Dr. Protima Rauwel

Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia
Chair Professor of Energy Applications

Email: [email protected]

Research fields:

Nanotechnology and Nanoscience

Nanomaterials

Carbon Nanomaterials

Functional Material

Metals and Alloys

Fabrication of Nanomaterials

Biomaterials and Biotechnology

Chemical Synthesis

Composite Materials

Qualifications

2005, Ph.D., TEM study of Wurtzite Nitride Semiconductors, University of Caen, France

2001, M.S., Solid State Physics, University of Caen, France

Publications (selected)

1. Panchal, P., Rauwel, P., Nehra, S. P., et al. (2025). A review on biomedical applications of plant extract-mediated metallic Ag, Au, and ZnO nanoparticles and future prospects for their combination with graphitic carbon nitride. Pharmaceuticals, 18(6), Article 820.
2. Nagpal, K., Rauwel, E., Ducroquet, F., et al. (2024). Fabrication and evaluation of figures of merit of ZnO polymer-based hybrid UV photodiodes. APL Materials, 12(6), Article 061109.
3. Rauwel, E., Arya, G., Praakle, K., & Rauwel, P. (2024). Use of aloe vera gel as media to assess antimicrobial activity and development of antimicrobial nanocomposites. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(11), Article 5599.
4. Raudsepp, R., Türk, K. K., Zarmehri, E., et al. (2024). Boron and fluorine co-doped graphene/few-walled carbon nanotube composite as highly active electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction. ChemNanoMat, 10(6).
5. Ponte, R., Rauwel, E., & Rauwel, P. (2024). Surface-defect tailoring in SnO2 (CNT) nanomaterials via sol-gel routes and its influence on the cycling stability. Journal of Materials Science, 59(38), 17811–17830.
6. Nagpal, K., Rauwel, E., Ducroquet, F., et al. (2023). Relevance of alcoholic solvents in the growth of ZnO nanoparticles and ZnO hierarchical nanorod structures on their optical and opto-electrical properties. Nanotechnology, 34(48), Article 485602.
7. Rauwel, P., & Rauwel, E. (2023). Functional nanomaterials for optoelectronics and photocatalysis. Nanomaterials, 13(19), Article 2694.
8. Hendrix, Y., Rauwel, E., Nagpal, K., et al. (2023). Revealing the dependency of dye adsorption and photocatalytic activity of ZnO nanoparticles on their morphology and defect states. Nanomaterials, 13(13), Article 1998.
9. Ponte, R., Rauwel, E., & Rauwel, P. (2023). Tailoring SnO2 defect states and structure: Reviewing bottom-up approaches to control size, morphology, electronic and electrochemical properties for application in batteries. Materials, 16(12), Article 4339.
10. Kumar, R., Rauwel, P., Kriipsalu, M., et al. (2023). Nanocobalt based (Co@Co(OH)2) sand nanocomposite applied to manganese extraction from contaminated water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11(3), Article 109818.
11. Paredes, P., Rauwel, E., Wragg, D. S., et al. (2023). Sunlight-driven photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue with facile one-step synthesized Cu-Cu2O-Cu3N nanoparticle mixtures. Nanomaterials, 13(8), Article 1311.
12. Nagpal, K., Rauwel, E., Estephan, E., et al. (2022). Significance of hydroxyl groups on the optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles combined with CNT and PEDOT:PSS. Nanomaterials, 12(19), Article 3546.
13. Paredes, P., Rauwel, E., & Rauwel, P. (2022). Surveying the synthesis, optical properties and photocatalytic activity of Cu3N nanomaterials. Nanomaterials, 12(13), Article 2218.
14. Nagpal, K., Rapenne, L., Wragg, D. S., et al. (2022). The role of CNT in surface defect passivation and UV emission intensification of ZnO nanoparticles. Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, 12, Article 18479804221079419.
15. Nagpal, K., Rauwel, E., Ducroquet, F., & Rauwel, P. (2021). Assessment of the optical and electrical properties of light-emitting diodes containing carbon-based nanostructures and plasmonic nanoparticles: A review. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 12, 1078–1092.
16. Kumar, R., Rauwel, P., & Rauwel, E. (2021). Nanoadsorbants for the removal of heavy metals from contaminated water: Current scenario and future directions. Processes, 9(8), Article 1379.
17. Rauwel, E., & Rauwel, P. (2021). Editorial for the Special Issue on 'Metal Oxide Thin Film: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application'. Materials, 14(8), Article 1834.
18. Rauwel, P., Galeckas, A., & Rauwel, E. (2021). Enhancing the UV emission in ZnO-CNT hybrid nanostructures via the surface plasmon resonance of Ag nanoparticles. Nanomaterials, 11(2), Article 452.
19. Xie, R. C., Batchelor-McAuley, C., Rauwel, E., et al. (2020). Electrochemical characterisation of Co@Co(OH)2 core-shell nanoparticles and their aggregation in solution. ChemElectroChem, 7(20), 4259–4268.
20. Rauwel, E., Al-Arag, S., Salehi, H., et al. (2020). Assessing cobalt metal nanoparticles uptake by cancer cells using live Raman spectroscopy. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 15, 7051–7062.

Profile Details

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WOS ResearcherID: DZV-6856-2022