Publications

He, J.; Iyer, A. K.; Waters, M. J.; Sarkar, S.; Zu, R.; Rondinelli, J. M.; Kanatzidis, M. G.; Gopalan, V. Giant Non-Resonant Infrared Second Order Nonlinearity in γ -NaAsSe2. Adv. Optical Mater. Adv. Optical Mater. 2022, 10, 2101729, doi: 10.1002/adom.202101729

Sarkar, S.; Hua, X.; Hao, S.; Zhang, X.; Bailey, T. P.; Slade, T. J.; Yasaei, P.; Korkotz, R.; Tan, G.; Uher, C.; Wolverton, C.; Dravid, V. P.; Kanatzidis, M. G., Dissociation of GaSb in n-Type PbTe: off-Centered Gallium Atom and Weak Electron–Phonon Coupling Provide High Thermoelectric Performance. Chem. Mater. 2021, 33(5), 1842–1851, doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04854

Rajamani, A. R.; Ashly, P.; Dheer, L.; Sarma, S. C.; Sarkar, S.; Bagchi, D.; Waghmare, U. V.; Peter, S. C. Synergetic effect of Ni-substituted Pd2Ge ordered intermetallic nanocomposites for efficient electrooxidation of ethanol in alkaline media. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2019, 2(10), 7132-7141, doi: 10.1021/acsaem.9b01049 

Sarkar, S.; Zhang, X.; Hao, S.; Hua, X.; Bailey, T. P.; Uher, C.; Wolverton, C.; Dravid, V.; Kanatzidis, M. G. Dual alloying strategy to achieve a high thermoelectric figure of merit and lattice hardening in p-type nanostructured PbTe. ACS Energy Lett. 2018, 3(10), 2593–2601, doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01684

Zhang, X.; Luo, Z.-Z.; Sarkar, S.; Kanatzidis, M. G.; Dravid, V. P. The effect of spark plasma sintering on microstructure evolution in thermoelectric materials. Microscop. Microana. 2018, 24(S1), 1494-1495, doi:10.1017/S143192761800795X 

Sarkar, S.; Roy, S.; Kalsi, D.; Peter, S. C. Ce2PtGe3: A new ordered orthorhombic superstructure in the AlB2 family with spin glass behavior. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2017, 4(12), 2097-2106, doi: 10.1039/C7QI00416H 

Sarkar, S.; Jana, R.; Vadlamani, H.; Ramani, S.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Peter, S. C. Facile aqueous-phase synthesis of the PtAu/Bi2O3 hybrid catalyst for efficient electro-oxidation of ethanol. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9(18), 15373-15382, doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b00083 

Sarkar, S.; Banerjee, S.; Halappa, P.; Kalsi, D.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Ghara, S.; Pati, S. K.; Sundaresan, A.; Da Silva, I.; Rayaprol, S. Peter, S. C. Synthetically tuned structural variations in CePdxGe2− x (x= 0.21, 0.32, 0.69) towards diverse physical properties. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2017, 4(2), 241-255, doi: 10.1039/C6QI00366D 

Ramani, S.§; Sarkar, S.§; Vemuri, V.; Peter, S. C. Chemically designed CeO2 nanoboxes boost the catalytic activity of Pt nanoparticles toward electro-oxidation of formic acid. J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5 (23), 11572-11576, doi: 10.1039/C6TA06339J (IF: 12.73) (§ Equal Contribution)

Subbarao, U.; Sarkar, S.; Joseph, B.; Peter, S. C. Magnetic and X-ray absorption studies on the RE5X2Sb6 (RE= Eu, Yb; X= Al, Ga, In) compounds. J. Alloys Comp. 2016, 658, 395-401, doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.10.232 

Subbarao, U.; Sarkar, S.; Jana, R.; Bera, S. S.; Peter, S. C. Enhanced air stability in REPb3 (RE= Rare Earths) by dimensional reduction mediated valence transition. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55(11), 5603-5611, doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00676

Subbarao, U.; Roy, S.; Sarma, S. C.; Sarkar, S.; Mishra, V.; Khulbe, Y.; Peter, S. C. Metal flux growth, structural relations, and physical properties of EuCu2Ge2 and Eu3T2In9 (T= Cu and Ag). Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55(20), 10351-10360, doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01598 

Sarkar, S.; Borah, R.; Santhosha, A.; Dhanya, R.; Narayana, C.; Bhattacharyya, A. J.; Peter, S. C. Heterostructure composites of rGO/GeO2/PANI with enhanced performance for Li ion battery anode material. J. Power Sources 2016, 306, 791-800, doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.12.094

Roy, S.; Sarkar, S.; Pan, J.; Waghmare, U. V.; Dhanya, R.; Narayana, C.; Peter, S. C. Crystal structure and band gap engineering in polyoxometalate-based inorganic–organic hybrids. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55(7), 3364-3377, doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02718 

Roy, S.; Chanu, O. B.; Sarkar, S.; Peter, S. C. Selective colorimetric detection of Cu2+ by lanthanide based hybrid complexes associated with a single crystal growth mediated transformation. J. Mater. Chem. C 2016, 4(26), 6256-6269, doi: 10.1039/C6TC00785F

Dileep, K.; Sahu, R.; Sarkar, S.; Peter, S. C.; Datta, R. Layer specific optical band gap measurement at nanoscale in MoS2 and ReS2 van der Waals compounds by high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy. J. Appl. Phys. 2016, 119(11), 114309, doi: 10.1063/1.4944431 

Subbarao, U.; Sarkar, S.; Peter, S. C. Crystal structure and properties of tetragonal EuAg4In8 grown by metal flux technique. J. Solid State Chem. 2015, 226, 126-132 doi: 10.1016/j.jssc.2015.02.013

Sarkar, S.; Subbarao, U.; Joseph, B.; Peter, S. C. Mixed valence and metamagnetism in a metal flux grown compound Eu2Pt3Si5. J. Solid State Chem. 2015, 225, 181-186, doi: 10.1016/j.jssc.2014.12.023

Sarkar, S.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Halappa, P.; Kalsi, D.; Rayaprol, S.; Peter, S. C. Structure and physical properties of RE2AgGe3 (RE= Ce, Pr, Nd) compounds. J. Solid State Chem. 2015, 229, 287-295, doi: 10.1016/j.jssc.2015.06.003 

Sarkar, S.; Kalsi, D.; Rayaprol, S.; Peter, S. C. Structural and magnetic properties of Nd2NiGe3. J. Alloys Comp. 2015, 632, 172-177, doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.01.150 

Sarkar, S.§; Jana, R.§; Waghmare, U. V.; Kuppan, B.; Sampath, S.; Peter, S. C. Ordered Pd2Ge intermetallic nanoparticles as highly efficient and robust catalyst for ethanol oxidation. Chem. Mater. 2015, 27 (21), 7459-7467, doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03546 (§ Equal Contribution)

Sarkar, S.; Banerjee, S.; Jana, R.; Siva, R.; Pati, S. K.; Balasubramanian, M.; Peter, S. C. Eu3Ir2In15: A mixed-valent and vacancy-filled variant of the Sc5Co4Si10 structure type with anomalous magnetic properties. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54(22), 10855-10864, doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01926

Subbarao, U.; Ghosh, A.; Sarkar, S.; Peter, S. C. Crystal growth, structure and magnetic properties of Sm3Ni5Al19: A compound in the Sm2n+mNi4n+mAl15n+4m homologous series. J. Chem. Sci. 2014, 126(5), 1605–1613 doi: 10.1007/s12039-014-0682-0 

Sarkar, S.; Gutmann, M. J.; Peter, S. C. The crystal structure and magnetic properties of a Zintl phase EuIrIn4: the first member of the Eu–Ir–In family. Dalton Trans. 2014, 43(42), 15879-15886, doi: 10.1039/C4DT01620C

Sarkar, S.; Balisetty, L.; Shanbogh, P. P.; Peter, S. C. Effect of ordered and disordered phases of unsupported Ag3In nanoparticles on the catalytic reduction of p-nitrophenol. J. catal. 2014, 318, 143-150, doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2014.07.018

Peter, S. C.; Subbarao, U.; Sarkar, S.; Vaitheeswaran, G.; Svane, A.; Kanatzidis, M. G. Crystal structure of Yb2CuGe6 and Yb3Cu4Ge4 and the valency of ytterbium. J. Alloys Comp. 2014, 589, 405-411, doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2013.11.224 

Iyer, A. K.; Roy, S.; Haridasan, R.; Sarkar, S.; Peter, S. C. Ligand mediated valence fluctuation of copper in new hybrid materials constructed from decavanadate and a Cu (1, 10-phenanthroline) complex. Dalton Trans. 2014, 43(5), 2153-2160, doi: 10.1039/C3DT52484A 

Iyer, A. K.; Balisetty, L.; Sarkar, S.; Peter, S. C. Effect of Li and Mg substitution on the crystal structure and magnetism of the REGa2 (RE= Ce and Eu) and EuGa4 compounds. J. Alloys Comp. 2014, 582, 305-312, doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2013.08.035 

Subbarao, U.; Sarkar, S.; Gudelli, V. K.; Kanchana, V.; Vaitheeswaran, G.; Peter, S. C. Yb5Ga2Sb6: A mixed valent and narrow-band gap material in the RE5M2X6 family. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52(23), 13631-13638, doi: 10.1021/ic402185s

Sarkar, S.; Peter, S. C. Crystal structure and physical properties of indium flux grown RE2AuSi3 (RE = Eu, Yb). CrystEngComm. 2013, 15, 8006-8013, doi: 10.1039/C3CE41198B 

Sarkar, S.; Peter, S. C. Structural phase transitions in a new compound Eu2AgGe3. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52(17), 9741-9748, doi: 10.1021/ic400369a

Sarkar, S.; Gutmann, M.; Peter, S. C. Crystal structure and magnetic properties of indium flux grown EuAuIn4 and EuAu2In4. Cryst. Growth Des. 2013, 13(10), 4285-4294, doi: 10.1021/cg400619p

Peter, S. C.; Sarkar, S.; Kanatzidis, M. G. Metallic Yb2AuGe3: An ordered superstructure in the AlB2 type family with mixed valent Yb and a high temperature phase transition. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 10793, doi: 10.1021/ic301197w

Sarkar, S.; Peter, S. C. Single crystal growth of europium and ytterbium based intermetallic compounds using metal flux technique. J. Chem. Sci. 2012, 124, 385-390, doi: 10.1007/s12039-012-0335-0 

Singh, A. K.; Sarkar, S.; Peter, S. C. Diversity in Crystal Structure and Physical Properties of RETX3 (RE – Rare Earth, T – Transition Metal, X – Main Group Element) Intermetallics Chem. Rec. 2022, e202100317 doi: 10.1002/tcr.202100317

Mumbaraddi, D.; Sarkar, S.; Peter, S. C. A review on the synthesis, crystal growth, structure and physical properties of rare earth based quaternary intermetallic compounds. J. Solid State Chem. 2016, 236, 94-115, doi: 10.1016/j.jssc.2015.10.032