Professional Brief
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor(Physics),
PSG Institue of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore.
Dr.D.S.Kothari Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Nanoscience and Technology,BharathiarUniversity,Coimbatore.
DST-SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Relinquished to continue Dr.D.S.Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellowship)
Academic Details
Doctor of Philosophy, SASTRA Deemed to be University,Thanjavur,India.
Master’s in Materials Science, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
Bachelor’s in Physics, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore.
Honours and Awards
2023 – Received Best Poster Award in the International Conference on Nanomaterials for Electro-Catalytic Technologies (I-CONECT 2023), IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India
2020 – Received Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award(Science Stream),SASTRA Deemed to be University, Thanjavur, India.
2017-2020-Project Fellow, UGC-DAE-CSR Funded Project
Research Experience
- Visiting research fellow at the Micro/Nano Technology Centre at Tokai University in Japan (Oct-Dec, 2018)
- Visiting project fellow in the Nano materials Characterization & Sensors Section at IGCAR in Kalpakkam, India.(2017-2019)
- Project research fellow in the Ceramics and Composites Group at the Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory(DMRL) in Hyderabad, India. (2013-2014 (Nov-Apri))
Research Interests
- Materials Science
- Gassensors
- Electrochemical Sensors
- Water Splitting
- Super capacitors
Reviewer Role
- Elsevier–Journal of Alloys and Compounds,In organic Chemistry Communications
- IOP-Physica Scripta.
Publications
“Exploring the Enhanced Electrochemical Activity of V2O5/h-BN: Investigating Its Structural Dynamics for Asymmetric Supercapacitors”
Veena Mounasamy, Keerthana Murugan and Ponpandian Nagamony
ACS Applied Electronics Materials, | 2024 |
“Well-defined 2D transition vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) flat nanorods with large-scale synthesis feasibility as an electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER)”
VeenaMounasamy, Srividhya Ganesan and Ponpandian Nagamony
Energy Advances, 2023, 2, 12-33
“Preparation of free-standing V2O5 nanosheets for ammonia sensing application:Apotential candidate for flexiblesensors”
Veena Mounasamy, Ganesh Kumar Mani, Kazuyoshi Tsuchiya, and Sridharan Madanagurusamy
Journal of Science:Advanced Materials and Devices,2022,7,100415
“Nanoimprint assisted free standing porous vanadium oxide nanosheet based ammonia sensor”
Veena Mounasamy, Ganesh Kumar Mani, Kazuyoshi Tsuchiya, and Sridharan Madanagurusamy
Applied Surface Science, 2021, 541, 148271
“VanadiumOxide based Gas and Vapour Sensors:AReview on State of theArt”
Veena Mounasamy,Ganesh Kumar Mani,and Sridharan Madanagurusamy
MicrochimicaActa, 2020, 187, 253
“Investigation on CH4 Sensing Characteristics of Hierarchical V2O5 Nanoflowers Operated at Relatively Low Temperature using ChemiresistiveApproach”
Veena Mounasamy, Ganesh Kumar Mani,Dhivya Ponnusamy,Kazuyoshi T suchiya,P.R.Reshma,ArunK Prasad, and Sridharan Madanagurusamy
Analytica Chimica Acta, 2020, 1106, 148-160
“Cadmium metavanadate mixed oxide nanorods for the chemiresistivedetection of methanemolecules”
Veena Mounasamy, Ganesh Kumar Mani,DhivyaPonnusamy,Kazuyoshi T suchiya,P.R.Reshma,ArunK Prasad, and Sridharan Madanagurusamy
New Journal of Chemistry,2020,44(29),12473-12485
“Sub-ppm level detection of trimethylamine using V2O3-Cu2O mixed oxide thin films”
Veena Mounasamy, Ganesh Kumar Mani,Dhivya Ponnusamy, KazuyoshiTsuchiya,Arun K Prasad, and Sridharan Madanagurusamy
Ceramics International, 2019, 45 (15), 19528–19533
“Network Mixed Metal Oxide (V+4 and Ti+4) Nanostructures as Potential Material for Trimethylamine Detection”
Veena Mounasamy, Ganesh Kumar Mani,Dhivya Ponnusamy, Kazuyoshi T suchiya,Arun K Prasad, and Sridharan Madanagurusamy
New Journal of Chemistry, 2019, 43 (28), 11069–11081
“Template-free synthesis of vanadium sesquioxide (V2O3) nanosheets and their room-temperature sensing performance”
Veena Mounasamy, Ganesh Kumar Mani,Dhivya Ponnusamy, Kazuyoshi T suchiya,Arun K Prasad, and Sridharan Madanagurusamy
Journal of Materials ChemistryA, 2018, 6, 6402–6413
“Porous reduced graphene oxide(rGO)/WO3 nano compositesfor the enhanced detection of NH3 at room temperature”
G. Jeevitha, R. Abhinayaa, D. Mangalaraj, N. Ponpandian, P. Meena, Veena Mounasamy, Sridharan Madanagurusamy,
Nano scale Advances 1, 2019, 1799–1811
“Vanadium Oxide Nanoparticles for Dimethylamine Vapour Detection”
Veena Mounasamy,Ganesh Kumar Mani,Sujithra Sukumaran,Dhivya Ponnusamy,Kazuyoshi T suchiya, Arun K Prasad, and Sridharan Madanagurusamy,
2018 Int. Symp. Micro-Nano Mechatronics Hum. Sci., IEEE Xplore Conference Proceedings, 2018: pp. 1–5
“Development of crack free BLT thick films by chemical solution deposition technique”
Subir Roy, Rajalaxmi Maharana,Veena Mounasamy, Atul Kumar, Sandip Bysakh, S.V. Kamat,
Thin Solid Films, 2015, 589, 686–691
“Highly Selective Dimethylamine Sensing Performance of TiO2 Thin Films at Room Temperature”
Srividhya Ganesan,Abinaya Muruganandham, Veena Mounasamy, Veera Prabu Kannan, and Sridharan Madanagurusamy,
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2020, 20, 1–9
“Highly volatile dimethylamine vapour sensing studies using titanium-vanadium mixed oxide thin films”
Veera Prabhu Kannan, Veena Mounasamy, and Sridharan Madanagurusamy
MaterialsToday: Proceedings,2021,47,1155-1158
Book chapters
“Nano composites of Carbon as Electrocatalyst”,in the book titled “NanoCarbon:A Wonder Material for Energy Applications: Volume 1: Basics to Advanced Applications for Energy Production”, pp.219–236
Veena Mounasamy and Ponpandian Nagamony
SpringerNatureSingapore,|2024| pp.219–236
Chapter3: Synthesis of metal oxide composite nano fibers byelectro spinning and its applicationing as and VOC sensors”,in the book titled“Complex and Composite Metal Oxides for Gas,VOC and Humidity Sensors,Volume2,pp.61-90.
Veena Mounasamy and Ponpandian Nagamony
Elsevier, | 2024 | pp.61-90
Chapter14: “Metal organic framework based photo dynamic therapy for cancer treatment”,in the book titled “Nano phototherapy”
Siva selvam S,Veena Mounasamy,Ponpandian Nagamony
Elsevier, |2025| 419- 434
Chapter 12: Perovskites (ABO3) and their prospects for gas sensor application”, in the book titled “Complex and Composite Metal Oxides for Gas,VOC and Humidity Sensors,Volume2
Keerthana Shanmuganathan, Veena Mounasamy and Ponpandian Nagamony
Elsevier, | 2024 |, pp.355-383.
“Chapter 19: Functionalized Magnetic Nano systems for Diagnostic Tools and Devices”, in the book titled “Functionalized Magnetic Nano systems for Diagnostic Tools and Devices”
Divya Karuthapandian, Veena Mounasamy and Ponpandian Nagamony
Elsevier, | 2024 |,pp.559–585
Conferences / Seminars
Unravelling the Electrochemical Behavior of Layered MXene (Vanadium Carbide)/ Boron Nitride Electrodes Towards Supercapacitor Application
Veena Mounasamy, Nagamony Ponpandian,
International ConferenceonEnergy ConversionandStorage(ICECS2023), 2023,Amrita School of Physical Sciences, Coimbatore Campus, Tamil Nadu, India
IntegratingBoron Nitride (BN) with Polycrystalline Vanadium Pentoxide (V2O5) Nanocubes as Electrodes for Improved Efficiency in Electrochemical Capacitors
Veena Mounasamy,GanesanSrividhya,MuruganKeerthana,NagamonyPonpandian
”, International Conference on Women in Electrochemistry (ICWEC – 2023), The Electrochemical Society of India, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru 560012, Karnataka
Electrocatalytic Study of Reduced Graphene Oxide doped Vanadium Pentoxide (V2O5/rGO) Electrocatalyst towards Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Veena Mounasamy, Ganesan Srividhya, Nagamony Ponpandian,
International Conference on Nanomaterials for Electro-Catalytic Technologies (I-CONECT 2023), IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India
Vanadium Oxide Nano particles for Dimethylamine Vapour Detection
VeenaMounasamy, GaneshKumarMani, Sujithra Sukumaran,Dhivya Ponnusamy,Kazuyoshi T suchiya, ArunKPrasad,and Sridharan Madanagurusamy
29th International Symposium on Micro-Nano Mechatronics and Human Science (MHS 2018) on 9-12th December 2018, Nagoya, Japan
Free standing Vanadium Pentoxide Nanosheets:A Step towards Wearable Gas Sensor
Veena Mounasamy, Ganesh Kumar Mani, Dhivya Ponnusamy, Kazuyoshi Tsuchiya, Arun K Prasad, Sridharan Madanagurusamy
IRAGO Conference 2018,1st November 2018,Tokyo,Japan
Preparation of V2O5 Nanosheets and its Applicationas Flexible Gas Sensors
Veena Mounasamy,Ganesh Kumar Mani,Dhivya Ponnusamy,Kazuyoshi T suchiya,Arun K Prasad,and Sridharan Madanagurusamy,
Inter University Seminar on Micro Nano Technologies (iMINT2018 )on 24-25th November 2018, Japan
