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Rajamani
Last Name
Nagarajan
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Professor
Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi
Delhi 110 007
23813136
[email protected]
Educational Qualifications
Degree
Institution
Year
Ph.D.
M.Phil. / M.Tech.
PG
UG
1993
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1985
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
-----------------------------------------------------Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
Career Profile
2015……………………….Professor, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
2005-2015……………....Associate Professor, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
2004-2005................Assistant Professor (Teaching), Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, USA
2001-2004.................Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, USA
2002-2001………… Postdoctoral Fellow, Organ State University, USA
1999-2000……………Postdoctoral Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
1996-1999……………Assistant Professor, National Engineering College affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,
Tamil Nadu, India
1994-1996……….......Research Associate, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India
1993-1994…………. Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut de Matériaux, Nantes, France
Administrative Assignments
Joint Coordinator of the M. Tech Program in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of University Of Delhi, Delhi, India
Areas of Interest / Specialization
Materials Chemistry, Synthesis, structure-Property relations in Solids, Laser Materials, Photovoltaic materials, Environmental
Chemistry
Subjects Taught
1. Group Theory
2. Analytical Techniques
3. Inorganic Reaction Mechanism
4. Coordination Chemistry
5. Carbon nano tubes and their composites
6. Thermo analytical techniques
7.Synthesis and Characterization of nanomaterials
8. Supramolecular chemistry
Research Guidance
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Supervision of awarded Doctoral Thesis…………………………12
Supervision of Doctoral Thesis, under progress………………...06
Supervision of awarded M.Phil dissertations…………………….03
Publications Profile
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Synthesis of zincblende CuInS2 and Fe-substituted CuInS2 by the reaction of binary colloids, Meenakshi Gusain, Prashant
Kumar, Sitharaman Uma, Rajamani Nagarajan, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 481 (2015) 269–275.
2. Soft chemical synthesis of Ag3SbS3 with efficient and recyclable visible light photocatalytic properties Meenakshi
Gusain, Pooja Rawat, Rajamani Nagarajan, Materials Research Bulletin 60 (2014) 872–875.
3. Influence of reaction conditions for the fabrication of Cu2SnS3 and Cu3SnS4 in ethylene glycol, Meenakshi Gusain, Pooja
Rawat and Rajamani Nagarajan, Mater. Res. Express 2 (2015) 055501.
4. Synthesis and characterization of hydrotalcite type structurecontaining Zn2+ and La3+-ions, Poonam Singh,
RajamaniNagarajan, Materials Letters, 159 (2015) 58–60.
5. Facile green synthesis of Zn(OH)F from the single source precursor KZnF3, Shahzad Ahmad, PoojaRawat, Rajamani
Nagarajan, Materials Letters, 139 (2015) 86–88.
6. Optical and magnetic properties of (Er, F) co-doped SnO2 nanocrystals, Vinod Kumar, Sitharaman Uma and Rajamani
Nagarajan, Turk.J.Phys. (2014) 38: 450 – 462.
7. Solvent mediated rapid synthesis of orthorhombic Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS), Gusain M., Rawat P., Nagarajan R., Mater. Lett.,
(accepted) (2014).
8. Mechanochemical synthesis of layered perovskite structured fluorides A2MF4 (A = K, Rb; M = Co, Cu, Mg) and their
transformation to AMF3 phase by mechanical activation Singh P., Rawat P., Nagarajan R., J. Fluorine Chemistry, 165, 43–
48 (2014)
9. Anion (Fluoride) - Doped Ceria Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Characterization, and its Catalytic Application to oxidative
Coupling of Benzylamines, Ahmad S., Gopalaiah K., Chandrudu S.N., Nagarajan R., Inorg. Chem., 53, 2030−2039 (2014)
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10. Optical properties of Tb doped KLaF4 in cubic and hexagonal symmetries, Ahmad S., Das S., Nagarajan R., Prakash G.V.,
Opt. Mater., 36, 396-401 (2013).
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11. Wurtzite CuInS2: Solution based one pot direct synthesis and its doping studies with nonmagnetic Ga and magnetic
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Fe ions, Gusain M., Kumar P., Nagarajan R., RSC Adv., 3, 18863-18871 (2013).
11. Precursor driven one pot synthesis of Wurtzite and Chalcopyrite CuFeS2, Kumar P., Uma S., Nagarajan R., Chem.
Commun., 49, 7316-7318 (2013)
12. Quantitative X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopies: electronic structure elucidation of Cu2S and CuS, Kumar P.,
Nagarajan R., Sarangi R., J. Mater. Chem. C, 1, 2448-2454 (2013)
13. Imidazole containing palladium (II) complexes as efficient pre-catalyst systems for Heck and Suzuki coupling
reaction: Synthesis, structural characterization and catalytic properties, Trivedi M., Singh G., Nagarajan R., Rath N.P.,
Inorganica Chimica Acta, 394, 107-116 (2013)
14. Hexagonally Ordered KLaF4 Host: Phase-Controlled Synthesis and Luminescence Studies, Ahmad S., Prakash G.V.,
Nagarajan R., Inorg. Chem., 51, 12748-12754 (2012)
15. Solvent-Mediated Room Temperature Synthesis of Highly Crystalline Cu9S5 (Cu1.8S), CuSe, PbS, and PbSe from Their
Elements, Kumar P., Gusain M., Nagarajan R., Inorg. Chem., 51, 7945-7947 (2012)
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16. Synthesis and optical properties of pure CdTiO3 and Ni and Zn ion substituted CdTiO3 obtained by a novel precursor
route, Kharkwal M., Uma S., Nagarajan R., Ind. J. Chem., 51A, 1538-1554 (2012)
17. Raman spectroscopic analysis of perovskite structured alkali metal fluorides containing nickel and copper ions,
Nagarajan R., Tyagi N., Spectrosc. Lett., 45, 237-239 (2012)
18. Thermoluminescence in heavily F-doped of SnO2 nanocrystals, Kumar V., Nagarajan R., Chem.Phys.Lett., 530, 98-101
(2012)
19. Anion doped binary oxides, SnO2, TiO2 and ZnO: Fabrication procedures, fascinating properties and future prospects,
Nagarajan R., Kumar V., Ahmed S., Ind.J.Chem., 51A, 145-154 (2012)
20. An elegant room temperature procedure for the precise control of composition in the Cu-S system, Kumar P., Nagarajan
R., Inorg. Chem., 50, 9204-9206 (2011)
21. Optical and Photocatalytic Properties of Heavily F-Doped SnO2Nanocrystals by a Novel Single-Source Precursor
Approach, Kumar V, Govind G., Nagarajan R, * Inorg. Chem., 50, 5637–5645 (2011).
22. Application of KZnF3 as a single source precursor for the synthesis of nano crystals of ZnO2:F and ZnO:F; Synthesis,
characterization, optical and photocatalytic properties, Ahmad S., Kharkwal M., Gupta G., Nagarajan R, J. Phys. Chem. C.,
115, 10131-10139 (2011)
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23. Synthesis and optical characterization of strong red light emitting KLaF4:Eu nanophosphors, Das S., Reddy A. A. ,
Ahmad S., Nagarajan R., Prakash G.V., Chem.Phys.Lett, 508, 117-120 (2011)
24. Spectroscopic, thermal, magnetic and structural characterization of K3VF6 prepared at room temperature, Nagarajan R.,
Tyagi N., Lofland S., Ramanujachary K.V., Polyhedron, 39, 1425-1429 (2011)
225. Synthesis of Cu1.8S and CuS from Copper-Thiourea containing precursors; anionic (Cl , NO3 , SO4 ) influence on the
product stoichiometry, Kumar P., Meenakshi, Nagarajan R., Inorg. Chem., 50, 3065-3070 (2011)
26. 3, 5 Lutidine Coordinated Zinc (II) Aryl Carboxylate Complexes: Precursors for Zinc (II) Oxide, Kumar U., Thomas J.,
Nagarajan R., Thirupathi N., Inorganica Chimica Acta, 372, 191-199 (2011).
27. Electrophoretic Fabrication of Chitosan-Zirconium-Oxide Nano biocomposite Platform for Nucleic Acid Detection, Das M.,
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Dhand C., Sumana G., Srivastava A. K., Nagarajan R., Nain L., Iwamoto M., Manaka T., Malhotra B. D., Biomacromolecules,
12, 540-547 (2011).
28. Synthesis of high surface area transitional alumina from Al(OPh)3 Ghanti E., Tomar N., Gautam P., Nagarajan R*., J. SolGel Sci. Technol. 57, 12-15 (2011).
29. Self assembled monolayer based nucleic acid sensor for mycobacterium tuberculosis detection, Das M., Sumana G.,
Pandey M. K., Nagarajan R., Malhotra B. D., Sens. Lett. 9, 1-6 (2011).
30. KLaF4:Er an efficient up conversion phosphor, Tyagi N., Reddy A., Nagarajan R*.,Optical Materials, 33, 42-47 (2010)
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31. Reactivity of Copper (I) Halides CuCl, CuI with double alkoxides MAl(OPr )4 (M = Na, K), Tomar N., Ghanti E., Nagarajan
R*., Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 636, 2394-2397 (2010).
32. Room temperature optical absorption and intrinsic photoluminescence in KZnF3, Tyagi N., Kumar P. S., Nagarajan R*.,
Chem. Phys. Lett. 494, 284-286 (2010).
33. Synthetic, spectral and structural study of mono bis(pyridine) dichloro bis(dimethyl sulfoxide-S) ruthenium(II) complex,
[RuCl2(py)2(dmso-S)2] and its reactivity with nitrogen donor bases in polar and non-polar solvent, Trivedi M., Sharma Y.
K., Nagarajan R., Rath N. P., J Molecular Structure , 975, 335-342 (2010).
34. Application of nanostructured ZnO film for electrochemical DNA biosensor, Das M., Sumana G., Nagarajan R., Malhotra
B. D., Thin Solid Films 519, 1196-1201 (2010).
35. Novel Nano Photocatalytic Materials for Treatment of Effluents" Chhabra P., Gupta R., Saxena S., Seshadri G., Nagarajan
R., Khandal R. K., Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Sci. Eng., 2, 13-20 (2010)
36. A new single pot synthesis of μ-bis (oxido)bis{oxidovanadium(V)} dipicolinato complex with 2-aminopyridinium as
counter cation: spectroscopic, structural, catalytic and theoretical studies, Trivedi M., Nagarajan R., Kumar A, Rath N. P.,
J Organomet. Chemistry, 695, 1722-1728 (2010).
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37. Synthesis of CuAl2(acac)4(O Pr)4, its hydrolysis and formation of bulk CuAl2O4 from the hydrolyzed gels; a case study of
molecules to materials, Ghanti E., Nagarajan, R*., J.Chem.Soc, Dalton Trans.,39, 6056-6061 (2010).
38. Effect of phenyl group on the structure and formation of transitional alumina from Al (OPh) 3, Nagarajan, R*., Tomar N., J.
Sol-Gel Sci Technol, 53, 293-299 (2010).
39. Comments on “Visible-light-induced photocatalyst based on nickel titanate nanoparticles” Kharkwal M., Uma S.,
Nagarajan, R*., Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 49, 1995-1996 (2010).
40. Use of a chelating agent for the synthesis of high surface area pyrophanite MnTiO 3 powders, Kharkwal M., Uma S.,
Nagarajan, R*., Materials Letters, 64, 692-694 (2010).
41. Zirconia based nucleic acid sensor for mycobacterium tuberculosis detection, Das M., Sumana G., Nagarajan R., Malhotra
B. D., Appl.Phys.Lett., 96, 133703 (2009).
42. Synthesis of nanocrystalline mixed metal fluorides in non aqueous medium, Tyagi N., Ghanti E., Gupta N., Lalla N. P.,
Nagarajan, R*, Bull. Mater. Sci. 32, 583-587 (2009).
43. Ultrasound assisted ambient temperature synthesis of ternary oxide AgMO2 (M= Fe, Ga), Nagarajan, R*, Tomar N., J.
Solid State Chem., 182, 1283-1290 (2009).
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44. Studies on the hydrolysis of {Cu[Al(OPr )4]2}, a single source precursor for CuAl2O4 spinel, Tomar N., Ghanti E., Nagarajan,
R*., Bhagi A. K., J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 355, 2657-2662 (2009).
45. Synthesis and characterization of titanates of the formula MTiO3 (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cd) by co-precipitation of
mixed metal oxalates, Sharma Y. K., Kharkwal M., Uma S., Nagarajan, R*., Polyhedron, 28, 579-585 (2009).
46. Cr/Pt Ohmic contacts to B12As2, Wang, S.H., Lysczek, E.M., Bangzhi Liu, Mohney, S.E., and Xu. Z., Nagarajan, R., Edgar,
J.H., Appl.Phys.Lett, 87, 042103 (2005).
47. Crystal growth of B12As2 on SiC substrate by CVD Method, Nagarajan, R*., Xu, Z., Edgar, J.H., Baig, F., Chaudhuri, J., Rek,
Z., Andrew Payazant, Meyer, H.M., Pomeroy, J., Kuball, M., Aselage, T., J. Crystal Growth 273 431-438 (2005).
48. Raman spectroscopy of B12As2 under high pressure, Pomeroy, J.W., Kuball, M., Hubel, H., van Uden, N.W.A., Dunstan,
D.J., Nagarajan, R., Edgar, J.H., J. Appl.Phys.,96, 910-912 (2004).
49. Double positioning twinning in B12As2 thin films grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition, William M. Vetter, Nagarajan R.,
Edgar J. H., Dudley M., Materials Letters, 58, 1331-1335 (2004).
50. Investigation of Thin Film Growth of B12As2 by Chemical Vapor Deposition, Nagarajan, R., Edgar, J.H., Pomeroy, J., Kuball,
M., Aselage, T., Mat.Res.Soc.Symp.Proc, 764, C3.58.1 (2003).
51. p-Type oxides for use in transparent diodes, Tate, J., Jayaraj, M.K., Draeseke, A.D., Ulbrich, T., Sleight, A.W., Vanaja, K.A.,
Nagarajan, R., Wager, J.F., and Hoffman, R.L., Thin Solid Films, 411, 119-124 (2002).
52. Electrical and Optical properties of PbCu2O2, Yanagi, H., Tate, J., Nagarajan, R., Sleight, A.W., Solid State Commun, 122,
295-297 (2002).
53. New CuM2/3Sb1/3O2 and AgM2/3Sb1/3O2 compounds with the delafossite structure, Nagarajan, R., Uma, S., Jayaraj, M.K.,
Tate, J., Sleight, A.W., Solid State Sciences, 4, 787-792 (2002).
54. p-type conductivity in CuCr1-xMgxO2 films and powders, Nagarajan, R., Draeseke, A.D., Sleight, A.W., Tate, J., J. Appl. Phy.,
89, 8022-8025 (2001).
55. p-type conductivity in the delafossite structure, Nagarajan, R., Duan, N., Jayaraj, M.K., Li, J., Vanaja, K.A., Yokochi, A.,
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Draeseke, A., Tate, J., Sleight, A.W., Int. J. Inorg.Mater, 3, 265-270 (2001).
56. Preparation by Sol-Gel, Structure and superconductivity of pure and fluorinated LaBa2Cu3O7, Suryanarayanan, R.,
Nagarajan, R., Selig, H., and Lina Ben Dor, Physica C., 361, 40-44 (2001).
657. Hydrothermal synthesis and structure of a mixed valent Hetero poly-oxo metallate Keggin salt: [Mo4.27W7.73O40 ] [H3N
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(CH2)6 NH3 ]3, Gabriel, J.C.P., Nagarajan, R., Natarajan, S., Cheetham. A.K., Rao, C.N.R., J. Solid State Chem., 129, 257-262
(1997).
58. Phosphate derivatives of 1, 2, 3 cuprates of the formula LnSr2Cu3O7 (Ln = Gd, Dy, Ho), Nagarajan, R., Gundakaram, R., and
Rao, C.N.R., Solid State Commun, 98, 761-764 (1996).
59. Superconducting borate derivatives of 123 cuprates, Mahesh, R., Nagarajan, R., Rao, C.N.R., Solid State Commun, 90, 435437 (1994).
60. Oxyanion derivatives of cuprate superconductors: Superconducting 123 phosphates, Nagarajan, R., Ayyappan, S., Rao,
C.N.R., Physica C, 220,373-376 (1994).
61. Paramagnetic meissner effect in YBa2Cu3O7- , A non resonant microwave absorption study, Bhat, S.V., Rastogi, A.,
Nagarajan, R., Rao, C.N.R., Physica C, 219, 87-92 (1994).
62. Synthesis of cuprate superconductors, Rao, C.N.R., Nagarajan, R., Vijayaraghavan, R., Supercond. Sci.Tech, 6, 1-22 (1993).
63. Structure and superconducting properties of Ga substituted YBa2Cu3O7- systems: Y1-xCaxBa2Cu3-yGayO7-, Y1-xCaxBaSrCu3yGayO7-, Nagarajan, R., Rao, C.N.R., J.Mater.Chem, 3, 969-973 (1993).
64. Structure and properties of oxyanion derivatives of 123 cuprate superconductors: Effect of substitution of carbonate and
nitrate ions in the Cu (1) position in YBaSrCu3O7, Rao, C.N.R., Nagarajan, R., Mahesh, R., Kulkarni, G.U., Ayyappan, S.,
Subbanna, G.N., Solid State Commun, 88, 757-760 (1993).
65. Structural changes accompanying the low temperature annealing of YBa2Cu3O7- (0.3<<0.4): Transformation of the 123
phase to a 124- type structure, Nagarajan, R., Rao, C.N.R., J. Solid State Chem., 103, 533-538 (1993).
66. Investigations of the structure and the superconducting properties of the Pr (Ca)-Ba(La)- Cu-O system: Pr1-xCaxBa2Cu3O7-,
PrBa2-xLaxCu3O7-, Pr1-xCaxBaLaCu3O7-, Nagarajan, R., Vikram Pavate, Rao, C.N.R., Solid State Commun., 84, 183-186
(1992).
67. A photoelectron spectroscopy study of the interaction of oxygen, nitrogen and transition metals with C 60 films,
Vijayakrishnan, V., Santra, A.K., Ram Seshadri, Nagarajan, R., Pradeep, T., Rao, C.N.R., Ind.J.Chem. 31, F22-F26 (1992).
68. Interaction of nitrogen and oxygen with C60, Venugopal Vijayakrishnan, Ashok Kumar Santra, Talappil Pradeep, Ram
Seshadri, Rajamani Nagarajan, C.N. Ramachandra Rao, J. Chem.Soc, Chem.Commun, 198- 199(1992).
69. A comparative study of the interaction of nickel clusters with buckminsterfullerene, C 60 and graphite, Vijayakrishnan, V.,
Santra, A., Ram Seshadri, Nagarajan, R., Pradeep, T, Rao, C.N.R., Surf.Sci.Lett, 262, L87-L90 (1992).
70. Addition of amines and halogens to Fullerenes C60 and C70, Ram Seshadri, Govindaraj, A., Nagarajan, R., Pradeep, T., Rao,
C.N.R., Tet. Lett, 33, 2069-2070 (1992).
71. Preparation, characterization and properties of C60 and C70; Spectroscopy, Structure, Anions, Interactions with electron
donors and superconductivity, Rao, C.N.R., Pradeep, T., R. Seshadri, Nagarajan, R., Narasimhamurthy, V., Subbanna,
G.N., D’Souza, F., Krishnan, V., Nagannagowda, G.A., Suryaprakash, N.R., Khetrapal, C.L., Bhat S.V. Ind.J.Chem, 31, F5F16 (1992).
72. Synthesis of Pb-based cuprate superconductors by the Sol-Gel method, Mahesh, R., Nagarajan, R., Rao, C.N.R., J. Solid
State Chem., 96, 2-6 (1992).
73. In defense of the bromine method for the determination of hole concentration in superconducting thallium cuprates,
Gopalakrishnan, J., Vijayaraghavan, R., Nagarajan, R., Shivakumara, C., J. Solid State Chem., 96, 468-469 (1992).
74. Superconductivity in Ba (Pb, Bi, Sb)O3, Ba(Pb,Bi,Te)O3 and (Ba,La)(Pb,Bi,Tl)O3 systems, Nagarajan, R., Vasanthacharya,
N.Y., Gopalakrishnan, J., Rao, C.N.R., Solid State Commun., 77, 373-376 (1991).
75. Determination of hole concentration in superconducting thallium cuprates, Gopalakrishnan, J., Vijayaraghavan, R.,
Nagarajan, R., Shivakumara, C., J. Solid State Chem., 93, 272- 275 (1991).
76. Superconducting cuprates of the series Bi2Ca1-xLnxSr2Cu2O8+ (Ln = rare earth or Y), Rao. C.N.R., Nagarajan, R.,
Vijayaraghavan, R., Vasanthacharya, N.Y., Kulkarni, G.U., Ranga Rao, G., Umarji, A.M., Somasundaram, P., Subbanna,
G.N., Raju, A.R., Sood, A.K., Chandrabhas, N., Supercond.Sci.Technol, 3, 242-248 (1990).
77. Occurrence of maximum Tc at an optimal carrier concentration in superconducting bismuth and thallium cuprates,
Somasundaram, P., Vijayaraghavan, R., Nagarajan, R., Ram Seshadri, Umarji, A.M., Rao, C.N.R., Appl.Phys.Lett., 56, 487489 (1990).
78. 123,247 and 124 cuprate superconductors: Investigations of Thermodynamic stabilities, Defect structures and
Intergrowths, Rao, C.N.R., Subbanna, G.N., Nagarajan, R., Ganguli, A.K., Ganapathi, L. Vijayaraghavan, R., Bhat, S.V.,
Raju, A.R., J. Solid State Chem., 88, 163-176 (1990).
79. Nature and stability of the “60K –superconducting phase” in the YBa2Cu3O7- system, Rao, C.N.R., Nagarajan, R., Ganguli,
A.K., Subbanna, G.N., and Bhat, S.V., Phys .Rev . B42, 6765-6768 (1990).
80. Elusive superconductivity in polycrystalline samples of layered lanthanum nickelates, Ganguli, A.K., Nagarajan, R., Ranga
Rao, G., Vasanthacharya, N.Y., Rao, C.N.R., Solid State Commun., 72, 195-197 (1989).
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81. Superconductivity in layered nickel oxides, Rao, C.N.R., Ganguli, A.K., Nagarajan., R., Pramana J. Phys., 32, L177-L179
(1989).
82. Investigations of superconducting bismuth cuprates of the general formula Bi2-xPbx(Ca,Sr,Y)n+1CunO2n+4 , Rao, C.N.R.,
Vijayaraghavan, R., Nagarajan, R., Phase transitions, 19, 201-211 (1989).
83. Neutron diffraction evidence for oxygen dimers in Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O superconductors, Sequeria, A., Rajagopal, H., Nagarajan,
R., Rao, C.N.R., Physica C, 159, 87-92 (1989).
84. Superconductivity in Bi-Ca-Y-Sr-Cu-O (2212) and Tl-Ca-Y-Ba-Cu-O (1122) systems: Effect of substitution of Ca by Y,
Ganguli, A.K., Nagarajan, R., Nanjundaswamy, K.S., Rao, C.N.R., Mater.Res.Bull, 24, 103-109 (1989).
85. Nature of copper in the new cuprate superconductors Pb2Sr2Ca1-xLnxCu3O8+, Rao, C.N.R., Bhat, V., Nagarajan, R., Ranga
Rao, G., Shankar, G., Phys.Rev. B39, 9621-9623 (1989).
86. Evidence for two distinct orthorhombic structures associated with different Tc regimes in LnBa2Cu3O7- (Ln = Nd, Eu, Gd
and Dy): A study of the dependence of superconductivity on oxygen stoichiometry, Nagarajan, R., Vijayaraghavan,
R.,Ganapathi, L., Mohan Ram, R.A., Rao, C.N.R., Physica C., 158, 453-457 (1989).
Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years)
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Anion (Fluoride)-Doped Ceria Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Characterization, Optical, and Photocatalytic Properties, Shahzad
Ahmad and Rajamani Nagarajan*, One Day Seminar on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Delhi, Delhi,
Mar 14, 2014.
Wurtzite CuInS2: Solution based one pot direct synthesis and its doping studies with non-magnetic Ga3+ and magnetic
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Fe ions, Meenakshi Gusain, Prashant Kumar, Rajamani Nagarajan, 3 Nano Today Conference, Biopolis, Singapore,
Dec 8-11, 2013
Wurtzite CuInS2: Solution based one pot direct synthesis and its doping studies with non-magnetic Ga3+ and magnetic
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Fe ions, Meenakshi Gusain, Prashant Kumar, Rajamani Nagarajan, International Union for Materials Research Society International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA 2013), IISc-Bangalore, Bangalore, Dec 16-20, 2013
Chalcopyrite CuFeS2, Prashant Kumar, Sitharaman Uma, Rajamani Nagarajan, International Union for Materials
Research Society - International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA 2013), IISc-Bangalore, Bangalore, Dec 16-20, 2013
Synthesis, Structure, Optical, Catalytic and Photocatalytic Properties of CeO 2 and CeO2:F Nanocrystals, Shahzad Ahmad
and Rajamani Nagarajan*, International Union for Materials Research Society - International Conference in Asia
(IUMRS-ICA 2013), IISc-Bangalore, Bangalore, Dec 16-20, 2013
Solvent Mediated room temperature synthesis of highly crystalline Cu 9S5(Cu1.8S), CuSe, PbS and PbSe from their
elements, Prashant Kumar, Meenakshi Gusain, Rajamani Nagarajan, 4th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Material
chemistry, BARC Mumbai and Society for Materials Chemistry, Mumbai, Dec 11-15, 2012
KLaF4: Efficient and Versatile Energy Upconverting System, Shahzad Ahmad and Rajamani Nagarajan*, International
Union for Materials Research Society - International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA 2012), Busan, Korea, Aug 26-31,
2012. (Paper No.: P-05-1101)
A Simple Unconventional Approach for Composition Control in Copper-Iron-Sulfur System, Prashant Kumar, Sitharaman
Uma, and Rajamani Nagarajan*, International Union for Materials Research Society - International Conference in Asia
(IUMRS-ICA 2012), Busan, Korea, Aug 26-31, 2012. (Paper No.: P- 09-1119)
Thermoluminescence in heavily F- doped SnO2: An outcome of moss- Burstein effect, Vinod Kumar, R. Nagarajan, 2nd
International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials And Nanotechnology (ICANN), Department of Physics and Center
for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India, Dec 8-10, 2011.
Anion doped transparent conducting oxides ZnO and SnO2:- Facile synthesis and fascinating properties, Shahzad Ahmed,
Vinod Kumar, R. Nagarajan, Indo - US meeting on New Functional Materials, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India,
June 2-7, 2011.
32Synthesis of Cu1.8S and CuS from Copper-Thiourea Containing Precursors; Anionic (Cl-, NO , SO4 ) influence on the
product stoichiometry, Prashant Kumar, Meenakshi Gusain, Rajamani Nagarajan, Indo - US meeting on New Functional
Material, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, June 2-7, 2011.
Optical and Photocatalytic Properties of heavily F- -doped SnO2 Nanoparticles by a Novel Single Source Precursor
Approach, G. Govid, V. Kumar, R. Nagarajan, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT
2011), Materials Research Society, Singapore, June 26 – July 1, 2011
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Cubic KLaF4:Tb A Strong and Tunable bluish-green Light Emitting Nanophosphors, Shahzad Ahmad, Subrata Das, A.
Amarnath Reddy, R. Nagarajan and G. Vijaya Prakash* Workshop on Recent Trends in Nanophotonics, IIT-Delhi, 30th
Sept. - 1st Oct. 2011.
Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)
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Department of Science and Technology (Govt of India) funded collaborative project entitled Investigations of Magnetic,
optical and Electrical properties of Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications, Worth 5.3 Cr. (1200000
USD).
Department of Science and Technology (Govt of India) funded collaborative project entitled “Green synthesis of Novel
fluoride matrices for the upconversion studies and their modification by organic additives for suitable applications”,
Worth Rs. 55, 00, 000 (2013-2016).
Awards and Distinctions
K.P. Abraham Gold Medal and cash award for the Best Thesis in Materials Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
India.
Association With Professional Bodies
1. Material Research Society of India
2. Society for Material Chemists
3. Member of American Nano Society
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