2026
Photothermally Powered Wearable Thermal Battery Through Segmental Polymer Motion-Driven, Solid-Solid Phase Change with Durable and High Energy Density
Goutam Nayak, Karthick Shunmuga Sundaram, Vinesh Vijayan, Sandip K. Saha, Chandramouli Subramaniam
2025
Band gap engineered, dendritic g–C3N4–carbon interfaces for kinetically enhanced sunlight-driven H2 production
Dipin Thacharakkal, Pragati A. Shinde, Vishwanath S. Kalyani, Katsuhiko Ariga, Lok Kumar Shrestha, Chandramouli Subramaniam,
Carbon, 2025, 247, 121046
DOI : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0008622325010620
Engineering the site-accessibility for robust, continuous flow-through hydrogenation of styrene
Gitika Rani Saha, Marc Marshall, Yi Fei, Fatima Shahid, Mamun Mollah, Daryl J. H. Lee, Lars Thomsen, Chandramouli Subramaniam and Alan L. Chaffee
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025,13, 35368-35380
Ultrathin, Unsinkable, Janus‐Faced Solar–Thermal Interfacial Evaporator for High‐Throughput Seawater Distillation and Solar‐Water Production
Mohammed Aslam Villan, Amrutha Suresh, Mukund Misra, Cintia Naranjo Ruiz, Neil R Cameron, Sandip K Saha, Subramaniam Chandramouli
Adv. Sci. 2025, e11600
Green Hydrogen Reality Check 2025 White paper
Joshi, A. Ganesh, R. Nabar, C. Subramaniam, S. M Mahajani, H. Songola, D. Katakwar, S. Chaudhari, S. Yadav, B. A. Vijayasree, V. Dalvi
DOI: https://gesh.iitb.ac.in/knowledge-hub-details/green-hydrogen-reality-check-2025
Techno-Economic analysis of solar thermal seasonal thermochemical storage for Indian Himalayan cities
Ankush Shankar Pujari, Rudrodip Majumdar, C. Subramaniam, Sandip K. Saha
Applied Thermal Engineering 269 (2025) 126090
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359431125006817
Demonstrating Sustainable Nitro-Aromatic Reduction at Near-Saturation Concentration and Ambient Conditions Using Photothermally Confined Fe–Ru Bimetallic Nanoparticle
Goutam Nayak, Chandramouli Subramaniam
ChemCatChem (2025) e00365
https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cctc.202500365
Challenges, opportunities, and roadmap for ionic liquid-based electrolytes in advancing energy storage devices
Nanoscale
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/nr/d5nr00522a
Nanocarbon Florets with Synthetically Tunable Porosity as High-Rate Anodes for Li-ion Batteries
S Gupta, D Thacharakkal, C Subramaniam, S Ramakrishnan
ACS Applied Nano Materials 7 (23), 27336-27343
2024
Photothermally enhanced ion-transport in solid-state, non-Faradic energy storage devices for sub-freezing operability
Mohammed Aslam Villan , Arnab Chowdhury , Bradynn J. Parker, Bhupesh Bhardwaj, Neil R. Cameroon, Chandramouli Subramaniam
Chemical Engineering Journal (2024) 156617
Ambient Pressure Capture and Photothermally Triggered Controlled Release of Toluene Using a Porous Nanostructured Hard-Carbon Monolith
Subham Yadav, Suranjana Banerjee, Guruswamy Kumaraswamy, Chandramouli Subramaniam
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 12 (2024) 14638-14646
Interplay of physical and textural properties in porous, nanostructured hard carbons as electrode materials for non-Faradic energy storage devices
Mohammed Aslam Villan, Dipin Thacharakkal, Subramaniam Chandramouli
Journal of Energy Storage, 99B (2024) 113415.
DOI:10.1016/j.est.2024.113415
Lead-Free Compositional Engineering to Induce Polar Phase in Polymeric Piezoelectric Host for Energy Harvesting Devices
Vijay Bhan Sharma, Neetu Prajesh, Vaishnavi Sharma, Bhupesh Bhardwaj, Mohit Kumar Singh, Gangadhar Banappanavar, Ankur Kadam, Ramamoorthy Boomishankar, Chandramouli Subramaniam, Dinesh Kabra
ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 6 (2024) 4532-4538.
DOI:org/10.1021/acsaelm.4c00552
Interplay of size and magnetic effects in electrocatalytic water oxidation activity of sub-10 nm NiOx supported porous hard-carbons
Subham Yadav, Niranjan S. Baghel, Shaibal K. Sarkar, Chandramouli Subramaniam
Chemistry An Asian Journal
Interface Engineered Hard-Carbons as Subsurface Hydrogen Reservoir for Accelerated and Highly Selective Olefin Hydrogenation with Favorable Sustainability Metrics
Gitika R. Saha, Alan L. Chaffee, and Chandramouli Subramaniam*
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2024, XXXX
DOI : 10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c01068
Converging Hydrogen-Bonded Water Transport Channel with External Magnetic Field in a Janus Molecular Cobalt Phosphate for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) Activity
Prapakaran, A. Chowdhury, S. Sharma, I. Dwivedi, G. Rajaraman,* C Subramaniam,* and R Murugavel*, ACS Materials Letters,6, (2024).
Plasmonic synergism in tailored metal–carbon interfaces for real-time single molecular level sniffing of PFOS and PFOA
Dipin, S. Bhaskar, T. Sharma, G. Rajaraman, S. S. Ramamurthy, and C. Subramaniam, Chemical Engineering Journal,480, (2024).
Rationalizing the Role of Polyoxometalate-Based Gel–Polymer Electrolytes to Achieve Five-Fold Increase in the Specific Capacitance of Hard-Carbon-Based Supercapacitors
Nandi, C. Subramaniam, Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2300281, (2024)
Development and Characterization of a Solid-Solid-Phase Change Material for Low-Temperature Applications.
Goutam Nayak, Mayank Maroliya, Mohammed Qadeer, VC Midhun, Sandip Kumar Saha, Chandramouli Subramaniam
Proceedings of the 27th National and 5th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 14-17, 2023.
2023
Scalable and high throughput photothermal water disinfection with negligible CO2 footprint utilizing nanostructured carbon coatings
A. Sah, A.K. Mandal, S. Tiwari, S. Mukherji, C. Subramaniam, npj Clean Water, 6 (2023) 75.
Synergising hard-carbon and soft-carbon interactions for delivering metal-free microscale supercapacitors with high specific energy and rapid power delivery
P. Nandi, A. Patnaik, C.Subramaniam, Journal of Energy Storage, 73 (2023) 109157.
Exploiting the synergism of a carbon-catalyst interface to achieve magneto-lectrocatalytic overall water splitting at 2.197 V
A. Chowdhury, D. Thacharakkal, D. Borah, M. Shanmugam, C. Subramaniam, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15 (2023) 45855.
Phonon-Engineered hard-carbon nanoflorets achieving rapid and efficient solar-thermal based water evaporation and space-heating
A. Sah, S. Sharma, S. Saha, C. Subramaniam, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15 (2023) 43810.
Annular vertical cylindrical thermochemical storage system with innovative flowarrangements for improved heat dispatch towards space heating requirements
A.S Pujari, R. Majumdar, S.K. Saha, C. Subramaniam, Renewable Energy, 217(2023) 119168.
Ligand-field directed electronic effects in heterogenized bifunctional Co(II) molecular clusters accomplish efficient overall water splitting
A. Borah, J. Saha, S. Sharma, S. Chaudhary, S.K. Gupta, G. Rajaraman, C. Subramaniam, R. Murugavel, ACS Catalysis, 13 (2023) 8535.
Metal-dielectric interfacial engineering with mesoporous nano-carbon florets for 1000-fold fluorescence enhancements: smartphone-enabled isual detection of perindopril erbumine at a single-molecular level
S. Bhaskar, D.Thacharakkal, S. Sathish Ramamurthy, C. Subramaniam, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 11(2023) 78.
Employing redox-active additives for enhanced charge polarization and twofold higher energy density in supercapacitor
P. Nandi, C. Subramaniam, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10(2023) 2202052.
Engineering interfaces to facilitate charge transport pathways in electrospunscaffoldsfor high-performance, flexible supercapacitors
S. Chaudhari, V. Kalyani, M.J. Rosemary, S. Sneha Letha, C. Subramaniam, Journal of Energy Storage, 65 (2023) 107271.
2022
Visualization of sub-nanometer scale multi-orientational ordering in thin films of polymer/non-fullerene acceptor blends
U.Bothra, P. Hui, W. L. Tan, E. Gann, H. Venugopal, C. Subramaniam, A.C.Y Liu, C.R. McNeill, D. Kabra, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10(2022) 24662.
Insights into the utilization and quantification of thermoplasmonic properties in gold nanorod arrays
R.K. Kashyap, I. Dwivedi, S. Roy, S. Roy, A. Rao, C. Subramaniam, P.P. Pillai,Chemistry of Materials,34 (2022) 7369.
Multi-cationic ionic liquid combination enabling 86-fold enhancement infrequency response and superior energy density in all-solid-state supercapacitors
M.K. Jha, N.Sunariwal, B.J. Parker, N. Cameron, C. Subramaniam, Journal of Energy Storage, 53(2022) 105164.
Performance assessment of open thermochemical energy storage system for seasonal space heating in highly humid environment
A. Mukherjee, A. S. Pujari, S.N. Shinde, U. Kashyap, L. Kumar, C. Subramaniam, S.K. Saha, Renewable Energy, 201(2022) 204.
Electric-field-induced solid-gas interfacial chemical reaction in carbon nanotube ensembles: Route toward ultra-sensitive gas detectors
I. Dwivedi, A. Sarkar, G. Rajaraman, C. Subramaniam,ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,14 (2022) 13271.
Joule heating-driven transformation of hard-carbons to onion-like carbon monoliths for efficient capture of volatile organic compounds
I. Dwivedi, C. Subramaniam, ACS Materials Au, 2(2022) 154.
2021
Photoplasmonic assembly of dielectric-metal, Nd2O3-Gold soretnanointerfaces for dequenching the luminophore emission
S. Bhaskar, P. Das, M.Moronshing, A. Rai, C. Subramaniam, S.B.N Bhaktha, S.Sathish Ramamurthy, Nanophotonics, 10 (2021) 3417.
Premagnetized carbon-catalyst interface delivering 650% enhancement in electrocatalytic kinetics of hydrogen evolution reaction
J. Saha, R. Ball, C. Subramaniam, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 9(2021) 7792.
Scalable approach towards specific and ultrasensitive cation sensing in harsh environmental conditions by engineering the analyte-transducer interface
S. Mondal, C.Subramaniam, Nanoscale Advanced, 3(2021) 3752.
Performance enhancement of tapered helical coil receiver using novel nanostructured carbon florets coating
S. Sharma, A. Sah, S.K. Saha, C. Subramaniam, Applied Thermal Engineering, 194(2021) 117065.
Performance evaluation of a seasonal residential space heating system based on thermochemical energy storage
A. Mukherjee, L. Kumar, C. Subramaniam, S.K. Saha, Applied Thermal Engineering, 194(2021) 117059.
Multifunctional hybrid soretnanoarchitectures for mobile phone-based picomolar Cu2+ ion sensing and dye degradation applications
S. Bhaskar, P. Jha, C. Subramaniam, S. Sathish Ramamurthy, Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 132(2021) 114764.
Design principles for manipulating electrochemical interfaces in solid-state supercapacitors for wearable applications
M.K. Jha, C. Subramaniam, ACS Omega, 6 (2021) 7970.
Non-stoichiometry induced exsolution of metal oxide nanoparticles via formation of wavy surfaces and their enhanced electrocatalytic activity: Case of misfit calcium cobalt oxide
K.S. Roy, C. Subramaniam, L.S. Panchakarla, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,13 (2021) 9897
Exceptional capacitance enhancement of a non‐conducting COF through potential‐driven chemical modulation by redox electrolyte
R. Kushwaha, S. Haldar, P. Shekhar, A. Krishnan, J. Saha, P. Hui, C.P. Vinod, C. Subramaniam, R. Vaidhyanathan, Advanced Energy Materials, 11 (2021) 2003626
Thermochemically nanostructured off-stoichiometric Ti0.2Al1.8C4O5 nanowires as robust electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution from corrosive acidic electrolyte
J. Saha, C. Subramaniam, Catalysis Today, 370 (2021) 26.
2020
Hierarchically engineered nanocarbon florets as bifunctional electrode material for adsorptive and intercalative energy storage
M.K. Jha, B. Babu, B. Parker, V.Surendran, N.R. Cameron, M.M.Shaijumon, C. Subramaniam, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12 (2020) 42669.
Xenobiotic contamination of water by plastics and pesticides revealed through real-time, ultrasensitive and reliable surface enhanced raman scattering
- Mondal, C. Subramaniam, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering,8 (2020) 7639.
Silver soret nanoparticles for femtomolar sensing of glutathione in a surface plasmon-coupled emission platform
Bhaskar, M.Moronshing, V. Srinivasan, P.K.Badiya, C. Subramaniam, S. Sathish Ramamurthy, ACS Applied Nano Materials,3 (2020) 4329
All solid-state coaxial supercapacitor with ultrahigh scan rate operability of 250000 mV/s by thermal engineering of the electrode-electrolyte interface
M.K. Jha, R. Ball,R. Seelaboyin, C. Subramaniam, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3 (2020) 3454.
Performance evaluation of an open thermochemical energy storage system integrated with flat plate solar collector
A. Mukherjee, R. Majumdar, S.K.Saha, C. Subramaniam, L. Kumar, Applied Thermal Engineering, 173 (2020) 115218.
Origami of solid-state supercapacitive micro-junctions operable at 3 V with high specific energy density for wearable electronics
M. K. Jha, T. Jain, C. Subramaniam, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2 (2020) 659.
Ultra-sensitive gas phase detection of 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene by non-covalently functionalized graphene field effect transistors
A.S. Gajarushi, S. G. Surya, M. G. Walawalkar, M. Ravikanth, V. Ramgopal Rao, C. Subramaniam, Analyst, 145 (2020) 917.
Nanostructured carbon florets as scavenger of As3+, Cr6+, Cd2+ and Hg2+ for water remediation
M.Moronshing, A. Sah, V. Kalyani, C. Subramaniam, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 3 (2020) 468.
Thermomechanical characterisations of PTFE, PEEK, PEKK as encapsulation materials for medium temperature solar applications
R. Gupta, S. Shinde, A. Yella, S. K. Saha, C. Subramaniam, Energy, 194 (2020) 116921.
2019
Compositional control as the key for achieving highly efficient OER electrocatalysis with cobalt phosphates decorated nanocarbon florets
J. Saha, S. Verma, R. Ball, C. Subramaniam, R. Murugavel, Small, 16 (2019) 1903334.
Point-of-care, cable-type electrochemical Zn2+ sensor with ultrahigh sensitivity and wide detection range for soil and sweat analysis
S. Mondal, C. Subramaniam, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 7 (2019) 14569.
The mechanistic role of a support catalyst interface in electrocatalytic water reduction by Co3O4 supported nanocarbon florets
J.Saha, R. Ball, A. Sah, V. Kalyani, C. Subramaniam, Nanoscale, 11(2019) 13532.
Interwoven carbon nanotube wires for high performing, mechanically robust, washable and wearable supercapacitors
M. K. Jha, K. Hata, C. Subramaniam, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11(2019) 18285.
Assessment of open thermochemical energy storage system performance for low temperature heating applications
A.Mukherjee, R. Majumdar, S.K. Saha, L. Kumar, C. Subramaniam, Applied Thermal Engineering, 156 (2019)453.
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering platform operating over wide pH range with minimal chemical enhancement effects: Test case of tyrosine
M.Moronshing M, S. Bhaskar, S. Mondal, S.S. Ramamurthy, C. Subramaniam, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 50(2019) 826.
Lanthanide complexes as molecular dopants for realizing air-stable n-type graphene logic inverters with symmetric transconductance
A. Gajarushi, M. Wasim, R. Nabi, K. Srinivasu, R. Rao, G. Rajaraman, C.Subramaniam,M. Shanmugam, Materials Horizon, 6 (2019) 743.
Correction: carbon nanotube-copper exhibiting metal-like thermal conductivity and silicon-like thermal expansion for efficient cooling of electronics
C. Subramaniam, K. Hata,Nanoscale, 11 (2019) 2089.
Mechanochemically controlling the van der Waals gap in molybdenum disulfide nanosheets
V. Nair, K. Kumar, C. Subramaniam,Physical Review Materials,3 (2019) 015802.
2018
Electrochemical, top-down nanostructured pseudocapacitive electrode for enhanced specific capacitance and cycling efficiency
V. Kalyani, S. Mondal, J. Saha, C. Subramaniam,Nanoscale, 10 (2018) 3633.
2017
Scalable approach to highly efficient and rapid capacitive deionization with CNT-thread as electrodes
M.Moronshing, C. Subramaniam, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces,9 (2017) 39907.
Real-time, wearable, biomechanical movement capture of both humans and robots with metal-free electrodes
P. Rathi, M. K. Jha, K. Hata, C. Subramaniam,ACS Omega,2 (2017) 4132.
Highly thermally conductive yet flexible composite of carbon fiber, carbon nanotube, and rubber obtained by decreasing the thermal resistivity at the interface between carbon fiber and carbon nanotube
S. Ata, C. Subramaniam,A. Nishizawa, T. Yamada, K. Hata,Advanced Engineering Materials, 19 (2017) 1600596.
2016
Nano-scale, planar and multi-tiered current pathways from a carbon nanotube-copper composite with high conductivity, ampacity and stability
C. Subramaniam, A. Sekiguchi, T. Yamada, D.N. Futaba, K. Hata, Nanoscale, 8(2016) 3888.
Prior to joining IIT Bombay
Influence of matching solubility parameter of polymer matrix and CNT on electrical conductivity of CNT/rubber composite
S. Ata, T. Mizuno, A. Nishizawa, C. Subramaniam, D.N. Futaba, K. Hata,Scientific Reports (Nature), 4 (2014) 7232.
Scalable, solventlessdebundling of single-wall carbon nanotube into elastomers for high conductive functionality
S. Ata, H. Yoon, C. Subramaniam, T. Mizuno, A. Nishizawa, Kenji Hata, Polymer, 55 (2014) 5276.
Carbon nanotube-copper with metallic thermal conductivity and silicon-like thermal expansion for efficient cooling of electronics
C. Subramaniam, Y. Yasuda, S. Takeya, S. Ata, A. Nishizawa,D. Futaba, T. Yamada,K. Hata,Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 2669.
One hundred fold increase in current carrying capacity in a carbon nanotube-copper composite
C. Subramaniam, T. Yamada, K. Kobashi,A. Sekiguchi, D.N. Futaba, M.Yumura, K. Hata, Nature Communications, 4 (2013) 2202.
Electric field enhancement and concomitant Raman spectral effects at the edges of a nanometer-thin gold
P.R. Sajanalal, C. Subramaniam, P. Sasanpour, B. Rashidian, T. Pradeep, mesotriangle, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20 (2010) 2108.
DOI:10.1039/B917640C
Conducting nanocrystal patterns using a silver organic complex blended with polystyrene as e-Beam resist
T. Bhuvana, C. Subramaniam, T. Pradeep, G. U. Kulkarni, Journal of Physical Chemistry C,113 (2009) 7038.
Visible fluorescence induced by metal-semiconductor transition in composites of carbon nanotubes with noble metal nanoparticles
C. Subramaniam, T.S. Sreeprasad, T. Pradeep, G.V. Pavan Kumar, C. Narayana, T. Yajima, Y. Sugawara, H. Tanaka, T. Ogawa, J. Chakrabarti, Physical Review Letters, 99 (2007)167404.
C. Subramaniam, T. Pradeep, J. Chakrabarti,Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 51 (2007)111.
DOI:10.1021/jp074238m
Novel ZnO nanostructures over gold and silver nanoparticle assemblies
V. Pachauri, C. Subramaniam, T. Pradeep, Chemical physics letters, 423 (2006) 240.
Flow-induced transverse electrical potential across an assembly of gold nanoparticles
C. Subramaniam, T. Pradeep, J. Chakrabarti,Physical Review Letters, 95(2005)164501.
On the formation of protected gold nanoparticles from AuCl4– by the reduction using aromatic amines
C. Subramaniam, R. T. Tom, T. Pradeep, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 7 (2005) 209.
Growth of gold nanoparticles in human cells
A. Anshup, J. S. Venkataraman, C.Subramaniam,R. R. Kumar, S. Priya, T. R. S. Kumar, R. Omkumar, A. John, T. Pradeep, Langmuir, 21 (2005) 11562.
