KAREEKUNNAN, Afsal Research Assistant Professor
Materials Science, Sustainable Innovation, Research Center for Empathetic and Symbiotic Technology with Nature
◆Degrees
B.Sc from University of Calicut, India(2013), M.Sc. from IIT Madras, India(2015), Ph.D Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(2019)
◆Professional Experience
: PD Research Fellow at JAIST (2019-2022)
◆Specialties
Nanostructure physics
◆Research Keywords
Two-dimensional materials, Graphene, Valleytronics, Electric field sensing

■Publications

◆Published Papers
Interfacial Ammonia Selectivity, Atmospheric Passivation, and Molecular Identification in Graphene-Nanopored Activated Carbon Molecular-Sieve Gas Sensors
Osazuwa G. Agbonlahor, Manoharan Muruganathan, Sankar G. Ramaraj, Zhongwang Wang, Ahmed M.M. Hammam, Afsal Kareekunnan, Hisashi Maki, Masashi Hattori, Kenichi Shimomai, Hiroshi Mizuta
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13, 51, 61770-61779, 2021
Revisiting the Mechanism of Electric Field Sensing in Graphene Devices
Afsal Kareekunnan, Tatsufumi Agari, Ahmed M.M. Hammam, Takeshi Kudo, Takeshi Maruyama, Hiroshi Mizuta, Manoharan Muruganathan
ACS Omega, 6, 49, 34086-34091, 2021
Enhancement of Electric Field Sensitivity in Graphene for Early Lightning Prediction
Kareekunnan Afsal, Tatsufumi Agari, Takeshi Kudo, Takeshi Maruyama, Hiroshi Mizuta, Manoharan Muruganathan
2021 SILICON NANOELECTRONICS WORKSHOP (SNW), 75-76, 2021
Design of Graphene Phononic Crystals for Heat Phonon Engineering
Haque Mayeesha Masrura, Afsal Kareekunnan, Fayong Liu, Sankar Ganesh Ramaraj, Günter Ellrott, Ahmmed M. M. Hammam, Manoharan Muruganathan, Hiroshi Mizuta
Micromachines, 11, 7, -, 2020
Manipulating Berry curvature in hBN/bilayer graphene commensurate heterostructures
Afsal Kareekunnan, Manoharan Muruganathan, Hiroshi Mizuta
Physical Review B, 101, 19, -, 2020

■Contributions to  Society

◆Academic Society Affiliations
The Japan Society of Applied Physics