Rakesh K. Joshi

Rakesh K. Joshi received his Ph.D. degree in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, in 2004, on semiconductor nanoparticles and p-n junctions. He has worked at the University of Duisburg, Germany, and Toyota Technological Institute Nagoya, Japan, on verious aspects of material science and nanotechnology. Currenlty he is working at the University of South Florida. His main research interests are in band gap engineering, carbon nanotubes, and nanosensor technology.

Biography Updated on 30 March 2008

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Electrochemical Growth of Pd for the Synthesis of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 112, no. 6, pp. 1857–1864, 2008
  2. Selective growth of silica nanowires using an Au catalyst for optical recognition of interleukin-10
    Nanotechnology, vol. 19, no. 24, p. 245502, 2008
  3. Effect of Silver Addition on the Ethanol-Sensing Properties of Indium Oxide Nanoparticle Layers: Optical Absorption Study
    Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 2007, Article ID 28031, 5 pages, 2007
  4. Size-Selected SnO1.8 : Ag Mixed Nanoparticle Films for Ethanol, CO, and CH4 Detection
    Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 2007, Article ID 67072, 5 pages, 2007
  5. Surface Nanoscience
    Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 2007, Article ID 71869, 1 pages, 2007
  6. Size-Dependent Gas Sensing Properties of Indium Oxide Nanoparticle Layers
    Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 1930–1934, 2007
  7. Electrochemically Grown Pd Nanoparticles Used for Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube by Microwave Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
    Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 4272–4277, 2007
  8. Enhanced gas sensing properties of In2O3:Ag composite nanoparticle layers; electronic interaction, size and surface induced effects
    Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 125, no. 2, pp. 482–488, 2007
  9. pH and temperature dependence of particle size in Pb1-xFexS nanoparticle films
    Solid State Communications, vol. 139, no. 5, pp. 201–204, 2006
  10. Distinction between Size Effect and Specific Surface Area Effect of Mixed Nanoparticle Gas Sensors
    Chemie Ingenieur Technik, vol. 78, no. 9, pp. 1346–1347, 2006
  11. Gas sensing behavior of SnO1.8:Ag films composed of size-selected nanoparticles
    Journal of Nanoparticle Research, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 797–808, 2006
  12. Synthesis of Vertically Aligned Pd2Si Nanowires in Microwave Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition System
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 0, no. 0, pp. 0–0, 2006
  13. Significance of solubility product in the solution growth of Pb[sub 1-x]M[sub x]S (M=Fe, Co, Cd, and Mn) nanoparticle films
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, no. 8, p. 083122, 2006
  14. Influence of Ag particle size on ethanol sensing of SnO[sub 1.8]:Ag nanoparticle films: A method to develop parts per billion level gas sensors
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, no. 15, p. 153116, 2006
  15. Study of Solution Grown Variable BandGap Pb[sub 1-x]Mn[sub x]S Semiconductor Nanoparticle Films
    Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 153, no. 10, p. C707, 2006
  16. Nanoparticle design and handling — challenges for engineers and particle technologists
    China Particuology, vol. 3, no. 1-2, pp. 99–104, 2005
  17. Change of majority carrier type in PbS nanoparticle films
    Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 374–377, 2005
  18. Solution grown PbS nanoparticle films
    Applied Surface Science, vol. 221, no. 1-4, pp. 43–47, 2004
  19. Influence of adsorption and diffusion rates on the growth of Pb_{1-x}Fe_{x}S nanoparticle films
    Physical Review E, vol. 70, no. 3, 2004
  20. Pb1$minus;xFexS nanoparticle films grown from acidic chemical bath
    Applied Surface Science, 2004
  21. Solution grown Pb1?xCoxS semiconductor nanoparticle films
    Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, vol. 23, no. 1-2, pp. 56–60, 2004
  22. Density of states near Fermi level in PbS nanoparticle films
    Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, vol. 23, no. 1-2, pp. 168–170, 2004
  23. Photovoltaic effect in nanocrystalline Pb1−xFexS–single crystal silicon heterojunctions
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 447-448, pp. 80–84, 2004
  24. Bias-induced changes in carrier type of Pb(1-x)Fe(x)S nanocrystalline solution grown thin films
    Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 247, no. 3-4, pp. 425–427, 2003
  25. Structure, conductivity and Hall effect study of solution grown Pb1 xFexS nanoparticle films
    Nanotechnology, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 592–596, 2003
  26. Size dependence of optical properties in solution-grown Pb1 xFexS nanoparticle films
    Nanotechnology, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 809–812, 2003
  27. The effect of DC biasing of Si substrates on the structure and grain size of Pb1 xFexS nanoparticle films
    Nanotechnology, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 23–26, 2003
  28. In situ assembled homojunctions in solution grown Pb1 xFexS nanoparticle films
    Nanotechnology, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 127–129, 2003