PERSONAL INFORMATION CURRICULUM-VITAE: CS ROUT DR. Chandra Sekhar Rout E-mail: csrout@iitbbs.ac.in Ramanujan Fellow School of Basic Sciences (Physics) IIT Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar-751013 Odisha, INDIA Date of Birth: 8 th July 1981 Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Nationality: Indian Languages English: fluent. Oriya: mother tongue. Hindi: oral and reading understanding. EDUCATION Permanent Address: At/Po: Kasananta, Pattamundai Di: Kendrapara, Orissa INDIA: 754215 2008 Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Adv. Scientific Research, Bangalore, INDIA. Thesis title: Gas-sensing and electrical properties of metal oxide nanostructures Thesis Supervisor: Professor C.N.R. Rao, FRS. 2003 M.Sc. (Physics), Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, INDIA. 2001 B.Sc. (Physics major with Chemistry and Math as ancillary subjects), Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, INDIA.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2012: Post-doctoral researcher at UNIST, South Korea 2010-2012: Post-doctoral researcher at Purdue University, USA. Oct 2008-Dec 2009: Post-doctoral researcher at Singapore-MIT Alliance, National University of Singapore. 2003-2008: Research Scholar at JNCASR, Bangalore, INDIA. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Chemical and Biosensors, SERS based chemical and biosensors, optical chemical sensors, multifunctional scanning nanoprobes and nanobiosensors, Electrochemistry and electrodeposition, Electrochemical biosensors, Synthesis of nanomaterials by various chemical and physical methods, Pulsed Laser deposition, Characterization of materials using electron microscopy and surface analysis, Conducting atomic force microscopy, Spintronics, Magnetic properties of nanomaterials and graphene, integration and micro/nanofabrication, electron-beam lithography, modification and doping of CNTs and graphene for electronic devices and thermal interface applications, Molecular charge-transfer in CNTs and graphene, Supercapacitors, Lithium ion battery, Field emission and thermal emission of nanostructured materials, Cathodoluminescence, Light emitting diodes and Field effect transistors based on metal oxide nanostructures PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Hands on experience in Electron Beam Lithography Scanning Electron Microscopy Atomic Force Microscopy Vibrating Sample Magnetometer Powder X-ray diffraction X-ray Photoelectron spectroscopy Four-probe conductivity measurements Transmission Electron Microscopy
Pulsed Laser Deposition Plasma enhanced CVD Synthesis of nanomaterials by chemical routes and CVD Synthesis of graphene, SWNTs, MWNTs, DWNTs Electrodeposition system Raman spectroscopy Photoluminescence, UV-Vis Spectroscopy Electrical characterization and Conducting AFM Gas-sensing measurements Fabrication of two and three electrode based supercapacitors Fabrication of Field-effect Transistors and Light Emitting Diodes Regular use of Computers for data analysis (Origin, Proszki, Fullprof, CasaXPS...) and data output with Windows and many associated software (Word, Excel...) Post-doctoral Research Growth of single and few-layer graphene using PECVD and their chemical modification and applications. The studied properties and applications include surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Field emission, Spintronics, biosensors, solar cells, supercapacitors and heat transfer properties. Electron beam Lithography, field emission, nanowire based devices and Lithium ion battery electrodes based on nanostructures. Doctoral Research Synthesis, properties and applications of different inorganic nanostructures, CNTs and graphene. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of carbon based composite materials. Synthesized several metal oxide nanostructures by different chemical and physical methods and carried out characterizations using X-ray diffraction, FESEM, TEM, EDAX, AFM, Raman, PL and UV-Vis spectroscopy etc.
Fabricated aligned ZnO nanorods on Si and Sapphire substrates by Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD). Magnetic properties of few-layer graphene. Field emission and thermal emission of few-layer graphene. Studied magnetic properties of spintronic materials based on ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by sol-gel technique. Studied gas-sensing characteristics of thin, thick films of nanostructures as well as single nanowires of some oxides by using conducting atomic force microscope. Fabricated supercapacitors based on graphene, SWNTs, MWNTs, mesoporous carbon, and metal oxide coated CNTs and mesoporous carbon. Fabricated FETs based on doped and undoped nanowires. Studied electroluminescence and rectifying properties of heterojunction light emitting diodes (LEDs) based on ZnO nanorods. Performed electrical characterization of single nanowire and vertically aligned SWNTs by CAFM measurements. Performed the electrical measurements of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and exfoliated graphene in the presence of electron donor and acceptor aromatic molecules. CAREER OBJECTIVES To pursue experimental investigations of novel nanomaterials and explore various applications such as lithium ion battery, solar cells, chemical and biosensors, field emission, electronic and optical devices based on nanostructured materials, which includes and understand their properties as collective or stand-alone. To pursue research on applied physics and materials for wellness of human being. BRIEF OUTLINE OF RESEARCH WORKS I am well versed with many chemical and physical techniques for the preparation of various nanostructured materials. I have worked on chemical vapor deposition, pulsed laser deposition, arc discharge and solvothermal methods for the preparation of nanomaterials. I have experience on many characterization techniques such as SEM, TEM, AFM, CAFM, EDX, WDX, X-ray diffraction, Spectrophotometry, Raman spectroscopy, etc. My Ph.D work is focused on synthesis, properties and
applications of metal oxides, CNTs and graphene. I worked on fabrication of various devices including chemical sensors, light-emitting diodes, field effect transitors, field emitters and supercapacitors based on metal oxides and carbon nanostructures. I have also studied gas-sensing properties of single nanowires of ZnO and WO 3 by using conductive atomic force microscopy. Also, I have studied light emitting diode performance of heterojunctions based on ZnO nanowires and conducting polymers. I have discovered two distinctive concentric assemblies of ZnO rods, wherein each rod has an intrinsically positive and a negative polar end induced by the noncentrosymmetric arrangement of Zn and O atoms. Due to growth along two polar surfaces with different atomic arrangements, these assemblies are distinct in their intrinsic properties and exhibit different luminescent properties. I have pursued research on fabrication of single nanowire based field effect transistors by electron beam lithography during my postdoctoral work at National University of Singapore. I have studied room-temperature ferromagnetic properties as well as optical limiting properties of Vanadium oxides nanobelts, nanowires and nanoflowers. The nanostructures are found to exhibit large optical nonlinearity, leading to optical limiting behavior and the nonlinearity is probed using Z-scan technique. Presently at Purdue University I am working on preparation of single and few-layer graphene and CNTs by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition and their applications in electronic, optical and thermoelectric devices. Also, some of my works are on surface enhanced Raman studies of graphene and thermal interface properties of Boron nitride composites. I have studied surface-enhanced Raman scattering properties of Au and Ag nanoparticles decorated few-layer graphene substrates, which could detect very low concentration of rhodamine 6G, BSA, thiols and amines. With my research background and experience I strongly believe that if I get an opportunity, I could conduct world class research as well as I could contribute in teaching. AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), India, 2003 Qualified in Joint entrance Screening Test (JEST), India, 2003
SYMPOSIA Presented poster in "International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" (ICONSAT 2006) March 2006, IIT Delhi, India. Presented poster in "Summer school on nanomaterials", September 2006, NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan. Participated in "Oxide-06, International Symposium on Recent Developments in Metal Oxides and Related Materials", January, 2006, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Participated in "Emerging Directions in Chemical Sciences" 2006, IISc, Bangalore, India. Participated in "Nano-2006, 8 th international conference on Nanomaterials" August 2006, Bangalore, India. Presented poster in International Winter School on Chemistry of Materials, December 2006, JNCASR, Bangalore, India. Presented poster in 10 th International conference on Advanced Materials, October 2007, Bangalore, India. Presented poster in "International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" (ICONSAT 2008) February 2008, Madras, India. Presented poster in "Bangalore NANO" 2008, India. Participated in "DST School on nanoscience" 2007, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Oral Presentations in JNCASR 2012. Presented a talk on "FETs based on SWNTs" April 2005, JNCASR, and Bangalore, India. Presented a talk on "Quantum computation" April 2006, JNCASR, Bangalore, India. Presented a talk on "High-sensitivity hydrocarbon sensors based on tungsten oxide nanowires" JNCASR in-house Symposium, November 2006, JNCASR, Bangalore, India. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Synthesis of chemically bonded CNT graphene heterostructure arrays, C. S. Rout, A. Kumar a, T. S. Fisher, U. K. Gautam, Y. Bando and D. Golberg, RSC. Adv., 2, 8250 (2012) 2011 1) Room-temperature ferromagnetism in graphitic petal arrays, C.S. Rout, A. Kumar, N. Kumar, A. Sundaresan and T.S. Fisher, Nanoscale, (2011), 3, 900. (Times cited: 4). 2) Improved field emission properties of chemically linked CNT graphene heterostructure arrays, C.S. Rout, A. Kumar, Ujjal K. Gautam and T.S. Fisher, J. Am. Chem. Soc., (2011). 3) Room-temperature ferromagnetism and optical limiting in V 2 O 5 nanoflowers synthesized by a novel method, M.R. Parida, C.S. Rout, C. Vijayan, R. Philip J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115, 112. (Times cited: 9) 4) Carbon nanowalls amplify the surface enhanced Raman scattering from Ag nanoparticles, C.S. Rout, A. Kumar and T.S. Fisher, Nanotechnology, 2011, 22, 395704. (This paper was downloaded more than 250 times in its first month after publication, placing it in the top 10% of all Institute of Physics papers (250 downloads per quarter) 2010 5) Enhanced optical nonlinearity in β-agvo 3 nanobelts on decoration with Ag nanoparticles, M.R. Parida, C.S. Rout, C. Vijayan, R. Philip, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2011. 6) Au nanoparticles on graphitic petal arrays for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, C.S. Rout, A. Kumar, G. Xiong, J. Irudayaraj and T. S. Fisher, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2010, 97, 133108. (Times cited: 9). 7) Unipolar Assembly of ZnO Rods: Polarity Driven Collective Luminescence, U.K. Gautam, M. Imura, C. S. Rout, Y. Bando, X. Fang, B. Dierre, L. Sakharov, A. Govindaraj, T. Sekiguchi, D.
Golberg, C. N. R. Rao, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 2010, 107, 13588. (Times cited: 8). 8) Facile hydrothermal synthesis, field emission and electrochemical properties of V 2 O 5 and β-agvo 3 nanobelts, C. S. Rout, U.K. Gautam, Y. Bando, D. Rangappa, X. Fang, L. Li, D. Golberg, Sci. Adv. Mater. 2010 2, 407. 9) Room-temperature ferromagnetism in Vanadium oxide nanostructures, C.S. Rout, J.T.L. Thong, X. Liu, U.K. Gautam, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, (unpublished). 2009 2008 10) Low threshold field electron emission from solvothermally synthesized WO 2.72 nanowires, D.J. Late, R.V. Kashid, C. S. Rout, M. A. More, D. S. Joag, Appl. Phys. A, 2010, 98, 751. (Times cited: 3). 11) Electrical and hydrogen-sensing characteristics of field effect transistors based on nanorods of ZnO and WO 2.72, C.S. Rout, G.U. Kulkarni, C.N.R. Rao, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 2009, 9, 5652. (Times cited: 7). 12) Supercapacitors based on mesoporous carbon, C.S. Rout, S.R.C. Vivekchand, C.N.R. Rao (Unpublished manuscript). 13) Graphene-based supercapacitors, S.R.C. Vivekchand, C.S. Rout, K. Subrahmanyam, A. Govindaraj, C.N.R. Rao, J. Chem. Sci., 2008, 120, 9. (Times cited: 218). 14) Extraordinary sensitivity of the electronic structure and properties of single walled carbon nanotubes to molecular charge-transfer, R. Vogu, C. S. Rout, A.D. Franklin, T.S. Fisher, C.N.R Rao, J. Phys. Chem. C (Letter), 2008, 112, 13053. (Times cited: 39).
15) Molecular charge-transfer induced changes in the electronic structure and properties of graphene, B. Das, R. Vogu, C.S. Rout, C.N.R. Rao, Chem. Commun., 2008, 41, 5155. (Times cited: 70). 2007 16) H 2 S sensors based on tungsten oxide nanostructures, C.S. Rout, M. Hegde, C.N.R. Rao, Sens. Actuators: B, 2008, 128, 488. (Times cited: 69). 17) Effects of charge transfer interaction of graphene with electron donor and acceptor molecules examined using Raman spectroscopy and cognate techniques, R. Vogu, B. Das, C.S. Rout, C.N.R. Rao, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. (Fast Track Commun.), 2008, 20, 472204. (Times cited: 68). 18) Electroluminescence and rectifying properties of heterojunction LEDs based on ZnO nanorods, C.S. Rout, C.N.R Rao, Nanotechnology, 2008, 19, 285203. (Times cited: 25). 19) Ammonia sensors based on metal oxide nanostructures, C.S. Rout, M. Hegde, A. Govindaraj, C.N.R. Rao, Nanotechnology, 2007, 18, 205504. (Times cited: 48). 20) Room-temperature hydrogen and hydrocarbon sensors based on single nanowires of metal oxides, C.S. Rout, G.U. Kulkarni, C.N.R. Rao, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 2007, 40, 2777. (Times cited: 41). 2006 21) Ethanol and hydrogen sensors based on ZnO nanoparticles and nanowires, C.S. Rout, A.R. Raju, A. Govindaraj, C.N.R. Rao, J. Nanosci. Nanotech., 2007, 7, 1923. (Times cited: 22).
22) Hydrogen and ethanol sensors based on ZnO nanorods, nanowires and nanotubes, C.S. Rout, S.H. Krishna, S.R.C Vivekchand, A. Govindaraj, C.N.R. Rao, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2006, 418, 586. (This paper was among top 25 papers of the Journal) (Times cited: 142). 23) High-sensitivity hydrocarbon sensors based on tungsten oxide nanowires, C.S. Rout, A. Govindaraj, C.N.R Rao, J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3936. (Times cited: 42). 24) Sensors for the nitrogen oxides, NO 2, NO and N 2 O, based on In 2 O 3 and WO 3 nanowires, C.S. Rout, K. Ganesh, A. Govindaraj, C.N.R. Rao, Appl. Phys. A, 2006, 85, 241. (Times cited: 43). 2005 25) Hydrogen sensors based on ZnO nanoparticles, C.S. Rout, A.R. Raju, A. Govindaraj, C.N.R. Rao, Solid State Commun., 2006, 138, 136. (Times cited: 44). 26) First principles based design and experimental evidence for a ZnO based ferromagnet at room temperature, M.H.F. Sluiter, Y. Kawazoe, P. Sharma, A. Inoue, A.R. Raju, C.S. Rout, U.V. Waghmare, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2005, 94, 187204. (Times cited: 278). Review articles Synthesis and applications of graphene for energy devices, A. Kumar, C.S. Rout, T.S. Fisher, J. Nano energy and Power Research, 2011. Graphene-based hybrid materials and devices for biosensing, M. S. Artiles, C.S. Rout and T.S. Fisher, Adv. Drug Delivery, 63, 1352, 2011.
(Times cited: 10). Book Chapters Metal Oxide Nanostructures: Synthesis, Properties and Applications, K. Biswas, C. S. Rout and C. N. R. Rao, in Metal Oxide nanostructures and their applications Eds. Ahmad Umar and Yoon-Bong Hahn, American Scientific Publishers, 4, 423, March 2010. Nano-sized biosensors, J.C. Claussen, J. Shi, C.S. Rout, M. S. Artiles, D.M. Porterfield, T.S. Fisher in Biosensors for medical applications Eds. Séamus Higson, Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2011. Carbon nanotubes and graphene for clean energy device applications, C.S. Rout, in Encyclopedia of semiconductor Nanotechnology Eds. Ahmad Umar, American Scientific Publishers, 2011. Resistive memory devices based on Semiconductor nanostructures, C.S. Rout, in Encyclopedia of semiconductor Nanotechnology Eds. Ahmad Umar, American Scientific Publishers, 2011. Book Gas sensing and electrical properties of metal oxide nanostructures, C.S. Rout, LAP Lambert Academic Publications, Germany, 2010 REFERENCES Professor Timothy S. Fisher Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University West Lafayette, IN-47907
USA Email: tsfisher@purdue.edu Url: https://engineering.purdue.edu/~tsfisher/ Phone: (765) 494-5627 Professor C.N.R Rao, FRS Director, International Centre for Materials Science, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P.O., Bangalore- 560 064, INDIA, Phone: Office - +91 80 23653075; +91 80 23601410 Fax: Office - +91 80 22082760; + 91 80 22082766 Email: cnrrao@jncasr.ac.in Url: http://www.jncasr.ac.in/cnrrao/ Professor G.U. Kulkarni Chairman, Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Jakkur P.O., Bangalore 560 064, India Phone: +91-80-2208 2814 Fax: +91-80-2208 2766 Email: kulkarni@jncasr.ac.in Url: http://www.jncasr.ac.in/kulkarni Professor C. Vijayan Dept. Of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, INDIA Phone: +91-44- 2257 4877 Email: cvijayan@physics.iitm.ac.in
Url: http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/81/1603 Professor A. Raghurama. Raju Senior Principal Scientist, Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab, R&T, MARS-466 Banneraghatta Road, Bangalore, INDIA. Phone:+91-80-2658 8360 #2443 Fax:+91-80-2658 4750, Email: Raju.Raghurama@honeywell.com Professor A. Govindaraj Associate Professor CSIR-COE in Chemistry/ICMS Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Jakkur P.O., Bangalore 560 064, India Email: govind@jncasr.ac.in