Dr. Ramesh Padamati
Research Associate Professor, CRANN
Research Associate Professor, Chemistry
Biography
Born 20 Jan 1971, India Position: Research Manager in Materials Ireland (MI) Polymer Research Centre at Trinity College, Dublin. Dr. Ramesh graduated from the University of Bombay, India in 1998 with a Ph.D. in Chemistry. He has worked in Clariant Gmbh and Asahi Kasei Corporation, Japan where his research work involved the development of new patented nanocomposites for applications including membranes, packing film, automotive components and foam applications. The current position involves the scientific, commercial and administrative management of an advanced materials research centre located in Trinity College Dublin. The Centre's primary focus is advanced materials and nanotechnology research under European, National and Industrial funded programmes. Our charter is to promote innovation and competitiveness by identifying and developing new research for Irish industry based on nanotechnology. Currently Dr. Ramesh is Principal Investigator (PI) on projects sponsored by Enterprise Ireland to develop polymer nanocomposites for Irish Industries under Innovation partnership Scheme. He is also actively involved in various EU programmes and collaboration with European universities in the areas of carbon nanotubes and nanocomposites. Research Interests: Nanocomposites and their applications, Nanotubes and composites, Quantum dot polymer composites, Smart polymers, Synthesis and characterization polymers, Textile Chemicals and Membrane Technology
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Minu Masliha, Mukesh Pednekar, Jessica De Micco, Siva Ponnupandian, Kona Mondal, Ramesh Babu, Functionalized organosolv lignin grafted with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane: A bio-based adsorbent for phosphate recovery from dairy wastewater, Heliyon, 11, (4), 2025, pe42559 - e42559, pe42559-e42559
W. Zhang, Z. Chai, A. Coban, R. Padamati, R. Lupoi, The effects of polymeric binder on microstructural characteristics of powder sheet additive manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing Frontiers, 4, (4), 2025, p200232
Arnoldas Sasnauskas, Moyinoluwa Otubela, Jamie Bell, Asli Coban, Wenyou Zhang, Ramesh Babu, Paul A. Hooper, Minh-Son Pham, Rocco Lupoi, Mechanical properties, carbon absorbance and melt pool analysis of laser melting of metal-polymer composite for metal additive manufacturing, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 145, 2025, p642 - 655
Monjurul Hoque, Ramesh Babu, Ciara McDonagh, Swarna Jaiswal, Brijesh K. Tiwari, Joseph P. Kerry, Shivani Pathania, Pectin/sodium alginate-based active film integrated with microcrystalline cellulose and geraniol for food packaging applications, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 271, 2024, p132414 - 132414, p132414-132414
Wenyou Zhang, D. Pullini, Matteo Alberghini, Andrea Bertinetti, Alessio Tommasi, A. Çoban, Seán McConnell, Himani Naesstroem, Ramesh Babu, Joerg Volpp, Rocco Lupoi, Publisher"s Note: "Material incorporation in powder sheet additive manufacturing toward lightweight designs for future mobility" [J. Laser Appl. 36, 022026 (2024)], Journal of Laser Applications, 36, (3), 2024
Wenyou Zhang, Rocco Lupoi, Development of a novel powder sheets printing process towards the next generation of additive manufacturing: the role of laser defocusing, Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 19, (1), 2024, p1 - 20
W. Zhang, D. Pullini, M. Alberghini, A. Bertinetti,. A. Tommasi, A. Coban, S. McConnell, H. Naesstroem, R. Babu, J. Volpp and R. Lupoi, Material incorporation in powder sheet additive manufacturing toward lightweight designs for future mobility, Journal of Laser Applications, 36, 2024, p022026
Wenyou Zhang, Xufei Lu, Asli Coban, Miguel Cervera, Michele Chiumenti, Arnoldas Sasnauskas, Chunjie Huang, Shuo Yin, Ramesh Padamati Babu, Rocco Lupoi, Powder sheet additive manufacturing of multi-material structures: Experimental and computational characterizations, Composites Part B: Engineering, 272, 2024, p111203
Arnoldas Sasnauskas, Asli Coban, Wenyou Zhang, William M. Abbot, Ramesh Padamati Babu, Minh-Son Pham, Rocco Lupoi, Metal additive manufacturing using powder sheets (MAPS) of HEA CoNiCrFeMn: The effect of the polymer content on microstructure and mechanical properties, CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 73, (1), 2024, p173 - 176
Sivanantham Murugaboopathy, Chetna Tewari, Ramsankar Senthamaraikannan, Young Nam Kim, Diksha Bhatt, Ramesh Babu, Nanda Gopal Sahoo, Yong Chae Jung, Amino Acid"Based Block Copolymer Templates"Dependent Enhancement of Physicochemical and Electrochemical Characteristics of Mesoporous Carbons, Energy Storage, 6, (7), 2024
Wenyou Zhang, Asli Coban, Arnoldas Sasnauskas, Zhe Cai, Bobby Gillham, Wajira Mirihanage, Shuo Yin, Ramesh Padamati Babu, Rocco Lupoi, A novel powder sheet laser additive manufacturing method using irregular morphology feedstock, CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 52, 2024, p26 - 35
Viruja Ummat, Periaswamy Sivagnanam Saravana, R. Saranya, Mukesh Pednekar, Stephen Fitzpatrick, K. Dilip, Ramesh Babu, Colm P. O"Donnell, Brijesh K. Tiwari, Sequential extraction of fucoidan, laminarin, mannitol, alginate and protein from brown macroalgae Ascophyllum nodosum and Fucus vesiculosus, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 256, (Pt 1), 2023, p128195 - 128195, p128195-128195
Xianglu Zhu, Laura Healy, Janith Wanigasekara, Ming Zhao, Ramesh Babu, K Shanmugapriya, James F. Curtin, Periaswamy Sivagnanam Saravana, K. Dilip, Da"Wen Sun, Brijesh K. Tiwari, Characterisation of laminarin extracted from brown seaweed Laminaria digitata, using optimized ultrasound- and ultrafiltration-assisted extraction method, Algal Research, 75, 2023, p103277 - 103277, p103277-103277
Rituparna Duarah, Ivana Aleksi", Dušan Milivojevi", R. Saranya, Jasmina Nikodinovi""Runi", Ramesh Babu, Development of nystatin"based antifungal, biodegradable polymer composite materials for food packaging via melt processing approach, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 140, (45), 2023
Georgia Sourkouni, Sanja Jeremi", Charalampia Kalogirou, Oliver Höfft, Marija Nenadovi", Vukašin Jankovi", Divya Rajasekaran, Pavlos K. Pandis, Ramesh Babu, Jasmina Nikodinovi""Runi", Christos Argirusis, Study of PLA pre-treatment, enzymatic and model-compost degradation, and valorization of degradation products to bacterial nanocellulose, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 39, (6), 2023, p161 - 161, p161-161
M. Sivanantham, Ramsankar Senthamaraikannan, Anjaneyulu Dirisala, C. Ghosh, Debes Ray, Chetna Tewari, Ramesh Babu, Soumyadip Choudhury, Yong Chae Jung, Multiple Carbon Morphologies Derived from Polyion Complex-Based Double Hydrophilic Block Copolymers as Templates and Phenol as a Carbon Precursor, Langmuir, 39, (31), 2023, p10756 - 10768, p10756-10768
Wenyou Zhang, Arnoldas Sasnauskas, Asli Coban, Silvia Marola, Riccardo Casati, Shuo Yin, Ramesh Padamati Babu, Rocco Lupoi, Powder sheets additive manufacturing: Principles and capabilities for multi-material printing, Additive Manufacturing Letters, 8, 2023, p100187
Saleheen Bano, Mukesh Pednekar, R. Saranya, Dipu Borah, Michael A. Morris, Ramesh Babu, Niamh Cronly, Fabrication and Evaluation of Filtration Membranes from Industrial Polymer Waste, Membranes, 13, (4), 2023, p445 - 445, p445-445
James F. Curtin, Brijesh K. Tiwari, Laura Pilar Gómez Barrio, Eduarda M. Cabral, Ming Zhao, Carlos Álvarez, Ramsankar Senthamaraikannan, Ramesh Babu, Uma Tiwari, Comparison Study of an Optimized Ultrasound-Based Method versus an Optimized Conventional Method for Agar Extraction, and Protein Co-Extraction, from Gelidium sesquipedale, Foods, 11, (6), 2022, p805 - 805, p805-805
Rocco Lupoi, William M. Abbott, Ramsankar Senthamaraikannan, Seán McConnell, John Connolly, ShuoYin, Ramesh Babu Padamati, Metal additive manufacturing via a novel composite material using powder and polymers formed in sheets, CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 71, 2022, p181 - 184
Xufei Lu, Wenyou Zhang, Michele Chiumenti, Miguel Cervera, Bobby Gillham, Pengfei Yu, Shuo Yin, Xin Lin, Ramesh Padamati Babu, Rocco Lupoi, Crack-free laser powder bed fusion by substrate design, Additive Manufacturing, 59, (Part A), 2022, p103149
Bryan Dalton, Purabi Bhagabati, Jessica De Micco, Ramesh Babu, Kevin E. O"Connor, A Review on Biological Synthesis of the Biodegradable Polymers Polyhydroxyalkanoates and the Development of Multiple Applications, Catalysts, 12, (3), 2022, p319 - 319, p319-319
Marina Pekmezovi", Melina Kalagasidis Kruši", Ivana Malagurski, Jelena Milovanovi", Karolina St"pie", Maciej Guzik, Romina Charifou, Ramesh Babu, Kevin E. O"Connor, Jasmina Nikodinovi""Runi", Polyhydroxyalkanoate/Antifungal Polyene Formulations with Monomeric Hydroxyalkanoic Acids for Improved Antifungal Efficiency, Antibiotics, 10, (6), 2021, p737 - 737, p737-737
T. Sarat Chandra, Ramesh Babu, Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of EPA and DHA Production from Microalgae and Farmed Fish, Clean Technologies, 3, (4), 2021, p699 - 710, p699-710
Maciej Guzik, Tomasz Nitkiewicz, Magdalena Wojnarowska, Mariusz So"tysik, Shane T. Kenny, Ramesh Babu, Marshall Best, Kevin E. O"Connor, Robust process for high yield conversion of non-degradable polyethylene to a biodegradable plastic using a chemo-biotechnological approach, Waste Management, 135, 2021, p60 - 69, p60-69
Efstratios Nikolaivits, Brana Panteli", Muhammad Azeem, George Taxeidis, Ramesh Babu, Evangelos Topakas, Margaret Brennan Fournet, Jasmina Nikodinovi""Runi", Progressing Plastics Circularity: A Review of Mechano-Biocatalytic Approaches for Waste Plastic (Re)valorization, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 9, 2021, p696040 - 696040, p696040-696040
Yuchen Li, Ming Zhao, Laura P. Gomez, Ramsankar Senthamaraikannan, Ramesh Babu, Colm P. O"Donnell, Brijesh K. Tiwari, Investigation of enzyme-assisted methods combined with ultrasonication under a controlled alkali pretreatment for agar extraction from Gelidium sesquipedale, Food Hydrocolloids, 120, 2021, p106905 - 106905, p106905-106905
P. Shaiju, Benamor-Bois Dorian, Ramsankar Senthamaraikannan, Ramesh Babu, Biodegradation of Poly (Butylene Succinate) (PBS)/Stearate Modified Magnesium-Aluminium Layered Double Hydroxide Composites under Marine Conditions Prepared via Melt Compounding, Molecules, 25, (23), 2020, p5766 - 5766, p5766-5766
R. Saranya, Rory Henderson, Ramesh Babu, Improved Surface Functional and Photocatalytic Properties of Hybrid ZnO-MoS2-Deposited Membrane for Photocatalysis-Assisted Dye Filtration, Membranes, 10, (5), 2020, p106 - 106, p106-106
Federico Cerrone, Tatyana Pozner, Aarif Siddiqui, Paolo Ceppi, Beate Winner, Rajendiran Murugan, Ramesh Babu, Hossam Ibrahim, Brian J. Rodriguez, Jürgen Winkler, Keith J. Murphy, Kevin E. O"Connor, Polyhydroxyphenylvalerate/polycaprolactone nanofibers improve the life-span and mechanoresponse of human IPSC-derived cortical neuronal cells, Materials Science and Engineering C, 111, 2020, p110832 - 110832, p110832-110832
Ivana Malagurski, Ruggero Frison, Anjani K. Maurya, A. Neels, Boban Andjelkovi", Ramsankar Senthamaraikannan, Ramesh Babu, Kevin E. O"Connor, Tomasz Witko, Daria Solarz, Jasmina Nikodinovi""Runi", Polyhydroxyoctanoate films reinforced with titanium dioxide microfibers for biomedical application, Materials Letters, 285, 2020, p129100 - 129100, p129100-129100
Stefan Simi", Sanja Jeremi", Lidija Djoki", Nataša Boži", Zoran Vuj"i", Nikola Lon"ar, Ramsankar Senthamaraikannan, Ramesh Babu, Igor Opsenica, Jasmina Nikodinovi""Runi", Development of an efficient biocatalytic system based on bacterial laccase for the oxidation of selected 1,4-dihydropyridines, Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 132, 2019, p109411 - 109411, p109411-109411
Browne E, Charifou R, Worku ZA, Babu RP, Healy AM., Amorphous solid dispersions of ketoprofen and poly-vinyl polymers prepared via electrospraying and spray drying: A comparison of particle characteristics and performance., International journal of pharmaceutics, 566, 2019, p173-184
Ivana Malagurski, Ruggero Frison, Anjani K. Maurya, Jasmina Nikodinovi""Runi", Ramesh Babu, Kevin O'Connor, A. Neels, Medium chain length (mcl)-PHA-based nanocomposites for biomedical applications: system evaluation through XRD, Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances, 75, (a2), 2019, pe577 - e577, pe577-e577
Saranya Rameshkumar, P. Shaiju, Kevin E. O'Connor, Ramesh Babu P, Bio-based and biodegradable polymers - State-of-the-art, Challenges and Emerging Trends, 2019
Carolina Ruiz, Shane T. Kenny, Ramesh Babu, Meg Walsh, Tanja Naran"i", Kevin E. O"Connor, High Cell Density Conversion of Hydrolysed Waste Cooking Oil Fatty Acids Into Medium Chain Length Polyhydroxyalkanoate Using Pseudomonas putida KT2440, Catalysts, 9, (5), 2019, p468 - 468, p468-468
Federico Cerrone, Jelena Radivojevi", Jasmina Nikodinovi""Runi", Meg Walsh, Shane T. Kenny, Ramesh Babu, Kevin E. O"Connor, Novel sodium alkyl-1,3-disulfates, anionic biosurfactants produced from microbial polyesters, Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, 182, 2019, p110333 - 110333, p110333-110333
Carolina Ruiz, Shane T. Kenny, Tanja Naran"i", Ramesh Babu, Kevin O" Connor, Conversion of waste cooking oil into medium chain polyhydroxyalkanoates in a high cell density fermentation, Journal of Biotechnology, 306, 2019, p9 - 15, p9-15
Advanced Separation Processes for Recovery of Critical Raw Materials From Renewable and Waste Resources in, editor(s)Saleem Hashmi [et al.] , Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering, Elsevier, 2019, pp[1-9] , [S. Rameshkumar, Mukesh Pednekar, T. Saratchandra, James Joseph Doyle, Ramesh Babu P]
Jeremic, S. and Djokic, L. and AjdaÄ iÄ , V. and BoÅŸinoviÄ , N. and Pavlovic, V. and ManojloviÄ , D.D. and Babu, R. and Senthamaraikannan, R. and Rojas, O. and Opsenica, I. and Nikodinovic-Runic, J., Production of bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) and its application as a solid support in transition metal catalysed cross-coupling reactions, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 129, 2019, p351-360
Le Wen, Zhigang Zhang, Ming Zhao, Ramsankar Senthamaraikannan, Ramesh Babu, Da"Wen Sun, Brijesh K. Tiwari, Green extraction of soluble dietary fibre from coffee silverskin: impact of ultrasound/microwave"assisted extraction, International Journal of Food Science & Technology, 55, (5), 2019, p2242 - 2250, p2242-2250
Kumar D, Worku ZA, Gao Y, Kamaraju VK, Glennon B, Babu RP, Healy AM, Comparison of wet milling and dry milling routes for ibuprofen pharmaceutical crystals and their impact on pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical properties, Powder Technology, 330, 2018, p228-238
Kataria, R. and Woods, T. and Casey, W. and Cerrone, F. and Davis, R. and O'Connor, K. and Ruhal, R. and Babu, R., Surfactant-mediated hydrothermal pretreatment of Ryegrass followed by enzymatic saccharification for polyhydroxyalkanoate production, Industrial Crops and Products, 111, 2018, p625-632
Tanja Narancic , Steven Verstichel , Srinivasa Reddy Chaganti§, Laura Morales-Gamez∥, Shane T. Kenny∥, Bruno De Wilde , Ramesh Babu Padamati*§∥, and Kevin E. O'Connor, Biodegradable Plastic Blends Create New Possibilities for End-of-Life Management of Plastics but They Are Not a Panacea for Plastic Pollution, Environmental Science and Technology, 52, (18), 2018, p10441 - 10452
Saranya, R. and Murugan, R. and Hegde, M. and Doyle, J. and Babu, R., Affinity membranes for capture of cells and biological substances, 2018, 175-195pp
Reddy, C.S. and Oâ Connor, K. and Babu P, R., The Influence of Biobased Olegomeric Diisocyanate on Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), Macromolecular Symposia, 365, (1), 2016, p223-229
Heinrich, D. and Raberg, M. and Fricke, P. and Kenny, S.T. and Morales-Gamez, L. and Babu, R.P. and O'Connor, K.E. and SteinbÃŒchel, A., Synthesis gas (syngas)-derived medium-chainlength polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis in engineered Rhodospirillum rubrum, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82, (20), 2016, p6132-6140
Choudhari, Santosh K. Cerrone, Federico Woods, Trevor Joyce, Kieran Flaherty, Vincent O' Connor, Kevin O' Babu, Ramesh, Pervaporation separation of butyric acid from aqueous and anaerobic digestion (AD) solutions using PEBA based composite membranes, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 23, 2015, p163-170
Davis, R. and Duane, G. and Kenny, S.T. and Cerrone, F. and Guzik, M.W. and Babu, R.P. and Casey, E. and O'Connor, K.E., High cell density cultivation of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 using glucose without the need for oxygen enriched air supply, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 112, (4), 2015, p725-733
Walsh, M. and O'Connor, K. and Babu, R. and Woods, T. and Kenny, S., Plant oils and products of their hydrolysis as substrates for polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, 29, (2), 2015, p123-133
Cerrone, F. and Davis, R. and Kenny, S.T. and Woods, T. and O'Donovan, A. and Gupta, V.K. and Tuohy, M. and Babu, R.P. and O'Kiely, P. and O'Connor, K., Use of a mannitol rich ensiled grass press juice (EGPJ) as a sole carbon source for polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) production through high cell density cultivation, Bioresource Technology, 191, 2015, p45-52
Guzik, M.W. and Kenny, S.T. and Duane, G.F. and Casey, E. and Woods, T. and Babu, R.P. and Nikodinovic-Runic, J. and Murray, M. and O'Connor, K.E., Conversion of post consumer polyethylene to the biodegradable polymer polyhydroxyalkanoate, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 98, (9), 2014, p4223-4232
Guzik, M.W. and Narancic, T. and Ilic-Tomic, T. and Vojnovic, S. and Kenny, S.T. and Casey, W.T. and Duane, G.F. and Casey, E. and Woods, T. and Babu, R.P. and Nikodinovic-Runic, J. and O'Connor, K.E., Identification and characterization of an acyl-CoA dehydrogenase from pseudomonas putida KT2440 that shows preference towards medium to long chain length fatty acids, Microbiology (United Kingdom), 160, (PART 8), 2014, p1760-1771
Cerrone, F. and Duane, G. and Casey, E. and Davis, R. and Belton, I. and Kenny, S.T. and Guzik, M.W. and Woods, T. and Babu, R.P. and Oâ Connor, K., Fed-batch strategies using butyrate for high cell density cultivation of Pseudomonas putida and its use as a biocatalyst, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 98, (22), 2014, p9217-9228
Cerrone, F. and Choudhari, S.K. and Davis, R. and Cysneiros, D. and O'Flaherty, V. and Duane, G. and Casey, E. and Guzik, M.W. and Kenny, S.T. and Babu, R.P. and O'Connor, K., Medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate (mcl-PHA) production from volatile fatty acids derived from the anaerobic digestion of grass, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 98, (2), 2014, p611-620
Murugan, R. and Woods, T. and Fleming, P. and Sullivan, D. and Ramakrishna, S. and Ramesh Babu, P., Synthesis and photocatalytic application of ZnO nanoarrows, Materials Letters, 128, 2014, p404-407
Nikodinovic-Runic, J. and Guzik, M. and Kenny, S.T. and Babu, R. and Werker, A. and O'Connor, K.E., Carbon-rich wastes as feedstocks for biodegradable polymer (polyhydroxyalkanoate) production using bacteria, Advances in Applied Microbiology, 84, 2013, p139-200
O'Connor, S. and Szwej, E. and Nikodinovic-Runic, J. and O'Connor, A. and Byrne, A.T. and Devocelle, M. and O'Donovan, N. and Gallagher, W.M. and Babu, R. and Kenny, S.T. and Zinn, M. and Zulian, Q.R. and O'Connor, K.E., The anti-cancer activity of a cationic anti-microbial peptide derived from monomers of polyhydroxyalkanoate, Biomaterials, 34, (11), 2013, p2710-2718
Davis, R. and Kataria, R. and Cerrone, F. and Woods, T. and Kenny, S. and O'Donovan, A. and Guzik, M. and Shaikh, H. and Duane, G. and Gupta, V.K. and Tuohy, M.G. and Padamatti, R.B. and Casey, E. and O'Connor, K.E., Conversion of grass biomass into fermentable sugars and its utilization for medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate (mcl-PHA) production by Pseudomonas strains, Bioresource Technology, 150, 2013, p202-209
Salimian, M. and Okhay, O. and Krishna, R. and Titus, E. and Gracio, J. and Guerra, L. and Ventura, J. and Freire, C. and Pereira, C. and Babu, P.R. and Khairnar, R.S., Electrical conductivity of LTA-zeolite in the presence of poly(vinyl alcohol) and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) polymers, Polymer International, 62, (11), 2013, p1583-1588
James J. Doyle, Santosh K. Choudhari, Seeram Ramakrishna, Ramesh Babu, Electrospun Nanomaterials: Biotechnology, Food, Water, Environment, and Energy, Conference Papers in Materials Science, 2013, 2013, p1 - 14, p1-14
Kataria, R. and Ruhal, R. and Babu, R. and Ghosh, S., Saccharification of alkali treated biomass of Kans grass contributes higher sugar in contrast to acid treated biomass, Chemical Engineering Journal, 230, 2013, p36-47
Armstrong, Gordon; Thornton, Roibeard;Ryan, Michael p.;Laffir, Fathima;Russell, Ronald J.; Bala, Tanushree;Keely, Christopher; Babu, Ramesh, Formulation of epoxy-polyester powder coatings containing silver-modified nanoclays and evaluation of their antimicrobial properties, Polymer Bulletin, 68, (7), 2012, p1951 - 1963
Verma, Navin K.; Moore, Edward; Blau, Werner; et al., Cytotoxicity evaluation of nanoclays inhuman epithelial cell line A549 using high content screening and real-time impedance analysis., Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 14, (9), 2012, p1137
G. Chakraborty, K. Gupta, A.K. Meikap, R. Babub, W.J. Blau, Synthesis, electrical and magnetotransport properties of polypyrrole-MWCNT nanocomposite, Solid State Communications, 152, (1), 2012, p13-18
Kenny, S.T. and Runic, J.N. and Kaminsky, W. and Woods, T. and Babu, R.P. and O'Connor, K.E., Development of a bioprocess to convert PET derived terephthalic acid and biodiesel derived glycerol to medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 95, (3), 2012, p623-633
G. Chakraborty, A.K. Meikap, R. Babu, W.J. Blau, Activation behaviour and dielectric relaxation in polyvinyl alcohol and multiwall carbon nanotube composite films, Solid State Communications, 151, (10), 2011, p754-758
Chakraborty, G, Gupta, K, Meikap, AK, Babu, R, Blau, WJ, Anomalous electrical transport properties of polyvinyl alcohol-multiwall carbon nanotubes composites below room temperature, Journal of Applied Physics, 109, (3), 2011, 033707
Woods, T.W., Blau, W.J., O'Connor, K., Babu, R.P., Mechanical, thermal and morphological properties of polylactide/ polyhydroxybutyrate nanoclay blends, Proceedings of GPEC 2011, Society of Plastics Engineers - Global Plastics Environmental Conference 2011, Atlanta, GA; United States, American Chemistry Council, Plastics Div.,Amway,Battelle,Denton Plastics,Eco Research Institute, 2011, pp34
Ghatak, S, Chakraborty, G, Meikap, AK, Woods, T, Babu, R, Blau, WJ, Synthesis and Characterization of Polyaniline/Carbon Nanotube Composites, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 119, (2), 2011, p1016-1025
Titus E (Titus, E.)1, Singh MK (Singh, M. K.)1, Cabral G (Cabral, Gil)1, Paserin V (Paserin, V.)2, Babu PR (Babu, P. Ramesh)3, Blau WJ (Blau, W. J.)3, Gracio J (Gracio, J.)1 , Ferromagnetic Behaviour of Nickel Contacted Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes, JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY , 10, (4), 2010, p2606 - 2610
Gupta, K. and Chakraborty, G. and Ghatak, S. and Jana, P.C. and Meikap, A.K. and Babu, R., Synthesis, magnetic, optical, and electrical transport properties of the nanocomposites of polyaniline with some rare earth chlorides, Journal of Applied Physics, 108, (7), 2010
Chakraborty, G, Guatak, S, Meikap, AK, Woods, T, Babu, R, Blau, WJ, Characterization and Electrical Transport Properties of Polyaniline and Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Composites, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 48, (15), 2010, p1767-1775
Titus E (Titus, Elby)1, Singh MK (Singh, Manoj K.)1, Cabral G (Cabral, Gil)1, Paserin V (Paserin, Vladimir)5, Babu PR (Babu, P. Ramesh)4, Blau WJ (Blau, Werner J.)4, Ventura J (Ventura, J.)2,3, Araujo JP (Araujo, J. P.)2,3, Gracio J (Gracio, Jose)1 , Fabrication of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes for spintronic device applications, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY , 19, (39), 2009, p7216 - 7221
E. Titus, M.K. Singh, Gil Cabral, Ramesh P. Babu, W.J. Blau, J. Gracio, Fabrication and field emission property studies of vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes grown by double plasma chemical vapour deposition technique, Diamond and Related Materials, 18, (5-8), 2009, p967 - 971
Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic, Leona B. Martin, Ramesh Babu, Werner Blau, Kevin E. O'Connor, Characterization of melanin-overproducing transposon mutants of Pseudomonas putida F6, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 298, (2), 2009, p174 - 183
Kenny, S.T. and Runic, J.N. and Kaminsky, W. and Woods, T. and Babu, R.P. and Keely, C.M. and Blau, W. and O'Connor, K.E., Up-cycling of PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) to the biodegradable plastic PHA (Polyhydroxyalkanoate), Environmental Science and Technology, 42, (20), 2008, p7696-7701
Nikodinovic J, Kenny ST, Babu RP, Woods T, Blau WJ, O'Connor KE, The conversion of BTEX compounds by single and defined mixed cultures to medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate , Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 80, (4), 2008, p665 - 673
Titus, E., Cabral, Gil, Madaleno, J. C., Coelho, M. C., Babu, P. Ramesh, Blau, W. J., Misra, D. S., Gracio, J., Hydrogen in Chemical Vapour Deposited Carbon Nanotubes: An Active Site for Functionalization , Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8, (8), 2008, p4017 - 4022
E. Titus, Gil Cabral, J.C. Madaleno, V.F. Neto, T. Shokuhfar, W.J. Blau, P. Ramesh Babu, D.S. Misra and J. Gracio, Synthesis of highly oriented carbon nanotube thin films by nickel functionalisation, Diamond and Related Materials, 16, (4-7), 2007, p1195 - 1199
Titus, E. and Ali, N. and Cabral, G. and Madaleno, J.C. and Neto, V.F. and Gracio, J. and Ramesh Babu, P. and Sikder, A.K. and Okpalugo, T.I. and Misra, D.S., Nitrogen and hydrogen related infrared absorption in CVD diamond films, Thin Solid Films, 515, (1), 2006, p201-206
Ramesh BP, Blau WJ, Tyagi PK, Misra DS, Ali N, Gracio J, Cabral G, Titus E , Thermogravimetric analysis of cobalt-filled carbon nanotubes deposited by chemical vapour deposition, THIN SOLID FILMS, 494 , (1-2), 2006, p128 - 132
Titus, E. and Ali, N. and Cabral, G. and Gracio, J. and Ramesh Babu, P. and Jackson, M.J., Chemically functionalized carbon nanotubes and their characterization using thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared, and Raman spectroscopy, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 15, (2), 2006, p182-186
Titus, E. and Ali, N. and Cabral, G. and Gracio, J. and Ramesh Babu, P. and Jackson, M.J., Chemically functionalized carbon nanotubes and their characterisation using TGA, FTIR, and Raman spectroscopy, 2005, 2006, pp248-252
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Trinity Innovation award