Prof. Balasubramaniam (Bala) Natarajan
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kansas State University, USA
Associate professor
Email: [email protected]
Qualifications
1997 - 2002 Ph.D., Colorado State University Fort Collins, Electrical Engineering
1993 - 1997 B.E., Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Electrical Engineering
Publications (selected)
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Dass, R., Mohandoss, S., Balasubramaniyan, N., et al. (2026). Non-thermal plasma-assisted degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater and its reuse for enhanced seed germination and plant growth. New Journal of Chemistry.
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Mohan, H., Mohandoss, S., Kamalakannan, S., et al. (2026). Non-thermal plasma-assisted Ag-CoFe2O4 as an efficient visible-light photocatalyst for pollutant degradation. RSC Advances, 16(40), 45890-45904.
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Mohandoss, S., Mohan, H., Kamalakannan, S., et al. (2026). Non-thermal plasma assisted reduction of hexavalent chromium(vi) using hydrazine hydrate: impact on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seed germination and plant growth. RSC Advances, 16(35), 35174-35187.
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Murugesan, P., Thangarathinam, K., Balasubramanian, N., et al. (2026). Hybrid Herbal-Synthetic Sunscreen Formulations: Boosting SPF With Hippophae Rhamnoides and Sapindus Mukorossi Extracts. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 198(2), 1316-1336.
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Kamalakannan, S., Mohandoss, S., Mohan, H., et al. (2026). Investigation of Hydrogen Bonding in Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymer Mesoporous C3N5, C3N6, and C3N7 Nanostructures for Solar Hydrogen Production. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 9(1), 372-384.
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Kamalakannan, S., Balasubramaniyan, N., Bernaurdshaw, N., et al. (2025). Exploring Halogenation and Hydrogen Bonding in Conjugated Poly (3-Thienylboronic Acid)/g-C3N5 Nanosheet Heterojunctions for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Under Visible Light Irradiation. ChemPhotoChem, 9(9).
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Mohandoss, S., Ingavale, S., Swami, A., et al. (2025). Sustainable Electroreduction of Oxygen: Polyoxometalate-Carbon Composites as a Noble Metal-Free Catalyst. Energy & Fuels, 39(25), 12217-12225.
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Pasupathi, M., Moscow, S., Natarajan, B., et al. (2025). Green approach for the synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles and their enhanced sun protection factor in the presence of octocrylene. Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology, 44(3), 250-266.
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Kamalakannan, S., Balasubramaniyan, N., Neppolian, B., et al. (2025). Impact of Phosphorus Doping on Triazine- and Triazole-Based Mesoporous C3N5, C3N6, and C3N7 with Excellent Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production. Langmuir, 41(18), 11394-11406.
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Kamalakannan, S., Balasubramaniyan, N., Neppolian, B., et al. (2025). Z-scheme based fabrication of Cu2CdSnS4/Au/g-C3N4 ternary heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production. Optical Materials, 164, 117051.
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Kamalakannan, S., Balasubramaniyan, N., Neppolian, B., et al. (2025). The highly efficient visible-light-induced photoactivity of novel Cu2CdSnS4/Pt/g-C3N5 ternary heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic methylene blue degradation and hydrogen production. Fuel, 395, 135187.
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Mohandoss, S., Mohan, H., Balasubramaniyan, N., et al. (2025). A Review Paper on Non-Thermal Plasma Catalysis for CH4 and CO2 Reforming into Value Added Chemicals and Fuels. Catalysts, 15(3), 287.
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Kogulakrishnan, K., Nithiyanantham, S., Koteeshwari, R., et al. (2025). Investigations on the structure, magnetism, electricity, and electrochemistry of copper-doped manganese ferrite: Sol-gel technique. Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials, 313, 117999.
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Kogulakrishnan, K., Nithiyanantham, S., Koteeshwari, R., et al. (2024). Research on cadmium-injected manganese ferrite made through the sol-gel method, focusing on its structure, magnetic properties, electrical conductivity, and electrochemical behavior. Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials, 310, 117721.
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Rajagopalan, R., Shankar, S. S., Balasubramaniyan, N., et al. (2024). Halogenation Strategy: Simple Wide Band Gap Nonfullerene Acceptors with the BODIPY-Thiophene-Backboned Polymer Donor for Enhanced Outdoor and Indoor Photovoltaics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(34), 45265-45274.
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Mohan, H., Mohandoss, S., Prakash, A., et al. (2024). Cold plasma assisted synthesis of spinel-CoFe2O4 nanoparticle with narrow bandgap and high magnetic activity. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 167, 112754.
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Pasupathi, M., Natarajan, B., & Kumar, T. (2024). Enhanced sun protection factor of octocrylene with green tea and bhringraj extracts. Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology, 43(2), 134-147.
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Mohandoss, S., Mohan, H., Balasubramaniyan, N., et al. (2024). Pearl Millet Seed Surface Modification and Improved Germination by Non-thermal Plasma Discharge: Understanding the Role of Reactive Species. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 44(2), 1031-1051.
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Kamalakannan, S., Balasubramaniyan, N., Bernaurdshaw, N., et al. (2023). Impact of nitrogen doping on triazole-based graphitic carbon Nitride-TiO2 (P25) S-scheme heterojunction for improved photocatalytic hydrogen production. Nanoscale Advances, 5(21), 5907-5922.
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Munikoti, S., Agarwal, D., Das, L., et al. (2024). Challenges and Opportunities in Deep Reinforcement Learning With Graph Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Review of Algorithms and Applications. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 35(11), 15051-15071.
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WOS ResearcherID: G-6069-2018