Metal Oxides in Nanocomposite-Based Electrochemical Sensors for Toxic Chemicals

Dr. Alagarsamy Pandikumar is currently working as Scientist in Functional Materials Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry (2014) from the Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai and then successfully completed his post-doctoral fellowship tenure (2014-2016) at the University of Malaya, Malaysia under High Impact Research Grant. His current research involves development of novel materials with graphene, graphitic carbon nitride, in combination to metals, metal oxides, polymers and carbon nanotubes for energy conversion and storage and dye-sensitized solar cells applications. His results outcomes were documented in 119 in peer-reviewed journals including 9 review articles and also have more than 3300 citations with the h−index of 32. On other side, he served as Guest Editor for a special issue in Materials Focus journal and edited 11 books for reputed publishers. Dr. Perumal Rameshkumar is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, India. He obtained his M.Sc. (chemistry) (2009) from Madurai Kamaraj University. He joined as Junior Research Fellow (2010) at the same University and subsequently promoted as Senior Research Fellow (2012). His doctoral thesis focused on ‘polymer encapsulated metal nanoparticles for sensor and energy conversion applications’. He worked as Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (2014) at University of Malaya, Malaysia in the field of ‘graphene-inorganic nanocomposite materials for electrochemical sensor and energy conversion’. His current research interests include synthesis of functionalized nanomaterials, electrochemical sensors, energy-related electrocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis. His research findings were documented in 34 peer reviewed journals including 01 review article. For his credit, he edited 02 books under Elsevier publications

• 1. Introduction to electrochemical sensors for the detection of toxic chemicalsT. Ravindran Madhura, K.S. Shalini Devi and Ramasamy Ramaraj2. Metal oxide-modified electrochemical sensors for toxic chemicalsVenkata Surendra Tammineni, Chandra Sekhar Espenti, Sankararao Mutyala and Saravana Vadivu Arunachalam3. Binary metal oxide-modified electrochemical sensors for toxic chemicalsNurul Izrini Ikhsan and Perumal Rameshkumar4. Metal oxide-metal nanocomposite-modified electrochemical sensors for toxic chemicalsK. Koteshwara Reddy, K. Yugender Goud, M. Satyanarayana, Shekher Kummari, V. Sunil Kumar, Harshad Bandal, Tippabattini Jayaramudu, Radha Devi Pyarasani, Hern Kim, John Amalraj and K. Vengatajalabathy Gobi5. Metal oxide-graphene nanocomposite modified electrochemical sensors for toxic chemicalsK. Theyagarajan, Kathavarayan Thenmozhi and Sellappan Senthilkumar6. Metal oxide-carbon nanocomposite-modified electrochemical sensors for toxic chemicalsPitchaimani Veerakumar, Arumugam Sangili, Shaktivel Manavalan and King-Chuen Lin7. Metal oxide-polymer nanocomposite-modified electrochemical sensors for toxic chemicalsS. Radhakrishnan8. Metal oxide-carbon nanotubes nanocomposite-modified electrochemical sensors for toxic chemicals Piyush Kumar Sonkar and Vellaichamy Ganesan9. Metal oxide-graphitic carbon nitride nanocomposite-modified electrochemical sensors for toxic chemicalsVellaichamy Balakumar and Ramalingam Manivannan10. Electrochemical sensors based on metal oxide-boron nitride nanocomposites in the detection of biomolecules and toxic chemicalsElsa M. Materon, Nirav Joshi, Flavio M. Shimizu, Ronaldo C. Faria and Osvaldo N. Oliveira Jr.11. Metal oxide-metaleorganic framework nanocomposite-modified electrochemical sensors for toxic chemicalsN.S.K. Gowthaman, P. Arul, H.N. Lim and S. Abraham John