Academic Qualification

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Ph.D.

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Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bangalore (2006)

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M.Sc. Chemistry

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Mangalore University (2001)

Teaching and Research Experience

·         01/ 2011 – to date Assistant Professor, PG & Research Dept of Chemistry, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomus), Devagiri.

·         07/2008 – 11/2010 Kent State University, Liquid Crystal Institute, USA

·         03/2006 – 04/2008 Nanotechnology Research Institute, AIST, Tsukuba, JAPAN.

·         03/2005 – 02/2006 Dept. of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, INDIA.

·         08/2001 – 02/2005 Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bangalore

Bangalore, INDIA.  

Research Guide University of Calicut

@ PG & Research Dept of Chemistry, St. Josephs College (Autonomous).

Area of research: Organic synthesis / Liquid Crystals / Supramolecular Chemistry

PhD programmes

           Ongoing Ph.D : 1

Research Projects

KSCSTE ,Research project under  SARD Scheme

 (2018 – 2020), Rs. 26,01,024.00/- Design, synthesis and Characterization of High Performance Functional Polymers and Composites for Biomedical and Electronic Applications; (Project Council (P) Order no 753/2016/ KSCSTE dated 17/11/2016)  

DST- SERB Funded Fast Track project for Young Scientists

(2014-2017) – Rs.23,38000/- Bent-core nematic liquid crystals: Synthesis and Characterization of New Materials for Novel Applications. (No: SB/FT/CS-050/2013 dated 30/06/2014)

 Patent

Dr. Manoj Mathews, Co-Inventor, Title: Optically Responsive Chiral Compound, Patent No.: JP2010030997, Date of patent: Aug.9, 2013.

Extension, Co-Curricular activities

At College Level

Co-ordinator, Walk With a Scholar  (2015- 2017)

Co-ordinator, Scholar Support Programme (2014- 2015)

Co-ordinator, Career Guidance Cell (2011- 2015)

Nodal Officer, Scholarship (2013-2015)

Convener, College Website Committee (2014-16)

Member, Staff Council (2013-2014)

Member, Admission Committee (2013- 2016)

Orientation/Refresher Course attended

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Refresher course in Chemistry—Conducted by UGC at Human Resource Development Centre, Pondicherry University,  Pondicherry, June 08-28, 2018.

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Refresher course - Special Winter school at Academic Staff College, University of Calicut, November 11-18, 2014.

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Orientation Programme—UGC- Academic Staff College, University of Calicut – March 3-28, 2014

Publications

(a) Research Papers- International

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Vimala Sridurai, Manoj Mathews, Channabasaveshwar V. Yelamaggad, and Geetha G. Nair, Electrically Tunable Soft Photonic Gel Formed by Blue Phase Liquid Crystal for Switchable Color-Reflecting Mirror, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 39569-39575. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b10952. (Impact Factor: 8.097)

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Manoj Mathews, R. S. Zola, S. Hurley, D. K. Yang, T. J. White, T. J. Bunning and Quan Li, “ Light driving reversible handedness inversion in self-organized helical superstructures”. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 18361-18366. DOI: 10.1021/ja108437n. (Impact Factor: 14.357)

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Manoj Mathews, R. S. Zola, D. K. Yang, and Quan Li, “ Electrically, thermally and photo-chemically tunable reflection colors from chiral banana-shaped cholesteric liquid crystals ”.       J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 2098-2103. (Impact Factor: 4.5)

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Manoj Mathews, S. Kang, S. Kumar and Q. Li, “Designing bent-core nematogens towards biaxial nematic liquid crystals, Liquid Crystals. 2011, 38, 31-40. (Impact Factor: 2.64)

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B. Senyuk, H. Wonderly, Manoj Mathews, Q. Li, S. V. Shiyanovskii, and O. D. Lavrentovich,  “Surface alignment, anchoring transitions, optical properties and topological defects in the nematic phase of thermotropic bent-core liquid crystal A131”, Physical Review. E., 2010, 82, 041711 (13 pages).

(Impact Factor: 2.37)

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Meethale. C. Basheer, Yoshimi Oka, Manoj Mathews and Nobuyuki Tamaoki, “ A Light-Controlled Molecular Brake with Complete ON-OFF Rotation”, Chemistry A European Journal. 2010. 16, 3489-3496. (Impact Factor: 5.16)

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P. Sathyanarayana, Manoj Mathews, Q. Li, V. S. S. Sastry, H. Takezoe and S.Dhara, “Rotational viscosity of a bent-core nematic liquid crystal”, Applied Physics Express, 2010, 3, 091702. (Impact Factor: 2.56)

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P. Sathyanarayana, Manoj Mathews, Q. Li, B. Kundu, Khoa Van Le, Hiedo  Takezoe and Surajit Dhara, “Splay bend elasticity of a bent-core nematic liquid crystal”, Physical Review. E., 2010, 81, 010702. (Impact Factor: 2.37)

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Manoj Mathews and Nobuyuki Tamaoki, “ Reversibly tunable helicity induction and inversion in liquid crystal   Self-assembly by a planar chiroptic trigger molecule”, Chemical Communications, 2009, 3609-3611. (Impact Factor: 6.29)

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Khoa Van Le, Manoj Mathews, Martin Chambers, John Harden, Quan Li, Hiedo Takezoe and Antal Jakli, “Electro- optic technique to study biaxiality of liquid crystals with positive dielectric anisotropy: The case of a bent-core material”. Physical Review. E. 2009, 79, 030701-4.   (Impact Factor: 2.37)

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A. Srikrishna and Manoj Mathews, “Synthesis of dimethyl ether of marsupsin”. Indian Journal of  Chemisrty., 2009, 48B. 383.

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R. K. Sharma, V. K. Gupta, Manoj Mathews and C. V. Yelamaggad, “Crystal structure of an optically active non-symmetric liquid crystal dimer: Cholesteryl-5-[4-(4-n-heptylphenylethynyl)-phenoxy]pentanoate”, Liquid Crystals., 2009, 36, 225-230.

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V. K. Gupta, R. K. Sharma, Manoj Mathews and C. V. Yelamaggad, “Crystal structure of Crystal structure of bis(cholesteryl)4,4’-(1,2-phenylenebis(oxy))-dibutanoate: an oligomesogen”, Liquid Crystals., 2009, 36, 339-343. (Impact Factor: 2.64)

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Manoj Mathews and Nobuyuki Tamaoki, “Planar chiral azobenzenophanes as chiroptic switches for  photon mode reversible reflection color control in induced cholesteric liquid crystals”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 11409-11416. DOI: 10.1021/ja802472t. (Impact Factor: 14.357)

Featured also as a highlight in Nature’s web site (NPG Asia Materials, 05 Nov 2008, ISSN 1884-4049).

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R. K. Sharma, V. K. Gupta, Manoj Mathews and C. V. Yelamaggad, “Crystal structure of cholesteryl 5-(4’-(n-decyloxy)-2’,3’-difluoro-biphenyl-4-yloxy)pentanoate – a liquid crystalline non-symmetric dimer, Liquid Crystals., 2008, 35, 1161-1167. (Impact Factor: 2.64)

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C. V. Yelamaggad, Manoj Mathews, S. Anitha Nagamani, D. S. Shankar Rao and S. Krishna Prasad,   Sonja Findeisen and Wolfgang Weissflog, “A novel family of salicylaldimine-based five-ring symmetric and non-symmetric banana-shaped mesogens derived from laterally substituted resorcinol: synthesis   and characterization, Journal of  Materials Chemistry., 2007, 17, 284 -298. (Impact Factor: 4.5)

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A. Srikrishna, B. Vasantha Lakshmi and Manoj Mathews, “ Construction of spiro [5.5] undecanes containing a quaternary carbon atom adjacent to a spirocentre via an Ireland ester Claisen rearrangemet and RCM reaction sequence. Total synthesis of (±)-α-chamigrene, (±)-β-chamigrene and (±)-laurencenone C”, Tetrahedron Letters.,  2006, 47, 2103-2106.

(Impact Factor: 2.38)

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R. K. Sharma, V. K. Gupta, P. Bandhoria, Manoj Mathews and C. V. Yelamaggad, “X-ray study of weak interactions in a liquid crystalline unsymmetric dimer”, my Science., 2006, 1, 93-104.

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C. V. Yelamaggad, Manoj Mathews, Uma S. Hiremath, D. S. Shankar Rao and S. Krishna Prasad, “ Self-organization of mesomeric-ionic heterocylces into liquid crystal phases: a new class of polar mesogens”, Chemical Communications., 2005, 1552-1554. (Impact Factor: 6.29)

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C. V. Yelamaggad, Manoj Mathews, Uma S. Hiremath, D. S. Shankar Rao, and S. Krishna Prasad, “Self-assembly of chiral mesoionic heterocycles into smectic Phases: a new class of polar liquid crystals”, Tetrahedron Letters., 2005, 46, 2623-2626. (Impact Factor: 2.38)

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V. K. Gupta, P. Bandhoria, M. Kalyan, Manoj Mathews and C. V. Yelamaggad, “Crystal structure of a liquid crystalline unsymmetric dimer: Cholesteryl-4-[4-(4-n-butylphenylethynyl)-phenoxy]butanoate”, Liquid Crystals., 2005, 32, 741-747. (Impact Factor: 2.64)

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V. K. Gupta, P. Bandhoria, R. Sharma, Manoj Mathews and C. V. Yelamaggad, “Crystal structure of a liquid crystalline unsymmetric dimer: Cholesteryl-4-[4-(4-n-hexylphenylethynyl)-phenoxy] butanoate”, Phase transitions., 2005, 78, 481-488.

(Impact Factor: 1.08)

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C. V. Yelamaggad, Manoj Mathews, Taketoshi Fujita and Nobuo Iyi, “Mesogenic Unsymmetric dimers containing cholesteryl ester and tolane moieties”, Liquid Crystals., 2003, 30, 1079-1087. (Impact Factor: 2.64)

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C. V. Yelamaggad and Manoj Mathews, “Unsymmetrical dimers possessing a cholesteryl ester moiety and a difluoro-substituted biphenyl core: synthesis and mesomorphic behaviour”, Liquid Crystals., 2003, 30, 125-133. (Impact Factor: 2.64)

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C.V. Yelamaggad, Manoj Mathews, Uma. S. Hiremath, Geetha G. Nair, D. S. Shankar Rao, and S. Krishna Prasad, “Synthesis and thermal behaviour of salicylaldimine-based liquid crystalline symmetrical dimers”, Liquid Crystals., 2003, 30, 899-907. (Impact Factor: 2.64)

(b) Book Chapters

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A. S. Achalkumar, Manoj Mathews, and Quan Li, “Stimuli-Directed Self-Organizing One-Dimensional Organic Semiconducting Nanostructures for Optoelectronic Applications”, Chapter-7, in Book " Functional Organic and Hybrid Nanostructured Materials: Fabrication, Properties and Applications" Wiely-VCH, 2017. ISBN: 978-3-527-34254-9.

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Manoj Mathews, A. S. Achalkumar and Quan Li, "Self-assembled 1D Semiconductors: Liquid Crystalline Columnar Phase", Chapter-7, in Book " Anisotropic Nanomaterials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications" Springer, Switzerland 2015. ISBN 978-3-319-18293-3.

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Manoj Mathews and Q. Li. Self-Organized Discotic Liquid Crystals as Novel Organic Semiconductors. In “Self-Organized Organic Semiconductors: From Materials to Device Applications”. Chapter 4,  John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York, 2011, ISBN 978-0-470-55973-4.

Invited Lectures

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“Supra-molecular chemistry”; DST sponsored National Science Day Celebration-2017,  at Govt. College Madappally, Vadakara, 28^th February 2017.

2

‘Photo Responsive Materials’; DCE sponsored Two day National Seminar on Recent Advances in Chemistry (RAC-2015), 14^th & 15^th December 2015 at Govt Brennen College, Thalassery.

3

“Green Chemistry for Sustainable life on Earth”; KSCSTE sponsored one day national Seminar on Significance of Green Chemistry, 3^rd December 2015 at St. Judes HSS Vellarikkundu, Kasaragod.

4

“Molecular Self-assembly as a Tool to Advanced Functional Materials”, ‘Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences’ sponsored by KSTA, 14-16 October 2015 at Department of Chemistry, Mangalore University.

5

“Liquid Crystals and its Applications”; UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Current Trends in Chemistry”, Department of chemistry, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, October 14-15, 2014. 

6

“Molecular Self-assembly as a tool to Advanced Functional Materials” National Seminar on “Chemistry our Life our Future” Department of chemistry, MES College, Kalladi on January 20-21, 2014. 

7

“Development of Modern Atomic Theory Through Bohr’s Atom Model:  A Case Study of Scientific Method  of Acquiring Knowledge”, Regional Conference on Centenary of Bohr’s Atom Model (RCCBAM 2013), Regional Science Centre & Planetarium, Calicut. November 6^th and 7^th, 2013.

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“Spectroscopic Techniques as Analytical Tools” National Seminar on “Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences” Department of chemistry, St. Aloysius College, Mangalore on February 14-16, 2013.

Paper presentation in Conferences

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Synthesis and Characterization of Nematic Liquid Crystal From A Bent-core Molecular Structure, UGC sponsored National Seminar on Polymer & Composites on 9^th & 10^th September 2015, Organized by Dept.of Chemistry, Nirmalagiri College, Kannur, Kerala.

2

“Synthesis and Characterization of Nematic Liquid Crystal from an Unconventional Molecular Structure” National Seminar on  “Molecular Spectroscopy”, Department of chemistry, Govt. Arts and Science College, Calicut on November 21-22, 2012.

3

“Dynamic photo-control of the reflection colours in cholesteric liquid crystals driven by a planar chiral switch molecule” National Conference on Advances in Organic and Physical Chemistry (AOPchem-2012), Department of chemistry, University of Calicut. March (22-23) 2012.

Participation in Professional Development Activities

1

Community Sensitization Programme on “ Curriculum Designing through MOODLE” organized by Central University of Kerala, 5^th and 6^th April 2018 at Farook Training College, Calicut.

2

“Autonomy and Quality Assurance”; UGC sponsored National Seminar organized by IQAC St. Josephs College, Devagiri, 27^th February 2016.

3

“Two day Residential Capacity Building Workshop for Coordinators of the Walk With a Scholar”, organized by the office of the new Initiatives in Higher education, Department of Collegiate Education, Govt of Kerala, Trivandrum, 8^th &9^th December 2016.

4

“One day Training programme  on e-Governance”; conducted at PS varier Aurveda College, Kottakkal, 10^th April 2015.

5

“International meet on Transnational Education”, organized by the Kerala State Higher Education Council at Trivandrum on 3-5 January 2014.

6

“Workshop for College Chemistry Students and Teachers”, Organized by JNCASR Bangalore and   FCBS Trivandrum, November 15-17, 2013.

7

“The Green Lab”, One-Day workshop for College Chemistry Teachers, Organized by Department of Chemistry, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode on 29^th January 2013, sponsored by KSCSTE.

8

UGC sponsored two day workshop on “Career Guidance & Counselling for College Teacher”s at University of Calicut on 12^th & 13^th January 2012. 

9

State level one day workshop on “Improvement and innovation in the governance of affiliated colleges: Issues and Problems, held on 11^th December 2011 at University of Calicut.