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Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Chandra Sekhar Rout

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name in Full: Dr. Chandra Sekhar Rout

Current position: Ramanujan Fellow at IIT Bhubaneswar

Address with telephone/Fax/e-mail No., etc.:

(a) Official (b) Residential Address:

Dr. Chandra Sekhar Rout

Ramanujan Fellow

School of Basic Sciences (Physics)

Indian Institute of Technology,

Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar-751013

Odisha, INDIA

Telephone: +91-674-2576092

Email: csrout@iitbbs.ac.in

csrout@gmail.com

Homepage: http://www.iitbbs.ac.in/profile.php/csrout/

http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=dM7BMeIAAAAJ&hl=en

Date and place of birth: 8th July 1981, Pattamundai, Odisha, INDIA

Gender: Male

Marital Status: Married

Nationality: Indian

EDUCATION

Discipline: Physics

Field of specialization: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics,

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Materials for novel and renewable energy applications

Dr. Chandra Sekhar Rout

At: Lunia Sahi,

Po: Jhanjiri Mangala,

Cuttack

Odisha

INDIA: 753009

Telephone: +91-9437006007

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Academic Qualifications:

S.No Degree Subject Class Year University

1. B. Sc. Physics (Main)

Chemistry

Mathematics

I

2001 Utkal University

2. M. Sc. Physics

(Specialization: Solid

State Physics)

I 2003 Utkal University

3. Ph. D. Physics 2008 Jawaharlal

Nehru Centre for

Advanced

Scientific

Research

Title of the PhD Thesis: Gas-sensing and electrical properties of metal oxide nanostructures

Thesis Supervisor: Professor C.N.R. Rao, FRS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2013-Present: DST Ramanujan Fellow at IIT Bhubaneswar

2012-2013: Post-doctoral researcher at UNIST, South Korea

2010-2012: Post-doctoral researcher at Purdue University, USA.

2008 (Oct)-2009 (Dec): Post-doctoral researcher at Singapore-MIT Alliance, National University

of Singapore.

2003-2008: Research Scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research,

Bangalore, INDIA.

Achievements recognized by Awards and by learned bodies:

DST Ramanujan Fellowship: 2013-2018

Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), India, 2003

Qualified in Joint entrance Screening Test (JEST), India, 2003

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching at I.I.T. Bhubaneswar

Subject taught UG/PG No of Students Semester

Electronics PG 15 2

Physics-I: Oscillations, UG 72 3

Waves and Electromagnetic waves

Quantum Mechanics I UG 72 3

Laboratory PG 15 4

Laboratory UG 72 4

Teaching interests:

Classical Mechanics

Quantum Mechanics I

Semiconductor Physics and devices

Solid State Physics

Electronics

Fundamentals of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Experimental Physics

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research work at IIT Bhubaneswar from 2013-to present

My present research area includes nanoscale physics, Hybrid materials for energy storage

devices, Supercapacitors, field emission and biosensor devices based on novel two dimensional

layered materials and their hybrids. A synopsis of some of my ongoing research is given below.

A rapid increase in human population and global economic development create a strong demand

for energy, while the fossil fuel reserves that we rely heavily on are depleting. In addition,

consumption of fossil fuels also causes consequential environmental pollution. The introduced

Lithium-ion batteries, even with recent modifications, do not have the desired efficiency in

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applications; specifically the full charge/discharge time takes up to an hour, which is too long for

electronic systems. This problem can be overcome by supercapacitors, based on graphite

materials and their composites. These storage devices with high capacitance properties were

proposed just recently and have attracted great attention from scientists as an alternative storage

media. Especially graphene, which has been the focus of many recent studies as well, is in

particular suited for such devices due to its high surface-to-volume ratio. It was shown, that

sandwich graphene structures as supercapacitor contacts helps to increase the capacitance value

of devices, but the production of such well-defined sandwich structures is still a challenging goal.

Similarly, metal oxides and sulphides are known to act as supercapacitor electrodes due to their

pseuodocapacitive properties. Aim of our ongoing research is to fabricate novel 2D

materials and their graphene hybrids for supercapacitors and flexible devices for alternate

renewable energy storage devices.

Preparation of novel 2D materials and nanocarbon (graphene) based hybrids by CVD and

other techniques.

Characterization of the materials by surface sensitive analytical techniques (X-ray

photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Infra-red spectroscopy (IR) etc. and comparison of

material properties to the results of atomistic computer simulations.

Development of free standing, flexible supercapacitor electrodes with high energy

density, power density and specific capacitance.

Fabrication of high energy density asymmetric coin cell supercapacitors based on metal

sulfides and graphene as cathode and anode materials respectively.

Development of working prototypes, short- and long-term supercapacitors.

Electron field emission (FE) of nanomaterials has gained considerable interest in recent years

since they have potential applications in flat-panel displays, vacuum microelectronics, etc. Our

research is focused to develop high-field enhancement 2D materials with low threshold fields at

low cost and suitable for industrial-scale production.

Electrical properties, Field effect transistors, Light emitting diodes and biosensors based

on hybrid materials.

Research experience on:

Supercapacitors, Field emission, Chemical and Biosensors, Light emitting diodes and Field

effect transistors based nanomaterials, Preparation of nanomaterials by various chemical and

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physical methods, Pulsed Laser deposition, Characterization of materials using electron

microscopy and surface analysis, Conducting atomic force microscopy, Integration and

micro/nanofabrication, Electron-beam lithography

Hands on experience in

Electron Beam Lithography

Scanning Electron Microscopy

Transmission Electron Microscopy

Atomic Force Microscopy

Vibrating Sample Magnetometer

Powder X-ray diffraction

X-ray Photoelectron spectroscopy

Four-probe conductivity measurements

Pulsed Laser Deposition

Plasma enhanced CVD

Synthesis of nanomaterials by chemical routes and CVD

Synthesis of graphene, SWNTs, MWNTs, DWNTs

Electrochemistry and Electrodeposition

Raman spectroscopy

Photoluminescence, UV-Vis Spectroscopy

Electrical characterization and Conducting AFM

Gas-sensing measurements

Fabrication of supercapacitors

Fabrication of Field-effect Transistors and

Light Emitting Diodes

Research work at UNIST, South Korea (2012-2013)

Studies on preparation of 2D transition metal sulfides such as VS2, WS2 MoS2, FeS2, NiS

and SnS2 with and without graphene by chemical methods. I have fabricated Li-ion

batteries and supercapacitors based on such 2D materials and their graphene based

hybrids and their energy storage properties have been demonstrated.

Research work at Purdue University, USA (2010-2012)

I have worked on preparation of single and few-layered graphene and CNTs by plasma

enhanced chemical vapor deposition and their applications in electronic, optical and

thermoelectric devices. Also, some of my works are on surface enhanced Raman studies

of graphene and thermal interface properties of Boron nitride composites. I have studied

surface-enhanced Raman scattering properties of Au and Ag nanoparticles decorated few-

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layer graphene substrates, which could detect very low concentration of rhodamine 6G,

BSA, thiols and amines.

Research work at National University of Singapore (2008-2010)

I have pursued research on fabrication of single nanowire based field effect transistors by

electron beam lithography during my postdoctoral work at National University of

Singapore. I have studied room-temperature ferromagnetic properties, field emission and

energy storing properties as well as optical limiting properties of Vanadium oxides

nanobelts, nanowires and nanoflowers. The nanostructures are found to exhibit large

optical nonlinearity, leading to optical limiting behavior and the nonlinearity is probed

using Z-scan technique. Also, we have fabricated field emitting devices based on W18O49

nanowires.

Present Research Students at IIT Bhubaneswar:

Mr. Satyajit Rath

Mr. Kusha Kumar Naik

Mr. Surjit Sahoo

Dr. P. Karthick Kannan (Post doc)

Future research plans:

The ever-growing energy demand has greatly stimulated research on exploring high-

performance electrode materials for energy-storage devices. Supercapacitors, also known as

electrochemical capacitors, have been considered as one of the most promising energy-storage

devices because of their many advantages as compared to the conventional capacitors, including

high power density and longer lifespan. Supercapacitors hold great potential as power sources for

applications requiring fast bursts of energy or as back-up power sources in electric vehicles.

However, the performances of the conventional supercapacitors based on rigid electrodes are

limited due to the lack of the desired electrode porosity and low capacity. Moreover, optimum

electron as well as proton conductivities are also necessary to achieve high performance. These

factors in turn depend on the physical nature of the electrode material, for instance nanoparticles

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are known to possess higher capacitance and can form flexible electrode structure as compared to

its crystalline form. Therefore, it is extremely important to tune the structure of the electrode

material. Flexible materials for energy storage devices have recently received great interest in

many emerging wearable or rolling-up modern gadgets, such as electronic papers, collapsible

displays and other personal multimedia devices. Hence, these applications require highly

efficient electrode materials with good electrochemical properties, high mechanical integrity

upon bending or folding and lightweight property. In particular, the capacitance of a

supercapacitor is determined by the surface area of the electrode, which is accessible for the

electrolyte. Due to the upcoming demand for high power and high energy for several

applications (stationary, load levelling, hybrid concepts, etc.) supercapacitors with 1D and 2D

carbon materials, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), carbon nanofibers (CNF), graphene,

reduced graphene oxides (RGO) and their composites with nanostructured binary metal oxides

and sulphides have recently attracted attention. The above class of composite electrode shows

excellent electrochemical performances and they can be tailored to form flexible and free-

standing electrodes.

In our approach, I propose to explore the possibility to use combination of graphene and

binary transition metal sulfides with high surface area, highly conducting and electroactive

nature, which may lead to the design of novel flexible and free standing electrodes for high

performance supercapacitors. Typically, the as-synthesized graphene and metal oxide or sulfides

sheets are randomly oriented with respect to the current collectors in a supercapacitor in the

conventional stacked geometry prepared by various chemical routes. In such cases, the

electrolyte ions are often limited from penetrating far inside the planes of the 2D structures.

Another problem is the agglomeration of graphene sheets. These effects lower the complete

utilization of the electrochemical surface area of graphene or other layered structures and

consequently limit the extent of the electric double layer supercapacitor formed at the interface.

Hence, if in-plane or vertically aligned electrodes of 2D materials can be made, it could offer

new opportunities for the electrolyte ions to enhance interaction with all the layers, which could

lead to a full utilization of the high surface area offered by the layered structures.

The focus of my proposal is to develop high performance as well as flexible and free-

standing electrodes based on 2D carbon materials (graphene) and their hybrids with

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nanostructured binary metal sulfides (MCo2S4 (M=Ni, Zn, Mn, Fe)) prepared by chemical vapour

deposition (CVD) on Cu and Ni foils. By using this novel electrode system, durable energy

storage devices with high energy density, power density and working voltage can be realized.

Further, the composites will be modified with conducting polymers such as polyaniline and

polypyrrole to enhance the performance. The prepared materials will be well characterized by

XRD, FIB/SEM, TEM, EDAX, XPS, FTIR, Raman, AFM and BET. Further, it is also important

to understand the electrochemical processes taking place on these electrode materials, especially

get insight into the synergetic effect of various functional groups on carbon in these novel

electrode materials. This can be achieved by developing in situ characterization techniques.

Finally their physical, chemical properties and growth mechanism will be studied, and

mechanisms for the enhanced performances will be proposed and explained by theoretical multi-

scale simulations. In particular, the mechanical properties and geometry of flexible carbon-based

electrodes will be assessed using the analytical potential and continuum-theory models (with the

parameters derived from atomistic simulations), and the information on the atomic structure

obtained from the experiments. The atomic structure of the interface between graphene and

nanostructured metal oxides will be studied using advanced density functional theory (DFT)

methods which include van der Waals-type interactions. The amount of stored charge, energy

and the electric potential difference will be assessed. The calculated values will be compared to

the experimental data as the theoretical limit, and suggestions for the optimum

materials/composites will be made. The iterative interactions between the simulation and

experimental groups should make the research efficient and allow the consortium to achieve the

main goals of the proposal.

Also, we aim to achieve high energy density of supercapacitors based on binary metal

sulfides (MCo2S4 (M=Ni, Zn, Mn, Fe)) and graphene in an asymmetric coin cell configuration.

Generally, advanced supercapacitors should possess high energy density without sacrificing

power delivery and cycle life. It can be seen from the calculation equation of energy density, E

(CV2 ) / 2 , that E (energy density) is proportional to C (specific capacitance) and ΔV

(potential window of discharge). Thus, it will be an effective method for improving the energy

density that increasing the specific capacitance of material or enlarging the working voltage

window. It is well known that specific capacitance is often limited by the material properties. So,

expanding voltage window becomes the most effective way for enhancing energy density. For

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aqueous electrolyte, cell voltage or the supercapacitor voltage window is usually about 0 - 1.0 V.

But the voltage window of organic electrolyte can even achieve to as wide as 0 - 3.5 V. Thus, the

most commonly used method of expanding voltage window is to choose organic electrolyte or

ionic liquids. However, organic electrolyte or ionic liquid can give rise to other problems, e.g.:

safety, toxicity, flammability, high-cost, etc. As a result, assembling asymmetric full-cell

supercapacitors becomes another prefer method to improve voltage window. It takes advantage

of the potential windows of two different electrodes to expand the device operating voltage.

Even in aqueous electrolyte, the voltage window can also be obviously extended and the energy

density might be significantly improved. In our approach we will be using graphene on metal

foils (Cu, Ni) and binary metal sulfides (MCo2S4 (M=Ni, Zn, Mn, Fe)) on metal foils (Cu, Ni)

grown by CVD as electrodes to fabricate coin-cells of supercapacitors.

Sponsored projects

S.N Title of project Sponsor Period Amount

1. Two dimensional NiCo2O4-graphene composites for BRNS-DAE 2014-till date Rs. 24.46 Lakhs

high performance high supercapacitor electrodes (As P.I.)

2. Flexible and free-standing vanadium sulfides/ DST 2014- till date Rs. 11.41 Lakhs

reduced graphene oxide paper for high performance

supercapacitor electrodes (as P.I.)

3. Chemical and Biosensors based on two UGC-UKIERI 2014- till date Rs. 22.72 Lakhs

dimensional layered structures and their

graphene based hybrids (as P.I.)

4. Resistive memory devices based on DST-SERB 2013- till date Rs. 73.00 Lakhs

semiconductor nanostructures and graphene

(as P.I), Ramanujan Fellowship grant

5. Heterojunction white light emitting diodes DST-SERB 2014- till date Rs. 17.04 Lakhs

based on metal oxides and their graphene

oxide based hybrids (as P.I.)

6. Center of Excellence for Novel Energy MHRD 2014- till date Rs. 400.00 Lakhs

Materials (CENEMA), (as Co-P.I.)

7. Joint centre on “Nanostructure Genomics: IUSTF 2014- till date Rs. 67.44 Lakhs

Designing Functionality of 2-Dimensional

Nanostructures and Nano-Bio Interfaces” (as Co-P.I.)

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8. Flexible energy storage devices based on MNRE Pending Rs. 82.2 Lakhs

binary transition metal sulfides and nanocarbon hybrids

(as P.I.)

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

[* Total number of citations: 2683, h-index: 23, i-10 index-32

(From Google Scholar data:

http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=dM7BMeIAAAAJ&hl=en )]

After joining I.I.T Bhubaneswar (*: Corresponding author)

1. High energy density supercapacitors based on patronite/single walled carbon

nanotubes/reduced graphene oxide hybrids, S. Ratha, S. Marri, J.N. Behera and C. S. Rout*,

Euro J. Inorg. Chem., 2015, DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201501001.

2. Enhanced field emission of plasma treated multilayer graphene, R. Khare,R. V. Gelamo,

M.A. More, D.J. Late and C. S. Rout* Appl. Phys. Lett., 2015, 107, 123503

3. Pt-Nanoparticle Functionalized Carbon Nano-onions for the Ultra-High Energy

Supercapacitors and Enhanced Field Emission, Sachin R. Suryawanshi,Vaibhav

Kaware,Disha Chakravarty, Pravin S. Walke, Mahendra A. More, Kavita Joshi, C. S. Rout,*

and D.J. Late, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 8099.

4. Electrodeposition of self-assembled ZnCo2O4 nanoparticles for biosensing applications, K.

K. Naik, and C. S. Rout,* RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 79397.

5. Recent developments in 2D layered inorganic nanomaterials for sensing, P.K. Kannan, D.J.

Late, H. Morgan and C.S. Rout,* Nanoscale 2015, 7, 13293-13312.

6. Emerging energy applications of two-dimensional layered materials, D.J. Late, C.S. Rout, *

D. Chakravarty and S. Ratha, Canadian Chem. Trans. 2015, 3, 118.

7. Facile synthesis of Ag nanowires-rGO composites and their promising field emission

performance, A. K Samantara, D. K. Mishra, S. R. Suryawanshi, M. A. More, R. Thapa, D. J.

Late, B. K. Jena and C.S. Rout,* RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 41887.

8. Stable Field Emission from Layered MoS2 Nanosheets in High Vacuum and Observation of

1/f Noise, R. V. Kashid, P. D. Joag, M. Thripuranthaka, C.S. Rout, D. J. Late and M. A.

More, Nanomater. Nanotechnol., 2015, 5, 10.

9. Electrodeposited spinel NiCo2O4 nanosheets for glucose sensing applications, K.K. Nayak,

S. Suresh and C.S. Rout, * RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 74585.

10. Oxidative and membrane stress-mediated antibacterial activity of WS2 and rGO-WS2

nanosheets, G.R. Navale, C.S. Rout, K.N. Gohil, M.S. Dharne, D.J. Late, S.S. Shinde, RSC

Adv. 2015, 5, 74726.

11. Ultra-fast Impedimetric Humidity Sensor Based on α-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles, U.V. Patil, C.S.

Rout,* and D.J. Late, Sens. Act. B 2015 (In press).

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12. High performance non-enzymatic glucose sensor based on one-step electrodeposited nickel

sulfide, P.K. Kannan and C.S. Rout,* Chem. Euro. J 2015, 21, 9355-9359.

13. Synergistic electrocatalytic activity of spinel ZnCo2O4/Reduced graphene oxide hybrid

towards oxygen reduction reaction, S. Ratha, A. K. Samantara, C.S. Rout, * and B.K. Jena, J.

Solid State Electrochem. (2015), doi: 10.1007/s10008-015-3035-0.

14. Supercapacitors based on patronite-Reduced graphene oxide hybrids: Experimental and

theoretical insights, S. Ratha, S. R. Marri, N.A. Lanzillo, S. Moshkalev, S.K. Nayak, J.N.

Behera and C.S. Rout, * J. Mater. Chem. A. (2015) 3, 18874 – 18881.

15. Spinel NiCo2O4 nanorods for supercapacitor applications, Surjit Sahoo, Satyajit Ratha and

C.S. Rout, * Am. J. Engineering and Appl. Sci. 2015, 8, 371-379.

16. Enhanced field emission from NiCo2O4 nanosheet arrays, K. K. Naik, R. T. Khare, R. V.

Gelamo, M. A. More, R. Thapa, D. J. Late and C. S. Rout,* Mater. Res. Exp. (2015). 2 (9),

095011

17. Spectral analysis of the emission current noise exhibited by few layer WS2 nanosheets

emitter, S.R. Suryawanshi, P.S. Kolhe, C.S. Rout,* D.J. Late and M.A. More,

Ultramicroscopy, 2015, 149, 51.

18. Field emission properties of spinel ZnCo2O4 microflowers, S. Ratha, R.T. Khare, M.A. More,

R. Thapa, D.J. Late and C. S. Rout,* RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 5372.

19. Photosensitive field emission study of SnS2 nanosheets, P.D. Joshi, D.S. Joag, C.S. Rout and

D.J. Late, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. B, 2015, 33, 03C106.

20. Electrodeposition of spinel MnCo2O4 nanosheets for supercapacitor applications,

Nanotechnology,2015, 26, 455401

21. High performance dopamine and hydrazine sensors based on multilayer graphene nanobelts,

P.K. Kanan, S.A Moshkalev and C.S. Rout, * Nanotechnology (2015) (In Press).

22. Self-assembled Flower-like ZnCo2O4 Hierarchical Superstructures for High Capacity

Supercapacitors, S. Ratha and C.S. Rout, RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 86551.

23. Negative infrared photoconductance in WS2/reduced graphene oxide hybrids, S. Rath, A.J.

Simbeck, D.J. Late, S.K. Nayak and C. S. Rout,* Appl. Phys. Lett. 2014, 105, 243502.

24. Temperature dependent Raman spectroscopy of chemically derived few layer MoS2 and WS2

nanosheets, M. Thripuranthaka, R.V. Kashid, C.S. Rout and D.J. Late, Appl. Phys. Lett.,

2014, 104, 8, 081911.

25. Field emission properties of ZnO nanosheet arrays, K.K. Naik, R. Khare, D. Chakravarty,

M.A. More, R. Thapa, D.J. Late and C. S. Rout,* Appl. Phys. Lett. 2014, 105, 233101.

26. Enhanced field emission properties of doped graphene nanosheets with layered SnS2, C.S.

Rout,* P.D. Joshi, R.K. Kashid, D.S. Joag, M.A. More, A.J. Simbeck, M. Washington, S.K.

Nayak and D.J. Late, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2014, 105, 043109.

27. Superior Field Emission Properties of Layered WS2-RGO Nanocomposites, C. S. Rout,* P.

D. Joshi, R. V. Kashid, D. S. Joag, M. A. More, A. J. Simbeck, M. Washington, S. K. Nayak,*

D. J. Late, Sci. Reports (Nature), 2013, 3, 3282.

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28. Metallic few-layered flowerlike VS2 nanosheets as field emitters, C. S. Rout,* P. D. Joshi, R.

V. Kashid, D. S. Joag, M. A. More, A. J. Simbeck, M. Washington, S. K. Nayak,* D. J. Late,

Euro J. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 5331.

29. MoS2 nanoparticles and h-BN nanosheets from direct exfoliation of bulk powder: one step

synthesis method, M. Tripuranthaka, C.S. Rout* and D.J. Late, Mater. Res. Exp. 2014, 1,

035038.

30. A perspective on atomically thin inorganic 2D layered materials for biosensor, D.J. Late and

C.S. Rout, * J. Nanomedicine Res. 2014, 1, 15.

31. Supercapacitor electrodes based on tungsten disulfide-reduced graphene oxide hybrids

synthesized by a facile hydrothermal method, S. Ratha and C. S. Rout,* ACS Appl. Mater.

Interfaces, 2013, 5, 11427.

32. Freeze-dried WS2 composite with low content of graphene as high-rate lithium storage

material, X. Xu, C. S. Rout, J. Yang, R. Cao, P. Oh, H.S. Shin, J.P. Cho, J. Mater. Chem. A,

2013, 1, 14548.

Before joining I.I.T Bhubaneswar

33. Synthesis and characterization of patronite form of Vanadium sulphides, C. S. Rout, B.H.

Kim, X. Xu, J.P. Cho, H.S. Shin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 8720.

(Impact factor: 9.9)(Times cited: 8)

34. Lithium Reaction Mechanism and High Rate Capability of VS4-Graphene Nanocomposite for

Lithium Battery Anode Material, X. Xu, C. S. Rout, J. Yang, R. Cao, P. Oh, H.S. Shin, J.P.

Cho, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 14548. (Impact factor: 6.1)

35. Synthesis of chemically bonded CNT-graphene heterostructure arrays, C.S. Rout, A. Kumar, U.

K. Gautam and T.S. Fisher, RSC Adv. 2012, 2, 8250. (Times cited: 1) (Impact factor: 2.56)

36. Room-temperature ferromagnetism in graphitic petal arrays, C.S. Rout, A. Kumar, N.

Kumar, A. Sundaresan and T.S. Fisher, Nanoscale, 2011, 3, 900. (Times cited: 8).

(Impact factor: 6.23)

37. Room-temperature ferromagnetism and optical limiting in V2O5 nanoflowers synthesized by

a novel method, M.R. Parida, C.S. Rout, C. Vijayan, R. Philip J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115,

112.

(Times cited: 13) (Impact factor: 4.8)

38. Carbon nanowalls amplify the surface enhanced Raman scattering from Ag nanoparticles,

C.S. Rout, A. Kumar and T.S. Fisher, Nanotechnology, 2011, 22, 395704.

(Times cited: 6) (Impact factor: 3.97)

(This paper was downloaded more than 250 times in its first month after publication, placing it

in the top 10% of all Institute of Physics papers (250 downloads per quarter)

39. Enhanced optical nonlinearity in β-AgVO3 nanobelts on decoration with Ag nanoparticles,

M.R. Parida, C.S. Rout, C. Vijayan, R. Philip, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2012, 100, 121119.

(Impact factor: 3.79)

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40. Au nanoparticles on graphitic petal arrays for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, C.S.

Rout, A. Kumar, G. Xiong, J. Irudayaraj and T. S. Fisher, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2010, 97,

133108.

(Times cited: 17). (Impact factor: 3.79)

41. Unipolar Assembly of ZnO Rods: Polarity Driven Collective Luminescence, U.K. Gautam,

M. Imura, C. S. Rout, Y. Bando, X. Fang, B. Dierre, L. Sakharov, A. Govindaraj, T.

Sekiguchi, D. Golberg, C. N. R. Rao, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of

the United States of America (PNAS), 2010, 107, 13588.

(Times cited: 25). (Impact factor: 9.68)

42. Facile hydrothermal synthesis, field emission and electrochemical properties of V2O5 and β-

AgVO3 nanobelts, C. S. Rout, U.K. Gautam, Y. Bando, D. Rangappa, X. Fang, L. Li, D.

Golberg, Sci. Adv. Mater. 2010 2, 407. (Times cited: 3) (Impact factor: 3.3)

43. Low threshold field electron emission from solvothermally synthesized WO2.72 nanowires,

D.J. Late, R.V. Kashid, C. S. Rout, M. A. More, D. S. Joag, Appl. Phys. A, 2010, 98, 751.

(Times cited: 12). (Impact factor: 1.63 )

44. Electrical and hydrogen-sensing characteristics of field effect transistors based on nanorods

of ZnO and WO2.72, C.S. Rout, G.U. Kulkarni, C.N.R. Rao, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 2009, 9,

5652. (Times cited: 8), (Impact factor: 2)

45. Graphene-based supercapacitors, S.R.C. Vivekchand, C.S. Rout, K. Subrahmanyam, A.

Govindaraj, C.N.R. Rao, J. Chem. Sci., 2008, 120, 9 (Times cited: 379), (Impact factor:

1.3)

46. Extraordinary sensitivity of the electronic structure and properties of single walled carbon

nanotubes to molecular charge-transfer, R. Vogu, C. S. Rout, A.D. Franklin, T.S. Fisher,

C.N.R Rao, J. Phys. Chem. C (Letter), 2008, 112, 13053. (Times cited: 48). (Impact

factor: 4.81)

47. Molecular charge-transfer induced changes in the electronic structure and properties of

graphene, B. Das, R. Vogu, C.S. Rout, C.N.R. Rao, Chem. Commun., 2008, 41, 5155.

(Times cited: 87). (Impact factor: 6.37)

48. H2S sensors based on tungsten oxide nanostructures, C.S. Rout, M. Hegde, C.N.R. Rao,

Sens. Actuators: B, 2008, 128, 488. (Times cited: 109). (Impact factor: 3.89)

49. Effects of charge transfer interaction of graphene with electron donor and acceptor molecules

examined using Raman spectroscopy and cognate techniques, R. Vogu, B. Das, C.S. Rout,

C.N.R. Rao, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. (Fast Track Commun.), 2008, 20, 472204. (Times

cited: 107). (Impact factor: 2.35)

50. Electroluminescence and rectifying properties of heterojunction LEDs based on ZnO

nanorods, C.S. Rout, C.N.R Rao, Nanotechnology, 2008, 19, 285203. (Times cited: 32).

(Impact factor: 3.97)

51. Ammonia sensors based on metal oxide nanostructures, C.S. Rout, M. Hegde, A.

Govindaraj, C.N.R. Rao, Nanotechnology, 2007, 18, 205504.(Times cited: 63). (Impact

factor: 3.97)

52. Room-temperature hydrogen and hydrocarbon sensors based on single nanowires of metal

oxides, C.S. Rout, G.U. Kulkarni, C.N.R. Rao, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 2007, 40, 2777.

(Times cited: 57). (Impact factor: 2.54)

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53. Ethanol and hydrogen sensors based on ZnO nanoparticles and nanowires, C.S. Rout, A.R.

Raju, A. Govindaraj, C.N.R. Rao, J. Nanosci. Nanotech., 2007, 7, 1923. (Times cited: 29).

(Impact factor: 2)

54. Hydrogen and ethanol sensors based on ZnO nanorods, nanowires and nanotubes, C.S. Rout,

S.H. Krishna, S.R.C Vivekchand, A. Govindaraj, C.N.R. Rao, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2006, 418,

586.

(This paper was among top 25 papers of the Journal)

(Times cited: 189). (Impact factor: 2.5)

55. High-sensitivity hydrocarbon sensors based on tungsten oxide nanowires, C.S. Rout, A.

Govindaraj, C.N.R Rao, J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3936. (Times cited: 48). (Impact

factor: 6.10)

56. Sensors for the nitrogen oxides, NO2, NO and N2O, based on In2O3 and WO3 nanowires, C.S.

Rout, K. Ganesh, A. Govindaraj, C.N.R. Rao, Appl. Phys. A, 2006, 85, 241. (Times cited:

57). (Impact factor: 1.63)

57. Hydrogen sensors based on ZnO nanoparticles, C.S. Rout, A.R. Raju, A. Govindaraj, C.N.R.

Rao, Solid State Commun., 2006, 138, 136. (Times cited: 60). (Impact factor: 1.83)

58. First principles based design and experimental evidence for a ZnO based ferromagnet at

room temperature, M.H.F. Sluiter, Y. Kawazoe, P. Sharma, A. Inoue, A.R. Raju, C.S. Rout,

U.V. Waghmare, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2005, 94, 187204. (Times cited: 356), (Impact factor:

7.37)

Review articles

59. Synthesis and applications of graphene for energy devices, A. Kumar, C.S. Rout, T.S.

Fisher, J. Nano Energy Power Res., 2011, 1, 16.

60. Graphene-based hybrid materials and devices for biosensing, M. S. Artiles, C.S. Rout and

T.S. Fisher, Adv. Drug Delivery, 2011, 63, 1352. (Times cited: 19) (Impact factor: 11.50)

Book Chapters

61. Metal Oxide Nanostructures: Synthesis, Properties and Applications, K. Biswas, C. S. Rout

and C. N. R. Rao, in “Metal Oxide nanostructures and their applications” Eds. Ahmad Umar

and Yoon-Bong Hahn, American Scientific Publishers, 4, 423, March 2010.

62. Nano-sized biosensors, J.C. Claussen, J. Shi, C.S. Rout, M. S. Artiles, D.M. Porterfield,

T.S. Fisher in “Biosensors for medical applications” Eds. Séamus Higson, Woodhead

Publishing Limited, 2011.

63. Carbon nanotubes and graphene for clean energy device applications, C.S. Rout, in

“Encyclopedia of semiconductor Nanotechnology” Eds. Ahmad Umar, American Scientific

Publishers, 2011.

64. Resistive memory devices based on Semiconductor nanostructures, C.S. Rout, in

“Encyclopedia of semiconductor Nanotechnology” Eds. Ahmad Umar, American Scientific

Publishers, 2011.

Book

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Gas sensing and electrical properties of metal oxide nanostructures, C.S. Rout, LAP Lambert

Academic Publications, Germany, 2010

Editorship of Journals, Reviews of Manuscripts, Books, and Research Proposals, Curating

and Jurying of Exhibitions.

Reviewed for Institute of Physics Publishing (New J. Phys., Nanotechnology, J. Phys. D: Appl.

Phys, J. Phys. Condens. Mater.), Sens. Act. B, Thin Solid Films, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces

and ACS journals, J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (American Scientific Publishers), J.

Solid State Electrochemistry (Springer), Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 2D

Materials, RSC journals (RSC Adv., J. Mater. Chem A, J. Mater. Chem.C)

Associate Editor:

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Science Publications

RSC Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK

Conferences attended after joining IIT Bhubaneswar:

1. “8th international conference on materials for advanced technologies of the materials research society of Singapore & 16th IUMRS-International conference in Asia together with 4th Photonics Global conference 2015”/ICMAT2015-IUMRS-ICA2015 (28.06.2015 to 03.07.2015) held in Singapore, Oral presentation.

2. 4th International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics, Aberdeen, UK (11.08.2015 to 13.08.2015), Oral Presentation

3. ICONSAT 2014 at Mohali organized by INST (2nd to 5th March 2014), Presented poster

4. PSI 2014 at Puri organized by IOP, IIT BBS and IACS (22nd to 26th February 2014), Invited

talk.

5. Winter school 2013 at Bangalore organized by JNCASR-Cambridge-SSL, (2-6th December

2013), Presented poster.

6. One day symposium on “Recent trend in Physics” organized by Physics department, Utkal

University, on 03.01.2015, Invited talk.

7. National conference on Carbon materials, Nov 26-28, 2015 Organized by Indian Carbon

Soceity and National Physical Laboratory, Oral talk.

8. International Conference on Multifunctioanl materials for future application, Oct 27-29, 2015,

Organized by IIT BHU.

International travel under research grants

(a) Travelled to University Of Southampton, UK during 31.10.2014 to 09.11.2014 under

UGC-UKIERI project as Principal Investigator, Grant # UGC-2013-14/005.

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(b) Travelled to University of Campinas, BRAZIL during 14.01.2015 to 24.01.2015 under the

DST-CNPq project as Principal Investigator, Grant # INT/Brazil/P-12/2013.

(c) Travelled to University Of Southampton, UK during 03.08.2015 to 10.08.2015 under

UGC-UKIERI project as Principal Investigator, Grant # UGC-2013-14/005.

Award

Venus International Foundation (VIFFA) Young Researcher Award held on 05.07.2015 in

Chennai

ACS membership award in recognition of engagement with ACS's mission of service July 2015.