Updates
Recent milestones, paper acceptances, and career updates.
Article accepted in Chemistry - A European Journal: “1T-Rich MoS2 and its Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity by Functionalization with Organic Ammonium Cations” by K. Kundu, D. C. Binwal, P. Vishnoi, and C. N. R. Rao.
Manuscript under revision in Chemistry of Materials: “Structural phase transitions, magnetic exchange and optical absorption in layered molybdenum(III) halide double perovskites” by D. C. Binwal, K. Anand, A. Bhui, K. Biswas, and P. Vishnoi.
Served as a peer reviewer for ACS Applied Energy Materials.
Participated in JNCASR winter school activities covering advanced topics in materials research and related areas.
Article accepted in Chemical Communications: “[N(CH3)4]2MIMoCl6 (MI = Na, Ag): Expanding the family of 1D halide double perovskite-related materials by large A-site cation.”
Successfully defended my PhD thesis in Materials Science at JNCASR.
Submitted my PhD thesis in Materials Science at JNCASR.
Completed a visiting PhD research stay in the group of Prof. Ajayan Vinu, with work connected to layered materials and scientific discussions.
Article published in Physical Review B: “Dynamic magnetic ground state in a dimer based compound Yb2Te5O13.”
Delivered the PhD thesis colloquium at JNCASR.
Article accepted in Chemistry of Materials: “Tailorable magnetic exchange and optical absorption in 1D halide double perovskites (CH3NH3)2NaMoCl6-xBrx.”
Article published in Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie: “Synthesis of highly crystalline flakes of 3R-MoS2 and 3R-WS2 and their electrocatalytic and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reactivity.”
Presented research at the Gordon Research Conference on Unconventional Semiconductors, Boston, USA.
Received the Science and Engineering Research Board International Travel Support grant to attend the Gordon Research Conference in the USA.
Participated in a workshop focused on neutron scattering and muon spectroscopy methods for materials research.
Article accepted in New Journal of Chemistry: “Synthesis, characterisation, electrocatalytic HER activity, and electrical resistivity of 3R-NbS2 nanosheets” (New Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 47, 17098-17102).
Article accepted in Chemical Science: “Molybdenum chloride double perovskites: dimensionality control of optical and magnetic properties.”
Received the travel grant to attend the International Workshop on Advanced Materials, United Arab Emirates.
Presented research at the International Workshop on Advanced Materials, United Arab Emirates.
Participated in the STUTI-DST Workshop on X-ray Crystallography at VIT.
Article published online in Journal of the American Chemical Society: “Hybrid layered double perovskite halides of transition metals.”
Completed a crash course on next-generation solar cells.
Article published: “Simple synthesis of 2D molybdenum carbide nanosheets and their application in hydrogen evolution reaction.”
Attended the Rigaku School for Practical Crystallography.
Article accepted in Materials Research Bulletin: “Nanocomposites of MoS2 nanoparticles with carboxyl-functionalized carbon nanotubes and borocarbonitride nanosheets, and their electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction activity.”
Received the Sheikh Saqr Junior Fellowship at JNCASR.
Successfully defended my M.S. Engineering thesis at JNCASR.
Article accepted in ACS Applied Energy Materials: “Nanocomposites of 1T-MoS2 with polymer-functionalized nanotubes of carbon and borocarbonitride, and their HER activity.”
First research paper accepted in Bulletin of Materials Science: “HER activity of nanosheets of 2D solid solutions of MoSe2 with MoS2 and MoTe2.”