Dr. Manoj Kumar Gupta

• Ph.D,  2012 from Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
• M.Sc. Physics (Spec. Electronics): August, 2006, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India.

      Senior Scientist, 15th May, 2021 to Present, CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal Scientist, 16th May, 2017-15th May, 2021, CSIR-AMPRI, BhopalDST-INSPIRE Faculty, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (2014 –2017) Postdocat Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea ( 8^th October, 2011 to 7^th October, 2014) Senior Research Fellow, University of Delhi, (DST Project) (14^th Dec 2009 – 5^th March, 2011).Junior  Research Fellow at Crystal Lab, Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi (DST Project, 14^th December 2007 -13^th December 2009)CSIR Research Intern at Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research,(Digwadih Campus) Dhanbad, India (13^th February, 2007-12^th December, 2007).

Research Area:

• Nano-materials synthesis including 1D, 2D materials graphene, borophene, ZnO, PVDF nanostructures, MXene and fabrication of flexible energy harvesting nanodevices such as piezoelectric, pyroelectric, triboelectric and hybrid nanogenerators and polymer composites. Waste to Wealth, Agro waste (Parali to Particle Board) Utilisation, Hybrid Composite, Inorganic Waste Based Polymer Composite, Metal Extraction, X-Ray Radiation Shielding PolymerComposite, Biodegradable Food packaging, Polymer Nanocomposite, Smart and Functional Materials.

Selected Publications:

1. Unveiling The Robust And High-Temperature Stable Two-Dimensional Znal Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets Based Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerator,  R Ritu, S Badatya, MK Patel, Manoj K Gupta, Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 4176-4188. (I. F.: 6.7).
2. Paddy-Straw-Derived Graphene Quantum Dots Reinforced Vertical Aligned Zinc Oxide Nanosheet-Based Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Self-Powered UV Sensors and Tribotronics Application,  Ankit Srivastava, Simadri Badatya, Ashish Kumar Chaturvedi, Deepak Kumar Kashyap, Avanish Kumar Srivastava, Manoj Kumar Gupta*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15, 20, 24724–24735, (I. F.: 10.38).
3. Blue light emitting piezoelectric few-layered borophene nanosheets for flexible nanogenerators,  Sharma, Manoj Kumar Gupta*, A. K. Srivastava, N. Sathish, Communications Materials (Nature Portfolio), 2023, 4, 54, (I. F.: 7.8).
4.  Non-centrosymmetric zinc silicate-graphene based transparent flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator, DK Bharti, Manoj K Gupta*, R Kumar, N Sathish, AK Srivastava, Nano Energy, 2020,73, 104821 (I. F.: 19.069).
5. Transparent, Flexible GrapheneTriboelectric Nanogenerators, Seongsu Kim*, Manoj Kumar Gupta*, K. Y. Lee, A. Sohn, T. Y. Kim, K.-S Shin, D. Kim, K. H. Lee, H.-J. Shin, D.W. Kim, and Sang-Woo Kim, Advanced Materials, 2014, 26, 3918. (I. F.: 29.4) (Published as Cover page in Advanced Materials).

Awards and Recognition:

• CSIR-Young Scientist Award-Physical Sciences 2020 (including Instrumentation), CSIR-Raman Research Fellowship-2023, DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award (December, 2013-2017), Member, Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS), 2021-2026 Govt of India, DST-International Travel Award-2020 (Finland Visit), Editorial Member, Scientific Report (Nature Portfolio), Junior Research Fellowship (DST Project) Senior Research Fellowship (DST Project), Member, AcSIR Core committee Member, Management Council, CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal, R & D Committee Advisory Member, SRKR Engineering College, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh Member, Quality Assurance Cell, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, Member, Board of Studies, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, Guest Editor, Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics (IJPAP), Awarded with CSIR- St Petersburg State University, Russia joint project Expert member for DST project Screening Committee

 Key Publications:

“Unveiling The Robust And High-Temperature Stable Two-Dimensional ZnAl Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets Based Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerator” R Ritu, S Badatya, MK Patel, Manoj K Gupta*, Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 4176-4188. (I. F.: 6.7).

“Paddy-Straw-Derived Graphene Quantum Dots Reinforced Vertical Aligned Zinc Oxide Nanosheet- Based Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Self-Powered UV Sensors and Tribotronics Application” Ankit Srivastava, Simadri Badatya, Ashish Kumar Chaturvedi, Deepak Kumar Kashyap, Avanish Kumar Srivastava, Manoj Kumar Gupta*,. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15, 20, 24724–24735, (I. F.: 10.38).

Blue light emitting piezoelectric few-layered borophene nanosheets for flexible nanogenerators, Charu Sharma, Manoj Kumar Gupta*, A. K. Srivastava, N. Sathish, Communications Materials (Nature Portfolio), 2023, 4, 54, (I. F.: 7.8).

Total Patents: Indian 6

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