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Publication Highlights

An image from our article in ACS Applied Engineering Materials in June 2025 (doi: 10.1021/acsaenm.5c00199) was featured as the front cover image in Volume 3, Issue 7 on July 25, 2025.

Our article titled 'Highly sensitive and wearable NO2 gas sensor based on PVDF nanofabric containing embedded polyaniline/g-C3N4 nanosheet composites', published in 'Nanotechnology' in 2021 has been well received by the research community as informed by the journal. As a result, in April 2025, I was invited by the journal to contribute a Topical review.

The journal website mentions "Topical Reviews: written by leading researchers in their fields these invited articles present the

background to and overview of a particular field, and report on the current state of the art".

Our Invited article titled 'Probing the Influence of Strontium Doping and Annealing Temperature on Structure and Biocompatibility of Hydroxyapatite Nanorods', was published in Dalton Transactions, 53, 7812 (2024) in April 2024.

Our Invited article titled 'A new multifunctional energy harvester based on mica nanosheets-dispersed PVDF nanofabrics featuring piezo-capacitive, piezoelectric and triboelectric effects' has been featured in a cross-journal collection celebrating the scientific accomplishments of RSC Fellows (RSC Applied Polymers, DOI: 10.1039/D3LP00080J, online published: 30 August 2023). This work has been highlighted by the Royal Society of Chemistry in their Blog, and the RSC Applied Polymers Showcase. This article has also been included in the new RSC journal collection dedicated to highlighting impactful work taking place across the world to meet the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy)

Invited Book chapter (published in 2011) has been accessed/downloaded online > 20,000 times; cited 33 times.

As confirmed by InTech Author Stats, the invited book chapter “Polymer Nanocomposites: From Synthesis to Applications” (DOI: 10.5772/17039) by S. Anandhan (NITK, India) and Sri Bandyopadhyay (UNSW, Australia), published in 2011 has achieved impressive readership results. The chapter published by InTech in the book “Nanocomposites and Polymers with Analytical Methods” has so far been accessed > 20,000 times. The top downloads of the chapter are from the United States of America, India, China, Islamic Republic of Iran, and Japan.

A paper titled 'Collaboration Trends in National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, India: An Analysis Based on Network Mapping', (source: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/4573) revealed that Prof. Anandhan is among the top 10 most prolific authors of NITK, based on international publications in Web of Science indexed journals and citations received, during 2010-19.

Edited Book (published in 2016) has been received well by the academic community.

As confirmed by the publisher's database, the book "Advances in Polymer Materials and Technology" (ISBN: 9781498718813, CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA), edited by Anandhan Srinivasan (NITK, India) and Sri Bandyopadhyay (UNSW, Australia), has been received well by the academic community worldwide.

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