Dr. Govindachetty Saravanan

　

Curricular attainments

Shinshu University(Japan), D. S. (Physical Chemistry/Materials Science and Engineering), 03. 2008(Completion(Month, Year)).

Shinshu University(Japan), M. S. (Physical Chemistry/Materials Science), 03. 2005.

University of Madras(India), M. Sc.(Physical Chemistry), 04. 2001.

University of Madras(India), B. Sc.(Chemistry), 04. 1999.

Working experience

(1) Kanagawa University, Post-doctoral research scientist(09, 2012 – 03. 2013).
(2) National Institute for Materials Science, Post-doctoral research scientist(04, 2009 – 08, 2012).
(3) Keio University, Research Associate(04, 2008 – 03, 2009).

Awards and Honours

(1) Monbu-kagakusho Fellow - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan, 10, 2002 – 03, 2008

(2) Invited Lecture – The Chemical Society of Japan, 92nd Annual Meeting at Keio University, Yokohama, Japan.

(3) Invited Lecture – Tropo Mass Spectrometry (TMS) symposium at Kanagawa University, Japan

(4) Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has highlighted our research on the back cover of Chem. Comm.

(5) National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) has highlighted our research work in the monthly magazine of NIMS as a cover page article.

Publications List
1. Govindachetty Saravanan,* Toru Hara,Hideki Yoshikawa, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Shigenori Ueda, Keisuke Kobayashi and Hideki Abe,*        
Post-synthesis Dispersion of Metal Nanoparticles by Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimers: Size-Selective Inclusion, Water Solubilization, and Improved Catalytic Performance
Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 7441–7443.

2.  Govindachetty Saravanan, * and Hideki Abe*
Influence of pH on Dendritic Structure of Strongly Fluorescent Persulfate-treated Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimer
J. Photochem. Photbiol. A, 2011, 224, 102-109.

3. Govindachetty Saravanan, Kenji Daigo, Toyoko Imae, and Takao Hamakubo
Visual observation of avidin-biotin affinity by fluorescent G4.5 poly(amidoamine) dendrimer
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2011, 83, 58-60.

4. Govindachetty Saravanan and Toyoko Imae
Visual observation and characterization of fluorescent poly(amidoamine) dendrimer in film state
J. Nanosci. Nanotech. 2011, 11, 1-8.

5. Govindachetty Saravanan*, Hideki Abe*, Ya Xu, Nobuaki Sekido, Hirohito Hirata, Shin-ichi Matsumoto, Hideki Yoshikawa, and Yoko Yamabe-Mitarai
Pt3Ti Nanoparticles: Fine Dispersion on SiO2 Supports, Enhanced Catalytic CO Oxidation and Chemical Stability at Elevated Temperatures
Langmuir, 2010, 26, 11446-11451.

6. Saikat Mandal, Marappan Sathish, Govindachetty Saravanan, K. K. R. Datta, Qingmin Ji, Jonathan P. Hill, Hideki Abe,  Itaru Honma, and Katsuhiko Ariga
Open-Mouthed Metallic Microcapsules: Exploring Performance Improvement at Agglomeration-Free Interiors
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132, 14415-14417.

7. Hideki Abe, Govindachetty Saravanan, Ya Xu, Nobuaki Sekido, Yoko Yamabe-Mitarai, and Masahiko Shimoda
Synthesis and Catalytic Performance of Intermetallic Nanoparticles
Materia 2010, 49, 314-316.

8. Govindachetty Saravanan, Sumio Ozeki
Magnetic Field Control of Electron Tunneling Pathways in the Monolayer of (Ferrocenylmethyl)dodecyldimethylammonium Bromide on a Gold Electrode
J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 3-6.

9. Govindachetty Saravanan, Katsuhiko Fujio, Sumio Ozeki
Magnetic Field Effects on Electric Behavior of [Fe(CN)6]3- at Bare and Membrane-coated Electrodes
Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 2008, 9, 1-7.

10. Ichiro Otsuka, Govindachetty Saravanan, Yuta Honma, Sumio Ozeki, Takenori Nakayama, Tetsuro Hosogi, Akihiko Ishibashi
Corrosion Inhibition of Copper due to Magnetic Treatment of Water
Journal of the JRICu, 2007, 46, 243-247.

11. Ichiro Otsuka, Govindachetty Saravanan, Sumio Ozeki, Takenori Nakayama, Tetsuro Hosogi, Chikara Saeki
Magnetic Treatment Effects of Water on Corrosion of Copper
Journal of the JRICu, 2006, 45, 174-178.

Patents

1. Futoshi Matsumoto, Genki Kobayashi, Saravanan Govindachetty
Preparation of electrocatalyst for fuel cell and battery applications
JP 2012-209996, Sep 24, 2012

2. Hideki Abe, Francis Malar Auxilia, Shinsuke Ishihara, Toyokazu Tanabe, Saravanan Govindachetty, Gubbala Venkata Ramesh, Toru Hara, Ya Xu, Shunichi Hishita, Katsuhiko Ariga
Self-assembled single crystalline petal-like nanostructured catalyst and its preparation
JP 2012-115599, May 21, 2012

3. Hideki Abe, Hideyuki Murakami, Fadil Nor Akmal, Saravanan Govindachetty, Toyokazu Tanabe, Gubbala Venkata Ramesh
Electroless plating in non-aqueous solutions
JP 2012-115600, May 21, 2012

4. Hideki Abe, Saravanan Govindachetty, Toru Hara, Hideki Yoshikawa, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Shigenori Ueda, Keisuke Kobayashi
Preparation of electrode catalyst comprising of nanoparticles encapsulated dendrimer and their assembly
JP 2012-090413, Apr 11, 2012.

5. Hideki Abe, Ya Xu, Yoko Mitarai, Nobuaki Sekido, Saravanan Govindachetty
Preparation of Exhaust Purification Catalyst
JP 2011-209600, Sep 26, 2011.

6. Hideki Abe, Saravanan Govindachetty, Katsuhiko Ariga
Metallic cells
JP 2011-066987, Mar 25, 2011.

7. Hideki Abe, Saravanan Govindachetty, Toru Hara, Hideki Yoshikawa, Keisuke Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Shigenori Ueda
Preparation of Strongly Fluorescent Nanoparticles Encapsulated Dendrimer
JP 2010-184698, Aug 20, 2010.

8. Hideki Abe, Ya Xu, Yoko Mitarai, Nobuaki Sekido, Saravanan Govindachetty, Shin-ichi Matsumoto, Hirohito Hirata,
Supported catalyst
JP 2009-290000, Dec 22, 2009. 

Conference Proceedings

1.  Nor Akmal Fadil, Govindachetty Saravanan, Hideki Yoshikawa, Yoshiyuki Yamashita,  Shigenori Ueda, Keisuke Kobayashi, Toyokazu Tanabe, Toru Hara, Gubbala Venkata Ramesh, Hideyuki Murakami, Kazuhiko Noda, Hideki Abe
Wet Chemical Synthesis of Ni-Al Nanoparticles at Ambient Condition
Advanced Materials Research, 2012,Vol. 557-559, 442-447.

2. Futoshi Matsumoto, Govindachetty Saravanan, Genki Kobayashi
A study of the stability of the electrocatalytic activity and the CO tolerance of a PtPb ordered intermetallic compound toward formic acid oxidation
(Submitted to the electrochemical society)

Invited Lecture

1. 92nd Spring Meeting, The Chemical Society of Japan, held on 25~28-3-2012 at KeioUniversity, Yokohama, Japan. Invited Lecture entitled “Intermetallic Pt3Ti Nanoparticles: Efficient Catalytic Centers for Exhaust Purification and Energy Applications”.
Govindachetty Saravanan

2. Tropo Mass Spectrometry (TMS) symposium at Kanagawa University, Japan. Invited lecture entitled “Efficient approaches for the reduction in the amounts of platinum towards exhaust purification and fuel cell applications”.
Govindachetty Saravanan

Conference List

1. 7th Symposium on New Magneto-Science, held on 05 ~ 07-11-2003, at Tsukuba, Japan, entitled “Fe2+/Fe3+     Diffuse Layer Formation under Steady Magnetic Fields”.
G. Saravanan*, K. Fujio, and S. Ozeki

2. 2nd workshop on Innovative Utilization of Strong Magnetic Fields, held on 09-07-2004 at Matsumoto, Japan, entitled “Redox Reactions of Fe(CN)63- under Steady Magnetic Fields”.
G. Saravanan*, K. Fujio, and S. Ozeki

3. 57th divisional meeting on colloid and surface chemistry, the chemical society of Japan, held on 09 ~ 11-9-2004 at Yamaguchi, entitled “Magneto-electric Behavior of Fe2+/ Fe3+ Ions from Fe(CN)63- at Electrode Surfaces under Steady Magnetic Fields”.
G. Saravanan*, K. Fujio, and S. Ozeki

4. 58th divisional meeting on colloid and surface chemistry, the chemical society of Japan, held on 08 ~ 10-9-2005 at Utsunomiya, Japan, entitled “Black Lipid Membranes on Active Electrode Surfaces under Electric Potential Control and Steady Magnetic Fields”.
G. Saravanan*, K. Fujio, S. Ozeki

5. The international chemical congress, Pacifichem-2005, held on 15 ~ 20-12-2005 at Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A, entitled “Electron-transfer reaction of redox ion-pairs on gold electrode surfaces: tunneling process and its magnetic-field control”
G. Saravanan, K. Fujio, S. Ozeki*

6. 86th Spring Meeting, The Chemical Society of Japan, held on 27 ~ 30-3-2006 at Nihon university, Chiba, Japan, entitled “Redox reaction of [Fe(CN)6]3- ions inserted lipid membranes on SAM coated gold electrode surfaces”
G. Saravanan*, K. Fujio, and S. Ozeki

7. 86th Spring Meeting, The Chemical Society of Japan, held on 27 ~ 30-3-2006 at Nihon university, Chiba, Japan, entitled “Electron-transfer reaction of surfactants on SAM coated gold electrode surfaces: Tunneling process under steady magnetic fields
G. Saravanan*, K. Fujio, and S. Ozeki

8. 59th divisional meeting on colloid and surface chemistry, the chemical society of Japan on 13 ~ 15-9-2006 at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, entitled “Electron-tunneling reaction of redox surfactants on modified electrode surfaces under steady magnetic fields”
G. Saravanan*, K. Fujio, and S. Ozeki

9. The magneto-Science Society of Japan, 1st Annual meeting on 15 ~ 17-11-2006 at Tsukuba, Japan, entitled “Control of electron-tunneling reaction of redox surfactants by steady magnetic fields”
G. Saravanan*, K. Fujio, and S. Ozeki

10. 87th Spring Meeting, The Chemical Society of Japan, held on 25~28-3-2006 at Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, entitled “Electron-tunneling reaction of redox surfactants on modified Au electrode surfaces”
G. Saravanan*, K. Fujio, and S. Ozeki

11. The magneto-Science Society of Japan, 2nd Annual meeting on 6 ~ 8-6-2007 at Osaka, Japan, entitled “Electrochemical reaction of modified electrode surfaces under steady magnetic fields”
G. Saravanan*, K. Fujio, and S. Ozeki

12. The magneto-Science Society of Japan, 2nd Annual meeting on 6 ~ 8-6-2007 at Osaka, Japan, entitled “Magnetic field effects on pollen growth”
M. Minagawa*, G. Saravanan, T. Iiyama, S. Ozeki

13. 60th divisional meeting on colloid and surface chemistry, the chemical society of Japan on 20 ~ 22-9-2007 at Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan, entitled “Magnetic field effects on mixed monolayer of ferrocenyl surfactants and mercaptoundecanoic acid: Electron-tunneling reaction and its control”
G. Saravanan*, K. Fujio, S.Ozeki

14. 60th divisional meeting on colloid and surface chemistry, the chemical society of Japan on 20 ~ 22-9-2007 at Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan, entitled “Steady magnetic field effects on Escherichia coli as a colloid”
G. Saravanan*, Y. Yamane, S. Ozeki, and T. Itoh†

15. 60th divisional meeting on colloid and surface chemistry, the chemical society of Japan on 20 ~ 22-9-2007 at Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan, entitled “Depression of metal corrosion by magnetically treated water”
Y. Honma*, I. Otsuka, G. Saravanan, T. Nakayama, S. Ozeki

16. International conference on Magneto-Science on 11 ~ 15-11-2007 at Hiroshima, Japan, entitled “ Magnetic field-control of organized molecular systems”
G. Saravanan, and S. Ozeki*

17. International conference on Magneto-Science on 11 ~ 15-11-2007 at Hiroshima, Japan, entitled “Is Escherichia coli (E.coli) Dead by Magnetic Field?”
G. Saravanan*, Y. Yamane, S. Ozeki, T. Itoh

18. International conference on Magneto-Science on 11 ~ 15-11-2007 at Hiroshima, Japan, entitled “Depression of metal corrosion by magnetically treated water”
Y. Honma*, I. Otsuka, G. Saravanan, T. Nakayama, S. Ozeki

19. 2nd Workshop on Catalytic Materials on 12 ~ 13-11-2009 at Sendai, Japan, entitled “Pt3Ti nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization, and catalytic performances toward exhaust purification”
Govindachetty Saravanan*, Hideki Abe, Ya Xu, Nobuaki Sekido, Yoko Yamabe-Mitarai

20. Joint conference of NIMS International workshop on photocatalysis and environmental remediation materials 2010 on 21 ~ 24 -02, 2010, at Tsukuba, Japan, entitled “Enhanced Catalytic Activity towards CO Oxidation of Silica-supported Bimetallic Pt3Ti Nanoparticles”
Govindachetty Saravanan*, Hideki Abe, Ya Xu, Nobuaki Sekido, Hirohito Hirata, Shin-ichi Matsumoto and Yoko Yamabe-Mitarai

21. Conference of Japan institute of metals on 28 ~30-03-2010, at Tsukuba, Japan, entitled “Synthesis of finely dispersed Pt3Ti nanoparticles on silica: Applications toward CO oxidation”
Govindachetty Saravanan*, Hideki Abe, Ya Xu, Nobuaki Sekido, Hirohito Hirata‡, Shin-ichi Matsumoto and Yoko Yamabe-Mitarai

22. 3rd Workshop on Catalytic Materials on 12 ~ 13-08-2010 at Hokkaido, Japan, entitled “Ultrahigh dispersion of catalytic centers with drug-delivery macromolecules: dendrimer-encapsulated Pt3Ti nanoparticles”
Govindachetty Saravanan, Hideki Abe, Toru Hara, Hideki Yoshikawa, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Shigenori Ueda, and Keisuke Kobayashi

23. NIMS International Symposium on Photocatalysis and Environmental Remediation Materials 2011 on 17 ~ 19 -01, 2011, at Tsukuba, Japan, entitled “Ultrahigh dispersion of catalytic centers with drug-delivery macromolecules: dendrimer-encapsulated Pt3Ti nanoparticles”
Govindachetty Saravanan, Hideki Abe, Toru Hara, Hideki Yoshikawa, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Shigenori Ueda, and Keisuke Kobayashi

24. International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT-2012),   on 20-23.01.2012 at Hyderabad, India, entitled “Intermetallic Pt3Ti Nanoparticles: Efficient Catalytic Centers for Exhaust Purification Applications”
Govindachetty Saravanan, Hideki Abe, Ya Xu, Nobuaki Sekido, Hirohito Hirata, Shin-ichi Matsumoto, Hideki Yoshikawa, and Yoko Yamabe-Mitarai


Other Information
*Creating a collaboration relationship with national community (theoretical experts; tailpipe emissions and their interactions on metallic surfaces) and international community (SPring-8 experts, materials chemistry experts).

*Training with high energy X-ray radiation experiments at Synchrotron facility, SPring-8, Japan.

* Training to perform the experiments with a variety of super conducting magnets (6T, 10T, 40T) and
electromagnets (1T, 2T, 3T).

* Developing of catalytic reactor over tailpipe emissions at laboratory scale.

* Reviewer for “Chemistry Letters”

*Qualified Japanese Language Proficiency Testing System (JLPTS)- Level II