Ramana Chintalapalle
PhD, Materials Science and Applied Physics, Sri Venkateswara University, 1999
MS, Physics and Electronics Engineering, Sri Venkateswara University, 1992
BS, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, 1990
About
Ramana Chintalapalle is the Director of the Ion Beam Lab and an Empire Innovation Professor within the Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering.
Chintalapalle’s research centers on nanomaterials, thin-films, surface/interface engineering and the manufacturing of functional materials for electronics, defense, security and energy. Central to his work is the development of atomically engineered interfaces that enable high-quality epitaxial growth and enhanced performance.
Before CNSE, he was the founding director of the Center for Advanced Materials Research and a professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso. He’s a member of both The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and AVS.
Research
Publications
Selected and representative:
- S.M. Ansari, Y. Younis, Y.D. Kolekar, C.V. Ramana, Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles: The Physics, Synthesis, Properties and Applications, Applied Physics Reviews, 12, 021308 (2025) (Invited Review).
- N. Attarzadeh, et al., Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity of Ecofriendly and Earth-Abundant (Zn,Cu) Fe2O4+CuO Nanocomposites for Water Splitting, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17, 28038 (2025).
- F. Sanchez, et al., Structure, Surface/Interface Chemistry and Optical Properties of W-Incorporated β-Ga2O3 Films Made by Pulsed Laser Deposition, RSC Applied Interfaces, 6, 1395-1409 (2024) (Invited Contribution).
- A. Narayana, N. Attarzadeh, V. Shutthanandan, C.V. Ramana, High-Performance NiCo2O4/Graphene Quantum Dots for Asymmetric and Symmetric Supercapacitors with Enhanced Energy Efficiency, Advanced Functional Materials, 34, 2316379 (2024).
- N. Attarzadeh, et al., One-Step Synthesis and Operando Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic Characterization of Heterostructured MoP–Mo2N Electrocatalysts for Stable Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16, 6958-6970 (2024).
- N. Attarzadeh, et al., Nature-Inspired Design of Nano-Architecture-Aligned Ni5P4-Ni2P/NiS Arrays for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 22036-22050 (2023).
- B.G. Baraskar, Y.D. Kolekar, B.R. Thombare, A.R. James, R.C. Kambale, C.V. Ramana, Enhanced Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric, and Electrostrictive Properties of Lead‐Free (1‐x) BCZT‐(x) BCST Electroceramics with Energy Harvesting Capability, Small, 5, 2300549 (2023).
- C.V. Ramana, et al. Rationally Engineered Vertically Aligned β-Ga2-xWxO3 Nanocomposites for Self-Biased Solar-Blind Ultraviolet Photodetectors with Ultrafast Response, Advanced Materials Technologies, 8, 2300014 (2023).
- C.V. Ramana, et al., Controlled Phase Stabilization Enabled Tunable Optical Properties of Nanocrystalline GeO2 Films, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 4, 3115-3124 (2022).
- C.V. Ramana, et al., Fabrication and Characterization of High-Quality Epitaxial Nanocolumnar Niobium Films with Abrupt Interfaces on YSZ (001), The Journal of Physical Chemistry, C 126, 2098-2107 (2022).
- L. Sun, J.G. Jones, J.T. Grant, N.R. Murphy, C.V. Ramana, K.G. Eyink, Jonathan P Vernon, Peter R Stevenson, Nanoscale-Thick Thin Films of High-Density HfO2 for Bulk-like Optical Responses, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4, 10836-10844 (2021).
- C.V. Ramana, C.M. Julien, Growth, Characterization and Performance of Bulk and Nano-Engineered Molybdenum Oxides for Energy Storage and Conversion, Progress in Crystal Growth & Characterization, 67, 100533 (2021) (Invited Review).