Journal Papers - Ecology and Environment Division

Gopal, V., Krishnamoorthy, R.R., Kalaivanan, R., Magesh, N.S., 2023. Geochemical compositions and provenance of Late Holocene core sediments from Mullipallam Creek, southeast coast of India. Total Environment Research Themes, 6, 100046.

“Synthesis of Lanthanum oxide doped photocatalytic nano titanium oxide through aqueous sol-gel method for titania multifunctional ultra filtration membrane”, K. A. Manjumol, V. S. Smitha, P. Shajesh, K. V. Baiju and K. G. K. Warrier, Journal of Sol-gel Science and Technology, Year 2010, Volume 53, Issue 2, Pages 353-358. [Impact Factor: 2.326]

“Mesoporous gadolinium doped titania photocatalyst through an aqueous sol-gel method”, K. V. Baiju, P. Periyat, P. Shajesh, W. Wunderlich, K. A. Manjumol, V. S. Smitha, K. B. Jaimy, K. G. K. Warrier, Journal of Alloys And Compounds, Year 2010, Volume 505, Issue 1, Pages 194-200. [Impact Factor: 5.316]

“Titania-lanthanum phosphate photoactive and hydrophobic new generation catalyst”, Chembolli K. Jyothi, Kanakkanmavudi B. Jaimy, Swapankumar Ghosh, Sasidharan Sankar, V. S. Smitha, K. G. K. Warrier, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Year 2011, Volume 184, Issue 7, Pages 1867-1874. [Impact Factor: 3.498]

“Low temperature needle-like mullite grain formation in sol-gel precursors coated on SiC porous substrates”, M. Jayasankar, G. M. Anilkumar, V. S. Smitha , P. Mukundan, C. D. Madhusoodana, K. G. K. Warrier, Thin Solid Films, Year 2011, Volume 519, Issue 22, Pages 7672-7676. [Impact Factor: 2.183]

“Temperature assisted acid catalyzed peptization of TiO2; Facile sol-gel approach for thermally stable anatase phase”, Vidya Kattoor, Venu Sreekala Smitha, Peer Mohamed A., Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier, RSC Advances, Year 2014, Volume 4, Issue 41, Pages 21664-21671. [Impact Factor: 3.361]

“Sol-gel route to synthesize titania silica nano precursors for photoactive particulates and coatings”, V. S. Smitha, K. A. Manjumol, K. V. Baiju, Swapankumar Ghosh, P. Perumal and K. G. K. Warrier, Journal of Sol-gel Science and Technology, Year 2010, Volume 54, Issue 2, Pages 203-211. [Impact Factor: 2.326]

“Rhodamine 6G Intercalated Montmorillonite Nanopigments–Polyethylene Composites: Facile Synthesis and Ultraviolet Stability Study”, Venu Sreekala Smitha, Kochupurayil Appukuttannair Manjumol, Swapankumar Ghosh, Mathalayil Brahmakumar, Chorappan Pavithran, Petchimuthu Perumal, and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier, Journal of American Ceramic Society, Year 2011, Volume 94, Issue 6, Pages 1731–1736. [Impact Factor: 3.784]

“Sol-gel derived Functional Coatings of Titania-Silica-Lanthanum Phosphate Nanocomposite”, Venu Sreekala Smitha and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier, Proceedings of the IEEE, Year 2011, Pages 334-337. [Impact Factor: 10.961]

“Hydrophobic, Photoactive Titania–Alumina Nanocrystallites and Coatings by an Aqueous Sol–Gel Process”, Venu Sreekala Smitha, Kizhakkekilikoodayil Vijayan Baiju, Petchimuthu Perumal, Swapankumar Ghosh, and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier*, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Year 2012, Volume 2012, Issue 2, Pages 226-233. [Impact Factor: 2.524]

“Novel multifunctional titania-silica-lanthanum phosphate nanocomposite coatings through an all-aqueous sol-gel process”, Venu Sreekala Smitha, Chembolli K Jyothi, Peer Mohamed A, Saju Pillai and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier*, Dalton Transactions, Year 2013, Volume 42, Issue 13, Pages 4602-4612. [Impact Factor: 4.390]

“Effect of precursor particle size distribution on the morphology and low wetting behavior of photocatalytic nanocoatings on glass surfaces”, Venu Sreekala Smitha, Petit Francois, Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier*, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Year 2013, Volume 1, Issue 39, Pages 12178 – 12187. [Impact Factor: 12.732]

“UV curable hydrophobic inorganic-organic hybrid coating on solar cell covers for photocatalytic self-cleaning application”, Venu Sreekala Smitha, Kanakkanmavudy B Jaimy, Palantavida Shajesh, Jose K Jeena, Krishna Gopakumar Warrier, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Year 2013, Volume 1, Issue 40, Pages 12641 – 12649. [Impact Factor: 12.732]

“Photoluminescent, self-cleaning titanium oxide nanocomposites for multifunctional properties” Venu Sreekala Smitha, Saju Pillai, Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh, Balagopal N. Nair and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier*, RSC Advances, Year 2014, Volume 4, Issue 106, Pages 61727–61735. [Impact Factor: 3.361]

“Energy revamping of solar panels through titania nanocomposite coatings; influence of aqueous silica precursor”, V. S. Smitha, K. Vidya, M. Jayasankar, A. Peer Mohamed, U. S. Hareesh and K. G. K. Warrier*, RSC Advances, Year 2016, Volume 6, Issue 37, Pages 31114-31121. [Impact Factor: 3.361]

“Optical Properties of Rare-Earth Doped TiO2 Nanocomposites and Coatings; ASol-Gel Strategy towards Multi-functionality”, V. S. Smitha, Pillai Saju, U. S. Hareesh, Ghosh Swapankumar and K. G. K. Warrier*, Chemistry Select, Year 2016, Volume 1,Issue 10, Pages 2140-2147. [Impact Factor: 2.109]

“Transparent and Hydrophobic MTMS/GPTMS Hybrid Aerogel Monoliths and Coatings by Sol-Gel Method: A Viable Remedy for Oil-Spill Cleanup”, Venu Sreekala Smitha,* Peer Mohamed Abdul Azeez, Krishna Gopakumar Warrier, Balagopal N. Nair, and Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh*, Chemistry Select, Year 2018, Volume 3, Issue 11, Pages 2989 – 2997. [Impact Factor: 2.307]

“ORMOSIL–ZrO2 hybrid nanocomposites and coatings on aluminium alloys for corrosion resistance; a sol–gel approach”, V. S. Smitha,* S. S. Syamili, A. Peer Mohammed, Balagopal N. Nair and U. S. Hareesh*, New Journal of Chemistry, Year 2018, Volume 42, Issue 12, Pages 10337-10347. [Impact Factor: 3.925]

Lanthanum Phosphate-Incorporated Organosilane Nanocomposites for Gas-Phase CO2 Detection, Smitha Venu Sreekala, Visakh Vijayan, Peer Mohamed Abdul Azeez, Balagopal N. Nair, and Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh 2020., ACS Applied Nanomaterials, Volume 3(10) pp. 10040–10048 [Impact Factor: 6.140]

Bentonite-titanium dioxide functional nanocomposite suitable for wastewater treatment; An integrated photocatalyst-adsorbent system, Smitha V S, Athira Vayalveettil, Jayasooryan Kazhuthuttil Kochu,   Resmi Thoppil Ramakrishnan  and  Harikumar Puthenveedu Sadasivan Pillai, New Journal of Chemistry,  Year 2022, Volume 46, Pages 4772-4783. [Impact Factor: 3.925]