Prof. Dr. Aji A. Anappara

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsExperimental Condensed Matter Physics,Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
KeywordsEnergy harvesting, Photothermal, carbon dots, intersubband transitions, vacuum-Rabi oscillations
Honours and awards

2008: AvH post-doctoral fellowship

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityKozhikode
InstitutionNational Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC)
InstituteDepartment of Physics
Homepagehttp://nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/293/13/3

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Alfred LeitenstorferFachbereich Physik, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz
Prof. Dr. Rupert HuberFachbereich Physik, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2008

Programme(s)

2008Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025Varsha Sharma, Aji A. Anappara: Cellulose Fiber Tortuosity as a Bioinspired Design Strategy for Light-Driven, Self-Powered Ionotronic Synapses. In: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10.1021/acsami.5c17923, 2025,
2025V. M., Swathi and Sudheer, Anjana E. and Tejaswini, G. and Vallinayagam, Muthu and Thangaraj, Pandiyarajan and Murali, D. and Anappara, Matthias Zschornak and Aji A.: Deciphering the crystal structure evolution from 3D non-van der Waals solids to 2D nanosheets. In: J. Mater. Chem. C, 2025, 13, 2025, 22278-22286
2025Anupama, M and Nair, Reeja Gopalakrishnan and Anappara, Aji A: Selective etching of Aluminium towards the synthesis of AlB2 derived aqueous dispersion of luminescent boron-based Nanosheets. In: Applied Physics A, 131, 2025, 39
2025Swathi, V.M. and Anappara, Aji A.: Ultraviolet emission from 2D tellurium nanosheets synthesized using diverse exfoliation techniques. In: Applied Physics A (Accepted), 2025, 10--1007
2025Anupama M, Anjana Edathirinji Sudheer, Murali Devaraj, Pandiyarajan Thangaraj, Assa Aravindh Sasikala Devi, Aji A. Anappara: Unveiling the Potential Photothermal Activity of Vanadium Carbide for Driving Chemical Reactions. In: Langmuir, 41, 2025, 18544–18553
2025Anupama, M and Sudheer, Anjana Edathirinji and Devaraj, Murali and Thangaraj, Pandiyarajan and Devi, Assa Aravindh Sasikala and Anappara, Aji A: Unveiling the potential photothermal activity of vanadium carbide for driving chemical reactions. In: Langmuir, 41, 2025, 18544--18553
2024Swathi, VM and Arjun, K and Anappara, Aji A.: Multivalency-induced structural variations of 2D selenium nanosheets: facile solution-phase synthesis and optical properties. In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26, 2024, 22112--22121
2022Joseph, J. and Anappara, Aji A.: Comparative photoluminescence study of nitrogen doped carbon dots co-doped with boron and sulphur. In: Luminescence, 37, 2022, 1475--1481
2022Akhila, AK and AR, Suresh Babu and Anappara, Aji A and Renuka, NK: Specific ultralow level chemo-recognition using Graphene-fluorophore supramolecular assembly: Fine-tuning the fluorophore framework. In: Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 266, 2022, 120408
2021VA, Ansi and G, Ritu and Panakkal, Thasleena and Anappara, Aji A and NK, Renuka: Acetic acid derived carbon dots as efficient pH and bio-molecule sensor. In: International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 101, 2021, 506--512
2021Vidya, T and Anupama, M and Aji, A Anappara and others: Multi-functional carbon dots for visual detection of picric acid and white-light emission. In: Materials Research Bulletin, 138, 2021, 111223
2020John, Saju K and Anappara, Aji A: Broadband absorption and photothermal conversion in titanium diboride. AIP Conference Proceedings. 2020. 070027
2020John, Saju K and Anappara, Aji A: Facile synthesis of aqueous-dispersed luminescent nanosheets from non-layered lanthanum hexaboride. In: RSC advances, 10, 2020, 31788--31793
2020Sahadev, Nishaina and Anappara, Aji A: Photo-to-thermal conversion: effective utilization of futile solid-state carbon quantum dots (CQDs) for energy harvesting applications. In: New Journal of Chemistry, 44, 2020, 10662--10670
2019John, Saju K and Anappara, Aji A: Aqueous dispersions of highly luminescent boron-rich nanosheets by the exfoliation of polycrystalline titanium diboride. In: New Journal of Chemistry, 43, 2019, 9953--9960
2018Sahadev, Nishaina and Anappara, Aji A: Photothermal effect in solid-state MWCNT: Possible signatures of thermal anisotropy. In: Journal of Applied Physics, 124, 2018,
2018Karadan, Prajith and Aggarwal, Shantanu and Anappara, Aji A and Narayana, Chandrabhas and Barshilia, Harish C: Tailored periodic Si nanopillar based architectures as highly sensitive universal SERS biosensing platform. In: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 254, 2018, 264--271
2017Karadan, Prajith and Parida, Santanu and Kumar, Arvind and Anappara, Aji A and Dhara, Sandip and Barshilia, Harish C: Charge transport studies on Si nanopillars for photodetectors fabricated using vapor phase metal-assisted chemical etching. In: Applied Physics A, 123, 2017, 681
2017Joseph, Julin and Anappara, Aji A: Cool white, persistent room-temperature phosphorescence in carbon dots embedded in a silica gel matrix. In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, 2017, 15137--15144
2017Joseph, Julin and Anappara, Aji A: Ellagic acid-functionalized fluorescent carbon dots for ultrasensitive and selective detection of mercuric ions via quenching. In: Journal of Luminescence, 192, 2017, 761--766
2017Sahadev, Nishaina and Anappara, Aji A: Enhanced photothermal effect in reduced graphene oxide in solid-state. In: Journal of Applied Physics, 122, 2017,
2017Simimol, A and Anappara, Aji A and Barshilia, Harish C: Influence of defects on electrical properties of electrodeposited co-doped ZnO nanocoatings. In: Materials Research Express, 4, 2017, 015001
2017Joseph, Julin and Anappara, Aji A: Long life--time room--temperature phosphorescence of carbon dots in aluminum sulfate. In: ChemistrySelect, 2, 2017, 4058--4062
2017John, Saju K and John, Daughty and Bijoy, N and Chathanathodi, Raghu and Anappara, Aji A: Magnesium diboride: An effective light-to-heat conversion material in solid-state. In: Applied Physics Letters, 111, 2017,
2017Joseph, Julin and Anappara, Aji A: White-light-emitting carbon dots prepared by the electrochemical exfoliation of graphite. In: ChemPhysChem, 18, 2017, 292--298
2016Karadan, Prajith and John, Siju and Anappara, Aji A and Narayana, Chandrabhas and Barshilia, Harish C: Evolution mechanism of mesoporous silicon nanopillars grown by metal-assisted chemical etching and nanosphere lithography: correlation of Raman spectra and red photoluminescence. In: Applied Physics A, 122, 2016, 669
2016Karadan, Prajith and Anappara, Aji A and Moorthy, VHS and Narayana, Chandrabhas and Barshilia, Harish C: Improved broadband and omnidirectional light absorption in silicon nanopillars achieved through gradient mesoporosity induced leaky waveguide modulation. In: RSC Advances, 6, 2016, 109157--109167
2016Joseph, Julin and Anappara, Aji A: Microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of UV-emitting carbon dots from tannic acid. In: New journal of chemistry, 40, 2016, 8110--8117
2016Joseph, Julin and Anappara, Aji A: White light emission of carbon dots by creating different emissive traps. In: Journal of Luminescence, 178, 2016, 128--133
2015Simimol, A and Anappara, Aji A and Greulich-Weber, S and Chowdhury, Prasanta and Barshilia, Harish C: Enhanced room temperature ferromagnetism in electrodeposited Co-doped ZnO nanostructured thin films by controlling the oxygen vacancy defects. In: Journal of Applied Physics, 117, 2015,
2014Simimol, A and Manikandanath, NT and Anappara, Aji A and Chowdhury, Prasanta and Barshilia, Harish C: Tuning of deep level emission in highly oriented electrodeposited ZnO nanorods by post growth annealing treatments. In: Journal of Applied Physics, 116, 2014,
2011Huber, Rupert and Anappara, Aji A and Günter, Georg and Sell, Alexander and De Liberato, Simone and Ciuti, Cristiano and Biasiol, Giorgio and Sorba, Lucia and Tredicucci, Alessandro and Leitenstorfer, Alfred: Switching ultrastrong light--matter coupling on a subcycle scale. In: Journal of Applied Physics, 109, 2011,
2010A. Sell, A. A. Anappara, T. Kampfrath, K. von Volkmann, M. Wolf, J. T. Steiner, M. Kira, G. Biasiol, L. Sorba, A. Tredicucci, A. Leitenstorfer, R. Huber: Extreme THz nonlinearities in bulk and nanostructured semiconductors. In: Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials , 2010, 76001S
2010Sell, Alexander and Anappara, Aji A and Kampfrath, Tobias and von Volkmann, Konrad and Wolf, Martin and Steiner, Johannes T and Koch, SW and Biasiol, G and Sorba, L and Tredicucci, A and others: Extreme THz nonlinearities in bulk and nanostructured semiconductors. Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials XIV. 2010. 374--381
2010Leitenstorfer, Alfred and Huber, Rupert and Sell, Alexander and Anappara, Aji A and Günter, G and Lein{\ss}, Silvan and Volkmann, KV and Kampfrath, Tobias and Wolf, M and De Liberato, S and others: Terahertz quantum optics with solid-state systems. 35th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves. 2010. 1--1
2010A. A. Anappara, L. Sorba, A. Tredicucci, G. Günter, A. Sell, A. Leitenstorfer, R. Huber, S. De Liberato, C. Ciuti, G. Biasiol: Towards Intersubband Polaritonics: How Fast Can Light and Electrons Mate?. In: S. Luryi, J. Xu, A. Zaslavsky, Future Trends in Microelectronics: from nanophotonics to sensors and energy. Wiley-IEEE Press, 2010.
2010Anappara, AA and Sorba, L and Tredicucci, Alessandro and Günter, G and Sell, A and Leitenstorfer, A and Huber, R and De Liberato, S and Ciuti, C and Biasiol, G: Towards intersubband polaritonics: how fast can light and electrons mate?. In: Future Trends in Microelectronics: from nanophotonics to sensors and energy, 2010, 85--96
2009Günter, Georg and Anappara, Aji A and Hees, J and Leinss, Silvan and Sorba, Lucia and Biasiol, Giorgio and Tredicucci, Alessandro and Leitenstorfer, Alfred and Huber, Rupert: Femtosecond Formation of Ultrastrong Light-Matter Interaction. Ultrafast Phenomena XVI: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference, Palazzo dei Congressi Stresa, Italy, June 9--13, 2008. 2009. 295--297
2009Huber, Rupert and Anappara, Aji A and Günter, G and Sell, Alexander and Biasiol, Giorgio and Sorba, Lucia and Tredicucci, Alessandro and De Liberato, Simone and Ciuti, Cristiano and Leitenstorfer, Alfred: How fast electrons and photons mix: sub-cycle switching of intersubband cavity polaritons. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2009. 012060
2009A. A. Anappara, S. De. Liberato, A. Tredicucci, C. Ciuti, G. Biasiol, L. Sorba, F. Beltram: Signatures of the ultrastrong light-mater coupling regime. In: Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communication), 2009,
2009Anappara, Aji A and De Liberato, Simone and Tredicucci, Alessandro and Ciuti, Cristiano and Biasiol, Giorgio and Sorba, Lucia and Beltram, Fabio: Signatures of the ultrastrong light-matter coupling regime. In: Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 79, 2009, 201303
2009Günter, G and Anappara, Aji A and Hees, J and Sell, Alexander and Biasiol, Giorgio and Sorba, Lucia and De Liberato, S and Ciuti, Cristiano and Tredicucci, Alessandro and Leitenstorfer, Alfred and others: Sub-cycle switch-on of ultrastrong light--matter interaction. In: Nature, 458, 2009, 178--181
2009G. Günter, A. A. Anappara, J. Hees, A. Sell, G. Biasiol, L. Sorba, S. De Liberato, C. Ciuti, A. Tredicucci, A. Leitenstorfer, R. Huber: Sub-cycle switch-on of ultrastrong light-matter interaction. In: Nature, 2009, 178-181
2009Anappara, AA and Günter, G and Hees, J and Biasiol, G and Sorba, L and Tredicucci, Alessandro and Leitenstorfer, A and Huber, R: Switch-on of ultrastrong light-matter interaction faster than a cycle of light. International Quantum Electronics Conference. 2009. IThN6
2009Sell, A and Anappara, AA and Günter, G and Lein$\beta$, S and Volkmann, K v and Kampfrath, T and Wolf, Martin and Tredicucci, Alessandro and Leitenstorfer, A and Huber, R: Ultra-intense THz source and extreme THz nonlinearities in condensed matter. European Quantum Electronics Conference. 2009. JSIV2\_5
2008Günter, G and Anappara, AA and Hees, J and Lein{\ss}, S and Sorba, L and Biasiol, G and Tredicucci, A and Leitenstorfer, A and Huber, Rupert: Femtosecond Buildup of Ultrastrong Light-Matter Interaction. 2008,
2008Anappara, Aji A and De Liberato, Simone and Tredicucci, Alessandro and Ciuti, Cristiano and Biasiol, Giorgio and Sorba, Lucia and Beltram, Fabio: Light-matter excitations in the ultra-strong coupling regime. In: arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.3720, 2008,
2008George, Sajan D and Anappara, Aji A and Warrier, PRS and Warrier, KGK and Radhakrishnan, P and Nampoori, VPN and Vallabhan, CPG: Photoacoustic thermal characterization of Al2O3--Ag ceramic nanocomposites. In: Materials Chemistry and Physics, 111, 2008, 38--41
2008Anappara, Aji A and Tredicucci, Alessandro and Beltram, Fabio and Sorba, Lucia and Biasiol, Giorgio: Tailoring light--matter interaction in intersubband microcavities. In: Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 40, 2008, 1906--1908
2007Anappara, Aji A and Tredicucci, Alessandro and Beltram, Fabio and Biasiol, Giorgio and Sorba, Lucia and De Liberato, Simone and Ciuti, Cristiano: Cavity polaritons from excited-subband transitions. In: Applied Physics Letters, 91, 2007,
2007Anappara, Aji A and Tredicucci, Alessandro and Beltram, Fabio and Biasiol, Giorgio and Sorba, Lucia: Controlling polariton coupling in intersubband microcavities. In: Superlattices and Microstructures, 41, 2007, 308--312
2007Anappara, Aji A and Barate, David and Tredicucci, Alessandro and Devenson, Jan and Teissier, Roland and Baranov, Alexei: Giant intersubband polariton splitting in InAs/AlSb microcavities. In: Solid state communications, 142, 2007, 311--313
2006Anappara, Aji A and Tredicucci, Alessandro and Beltram, Fabio and Biasiol, Giorgio and Sorba, Lucia: Tunnel-assisted manipulation of intersubband polaritons in asymmetric coupled quantum wells. In: Applied physics letters, 89, 2006,
2005Anappara, Aji A and Tredicucci, Alessandro and Biasiol, Giorgio and Sorba, Lucia: Electrical control of polariton coupling in intersubband microcavities. In: Applied Physics Letters, 87, 2005,
2004Anappara, Aji A and Rajeshkumar, S and Mukundan, P and Warrier, PRS and Ghosh, Swapankumar and Warrier, KGK: Impedance spectroscopic studies of sol--gel derived subcritically dried silica aerogels. In: Acta materialia, 52, 2004, 369--375
2003Anappara, Aji A and Ghosh, SK and Warrier, PRS and Warrier, KGK and Wunderlich, W: Impedance spectral studies of sol-gel alumina-silver nanocomposites. In: Acta materialia, 51, 2003, 3511--3519
n.n.Simimol, A and Anappara, Aji A and Chowdhury, Prasasnta and Dhara, Sandip and Harish, C: Enhanced defect emission in Co doped ZnO nanorods synthesized by electrochemical route. n.n.,
n.n.Barate, D and Anappara, A and Tredicucci, A and Devenson, J and Teissier, R and Baranov, A: InAs/AlSb structures for giant Rabi splitting of intersubband polaritons. n.n.,