Publications

    2023

  1. Liu, Q.; Miao, Y.; Villalobos, L. F.; Li, S.; Chi, H.-Y.; Chen, C.; Vahdat, M. T.; Song, S.; Babu, D. J.; Hao, J.; Han, Y.; Tsaptasis, M.; Agrawal, K. V. Unit-Cell-Thick Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Films for Membrane Application. Nat. Mater. 2023, 22 (11), 1387–1393.
  2. Ingle, D. S.; Yadav, A. C.; Kumari, K.; Singh, S. K.; Babu, D. J.; Rao, K. V. Post-Synthetic π-Extension of Perylene Conjugated Porous Polymer via APEX Reactions: Tunable Optical and Gas Storage Properties. Chem. Commun. 2023, 59 (4), 454–457.
  3. Goudar, S. H.; Ingle, D. S.; Sahu, R.; Kotha, S.; Reddy, S. K.; Babu, D. J.; Kotagiri, V. R. Perylene Diimide-Containing Dynamic Hyper-Crosslinked Ionic Porous Organic Polymers: Modulation of Assembly and Gas Storage. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2023, 5 (3), 2097–2104.

    4. 2022

  4. Villalobos, L. F.; Babu, D. J.; Hsu, K.-J.; Van Goethem, C.; Agrawal, K. V. Gas Separation Membranes with Atom-Thick Nanopores: The Potential of Nanoporous Single-Layer Graphene. Acc. Mater. Res. 2022, 3 (10), 1073–1087.
  5. Srideep, D.; Sriram, K.; Kotha, S.; Babu, D. J.; Singh, S. K.; Rao, K. V. Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Benzoperylene Benzimidazoles: Tunable Morphology with Aggregation-Induced Enhanced Emission. Chemistry – An Asian Journal 2022, 17 (8), e202200099.

    6. 2021

  6. Hao, J.; Babu, D. J.; Liu, Q.; Schouwink, P. A.; Asgari, M.; Queen, W. L.; Agrawal, K. V. Mechanistic Study on Thermally Induced Lattice Stiffening of ZIF-8. Chem. Mater. 2021.
  7. Huang, S.; Li, S.; Villalobos, L. F.; Dakhchoune, M.; Micari, M.; Babu, D. J.; Vahdat, M. T.; Mensi, M.; Oveisi, E.; Agrawal, K. V. Millisecond Lattice Gasification for High-Density CO2- and O2-Sieving Nanopores in Single-Layer Graphene. Sci. Adv. 2021, 7 (9), eabf0116.
  8. Liu, Q.; Babu, D. J.; Hao, J.; Vahdat, M. T.; Campi, D.; Agrawal, K. V. Metal Soap Membranes for Gas Separation. Advanced Functional Materials 2021, 31 (1), 2005629.

    9. 2020

  9. Hao, J.; Babu, D. J.; Liu, Q.; Chi, H.-Y.; Lu, C.; Liu, Y.; Agrawal, K. V. Synthesis of High-Performance Polycrystalline Metal–Organic Framework Membranes at Room Temperature in a Few Minutes. J. Mater. Chem. A 2020 , 8 (16), 7633–7640.

    10. 2019

  10. Huang, S.; Villalobos, L. F.; Babu, D. J.; He, G.; Li, M.; Züttel, A.; Agrawal, K. V. Ultrathin Carbon Molecular Sieve Films and Room-Temperature Oxygen Functionalization for Gas-Sieving. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019 , 11 (18), 16729–16736.
  11. Dixon, D.; Babu, D. J.; Bhaskar, A.; Bruns, H.-M.; Schneider, J. J.; Scheiba, F.; Ehrenberg, H. Tuning the Performance of Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries by Modifying the Structural Defects of the Carbon Felt Electrode. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019 , 10 (1), 1698–1706.
  12. Babu, D. J.; He, G.; Villalobos, L. F.; Agrawal, K. V. Crystal Engineering of Metal–Organic Framework Thin Films for Gas Separations. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2019 , 7 (1), 49–69.
  13. Babu, D. J.; He, G.; Hao, J.; Vahdat, M. T.; Schouwink, P. A.; Mensi, M.; Agrawal, K. V. Restricting Lattice Flexibility in Polycrystalline Metal–Organic Framework Membranes for Carbon Capture. Advanced Materials 2019 , 31 (28), 1900855.
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    14. 2018

  14. Thomson, M. D.; Zouaghi, W.; Meng, F.; Wiecha, M. M.; Rabia, K.; Heinlein, T.; Hussein, L.; Babu, D.; Yadav, S.; Engstler, J.; Schneider, J. J.; Nicoloso, N.; Rychetský, I.; Kužel, P.; Roskos, H. G. Dielectric Properties of Vertically Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in the Terahertz and Mid-Infrared Range. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2018
  15. He, G.; Babu, D. J.; Agrawal, K. V. Electrophoretic Crystallization of Ultrathin High-Performance Metal-Organic Framework Membranes.. Journal of Visualized Experiments2018 , 138, e58301–e58301.
  16. Babu, D. J.; Puthusseri, D.; Kühl, F. G.; Okeil, S.; Bruns, M.; Hampe, M.; Schneider, J. J. SO2 Gas Adsorption on Carbon Nanomaterials: A Comparative Study. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 2018 , 9, 1782–1792.

    17. 2017

  17. Weidler, N.; Babu, D. J.; Martinaiou, I.; Paul, S.; Wagner, S.; Shahraei, A.; Janßen, A.; Stark, R. W.; Schneider, J. J.; Kramm, U. I. Effect of RF-Plasma Treatment on the Activity and Selectivity of Me-N-C Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction.. ECS Transactions 2017, 80 (8), 691–700.
  18. Puthusseri, D.; Babu, D. J.; Okeil, S.; Schneider, J. J. Gas Adsorption Capacity in an All Carbon Nanomaterial Composed of Carbon Nanohorns and Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2017 , 19 (38), 26265–26271.
  19. Patzsch, J.; Babu, D. J.; Schneider, J. J. Hierarchically Structured Nanoporous Carbon Tubes for High Pressure Carbon Dioxide Adsorption. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 2017 , 8, 1135–1144.
  20. Babu, D. J.; Schneider, J. J. Gas Adsorption Studies of CO2 in Carbon Nanomaterials: A Case Study of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes. . Chemie Ingenieur Technik2017 , 89 (10), 1273–1287.
  21. Babu, D. J.; Mail, M.; Barthlott, W.; Schneider, J. J. Superhydrophobic Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes for Biomimetic Air Retention under Water (Salvinia Effect). Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2017 , 4 (13), 1700273.
  22. Babu, D. J.; Bruns, M.; Schneider, R.; Gerthsen, D.; Schneider, J. J. Understanding the Influence of N-Doping on the CO2 Adsorption Characteristics in Carbon Nanomaterials. J. Phys. Chem. C 2017 , 121 (1), 616–626.
  23. Babu, D. J.; Bruns, M.; Schneider, J. J. Unprecedented CO2 Uptake in Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes. Carbon 2017 , 125, 327–335.

    24. 2016

  24. Dixon, D.; Babu, D. J.; Langner, J.; Bruns, M.; Pfaffmann, L.; Bhaskar, A.; Schneider, J. J.; Scheiba, F.; Ehrenberg, H. Effect of Oxygen Plasma Treatment on the Electrochemical Performance of the Rayon and Polyacrylonitrile Based Carbon Felt for the Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Application. Journal of Power Sources 2016 , 332, 240–248.
  25. Babu, D. J.; Kühl, F. G.; Yadav, S.; Markert, D.; Bruns, M.; Hampe, M. J.; Schneider, J. J. Adsorption of Pure SO2 on Nanoscaled Graphene Oxide. RSC Adv. 2016 , 6, 36834–36839.
  26. Babu, D. J.; Herdt, T.; Okeil, S.; Bruns, M.; Staudt, R.; Schneider, J. J. Bud Type Carbon Nanohorns: Materials for High Pressure CO2 Capture and Li-Ion Storage.. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016 , 4 (37), 14267–14275.

    27. 2015

  27. Rahimi, M.; Babu, D. J.; Singh, J. K.; Yang, Y.-B.; Schneider, J. J.; Müller-Plathe, F. Double-Walled Carbon Nanotube Array for CO2and SO2 Adsorption. The Journal of Chemical Physics 2015 , 143 (12), 124701–124701.

    28. 2014

  28. Babu, D. J.; Yadav, S.; Heinlein, T.; Cherkashinin, G.; Schneider, J. J. Carbon Dioxide Plasma as a Versatile Medium for Purification and Functionalization of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes. . J. Phys. Chem. C 2014 , 118 (22), 12028–12034.
  29. Babu, D. J.; Varanakkottu, S. N.; Eifert, A.; de Koning, D.; Cherkashinin, G.; Hardt, S.; Schneider, J. J. Inscribing Wettability Gradients onto Superhydrophobic Carbon Nanotube Surfaces. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2014 , 1 (2), 1300049–1300049.

    30. 2013

  30. Rahimi, M.; Singh, J. K.; Babu, D. J.; Schneider, J. J.; Müller-Plathe, F.Understanding Carbon Dioxide Adsorption in Carbon Nanotube Arrays: Molecular Simulation and Adsorption Measurements. J. Phys. Chem. C 2013 , 117 (26), 13492–13501.
  31. Babu, D. J.; Lange, M.; Cherkashinin, G.; Issanin, A.; Staudt, R.; Schneider, J. J. Gas Adsorption Studies of CO2 and N2 in Spatially Aligned Double-Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays. Carbon 2013 , 61, 616–623.
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    32. 2011

  32. Babu, DeepuJ.; Darbandi, AzadJ.; Suffner, J.; Bhattacharya, S. S.; Hahn, H. Flame Spray Synthesis of Nano Lanthanum Strontium Manganite for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications. Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals 2011 , 64 (1–2), 181–184.