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Electrode materials for lithium ion batteries, Microstructure Property Correlation List of publications
1. Quantum confinement effects and band gap engineering of SnO2 nanocrystals in a MgO matrix M.B. Sahana, C. Sudakar, A. Dixit, J.S. Thakur, R. Naik, V.M. Naik, Acta Materialia, 60(3) 2012, 1072-1078. 2. Nanostructured high specific capacity C-LiFePO4 cathode material for lithium-ion batteries K. Bazzi, K.S Dhindsa, A. Dixit, M.B. Sahana, C. Sudakar, M. Nazri, ZX.Zhou, P. Vaishnava, V.M Naik, G.A. Nazri, R. Naik, J. Mater. Res. (2012), 424-430. 3. Regulation of Polar Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis by Wag31 Phosphorylation in Mycobacteria C. Jani, H. Eoh, JJ Lee, K Hamasha, M.B. Sahana, J.S. Han, S. Nyayapathy, J.Y. Lee, J.W Suh, S.H. Lee, S.J Rehse, D.C. Crick, C.M. Kang, BMC Microbiology 10 Art No. 327, ( 2010). 4. The effect of Wag31 phosphorylation on the cells and the cell envelope fraction of wild- type and conditional mutants of Mycobacterium smegmatis studied by visible-wavelength Raman spectroscopy, K. Hamasha, M.B. Sahana, C. Jani, S. Nyayapathy, C.M Kang, and S. J. Rehse. Biochemical and Biophysical Research communications, (2010) 391, 664-668. 5. Coexistence of anion and cation vacancy defects in vacuum-annealed In2O3 thin films, C. Sudakar, A. Dixit, Sanjiv Kumar, M.B. Sahana, G. Lawes, R. Naik and V.M. Naik, Scripta Materialia 62(2), 63 (2010). 6. The effect of titanium on the lithium intercalation capacity of V2O5 thin films’ M.B. Sahana, C. Sudakar, C. Thapa, V.M. Naik, G.W. Auner, R. Naik and K.R. Padmanabhan ‘Thin Solid Films, (2009), 24, 6642-6651. 7. Structural, magnetic, and electrical studies on polycrystalline transition metal doped BiFeO3 thin films”, P. Kharel, S. Talebi, B. Ramachandran, A. Dixit, V.M. Naik, M.B. Sahana, C. Sudakar, R. Naik, M.S.R. Rao, G. Lawes, J. Phys. Cond. Matter. (2009) 21 036001. 8. Band Gap Engineering by Tuning Particle Size and Crystallinity of SnO2-Fe2O3 Nanocrystalline Composite Thin Films, M.B. Sahana, C. Sudakar, G. Setzler, A. Dixit, J.S. Thakur, G. Lawes, R. Naik, V.M. Naik, and P.P. Vaishnava, Applied Physics Letters, (2008), 93(23), 231909/1-231909/3. 9. Guiding Of Highly-Charged Ions Through Insulating Nano-Capillaries, R. Schuch, M.B. Sahana, I. L. Soroka, Gy.Vikor, R. T. Kumar, Z. Hongqiang, A. Johansson and P. Skog, Canadian journal of physics, (2008), 86, 327-330. 10. Influence of the stoichiometry of V2O5 thin films on electrochemical properties, M.B. Sahana, C. Sudakar, G. Lawes, V.M. Naik, Ron Baird, G.W. Auner, K. R. Padmanabhan, and R.Naik, Materials Science and Engineering B, (2007), 143 42-50. 11. Ion implantation and ion beam analysis of MOD deposited oxide films, X. Marko, P. Talagala, M.B. Sahana, R. Naik, K.R .Padmanabhan, C. P. Marques, E. Alves, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms , (2007), 261, 456-460. 12. Guiding of highly charged ions by highly ordered SiO2 nanocapillarie M.B. Sahana, P. Skog, Gy. Vikor, R. T. Rajendra Kumar, R. Schuch, Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Pysics , (2006), 73, 040901/1-040901/4. 13. Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition of highly oriented thin film composites of V2O5 and V6O13: Suppression of the metal-semiconductor transition in V6O13 M.B. Sahana, S. A. Shivashankar, Journal of Materials Research, (2004), 19, 2859-2870. 14. Growth of nanowires of  -NaxV2O5 by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition M.B. Sahana, S. A. Shivashankar, Journal of Materials Chemistry, (2003), 13, 2254-2260. 15. Phase transformation and semiconductor-metal transition in thin films of VO2 deposited by low-pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition M.B. Sahana, G. N Subbanna, S.A Shivashankar, Journal of Applied Physics, 92, (2002),6495-6504. 16. Microstructure and properties of VO2 thin films deposited by MOCVD from vanadyl acetylacetonate M.B. Sahana, M.S. Dharmaprakash, S.A. Shivashankar, Journal of Materials Chemistry, (2002), 12, 333-338. 17. Room temperature ferromagnetism in Cr-doped In2O3 on high vacuum annealing of thin films and bulk sample P. Kharel, C. Sudakar, M.B. Sahana, G. Lawes, R. Suryanarayanan, R.Naik, V. M. Naik, Journal of Applied Physics (2007), 101, 09H117. 18. ‘Time evolution of the microstructure of VO2(B) films deposited on glass by MOCVD’. M. B. Sahana, G. N. Subbanna, and S. A.Shivashankar, Mater. Research society symposium proceedings, vol. 749, 2003, W.5.14, 19. ‘Transmission of slow Ne7+ ions through nanocapillaries’ M. B. Sahana, P. Skog, Gy. Vikor, R.T. Rajendra kumar, and R. Schuch, Book of Inv. Papers, Intern. Conf. on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions, Conference Proceedings

1. Oral presentation of the paper entitled „Structure electrochemcial property correlation of carbon free Mn doped LiFePO4 prepared by hydrothermal method“ M. B. Sahana, R. Prakash, T. Mohan, T. Rajappa, R. Gopalan, and G. Sundararajan, 2nd International Conference on Materials for Energy, EnMat II, Karlsrue/Germany from May 12-17, 2013 . 2. Poster presentation of the paper entitled “Electrical and electrochemical characterization of nano-sized LiFePO4 cathode materials synthesized by a lauric acid-based sol--gel method” Khadije Bazzi, Ambesh Dixit, M. B. Sahana, C. Sudakar, M. Nazri P. P. Vaishnava, V. Naik, G. A. Nazri, R. Naik American Physical Society Meeting, March 21-25, 2011, Dallas, Texas, USA 3. Oral presentation of the paper entitled “Quantum confinement effects in nanocrystals of SnO2 in MgO matrix “ M.B. Sahana C. Sudakar A. Dixit J.S. Thakur R. Naik V.M. Naik American Physical Society Meeting, March 21-25,2011, Dallas, Texas, USA 4. Oral presentation of the paper entitled “Magnetic and spectroscopic characterization of C-LiFePO4nanoparticles for cathode material for Li ion batteries” Ambesh Dixit K. Bazzi M.B. Sahana C. Sudakar M. Nazri P.P. Vaishnava V. Naik V.K. Garg A.C. Oliveira G.A. Nazri, R. Naik American Physical Society Meeting, March 21-25,2011, Dallas, Texas, USA. 5. Oral presentation of the paper entitled “Structural and electrochromic properties of M2(SO4)3, with M = (Cr, Fe, V) nanostructures prepared by template assisted electrodeposition method” M.B. Sahana, Sudakar Chandran Ratna Naik Vaman Naik American Physical Society Meeting, Portland, March 15-19, 2010 Portland, USA 6. Poster presentation of the paper entitled “Structural, optical and electrochemical properties of SnO2−x thin films Rohan Bandekar, M.B. Sahana, Sudakar Chandran Ratna Naik, Vaman M. Naik, American Physical Society Meeting, Portland, March 15-19,2010 Portland, USA 7. Oral presentation of the paper entitled “ Electrical and magnetic properties of BiFeO3- CoFe2O4nanotube composite” C. Sudakar, A. Dixit, M.B. Sahana, G. Lawes, R. Naik, V. M. Naik American Physical Society Meeting, Portland, March 15-19, 2010, Portland, USA 8. Oral presentation of the paper entitled ‘'Structural and electrochemical properties of V2O5 and AgxV2O5 nanowries prepared by template assisted method’ M.B. Sahana, C. Sudakar, R. Naik, V.M. Naik American Physical Society Meeting, Portland, March 15-19, 2010, Portland, USA 9. Poster presentation of the paper entitled “Effect Of Oxygen Nonstoichiometry Of Electrochemical Properties Of V2O5 Thin Films” M.B. Sahana, C. Sudakar, C. Thapa, G. Lawes, G.W. Auner K.R. Padmanabhan R. Naik, V.M. Naik American Physical Society Meeting, New Orleans, USA Mar 10-14, 2008 10. Poster presentation of the paper entitled “Influence of stoichiometry of V2O5 thin films on the electrochemical properties ” M.B. Sahana, C. Sudakar, C. Thapa, G. Lawes, R. Baird, G.W. Auner K.R. Padmanabhan R. Naik, V.M. Naik American Physical Society Meeting, March 5-9, Denver, Colorado, USA 11. Oral presentation of the paper entitled “Synthesis and Characterization and Gas Sensing Properties of SnO2-xFe2O3(x = 0 to 1) Thin Films” G. Setzler C. Sudakar M.B. Sahana P.P. Vaishnava Ron Baird G.W. Auner G. Lawes R. Naik, V.M. Naik American Physical Society Meeting, March 5-9, Denver, Colorado, USA 12. Oral presentation of the paper entitled “Influence of stoichiometry of V2O5 thin films on the electrochemical properties” M.B. Sahana, G. Lawes, K. R. Padmanabhan, R. Naik, V.M Naik 20th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy Yokohama, Japan, 20–25 Aug 2006. 13. Oral presentation of the paper entitled “Structural, Optical, and Electrochromic Properties of V2O5 Thin Films” M.B. Sahana, G. Lawes, K. R. Padmanabhan, R. Naik, V.M Naik American Physical Society Meeting, Baltimore,USA, Mar 13-17 2006 14. Oral presentation of the paper entitled “Structural, Optical, and Electrochromic Properties of V2O5 Thin Films “ M.B. Sahana, G. Lawes, K. R. Padmanabhan, R. Naik, V.M Naik Spring meetings of Ohio Section of the American Physical Society (OSAPS) and the Michigan Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (MAAPT), Detroit, Michigan, USA, March 31 to April 12006. 15. Oral presentation of the paper entitled “Guiding of highly charged ions by SiO2 3rd Conference on Elementary Processes in Atomic Systems 16. Oral presentation on Special report: Transmission of slow Ne7+ ions through nanocapillaries” M.B. Sahana, P. Skog, Gy. Vikor, R. T. Rajendra Kumar, R. Schuch, 20-26 July 2005 XXIV ICPEAC 2005 Rosario ARGENTINA 17. “Poster presentation of paper entitled “Time evolution of the microstructure of VO2(B) films deposited on glass by MOCVD M.B. Sahana and S. A. Shivashankar Dec 2-5 2002 MRS Fall meeting 2002, Boston, USA,. Mater. Research symposium .
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1. Summer Fellowship at Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), 2. UNSECO/ROSET travel grant to attend “MRS Fall Meeting 2002” Boston, USA 2002 3. CSIR and UGC travel grants to attend “MRS Fall meeting 2002” Boston, USA 2002

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