DEPARTMENTS
Dr. Mini Mol Menamparambath
Dr. Mini Mol Menamparambath

Assistant Professor

Office Address:

Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, NIT Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala - 673601, India.

Contact no:

91 495 2285303

Email ID:

minimol@nitc.ac.in

Home Address:

  • PhD : Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea (2010-2014) Area of Research : Photo physical Properties of SWCNT-Polymer Composites

  • MSc. : Calicut University, Kerala-India (2006)

  • Educational Qualifications

    • PhD : Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea (2010-2014) Area of Research : Photo physical Properties of SWCNT-Polymer Composites

    • MSc. : Calicut University, Kerala-India (2006)

    Journals

    International Journals

     https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xAXnhV0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

     https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mini_Menamparambath

     (* Represents Contribution as Corresponding author)

    1. N Puthiyottil, A Palamparambil, S Kaladi Chondath, SN Varanakkottu, MM Menamparambath*, Interfacial Tension-Impelled Self-Assembly and Morphology Tuning of Poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/Tellurium Nanocomposites at Various Liquid/Liquid Interfaces, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15 (44), 51944-51957, 2023,  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c11726

    2. RR Poolakkandy, N AR, KA Padmalayam, R GK, MM Menamparambath*, Nickel Hydroxide Nanoflake/Carbon Nanotube Composites for the Electrochemical Detection of Glutamic Acid using In Vitro Stroke Model, ACS Applied Nano Materials 6 (2), 1347-1359, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.2c04989

    3. SK Chondath, MM Menamparambath*, Self-assembly of random networks of zirconium-doped manganese oxide nanoribbons and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) flakes at the water/chloroform interface. DOI: 10.1039/D3FD00077JFaraday Discuss., 247, 227-245, 2023

    4. P. R. Rasha, N. A. Ramalakshmi, K. A. Padmalayam, G Rajanikant and M. M. Menamparambath*, Braided copper cobaltite/MWCNT composites enable acetylcholine detection at sub-nanomolar levels in vitro, Sensors & Diagnostics 2 (3), 726-735
      https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SD00046J

    5. N. Puthiyottil, S. Kanakkayil, N. P. Pillai, A. R., S.K. Parambath, R G. Krishnamurthy, R. Chatanathodi, M. M. Menamparambath*, In-situ engineering of Au-Ag alloy embedded PEDOT nanohybrids at a solvent/non-solvent interface for the electrochemical enzyme-free detection of histamine. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2023, 11, 1144-1158, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TB02637F 

    6. P. R. Rasha, N. A. Ramalakshmi, K. A. Padmalayam, Rajanikant G.K., and M. M. Menamparambath*, Nickel Hydroxide Nanoflake / Carbon Nanotube Composites for the Electrochemical Detection of Glutamic Acid using In Vitro Stroke Model, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2023, 6, 2, 1347–1359 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsanm.2c04989

    7. S. K. Chondath, A. P. K. Sreekala, C. Farzeena, S. N. Varanakkottu and M. M. Menamparambath*, Interfacial tension driven adsorption of MnO2 nanoparticles at the liquid/liquid interface to tailor ultra-thin polypyrrole sheets, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 11197-11209.  https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NR02130G. Invited Article : Themed collection on the design and function of materials nanoarchitectonics

    8. P. R. Rasha, N. A. Ramalakshmi, M. F. Puthiyaparambath, G Rajanikant, R. Chathanathodi, M. M. Menamparambath*, Nickel Cobaltite/Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Flexible Sensor for the Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine Released by Human Neural Cells, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2022, 10 (8), 3048-3060. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TC05400G

    9. S. K. Chondath, J. S. Gopinath, R. R. Poolakkandy, P.Parameswaran, M. M. Menamparambath*, Investigations on the Interfacial Tension Induced Self-Assembly in Tuning the Two-Dimensional Morphology of Polypyrrole at Water/Chloroform Interface, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 2022, 307 (2), 2100705. https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.202100705

    10. S. Kaladi Chondath and M. M. Menamparambath*, Interface Assisted Synthesis: A Gateway To Effective Nanostructure Tuning Of Conducting Polymers, Nanoscale Advances,  2021, 3, 918 - 941.  Nanoscale Advances HOT Article Collection Review Article

    11. R. Rahman Poolakandy, and  M. M. Menamparambath*, Transition metal oxide based non enzymatic electrochemical sensors: An arising approach for the meticulous detection of neurotransmitter biomarkers, Electrochemical Science Advances, 2021;1:e2000024.  https://doi.org/10.1002/elsa.202000024 Review Article

    12. R. Rahman Poolakandy, and  M. M. Menamparambath*, Soft-template-assisted synthesis: a promising approach for the fabrication of transition metal oxides, Nanoscale Advances,  2020,2, 5015-5045. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NA00599A  This article is part of the themed collection: Nanoscale Advances HOT Article Collection Review Article

    13. R. Rahman Poolakandy, S. Kaladi Chondath, N. Puthiyottil, D. Davis, and M. M. Menamparambath*, “n-Butanol/Water Interface-Aided Physicochemical Tuning of Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Oxides,” Langmuir, 36, 872–879, 2020.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03362

    14. S. K. Chondath, R. R. Poolakkandy, R. Kottayintavida, A.Thekkangil, N. K. Gopalan, S.T. Vasu, S. Athiyanathil, and M. M. Menamparambath*, Water−Chloroform Interface Assisted Microstructure Tuning of Polypyrrole−Silver Sheets. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 1723−1731. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b18943

    15. M. M. Menamparambath, K. Yang, H. H. Kim, O. S. Bae, M. S. Jeong, J.-Y. Choi and S. Baik, Reduced haze of transparent conductive films by smaller diameter silver nanowires. Nanotechnology, 2016, 46, 465706. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/27/46/465706

    16. C. M. Ajmal, M. M. Menamparambath, H. R. Choi and S. Baik, Extraordinary high conductivity of flexible adhesive films by hybrids of silver nanoparticle-nanowires. Nanotechnology, 2016, 27, 225603 (Equal contributions).https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/27/22/225603

    17. M. M. Menamparambath, C. M. Ajmal, K. H. Kim, D. Yang, J. Roh, H. C. Park, C. Kwak, J.-Y. Choi and S. Baik, Silver nanowires decorated with silver nanoparticles for low-temperature cured flexible transparent conductive films. Scientific Reports : Nature Publishing Group, 2015, 5, 16371.  https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16371

    18. J. Lee, M. M. Menamparambath, J.-Y. Hwang and S. Baik, Hierarchically structured Hole Transport Layer of Spiro-OMeTAD and Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes for Perovskite Solar cells. ChemSusChem, 2015, 8, 2358-2362. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201403462

    19. M. M. Menamparambath, J.-H. Park, H.-S. Yoo, S. P. Patole, J.-B. Yoo, S. W. Kim and S. Baik, Large Work Function Difference Driven Electron Transfer from Electrides to Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes. Nanoscale, 2014, 6 (15), 8844-8851. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4NR01629G

    20. R. Ma, M. M. Menamparambath, P. Nikolaev and S. Baik, Transparent Stretchable Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composite Films with Near-Infrared Fluorescence. Advanced Materials 2013, 25, 2548-2553. (Equal contributions) https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201205026

    21. M. M. Menamparambath, G. Arabale, P. Nikolaev, S. Baik and S. Arepalli, Near-infrared fluorescent single walled carbon nanotube-chitosan composite: Interfacial strain transfer efficiency assessment. Applied Physics Letters 2013, 102, 171903. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4803938

    22. N. F. Attia, M. M. Menamparambath, S. Arepalli and K. E. Geckeler, Inorganic nanotube composites based on polyaniline: Potential room-temperature hydrogen storage materials. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2013, 38, 9251-9262.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ijhydene.2013.05.049

    23. P. Nikolaev, M. M. Menamparambath, P. J. Boul, P. Moloney and S. Arepalli, Raman probing of adhesion loss in carbon nanotube – reinforced composite. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 2011, 42, 1681-1686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.07.022

    24. P. Rai, S. Pandey, M. M. Menamparambath, Y. Sug Kim, I. Ha Lee, P. Nikolaev and S. Arepalli, Enhancement of electric double layer capacitance of carbon nanotubes by gallium ion irradiation. Journal of Applied Physics 2011, 109, 044308. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3553448

    Conferences

    Annual reports/conference proceedings       

    1. L. Gubler, S. M. Dockheer, M. M. Menamparambath, A. Wokaun and G. G. Scherer, Lifetime estimation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC). PSI Electrochemistry Laboratory, Annual Reports, 2009, Page 5, ISSN 1661-5379.

    2. M. M. Menamparambath, A. Wokaun, G. G. Scherer and L. Gubler, Accelerated chemical aging and post mortem analysis of radiation grafted fuel cell membranes. PSI Electrochemistry Laboratory, Annual Reports, 2008, Page 9, ISSN 1661-5379.

    3. M. M. Menamparambath, A. Wokaun, G. G. Scherer and L. Gubler, Locally resolved degradation analysis of chemically aged radiation grafted polymer electrolyte membranes. Proc. 5th European Summer School on Electrochemical Engineering, Almagro, Spain, September 6-11, Electrochemical Engineering: Industrial, Energy and Environmental Applications, 2009, 398-401. ISBN 978-84-934398-6-6.

    Professional Experience

    • Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology Calicut, India, 04/2018 - Present

    • DST-Inspire Faculty, National Institute of Technology Calicut, India, 04/2016 – 04/2018

    • Brain Korea (BK) 21+ Postdoctoral Fellow, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, 03/2014 - 11/2015

    • Project engineer, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland, 05/2008 - 12/2009

    • Project assistant, Central Electrochemical Research Institute-Chennai Unit, India, 03/2007 - 03/2008

    • Hostel Warden (Since August 2021 ), http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=content/index/1248/2/169/169

    • Faculty-In -Charge : Club IGNITTE (Since January 2021)

    • NSS Program Officer (July 2019- August 2022), http://nss.nitc.ac.in/new/nss/

    • Member : Institute level Research & Consultancy Committee (IRCC) (Since January 2022)

    Research Opportunities are currently available for,

    • Project works for the completion of PG courses (minimum duration of 3 months)

    • Highly motivated Ph.D candidates with NET/GATE/ any externally funded PhD programmes

    • Externally funded Postdoctoral fellowships

     

    Contact : minimol@nitc.ac.in

    PhD Students

    • Nesleena P. - Best paper award (oral presentation) at the first International Conference on "Advancements in Materials, Manufacturing and Automation (AMMA- 2023)" organized by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chennai

    • Nesleena P. – First prize for Poster Presentation in Frontiers in Chemical Sciences 2023, organized by Calicut University, Kerala India. 

    • Rasha Rahman P. K. – First prize for Oral Presentation in emerging Frontiers in Chemical Sciences, EFCS 2022 organized by Farook College, Calicut, India

    • Nesleena P. – First prize for Poster Presentation in 2nd International Conference (iCAM-2022) organized by Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, India

    • Rasha Rahman P. K. – First prize for Oral Presentation in 2nd International Conference (iCAM-2022) organized by Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, India

    • Rasha Rahman P. K. – First prize for Oral Presentation in World Sensor Congress 2022 organized by C-MET Thrissur

    • Nesleena P. - Received the support to the Researchers with the Catalytic Grant (Reverse funding) provided by the I-STEM for an amount of Rs. 1,10,000/- for a duration of 6 months) Feb 2022-July 2022.

    • Rasha Rahman P. K. – Best Poster Award  in National Conference on Soft Matter and Functional Materials (SMFM2020) organized by Department of Physics, NIT Calicut 

    • Subin K. C. - Received SRF- Direct 2019-20 

     

     

    PG Students

    • Sameena K. - PG Students Innovative Project - National Institute of Technology Calicut - Rs.1 lakh (2021-2022)

    • Maneesha M. – 3rd price in intercollegiate competition of physics projects (ICCP’17), Kerala

     

    PhD students : Ongoing

    • Pranav M. (Since 08/2022)

    • Anjali S. (Since 09/2021)

    • Nesleena P. (Since 01/2021) 

    • Subin K. C. (Since 07/ 2018)

    PhD students : Completed

    • Rasha Rahman P K (Since 12/2017 - 09/2023)

     

    Project Assistants : Ongoing/Completed

    • Anusree V. R.. (Since October 2022)

    • Subin K. C. (September 2016 - July 2018)
       

    PG students :  Completed

    • Ananya P., M200586CY, Department of Chemistry, NITC, Kerala

    • Sameena K., M200552CY, Department of Chemistry, NITC, Kerala

    • Neeraja P Pillai,  AM.AR.I5CHE17026, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala

    • Krishna Aravind P, - AM.SC.P2CHM20007, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala

    • Abhishek PS, - AM.AR.I5CHE17004, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala

    • APARNA V. V. - RHARMCH002 A. V. A. H. Arts and Science College, Payyoli

    • ATHIRA R T - RHARMCH004, A. V. A. H Arts and Science College, Kerala

    • JITHISHA  K E - M180567CY, Department of Chemistry, NITC, Kerala

    • DAYANA DAVIS - SJASMCH 003, St. Thomas College Iringalakuda, Kerala

    • JISNA . P - FKASMCH006, Farook College, Kerala

    • Jithina K - SRARMCH006, M.P.M.M.S.N Trust college, Shoranur, Kerala

    • ARCHANA.K - SRARMCH002, MPMMSN Trust college, Shoranur, Kerala

    • Nasleena P. - M170328CY, Department of Chemistry, NITC, Kerala

    • Sisira S Kumar - M160153CY, Department of Chemistry, NITC, Kerala

    • Virendra Khobragade - M160166CY, Department of Chemistry, NITC, Kerala

    • Ajmal P M, 160011006736, Govt. College Manimalakunnu, Kerala

    • Revathy Raju, 160011006744, Govt. College Manimalakunnu, Kerala

    • Anjana Mathew, THAQMCH005, St. Thomas college, Thrissur, Kerala

    • Maneesha M, VPAPMPH006, Govt. Victoria College palakkad, Kerala

    • Balha N.P. - M150477CY, Department of Chemistry, NITC, Kerala

    • Vyshna S. - M150464CY, Department of Chemistry, NITC, Kerala

     

    Project Interns : Completed

    • Bartholomew Richard (03/21 - 04/2022, Under DST-SERB Project)

    Designing of multi-dimensional nanomaterials, flexible/stretchable nanomaterial polymer composites for applications such as Energy production & storage, Conductive inks and Sensors

    Sponsored Projects

    Externally Funded:

    • SERB-POWER Grant – 50 Lakhs (3 Years: (July 2022-July 2025)

    • I-STEM Catalytic Grant (Reverse funding) – 1.1 Lakhs (Feb 2022-July 2022)

    • DST-SERB – 34.2 Lakhs (3 Years: 11/2019 – 11/2022)

    • DST-Inspire faculty Project – 35 Lakhs (6 Years: 04/2016 – 04/2022)

    NITC Funded:

    • PG Students Innovative Project, 1 Lakh, Years:  2021-2022

    • IRG-FRG, 5 Lakhs 3, Years: 06/2019 – 06/2022

    • '2023 Rising Stars' by ACS Materials Au, American Chemical Society : https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.3c00068

    https://pubs.acs.org/page/amacgu/vi/2023-rising-stars?utm_source=pubsw&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=IC001_ST0001R_T002797_amacgu_MJS_MG_2023_Materials_Au_Rising_Stars&src=IC001_ST0001R_T002797_amacgu_MJS_MG_2023_Materials_Au_Rising_Stars

    • ‘Most popular’ anniversary collection to celebrate 10 years of high quality, impactful and timely research in Journal of Materials Chemistry B of Royal Society of Chemistry: Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2023, 11, 1144-1158, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TB02637F 

    • Delegate at Faraday Discussions: Electrosynthesis, 2023, organized by the Royal Society of Chemistry

    • Women in Materials Science and Women in Nanoscience, as a part of International Women’s Day 2023 by the Royal Society of Chemistry : 

    • DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award, Department of Science and Technology, India, 2015

    • Brain Korea (BK) 21+ Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Research Foundation, South Korea, 2014

    • Student research award, Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, 2014

    • Winner on Dr.APJ.Abdulkalam’s What Can I give mission, Teachers day 2012, 2012

    • International student PhD scholarship, World class University Program, Ministry of Education South Korea, 2010-2014

    Patent Applied

    1. M. M. Meanamparambath, R. R. Poolakandy, G. K. Rajnikant, A.R. Neelakandan, A SENSOR FOR SELECTIVE DETECTION OF DOPAMINE IN REAL-TIME, Indian Patent

    Patent Granted

    1. M. M. Menamparambath, Subin K. C., Subramanyan N. V., A Method of In-Situ Synthesizing Polymer/Metal Oxide Ultrathin Composite Sheets at a Liquid/Liquid Interface, Indian Patent No. 448768 (2023)

    2. M. M. Menamparambath, Sameena K., Nesleena P. Sijina K. P., and Rajanikant G. K. Gold-Silver Alloy Embedded PEDOT-Based NonEnzymatic Electrochemical Sensor for Histamine Detection and Method Thereof, Indian Patent No. 447616 (2023)

    3. M. M. Menamparambath, Rasha R. P. K., Krishna A. P., Rajanikant G. K. and Neelakandan A. R., Non-Enzymatic Electrochemical Sensor for Real-Time Detection of Glutamic Acid and Method Thereof. Indian Patent No. 424149 (2023)

    4. R. Ma, M. M. Menamparambath, J. Lee and S. Baik, TRANSPARENT STRETCHABLE FILM FOR OPTICAL TOUCH SENSOR, AND PREPARING METHOD THEREOF, Korean Patent, No. 10-1465215 (2014).

    5. J. Lee, M. M. Menamparambath, J.-Y. Hwang and S. Baik, PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL, AND PREPARING METHOD THEREOF, Korean Patent, No. 10-1543438 (2015).

    • B.Tech

      • Chemistry (Course code : CY1001)

      • Physical Chemistry (Course code : CY2001)

      • Laboratory practicals (Course code : CY1094)

      • Physical Chemistry Laboratory (Course code : CY2091D)

    • M.Sc Chemistry

      • Macromolecules (Course code : CY7361)

      • Chemical Kinetics and Surface Chemistry (Course code : CY6313)

      • Solid State Chemistry (Course code : CY7304)

      • Physical Chemistry Laboratory (Course code : CY7391)

    Externally funded:

    1. SERB-POWER Grant – 50 Lakhs (3 Years: (July 2022-July 2025)

    2. I-STEM Catalytic Grant (Reverse funding) – 1.1 Lakhs (Feb 2022-July 2022)

    3. DST-SERB – 34.2 Lakhs (3 Years: 11/2019 – 11/2022)

    4. DST-Inspire faculty Project – 35 Lakhs (6 Years: 04/2016 – 04/2022)

     

    NITC funded:

    1. .PG Students Innovative Project, 1 Lakh, Years:  2021-2022

    2. IRG-FRG, 5 Lakhs 3, Years: 06/2019 – 06/2022