M.  Subhramannia, Balan, B. K., Sathe, B. R., Mulla, I. S., and Pillai, V. K., ?Template-assisted synthesis of ruthenium oxide nanoneedles: electrical and electrochemical properties?, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 111, no. 44, pp. 16593-16600, 2007.

B. K.  Balan, Unni, S. K. M., and Kurungot, S., ?Carbon nanofiber with selectively decorated pt both on inner and outer walls as an efficient electrocatalyst for fuel cell applications?, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 113, no. 40, pp. 17572-17578, 2009.

B. K.  Balan, Kale, V. S., Aher, P. P., Shelke, M. V., Pillai, V. K., and Kurungot, S., ?High aspect ratio nanoscale multifunctional materials derived from hollow carbon nanofiber by polymer insertion and metal decoration?, Chemical Communications, vol. 46, no. 30, pp. 5590-5592, 2010.

B. R.  Sathe, Balan, B. K., and Pillai, V. K., ?Enhanced electrocatalytic performance of interconnected Rh nano-chains towards formic acid oxidation?, Energy & Environmental Science, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 1029-1036, 2011.

B. K.  Balan and Kurungot, S., ?Highly exposed and activity modulated sandwich type Pt thin layer catalyst with enhanced utilization?, Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 21, no. 47, pp. 19039-19048, 2011.

P.  Pachfule, Balan, B. K., Kurungot, S., and Banerjee, R., ?One-dimensional confinement of a nanosized metal organic framework in carbon nanofibers for improved gas adsorption?, Chemical Communications, vol. 48, no. 14, pp. 2009-2011, 2012.

B. K.  Balan, Manissery, A. Padinhare, Chaudhari, H. D., Kharul, U. K., and Kurungot, S., ?Polybenzimidazole mediated N-doping along the inner and outer surfaces of a carbon nanofiber and its oxygen reduction properties?, Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 22, no. 44, pp. 23668-23679, 2012.

B. K.  Balan and Sathe, B. R., ?Significant enhancement of formic acid oxidation using rhodium nanostructures?, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 8994-8998, 2012.

B. K.  Balan and Kurungot, S., ?Tuning the functionality of a carbon nanofiber-Pt-RuO2 system from charge storage to electrocatalysis?, Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 51, no. 18, pp. 9766-9774, 2012.

B. K.  Balan, Chaudhari, H. D., Kharul, U. K., and Kurungot, S., ?Carbon nanofiber-RuO2-poly(benzimidazole) ternary hybrids for improved supercapacitor performance?, RSC Advances, vol. 3, no. 7, pp. 2428-2436, 2013.

B. K.  Balan, Unni, B., Chaudhari, H. D., Kharul, U. K., and Kurungot, S., ?Effect of the viscosity of poly(benzimidazole) on the performance of a multifunctional electrocatalyst with an ideal interfacial structure?, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 1, no. 13, pp. 4265-4276, 2013.