Bio-sketch

Dr. Vinod Kumar is currently working as Associate Professor and Head in the Department of Physics, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Dwarka, New Delhi. He had done doctorate degree from National Physical Laboratory, Delhi. Earlier he had worked as Assistant Professor at DCRUST, Murthal from 2010 to 2021. He has been working in the field of nano- materials specially on the synthesis, properties and device applications of nano-magnetic particles and ferrofluids in energy and sensor devices. Dr. Kumar has published more than 100 International Journals publications and 5 patents. Six students have completed their Ph.D. degree in his supervision and four more are going on. He had received research awards from National Physical Laboratory, International Union of Radio Sciences, INSA, and NSUT. He has been actively involved in the research projects granted from various funding agencies like DST, UGC, UGC-DAE etc. His research work has good industrial applications.

Researcher Ids:

Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8944-4702; Vidwan-ID: 314970

Areas of Interest

Nano-magnetism, Magnetic Fluids, Ferrofluid Bearing, Wind Energy, Sensors.

Recent Publications in International Journal: 

 

• Boora, Aryan, Surender Duhan, Bhavna Rohilla, Priya Malik, Supriya Sehrawat, M. S. Goyat, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, and Vinod Kumar. "A three-dimensional ZnO/TUD-1 nanocomposite-based multifunctional sensor for humidity detection and wastewater remediation." Materials Advances 5, no. 10 (2024): 4467-4479.
• Devi, Seema, Ashok Kumar, Saurabh Singh, Vinod Kumar, Sandeep Kumar, Ravi Kumar, and Parmod Kumar. "Enhanced photocatalytic activity of α-Fe2O3/MgO nanocomposites for environmental sustainability." Ceramics International 50, no. 13 (2024): 24608-24617.
• Devi, Seema, Surjeet Chahal, Saurabh Singh, Parmod Kumar, Sandeep Kumar, Ashok Kumar, and Vinod Kumar. "Magnetic Fe2O3/CNT nanocomposites: characterization and photocatalytic application towards the degradation of Rose Bengal dye." Ceramics International 49, no. 12 (2023): 20071-20079.
• Soni, Nitya, Neeraj Dhariwal, Preety Yadav, and Vinod Kumar. "To study the enhanced humidity-sensing performance of rGO/ZnO heterostructure compared to pure ZnO and its practical utility in contactless sensing device." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 35, no. 22 (2024): 1521.
• Dhariwal, Neeraj, and Vinod Kumar. "Cr³⁺ doped α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles for photodegradation of organic pollutants with their disinfection efficacy." Surfaces and Interfaces 55 (2024): 105357.
• Dhariwal, Neeraj, Preety Yadav, Manju Kumari, Amit Sanger, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Vinod Kumar, and O. P. Thakur. "Synergistic photocatalytic breakdown of azo dyes coupled with H2 generation via Cr-doped α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles." Scientific Reports 14, no. 1 (2024): 19916.
• Yadav, Preety, Neeraj Dhariwal, Manju Kumari, Amit Sanger, Vinod Kumar, and Om Prakash Thakur. "Engineering Ag-Modified BiOCl as an Efficient and Effective Catalyst for Solar Light-Driven Organic Pollutant Degradation and Hydrogen Production." Langmuir (2024).
• Kumari, Manju, Neeraj Dhariwal, Preety Yadav, Vinod Kumar, and O. P. Thakur. "Urea-modified Cu-doped LaFeO3 nano-particles for humidity sensing with contactless moisture detection for medical and agricultural application." Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 423 (2025): 136749.
• Dhariwal, Neeraj, Preety Yadav, Manju Kumari, Vinod Kumar, and O. P. Thakur. "Efficient Fabrication of CrFeO3‐Based Humidity Sensing Device with Fast Dynamics for Real‐Time Breath Monitoring and Contact‐Less Sensing." Particle & Particle Systems Characterization (2024): 2400072.
• Dhariwal, Neeraj, Preety Yadav, Amit Sanger, Sung Bum Kang, M. S. Goyat, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, and Vinod Kumar. "Fabrication of a room- temperature NO2 gas sensor with high performance at the ppb level using an rGO/BiOCl heterostructure." Materials Advances 5, no. 10 (2024)
• Dhariwal, Neeraj, Meenu Chahar, Vinod Kumar, and O. P. Thakur. "Ethanol sensing materials and device using Co²⁺, Zn²⁺, Cr²⁺ doped α-Fe2O3 nano-particles with room temperature response/recovery." Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 390 (2023): 134037.
• Dhariwal, Neeraj, Preety Yadav, Manju Kumari, Poonam Jain, Amit Sanger, Vinod Kumar, and O. P. Thakur. "Iron oxide-based nanoparticles for fast-response humidity sensing, real-time respiration monitoring and non-contact sensing." IEEE Sensors Journal (2023).
• Yadav, Preety, Neeraj Dhariwal, Manju Kumari, Vinod Kumar, and O. P. Thakur. "Enhanced degradation of Congo-red dye by Cr³⁺ doped α-Fe2O3 nano-particles under sunlight and industrial wastewater treatment." Chemosphere 343 (2023): 140208.
• Dhariwal, Neeraj, Preety Yadav, Manju Kumari, Vinod Kumar, and O. P. Thakur. "Investigation of α-Fe2O3 and Cr doped α-Fe2O3 Based Nano-Film as Resistive Switching Material for ReRAM Device Application." (2023).
• Mehlawat, Savita, Sagarika Panda, Neeraj Dhariwal, Preety Yadav, Vinod Kumar, Om Prakash Thakur, Rinku Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Santosh J. Uke, and Amit Sanger. "Next-generation BiOCl/MXene nanocomposites: optimized for dye removal and Supercapacitor Applications." Langmuir 40, no. 43 (2024): 23018-23032.
• Panda, Sagarika, Savita Mehlawat, Neeraj Dhariwal, Preety Yadav, Vinod Kumar, O. P. Thakur, Neha V. Brahmankar, Santosh J. Uke, Ashwani Kumar, and Amit Sanger. "Investigation of Bi2MoO6/MXene nanostructured composites for photodegradation and advanced energy storage applications." Scientific Reports 14, no. 1 (2024): 27416.
• Kumari, Manju, Preety Yadav, Neeraj Dhariwal, Vinod Kumar, and O. P. Thakur. "Ferroelectric-ferrite composites for enhanced magnetoelectric properties." IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation (2024).
• Panda, Sagarika, Savita Mehlawat, Neeraj Dhariwal, Ashwani Kumar, and Amit Sanger. "Comprehensive review on gas sensors: Unveiling recent developments and addressing challenges." Materials Science and Engineering: B 308 (2024):
• Kumari, Manju, Neeraj Dhariwal, Vinod Kumar, and O. P. Thakur. "Synthesis of p-LaFeO3–n-BaTiO3 heterojunctions and their room temperature methanol sensing applications." IEEE Sensors Journal 23, no. 10 (2023): 10301-10307.
• Kumari, Manju, Neeraj Dhariwal, Preety Yadav, Vinod Kumar, and O. P. Thakur. "Enhanced Ferroelectric and Dielectric Properties in Bi0. 5Na0. 5TiO3 Doped with BaTiO3 (BNT-BT) Nanoparticles for High Energy Storage Device." (2023).
• Pawan Kumar, Sitender Singh, Isha Gupta, Vinod Kumar, Devender Singh, “Er3+-activated LaAlO3 perovskite phosphor: Crystal structure and down conversion photoluminescent behaviour for optoelectronic devices”, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, Elsevier, Volume 141, July 2022, 109578. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2022.109578
• Saurabh Pathak, Ran Zhang, Bishakhdatta Gayen, Vinod Kumar, Hui Zhang, RP Pant, Xu Wang, “Ultra-low friction self-levitating nanomagnetic fluid bearing for highly efficient wind energy harvesting”, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Volume 52, Part A, August 2022, 102024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2022.102024
• P Kumar, S Singh, I Gupta, Vinod Kumar, D Singh, Luminous LaAlO3:Dy3+ perovskite nanomaterials: Synthesis, structural, and luminescence characteristics for white light‐emitting diodes Luminescence 37 (11), 1932-1941. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bio.4377
• Pawan Kumar, Sitender Singh, Isha Gupta, Vinod Kumar, Devender Singh, Structural and optical characterization of trivalent samarium-activated LaAlO3 nanocrystalline materials for solid-state lighting Journal of Molecular Structure Volume 1265, 5 October 2022, 133362. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.133362
• Pawan Kumar, Sitender Singh, Isha Gupta, Vinod Kumar, Devender Singh, Preparation and luminescence behaviour of perovskite LaAlO3: Tb3+ nanophosphors for innovative displays, Optik, Volume 267, October 2022, 169709. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2022.169709
• Pawan Kumar, Sitender Singh, Isha Gupta, Kapeesha Nehra, Vinod Kumar, Devender Singh, “Structural refinement and optical characteristics of single-phase Gd3Al5O12: Er3+ nanophosphors for luminescent applications”, Journal of Luminescence Volume 252, December 2022, 119338. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2022.119338
• Pawan Kumar, Devender Singh, Isha Gupta, Sitender Singh, Vinod Kumar, “Emerging green light emission of Er3+‐activated single phased GdAlO3 phosphors for lighting applications”, Luminescence, Volume37, Issue12, December 2022, Pages 2028-2040, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bio.4387
• I Gupta, S Singh, P Kumar, S Bhagwan, Vinod Kumar, D Singh, Structural, morphological and optoelectronic aspects of YAlO3: Dy3+ doped nanocrystalline materials for NUV energized WLEDs Current Applied Physics, Volume 43, November 2022, Pages 78-89. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cap.2022.08.011
• P Kumar, D Singh, I Gupta, S Singh, Vinod Kumar, H Kumar, SK Chhikara, Cool green light emitting GdAlO3: Tb3+ perovskite nanomaterials: Crystal structure and spectroscopic characteristics for advance display appliances. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, Volume 145, November 2022, 110064. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2022.110064
• I Gupta, P Kumar, S Singh, S Bhagwan, Vinod Kumar, D Singh, Phase recognition, structural measurements and photoluminescence studies of reddish-orange-emissive YAlO3: Sm3+ perovskite nanophosphors for NUV energized WLEDs, Journal of Molecular Structure, Volume 1267, 5 November 2022, 133567. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.133567
• I Gupta, D Singh, S Singh, P Kumar, S Bhagwan, Vinod Kumar, Phase recognition and spectroscopic characteristics of single-phase Tb3+ doped Gd4Al2O9 nanophosphors for NUV energized advanced photonic appliances, Journal of Luminescence, Volume 252, December 2022, 119327. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2022.119327
• P Kumar, D Singh, I Gupta, S Singh, Vinod Kumar, H Kumar, SK Chhikara, Perovskite GdAlO3: Dy3+ nanophosphors: A gel-combustion synthesis, phase evaluation and down conversion luminescent characteristics for lighting applications, Journal of Luminescence, Volume 252, December 2022, 119409. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2022.119409
• Pawan Kumar, Sitender Singh, Isha Gupta, Anjli Hooda, Vinod Kumar, Devender Singh, Reddish-orange color tunable Sm3+ activated Gd3Al5O12 phosphors: Crystallographic and photophysical investigation for lighting applications, Journal of Molecular Structure, Volume 1271, 5 January 2023, 134074. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.134074
• Isha Gupta, Devender Singh, Sitender Singh, Pawan Kumar, Shri Bhagwan, Vinod Kumar; Study of structural and spectroscopic characteristics of novel color tunable yellowish-white Dy3+ doped Gd4Al2O9 nanophosphors for NUV-based WLEDs, Journal of Molecular Structure, Volume 1272, 15 January 2023, 134199. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.134199.
• Pawan Kumar, Sitender Singh, Isha Gupta, Anuj Dalal, Vinod Kumar, Devender Singh, Preparation, structural and photometric properties of single-phased Gd3Al5O12: Tb3+ green-emitting phosphors for solid state lighting purpose, Materials Science and Engineering: B, Volume 288, February 2023, 116189. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2022.116189
• P Kumar, S Singh, I Gupta, K Nehra, Vinod Kumar, D Singh, Structural and luminescent behaviour of Dy (III) activated Gd3Al5O12 nanophosphors for white-LEDs applications Materials Chemistry and Physics, Volume 295, 1 February 2023, 127035. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.127035
• Isha Gupta, Sitender Singh, Pawan Kumar, Shri Bhagwan, Vijeta Tanwar, Simran Nehra, Vinod Kumar, Devender Singh. Synthetic, structural and optical characteristic of novel color tunable reddish-orange Gd4 Inorganic Chemistry Communications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2022.110332
• P Kumar, D Singh, I Gupta, S Singh, Vinod Kumar, Structural and luminescent characteristics of orthorhombic GdAlO3:Sm3+ nanocrystalline mat. Chemical Physics Letters. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2022.140277
• Isha Gupta, Devender Singh, Sitender Singh, Pawan Kumar, Shri Bhagwan, Vinod Kumar, Structural and photophysical measurements of Er3+ doped Gd4Al2O9 nanophosphors for NUV exc Chemical Physics Letters. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2023.140350
• Nitika, Anu Rana, Vinod Kumar, “Investigation on anneal-tuned properties of ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles for use in humidity sensors” Applied Physics A, 127 (8) 609 (2021) 19 July 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-04755-8
• Nitika, Anu Rana, Vinod Kumar, “Study of magnetic and optical transitions in MFe2O4 (M = Co, Zn, Fe, Mn) with spinel structure”, Nanosystems: physics, chemistry, mathematics, 2021, Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages 481–491. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17586/2220-8054-2021-12-4-481-491
• Nitika, Anu Rana, Vinod Kumar, “Evaluation of structural, magnetic, optical, electrical, and humidity sensing properties of Manganese substituted Zinc ferrite, Applied Physics A, vol. 27, pp. 860, 22 October 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-05016-4

 

Projects Completed and Ongoing

S. No.	Title of the Project	PI and Co-PI Name	Sponsored by the Organization	Grant Received Rs (Budget of project)	Duration of the project and start date	Year	Current status of the project
1	DST FIST Research Grant	Co-PI	DST	3 Cr.	5 Yrs.	--	Recommended to Receive FIST 2024 Support
2	DST- FIST grant No. SR/FST/PS-1/2018/32	Co-PI	DST	1.10 Cr.	5 Yrs. Start date 2018	2018-2023	Completed
3	Magnetic properties of nano-spinel ferrites and multiferroics	PI	UGC-DAE	5 lac	3 Yrs.	2020	Completed
4	Design and development of an efficient way of electric power generation using ferrofluid bearing	Co-PI	UGC	7.56 lacs	3 Yrs.	2014	Completed

Ph.D. Guided

S. No.	Name and Roll number of Research Scholar	Supervisor/ Co-supervisor Name	Title of Research Work	Date of Ph.D. Admission	Current Status (Degree awarded/ ongoing)	Ph.D. Award Date
1	Akansha	Dr. Vinod Kumar	Nanomagnetic spinel ferrites and nano-composites for energy related applications	2023	Ongoing	--
2	Preety Yadav	Dr. Vinod Kumar	Wastewater treatment, waste-to-energy conversion, gas sensing, and thermoelectric devices	2022	Ongoing	--
3	Neeraj Dhariwal	Dr. Vinod Kumar	Advanced materials and devices for hazardous gas detection and waste-water treatment	2022	Ongoing	--
4	Seema	Dr. Vinod Kumar	Synthesis and characterization of iron oxide based nano composites for photocatalytic applications	2021	Submitted	--
5	Aryan	Dr. S. Duhan/ Dr. Vinod Kumar	Investigations on nano-oxide materials for sensor devices	2020	Submission stage	--
6	Lakshita	Dr. Vinod Kumar	Synthesis and characterization of nano-spinel ferrites/ ferrofluids for application in heat transfer	2016	Completed	31-08-2020
7	Nidhi	Dr. Vinod Kumar	Investigations on synthesis and characterization of multiferroic-spinel ferrite composites	2015	Completed	31-08-2020
8	Amarjeet	Dr. Vinod Kumar	Synthesis and characterization of divalent metal on doped nano-ferrite	2011	Completed	14-02-2020
9	Sapna	Dr. S. K. Singh/ Dr. Vinod Kumar	Investigations on nano-spinel ferrite composites and their applications	2014	Completed	18-09-2019
10	Naveen	Dr. S. K. Singh/ Dr. Vinod Kumar	Development and study of trivalent metal on doped ferrite particles	2011	Completed	01-02-2016

Awards and recognition

Sr. No.	Academic Year	Award/recognition Details
1	2023-24	Stanford University's World Top 2% Scientists list on behalf of profound and sustained impact across respective fields
2	2022-23	Best Researcher Award, Netaji Subhas University of Technology
3	2011-12	INSA visiting Fellowship by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi at NPL, New Delhi during 01st June – 30th June 2012
4	2007-08	Young Scientist Award by International Union of Radio Sciences (URSI GA-08), Chicago, Illinois, USA
5	2006-07	Best Research work presentation Award on Science Day (28th Feb. 2007) at National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi

Professional Affiliations

Life member of Magnetic Society of India