Palaniappan Nagarajan

• Functionalized carbon materials
• Carbon nanotubes
• Hard carbon synthesis of anodes for sodium ion batteries
• Corrosion inhibitors & new designs for corrosion inhibitor molecules
• Graphene oxide-functionalized materials for sensors & coatings on metal alloys

• 2021 - Present: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Aqueous Corrosion Lab, Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science Department, Prof. V.S. Raja, IIT Bombay (India). Project was on development of cathodes & anodes for sodium ion batteries.
• 2016 - Present, Visiting Research Student, Rapid Discovery & Fabrication Team, Prof. Ivan Cole, School of Engineering, RMIT University. Project is on functionalized carbon materials for anticorrosion coating and energy storage applications.
• 2008 - 2009: MPhil research project, Central Electrochemical Research Institute (Tamil Nadu, India). Project was on sorbitol converted into glucose by electrochemical methods, supervised by Dr. D. Vasudevan & Dr. Bosco Emmanuel.

Supervisor: Prof. Ivan Cole (RMIT University)

1. N. Palaniappan, Ivan. S. Cole, F. Caballero-Briones, Balasubaramanian K., and C. Lal. Praseodymium-decorated graphene oxide as a corrosion inhibitor in acidic media for the magnesium AZ31 alloy. RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 34275-34286.
   
2. N. Palaniappan, L. Raju Chowhan, Sathiskumar Jothi, Infant G. Bosco, and Ivan S. Cole. Corrosion inhibition on mild steel by phosphonium salts in 1M HNO3 aqueous medium. Surfaces and Interfaces. 2017, 6, 237-246.
   
3. N. Palaniappan, I. S. Cole, F. Caballero-Briones, S. Manikam, C. Lal e, J. Sathiskumar. Neodymium-decorated graphene oxide as a corrosion barrier layer on Ti6Al4V alloy in acidic medium. RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 8537-8545.
   
4. N. Palaniappan, I. S. Cole, F. Caballero-Briones, C. Lal, S. Manickam, Dheiver F. Santos. Ultrasonic energy-assisted extraction of Catharanthus roseus for mild steel green corrosion inhibition in NaCl medium. RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 5399-5411.
5. N.Palaniappan, J. Alphonsa, I. S. Cole, and I. G. Bosco. Rapid investigation expiry drug pollutant as corrosion inhibitor on mild steel in NaCl medium. Materials Science and Engineering: B. 2019, 249, 114423.
   
6. N. Palaniappan, I. S. Cole and A. E. Kuznetsov. Experimental and computational studies of graphene oxide covalently functionalized by octylamine: electrochemical stability, hydrogen evolution, and corrosion inhibition of the AZ13 Mg alloy in 3.5% NaCl. RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 11426-11434.
   
7. N. Palaniappan, I. S. Cole, K. Damodaran, A. Kuznetsov, K. R. Justin Thomas and Balasubramanian K. Experimental and DFT studies of porous carbon covalently functionalized by polyaniline as a corrosion inhibition barrier on nickel-based alloys in acidic media. RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 12151-12165.
   
8. N. Palaniappan, I. S. Cole, A. E. Kuznetsov, Balasubramanian K., and K. R. Justin Thomas. Experimental and computational studies of a graphene oxide barrier layer covalently functionalized with amino acids on Mg AZ13 alloy in salt medium. RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 32441-32447.
   
9. Palaniappan N., I. S. Cole, A. E. Kuznetsov, and K. R. Justin Thomas. Experimental and DFT studies of carbon nanotubes covalently functionalized with an imidazole derivative for electrochemical stability and green corrosion inhibition as a barrier layer on the nickel alloy surface in a sulphuric acidic medium. RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 38677-38686.
   
10. Palaniappan Nagarajan, Ivan S. Cole, Aleksey Kuznetsov, and Sivakumar Manickam. Facile synthesis of Tb-decorated graphene oxide: electrochemical stability, hydrogen storage, and corrosion inhibition of Mg AZ13 alloy in 3.5% NaCl. RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 662-670.
    
11. Palaniappan N., Ivan S. Cole, A. Kuznetsov, K. R. Justin Thomas, Balasubramanian K., and Sivakumar Manickam. Experimental and DFT studies of gadolinium decorated graphene oxide materials for their redox, and corrosion inhibition barrier layer on Mg AZ13 alloy in 3.5% NaCl environment. RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 22095-22105.