NALINI SUNDARAM

About

Currently working as Professor in the Department of Chemistry, St.Joseph's University, Bengaluru. Research interest in Chemi resistive sensors, photocatalysis, photoluminescent materials, Nanomaterial synthesis and properties, Powder X-ray and Neutron diffraction, X-ray and Neutron Pair Distribution function analysis, Phase transitions in inorganic materials.
Have completed 4 projects awarded by various agencies such as DST, UGC,BRNS , VGST etc.,Government of India . Recently under my guidance 2 students received some funds awarded by KSCST, Karnataka to work on Control Release Fertilizers. About 44 publications in National and international journals Guided 5 Ph.D students and numerous graduate and undergraduate students. Currently guiding 4 PhD students

Employment

• St.Joseph's University Professor
  2019 - Present

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Publications (29)

• Polymorphism in LiLa(WO4)2: synthesis, local structure distortion induced nonlinear optical properties and neutron PDF study
  CrystEngComm 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5CE01057H
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• Correction to “Average Structure, Local Structure, Photoluminescence, and NLO Properties of Scheelite Type NaCe(WO4)2”
  Crystal Growth & Design 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.5c01678
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• Polymorphism in LiDy(WO4)2: Phase tunable synthesis, neutron diffraction, and symmetry-driven upconversion red emission
  Materials Today Chemistry 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2023.101501
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• Polyaniline/(Ta2O5–SnO2) hybrid nanocomposite for efficient room temperature CO gas sensing
  RSC Advances 2022 DOI: 10.1039/D2RA00602B
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• Selective SO<inf>2</inf> detection at low concentration by Ca substituted LaFeO<inf>3</inf> chemiresistive gas sensor: A comparative study of LaFeO<inf>3</inf> pellet vs thin film
  Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2020.129211
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• Scheelite like NaTb(WO<inf>4</inf>)<inf>2</inf> nanoparticles: Green fluorescence and in vitro cell imaging applications
  Materials Science and Engineering C 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.110182
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• Average Structure, Local Structure, Photoluminescence, and NLO Properties of Scheelite Type NaCe(WO4)2
  Crystal Growth & Design 2019 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.9b00041
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• High-Energy Electron-Beam-Induced Evolution of Secondary Phase and Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity in Monoclinic BiEuWO6 Nanoparticles
  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2019 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b12368
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• In Situ Neutron Diffraction Studies of LiCe(WO4)2 Polymorphs: Phase Transition and Structure–Property Correlation
  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2019 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b09364
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• An amine functionalized zirconium metal–organic framework as an effective chemiresistive sensor for acidic gases
  Chemical Communications 2019 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC06875E
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