Journals, Patents, Books/Proceedings, Syposia/Conferences

Low temperature synthesis of needle-like α-FeOOH and their conversion into α-Fe2O3 nanorods for humidity sensing application, Parag  V. Adhyapak,  Uttam P. Mulik, Dinesh P. Amalnerkar and  Imtiaz S. Mulla, Journal of American Ceramic Society 96(2013)731

Formation of multifunctional nanocomposites with ultrathin layers of polyaniline (PANI) on silver vanadium oxide (SVO) nanospheres by in situ polymerization, R. S. Diggikar, M. V. Kulkarni, G. M. Kale and B. B. Kale, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1 (2013) 3992

Single step hydrothermal approach for devising hierarchical Ag–ZnO heterostructures with significant enhancement in field emission performance, SS Warule, NS Chaudhari, RT Khare, JD Ambekar, BB Kale,* MA More, CrystEngComm (2013) 15, 7475-7483,

Graphene/poly(styrene-b-isoprene-b-styrene) nanocomposite optical actuators”. Seema Ansari, Muralidharan Malamal Neelanchery and Deepthi Ushus, Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2013) , 130 (6), 2013, 3902-3908

Infrared properties 'lead free' thick film NTC thermo-resistive sensor based on the mixture of spinal material and RuO2, S. Jagtap, S. Rane, S. Gosavi, U. Mulik and  D. Amalnerkar, Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, 197(2013),166

Silver-decorated orthorhombic nanotubes of lithium vanadium oxide: an impeder of bacterial growth and biofilm, R. S. Diggikar, R. H. Patil, S. B. Kale, D. K. Thombre, W. N. Gade, M. V. Kulkarni and B. B. Kale, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 97 (2013) 8283

Processing and formulation of inkjet printable conducting polyaniline based ink for low cost, flexible humidity sensors using untreated polymeric substrate, M. V. Kulkarni, S. K. Apte, S. D. Naik, J. D. Ambekar and B. B. Kale, Smart Mater. Structure. 21(2012) 035023.

Non linear optical absorption in lithium doped ZnO thin films, T. Anto Johny, Viswanathan Kumar, P Sudheesh and K  Chandrasekharan_, Opt. Commun.,309, 279-281 (2013)

Synthesis of SnO 2 Nano Rods and their Photocatalytic Properties, JM Mali, SS Arbuj, JD Ambekar, SB Rane, UP Mulik, DP Amalnerkar, J. Nanoeng. Nanomanuf. 2013, 3, 121 -125.

Structural, morphological and optical properties of Mn doped ZnS nano-crystals, V.D. Mote, Y. Purushotham and B.N. Dole, Cerâmica, 59 (2013) 395-400

Preparation, characterization, and H2S sensing performance of sprayed nanostructured SnO2 thin films, R. H. Bari, R. S. Khadayate, S. B. Patil, A. R. Bari, G. H. Jain, L. A. Patil and B.B. Kale, ISRN Nanotechnology, 2012 (2012) 734325

Structural, W-H analysis and magnetic studies of Mn substituted ZnO Nanocrystals, V.D. Mote, V.R.Huse, Y. Purushotham and B.N. Dole, International Journal of Chemistry, 2 (2013) 330

Evaluation of Anti-Quorum Sensing Activity of Silver Nanowires, Mohini S. Wagh (nee Jagtap), Rajendra H. Patil, Deepali Thombre, Milind V. Kulkarni 1 , W. N. Gade, and Bharat B. Kale, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2013) 97, 3593-3601.

Development of polyaniline - Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (PANI-MWCNT) Nanocomposite for Optical pH Sensor, M. V. Kulkarni, N.A. Charhate , K.V. Bhavsar, M.A. Tathe, B. B. Kale, Materials Research Innovations 17(2013) 238

Ultra-high-frequency behavior of BaFe2O4 hexaferrite for LTCC substrates, V. A. Rane, G. J. Phatak and S. K. Date, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 49 (2013) 5048

Effect of Thickness and Dye on Optical and Photovoltaic Properties of Nanocrystalline TiO2 Thin Film for Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Application, MT Sarode, YB Khollam, SR Jadkar, BB Kale,* KC Mohite, ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY 25, S405-S408, 2013

Tween80 Modified Graphene with Improved Processability for the Fabrication of Supercapacitors”. M. N. Muralidharan, A. Seema, M. M. Saj Mohan, K. R. Dayas  and E. K. Sunny, Materials and Manufacturing Processes 28, (2013) 1253-1259

Characterization, conductivity and photocatalytic studies of AHfM(PO4)3 (A = Na and Ag; M = Ti and Zr) powders synthesized by sol-gel method;   Suresh Palla, G. Ravi, J. R. Reddy, Naveen Kumar Veldurthi, Radha Velchuri, G. Prasad, N. R. Munirathnam and M. Vithal, Journal of Sol Gel Scince and Technology 67 (2013) 507-518.

Solvothermal Synthesis of One Dimensional Copper Doped Cadmium Sulphide Nanorods and Their Photocatalytic Performance, S.S. Arbuj, S.R. Bhalerao, S.B. Rane, U.P. Mulik, D.P. Amalnerkar. J. Nanoeng. Nanomanuf., 5(2013), 107

Synthesis and Electrical characterization of Ag, Au-PVP nanocomposites for Humidity sensing, P.B.Kanitkar, P. V. Adhyapak, U. P. Mulik , D. P. Amalnerkar and R. C. Aiyer, Sensor Letters, 10 (2012), 932

Corrigendum to Studies of conducting polyaniline (PANI) wrapped-multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) nanocomposite and its application for optical pH sensing‘ MV Kulkarni, BB Kale Sens. Actuators B 187 (2013) 407–412

Synthesis and characterization of Mn doped ZnO Nanoparticles, V.D. Mote, S.S.Shah, B.N. Dole and Y. Purushotham, International Journal of Nanoscience, 12 (2013) 13500041-7

Effect of preparation parameters on the morphologically induced photocatalytic activities of hierarchical zinc oxide nanostructures, P. V. Adhyapak, S. P. Meshram, V. Tomar, D. P. Amalnerkar and I. S. Mulla, Ceramics International , 39 (2013) 7367

An eco-friendly, highly stable and efficient nanostructured p-type N-doped ZnO photocatalyst for environmentally benign solar hydrogen production, A. P. Bhirud, S. D. Sathaye, R. P. Waichal, L. K. Nikam and B. B. Kale, Green Chemistry, 14 (10) (2012) 2790

Optical analysis of Dy3+: CdO–Bi2O3–B2O3 glasses, S. Sailaja, C. N. Raju, C. A. Reddy, S. H. Raju, U. Rambabu and B. S. Reddy, Ferroelectric Letters, 40 (2013) 30

Effective light harvesting in CdS nanoparticle sensitized rutile TiO 2 microspheres SS Mali, RS Devan, YR Ma, CA Betty, PN Bhosale, RP Panmand, BB Kale*, Electrochimica Acta, (2012) 666- 672

Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of polyaniline–silver nanocomposite, Mohaseen S.Tamboli 1 , Milind V. Kulkarni, Shamkumar P. Deshmukh and Bharat B. Kale*, Materials Research Innovations (2012) 17 112-116 ( 1.7)

Mg-doped ZnO Nanoparticles for efficient sunlight driven photocatalysis, Vinodkumar Etacheri, Roshith Roshan, and Viswanathan Kumar, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 4(5)2717-25(2012)

Synthesis and estimation of Co doped ZnO Nanocrystals by Williamson-Hall analysis, V.D. Mote,, V.R.Huse, Y. Purushotham and B.N. Dole, International Journal of Chemistry, 1 (2012) 374

Magnetic properties of nanocrystalline CoFe 2 O 4 synthesized by thermal plasma in large scale AB Nawale, NS Kanhe, KR Patil, VR Reddy, A Gupta, BB Kale, SV Bhoraskar, VL Mate. Materials Chemistry and Physics, (2012) 137, 586-595,

Organization of cubic CeO 2 nanoparticles on the edges of self assembled tapered ZnO nanorods via a template free one-pot synthesis: significant cathodoluminescence and field emission properties Sambhaji S. Warule ,  Nilima S. Chaudhari ,  Bharat B. Kale* ,  Kashinath R. Patil, Pankaj M. Koinkar ,  Mahendra A. More and Ri-ichi Murakami J. Mater. Chem., (2012) 22, 8887- 8895

"Influence of Piezoceramic to Fused Silica Plate Thickness on the Radiiof Curvature of Piezoelectric Bimorph Mirror", M. Libu, S. Susanth, K. G. Vasanthakumari, C. J. Dileep kumar and R. Raghu, Review of Scientific Instruments 83, 015001 (2012)

Deposition of PZT thin films with {001}, {110}, and {111} crystallographic orientations and their transverse piezoelectric characteristics, D Ambika , V Kumar, K Tomioka and Isaku Kanno, Adv.Mater.Lett.3(2),102-106(2012)

Synthesis and characterization of ATiO 3 (A = Ca, Sr and Ba) perovskites and their photocatalytic activity under solar irradiation, SS Arbuj, RR Hawaldar, SVarma, SB Waghmode, BN Wani, Sci. Adv. Mater., 2012, 4, 568-572.

Synthesis and characterization of Pr substituted Gd-123 high-Tc superconductors, V.R.Huse, V.D. Mote, Y. Purushotham and B.N. Dole, Cerâmica, 58 (2012) 381

Role of grain size on the magnetic properties of La 0.7 Sr 0.3 MnO 3 , PA Yadav, AV Deshmukh, KP Adhi, BB Kale, N Basavaih, SI Patil, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2012) 328, 86-90,

Effect of annealing temperature on optical properties of titanium dioxide thin films prepared by sol-gel method M. T. Sarode, P. N. Shelke, Y. B. Khollam, M. G.Takwale, S. R. Jadkar, B. B . Kale*, Int. J. Mod. Phys. Conf. Ser. (2012) 06, 13.

Effect of Cu and Fe addition on electrical properties of Ni–Mn–Co–O NTC thermistor compositions, M.N. Muralidharan, P.R. Rohini, E.K. Sunny, K.R. Dayas, A. Seema, Ceramic International, 38, 2012, 6481-6486

Influence  of Lithium doping on the structural and electrical characteristics of  ZnO Thin Films,”Anto Johny T¹ Viswanathan Kumar,  Hideyuki Imai, and Isaku Kanno, Thin Solid Films, 520,5797(2012)

Field Emission and Photo-Catalytic Investigations on Hierarchical Nanostructures of Copper Doped CdS Synthesized by Kitchen-Chemistry Approach, MD Shinde, PG Chavan, GG Umarji, SS Arbuj, SB Rane, MA More, DS Joag, D. P. Amalnerkar, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 2012, 12, 3788-3798.

Williamson-Hall analysis in estimation of lattice strain in nanometer-sized ZnO particles, V.D. Mote, Y. Purushotham and B.N. Dole, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Physics, 6 (2012) 1-8

Eco-friendly solar light driven hydrogen production from copious waste H 2 S and organic dye degradation by stable and efficient orthorhombic CdS quantum dots–GeO 2 glass photocatalyst, SK Apte, SN Garaje, M Valant, B. B Kale*, Green Chem. (2012) 14, 1455-1462

Eco-friendly solar light driven hydrogen production from copious waste H 2 S and organic dye degradation by stable and efficient orthorhombic CdS quantum dots–GeO 2 glass photocatalyst Sanjay K. Apte ,  Sunil N. Garaje ,  Matjaz Valant and Bharat B. Kale* Green Chem., 2012, 14, 1455-1462.

Synthesis of ZnS Nanowire Bundles and their Photocatalytic Activity for Dye Degradation, RD Bolade, SD Naik, SK Apte, JD Ambekar, SS Arbuj, MV Kulkarni, UP Mulik, BB Kale, Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine, 2012, 4, 1–9.

Synthesis and characterization of Mn doped ZnS nanometer-sized particles, V.D. Mote, V.R. Huse, Y. Purushotham, S.S. Shah and B.N. Dole, AIP Conf. Proceedings, 1447 (2012) 217-218

Self-aligned nanocrystalline ZnO hexagons by facile solid-state and co-precipitation route JH Thorat, KG Kanade, LK Nikam, PD Chaudhari, RP Panmand, BB Kale*, Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2012) 14, 1-10

“Self-aligned nanocrystalline ZnO hexagons by facile solid-state and co-precipitation route”J. H. Thorat, K. G. Kanade, L. K. Nikam, P. D. Chaudhari, R. P. Panmand, B. B. Kale*, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, (2012) 14, 657.

Growth of Bi2Te3 quantum dots/rods in glass: a unique highly stable nanosystem with novel functionality for high performance magneto optical devices, RP Panmand, G Kumar, SM Mahajan, N Shroff, BB Kale,* SW Gosavi, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2012) 14, 16236- 16242,

Preparation, Characterization, and H 2 S Sensing Performance of Sprayed Nanostructured SnO2 Thin Films R. H. Bari, R. S. Khadayate, S. B. Patil, A. R. Bari, G. H. Jain, L. A. Patil, and B. B. Kale*, ISRN Nanotechnology Volume 2012, Article ID 734325,

An eco-friendly, highly stable and efficient nanostructured p-type N-doped ZnO photocatalyst for environmentally benign solar hydrogen production, Green Chemistry, AP Bhirud, SD Sathaye, RP Waichal, LK Nikam, B. B. Kale*, 2012, 14 (10), 2790-2798,2012