Villa Krishna Harika DST-Inspire Assistant Professor

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  • Centre for Green Energy Technology
  • Madanjeet School of Green Energy Technologies
  • harika@pondiuni.ac.in

Academic Activity

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Educational Qualification (UG,PG & Higher Order)

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1 Ph.D Sonochemistry, Material Chemistry, Electrochemistry / Thesis title: Ultrasound-Assisted Synthesis of Alloys and Nanoparticles from Molten Metals under the supervision of Prof. Aharon Gedanken Dept. of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Israel 2020
2 M.Sc - Chemistry Foods, Drugs and Water analysis (Major), Organic, Physical and Inorganic Chemistry / M.Sc Project: School of Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapta 2013
3 B.Sc Biotechnology Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry Govt. Arts. College Rajahmundry, Andhra University 2011

Area of Specializaion

Sonochemistry, Electrochemistry, Sonoelectrochemistry, Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems (Batteries and Capacitive devices) and their mechanistic studies, and Materials Chemistry.

Awards / Prizes Conferred

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Teaching Experience

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Research Experience

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1 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Prof. Doron Aurbach Electrochemistry Lab, Department of Chemistry and BINA, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. Development of high voltage LiCoO2 cathodes for Li-ion batteries and investigation of high energy density Li metal batteries
2 Research Assistant Prof. D. Roy Mahapatra, Aerospace Engineering, And Prof. Gopalkrishna Hegde, CeNSE, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Lab On Chip Project: (Micro device platform for rapid diagnostics and tissue engineering)
3 Summer Research Fellow sponsored by IASC (Banglore Prof. N. Jayaram, Department of Organic Chemistry Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. "SYNTHESIS OF OXYGLYCAL"

Industry Experience

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Papers Published in UGC Approved Journals

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1 Operating Highly Stable LiCoO2 Cathodes up to 4.6 V by Using an Effective Integration of Surface Engineering and Electrolyte Solutions Selection T. Fan, W. Kai, V. K. Harika, C. Liu, A. Nimkar, N. Leifer, S. Maiti, J. Grinblat, M. N. Tsubery, X. Liu, M. Wang, L. Xu, Y. Lu, Y. Min, N. Shpigel, D. Aurbach Adv. Fun. Mater., 2204972. 2022 19.92
2 Highly stable 4.6V LiCoO2 cathodes for rechargeable Li batteries by rubidium-based surface modifications, T. Fan, Y. Wang, V. K. Harika, A. Nimkar, K. Wang, X. Liu, M. Wang, L. Xu, Y. Elias, H. Sclar, M. S. Chae, Y. Min, Y. Lu, N. Shpigel, D. Aurbach Adv. Sci., 9 (33), 2202627 2022 17.52
3 Sustainable existence of solid mercury (Hg) nanoparticles at room temperature and their applications V. K. Harik, T. R. Penki, B. Louky, A. Samanta, G. -L. Xu, C. -J. Sunc, I. Grinberg, F. L. Deepak, K. Amine, D. Aurbach, A. Gedanken Chem. Sci., 12 (1), 3226-3238 2021 9.969
4 Sonication-assisted synthesis of bimetallic Hg/Pd alloy nanoparticles for catalytic reduction of nitrophenol and its derivatives V.K. Harika, H. K. Sadhanala, I. Perelshtein, A. Gedanken Ultrasonics sonochemistry 60, 104804 2020 7.492
5 Ultrafine Ruthenium Oxide Nanoparticles Supported on Molybdenum Oxide Nanosheets as Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution in Acidic H. K. Sadhanala, V. K. Harika, T. R. Penki, D. Aurbach, A. Gedanken, ChemCatChem 11(5), 2019 5.497
6 One-pot sonochemical synthesis of Hg–Ag alloy microspheres from liquid mercury V. K. Harika, V. B. Kumar, A. Gedanken Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 40, 157-165 2018 7.492
7 Green synthesis of MoS 2 nanoflowers for efficient degradation of methylene blue and crystal violet dyes under natural sun light conditions H. K. Sadhanala, S. Senapati, V. K. Harika, K. K. Nanda, A. Gedanken New Journal of Chemistry 42 (17), 14318-14324 2018 3.591

Papers Published in Non UGC Approved Peer Reviewed Journals

S.No Title Name of the Authors as per the order in Paper Journal Name Volume, Issue & Page Nos. Year Impact Factor
1 Fluorescence intensity enhancement mechanism in presence of plasmonic nanoparticles S. Das, B. Javvaji, V. K. Harika, A. Arikady, G. M. Hegde, D. R. Mahapatra Plasmonics in Biology and Medicine XIII 9724, 70-76 2016 --
2 Enhancement mechanism of fluorescence intensity in presence of plasmonic nanoparticles S. Das, R. Vasireddi, V. K. Harika, B. Javvaji, G. M. Hegde, D. R. Mahapatra Biophotonics japan 9792, 28-33 2015 --
3 Plasmonic nanoparticle interaction with cell membrane for diagnostic applications S. Das, A. Arikady, R. Vasireddi, V. K. Harika, M. Konnur, G. M. Hegde, D. R. Mahapatra Frontiers in Biological Detection: From Nanosensors to Systems VII 9310, 29-34 2015 --

Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

S.No Title Name of the Authors as per the order in Paper Details of Conference Publication Page Nos. Year
1 Fluorescence intensity enhancement mechanism in presence of plasmonic nanoparticles S. Das, B. Javvaji, V. K. Harika, A. Arikady, G. M. Hegde, D. R. Mahapatra Plasmonics in Biology and Medicine XIII 9724, 70-76 2016
2 Enhancement mechanism of fluorescence intensity in presence of plasmonic nanoparticles S. Das, R. Vasireddi, V. K. Harika, B. Javvaji, G. M. Hegde, D. R. Mahapatra Biophotonics japan 9792, 28-33 2015
3 Plasmonic nanoparticle interaction with cell membrane for diagnostic applications S. Das, A. Arikady, R. Vasireddi, V. K. Harika, M. Konnur, G. M. Hegde, D. R. Mahapatra Frontiers in Biological Detection: From Nanosensors to Systems VII 9310, 29-34 2015

Books

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Edited Books

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Ongoing Projects

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1 Air-Stable Lithium (Li) Particles for Dendrite Free Li-Metal Batteries DST-INSPIRE 5 years 35 2022

Ongoing Consultancy Works

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Completed Projects

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Career Guidance Offered to students

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Bridge courses, Yoga, Meditation, Personal Counselling and Mentoring etc.,

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Research Guidance - PG

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Research Guidance - Ph.D

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