Dr. A.M. Shanmugharaj Associate Professor

• Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, SSN college of Engineering, August’ 2023 ~ till date
• Associate Professor/Senior Scientist, Centre for Energy and Alternative Fuels, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, July, 2017 ~ August’2023.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, South Korea, March, 2010 ~ February, 2017
• Manager-Product Development, Philips Carbon Black Ltd., Durgapur, India, January, 2009~December, 2009.
• Contract Research Associate/JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Materials Chemistry and Engineering (IMCE), Kyushu University, Japan, August’ 2006 ~ January, 2009.
• Research Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, South Korea, May, 2004 ~ July, 2006.
• Project Consultant, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, September, 2003~April, 2004.

• Materials for energy storage and conversion
• Catalyst materials for Hydrogen Production
• Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
• Self-Healing Nanocomposite Coatings
• Functional Elastomeric Composites

• Become life member in “Society of Materials Chemistry – India”, 2025.
• Become life member in “Materials Research Society – India”, 2024
• Selected as the “Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, London” (FRSC), 2022.
• Two best paper awards in “Second virtual international conference on recent trends in clean technologies for sustainable environment (CTSE-2021)’, 2021
• Become life member in “International Association of Engineers”, 2020
• Best poster award in “National conference on recent advancements in nanotechnology (RAN), 2018.
• Biographical profile included in “Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 2015”.
• Recipient of prestigious JSPS postdoctoral research fellowship by Japan society of promotional science to work at Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan (April, 2007 to January, 2009).
• Qualified GATE-97 (Graduate Aptitude test for Engineering) in CHEMISTRY, conducted by Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, March, 1997.
• Passed B. Sc degree examination with Distinction and scored University ninth rank, May, 1995.

• Chapter 11: “2D MXene-Based Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries” in the book entitled “Electrolytes for Energy Storage Applications” Eds. R. K. Guduru, B. Saravanakumar, V. Manne, A. Ramadoss, R. Bobba, CRC Press 2024.
• Chapter 7: Electrospun carbon nanofiber-based nanomaterials for efficient lithium-ion batteries: Current status and future directions” in the book entitled ““Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage”, Eds. K. Deshmukh, M. Pandey, Wiley VCH GmbH, 2024.
• Chapter 10: Layered transition metal dichalcogenides-based nanomaterials for lithium-ion batteries in the book entitled “Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage”, Eds. K. Deshmukh, M. Pandey,  Wiley VCH GmbH, 2024.
• Chapter 35: Advances in lithium-ion and sodium-ion supercapacitors: Prospects and challenges, in the book entitled “Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage”, Eds. K. Deshmukh, M. Pandey, Wiley VCH GmbH, 2024.
• Chapter on Thermoset/carbon nanotube based composites, in the book on “Handbook of carbon nanotubes”, edited by J. Abraham, N. Kalarikal, S. Thomas, Springer Nature, 2023
• Chapter on Graphene-elastomer composites for energy storage applications, chapter in the book on “Graphene-elastomer composites” edited by T. Mondal and Anil K. Bhowmick, CRC Press, 2022
• Chapter on Synthesis of N-doped carbon quantum dots from corn-cob biomass extract and its application in the electrochemical detection of dopamine, Book entitled “A multidisciplinary approach on future prospects of sustainable development, Royal Publishing house, 2022 
• Chapter on Bamboo derived materials for energy storage, Chapter in the book on “Biomass based energy storage materials” edited by Namuddin, R. Boddula, T. A. Rangreez, A. M. Asiri, Materials Research Foundation (2020) 
• Chapter on “Graphene based polymer nanocomposites for biomedical applications, Chapter 23 in the book on Advances in polymer materials and technology” edited by S. Anandhan and S. Bandyopadhyay, CRC press (2016) 
• Chapter on Rheology and Processing of CNT/Polymer nanocomposites, Chapter 6 in the book on “Rheology and Processing of Polymer nanocomposites” edited by Sabu Thomas, Rene Muller, Jiji Abraham, M/s. John Wiley publishing house (2016).

Internal funding

• Manipulating the corrosion resistance properties in steel substrates using mxene based nanocomposite coatings with self-healing attributes funded by SSN trust. Sanctioned amount Rs. 3.5 lakhs (On-going)

External funding

• Mitigating dendrite growth using engineered electrolyte layers for the development of high energy density, long cycle life lithium batteries; Funding agent: Materials for Energy Storage (MES) program, DST, 2019~2023, sanctioned amount: Rs. 64.43 lakhs (completed).
• Novel self-healing polymers for high energy density, long cycle life lithium batteries, Funding agent: NRB-DRDO, 2019~2020, Sanctioned amount: Rs. 6.46 lakhs (completed).
• Self-healing anticorrosive nanocomposite coatings on metal, Funding agent: MSME Idea Hackothan 1.0, MSME, New Delhi, 2022~2023, Sanctioned amount: Rs. 15 lakhs (completed).
• Surface functionalization of metal coated aluminium fibers (MCF) and development of epoxy composites for EMI shielding applications; Funding agent: KATECH, Korea; 2014~2015; Funding amount: ₩ 40 million (completed).
• Elastomeric composites for tire tread/side wall formulations, Funding agent: Korea Vehicles Research Institute, Korea; 2011~2012; Funding amount: ₩ 20 million (completed)

Recent Publications

• P Thiyagarajan, A Padmapriya, A. M. Shanmugharaj, T Alagesan, DFT theoretical and experimental investigation of gelatin-loaded niobium-doped calcium apatite ceramics to elucidate its structural and electronic characteristics, Next Materials, 7, 100630 (2025) DOI: 10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100630.
• R. Munishwaran, M. Revathi, A. M. Shanmugharaj, C. Jayakumar, M. D. Kumar, Biodiesel from Sesbania grandiflora seeds: a performance analysis in Kirloskar TV1 IC engine, Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 107, 836 (2025) DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2025.2503765.
• D Gangaraju, A. M. Shanmugharaj, V Sridhar, Graphene Oxide Facilitates Transformation of Waste PET into MOF Nanorods in Ionic Liquids, Polymers, 15. 2479 (2023) DOI: 10.3390/polym15112479.
• A Padmapriya, P Thiyagarajan, M Devendiran, RA Kalaivani, A. M. Shanmugharaj, Electrochemical sensor based on N, P–doped carbon quantum dots derived from the banana flower bract (Musa acuminata) biomass extract for selective and picomolar detection of dopamine, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 943, 117609 (2023) DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117609.
• H Irfan, A. M. Shanmugharaj, Organosilane based artificial solid electrolyte interface layer for stable metallic lithium anode, Applied Surface Science, 586, 152806 (2022) DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.152806.

Post-Doctoral Fellow (PDF)

• Completed: 1
• On-going: 2

Doctoral Thesis (Ph. D)

• Completed: 2

Master’s Thesis

• Completed: 15