CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
SACHIN TATYASAHEB NAVALE
Name:
Address: C/o- Dr. Vikas Baburao Patil
Functional Materials Research laboratory,
School of Physical Sciences,
Solapur University, Solapur-413 255,
Maharashtra, India.
Tel.: +91-841*******
Birth date: 20th December 1989.
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E-mail:
Passport no: M5393266
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Ph.D (submitted) in Physics from School of Physical Sciences, Solapur University,
Solapur, Maharashtra, India. Month/ Year of Submission: December 2014.
Dissertation title: “Devlopment of Polypyrrole-Iron Oxide nanocomposite
based gas sensors”
M.Sc. in Physics (Materials Science) [‘A’ grade] from School of Physical Sciences,
Solapur University, Solapur, Maharashtra, India. Year of Passing: April 2012.
B.Sc. in Physics [‘A+’ grade] from Vidnyan Mahavidhayala Sangola, affiliated to
Solapur University, Solapur, Maharashtra, India. Year of Passing: April 2010.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
06/2012-Present Ph.D scholar in School of Physical Sciences, Solapur University,
Solapur, Maharashtra, India.
Advisor: Dr. Vikas B. Patil
06/2011-04/2012 M.Sc. Research Project at School of Physical Sciences, Solapur
University, Solapur.
Dissertation title: “Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline
Fe2O3 thin films by using sol-gel method”
AWARDS & EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
National Cadet Corps (NCC): Year: 2007-2009
Awarded NCC “B” Certificate with “B” Grade
Awarded NCC “C” Certificate with “B” Grade
Maharashtra State Certificate in Information Technology (MSC-IT)
Teaching Experience: 2 yrs (Part time)
Poster Presentation Awards
First prize winner in National level seminar on Recent Trends in
Nanomaterial & Their Applications, 23-24 January 2015, Sangola College,
Sangola.
Second prize winner in University (Solapur University) Level Avishkar
Research Festival, 25-26 December 2014 (Poster + Oral).
Computer Proficiency: MS Office, Origin 6.1, Origin 8.1, Chemdraw Ultra 2002-1,
Impedance software eissa-0.1b, etc.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Design and development of organic, inorganic and organic/inorganic hybrid
nanomaterials for the application in gas sensors, supercapacitors and solar cells.
Processing techniques include chemical oxidative polymerization, in-situ
polymerization, sol-gel processing, hydrothermal growth and electrochemical
deposition.
The research emphasis is to achieve novel properties for various applications through
control of nanostructure and atomic engineering of materials through processing and
composition design.
INSTRUMENTS HANDLED /EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES
Instruments Handled
Spin Coater (APEX Instruments, Model: SCU 2007)
UV-Visible spectrophotometer
KEITHLEY 6514/2400 System Electrometer
Regaku table top X-ray diffractometer
Impedance analyzer (WAYNE KERR, Model: 6500B)
High temperature Furnaces
Room and high temperature gas sensing measurement unit
Hydrothermal unit
Solar Simulator
Potentiostat/Galvanostat (WPG 100e Won A Tech)
Experimental Techniques used
Chemical polymerization
Sol-gel synthesis
Chemical bath deposition
Hydrothermal synthesis
Electrodeposition
Solid state synthesis
Dip coating
SILAR
Other techniques known and ability to interpreting results:
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Field Emission Scanning Electron
Microscopy (FESEM), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray
photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Contact Angle Meter, etc.
PUBLICATIONS
Published papers
1. Polypyrrole, α-Fe2O3 and their hybrid nanocomposite sensor: An impedance
spectroscopy study, S.T. Navale, G.D. Khuspe, M.A. Chougule, V.B. Patil, Organic
Electronics, 15-201*-****-****.
2. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) sensing performance of p-polypyrrole/n-tungsten oxide
hybrid nanocomposites at room temperature, A.T. Mane, S.T. Navale, Shashwati
Sen, D.K. Aswal, S.K. Gupta, V.B. Patil, Organic Electronics, 16 (2015) 195–204.
3. Camphor sulfonic acid doped PPy/α-Fe2O3 hybrid nanocomposites as NO2 sensors
S.T. Navale, G.D. Khuspe, M.A. Chougule, V.B. Patil, RSC Advances, 4 (2014)
4. Facial method for preparation of PbS films for NO2 detection, S.T. Navale, D.K.
Bandgar, M.A. Chougule, V.B. Patil, RSC Advances, DOI: 10.1039/C4RA15644G.
5. Room temperature NO2 gas sensing properties of DBSA doped PPy–WO3 hybrid
nanocomposite sensor, A.T. Mane, S.T. Navale, V.B. Patil, Organic Electronics, DOI:
10.1016/j.orgel.2015.01.018
6. Highly selective and sensitive CdS thin film sensor for detection of NO2 gas,
S.T. Navale, A.T. Mane, M.A. Chougule, N.M. Shinde, JunHo Kim, V.B. Patil, RSC
Advances, 4 (2014) 445**-*****.
7. SnO2-nanoparticles modified polyaniline films as highly selective, sensitive,
reproducible and stable ammonia sensors, G. D. Khuspe, S. T. Navale, M. A.
Chougule, V.B. Patil, J. Electronic Material Letters, 10 (2014)191-197.
8. Highly selective and sensitive room temperature NO2 gas sensor based on polypyrrole
thin films, S.T. Navale, A.T. Mane, M.A. Chougule, R.D. Sakhare, S.R. Nalage, V.B.
Patil, Synthetic Metals, 189 (2014) 94-99.
9. Highly selective, reproducible, selective and stable CSA-polypyrrole NO2 sensor,
S.T. Navale, M.A. Chougule, A.T. Mane, V.B. Patil, Synthetic Metals, 189 (2014)
111-118.
10. Room temperature NO2 sensing properties of polythiophene thin films, S.T. Navale,
A.T. Mane, G.D. Khuspe, M.A. Chougule, V.B. Patil, Synthetic Metals, 195 (2014)
228-233.
11. Synthesis and characterization of hybrid nanocomposites of polypyrrole filled with
iron oxide nanoparticles, S.T. Navale, G.D. Khuspe, M.A. Chougule, V.B. Patil,
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 75 (2014) 236-243.
12. Synthesis of Fe2O3 nanoparticles for nitrogen dioxide gas sensing applications,
S.T. Navale, D.K. Bandgar, S.R. Nalage, G.D. Khuspe, M.A. Chougule, Y.D. Kolekar,
V.B. Patil, Ceramics International, 39-201*-****-****.
13. Room temperature NO2 gas sensor based on PPy/α-Fe2O3 hybrid nanocomposites,
S.T. Navale, G.D. Khuspe, M.A. Chougule, V.B. Patil, Ceramics International,
40 (2014) 8013–8020.
14. Novel process for synthesis of α-Fe2O3: Microstructural and optoelectronic
investigations, S.T. Navale, D.K. Bandgar, S.R. Nalage, R.N. Mulik, M.A. Chougule,
V.B. Patil, J. of Materials science:Mater. in Electronics, 24-201*-****-****.
15. Camphor sulfonic acid (CSA) doped polypyrrole (PPy) films; Measurement of
microstructural and optoelectronic properties, S.T. Navale, A.T. Mane, A.A. Ghanwat,
A.R. Mulik, V.B. Patil, Measurement, 50 (2014) 363-369.
16. PPy/α-Fe2O3 hybrid nanocomposites: effect of CSA doping on structural,
morphological, optical and electrical transport properties, S.T. Navale, G.D. Khuspe,
M.A. Chougule, V.B. Patil, J. of Materials science:Mater. in Electronics, 25 (2014)
65-75.
17. Nanocrystalline SnO2 thin films: Structural, morphological, electrical transport and
optical studies, R.D. Sakhare, G.D. Khuspe, S.T. Navale, R.N. Mulik, R.C. Pawar,
C.S. Lee, M.A. Chougule, V.B. Patil, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 563 (2013)
300–306.
18. Nanostructured SnO2 thin film for NO2 gas sensing applications, G.D. Khuspe, R.D.
Sakhare, S.T. Navale, M.A. Chougule, R.N. Mulik, R.C. Pawar, C.S. Lee, V.B. Patil,
Ceramics International, 39 (2013) 8673–8679.
19. Polyaniline-CuO nanohybrid composites: synthesis, structural, morphological, optical
and electrical transport studies, D.M. Jundale, S.T. Navale, V.B. Patil, J. of Materials
science:Mater. in Electronics, 24-201*-****-****.
20. Polypyrrole-NiO hybrid nanocomposite: Structural, morphological, optical and
electrical transport studies, S.R. Nalage, S.T. Navale, V.B. Patil, Measurement,
21. Microstructural, optical and electrical transport properties of WO3 nanoparticles
coated polypyrrole hybrid nanocomposites, A.T. Mane, S.T. Navale, R.C. Pawar,
C.S. Lee, V.B. Patil, Synthetic Metals, 199 (2015) 187–195.
22. Polyaniline-SnO2 hybrid nanocomposite: Synthesis, structural, morphological, optical
and electrical properties, G.D. Khuspe, S.T. Navale, S.A. Pawar, M.A. Chougule, V.B.
Patil, Synthetic Metals, 178 (2013) 1-9.
23. Ammonia gas sensing properties of CSA doped PANi-SnO2 nanohybrid thin films,
G. D. Khuspe, S. T. Navale, S.A. Pawar, M. A. Chougule, V. B. Patil, Synthetic
Metals, 185-86 (2013) 1-8.
24. Novel route for fabrication of nanostructured iron oxide gas sensor, D.K. Bandgar,
S.T. Navale, G.D. Khuspe, S.A. Pawar, R.N. Mulik, V.B. Patil, Materials Science in
Semiconductor Processing, 17 (2014) 67-73.
25. Camphor sulfonic acid doped polyaniline-tin oxide hybrid nanocomposites: Synthesis,
structural, morphological, optical and electrical transport properties, G. D. Khuspe,
M. A. Chougule, S. T. Navale, S.A. Pawar, V. B. Patil, Ceramics International, 40
26. NO2 sensing properties of nanostructure tungsten oxide thin films, A.T. Mane, S.B.
Kulkarni, S.T. Navale, A.A. Ghanwat, N.M. Shinde, JunHo Kim and V.B. Patil
Ceramics International, 4 (2014) 164**-*****.
27. Synthesis, structural, morphological, compositional and electrical transport properties
of polyaniline/α-Fe2O3 hybrid nanocomposites, D.K. Bandgar, S.T. Navale, S.A.
Vanalkar, J.H. Kim, N.S. Harale, P.S. Patil and V.B. Patil, Synthetic Metals, 195
(2014) 350-358.
28. Fabrication of NiO thin film electrode for supercapacitor applications, V.V. Mali,
S.T.Navale, M.A.Chougule, G.D.Khuspe, P.R.Chougule, S.A.Pawar, V.B.Patil,
SOLID STATE PHYSICS: Proceedings of the 58th DAE Solid State Physics
Symposium 2013.
29. Synthesis, structural, compositional, morphological and optoelectronic properties of
tungsten oxide thin films, S. B. Kulkarni, A. T. Mane, S. T. Navale, P. S. Kulkarni, R.
N. Mulik, V. B. Patil, J. of Materials Science Materials in Electronics,
DOI10.1007/s10854-014-2508-8.
Posters presented / accepted in National / International Conference/
Symposia
1. Flexible Polyaniline (PANi) Sensor for Ammonia (NH3) Detection, S.T. Navale, D.K.
Bandgar, A.T. Mane, P.S. Kulkarni, P.R. Godse and V.B. Patil, National level seminar
on Recent Trends In Nanomaterial & Their Applications, 23-24 January 2015,
Sangola College, Sangola.
2. Development of low cost gas sensor system, S.T. Navale and A.T. Mane, University
level (Solapur University) Avishkar Research Festival, 25-26 December 2014,
FABTEC Engineering College Sangola.
3. NO2 sensor based on PPy/α-Fe2O3 hybrid nanocomposites, S.T.Navale, M.A.
Chougule, G.D. Khuspe, Shashwati Sen and V.B. Patil, DAE-BRNS Conference on
Organic Devices: The Future Ahead (ODeFA-2014), 3-6 March, 2014, Bhabha
Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai.
4. CSA doped PPy thin film sensor for NO2 monitoring, M.A. Chougule, S.T. Navale, S.
R. Nalage, A. T. Mane, A. A. Ghanwat and V.B. Patil DAE-BRNS Conference on
Organic Devices: The Future Ahead (ODeFA-2014), 3-6 March, 2014, Bhabha
Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai.
5. Highly sensitive room temperature NO2 sensor based on lead sulphide thin films,
S. T. Navale, D. K. Bandgar, M. A. Chougule, R. N. Mulik and V. B. Patil, 2nd
International Conference on Physics of Materials and Materials Based Device
Fabrication (ICPM-MDF-2014), 13-15 January, 2014, Department of Physics, Shivaji
University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
6. Fabrication of NiO thin film electrode for supercapacitor applications, V.V. Mali,
S.T. Navale, M.A. Chougule, G.D. Khuspe, S.A. Pawar, V.B. Patil, 58th DAE-Solid
State Physics Symposium, 17-21 December 2013, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab.
7. Development of room temperature cadmium sulphide sensor, S.T. Navale, M.A.
Chougule and V.B. Patil, Indian Physics Association Theme Meeting on “Synergy in
Physics and Industry” (SPI-2013), 21-22 January, 2013, Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre (BARC), Mumbai.
8. Fabrication of Polypyrrole-ZnO hybrid NO2 sensor, M.A. Chougule, S.T. Navale,
Shashwati Sen and V.B. Patil, Indian Physics Association Theme Meeting on
“Synergy in Physics and Industry” (SPI-2013), 21-22 January, 2013, Bhabha Atomic
Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai.
9. New method of fabrication of polythiophene (PTh) gas sensor, S.T. Navale, D.K.
Bandgar, V.S. Karande, M.A. Chougule and V.B. Patil National Conference on
Physics of Materials and Applications (NCPNA-2012),14-15 December 2012, DBF
Dayanand College of Arts & Science, Solapur (MAH).
REFERENCES
1. Dr.Vikas B. Patil 2. Prof. Rajaram S. Mane
Functional Materials Research Laboratory, Center for Nanomaterials & Energy Devices,
School of Physical Sciences, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada
Solapur University, Solapur-413 255, University, Nanded-4316006,
Maharashtra, India. Maharashtra, India.
Mob. No.: +91-942******* Mob. No.: +91-985*******
E-mail: *********@*****.*** E-mail: ***********@*****.***
3. Dr. Shashwati Sen 4. Dr. S.D.Sartale
Scientist ‘F’, Department of Physics,
Crystal Technology Section, Savitribai Phule Pune University,
Technical Physics Division,
Maharashtra, India,
BARC, Mumbai, India.
Mob. No.: +91-976*******
Mob. No.: +91-996*******
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Hereby I, Mr. S. T. Navale declare that the information given above is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
(S. T. Navale)