Publications - Semiconductor Nanomaterials Group

  1. The Crystallisation and Phase Transition Characteristics of Sol-gel Synthesised Zinc Titanates, Nicholas Nolan, Michael K. Seery, and Suresh C. Pillai,* Chem. Mater., 23, 2011, 1496–1504
  2. Oxygen Rich Titania: A Dopant Free, High Temperature Stable and Visible Light Active Anatase Photocatalyst, Vinodkumar Etacheri, Michael K. Seery, Steven J. Hinder and Suresh C. Pillai,* Advanced Functional Materials, 21, 2011, 3744-3752.  
  3.  Effect of N-doping on the photocatalytic activity of sol gel TiO2, Nicholas T. Nolan, Damian W. Synnott,   Michael K. Seery, Steven J. Hinder, Axel Van Wassenhoven  and  Suresh C. Pillai* J. Haz. Mater. 211– 212,  2012, 88–94;   (Invited paper for the Special Nanotechnology Edition).
  4. Highly visible light active TiO2-xNx heterojunction photocatalysts, Vinodkumar Etacheri, Michael K. Seery, Steven J. Hinder, and Suresh C. Pillai,* Chem. Mater., 22, 2010, 3843–3853
  5. A Systematic Study of The Effect of Silver on The Chelation of Formic Acid to a Titanium Precursor and The Resulting Effect on The Anatase to Rutile Transformation of TiO2, Nicholas T. Nolan, Linda F. Healy, Michael K. Seery Steven J. Hinder, and Suresh C. Pillai*, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 2010, 13026–13034.
  6. Rapid Microwave Synthesis of Mesoporous TiO2 for Nanochromic Displays,
    Pradeepan Periyat, Nigel Leyland, Declan E. McCormack, John Colreavy, David Corr, Suresh C. Pillai,* J. Mater. Chem., 20, 2010, 3650 – 3655.
  7. One-Pot Synthesis of Anionic (Nitrogen) and Cationic (Sulphur) Co-doped High Temperature Stable Visible Light Active Anatase Photocatalysts; Pradeepan Periyat, Declan E. McCormack, Steven J. Hinder, Suresh C. Pillai,* J. Phys. Chem. C, 113,(8), 2009, 3246-3253.
  8. Spectroscopic investigation of the anatase to rutile transformation of sol-gel synthesised TiO2 photocatalysts, Nicholas T. Nolan, Michael K. Seery and Suresh C. Pillai*, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 2009, 16151-16157.
  9. Microwave-assisted synthesis of ZnO micro-javelins, Sibu C. Padmanabhan, Deirdre Ledwith, Suresh C. Pillai, Declan E. McCormack and John M. Kelly, J. Mater. Chem., 19, 2009, 9250–9259.
  10. Improved high temperature stability and sun-light driven photocatalytic activity of sulphur doped anatase TiO2, Pradeepan Periyat, Suresh C. Pillai,* Declan E. McCormack, John Colreavy, Steven J. Hinder, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112 (20), 2008, 44–7652.
  11. High Performance ZnO Varistors Prepared from Nanocrystalline Precursors for Miniaturised Electronic Devices, Suresh C. Pillai,* John M. Kelly, Declan E. McCormack, Ramesh Raghavendra, J. Mater. Chem, 18, 2008, 3926–3932.
  12. A Highly Efficient Ag-ZnO Photocatalyst: Synthesis, Properties and Mechanism. Michael Seery, Reena George and Suresh C. Pillai,* J. Phys. Chem. C, 112 (35), 2008, 13563-13570.
  13. Synthesis of high temperature stable anatase TiO2 photocatalysts, Suresh C. Pillai,* Pradeepan Periyat, John Colreavy, Reena George, Hugh Hayden, Michael Seery, Declan E. McCormack, David Corr, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111(4), 2007, 1605–1611. (Listed as one of the ‘most accessed articles’ from the Journal during January- March 2007).
  14. A simple sol-gel Processing for the development of high temperature stable photo-active anatase titania, Sibu C. Padmanabhan, Suresh C. Pillai,* John Colreavy, Sivakumar Balakrishnan, Declan E. McCormack, Tatiana S. Perova, Yurii Gun’ko, Steven J. Hinder and John M. Kelly, Chem. Mater., 19 (18), 2007, 4474-4481.
  15. Silver doped titanium dioxide nanomaterials for enhanced visible light photocatalysis, Michael Seery, Reena George, Patrick Folis and Suresh C. Pillai* J. Photochem. Photobio. A, 189, 2007, 258-263. (Listed as one of the ‘Top 25 Hottest Articles’ from the journal during April-June 2007).
  16. The effect of the rate of precursor production on the purity and aggregation morphology of nanoparticulate zinc oxide, Grainne Duffy, Suresh C. Pillai, Declan E. McCormack, J. Mater. Chem, 17, 2007, 181-184.
  17. A novel processing route for the production of nanoparticulate zinc oxide using an isophthalate precursor, Grainne Duffy, Suresh C. Pillai, Declan E. McCormack, Smart Materials and Structures, 16, 2007, 1379-1381.
  18. Effect of step sintering on the breakdown voltage of varistors, Suresh C. Pillai,* John M. Kelly, Declan E. McCormack and R. Raghavendra, Adv. Appl. Ceram. 105, 2006, 158-160.
  19. The Use of titanium dioxide mediated photocatalysis in the treatment of wastewater, Michael Seery, Leesa Clarke, Suresh C. Pillai, Chem. Educator, 11, 2006, 184-186.
  20. Self-assembled arrays of ZnO nanoparticles and their application as varistor materials, Suresh C. Pillai, John M. Kelly, Declan E. McCormack, Ramesh Raghavendra, J. Mater. Chem., 14, 2004, 1572-1578. (Listed as Top 10 articles from the Journal of Materials Chemistry- May 2004).
  21. Low temperature crystallization of sol-gel processed Pb0.5Ba0.5TiO3; Powders and Oriented thin Films, Suresh C. Pillai, S. W. Boland and S.M. Haile, J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., 87, 2004, 1388-1391.
  22. Microwave assisted synthesis of highly oriented ZnO needles, Deirdre Ledwith, Suresh C. Pillai, Graeme Watson, John M. Kelly, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2294-2295.
  23. Preparation of highly-oriented (Pb,Ba)TiO3 thin films by a sol-gel process,
    Stacey W. Boland, Suresh C. Pillai, Wein-Duo Yang, and Sossina M. Haile, J. Mater. Res., 19, 2004, 1492-1498.
  24. Microstructural analysis of varistors prepared from nano-size ZnO,
    Suresh C. Pillai,* John M. Kelly, Declan E. McCormack, and Raghavendra Ramesh, Mater. Sci. Tech. 20, 2004, 964-968.
  25. The effect of processing conditions on varistors prepared from nanocrystalline ZnO
    Suresh C. Pillai,* John M. Kelly, Declan E. McCormack, Paul O’Brien and Ramesh
    Raghavendra, J. Mater. Chem., 13, 2003, 2586-2590.
  26. Enhanced magnetoresistance in nanocrystalline magnetite, M. Venkatesan, S. Nawka, Suresh C. Pillai and J.M.D. Coey, J. Appl. Phys., 93, 2003, 8023-8025.
  27. Preparation of magnetic nanoparticles and their assemblies using a new Fe(II) alkoxide precursor, Grainne B. Biddlecombe, Yurii K. Gun'ko, John M. Kelly, Suresh C. Pillai, J.M.D. Coey, M. Venkatesan, A.P. Douvalis, J. Mater. Chem., 11, 2001, 2937-2939 (Listed as Top 10 articles from the Journal of Materials Chemistry- December 2001).
  28. Magnetic nanoparticles and nanoparticle assemblies from metallorganic precursors, Yurii K. Gun’ko, Suresh C. Pillai, David McInerney, J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Electro., 12, 2001, 299-302.
  29. Synthesis of thermally stable high surface area anatase-alumina mixed oxides, S.R. Kumar, Suresh C. Pillai, U.S. Hareesh, P. Mukundan and K.G.K. Warrier, Materials Letters, 43, 2000, 286-290.
  30. Effect of Addition of silica to sol-gel titania in presence of different solvents, S. Rajesh Kumar, Suresh C. Pillai (C. Suresh), Asha K. Vasudevan, N.R. Suja, P. Mukundan and K.G.K. Warrier, Materials Letters, 38, 1999, 161-166.
  31. Anatase to rutile transformation in sol-gel titania by modification of precursor, Suresh C. Pillai (C. Suresh), V. Biju, P. Mukundan, K.G.K. Warrier, Polyhedron,17, 1998, 3131-3135.

    32. Conference Proceedings- Peer-Reviewed

  32. Phase transformation and porosity characteristics of chemically modified sol gel titania with respect to silica addition. Suresh C. Pillai, S. Rajesh Kumar, Asha K. Vasudevan, P. Krishna Pillai and K.G.K. Warrier, Trans. Ind. Ceram. Soc. 59, 2000, 81-83.
  33. Bulk electrical properties of titania as a function of different concentrations of Y2O3 and Fe2O3 additives S. K. Ghosh, Suresh C. Pillai (C. Suresh), P. Prabhakar Rao, Asha K. Vasudevan, K. G. K Warrier, Trans. Ind. Ceram. Soc., 58, 1999, 112-114.
  34. Sol-gel titania coating precursors having different anatase-rutile transformation temperature, S. Rajesh Kumar, Suresh C. Pillai, Kasha K. Vasudevan, P. Perumal and K.G.K. Warrier, Trans. Ind. Ceram. Soc., 1999, 58, 118-121.

    35. Book contributions

  35. Catalytic Materials for Energy, Green Processes and Nanotechnology (ISBN: 978-1-60511-190-2): Volume 1217, Published 2010, Single Step Morphology-controlled Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles. Vinodkumar Etacheri, Reenamole Georgekutty, Michael K. Seery and Suresh C. Pillai,* Y08-40, Publisher: Materials Research Society; Editors C-Y. Mou, J. Liu, H.H. Kung, S. Dai.
  36. Ferroelectric Thin Films XI (ISBN: 1-55899-685-0) Volume: 748 Published: 2003; Parametric optimization of the synthesis of highly-oriented (Pb,Ba)TiO3 thin films using a sol-gel process, Wein-Duo Yang, Suresh C. Pillai, Stacey W. Boland and Sossina M. Haile. Pages: 165-170. Publisher: Materials Research Society; Editors: D. Kaufman, S. Hoffmann-Eifert, S.R. Gilbert, S. Aggarwal, M. Shimizu

    37. Contributions in Strategic Documents

  37. Roadmaps at 2015 on nanotechnology application in the sectors of: materials, health & medical systems, energy: Publisher Willems & van den Wildenberg (W&W), Barcelona, Spain (http://www.nanoroadmap.it); Published: 2005.

Conference Presentations

Total 20 presentations in national and international conferences including, Eleventh International Conference on Composites/ Nanoengineering, 8-14, August 2004, Hilton Head Islands, South Carolina, USA; International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing, 15-16 December, 2003, Royal Society, London, UK; Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, 2-6 December 2002, Boston, USA; 103rd American Ceramic Society Conference, 22-25 April 2001, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Invited talks in meetings and seminars (Local, national and international)

  1. ‘Steps to develop a winning proposal’- Experiences of a proposer and an expert evaluator- Suresh C. Pillai, FP7 SME (Small and Medium Scale Enterprises) Information day organised by Enterprise Ireland, Clayton Hotel, Galway, Ireland 6th June, 2007.
  2. ‘Nanoparticle research in Ireland’ Suresh Pillai, Noritake Ltd, Nagoya, Japan, 23rd February 2007.
  3. ‘Effect of Processing Conditions on the Properties of Nanomaterials, Suresh Pillai, Mahathma Gandhi University, Kerala, India, 2nd February, 2007.
  4. ‘Nanomaterials: Processing and Applications, Suresh Pillai, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India, January 30th 2007.
  5. ‘Proposed photocatalysis test methods for measuring antibacterial activity’, Suresh Pillai, 1st meeting of Working Group 2, COST 540 Werkhof, Hannover, Germany, 13-14 November 2006.
  6. ‘Nanomaterials based photocatalysis in Ireland’ European COST 540 Seminar on “New nanoarchitectures for better photocatalysis in Europe”, ECRIN, Paris, June 15-16, 2006.
  7. ‘Processing of high breakdown voltage varistors using ZnO nanomaterials’ Suresh C. Pillai, Twelfth Conference on composites/ Nanoengineering (ICCE-12), Tenerife, Spain, August 1-6, 2005. (Session Chair).
    ‘ZnO nanomaterials for electronic applications’ (Special invited talk on nanotechnology) Suresh C. Pillai, , Advanced Centre for Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India, 09-09-2004.
  8. ‘Electronic applications and various morphologies of nano-sized ZnO’ Suresh C. Pillai, Centre for Materials for Electronic Technology (C-MET), Department of Information Technology, Government of India, Thrissur, Kerala, India, 14-09-2004.
  9. ‘Synthesis, morphological evolution and varistor application of nano-sized ZnO’ Suresh C. Pillai, Institute of Microtechnology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 30-06-2004.

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