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Christie Thomas Cherian

Christie Thomas Cherian

Assistant Professor

Dr. Christie Thomas Cherian is an assistant professor in the School of Electronic systems and Automation, Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology (DUK), Trivandrum. Prior to joining DUK, he was with the department of Physics and electronics, Christ University Bangalore where he worked as an assistant professor. He worked as post-doctoral fellow in University of Manchester, UK and École Normale Supérieure France. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Physics, National University of Singapore. His MSc degree is in Physics from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India. His research interests include synthesis of graphene and other 1D and 2D nanomaterials and its application in energy storage devices, membranes and sensors.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2335-9329

Google Scholar Link:  https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=OiZAbygAAAAJ&hl=en

Academic

  • PhD from National university of Singapore
    • Area of research: Nanostructured anode materials for Lithium-ion battery.
  • Master of Science in physics
    • Department of physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India.
  • Bachelor of Science in physics
    • Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

Professional Experience:

  • Assistant Professor in the School of Electronic Systems and Automation, Digital University Kerala (Former IIITM-Kerala)

( July 2023 onward)

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, CHRIST University, Hosur Road, Bangalore
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate in École Normale Supérieure, Paris
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate in University of Manchester & National Graphene Institute, UK
  • Post-doctoral research fellow in Graphene Research Centre, NUS, Singapore

Funded Projects

  • Li-ion conducting thin films for solid state batteries o Funding agency: Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB)
  • Project amount: Rs 30,00000

Publications

  1. Reply to: Random interstratification in hydrated graphene oxide membranes and implications for seawater desalination

Jijo Abraham, Kalangi S. Vasu, Christopher D. Williams, Kalon Gopinadhan, Yang Su, Christie T. Cherian, James Dix, Eric Prestat, Sarah J. Haigh, Irina V. Grigorieva, Paola Carbone, Andre K. Geim & Rahul R. Nair. Nature Nanotechnology 17, pages 134–135 (2022)

  1. Cation-controlled wetting properties of vermiculite membranes and its promise for fouling resistant oil–water separation
  2. Huang, P. Rowe, C. Chi, V. Sreepal, T. Bohn, K.-G. Zhou, Y. Su, E. Prestat, P. Balakrishna Pillai, Christie. T. Cherian, A. Michaelides, R. R. Nair. Nature Communications 11, 1097, 2020
  3. Electrically controlled water permeation through graphene oxide membranes

K.-G. Zhou, K. S. Vasu, Christie T. Cherian, M. Neek-Amal, J. C. Zhang, H. Ghorbanfekr-Kalashami, K. Huang, O. P. Marshall, V. G. Kravets, J. Abraham, Y. Su, A. N. Grigorenko, A. Pratt, A. K. Geim, F. M. Peeters, K. S. Novoselov & R. R. Nair. Nature 559, pages 236–240, 2018

  1. Ultrathin graphene-based membrane with precise molecular sieving and ultrafast solvent permeation
  2. Yang, Y. Su, C. Chi, Christie T. Cherian, K. Huang, V. G. Kravets, F. C. Wang, J. C. Zhang, A. Pratt, A. N. Grigorenko, F. Guinea, A. K. Geim & R. R. Nair. Nature Materials 16, pages 1198–1202, 2017
  3. Tuneable Sieving of Ions Using Graphene Oxide Membranes

Jijo Abraham, Kalangi S. Vasu, Christopher D. Williams, Kalon Gopinadhan, Yang Su, Christie T. Cherian, James Dix, Eric Prestat, Sarah J. Haigh, Irina V. Grigorieva, Paola Carbone, Andre K. Geim & Rahul R. Nair. Nature Nanotechnology 12, 546-550, 2017

  1. ‘Bubble-free’ electrochemical delamination of CVD graphene films

Christie T. Cherian et al. SMALL, 2015, 11, 189-194

  1. Dynamical spin injection at a quasi-one-dimensional ferromagnet-graphene interface
  2. Singh, Christie T Cherian et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 032411 (2015)
  3. Interconnected network of CoMoO4 sub-micron particles as high capacity anode material for Lithium ion batteries

Christie T. Cherian et al. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2013, 5 (3), pp 918–923

  1. Zn2SnO4 nanowire network vs nanoparticles: Electrochemical performance as anode material in Lithium ion battery and morphological studies using ex-situ TEM

Christie T. Cherian et al. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2013 Jul 10;5(13):6054-60

  1. Morphologically robust NiFe2O4 nanofibers as high capacity Li-ion battery anode material

Christie T. Cherian et al. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2013, 5 (20), pp 9957–9963

  1. Molten synthesis of ZnO.Fe3O4 and Fe2O3 and its electrochemical performance

M.V. Reddy, Christie T. Cherian et al., Electrochimica Acta, 2014,118, 75–80

  1. Ultra-thin Hexagonal Hybrid Nanosheets Synthesized by Graphene Oxide Assisted Exfoliation of B-Co(OH)2 Mesocrystals
  2. Deng, Christie T Cherian et al Chemistry – A European Journal 20(39) 2014
  3. (N, F)-co-doped TiO2: Synthesis, anatase-rutile conversion and Li-cycling properties

Christie T. Cherian et al. CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 978-986

  1. Electro-spun Fe2O3 nanorods as stable high-capacity anode material for Li-ion battery

Christie T. Cherian et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 12198-12204

  1. Li-cycling properties of nano-crystalline (Ni1-xZnx)Fe2O4.

Christie T. Cherian et al. Journal of solid state electrochemistry, 2012, 1823-1832 (Conference Publication)

  1. Facile synthesis and Li-storage performance of SnO nanoparticles and microcrystals

Christie T. Cherian et al. RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 3118-3123

  1. Co2+ doped ZnO nanoflowers grown by hydrothermal method
  2. M. Aneesh, Christie T Cherian et al. Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan Vol. 118 (2010) 1377, 333-336