Dr Ramdas Balan

  Experience

Associate Professor of Physics (Research Faculty), CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India    

  (August 2018 - till date)

Associate Professor of Physics, MVJ College of Engineering,  Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 

     (July 2013 - July 2018)

Assistant Professor of Physics, HMS Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka, India 

     (July 2011 - June 2013)

Teaching Cum Research Associate, Department of Physics, VIT University, Vellore, India 

     (Feb 2008 - Dec - 2009)

Junior Research Fellow (JRF) - DRDO Funded Project, VIT University, Vellore, India

     (Jan 2005 - Dec. 2007)

Graduate Trainee, Materials Division, National Aerospace Laboratory  (NAL),  Bengaluru, Karnataka, India         (June 2004 - Dec. 2004)

Academics

Ph.D. (Materials Science),  School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University            (2005 - 2011) 

M.Sc  (Materials Science),  College of Engineering, Guindy , Anna University   (2001-2003 )

B.Sc  (Physics),  Paichaippa's College,  Kanchipuram (Madras University)           (1999 - 2001)

Areas of Research Interest & Teaching

Broad area: Electrical and Optical Properties of Nanostructured Materials

  * Gas Sensor                     - Resistive type

  * Water remediation   - Photocatalytic  dye degradation and Adsorptions

   * Supercapacitors          -  Electric double-layered capacitor and pseudocapacitor.

Teaching ( Engineering Physics and Materials Science ):

                                Engineering students:  Engineering Physics -Theory and Lab

                                Internship students (M.Sc): Materials Science 

Publications

• Nanoarchitectonics of hydrothermal carbonized sugarcane juice-derived biochar for high supercapacitance and dye adsorption performance, V Sandhya, R Pillai, R Balan, R Vijayaraghavan, L Rangaraj, V Revathi, Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects 39, 101249, 2, 2024

• Microwave-assisted Morinda citrifolia L leaves extract mediated synthesis, magnetic and antimicrobial studies of pure and calcium substituted zinc ferrite, S Manikandan, M Senthilkumar, B Ravindran, R Balan, R Vijayaraghavan, Materials Chemistry and Physics 322, 129590, 2024

• Enhanced photocatalytic activity of orientationally grown CQD/TiO2 thin film on FTO substrate, G Shilpa, PR Deepthi, R Balan, A Sukhdev, P Bhaskar, Ceramics International 49 (11), 19083-19090, 2023

• Role of carbon quantum dots in a strategic approach to prepare pristine Zn2SnO4 and enhance photocatalytic activity under direct sunlight, G Preethi, R Pillai, B Ramdas, S Ramamoorthy, B Patil, IC Lekshmi, Diamond and Related Materials 131, 109554, 2023

• Biosensing Frontiers: MXenes and Their Composites, R Pillai, R Balan, D Holaday, JP Janardhanan, Age of MXenes, Volume 1. Fundamentals and Artificial Intelligence: Machine … 2023

• Glowing combustion synthesis, characterization and biomedical properties of Sr-hardystonite (Sr2ZnSi2O7) powders S Koppala, SP John, R Balan, B Lokesh, S Munusamy, P Karthikeyan,, Ceramics International 48 (16), 23649-23656, 2022

• Tuning donor-acceptor strength through preferential binding in mesoporous ZrO2-TiO2 nanocomposite as mechanistic approach for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of Alizarin, S Ramamoorthy, S Das, R Balan, IC Lekshmi, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 898, 162769, 2022

• A simple energy efficient sol-gel combustion production of strontium orthosilicate and its biomedical study, S Koppala, B Lokesh, R Balan, SP John, J Harathi, S Munusamy, Materials Science for Energy Technologies 5, 366-374 3, 2022

• A facile route to synthesize n-SnO 2/p-CuFe 2 O 4 to rapidly degrade toxic methylene blue dye under natural sunlight, K Duan, T Que, S Koppala, R Balan, B Lokesh, R Pillai, S David,, RSC advances 12 (26), 16544-16553, 16, 2022

• One pot molten salt synthesis and photocatalytic studies of magnetically separable copper ferrite microcrystals, S Koppala, R Balan, MI Litter, L Xu, K Li, H Liu, IC Lekshmi, RB Mohamed, Materials Today Communications 29, 102769, 2021

• Facile Auto-Combustion Synthesis and Characterization of Stable Amorphous Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron (nZVI), R Pillai, R Balan, IC Lekshmi, K Milina, International Journal of Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis 30, 251-256, 2021,

• Hydrothermal synthesis of Zn2SnO4/ZnO composite for the degradation of organic pollutant Methylene Blue under UV irradiation, G Preethi, R Balan, HP Nagaswarupa, Materials Today: Proceedings 47, 4566-4570, 2021

• TiO2-ZrO2 nanocomposite with tetragonal zirconia phase and photocatalytic degradation of Alizarin Yellow GG azo dye under natural sunlight, S Ramamoorthy, S Das, R Balan, IC Lekshmi, Materials Today: Proceedings 47, 4641-4646, 2021

• Room temperature synthesis of novel worm like tin oxide nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants, S Koppala, R Balan, I Banerjee, K Li, L Xu, H Liu, DK Kumar, KR Reddy,  Materials Science for Energy Technologies 4, 113-118, 2021

• Solvent assisted synthesis and characterization of AMoO4 (A= Ca, Sr & Ba) nanomaterials, S Raghunath, R Balan, Materials Today: Proceedings 46, 2930-2933, 2021

• Sol gel combustion derived monticellite bioceramic powders for apatite formation ability evaluation, S Koppala, RMD Souza, P Sivanandam, SK Tammina, L Xu, K Li, Q Chen, R Balan, .Materials Research Express 6 (12), 125431. 2020

• Cubic and orthorhombic Cd2SnO4 microcrystals: molten salt synthesis, phase evolution and dye degradation studies, G Preethi, R Balan, S Koppala, HP Nagaswarupa, Materials Research Express 6 (10), 105537, 2019

• Molten salt synthesis of nanocrystalline ZnFe2O4 and its photocatalytic dye degradation studies, G Preethi, AS Ninan, K Kumar, R Balan, HP Nagaswarupa, Materials Today: Proceedings 4 (11), 11816-11819, 2017

• Facile one‐pot low‐temperature solid‐state approach towards phase transformation of nanoCdS, SE Haque, Balan Ramdas, N Padmavathy, A Sheela, Micro & Nano Letters 9 (10), 731-735,2014

• Preparation and photocatalytic study of nano cadmium sulphide, S Ershadul Haque, Balan Ramdas, A Sheela, Advanced Materials Research 584, 406-410, 2012

• Low temperature synthesis of Ba1−x Sr x SnO3 (x = 0–1) from molten alkali hydroxide flux

Balan Ramdas, R Vijayaraghavan, Bulletin of Materials Science 33, 75-78, 2010

Patent

• HYDROTHERMAL PREPARATION OF Zn2SnO4/C NANOCOMPOSITE AND APPLICATION THEREOF, application no. 202041041845 (Published)

• COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS OF STABLE AMORPHOUS ZERO VALENT IRON (ZVI) NANO PARTICLES, application no. 202141044001 (Published)

• Nanocrystalline tin oxide photocatalyst for decolorization, process for the preparation thereof (202141043691)

• MAGNETICALLY SEPARABLE SnO2/CuFe2O4 CORE-SHELL PHOTOCATALYST FOR DECOLORIZATION, PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF, (202241038265

• METHOD FOR PREPARING BIOCHAR ADSORPTION MATERIAL FROM SUGARCANE JUICE AND APPLICATION THEREOF, .202241039653

Awards:

• • MRSI best-paper award for the publication " Low temperature  ....flux" published in Bulletin of Materials Science in the year 2011, awarded by Materials Research of Society of India (MRSI).

  • Seed Money to Young Scientist award (6 Lakhs grant), year: 2014, VGST, Govt. of Karnataka

Membership: 

• • Life member of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) . LMB 3027 

  • Chinese Chemical Society (CCS).

Research Guide ship (VTU)

 Ph.D. Scholars 

     Ms. Sindhya Raghunath       :   Surface modification of Molybdates (AMoO4, A=Ca, Ba, and Sr) amicable for photocatalytic application.

     Ms. Sandhya  V                          : Graphene-like carbon for Supercapacitors application. 

     Ms. Milina K                                 : Bio-derived carbon for wastewater remediation.         

Co -Guiding 

     Ms Sudarashana                       :    Super capacitance studies of metal oxides derived from nano metals.

 Invited talks:

• • X-rays and its application,  Science day, Govt.  First grade College- Tiptur, 28th Feb. 2012. 

  • Nanoparticle: Synthesis and Characterization, Sridevi Institute of Engineering and Technology-Tumkur, 21st May 2012.

  • Nanotechnology: Past, Present, and Future, Guest lecture, MVJ College of Engineering- Bangalore, 23rd Feb. 2013.

  • Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, One day Workshop on NanoTechnology, Mechanical Department, AMS Engineering College- Chennai, 10th April 2013.

  • Nanotechnology: Recent and Past, One week workshop on nanomaterials in Science and Engineering, SSIT - Tumkur, 25th March 2014.

Current Projects involved (In the bracket the collaborator/ scholars involved)

1.  Electrospun polymers  for adsorption of dyes  (Dr. Regan , Chennai and Dr Robert Sam, CSIR-CSIO, Chennai  )

2. Activated carbon composite for Supercapacitor studies (Ms. Sandhya and Dr. Rangaraj L , CSIR-NAL , Bengaluru )

3. Ho doped CaMoO4: single crystal growth and PL studies   (Ms. Sindhya, PhD Scholar )

4. Fe-Cu nano-alloys for Biological studies (Dr.Muthukumar, Acharya Institue, Bengaluru )

5. Develop App to study the Dye degradation using Machine learning ( A group of first-year CSE students, CMRIT, Bangalore)

6. Detection of Cr/Fe ion contamination in water using a simplified setup with the support of a Mobile App. ( first year CSE students, CMRIT, Bangalore)

7. Stability studies of Calcium stannate at different environments   (Prof.(Dr.)Vijayaraghavan, VIT, Vellore)

8. WO3/SnO2 composite for Gas sensing application (Dr. Kishore Kumar, Isearel)

9.  Biochar composite for dye adsorption (Ms. Miliana, PhD scholar) 

Google Scholar 

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=nkqhtCgAAAAJ&hl=en

Please write to me for Collaboration and Internship (MSc- Physics and Chemistry students) @ramdas.b@cmrit.ac.in