Our research interests are broadly in studying photo
initiated processes in organic and materials chemistry. We are particularly interested in
synthesizing metal free organic dyes for dye sensitized solar cells, photo
activated methods for processing organic molecules for organic electronics and
solar cells.
2012 – present: Scientist, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. 2006 – 2011: Post-Doctoral
Associate, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL33146, USA (Mentor:
Professor V. Ramamurthy) 2000
– 2006 : Ph. D.,
Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Mentor: Professor N. Jayaraman).
1.
Panchromatic sensitizer for
dye-sensitized solar cells: Un-symmetrical squaraine dyes incorporating
benzodithiophene p-spacer with alkyl chains to extend conjugation, control the dye
assembly on TiO2 and retard charge recombination, Bisht, R.;
Munavvar M. M. K.; Singh, A. K.; Nithyanandhan,
J. J. Org. Chem. 2017, Manuscript accepted (DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.6b02670). 2.
Effect of
out-of-plane alkyl group’s position in dye sensitized solar cell
efficiency: A structure-property relationship utilizing indoline based
unsymmetrical squaraine dyes, Ananthan, A.; Munavvar, F. M. K.; Punitharasu,
V.; Sil, M. C.; Nithyanandhan, J. ACS Applied Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 35353–35367 (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b12730). 3. Heterotriangulene-based unsymmetrical squaraine dyes: synergistic
effects of donor moieties and outof-plane branched alkyl chains on dye cell
performance, Karjule, N.; Munavvar, F. M. K.; Nithyanandhan, J. J. Mater.
Chem. A, 2016, 4, 18910-18921. (Selected
for themed collection of 2016 Journal
of Materials Chemistry A HOT Papers) 4. A dendrimer facilitates resonance energy
transfer between hydrophobic aromatic guest molecules in water, Singh, Y.;
Raj, A. M.; Kiran, B. M.; Nithyanandhan, J.; Ramamurthy, V.; Jayaraman, N. J. Photochem. Photobiol A Chem. 2016, 317, 125–131.
5.
Release of a Guest by
Disassembling a Capsule Through a Photo triggering Process, Jayaraj, N.; ,
Jagadesan, P.; Samanta, S. R.; Da Silva, J. P.; V. Ramamurthy, Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 4374-4377.
