CURRICULUM VITAE
S. ABRAHAM JOHN
Faculty Rural
Oriented Sciences
Department Chemistry
Designation Lecturer
Date of Birth
Office Department of
Chemistry Residence
3-2-25/4A, Muthamil Nagar
Gandhigram
Rural Institute Chinnalapatti-624
301
(Deemed
University) Dindigul
Gandhigram-624
302, Dindigul
Tamil
Phone 91-451-2452371 Phone
91-451-2451979
e-mail abrajohn@yahoo.co.in
Education
1985-1988 Bachelor
of Science
1988-1990
Master of Science
1990-1991 Master
of Philosophy
1991-1996 Doctor
of Philosophy
Title: “Studies on Molecules Absorbed into Nafion Coated Electrodes”
1996-1999
Doctor of Engineering
Title: “Electrochemical and in situ FT-IR Spectroscopic Studies of Asymmetric
Alkylviologens on Electrode Surfaces”
Tokyo Institute of
1999-2001 JSPS
Post-doctoral Fellow
2001-2002
Lecturer,
Department of Chemistry, The
2002-till date Lecturer,
Department of Chemistry, Gandhgram Rural Institute (
1991-1996 Ph.D. Dr. Ramaraj
Laboratory
1996-1999 D.Eng. Professor Takeo Ohsaka Laboratory
Department of Electronic Chemistry
Tokyo
Institute of Technology
4259
Nagatsuta,
1999-2001 Post-Doc Professor Noboru Oyama
Laboratory
Department
of Applied Chemistry
Koganei,
Teaching
Experience 2 years
Teaching
I am responsible for teaching
Physical Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry
Papers in the UG and PG levels
Current area of
research
Chemically modified electrode surfaces-electrode surface
modified with self-assembled monolayers of organosulfur compounds and
conducting polymers- sol-gel electrodes-metal nanoparticles-kinetics and
mechanisms of electrochemical reactions at electrode
surface-electrocatalysis-biosensors-environmental electrochemistry
Awards/Fellowship
1994 Senior Research Fellowship (SRF)
awarded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),
1996 Research Fellowship awarded by
the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (MONBUSHO),
1999
Post-doctoral
Fellowship awarded by the
2003 Young Scientist Project awarded
by the Department of Science and
List of articles published in cited journals 20
20. Microenvironmental
Effects on the Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Thionine
Loaded Nafion Films
J.
Electroanal. Chem. (in press)
19. Studies on the interaction between
underpotentially deposited copper and 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole
adsorbed on gold electrode
Studies in Surface Science and
Catalysis
(Elsevier) 132 (2001) 943.
18. Multielectrochromic properties of
methylene blue and phenosafranine dyes incorporated into Nafion film
V.
J.
Electroanal. Chem. 502 (2001)
167.
17. Alkanethiol
Structure and Supporting Electrolyte Effects on the Electrochemical and in Situ
Fourier Transform IR Spectral Properties of Asymmetric Alkyl Viologen on the
Electrode Surface
Langmuir 16 (2000) 876.
16. Structural Effects on the Electrochemical and
Spectroelectrochemical properties of Asymmetric
Viologen on the Electrode Surface
J. Electroanal. Chem., 492 (2000) 137.
15. Can N-ethyl-N’-octadecyl Viologen Dimerize on
Octadecanethiol-coated Gold Electrode?
Electrochim. Acta 45
(2000) 4041.
14. Electrochemical and EQCM Studies on the Assembly
of Asymmetric Viologen on Bare and Alkanethiol-Coated Au Electrodes
J. Electroanal. Chem. 477 (1999) 52.
13. Stabilization of the Assemblies of Short Chain
Asymmetric Viologens Using
Alkanethiol-Coated Electrodes
Electrochim. Acta 45
(1999) 1127
12. Use
of Alkanethiol Coated Electrodes to Study the Importance of Water Content on
the Electrochemical Behavior of N-Ethyl-N’-Octadecylviologen
on the Electrode Surface
Langmuir 15 (1999) 3816.
11. A Monomer-Dimer Equilibrium in
Self-Assembled Monolayers of N-Ethyl-N’-Octadecylviologen
on the Electrode Surface.
Influence of Water Content and Hexafluorophosphate Ion
J. Electroanal. Chem. 466 (1999) 67.
10. Electrocatalytic
Reduction of Dioxygen by the Assembly of Asymmetric Viologen on Gold Electrodes
J. Deuterium Sci. 8 (1999) 17.
9. Comparative Electrochemistry of
Phenothiazine Dyes Incorporated into Nafion and Poly(styrencesulfonate)
Films
Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 110 (1998) 115.
8. Electrochemical Study on Monomer-Dimer
Equilibria of a Series of Monolayers of Asymmetric Viologens on the Electrode
Surface in the Presence of Hexafluorophosphate Ion
J. Electroanal. Chem. 436 (1997) 267.
7.
Regulation of Dye Assembly within Wet and Dry Nafion Films
J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 65 (1997) 777.
6. Electrochemical, In-Situ Spectrocyclic Voltammetric and
Electrochromic Stuides of Phenosafranine in Nafion Film
J. Electroanal. Chem. 424 (1997) 49.
5. Electrochemical
and Spectroelectrochemical Studies of Phenothiazine Dyes Immobilized in Nafion
Films
Langmuir 12 (1996) 5689.
4. Role of Acidity on the Electrochemical
Behavior of Prussian Blue at Nafion Coated Electrodes
Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 107 (1995) 371.
3. Influence of Polymer Structure on the
Electrochemistry of Phenothiazine Dyes
Incorporated into Nafion Films
J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 90 (1994) 1241.
2. Photoelectrochemical Studies of
Methylene Blue and Tris(2,2’- bipyridine)ruthenium(II)
Molecules at Chemically Modified Electrodes
Bull. Electrochem. 9 (1993) 269.
1. Photoinduced Electron Transfer
Reactions at Methylene Blue Adsorbed Nafion and Clay Coated Electrodes
Res. Chem. Intermedi. 18 (1992) 203.
Papers presented at International/National
Conferences/Seminar
1.
Influence of Nafion film structure on the photophysical and
photoelectrochemical properties of phenothiazine dyes bound to
tetrabutylammonium ion-exchanged Nafion films
Eleventh International Conference on
Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, IPS 11,
2.
Electrochemical and EQCM Studies on SAMs of Asymmetric
Viologens on theElectrode Surface
International
Society of Electrochemistry, 49th Annual Meeting,
3.
Selective Electrochemical Detection of Electroinactive Anion
Using the Assembly of Asymmetric Viologen on the Electrode Surface
Joint International Meeting of
Electrochemical Society,
4. Studies on the interaction
between underpotentially deposited copper and 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole
adsorbed on gold electrode
International Conference on Colloid
and Interface Science,
5. Self-assembled
monolayers of 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole on
underpotentially copper-deposited gold electrodes
International Chemical Congress of
6. Copper-catalyzed Organosulfur
Cathodes for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries
2nd
7. Mediated Underpotential Deposition of Cu Using the
Self-assembled Monolayers of Hetrocyclic Thiol
Current
Trends in Chemistry,
List of
Projects Operating
|
Name
of the project |
Supporting
Agency |
Amount
(Rs) |
Period |
|
Young
Scientist |
Department
of Science & Technology |
9.6
lakhs |
3
years (2003-2006) |
Membership in National/International Bodies
Member of the
Chemical Society of
Member of the SAEST, Karaikudi
Last Updated July 2003