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डॉ सुजाता देवी पी

Dr.Sujatha Devi P

P. Sujatha Devi, a native of Kayamkulam, Kerala is a first rank holder of M.Sc Chemistry 1985 from M.G. University, Kottayam (Department of Chemistry, St.Berchmans College, Changanassery).She received Ph.D in Chemistry from the department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1991. Dr.Devi joined as a scientist in CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata, in 1997 and became Senior Principal Scientist in 2012. She has done her post-doctoral studies at CUNY, New York and SUNY, Stony Brook, USA. She was heading the Functional Materials and Devices Division at CGCRI before joining NIIST. She has been leading a very active research group in CGCRI and has been working in the area of processing and characterization of functional materials for applications ranging from fuel cell, solar cell, chemical and biosensors and nano materials for drug delivery applications. She is a recipient of many awards like Rheometric Scientific-ITAS National Award from the Indian Thermal Analysis Society in co-operation with Rheometric Scientific,UK., Lakshmi Gold Medal from Indian Association of Solid State Chemists and Allied Scientists. P. K. Kunju Sahib Memorial Award for Excellence in Chemistry from MSM College. Kayamkulam, Kerala, MRSI Medal from Materials Research Society of India in 2010, R. L. Thakur Memorial Award from the Indian Ceramic Society, MRSI-ICSC Superconductivity & Materials Science Annual Prize in 2017 and Chemical Research Society of India Bronze Medal in 2018 for her contributions in the area of materials science, chemical science and nanoscience and technology. She is an elected Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. In 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry has selected her as one among 100 women of Chemistry authors in a themed collection of celebrating excellence in Chemistry.

Thirteen students have been awarded PhD under her guidance and many are currently pursuing Ph.D with her at CGCRI, Kolkata.  She has also mentored many prestigious post-doctoral fellows at CGCRI. She has authored or co-authored around 125 SCI journal publications that are extensively cited, three book chapters and three patents. Dr. Devi has contributed immensely in many R&D areas in the form of leading many projects of national importance related to chemical sciences and materials science and technology. During her career as a scientist she has also visited many countries such as USA, Japan, Italy, Singapore, Kuwait and Bangladesh.

She has served in the Executive Council of Indian Thermal Analysis Society and Society for Materials Chemistry.  Currently, Dr. Devi is a council member of Chemical Research Society of India, Materials Research Society of India, Indian Ceramic Society, and West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology.

Dr. P. Sujatha Devi joined CSIR-NIIST on 4th March 2019 and is attached to the Chemical Sciences and Technology Division.

Professional Experience
  • Senior Principal Scientist, NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, March 2019 - Till Date
  • Senior Principal Scientist, CGCRI, Kolkata, May 2012-February 2019
  • Principal Scientist, CGCRI, Kolkata, 2008-2012
  • Scientist B-E1, CGCRI, Kolkata, 1997-2008
  • Research Scientist, City University of New York/State University of New York, USA, 1997-1999
  • Pool Officer (CSIR), CGCRI, Kolkata, 1996-1997
  • Post-doctoral Research Associate, City University of New York, USA, 1994-1996
  • Research Associate (CSIR), CGCRI, Kolkata, 1992-1993
Achievements & Awards

Awards and Honours

  • Selected as one among 100 women  of  Chemistry authors by Royal Society of Chemistry (2018).
  • Chemical Research Society of India, Bronze Medal (2018) for contributions in the field of chemical sciences and technology.
  • MRSI-ICSC Superconductivity & Materials Science Annual Prize (2017) for contributions in the area of materials science and technology.
  • K. Kunju Sahib award for Excellence in Chemistry (2010) from MSM College, Kayamkulam, Kerala.
  • MRSI Medal (2008): Awarded by the Materials Research Society of India for contributions in the field of Materials research.
  • Lakshmi Gold Medal (2005): Awarded by the Indian Association of Solid State Chemists and Allied Scientists (ISCAS) for contributions in the field of Solid State Chemistry.
  • Rheometric Scientific-ITAS National Award (1998): Awarded by the Indian Thermal Analysis Society in co-operation with Rheometric Scientific, UK.
  • R. L. Thakur Memorial National Award for Young Scientists (1997): Awarded by the Indian Ceramic Society for contributions in the field of Materials Science.
  • First Rank with Distinction (1985) at the MSc. Final Examination of Gandhiji University (Now Mahatma Gandhi University) Kerala, India.
  • T. Chacko Memorial Award (1985) for Securing the First Rank in the MSc Examination Awarded by St. Berchmans’ College, Changanacherry, Kerala, India.
  • National Merit Scholarship (1983-1985): Awarded by the Government of India.

Professional Recognitions (National)

  • Fellow, West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology, 2012.
  • Council Member, Materials Research Society of India (2015-2022).
  • Council Member, Indian Ceramic Society (2015-2020).
  • Council Member, Chemical Research Society of India (2017-2020).
  • Council Member, West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology, (2017-2019)
  • Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences (MNASc) Allahabad, India (2007).
  • Who’s Who in Thermal Analysis, Compiled by Springer 2015.
  • Council Member, DNA Society of India (2015-2018).
  • Secretary, MRSI, Kolkata Chapter (2010-2018).
  • Secretary, DNA Society of India (2015-2017).
  • Council Member, Society for Materials Chemistry(2013-2016)
  • Council Member, Indian Thermal Analysis Society, (2005-2012)
  • Member, Materials Science Section of the Indian Science Congress Association (2010).
  • Group Chairman of the Solid State Electrochemistry Group of the Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology, CECRI Campus, Karaikkudi (2009).

Professional Recognitions (International)

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), UK, London, 2017
  • Member, American Chemical Society, three year membership award (2015-2017)
  • Member, American Ceramic Society (2015-2018)
  • Editor, Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society, Taylor Francis Journal (2015-2018)
  • Co-chair, Theme Symposium on Glass, IUMRS-ICAM-2013 during 16-20 December 2013 at Bangalore.
  • Co-chair, Theme Symposium on Sensor Materials, IUMRS-ICAM-2007 held at Bangalore in October 2007.
  • Session chair, AsiaNANO2008 conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, held at Biopolis, Singapore 2008.
  • Session chair, on Energy Materials at IUMRS-ICAM 2007, 8-13th October 2007.
Patents & Publications

Patents:

Number of Patents Granted/Applied:  3

  • Sujatha Devi, J. Margolis, J. B. Parise, C.P. Grey, S. Sampath, H. Herman and R. Gambino, Direct synthesis and single step deposition of luminescent  films through a precursor plasma spraying technique: US Patent application No. 60/253,255.Dated 27/11/2000.
  • Kumar, P. Sujatha Devi A. Das Sharma, J, Mukhopadhyay and H. S. Maiti, A process for the continuous production of sinteractive lanthanum chromite based oxides. Patent Number: 283758 sealed 30-05-2017.
  • Kumar, P. Sujatha Devi, and H. S. Maiti, A process for making lanthanum chromite dense products particularly suitable for application in solid oxide fuel cells, Patent Number: 270189 sealed on 30-11-2015.

Publications:

  • Partha Pratim Das, Yongjae Lee*, Sudeshna Samanta, Lin Wang, Jaeyong Kim, Thomas Vogt, P. Sujatha Devi, Pressure-induced Redistribution of Native Defects and Ultraviolet- Photoresponse in ZnO, RSC Advances,  2019, 4303-4313
  • Abhishek Sasmal, Shrabanee Sen and P. Sujatha Devi, Role of Suppressed Oxygen Vacancy in BiFeO3 Nanofiller to Improve the Polar Phase and Multifunctional Performance of Poly(vinylidene fluoride), Physical Chem.Chem.Phys.2019, 21, 5974-5988.

2018

  • Anurag Roy, Soumita Mukhopadhyay and Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi*, Polyaniline Layered Rutile TiO2 Nanorod as an Alternative Photoanode in Dye Sensitized Solar Cell, 2018, ACS Omega 3, 7494-7507.
  • Prabhakaran Selvaraj, Anurag Roy, Habib Ullah, Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi, Asif Ali Tahir, Tapas Kumar Mallick and Senthilarasu Sundaram, Soft-Template Synthesis of High Surface Area Mesoporous TiO2 for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, 2018,  International Journal of Energy Research, 2018, 1-12.
  • Anurag Roy, Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi*, S. Karazhanov, D. Mamedov, T.K. Mallick and Senthilarasu Sundaram, A review on applications of Cu2ZnSnS4 as alternative counter electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells, 2018, AIP Advances, 8, 070701.
  • Srikrishna Pramanik, Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Gopinatha Suresh Kumar* and Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi*, Egg-shell derived carbon dots for base pair selective DNA binding and recognition, 2018, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 20, 20476-20488.
  • Arindam Saha* and Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi*, Surface Functionalized Multifunctional Gd2O3-Fluorescein Composite Nanorods for Redox Responsive Drug Delivery and Imaging Applications, 2018, ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 1, 2898-2911.
  • Partha Pratim Das,  Srikrishna Pramanik, Anurag Roy, Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Arindam Saha, Parukuttyamma  Sujatha Devi*  and  Gopinatha  Suresh Kumar, Multifunctional Carbon Nanoparticles from Queen of Oil and their Application 2018, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 6, 10127-10139.
  • Sumita Das, Soumita Mukhopadhyay, Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi* and Gopinatha Suresh Kumar § Fluorescent ZnO-Au Nanocomposite as a DNA Specific Spectroscopic Platform, 2018, ACS Omega, 3, 7494-7507.
  • Sumita Das and P. Sujatha Devi*, A Typical Nano-Bio Interaction of Cu doped ZnO Nanoparticles with Escherichia coli DNA, 2018, Materials Today: Proceedings, 5, 9706-9714.
  • Subas Chandra Mohanta, Arindam Saha and P. Sujatha Devi*, PEGylated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for pH Responsive Drug Delivery Application, 2018, Materials Today: Proceedings, 5, 9715-9725.
  • Payel Maiti, Manjima Bhattacharya, Pradip Sekhar Das, Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi, Anoop Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indentation size effect and energy balance issues in nanomechanical behavior of ZTA ceramics, 2018, Ceramic International, 44, 9753-9772.
  • Anurag Roy, Prabhakaran Selvaraj, Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi* and Senthilarasu Sundaram*, 2018, Morphology tuned BaSnO3 active layer for ambient Perovskite Solar Cells, 2018, Materials Letters, 219, 166-169.
  • Anurag Roy, Partha Pratim Das, Prabhakaran Selvaraj, Senthilarasu Sundaram* and Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi*, Perforated BaSnO3 Nanorods Exhibiting Enhanced Efficiency in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, 2018, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 6, 3299-3310.
  • Partha Pratim Das, Anurag Roy, Shruti Agarkar and Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi*, Hydrothermally Synthesized Fluorescent Zn2SnO4 Nanoparticles for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells 2018, Dyes and Pigments, 154, 303-313.
  • Sumita Das, Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Srikrishna Pramanik, Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi* and Gopinatha Suresh Kumar*, A New Insights into the Interaction of ZnO with Calf Thymus DNA Through Surface Defects, 2018, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B, 178, 339-347.

2017

  • M. Majumder, I. Biswas, P. Roy (Kundu), A. K. Chakraborty, P. S. Devi, and N. R. Bandopadhyay,  Piezoelectric Behaviour of Flexible ZnO-Paper Nanocomposite, 2017, Sensor Letters, 15, 531-535.
  • Debabrata Maiti, Soumita Mukhopadhyay and Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi*, Evaluation of Mechanism on Selective, Rapid and Superior Adsorption of Congo Red by Reusable Mesoporous ?-Fe2O3 Nanorod, 2017, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 5,11255-11267.
  • Srikrishna Pramanik, Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi,*  Development of N and S Heteroatom Co-doped Stable Dual Emitting Carbon Ink in Aqueous Media for Sensing Application, 2017, New Journal of Chemistry,41, 10851-10859. 
  • Arindam Saha, Subas Chandra Mohanta, Kashmiri Deka, Pritam Deb, Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi*, Surface Engineered Multifunctional Eu:Gd2O3 Nanoplates for Targeted and pH Responsive Drug Delivery and Multimodal Imaging, 2017,  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9(4) 4126-4141.
  • Anurag Roy, Partha Pratim Das, MuktaTathavadekar, Sumita Das and Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi*, Performance of colloidal CdS sensitized solar cells with ZnOnanorods/nanoparticles, 2017, Beilstein J. of Nanotechnol., 8 (1), 210-22.
  • Sumita Das, SrikrishnaPramanik, SabyasachiChatterjee, Partha Pratim Das, Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi* and Gopinatha Suresh Kumar, Selective Binding of Genomic Escherichia coli DNA with ZnO Leads to White Light Emission: A New Aspect of Nano-Bio Interaction and Interface, 2017, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (1), 644–657.
  • Pratanu Nag, Partha Pratim Das, Anurag Roy and Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi*, Iron antimonate quantum dots exhibiting tunable visible light emission, 2017, New J. Chem., 41, 1436-1446.
  • Partha Pratim Das, Anurag Roy, MuktaTathavadekar and Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi*, Photovoltaic and photocatalytic performance of electrospun Zn2SnO4 hollow fibers, 2017, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 203, 692-703.

2016

  • OluwaseunAdedokun, Anurag Roy, Ayodeji O. Awodugba and P. Sujatha Devi*, Fluorescent carbon nanoparticles from citrus sinensis as efficient sorbents for pollutant dyes, Luminescence, 2016, 32 (1), 62-70.
  • Soumita Mukhopadhyay, Debabrata Maiti,SabyasachiChatterjee,Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi*and Gopinatha Suresh Kumar, Design and application of Au decorated ZnO/TiO2as a stable photocatalyst for wide spectral coverage, 2016, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 31622-31633.
  • Soumita Mukhopadhyay, Debabrata Maiti, ArindamSaha, and Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi*, Shape Transition of TiO2Nanocube to Nanospindle Embedded on Reduced Graphene Oxide with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity, 2016, Cryst. Growth Design, 16, 6922-6932
  • Partha Pratim Das*, Anurag Roy and Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi*, Zn2SnO4 as an Alternative Photoanode for Dye SensitizedSolar Cells: Current Status and Future Scope, 2016, Trans. Ind. Ceram. Soc., 75(3), 1-8.
  • SrikrishnaPramanik, SabyasachiChatterjee, ArindamSaha, Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi* and Gopinatha SureshKumar, A label Free Detection of Double Stranded DNA using Silver Nanoparticles, 2016, J. Phys. Chem. B, 120, 5313-5323.
  • Anurag Roy, Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Srikrishna Pramanik Parukuttyamma  Sujatha Devi* (2016)  and Gopinatha Suresh  Kumar,  Selective and Sensitive Detection of  Escherichia coli DNA by  Fluorescent Carbon Nanostructures, Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys., 18,  12270-12277.
  • D. Ghosh, K. Biswas, L. Balaji, Partha Pratim Das, P. Sujatha Devi and K. Annapurna, ‘A revisit on Solar Cell: Generation of Electricity by Harvesting Sunlight. Science and Culture, 2016, 81(11-12), 337-347.
  • Debabrata Maiti,  Arindam Saha and P. Sujatha Devi*(2016) Surface Functionalized Multifunctional ZnFe2O4 Nanoparticles as a Dual Carrier of Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Anti-Cancer Drug Molecules, Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys.,18, 1439-1450.
  • Partha Pratim Das, Anurag Roy Sumita Das and P.  Sujatha Devi  ?(2016) Enhanced Stability of Zn2SnO4 with N719, N3 and EosinY Dye Molecules for DSSC Application, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 1429-1438.

2015

  • Pratanu Nag and P. Sujatha Devi, (2015) SnO2 Based Ceramics for Hydrogen Sensors: Current Status and Perspectives, Transactions of the Indian Ceram. Society, 74, 3, 129- 147.
  • Partha  Pratim Das,   S. Mukhopadhyay, Shruti Agarkar,  Arpita Jana and P. Sujatha Devi* (2015)    Photochemical performance of ZnO nanostructurs in dye sensitized solar cells, Solid State Sciences, 48, 237-243.
  • Debabrata Maiti, S. Mukhopadhyay, Subas Chandra Mohanta, Arindam Saha and P.  Sujatha Devi* (2015) A multifunctional nanocomposite of magnetic ?-Fe2O3 and mesoporous fluorescent ZnO, J. Alloys. Compounds, 653, 187-194.
  • S. Mukhopadhyay, I. Mondal, U. Pal and P. Sujatha Devi* (2015) Fabrication of Hierarchical ZnO/CdS Heterostructured Nanocomposites for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution from Solar Water Splitting, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.,17, 20407-20415.
  • Srikrishna Pramanik,   Arindam Saha, P.  Sujatha Devi* (2015) Metal nanoparticles immobilized egg shell membrane as an inexpensive environment Friendly solid platform for removal of dyes from water, RSc Adv., 5, 33946-33954.
  • S. Banerjee, P. Nag, S. Majumdar and P. Sujatha Devi* (2015) High butane sensitivity and selectivity exhibited by combustion synthesized SnO2 nanoparticles, Mater. Res. Bull. 65, 216-223.
  • D. Maiti and P. Sujatha Devi* (2015) An interesting observation on concentration dependent selective formation of iron oxide and oxyhydroxide nanoparticles at room temperature, Mater. Chem. Phys. 154, 144-151.
  • D. Maiti, A. Aravindan, M. Srinivasan and P. Sujatha Devi* (2015) Electrochemical performance of hematite nanoparticles derived from    spherical maghemite and elongated goethite particles, J. Power Sources 276, 291-298.
  • S. Mukhopadhyay,  P. P. Das, S. Maity, P. Ghosh and  P. Sujatha Devi*  (2015) Solution grown ZnO rods: Synthesis, characterization and defect mediated photocatalytic activity, Applied Catalysis B . Environmental, 65, 128-138.

2014

  • P. P.Das and P. Sujatha Devi* (2014) Formation of self-assembled defect free Zn2SnO4 nanostructures from binary oxides without Kirkendall effect, Inorg. Chem. 53(20), 10797–10799.
  • A. Jana, S. Ghosh, P. Sujatha Devi, N. R. Bandyopadhyay and M. Ray  (2014) Unusual charge transport through defect free n-ZnO flower  on Au coated macroporous p-Si, J. Mater. Chem. C 2, 9613-9619.
  • S. Majumdar, P.  Nag, and P. Sujatha Devi* (2014) Enhanced performance of CNT/SnO2 thick film gas sensors, Mat. Chem. Phys. 147, 79-85.
  • P. Nag, S. Majumdar, A.Bumajdad and P. Sujatha Devi* (2014) Enhanced gas sensing performance of Tin dioxide based nanoparticles towards a wide range of concentration of hydrogen gas, RSC Adv. 14, 18512-18521.
  • P. P Das, S. A. Agarkar, S. Mukhopadhyay, U. Manju, S. B. Ogale and  P. Sujatha Devi* (2014)  Defects in chemically synthesized and thermally processed ZnO nanorods:implications for active layer properties in dye densitized solar cells,  Inorg. Chem. 53, 3961–3972.
  • A. Jana, P. P. Das,  S.A. Agarkar and P. Sujatha Devi* (2014)  A comparative study on the dye sensitized solar cell performance of solution processed ZnO nanostructures, Solar Energy 102, 143-151.
  • D Maiti, U. Manju, V. Srihari  and  P. Sujatha Devi* (2013)  Phase evolution of iron oxides through hydrazine addition under sonication process, Crystal Growth Design 13(8), 3637-3644.
  • S. Mondal, M. Hossain,  P. Sujatha Devi, G. S. Kumar and  K. Chowdhuri (2013) Interaction of carbon nanoparticles with serum albumin: spectroscopic and thermodynamic studies,  J. Hazard. Mater.  248-249, 238-245.
  • A.Jana,  P. Sujatha Devi, A. Mitra and  N. R. Bandyopadhyay (2013) Synthesis of blue emitting ZnO nanorods exhibiting room temperature ferromagnetism, Mater. Chem. Phys.139, 431-436., Highlighted in Nature India: doi:10.1038/nindia.2013.66; Published online 21 May 2013.
  • S. Basu, P. Sujatha Devi,  and N. R. Bandyopadhyay (2013) Sintering and densification behavior of pure and alkaline earth (Ba2+, Sr2+and Ca2+) substituted La2Mo2O9, J. Euro. Ceram. Soc. 33, 79-85.
  • S. Basu, P. Sujatha Devi, H. S. Maiti, and N. R. Bandyopadhyay (2013)  Synthesis, thermal and electrical analysis of alkaline earth doped lanthanum molybdate, Solid State Ionics 231,  87–93.
  • P. Sujatha Devi*, S. Banerjee, S. Roy Chowdhury and G. S. Kumar (2012) Facile in-situ synthesis of metal nanoparticles by chicken egg shell membrane induced bioreduction,  RSC Adv. 2,  11578- 11585.
  • P. Nag, S. Banerjee, Y.Lee, A. Bumajdad, Y. Lee and P. Sujatha Devi* (2011)  Sonochemical synthesis and properties of nanoparticles of FeSbO4, Inorg. Chem. 51, 844-850.
  • A.Jana, N. R. Bandyopadhyay and P. Sujatha Devi* (2011) Formation and assembly of water lilly type ZnO flowers, Solid State Sci. 13, 1633-1637.
  • S. Banerjee, A. Bumajdad and P. Sujatha Devi* (2011) Nanoparticles of antimony doped tin dioxide as a liquid petroleum gas sensor: Effect of size on sensitivity, Nanotechnology 22, 275506-275513.
  • S. Banerjee, A. Kumar and P. Sujatha Devi* (2011) Preparation of nanoparticles of oxides by citrate-nitrate process-Effect of metal ions on the thermal decomposition characteristics, J .Thermal Anal. Calorim. 104, 859-867.
  • S. Banerjee, K. Priolkar and P. Sujatha Devi* (2011) Enhanced ionic conductivity in an otherwise poorly conducting Ce0.90Ca0.10O2-d system, Inorg. Chem. 50, 711-713.
  • A.Kumar and P. Sujatha Devi* (2011) New cathode compositions based on La0.84Sr0.16Mn1-xMxO3, where M= Al, Ga for solid oxide fuel cell, Mater. Res. Bull. 46, 303-307.
  • D. Choudhury, A. Venimadhav, C. Kakarla, K.T. Delaney, P. Sujatha Devi, P. Mondal, R. Nirmala,1 J. Gopalakrishnan,1 N.A. Spaldin, U. V. Waghmare, and D. D. Sarma (2010) Electric and magnetic polarizabilities of hexagonal Ln2CuTiO6 (Ln=Y, Dy, Ho, Er and Yb),  Phys. Rev. B. 82, 134203-134209.
  • S. Majumdar and P. Sujatha Devi, Synthesis of SnO2 nanoparticles using ultrasonication (2010) Advanced Nanomatrials and Nanotechnology  AIP Conference Proceedings   Volume: 1276  pp 1-7.
  • P. Sujatha Devi, A. Kumar, D. Bhattacharya, S. Karmakar and B.K. Chaudhuri (2010) Correlation between electroresistance and extrinsic magnetoresistancein fine-grained La0.7Ca0.3MnO3, Jap. J. Appl. Phys. 49, 083001.
  • S. Banerjee and P. Sujatha Devi* (2010) Towards achieving nano-structured sintered ceramics with high stability for SOFC applications: Ce1–xMxO2–d, M = Gd, Sm: interesting examples, Int. J. Nanotechnol. 7, 1150-1165.
  • D. Choudhury,A. Venimadhav, C. Kakarla, K. T. Delaney, P. Sujatha Devi, P. Mondal, R. Nirmala, J. Gopalakrishnan, N. A. Spaldin, U. V. Waghmare, and D. D. Sarma (2010) Unusual dielectric response in B-site size-disordered hexagonal transition metal oxides,  Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 162903.
  • A. Prakash, S. Mazumdar, P. Sujatha Devi and A. Sen (2009) Polycarbonate membrane assisted growth of pyramidal SnO2 particles, J. Membrane. Sci. 326, 388-391.
  • J. Ahmed, S. Vaidya, T. Ahmad, P. Sujatha Devi, D. Das and A.K. Ganguli, (2008) Tin dioxide nanoparticles: Reverse micellar synthesis and gas sensing properties, Mater. Res. Bull., 43, 264-271.
  • S. Banerjee, P. Sujatha Devi* (2008) Understanding the effect of calcium on the properties of Ceria prepared by a mixed fuel process, Solid State Ionics 179, 661–669.
  • S. Mazumdar, S. Chakraborty, P. Sujatha Devi, A. Sen (2008) Room temperature synthesis of nanocrystalline SnO through sonochemical route, Mater. Lett. 62, 1249-1251.
  • P. Sujatha Devi* and S. Banerjee (2008) Search for New Oxide Ion Conducting Materials in the Ceria Family of Oxides- Ionics, 14, 73-78.
  • S. Banerjee, P. Sujatha Devi*, D. Topwal, S. Mandal, and S. R. Krishnakumar (2007) Enhanced ionic conductivity in Ce0.8Sm0.2O1.9: unique effect of calcium co-doping. Adv. Funct.  Mater. 17, 2847-2854.
  • R. Mazumdar, P. Sujatha Devi, D. Bhattachrya, P. Choudhury, M. Raja and A. Sen (2007) Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 062510.
  • S.Banerjee, P. Sujatha Devi* (2007) Sinter-active nanocrystalline CeO2 powder prepared by a mixed fuel process: Effect of fuel on particle agglomeration, J. Nanopart. Res.  9, 1097-1107.
  • S. Banerjee, P. Sujatha Devi* (2007) Effect of citrate-nitrate ratio on the thermal decomposition characteristics of alumina. J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. 90, 699-706.
  • B. G. Ravi, S. Sampath, R. Gambino, P. Sujatha Devi, and J. B. Parise (2006) Plasma spray synthesis from precursors: progress, issues and considerations. J. Therm. Spray Techn. 15, 701-707.
  • A. Kumar, P. Sujatha Devi* and H. S. Maiti (2006) Effect of metal ion concentration on the synthesis and properties of La0.84Sr0.16MnO3 cathode material, J. Power Sources 161, 79-86.
  • S. Basu, P. Sujatha Devi*, H. S. Maiti, Y. Lee and J. C. Hanson (2006) Lanthanum molybdenum oxide: Low temperature synthesis and characterization, J. Mater. Res. 21, 1133-1140.
  • S. Basu, P. Sujatha Devi*, and H. S. Maiti (2005) Nb-doped La2Mo2O9: A new material with high ionic conductivity, J. Electrochem. Soc. 152, A2143-A2147.
  • T Nagai, D. Hamane, P. Sujatha Devi, N. Miyajima, T. Yagi, T. Yamanaka, K. Fujino (2005)  A  new polymorph  of  FeAlO3 at  high pressure, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 18226-18229.
  • S. Basu, A. Chakraborty, P. Sujatha Devi*, and H. S. Maiti (2005) Electrical conduction in nano structured La0.9Sr0.1Al0.85Co0.05Mg0.1O3 perovskite oxide, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 88, 2110-2113.
  • X. Z. Guo, B. G. Ravi, P. Sujatha Devi, J. C. Hanson, J. Margolies, R. J. Gambino, J. B. Parise, and S. Sampath (2005) Synthesis of yttrium iron garnet (YIG) by citrate–nitrate gel combustion and precursor plasma spray processes, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 295(2), 145-154.
  • A. Kumar, P. Sujatha Devi*, A. D. Sharma and H. S. Maiti (2005) A novel spray pyrolysis technique to produce nanocrystalline lanthanum strontium manganite powder, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 88, 971-973.
  • A. Kumar, P. Sujatha Devi*, and H. S. Maiti (2004) A novel approach to develop dense lanthanum calcium chromite sintered ceramics with very high conductivity, Chem. Mater. 16, 5562-5563.
  • D. Bhattacharya, P. Sujatha Devi, and H. S. Maiti (2004) Orbital order-disorder transition in La1-xNdxMnO3 (x = 0.0-1.0) and La1-x-yNdxSryMnO3 (x = 0.1; y = 0.05, 0.1) Phys. Rev. B 70, 184415(1-4).
  • S. Basu, P. Sujatha Devi*, and H. S. Maiti (2004) Synthesis and properties of nanocrystalline ceria powders. J.  Mater.  Res. 19, 3162-3171.
  • S. Basu, P. Sujatha Devi*, and H. S. Maiti (2004) A potential oxide ion conducting material La2-xBaxMo2O9. Appl. Phys. Letts. 85, 3486-3488.
  • X. Guo, P. Sujatha Devi, B. G. Ravi, J. B. Parise, S. Sampath and J. C. Hanson (2004) Phase evolution of yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) in a citrate-nitrate gel combustion process. J. Mater. Chem. 14, 1288-1292.
  • P. Sujatha Devi* and D. Ganguli (2004) Vanadia-silica xerogels: optical and structural properties.  J. Non-Cryst. Solids 336(2), 138-134.
  • D. Sunil, P. Sujatha Devi, J. Dong, A. W. McQuade, E. A. Mendoza and H. D. Gafney  (2003) Integrated optics: A new focus  for inorganic chemistry. Comments Inorg. Chem. 24, 69-136.
  • M. H. Yu., P. Sujatha Devi, L. H. Lewis, P. Gouma, J. B.  Parise, and R. J. Gambino (2003) Towards a magnetic core-shell nanostructure: A novel Y3Fe5O12–CrO2 composite made by a citrate-nitrate auto-ignition process. Mater. Sci. Eng. B 103, 262-270.
  • M. H. Yu., P. Sujatha Devi, L. H. Lewis, S. Sampath, J. B.  Parise, and R. J. Gambino (2003) Novel synthesis and magnetocaloric assessment of functional oxide perovskites. Mater. Sci. Eng. B, 97, 245-250.
  • P. K. Biswas, P. Sujatha Devi, P. K. Chakraborty, A. Chatterjee, M. P. Kamath, A. S. Joshi and D. Ganguli (2003) Laser damage resistant antireflective (AR) coatings of porous silica on glass by sol-gel processing. J. Mater. Sci. Letts. 22, 181-183.
  • P. Sujatha Devi* and D. Ganguli (2002) V-doped silica gel: A new band pass filter for use in the visible region. J. Mater. Sci. Letts. 21, 1769-1771.
  • P. Sujatha Devi, Y. Lee, J. Margolis, J. B.  Parise, S. Sampath, H. Herman and J. C. Hanson (2002) Comparison of citrate-nitrate gels combustion and precursor plasma spray process for the synthesis of yittrium aluminum garnet. J. Mater. Res. 17, 2846-2851.
  • P. Sujatha Devi, J. Margolis, J. B. Parise, C.P. Grey, S. Sampath, H. Herman and H. D. Gafney (2002) Single step deposition of Eu-doped Y2O3 phosphor coatings through a precursor plasma spraying technique. J. Mater. Res.  17, 2771-2774.
  • Y. L. Soo, G. Kioseoglou, S. Kim, Y. H. Kao, P. Sujatha Devi, J. Parise, R. J. Gambino and P. I. Gouma (2002) Local environment surrounding magnetic impurity atom in a structural phase transition of Co-doped TiO2 nanocrystal ferromagnetic semiconductor. Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 655-657.
  • J. Dong, P. Sujatha Devi., D. Sunil., E. Mendoza and H. D. Gafney (2002) Photochemistry of trimethyl tin iodide in polar media: orbital parentage and observed reactivity. Inorg. Chem. 41, 11-18.
  • P. Sujatha Devi, M. Chatterjee and D. Ganguli (2002) Indium tin oxide nano-particles through an emulsion technique. Mater. Lett. 55, 205-210.
  • P. Sujatha Devi, J. Margolis, H. Liu, J. B, Parise, C. P Grey, S. Sampath, P. Gouma, and H. Herman, (2001) Deposition and characterization of Y3Al5O12 (YAG) films and powders by plasma spray synthesis; Materials Research Society, Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials, Vol. III, 2001, vol.6, 29, page 1-6.
  • P. Sujatha Devi*, J. Margolis, H. Liu, C. P Grey, S. Sampath, H. Herman, and J. B. Parise (2001) Yittrium aluminium garnet (YAG) films through a precursor plasma spraying technique. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 84[8], 1906-1908.

Publications 2001 and beyond

Membership
  • DNA Society of India (DSI), (2010)
  • Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (2009)
  • Society for Materials Chemistry (2009)
  • Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology (2009)
  • Chemical Research Society of India (2005)
  • Indian Council of Chemists (2005)
  • Indian Association of Solid State Chemists & Allied Scientists (1999)
  • Material Research Society of India (1998)
  • Indian Science Congress Association (1998)
  • Optical Society of India (1997)
  • Indian Ceramic Society (1997)
  • Indian Thermal Analysis Society (1993)
Academic Qualification

B.Sc. (1983, Chemistry), University of Kerala
M.Sc. (1985, Chemistry), M. G. University, Kottayam (First Rank)
Ph.D. (Inorganic Chemistry, 1991), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Group

Students

Aneesha

 

 Ms.Aneesha V. P. 
Designation : KSCSTE-JRF
Email : vpaneeshavp@gmail.com
Soumallya

 

 Mr.Soumallya Banerjee 
Designation : DST-INSPIRE Fellow
Email : banerjeesoumallya@gmail.com

 
Manikandan

 

 Mr.Manikandan M. 
Designation : UGC-JRF
Email : manikandanm7788@gmail.com

 
Swathy

 

 Ms.Swathy Lekshmy V. S. 
Designation : DST-INSPIRE Fellow
Email : swathylekshmi1995@gmail.com

 
Rishad

 

 Mr.Rishad Baig E.  
Designation : JRF(Project)
Email : rishadbaig@gmail.com

 

 

Research Interest

Materials Chemistry, Nanotechnology and Applications 

  • Processing and structure property correlations in oxides
  • Nanomaterials  for  sensor development: Gas sensors such as   hydrogen, butane, SO2, pesticide and organic pollutants in water  and various biomarkers for disease diagnostics.
  • Materials development and fabrication for applications in fuel cell and dye sensitized solar cells.
  • Emerging application of fluorescent nanomaterials in DNA sensing
  • Nanomaterials for drug delivery and photocatalytic applications
  • Application of nanomaterials in water quality assessment and monitoring