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Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals

                                                                                       2015

  1. A three-dimensionally bonded spongy graphene material with both super compressive elasticity and near-zero Poisson's ratio, Yingpeng Wu , Ningbo Yi , Lu Huang , Tengfei Zhang , Shaoli Fang , Huicong Chang , Na Li , Jiyoung Oh , Jae Ah Lee , Mikhail Kozlov , Alin Cristian Chipara , Humberto Terrones , Xiao PeiShuang , Guankui Long , Yi Huang , Fan Zhang , Long Zhang , Xavier Lepró , Carter Haines, Marcio Lima , Nestor Perea-Lopez , Lakshmy Pulickal Rajukumar , Ana Laura Elias, Siming Feng , Seon Jeong Kim , T. N. Narayanan , P. M. Ajayan , Mauricio Terrones, Ali Aliev, Pengfei Chu, Zhong Zhang, Ray Baughman, Y Chen, Nature Communications. (Accepted)

  2. Above 170 degree Water Contact Angle and Oleophobicity of Fluorinated Graphene Oxide Based Transparent Polymeric Films, T. Bharathidasan, T. N. Narayanan,* S. Sathyanaryanan, and S. S. Sreejakumari, Carbon 84, 207-213. (*Corresponding Author)

  3. 3D Macroporous Solids from Chemically Cross-Linked Carbon Nanotubes, S. Ozden, T. N. Narayanan, C. S. Tiwari, P. Dong, A. H. C. Hart, R. Vajtai, and P. M. Ajayan, Small (Accepted).

  4. Probing the engineered sandwich network of vertically aligned carbon nanotube-reduced graphene oxide composites for high performance electromagnetic interference shielding applications, Avanish Pratap Singh, Monika Mishra, Daniel P. Hashim, T. N. Narayanan, Myung Gwan Hahm, Pawan Kumar, Jaya Dwivedi, Garima Kedawat, Ankit Gupta, Bhanu Pratap Singh, Amita Chandra, Robert Vajtai, S. K. Dhawan, Pulickel M. Ajayan and Bipin Kumar Gupta, Carbon.

  5. Nanobiocomposite from collagen waste using iron oxide nanoparticles and its conversion into magnetic nanocarbon, P. Thanikaivelan, T. N. Narayanan, B. K. Gupta, A. L. M. Reddy, and P. M. Ajayan,  J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol 15, 4504-4509.

 

                                        2014

 

  1. Self-Protected Nickel-Graphene Hybrid Low Density 3D Scaffolds, Moab Rajan Philip, T. N. Narayanan*, Shashi Bhushan Arya and Deepak K. Pattanayak, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2, 19488-19494. (Corresponding Author)

  2. Low Density Three-Dimensional Foam Using Self-reinforced Hybrid Two-Dimensional Atomic Layers, Soumya Vinod, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Pedro Alves da Silva Autreto,  Jaime Taha-Tijerina, Sehmus Ozden, Alin Christian Chipara, Robert Vajtai, Douglas S. Galvao, T. N. Narayanan*, and P. M. Ajayan, Nature Communications, 5, 4541, doi:10.1038/ncomms5541. *Corresponding Author. Tough foam from tiny sheets Cited in Science Daily, youtube, azonano etc.

  3. Selective and efficient electrochemical biosensing properties of ultrathin MoS2 Sheets, T. N. Narayanan*#, Chiranjevi, and S. Alwarappan, Nanotechnology 25, 335702. *# Equally Contributing and Corresponding Author. Highlighted by Nanotechweb.org “Selective Electrochemical Biosensing Using Molybdenum disulfide” [Most read article] (Paper) Also see Erratum: Nanotechnology 25, 409601.

  4. On the Large Capacitance of Nitrogen Doped Graphene Derived by a Facile Route, M. Praveen Kumar, T. Kesavan, Golap Kalita, P. Ragupathy, T. N. Narayanan and Deepak K. Pattanayak, RSC Advances 4, 38689-38697.

  5. Improved Heterogeneous Electron Transfer Kinetics of Fluorinated Graphene Derivatives, S. Boopathi, T. N. Narayanan* and S. Senthil Kumar, Nanoscale 6 (17), 10140 – 10146. *Corresponding Author & Communicating Author

  6. Nanofluids Based on Fluorinated Graphene Oxide for Efficient Thermal Management, P. M. Sudeep, Jaime Taha-Tijerena, P. M. Ajayan, T. N. Narayanan, and M. R. Anantharaman, RSC Advances 4, 248867-24892.

  7. Anisotropically Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Array Based Hygroscopic Scaffolds, S Ozden, L  Ge, T. N. Narayanan, Amelia H. C. H., Hyunseung Yang, Srividya Sridhar, Robert Vajtai, and P. M. Ajayan, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 6(13), 10608-10613. New Device Pulls Water from Thin Air, Featured in Science Magazine [Link].

  8. Nanodiamond Based Thermal Fluids, Jaime Taha-Tijerina, T. N. Narayanan, ChandraSekhar Tiwary, Karen Lozano,  Mircea Chipara, P. M. Ajayan, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 6, 4778-4785. Diamonds are an Oil’s best friend [Link].

  9. Temperature Dependent Electrical Transport of Disordered Reduced Graphene Oxide, Baleeswaraiah Muchharla, T. N. Narayanan, Kaushik Balakrishnan, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Saikat Talapatra, 2D Materials 1, 011008.

  10. Large Enhanced Dielectric Permittivity in Polyaniline Passivated Core-Shell Nano Magnetic Iron Oxide by Plasma Polymerization, Lija K. Joy , V. Sooraj , U. S. Sajeev , Swapna S. Nair, T. N. Narayanan, N. Sethulakshmi , Pulickel M. Ajayan, M R Anantharaman, Applied Physics Letters 104, 121603.

  11. Electric Field Induced Transformation of Carbon nanotube to Graphene Nanoribbons Using Solid Polymer Electrolyte, M.J. Jaison, K. Vikram, T. N. Narayanan*, and Vijaymohanan K. Pillai, Applied Physics Letters, 104, 153111. *Corresponding Author

  12. Molecular Motions Aided Thermally Responsive Biocompatible Textile Pads, K. Firoz Babu, T. N. Narayanan, and M. Anbu Kulandainathan, Advanced Materials Interfaces 1, 1300139 (1-6).

  13. Science and Engineering of graphene oxide, T. N. Narayanan, Charudatta Galande, Wei Gao, Akshay Mathkar, Andrew M. Dattelbaum, A. Mohite and P M Ajayan, Particle & Particle System Characterization 31, 619-638. (Invited Review Article). All authors are equally contributed.

  14. Mechanism of TiO2 Nanotubes Formation on the Surface of Pure Ti and Ti-6Al-4V Alloy, Tsanka D.Dikova, Myang G.Hahm, Daniel P.Hashim, T. N. Narayanan, Robert Vajtai, P. M.Ajayan, Advanced Materials Research 939, 655-662.

 

                                                                                                       

                                                                    2013

 

  1. Fluorinated graphene based electrodes for high performance primary lithium batteries, Dijo Damien, P M Sudeep, T N Narayanan, M R Anantharaman, P M Ajayan, and M M Shaijumon, RSC Advances 3(48) 25702-25706.

  2. Carbon nanotube core graphitic shell hybrid fibers,  Myung Gwan Hahm, Jae-Hwang Lee, Amelia H. C. Hart, Chi-Dong Park, Sung Moo Song, Hyun Young Jung, Daniel P. Hashim, Bo Li, T N Narayanan, Yao Zhao, Jaewook Nam, Robert Vajtai,Yoong Ahm Kim, Takuya Hayashi, Bon-Cheol Ku, Morinobu Endo, Enrique V. Barrera, Yung Joon Jung, Edwin L. Thomas, and P. M. Ajayan, ACS Nano 7(12) 10971- 10977.

  3. Covalently interconnected three dimensional graphene oxide solids, T. N. Narayanan,* P. M. Sudeep,  G.Aswathi, M. M. Shaijumon, G. H. Yang, S. Ozden, P. K. Patra, M. Pasquali, R. Vajtai, S. Ganguli, Ajit K. Roy, M. R. Anantharaman, and P. M. Ajayan, ACS Nano 7(8) 7034-7040. (Corresponding Author). ( (Most Read Article in ACS Nano)

  4. Recent advances in optical limiting properties of fluorinated graphene oxides, Panit Chantharasuapwong,  Reji Philip,  T. N. Narayanan, P M Sudeep, Akshay Mathkar,  P. M. Ajayan,  Jayan Thomas, Proc. SPIE 8827, Optical Processes in Organic Materials and Nanostructures II, 88270G.

  5. Synthesis of fluorinated graphene oxide and its amphiphobic properties, T.N. Narayanan, A. Mathkar, Lawrence Alemany, Guanhui Gao, Paris Cox, Patrick Nguyen, Patritia Chang, Rebecca Romero-Aburto, Sendurai Mani, and P.M. Ajayan,  Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 30, 266-272.

  6. Fluorinated graphene oxide; a new multimodal material for biological applications, Rebeca Romero-Aburto, T. N. Narayanan, Yutaka Nagaok, Takashi Hasumura, Trevor M. Mitcham, Takahiro Fukuda, Paris J. Cox, Richard R. Bouchard, T. Maekawa, D. Sakthi Kumar, Suzy V. Torti, Sendurai A. Mani, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Advanced Materials, 25, 5632-5637.   Highlighted in “The First-Magnetic-Nanoparticle-Free Carbon-Based Contrast Agent of Magnetic-Resonance Imaging-Fluorinated Graphene Oxide” by Y. H. Hu. Small 10 (8) 1451-1452.

  7. Hexagonal Boron Nitride and Graphite Oxide Reinforced Multifunctional Porous Cement Composites, T N Narayanan, R Keyan, Navid Sakhavand, Rouzbeh Shahsavari, Guanhui Gao, Robert Vajtai, and P M Ajayan, Advanced Functional Materials 23, 5624-5630.

  8. Contact potential induced enhancement of magnetization in polyaniline coated nanomagnetic iron oxides by plasma polymerization, N Sethulakshmi , V Sooraj , U. S Sajeev , Swapna S. Nair , T. N. Narayanan , Lija K Joy , P. A. Joy , Pulickel M. Ajayan and M R Anantharaman, Applied Physics Letters 103 (16), 162414.

  9. Eco-Efficient Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons and its Application in Electrochemical Supercapacitors, Dijo Damien, Binson Babu, T. N. Narayanan, A. L. M. Reddy, P.M.Ajayan and M.M.Shaijumon, Graphene, 1, 37- 44.

  10. Conversion of industrial bio-wastes in to useful nanomaterials, M Ashokkumar, T N Narayanan, B K Gupta, ALM Reddy, AP Singh, SK Dhawan, B Chandrasekaran, D Rawat, S Talapatra, P. M. Ajayan, P Thanikaivelan, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 1(6), 619-626.

  11. Marine corrosion protective coatings of hexagonal boron nitride thin films on stainless steel, E Husain, T. N. Narayanan, Jaime-Taha Tijerena, S. Vinod, R. Vajtai and P M Ajayan, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 5 (10) 4129-4135.

  12. Multifunctional Nanofluids with 2D nanosheets for thermal and tribological management, T. N. Narayanan,  J. Taha-Tijerina, L. Peña-Paras,  L. Garza , C.Lapray, J. Gonzalez, E. Palacios, D. Molina, A. García,  D. Maldonado, P.M. Ajayan, WEAR 302 (1-2), 1241-1248.

  13. Ferrofluids Based 1D Nanostructures, T N Narayanan, Chaos and Complexity Letters, Nova Science Publishers,  7, 1/2.

 

                                                                                                2012

 

  1. Hybrid multiferroic nanostructure with magnetic-dielectric coupling, T N Narayanan, B P Mandal, A K Tyagi, A Kumarasiri, Xaiobo Zhan, Myung Gwan Hahm, M.R. Anantharaman, G. Lawes and P M Ajayan, Nano Letters 12, 3025-3030.

  2. Hybrid 2D nanomaterials as dual-mode contrast agents in cellular imaging, T N Narayanan, Bipin Kumar Gupta, Sajna Antony Vithayathil, Rebecca Romeo Aberto, Sendurai A Mani, Jaime Taha-Tijerina, Bin Xie, Benny Abraham Kaipparettu, Suzy V. Torti,    and P M Ajayan, Advanced Materials, 24, 2992-2998. 

  3. Electrically insulating thermal nano-oils using 2D fillers, T N Narayanan, Jaime Taha-Tijerina, Guanhui Gao, Matthew Rohde, Dmitri Tsentalovich, Matteo Pasquali and P M Ajayan, ACS Nano 6(2), 1214-1220.

  4. Collagen based magnetic nanocomposites for oil removal applications, T N Narayanan, T Palanisamy, Bhabendra Pradhan, and P M Ajayan, Scientific Reports Nature Publishing Group 2, 230  DOI: 10.1038/srep00230. (Most downloaded article)

  5. Covalently bonded three-dimensional carbon nanotube solids via boron induced nanojunctions,  Daniel P. Hashim,  T. N. Narayanan,  J. M. Romo-Herrera, David A. Cullen, Myung Gwan Hahm, Peter Lezzi, Joseph R. Suttle, Doug Kelkhoff, E. Muñoz-Sandoval, Sabyasachi Ganguli, Ajit K. Roy, David J. Smith, Robert Vajtai, Humberto Terrones, Mauricio Terrones, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Scientific Reports Nature Publishing Group 2, 363; DOI:10.1038/srep00363.

  6. Optical power limiting in fluorinated graphene oxide: An insight into the nonlinear optical properties, P. Chantharasupawong, R. Philip, T. N. Narayanan, P. M. Sudeep, A. Mathkar, P. M. Ajayan, and Jayan Thomas, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116, 25955-25961.

  7. Birch reduction of graphite. edge and interior functionalization by hydrogen, Z. Yang, Y. Sun, L. B. Alemany, T. N. Narayanan, and W. E. Billups, Journal of the American Chemical Society 134, 18689-18694.

  8. Fluorescent super paramagnetic iron oxide core shell nano probes for multimodal cellular imaging, S Smitha,  V S Haseena, T N Narayanan, A P  Reena Mary, P M Ajayan, Jayesh Puthumana, Anas Abdul Aziz, Rebecca Romero-Aburto, Sendurai A. Mani, P A. Joy  and M R Anantharaman, Materials Express 2, 265-274.

  9. Carbon Nanotubes-Nanocups Hybrid Structures for High Power Supercapacitor Applications, Myung Gwan Hahm, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Daniel P. Cole, Monica Rivera, Joseph A. Vento, Jaewook Nam, Hyun Young Jung, Younglae Kim, T. N. Narayanan, Daniel P. Hashim, Charudatta Galande, Yung Joon Jung, Shashi Karna, Mark Bundy, Robert Vajtai, and P. M. Ajayan, Nano Letters 12, 5616-5621. Most read article in Nano Letters.

  10. Collagen-chitosan biocomposites produced using nanocarbons derived from goatskin waste, M. Ashokkumar, K. M. Sumukh, R. Murali, T N Narayanan, P. M. Ajayan, P. Thanikaivelan, Carbon  50, 5574-5582.

  11. Binary and ternary atomic layers built from carbon, boron and nitrogen , Li Song, Zheng Liu, ALM Reddy, T N Narayanan, Jaime Taha-Tijerena, Juan Peng, Guanhui Gao, Jingjiang Yu, Jun Lou, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Advanced Materials (Invited Review Article) 24, 4878–4895. 

  12. Artificially stacked atomic layers: towards new van der Waals solids, Guanhui Gao, Wei Gao, Elena Cannuccia, Jaime Taha, Luis Balicas, Akshay Mathkar, T N Narayanan, Zheng Liu, Bipin K.,Gupta, Juan Peng, Yansheng Yin, Angel Rubio, and P M Ajayan Nano Letters 12, 3518-3525. Research Highlights: Nature Nanotechnology, “Two dimensional materials: Mix and Match” doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.139.

  13. Highly Luminescent– Paramagnetic   Nanophosphor Probes for In vitro High Contrast Human Breast Cancer Cell-Imaging application, Bipin Kumar Gupta, T. N. Narayanan, Sajna Antony Vithayathil, Yean Lee, Shyny Koshy, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Avishek Saha, V. Shanker, V.N. Singh, Benny Abraham Kaipparettu, Angel A. Martí, and Pulickel M. Ajayan, Small 8, 19, 3028-3034.

  14. Probing on time resolved and photoluminescence spectroscopy of multifunctional boron nitride nanotubes, A L M Reddy, B K Gupta, T N Narayanan, A A Marti, P M Ajayan, and G C Walker, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116, 12803-12809.

  15. Transforming collagen waste in to doped nanocarbons for sustainable energy applications, M. Asokkumar, T N Narayanan, A L M Reddy, B K Gupta, B Chandrasekharan, S Talapatra, P M Ajayan, and P Thanikaivelan, Green Chemistry, 14, 1689-1695. 

  16. An optical limiter based on silver-silica nanocomposites, P. B. Anand, C. S. Suchand Sandeep, Kishore Sridharan, T. N. Narayanan, Senoy Thomas, Reji Philip, and M. R. Anantharaman.. Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine 4, 33-38.

  17. A novel functionalized multi-layered graphene for urea biosensor, Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, Saurabh Srivastava, T. N. Narayanan, B.D.Mahlotra, Robert Vajtai, P. M. Ajayan, Anchal Srivastava, ACS Nano 6, 1, 168-175. (Most read article in ACS Nano; Cited by Graphene Times)

  18. Synthesis of reduced graphene oxide–Fe3O4 multifunctional freestanding conducting magnetic membranes and their temperature dependent electronic transport properties, T N Narayanan, Zheing Liu, P R Lakshmy, Wei Gao, Yutaka Nagaoka, D Sakthi Kumar, J. Lou, Robert Vajtai and P M Ajayan. Carbon  50 3 1338-1345. (Cited by Graphene Times).

 

                                                                2011

 

  1. Ni filled flexible multi-walled carbon nanotube-polystyrene composite films as efficient microwave absrobers, T. N. Narayanan, Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, A. P. Reena Mary, M. R. Anantharaman, Anchal Srivastava, Robert Vajtai and Pulickel M. Ajayan, Applied Physics Letters  99 (11) 113116.

  2. Engineered Graphite Oxide materials for application in water purification, W. Gao, M. Majumdar, L. B. Alemani, T. N. Narayanan, M. A. Ibarra, B. K. Pradhan and P. M. Ajayan, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 3, 1821-1826.  (Cited by: BBC News, USA Today News, Physorg.com, youtube). Cited by ACS International Year of Chemistry Virtual Journal 9 2011. [Most Read Article in ACS Appl. Mater. &Interf.]

  3. Optical bi-functionality of europium-complexed luminescent graphene nanosheets, Bipin Kumar Gupta, Palanisamy Thanikaivelan, T. N. Narayanan, Li Song, Wei Gao, Takuya Hayashi, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Avishek Saha, V.Shanker,  Morinobu Endo, Angel A. Martí and Pulickel M.Ajayan, Nano Letters  11(12) 5227-5233. (Cited by Graphene Times) (Paper)

  4. Defect induced photoluminescence and ferromagnetic properties of bio-compatible SWCNT/Ni hybrid bundles, Vinay Gupta, Bipin Kumar Gupta, R K Kotnala, T N Narayanan, Vaneet Grover, Jyoti Shah, Suresh Chander, Virendra Shanker. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 362, 311-316.

  5. Non-linear and magneto optical transmission studies on magnetic nanofluids of non-interacting metallic nickel nanoparticles, A P Reena mary, C S Suchand Sandeep, T N Narayanan, Reji Philip, Padraig Monoley, P M Ajayan and M R Anantharaman. Nanotechnology  22, 375702 (7pp). (Also Cited by Nanotechweb.iop.org)

  6. Probing a bifunctional luminomagnetic nanophosphor for biological applications: A photoluminescence and time resolved spectroscopic study,  Bipin Kumar Gupta, Vimal Rathee, T N Narayanan, Palanisami Thanikaivelan, Avishek Taha, Govind, S P Singh, V Shanker, Angel A Marti and P M Ajayan, Small 7, 13, 1767-1773

  7. Enhanced bio-compatibility of ferrofluids of self-assembled superparamagnetic iron oxide-silica core-shell nanoparticles, T N Narayanan,* A P Reena Mary, P K Anas Swalih, D Sakthi Kumar, D. Makarov, M. Albrecht, Jayesh Puthumana, Abdulaziz Anas and M R Anantharaman Journal Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 11, 1958-1967. (*Corresponding Author)

                                                                   2010

 

  1. Synthesis of bio-compatible SPION based aqueous ferrofluids and evaluation of radio frequency power loss for magnetic hyperthermia, A P Reena Mary, T N Narayanan, Vijutha Sunny, D Sakthi Kumar and M R Anantharaman. Nanoscale Research Letters  5 1706-1711.

  2. Template assisted synthesis and characterization of passivated nickel nanoparticles, E Veena Gopalan, K A Malini, G Santhoshkumar, T N Narayanan, P A Joy, D Sakthikumar, Yasuhiko Yoshida, I A Al-Omani, and M R Anantharaman, Nanoscale Research Letters 5, 889-897.

  3. Synthesis of high coercivity core-shell nanorods based on nickel and cobalt and their magnetic properties, T N Narayanan, M M Shaijumon, P M Ajayan and M R Anantharaman, Nanoscale Research Letters 5:164–168.    

                                                                     

                                                                  2009

 

  1. Fabrication of a quantum well heterostructure based on plasma polymerised aniline and its characterization using STM/STS, T N Narayanan, Soumya Jose, Senoy Thomas, Salim H Al-Harti, and M R Anantharaman, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 42 165309 (7pp).

  2. The Synthesis of high coercivity cobalt-in-carbon nanotube  heterostructures and their optical limiting properties,  T N  Narayanan, C S Suchand Sandeep, M M Shaijumon, P M Ajayan, Reji Philip and M R Anantharaman, Nanotechnology, 20, 285702. (Also Cited by Nanotechweb.iop.org.).

  3. Enhanced microwave absorption in nickel filled multiwall carbon nanotubes in the S band, T N Narayanan, Vijutha Sunny, M M Shaijumon, P M Ajayan, and M R Anantharaman, Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 12, 4, K21- K24. (Also cited in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, 19, 4, (2009)). (Paper)

  4. On the synthesis and magnetic properties of multiwall carbon nanotube-superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle nanocomposites, T N Narayanan, A P Reena Mary, M M Shaijumon, Lijie Ci, P M Ajayan and M R Anantharaman, Nanotechnology, 20 055607(7pp).

                                                              

                                                                  2008

 

  1. On the synthesis of nickel and cobalt nanowires and comparison of their magnetic properties, T N Narayanan, M M Shaijumon, Lijie Ci, P M Ajayan and M R Anantharaman, Nano Research, 1(6): 465-473.

  2. Synthesis of high coercivity cobalt nanotubes and elucidation of their mechanism ofgrowth, T N Narayanan, M M Shaijumon, P M Ajayan and M R Anantharaman . Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 14281-14285.  (Also cited by Nano Highlights from ACS Publications (20080826) (zz)).

  3. Strain induced anomalous red shift in the band gap of mesoscopic nonspherical superparamagnetic iron oxide prepared by a novel technique, T N Narayanan, D Sakthi Kumar, Yasuhiko Yoshida and M R Anantharaman, Bulletin of Materials Science, 31, 5, 1-8.

                                              

                                                                  2007

 

  1. Evidence for intergranular tunnelling in polyaniline passivated a- Fe nanoparticles, Vijutha Sunny, T N Narayanan , U S Sajeev, P A Joy, D Sakthi Kumar, Yasuhiko Yoshida and M R Anantharaman, Nanotechnology, 17, 4765-4772 (2006).

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