Our expertise is in the synthesis of 2D nanosheet materials through liquid
  exfoliation and chemical exfoliation, and their chemical functionalization. We
  focus on the chemistries of phosphorene, arsenene, and transition metal
  dichalcogenides (TMDs) and are interested in their optical and electronic
  properties.
Selected Publications
  P. Vishnoi, K. Pramoda, U. Gupta, M. Chhetri, R. Geetha Balakrishna, C. N.
    R. Rao,
  
Covalently Linked Heterostructures of Phosphorene with
    MoS2/MoSe2 and their HER Activity
  
  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 27780–27787.
  P. Vishnoi, U. Gupta, R. Pandey, C. N. R. Rao,
  
Stable Functionalized Phosphorenes with Photocatalytic HER Activity
,
  
    J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 6631–6637.
  
  P. Vishnoi, A. Sampath, U. V. Waghmare, C. N. R. Rao,
  
Covalent Functionalization of Nanosheets of MoS2 and MoSe2
    by Substituted Benzenes and Other Organic Molecules
,
  
    Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 886–895.