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Peer reviewed Journals/ Book chapters:
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Understanding water on surfaces, electrodes, and in bulk by vibrational spectroscopies. (Book Chapter), Encyclopedia of Solid-Liquid Interfaces(2023), Elsevier, Waltham, MA, USA, ISBN: 978-0-12-409547-2, S. Nayak, A. Erbe
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Superoxide intermediate in the oxygen reduction on a zinc hydroxide model corrosion product, S. Nayak, P. U. Biedermann, A. Erbe; Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022 (157) 224702
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Adduct-based p-doping of organic semiconductors, N. Sakai, R. Warren, F. Zhang, S. Nayak, J. Liu, S. V. Kesava, Y.-H. Lin, H. S. Biswal, X. Lin, C. Grovenor, T. Malinauskas, A. Basu, T. D. Anthopoulos, V. Getautis, A. Kahn, M. Riede, P. K. Nayak, H. J. Snaith; Nature Materials, 2021 (20) 1248–1254
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Adsorbed Intermediates in Oxygen Reduction on Platinum Nanoparticles Observed by In situ IR spectroscopy, S. Nayak, I. J. McPherson, K. A. Vincent; Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018 (130) 13037-13040
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Vibrational spectroscopic study of pH dependent solvation at an Ge(100)-water interface during an electrode potential triggered surface termination transition, F. Niu, M. Rabe, S. Nayak, A. Erbe; Journal of Chemical Physics, 2018 (148) 222824
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How to probe structure, kinetics and dynamics at complex interfaces in situ and operando by optical spectroscopy. (Book Chapter), Encyclopedia of Interfacial Chemistry: Surface Science and Electrochemistry; part of "Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering" (2017), Elsevier, Waltham, MA, USA, ISBN: 978-0-12-409547-2, A. Erbe, S. Nayak, Y.-H. Chen, F. Niu, M. Pander, S. Tecklenburg, C. Toparli
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Solution-Processed Cesium Hexabromopalladate(IV), Cs2PdBr6, for Optoelectronic Applications, N. Sakai, A. A. Haghighirad, M. R. Filip, P. K. Nayak, S. Nayak, A. Ramadan, Z. Wang, F. Giustino, H. J. Snaith; Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017 (139) 6030-3033
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10-nm deep, sub-nanoliter fluidic nanochannels on Germanium for attenuated total reflection Infrared (ATR-IR) spectroscopy, K. K. Sriram#, S. Nayak#, S. Pengel#, C.-F. Chou, A. Erbe; Analyst, 2017 (142) 273-278
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Edge Enriched 2D MoS2 Porous Thin Films Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition for Enhanced Catalytic Performance, S. Li, S. Wang, M. M. Salamone, A. W. Robertson, S. Nayak, H. Kim, S.C E. Tsang, M. Pasta, J. H. Warner; ACS Catalysis, 2017 (7) 877-886
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Tunable Metal-Polyaniline Interface for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction to Formic acid and Methanol in Aqueous Solution, W. Zheng, S. Nayak, W. Yuan, Z. Zeng, X. Hong, K. A. Vincent, S. C. E. Tsang; Chemical Communication, 2016 (52) 13901-13904
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Revealing the mechanism for rapid growth of organic-inorganic halide perovskite crystals, P. K. Nayak*, D. T. Moore*, B. Wenger, S. Nayak, A. A. Haghighirad, A. Fineberg, N. K. Noel, O. G. Reid, G. Rumbles, P. Kukura, K. A. Vincent, H. J. Snaith; Nature Communication, 2016, (7) 13303 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13303
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Mechanism of potential-triggered surface transformation of germanium in acidic medium studied by ATR-IR spectroscopy, S. Nayak, A. Erbe; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016 (18) 25100-25109
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Synchrotron-based Infrared Microanalysis of Biological Redox Processes under Electrochemical Control, P. Ash, H. Reeve, J. Quinson, R. Hidalgo, T. Zhu, I. J. McPherson, M.-W. Chung, A. Healy, S. Nayak, T. Lonsdale, K. Wehbe, C. Kelley, M. Frogley, G. Cinque, K. A. Vincent; Analytical Chemistry, 2016 88(13) 6666-6671
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Electrochemical characterization of direct electron uptake in electrical microbially influenced corrosion of iron by the lithoautotrophic SRB Desulfopila corrodens strain IS4, P. F. Beese-Vasbender, S. Nayak, A. Erbe, M. Stratmann, K. J.J. Mayrhofer; Electrochimica Acta, 2015 (167) 321-329
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In situ infrared spectroscopic investigation of intermediates in the electrochemical oxygen reduction on n-Ge(100) in alkaline perchlorate and chloride electrolyte, S. Nayak, P. U. Biedermann, M. Stratmann, A. Erbe; Electrochimica Acta, 2013 (106) 472-482
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A mechanistic study of the electrochemical oxygen reduction on the model semiconductor n-Ge(100) by ATR-IR and DFT, S. Nayak, P. U. Biedermann, M. Stratmann, A. Erbe; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013 (15) 5771-5781 (Front Cover)
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An Investigation on the Effect of Morphologies on Corrosion Behaviour of Nanostructured Hydroxyapatite-Titania Scaffolds, S. Nayak, K. K. Nanda, P. C. Rath, S. Bhattacharjee, Y. S. Chaudhary; Journal of Bionanoscience, 2010 (4) 87-91
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Facile synthesis of nanostructured hydroxyapatite-titania bio-implant scaffolds with different morphologies: their bioactivity and corrosion behaviour, S. Nayak, A. Dhawan, B. Satpati, S. Bhattacharjee, Y. S. Chaudhary; Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010 (20) 4949-4954
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Facile Synthesis of Monodisperse Ultra-small Ceria Nanocrystals at Room Temperature and Its Catalytic Activity Under Visible Light, Y. S. Chaudhary, S. Panigrahi, S. Nayak, B. Satpati, S. Bhattacharjee, N. Kulkarni; Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010 (20) 2381-2385
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Proceedings:
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Catalytic Behavior of Noble Metal Nanoparticle-Metal Oxide Assemblies: An Effect of Interfacial Ligands, S. Nayak, Y.S. Chaudhary, Sustainable Chemical, Mineral and Material Processing: Select proceedings of 74th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON-2021), Part of the Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering book series (LNME), 265-275
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Optical fingerprints of solid-liquid interfaces: a joint ATR-IR and\emph {first principles} investigation, L. Yang, F. Niu, S. Tecklenburg, M. Pander, S. Nayak, A. Erbe, S. Wippermann, F. Gygi, G. Galli, Bulletin of the American Physical Society- 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana (13th - 17th March, 2017), Vol 62
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Attenuated total reflection mid-IR-spectroscopy for electrochemical applications using a QCL, S. Pengel, B. Schönberger, S. Nayak, A. Erbe, Proceedings of Laser Applications to Chemical, Security and Environmental Analysis- LACSEA-2012, San Diego, CA (1st - 3rd Feb., 2012), LT6B. 1.
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The Auto-catalytic Behaviour of Synthesized Doped / Undoped Ceria Nanocrystals, Y. S. Chaudhary, S. Nayak, S. Panigrahi, B. Satpati, S. Bhattacharjee, N. Kulkarni, Proceedings of International Conference on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology- NATCHEE-2010, Agra, India (7th -9th Jan., 2010), 42-45.