Recent Achievements - Suresh C. Pillai (Acting Centre Director & Senior R&D Manager)

Patents

UK Patent Pending: 0804365.5 (Filed in March 2008)

Selected Publications

  1. Improved high temperature stability sun-light driven photocatalytic activity of sulphur doped anatase TiO2, Pradeepan Periyat, Suresh Pillai, Declan Mc Cormack, John Colreavy, Steven J. Hinder, J.Phys. Chem. C. (In Press 2008)
  2. Synthesis of high temperature stable anatase TiO 2 photocatalysts , Suresh C. Pillai,* Pradeepan Periyat, John Colreavy, Reenmol 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).
  3. 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
  4. Silver doped titanium dioxide nanomaterials for enhanced visible light photocatalysis, Michael Seery,* Reena George, Patrick Folis and Suresh 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)
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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)
  10. Low temperature crystallization of sol-gel processed Pb 0.5Ba 0.5TiO 3; Powders and Oriented thin Films, Suresh C. Pillai, S. W. Boland and S.M. Haile, J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., 87, 2004, 1388-1391.
  11. Microwave assisted synthesis of highly oriented ZnO needles, Deirdre Ledwith, Suresh C. Pillai, Graeme Watson, John M. Kelly, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2294-2295.
  12. Preparation of highly-oriented (Pb,Ba)TiO 3 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Enhanced magnetoresistance in nanocrystalline magnetite, M. Venkatesan, S. Nawka, Suresh C. Pillai and J.M.D. Coey, J. Appl. Phys., 93, 2003, 8023-8025.
  16. Parametric optimization of the synthesis of highly-oriented (Pb,Ba)TiO 3 thin films
    using a sol-gel process, Wein-Duo Yang, Suresh C. Pillai, Stacey W. Boland and Sossina M. Haile, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 748, 2003, 165-170.
  17. 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).
  18. 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.

Book Contributions

FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS XI Volume: 748 Published: 2003 Number: ISSN 0272-9172

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. Published: 2003

Contributions in Technology Documents

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.

 

Research Funding Obtained-

( Enterprise Ireland Funded Innovation Partnership with an Irish SME (NTERA Ltd)- March 2005)-(Role in the project- Principal Investigator)

  • ZnO based sol gel thin films as transparent conducting oxides in Si based solar cell

( Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Funding- Proof of Concept February 2005). (Role in the project - Principal Invesitgator).

  • Preparation of Mesoporous Titania for Nanochromic Display Devises

(Technological Sector Research: Strand I- August 2005) (Role in the project- Principal Investigator)

  • Enhanced Absorption Metal Oxide Nanoparticles for Photovoltaic Applications.

( Technological Sector Research: Strand I- August 2005). (Role in the project- Second Project Supervisor; Principal Investigator Dr. Michael Seery)

  • Photocatalytic surfaces for cleaning urban air

( Environmental Protection Agency Ireland : RTDI programme). (Role in the project Second Project Supervisor ; Principal Investigator Dr. Michael Seery) )

  • Nanovigil- Visible Light Active Semiconductor Nanoparticles for Hygiene Applications.

FP6-MNT-ERANET- proposal with VTT Finland, Millidyne Finland. (Role in the project- Transnational Co-ordinator and Project Manager Ireland)

 

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; 103 rd American Ceramic Society Conference, 22-25 April 2001, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

 

Invited Talks – (2004-2007)

  • ‘Steps to develop a winning proposal’- Experiences of a proposer and an expert evaluator- Suresh C. Pillai, FP6 SME (Small and Medium Scale Enterprises) Information day conducted by Enterprise Ireland, Clayton Hotel, Galway, Ireland 6 th June 2007.
  • 'Nanoparticle research in Ireland’ Suresh Pillai, Noritake Ltd, Nagoya, Japan, 23 rd February 2007.
  • ‘Effect of Processing Conditions on the Properties of Nanomaterials, Suresh Pillai, Mahathma Gandhi University, Kerala, India, 2 nd February, 2007.
  • ‘Nanomaterials: Processing and Applications, Suresh Pillai , Cochin University of Science and Technology, India, January 30 th 2007.
  • ‘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.
  • ‘Nanomaterials based photocatalysis in Ireland’ 1 st European COST 540 Seminar on “New nanoarchitectures for better photocatalysis in Europe”, ECRIN, Paris, June 15-16, 2006.
  • ‘Processing of High Breakdown Voltage Varistors using ZnO nanomaterials’ Suresh C. Pillai, Twelveth 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.
  • ‘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.
  • ‘Synthesis, morphological evolution and varistor application of nano-sized ZnO’ Suresh C. Pillai, Institute of Microtechnology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 30-06-2004. 

Current Collaborations

NTERA Ltd, Dublin, Ireland (Dr. Francois Pichot and Dr. David Corr)

School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science DIT (Dr. Declan McCormack and Dr, Michael Seery)

Trinity College Dublin Ireland (Professor John Kelly, Prof. Yuri Gu'nko)

General Paints Ltd, Dublin, Ireland (Mr. Pat Layde)

University of Surrey , UK (Dr. Steve Hinder)

VTT (Technical Research Centre), Espoo, Finland (Mr. Amar Mahiout)

KTTL Finland

Millidyne Ltd, Tampere, Finland (Mr. Mika Kolari)

Softprotector Ltd, Finland

Institute of Microtechnology, Neuchatel, Switzerland

 

 

 

 

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