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Dr. S. Anandan

On Going Projects:

  

 

Grant Agency	Title of the Project	Reference Number	Amounts in lakhs
DST-SERC Fast Track	Direct Conversion of Solar radiation into electricity through dye-sensitized solar cells	SR/FTP/CS-13/2005 dt 05-05-2005	10.32 Completed
TEQIP -INDIA	Preparation of ZnO nanomaterials for photocatalytic applications	TEQIP/NW/18/CHE dated 12th Feb 2007	1.5 Completed
India-Australia Strategic Research Fund (AISRF)	Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Aqueous Environment	INT/AUS/P-1/07 dated 19th Sep 2007	45 Completed
CSIR - INDIA	Synthesis of Gold nanoparticles encapsulated TiMCM-41for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants	File No. 01(7858)/07 dated 1st Oct 2007	12 Completed
Ministry of Environment & Forests	Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants from industry wastes using heteropolytungstic acid - encapsulated nano-sized TiO2 supported nanoporous materials	F.O.No.19/6/2007-RE	20 Completed
DST-Nano- mission Scheme	Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials for Engineering Applications	D.O. No. SR/ NM/NS-27/2008, dt. 25.2.09	572.32 Co-PI Completed
DST-SERC Major Research Project	Low band gap Donor-Acceptor conjugated polymers toward organic solar cell applications	SR/S1/PC-49/2009 dt.23.12.09	38 Completed
CSIR - INDIA	Sonocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants from industrial wastewater using novel nanosized semiconductor catalyst	File No. 02(0021)/11/EMR-II dated 15th Dec 2011	18
INDIA-Spain Research Fund (DST)	Preparation of Nanomaterials applied to renewable energy devices and other environmental applications by high intensity ultrasound processing	DST/INT/Spain/P-37/11 dt.16th Dec 2011	35
Ministry of Environment & Forests	Synthesis of Novel Nanosized Semiconductor Photocatalyst for Sonophotocatalytic degradation of Organic pollutants from industrial wastewater.	F.No.19-26/ 2009-RE	25 Co-PI
INDIA-Taiwan Research Fund (DST)	Sonochemical preparation of metal nanoparticles and application of Fuel cell catalysts	DST/INT/Taiwan/13/5th Mar 2013	22
Solar Energy Research Initiative (DST)	Preparation of Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Fabrication of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells	DST/TM/SERI/2k12/109(C) dt. 18th July 2013	44.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awards:

 

Dr. Anandan is a Referee for many International scientific journals such as:                                                                                                 

 

 

Applied Catalysis B: Chemical	Applied Surface Science	Biomacromolecules
Carbohydrate Polymers	Colloids & Surfaces A	Colloids & Surfaces B
Dyes & Pigments	Desalination	Environmental Science & Technology
Electrochemistry Communications	Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research	Langmuir
Journal of Alloys and Compounds	Journal of Environmental Management	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience
Journal of Magnetic Resonance	Journal of Molecular Liquids	Journal of Luminescence
Journal of Solution Chemistry	Journal of Physical Chemistry	Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical
Journal of Solution Chemistry	Korean Journal of Photoscience	Material Chemistry & Physics
Materials Letters	Solar Energy Materials and Solar cells	Science of Advanced Materials
Spectrochimica Acta A	The Open Textile Journal	Ultrasonics & Sonochemistry

                                   

Papers published in Books:

• S. Anandan, "Effects put forth to enhance the efficiency in dye-sensitized nanostructured solar cells – an overview", Applied Physics in the 21st Century, (2008) 185-208. (Review) Publisher: Research Signpost S.
• Anandan, J. Madhavan, M. Ashokkumar "The contribution of the nanotechnology to hydrogen", Nanotechnology for the Energy Challenge, (2010) 111-136. (Review) Publisher: Wiley-VCH, Weinheim
• S. Anandan and M. Ashokkumar, "Sonochemical preparation of monometallic, bimetallic and metal-loaded semiconductor nanoparticles", Theoretical and Experimental Inorganic Sonochemistry, (2010) 151-169. Publisher: Springer.

• S. Anandan and M. Ashokkumar, "Sonochemical synthesis of noble mono- and bimetallic nanoparticles for catalytic applications", Cavitation: A Novel Energy Efficient Technique for the Generation of Nanomaterials, (2014) xxx-xxx. (Inpress) Publisher: Pan Stanford Publishing, Singapore.

   

 Patents:

• P.Maruthamuthu, B. Muthuraaman, S. Ganesan, S. Anandan, S. Murugesan, J. Madhavan, and S. Austin Suthanthiraraj, "High Performance Solid-State Polymer Electrolyte Operating with Charge transfer complex Mechanism for Nanocrystalline Dye-sensitized Solar Cells", Submitted for Patent, (Application No.2728/CHE/2007

 

 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

                                                               Total number of peer reviewed publications = 120

                                                                          Total number of Citations = 1270

                                                                                          h - Index = 18
                                              

 

                                                               Articles With Citation Data:   97
                                                               Sum of the Times Cited:       1270
                                                               Average Citations per Article:13.37
                                                               h-index:                            18
                                                               Last Updated:                    08/02/2014 05:23 GMT

 

Membership: 

Member in Korean Chemical Society, South Korea
Active member in Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology (SAEST), India
Life member in Catalysis Society of India
Life member in Indian Science congress Association
Editorial Board member for the Journal “The Open Textile Journal” (Bentham publisher, UK)
International Organizing Committee member for the International Workshop on Sonochemistry and Photocatalysis for Environmental Remediation (IWSPER-2008) to be held at University of Melbourne during 26-28, November 2008
Editorial Board member for the Journal “International Journal of Applied Biology and Pharmaceutical Technology. 
Editorial Board member for the Journal “Nanotechnology" Publisher: The Scientific World Journal.
Editorial Board member for the Journal “Journal of Textiles" Publisher: Hindawi Publishing Corp.

Countries Visited Abroad :
University of Loughborough, UK
Feng Chia University, Taiwan
University of Melbourne, Australia
Chungnam National University, Korea
HongKong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Nagoya, Japan
First International Winter School on Industrial Biotechnology at Cairo, Egypt

 

No. of Ph.D Students Completed: 6
            Dr. P. Sathish Kumar
                Dr. R. Sivakumar
            Dr. A. Manivel
            Dr. S. Naveenraj 
            Dr. M. Ruby Raj
            Dr. S. Ramkumar

 

Present Group Members:

Ph. D. Scholars:
            Mr. S. Manoharan
            Mr. T. Selvamani
            Mr. B. Gnana Sundara Raj
            Mr. V. Vinoth 
            Ms. G. Saritha
            Mr. K. Kaviyarasan    
                Mr. Martha Purnachander Rao
                Mr. N. C. Meganathan
                Ms. Pavithra
                Mr. Anandababu

        
M.Sc Students: 3
            Ms.M.Devi
            Mr.S.Guru Prasad
            Mr.R.R.Ramprasad 
            

 

 

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