Semiconducting Fibers

Dr. Ram Gupta is a Professor of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University (PSU). He is also serving as the Associate Vice-President for Research and Support at PSU. Director of Research at the National Institute for Materials Advancement (NIMA). Dr. Gupta has been recently named by Stanford University as being among the top 2% of research scientists worldwide. Before joining Pittsburg State University, he worked as an Assistant Research Professor at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO then as a Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. Dr. Gupta’s research spans a range of subjects critical to current and future societal needs including: semiconducting materials & devices, biopolymers, flame-retardant polymers, green energy production & storage using nanostructured materials & conducting polymers, electrocatalysts, optoelectronics & photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic heterojunctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, biocompatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold & antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta has published over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles, made over 450 national/international/regional presentations, chaired/organized many sessions at national/international meetings, wrote several book chapters (120+), worked as Editor for many books (50+) for American Chemical Society, CRC, Springer, Elsevier, etc. and received several million dollars for research and educational activities from external agencies. He is also serving as Editor, Associate Editor, Guest editor, and editorial board member for various journals.

Chapter 01 Semiconductor Fibers: An Introduction

Svetlana Nikolaevna Khonina, Nikolay Lvovich Kazanskiy, and Muhammad Ali Butt

Chapter 02 Fundamentals of Semiconducting Fibers

Neeraj Mehta

Chapter 03 Electronic Structure of Semiconducting Fibers

Dias Mustazheb, Sherif Dei Bukari, and Mannix P. Balanay

Chapter 04 Electronic Properties of Semiconducting Fibers

Sandesh V. Gaikwad, Digambar S. Sawant, Digambar M. Sapkal, and Gaurav M. Lohar

Chapter 05 Preparation of Semiconducting Fibers

Arpana Agrawal

Chapter 06 Characterization of Semiconducting Fibers

Tianyi Liu and Jiadeng Zhu

Chapter 07 Advances in Semiconducting Fibers

Sanjeev Verma, Tapas Das, Shivani Verma, Ram K. Gupta, and Bhawna Verma

Chapter 08 Semiconducting Fibers for Optoelectronic Devices

Mostafa Moslempoor and Esmaeil Sheibani

Chapter 09 Semiconducting Fibers for Photonics

Chohdi Amri, Achref Mannai, and Adel Najara

Chapter 10 Semiconducting Fiber for Biomedical Applications

Aditya Dev Rajora, Trishna Bal, C. Balaji Ayyanar, Karmabeer Jena, and Subhendu Chakroborty

Chapter 11 Semiconducting Fibers for Thermoelectrics

Hatice Aylin Karahan Toprakci

Chapter 12 Semiconducting Fiber-based Flexible Thermoelectrics

Jyoti Bhattacharjee, Debjani Bhakta, and Subhasis Roy

Chapter 13 Semiconducting Fibers for Sensors

Soraya Ghayempour, Mohammad Mazloum-Ardakani, and Hamid Dehghan-Manshadi

Chapter 14 Recent Developments in Solar Cells using Semiconudcting Fibers

T. Sangavi and N. Ponpandian

Chapter 15 Semiconducting Fibers for Batteries

Abhinay Thakur and Ashish Kumar

Chapter 16 Semiconducting Fibers for Fuel Cells

Rijith Sreenivasan, Akhila Muhammed, and Sumi V Sasidharan Nair

Chapter 17 Semiconducting Fibers as Catalysts for Fuel Cells using an Electrospinning Method

B. Jeevanantham and M. K. Shobana

Chapter 18 Semiconducting Fibers for Energy Storage

Hema S, Greeshma U. Chandran, Ajitha A. R., and Sreedha Sambhudevan

Chapter 19 Fiber Semiconductors for Supercapacitor Applications

Felipe M. de Souza and Ram K. Gupta

Chapter 20 Semiconducting Fibers for Biomedical Applications

Gizem Karabulut, Nuray Beköz Üllen, Elif Tüzün, and Selcan Karakuş

Chapter 21 Integrative Fabrication of Semiconducting Fibers within 2D/3D Textiles

Zahra Madani, Matteo Iannacchero, Fevzihan Basarir, and Jaana Vapaavuori