Electronic Materials and    
Thin Films Lab

  
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Refereed publications (latest 10)
  1. Swati Suman and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Filterless flexible photodetector for red light detection using silver nanowire-percolated zinc oxide”, Adv. Opt. Mater. in press (2026).
  2. S. T. Feba, Kokkiligadda Jhansi, Parasuraman Swaminathan, Dmitry Selishchev, Darbha V. Ravi Kumar, “BiPO4 microrod decorated with Cu nanoparticle as an efficient ohmic junction photocatalyst for the enhanced production 
    of H2O2 under visible light”, Ceramics International in press (2026).
  3. Shaan Mukherjee, Anupama Behera, and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Graphene- Based Inks for Printed and Flexible Electronics: A Review of Materials, Formulation Strategies, Printing Techniques, and Sensor Applications”, Flex. 
    Print. Electron. in press (2026).
  4. Sanjeev Patil, A. Sudha, Garikapati Nagasarvari, and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Silver nanowire-sensitized titanium dioxide for flexible, room temperature dual-gas sensing”, Ceramics International in press (2026). DOI: 
    10.1016/j.ceramint.2026.08.311
  5. L. Marini, P. Chithra Lekha, Aarju Mathew Koshy, Parasuraman Swaminathan, M. K. Padmanabhan, T. Devasena, S. Dinesh Kumar, and Roop L. Mahajan, “ Development of printer-friendly sustainable nanocellulose substrate for flexible printed electronics by freeze-melt method”, J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 37, 1859 (2026). DOI: 10.1007/s10854-026-18253-1
  6. Sangita Mondal, Swati Suman, Prathap Ravichandran, Parasuraman Swaminathan, and Kartik Chandra Mondal, "Pseudocapacitive Behaviour of S/Se-Functionalized Abnormal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Based-Zinc Complexes for Flexible Micro-Scale Energy Storage", Batteries & Supercaps, 9, e70439 (2026). DOI: 10.1002/batt.70439 
  7. A.M. Koshy, L. Kathirvel, N. Sharma, R. Raman, and P. Swaminathan , “Silver Nanowire-Cellulose Composite Ink for Flexible and Transparent Printed Circuit Boards”, Flex. Print. Electron. 11, 035003 (2026). DOI: 10.1088/2058-8585/ae87b0
  8. Abishek Kumar, Kiran Sebastian Kalluvelil, Neethu Thomas, Gopinath Packirisamy, and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Curated Bactericidal Structures Engineered via Low-Pressure Plasma on Implant Grade Polymeric Surfaces”, ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 9, 5029  (2026). DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.5c02584
  9. Anupama Behera and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Ultrahigh Colouration Efficiency and Long-Life Nickel Oxide Electrochromic Device for Sustainable Applications”, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 9, 6406 (2026). DOI: 10.1021/acsaem. 
    6c00650
  10. A. Sudha and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Towards Sustainable Smart Displays: A Review of Lithium-Free Electrochromic Devices”, Nano Trends 14, 100206 (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.nwnano.2026.100206
Patents
Granted (latest 5)
  1. Abishek Kumar, Neethu Thomas, and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FLEXIBLE SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (SERS) SUBSTRATES, SUBSTRATES THEREOF AND THEIR 
    APPLICATIONS”, Indian Patent No. 600622. Click here for the patent certificate. 
  2. Arunvel Thangamani, Parasuraman S, Balamurugan TS, and Naveinah Chandrasekaran, “A PRINTED ELECTRONIC STACK EMBEDDED IN A VEHICLE GLAZING”, Indian Patent No. 597250. Applicants: Saint-Gobain Glass France and Indian Institute of Technology-Madras. Click here for the patent certificate. 
  3. Nikhila Patil, Sowmmya Venkatesh, Parasuraman Swaminathan, and Sumathi Parasuraman, “THIN-FILM HEATER PRINTED ON QUARTZ SUBSTRATE USING SILVER NANOPARTICLE INK”, Indian Patent No. 598615. Click here for the patent certificate. 
  4. Swati Suman and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “A NARROWBAND PRINTED FLEXIBLE HYBRID PHOTODETECTOR AND A METHOD OF FABRICATION THEREOF”, Indian Patent No. 587016. Click here for the patent certificate.
  5. Abishek Kumar, Neethu Thomas, and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “A METHOD OF PREPARING NANOPATTERNS ON A POLYMERIC SURFACE”, Indian Patent No. 567292. Click here for the patent certificate. 
Filed (latest 5)
  1. Sangita Mondal, Swati Suman, underline{Parasuraman Swaminathan}, and Kartik Chandra Mondal, "S/SE-FUNCTIONALIZED ABNORMAL N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE BASED-ZINC COMPLEXES AND THE PROCESS OF PREPARATION THEREOF'', Indian Patent, Application No. 202641094921. Filed on 05/08/2026.
  2. Anupama Behera, Neha Sharma, and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “PRINTED FLEXIBLE MULTICOLOUR ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY AND METHOD OF FABRICATION”, Indian Patent, Application No. 202541106435. Filed 
    on 03/11/2025.
  3. Venu Dhulipalla and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “AUTOMATIC ANTI-GLARE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE”, Indian Patent, Application No. 202541104851, Filed on 31/10/2025.
  4. Kokkiligadda Jhansi, Ishwarya Dhevi Gurusamy Rangasamy, Jeevarathan Jayaprakash, Ponnudurai Arangannal, and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “A CORE-SHELL STRUCTURE BASED RADIOPAQUE PUTTY, ITS METHOD OF SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF”, Indian Patent, Application No. 202541012848, Filed on 14/02/2025.
  5. Swati Suman and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “METHOD AND SYSTEM OF FABRICATING LONGER WAVELENGTH SENSING PRINTABLE AND FLEXIBLE PHOTODETECTOR”, Indian Patent, Application No. 202541004933, 
    Filed on 21/01/2025.
Conference presentations (latest 10)
  1. Surya Kumar, Neethu Thomas, Abishek Kumar, and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Plasmonic hotspot-driven fluorescence tuning in nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots: Theoretical insights and experimental validation”, 10th International Soft Matter Conference (ISMC 2026), BITS Pilani, Goa campus, May 2026.
  2. Abishek Kumar, Mirko Nitschke, Hendrik Schlicke, and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Plasma-induced polymerization and wrinkling of immiscible gels: An insight towards non-conventional fabrication of structured gels”, ISMC 2026, BITS 
    Pilani, Goa campus, May 2026.
  3. Neethu Thomas, Lavanya Polimera, Abishek K, Surya Kumar, and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Gold nano colloids (Au NPs) and carbon quantum dots (CQDs) driven hue-specific mechanochromism in structured polydimethylsiloxane 
    (s-PDMS)”, ISMC 2026, BITS Pilani, Goa campus, May 2026.
  4. Lashminarayanan K, Surya, K, Neethu Thomas, and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Tailoring colloidal silver nanowires (Ag NWs) dimensions for optimization of transparent heaters”, ISMC 2026, BITS Pilani, Goa campus, May 2026.
  5. Shaan Mukherjee, Neha Sharma, and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Fabrication and characterization of flexible printed strain sensors using silver-graphite composite inks”, 7th International Conference on Emerging Electronics 
    (ICEE) 2025, Bangalore, December 2025. (Best Student Research Forum Presentation Award).
  6. Anupama Behera, Neha Sharma, Shrish Raj, and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Room Temperature NO2 Gas Response of a Printed Flexible Silver Nanowire and Molybdenum Trioxide Nanocomposite”, ICEE 2025, Bangalore, December 2025.
  7. Abishek Kumar, Kiran Sebastian K, Neethu Thomas, Gopinath Packirisamy, and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Maskless reactive ion configured bactericidal surfaces as the advanced frugal anti-biofilm solution, Advanced Materials  Safety 2025, Dresden, Germany, November 2025.
  8. Anupama Behera and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Flexible Cu doped NiO gas sensor”, 12th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2025), Singapore, July 2025.
  9. Abishek Kumar, Neethu Thomas, Lavanya Polimera, and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Maskless reactive ion configured polymer surfaces for single molecule sensing, chromic, and bactericidal applications”, Symposium T, European Materials Research Society (EMRS) 2025 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, May 2025.
  10. Jhansi Kokkiligadda and Parasuraman Swaminathan, “Piezo-Photocatalytic degradation of polyfluoroalkyl substances and organic dyes using bismuth ferrite nanoparticles”, Symposium J, EMRS 2025 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, May 2025.
Invited talks (latest 5)
  1. "Flexible and printed micro-supercapacitors for energy storage applications'', Workshop on Emerging Materials for Energy Storage and Flexible Electronics, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, July 2026
  2. "Patterning of flexible substrates”, Hands-on Training on “Nano-Photonics & Nano-Electronics”, Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, September 2025
  3. "Without Materials there is no Engineering", Technical workshop for NPTEL Stars, IIT Madras, July 2025
  4. “Flexible (transparent) sustainable electrodes for printed microsupercapacitors”, Symposium W, European Materials Research Society (EMRS) 2025 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, May 2025
  5. “Transition metal oxide-based nanostructures for functional applications”, International Conference on Advanced Ceramics for Sustainability (Cera4S 2024), IIT Madras, November 2024