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Karthik Shankar
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Research
Latest papers
Direct Synthesis of Exfoliated Carbon Nitride Mediated by Sodiated Cellulose Nanocrystals for Photocatalytic and Adsorbent Applications.
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026 · senior author
In-Plane Graphene Moieties Embedded in Carbon Nitride Extend Conjugation, Narrow the Electronic Bandgap, and Generate a 10-fold Enhancement in Visible Light-Driven Photoelectrochemical Performance.
ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026 · senior author
Platinum-Doped Carbon Nitride-Loaded Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogel Thin Films for Green Hydrogen Production Systems: Morphological Study for Higher Efficiency.
ChemSusChem · 2025
Latest funding
- $25,000
Linear and Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Correlated Triplet States in Oligoacenes
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $100,000
Durable, high-performance plasmochromic devices based on index-changing, nanostructured conjugated polymers
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $25,000
Engineering Quantum Sensors Exploiting Rabi Splitting in Plexcitonic Nanoparticle Assemblies
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
80 publications.
Direct Synthesis of Exfoliated Carbon Nitride Mediated by Sodiated Cellulose Nanocrystals for Photocatalytic and Adsorbent Applications.
Chaulagain N, Alam KM, Shahini E, Garcia JC, Rana MM, Hooper RW, Sarkar D, Vrushabendrakumar D, Rajashekhar H, Kumar N, Meldrum A, Michaelis VK, Tang T, Shankar K
In-Plane Graphene Moieties Embedded in Carbon Nitride Extend Conjugation, Narrow the Electronic Bandgap, and Generate a 10-fold Enhancement in Visible Light-Driven Photoelectrochemical Performance.
Alam KM, Rana MM, Kumar N, Vrushabendrakumar D, Kumar P, Chaulagain N, Rajashekhar H, Garcia JC, Bernard GM, Kibria MG, Gusarov S, Michaelis VK, Meldrum A, Shankar K
Platinum-Doped Carbon Nitride-Loaded Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogel Thin Films for Green Hydrogen Production Systems: Morphological Study for Higher Efficiency.
Le Dû MP, Kosbahn DP, Baier T, Reitenbach J, Zhong Q, Vagias A, Cubitt R, Chaulagain N, Shankar K, Übele H, Krischer K, Müller-Buschbaum P
Atums Green Conjugated Polymer Heterojunction Films as Blue-Sensitive Photodiodes.
Batool Z, Firouzihaji R, Babiichuk M, Khalili A, Garcia JC, Cho JY, Gahtori P, Eylert L, Shankar K, Vagin SI, Gibbs J, Meldrum A
Tunable Plasmochromic Devices Using Gold Nanoislands Integrated with an Electropolymerized Organic Semiconductor.
Garcia JC, Whitehouse-Strong H, Chaulagain N, Shankar K
Bimetallic AuPd alloy nanoparticles on TiO2nanotube arrays: a highly efficient photocatalyst for hydrogen generation.
Rajashekhar H, Vrushabendrakumar D, Rana MM, Alam KM, Raman RKV, Li CX, Chaulagain N, Shankar K
Heteroepitaxial Growth of Narrow Band Gap Carbon-Rich Carbon Nitride Using In Situ Polymerization to Empower Sunlight-Driven Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting.
Chaulagain N, Alam KM, Garcia JC, Vrushabendrakumar D, Heger JE, Pan G, Kumar N, Rana MM, Rajashekhar H, Hooper RW, Kamal S, Michaelis VK, Meldrum A, Müller-Buschbaum P, Shankar K
Hierarchy in Binary Liquid Phase Exfoliation of Graphitic Carbon Nitride: Dissecting the Dominance of One Solvent.
Shahini E, Chaulagain N, Shankar K, Tang T
Dendritic Copper Current Collectors as a Capacity Boosting Material for Polymer-Templated Si/Ge/C Anodes in Li-Ion Batteries.
Weindl CL, Fajman CE, Xu Z, Zheng T, Möhl GE, Chaulagain N, Shankar K, Gilles R, Fässler TF, Müller-Buschbaum P
Analyte-dependent Rabi splitting in solid-state plexcitonic sensors based on plasmonic nanoislands strongly coupled to J-aggregates.
Garcia JC, Wilson EA, Aggarwal D, Rajashekhar H, Vrushabendrakumar D, Shankar K
Linear and Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Correlated Triplet States in Oligoacenes
Principal investigators: Shankar, Karthik
Keywords: Information, computer and communication technologies; Electrical and electronic machinery and equipment (including computer hardware)
Durable, high-performance plasmochromic devices based on index-changing, nanostructured conjugated polymers
Principal investigators: Shankar, Karthik
Keywords: Information, computer and communication technologies; Ceramic, glass and industrial mineral products
Engineering Quantum Sensors Exploiting Rabi Splitting in Plexcitonic Nanoparticle Assemblies
Principal investigators: Shankar, Karthik K
Electrochemical and Spectroelectrochemical Sensing Devices Based On Active Layers Consisting of Carbon Nitride Nanosheets
Principal investigators: Shankar, Karthik K
Exploiting Plasmonic and Plexcitonic Nanomaterials in Industrial Catalysis
Principal investigators: Shankar, Karthik
Keywords: heterogeneous catalysis; plasmonics; solar energy harvesting; nanomaterials; photocatalysis; co2 photoreduction; photoelectrochemical water splitting; plasmon-exciton interactions; spectroscopy; density functional theory
Development of advanced polymeric membranes for SAGD produced water treatment
Principal investigators: Sadrzadeh, Mohtada
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer for Research in Catalysis, Photocatalysis, Semiconductors, Spintronics and Nanomaterials
Principal investigators: Shankar, Karthik
Nanostructured ceramic coatings engineered for reduction of corrosion, erosion, fouling and viscous drag in industrial pipes and tubes
Principal investigators: Shankar, Karthik
Solution-grown Nanowire and Nanotube Arrays, and Ordered Hybrid Nanoarchitectures incorporating them
Principal investigators: Shankar, Karthik
Amphiphobic ceramic coatings on carbon steel overhead tubing
Principal investigators: Shankar, Karthik
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Tian Tang and Hongbo Zeng: 18 shared papers
- Tian Tang and Karthik Shankar: 4 shared papers
- Karthik Shankar and Robert Fedosejevs: 2 shared papers
- Manisha Gupta and Robert Fedosejevs: 2 shared papers
- Emily Cranston and Karthik Shankar: 1 shared paper
- Hongbo Zeng and Xihua Wang: 1 shared paper
- Hongbo Zeng and Karthik Shankar: 1 shared paper
- Hongbo Zeng and Manisha Gupta: 1 shared paper
- Xihua Wang and Karthik Shankar: 1 shared paper
- Karthik Shankar and Mohtada Sadrzadeh: 1 shared paper
- Karthik Shankar and Phillip Choi: 1 shared paper
- Karthik Shankar and Hui Wang: 1 shared paper
- Karthik Shankar and Manisha Gupta: 1 shared paper
- Karthik Shankar and Sandipan Pramanik: 1 shared paper
- Karthik Shankar and Maral Aminpour: 1 shared paper
- Hui Wang and Maral Aminpour: 1 shared paper
- Robert Fedosejevs and Sandipan Pramanik: 1 shared paper
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering - University of Alberta
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Tian Tang
Mechanical Engineering - University of Alberta
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Robert Fedosejevs
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Mohtada Sadrzadeh
Mechanical Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Maral Aminpour
Department of Biomedical Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Sandipan Pramanik
Electrical and Computer Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2013
Phillip Choi
Chemical and Materials Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2013
Manisha Gupta
Electrical and Computer Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Hui Wang
Chemical and Biological Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Emily Cranston
Chemical Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Hongbo Zeng
Chemical and Materials Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Xihua Wang
Electrical and Computer Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2020
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