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Dr. Aravindan Santhan

Dr. Aravindan Santhan

Dr. Aravindan Santhan 

 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS


PhD, Graduate Institute of Energy and Optoelectronic Materials (Materials science), National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan. (2019 - 2023)

MS, Department of Nano Science & Technology, Bharathiar University, India. (2016 – 2018)

BS, Department of Physics, Don Bosco College, Affiliated to Periyar University, India. (2013 – 2013)

 

 

 

 

 

Office: Molecular Science Building 2nd floor 201, Molecular Science and Engineering

 

E-mail: aravindan@ntut.edu.tw

 

Google Scholar: Aravindan Santhan

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Research Assistant Professor – Department of Molecular Science and Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan. (December 2025- Present)

  • Post-Doctoral Researcher, GSPE lab, Department of Molecular Science & Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT). (2023-2025)

FIELD EXPERTISE

Electrochemical Sensors, Calorimetric sensors/UV-Vis’s adsorption studies, Water splitting (HER & OER), Environmental Remediation: Dye Removal from wastewater, Synthesis of MOF with 2D materials nanocomposites, and Flexible, reusable & disposable substrates.

REVIEWER

Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Chemical Engineering Journal, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Food Chemistry, Electrochimica Acta, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Journal of Molecular Liquids, ACS Journals, ACS ES and T water, Journal of Electrochemical Society, Bioelectrochemistry, Scientific Reports, Microchemical Journal, Surfaces and Interfaces, Chemistry of Inorganic Materials, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Flatchem, Analytical Biochemistry, Energy NExus, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Heliyon, Microchimica Acta … 

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Aravindan Santhan, Kuo-Yuan Hwa*, Cheng-Han Wang, “Facile stoichiometric interfacial engineering of tin phosphate/reduced graphene oxide composites: An efficient electrocatalyst for epinephrine in biological samples” Materials Science and Engineering: B 323 (2026) 118848, (SCIE, IF= 4.6, CiteScore Rank: 16/79, 20.25 %, Physics and Astronomy).

  2. Aravindan Santhan, Kuo-Yuan Hwa*, Slava V Rotkin, Cheng-Han Wang, Chun-Wei Ou, A copper sulfide-hydroxypropyl β-cyclodextrin-reduced graphene oxide composite for highly sensitive electrochemical detection of 5-hydroxytryptamine in biological samples, Electrochimica Acta 545 (2026) 147730, (SCIE, IF= 5.6, CiteScore Rank: 34/274, 12.40 %, Chemical Engineering).

  3. Kuo-Yuan Hwa*, Aravindan Santhan, Chun-Wei Tan, Fabrication of bismuth phosphate nanorods to micro-rods anchored on 2D-rGO sheets as a robust electrocatalyst for sensitive norepinephrine detection, Microchemical Journal, 218 (2024) 115549, (SCIE, IF= 5.1, CiteScore Rank: 16/79, 20.25 %, spectroscopy).

  4. Aravindan Santhan, Kuo Yuan Hwa*, Ravikumar Murugan, Chun-Wei Ou, Copper Tetraphenyl Porphyrin with Copper Phosphate-Intertwined 2D-rGO Composite as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Highly Sensitive and Precise Monitoring of Pineal Hormone, Applied Materials Today, 45 (2025) 102808, (SCIE, IF= 6.9, CiteScore Rank: 55/460, 11.95 %, Materials Science).

  5. Kuo-Yuan Hwa*, Aravindan Santhan, Chun-Wei Ou, and Cheng-Han Wang, A Zinc Oxide Interconnected Hydroxypropyl-Beta-Cyclodextrin/rGO Nanocomposite as an Electrocatalyst for Melatonin Detection: An Ultra-Sensitive Electrochemical Sensor, Sensors, 25 (2025) 3266, (SCIE, IF= 3.5, CiteScore Rank: 21/174, 12.06 %, Physics and Astronomy).

  6. Aravindan Santhan, Kuo Yuan Hwa*, Bimetallic zeolitic imidazole framework (ZnCo@ZIF) as a high-performance electrocatalyst for the detection of aromatic nitro compound in environmental water samples, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 13 (2022) 1116849, (SCIE, IF= 7.2, CiteScore Rank: 15/344, 4.3 %, Engineering).

  7. Kuo-Yuan Hwa*, Aravindan Santhan, Anindita Ganguly, Ravikumar Murugan, Vanadium selenide encapsulated β-Cyclodextrin/rGO nanosheets: An effective electrochemical detection of antibiotics in environmental aquatic and biological samples, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 165 (2024), 105749 (SCIE, IF=6.3, CiteScore Rank: 33/274, 12.04 %, Chemical Engineering).

  8. Aravindan Santhan, Kuo-Yuan Hwa*, Alkaline metal tungstate anchored on functionalized-MWCNT: A co-active electrocatalyst for the detection of levofloxacin, Chemosphere, 364 (2024) 143028, (SCIE, IF= 8.1, CiteScore Rank: 7/687, 1.01%, Medicine).

  9. Aravindan Santhan, Kuo-Yuan Hwa*, Ravikumar Murugan, Facile synthesis of silver selenide anchored on β-cd/reduced graphene oxide hybrid composites for electrochemical sensing of azithromycin in biological and environmental samples, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 157 (2024), 105406 (SCIE, IF=6.3, CiteScore Rank: 33/274, 12.04 %, Chemical Engineering).

  10. Ravikumar Murugan, Kuo Yuan Hwa*, Aravindan Santhan, and Suriani Ibrahim, “ZnO/B‑g‑C3N4 Nanoplatelet/Nanosheet Heterostructures for the Electrochemical Detection of Metol in Real Sample Analysis” ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2024, 7, 2072−2085 (IF= 5.9).

  11. Kuo Yuan Hwa*, Ravikumar Murugan, Shih-Feng Tseng, Aravindan Santhan, and Jhih-Yi Lin, “Laser-induced reduced graphene oxide for high-performance electrochemical sensors of antipyretic drug in real samples” Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11, 951-968 (IF= 7.3).

  12. Aravindan Santhan, Kuo Yuan Hwa*, Ravikumar Murugan, Rational construction of 2D heterostructures: Niobium carbide entangled rGO aerogel for the detection of para nitroaniline isomer in environmental water samples, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 180, 907–922, 2023, (SCIE, IF= 7.8, CiteScore Rank: 10/207, 4.83%, Engineering).

  13. Aravindan Santhan, Kuo Yuan Hwa*, Facile synthesis of needle-like copper sulfide structures as an effective electrochemical sensor material for neurotransmitter detection in biological samples, Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 23(21), 2023, (SCIE, IF= 3.9, CiteScore Rank: 24/141, 17.02%, Physics and Astronomy).

  14. Ravikumar Murugan, Kuo Yuan Hwa*, Aravindan Santhan, “2D-Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheet/Metal Nanocomposites for Electrochemical Sensors of Hydroquinone in Real Sample Analysis”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2023, 6, 8550−8563. (IF= 6.140).

  15. Kuo Yuan Hwa*, Aravindan Santhan, Anindita Ganguly, and Tata Sanjay Kanna Sharma, “Two-dimensional architectures of graphitic carbon nitride with the substitution of heteroatoms for bifunctional electrochemical detection of nilutamide”, Chemosphere 320 (2023) 138068. (IF=8.943).

  16. Aravindan Santhan, Kuo Yuan Hwa*, “Zinc phosphate incorporated niobium carbide as an effective electrocatalyst for ultrasensitive and selective monitoring of serotonin”, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. (IF= 9.224).

  17. Anindita Ganguly, Aravindan Santhan, Kuo-Yuan Hwa*, “Rational effect of CuSe2 phase with octadecyl amine modified reduced graphene composite for dual-mode sensing of environmental hazardous anthelminthic drug in aquatic and biological samples”, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering”, (IF=7.96).

  18. Aravindan Santhan, Kuo Yuan Hwa*, “Construction of 2D niobium carbide embedded silver/silver phosphate as sensitive disposable electrode material for epinephrine detection in biological real samples”, Materials Today Chemistry (IF= 7.613).

  19. Aravindan Santhan, Kuo Yuan Hwa*, “Rational Design of Nanostructured Copper Phosphate Nanoflakes Supported Niobium Carbide for the Selective Electrochemical Detection of Melatonin”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. (IF= 6.140).

  20. Aravindan Santhan, Kuo Yuan Hwa*, and Anindita Ganguly, “Self-assembled nanorods with reduced graphene oxide as efficient nano-catalyst for dual modality sensing of hazardous phenolic compound”, Chemosphere 307 (2022) 135373. (IF=8.943). 

  21. Anindita Ganguly, Kuo-Yuan Hwa*, Aravindan Santhan, Tata Sanjay Kanna Sharma, “Strategic orchestration of MoSe2 microspheres on β-cd functionalized rGO: A sustainable electrocatalyst for detection of rifampicin in real samples”, Chemosphere 307 (2022) 135715. (IF=8.943).

  22. Tata Sanjay Kanna Sharma, Anindita Ganguly, Aravindan Santhan, and Kuo-Yuan Hwa* “Gadolinium Oxide Nanorods Anchored on g‑C3N4 Nanosheets for Dual-Mode Electrochemical Determination of Clioquinol in Real-Time Analysis”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5, 5208−5222. (IF= 6.140).

  23. K.Y. Hwa *, Aravindan Santhan, T.S.K. Sharma “One-dimensional self-assembled Co2SnO4 nanosphere to nanocubes intertwined in two-dimensional reduced graphene oxide: an intriguing electrocatalytic sensor toward mesalamine detection”, Materials Today Chemistry 23 (2022) 100739. (IF= 7.613).

  24. K.Y. Hwa*, A. Ganguly, Aravindan Santhan, T.S.K Sharma, “Construction of three-dimensional/one-dimensional heterostructure of flower-like Sr nanoflowers on Se microrods decorated on reduced graphene oxide: an efficient electrocatalyst for oxidation of promethazine hydrochloride”, Materials Today Chemistry 23 (2022) 100654. (IF= 7.613).

  25. Kuo Yuan Hwa*, Aravindan Santhan, Anindita Ganguly, Tata Sanjay Kanna Sharma, “Point of need simultaneous biosensing of pharmaceutical micropollutants with binder free conjugation of manganese stannate micro-rods on reduced graphene oxide in real-time analysis”, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 131 (2022) 104135. (IF= 5.477).

  26. Kuo-Yuan Hwa*, Anindita Ganguly, Aravindan Santhan, and Tata Sanjay Kanna Sharma*, “Synthesis of Water-Soluble Cadmium Selenide/Zinc Sulfide Quantum Dots on Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Covalent Synergism in Determining Environmental Hazardous Phenolic Compounds”, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2022, 10, 1298−1315. (IF= 9.224).

  27. Kuo-Yuan Hwa*, Anindita Ganguly, Aravindan Santhan, and Tata Sanjay Kanna Sharma*, “Vanadium selenide decorated reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite: A co-active catalyst for the detection of 2,4,6 – Trichlorophenol”, Chemosphere 282 (2021) 130874. (IF= 8.943).

  28. Kuo Yuan Hwa*, Aravindan Santhan, Anindita Ganguly, Tata Sanjay Kanna Sharma “Synthesis of Nickel Vanadate Anchored on Reduced Graphene Oxide for Electrochemical Determination of Antioxidant Radical Cations of Diphenylamine H•+”, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2021, 3, 2247−2260. (IF= 4.494).

  29. Tata Sanjay Kanna Sharma, Kuo-Yuan Hwa*, Aravindan Santhan, Anindita Ganguly, “Synthesis of novel three-dimensional flower-like cerium vanadate anchored on graphitic carbon nitride as an efficient electrocatalyst for real-time monitoring of mesalazine in biological and water samples”, Sensors and Actuators: B. Chemical 331 (2021) 129413. (IF= 9.221).

  30. Kuo-Yuan Hwa*, Aravindan Santhan, Tata Sanjay Kanna Sharma “Fabrication of Sn-doped ZnO hexagonal micro discs anchored on rGO for electrochemical detection of anti-androgen drug flutamide in water and biological samples”, Microchemical Journal 160 (2021) 105689. (IF= 5.304).

  31. Nachimuthu Venkatesh, Santhan Aravindan, Karuppathevan Ramki, Govindhasamy Murugadoss, Rangasamy Thangamuthu, Pachagounder Sakthivel (2021). Sunlight-driven enhanced   photocatalytic activity of bandgap narrowing Sn-doped ZnO nanoparticles. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2021) 28:16792–16803. (IF= 5.190).

CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP/SYMPOSIUM

  1. Cheng-Han Wang, Aravindan Santhan, Chun-Wei Ou, and Kuo-Yuan Hwa* “Rational Design of Tin Phosphate Anchored on Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites; Synthesis, Properties, and Electrochemical Studies”. (Chemical National Meeting, March 7-9, 2023, Taichung, Taiwan).

  2. Chun-Wei Tan, Aravindan Santhan, Cheng-Han Wang and Kuo-Yuan Hwa* “Synthesis of bismuth phosphate intertwined in reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites: An investigation of the properties and electrochemical analysis” (Chemical National Meeting, March 11-12, 2023, Taichung, Taiwan).

  3. Chun-Wei Ou, Aravindan Santhan, Cheng-Han Wangb and Kuo-Yuan Hwa* “Rational Construction of Hp-β-Cd Enriched RGO Reinforced Zinc Oxide as an Active Catalyst for the Electrochemical Monitoring of Melatonin in Biological Samples. (247th ECS Meeting, May 17-22, 2025, Montreal, Canada).

  4. Kuo-Yuan Hwa*, and Aravindan Santhan “(Invited) Advanced Functionalization of rGO Nanosheets with β-Cyclodextrin and Octadecyl Amine for Ultra-Sensitive Electrochemical Detection of Antibiotics, 247th ECS Meeting, May 17-22, 2025, Montreal, Canada. 

  5. Ravikumar Murugan, Shih-Feng Tseng, Aravindan Santhan, Zhi-Yi Lin, and Kuo Yuan Hwa*, “Laser-Induced Reduced Graphene Oxide for Electrochemical Sensing of Panadol drug”. (Chemical National Meeting-2023, Taipei, Taiwan).

  6. Aravindan Santhan, Ravikumar Murugan, Kuo-Yuan Hwa* Electrochemical detection of acetaminophen drug using a glassy carbon electrode modified with a graphene oxide nanosheets. (Biomedical Imaging and Sensing Conference (BISC) 2022, Taipei, Taiwan)

  7. Tata Sanjay Kanna Sharma, Kuo Yuan Hwa, Anindita Ganguly, Aravindan Santhan and Pey-Shynan Jan. Synthesizing of 3DFlowerlike Cerium Vanadate Anchored on g-C3N4 for Electrocatalysis of Nitrofurantoin in Biological Samples. ECS Meeting Abstracts (2021).

  8. Aravindan Santhan, Tata Sanjay Kanna Sharma, Kuo-Yuan Hwa*, AninditaGanguly. Design analysis of 3D-flowerlike CeVO4 anchored on nickel-foam for electrocatalytic determination of environmental hazardous 4-aminophenol. (ISCST204)-International conference (2020).

  9. Participated in the ‘three days’ international conference on “OPTICS & PHOTONICS” held at the 25th annual meeting of MOST photonics program, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, on 3-5 December 2020.

  10. Participated in the international conference on “Machine learning and Data Engineering” held at the Department of Molecular Science and Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, on 3 December 2019.

  11. Participated in the four-day symposium in “The 9th East Asia Symposium on Functional Dyes and Advanced Materials” organized by the Department of Molecular Science and Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, on 17th -20th September 2019.

  12.  Participated in the three-day workshop and Hands–on training programme on “Three Days School and Hands-on Training on Photovoltaics for Solar Energy Harvesting” held at CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, held on 18-20 September 2017.

  13. Participated in the one-day workshop on “Fundamental of X-Ray Diffraction” organized by the Department of Nanoscience and Technology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, on 28th August 2017.

  14.  Participated in the National conference on “Emerging Biomaterials” organized by the Department of Nanoscience and Technology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, on 18-20 October 2016.

  15.  Participated in the National conference on “The World of Nano Science (NCWNS-15)” organized by the Department of Physics, Don Bosco College, Dharmapuri, (Affiliated to Periyar University, Salem-11), 25th February 2015.

  16.  Participated in the National conference on “Advances in Material Science (NCAMS-13)” organized by the Department of Physics, Don Bosco College, Dharmapuri, (Affiliated to Periyar University, Salem-11), 12th September 2013.