Prof. (Dr.) Nitin Kumar Puri

Education:

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 under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India - Gorakhpur (U.P.), Patna (Bihar), and Ranchi (Jharkhand) Centres.
  August 2024 – Present

• 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) 

Important Links:

NIELIT Patna Link: https://www.nielit.gov.in/patna/index.php

NIELIT Gorakhpur Link: https://www.nielit.gov.in/gorakhpur/index.php

NIELIT Ranchi Link: https://www.nielit.gov.in/ranchi/index.php

Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) Awarded under my Supervision: 12

Savita Sharma (2016) - "Multicomponent based composite materials for multifunctional applications"  Awarded under joint Supervision (Prof. Vinay Gupta, University of Delhi)

Vikash Sharma (2017) - "Biomolecular interfacial studies on Carbon nanocomposite materials for Biosensing Applications" Awarded under joint Supervision (Dr. Rajesh, NPL)

Mr. Saood Ahmad  (2018) - 

Mr. Gaurav Sharma (2018) - 

Ms. Reetu Kumari (2018)

Ms. Deepika Sandil - "Synthesis and Modification of Metal Oxide Nanostructures for Sensing Applications"

Mr. Kamal Arora - "Nanostructured metal oxides for hydrogen sensing applications"

Ms. Ritika Khatri - "Synthesis and Modifications of 2D Nanomaterials for Sensing Applications"

Ms. Kanika Sharma - "Synthesis and Modification in 2D Nanomaterials based Composites for Cancer Diagnostic Applications"

Ms. Nikita Jain - "Nanocomposites of 2D Nanomaterials and Metal Oxides for Multifunctional Applications"

Mr. Saroj Kumar Jha - "Effect of oxygen growth-pressure on microstructural and magnetic properties of pulse laser deposited epitaxial YIG thin films"

Mr. Sunil Kumar - "2D Nanomaterials Enabled - Chemiresistive Gas Sensors for Detection of Environmental Hazards"

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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

Selected Publications:

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

1. Kumar, Abhishek, Savita Sharma, M. Jayasimhadri, and Nitin K. Puri. "Fine-tuning β-phase for high-performance h-BN/PVDF nanogenerators." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 37, no. 2 (2026): 98. (Impact Factor-2.8)
2. Satyarthi, Satyendra Kumar, Harish Verma, Vishwa Pratap Singh, Vinod Kumar, Nitin Kumar Puri, Rama Nand Rai, Koduri Ramam, Shail Upadhyaya, and Akhilesh Kumar Singh. "Sintering temperature controlled giant dielectric, Ge-doped CaCu₃Ti₄O₁₂ ceramics for electrical energy storage, optoelectronics and super capacitor applications." Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2025): 183940. (Impact Factor-6.3)
3. Kumar, Abhishek, Savita Sharma, M. Jayasimhadri, and Nitin K. Puri. "V₂O₅-Doped PVDF Piezoelectric Nanogenerators for Enhanced Clean and Green Energy Harvesting." Journal of Electronic Materials 54, no. 12 (2025): 10892-10904. (Impact Factor-2.5)
4. Jain, Nikita, Hemant K. Arora, Sunil Kumar, and Nitin K. Puri. "First report on hydroelectric cell-driven gas sensor for the detection of ethanol at room temperature: A novel approach." Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (2025): 117003. (Impact Factor-4.9)
5. Kumar, Sunil, and Nitin K. Puri. "SnS/SnS₂ p–n heterojunctions: accumulation layer-driven rapid and highly sensitive ethanol detection at room temperature." Nanotechnology 36, no. 27 (2025): 275502. (Impact Factor-2.8)
6. Bhandari, Anurag, Piyush Dua, Mukhtiyar Singh, Kamal Upreti, Shubham Mahajan, S. S. Askar, Mohamed Abouhawwash, and Nitin K. Puri. "Adsorption mechanism of Phosgene gas onto the pristine hBN and Cu-decorated hBN: A DFT study." Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 204 (2025): 112716. (Impact Factor-4.9)
7. Sharma, Kanika, Nitin K. Puri, and Bharti Singh. "Self-assembled nano-hybrid composite based on cu/CuXO nanoflower decorated onto hBNNS for high-performance and ultra-sensitive electrochemical detection of CEA biomarker." Bioelectrochemistry (2025): 108993. (Impact Factor-4.5)
8. Bhandari, Anurag, Nitin K. Puri, and Piyush Dua. "Adsorption of Cyanogen Chloride Gas onto the Pristine and Copper-Decorated hBN Monolayer: A Comparative DFT Study." IEEE Sensors Journal (2025). (Impact Factor-4.5)
9. Bhandari, Anurag, Piyush Dua, and Nitin K. Puri. "Effect of Substitutional Doping and Cu Adsorption on MoS₂ Nanowire: A Comparative DFT Study." ChemistrySelect 10, no. 7 (2025): e202403122. (Impact Factor-2.0)
10. Arora, Hemant K., Jyoti Shah, R. K. Kotnala, A. S. Rao, and Nitin K. Puri. "Strategically engineered defects in 2D-SnS for water splitting: Green energy solution for powering LEDs with hydroelectric cells." Materials Science and Engineering: B 313 (2025): 117949. (Impact Factor-4.6)
11. Kumar, Sunil, and Nitin K. Puri. "Highly Selective Sustainable Ethanol Gas Sensor based on pp heterojunction of SnS/MoSe₂ nanocomposite at room temperature." Materials Chemistry and Physics (2024): 129802. (Impact Factor-4.7)
12. Arora, Hemant K., Nikita Jain, Sunil Kumar, and Nitin K. Puri. "Vertically aligned 2D tin sulfide (SnS) nanoplates for selective detection of ethanol gas at room temperature." Semiconductor Science and Technology 39, no. 10 (2024): 105002. (Impact Factor-2.1)
13. Aggarwal, Anmol, George M. Seabroke, and Nitin K. Puri. "Feasibility of Gallium Nitride for Astronomical Charge-Coupled Devices." Journal of Electronic Materials (2024): 1-7. (Impact Factor-2.5)
14. Jain, Nikita, and Nitin Puri. "A proposed device based on MoSe₂-ZnO heterojunctions on rGO for enhanced ethanol gas sensing performances at room temperature." Nanotechnology (2024). (Impact Factor-2.8)
15. Sharma, Kanika, Nitin K. Puri, and Bharti Singh. "Fabrication of rGO-decorated hBNNS hybrid nanocomposite via organic–inorganic interfacial chemistry for enhanced electrocatalytic detection of carcinoembryonic antigen." Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2024): 1-17. (Impact Factor-3.8)
16. Gupta, Shaurya, Dinesh Kumar Vishwakarma, and Nitin Kumar Puri. "A human activity recognition framework in videos using segmented human subject focus." The Visual Computer (2024): 1-17. (Impact Factor-2.9)
17. Jha, Saroj Kumar, Sheetal Yadav, Monika Sharma, Nitin K. Puri, and Bijoy K. Kuanr. "Reciprocal and non-reciprocal electromagnetic wave propagation in sub-100 nm epitaxial YIG thin films deposited under different oxygen growth pressure." Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2024): 171972. (Impact Factor-3.0)
18. Sharma, Kanika, Nitin K. Puri, and Bharti Singh. "An efficient electrochemical nano-biosensor based on hydrothermally engineered ultrathin nanostructures of hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets for label-free detection of carcinoembryonic antigen." Applied Nanoscience (2023): 1-14. (Impact Factor-3.8)
19. Sarpal, Sandeep, Avinash Kumar Singh, Hema Bhardwaj, Nitin Kumar Puri, and Pratima R. Solanki. "Graphene oxide-Mn₃O₄ nanocomposites for advanced electrochemical biosensor for fumonisin B1 detection." Nanotechnology 34, no. 46 (2023): 465708. (Impact Factor-2.8)
20. Aggarwal, Anmol, Ashi Mittal, George M. Seabroke, and Nitin K. Puri. "Diving deep into the milky way using anti-reflection coatings for astronomical CCDs." Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy 44, no. 2 (2023): 74. (Impact Factor-1.6)
21. Jain, Nikita, and Nitin K. Puri. "Zinc oxide incorporated molybdenum diselenide nanosheets for chemiresistive detection of ethanol gas." Journal of Alloys and Compounds 955 (2023): 170178.
22. Khatri, Ritika, and Nitin K. Puri. "Electrochemical biosensor utilizing dual-mode output for detection of lung cancer biomarker based on reduced graphene oxide-modified reduced-molybdenum disulfide multi-layered nanosheets." Journal of Materials Research 37, no. 8 (2022): 1451-1463.
23. Khatri, Ritika, and Nitin K. Puri. "Electrochemical studies of biofunctionalized MoS ₂ matrix for highly stable immobilization of antibodies and detection of lung cancer protein biomarker." New Journal of Chemistry 46, no. 16 (2022): 7477-7489.
24. Jain, Nikita, Savita Sharma, and Nitin K. Puri. "Investigation of charge transport mechanism in hydrothermally synthesized reduced graphene oxide (rGO) incorporated zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocomposite films." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 33, no. 3 (2022): 1307-1323.
25. Jha, Saroj Kumar, Monika Sharma, Nitin K. Puri, and Bijoy K. Kuanr. "Effect of oxygen growth-pressure on microstructural and magnetic properties of pulse laser deposited epitaxial YIG thin films." Journal of Alloys and Compounds 889 (2021): 161741.
26. Kanika Sharma and Puri, Nitin K. "Enhanced Electrochemical Performance of Hydrothermally Exfoliated Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheets for Applications in Electrochemistry." Journal of The Electrochemical Society (2021).
27. Sandil, Deepika, Saurabh Srivastava, Ritika Khatri, Kanika Sharma, and Nitin K. Puri. "Synthesis and fabrication of 2D Tungsten trioxide nanosheets based platform for impedimetric sensing of cardiac biomarker." Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research 32 (2021): 100423.
28. Sharma, Savita, Anjali Sharma, Vinay Gupta, Nitin K. Puri, and Monika Tomar. "Comparison of Ferroelectric Photovoltaic Performance in BFO/BTO Multilayer Thin Film Structure Fabricated Using CSD & PLD Techniques." Journal of Electronic Materials 50, no. 4 (2021): 1835-1844.
29. Sandhu, Samar S., Saurabh Kumar, Shine Augustine, Udiptya Saha, Kamal Arora, Sayan Bayan, Samit K. Ray, Nitin K. Puri, and Bansi D. Malhotra. "Nanoengineered Conductive Polyaniline Enabled Sensor for Sensitive Humidity Detection." IEEE Sensors Journal 20, no. 21 (2020): 12574-12581.
30. Arora, Kamal, and Nitin K. Puri. "Chemiresistive sensing platform based on PdO- PANI/ITO heterostructure for room temperature hydrogen detection." Materials Chemistry and Physics 247 (2020): 122850.
31. Khatri, Ritika, and Nitin K. Puri. "Electrochemical Study of Hydrothermally Synthesised Reduced MoS2 Layered Nanosheets." Vacuum (2020): 109250.
32. Arora, Kamal, Saurabh Srivastava, Pratima R. Solanki, and Nitin Kumar Puri. "Electrochemical Hydrogen Gas Sensing Employing Palladium Oxide/Reduced Graphene Oxide (PdO-rGO) Nanocomposites." IEEE Sensors Journal 19, no. 18 (2019): 8262-8271.
33. Sandil, Deepika, Suresh C. Sharma, and Nitin K. Puri. "Protein-functionalized WO3 nanorods–based impedimetric platform for sensitive and label-free detection of a cardiac biomarker." Journal of Materials Research 34, no. 8 (2019): 1331- 1340.
34. Sharma, Savita, Monika Tomar, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "WO3/BTO heterostructures       based       NO2  sensor with enhanced response characteristics." Integrated Ferroelectrics 193, no. 1 (2018): 106-120.
35. Kumari, Reetu, Pawan K. Tyagi, and Nitin K. Puri. "Work function and electrical properties of individual multiwalled carbon nanotube: influenced by nature of catalyst and substrate." Applied Physics A 124, no. 7 (2018): 466.
36. Kumari, Reetu, Pawan K. Tyagi, and Nitin K. Puri. "Electron irradiation induced wall-to-wall joining of  multiwalled  carbon  nanotubes." Applied  Surface  Science 453 (2018): 153-158.
37. Ahmad, S., J. Shah, R. Chaujar, N. K. Puri, and P. S. Negi. "Ferromagnetic Resonance Tunability by Microwave Frequency in Bilayer Fe97Si3/Pt Thin Film." J Phys Res Appl 2 1 (2018): 2.
38. Sandil, Deepika, Saurabh Srivastava, B. D. Malhotra, S. C. Sharma, and Nitin K. Puri. "Biofunctionalized tungsten trioxide-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites for sensitive electrochemical immunosensing of cardiac biomarker." Journal of Alloys and Compounds 763 (2018): 102-110.
39. Arora, Kamal, and Nitin K. Puri. "Electrophoretically deposited nanostructured PdO thin film for room temperature amperometric H2 sensing." Vacuum 154 (2018): 302-308.
40. Sharma, Gaurav, Nitin K. Puri, Pravin Kumar, and T. Nandi. "Evidence of circular Rydberg states in beam-foil experiments: Role of the surface wake field." EPL (Europhysics Letters) 120, no. 6 (2018): 63002.
41. Sharma, Gaurav, Nitin K. Puri, Pravin Kumar, and T. Nandi. "Employing X-ray absorption technique for better detector resolution and measurement of low cross- section events." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 419 (2018): 14-18.
42. Sarkar, Nimphy, and Nitin Kumar Puri. "Numerical Simulation of Nanostructured Layered Materials Using IM3D and SRIM. (2018)"
43. Kumari, Reetu, Fouran Singh, Brajesh S. Yadav, Ravinder K. Kotnala, Koteswara Rao Peta, Pawan K. Tyagi, Sanjeev Kumar, and Nitin K. Puri. "Ion irradiation- induced, localized sp2 to sp3 hybridized carbon transformation in walls of multiwalled carbon nanotubes." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 412 (2017): 115- 122.
44. Shah, Jyoti, Saood Ahmad, Rishu Chaujar, Nitin K. Puri, P. S. Negi, and R. K. Kotnala. "Role of magnetic exchange interaction due to magnetic anisotropy on inverse spin Hall voltage at FeSi3%/Pt thin film bilayer interface." Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 443 (2017): 159-164.
45. Sharma, Gaurav, Nitin K. Puri, and T. Nandi. "Theoretical approach for detection and lifetime measurement of obscured low cross-sectional processes by the X-ray absorption technique." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 408 (2017): 289-293.
46. Sharma, Gaurav, Nitin K. Puri, and T. Nandi. "Lifetime quenching due to surface wake field." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 408 (2017): 178-181.
47. Kumar, Mohit, Nitin K. Puri, Neha Tyagi, and Pankaj Srivastava. "Band gap engineering of armchair graphene nanoribbons via Mn/Cr termination." Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience 14, no. 5 (2017): 2401-2404.
48. Sharma, Savita, Monika Tomar, Ashok Kumar, Fouran Singh, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "Influence of 100 MeV Au⁺⁸ ion on photovoltaic response of BiFeO3/BaTiO3 multilayer structures." Materials & Design 114 (2017): 345-354.
49. Sharma, Savita, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "Photovoltaic response of hydrothermally derived BFO ceramics." Emerging Materials Research 6, no. 1 (2017): 151-154.
50. Sandil, Deepika, Saurabh Kumar, Kamal Arora, Saurabh Srivastava, B. D. Malhotra, S. C. Sharma, and Nitin K. Puri. "Biofunctionalized nanostructured tungsten trioxide based sensor for cardiac  biomarker  detection." Materials Letters 186 (2017): 202-205.
51. Sharma, Gaurav, T. Nandi, and Nitin K. Puri. "Measurement of low cross section transition using versatile absorption technique." In Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 875, no. 5, p. 042009. IOP Publishing, 2017.
52. Sharma, Gaurav, and Nitin K. Puri. "Detection of circular Rydberg states in lifetime measurements." In Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 875, no. 12,p. 112010. IOP Publishing, 2017.
53. Arora, Kamal, Deepika Sandil, Gaurav Sharma, Saurabh Srivastava,F and Nitin K. Puri. "Effect of low pressure hydrogen environment on crystallographic properties of PdO nanoparticles." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 41, no. 47 (2016): 22155-22161.
54. Sharma, Gaurav, K. Haris, G. Singh, B. Kumar, S. Karmakar, N. K. Puri, Adya P. Mishra, Pravin Kumar, and T. Nandi. "Signature of triply excited Li-like V states in ion–solid collisions." Physics Letters A 380, no. 43 (2016): 3640-3644.
55. Singh, Gajendra, and Nitin K. Puri. "Revised and extended calculations of level energies, M1 and E2 radiative rates for highly charged tungsten ions from W⁵⁷⁺ to W⁶⁰⁺." Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 49, no. 20 (2016): 205002.
56. Sharma, Savita, Nitin K. Puri, Vinay Gupta, and Monika Tomar. "Prominent photovoltaic response in multiferroic BFO/BTO heterostructures." In 2016 Joint IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectrics, European Conference on Application of Polar Dielectrics, and Piezoelectric Force Microscopy Workshop (ISAF/ECAPD/PFM), pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2016.
57. Sharma, Savita, Monika Tomar, Ashok Kumar, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "Photovoltaic effect in BiFeO3/BaTiO3 multilayer structure fabricated by chemical solution deposition technique." Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 93 (2016): 63-67.
58. Rajesh, Vikash Sharma, Nitin K. Puri, Ashok Mulchandani, and Ravinder K. Kotnala. "High performance dendrimer functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes field effect transistor biosensor for protein detection." Applied Physics Letters 109, no. 24 (2016): 243504.
59. Sharma, Vikash, Nitin K. Puri, and Ashok Mulchandani. "Platinum nanoparticles- single-walled carbon nanotubes hybrid based chemiresistive sensor array for myoglobin detection." Materials Research Express 3, no. 3 (2016): 035006.
60. Sharma, Vikash, and Nitin K. Puri. "Hybrid of Platinum Nanoparticles and 1- Dimentional Single-walled  Carbon  Nanotubes  Based  Chemiresistive Biosensor." Sensors & Transducers 197, no. 2 (2016): 34.
61. Srivastava, Saurabh, Vinod Kumar, Kamal Arora, Chandan Singh, Md Azahar Ali, Nitin K. Puri, and Bansi D. Malhotra. "Antibody conjugated metal nanoparticle decorated graphene sheets for a mycotoxin sensor." RSC advances 6, no. 61 (2016): 56518-56526.
62. Sharma, Savita, Monika Tomar, Ashok Kumar, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "Effect of insertion of low leakage polar layer on leakage current and multiferroic properties of BiFeO3/BaTiO3 multilayer structure." RSC advances 6, no. 64 (2016): 59150-59154.
63. Sharma, Gaurav, T. Nandi, H. G. Berry, and Nitin K. Puri. "Development of a multipurpose beam foil spectroscopy set-up for the low cross-section measurements." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 380 (2016): 26-31.
64. Sharma, Savita, Monika Tomar, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "BiFeO3/BaTiO3 Multilayer Structures for Solar Energy Harvesting Application." Energy Harvesting and Systems 3, no. 3 (2016): 237-243.
65. Sharma, Savita, Monika Tomar, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "Enhanced dielectric properties of multilayered BiFeO3/BaTiO3 capacitors deposited by pulsed laser deposition." In AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1724, no. 1, p. 020098. AIP Publishing LLC, 2016.
66. Ranjan, Prashant, and Nitin K. Puri. "MONTE CARLO Simulation of Photon Beams for Various Effects on  Energy  and  Angular  Distribution  using  PRIMO." International Journal of Engineering Research 5, no. 04 (2016).
67. Kumari, Reetu, Anshika Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Lucky Krishnia, Vinay Kumar, Nitin K. Puri, and Pawan K. Tyagi. "Synthesis of Ni filled multiwalled carbon nanotubes and study of magnetic behaviour." ADVANCED MATERIALS 7, no. 3 (2016): 197-200.
68. Sharma, Savita, Ayushi Paliwal, Monika Tomar, Fouran Singh, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "Effect of ion beam irradiation on dielectric properties of BaTiO3 thin film using surface plasmon resonance." Journal of materials science 51, no. 8 (2016): 4055-4060.
69. Ahmad, Saood, Jyoti Shah, Anurag K. Katiyar, Rishu Chaujar, Nitin K. Puri, P. S. Negi, and R. K. Kotnala. "Microwave device jig characterization for ferromagnetic resonance induced spin Hall effect measurement in bilayer thin films." (2016).
70. Sharma, Savita, Monika Tomar, Ashok Kumar, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "Stress induced enhanced polarization in multilayer BiFeO3/BaTiO3 structure with improved energy storage properties." AIP Advances 5, no. 10 (2015): 107216.
71. Sharma, Savita, Monika Tomar, Ashok Kumar, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "Enhanced ferroelectric photovoltaic response of BiFeO3/BaTiO3 multilayered structure." Journal of Applied Physics 118, no. 7 (2015): 074103.
72. Sharma, Savita, Monika Tomar, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "Ultraviolet radiation detection by barium titanate thin films grown by sol–gel hydrothermal method." Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 230 (2015): 175-181.
73. Sharma, Savita, Monika Tomar, Ashok Kumar, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "Multiferroic BiFeO3/BaTiO3 thin films fabricated by chemical solution deposition technique." MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive 1805 (2015).
74. Sharma, Savita, Monika Tomar, Ashok Kumar, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "Multiferroic properties of BiFeO3/BaTiO3 multilayered thin films." Physica B: Condensed Matter 448 (2014): 125-127.
75. Sharma, Savita, Monika Tomar, Ashok Kumar, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "Photovoltaic properties of BiFeO3/BaTiO3 bilayered thin film." Advanced Science Letters 20, no. 7-8 (2014): 1316-1320.
76. Sharma, Savita, Monika Tomar, Ashok Kumar, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "Properties of Barium Titanate Thin Films Grown by Sol–Gel-Hydrothermal Process." Advanced Science Letters 20, no. 5-6 (2014): 1143-1146.
77. Sharma, Savita, Monika Tomar, Nitin K. Puri, and Vinay Gupta. "NO2 sensing properties of WO3 thin films deposited by Rf-Magnetron sputtering." In Conference Papers in Science, vol. 2014. Hindawi, 2014.
78. Sharma, S., A. Sharma, M. Tomar, N. K. Puri, and V. Gupta. "NOx Sensing properties of Barium Titanate thin films." Procedia Engineering 87 (2014): 1067- 1070.
79. Rajesh, Vikash Sharma, Nitin K. Puri, Rajiv K. Singh, Ashok M. Biradar, and Ashok Mulchanadani. "Label-free detection of cardiac troponin-I using gold nanoparticles functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes based chemiresistive biosensor." Applied Physics Letters 103, no. 20 (2013): 203703.
80. Ahmad, Saood, Jyoti Shah, Nitin K. Puri, P. S. Negi, and R. K. Kotnala. "Influence on ferromagnetic resonance signal of perpendicular magnetic anisotropic Co/Pt bilayer thin film due to microwave induced spin-Hall effect." Applied Physics Letters 103, no. 3 (2013): 032405.
81. Rani, Sanju, M. C. Bhatnagar, Somnath C. Roy, N. K. Puri, and D. Kanjilal. "p- Type gas-sensing behaviour of undoped SnO2 thin films irradiated with a high- energy ion beam." Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 135, no. 1 (2008): 35-39.
82. Rani, Sanju, N. K. Puri, Somnath C. Roy, M. C. Bhatnagar, and D. Kanjilal. "Effect of swift heavy ion irradiation on structure, optical, and gas sensing properties of SnO2 thin films." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 266, no. 9 (2008): 1987-1992.
83. Rani, Sanju, Somnath C. Roy, N. K. Puri, M. C. Bhatnagar, and D. Kanjilal. "Enhancement of ammonia sensitivity in swift heavy ion irradiated nanocrystalline thin films." Journal of Nanomaterials 2008 (2008).
84. Mehta, R., N. K. Puri, Ajay Kumar, A. Kumar, B. P. Mohanty, P. Balouria, I. M. Govil et al. "L x-ray production in 57La, 58Ce, 60Nd and 62Sm by 35–60 MeV carbon and oxygen ions." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 241, no. 1-4 (2005): 63-68.
85. Puri, N. K., M. Hajivaliei, S. C. Bedi, N. Singh, I. M. Govil, M. L. Garg, D. K. Handa, K. L. Govil, B. Rout, and V. Vijayan. "The Elemental Analysis Of Ancient Indian Coins Of Kusanas And Early Medieval Period Using Proton Induced X-Ray Emission (Pixe) Technique." International Journal of PIXE 13, no. 03n04 (2003): 149-161.

Conference Publications:

1. Sunil Kumar, Nikita Jain, Hemant K. Arora, and Nitin K. Puri. “Highly Selective Chemiresistive Ethanol Sensing Based on Vanadium Disulfide (VS₂) Nanoflowers at Room Temperature.” (Accepted in Springer Proceedings in Physics (2nd International Conference on Atomic, Molecular, Material, Nano and Optical Physics with Applications) (ICAMNOP – 2023)
2. Diwan, Parisha, Kanika Sharma, and Nitin K. Puri. "Green route synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide nanorods and its composite with PVA." Materials Today: Proceedings (2022).
3. Singh, Aniket, and Nitin K. Puri. "A first principle study of the effect of uniaxial strain on Half-Heusler NiCrZ (Z= P, Si) semimetal." In AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2408, no. 1, p. 020008. AIP Publishing LLC, 2021.
4. Sharma, G., Nandi, T., & Nitin K. Puri (2017, July). Measurement of low cross-section transition using versatile absorption technique. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 875, No. 5, p. 042009). IOP Publishing.
5. Sharma, G., & Nitin K. Puri (2017, July). Detection of circular Rydberg states in lifetime measurements. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 875, No. 12, p. 112010). IOP Publishing.
6. Sharma, S., Nitin K. Puri, Gupta, V., & Tomar, M. (2016, August). Prominent photovoltaic response in multiferroic BFO/BTO heterostructures. In Applications of Ferroelectrics, European Conference on Application of Polar Dielectrics, and Piezoelectric Force Microscopy Workshop (ISAF/ECAPD/PFM), 2016 Joint IEEE International Symposium on the (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
7. Sharma, S., Tomar, M., Nitin K. Puri, & Gupta, V. (2016, April). Enhanced dielectric properties of multilayered BiFeO₃/BaTiO₃ capacitors deposited by pulsed laser deposition. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 1724, No. 1, p. 020098). AIP Publishing.
8. Sharma, S., Tomar, M., Kumar, A., Nitin K. Puri, & Gupta, V. (2015). Multiferroic BiFeO 3/BaTiO₃ thin films fabricated by chemical solution deposition technique. MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive, 1805.
9. Sharma, Gaurav, Deepak Swami, Basu Kumar, Nitin Kumar Puri, and Tapan Nandi. "X-ray spectroscopy technique for the pile-up region." arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.08399 (2015).
10. Sharma, S., Tomar, M., Nitin K. Puri, & Gupta, V. (2014, April). NO₂ Sensing Properties of WO₃ Thin Films Deposited by Rf-Magnetron Sputtering. In Conference Papers in Science (Vol. 2014). Hindawi Publishing Corporation.
11. Sharma, S., Sharma, A., Tomar, M., Nitin K. Puri, & Gupta, V. (2014). NOx Sensing properties of Barium Titanate thin films. Procedia Engineering, 87, 1067-1070.
12. Ultraviolet radiation detection by barium titanate thin films grown by sol-gel hydrothermal method, S Sharma, M Tomar, NK Puri, V Gupta, Procedia Engineering, 2014
13. ICAPIE – Archit Jain, Nitin K. Puri Integrated Real Time Database for Supermarkets, Lecture notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer 2022.
14. ICAPIE – Aditya Rana, Nitin K. Puri, Design of GSM-based Fire Detection System using Microcontroller and Sensors, Lecture notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer 2022.
15. ICAPIE – Shreya, Anukool Yadav, Ritika Khatri, Nikita Jain, Anurag Bhandari, Nitin K. Puri, Double zone thermal CVD and plasma enhanced CVD systems for deposition of films/coatings with eminent conformal coverage, Lecture notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer 2022.
16. ICAPIE – Anukool Yadav, Shreya, Nitin K. Puri Preliminary observations of synthesized WS₂ and various synthesis techniques for preparation of nanomaterials Lecture notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer 2022.

Books authored:

1. Nanomaterials – Synthesis, Properties and Applications, text and research book with sole authorship, ISBN No. 978-93-906200-3-6.
2. Comprehensive experimental physics for undergraduate students (119), textbook with sole authorship, ISBN No. 978-81-949758-5-4.

Books chapter authored:

1. Sandil, Deepika, and Nitin Puri. "Metal oxides for detection of cardiac biomarkers." In Metal Oxides for Biomedical and Biosensor Applications, pp. 353-367. Elsevier, 2022.
2. Khatri, Ritika, and Nitin K. Puri. "Potentialities of carbon dots for bioimaging applications." In Carbon Dots: Next-generation materials for biomedical applications. IOP Publishing, 2022.
3. Mahajan, Lakshna, Nitin K. Puri, and Mukesh Kumar. "Lung CT scans for the management of COVID-19 pneumonitis and the diagnosis of COVID-19." Artificial Intelligence Strategies for Analyzing COVID-19 Pneumonia Lung Imaging 1 (2022): 10.

Design Patent

Title: AI-Based Portable Cancer Detection Device
Design Registration No.: 452626-001
Serial No.: 198941
Class: 24-01
Patentee: Prof. (Dr.) Nitin Kumar Puri
Date of Registration: March 24, 2025
Certificate Issued On: May 8, 2025
Registered Under: The Designs Act, 2000 and The Designs Rules, 2001 (India)

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t_Q8gA-uiY&t=6s

Research Projects (Completed and Ongoing): 

1. Chief Investigator: Led a 50.76 Crore, MeitY-funded multi-state Skill Development Project targeting 50,040 youth; trained 9,927 beneficiaries and ensured effective financial execution of 10.56 Crore.
2. Principal Investigator of SERB-DST Project “Ultrathin 2D-Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnostic Application” from 2017-2020. (50 Lacs Approx)
3. Principal Investigator of IUAC, Delhi Project “Elastic recoil detection analysis of Pt/Ti capped Na/Al and Li/Al thin films using 107Ag or 58Ni swift heavy ion beam” from 2016-2019.
4. Principal Investigator of DAE-BRNS Project “Investigation of origin of Circular Rydberg States (CRS) in Beam Foil Excitation” from 2014-17.
5. Principal Investigator of IUAC, Delhi Project “Photovoltaic and Multiferroic properties of multilayered BFO/BTO thin films using Swift Heavy Ion (SHI) irradiation” from 2014-2017.

         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

Startup-Driven Tech Infrastructure:

• Developed Semiconductor & VLSI Training Lab under the National Semiconductor Mission to strengthen chip-level and embedded systems expertise.
• Set up a Cybersecurity Lab in collaboration with Suviksan Technologies Pvt. Ltd. for hands-on training in cyber defense and security operations.
• Initiated Solar-LED Lab to promote renewable energy technologies and sustainable skill development.
• Collaborated with Laserwall Technology for advanced interactive display systems and innovation-driven projects.

Strategic Infrastructure Development & Industry-Academia Collaboration Initiatives:

• Established industry partnerships with Hiprotech India Technology Pvt. Ltd. for Drone & 3D Printing (UAV-based skill training) aligned with agriculture, surveillance, and mapping applications.
• Expanded academic outreach through MoUs with leading universities and engineering institutions across Bihar to promote technology training, internships, and capacity building.
• Blockchain and Cybersecurity Initiatives: Establishing blockchain and cybersecurity frameworks for training government officials and defense personnel.
• Inclusive Digital Education: Designing and implementing free SC/ST and Mahadalit training programs in underserved regions of Bihar and Jharkhand.
• Reformative Training Models: Launching digital literacy for prisoners as a unique rehabilitative measure, blending social reform with skill-building.
• National Defense Skilling: Initiating AI and emerging tech training for the Indian Army to strengthen defense preparedness in the digital era. 

Advisees & Mentorship Activities:

• Supervised Ph.D., PG, and UG students in nanotechnology and sensor research.
• Mentored SC/ST and Mahadalit youth through free IT skill programs.
• Guided students from remote regions via outreach and training initiatives.
• Mentored learners in emerging technologies including AI, cybersecurity, and semiconductors. 

Inclusive Growth and Social Empowerment Initiatives:

• Empowering Marginalized Communities: Free IT training programs for SC/ST and Mahadalit youth, creating employment opportunities and reducing social barriers. 
• Rehabilitation through Skills: Digital literacy programs for prisoners, enabling reintegration into society with dignity and livelihood prospects.
• Reaching the Unreached: Training programs in Koshi, Sitamarhi, Pakur, and Kodarma to ensure even the remotest populations benefit from India’s digital revolution.
• Educational Equity: Integrating Kendriya Vidyalayas under PMSHRI and establishing centres at universities for bridging urban-rural educational divides.
• Defense and National Security: Preparing Indian Army personnel for future warfare challenges through AI and emerging tech skilling at BRC Patna.
• Next-Generation Technologies: Introducing quantum computing and semiconductor training, positioning youth from Bihar and Jharkhand at the forefront of global technological advancements.