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Giridhar U Kulkarni, also known as G. U. Kulkarni (born 22, July 1963) is an Indian chemist. Dr. G. U. Kulkarni is the Director of Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bangalore and is a Professor (on lien) at Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR).

Giridhar U. Kulkarni
Prof. G. U. Kulkarni, Director, CeNS
Born22 July 1963
Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Occupation(s)Director, Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bangalore Currently on lien from Chemistry & Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
SpouseIndira G. Kulkarni
WebsiteProfile on Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences

Early Life[edit]

G. U. Kulkarni was born on July 22, 1963 at Dharwad to the couple, (Late) Raghavendra Udapi Rao Kulkarni and Radha Udapi Rao Kulkarni. His father was a ..., and mother was. He was educated in government schools at Dharwad. Later, he was educated at the Karnatak Univeristy for his BSc and MSc.

Early research[edit]

Indian Institute of science

G. U. Kulkarni received his PhD under guidance of Professors C. N. R. Rao[1]from Indian Institute of Science in 1992 for which he was awarded as Sudborough medal and the Best Thesis award from Chemical Sciences Division. Additionaly, he spent another a year for as a post-doctoral fellow followed by he joined Cardiff University, UK for about two years (1993-95). Later he joined Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore[2] as a Faculty Fellow (1995) promoted to Professor in a year 2007. Since then he has served as a Chairman to a Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (2008-11), Dean -Academic (2011-13), Dean - Faculty Affairs(2013-15) at JNCASR additionally, he has held a visiting/adjunct positions at Cardiff, Tokyo, TASC-INFM, Trieste; Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa; Purdue etc. At present, he is a Director at Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Science (CeNS)[3] and is a Professor (on lien) at Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advance Scientific Research (JNCASR).

Awards and recognitions[edit]

Prof. G. U. Kulkarni at Bangalore Nano - 2012

G. U. Kulkarni has received the following awards and recognition during the period of his research:

  • Sudborough medal and the Best Thesis award from Chemical Sciences Division, Indian Institute of Science, 1993
  • Material Research Society of India Lecture medal, 1999
  • Sir C. V. Raman Young Scientist award, 1999
  • B.M.Birla Science prize in Chemistry, 2002
  • Chemical Research Society of India Lecture medal, 2003
  • Prof. C.N.R. Rao Oration award, 2006
  • MRSI-ICSC Super Conductivity and Materials Science Annual Prize -2011[4]
  • Bangalore Nano National Award – 2012[5]
  • Sheikh Saqr Senior Fellow – 2012 - 14
  • Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad[6]
  • Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore[7]
  • Fellow of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM)[8]
  • International Senior Fellowship of University of Bayreuth 2016
  • Adjunct Member of the faculty for Science and Technology, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga
  • Prof. C.N.R. Rao Science award in 13th Kannada Science Conference, 2017

Current research and research group[edit]

Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS)[1]

Currently, G. U. Kulkarni is carrying out research at Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bangalore and is a Professor (on lien) at Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR). His present research interests are focused on new strategies in synthesis of nanomaterials, nanopatterning and nanodevice fabrication including of molecular systems. The recipes emphasize the importance of simple design, near ambient working conditions, solution based processing as well as low cost instrumentation. Our group strives to translate nanoresearch finding into affordable technology.

We have made contributions in many areas- nanomaterials, developing nanotools and prototype device fabrication, molecular systems and their properties etc.  There is a concrete underlying theme, which makes the contributions unique. We have employed solid-state chemistry principles to nanomaterial synthesis which paved way, for the first time, to direct patterning by various lithography tools. Thus, the potential of metal-organic precursors as single source precursors for patterned synthesis of a variety of nanomaterials has been realized which has been applied effectively in e-beam lithography and soft molding. The functionality of the patterned materials is clearly demonstrated in prototype devices such as sensors.   This is a fine example of chemistry applied to high-end device research.[9]

Dr. Kulkarni has published over 272 research articles[10] and secured several national and international patents. He has contributed to 13 books and coauthored a book on Nanocrystals. His H-factor as of July 2018, is 46.

Books[edit]

  • Kulkarni, G. U.; Mettela, G.; Kiruthika, S., Synthesis of Nano-and Microcrystallites of Metals  Using Metal-Organic Precursors in Molecular Materials, Eds. Sanjay V. Malhotra, B.L.V. Prasad And Jordi Fraxedas, CRC Press: Boya Raton, Year 2017; pp 213-237. ISBN: 13-978-1-4822-4595-0
  • B Radha and GU Kulkarni, "Direct write nanolithography", Nanoscience: Nanostructures through Chemistry 2, 58 (2013)
  • B. Radha and G.U. Kulkarni, "Micromolding - A Soft Lithography Technique" (Chapter 16, Page No. 329) Book Title: Micromanufacturing Processes, Edited By V.K. Jain (978-1-43-985290-3); Publisher: CRC Press, 2012
  • B. Radha and G. U. Kulkarni, "Nanolithography"  (Chapter 21, Pages No. 572); Book Title: A Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Edited By T. Pradeep (978-1-25-900732-3); Publisher:  MC Graw Hill, 2012
  • R. Gupta, G. U. Kulkarni, "Au nanoparticle PDMS composite foam for waste water treatment", Nanoparticle Assembly: From Fundamentals to Applications, 62 (2011)
  • G. U. Kulkarni, Patterned arrays of Au Nanocrystals by direct write methods; Nanoparticle Assembly: From Fundamentals to Applications, 35 (2011) Mesoscale self-assembly of metal nanocrystals into ordered arrays and giant clusters
  • G. U. Kulkarni, P. J. Thomas and C. N. R. Rao; Supramolecular Organization and Materials Design, 265, 2008
  • C.N.R. Rao, P. John Thomas and G.U. Kulkarni, Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Properties and Applications, Springer Series in Materials Science 95, Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelburg, 2007, pages 180 (ISBN 978-3-540-68751-1).
  • C.N.R. Rao, G.U. Kulkarni and P. John Thomas in “Metal-polymer nanocomposites”, (Eds. Luigi Nicolais, Gianfranco Carotenuto), Physical and Chemical properties of nanosized metal particles, Wiley-Interscience, John-Wiley & Sons, 1-36, 2004.
  • G. U. Kulkarni, P. John Thomas and C. N. R. Rao in "Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Nanomaterials" (Eds. C.N.R. Rao, A. Mueller and A.K. Cheetham), Mesoscopic Assembly and other properties of metal and semiconductor nanocrystals, Wiley-VCH, 2004.
  • Mesoscopic organizations of metal nanocrystals, G. U. Kulkarni, P. John Thomas and C. N. R. Rao in "Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" (Ed. H. S. Nalwa), American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles (2004), Vol. 5, pp.277-289.
  • Advances in Chemistry: A Selection of CNR Rao's Publications (1994-2003). World Scientific Series in 20th Century Chemistry
  • GU Kulkarni, World Scientific (2003)
  • Advances in Chemistry: A Selection of CNR Rao's Publications (1994-2003)
  • CNR Rao, J Gopalakrishnan, GU Kulkarni, World Scientific Publishing Company (2003)
  • Nanoscale catalysis by gold, Vinod, C.P., Kulkarni, G.U. and Rao, C.N.R. in Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (Eds. A. Carley, P. Davies, G. Hutchings & M. Spencer), Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2002, p. 191-206.
  • Mesoscale self-assembly of metal nanocrystals into ordered arrays and giant clusters, Kulkarni, G.U., Thomas, P.J. and Rao, C.N.R in “Supramolecular Materials Design”, Cambridge University Press 2002, p.265.
  • Investigations of Cu-Ni/SiO2, Ni-Fe/SiO2, Cu-Fe/SiO2 and Ru-Fe/SiO2 bimetallic catalysts by employing EXAFS, Mössbauer and Infrared spectroscopies, Kulkarni, G.U., Kannan, K.R., Arunarkavalli, T. and Rao, C.N.R. Advances in Catalyst Design (eds. M. Graziani and C.N.R. Rao), World Scientific, Singapore (1993) p. 373-400.
  • Investigations of catalysts by in-situ XRD, EXAFS and Mössbauer measurements and of simulated catalyst surfaces prepared in-situ in an electron spectrometer, Rao, C.N.R., Kulkarni, G.U., Sankar, G., Kannan, K.R. and Ranga Rao, G. Advances in Catalyst Design (eds. M. Graziani and C.N.R. Rao), World Scientific, Singapore, (1991) p. 1-41.

Social media and Science article highlights[edit]

Nobler than the noblest: “All that glitters is not gold – but sometimes it really, really is. Researchers have made a new kind of gold crystal that is even more gold-like than regular gold.”, writes Michael Marshall in NewScientist citing the new discovery by Prof. G U Kulkarni, Director, CeNS and his group.[11]

Forget curtains, switch to smart windows: "Researchers at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) have come up with three different types of windows (thermochromic, hydrocarbon, hydrogel) with different behaviours. Windows made of hydrogel change from transparent to opaque when heated and back to transparent when heat is removed. Thermochromic and hydrocarbon windows are opaque at room temperature and become translucent and transparent respectively when heated."[12]

Roll of crack templated polymer film: "Transparent conductor cut from a roll of crack templated polymer film- based on the invention of Prof GUK & his group. At IGSTC project meeting held at Papierfabrik Louisenthal in Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany, April 2018"[13]

A new, robust form of gold: a new type of gold in the form of very small crystals — microcystallites. The microcrystal gold has been found to be nobler than gold — it do not dissolve in mercury and Aqua regia (a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid), and showed the least interaction with copper. [14]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Professor, CNR Rao. "Home page-". www.jncasr.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  2. ^ "Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research". www.jncasr.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  3. ^ "Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS)".
  4. ^ "Materials Research Society of India". www.mrsi.org.in. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  5. ^ "Funding for science and technology likely to go up". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2012-12-07. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-08-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ "The National Academy of Sciences, India - Home". www.nasi.org.in. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  7. ^ "Fellowship | Indian Academy of Sciences". www.ias.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  8. ^ "Asia Pacific Academy of Materials". store.niic.nsc.ru. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  9. ^ Prof. Kulkarni's, List of Research. "Research". www.cens.res.in. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  10. ^ ORCID. "Giridhar U. Kulkarni (0000-0002-4317-1307) - ORCID | Connecting Research and Researchers". orcid.org. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  11. ^ "New form of gold is much golder than normal gold". New Scientist. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  12. ^ Pacha, Aswathi (2017-11-11). "Forget curtains, switch to smart windows". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  13. ^ 2018 - Jan to June. "IGSTC Newletter" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Pacha, Aswathi (2018-08-18). "JNCASR: A new, robust form of gold". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-08-20.


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