Dr. Imtiaz Sirajuddin
Mulla (FMAS)

Scientist E-II
Physical and
Materials Chemistry Division
National
Chemical Laboratory
Pune – 411008
Educational Qualification:
v Ph.D
(Chemistry) - Year: 1991 , Pune
v M.Sc
(Chemistry) - Year: 1981 , Pune
Research Interest
Materials Science: Preparation
and characterization of Thin films, Ceramic materials, high
temperature superconductors,
semiconductor grade polycrystalline silicon, chemical sensors, humidity
sensors,
Thin Films: Chemical
Vapor Deposition (CVD), spray pyrolysis and spin on coating techniquewere
modified to prepare several semicoductor oxides, e.g. doped SnO2,
TiO2, ZnO, ZrO2, ITO etc.
Synthesis of Metal oxide
resistors and potentiometers by using indigenously developed method in batch
scale. Demonstrated the process to the industries
Development of micro igniters which
require only milli-watt power; for the
Defense Department.
High quality Solar Selective Transparent: Preparation
and characterization of IR reflecting vis- transparent Conducting
glasses; using simple preparation routes such as spray pyrolysis, spin coating,
dip coating chemical vapor deposition etc.
Inorganic Synthesis; The dominant
semiconductivity activity is based on the Si technology. To meet the challenges
in this field the development of semiconductor grade Si has unique importance.
NCL had worked on this prestigious project for several years. I have
contributed in this one ton per annum pilot plant of Synthesis of Ultrapure
Silicon and achieved ppb level pure Si. This technique involves unconventionla
materials science, inorgnic chemistry and physics.
Superconductors: Synthesis and
characterization of high temperature superconductors such as YBCO, BiCaSrCuO, LaSrCuO and other newly emerging systems using novel
soft route (patent) Published
several papers including equivalent to
that time highest 127K Tc superconductor
and filed patents in the course of this research activity.
PRESENT ACTIVITY
Gas sensors: Research and developmental activity in the
semiconducting oxide based
Chemical Gas Sensors such as; LPG, hydrogen, ammonia,
carbon monoxide, hydrogen
sulfide, alcohol and Humidity sensors; in the bulk and thin film
form.
Solid oxide Ionic conductors: Stabilized
ZrO2 till recent time was known mainly as oxygen carrier and sensor.
For the first time the idea of doping Tm ions during stabilization process of
zirconia was worked out by us at NCL (patent). Worked as the coordinator in the
development such Low temperature synthesised Tm doped
stabilized zirconia. Fe, Co, Ni, Cr, V metal ions were doped to stabilized ZrO2.
The important development
occuring out of these findings are auto exhaust catalyst and oxidative
dehydrogenation of EB ->Sty. This
work was also carried out in the colloboration with a reputed industry.
Nanomaterials: exploratory work Au,
Ag, and Cu clusters; Surface Assembled Monolyers (SAM) .
Achievemets:
v One Ton per
Annum (TPA) semiconductor grade silicon
v Soft route of
High Tc Superconductor (127K) patents
& International Publications.
v Development of
humidity sensor: Awarded US Patent.
v Development of
hydrocarbon, ammonia and fish smell sensing materials in the bulk as well as
thin film forms : Indian Patents, publications.
v Low
temperature synthesis of cubic stabilized zirconia using a novel preparation
route, the zirconia is stabilized by
the transition metals; it gives high catalytic activity oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst:
Patented.
v Developed a
method of the Batch scale preparation of metal oxide resistors and
potentiometers Transparent conducting solar selective glasses. ITO and many
other mixed metal oxides thin films for specialized application, micro-igniters
for defense applications
·
Recognized as a Research Guide in Chemistry for Pune University,
guided and Co-guided postgraduate and Ph.D. students Physics and Chemistry.
Guide; B.E. Metallurgy COEP student; Paper setter and examiner, Industrial
Chemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
·
Training at the International
Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, for High Tc
Supercoductor.
·
Delivered several seminars in India on Materials Sciences in
general and superconductivity, gas sensors and smart materials in general, also
gave lectures for orientation courses at different universities in Physic and
Chemistry departments.
Referee Sensors & Actuator,
Chemical, B, papers
International
Visits
1. International
Center of Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy
2.
International Brian Pool Scientist, Research Center for Nanocatalysis, Korea
Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Daejeon, South Korea
SOCIAL
ACTIVITIES ALLIED TO CAREER AS A RESEARCHER
To inculcate
interest in the science and IT amongst the students and to guide the teaching
staff taken responsibility as a Trustee and the Managing Committee Member of
the Camp Education Society, Pune; Estd.1885. Society runs total 29 Educational
Institutes where about 18,000 students are getting Primary to Post-Graduate
education in Marathi & English medium. The Arts, Science, Commerce,
Computer (BCS), IT and Management courses are conducted in Pune Camp and
Nigadi.; With the similar aim working
as an Executive Member of the Siddharth Library, the only Marathi/English ‘A’ Grade Library in Pune-Camp having 70,000
highly educative reference, study and popular books.
RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS : 72
PATENTS: Indian
Patents: 24;US Patents: 3
CHAPTERS in BOOKS: : 5
APPLIED PROJECT : 5
Selected Patents
·
Process For Preparation Of Lithium Stannate Doped
Transition Metal Ions; U.S.Patent No. 5,461,013; Oct. 24, 1995.
·
An Improved Humidity Sensing Instrument Filed for the
US Patent.(CSIR No. 289NF2001) Accepted 2002.
·
Surface Functinalised Polymers for the Conduction of
Protons on polymer Surfacesquote Filed for the US Patent.(CSIR No. 280NF2001).
Chapter/Articals
·
Possible new
defect 1:2:3 compounds in
RE-Ba-Cu-O system;
A.P.B.Sinha, I.S.Mulla & M.R.Chandrachood
Progress
in High Temp.Superconductivity Vol.VII, Structural and Chemical Aspects of High
Temp.Superconductivity,
World
Sci. Publishing company, Singapore, Ed. C N R Rao, 1988
·
Preparative
procedures for high Tc cuprate
superconductors,(Part I)
A.P.B.Sinha, M.R.Chandrachood, I.S.Mulla, Bull.of Ind. Ass.of Phys.Teachers,
Jan.1989
·
Preparative
procedures for high Tc cuprate
superconductors,(Part II);
A.P.B.Sinha, M.R.Chandrachood,I.S.
Mulla,Bull. of Ind. Association of Phy.Teachers Feb.1989
·
Chemical Sensors Using Surface Modified Ceramic Oxide
I..S.Mulla, K.Vijayamohanan,
Frontiers in Physical Chemistry, Ed. Prof. Pradeep Allied Publishers Ltd. New Delhi. 2000
Important Publications
1. Hydrocarbon
sensing mechanism of surface ruthenated tin oxide: An in situ IR, ESR, and adsorption kinenetic
study, J. of Physical Chemistry B, Vol 105, Issue 13, (2001)
2565-2571. Vijayamohanan K., Chaudhary V.
A., Mulla I.S., Hegde S.G., Srinivasan
D.,
- Nanostructured tin oxide: Synthesis and gas-sensing
properties , Niranjan,
R.S., Hwang, Y.K., Kim, D.-K., Jhung, S.H., Chang, J.-S., Mulla,
I.S.; (2005) Materials
Chemistry and Physics, 92 (2-3), Pages 384-388.
- A room temperature nitric oxide sensor actualized from Ru-doped
SnO 2 nanowires ; Ramgir, N.S., Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan, K.P. (2005) Sensors
and Actuators, B: Chemical, 107 (2), Pages 708-715.
- Semiconductor
Tin Oxide Gas Sensors: From Bulk to Thin Film, Mulla, I.S., Niranjan,
R.S., Hwang, Y.K.,Chang, J.-S., J. Ind. Eng. Chem., Vol 10 No 7 (2004)
1242-1256
- Shape selective synthesis of unusual nanobipyramids, cubes, and
nanowires of RuO2: SnO2 ; Ramgir, N.S., Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan, K.P. (2004) Journal of
Physical Chemistry B, 108 (39), Pages 14815-14819.
- Tuning the aspect ratio of silver nanostructures: The effect of
solvent mole fraction and 4-aminothiophenol concentration Sharma, J., Chaki, N.K., Mahima, S, Gonnade,
R.G., Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan, K. (2004) Journal of
Materials Chemistry, 14 (6), Pages 970-975.
- Size dependent redox behavior of monolayer protected silver
nanoparticles (2-7 nm) in aqueous medium Chaki, N.K., Sharma, J., Mandle, AB., Mulla,
I.S., Pasricha, R., Vijayamohanan, K. (2004) Physical
Chemistry Chemical Physics, 6 (6), Pages 1304-1309.
- Morphological and sensing properties of spray-pyrolysed Th:SnO2
thin films Niranjan,
R.S., Patil, K.R., Sainkar, S.R., Vijayamohanan, K., Mulla, I.S.
(2004) Materials Chemistry and Physics, 84 (1), Pages 37-45.
- Morphological and sensing properties of spray-pyrolysed Th:SnO2
thin films Niranjan,
R.S., Patil, K.R., Sainkar, S.R., Vijayamohanan, K., Mulla, I.S.
(2004) Materials Chemistry and Physics, 84 (1), Pages 37-45
- Chemical deposition of
cubic CdSe and HgSe thin films and their characterization Hankare, P.P., Bhuse, V.M., Garadkar,
K.M., Delekar, S.D., Mulla, I.S. (2004) Semiconductor
Science and Technology, 19 (1), Pages 70-75
- Effect of chain length and
the nature of the monolayer on the electrical behavior of hydrophobically
organized gold
clusters Chaki, N.K., Aslam, M., Gopakumar, T.G., Sharma, J., Pasricha, R.,
Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan, K. (2003) Journal of
Physical Chemistry B, 107 (49), Pages 13567-13574
- Effect of Copper on the
Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Sensing Properties of the Tin Oxide Thin Film Niranjan, R.S., Vijayamohanan, K., Mulla,
I.S.( 2003) Proceedings of IEEE Sensors, 2 (1), Pages 412-417
- Spin coated tin oxide: A
highly sensitive hydrocarbon sensor; Niranjan, R.S., Mulla, I.S. (2003) Materials
Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology, 103 (2), Pages 103-107
- Self-assembled monolayers
of diphenyl disulphide: A novel cathode material for rechargeable lithium
batteries
Maddanimath, T., Khollam, Y.B., Aslam, M., Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan, K.
(2003) Journal of Power Sources, 124 (1), Pages 133-142.
- Enhanced supercapacitance
of multiwalled carbon nanotubes functionalized with ruthenium oxide Arabale, G., Wagh, D., Kulkarni, M, Mulla,
I.S., Vernekar, S.P., Vijayamohanan, K., Rao, A.M. (2003) Chemical
Physics Letters, 376 (1-2), Pages 207-213.
- High H2S-sensitive
copper-doped tin oxide thin film Niranjan, R.S., Patil, K.R., Sainkar, S.R., Mulla, I.S.
(2003) Materials Chemistry and Physics, 80 (1), Pages 250-256.
- Trimethylamine sensing
properties of thorium-incorporated tin oxide Niranjan, R.S., Londhe, M.S., Mandale, A.B.,
Sainkar, S.R., Prabhumirashi, L.S., Vijayamohanan, K., Mulla, I.S.
(2002) Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 87 (3), Pages 406-413.
- Formation of Cu and Cu2 O
nanoparticles by variation of the surface ligand: Preparation, structure,
and insulating-to-metallic transition Aslam, M., Gopakumar, G., Shoba, TL., Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan,
K., Kulkarni, S.K., Urban, J., Vogel, W. (2002) Journal of
Colloid and Interface Science, 255 (1), Pages 79-90
- A novel hydrogen sulfide
room temperature sensor based on copper nanocluster functionalized tin
oxide thin films Vijayamohanan, K., Niranjan, R.S., Chaudhary, V.A., Mulla, I.S.
(2002) Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 85 (1-2), Pages 26-32.
- A novel hydrogen sulfide
room temperature sensor based on copper nanocluster functionalized tin
oxide thin films, Niranjan, R.S., Chaudhary, V.A., Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan, K.
(2002) Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 85 (1-2), Pages 26-32
- Ruthenium: Tin oxide thin
film as a highly selective hydrocarbon sensor, Niranjan, R.S., Sainkar, S.R., Vijayamohanan,
K., Mulla, I.S., (2002) Sensors and Actuators, B:
Chemical, 82 (1), Pages 82-88
- Humidity sensing
properties of surface functionalised polyethylene and polypropylene films Maddanimath, T., Mulla, I.S., Sainkar, S.R.,
Vijayamohanan, K., Shaikh, K.I., Patil, A.S., Vernekar, S.P. (2002) Sensors
and Actuators, B: Chemical, 81 (2-3), Pages 141-151
- Comparative performance of
surface modified carbon as anode for Li-ion rechargeable cells Maddanimath, T.M., Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan,
K., Shaikh, K.I., Patil, S., Vernekar, S.P. (2002) Transactions
of the SAEST (Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and
Technology), 36 (1-2), Pages 45-48.
- Bilayered tin oxide: Zirconia
thin film as a humidity sensor, Niranjan, R.S., Sathaye, S.D., Mulla, I.S., (2001) Sensors
and Actuators, B: Chemical, 81 (1), Pages 64-67.
- Hydrophobic organization
of monolayer-protected Au clusters on thiol-functionalized Au(111)
surfaces Aslam, M.,
Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan, K(2001) Langmuir, 17 (24), Pages 7487-7493.
- Preparation and electrical
characterisation of dodecanethiol monolayer protected silver
nanoclusters, Aslam, M.,
Chaki, N.K., Mulla, I.S, Vijayamohanan, K. (2001) Applied
Surface Science, 182 (3-4), Pages 338-344.
- Surface ruthenated tin
oxide thin-film as a hydrocarbon sensor Niranjan, R.S., Chaudhary, V.A., Sainkar,
S.R., Patil, K.R., Vijayamohanan, K., Mulla, I.S. (2001) Sensors
and Actuators, B: Chemical, 79 (2-3), Pages 132-136
- Effect of iron oxide on
the hydrogen sulfide sensitivity of tin oxide thin film Chaudhary, V.A., Sainkar, S.R., Vijayamohanan,
K., Mulla, I.S(2001) Journal of Materials Science Letters, 20 (17), Pages 1643-1645
- Insulator-metal transition
in Coulomb blockade nanostructures,. Aslam, M., Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan, K. 2001) Applied
Physics Letters, 79 (5), Page 689
- Hydrocarbon sensing
mechanism of surface ruthenated tin oxide: An in situ IR, ESR, and
adsorption kinetics study Chaudhary, V.A., Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan, K., Hegde, S.G.,
Srinivas, D. (2001) Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 105 (13), Pages 2565-2571
- Preparation and
characterisation of silver quantum dot superlattice using self-assembled
monolayers of pentanedithiol, Pethkar, S., Aslam, M., Mulla, I.S, Ganeshan, P., Vijayamohanan, K.
(2001) Journal of Materials Chemistry, 11 (6), Pages 1710-1714.
- Surface ruthenated
hydrocarbon sensor: Statistical optimization of sensitivity Chaudhary, V.A., Mulla, I.S., Sainkar, S.R.,
Mandale, A.B., Vijayamohanan, K(2000) Sensors
and Actuators, A: Physical, 79 (3), Pages 224-229
- Effect of protonation
media on chemically and electrochemically synthesized polyaniline Patil, R.C., Patil, S.F., Mulla, IS.,
Vijayamohanan, K. (2000) Polymer International, 49 (2), Pages 189-196.
- Enhancement in sensitivity
of surface ruthenated tin oxide towards hydrocarbons by microwave
irradiation Chaudhary,
V.A., Sainkar, S.R., Mulla, I.S. 2000) Journal of
Materials Science Letters, 19 (3), Pages 249-252
- Preparation,
characterization and mechanistic features of zirconia films on bare and
funetionalized gold surfaces Aslam, M., Pethkar, S., Bandyopadhyay, K., Mulla, I.S., Sainkar,
S.R., Mandale, A.B., Vijayamohanan, K. (2000) Journal of
Materials Chemistry, 10 (7), Pages 1737-1743
- Highly selective ammonia
gas sensor using surface-ruthenated zinc oxide Aslam, M., Chaudhary, V.A., Mulla, I.S.,
Sainkar, S.R., Mandale, A.B., Belhekar, A.A., Vijayamohanan, K.
(1999) Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, 75 (2), Pages 162-167.
- Impedance studies of an
LPG sensor using surface ruthenated tin oxide Chaudhary, V.A., Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan,
K. (1999) Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 55 (2), Pages 127-133.
- Selective gas-sensing
properties of surface ruthenated tin oxide Chaudhary, V.A., Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan,
K(1999) Journal of Materials Research, 14 (1), Pages 185-188.
- Comparative studies of
doped and surface modified tin oxide towards hydrogen sensing: Synergistic
effects of Pd and Ru, Chaudhary, V.A., Mulla, I.S., Vijayamohanan, K. (1998) Sensors
and Actuators, B: Chemical, 50 (1-3), Pages 45-51.
- Humidity sensing
properties of boron phosphate, Mulla, I.S., Chaudhary, V.A., Vijayamohanan, K. (1998) Sensors
and Actuators, A: Physical, 69 (1), Pages 72-76.
- Surface-ruthenated tin
oxide as a novel hydrocarbon sensor Chaudhary, V.A., Mulla, I.S., Sainkar, S.R., Belhekar, A.A.,
Vijayamohanan, K. (1998) Sensors and Actuators, A:
Physical, 65 (2-3), Pages 197-202.
- Humidity-sensing behaviour
of surface-modified zirconia, Mulla, I.S., Pradhan, S.D., Vijayamohanan, K. (1996) Sensors
and Actuators, A: Physical, 57 (3), Pages 217-221.
- On the origin of itinerant
electron behavior and long-ranges ferromagnetic order in La1-xSrxCoO3,
Ganguly, P.,
Kumar, P.S Anil, Santhosh, P.N., Mulla, I.S. (1994) Journal of
Physics Condensed Matter, 6 (2), Pages 533-544.
- Deviation from Vegards law
changes in the c-axis parameter in La2-xSrxCuO4- in relation to the
insulator-superconducting-metal
transition,
P.Ganguly, N.Shah,
M.Phadake, V.Ramaswamy, I.S.Mulla Phy. Rev B 47, p 991, 1993
- Application of layered
triangular lattice magnetic model system to LiNiO2, Ganguly, V.Ramaswamy,
I.S.Mulla, R.F.Shinde, P.P.Bakare,
S.Ganapathy,
P.R.Rajmohanan, N.V.K.Prakash
Physical Review B, Vol
46, p11595, 1992
- Calcium substitution at
Y-site in YBa2Cu3Oy.M.R.Chandrachood,
I.S.Mulla, S.M.Gorwadkar,
A.P.B.Sinha. Applied Physics
Letters, 56(2),8th Jan.1990
- Photoelectron spectroscopic
studies on silicon interface with Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+ superconductors,
P.Kulkarni, S.Mahamuni, A.S.Nigavekar,
M.Chandrachood, I.S.Mulla,
A.P.B.Sinha, S.K.Kulkarni, J. of Applied Physics,
67,(7),3438-42,1990
48. Zero
resistance at 132K
in lead free
Bi1.9Sb0.1Sr2Ca2Cu3Oy M.R.Chandrachood, I.S.Mulla, A.P.B.Sinha, Applied
Physics Letters, 55(14),1472,1989
- Evidence of lower than
three valence of bismuth in Bi2Sr2Ca1Cu2O8 superconductor, Chandrachood, M.R., Sainkar, S.R., Mulla,
I.S., Badrinarayanan, S. (1989) Materials
Letters, 8 (9), Pages 343-345.
- Investigations on the
formation of new structural phases through stoichiometric deviations on Y
sublattice in Y1Ba2Cu3O7± Mulla, I.S., Sinha, A.P.B., Chandrachood, M.R., Tripathi, C.C.,
Ramakrishna, K., Singh, A.K., Srivastava(1989) Solid
State Communications, 70 (6), Pages 651-655.
- Studies on Superconductivity in
YLaxBa2-xCu3O7+ compositions
M.R.Chandrachood, I.S.Mulla and A.P.B.Sinha, Solid
State Communications, 68, 1005-1009, 1988
52. Reactivity
of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductor surface
with indium studied by
photoelectron spectroscopy, P. Kulkarni, S.Mahamuni, M.Chandrachood, I.S.Mulla,
Arun Nigavekar, A.P.B.Sinha & S.K.Kulkarni, Applied
Physics Letters, 54 (22),2262
(1989)
- Photoelectron spectroscopic
studies on silicon interface with Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+ superconductors,
P.Kulkarni, S.Mahamuni, A.S.Nigavekar, M.Chandrachood, I.S.Mulla, A.P.B.Sinha, S.K.Kulkarni, J. of
Applied Physics, 67,(7),3438-42,1990
- Room temperature reaction
of Ni/Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 interface,
P.S.Ashok Kumar, S.Mahamuni, P.Kulkarni, I.S.Mulla, M.Chandrachood, A.P.B.Sinha, A.S.Nigavekar,
S.K.Kulkarni J.of Applied
Physics ,67,(6),3184-3187,1990
- Evidence of lower than
three valence of bismuth in Bi2Sr2Ca1Cu2O8 superconductor,
M.R.Chandrachood, I.S.Mulla, S.R.Sainkar,
S.Badrinarayanan Materials Lett.,
vol.8, No.9, 343-345, (1989
- Suppression of the
formation of SiCl4 during the
preparat ion of silicon from trichlorosilane. M.K.Dongare,
I.S.Mulla and A.P.B.Sinha, Ind. J. of Chemistry (Sec.A) 27 (A),1988, 902.
- Superconductivity in
Y1-xCexBa2+xCu3o6.5+ compositions, M.R.Chandrachood, I.S.Mulla and A.P.B.Sinha, Bull.of Mater. Sci. Vol.6, No.6,67-73,1988
58.
Reaction of Magnesium
Silicides and SiCl4/SiHCl3 in presence of hydrogen,
I.S.Mulla, M.K.Dongare,A.P.B.Sinha, Ind. J.of Chem.(Sec.A) 27 (A),1988, pp
756-758
- ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIC
STUDIES ON FILMS OF SnO//2 AND SnO//2: Sb. Mulla, I.S., Rao, V.J., Soni, H.S.,
Badrinarayanan, S., Sinha, A.P.B. (1987) Surface
and Coatings Technology, 31 (l), Pages 77-88.
- DEPOSITION OF IMPROVED
OPTICALLY SELECTIVE CONDUCTIVE TIN OXIDE FILMS BY SPRAY PYROLYSIS. Mulla, I.S., Soni, H.S., Rao, V.J., Sinha,
A.P.B. (1986) Journal of Materials Science, 21 (4), Pages 1280-1288.
Dr.
Imtiaz Sirajuddin Mulla (FMAS)
Scientist E-II
Physical and Materials Chemistry Division
National Chemical Laboratory
Pune – 411008
Tel: +91-020-2590 2276
Fax: +91-020-2589 3044
Email: is.mulla@ncl.res.in

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