Materials & Interface Engineering @ TNN's Lab

(2/2) A step closer to self-powered micro-robots, implantables, and smart materials. @TnnLab techxplore.com/news/2026-02-p….

(1/2) Subhra Pattanayak (grad student @TnnLab @tifrhbuzz) in collaboration with researchers from UCL has assembled a battery so small it can be fabricated directly on a microchip. Using air and a safe electrolyte, it can power tiny sensors and devices.

Read our work lead by our graduate student Subhra on Zn-air microbattery highlighted in @EurekAlert 'Power at the micrometre scale: a battery built for the smallest machines'. @TIFRH_buzz @tharangattu

Sharing the special edition 'Electrocatalysis' in Curr. Opin. Electrochem. jointly edited by Prof.T.N.Narayanan & Prof.Angel Cuesta. The issue bring together some excellent reviews in the field with focus on electrolyte effects in electrochemical kinetics. #cebib0010" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Happy to share our recent work where we study the structure of interfacial water in alkaline HER by in situ spectroscopy through isotopic dilution now published in @Faraday_D 'Vibrations at Interfaces' collection. @NanditaMohandas @tharangattu @TIFRH_buzz pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Art…

Congratulations to our graduate student, Ms. Subhra for the best poster award at the Materials Research Society International Meeting of the Battery Research Society! Way to go..🥳👏

Congratulations to Subhra R Pattanayak (@TnnLab) on receiving a poster presentation award at the International Meeting of the Battery Research Society held in Bengaluru (Dec 6-9, 2025).

Great catching up with Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman @ANRFIndia last evening, a quick but super productive sync & discussion around accelerating #KnowledgeDiffusion and #DemocratiseResearch 🚀📚 Also got to show demo of SARAL to Profs. @TIFRH_buzz release!!! #ProfGiri #ANRFIndia

Excited to share our recent work on microscale zinc–air batteries, compact and specifically designed for microdevices, in collaboration with Buddha Deka Boruah of University College London, now published in @WileyGlobal Small Methods. @TIFRH_buzz doi.org/10.1002/smtd.2…

Our recent work in collaboration with Abhik Banerjee (TCG CREST) in now published in @ACSPublications @ACS_AMI. We report a scalable method for improving the performance of solid state Li metal batteries via bringing safety & low interfacial impedance. doi.org/10.1021/acsami…

Super proud and happy to share the news that graduate student of TNN lab, Dr.Amar Kumar received 'The Best Thesis Commendation in Chemistry 2025' of @TIFRScience. Congratulations @AmarKum25251564 👏👏🥳🥳 @TIFRH_buzz

(4/n) Best Thesis Commendations for the year 2024-25: Congratulations to Amar Kumar (graduate student,@TnnLab) on receiving the 'TAA-Best Thesis Commendation in Chemistry'. @TIFRScience @tifr_alumni

From lab coats to landscapes..👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬☘️🏕️ A few snaps from the TNN lab trip to Gandikota and Belum caves. The team is charged up with new energies- energized for new research ahead! ⚡️💡🔋 @tharangattu @RayantanS @NanditaMohandas @AmarKum25251564 @dipak_maity97 @PradhanShuvadip

Our recent work that discusses the difference between Cr and V dopants in MoS2 valley tuning is now published online in @NanoLetters. Second @NanoLetters from TNN lab in a row!!🥳 Congratulations Sreekant, Dipak and others👏 Read our work online here: doi.org/10.1021/acs.na…

Congratulations Dr. Dipak Maity on the beautiful culmination of your PhD journey with the thesis 'Tuning Monolayers of MoS2 for Electronics and Opto-Spintronics via Doping and Heterostructuring' being the 10th graduate student from @TnnLab ! @dipak_maity97 👏👏🥳

Congratulations Dr.Amar Kumar on successfully defending your thesis ‘On the Development of Novel Cathodes for Next Generation Batteries: Solar to Organic Batteries’. @AmarKum25251564👏👏

It was a pleasure to host Prof. T. N. Narayanan @tnnlab from @TIFRScience at @clriindia Thank you, TNN, for the truly insightful talk on the critical role of interfaces in diverse systems. Grateful to Prof. P. Thanikaivelan for organizing and hosting this enriching session!

Congratulations to Amar Kumar (graduate student, @TnnLab) on successfully defending his thesis titled ‘On the Development of Novel Cathodes for Next Generation Batteries: Solar to Organic Batteries’. Read more about his work here.

Congratulations to Amogh K Ravi (graduate student. @pabitra_k_nayak's lab @TIFRH_buzz) on receiving the Best Poster Award at the 'Advanced Materials for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (AMEES 2025)' international conference held at @iitbbs (May 16-18, 2025).

Exciting news! Fresh paper online! 📢🥳 Our new study shows that O2 fuels for Zn-air battery passivates the Zn anode reducing battery performance. Click to read the full work in @CellRepPhysSci- doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp…… Big congratulations Subhra and others!👏 @TIFRH_buzz