Shaijumon Manikoth

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Post Doctoral Research Associate
Department of Mechanical Engg. & Materials Science   
Rice University
Houston, Texas 77005
Email: shaiju@rice.edu   
                                                                                                                                                                             
Education:

Ph.D. Physics, 2005:
[Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India]

M.Sc  Physics, 1998:
[University of Calicut, Kerala, India]
[Curriculum vitae]  [Short bio]                                                                                           
Welcome to my home page. I am a postdoctoral research fellow in Prof. Ajayan's research group at Rice University, Houston, Texas. I have been involved in Carbon nanotube research, focussing on its growth and applications in the field of Energy Technology. Presently I work on the development of flexible energy storage devices such as Batteries, supercapacitors and fuel cells.
                                                      
Selected publications:
  • A. L. M. Reddy, M. M. Shaijumon, S. R. Gowda and P. M. Ajayan, " Co-axial MnO2/CNT array electrodes for high performance Li batteries"  Nano Lett. 10.1021/nl803081j (2009)
  • T. N. Narayanan, M. M. Shaijumon, L. Ci, P. M. Ajayan and M. R. Anantharaman, "On the growth mechansim of nickel and cobalt nanowires and comparison of their magnetic properties" Nano Research 1, 465 (2008)
  • F. S. Ou, M. M. Shaijumon and P. M. Ajayan. "Controlled manipulation of giant hybrid inorganic assemblies" Nano Lett. 8, 1853 (2008)
  • M. M. Shaijumon, F. S. Ou, L. Ci, and P. M. Ajayan. "Synthesis of hybrid nanowire arrays and their application as high power supercapacitor electrodes" Chem. Comm.  20, 2373 (2008)
  • L. Ci, M. M. Shaijumon, X. Li, R. Vajtai and P. M. Ajayan. “Ultra-thick Freestanding Aligned Carbon Nanotube Films by a Self-releasing Technique” Adv. Mater. 19, 3300 (2007).
  • P. Victor,  M. M. Shaijumon, A. Kumar, S. Murugesan, L. Ci, R. Vajtai, R. Linhardt, O. Nalamasu,P. M. Ajayan. “Flexible Energy storage devices based on nanocomposite paper” PNAS 104, 13574 (2007). 
  • F. S. Ou, M. M. Shaijumon, L. Ci, and P. M. Ajayan. "Template assembly of tube-in-tube carbon nanotubes grown using Cu as catalyst" Carbon 45, 1713 (2007).
  • M. M. Shaijumon, A. L. Reddy and S. Ramaprabhu. "A single-step process for the synthesis of CNTs and metal/alloy-filled MWNTs" Nanoscale Res. Lett. 2, 75 (2007).
  • F. S. Ou, M. M. Shaijumon, L. Ci, D. Benicewicz, R. Vajtai and P. M. Ajayan. "Multi-segmented 1-dimensional hybrid structures of carbon nanotube and metal nanowires" Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 243122 (2006).
  • S. Talapatra, S. Kar, S. K. Pal, R. Vajtai, L. Ci, P. Victor, M. M. Shaijumon, S. Kaur, O. Nalamasu and P. M. Ajayan. "Direct growth of aligned carbon nanotubes on bulk metals" Nature Nanotechnology. 1, 112 (2006)
  • A. L. Reddy, M. M. Shaijumon, N. Rajalakshmi and S. Ramaprabhu. "Alloy hydride catalyst route for the synthesis of SWNTs, MWNTs and magnetic metal-filled MWNTs" Nanotechnology 17, 5299 (2006)
  • M. M. Shaijumon, N. Rajalakshmi and S. Ramaprabhu. "Pt/MWNTs-Pt/C composites as electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction in PEM Fuel cell" Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 253105 (2006).
  • M. M. Shaijumon, N. Rajalakshmi H. Ryu and S. Ramaprabhu. "Synthesis of MWNTs in high yield using Mm based AB2 alloy hydride catalyst and the effect of purification on their hydrogen adsorption properties" Nanotechnology 16, 518 (2005)
  • N. Rajalakshmi, H. Ryu, M. M. Shaijumon and S. Ramaprabhu. "Performance of PEM Fuel cells with CNTs as oxygen reduction catalyst support material" J. Power Sources 140, 250 (2005)
  • M. M. Shaijumon, N. Bejoy and S. Ramaprabhu. "Catalytic growth of CNTs over Ni/Cr HT-type clay and their hydrogen storage properties" Appl. Surf. Science 242, 192 (2005)
  • M. M. Shaijumon and S. Ramaprabhu. "Studies of yield and nature of carbon nanostructures synthesized by pyrolysis of ferrocene and hydrogen adsorption studies of CNTs" Int. J. Hyd. Energy 30, 311 (2005)
  • M. M. Shaijumon and S. Ramaprabhu. "Synthesis of CNTs by pyrolysis of acetylene using alloy hydride materials as catalyst and their  hydrogen adsorption studies" Chem. Phys. Lett. 374, 513 (2003)


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