Rohan Bahadur – Innovator in Nanomaterials for Energy, Environment, and Biomedical Applications
Rohan Bahadur is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Global Innovative Center for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN), University of Newcastle, Australia. With over a decade of experience, Rohan has dedicated his career to advancing the field of nanomaterials, particularly 2D and 0D materials, to address pressing challenges in energy storage, environmental sustainability, and biomedical applications. At GICAN, his work focuses on designing hybrid multifunctional nanomaterials for energy storage and environmental remediation. Rohan has an impressive record of publications in high-impact journals, both as a lead author and collaborator. His first-author works appear in prestigious journals like Small, Carbon, ACS Applied Biomaterials, Chemical Engineering Journal, and ChemSusChem. As a co-author, he has contributed to landmark studies published in Chemical Society Reviews (I.F. 40.4), Advanced Materials (I.F. 27.4), Progress in Materials Science (I.F. 39.5), Advanced Functional Materials (I.F. 18.5), and Small (I.F. 13.0), among others. Rohan’s impactful research has earned him over 1,500 citations and an h-index of 17 on Google Scholar.
He completed his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Newcastle in 2023 under the supervision of Prof. Ajayan Vinu. His doctoral work centered on functionalized carbon nitride materials and their nanoporous hybrids, which have shown significant potential in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries, hybrid capacitors, and supercapacitors. These materials’ porous structures also make them highly effective for CO₂ capture, conversion, and H₂ storage. Beyond his research, Rohan actively mentors students at various academic levels and teaches advanced courses like “Multifunctional Advanced Nanomaterials.”
He completed his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Newcastle in 2023 under the supervision of Prof. Ajayan Vinu. His doctoral work centered on functionalized carbon nitride materials and their nanoporous hybrids, which have shown significant potential in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries, hybrid capacitors, and supercapacitors. These materials’ porous structures also make them highly effective for CO₂ capture, conversion, and H₂ storage. Beyond his research, Rohan actively mentors students at various academic levels and teaches advanced courses like “Multifunctional Advanced Nanomaterials.”
Before his Ph.D., Rohan earned an M.Sc. in Chemistry from VIT University, where he explored green synthesis techniques, including reducing graphene oxide using plant extracts. During his time as a Junior Research Fellow at IIT Bombay, he worked on 2D materials like graphene, MoS₂, WS₂, and MXenes, along with their 0D analogues such as quantum dots, for cancer theranostics and biosensing applications. Rohan’s efforts at IIT Bombay resulted in impactful publications in journals like ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Applied Biomaterials, Materials Science and Engineering: C, and the Journal of Luminescence. His work on PEGylated tungsten disulfide quantum dots and fluorescent MXene nanocomposites for photothermal cancer therapy and imaging led to patents, demonstrating his ability to translate research into practical solutions. He also holds patents on carbon dot-based biosensors, emphasizing their utility in bioanalyte detection and fingerprint sensing. Further showcasing his expertise, Rohan co-authored the book Next Generation Graphene Nanomaterials for Cancer Theranostic Applications (Springer, 2021), solidifying his role as a thought leader in integrating nanotechnology with biomedical innovation.
Publications
Nanohybrids of BCN-Fe1−xS for Sodium and Lithium Hybrid Ion Capacitors
Rohan Bahadur, Ian Jason J, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Shery Chang, Xiaojiang Yu, Mark BH Breese, Suresh K. Bhargava, Jang Mee Lee, Puspamitra Panigrahi, Ajayan Vinu
Small, n/a, p. 2311945
Multiple Heteroatom Doped Nanoporous Biocarbon for Supercapacitor and Zinc-ion Capacitor
Rohan Bahadur, Binodhya Wijerathne, Ajayan Vinu
ChemSusChem, n/a, pp. e202400999
Emerging Multifunctional Carbon-Nanomaterial-Based Biosensors for Cancer Diagnosis
Jolitta S. J. Britto, Xinwei Guan, Thi Kim Anh Tran, Zhihao Lei, Rohan Bahadur, Vaishwik Patel, Xiangwei Zhang, Sharon L. Wong, Ajayan Vinu
Small Science, n/a, p. 2300221
Nithya S. George, Gurwinder Singh, Rohan Bahadur, Prashant Kumar, Kavitha Ramadass, CI Sathish, Mercy Benzigar, Davidson Sajan, Arun Aravind, Ajayan Vinu
Advanced Science, n/a, p. 2406235
Prashant Kumar, Gurwinder Singh, Xinwei Guan, Soumyabrata Roy, Jangmee Lee, In Young Kim, Xiaomin Li, Fanxing Bu, Rohan Bahadur, Sathvik Ajay Iyengar, Jiabao Yi, Dongyuan Zhao, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Ajayan Vinu
Advanced Materials, n/a, p. 2403881
Incorporation of Bimetallic Sulfide with Carbon Nitride for Advanced Na-Ion Batteries
Jang Mee Lee, Rohan Bahadur, Showkat Hassan Mir, Ian Chirchir Bargoria, Vibin Perumalsamy, Ajanya Maria Ruban, Xiaojiang Yu, Mark B. H. Breese, Jiabao Yi, Sudip Chakraborty, Ajayan Vinu
Small, n/a, p. 2304587
Experimental Realization of Fluoroborophene
Mukul M. Morey, Rohan Bahadur, Zhixuan Li, Nithinraj P. Dharmarajan, Mohammed Fawaz, Arkamita Bandyopadhyay, Sumit Chahal, Solomon Ansah, R. K. Singh Raman, Mauricio Terrones, Prashant Kumar, Ajayan Vinu
Small, n/a, p. 2407763
Barkha Singh, Rohan Bahadur, Deepika Rai, Rohit Srivastava
Advanced Therapeutics, n/a, p. 2300268
Rohan Bahadur, Gurwinder Singh, Zhixuan Li, Barkha Singh, Rohit Srivastava, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Shery Chang, Ramaswamy Murugavel, Ajayan Vinu
Carbon, vol. 216, 2024, p. 118568
Recent advances in food waste-derived nanoporous carbon for energy storage
Jefrin M Davidraj, Clastinrusselraj Indirathankam Sathish, Mercy Rose Benzigar, Zhixuan Li, Xiangwei Zhang, Rohan Bahadur, Kavitha Ramadass, Gurwinder Singh, Jiabao Yi, Prashant Kumar, others
Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, Taylor \& Francis, 2024, p. 2357062
Prashant Kumar, Gurwinder Singh, Rohan Bahadur, Zhixuan Li, Xiangwei Zhang, C.I. Sathish, Mercy R. Benzigar, Thi {Kim Anh Tran}, Nisha T. Padmanabhan, Sithara Radhakrishnan, Jith C Janardhanan, Christy {Ann Biji}, Ann {Jini Mathews}, Honey John, Ehsan Tavakkoli, Ramaswamy Murugavel, Soumyabrata Roy, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Ajayan Vinu
Progress in Materials Science, vol. 146, 2024, p. 101331
Bhavya Mod, Arun V Baskar, Rohan Bahadur, Ehsan Tavakkoli, Lukas Van Zwieten, Gurwinder Singh, Ajayan Vinu
Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, vol. 25, Taylor \& Francis, 2024, p. 2393568
Ajanya Maria Ruban, Gurwinder Singh, Rohan Bahadur, C.I. Sathish, Ajayan Vinu
Carbon, vol. 228, 2024, p. 119372
High Surface Area Nanoporous Carbon-Ceria Composites for CO2 Capture and Enzyme-Mimicking Action
Gurwinder Singh, Ajanya Maria Ruban, Harleen Kaur, Vaishwik Patel, Arsh A. Ismaili, Rohan Bahadur, Ajayan Vinu
Chemistry – An Asian Journal, vol. 19, 2024, pp. e202400994
Influence of PEGylation on WS2 Nanosheets and Its Application in Photothermal Therapy
Rohan Bahadur, Barkha Singh, Deepika Rai, Rohit Srivastava
ACS Applied Bio Materials, vol. 6, 2023, pp. 4740-4748
Rohan Bahadur, Gurwinder Singh, Mengyao Li, Dewei Chu, Jiabao Yi, Ajay Karakoti, Ajayan Vinu
Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 460, 2023, p. 141793
Emerging trends of carbon nitrides and their hybrids for photo-/electro-chemical energy applications
Mohammed Fawaz, Rohan Bahadur, Nithinraj {Panangattu Dharmarajan}, Jae-Hun Yang, C.I. Sathish, Aathira M. Sadanandan, Vibin Perumalsamy, Gurwinder Singh, Xinwei Guan, Prashant Kumar, Ajayan Vinu
Carbon, vol. 214, 2023, p. 118345
Xun Geng, Gurwinder Singh, C.I. Sathish, Zhixuan Li, Rohan Bahadur, Yang Liu, Sean Li, Xiaojiang Yu, Mark Breese, Jiabao Yi, Ajayan Vinu
Carbon, vol. 214, 2023, p. 118347
Multifunctional carbon nitride nanoarchitectures for catalysis
Prashant Kumar, Gurwinder Singh, Xinwei Guan, Jangmee Lee, Rohan Bahadur, Kavitha Ramadass, Pawan Kumar, Md. Golam Kibria, Devthade Vidyasagar, Jiabao Yi, Ajayan Vinu
Chem. Soc. Rev., vol. 52(21), The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023, pp. 7602-7664
Barkha Singh, Rohan Bahadur, Priyanka Maske, Mayuri Gandhi, Dipty Singh, Rohit Srivastava
Nanoscale, vol. 15(6), The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023, pp. 2932-2947
Barkha Singh, Chetna Patnaik, Rohan Bahadur, Mayuri Gandhi, Abhijit De, Rohit Srivastava
Nanoscale, vol. 15(3), The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023, pp. 1273-1288
Arun V Baskar, Gurwinder Singh, Ajanya M Ruban, Jefrin M Davidraj, Rohan Bahadur, Prasanthi Sooriyakumar, Prashant Kumar, Ajay Karakoti, Jiabao Yi, Ajayan Vinu
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley Online Library, 2022, p. 2208349
Barkha Singh, Rohan Bahadur, Mayuri Gandhi, Rohit Srivastava
Polymer Bulletin, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2022, pp. 1--14
Porous carbons derived from Arecanut seeds by direct pyrolysis for efficient CO2 capture
S. Supriya, Gurwinder Singh, Rohan Bahadur, Ajayan Vinu, Gurumurthy Hegde
EMERGENT MATERIALS, SPRINGERNATURE, CAMPUS, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON, N1 9XW, ENGLAND, 2022
Rou Wang, Jang-Mee Lee, Salman Khoshk Rish, Rohan Bahadur, Ajayan Vinu, Arash Tahmasebi, Jianglong Yu
Fuel Processing Technology, vol. 238, Elsevier, 2022, p. 107498
Rou Wang, Salman Khoshk Rish, Jang-Mee Lee, Rohan Bahadur, Ajayan Vinu, Arash Tahmasebi, Jianglong Yu
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Elsevier, 2022, p. 105785
Kavitha Ramadass, C. I. Sathish, Gurwinder Singh, Sujanya M. Ruban, Ajanya M. Ruban, Rohan Bahadur, Gopalakrishnan Kothandam, Tony Belperio, James Marsh, Ajay Karakoti, Jiabao Yi, Ajayan Vinu
CARBON, vol. 192, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2022 Jun, pp. 133-144
Advanced porous borocarbonitride nanoarchitectonics: Their structural designs and applications
Rohan Bahadur, Gurwinder Singh, Yoshio Bando, Ajayan Vinu
CARBON, vol. 190, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2022 Apr, pp. 142-169
Synthesis of Nitrogen-Rich Carbon Nitride-Based Hybrids and a New Insight of Their Battery Behaviors
Jang Mee Lee, Stalin Joseph, Ian Chirchir Bargoria, Sungho Kim, Gurwinder Singh, Jae-Hun Yang, Kavitha Ramadass, Rohan Bahadur, Xiaojiang Yu, Mark Bh Breese, Jiabao Yi, Ajayan Vinu
BATTERIES \& SUPERCAPS, vol. 5, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, POSTFACH 101161, 69451 WEINHEIM, GERMANY, 2022 Apr
Gurwinder Singh, Jangmee Lee, Rohan Bahadur, Ajay Karakoti, Jiabao Yi, Ajayan Vinu
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, vol. 433, ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA, PO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, 2022 Apr
Kavitha Ramadass, Kripal S. Lakhi, C. Sathish I, Ajanya M. Ruban, Rohan Bahadur, Gurwinder Singh, Harpreet S. Gujral, Mohammed Al-Abri, Alaa H. Al-Muhtaseb, Ehsan Tavakkoli, Jiabao Yi, Ajay Karakoti, Ajayan Vinu
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, vol. 431, ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA, PO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, 2022 Mar
Gurwinder Singh, Rohan Bahadur, Ajanya M. Ruban, Jefrin M. Davidraj, Dawei Su, Ajayan Vinu
GREEN CHEMISTRY, vol. 23, ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND, 2021 Aug, pp. 5571-5583
Barkha Singh, Rohan Bahadur, Misah Rangara, Mayuri N. Gandhi, Rohit Srivastava
ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS, vol. 4, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA, 2021 May, pp. 4641-4651
Gurwinder Singh, Rohan Bahadur, Jang Mee Lee, In Young Kim, Ajanya M. Ruban, Jefrin M. Davidraj, Dean Semit, Ajay Karakoti, Ala'a H. Al Muhtaseb, Ajayan Vinu
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, vol. 406, ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA, PO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, 2021 Feb
Barkha Singh, Rohan Bahadur, Suditi Neekhra, Mayuri Gandhi, Rohit Srivastava
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS \& INTERFACES, vol. 13, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA, 2021 Jan, pp. 3011-3023
Emerging trends in porous materials for CO(2)capture and conversion
Gurwinder Singh, Jangmee Lee, Ajay Karakoti, Rohan Bahadur, Jiabao Yi, Dongyuan Zhao, Khalid AlBahily, Ajayan Vinu
CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS, vol. 49, ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND, 2020 Jul, pp. 4360-4404
Mukesh Kumar Kumawat, Mukeshchand Thakur, Rohan Bahadur, Tanvi Kaku, R. S. Prabhuraj, Akanksha Ninawe, Rohit Srivastava
MATERIALS SCIENCE \& ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, vol. 103, ELSEVIER, RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2019 Oct
Multi-fluorescent cationic carbon dots for solid-state fingerprinting
Rohan Bahadur, Mukesh Kumar Kumawat, Mukeshchand Thakur, Rohit Srivastava
JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE, vol. 208, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2019 Apr, pp. 428-436
Plasmonic carbon nanohybrids for repetitive and highly localized photothermal cancer therapy
Deepak S. Chauhan, Mukesh K. Kumawat, Rajendra Prasad, Pradeep K. Reddy, Mukesh Dhanka, Sumit K. Mishra, Rohan Bahadur, Suditi Neekhra, Abhijit De, Rohit Srivastava
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES, vol. 172, ELSEVIER, RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2018 Dec, pp. 430-439