> Plasmonic wires (researcher: Aneesh Joseph, collaborator: Prof. Manoj Varma CeNSE)

> Bulk heterojunction solar cells using inorganic (ZnO) nanosponge layers made using "kitchen chemistry"! (researcher: Arun Dhumal, collaborator: Prof. Praveen C. Ramamurthy)

> Simple synthesis of microwave absorber materials

> Green chemical synthesis of ultrasmall ZnO QDs

> Electron transfer dynamics in photocatalytic systems/oxide-electrolyte interfaces (collaborator: Prof. K. V. Adarsh, IISER-Bhopal)

> Ab-initio studies for zeroing-in on design rules for photocatalysts. (collaborator: Prof. Prasenjit Ghosh, IISER-Pune)

> ZnO Quantum dots (QDs) and QD-composites as inclusions in liquid crystals (collaborator: Prof. S. Kumar, Raman Research Institute)