Publications

Selected Publications 

1. N.  N. K. Sharma, A. Rana, O.S. Panwar, A. Rana*, Nanomechanical inhomogeneities in CVA-deposited titanium nitride thin films: Nanoindentation and Finite Element Method Investigations, Heliyon  Heliyon 10, E33239 (2024) [Impact Factor (IF) ~ 4.0, Q1]  

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33239 

2. A. Rana, N. K. Sharma, S. Bera, A. Yadav, G. Gupta, A. Rana*, Tuning the plasmonic resonance in TiN refractory metal, accepted in Scientific Reports (2024) [Impact Factor (IF) ~ 5.0, Q1]   

3. D. Khone, S. Kumar, M. Balal, S. R.  Barman, S. Kumar, A. Rana*, Resistive Switching and Battery-Like Characteristics in Highly Transparent Ta2O5/ITO Thin-Films, Scientific Reports 13, 14297 (2023) [IF ~ 5.0, Q1]  

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40891-2

4. Anchal Rana, Aditya Yadav, Govind Gupta, A. Rana*, Infrared Sensitive Mixed Phase of V7O16 and V2O5 Thin-Films, RSC Advances 13, 15334 (2023) [IF ~ 4.0, Q1]

https://doi.org/10.1039/D3RA00752A

5. S. Yadav, D. Khone, Ritu, A. Rana*, Recent advancements in materials and miniaturization of Supercapacitors, accepted in ChemNanoMat. (2024) [IF ~ 4.0, Q1]  

https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.202400011 

6. S. Yadav, A. S. Ghrera, A. Devi, A. Rana*, Crystalline flower-like Nickel Cobaltite nanosheets coated with amorphous Titanium Nitride layer as binder-free electrodes for supercapacitor application, Electrochimica Acta 437, 141526 (2023) [IF ~ 7.3, Q1]

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141526

7. S. Barman, S. Neema, A. Rana, A. Patel, A. Chakraborti, A. Rana*, Investigation of Vacuum Arc-Deposited ta-C and ta-C: N Thin Films on Silicon and Stainless-Steel Foil Substrates using Raman Spectroscopy, Materials Transactions 63, 1510 (2022) [IF ~ 1.4, Q2] https://doi.org/10.2320/matertrans.MT-M2022054

8. A. Rana, C. Li, G. Koster, H. Hilgenkamp, Resistive switching studies in VO2 thin films, Scientific Reports 10, 3293 (2020) [IF ~ 5.0, Q1] 

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60373-z

9. K. Bogle, X Cheng, A. Rana*, N. Valanoor Role of Interfacial Trapped Bismuth on Resistive Switching in Epitaxial TiO2 Nanostructures, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 3, 1706 (2020) [IF ~ 6.14, Q1]

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.9b02416

10. G. Lakhotiya, N. Belsare, S. Arbuj, B. Kale, A. Rana*, Enhanced performance of PTB7-Th: PCBM based active layer in ternary organic solar cell, RSC Advances 9, 7457 (2019) [IF ~ 4.0, Q1]

https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RA08919A

11. G. Lakhotiya, S. Bajaj, A. Nayak, P. Tekade, D. Pradhana, A. Rana*, Enhanced catalytic activity without the use of an external light source using microwave synthesized CuO nanopetals, Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 8, 1167 (2017) [IF ~ 3.65, Q1] 

https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.8.118

12. A. Rana, A. Patra, M. Annamalai, A. Srivastava, S. Ghosh, K. Stoerzinger, Y. Lee, P. Pattader, N. Satyanarayana, K. Gopinadhan, M. Dykas, K. Poddar, S. Saha, T. Sarkar, B. Kumar, C. Bhatia, L. Giordano, Y. S-Horn, T. Venkatesan, Correlation of nanoscale behavior of forces and macroscale surface wettability, Nanoscale 8, 15597 (2016) [IF ~ 8.3, Q1]

https://doi.org/10.1039/C6NR02076C

13. A. Rana, H. Lu, K. Bogle, Q. Zhang, R. Vasudevan, V. Thakare, A. Gruverman, S. Ogale, N. Valanoor, Scaling behavior of the resistive switching in epitaxial bismuth ferrite heterostructures, Advanced Functional Materials 24, 3962 (2014) [IF ~ 20.0 Q1]

https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201400110

14. A. Rana, K. Bogle, O. Game, S. Patil, N. Valanoor, S. Ogale, Nanoscale modulation of electronic states across unit cell steps on the surface of an epitaxial colossal magnetoresistance manganite film, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 263108 (2010) [IF ~ 4.0, Q1] 

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3455886

Other Publications

15. N. Vishwakarma, A. Ambadi Remadevi, D. Kumar, A. Solanki, A. Rana, A. Srivastava, Metastable marvels: Navigating VO2 polymorphs for next-gen electronics and energy solutions, accepted in Journal of Applied Physics (2024) [IF ~ 2.3, Q2]

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0179343

16. S. Yadav, A. Rana, A. Sharma, Evaluating the Role of Current Collectors in Supercapacitor Electrodes with NiCo2O4 Nanospheres, J. Phys. Chem. Solid 178, 111347 (2023) [IF ~ 4.4, Q2]

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2023.111347

17. N. Lebedev, Y. Huang, A. Rana, N. Gauquelin, J. Verbeeck, J. Aarts, Resistance minimum in LaAlO3/ (Eu1-x, Lax) TiO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures, Phys. Rev. Mater. 6, 075003 [ IF ~ 4.0, Q1] https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.075003

18. P. K. Ojha, R. Sharma, R. Hissariya, S. Babu, E. Ketkar, S. Singh, S. Neema, A. Rana, N. Pal, V. G. Sathe, S. K. Mishra, Observation of V–V dimers softening and distinct length scales in nanostructured VO2 thin films, J. Phys. Chem. Solid 163, 110564 (2022) [IF ~ 4.4, Q1] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2021.110564

19. N. M. S. Kaawash, N. Kejriwal, D. I. Halge, V. N. Narwade, A. Rana, J. W. Dadge, S. M. Jejurikar, P. S. Alegaonkar, K. A. Bogle, Highly stable and sensitive photon detection performance of ZnO thin film for ultraviolet light, Physica B: Condensed Matter 639, 413905 (2022) [IF~ 3.0, Q2]

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2022.413905

20. I. Leermakers, K. Rubi, M. Yang, M. Goiran, W. Escoffier, A. Rana, A. Brinkman, H. Hilgenkamp, J. Maan, U. Zeitler, Quantum oscillations in an optically illuminated two-dimensional electron system at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface, J. Physics: Cond. Mat. 33, 465002 (2021) [IF ~ 2.8, Q1]

https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/ac211a

21. N. Lebedev, M. Stehno, A. Rana, P. Reith, N. Gauquelin, J. Verbeeck, H. Hilgenkamp, A. Brinkman, J. Aarts, Gate-tuned Anomalous Hall Effect Driven by Rashba Splitting in Intermixed LaAlO3/GdTiO3/SrTiO3, Scientific Reports 11, 10726 (2021) [IF ~ 5.0, Q1] https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89767-3

22. S. Barman, B. Singh, A. Bag, A. Kumar, A. Rana, Visible light driven photocatalytic degradation of Methyl Orange by Fe2O3-BiOCl0.5Br0.5 composite photocatalyst, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering 16, 2715 (2021) [IF ~ 1.8, Q2]

https://doi.org/10.1002/apj.2715

23. D Halge, V Narwade, P Khanzode, S Begum, I Banerjee, J Dadge, J Kovac, A. Rana and K Bogle, Development of Highly Sensitive and Ultra-Fast Visible Light Photodetector using Nanocrystalline CdS Thin Film, Appl. Phys. A 127, 446 (2021) [IF ~ 2.6, Q2] 

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-04611-9

24. S. Sharma, K. Singh, S. Kumar, K. Bhatt, Y. Dwivedi, A. Rana, C. Tripathi, Fabrication of reduced graphene oxide modified poly(3,4‑ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate based transparent conducting electrodes for flexible optoelectronic application, SN Appl. Sci. 2, 26 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-04034-w

25. M. Thakran, S. Kumar, R. Phogat, S.K. Ray, R. Brajpuriya, A. Rana, B. Kumar, High Pressure Growth Approach for the Preparation of Reduced Graphene Oxide and its Investigation Using Raman Spectroscopy, J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 13, 04015 (2021) https://doi.org/10.21272/jnep.13(4).04015

26. M. Thakran, S. Kumar, R. Phogat, S. Ray, R. Brajpuriya, A. Rana, B. Kumar, Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Reduced Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots, Int. J. Nanoscience 20, 2150036 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219581X21500368

27. P T P Le, K Hofhuis, A. Rana, M Huijben, H Hilgenkamp, G Rijnders, A Elshof, G Koster, N Gauquelin, G Lumbeeck, C S-Langeheine, H Popescu, F Fortuna, S Smit, X H Verbeek, G A-Kanoutas, S Mishra, I Vakivskyi, H A Durr, M S Golden, Tailoring Vanadium Dioxide Film Orientation Using Nanosheets: a Combined Microscopy, Diffraction, Transport, and Soft X-Ray in Transmission Study, Advanced Functional Materials, 30, 1900028 (2020)  [IF ~ 20.0, Q1]

https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201900028

28. N. Lebedev, M. Stehno, A. Rana, N. Gauquelin, A. Brinkman, J. Aarts, Inhomogeneous superconductivity and quasilinear magnetoresistance in amorphous LaTiO3/SrTiO3 interface, J. Physics: Cond. Mat. 33, 055001 (2020), [IF ~ 2.8, Q1]

https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/abc102

29. Q Zhang, A. Rana, N Valanoor, Electrode dependency of resistive switching in chemical solution deposition derived BiFeO3 thin films, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 1, 154 (2019); [IF ~ 4.5, Q1]

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.8b00064

30. G. Lakhotiya, N. G. Belsare, A. Rana and V. Gupta, Cu2S Nanocrystals based fullerene free ternary organic solar cells Curr. Appl. Phys.19, 394 (2019) [I F ~ 2.5, Q2]

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cap.2019.01.006

31. S. Sharma, K. Singh, S Kumar, K Bhatt, A. Rana, Y Dwivedi, M Gupta, C. C. Tripathi, Optical and Electrical Investigations of Rubbing Assisted Few-Layer Graphene Thin Film for Feasibility of Flexible Electrode, Optik 203, 163989 (2019) [IF ~ 2.84, Q2]

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2019.163989

32. K. Gopinadhan, B. Kumar, N. Palina, M. Motapathula, I. Pallecchi, T. P. Sarkar, Y. Zhihua, J. Q. Chen, A. Annadi, A. Rana, A. Srivastava, D. M, J. Chen, Ariando, S. Dhar, A. Rusydi and T. Venkatesan, Effect of Nb and Ta Substitution on Donor Electron Transport and Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in Anatase TiO2 Thin Films J. of Mater. Chem. C 3, 6329 (2015) [IF ~ 8.0, Q1]

https://doi.org/10.1039/C5TC01061F

33. V. Thakare, G. Xing, H. Peng, A. Rana, O. Game, P. Kumar, A. Banpurkar, Y. Kolekar, K. Ghosh, T. Wu, D. Sarma, S. Ogale, High sensitivity low field magnetically gated resistive switching in CoFe2O4/La0.66Sr0.34MnO3 heterostructure, Appl. Phys. Lett., 100, 172412 (2012) ([IF ~ 4.0, Q1] https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4707373

34. G. Kumaraswamy, N. Surve, R. Mathew, A. Rana, S. Jha, N. Bulakh, A. Nisal, T. Ajithkumar, Rajamohanan, R. Ratnagiri, Lamellar Melting, Not Crystal Motion, Results in Softening of Polyoxymethylene on Heating, Macromolecules 45, 5967 (2012) [IF ~ 6, Q1]  https://doi.org/10.1021/ma3004423

35. S. Kale, A. Kale, H. Gholap, A. Rana, R. Desai, S. Ogale, P. Shastry, Quantum dot bio-conjugate: As a western blot probe for highly sensitive detection of cellular proteins, Journal of Nanoparticle Research 14, 732 (2012) [IF ~ 2.3, Q2] 

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-012-0732-9

36. D. Mhamane, W. Fawzy, A. Rana, M. Dubey, C. Rode, B. Lefez, B. Hannoyer, S. Ogale, From Graphite Oxide to Highly Water Dispersible Functionalized Graphene by Single Step Plant Extract Induced De-oxygenation, Green Chemistry 13, 1990 (2011) [IF ~ 11.0, Q1]   https://doi.org/10.1039/C1GC15393E

37. V. Dhas, S. Muduli, S. Agarkar, A. Rana, B. Hannoyer, R. Banerjee, S. Ogale, Enhanced efficiency of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells using High Surface Area Thin Anatase TiO2 Nanoleaves, Solar Energy 85, 1213 (2011) [IF ~ 7.2, Q1] 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2011.02.029

38. C. Chanmal, M. Deo, A. Rana, J. Jog, S. Ogale, Field effect device based on non-percolating PVDF/MWCNT nanocomposite channel layer, Sol. Stat. Commun. 151, 1612(2011) [IF ~2.0, Q2]  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2011.07.018

Proceedings

39. A. Rana, A. Rana, Investigation of VxOy thin films using Raman Spectroscopy: Role of Oxygen Vacancies and Structural Phase Transformation on Thermochromic Properties, accepted in Materials Today: Proceeding (2023)  

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.02.058

40. D. Khone, S. Bera, A. Rana*, Investigations of Endurance and Retention in Tantalum Oxide Based Memristor, accepted in Materials Today: Proceeding (2023)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.03.238

41. L. Sharma, N. Sharma, A. Das, A. Rana, Finite Element Analysis of TiN Coated Thin Film, accepted in Materials Today: Proceeding (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.09.149

42. S. Neema, A R Abhijith, O. S. Panwar, A. Srivastava, A. Rana*, Tunable thermochromism in V2O5 films deposited by cathodic vacuum arc method by tailoring the oxygen deficiency, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2267, 012009 (2022)

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2267/1/012009

43. K. D. More, D. I. Halge, P. M. Khanzode, V. N. Narwade, S. Begum, S. G. Munde, J. W. Dadge, A. Rana, K. A. Bogle, Resistive switching characteristics of Pt/TiO2/Al structure under optical illumination, AIP Conf. Proceed. 2269, 030066 (2020)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0019620

44. D Halge, V Narwade, P Khanzode, J. Dadge, A. Rana, K. Bogle, Spray Coated Nano-crystalline Lead Sulfide Thin Film for Photo-detector Application, AIP Conf. Proceed. 2220, 020021 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0001670

45. D. I. Halge, P. M. Khanzode, V. N. Narwade, S. Begum, S. G. Munde, K. D. More, J. Kovac, J. W. Dadge, A. Rana, K. A. Bogle, Utilization of spray coated nano-crystalline cadmium sulfide thin film for photo-detector application, AIP Conf. Proceed. 2269, 030105 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0019614

Book Chapters

46. S. K. Singh, S. Yarramaneni, V. Nagar, A. Rana*, Nanogenerators for Energy Harvesting accepted in Nanomaterials: An Approach Towards Environmental Remediation, Bentham Science             

47. N.K. Sharma, A. S. Rana, Structure-Property Correlations in Metal Matrix Composites, Metal Matrix Composites: A Modern Approach to Manufacturing 1, 18-24 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.2174/9789815223439124010004 

Preprints

48. N. K. Sharma, A. Rana, O. S. Panwar, A. Rana*, Nanomechanical inhomogeneities in CVA-deposited titanium nitride thin films: Nanoindentation and Finite Element Method Investigations (Under Review) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2308.07083

49. S. Yadav, A. S. Ghrera, A. Devi, A. Rana, High-performance binder-free novel ZnCo2O4-TiN/Ni composite electrode for supercapacitor application (Under revision)

50. M. Thakran, J. H. Jung, H. T. Kim, D. Pradeep, S.-W. Kim, A. Rana, R. Brajpuriya, S. Shukla, B. Kumar, Significantly Improved Adsorption and Photocatalytic Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Biocompatible Nanocrystalline Reduced Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots

51. D. Gupta, M. K. Khanna, S. Kumar, V. Chauhan, S. Kumar, A. Rana, V. K. Malik, R. Kumar, Enhanced mobility in two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide thin film transistors through Kr ion beam generated surface defects (Under review)

52. D. Khone, A. Rana*, Interface Engineering in Nanoionics for Enhanced Device Performance book chapter in "Nanoionics: Fundamentals and Applications" by Wiley-Scrivener Publisher

53. N.K. Sharma, L. Sharma, A. Rana*, Metal Nitrides: Hard coatings, cutting tools, and wear-resistant materials for industrial applications, book chapter in Nanostructured Hard Materials Industrial Applications by Wiley-Scrivener Publisher

* As corresponding author