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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in India Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in India Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in India Leader Award
  • 2017 - Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society  
  • 2003 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2000 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2000 - Hughes Medal, Royal Society of London for his contributions to the field of materials chemistry, in particular, in relation to studies of the electronic and magnetic properties of transition metal oxides and high temperature superconductors. His work has been an inspiration to a generation of Indian scientists
  • 1997 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1990 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1988 - Polish Academy of Science
  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1982 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1967 - Marlow Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Overview

C. N. R. Rao is affiliated with the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in India. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Materials Science and Engineering, and subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Polymers and Plastics.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a focus on materials chemistry and energy-related applications. Notable recent papers include:

  • Effect of magnetic field on the hydrogen evolution activity using non-magnetic Weyl semimetal catalysts, 2020, Dalton Transactions
  • A novel method for synthesis of γ-graphyne and their charge transfer properties, 2022, Carbon
  • 2D transition metal-based phospho-chalcogenides and their applications in photocatalytic and electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reactions, 2023, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Metavalent Bonding Origins of Unusual Properties of Group IV Chalcogenides, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • Layered Nanocomposites of Polymer-Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide and Borocarbonitride with MoS2 and MoSe2 and Their Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity, 2020, ACS Applied Nano Materials

The research topics covered across these works include:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with C. N. R. Rao are:

  • Pallellappa Chithaiah
  • K. Pramoda
  • Devesh Chandra Binwal
  • Umesh V. Waghmare
  • Swaraj Servottam

The most common publication venues where their work appears include:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Materials Horizons
  • APL Materials
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

C. N. R. Rao has also contributed to scientific literature through book publications, including a book titled Energy Materials published by World Scientific in 2022.

Their research has been recognized through numerous awards such as the Von Hippel Award from the Materials Research Society (2017), Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada (2003), the Hughes Medal from the Royal Society of London (2000) acknowledging contributions in materials chemistry particularly in transition metal oxides and superconductors, and the Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2000. Other distinctions include memberships and fellowships in several academies: Royal Society (UK), National Academy of Sciences, Indian National Academy of Engineering, Academia Europaea, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Graphene: The New Two-Dimensional Nanomaterial

    C. N. R. Rao;A. K. Sood;K. S. Subrahmanyam;A. Govindaraj

  • Metal carboxylates with open architectures.

    C. N. R. Rao;Srinivasan Natarajan;R. Vaidhyanathan

  • MoS2 and WS2 Analogues of Graphene

    H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte;A. Gomathi;Arun K. Manna;Dattatray J. Late

  • Chemical Applications of Infrared Spectroscopy

    C. N. R. Rao

  • Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Boron- and Nitrogen-Doped Graphene

    L. S. Panchakarla;K. S. Subrahmanyam;S. K. Saha;Achutharao Govindaraj

  • Studies on the brookite-rutile transformation

    C. N. R. Rao;S. R. Yoganarasimhan;P. A. Faeth

  • Ferromagnetism as a universal feature of nanoparticles of the otherwise nonmagnetic oxides

    A. Sundaresan;R. Bhargavi;N. Rangarajan;U. Siddesh

  • Sensing behavior of atomically thin-layered MoS2 transistors

    Dattatray J. Late;Yi Kai Huang;Bin Liu;Jagaran Acharya;Jagaran Acharya

  • Weyl Semimetals as Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts

    Catherine R. Rajamathi;Uttam Gupta;Nitesh Kumar;Hao Yang

  • Colossal magnetoresistance, charge ordering and related properties of manganese oxides

    C N R Rao;B Raveau

  • Hysteresis in single-layer MoS2 field effect transistors.

    Dattatray J. Late;Bin Liu;H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte;Vinayak P. Dravid

  • Graphene-based electrochemical supercapacitors

    S. R. C. Vivekchand;Chandra Sekhar Rout;K. S. Subrahmanyam;A. Govindaraj

  • The Chemistry of Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

    C. N. R. Rao;Achim Müller;A. K. Cheetham

  • The chemistry of Nanomaterials

    C. N. R. Rao;A. Muller;A. K. Cheetham

  • COLOSSAL MAGNETORESISTANCE, CHARGE ORDERING AND OTHER NOVEL PROPERTIES OF MANGANATES AND RELATED MATERIALS

    C. N. R. Rao;A. K. Raychaudhuri

  • Structural diversity and chemical trends in hybrid inorganic–organic framework materials

    Anthony K. Cheetham;C. N. R. Rao;Russell K. Feller

  • Ultraviolet and Visible Spectroscopy

    Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra. Rao

  • Graphene, the new nanocarbon

    C. N. R. Rao;C. N. R. Rao;Kanishka Biswas;Kanishka Biswas;K. S. Subrahmanyam;A. Govindaraj;A. Govindaraj

  • Graphene analogues of BN: novel synthesis and properties.

    Angshuman Nag;Kalyan Raidongia;Kailash P S S Hembram;Ranjan Datta

  • Transition Metal Oxides

    C. N. R. Rao

Frequent Co-Authors

A. Govindaraj
A. Govindaraj Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Giridhar U. Kulkarni
Giridhar U. Kulkarni Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Srinivasan Natarajan
Srinivasan Natarajan Indian Institute of Science
A. K. Sood
A. K. Sood Indian Institute of Science
Umesh V. Waghmare
Umesh V. Waghmare Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Kanishka Biswas
Kanishka Biswas Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Anthony K. Cheetham
Anthony K. Cheetham University of Cambridge
D. D. Sarma
D. D. Sarma Indian Institute of Science
A. Sundaresan
A. Sundaresan Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
K. J. Rao
K. J. Rao Indian Institute of Science

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