Biography
Dr Ram Prasad Bhatta has extensive expertise in development of smart Aggregation-induced Emission (AIE) active materials and their applications. He obtained his PhD in Material Science in 2024 from BITS Pilani, India. He has a Master's and a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry. In 2025, Dr Bhatta moved to the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford.
Most Recent Publications
Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of nitro-based explosives by modulating the electronic substituents on the ligand of AIPE-active cyclometalated iridium( iii ) complexes
Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of nitro-based explosives by modulating the electronic substituents on the ligand of AIPE-active cyclometalated iridium( iii ) complexes
Tunable emission in the visible range from a single organic fluorophore through time-controlled morphological evolution
Tunable emission in the visible range from a single organic fluorophore through time-controlled morphological evolution
Research Interests
- Design, synthesis and characterization of materials
- Fascinated in engineering of smart functional materials
- Engineering of smart stimuli-responsive AIE-active materials (Organic, Polymers and composite) for different applications such as self-healing materials, VOCs sensors, Turn on MFC materials for pressure sensing (Pa to MPa range) etc
Current Research Project
Turn-On Mechanofluorochromic Materials for Surface Pressure Imaging and Stress Detection
Research Group
Most Recent Publications
Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of nitro-based explosives by modulating the electronic substituents on the ligand of AIPE-active cyclometalated iridium( iii ) complexes
Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of nitro-based explosives by modulating the electronic substituents on the ligand of AIPE-active cyclometalated iridium( iii ) complexes
Tunable emission in the visible range from a single organic fluorophore through time-controlled morphological evolution
Tunable emission in the visible range from a single organic fluorophore through time-controlled morphological evolution