Department Research

Research Centre Details

M. Phil. Chemistry 

Year of Establishmet - 2013-14

Ph. D. Chemistry 

Year of Establishmet - 2019-20

No. of candidats awarded M. Phil degree till the year 2017-18 = 25

List of Affiliated Guides to  Centre 

Sr. No.	Name of Research Guide Mobile No. & e-mail ID	Address for correspondence	University Name
01	Prin. Dr. P. D. Patil	Camp Education Soceity’s Arvind B.Telang College, Sec. 27/A, Nigidi-Pradhikaran, Pune-44	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
02	Dr. C.V. Rode cv.rode@ncl.res.in	National Chemical Laboratory, Pashan , Pune 4511008	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
03	Dr. Umbarkar Shubhangi Bhalchadra Ph: (0) 20 25902044 E-mail: sb_umbarkar@ncl.res.in	National Chemical Laboratory, Pashan , Pune 4511008	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
04	Dr. M.V. Kulkarni Scientist cmet@cmet.gov.in	Centre for Material for Electronics Techonology, Panchwat of Pashan Road, Pune 411008	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
05	Dr. S. D. Gaikwad	Bhartiya Jain Sanghatana College, Bakuri Phata, Wagholi Pune	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
07	Dr. Dr. H.R. Aher	P.V.P. College, Pravarnagar, A/P Loni Kd., Tal:- Rahata - 413713	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
08	Dr. Habib .Mohiddin .Pathan	Department of Physics Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune - 411007	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
09	Dr. Anandrao Akaram Kale Mobile:-9922753472	Rayat Shikshan Sanstha S.M.Joshi College, Malwadi Hadapsar,  Pune 411028	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
10	Dr. Parag Adhyapak	Centre for Material for Electronics Techonology, Panchwat of Pashan Road, Pune 411008	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
11	Dr. Jagtap Shrikant Balkrinash	Annasaheb Magar College, Hadapsar., Pune -411028	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
12	Dr. B. R. Khot bajarangkhot@gmail.com 9860952523	C.T. Bora college, Shirur, Pune	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
13	Dr. R. S. Sonawane 9422291993	Centre for Material for Electronics Techonology, Panchwat of Pashan Road, Pune 411008	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
14	Dr. Sudhir Arbuj 9850217500	Centre for Material for Electronics Techonology, Panchwat of Pashan Road, Pune 411008	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
15	Dr. Sushama Katade 7028865295	Progressive Education Society, Modern College, Ganeshkhind , Pune	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
16	Dr. Mohan Sangale 9423755295	P.V.P. College, Pravaranagar, Loni, Tal-Rahata, Dist. – A. Nagar	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
17	Dr. Dinesh Garud 9689647768	S. P. College, Pune	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
18	Dr. Sujata Millind Kasbe 9766552422	Abasaheb Garware College, Pune	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
19	Dr. P. S. Kulkarni 9850658087	Hutatma Rajguru Arts, Commerce & Science college, Rajgurunagar, Pune	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
20	Dr. Sandip . Bhimsing. Rathod	Waghire College, Saswad, Pune	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
21	Dr. Sangita Vijay Jagtap	Baburaoji Gholap College, Pune 411027	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
22	Dr. Bharati Mohanlal Pardeshi	Baburaoji Gholap College, Pune 411027	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

 

Research Facility and Services                              

Dearment has following following sofisticated analytical instruments:

1) Therogravimetric Analyser: Simadzu: TG-60 

2) Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer: Theromoscientific: AA-201 Model

3) UV-Visible spectrophotomere: Simadzu: UV-1800

4) High Performance Liquid Chromatogram: HPLC -Younglin, Isocratic pump 

Apart from these sofisticated analytical instruments facuty of department has designed research equipments for specific purpose. These are 

1) Gas sensor unit 

2) DC electrical conductivity measurement (for pellets of semiconductors)

3) Photoreactor for photodegradation of organic pollutants

General Reseaarch facilities:

1) Muffle Furnace and platinum crucible

2) Rota evaporator

3) High speed cetrifuge

4) Temerture controlled Oven

5) Hydrothermal reactor

Department provide following research services

1) TGA analysis

2) UV-Visible spectroscopic Analysis

3) HPLC analysis

4) AAS analysis of Na, K, Ca, Mg, Cu, Cd, Zn, Mn, Fe, Hg.

Publication of Faculty

1. Utilization of Naturally Occurring Pigment Lycopene as a Photo-sensitizer for ZnO based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells; KM Gadave, PK Bhujbal, DR Shinde, SP Rasale ES Food & Agroforestry 6, 27-34.

2. An Efficient Visible Light Driven Photocatalytic Removal of Dyes from the Dye Effluent using Metal Halide Lamp Based Slurry Reactor; DR Shinde, IS Quraishi, RA Pawar ES Energy & Environment 14, 54-62.

3. Investigation on solid state pyrolytic decomposition of bimetallic fumarate and tartrate precursors of Co (II), Ni (II) and Zn (II) with manganese; DV Nighot, MB Khanvilkar, NJ Karale, RA Pawar, GS Gugale, SS Arbuj, ...Materials Today: Proceedings 49, 1351-1359

4. Structural, electrical and magnetic properties of substituted pyrochlore oxide nanoparticles synthesized by the co-precipitation method; MB Khanvilkar, AK Nikumbh, SM Patange, RA Pawar, NJ Karale, ...Physics and Chemistry of Solid State 22 (2), 353-371

5. Preparation and Characterization of Nanosized Substituted Perovskite Compounds with Orthorhombic Structure; MB Khanvilkar, AK Nikumbh, RA
   Pawar, NJ Karale, DV Nighot, ...Physics and Chemistry of Solid State 22 (4), 664-686.

6. Biofilm inhibition in Candida albicans with biogenic hierarchical zinc-oxide nanoparticles; KM Joshi, A Shelar, U Kasabe, LK Nikam, RA Pawar, J
   Sangshetti, ...Materials Science and Engineering: C, 112592

7. Sustainable Agriculture through Multidisciplinary Seed Nanopriming: Prospects of Opportunities and Challenges; A Shelar, AV Singh, RS Maharjan, P Laux, A Luch, D Gemmati, V Tisato, ...Cells 10 (9), 2428

8. Determination of eight endocrine disruptor pesticides in bovine milk at trace levels by dispersive liquid‐liquid microextraction followed by GC‐MS
   determination; N Sharma, P Thakur, MG Chaskar Journal of Separation Science 44 (15), 2982-2995

9. Synthesis and antifungal screening of tetramethyl hexahydro-1 H-xanthene-1, 8 (2 H)-dione derivatives as potential inhibitors of morphogenesis and biofilm formation in Candida …UI Kasabe, KB Kale, NR Rode, AV Shelar, RH Patil, PC Mhaske, ...New Journal of Chemistry 46 (5), 2128-2139

10. 6, 13-pentacenequinone/zinc oxide nanocomposites for organic dye degradation; V Jawale, A Al-fahdawi, S Salve, S Pandit, G Dawange, G Gugale, ...Materials Today: Proceedings 52, 17-20

11. Morphology-dependent field emission investigations from the 2-dimensional Bi2Se3-RGO nanocomposites; SR Bansode, KV Harpale, P Mutadak, KM
    Sonawane, MG Chaskar, ...Materials Science and Engineering: B 274, 115450

12. Synthesis, characterization and application development of ordered mesoporous silica in wastewater remediation; M Lolage, M Chaskar, A Ghosh Journal of Porous Materials 28 (6), 1867-1879

13. Photocatalytic degradation of Rose Bengal dye over mechanochemically synthesized zinc oxide under visible light irradiation; YD Kaldante, RN Shirsat, MG Chaskar Наносистемы: физика, химия, математика 12 (6), 773-782

14. Synthetic strategies in development of 3-aroylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and 2- aroylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines: A decade update Vikrant V. Kumbhar, Bhushan B. Khairnar, Manohar G. Chaskar, Ramdas A. Pawar & Gulab S. Gugale; Synthetic Communications, DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2022.2056057.

15. Antimicrobial and antiproliferative study of chalcone clubbed 2, 4‐dimethylpyrrole‐3‐carboxamide derivatives: Synthesis and in vitro evaluation; NK Rasal, SV Jagtap, DS Bhange Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 59 (1), 119-130

Publication by Students

1. Sandeep Kanade, Dnyaneshwar R. Shinde, K..G. Kanadea Heterostructured Ti-doped ZnO/Ag metal: an efficient photocatalyst for dye degradation in sunlight, Desalination and Water Treatment, 71 (2017), 388–398 Print ISSN: 1944-3994 Online ISSN: 1944-3986
2. A. A. Kale, K. M. Durgade, Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of antifungal and antibacterial activities of some quinazoline derivaives, IJSRST, 3(9), 17-23
3. A. A. Kale, K. M. Durgade, Synthesis and characterization and biological evaluation of N2-N4-dip-tolyquinazoline-2-4diamine and N2-N2 bis (4-chlorophenyl) quinazoline 2,4 diamine qunanazoline derivatives, International journal Scientific Eng. and Res. 2015, 3, 412-416.
4. Farhana Ataurrahman1, Rasale SP, Haroon Ansari, Formulation, development & evaluations of flexible polymeric topical antifungal film (TAF), International journal of advances in pharmacy medicine and bioallied sciences,3, 3, 2015

Research Guides

Sr. No.	Name of Guide	Area of research	No. candidate resitered for M. Phil. Ph.D.	No.candidates. Awarded  M.Phil/Ph.D. degree
1	Principal Dr. M. G. Chaskar	Solid state chemistry, Synthesis and application of Nanomaterials for photocatlysis, organic synthesis and gas sensing	Ph. D. = 8 M. Phil = 0	Ph. D. = 04 M. Phil = 02
2	Dr. R. A. Pawar	Solid state chemistry, Synthesis and application of Nanomaterials for photocatlysis, organic synthesis and gas sensing	Ph. D. =4 M. Phil =2	M. Phil =01
3	Dr. D. R. Shinde	Solid state chemistry, Synthesis and application of Nanomaterials for photocatlysis, organic synthesis and gas sensing	Ph.D.  = 8 M. Phil = 2	M. Phil =01
4	Dr. S. P Rasale	Coordination Chemistry	Nil	Nil
5	Dr. K. M. Gadave	Material Chemistry, Thin solid film and their application solar celll	Ph.D.  = 7	Nil

Minor Research Project Completed                             

Name of faculty	Title of Research Project	Duration and status	Amount of Research grant (Rs.)	Funding Agency
Dr. M. G. Chaskar	Photo catalytic coupling of Methane to C2-Hydrocarbons under Ambient conditions (Collaborative project with N.C.L.)	2004		UGC
Dr. M. G. Chaskar	Preparation of Binary ternary oxides	2005-07		BCUD SPPU
Dr. M. G. Chaskar	Studies of synergic effects of microbial and photocatalytic treatment of distillery spent-wash for its safe disposal	2009-11		UGC
Dr. M.G.Chaskar	Novel Visible light active inorganic semiconductors and their applications as photocatalyst in synthesis of pharmaceutically important organic molecules	2017-19		DST
Dr. S. P. Rasale	Extraction and characterisation of chemical constituents from the fruIts of balanites aegyptiacea (l) del.	2008-2010	1,20,000/-	BCUDD SPPU
Dr. D. S. Bhange	“Study of Silver based Nanoparticle catalyzed Coupling Reactions”.	2016 -2018 Ongoing	1,80,000/-	BCUDD SPPU
Dr. R. A. Pawar	Investigation of the formation of Nanoparticle of Rare–earth Metal Zirconates and study its catalytic properties’    sanctioned	2011-2014 Completed	1,80,000/-	UGC
Dr. K.M.Gadave	Preparation of sintered pellets of ternary mixed            metal sulphides of Cu, Sn, Cd, As, Sb and Bi and their use in PEC cells.	2006-2008	78,000/-	UGC
Dr. K.M.Gadave	Studies on chemically deposited Molybdenum sulphide thin films and their  applications in solar cells	2012-2014	2,00,000/-	BCUD SPPU
Dr. R. A. Pawar	Synthesis and characterization of metal Ruthenates by precursor method’    sanctioned	2008 -2011 Completed	2,00,000/-	BCUD SPPU
Dr. R. A. Pawar	Synthesis and characterization of rare-earths substituted nickel ferrite nano-particles   by co-precipitation method and their photo-catalytic properties’	2016-2018 Ongoing	1,50,000/-	BCUD SPPU

Department Publication

1. S. P. Rasale, Spectral and thermal studies of Cd(II) 1-2 naphthoquinone oximimates, IJCPS JOURNAL-Vol 7, Special
Issue 13 RTCS, April 2018 Pages: 89-95
2. Dnyaneshwar R. Shinde, Ramdas A. Pawar, Manohar G. Chaskar,   Removal of Cr(VI) from the Chrome
Electroplating Effluent by Reduction and Adsorption Using Powdered Activated Charcoal, Oriental journal of chemistry,
ISSN: 0970-020 X, CODEN: OJCHEG, 2018, Vol. 34, No.(1): Pg. 493-501.
3. G. Chaskar, R.N. Shirsat, Synthesis and solar photocatalytic activity of Sm(III) doped ZnO, presentation in international
conference organized by ICC (India) 6-8, June 2017, Bali (Indonesia).
4. Shinde, D.R. * ,Tambade, P.S. ,Gadave, K.M. K. S. Pawar, Mu Naushad, H. M. Pathan Dye-sensitised solar cells with a
naturally occurring pigment lycopene as a photosensitiser for zirconium dioxide: an experimental and theoretical study
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, April 2017, Volume 28, Issue 15, pp 11311–11316, 0957-4522
(print), 1573-482X (web)

5. Sandeep Kanade, Dnyaneshwar R. Shinde, K..G. Kanadea Heterostructured Ti-doped ZnO/Ag metal: an efficient
photocatalyst for dye degradation in sunlight, Desalination and Water Treatment, 71 (2017), 388–398 Print ISSN: 1944-
3994 Online ISSN: 1944-3986
6. R A Pawar, A K Nikumbh, D S Bhange, N J Karale, D V  Nighot , M B Khanwilkar Chemical synthesis and
characterization of nano-sized rare- earth ruthenium pyrochlore compounds RE 2 Ru 2 O 7  (RE=rare earths),  accepted by
Bull. Mater. Sci. in March, 2017
7. Shirish S. Pingale, Manohar G. Chaskar , Nirmala R. Kakade, Phytochemical Analysis and Antimicrobial Activity of
Caesalpinia bonducella Leaves, Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res., 42(2), January - February 2017; Article No. 39, Pages:
217-220, ISSN 0976 – 044X,
8. Shirish S. Pingale *, Manohar G. Chaskar, Nirmala R. Kakade, Phytochemical Analysis and Antimicrobial Activity of
Caesalpinia bonducella Leaves, Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res., 42(2), January - February 2017; Article No. 39, Pages:
217-220
9. Reddy-Noone, N. Sharma, A. Jain and K.K. Verma, Headspace solid-phase microextraction or single-drop
microextraction and gas chromatography for the determination of phenols as their methyl ethers, J. Sep. Sci. (2017),
communicated.
10. Shirish S. Pingale, Shobha V. Rupanar , Manohar G. Chaskar, Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of gymnema
sylvestre, international research journal of pharmacy, 2017, 8 (3),10-12, ISSN 2230 – 8407.
11. shirish s. Pingale shobha v. Rupanar , Manohar G. Chaskar, Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of gymnema sylvestre,
International research journal of pharmacy, 2017, 8 (3), issn 2230 – 8407.
12. Shirish S. Pingale *, Shobha V. Rupanar , Manohar G. Chaskar, Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of gymnema
sylvestre (Research Article) Int. Res. J. Pharm. 2017, 8 (3)
13. Shirish S. Pingale *, Manohar G. Chaskar , Nirmala R. Kakade, Nirmala R. Kakadeet al. Elemental analysis of
caesalpinia bonducella leaves, Int. Res. J. Pharm. 2017, 8 (1) irjponline.com ISSN 2230 – 8407 (Research Article)
14. Dnyaneshwar Shinde, Popat Tambade, Manohar Ganpat Chaskar, Kisan Mahadeo Gadave, Photocatalytic
degradation of dyes in water by analytical reagent grades ZnO, TiO 2  and SnO 2 : a comparative study, Drinking water
Engineering Science, Drink. Water Eng. Sci., 10, 109–117, 2017, doi.org/10.5194/dwes-10-109-2017 ISSN 1996-
9457eISSN 1996-9465
15. Shirish Pingale, Shobha Rupanar , Manohar Chaskar Determination of metal content of gymnema sylvestre using x-
ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) Int. Res. J. Pharm. 2017, 8 (5)
16. Manohar G. Chaskar , Nirmala R. Kakade, Adsorption Study of Activated Charcoal obtained from Caesalpinia
bonducella stemShirish S. Pingale* , , Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res., 44(2), May - June 2017; Article No. 46, Pages: 234-
237
17. Dnyaneshwar Shinde Popat Tambade,∗, Habib Pathan, Kisan Gadave, Experimental and theoretical study of 1, 4-
naphthoquinone based dye in dye-sensitized solar cells using ZnO photoanode, Materials Science-Poland, DOI:
10.1515/msp-2017-0088 ISSN 2083-1331, e-ISSN 2083-134X
18. U. Kangude and R. A. Pawar, Academic and administrative audits: Go digital Go paperless Proc. of National Seminar
of IQAC, Sanshodhan Samiksha, (2017), 30-33. ISSN No.:- 2278-9308.
19. Synthesis and Characterization and photocatalytic activity of Ag/ZnO, R.N. Shirsat, G.Chaskar, presentation in
international conference organized by B.R.Gholap College Sangavi, Pune  (India) 10-12 march 2016.
20. R. A. Pawar, D. R. Shinde * , P. S. Tambade, Synthesis of ZnO photocatalyst via ZnO 2  precursor and its application for
dye degradation from effluent under solar irradiation, European Journal of Desalination, Volume 57, Issue
35, 2016, pages 16514-16521, (IF:1.17) Print ISSN: 1944-3994 Online ISSN: 1944-3986  DOI:
10.1080/19443994.2015.1079248
21. Phytochemical and pharmacological review of caesalpinia bonducella Nirmala R. Kakade *, Shirish S.
Pingale, Manohar G. Chaskar(Review Article) Int. Res. J. Pharm. 2016, 7 (12)
22. Physico-chemical composition, Phytochemicalanalysis and in vitro Antioxidant Activity of Gymnema Sylvestre root
Shirish Pingale*, Shobha Rupanar, Manohar Chaskar Nat. Prod. Plant Resour., 2016, 6 (6):1- 7
23. Mrunali Gharge and Balaprasad Ankamwar * , Non-aggregation based colorimetric detection of Cu (II) and Fe (III) using
biosynthesized silver nanoparticles, Sci. Rev. Lett. Accepted, May 2016.
24. Vishal Maharrugade, Tushar Thorve, Yogesh Hulawale, Sunil Kadam, Rajendra Panmand, Yogesh Sethi, Manohar
Chaskar, Latesh Nikam, Solar Light Driven Nanostructure Fe and Cu Dopped TiO 2  Photocatalyst for Degradation of
Phenol. Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanomanufacturing, 5, 304-309 (2015)

25. Sachin Kochrekar,Mahesh Agharkar * ,  Manjunath Salgaonkar ,  Mrunal Gharge ,  Slah Hidouri  and  Musibau A. Azeez ,
Economical and eco-friendly recycling of used dry batteries for synthesis of graphene oxide by sheer exfoliation in
presence of SDS, AIP Conf. Proc. 1665, 050159 (2015).
26. S. Modhave, D. R. Shinde* Evaluation of plant biomass as reducing agent to Cr(VI) from electroplating effluent and
removal of Cr(III) by adsorption on hematite ore, 2015, Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol-27(3), 2015, pp: 803-807, ISSN:
0970-7077 (IF: 0.35)
27. Yoshida, M.G. Chaskar, K. Kato, T. Hattori, Fine structural photoluminescence spectra of silica supported zirconium
ordie and its photoactivity in direct methane conversion. Chem.Comm. (2002) 2014-2015 , Advance article.
28. Dnyaneshwar R. Shinde Ramdas A. Pawar,Zinc Oxide Mediated Photocatalytic Degradation of Azo Dye Amido Black
B-10 in Channel Reactor Under Solar Irradiation Nanoeng. Nanomanuf. 5, 192-196 (2015). ISSN: 2157-9326 (Print):
EISSN: 2157-9334 (Online)
29. R. Shinde, I. Qureashi, R. A. Pawar, R. R. Pawar Enhancement of Photocatalytic Activity of ZnO via Nd(III) Doping
Towards the Degradation of Dyes under Solar Irradiation, Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanomanufacturing,
Accepted on 17/06/2015, : Volume 5, Number 3, September 2015, pp. 197-203(7) ISSN: 2157-9326 (Print): EISSN:
2157-9334 (Online)
30. Balaprasad Ankamwar*, Mrunali Gharge and Ujjal Kumar Sur, Photocatalytic activity of biologically synthesized silver
nanoparticles using flower extract , Sci. Eng. Med. 7, 480-484 (2015)).
31. Balaprasad Ankamwar*, Mrunali Gharge and Ujjal Kumar Sur, Photocatalytic and Surface-Enhanced Raman
Scattering (SERS) Activity of Biosynthesized Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles, Adv. Sci. Eng. Med. 7, 717-721, (2015).
32. Farhana Ataurrahman1, Rasale SP, Haroon Ansari, Formulation, development & evaluations of flexible polymeric
topical antifungal film (TAF), International journal of advances in pharmacy medicine and bioallied sciences,3, 3, 2015. 
33. Ramdas A. Pawar, Imran Quraishi, D. R. Shinde, ZnO supported manganese dioxide: a unique transition metal oxide
for   degradation of azo dye basic blue, J. of Adv. in Sci. and Tech, 14 (02),(2014)  219-223
34. Study of proximate analysis of caesalpinia bonducella ijprd, 2014; Vol 6(10):December-2014 (001 - 004)  Shirish S.
Pingale * , Manohar G. Chaskar , Nirmala R. Kakade  International Standard Serial Number 0974 – 9446
35. Ramdas A. Pawar and Sujata S. Modave, Effective removal of chromium from Chrome electroplating effluents by
utilization of Eichornia Biomass and activated       J. of Bionano Frontier, Vol.7(1), (2014) 81-86.
36. Potassium hexatitanate photocatalysts prepared by a flux method for water splitting, Hisao Yoshidaa, Masaki Takeuchi,
Masumi Sato, Like Zhang, Tomoki Teshima, Manohar Ganpat Chaskar, Catalysis Today, Volume 232, 1 September
2014, Pages 158–164.
37. S.P. Rasale and B. A. Kulkarni,  Spectral and Thermal Studies of Zn (II) 1, 2-Naphthoquinone Oximates, Journal of
Advances in Science and Technology, Vol 14 (2), December 2014, pp.159-163.
38. Mrunali Gharge and Balaprasad Ankamwar * , Green synthesized unmodified silver nanoparticles as colorimetric
sensors for the selective detection of Hg (II) ions, Sci. Rev. Lett. Accepted, May 2016.
39. R. Shinde and R. A. Pawar, Development and Validation of new spectro-photometric method for quantitative analysis of
aspirin from tablet using Folin-ciocalteu’s phenol reagent, Proc. of Adv. Anal. Tech.Vol.-1 (2014) 86 (ISSN No-2350-
0905)
40. R. Shinde Synthesis of Highly Active Nano-Amorphous Manganese Dioxide and its Catalytic Activity, 2014, In
Proceeding of International Conference on Advances and Applied Material Science, Pp:156- 160, ISBN:978-81-928717-
1-4, ICAAMS-2014 organized by  Gopal Krishna Gokhale College, and Shivaji University Kolhapur, India.
41. 2014 A. K. Nikumbh , A. Pawar, D. V. Nighot, G. S. Gugale,  M. D. Sangale,  M. B. Khanvilkar, A.V. Nagawade, 
Structural, electrical, magnetic and dielectric properties of rare-     earth substituted cobalt ferrites nanoparticles
synthesized by the co-precipitation method.  J. of Magn. and Mag. Mater., Vol.355, (2014) 201–209.
42. P.Rasale, B.A.Kulkarni, Spectral and thermal studies of Zn(II) 1-2 naphthoquinone oximimates, ISSN-0971-9563 Vol-
14(2), Dec-2014, 159-163
43. R . Modhave, D. R. Shinde and R. A. Pawar, Removal of Cr(VI) from electroplating effluent as Cr(III) by adsorption on
Fe 2 O 3 , Proc. of NCACS, (2014), 103 (ISBN No. - 978-93-5196-222-9)
44. P. Rasale, Farahana Atturahaman, “Formation Development & evaluation of Flexible Polymeric topical antifungal film
(TAP)”, ISSN No. 2348-2109, Vol. 3 (2015) PP 137-141.
45. B. Kamble, A. Musibau Adewuyi, S. P. Kocharekar, M. N. Gharge, B. G. Ankamwar*, Biosynthesis of Anisotropic Gold
Nanoparticles, FPCBS-2013.
46. R. Pansare, A. Malathi, M. S. Agharkar, M. N. Gharge, S. A. Agrawal, S. D.Yadav, A. Esakkiammala, B. G. Ankamwar,
Research article entitled “Synthesis of cadmium sulphide nano/micro particles by co-precipitation method” published in

National Conference on ‘Frontiers in Physical, Chemical and Biological Sciences” , 173-174, held on October 4-6, 2013
organized by Dept. of Chemistry University of Pune [ISSN: 2322-5997 Volume 13].
47. S. Gugale, R. A. Pawar, D. V. Nighot  and A. K. Nikumbh Thermal decomposition study of mixed metal Y-Ba-Cu
oxalate and tartarate coprecipitate leading  to Superconducting YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-∂ , Proc. of Bio. Fro. Vol.-6, (4) (2013), 191
(ISSN No.- 0974-0678)
48. D. Sangale, R. A. Pawar, A.S.Daptare, D.V.Nighot, The Study of Aspirin and Copper (II) Aspirinate by using small scale
approaches, Weekly Sci. Res. Journal,Vol-1, Issue-14, (2013) 1-6
49. Roshan Nainani , Pragati Thakur, and Manohar Chaskar, Synthesis of Silver Doped TiO 2  Nanoparticles for the
improved Photo-catalytic Degradation of Methyl Orange, Journal of Materials Science and Engineering B 2 (1) (2012)
52-58.
50. Nisha Sharma, Archana Jain, Vandana Kumari Singh, Krishna K. Verma, Solid phase extraction combined with
headspace single-drop microextraction of chlorophenols as their methyl ethers and analysis by high performance liquid
chromatography-diode array detection, Talanta, 83 (2011) 994–999.
51. Nisha Sharma, Archana Jain, Krishna K. Verma, Headspace solid-phase microextraction and on-fibre derivatization of
primary aromatic amines for their determination by pyrolysis to aryl isothiocyanates and gas chromatography-mass
spectrometry, Analytical Methods, (2011) 1-8, DOI: 10.1039/c0ay00745e.
52. Archana Jain, A.K.K.V. Pillai, Nisha Sharma, Krishna K. Verma, Headspace single-drop microextraction and
cuvetteless micro-spectrophotometry for selective determination of free and total cyanide involving reaction with
ninhydrin, Talanta, 82 (2010) 758–765
53. Nisha Sharma, Aradhana K.K.V. Pillai, Neeraj Pathak, Archana Jain, Krishna K. Verma, Liquid-phase microextraction
and fibre-optics-based cuvetteless CCD-array micro-spectrophotometry for trace analysis, Analytica Chimica Acta, 648
(2009) 183-193.
54. Malwadkar, S.S.;Gholap R.S.; Awate ,S.V.; Korake, P.V.; Chaskar, M.G.; Gupta, N.M. Physico-chemical, photo-
catalytic and O’’2-adsorption properties of TiO’’2 nanotubes coated with gold nanoparticles Journal of Photochemistry
and photobiology A: Chemistry, Volume 203, Issue 1, March 2009, Pages 24-31
55. N. Gharge, S. L. Bhattar, G. B. Kolekar & S. R. Patil, Effect of polar dopants on structure of emission spectrum of
crystalline anthracene powders Indian Journal of Chemistry, 48A, (2009), 1383-1387.
56. N. Gharge, S. L. Bhattar, G. B. Kolekar and S. R. Patil , Structural and photo physical aspects of perylene – doped
anthracene crystalline powders prepared by microwave heating , Indian J. of Chemistry 47 A (2008) 1642 –1648.   
57. K. Nikumbh, R. A. Pawar D.V.Nighot and M. D. Sangale, Chemical synthesis and characterization of nanosized
pyrochlore oxides, Ln 2 Zr 2 O 7 .  Proc. DAE, Solid State Phys. Vol.-49, (2005) 295-297,                  (ISBN No.- 81-8372-000-
5)
58. Yoshida, M.G. Chaskar, Y. Kato and T. Hattori. Active sites on silica-supported zirconium oxide for photoinduced direct
Methane conversion and photoluminescence.. J.Phot Chemistry and Photo biology A Chemistry 160, (2003) 47-53
59. K. Nikumbh, A.V. Nagawade, G.S. Gugle, M.G. Chaskar and P.P. Bakare, The formation, structural, electrical,
magnetic and Mossbaue of ferrsipinels Cd 1-x Ni x Fe 2 O 4  J.Material Sci.37 (2002), 637-647
60. Chaskar M G (Nagoya Univ.) Kato Y (Nagoya Univ.) Hattori T (Nagoya Univ.), Shokubai Toronkai Toronkai A Yokoshu,
Photoinduced nanoxidative coupling of methane over silica-supported Zr-Zn catalyst.            88th : No.; PAGE
198(2001)
61. K. Mohite K.M. Gadave & C.D. Lokhande, Electrosynthesis of Yttrium from non-aqueous bath, Indian J. of Engg. &
Materials sciences 2(1995)93.
62. A. Jodgudri, U.K. Mohite K.M. Gadave & C.D. Lokhande Electrosynthesis of Tin sulphide&Yttrium sulphide thin films,
Indian J. of Pure &Appl. Phys. 32(1994)772.
63. M. Gadave, S.A. Jodgudri & C.D. Lokhande Chemical deposition of PbS films from acidic bath.Thin Solid Films
245(1994)7.
64. M. Gadave, P.P. Hankare & C.D. Lokhande, Preparation &characterization of Bi2S3-CdS pellets prepared by co-
precipitation method, Mate. Chem. & Phys. 38(1994)393.
65. M. Gadave, C.D. Lokhande and P.P. Hankare, Characterization of CdS-Bi2S3 Pellets prepared by co- precipitation
method. Material Chemistry and physics 38(4) 1994,393-397.
66. M. Gadave, P.P. Hankare & C.D. Lokhande, Preparation &characterization of Pb0.68Hg0.32S pellets prepared by co-
precipitation, Indian J. of Pure &Appl. Phys. 32(1994)222.
67. M. Gadave, P.P. Hankare & C.D. Lokhande, Photoelectrochemical (PEC) properties of sintered Cd0.8Zn0.2 pellets,
Indian J. of Pure &Appl. Phys. 32(1994)448.

68. M. Gadave & C.D. Lokhande, Chemical deposition of MnS films from thiosulphate bath. Trukish J. OF Phys. (1994)83.
69. M. Gadave, P.P. Hankare & C.D. Lokhande, Preparation &characterization of Cd0.8Zn0.2S pellets      prepared by co-
precipitation, Indian J. of Pure &Appl. Phys. 31(1993)664.
70. M. Gadave, C.H. Bhosale and C.D. Lokhande, Electrochemical storage cell formed with HgS films, Bulletin of
Electrochemistry,9(5),1993,262-263.
71. M. Gadave & C.D. Lokhande, Formation of CuxS films through a chemical bath deposition process, Thin Solid Films
229(1993)664
72. M. Gadave & C.D. Lokhande, A simple chemical method for conversion of CdS into Ag2S & CdSe into Ag2Se, Mate.
Chem. &Phys.36(1993)119.
73. M. Gadave & C.D. Lokhande, Photoelectrochemical (PEC) properties of chemically deposited HgS films.Indian J. of
Pure &Appl. Phys. 31(1993)942.
74. M. Gadave, P.P. Kumbhar &C.D. Lokhande, Chemical deposition of HgS films from acidic bath, Indian J. of Pure
&Appl. Phys. 30(1992)299
75. K. Nikumbh, P.L. Sayanekar and M.G. Chaskar Magnetic and electrical Properties of Y – Fe 2 O 3  prepared form ferrous
malonate dihyadrate. J. Magn. and Magn. Magn.Mater, 97,119 (1991)

Publication by Students
1. Sandeep Kanade, Dnyaneshwar R. Shinde, K..G. Kanadea Heterostructured Ti-doped ZnO/Ag metal: an efficient
photocatalyst for dye degradation in sunlight, Desalination and Water Treatment, 71 (2017), 388–398 Print ISSN: 1944-
3994 Online ISSN: 1944-3986
2. A. A. Kale, K. M. Durgade, Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of antifungal and antibacterial activities of some
quinazoline derivaives, IJSRST, 3(9), 17-23
3. A. A. Kale, K. M. Durgade, Synthesis and characterization and biological evaluation of N2-N4-dip-tolyquinazoline-2-
4diamine and N2-N2 bis (4-chlorophenyl) quinazoline 2,4 diamine qunanazoline derivatives, International journal
Scientific Eng. and Res. 2015, 3, 412-416.
4. Farhana Ataurrahman1, Rasale SP, Haroon Ansari, Formulation, development & evaluations of flexible polymeric
topical antifungal film (TAF), International journal of advances in pharmacy medicine and bioallied sciences,3, 3, 2015. 

Publication of Faculty

1. Utilization of Naturally Occurring Pigment Lycopene as a Photo-sensitizer for ZnO based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells; KM Gadave, PK Bhujbal, DR Shinde, SP Rasale ES Food & Agroforestry 6, 27-34.

2. An Efficient Visible Light Driven Photocatalytic Removal of Dyes from the Dye Effluent using Metal Halide Lamp Based Slurry Reactor; DR Shinde, IS Quraishi, RA Pawar ES Energy & Environment 14, 54-62.

3. Investigation on solid state pyrolytic decomposition of bimetallic fumarate and tartrate precursors of Co (II), Ni (II) and Zn (II) with manganese; DV Nighot, MB Khanvilkar, NJ Karale, RA Pawar, GS Gugale, SS Arbuj, ...Materials Today: Proceedings 49, 1351-1359

4. Structural, electrical and magnetic properties of substituted pyrochlore oxide nanoparticles synthesized by the co-precipitation method; MB Khanvilkar, AK Nikumbh, SM Patange, RA Pawar, NJ Karale, ...Physics and Chemistry of Solid State 22 (2), 353-371

5. Preparation and Characterization of Nanosized Substituted Perovskite Compounds with Orthorhombic Structure; MB Khanvilkar, AK Nikumbh, RA
   Pawar, NJ Karale, DV Nighot, ...Physics and Chemistry of Solid State 22 (4), 664-686.

6. Biofilm inhibition in Candida albicans with biogenic hierarchical zinc-oxide nanoparticles; KM Joshi, A Shelar, U Kasabe, LK Nikam, RA Pawar, J
   Sangshetti, ...Materials Science and Engineering: C, 112592

7. Sustainable Agriculture through Multidisciplinary Seed Nanopriming: Prospects of Opportunities and Challenges; A Shelar, AV Singh, RS Maharjan, P Laux, A Luch, D Gemmati, V Tisato, ...Cells 10 (9), 2428

8. Determination of eight endocrine disruptor pesticides in bovine milk at trace levels by dispersive liquid‐liquid microextraction followed by GC‐MS
   determination; N Sharma, P Thakur, MG Chaskar Journal of Separation Science 44 (15), 2982-2995

9. Synthesis and antifungal screening of tetramethyl hexahydro-1 H-xanthene-1, 8 (2 H)-dione derivatives as potential inhibitors of morphogenesis and biofilm formation in Candida …UI Kasabe, KB Kale, NR Rode, AV Shelar, RH Patil, PC Mhaske, ...New Journal of Chemistry 46 (5), 2128-2139

10. 6, 13-pentacenequinone/zinc oxide nanocomposites for organic dye degradation; V Jawale, A Al-fahdawi, S Salve, S Pandit, G Dawange, G Gugale, ...Materials Today: Proceedings 52, 17-20

11. Morphology-dependent field emission investigations from the 2-dimensional Bi2Se3-RGO nanocomposites; SR Bansode, KV Harpale, P Mutadak, KM
    Sonawane, MG Chaskar, ...Materials Science and Engineering: B 274, 115450

12. Synthesis, characterization and application development of ordered mesoporous silica in wastewater remediation; M Lolage, M Chaskar, A Ghosh Journal of Porous Materials 28 (6), 1867-1879

13. Photocatalytic degradation of Rose Bengal dye over mechanochemically synthesized zinc oxide under visible light irradiation; YD Kaldante, RN Shirsat, MG Chaskar Наносистемы: физика, химия, математика 12 (6), 773-782

14. Synthetic strategies in development of 3-aroylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and 2- aroylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines: A decade update Vikrant V. Kumbhar, Bhushan B. Khairnar, Manohar G. Chaskar, Ramdas A. Pawar & Gulab S. Gugale; Synthetic Communications, DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2022.2056057.

15. Antimicrobial and antiproliferative study of chalcone clubbed 2, 4‐dimethylpyrrole‐3‐carboxamide derivatives: Synthesis and in vitro evaluation; NK Rasal, SV Jagtap, DS Bhange Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 59 (1), 119-130

Publication by Students

1. Sandeep Kanade, Dnyaneshwar R. Shinde, K..G. Kanadea Heterostructured Ti-doped ZnO/Ag metal: an efficient photocatalyst for dye degradation in sunlight, Desalination and Water Treatment, 71 (2017), 388–398 Print ISSN: 1944-3994 Online ISSN: 1944-3986
2. A. A. Kale, K. M. Durgade, Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of antifungal and antibacterial activities of some quinazoline derivaives, IJSRST, 3(9), 17-23
3. A. A. Kale, K. M. Durgade, Synthesis and characterization and biological evaluation of N2-N4-dip-tolyquinazoline-2-4diamine and N2-N2 bis (4-chlorophenyl) quinazoline 2,4 diamine qunanazoline derivatives, International journal Scientific Eng. and Res. 2015, 3, 412-416.
4. Farhana Ataurrahman1, Rasale SP, Haroon Ansari, Formulation, development & evaluations of flexible polymeric topical antifungal film (TAF), International journal of advances in pharmacy medicine and bioallied sciences,3, 3, 2015