@article { ISI:000209665200041,
	title = {MoS2 nanoparticles and h-BN nanosheets from direct exfoliation of bulk powder: one-step synthesis method},
	journal = {Materials Research Express},
	volume = {1},
	number = {3},
	year = {2014},
	month = {SEP},
	pages = {035038},
	publisher = {IOP PUBLISHING LTD},
	address = {TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>We report facile synthesis of MoS2 nanoparticles and h-BN nanosheets using ultrasonication method in suitable solvents such as N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone and ethylene glycol, respectively. The average size of MoS2 nanoparticles observed from TEM analysis were 4-5 nm and about a few hundreds of nm for h-BN nanosheets. Raman spectroscopy carried out on nanoparticle samples confirms the formation of MoS2 nanoparticles and h-BN nanosheets. UV-vis absorption and photoluminescence (PL) measurements carried out on the products show typical absorption and luminescence spectra of MoS2 and h-BN. Further, we attempted to decorate gold nanoparticles on nanosheets of MoS2 and h-BN which show subsequent change in Raman spectra due to charge transfer interaction.</p>},
	keywords = {h-BN, MoS2, Nanoparticles, nanosheets, Optical properties},
	issn = {2053-1591},
	doi = {10.1088/2053-1591/1/3/035038},
	author = {Thripuranthaka, M. and Rout, Chandra Sekhar and Late, Dattatray J.}
}
@article { ISI:000369679500020,
	title = {Synthesis and self-assembly of dumbbell shaped ZnO sub-micron structures using low temperature chemical bath deposition technique},
	journal = {Materials Chemistry and Physics},
	volume = {169},
	year = {2016},
	month = {FEB},
	pages = {152-157},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA},
	address = {PO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND},
	abstract = {<p>We report well dispersed horizontal growth of ZnO sub-micron structures using simplest technique ever known i.e. chemical bath deposition (CBD). A set of samples were prepared under two different cases A) dumbbell shaped ZnO grown in CBD bath and B) tubular ZnO structures evolved from dumbbell shaped structures by dissolution mechanism. Single phase wurtzite ZnO formation is confirmed using X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique in both cases. From the morphological investigations performed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), sample prepared under case A indicate formation of hex bit tool (HBT) shaped ZnO crystals, which observed to self-organize to form dumbbell structures. Further these microstructures are then converted into tubular structures as a fragment of post CBD process. The possible mechanism responsible for the self-assembly of HBT units to form dumbbell structures is discussed. Observed free excitonic peak located at 370 nm in photoluminescence (PL) spectra recorded at 18 K indicate that the micro/nanostructures synthesized using CBD are of high optical quality. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Electron microscopy (STEM, Microstructure, Nanostructures, Optical properties, Photoluminescence spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and scattering, TEM and SEM)},
	issn = {0254-0584},
	doi = {10.1016/j.matchemphys.2015.11.042},
	author = {Borade, P. and Joshi, K. U. and Gokarna, A. and Lerondel, G. and Walke, P. and Late, Dattatray J. and Jejurikar, S. M.}
}
