Ramdas Balan Ph.D.,
Associate Professor,
Head, Basic Science Research Centre
Department of Physics
CMR Institute of Technology
132, AECS Layout, Bengaluru -560 037
E-mail ID: ramdas.b@cmrit.ac.in; balan.ramdas@gmail.com
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Experience
Associate Professor of Physics, 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)
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
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 /Physics/Chemistry
Publications
Enhanced electrochemical performance of amorphous iron oxide/boron composite derived from α-Fe2O3 for supercapacitor applications, R. Sudarshana, Adithya Rajiv, Ramdas Balan*, K. Jagannathan, F. Regan Maria Sundar Raj, R. Sambasivam and M. Prakash, Ionics (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-025-06705-3 .
Sudarshana, R., R. Sambasivam, M. Prakash, B. Divyashree, and R. Balan*. "Solid-State Self-Propagating Combustion Synthesis of Surface Oxidized Copper Nanoparticles and Specific Capacitance Studies." International Journal of Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis 34, no. 2 (2025): 81-88.
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
Patents
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
Few-layered hydrochar from garden waste, (202541062096)
Membership:
Life member of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)
Life member (LMB 3027 )
Chinese Chemical Society (CCS).
Indian Carbon Society
Life member ( LM 730)
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.
Magnetic Copper Ferrite for Dye decolorization in the Effluents, Three Days International Conference on Contemporary Catalysis, Energy and Sustainability-2022' from 21 June 2022 to 23 June 2022 at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
Current Projects involved (In the bracket the collaborator/ scholars involved)
1. CNT composites for EDLC studies (Dr. Regan , 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)
Organizing Secretary of an International Conference on Emerging Trends in Materials Science and Technology (ICETMT22) and Guest Editor for the ICETMT22 proceedings in Materials Today Proceedings.
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
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