Gururaj M Neelgund

Gururaj Neelgund
Gururaj M Neelgund, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemistry, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India
  • M.Sc., Chemistry, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India
  • B.Sc., Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India 
  • Research Interests

Nanomaterials for photothermal therapy of cancer and purification of water.

Teaching Interests

  • CHEM 1111: Inorganic Chemistry Lab
  • CHEM 1112: Inorganic Chemistry Lab
  • CHEM 1203: General Chemistry Lab-I
  • CHEM 1303: General Inorganic Chemistry-I
  • CHEM 1204: General Chemistry Lab-II
  • CHEM 1304: General Inorganic Chemistry-II
  • CHEM 1106: General Chemistry Lab
  • CHEM 1306: Introduction to General Chemistry.

Professional Activities

  • Associate Editor of American Journal of Engineering and Technology Research
  • Editorial Board Member of Current Research in Materials Chemistry
  • Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)
  • Member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society
  • Reviewer for more than 25 journals

Recent publications from more than 50 publications

  1. G.M. Neelgund and A. Oki “Folic acid and CuS conjugated graphene oxide: An efficient photocatalyst for explicit degradation of toxic dyes” Applied Surface Science 566 (2021) 150648.
  2. G.M. Neelgund, A. Oki, S. Bandara, L. Carson “Photothermal effect and cytotoxicity of CuS nanoflowers deposited over folic acid conjugated nanographene oxide” Journal of Materials Chemistry B 9 (2021) 1792–1803 (Featured on cover page).
  3. G.M. Neelgund, A. Oki, “Contribution of polylactic acid and Pd nanoparticles in the enhanced photothermal effect of carbon nanotubes” Chemistry Select 5 (2020) 11020–11028.
  4. G.M. Neelgund and A. Oki “ZnO conjugated graphene: An efficient sunlight driven photocatalyst for degradation of organic dyes” Materials Research Bulletin 129 (2020) 110911.
  5. G.M. Neelgund and A. Oki “Cobalt phthalocyanine-sensitized graphene−ZnO composite: An efficient near-infrared-active photothermal agent” ACS Omega 4 (2019) 5696-5704.
  6. G.M. Neelgund M.C. Okolie, F.K. Williams and A. Oki “Ag2S nanocrystallites deposited over polyamidoamine grafted carbon nanotubes: An efficient NIR active photothermal agent” Materials Chemistry and Physics 234 (2019) 32–37.
  7. G.M. Neelgund and A.R. Oki “Advancement in photothermal effect of carbon nanotubes by grafting of poly(amidoamine) and deposition of CdS nanocrystallites” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 57 (2018) 7826-7833 (Featured on cover page).
  8. G.M. Neelgund and A.R. Oki “Photothermal effect: an important aspect for the enhancement of photocatalytic activity under illumination by NIR radiation” Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2 (2018) 64-75 (Featured on cover page).
  9. G.M. Neelgund and A.R. Oki “Photothermal effect of Ag nanoparticles deposited over poly(amidoamine) grafted carbon nanotubes” Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 364 (2018) 309-315.
  10. G.M. Neelgund and A.R. Oki “Graphene-coupled ZnO: A robust NIR-induced catalyst for rapid photo-oxidation of cyanide” ACS Omega 2 (2017) 9095-9102.