Semiconducting Fibers

Dr. Ram Gupta is a Professor of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University (PSU). He is also serving as the Associate Vice-President for Research and Support at PSU. Director of Research at the National Institute for Materials Advancement (NIMA). Dr. Gupta has been recently named by Stanford University as being among the top 2% of research scientists worldwide. Before joining Pittsburg State University, he worked as an Assistant Research Professor at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO then as a Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. Dr. Gupta’s research spans a range of subjects critical to current and future societal needs including: semiconducting materials & devices, biopolymers, flame-retardant polymers, green energy production & storage using nanostructured materials & conducting polymers, electrocatalysts, optoelectronics & photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic heterojunctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, biocompatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold & antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta has published over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles, made over 450 national/international/regional presentations, chaired/organized many sessions at national/international meetings, wrote several book chapters (120+), worked as Editor for many books (50+) for American Chemical Society, CRC, Springer, Elsevier, etc. and received several million dollars for research and educational activities from external agencies. He is also serving as Editor, Associate Editor, Guest editor, and editorial board member for various journals.

• Chapter 01 Semiconductor Fibers: An IntroductionSvetlana Nikolaevna Khonina, Nikolay Lvovich Kazanskiy, and Muhammad Ali ButtChapter 02 Fundamentals of Semiconducting FibersNeeraj MehtaChapter 03 Electronic Structure of Semiconducting Fibers Dias Mustazheb, Sherif Dei Bukari, and Mannix P. BalanayChapter 04 Electronic Properties of Semiconducting FibersSandesh V. Gaikwad, Digambar S. Sawant, Digambar M. Sapkal, and Gaurav M. LoharChapter 05 Preparation of Semiconducting Fibers Arpana AgrawalChapter 06 Characterization of Semiconducting Fibers Tianyi Liu and Jiadeng ZhuChapter 07 Advances in Semiconducting Fibers Sanjeev Verma, Tapas Das, Shivani Verma, Ram K. Gupta, and Bhawna VermaChapter 08 Semiconducting Fibers for Optoelectronic Devices Mostafa Moslempoor and Esmaeil SheibaniChapter 09 Semiconducting Fibers for Photonics Chohdi Amri, Achref Mannai, and Adel NajaraChapter 10 Semiconducting Fiber for Biomedical Applications Aditya Dev Rajora, Trishna Bal, C. Balaji Ayyanar, Karmabeer Jena, and Subhendu Chakroborty Chapter 11 Semiconducting Fibers for Thermoelectrics Hatice Aylin Karahan ToprakciChapter 12 Semiconducting Fiber-based Flexible Thermoelectrics Jyoti Bhattacharjee, Debjani Bhakta, and Subhasis RoyChapter 13 Semiconducting Fibers for Sensors Soraya Ghayempour, Mohammad Mazloum-Ardakani, and Hamid Dehghan-ManshadiChapter 14 Recent Developments in Solar Cells using Semiconudcting Fibers T. Sangavi and N. PonpandianChapter 15 Semiconducting Fibers for Batteries Abhinay Thakur and Ashish KumarChapter 16 Semiconducting Fibers for Fuel Cells Rijith Sreenivasan, Akhila Muhammed, and Sumi V Sasidharan NairChapter 17 Semiconducting Fibers as Catalysts for Fuel Cells using an Electrospinning Method B. Jeevanantham and M. K. ShobanaChapter 18 Semiconducting Fibers for Energy Storage Hema S, Greeshma U. Chandran, Ajitha A. R., and Sreedha SambhudevanChapter 19 Fiber Semiconductors for Supercapacitor Applications Felipe M. de Souza and Ram K. GuptaChapter 20 Semiconducting Fibers for Biomedical Applications Gizem Karabulut, Nuray Beköz Üllen, Elif Tüzün, and Selcan KarakuşChapter 21 Integrative Fabrication of Semiconducting Fibers within 2D/3D TextilesZahra Madani, Matteo Iannacchero, Fevzihan Basarir, and Jaana Vapaavuori