Research Interest:

Methods

  • Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD)
  • Chemical, mechanical and thermal treatments
  • Sol-gel and co-precipitation for metal oxide preparation

Development

  • Graphene based metal oxide nanocomposites for photodegradation of water pollutants
  • Metal-functionalized CNTs for hydrogen storage
  • Long-length, highly graphitized and isolated semiconducting SWCNTs for electronics applications
  • Amine functionalized CNTs for aerospace applications
  • Graphene nanoplates on dielectric materials
  • CNT thin films on silicon
  • Functional graphene for bacterial growth inhibition

Syntheses and Preparations

  • Single-walled carbon nanotubes, multi-walled carbon nanotubes, graphene
  • Nanopowder of TiO2, MgO, Al2O3 and doped metal oxides
  • Fe, Co and Ni transition metal based catalysts

Characterizations and Measurements

  • Raman spectroscopy
  • Electron microscopy (SEM and TEM)
  • TGA / DTA
  • XPS, FTIR, XRD, UV-Vis spectroscopy
  • Adsorption and desorption isotherms, cyclic voltammetry, electrical conductivity

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 C, CSIR - NCL, Pune, India
  • 1994 - 1999 : Scientist B, CSIR - NCL, Pune, India

Selected Publications

  • V. Alman, K. Singh, T. Bhat, A. Sheikh, S. P. Gokhale, Appl. Phys. A: Materials Science and Processing, 126, 2020, 724.
  • A. Daniel, Y. Badhe, I. Srikanth, S. Gokhale, K. Balasubramanian, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 55, 2016, 10645.
  • A. Charanpahari, S. S. Umare, S. P. Gokhale, V. Sudarsan, B. Sreedhar, R. Sasikala, Appl. Catal. A, 443-444, 2012, 96.
  • G. Patil, C. Sarode, R. Patil, S. Gokhale, Chem. Lett., 41, 2012, 871.
  • P. Singh, M. V. Kulkarni, S. P. Gokhale, S. H. Chikkali, C. V. Kulkarni, Appl. Surf. Sci., 258, 2012, 3405.