Publications using APEX Spin Coating Units

1. Development of conversion coating on mild steel prior to sol gel nanostructured Al2O3 coating for enhancement of corrosion resistance. S.K. Tiwari, R.K. Sahu, A.K. Pramanick and Raghuvir Singh. Surface and Coatings Technology. (2011) (in press).
2. Synthesis and characterization of TiO2 doped polyaniline composites for hydrogen gas sensing. Subodh Srivastava, Sumit Kumar, V. N. Singh, M. Singh and Y. K. Vijay. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 36 (2011) 6343-6355.
3. Growth and properties of transparent p-NiO/n-ITO (In2O3:Sn) p–n junction thin film diode. B. V. Mistry, P. Bhatt, K. H. Bhavsar, S. J. Trivedi, U. N. Trivedi and U. S. Joshi. Thin Solid Films 519 (2011) 3840-3843.
4. The Effect of Pressure on the Dimensions of Carbon Nanotubes Obtained by the Chemical Vapour Deposition. Anshu Sharma, Y.K.Vijay. Advanced Science Letters, 4 (2011) 586-590.
5. Fabrication of Nanocrystalline TiO2 Thin Film Ammonia Vapor Sensor. Shailesh Pawar, Manik Chougule, Sanjay Patil, Bharat Raut, Dhanaji Dalvi, Pramod Patil, Shashwati Sen, Pradeep Joshi, Vikas Patil. Journal of Sensor Technology 1 (2011)  9-16.
6. Effect of Annealing on Structure, Morphology, Electrical and Optical Properties of Nanocrystalline TiO2 Thin Films. S. G. Pawar, M. A. Chougule, P. R. Godse, D. M. Jundale, S. A. Pawar, B. T. Raut, V. B. Patil. J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 3 (2011) 185-192.
7. Performance Studies of Activated Charcoal Based Electrical Double Layer Capacitors with Ionic Liquid Gel Polymer Electrolytes. G. P. Pandey, S. A. Hashmi, and Yogesh Kumar. Energy & fuels. 24 (2010) 6644–6652.
8. Change in conformation of polymer PFO on addition of multiwall carbon nanotubes Malti Bansal, Ritu Srivastava, C. Lal, M. N. Kamalasanan and L. S. Tanwar. Nanoscale, 2  (2010) 1171-1177.
9. Electric field induced dewetting and pattern formation in thin conducting polymer film. S. Manigandan, Saptarshi Majumder, A. Suresh, Saibal Ganguly, Kajari Kargupta and Dipali Banerjee. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical  144 ( 2010) 170-175.
10. Swift heavy ion irradiation induced modification of BiFeO3 thin films prepared by sol-gel method. B. N. Dash, Priyadarshini Dash, Haripriya Rath, P. Mallick, R. Biswal, P. K. Kulriya and N. C. Mishra. Indian Journal of Physics. 84 (2010) 1315-1320..
11. Analysis of thickness dependence on the electrical properties of tin dioxide films in the presence of LPG gas. Sandipan, P.S. Gupta and Gurdeep Singh. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 500 (2010) 49-55.
12. Structural and Optical Properties of Sol-gel Prepared ZnO Thin Film. Nanda Shakti and P.S.Gupta  Applied Physics Research. 2, (2010). 19-28.
13. Study of chemiresistor type CNT doped polyaniline gas sensor. Subodh Srivastava, S.S. Sharma, Shweta Agrawal, Sumit Kumar, M. Singh and Y.K. Vijay. Synthetic Metals, 160 (2010) 529-534.
14. Extracellular synthesis of silver bionanoparticles from Aspergillus clavatus and its antimicrobial activity against MRSA and MRSE.  M. Saravanan and Anima Nanda. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 77 (2010) 214-218.
15. Electrical and Optical Pproperties of SOL-GEL Prepared Pd-Doped SnO2 thin films: Effect of Multiple Layers and its Use as Room Temperature Methane Gas Sensor S. Ray, P. S. Gupta and G. Sing. Journal of Ovonic Research. 6 (2010)  63-74.
16. Selective Light Emission in Nonbonding Electron Transitions in Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) Molecules on Spin-Coating in Thin Layers. A. Mishra and S. Ram. J. Phys. Chem. A, 113 (2009) 14067–14073.
17. Evolution of phase purity and texture on annealing of BiFeO3 thin film prepared by sol-gel technique. Priyadarshini Dash, B. N. Dash, Haripriya Rath, Chandana Rath and N. C. Mishra. Indian Journal of Physics. 83 (2009) 485-49.
18. Preparation and characterization of thin films of the poly(p-phenylene vinylene) semiconducting polymer. N. Gomathi, Venkata K. Prasad and Sudarsan Neogi. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 111 (2009) 1917–1922
19. Structural evolution of TiO2 nanocrystalline thin films by thermal annealing and swift heavy ion irradiation. Rath, H.;   Dash, P.;   Som, T.;   Satyam, P. V.;   Singh, U. P.;   Kulriya, P. K.;   Kanjilal, D.;   Avasthi, D. K.;   Mishra, N. C.   Journal of Applied Physics 105 (2009) 074311.
20. Characterization of gas sensing behavior of multi walled carbon nanotube polyaniline composite films. Subodh Srivastava, S.S. Sharma, Sumit Kumar, Shweta Agrawal, M. Singh and Y.K. Vijay. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 34, Issue (2009) 8444-8450.
21. Synthesis of PbS/poly (vinyl-pyrrolidone) nanocomposite. Jayesh D. Patel and Tapas K. Chaudhuri. Materials Research Bulletin, 44 (2009) 1647-1651.
22. Shape-controlled silver metal of nanospheroids from a polymer-assisted autocombustion reaction in open air. A. Gautam and S. Ram. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 463 (2008) 428-434.
23. Photophysical characterizations of 2-(4-biphenylyl)-5 phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole in restricted geometry. P. K. Paul, S. A. Hussain, D. Bhattacharjee, Journal of Luminescence 128 (2008) 41–50.
24. Photophysical properties of 4-methyl 3-phenyl coumarin organized in Langmuir-Blodgett films: Formation of aggregates: Somobrata Acharya, Tapanendu Kamilya, Jyotirmoy Sarkar, Tapan Kr. Parichha , Prabir Pal and G. B. Talapatra, Mat. Chem. Phys., 104 (2007) 88-92.
25. A new allotropic structure of silver nanocrystals nucleated and grown over planar polymer molecules. Ram, S. Gautam, A. Fecht, H. J. Cai, J. Bansmann, J. Behm, R. J. Philosophical Magazine Letters, 87 (2007)  361-372.
26. Role of various LB parameters on the optical characteristics of mixed, Langmuir–Blodgett films, S. A. Hussain, P.K. Paul, D. Bhattacharjee, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 67 (2006) 2542–2549.

27. Sol gel synthesis of nickel oxide thin films and their characterization. S.R. Nalage, B.T. Raut, S.G. Pawar, M.A. Chougule, S.L. Patil, Shashwati Sen, P.B. Joshi, V.B. Patil, Thin Solid Films.