Electronic Materials, 2015, 44(7), 2308-2311.

Template-free synthesis of Fe3O4 nanorod bundles and their highly efficient peroxidase mimetic activity for the degradation of organic dye pollutants with H2O2, D. Bhuyan, S. S. Arbuj, L.Saikia, New Journal of Chemistry, 39 (2015) 7759.

Hierarchical ZnO nanoflower: A potential energy material synthesized by precipitation route, N. V. Tellabati, M. D. Shinde, R. Chauhan, S. B. Rane, U. P. Mulik D. P. Amalnerkar, J. Nanoengineering and Nanomanufacturing, 5 (2015) 281.

Effect of cation/anion co-doping on the photocatalytic performance of Na3SbO(PO4)2; Radha Velchuri, Ramaswamy Kadari, G. Ravi, N. R. Munirathnam, and M. Vithal, Journal of Inorganic and General Chemistry 641, issue 5, (2015) 935-940.

Magnetically separable Ag3PO4/NiFe2O4 composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity, S. S. Patil, M. S. Tamboli, V. G. Deonikar, G. G. Umarji, J. D. Ambekar, S. D. Naik, M. V. Kulkarni, S. S. Kolekar, B.B. Kale, D. R. Patil, Dalton Transactions, 44 (2015) 20426.

Pulsed laser deposition and optical band gap engineering in multinary transparent conducting oxide thinfilms, P.Jayaram, P.P.Pradyumnan, S.Zh.Karazhanov, R.J.Choudary, S.N.Potty, MaterialsScienceinSemiconductorProcessing31(2015)624–629

Structural and optical studies of Cr doped ZnO Nanocrystals, M.R.Bodke, Y. Purushotham and B.N. Dole, International Journal of Chemistry, 4 (2015) 251-258

Coupled semiconductor nanosystem based on sno/sno2 nanocomposites for photocatalytic applications, A. Roy, Y. Waghadkar, S. Arbuj, G. Umarji, M. Shinde, R. Chauhan, S. Gosavi, S. Rane, Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanomanufacturing, 5 (2015) 210.

In situ preparation of N–ZnO/graphene nanocomposites: excellent candidate as a photocatalyst for enhanced solar hydrogen generation and high performance supercapacitor electrode, Ashwini Bhirud, Shivaram Sathaye, Rupali Waichal, Chan-Jin Park, Bharat Kale, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 17050-17063.