PhD Scholar · since 2026
Sowmya Kumar Shivanand Chandapur
Photocatalysis and nanophotonics: semiconductor photocatalysts for synthetic dye degradation and for catalysis, read against density-functional theory, kinetics and thermodynamics.
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Sowmya Kumar Shivanand Chandapur is a PhD scholar at SRM University AP, part of the Sustainable Photonic Materials Lab at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research. Her Google Scholar profile lists nanophotonics as her research interest; her published work spans photocatalysis and materials chemistry. Her papers so far are with Anu Vijayakumar and colleagues: a bifunctional bismuth sulphide–titania nanomaterial that acts as both photocatalyst and catalyst, and an hafnium- and tungsten-bipyridine photocatalyst supported on boron nitride, taken through degradation experiments for synthetic dyes and read against density-functional- theory, kinetic and thermodynamic models. She also appears as a co-author on the lab's two-photon-absorption work in Sm3+/Eu3+ co-doped GdPO4 optical limiters.
3 papers with the lab
Publications
Dopant-induced transition from genuine to sequential two-photon absorption in Sm3+/Eu3+ co-doped GdPO4 nanostructures for efficient optical limiting
Balakrishnan, Rajankumar, Chandapur et al.
A shift from genuine to sequential two-photon absorption in Sm3+/Eu3+ co-doped GdPO4 that turns the material into an efficient optical limiter.
RSC Advances
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Unveiling the synergistic photocatalyst Hf/W-BPY@ BN nanocomposite for synthetic dye degradation – Density functional theory insights, kinetics studies, thermodynamic studies, and isotherm models
Vijayakumar, Chandapur, Sharanappa et al.
A hafnium- and tungsten-bipyridine photocatalyst on boron nitride, read against density-functional-theory, kinetic and thermodynamic models of synthetic dye degradation.
Applied Surface Science
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A dual-functional nanomaterial for a sustainable environment: Bismuth sulphide–titanium dioxide mediated photocatalysis and catalysis
Vijayakumar, Chandapur, Vaidya et al.
A single bismuth sulphide–titania composite that works as both photocatalyst and catalyst, aimed at degrading pollutants and running reactions without a second material.
Surfaces and Interfaces
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