DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS

PILLALAMARRI SRIKRISHNARKA

Biography

Srikrishnarka is a research scholar working on surface chemistry and nanotechnology. He has graduated from Amrita School of Engineering with a bachelors in Chemical Engineering (B.Tech), followed with a masters in Nanotechnology (M.Tech) from Amrita Center for Nanoscience and Molecular medicine. After post-graduation joined for Ph.D. in IIT-Madras under Prof. T.Pradeep. His interests also include photography, anime and books.

Education

  • M.Tech in Nanotechnology, Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular medicine, Kochi.
  • B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore.

Research Interests

  • Srikrishnarka's primary focus is on to understand the dust deposition mechanism on glass surfaces and routes for cleaning them. Secondly, to study the capture mechanism of particulate matter on electrospun fibers. Finally, to look into applications using electrospun fibers, especially for monitoring the humidity in breath.

Representative Publications

Surface Treated Nanofibers for High Current Yielding Breath Humidity Sensors for Wearable Electronics, Sathvik Iyengar, Srikrishnarka Pillalamarri, Sourav Jana, Md Rabiul Islam, Tripti Ahuja, Jyoti Mohanty, and Thalappil Pradeep, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater., 2019. (Just accepted).

Geologically-inspired monoliths for sustainable release of essential minerals into drinking water, Swathy Jakka Ravindran, Ananthu Mahendranath, Srikrishnarka Pillalamarri, Anil Kumar Avula, Md Rabiul Islam, Sritama Mukherjee, Ligy Philip, and Thalappil Pradeep, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2019. (Just accepted)

 Sustainable and affordable composites built using microstructures performing better than nanostructures for arsenic removal, Sritama Mukherjee, Avula Anil Kumar, Chennu Sudhakar, Ramesh Kumar, Tripti Ahuja, Biswajit Mondal, Srikrishnarka Pillalamarri, Ligy Philip and Thalappil Pradeep, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 7 (2018) 3222–3233 (DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b05157).

 

Honors and Rewards

  • WILL BE UPDATED SOON

PILLALAMARRI SRIKRISHNARKA

CY15D305

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