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Dr. Narasimman Rajaram
Assistant Professor
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Faculty of Natural Sciences
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Department
Department of Chemistry
Dr. Narasimman Rajaram is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, at M S Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences (MSRUAS), Bengaluru. Before joining MSRUAS, he served as a DST-INSPIRE faculty fellow (2019 to 2024) at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram. During his INSPIRE faculty tenure, Dr. Narasimman focused on developing novel nickel-based bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting and on advanced materials for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries.
Dr. Narasimman completed his PhD in Chemistry in 2015 at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, under the supervision of Prof. K. Prabhakaran. His doctoral research centered on developing carbon foam from sucrose, incorporating various reinforcing carbon additives and novel blowing agents. Following his PhD, he was awarded the Australian Government’s Endeavour Research Fellowship, through which he worked as a Visiting Scientist (2015-2016) in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Queensland, Australia, under the mentorship of Prof. Suresh K. Bhatia. He then joined Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (2016-2017) in the Department of Solar Energy under the guidance of Prof. Abhijit Ray.
He also received SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellowship (2017-2019) and worked under Prof. Abhijit Ray in Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University and with Dr. Hareesh U S, Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram. Dr. Narasimman has contributed in the areas of carbon foam, porous carbon, CVD-graphene, porous ceramics, electrocatalysts, batteries and supercapacitors. Currently, his research interests are focused on the development of innovative materials for energy storage and conversion systems. He has published over 34 research articles, 10 conference proceedings, one book chapter and one Indian patent.
Qualifications
- B.Sc. Chemistry
Dr. Ambedkar Government Arts College, Chennai, University of Madras, 2007
- M.Sc. Chemistry
The New College, Chennai, University of Madras, 2009
- PhD Chemistry
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, 2015
Experience
Academic
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- DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellow, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (ISRO), Thiruvananthapuram (2019-2024) – 5 Years 0 Months;
- SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellowship, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (2018-2019) – 0 Year 9 Months;
- SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellowship, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar (2017-2018) – 0 Year 9 Months;
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar (2016-2017) – 1 Year 4 Months;
- Visiting Scientist, Endeavour Research Fellowship, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (2015-2016) – 0 Year 6 Months
Industry Experience:
- Anthem Biosciences, Bangalore (2010-2011) – 5 Months;
- The SRF Private Limited, Chennai (2009-2010) – 1 Year 1 Month
- Lithium-ion batteries
- Sodium-ion batteries
- Supercapacitors
- Electrocatalyst for water splitting
- Synthesis of porous carbon
- Ray, Abhijit, Narasimman, Rajaram "Transparent Conducting Electrodes for Optoelectronic Devices: State-of-the-art and Perspectives." Materials Research Foundations 103 (2021).
- DST-INSPIRE FACULTY Fellowship Award – 2019 (DST, Government of India)
- National Post-Doctoral Fellowship – 2017 (SERB, Government of India)
- Endeavour Research Fellowship – 2015 (Australian Government Post-Doctoral Fellowship)
- Awarded “DST – International Travel Support” to participate and present a paper in International Conference -“Carbon 2014”, Brazil
- Junior Research Fellowship, CSIR-UGC (2010)
- Rajaram, N., Gopi, J., Sukumaran Nair, V., SarojiniAmma, S. and Ilangovan, S.A., 2023. Role of transition metal substitution on nickel sulfide toward electrocatalytic water splitting. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 6(15), pp.7908-7918.
- Narasimman, R., Jnanapriya, G., Sujatha, S. and Ilangovan, S.A., 2023. Vertically aligned nickel-iron-phosphide nanosheets on three-dimensional porous nickel foam for overall water splitting. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 947, p.169474.
- Majumder, S., Narasimman, R., Dhuruvan, S., Varatharajan, P., Raj Murugan, A., Sarojiniamma, S. and Sinthai Appusamy, I., 2023. Solid‐State Synthesis and Characterization of Mg‐Substituted P2‐Na0. 70Ni0. 45Mn0. 55O2 Cathode Materials for Practical Sodium‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 7(5), p.2200519.
- Kuttan, S.S., Girija, N., Devaki, S.J., Nair, B.N., Jose, R., Rajaram, N., Mohamed, A.P. and Saraswathy Hareesh, U.N., 2022. Modulating electrochemical performance of interfacially polymerized, MoS2 decorated polyaniline composites for electrochemical capacitor applications. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5(7), pp.8510-8525.
- Chaliyawala, H.A., Narasimman, R., Pati, R.K., Mukhopadhyay, I. and Ray, A., 2022. Effect of copper pretreatment on optical and electrical properties of camphor-based graphene by chemical vapour deposition. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 33(11), pp.8397-8408.
- Narasimman, R., Waldiya, M., Jalaja, K., Vemuri, S.K., Mukhopadhyay, I. and Ray, A., 2021. Self-standing, hybrid three-dimensional-porous MoS2/Ni3S2 foam electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline medium. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46(11), pp.7759-7771.
- Narasimman, R., Waldiya, M., Karthik, E., Mukhopadhyay, I. and Ray, A., 2019. Transition metal dichalcogenide anchored in 3D nickel framework with graphene support for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 3(7), p.1800168.
- Chaliyawala, H.A., Rajaram, N., Patel, R., Ray, A. and Mukhopadhyay, I., 2019. Controlled island formation of large-area graphene sheets by atmospheric chemical vapor deposition: Role of natural camphor. ACS omega, 4(5), pp.8758-8766.
- Waldiya, M., Bhagat, D., Narasimman, R., Singh, S., Kumar, A., Ray, A. and Mukhopadhyay, I., 2019. Development of highly sensitive H2O2 redox sensor from electrodeposited tellurium nanoparticles using ionic liquid. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 132, pp.319-325.
- Waldiya, M., Narasimman, R., Bhagat, D., Vankhade, D. and Mukhopadhyay, I., 2019. Nanoparticulate CdS 2D array by chemical bath deposition: Characterization and optoelectronic study. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 226, pp.26-33.
- Khanna, S., Marathey, P., Chaliyawala, H., Rajaram, N., Roy, D., Banerjee, R. and Mukhopadhyay, I., 2018. Fabrication of long-ranged close-packed monolayer of silica nanospheres by spin coating. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 553, pp.520-527.
- Vijayan, S., Narasimman, R. and Prabhakaran, K., 2016. A carbothermal reduction method for the preparation of nickel foam from nickel oxide and sucrose. Materials Letters, 181, pp.268-271.
- Narasimman, R., Vijayan, S., Dijith, K.S., Surendran, K.P. and Prabhakaran, K., 2016. Carbon composite foams with improved strength and electromagnetic absorption from sucrose and multi-walled carbon nanotube. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 181, pp.538-548.
- Vijayan, S., Narasimman, R. and Prabhakaran, K., 2016. Fabrication of large alumina foams by pyrolysis of thermo-foamed alumina–sucrose. Journal of Materials Research, 31(2), pp.302-309.
- Vijayan, S., 2015. Effect of emulsion composition on the porosity characteristics of macroporous ceramics prepared by freeze gelcasting of naphthalene-in-aqueous alumina slurry emulsions. Journal of Ceramic Processing Research, 16(6), pp.712-721.
- Narasimman, R., Vijayan, S. and Prabhakaran, K., 2015. Graphene-reinforced carbon composite foams with improved strength and EMI shielding from sucrose and graphene oxide. Journal of materials science, 50, pp.8018-8028.
- Vijayan, S., Narasimman, R. and Prabhakaran, K., 2015. Effect of emulsion composition on gel strength and porosity in the preparation of macroporous alumina ceramics by freeze gelcasting. Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies, 3(3), pp.279-286.
- Sivadas, D.L., Narasimman, R., Rajeev, R., Prabhakaran, K. and Ninan, K.N., 2015. Effect of catalyst concentration and high-temperature activation on the CO2 adsorption of carbon nanospheres prepared by solvothermal carbonization of β-cyclodextrin. Journal of Materials Research, 30(11), pp.1761-1771.
- Sivadas, D.L., Narasimman, R., Rajeev, R., Prabhakaran, K. and Ninan, K.N., 2015. Effect of catalyst concentration and high-temperature activation on the CO2 adsorption of carbon nanospheres prepared by solvothermal carbonization of β-cyclodextrin. Journal of Materials Research, 30(11), pp.1761-1771.
- Narasimman, R., Vijayan, S. and Prabhakaran, K., 2015. Carbon-carbon composite foams with high specific strength from sucrose and milled carbon fiber. Materials Letters, 144, pp.46-49.
- Sivadas, D.L., Narasimman, R., Rajeev, R., Prabhakaran, K. and Ninan, K.N., 2015. Solvothermal synthesis of microporous superhydrophobic carbon with tunable morphology from natural cotton for carbon dioxide and organic solvent removal applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(31), pp.16213-16221.
- Narasimman, R., Vijayan, S. and Prabhakaran, K., 2015. Effect of activated carbon particle size on the thermo-foaming of aqueous sucrose resin and properties of the carbon foams. Journal of Materials Research, 30(1), pp.46-54.
- Vijayan, S., Narasimman, R. and Prabhakaran, K., 2015. Freeze gelcasting of naphthalene-in-aqueous alumina slurry emulsions for the preparation of macroporous alumina ceramics. Ceramics International, 41(1), pp.1487-1494.
- Pradhan, S.K., Narasimman, R., Vijayan, S. and Prabhakaran, K., 2014. Phenol-formaldehyde coating to improve the debris formation resistance of carbon foam. Materials Letters, 136, pp.99-102.
- Vijayan, S., Narasimman, R. and Prabhakaran, K., 2014. Freeze gelcasting of hydrogenated vegetable oil-in-aqueous alumina slurry emulsions for the preparation of macroporous ceramics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 34(16), pp.4347-4354.
- Narasimman, R., Vijayan, S. and Prabhakaran, K., 2014. Carbon particle induced foaming of molten sucrose for the preparation of carbon foams. Materials Science and Engineering: B, 189, pp.82-89.
- Vijayan, S., Narasimman, R. and Prabhakaran, K., 2014. Gelcasting of alumina using the hexamethylenediamine–paraformaldehyde monomer system. Ceramics International, 40(2), pp.3185-3191.
- Vijayan, S., Narasimman, R., Prudvi, C. and Prabhakaran, K., 2014. Preparation of alumina foams by the thermo-foaming of powder dispersions in molten sucrose. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 34(2), pp.425-433.
- Narasimman, R., Vijayan, S. and Prabhakaran, K., 2014. Carbon foam with microporous cell wall and strut for CO 2 capture. RSC Advances, 4(2), pp.578-582.
- Vijayan, S., Narasimman, R. and Prabhakaran, K., 2013. Dispersion and setting of powder suspensions in concentrated aqueous urea solutions for the preparation of porous alumina ceramics with aligned pores. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 96(9), pp.2779-2784.
- Vijayan, S., Narasimman, R. and Prabhakaran, K., 2013. A urea crystal templating method for the preparation of porous alumina ceramics with the aligned pores. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 33(10), pp.1929-1934.
- Narasimman, R. and Prabhakaran, K., 2013. Preparation of carbon foams with enhanced oxidation resistance by foaming molten sucrose using a boric acid blowing agent. Carbon, 55, pp.305-312.
- Narasimman, R. and Prabhakaran, K., 2012. Preparation of carbon foams by thermo-foaming of activated carbon powder dispersions in an aqueous sucrose resin. Carbon, 50(15), pp.5583-5593.
- Narasimman, R. and Prabhakaran, K., 2012. Preparation of low density carbon foams by foaming molten sucrose using an aluminium nitrate blowing agent. Carbon, 50(5), pp.1999-2009.
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- Process for the preparation of high-density carbon foams (India Patent 314287- Granted
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