Suresh Gokhale

Suresh Gokhale

Physical and Materials Chemistry Division

About Me

We work in the field of carbon nanotechnology with our main focus on synthesis and chemical functionalization of carbon nanostructured materials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene etc. for various technologically important applications. Presently, we study these materials for hydrogen storage, nanocomposites and nanofluids applications. We also plan to develop an environment-friendly route to replace the existing hazardous chemical processing of carbon nanomaterials.

Professional Experience

  • 2017-Present: Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-NCL, Pune, India
  • 2011-2017: Principal Scientist, CSIR-NCL, Pune, India
  • 2006-2011: Senior Scientist, CSIR-NCL, Pune, India
  • 1999-2006: Scientist, CSIR-NCL, Pune, India
  • 1994-1999: Junior Scientist, CSIR-NCL, Pune, India

Selected Publications

  • V. Alman, K. Singh, T. Bhat, A. Sheikh And S. Gokhale, Sunlight assisted improved photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B using Pd-loaded g-C3N4/WO3 nanocomposite, Applied Physics A : Materials Science and Processing., 126, 724 (2020).
  • A. Daniel, Y. Badhe, I. Srikanth, S. Gokhale And K. Balasubramanian, Laser shielding and thermal ablation characteristics of resorcinol formaldehyde / boron nitride composites for thermal protection systems, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 55, 10645 (2016).
  • Gaurav Patil, Chetan Sarode, Rahul Patil And Suresh Gokhale, CVD synthesis of highly graphitized single-walled carbon nanotubes using nitrogen-pretreated Fe-Mo/MgO catalyst, Chem. Lett., 41, 871 - 873 (2012).
  • Priyanka Singh, Mukta V. Kulkarni, Suresh P. Gokhale, Samir H. Chikkali, Ch And rashekhar V. Kulkarni, Enhancing the hydrogen storage capacity of Pd-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes, Appl. Surf. Sci. ., 258, 3405 - 3409 (2012).
  • A. Charanpahari, S. S. Umare, S. P. Gokhale, V. Sudarsan, B. Sreedhar And R. Sasikala, Enhanced photocatalytic activity of multi-doped TiO2 for the degradation of methyl orange, Appl. Catal. A: General ., 443-444, 96 - 102 (2012).

Research Interest

  • Materials Chemistry including Nanomaterials

Contact Details

Dr. Suresh P. Gokhale


Senior Principal Scientist, Carbon Nanotechnology
Physical and Materials Chemistry Division
CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory
Dr. Homi Bhabha Road
Pune 411008, India
Phone  +91 20 2590 2295, 2291
E-mail sp.gokhale@ncl.res.in