Ph.D. from Cyclotron laboratory, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Research and Development:

Hong Hua Co. Ltd, Sichuan, China (July 2004- July 2005)

Professional Experience:

• Executive Director (ED), National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), Deemed to be University, MeitY, Govt. of India, August 2024 -  
• Professor, Dept. of Applied Physics,  Delhi Technological University (DTU), Formerly Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), Govt. of NCT of Delhi, From August 2021 - July 2024. 
• Associate Professor, Dept. of Applied Physics,  Delhi Technological University (DTU), Formerly Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Aug. 2018-Aug. 2021.
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Applied Physics, Delhi Technological University (DTU), Formerly Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), Govt. of NCT of Delhi, July 2010-Aug. 2018.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physics, I.T.S. Engineering College, Greater Noida, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, September 2007 to June 2010.
• Lecturer, Amity School of Enginnering (ASE), Amity University, Noida, August 2005 - August 2007.

Lab-Incharges:

Nanonametrials Research Laboratory (NRL) 

Nuclear Engineering laboratory (NEL)

Advanced Sensor Laboratory (ASL) 

Membership in Scientific Societies:

• Life Member - The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA)-2016
• Life Member - The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)-2016
• Life Member - Indian Society of Radiation Physics (ISRP)  -2001

EIGHT students have Completed the Ph.D.

THREE students Mr. Saood Ahmad, Mr. Gaurav Sharma and Ms. Reetu Kumari defended their respective Ph.D. thesis in 2018 and were awarded their Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) in the 5th convocation-2018.

Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) Awarded under joint Supervision (Prof. Vinay Gupta, University of Delhi): 01

• Savita Sharma (2016) - "Multicomponent based composite materials for multifunctional applications"

                      Awarded under joint Supervision (Dr. Rajesh, NPL): 01

• Vikash Sharma (2017)- "Biomolecular interfacial studies on Carbon nanocomposite materials for Biosensing Applications"

Research Projects: (Ongoing: 04): 38 Lakhs

Sanctioned Major Research Project of Rs. 50 Lacs (Approx.) by SERB-DST, Govt. of India (2017)

Name of the Sponsoring Agencies: (i) DAE-BRNS, Govt. of India, BARC, Mumbai

                                                                      (ii) UGC, Govt. of India, New Delhi

                                                                     (iii) DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi

Selected Publications:

Publications (Dr. Nitin K. Puri): International Refereed Journals

1. Self-assembled nano-hybrid composite based on Cu/CuXO nanoflower decorated onto hBNNS for high-performance and ultra-sensitive electrochemical detection of CEA biomarker Nitin K. Puri et al. Bioelectrochemistry Volume 165, October 2025, 108993
2. Strategically engineered defects in 2D-SnS for water splitting: Green energy solution for powering LEDs with hydroelectric cells Nitin K. Puri et al. Materials Science and Engineering: B Volume 313, March 2025, 117949 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2024.117949)

3. Effect of Substitutional Doping and Cu Adsorption on MoS2Nanowire: A Comparative DFT Study Nitin K. Puri et. al., ChemistrySelect (2025) (https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202403122)

4. Adsorption mechanism of Phosgene gas onto the pristine hBN and Cu-decorated hBN: A DFT study Nitin K. Puri et al. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids Volume 204, September 2025, 112716 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2025.112716)

5. Adsorption of Cyanogen Chloride Gas Onto the Pristine and Copper-Decorated hBN Monolayer: A Comparative DFT Study Nitin K. Puri et al. IEEE Sensors Journal ( Volume: 25, Issue: 7, 01 April 2025) DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2025.3538264

6. Highly selective sustainable ethanol gas sensor based on pp heterojunction of SnS/MoSe2 nanocomposite at room temperature

   S Kumar, NK Puri
   Materials Chemistry and Physics 326, 129802 (2024)
7. Feasibility of Gallium Nitride for Astronomical Charge-Coupled Devices

   A Aggarwal, GM Seabroke, NK Puri

   Journal of Electronic Materials 53 (10), 6456-6462 (2024)

    

8. Vertically aligned 2D tin sulfide (SnS) nanoplates for selective detection of ethanol gas at room temperature

   HK Arora, N Jain, S Kumar, NK Puri
   Semiconductor Science and Technology 39 (10), 105002 (2024)

9. A proposed device based on MoSe2-ZnO heterojunctions on rGO for enhanced ethanol gas sensing performances at room temperature

   N Jain, NK Puri
   Nanotechnology 35 (40), 405502 (2024)

10. Fabrication of rGO-decorated hBNNS hybrid nanocomposite via organic–inorganic interfacial chemistry for enhanced electrocatalytic detection of carcinoembryonic antigen

    K Sharma, NK Puri, B Singh
    Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 1-17 (2024)

11. Reciprocal and non-reciprocal electromagnetic wave propagation in sub-100 nm epitaxial YIG thin films deposited under different oxygen growth pressure

    SK Jha, S Yadav, M Sharma, NK Puri, BK Kuanr
    Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 596, 171972 (2024)

12. A human activity recognition framework in videos using segmented human subject focus

    NKP Shaurya Gupta, Dinesh Kumar Vishwakarma
    The Visual Computer, Vis Comput (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00371-023-03256-4

13. Graphene oxide/Mn3O4 nanocomposites for advanced electrochemical biosensor for fumonisin B1 detection

    S Sarpal, AK Singh, H Bhardwaj, NK Puri, PR Solanki
    Nanotechnology 34 (46) (2024)

14. An efficient electrochemical nano-biosensor based on hydrothermally engineered ultrathin nanostructures of hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets for label-free detection of carcinoembryonic antigen Appl Nanosci 14, 217–230 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-023-02971-7

15. Diving deep into the milky way using anti-reflection coatings for astronomical CCDs

    A Aggarwal, A Mittal, GM Seabroke, NK Puri
    Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy 44 (2), 74 (2023)

16. Zinc oxide incorporated molybdenum diselenide nanosheets for chemiresistive detection of ethanol gas,  Nitin K. Puri et al., Joural of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 955, 10 September 2023, 170178

17. Shreya, Yadav, A., Khatri, R., Jain, N., Bhandari, A., Puri, N.K. (2023). Double Zone Thermal CVD and Plasma Enhanced CVD Systems for Deposition of Films/Coatings with Eminent Conformal Coverage. In: Singari, R.M., Jain, P.K., Kumar, H. (eds) Advances in Manufacturing Technology and Management. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9523-0_31

18. Electrochemical biosensor utilizing dual-mode output for detection of lung cancer biomarker based on reduced graphene oxide-modified reduced-molybdenum disulfide multi-layered nanosheets, Nitin K. Puri et al. Journal of Materials Research volume 37, pages1451–1463 (2022)

19. Electrochemical studies of biofunctionalized MoS2 matrix for highly stable immobilization of antibodies and detection of lung cancer protein biomarker, Nitin K. Puri et al. New J. Chem., 2022,46, 7477-7489

20. Investigation of charge transport mechanism in hydrothermally synthesized reduced graphene oxide (rGO) incorporated zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocomposite films Nitin K. Puri et al. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics volume 33, pages1307–1323 (2022)

21. "Effect of oxygen growth-pressure on microstructural and magnetic properties of pulse laser deposited epitaxial YIG thin films" Nitin K. Puri et al. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 889, December 31, 2021, 161741.

22. "Enhanced Electrochemical Performance of Hydrothermally Exfoliated Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheets for Applications in Electrochemistry", Kanika Sharma and Nitin K. Puri Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Volume 168, Number 5 (2021). 

23. "Synthesis and fabrication of 2D Tungsten trioxide nanosheets based platform for impedimetric sensing of cardiac biomarker", Nitin K. Puri et al. Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research Volume 32, June 2021, 100423

24. "Comparison of Ferroelectric Photovoltaic Performance in BFO/BTO Multilayer Thin Film Structure Fabricated Using CSD & PLD Techniques", Nitin K. Puri et al. Journal of Electronic Materials volume 50, pages 1835–1844 (2021)  

25. Nanoengineered Conductive Polyaniline Enabled Sensor for Sensitive Humidity Detection, Nitin K. Puri et al., IEEE Sensors Journal (June 2020), doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2020.3001599.

26. "Chemiresistive sensing platform based on PdO-PANI/ITO heterostructure for room temperature hydrogen detection", Nitin K. Puri et al., Material Chemistry and Physics (Elsevier), Volume 247, 1 June 2020, 122850 (Accepted for publication, 2020).  

27. "Electrochemical Study of Hydrothermally Synthesised Reduced MoS2 Layered Nanosheets", Nitin K. Puri et al., Vacuum (Elsevier), Volume 175, May 2020, 109250 (Accepted for publication, 2020).  

28. "Electrochemical Hydrogen Gas Sensing Employing Palladium Oxide/Reduced Graphene Oxide (PdO-rGO) Nanocomposites", Nitin K. Puri et al., IEEE sensors, (Accepted for publication) (2019). DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2019.2918360

29. "WO₃/BTO heterostructures based NO₂ sensor with enhanced response characteristics", Nitin K. Puri et al., Integrated Ferroelectrics,193 (1) 106-120 (2019). Taylor and Francis.

30. "Protein functionalized WO₃ nanorods based impedimetric platform for sensitive and label-free detection of a cardiac biomarker" Nitin K. Puri et al. "Journal of Materials Research (JMR), Materials Research Society (MRS) in partnership with Cambridge University Press", 34 (8) 1331-1340 (2019).

31. "Detailed optical analysis of 100 MeV Ni⁷⁺ ion irradiated WO3 thin films using Surface Plasmon resonance", Nitin K. Puri et. al. (In Press), Radiation Physics and Chemistry, An Elsevier Journal (September 2018) avaliable online. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2018.09.004

32. "Work function and electrical properties of individual multiwalled carbon nanotube: influenced by nature of catalyst and substrate" Applied Physics A 124(7), July 2018 (DOI: 10.1007/s00339-018-1850-8)

33. "Electron irradiation induced wall-to-wall joining of multiwalled carbon nanotubes" Applied Surface Science, Volume 453, 30th September 2018, Pages 153-158.

34. Ferromagnetic Resonance Tunability by Microwave Frequency in Bilayer Fe97Si3 /Pt Thin Film, Accepted for publication in "Journal of Physics Research and Applications (J Phys Res Appl 2018, 2:1)",  Nitin K. Puri et al. (2018). 

35. "Electrochemical detection of Cardiac biomarker using Functionalized WO3-RGO nanocomposite as an immuno-sensing platform", Nitin K. Puri et al. [Accepted for publication in Journal of Alloys and Compounds (JALCOM), An Elsevier Journal, April 2018]

36. "Electrophoretically deposited nanostructured PdO thin film for room temperature amperometric H2 sensing", Nitin K. Puri et al. [Accepted for publication in Vacuum, An Elsevier Journal, 2018]

37. "WO3/BTO heterostructures based NO2 sensor with enhanced response characteristics", Nitin K. Puri et al. [Accepted for publication in "Journal of Integrated Ferroelectrics", Taylor & Francis, 2018].

38. "Evidence of circular Rydberg states in beam-foil experiments: Role of surface wake field", Nitin K. Puri et al. Euro Physics Letters (EPL), 120(6), 63002, (2018).

39. "Employing X-ray absorption technique for better detector resolution and measurement of low cross-section events" Nitin K. Puri et al. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B (NIMB): Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Volume 419, 15 March 2018, 14–18.

40. "Numerical Simulation of Nanostructured Layered Materials Using IM3D and SRIM" Nitin K. Puri et al. International Journal of Creative Research Thought (IJCRT), Volume 6, Issue 1 January 2018, ISSN: 2320-2882.
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41. "Ion irradiation-induced, localized sp2 to sp3 hybridized carbon transformation in walls of multiwalled carbon nanotubes", Nitin K. Puri et al. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B (NIMB): Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 412, 115-122, (2017)

42. "Role of Magnetic Exchange Interaction due to Magnetic Anisotropy on Inverse Spin Hall Voltage at FeSi3%/Pt Thin Film Bilayer Interface", Nitin K. Puri et al., Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic materials (Elsevier), Volume 443, 1 December 2017, Pages 159-164.

43. "Theoretical approach for detection and lifetime measurement of obscured low cross-sectional processes by the X-ray absorption technique" Nitin K. Puri et al. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B (NIMB): Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Volume 408, 1 October 2017, Pages 289-293.

44. "Lifetime quenching due to surface wake field", Nitin K. Puri et al. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B (NIMB): Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Volume 408, 1 October 2017, Pages 178-181.

45. "Band Gap Engineering of Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons via Mn/Cr Termination", Nitin K. Puri et al. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience (J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci.), American Scientific Publishers (ASP), 14, 2401–2404 (2017)
46. “Influence of 100 MeV Au^+ 8 ion on photovoltaic response of BiFeO₃/BaTiO₃ multilayer structures”, Nitin K. Puri et al. Materials & Design, Volume 114, 15 January 2017, Pages 345–354
47. “Photovoltaic response of hydrothermally derived BFO ceramics”, Nitin K Puri et al. Emerging Material Research, Volume 6 Issue 1, January, 2017, pp. 1-4
48. “Biofunctionalized nanostructured tungsten trioxide based sensor for cardiac biomarker detection” Nitin K Puri et al., Materials Letters, Volume 186, 1 January 2017, Pages 202–205.
49. "Measurement of low cross section transition using versatile absorption technique", Nitin K Puri et al., Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 875(5), (2017), 042009
50. "Detection of circular Rydberg states in lifetime measurements",  Nitin K Puri et al., Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 875, (2017), 112010
51. “Effect of low pressure hydrogen environment on crystallographic properties of PdO nanoparticles”, Nitin K Puri et al., International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 41, Issue 47, 21 December 2016, Pages 22155–22161
52. “Signature of triply excited Li-like V states in ion–solid collisions” Nitin K Puri et al., Physics Letters A, Volume 380, Issue 43, 23 October 2016, Pages 3640–3644.
53. “Revised and extended calculations of level energies, M1 and E2 radiative rates for highly charged tungsten ions from W⁵⁷⁺ to W⁶⁰⁺”, Nitin K Puri et al., Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 49 (2016) 205002 (8pp).
54. “Prominent photovoltaic response in multiferroic BFO/BTO heterostructures”, Nitin K Puri et al., IEEE transactions, 2016, 1-4. 978-1-5090-1871-0/16/©2016 IEEE.
55. “Photovoltaic effect in BiFeO3/BaTiO3 multilayer structure fabricated by chemical solution deposition technique”, Nitin K Puri et al., Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Volume 93, June 2016, Pages 63–67.

56. "High performance dendrimer functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes field effect transistor biosensor for protein detection", Nitin K. Puri et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 109