Publications
PUBLICATIONS: BOOK CHAPTERS
1. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A. Gedanken, “Properties of nanostructured metal oxides synthesized by the RAPET approach” Metal Oxide Nanostructures and their Applications, American Scientific Publishers, 25650 North Lewis Way, Stevenson Ranch, California 91381, USA, 2008.
2. V. G. Pol “Sonochemical deposition of various nanoparticles on desired substrates and their structural, morphological and optical study” VDM Publishing House Ltd, Mauritius, 2009.
3. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A. Gedanken, “A precursor decomposition method for the fabrication of carbon-related materials” Recent Research Activities of Micro- and Nano-Scale Carbon Related Materials, Transworld Research Network, India, Edited by Hiroaki Miyagawa, 2008, 163-194.
PUBLICATIONS: RESEARCH PAPERS
1. V. G. Pol, M. M. Thackeray, Spherical carbon particles and carbon nanotubes prepared by autogenic reactions: Evaluation as anodes in lithium electrochemical cells, Energy & Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 1904–1912 (with cover page).
2. S-H. Kang, W. Lu, K. Gellagher, S-H. Park, V. G. Pol, Study of Li1+x(Mn4/9Co1/9Ni4/9)1-xO2 cathode materials for vehicle battery applications, J. Electrochem. Soc. 2011, 158 (8) 1-6.
3. J. M. Calderon Moreno, V. G. Pol, Single-step synthesis of Ruthenium catalytic nanocrystallites in a stable carbon support, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011, DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201001360
4. V. G. Pol, M. M. Thackeray, Autogenic reactions for fabricating lithium battery electrode materials, Proceeding of 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics & Composites (ICACC), 2011, in press
5. J. M. Calderon Moreno, V. G. Pol, Single-step synthesis of Ruthenium catalytic nanocrystallites in a stable carbon support, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011, in press
6. V. G. Pol, M. M. Thackeray, Autogenic reactions for fabricating lithium battery electrode materials, Proceeding of 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics & Composites (ICACC), 2011, in press
7. M. Narayanan, S. Tong, R. Koritala, B. Ma, V. G. Pol, U. Balachandran, Sol-gel synthesis of high-quality SrRuO3 thin-film electrodes suppressing the formation of detrimental RuO2 and the dielectric properties of integrated lead lanthanum zirconate titanate films, Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 106–113.
8. V. G. Pol, M. M. Thackeray, S. H. Kang, C.S. Johnson, J. M. Calderon Moreno, Autogenic reactions for preparing carbon-encapsulated nanoparticulate TiO2 electrodes for lithium-ion batteries, J. Power Sources, 2010, 195, 5039.
9. S.-H. Kang, V. G. Pol, I. Belharouak and M. M. Thackeray, A comparison of high capacity xLi2MnO3•(1-x)LiMO2 (M=Ni, Co, Mn) cathodes in lithium-ion cells with Li4Ti5O12- and carbon-encapsulated anatase TiO2 anodes, J. Electrochem. Soc. 2010, 157, A267.
10. J. M. Calderon-Moreno, V. G. Pol, S-H, Suh, M. Popa, Autogenic synthesis of green- and red-emitting single-phase Pr2O2CO3 and PrO1.833 luminescent nanopowders, Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 10067.
11. V. G. Pol, Upcycling: Converting waste plastics into paramagnetic, conducting, solid, pure carbon microspheres, Environ. Sci. & Tech. 2010, 44 (12), 4753.
12. V. G. Pol and J. M. Calderon-Moreno, Fabrication of luminescent Eu2O3 superstructures, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 319.
13. V. G. Pol, P. Thiyagarajan, Remediating plastic waste into carbon nanotubes, J. Environ. Monitoring, 2010, 12, 455 (Honored as a ‘Top 10 paper’ in Feb. 2010).
14. V. G. Pol, L. L. Daemen, S. Vogel, G. Chertkov, Solvent-free fabrication of ferromagnetic Fe3O4 octahedra, Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res., 2010, 49, 920.
15. V. G. Pol, J. Calderon-Moreno, S. Acharya, K. Ariga, P. Thiyagarajan, M. Popa, Synthesis of new red emitting single-phase europium oxycarbonate, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 5569.
16. V. G. Pol, P. Thiyagarajan, Measurement of autogenous pressure and dissociated species during the thermolysis of mesitylene for the synthesis of monodispersed, pure, paramagnetic carbon particles, Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res., 2009, 48, 1484.
17. V. G. Pol, J. Calderon-Moreno, M. Popa, S. Gohil, G. A. Seisenbaeva, V.G. Kessler, Methodical thermolysis of Ba2Ti2(thd)4(OnPr)8(nPrOH)2 under autogenous pressure followed by combustion for the synthesis of dielectric tetragonal BaTiO3 nanopowder, Chem. An Asian J., 2009, 4, 1084.
18. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, D. Sherman, A solvent-free process for the generation of strong, conducting carbon spheres by the thermal degradation of waste polyethylene terephthalate, Green Chemistry, 2009, 11, 448.
19. V. G. Pol, J. Calderon-Moreno, M. Popa, P. Thiyagarajan, Solvent-free fabrication of rare LaCO3OH luminescent superstructures, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 6417.
20. V. G. Pol, J. Calderon-Moreno, P.Thiyagarajan, Catalyst-free, one-step synthesis of olivary shaped carbon from olive oil, Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res., 2009, 48, 5691.
21. V. G. Pol, J. M. Calderon-Moreno, P. J. Chupas, R. E. Winans, P. Thiyagarajan, Synthesis of monodispersed prolate spheroid shaped paramagnetic carbon, Carbon, 2009, 47, 1050.
22. V. G. Pol, P. Thiyagarajan, S. Acharya, K. Ariga, I. Felner, Superconducting nanocrystalline tin protected by carbon, Langmuir, 2009, 25, 2582.
23. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, J. Calderon-Moreno, A. Gedanken, Core-shell vanadium oxide-carbon nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization and luminescence properties, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113, 10500.
24. V. G. Pol, E. Koren, A. Zaban, Fabrication of continuous conducting gold wires by electrospinning, Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 3055.
25. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A. Gedanken, Micro to nano conversion: A one-step, environmentally friendly, solid state, bulk fabrication of WS2 and MoS2 nanoplates, Cryst. Growth & Design, 2008, 8, 1126.
26. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A. Gedanken, One pot, environmentally benign, thermal reaction to fabricate WSe2 and MoSe2 nanoplates, J. Nano Research, 2008, 3, 15.
27. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, J. Calderon-Moreno, C. Stephanie, A. Gedanken, Facile synthesis of photoluminescent ZnS and ZnSe nanopowders, Langmuir, 2008, 24, 10462.
28. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A. Gedanken, Core-shell nanorods of SnS-C and SnSe-C: Synthesis and characterization, Langmuir, 2008, 24, 5135.
29. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, Jose M Calderon-Moreno, A. Gedanken, Facile synthesis of WSe2 nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes, J. Phys. Chem. C. 2008, 112, 5356.
30. V. G. Pol, J. Calderon-Moreno, P. Thiyagarajan, Facile synthesis of novel photoluminescent ZnO micro and nanopencils, Langmuir, 2008, 24, 13640.
31. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, M-G Sung, and S. Asai, Effects of 10 Tesla external magnetic field are different on the controlled thermolysis of acetyl acetonates of Co, Ni and Fe, Langmuir, 2008, 24, 7532.
32. V. G. Pol, P. P. George, S. V. Pol, J. Chen and A. Gedanken, Combining MoS2 or MoSe2 nanoflakes with carbon by reacting Mo(CO)6 with S or Se under their autogenic pressure at elevated temperature, J. Mater. Sci. 2008, 43, 1966.
33. P. P. George, V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, A. Gabashivili, M. Cai, A. M. Mance, L. Feng, M. S. Ruthkosky, Selective coating of anatase and rutile TiO2 on carbon via ultrasound irradiation: mitigating fuel cell catalyst degradation, J. Fuel Cell Sci. and Tech., 2008, 5, 41012.
34. V. G. Pol, A. Zaban, Application of microwave superheating for the synthesis of TiO2 rods, Langmuir, 2007, 23, 11211.
35. M. Koltypin, V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, D. Aurbach, The study of carbon-coated V2O5 nanoparticles as a potential cathodic material for Li rechargeable batteries, J. Electrochem. Soc. 154, 2007, A605.
36. V. G. Pol, A. Zaban, Growing TiO2-based pillars by chemisorbed nanotitania followed by annealing, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 14574.
37. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, Synthesis of ferromagnetic core-shell nanofibers, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 16781.
38. C. T. Lo, B. Lee, V. G. Pol, N. L. Dietz Rago, S. Seifert, R. E. Winans, P. Thiyagarajan, Effect of molecular properties of block copolymers and nanoparticles on the morphology of self-assembled bulk nanocomposites, Macromolecules, 2007, 40, 8302.
39. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, N. Perkas, A. Gedanken, WS2 breeds with carbon to create wormlike nanostructure and assembly: Reaction of W(CO)6 with S under autogenic pressure at elevated temperature in an inert atmosphere, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 134.
40. P. P. George, V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, High-yield synthesis of Nb2O5@C core-shell nanobars and Nb2O5 nanobars obtained by reacting Nb(OEt)5 under autogenic pressure at elevated temperatures and its optical properties, Nanoscale Res. Lett., 2007, 2, 17.
41. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, I. Felner, M-G Sung, S. Asai, External magnetic field induced mesoscopic organizations of Fe3O4 pyramids and carbon sheets, Inorg . Chem. 2007, 12, 4951.
42. P. P. George, V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, M. A. Slifkin, V. Palchik, Synthesis of carbon encapsulated nanocrystals of WP by reacting W(CO)6 with triphenylphosphine at elevated temperature under autogenic pressure, J. Nanoparticle Research, 2007, 10, 1007.
43. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, I. Felner, A. Gedanken, The thermal decomposition of the three magnetic acetates at their autogenic pressure yields different products, Why?, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 2089–2096.
44. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, Y. Grinblat, R. K. Selvan, V. G. Kessler, G. A. Seisenbaeva, A. Gedanken, Synthesis of nanocrystalline zirconium titanate and its dielectric properties, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 2484.
45. C. R. Patra, A. Odani, V. G. Pol, D. Aurbach, A. Gedanken, Microwave–assisted synthesis of tin sulfide nanoflakes and their electrochemical performance as Li-inserting materials, J. Solid State Electrochem., 2007, 11, 186.
46. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, Encapsulating ZnS and ZnSe nanocrystals in the carbon shell: A RAPET approach, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 13309.
47. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, I. Felner, A. Gedanken, Critical current density in the MgB2 nanoparticles prepared under autogenic pressure at elevated temperature, Chem. Phys. Lett. 2006, 433, 115.
48. A. Odoni, V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, D. Aurbach, A. Gedanken, Testing of carbon-coated VOx prepared via RAPET as Li insertion materials, Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 1431.
49. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, B. Markovsky, J. M. Calderon-Moreno, A. Gedanken, Implementation of an electric field (AC and DC) for the growth of carbon filaments via Reaction under Autogenic Pressure at Elevated Temperatures of mesitylene without catalyst or solvent, Chem. Mater. 2006, 18, 1512.
50. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, Growth of carbon sausages filled with in situ formed tungsten oxide: themal dissociation of W[OCH(CH3)2]6 in isopropanol, New J. Chem., 2006, 30, 370.
51. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A. Gedanken, S. H. Lim, Z. Zhong, J. Lin, Thermal decomposition of commercial silicone oil to produce high yield high surface area SiC nanorods, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110, 11237.
52. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, Synthesis of WC nanotubes, Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 2023.
53. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, P. P. George, B. Markovsky, A. Gedanken, Synthesis of conducting SiO2-carbon composite from commercial silicone grease and its conversion to paramagnetic SiO2 particles, J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 13420.
54. V. G. Pol, S.V. Pol, J. Calderon-Moreno, M.G. Sung, S. Asai, A. Gedanken, The dependence of the oriented growth of carbon filaments on the intensity of a magnetic field, Carbon, 2006, 14, 1913.
55. N. Perkas, V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A. Gedanken, Gold induced crystallization of SiO2 and TiO2 particles, J. Crystal Growth and Design. 2006, 6, 293.
56. J. M. Calderon-Moreno, A. Labarta, X. Batlle, D. Crespo, V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A. Gedanken, Magnetic properties of dense nanographitic carbon filaments formed via thermal decomposition of mesitylene under strong electric current, Carbon, 2006, 44, 2849.
57. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, J. M. Calderon Moreno, A. Gedanken, High yield one-step synthesis of carbon spheres produced by dissociating individual hydrocarbons at their autogenic pressure at low temperatures, Carbon, 2006, 44, 3285.
58. R. K. Selvan, C. O. Augustin, C. Sanjeeviraja, V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, Optimization of sintering on the structural, electrical and dielectric properties of SnO2 coated CuFe2O4 nanoparticles, Mater. Chem. Phys. 2006, 99, 109.
59. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A.Gedanken, Novel synthesis of high surface area silicon carbide by RAPET (Reactions under Autogenic Pressure at Elevated Temperature) of organosilanes, Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 1797.
60. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, A. Frydman, G. N. Churilov, A. Gedanken, Fabrication and magnetic properties of fullerene like Ni-C core-shell nanostructures, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 9495.
61. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A. Gedanken, V. G. Kessler, G. A. Seisenbaeva, M. Sung, and S. Asai, Applied magnetic field rejects the coating of ferromagnetic carbon from the surface of ferromagnetic cobalt: RAPET of CoZr2(acac)2(OiPr)8, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 6121.
62. R. Harpeness, Z. Peng, L. Xiansong, V. G. Pol, Y. Koltypin, A. Gedanken, Preparation and controlling agglomeration for Ru nanoparticles by microwave-polyol process, J. Coll. Inter. Sci., 2005, 287, 678.
63. V. G. Pol, H. Grisaru, A. Gedanken, Coating noble metal nanocrystals (Ag, Au, Pd and Pt) on polystyrene spheres via ultrasound irradiation, Langmuir, 2005, 21, 3635.
64. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, V. Kessler, G. A. Seisenbaeva, L. A. Solovyov and A. Gedanken, Synthesis of WO3 nanorods by reacting WO(OMe)4 under autogenic pressure at elevated temperature followed by annealing, Inorg. Chem., 2005, 44, 9938.
65. D. N. Srivastava, V. G. Pol, O. Palchik, A. Gedanken, Preparation of stable porous nickel and cobalt oxides using inorganic ionic precursors, Ultrasonics Sonochemisty, 2005, 12, 205.
66. V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, J. Calderon-Moreno, Sonochemical deposition of Au nanoparticles on titania and significant decrease in melting point of gold, J. Nanosci. and Nanotech. 2005, 5. 975.
67. L. Qiu, V. G. Pol, W. Wing, A. Gedanken, Synthesis of tin nanorods via a sonochemical method combined with a polyol process, Ultrasonics Sonochemisty, 2005, 12, 243.
68. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A. Gedanken, M-G Sung, A. Shigeo, Magnetic field guided formation of long carbon filaments (sausages), Carbon, 2004, 42, 2738.
69. R. K. Rana, V. G. Pol, I. Felner, E. Meridor, A. Frydman. A. Gedanken, Encapsulating a superconducting material, MgCNi3, in a carbon nanoflask, Adv. Mater. 2004, 16, 12.
70. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, Reactions under autogenic pressure at elevated temperature produces core shell structures of metals/metal oxides with carbon from various alkoxides, Chem. Eur. J. 2004, 10, 4467.
71. V. G. Pol, M. Motiei, J. Calderon-Moreno, M. Yoshimura, A. Gedanken, Carbon spherules: Synthesis, properties and mechanistic elucidation, Carbon, 2004, 42, 111.
72. L. Qiu, V. G. Pol, Y. Wei, A. Gedanken, Synthesis of alpha-MoTe2 nanorods via annealing Te-seeded amorphous MoTe2 particles, Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 6061.
73. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, V. G. Kessler, G. A. Seisenbaeva, M-G Sung, S. Asai, A. Gedanken, The effect of a magnetic field on a RAPET of MoO(OMe)4; Fabrication of MoO2 nanoparticles coated with carbon or separated MoO2 and carbon particles, J. Phys. Chem B, 2004, 108, 6322.
74. S. V. Pol, V. G. Pol, G. Seisenbaeva, V. G. Kessler, A. Gedanken, Stabilization of metastable tetragonal phase of cobalt and zirconia in Co-ZrO2 nanocomposite by in situ formed carbon via the Reaction under Autogenic Pressure at Elevated Temperature, Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 1793.
75. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A. Gedanken, Y. Goffer, Thermal decomposition of tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) produces Si coated carbon spheres, J. Mater. Chem., 2004, 14, 966.
76. H. Grisaru, V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, I. Nowik, Preparation and characterization of Cu2SnSe4 nanoparticles using a microwave-assisted polyol method, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2004, 9, 1859.
77. L. Qiu., V. G. Pol, Y. Wei, A.Gedanken, Sonochemical decoration of multi-walled carbon nanotubes with nanocrystalline tin, New J. Chem. 2004, 28, 1056.
78. G. T. Zhou, V. G. Pol, O. Palchik, R. Kerner, E. Sominski, Y. Koltypin, A. Gedanken, A fast synthesis for Zintl phase compounds of Na3SbTe3, NaSbTe2 and K3SbTe3 by microwave irradiation, J. Solid State Chem., 2004, 177, 361.
79. V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, J. Calderon-Moreno, Deposition of gold nanoparticles on silica spheres: A sonochemical approach, Chem. Mater. 2003, 15, 1111.
80. G. T. Zhou, O. Palchik, V. G. Pol, E. Sominski, Y. Koltypin, A. Gedanken, Microwave-assisted solid-state synthesis and characterization of intermetallic compounds of Li3Bi and Li3Sb, J. Mater. Chem., 2003, 13, 2607.
81. J. S. Gnanaraj, V. G. Pol, A. Gedanken, D. Aurbach, Improving the high-temperature performance of LiMn2O4 spinel electrodes by coating the active mass with MgO via a sonochemical method, Electrochem. Comm., 2003, 5, 940.
82. V. G. Pol, M. Motiei, A. Gedanken, J. Calderon-Moreno, Y. Mastai, Sonochemical deposition of air-stable iron nanoparticles on monodispersed carbon spherules, Chem. Mater, 2003, 15, 1378.
83. Q. Li, H. Li, V. G. Pol, I. Bruckental, Y. Koltypin, J. Calderon-M, I. Nowik, A. Gedanken, Sonochemical synthesis, structural and magnetic properties of air-stable Fe/Co alloy nanoparticles, New J. Chem., 2003, 27, 1194.
84. L. Qiu, V. G. Pol, Y. Wei, A. Gedanken, A two-step process for the formation of MoTe2 nanotubes: Combining sonochemical process with heat treatment, J. Mater. Chem., 2003, 13, 2985.
85. V. G. Pol, O. Palchik, A. Gedanken, I. Felner, Synthesis of europium oxide nanorods by ultrasound irradiation, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2002, 106, 9737.
86. V. G. Pol, R. Reisfeld, A. Gedanken, Sonochemical synthesis and optical properties of europium oxide nanolayer coated on titania, Chem. Mater. 2002, 14, 3920.
87. V. G. Pol, D. N. Srivastava, O. Palchik, V. Palchik, M. A. Slifkin, A. M. Weiss, A. Gedanken, Sonochemical deposition of silver nanoparticles on silica spheres, Langmuir, 2002, 18, 3352.
REVIEW ARTICLES
1. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A. Gedanken, Novel nanostructures of borides, nitrides, phosphides, carbides, sulphides, selenides and oxides fabricated by dry autoclaving of the precursors at elevated temperature, Adv. Mater. 2011, 23 (10) 1179-1190.
2. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A. Gedanken, One-step synthesis and characterization of SiC, Mo2C and WC nanostructures, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 709–715.
3. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A. Gedanken, Semiconducting, magnetic or superconducting nanoparticles encapsulated in carbon shells by RAPET method, Carbon – Sci. Tech. 2008, 1, 46.
4. V. G. Pol, S. V. Pol, A. Gedanken, Fabrication of magnetic nanoparticles using the RAPET technique with or without employing an external magnetic field, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 112, 6627.
