Publications
More than 175 publications in International journals or books.
Recent Publications (2008 - ):
1. Cathodoluminescence defect characterization of hydrothermally grown SnO2 nanoparticles.- U. Pal, A. Centeno-Perez , M. Herrera-Zaldívar; J. Appl. Phys. 103 (2008), 064301. (ISSN: 1054-1500)
2. Nanocrystalline CdSe thin films of different morphologies in thermal evaporation process. - U. Pal, M. Herrera Zaldivar, R. Sathyamoorthy, V. Manjuladevi, P. Sudhagar, S. Chandra Mohan, S. Senthilarasu. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 8, No. 12 (2008) 6474-6480. (ISSN: 1550-7033)
3. Effect of Yb doping concentration on the afterglow and thermoluminescence properties of ZnO nanophosphor.- U. Pal, R.Meléndrez, V. Chernov and M. Barboza-Flores, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 8 (12), (2008) 6513-6518. (ISSN: 1550-7033)
4. Incorporation of Sb in ZnO Nanostructures through Hydrothermal Process.-A. Escobedo Morales, U. Pal, M. Herrera Zaldivar; J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 8 (12) (2008) 6551-6557. (ISSN: 1550-7033)
5. Studies of point defect formation and self-compensation in indium doped ZnO nanorods by STM and STS.- A. González-Carrazco, M. Herrera-Zaldívar and U. Pal; J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 8 (12) (2008) 6598-6602. (ISSN: 1550-7033)
6. Size effect on the physical properties of CdS thin films prepared by integrated physical-chemical approach. – R. Sathyamoorthy, P. Sudhagar, S. Chandramohan, and U. Pal, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 8 (12) (2008) 6481-6486. (ISSN: 1550-7033)
7. Low Temperature Photoluminescence Characteristics of Chemically Synthesized Indium Doped Zinc Oxide Nanostructures.- A. Escobedo Morales, R. Aceves, U. Pal, and J. Z. Zhang, J. Nanosc. Nanotechnol. 8 (12) (2008) 6538-6544. (ISSN: 1550-7033)
8. Effect of Iron Substitution on Structure and Optical Properties of Nanocrystalline CaTiO3. - S. Mondal, Manisha Pal, U. Pal and M. Pal, J. Nano Research 3 (2008) 123-128. (Trans Tech Publications, ISSN:1661-9897)
9. One step “Green” Synthesis and Stabilization of Au and Ag Nanoparticles using Ionic Polymers. - J. Garcia Serrano, U. Pal, A.M. Herrera, C. Angeles Chavez, P. Salas; Chem. Mater. 20 (2008)5146-5153. (ACS, ISSN: 0897-4756)
10. Synthesis and optical properties of Au-Ag Alloy Nanoclusters with Controlled Composition.- J. F. Sánchez-Ramírez, U. Pal, L. Nolasco-Hernández, J. Mendoza Álvarez, J. A. Pescador-Rojas; J. Nano Materials. Vol. 2008, Article ID 620412, 9 pages, doi:10.1155/2008/620412. (Hindwai, ISSN: 1687-4110)
11. Linear optical response of metallic nanoshells in different dielectric media.- O. Peña, U. Pal, L. Rodríguez-Fernández, and A. Crespo-Sosa; J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25 (2008) 1371-1379. (also published in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale science & Technology, Vol. 18 (8),( 2008). (ISSN: 0740-3224)
12. Structural analysis and shape-dependent catalytic activity of Au, Pt and Au/Pt nanoparticles.- R. Esparza, G. Rosas, E. Valenzuela, S. Gamboa, U. Pal, R. Pérez, Matéria 13 No. 4 (2008) 579-586. (Brazil, ISSN: 1517-7076)
13. Thermodynamic Stability and Melting Mechanism of Bimetallic Au-Pt Nanoparticles.- H. B. Liu, U. Pal, and J. A. Ascencio; J. Phys. Chem. C 112 (2008) 19173-19177. (ISSN:1932-7447)
14. Defect annihilation and morphology improvement of hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorods by Ga doping.- A. Escobedo Morales, and U. Pal, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93 (2008) 193120. (ISSN: 0003-6951)
15. Synthesis and growth mechanism of One-dimensional Zn/ZnO Core-Shell Nanostructures in Low-temperature Hydrothermal Process.-M. Trejo, P. Santiago, M. Sobral, L. Rendón, and U. Pal, Cryst. Growth and Design 9(7) (2008)3024-3030. (ACS, ISSN: 1528-7483)
16. Synthesis and Characterization of Polyaniline -Crooked Gold Nanocomposite with Reduced Conductivity. -R. Hawaldar, M. Kulkarni, U. Pal, S. Ogale, D. Amalnerkar; J. Nano Research 5 (2009) 79-85. (Trans Tech Publications, ISSN:1661-9897)
17. Cathodoluminescence Quenching in Yb-doped ZnO Nanostructures.- A. Susarrey-Arce, M. Herrera-Zaldívar, W. de la Cruz, and U. Pal; J. Nano Research 5 (2009)177-183. (Trans Tech Publications, ISSN:1661-9897)
18. Synthesis of Vertical ZnO nanorods on glass substrates by simple chemical method.- P. Suresh Kumar, M. Yogeshwari, N. Sabari A. Dhayal Raj, D. Mangalaraj, and U. Pal; J. Nano Research 5 (2009)223-230. (Trans Tech Publications, ISSN: 1661-9897)
19. Thermoluminescence and optically stimulated luminescence properties of -irradiated TiO2:Yb nanoparticles.- M. Pal, U. Pal, V. Chernov, R. Meléndez, and M. Barboza Flores; J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 9, No. 3 (2009) 1851-1857. (ISSN: 1550-7033)
20. Encapsulated-Dye All-Organic Charged Colored Ink Nanoparticles for Electrophoretic Image Display.-Sun Wha Oh, Chang Woo Kim, Hwa Jin Cha, Umapada Pal, and Young Soo Kang; Adv. Mater 21 (48) (2009) 4987-4991. (ISSN: 0935-9648)
21. Effect of Different Surfactants on the Size Control and Optical Properties of Y2O3:Eu3+ Nanoparticles Prepared by Coprecipitation Method.- Abhijit P. Jadhav, Chang Woo Kim, Hyun Gil Cha, Amol Uttam Pawar, Nitin Appa Jadhav, U. Pal, and Young Soo Kang; J. Phys. Chem. C 113 (2009)13600–13604. (ISSN:1932-7447)
22. Ultrasound-Assisted Synthesis of Mesoporous ZnO Nanostructures of Different Porosities.- Umapada Pal, Chang Woo Kim, Nitin A Jadhav, and Young Soo Kang; J. Phys. Chem. C 113 (2009)14676–14680. (ISSN:1932-7447)
23. Effect of Different Additives on the Size Control and Emission Properties of Y2O3:Eu3+ Nanoparticles Prepared through the Coprecipitation Method.- Abhijit P. Jadhav, Amol Pawar, Chang Woo Kim, Hyun Gil Cha, U. Pal, and Young Soo Kang; J. Phys. Chem. C 113 (2009) 16652–16657. (ISSN:1932-7447)
24. Kinetics of Decolorization of Spironaphthooxazine-Doped Photochromic Polymer Films.- Don Keun Lee, Hyun Gil Cha, Umapada Pal, and Young Soo Kang; J. Phys. Chem. B 113 (2009), 12923–12927. (ISSN:1520-6106)
25. Scattering of electromagnetic radiation by a multilayered sphere.- O. Peña, and U. Pal; Computer Physics Communications 180 (11) (2009) 2348–2354. (ISSN: 0010-4655)
26. Generalizing segregation and chemical order in bimetallic nanoclusters through atomistic view points.- J. A. Reyes-Nava, J. L. Rodríguez-López, and U. Pal; Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009) 161412(R). (ISSN: 1098-012)
27. Effect of compositional properties, metal-ion concentration and pH conditions into the structureal characteristics of Au, Pt, and AuPt nanoparticles.- R. Esparza, J.A. Ascencio, R. Perez, G. Rosas, and U. Pal; Rev. Mex. Fisica, 55 (5) (2009) 339-346.
28. CL study of yellow emission in ZnO nanorods annealed in Ar and O2 atmospheres.- A. González, M. Herrera, J. Valenzuela, A. Escobedo Morales and U. Pal; J. Superlattice and Microstructures 45(4-5) (2009) 421-428. (Elsevier, ISSN: 0749-6036)
29. Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of Yb Doped TiO2 nanoparticles under visible light.- Mou Pal, U. Pal, R. Silva Gonzalez, E. Sánchez Mora, P. Santiago; J. Nano Research 5 (2009) 193-200. (Trans Tech Publications, ISSN: 1661-9897)
30. Formation of Au-Ag core-shell nanostructures in silica matrix by sequential ion implantation.- O. Peña, U. Pal, L. Rodríguez-Fernández, H.G. Silva-Pereyra, V. Rodríguez-Iglesias, J.C. Cheang-Wong, and A. Oliver, J. Phys. Chem. C 113 (6) (2009) 2296-2300. (ISSN:1932-7447)
31. Thermolytic Growth of ZnO Nanocrystals: Morphology Control and Optical Properties.- Gerardo Muñoz-Hernández, Alejandro Escobedo-Morales, and Umapada Pal; Cryst. Growth and Design 9, No.1 (2009) 297-300. (ACS, ISSN: 1528-7483)
32. Preparation of Dendritic Copper Nanostructures and Their Characterization for Electroreduction.- Ri Qiu, Hyun Gil Cha, Hui Bog Noh, Yoon Bo Shim, Xiao Li Zhang, Ru Qiao, Dun Zhang, Yeong Il Kim, Umapada Pal, and Young Soo Kang; J. Phys. Chem. C 113 (2009) 15891–15896. (ISSN:1932-7447)
33. Evolution of ZnO nanostructures in sol-gel synthesis.- J. Lee, A. J. Easteal, U. Pal, D. Bhattacharyya, Current Appl. Phys. 9, No. 4 (2009) 792-796.(ISSN: 1567-1739)
34. Effect of Ag doping on the crystallization and phse transition of TiO2 nanoparticles.- J. Garcia Serrano, E. Gomez Hernandez, and U. Pal, Current Appl. Phys. 9 (2009) 1097-1105. (ISSN: 1567-1739)
35. Nonlinear Optical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles Dispersed in Different Optically Transparent Matrices.- A.I. Ryasnyanskiy, B. Palpant, S. Debrus, U. Pal, A.L. Stepanov; Phys. Solid State 51 (1)(2009)(JAN) 55-60. (Springer, ISSN: 1063-7834)
36. Synthesis and growth mechanism of one-dimensional Zn/ZnO core-shell nanostructures in low-temperature hydrothermal process.- M. Trejo, P. Santiago, H. Sobral, L. Rendon, U. Pal; Cryst. Growth and Design 9 (7) (2009) 3024-3030. (ACS, ISSN: 1528-7483)
37. Comparison of implantation and diffusion behavior of Ti, Sb and N in ion-implanted single ctrystal and polycrystalline ZnO: A SIMS study.-J. Lee, J. Metson, P.J. Evans, U. Pal, and D. Bhattacharyya; Appl. Surf. Sci. 256 (7) (2010) 2143-2146. (ISSN: 0169-4332)
38. Synthesis of -GaO(OH) Nanorods and Their Optical Properties.- Godhuli Sinha, Umapada Pal, M. Herrera Zaldivar, and Amitava Patra; J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 10 (2010) 1982-1988. (ISSN: 1550-7033)
39. Synthesis and Characterization of Colloidal Platinum Nanoparticles for Electrochemical Applications.- B. Escobar Morales, S.A. Gamboa, U. Pal, Rene Guardián, D. Acosta, Carlos Magaña, and X. Mathew; Intl. J. Hydrogen Energy 35(9) (2010) 4215-4221 (ISSN: 0360-3199)
40. Cathodoluninescence evaluation of Defect Structure in Hydrothermally Grown ZnO:Sb Nanorods.-A. González-Carrazco, M. Herrera-Zaldivar, J. Valenzuela-Benavides, A. Escobedo-Morales, and U. Pal; J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. (2010) (ISSN: 1550-7033).
41. Geometrical tunability of linear optical response of silica-gold double concentric nanoshells.-O. Peña-Rodríguez, U. Pal; J. Phys. Chem. C 114 (2010)4414-4417. (ISSN:1932-7447)
42. Caracterization of self-assembled electrodes based on nanostructured Au-Pt catalysts deposited on nafion 115 for PEMFC applications. – E. valenzuela, P.J. Sebastian, S.A. Gamboa, U. Pal, I. Gonzalez; J. New Mater. Electrochem. Systems 13 (2010) 47-55. (ISSN: 1480-2422).
43. MieLab: a software tool to perform calculations on the scattering of electromagnetic wave by multilayered spheres.- Ovidio Peña Rodríguez, U. Pal, Intl. J. Spectr. (2011)Article ID: 583743, (10 pages) doi:10.1155/2011/583743.
44. Enhanced plasmonic behavior of bimetallic (Au-Ag) multilayer spheres.- O. Peña-Rodríguez and U. Pal, Nanoscle Research Letters (2011) 6:279 (IF=2.894) doi:10.1186/1556-276X-6-279.
45. Configuring Au and Ag nanorods for sensing applications.- O. Peña-Rodríguez, U. Pal, V. Rodríguez-Iglesias, L. Rodríguez-Fernández and A. Oliver, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 28 (4) (2011) 714-720.
46. Improving electrochromic behavior of spray pyrolised WO3 thin solid films by Mo doping.- J. M. O-Rueda de León, D. R. Acosta, U. Pal, L. Castañeda. Electrochim. Acta 56 (2011) 2599-2605.
47. Photoluminescence and Raman Scattering in Ag-doped ZnO Nanoparticles.-R. Sánchez Zeferino, M. Barboza Flores, and U. Pal, J. Appl. Phys. 109 (2011) 014308 (6 pages).
48. Photocatalytic Behavior of ZnO and Pt- incorporated ZnO nanoparticles in phenol degradation.- N. Morales-Flores, U. Pal, and E. Sánchez Mora; Applied Catalysis A 394 (2011), 269-275.
49. Enhanced Fano-resonance in asymmetrical Au:Ag heterodimers.- O. Peña-Rodríguez, U. Pal, M. Campoy-Quiles, L. Rodríguez-Fernández, M. Garriga, and M.I. Alonso; J. Phys. Chem. C 115, (2011)6410–6414.
50. Effect of In, Sb and Ga doping on the structure and vibrational modes of hydrothermally grown ZnO nanostructures.- A. Escobedo-Morales and U. Pal, Current. Appl. Phys. 11 (3)(2011), 525-531.
