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  1. Modulating Sulfur Release Kinetics through Precursor Engineering for the Controlled Formation of 1 T /2H MoS2 Hybrids with Enhanced Charge Storage Properties

    Article • Langmuir, September 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  2. Alumina‐Supported Single‐Atom Catalysts: Rational Design, Synthesis Strategies, and Functional Applications

    Article • ChemSusChem, September 2026, Wiley

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  3. Bi/N‐Doped Porous Carbon with Dominant Pyridinic N Sites to Facilitate Low Energy Pathways for CO2 to Formate Conversion

    Article • Advanced Sustainable Systems, September 2025, Wiley

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  4. Indirect Friedländer Reaction: From Transfer Hydrogenation to Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling and Metal‐Free Approaches

    Article • The Chemical Record, September 2025, Wiley

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  5. Atomically Dispersed Cu on Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheets as Catalysts for the Synthesis of Disubstituted Triazoles

    Article • ACS Applied Nano Materials, January 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  6. Co-Incorporated N-Doped Micro–Meso Porous Carbon as an Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Zn–Air Battery

    Article • Energy & Fuels, April 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  7. Modulating the Morphological Features of Hydrothermally Derived Nickel Cobaltite for Supercapacitor Application: Role of Precursor Anions

    Article • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, January 2023, Wiley

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  8. Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) based heterogeneous single atom catalysts: synthesis, characterisation and catalytic applications

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  9. Oxide anchored multi-charged metal complexes with binary nanoparticles for stable and efficient anti-bacterial coatings on cotton fabrics

    Article • Materials Advances, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  10. Selective Borohydride Oxidation Reactions of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-Derived Bimetallic Carbon Alloy Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Fuel Cell Applications

    Article • ACS Applied Energy Materials, October 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  11. Nickel Foam-Supported NiCo2O4 Urchin-Shaped Microparticles Sheathed with NiCoO2 Nanosheets as Electrolyte-Wettable Electrodes for Supercapacitors

    Article • ACS Applied Nano Materials, September 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  12. High-Performance Flexible Piezoelectric Nanogenerator Based on Electrospun PVDF-BaTiO3 Nanofibers for Self-Powered Vibration Sensing Applications

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, September 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  13. Modulating Electrochemical Performance of Interfacially Polymerized, MoS2 Decorated Polyaniline Composites for Electrochemical Capacitor Applications

    Article • ACS Applied Energy Materials, July 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  14. Morphology control in nickel cobaltite synthesised via solution routes for electrochemical applications

    Article • Results in Engineering, July 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  15. Redox participation and plasmonic effects of Ag nanoparticles in nickel cobaltite-Ag architectures as battery type electrodes for hybrid supercapacitor

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  16. Bifacial Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Enhanced Light Scattering and Improved Power Conversion Efficiency under Full Sun and Indoor Light Conditions

    Article • ACS Applied Energy Materials, December 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  17. Lanthanum Phosphate-Incorporated Organosilane Nanocomposites for Gas-Phase CO2 Detection

    Article • ACS Applied Nano Materials, October 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  18. Template assisted synthesis of Ni,N co-doped porous carbon from Ni incorporated ZIF-8 frameworks for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  19. Morphological Ensembles of N-Doped Porous Carbon Derived from ZIF-8/Fe-Graphene Nanocomposites: Processing and Electrocatalytic Studies

    Article • ChemistrySelect, August 2018, Wiley

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  20. Flexible Electrochemical Transducer Platform for Neurotransmitters

    Article • ACS Omega, March 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  21. Transparent and Hydrophobic MTMS/GPTMS Hybrid Aerogel Monoliths and Coatings by Sol-Gel Method: A Viable Remedy for Oil-Spill Cleanup

    Article • ChemistrySelect, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  22. Germanium-incorporated lithium silicate composites as highly efficient low-temperature sorbents for CO2 capture

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  23. ORMOSIL–ZrO2 hybrid nanocomposites and coatings on aluminium alloys for corrosion resistance; a sol–gel approach

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  24. Nanowires of polyaniline festooned silver coated paper electrodes for efficient solid-state symmetrical supercapacitors

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  25. Melamine formaldehyde–metal organic gel interpenetrating polymer network derived intrinsic Fe–N-doped porous graphitic carbon electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  26. Role of precursors on the photophysical properties of carbon nitride and its application for antibiotic degradation

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  27. Photoregenerable, Bifunctional Granules of Carbon-Doped g-C3N4 as Adsorptive Photocatalyst for the Efficient Removal of Tetracycline Antibiotic

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, January 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  28. C3N4 anchored ZIF 8 composites: photo-regenerable, high capacity sorbents as adsorptive photocatalysts for the effective removal of tetracycline from water

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  29. Fine tuning of compact ZnO blocking layers for enhanced photovoltaic performance in ZnO based DSSCs: a detailed insight using β recombination, EIS, OCVD and IMVS techniques

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  30. Visible-light-driven photocatalytic properties of binary MoS2/ZnS heterostructured nanojunctions synthesized via one-step hydrothermal route

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  31. Surface modification induced enhanced CO2 sorption in cucurbit[6]uril, an organic porous material

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  32. Co3O4–C3N4 p–n nano-heterojunctions for the simultaneous degradation of a mixture of pollutants under solar irradiation

    Article • Environmental Science Nano, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  33. Copyrolysed C3N4-Ag/ZnO Ternary Heterostructure Systems for Enhanced Adsorption and Photocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, September 2016, Wiley

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  34. One‐Pot Hydrothermal Synthesis of Visible‐Light‐Responsive MoS 2 /g‐CNO Heterostructures for Organic‐Pollutant Degradation

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, July 2016, Wiley

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  35. Processing of thermally stable 3D hierarchical ZIF-8@ZnO structures and their CO 2 adsorption studies

    Article • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  36. A facile one pot synthetic approach for C3N4–ZnS composite interfaces as heterojunctions for sunlight-induced multifunctional photocatalytic applications

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  37. Morphologically and compositionally tuned lithium silicate nanorods as high-performance carbon dioxide sorbents

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  38. Energy revamping of solar panels through titania nanocomposite coatings; influence of aqueous silica precursor

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  39. Dopant-free anatase titanium dioxide as visible-light catalyst: Facile sol–gel microwave approach

    Article • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  40. CO 2 Absorption Studies on Mixed Alkali Orthosilicates Containing Rare-Earth Second-Phase Additives

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, March 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Balagopal N Nair, Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  41. Concentration quenching in cerium oxide dispersions via a Förster resonance energy transfer mechanism facilitates the identification of fatty acids

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Swapankumar Ghosh, Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  42. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) mediated enhanced anti-candidal activity of ZnS–ZnO nanocomposites with low inhibitory concentrations

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  43. Synthesis and characterization of cerium oxide based nanofluids: An efficient coolant in heat transport applications

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Swapankumar Ghosh, Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  44. Enhanced CO2absorption kinetics in lithium silicate platelets synthesized by a sol–gel approach

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, July 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Balagopal N Nair, Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  45. Bifunctional lanthanum phosphate substrates as novel adsorbents and biocatalyst supports for perchlorate removal

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Balagopal N Nair, Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  46. Antifungal properties of nanosized ZnS particles synthesised by sonochemical precipitation

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Balagopal N Nair, Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  47. Temperature assisted acid catalyzed peptization of TiO2; facile sol–gel approach for thermally stable anatase phase

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    K.G.K Warrier, Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  48. Photoluminescent, self-cleaning titanium oxide nanocomposites with multifunctional properties

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Balagopal N Nair, Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  49. Transparent sub-micrometre alumina from lanthanum oxide doped common grade alumina powder

    Article • Ceramics International, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  50. Effect of precursor particle size distribution on the morphology and low wetting behavior of photocatalytic nanocoatings on glass surfaces

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    K.G.K Warrier, Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  51. A hybrid sol–gel approach for novel photoactive and hydrophobic titania coatings on aluminium metal surfaces

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    K.G.K Warrier, Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  52. Colloidal Shaping of 8 mol% Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Electrolyte Honeycomb Structures by Microwave-Assisted Thermal Gelation of Methyl Cellulose

    Article • International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, October 2012, Wiley

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  53. Low temperature in-situ reaction sintering of zircon: Alumina composites trough spark plasma sintering

    Article • Science of Sintering, January 2012, National Library of Serbia

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  54. Rheological Studies on Aqueous Alumina Extrusion Mixes

    Article • Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  55. Studies on ionic conductivity of stabilized zirconia ceramics (8YSZ) densified through conventional and non-conventional sintering methodologies

    Article • Ceramics International, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  56. Hydrolysis control of alumina and AlN mixture for aqueous colloidal processing of aluminum oxynitride

    Article • Ceramics International, September 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  57. Impedance and modulus spectroscopic studies on 40PrTiTaO6 + 60YTiNbO6 ceramic composite

    Article • Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  58. Fracture behaviour of chemical vapour deposited and hot isostatically pressed zinc sulphide ceramics

    Article • Materials Science and Engineering A, June 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  59. Effect of sphalerite to wurtzite crystallographic transformation on microstructure, optical and mechanical properties of zinc sulphide ceramics

    Article • Ceramics International, April 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  60. Compressive and flexural strength properties of ZnS optical ceramics

    Article • Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  61. Colloidal Shaping of Alumina Ceramics by Thermally Induced Gelation of Methylcellulose

    Article • Journal of the American Ceramic Society, November 2010, Wiley

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  62. Processing of Aluminum Oxynitride Through Aqueous Colloidal Forming Techniques

    Article • Journal of the American Ceramic Society, February 2010, Wiley

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  63. Micro structural control of stabilized Zirconia ceramics (8YSZ) through modified conventional sintering methodologies

    Article • Science of Sintering, January 2010, National Library of Serbia

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  64. Rate Controlled Sintering: A Unique Concept for Microstructural Control

    Article • Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society, October 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  65. Processing and Properties of Sol-Gel-Derived Alumina/Silicon Carbide Nanocomposites

    Article • Journal of the American Ceramic Society, June 2004, Wiley

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  66. Gel casting process for Al2O3–SiC nanocomposites and its creep characteristics

    Article • Materials Chemistry and Physics, May 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  67. Synthesis of thermally stable, high surface area anatase–alumina mixed oxides

    Article • Materials Letters, May 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  68. Aqueous extrusion of alumina–Zirconia (12mol% ceria) composite using boehmite as extrusion aid

    Article • Ceramics International, December 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  69. Low temperature sintering of seeded aluminium titanate precursor gels

    Article • Materials Letters, August 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  70. Effect of seeds on the formation of sol-gel mullite

    Article • Ceramics International, January 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  71. Microwave Sintering of Sol-Gel Alumina—30 vol% SiC Particulate Composites

    Article • Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society, January 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  72. Monohydroxy aluminium oxide (Boehmite, AlOOH) as a reactive binder for extrusion of alumina ceramics

    Article • Journal of the European Ceramic Society, January 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  73. Sol Gel Alumina and Mullite Coated SiC Precursors for Ceramic Matrix Composites

    Article • Materials Science Forum, November 1996, Trans Tech Publications

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh

  74. Processing of Extruded BPSCCO Superconductor-PMMA Composite for Sintering and Texture Development

    Article • Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan, January 1995, Ceramic Society of Japan

    Dr Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh