Dr. AMIT LOCHAN SHARMA

Chief Scientist, Central Analytical Instrumentation Facility (CAIF)

Optical Thin Film Fabrication for Strategic, Societal & Industrial Applications. Material Science:

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Research Publications

1. SHARMA DEEPIKA, GOYAL SACHIN, KAMLESH KUMAR, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Light-driven reversible dynamic chromism of azobenzene and spiropyran-based functional molecular switches for authentication and multiple photopatterning applications. Chemical Engineering Journal. 15-11-2025, 524, 169758
2. DHUGGA LOVEPREET KAUR, KAUR NAVNEET, GILL NISHA, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, SINGH DWIJENDRA P.. Tailoring the electrical, dielectric and magnetic properties of SiO2 coated NiFe2O4 nanoparticles. Ceramics International. 01-09-2025, 51(23) PART B, 39734-39743
3. SHARMA DEEPIKA, GOYAL SACHIN, KAMLESH KUMAR, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Multi-Stimuli Response of Advanced Functional Spiropyran-Based Smart Chromic Material: Acid Vapors Sensing Applications. Advanced Materials Technologies. 01-05-2025, , 70022
4. GOYAL SACHIN, SHARMA DEEPIKA, KAMLESH KUMAR, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Aromatic Pendant Containing Conjugated Polydiacetylene Based Low-Temperature Irreversible Thermochromic Indicator: Smart Monitoring of Milk Storage. Advanced Materials Technologies. 24-04-2025, , 2401860
5. SHARMA DEEPIKA, GOYAL SACHIN, KAMLESH KUMAR, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Advanced Functional Spiropyran-Based Smart Materials with Rapid and Reversible Photochromic Response for Optical Sensing Applications. Advanced Materials Technologies. 07-02-2025, ,
6. SHAVITA, KAMAL KISHOR THAKUR, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, SINGH SUMAN. Exploring MXene-MOF composite for supercapacitor application. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 01-08-2024, 322, 129463
7. GOYAL SACHIN, SHARMA DEEPIKA, DEEP AKASH, KUMAR KAMLESH, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Polydiacetylene/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Composite Films as a Low-Temperature Irreversible Indicator for Drug Storage Applications. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 29-03-2024, 6(7), 4186–4194
8. GARG NAINI, DEEP AKASH, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Sensitive Detection of Cadmium Using Amine-Functionalized Fe-MOF by Anodic Stripping Voltammetry. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 23-06-2023, 62(25), 9735–9746
9. GARG NAINI, DEEP AKASH, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Simultaneous detection of Lead and Cadmium using a composite of Zeolite Imidazole Framework and Reduced Graphene Oxide (ZIF-67/rGO) via electrochemical approach. Environmental Engineering Research. 13-09-2022, 28(4), 220269
10. GARG NAINI, DEEP AKASH, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Recent Trends and Advances in Porous Metal-Organic Framework Nanostructures for the Electrochemical and Optical Sensing of Heavy Metals in Water. Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry. 13-08-2022, , 1-24
11. GARG NAINI, DEEP AKASH, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Metal-organic frameworks based nanostructure platforms for chemo-resistive sensing of gases. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 15-10-2021, 445, 214073
12. GARG MAYANK, VISHWAKARMA NEELAM, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, SINGH SUMAN. Amine-Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots for Fluorescence-Based Immunosensing of Ferritin. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 08-07-2021, 4(7), 7416–7425
13. GUPTA ARUSHI, SHARMA SANDEEP KUMAR, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, DEEP AKASH. 2-Aminotrimesic Acid-Functionalized GrapheneOxide-Modified Screen-Printed Electrodes for SensitiveElectrochemical Detection of Cardiac Marker Troponin I. Physica Status Solidi (a). 01-07-2021, 218(13), 2000700
14. GUPTA ARUSHI, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, DEEP AKASH. Sensitive impedimetric detection of E. coli with metal-organic framework (MIL-53) / polymer (PEDOT) composite modified screen-printed electrodes. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 01-02-2021, 9(1), 104925
15. GUPTA ARUSHI, SHARMA SANDEEP KUMAR, PACHAURI VIVEK, INGEBRANDT SVEN, SINGH SUMAN, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, DEEP AKASH. Sensitive impedimetric detection of troponin I with metal–organic framework composite electrode. RSC Advances. 08-01-2021, 11(4), 2167-2174
16. GARG MAYANK, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, SINGH SUMAN. Advancement in biosensors for inflammatory biomarkers of SARS-CoV-2 during 2019–2020. Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 01-01-2021, 171, 112703
17. KAUR HARMEET, SHRIVASTAV VISHAL, KUMAR MUKESH, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, DEEP AKASH. Investigations on optoelectronic properties of metal (Terbium)-organic framework / tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato)aluminium composite for potential device applications. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 15-11-2020, 255, 123569
18. KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, DEEP AKASH, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Chemoresistive Room-Temperature Sensing of Ammonia Using Zeolite Imidazole Framework and Reduced Graphene Oxide (ZIF-67/rGO) Composite. ACS Omega. 13-10-2020, 5(42), 27492-27501
19. GUPTA ARUSHI, GARG MAYANK, SINGH SUMAN, DEEP AKASH, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Highly Sensitive Optical Detection of Escherichia coli Using Terbium-Based Metal–Organic Framework. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 19-09-2020, 12(42), 48198–48205
20. GARG MAYANK, CHRISTENSEN MARTIN GEDSTED, ILES ALEXANDER, SINGH SUMAN, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, PAMME NICOLE. Microfluidic-Based Electrochemical Immunosensing of Ferritin. Biosensors. 05-08-2020, 10(8),
21. KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Optical and morphological studies of aluminium oxide films fabricated at different leaning angles using ion assisted E-Beam deposition technique. Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optic. 01-08-2020, 222, 165376
22. SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Enhanced dielectric properties of the poly(vinylidene fluoride)-CaCu3Ti4O12 nanocomposite thick films by quenching in ice water. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 01-07-2020, 254, 123530
23. GILL NISHA, GUPTA VINAY, TOMAR MONIKA, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, PANDEY O P, SINGH DWIJENDRA P.. Improved electromagnetic shielding behaviour of graphene encapsulated polypyrrole-graphene nanocomposite in X-band. Composites Science and Technology. 26-05-2020, 192, 108113
24. SHARMA NANCY, KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, DEEP AKASH, GOSWAMY J. K., SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Tantalum oxide thin films for electrochemical pH sensor. Material Research Express. 16-03-2020, 7(3), 036405
25. GARG MAYANK, CHATTERJEE MARY, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, SINGH SUMAN. Label-free approach for electrochemical ferritin sensing using biosurfactant stabilized tungsten disulfide quantum dots. Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 01-03-2020, 151, 111979
26. SHARMA NANCY, KUMAR VSRS PRAVEEN, KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, KARAR VINOD, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, GOSWAMY J. K.. Fabrication and estimation of optical constants of hydrophobic Ta2O5 thin films. Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optic. 01-02-2020, 202, 163697
27. GARG MAYANK, VISHWAKARMA NEELAM, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, MIZAIKOFF BORIS, SINGH SUMAN. Lysine-Functionalized Tungsten Disulfide Quantum Dots as Artificial Enzyme Mimics for Oxidative Stress Biomarker Sensing. ACS Omega. 21-01-2020, 5(4), 1927–1937
28. KUMAR VSRS PRAVEEN, KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Design and development of an optical reflective notch filter using the ion-assisted deposition technique with stepwise modulated thickness for avionics applications. Applied Optics. 10-01-2020, 59(2), 564-571
29. GARG MAYANK, RANI REETU, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, SINGH SUMAN. White graphene quantum dots as electrochemical sensing platform for ferritin. Faraday Discussions. 07-01-2020, 227, 204-212
30. KUMAR VSRS PRAVEEN, KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Spectroscopic and morphological studies of SiO2 graded index thin films fabricated at oblique incidence angles. Optical Materials. 01-01-2020, 99, 109560
31. KAUR HARMEET, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KI-HUN KIM, DEEP AKASH, KUMAR VIRENDRA. Theoretical prediction of thermal and electronic properties of metal-organic frameworks. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 25-12-2019, 80, 136-151
32. KAUR HARMEET, SUNDRIYAL SHASHANK, KIM KI HYUN, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, DEEP AKASH. Luminescent metal-organic frameworks and their composites: Potential future materials for organic light emitting displays. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 15-12-2019, 401, 213077
33. BHARDWAJ SANJEEV KUMAR, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, DEEP AKASH. A graphene electrode functionalized with aminoterephthalic acid for impedimetric immunosensing of Escherichia coli. Microchimica Acta. 18-11-2019, 186(12),
34. KUMAR MUKESH, TEWARY SUMAN, KUMARI NEELAM, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KARAR VINOD. Optical characterization of silicon dioxide thin films prepared by ion-assisted electron beam deposition. Optical Engineering . 27-06-2019, 58(6), 065104
35. PARINAM SUNITA, KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, KARAR VINOD, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. An improved optical parameter optimisation approach using Taguchi and genetic algorithm for high transmission optical filter design. Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optic. 01-04-2019, 182, 382-392
36. KUMAR VSRS PRAVEEN, KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Fabrication of Al2O3/SiO2 multilayer reflective filters with excellent uniformity for demanding optical interference filters. Vacuum. 22-03-2019, 6(6), 066410
37. BHARDWAJ SANJEEV KUMAR, MOHANTA GIRISH CHANDRA, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KIM KI HYUN. A three-phase copper MOF-graphene-polyaniline composite for effective sensing of ammonia. Analytica Chimica Acta. 28-12-2018, 1043, 89-97
38. KUMAR MUKESH, KUMARI NEELAM, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KARAR VINOD. Ion assisted deposition of Silica-Titania multilayer optical filter for beam steering of Nd:YAG laser. Vacuum. 01-09-2018, 155, 142-146
39. BHARDWAJ SANJEEV KUMAR, BHARDWAJ NEHA, KAUR RAJNISH, MEHTA JYOTSANA, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KIM KI HYUN, DEEP AKASH. An overview of different strategies to introduce conductivity in metal–organic frameworks and miscellaneous applications thereof. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 03-07-2018, 6(31), 14992-15009
40. BHARDWAJ SANJEEV KUMAR, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KIM KI-HYUN, DEEP AKASH. Antibody conjugated glycine doped polyaniline nanofilms as efficient biosensor for atrazine. Materials Research Express. 17-12-2017, 4(12), 125022
41. KAUR RAJNISH, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KI-HUN KIM, DEEP AKASH. A novel CdTe/Eu-MOF photoanode for application in quantum dot-sensitized solar cell to improve power conversion efficiency. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 25-09-2017, 53, 77-81
42. SHOBHNEEK KAUR, KUMAR ASHOK, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, SINGH DWIJENDRA P.. Influence of annealing on dielectric and polarization behavior of PVDF thick films. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 01-06-2017, 28, 8391–8396
43. BHARDWAJ SANJEEV KUMAR, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, BHARDWAJ NEHA, KUKKAR MANIL, GILL ATAL AS, KIM KI HYUN, DEEP AKASH. TCNQ-doped Cu-metal organic framework as a novel conductometric immunosensing platform for the quantification of prostate cancer antigen. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical. 01-03-2017, 240, 10-17
44. KUKKAR MANIL, TUTEJA SATISH K, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KUMAR VINOD, KIM KI HYUN, SABHERWAL PRIYANKA, DEEP AKASH. A New Electrolytic Synthesis Method for Few-Layered MoS2 Nanosheets and Their Robust Biointerfacing with Reduced Antibodies. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14-06-2016, 8(26), 16555–16563
45. DEEP AKASH, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, MOHANTA GIRISH CHANDRA, KUMAR PARVEEN, KIM KI HYUN. A facile chemical route for recovery of high quality zinc oxide nanoparticles from spent alkaline batteries. Waste Management. 01-05-2016, 51, 190-195
46. BHARDWAJ SANJEEV KUMAR, BHARDWAJ NEHA, KUKKAR MANIL, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KIM KI HYUN, DEEP AKASH. Formation of High-Purity Indium Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Application to Sensitive Detection of Ammonia. Sensors. 17-12-2015, 15(12), 31930-31938
47. BHARDWAJ SANJEEV KUMAR, BHARDWAJ NEHA, MOHANTA GIRISH CHANDRA, KUMAR PAWAN, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KIM KI HYUN, DEEP AKASH. Immunosensing of Atrazine with Antibody-Functionalized Cu-MOF Conducting Thin Films.. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 02-12-2015, 7(47), 26124-26130
48. DEEP AKASH, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KUMAR PARVEEN. Lipase immobilized carbon nanotubes for conversion of Jatropha oil to fatty acid methyl esters. Biomass & Bioenergy. 01-10-2015, 81, 83–87
49. DEEP AKASH, SARAF MOHIT, NEHA, BHARDWAJ SANJEEV KUMAR, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Styrene Sulphonic Acid Doped Polyaniline Based Immunosensor for Highly Sensitive Impedimetric Sensing of Atrazine. Electrochimica Acta. 10-11-2014, 146, 301–306
50. DEEP AKASH, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, TUTEJA S K, PAUL A K. Phosphinic acid functionalized carbon nanotubes for sensitive and selective sensing of chromium(VI). Journal of Hazardous Materials. 15-08-2014, , 559-565
51. SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KUMAR KAMAL, DEEP AKASH. Nanostructured polyaniline films on silicon for sensitive sensing of ammonia. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical. 15-08-2013, 198, 107–112
52. SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KUMAR PARVEEN, DEEP AKASH. Thermally Evaporated Poly(Aniline-co-Fluoroaniline) Films for Ammonia Sensing. Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering. 28-05-2013, 52(7), 737-742
53. SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KUMAR PARVEEN, DEEP AKASH. Highly Sensitive Glucose Sensing With Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes – Polyaniline Composite. Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering. 01-09-2012, 51(13), 1382-1387
54. DEEP AKASH, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, KUMAR PARVEEN, BHARADWAJ LALIT M. Nanostructured polyaniline–silicon substrate for protein biosensing. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical. 01-09-2012, 171-172, 210–215
55. DEEP AKASH, KUMAR KAMAL, KUMAR PARVEEN, KUMAR PAWAN, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, GUPTA BINA, BHARADWAJ LALIT M. Recovery of Pure ZnO Nanoparticles from Spent Zn -Mno2 Alkaline Batteries. Environmental Science and Technology. 01-12-2011, 45(24) , 10551-10556
56. KUSH PREETI, KUKKAR DEEPAK, KUMAR PARVEEN, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, DEEP AKASH, KAUR INDERPREET, SINGH RANJIT, BHARADWAJ LALIT M. Development and Evaluation of Novel Biodegradable Docetaxel Loaded Microspheres of Poly (D, L-Lactide-Co-Glycolic acid) and Poly (£-Caprolactone) for Controlled Drug Delivery. Journal of Pharmaceutical Research & Clinical Practice. 01-07-2011, 1(3), 12-25
57. SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN. Electrochemical synthesis of poly(aniline-co-fluoroaniline) films and their application as humidity sensing material. Thin Solid Films. 01-04-2009, 517 (11), 3350-3356
58. RASTOGI RICHA, KAUSHAL RAHUL, TRIPATHI S K, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, BHARADWAJ LALIT M. Comparative study of carbon nanotube dispersion using surfactants. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 01-12-2008, 328(2), 421-428
59. SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN, SRIVASTAVA ALOK. Ion beam induced modifications in nitroso substituted . Current Applied Physics. 01-09-2007, 7, 650-654

Patents

Patent(s) Filed
1. POLYDIACETYLENE-BASED IRREVERSIBLE THERMOCHROMIC PAPER STRIP AND METHOD OF PREPARATION FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE MONITORING OF FROZEN PRODUCTS
Country Filed: INDIA
Application Number: 202511027147   Date of Filing: 24-03-2025
Inventor(s):  GOYAL SACHIN, SHARMA DEEPIKA, KAMLESH KUMAR, SHARMA AMIT LOCHAN


Patent(s) Granted

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