मालवीय राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान जयपुर (राष्ट्रीय महत्व का संस्थान)
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur (An Institute of National Importance)
Department of Chemistry
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Qualifications
  • Ph.D.(Chemistry) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur(2012)
    M.Sc.(Chemistry) from Christ Church College (Kanpur University)(2005)
Research Interests

# Nanomaterials Chemistry for New Materials, Smart Materials and Nanoscale Composites, Carbon nanostructures, Composite Materials, Nano-chemistry.

    2024
  • A. Chandel, D. Meel, V. Kumar, S. Sonker, S. Chakma and S. K. Sonkar , "Fabrication of Cellulose Binded Titania-based Nanocomposite Button-Shaped Sensor for Ultrafast Detection of UV Light " , IEEE Sensors Journal (IEEE) Volume :10 / 1-9 / 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2024.3471173
  • R. Aggarwal, D. Saini, R. Mitra, S. K. Sonkar, A. K. Sonker and G. Westman, "From Bulk Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) to Suspensions of Exfoliated MoS2 in an Aqueous Medium and Their Applications" , Langmuir (American Chemical Society) Volume :40 / 1-10 / 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03116
  • Twinkle, J. Kaushik, D. Prajapati, H. Tewatia, R. K. Prajapati, S. K. Choudhary and S. K. Sonkar, "Multiphase Reduced Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Hydrogenation of Mono, Di, and Tri Nitrophenols" , Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (American Chemical Society) Volume :63 / 1-7 / 2024 DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c00254
  • R, Aggarwal, H. Gupta, K. Awasthi, M. Kumar, D. Sarkar and S. K. Sonkar, "Heteroatom Doping in Pollutant Diesel Soot-Derived Nanocarbon for Enhanced Zn-Ion Storage Performance" , Langmuir (American Chemical Society) Volume :40 / 94819489 / 2024 DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00009
  • J. Kaushik, A. Sahu, Nisha, K. Gupta, K. M. Tripathi, M. Das, S. K. Choudhary and S. K. Sonkar, "Superhydrophobic Carbon Aerogel Derived from Edible-Sugar for Removal of Oils and Nitro Aromatics" , ACS ES&T Water (American Chemical Society) Volume :4 / 16101619 / 2024 DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00686
  • Twinkle, H. Tewatia, J. Kaushik, A. Sahu, S. K. Chaudhary and S. K. Sonkar, "Waste Iron Dust Derived Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Efficient Adsorption of Multiple Azo Dyes" , ACS Sustainable Resource Management (American Chemical Society) Volume :1 / 278-288 / 2024 DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssusresmgt.3c00064
  • N. K. Lamba, P. Choudhary, J. Kaushik, K. M. Tripathi, S. K. Choudhary and S. K. Sonkar, "Deploying used solid carbon dioxide to assist graphite exfoliation" , New Journal of Chemistry (RSC) Volume :48 / 8030-8033 / 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NJ00263F
  • J. Kaushik, N. K. Lamba, V. Kumar, A. K. Sonker and S. K. Sonkar, "Fenton-mediated thermocatalytic conversion of CO2 to acetic acid by industrial waste-derived magnetite nanoparticles" , Chemical Communications (RSC) Volume :60 / 3449-3452 / 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC00082J
  • R. Aggarwal, T. Sharma, N. M. Kulshreshtha, A. K. Sonker, S. K. Sonkar and G. Westman, "Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanoflakes by Acidic Charring of Microcrystalline Cellulose and Urea for the Rapid Removal of Imidacloprid from Water" , ACS Applied Nano Materials (American Chemical Society) Volume :7 / 1-10 / 2024 DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsanm.3c04119
  • F. Agrawal, K. Gupta, J. Kaushik, K. M. Tripathi, S. K. Choudhary, S. K. Sonkar ., "Graphene Incorporated Sugar Derived Carbon Aerogel for Pyridine Adsorption and Oil Water Separation" , Langmuir (American Chemical Society) Volume :40 / 1-11 / 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01591
  • A. K. Garg, V. Singh, N. K. Lamba, C. Dalal and S. K. Sonkar, "Silver phosphate-based melamineformaldehyde polymer for reduction of mono, di, and tri-nitrophenols under ambient conditions" , New Journal of Chemistry (RSC) Volume :48 / 1-7 / 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NJ02419B
  • N. K. Lamba, P. Choudhary. Twinkle, J. Kaushik, S. K. Choudhary, and S. K. Sonkar, "Waste-Derived Copper Flakes for Solvent-Free Reductive Acetamidation of Nitroarenes" , Langmuir (American Chemical Society) Volume :40 / 1-7 / 2024 DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01639
  • Rohit, J. Kaushik, V. Kumar, M. Jain, S. K. Choudhary, S. Chakma and S. K. Sonkar, "Green Light Promoted Photoreduction of Carbonate to Acetic Acid by Zinc Ash-Derived ZCu@ZnO" , ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (American Chemical Society) Volume :12 / 1-10 / 2024 DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c04755
    • 2023
  • R. Aggarwal, A. K. Garg, D. Saini, S. K. Sonkar, A. K. Sonker, G. Westman, "Cellulose Nanocrystals Derived from Microcrystalline Cellulose for Selective Removal of Janus Green Azo Dye" , Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Volume :62 / 649-659 / 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.2c03365
  • D. Saini, S. Dumra, V. Kumar, R. Aggarwal, A. R. Naziruddin and S. K. Sonkar, "Magnetic Graphene Nanosheets from Expired Iron-Supplemented Tablets for Hydroxyl-Mediated Photocatalytic Oxidation of Azo Dyes" , ACS Applied Nano Materials (ACS) Volume :5 / 1-9 / 2023 DOI: https://doi=10.1021/acsanm.2c04313
  • C. Dalal, A. K. Garg, N. Jain, A. R. Naziruddin, R. K. Prajapati, SK Choudhary and SK Sonkar, "Sunlight -assisted photocatalytic degradation of azo -dye using zinc -sulfide embedded reduced graphene oxide" , Solar Energy (Elsevier) Volume :251 / 1-10 / 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2023.01.017
  • A. K. Garg, C. Dalal, Gunture, S. K. Sonkar, "Cadmium-Sulfide Doped Carbon Nanoflakes Used for Sunlight-Assisted Selective Photodegradation of Indigo Carmine" , ACS ES&T Water (ACS) Volume :3 / 1574-1583 / 2023 DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsestwater.2c00277
  • J. Kaushik, Twinkle, S. R. Anand, S. K. Choudhary, S. K. Sonkar, "H2O2-Free Sunlight-Promoted Photo-Fenton-Type Removal of Hexavalent Chromium Using Reduced Iron Oxide Dust" , ACS ES&T Water (ACS) Volume :3 / 227-235 / 2023 DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsestwater.2c00514
  • R. Aggarwal, S. K. Sonkar and K. M. Tripathi, "Visible-light promoted hydrogen production by diesel soot derived onion like carbon nanoparticles" , Carbon (Springer ) Volume :208 / 436 / 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2023.03.064
  • W. Liang, S. K. Sonkar, D. Saini, K. Sheriff, B. Singh, L. Yang, P. Wang, Y. P. Sun, "Carbon Dots: Classically Defined versus Organic Hybrids on Shared Properties, Divergences, and Myths" , Small (Wiley) Volume :80 / 2206680 / 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202206680
  • R. Aggarwal, A. K. Garg, V. Kumar, H. Jonwal, S. Sethi, S. Gadiyaram, S. K. Sonkar, A. K. Sonker, and G. Westman, "Cellulose-Derived Carbon Dots for Inner Filter Effect-Based Selective Sensing of Ofloxacin Antibiotics" , ACS Applied Nano Materials (ACS) Volume :6 / 1-10 / 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.2c05526
  • A. K. Garg, B. Singh, S. Naskar, R. K. Prajapati, C. Dalal, S. K. Sonkar, "MelamineFormaldehyde Polymer-Based Nanocomposite for Sunlight-Driven Photodegradation of Multiple Dyes and Their Mixture" , Langmuir (ACS) Volume :39 / 11036-11047 / 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01349
  • J. Kaushik, C. Sharma, N. K. Lamba, P. Sharma, G. S. Das, K. M. Tripathi, R. K. Joshi, S. K. Sonkar, "3D Porous MoS2-Decorated Reduced Graphene Oxide Aerogel as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for Reductive Transformation Reactions" , Langmuir (ACS) Volume :39 / / 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01785
  • V. Kumar, N. K. Lamba, A. Baig, J. Kaushik, T. Jha, Sonal, Sumit Kumar Sonkar, "Utilization of steel industry waste derived magnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles for reverse water gas shift reaction" , Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier) Volume :147027 / 1-11 / 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.147027
  • Twinkle, J. Kaushik, T. Singla, N. K. Lamba, M. Jain, N.Sharma, S.K. Choudhary, and S. K. Sonkar, "Fe3O4 Nanoparticles Synthesized from Waste Iron Dust for Sunlight-Boosted Photodegradation of Nitrophenols and Their Mixtures" , Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Volume :62 / 9091-9103 / 2023 DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00385
  • J. Kaushik, C. Sharma, Twinkle, N. K. Lamba, R. Singh, N. Satrawala, R.K. Joshi, and S. K. Sonkar, "Waste-Derived Iron Nanoparticles for Solvent-Free Single-Step Reductive Acetylation of Nitroarenes" , ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (ACS) Volume :11 / 9047-9056 / 2023 DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c01670
  • A. K. Sonker, S. Xiong, R. Aggarwal, M. Olsson, A. Spule, S. Hosseini, S. K. Sonkar, A. Matic, G. Westman, "Exfoliated MoS2 Nanosheet/Cellulose Nanocrystal Flexible Composite Films as Electrodes for Zinc Batteries" , ACS Applied Nano Materials (ACS) Volume :6 / 8270-8278 / 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c00543
  • J. Kaushik, Twinkle, Tisha, Nisha, A. Baig, Sonal, P. Dubey, and S. K. Sonkar, "Photoactive Fe3O4@Fe2O3 Synthesized from Industrial Iron Oxide Dust for Fenton-Free Degradation of Multiple Organic Dyes" , Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Volume :62 / 10487-10497 / 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c01098
    • 2022
  • C. Dalal, A. K. Garg, M. Mathur, S. K. Sonkar, "Fluorescent Polymer Carbon Dots for the SensitiveSelective Sensing of Fe3+ Metal Ions and Cellular Imaging" , ACS Applied Nano Materials (American Chemical Society) Volume :5 / 1269912710 / 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.2c02544
  • AK Garg, C Dalal, J Kaushik, SR Anand, SK Sonkar, "Selective Sensing of Explosive Nitrophenol Compounds by Hydrophobic Carbon Nanoparticles" , Materials Today Sustainability (Elsevier) Volume :20 / 100202 / 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2022.100202
  • Gunture, A. K. Garg, R. Aggarwal, J. Kaushik, R. K. Prajapati, S. K. Sonkar, "Non-Aqueous Onion like Nano-carbons from Waste Diesel-Soot used as FRET-based Sensor for Sensing of Nitro-phenols" , Environmental Research (Elsevier) Volume :212 / 113308 / 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113308
  • S. Rajendran, T. Chellapandi, V. UshaVipinachandran, D. V. Ramanaiah, C. Dalal, S. K. Sonkar, G. M, S. K. Bhunia, "Sustainable 2D Bi2WO6/g-C3N5 heterostructure as visible light-triggered abatement of colorless endocrine disruptors in wastewater" , Applied Surface Science (Elsevier) Volume :577 / 151809 / 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.151809
  • D. Saini, A. K. Garg, C. Dalal, S. R. Anand, S. K. Sonkar, A. K. Sonker, G. Westman, "Visible-Light-Promoted Photocatalytic Applications of Carbon Dots: A Review" , ACS Applied Nano Materials (American Chemical Society) Volume :5 / 3087-3109 / 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c04142
  • R. Aggarwal, D. Saini, S. K. Sonkar, A. K. Sonker, G. Westman, "Sunlight promoted removal of toxic hexavalent chromium by cellulose derived photoactive carbon dots" , Chemosphere (Elsevier) Volume :287 / 132287 / 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132287
  • J. Kaushik, Himanshi, V. Kumar, K. M. Tripathi, S. K. Sonkar, "Sunlight-promoted photodegradation of Congo red by cadmium-sulfide decorated graphene aerogel" , Chemospere (Elsevier) Volume :287 / 132225 / 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132225
  • J. Kaushik, Gunture, K. M. Tripathi, R. Singh, S. K. Sonkar, "Thiourea-functionalized graphene aerogel for the aqueous phase sensing of toxic Pb(II) metal ions and H2O2" , Chemospere (Elsevier) Volume :287 / 132105 / 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132105
    • 2021
  • SN Chowdhury, TT Tung, QTH Ta, M Castro, JF Feller, SK Sonkar, KM Tripathi, "Upgrading of diesel engine exhaust waste into onion-like carbon nanoparticles for integrated degradation sensing in nano-biocomposites" , New Journal of Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :45 / 3675-3682 / 2021
  • D Saini, Gunture, J Kaushik, R Aggarwal, KM Tripathi, SK Sonkar, "Carbon Nanomaterials Derived from Black Carbon Soot: A Review of Materials and Applications" , ACS Applied Nano Materials (American Chemical Society) Volume :4 / 12825-1284 / 2021
  • J. Kaushik, V. Kumar, A. K. Garg, P. Dubey, K. M. Tripathi, S. K. Sonkar, " Bio-mass derived functionalized graphene aerogel: a sustainable approach for the removal of multiple organic dyes and their mixtures" , New Journal of Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :45 / 9073-9083 / 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ00470K
  • Chumki Dalal, Deepika Saini, Anjali Kumari Garg, Sumit Kumar Sonkar, "Fluorescent Carbon Nano-onion as Bioimaging Probe" , ACS Applied Bio Materials (American Chemical Society) Volume :4 / 252-266 / 2021
  • C Dalal, AK Garg, SK Sonkar, "Carboxylic Acid-Terminated Carbon Nanoflakes for Selective Adsorption of Water-Soluble Cationic Dyes" , ACS Applied Nano Materials (American Chemical Society) Volume :4 / 5611–562 / 2021
  • D Saini, R Aggarwal, AK Sonker, SK Sonkar, "Photodegradation of Azo Dyes in Sunlight Promoted by Nitrogen–Sulfur–Phosphorus Codoped Carbon Dots" , ACS Applied Nano Materials (American Chemical Society) Volume :4 / 9303-9312 / 2021
  • Gunture, J Kaushik, D Saini, R Singh, P Dubey, SK Sonkar, "Surface adhered fluorescent carbon dots extracted from the harmful diesel soot for sensing Fe (iii) and Hg (ii) ions" , New Journal of Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :45 / 20164-2017 / 2021
  • C. Dalal, A. K. Garg, S. K. Sonkar, "β-Cyclodextrin-capped ZnO-doped carbon dot as an advanced fluorescent probe for selective detection of dopamine" , New Journal of Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :45 / 21299-2130 / 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ03665C
    • 2020
  • A. K. Garg, J. Kaushik, D. Saini, R. Aggarwal, S. K. Sonkar, "Doped Carbon Dots for the Selective Sensing of Hexavalent Chromium in Water" , Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series E (Springer ) Volume :101 / 1-9 / 2020
  • V. K. Bajpai, I. Khan, S. Shukla, S. M. Kang, F. Aziz, K. M. Tripathi, D. Saini, H. J. Cho, N. S. Heo, S. K. Sonkar, L. Chen, Y. S. Huh, Y. K. Han, "Multifunctional N-P-doped carbon dots for regulation of apoptosis and autophagy in B16F10 melanoma cancer cells and in vitro imaging applications" , Theranostics (IVYSPRING International ) Volume :10 / 7841–785 / 2020
  • D. Saini, R. Aggarwal, S.R. Anand, N. Satrawala, R.K. Joshi, S.K. Sonkar, "Sustainable feasibility of waste printer ink to magnetically separableiron oxideedoped nanocarbons for styrene oxidation" , Material Chemistry: Today (Elsevier) Volume :16 / 100256 / 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2020.100256
  • K. M. Tripathi, H. T. Ahn, M. Chung, X. A. Le, D. Saini, A. Bhati, S. K. Sonkar, M. Kim, T. Y. Kim, "N, S, and P-Co-doped Carbon Quantum Dots: Intrinsic Peroxidase Activity in a Wide pH Range and Its Antibacterial Applications" , ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (American Chemical Society) Volume :6 / 5527-5537 / 2020
  • Gunture, R. Aggarwal, A. K. Garg, J. Kaushik, S. K. Sonkar, "Pollutant-based onion-like nanocarbons for improving the growth of gram plants" , Material Chemistry: Today (Elsevier) Volume :18 / 100352 / 2020
  • V. K. Bajpai, I. Khan, S. Shukla, P. Kumar, L. Chen, S. R. Anand, K. M. Tripathi, A. Bhati, S. M. Kang, H. Lee, C. H. Kwak, S. K. Sonkar., Y. S Huh, Y. K. Han, "N, P-Doped Carbon Nanodots for Food-Matrix Decontamination, Anticancer Potential, and Cellular Bio-Imaging Applications" , Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology (American Scientific Publishers) Volume :16 / 283-303 / 2020
  • Gunture, C. Dalal, J. Kaushik, A. K. Garg, S. K. Sonkar, "Pollutant-Soot-Based Nontoxic Water-Soluble Onion-like Nanocarbons for Cell Imaging and Selective Sensing of Toxic Cr(VI)" , ACS Applied Bio Materials (American Chemical Society) Volume :3 / 3906-13 / 2020
  • Gunture, J. Kaushik, A. K. Garg, D. Saini, P. Khare, S. K. Sonkar, "Pollutant Diesel Soot Derived Onion like Nano-carbons for the Adsorption of Organic Dyes and Environmental Assessment of Treated Wastewater" , Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (American Chemical Society) Volume :59 / 12065-74 / 2020
  • D. Saini, J. Kaushik, A. K. Garg, C. Dalal, S. K. Sonkar, "N, S-co-Doped Carbon Dots for Non-Toxic Cell Imaging and as a Sunlight-Active Photocatalytic Material for Removal of Chromium" , ACS Applied Bio Materials (American Chemical Society) Volume :3 / 3656-3663 / 2020
  • R. Aggarwal, D. Saini, B. Singh, J. Kaushik, A. K. Garg, and S. K. Sonkar, "Bitter apple peel derived photoactive carbon dots for the sunlight induced photocatalytic degradation of crystal violet dye" , Solar Energy (Elsevier ) Volume :192 / 1-6 / 2020
    • 2019
  • A. Bhati, S. R. Anand, D. Saini, Gunture and S. K. Sonkar, "Sunlight-induced photoreduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) in wastewater by nitrogen-phosphorus-doped carbon dots" , npj Clean Water (Nature Publishing Group) Volume :2 / 1-10 / 2019
  • Gunture, A. Singh, A. Bhati, P. Khare, K. M. Tripathi and S. K. Sonkar, "Soluble Graphene Nanosheets for the Sunlight-Induced Photodegradation of the Mixture of Dyes and its Environmental Assessment" , Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) Volume :9 / 2522 / 2019
  • S. R. Anand, A. Bhati, D. Saini, Gunture, N. Chauhan, P. Khare and S. K. Sonkar, "Antibacterial Nitrogen-doped Carbon Dots as a Reversible Fluorescent-Nano-Switch and Fluorescent Ink" , ACS Omega (ACS) Volume :3 / 1-9 / 2019
  • D. Saini, R. Aggrwal, S. R. Anand and S. K. Sonkar, "Sunlight Induced Photodegradation of Toxic Azo Dye by Self-doped Iron Oxide Nano-Carbon from Waste Printer Ink" , Solar Energy (Elsevier) Volume :191 / 1-10 / 2019
  • G. S. Das, S. Sarkar, Ruchi Aggarwal, S. K. Sonkar, Jun-Woo Park, K.M. Tripathi, T. Y.Kim, "Fluorescent microspheres of zinc 1,2-dicarbomethoxy-1,2-dithiolate complex decorated with carbon nanotubes" , Carbon Letters (Springer ) Volume :4 / 1-9 / 2019
  • S. R. Anand, R. Aggarwal, D. Saini, A. K. Sonker, N. Chauhan,and S. K. Sonkar, "Removal of Toxic Chromium (VI) from the Wastewater under the Sunlight-Illumination by Functionalized Carbon Nano-rods" , Solar Energy (Elsevier) Volume :191 / 1-10 / 2019
  • N. Chauhan , S. R. Anand, R. Aggarwal, J. Kaushik, S. S. Shekhawat, A. K. Sonker and S. K. Sonkar, "Soluble Non-Toxic Carbon Nano-rods for the Selective Sensing of Iron (III) and Chromium (VI)" , New Journal of Chemistry (RSC) Volume :43 / 1-9 / 2019
  • R. Aggarwal, S. R. Anand, D. Saini, Gunture, R. Singh, A. K. Sonker and S. K. Sonkar, "Surface-passivated, soluble and non-toxic graphene nano-sheets for the selective sensing of toxic Cr(vi) and Hg(ii) metal ions and as a blue fluoresce" , Nanoscale Advances (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :1 / 1-11 / 2019
    • 2018
  • A. Bhati, S. Anand, D. Saini, P. Khare, P. Dubey and S. K. Sonkar, "Self-Doped Nontoxic Red-Emitting Mg-N-embedded Carbon Dots for Imaging, Cu (II) Sensing and Fluorescent Ink" , New Journal of Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :42 / 19548-556 / 2018
  • A. Bhati, S. Anand, Gunture, A. Garg, P. Khare and S. K. Sonkar, "Sunlight-Induced Photocatalytic Degradation of Pollutant Dye by Highly Fluorescent Red-emitting Mg-N-embedded Carbon Dots" , ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (ACS) Volume :7 / 1-10 / 2018
  • A. Bhati, Gunture, K. M. Tripathi, A. Singh, S. Sarkar and S. K. Sonkar, "Exploration of Nano Carbons in Relevance to Plant Systems" , New Journal of Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :42 / 16411-427 / 2018
  • P. Khare, A. Bhati, S. Ananad, Gunture and S. K. Sonkar, "Brightly Fluorescent Zinc Doped Red-emitting Carbon Dots for the Sunlight-Induced Photoreduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III)" , ACS Omega (ACS) Volume :3 / 5187-94 / 2018
  • K.M. Tripathi, A. Sachan, M. Castro, V. Choudhary, S.K. Sonkar, J.F. Feller , "Green carbon nanostructured quantum resistive sensors to detect volatile biomarkers" , Sustainable Materials and Technologies (Elsevier) Volume :16 / 1-11 / 2018
  • A. Singh, P. Khare, S. Verma, A. Bhati, A. K. Sonker, K. M. Tripathi and S. K. Sonkar, "Pollutant Soot for Pollutant Dye Degradation: Soluble Graphene Nanosheets for Visible Light Induced Photodegradation of Methylene Blue" , ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (ACS) Volume :6 / 579-89 / 2018
    • 2017
  • K. M. Tripathi, A. Bhati, A. Singh, A. K. Sonker, S. Sarkar and S. K. Sonkar, "Sustainable changes in the contents of metallic micronutrients in first generation gram seeds imposed by carbon nano-onions: A life cycle seed to seed study" , ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (ACS) Volume :5 / 2906-2916 / 2017
  • P. Khare, A. Singh, S. Verma, A. Bhati, A. K. Sonkar, K. M. Tripathi and S. K. Sonkar, "Sunlight-Induced Selective Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue in Bacterial Culture by Pollutant Soot Derived Nontoxic Graphene Nanosheets" , ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (ACS) Volume :5 / 1-11 / 2017
    • 2016
  • K. M. Tripathi, A. Singh, A. Bhati, S. Sarkar, and S. K. Sonkar, "Sustainable feasibility of the environmental pollutant soot to few layered photoluminescent graphene nanosheets for multifunctional applications" , ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (ACS) Volume :4 / 6399-08 / 2016
  • A. Bhati, A. Singh, K. M. Tripathi and S. K. Sonkar , "Sunlight-Induced Photochemical Degradation of Methylene Blue by Water-Soluble Carbon Nanorods" , International Journal of Photoenergy (Hindwai) Volume :2016 / 2583821 / 2016
  • K. M. Tripathi, A. K. Sonker, A. Bhati, J. Bhuyan, A. Singh, A. Singh, S. Sarkar and S. K. Sonkar, "Large-scale synthesis of soluble tunable-photoluminescence graphitic hollow carbon nano-rods for selective fluorescent detection of DNA" , New Journal of Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :39 / 1571-1579 / 2016
  • K. M. Tripathi, A. Bhati, A. Singh, N. R. Gupta, S. Verma, S. Sarkar and S. K. Sonkar, "From the traditional way of pyrolysis to tunable photoluminescent water soluble carbon nano-onions for cells imaging and selective sensing of glucose" , RSC Advances (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :6 / 32319-29 / 2016
    • 2015
  • P. Dubey, K. M. Tripathi, R. Mishra, A. Bhati, A. Singh and S. K. Sonkar , "A simple one-step hydrothermal route towards water solubilization of carbon quantum dots from soya-nuggets for imaging applications" , RSC Advances (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :5 / 87528 / 2015
    • 2014
  • K. M. Tripathi, A. K. Sonker, S. K. Sonkar and S. Sarkar, "Pollutant Soot of Diesel Engine Exhaust Transformed to Carbon Dots for Multicoloured Imaging of E-Coli and Sensing Cholesterol " , RSC advances (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :4 / 30100 / 2014
  • G. E. LeCroy, S. K. Sonkar, F. Yang, L. M. Veca, P. Wang, K. N. Tackett, J.-J. Yu, E. Vasile, H. Qian, Y. Liu, P. Luo, and Y-P. Sun, "Toward Structurally Defined Carbon Dots as Ultra-Compact Fluorescent Probes" , ACS Nano (American Chemical Society) Volume :8 / 4522–29 / 2014
  • P. G. Luo, F. Yang, S.-T. Yang, S. K. Sonkar, L. Yang, J. Broglie, Y. Liu and Y.-P. Sun, "Carbon-Based Quantum Dots for Fluorescence Imaging of Cells and Tissues" , RSC advances (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :4 / 10791 / 2014
  • P. Dubey, K. M. Tripathi and S. K. Sonkar, "Gram scale synthesis of green fluorescent water soluble onion-like carbon nanoparticles from camphor and polystyrene foam" , RSC advances (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :4 / 5838 / 2014
  • S. K. Sonkar, K. M. Tripathi and S. Sarkar, "Ferromagnetic Behaviour of Anthropogenic Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Trapped in Spider Web Indoor, " , Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (American Scientific Publishers) Volume :14 / 2532 / 2014
  • D. G. Babar, S. K. Sonkar, K. M. Tripathi and S. Sarkar, , "P2O5 Assisted Green Synthesis of Multicolor Fluorescent Water Soluble Carbon Dots," , Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (American Scientific Publishers) Volume :14 / 2334 / 2014
    • 2013
  • K. M. Tripathi, A. Begum, S. K. Sonkar, and S. Sarkar, "Nanospheres of Copper(III) 1,2-dicarbomethoxy-1,2-dithiolate and Its Composite with Water Soluble Carbon Nanotubes" , New Journal of Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :37 / 2708 / 2013
  • N. R. Gupta, S. K. Mittal and S. K. Sonkar, "Trace Level determination of Nickel Ions in Chocolate Samples using noval N4 Macrocycle Based potentiometric sensor" , Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine (American Scientific Publishers) Volume :5 / 656 / 2013
  • P. G. Luo, S. Sahu, S.-T. Yang, S. K. Sonkar, J. Wang, H. Wang, G. E. LeCroy, L. Cao, Y.-P. Sun, "Carbon "Quantum" Dots for Optical Bioimaging" , Journal of Material Chemistry B (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :1 / 2126 / 2013
  • P. Dubey, S. K. Sonkar, S. Majumder, K. M. Tripathi and S. Sarkar, "Isolation of water soluble carbon nanotubes with network structure possessing multipodal junctions and its magnetic property" , RSC advances (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :3 / 7306 / 2013
  • J. Wang, S. Sahu, S. K. Sonkar, K. N. Tackett II, K. W. Sun, Y. Liu, H. Maimaiti, P. Anilkumar and Y.-P. Sun, "Versatility with carbon dots – from overcooked BBQ to brightly fluorescent agents and photocatalysts" , RSC advances (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :3 / 15604 / 2013
  • M. Saxena, S. K. Sonkar and S. Sarkar, "Water soluble nano carbons arrest the growth of mosquito" , RSC advances (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :3 / 22504 / 2013
    • 2012
  • S. K. Sonkar, M. Roy, D. G. Babar and S. Sarkar, "Water soluble carbon nano-onions from wood wool as growth promoter for gram plants" , Nanoscale (Royal Society of Chemistry) Volume :4 / 7670 / 2012
  • S. K. Sonkar, M. Ghosh, M. Roy, A. Begum and S. Sarkar, "Carbon nano-onions as nontoxic and high performance fluorescing agents in food chain–an in vivo study from unicellular Escherichia coli to multicellular Caenorhabditis elegans" , Material Express (American Scientific Publishers) Volume :2 / 105 / 2012
  • M. Roy, S. K. Sonkar, S. Tripathi, M. Saxena and S. Sarkar, "Non-toxicity of water soluble multi-walled carbon nanotube on Escherichia-coli colonies" , Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (American Scientific Publishers) Volume :12 / 1754 / 2012
  • S. Banerjee, S. N. Tripathi, U. Das, R. Ranjan, N. Jadhav, V. P. Singh, C. Jariwala, S. K. Sonkar and S. Sarkar, "Enhanced persistence of fog under illumination for carbon nanotube fog condensation nuclei" , Journal of Applied Physics (IOP) Volume :112 / 24901 / 2012
    • 2011
  • M. Ghosh, S. K. Sonkar, M. Saxena and S. Sarkar, "Carbon Nano-onions for Imaging the Life Cycle of Drosophila Melanogaster" , Small (Wiely) Volume :7 / 3170 / 2011
  • A. Begum, S. K. Sonkar, M. Saxena, and S. Sarkar, "Nanocomposites of Carbon Quantum Dots-Nickel(II) Dithiolene as Nanolights" , Journal of Material Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry ) Volume :21 / 19210 / 2011
  • A. Begum, M. Saxena, S. K. Sonkar and S. Sarkar, "Molecular-level understanding of nanocrystals of a nickel(II) dithiolene complex" , Indian Journal of Chemistry Sect A, 2011 (Indian Academy of Sciences) Volume :50 / 1257 / 2011
  • S. Tripathi, S. K. Sonkar, and S. Sarkar, "Growth stimulation of gram (Cicer arietinum) plant by water soluble carbon nanotubes" , Nanoscale (Royal Society of Chemistry ) Volume :3 / 1176 / 2011
    • 2010
  • S. K. Sonkar, M. Saxena, M. Saha and S. Sarkar, "Carbon Nanocubes and Nanobricks From Pyrolysis of Rice" , Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (American Scientific Publishers) Volume :3 / 4064 / 2010
    • 2009
  • S. K. Sonkar, S. Tripathi and S. Sarkar, "Activation of Aerial Oxygen to Superoxide Radical by Carbon Nano Tube of Aerosol Trapped in Indoor Spider Web" , Current Science (Indian Academy of Sciences) Volume :14 / 1227 / 2009

    2012
  • S. K. Sonkar and S. Sarkar, "Carbon Nano-Onions as Growth Stimulant for Gram (Cicer Arietinum) Plants Leads to Increased Productivity" , Nanomaterials Technology Specialized Conference by :Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor at Malaysia / 1 / 2012
    • 2011
  • S. K. Sonkar and S. Sarkar, "Water Soluble Carbon Dots as Growth Stimulator in Common Gram (Cicer Arietinum) Plants" , Environmental Nanotechnology by :GRC Confrences, at Waterville Valley, NH, United States of America / 1 / 2011
    • 2010
  • S. K. Sonkar and S. Sarkar, "Water Soluble Fluorescent Carbon Dots in Imaging Life Cycle of “Drosophila Melanogaster”" , Nanostructure Fabrication by :GRC Confrences at Tilton School , Tilton , NH, United States of Ame / 1 / 2010
  • M. Saxena, S. K. Sonkar and S. Sarkar, "Fluorescent Carbon Nanoparticle: Synthesis and Characterization" , Contemporary Research in Material Science and Chemical Biology by :Central University of Allahabad at Allahabad / 1 / 2010
    • 2008
  • S. K. Sonkar, M. Ghosh, M. Saxena and S. Sarkar, "Carbon Dots From Wood Wool: A Fluorescent Tagging Agent" , International Conference on Functional Material by :IIT Madras at Madras / 1 / 2008
    • 2007
  • S. K. Sonkar and S. Sarkar, "Spider Web as Respirable Particulate Matter Indicator" , Frontiers of Chemistry “ an Indo-German Symposium" by :IIT KANPUR at Kanpur / 1 / 2007

  • Book Chapter, "Nano-Carbons from Pollutant Soot: A Cleaner Approach toward Clean Environment [Smart Materials for Waste Water Applications]" ISBN:978-1-119-04118-4 published by - Wiley, Scrivener Publishing LLC Year: 2016 authors- K. M. Tripathi, N. R Gupta and S. K. Sonkar
  • Book Chapter, "Waste-derived Nanocarbons: A Cleaner Approach towards Water Remediation" ISBN:00 published by - Smithers Rapra, publication, U. K Year: 2016 authors- K. M. Tripathi, A. Tyagi, A. K. Sonkar and S. K. Sonkar
  • Book Chapter, "Characterization of metal, semiconductor, and metal-semiconductor core–shell nanostructures" ISBN:978-0-323-44922-9 published by - Elsevier Year: 2017 authors- K. M. Tripathi, M. Castro, J-F. Feller and S. K. Sonkar
  • Book Chapter, "Sustainable Nanocarbons as Potential Sensor for Safe Water" ISBN:978-1-119-32359-4 published by - Wiley, Scrivener Publishing LLC Year: 2017 authors- K. M. Tripathi, A. Singh, Y. Myung, T. Y. Kim, and S. K. Sonkar
  • Book Chapter, "Nanocarbons in Agricultural Plants: Can be a Potential Nanofertilizer ?" ISBN:11 published by - Wiely Year: 2017 authors- A. Singh, A. Bhati. Guture, K. M. Tripathi and S. K. Sonkar
  • Book Chapter, "Prospects of nanocarbons in agriculture in Nanocarbon (Book-Composites Preparation, Properties and Applications)" ISBN:1 published by - Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering (Science Direct) Year: 2017 authors- S. K. Sonkar and S. Sarkar, 2019, Pages 287-326
  • Book Chapter, "Waste-derived nanocarbons: a cleaner approach toward water remediation (Nanomaterials for Water Remediation)" ISBN:978-3-11-064336-7 published by - Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG Year: 2020 authors- KM Tripathi, A Tyagi, AK Sonker, SK Sonkar
  • Book Chapter, "Emerging Pollutants in Aquatic Systems and Recent Advances in Its Removal Techniques" ISBN:9781003091486 published by - CRC Press Year: 2022 authors- D Saini, R Aggarwal, P Dubey, KM Tripathi, SK Sonkar

    Awarded
  • Jaidev Kaushik on Multifunctional Applications of Graphene Aerogel and Waste-Derived Iron Nanoparticles Year - 2024
  • Ruchi Aggarwal on Cellulose and Diesel Soot Derived Nanomaterials for Multifunctional Applications Year - 2024
  • Deepika Saini on Doped nanocarbons and its application Year - 2023
  • Gunture on Applicative Perspectives of Pollutant Soot Year - 2021
  • Satyesh Raj Anand on Sensing and Toxicity Studies of Fluorescent Carbon Dots and Carbon Nanorods Year - 2020
  • Anupriya Singh on Shiny Perspective of the Pollutant Black Carbon Soot Year - 2019
  • Anshu Bhati on Fluorescent Carbon Dots and Carbon Nano-Onions: Synthesis and Multifunctional Application Year - 2019
    • Ongoing
  • Nicky Kumar Lamba on Extracting the value-added nanoparticles from metal-based waste materials for catalyzing organic transformation reaction Year - 2022
  • Twinkle Saluja on Fabrication of Self Degrading Carbons Materials and their application Year - 2021
  • Anjali Kumari Garg on Carbon based Nanomaterials and Zero Valent Iron for Multifunctional Applications Year - 2019

Title Total Outlay
(In Lacs)		 Year Funding Agency Role
Graphene Encapsulated by Three-Dimensional Superhydrophobic Carbon Aerogel Derived from Edible-Sugar for Recovering of Oils, Organic Solvents and Nitroaromatics20.002024-2026IICGPI
Extracting the Value-added Nanoparticles from Metal-based Waste Materials for Catalyzing Organic Transformation Reactions33.002022-2025SERB-DSTPI
Multi-colored emissive fluorescent graphitic carbon nano-rods for sensing and photocatalytic applications20.002016-2019CSIRPI
High performance hyper-branched nitrogen/phosphorous doped photo-luminescent carbon quantum dots for imaging and sensing applications47.222015-2019DSTPI

  • "Hydrogen Peroxide Mediated Thermal Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to C1-C2 products over Cu (0)", Jaidev Kaushik, Vishrant Kumar, Sumit Kumar Sonkar , Reg.No. TEMP/E- 1/70259/2023- DEL [INDIAN PATENT] Filed Dt.15-09-2023
  • "A Process Of Synthesizing Fe3O4 Nanoparticles From Waste Iron Dust", Jaidev Kaushik, Twinkle, Nicky Kumar Lamba, Sumit Kumar Sonkar , Reg.No. TEMP/E-1/32032/2023-DEL [INDIAN PATENT] Filed Dt.18-04-2023
  • "A method of utilization of Waste Industrial Iron Dust for Sunlight-assisted Photoreduction of Toxic Cr(VI)", Jaidev Kaushik, Twinkle, Satyesh Raj Anand, Sumit Kumar Sonkar , Reg.No. TEMP/E-1/57802/2022-DEL [INDIAN PATENT] Filed Dt.02-09-2022
  • "Magnetic Graphene Nanosheets Derived from Expired Medicine for Sunlight Assisted Photocatalytic Applications and method thereof", Deepika Saini, Ruchi Aggarwal, Sumit Kumar Sonkar , Reg.No. TEMP/E-1/55813/2022-DEL [INDIAN PATENT] Filed Dt.26-08-2022
  • "Carbon Nanocomposite preparation and uses thereof", Sabyasachi Sarkar, Sharboni Ghoshal, Sumit Kumar Sonkar , Reg.No. 322641 [INDIAN PATENT] Patent Granted Dt.14-07-2010