Journal of Materials 新利手机客户端Chemistry Blog

1。Which research projects are you working on at the moment?
I have been working on materials 新利手机客户端chemistry for more than 50 years.One of the main areas of my research has been transition metal oxides.我研究过超导性，巨大的磁阻和各种与金属氧化物有关的现象。In the last few years,my main interest has been multiferroic and magnetoelectric oxides.另一个重要的研究领域是纳米材料，在过去的几年里，我一直在研究碳纳米管以及石墨烯。One of my specialities is nanotubes and graphene-like materials of (non-carbon) layered inorganic materials.I am interested in inorganic and organic hybrid materials as well.

2.What motivated you to focus onsolid state and materials 新利手机客户端chemistry?
When I started research in this area,there were very few practitioners in solid state and materials 新利手机客户端chemistry.I thought that I should start my work in this area since there was little known about 新利手机客户端chemistry of solids.It has been nice to see the subject grow in a big way in the last 2-3 decades.

三。What are the hot topics in materials 新利手机客户端chemistry at the moment?
材料化学的范围很广。新利手机客户端它也是跨学科的。I would be wrong in picking one or two hot topics.I,however,list some of the important topics according to me.There is lot to be worked on layered materials as well as atomic layer position of very thin layers of oxides and other materials.Materials related to energy should be pursued vigorously and these should include not only battery materials,燃料电池等等，但也包括与捕获二氧化碳和甲烷以及生产和储存氢气有关的材料。

4.What current problem would you like to see 新利手机客户端science provide a solution to?
I feel that problems must be related to energy and environment are the ones that we have to solve for mankind to survive.我想说制氢和储存将是重要的领域之一。

5.What do you find to be the most rewarding aspect of your career?
Doing 新利手机客户端science has been wonderful.It has really kept me young.尽管我做了六十年的研究，我现在对研究感到兴奋。我认为科学本身就是最大的回报。新利手机客户端特别好的是与大量的年轻学生一起工作。

6.What's the secret to being a successful scientist?
成功科学家的秘诀。There is actually no secret.I think that working hard and being interested in what one is doing is the only secret I know.One has to have passion for 新利手机客户端science.

7。Which scientist past or present do you most admire?
The scientist I most admire is Michael Faraday.In the 20th century,那就是G。N.Lewis followed by Linus Pauling.

8。如果你不是科学家，what would you be?
If I weren't a scientist,I would have probably liked to have been a medical doctor.

If you'd like to learn more about Professor C.N.R.Rao's research you can read some of his latest articles here:

1。Recent progress in the synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles
C.N.R.Rao,H.S.S.Ramakrishna Matte,Rakesh Voggu and A.Govindaraj
Dalton Trans.,2012.415089-5120

2.Hybridizing photoactive zeolites with graphene: a powerful strategy towards superior photocatalytic properties
Z.Ren,e.Kim,S.WPattinson,K.S.Subrahmanyam,C.N.R.Rao,A.K.Cheetham and D.Eder
Chem.Sci.,2012年3月3日，209-216

三。Unusual magnetic properties of graphene and related materials
C.N.R.Rao,H.S.S.Ramakrishna Matte,K.S.Subrahmanyam and Urmimala Maitra
Chem.Sci.,2012年3月3日，45-52

4.The structure of two new non-centrosymmetric phases of oxygen deficient bismuth manganite
A.S.Eggeman,A.Sundaresan,C.N.R.Rao and P.A.米奇利
JMater.Chem.,2011,21，15417-15421

5.Multiferroic and magnetodielectric properties of the Al1−xGaxFeO3 family of oxides
Ajmala Shireen,冉阿萨哈P.Mandal,A.Sundaresan和C.N.R.饶
JMater.Chem.,2011,21，57-59

6.Carbon nanotube reinforced supramolecular gels with electrically conducting,viscoelastic and near-infrared sensitive properties
苏曼KSamanta,Asish Pal,Santanu Bhattacharya和C.N.R.饶
JMater.Chem.,2010,20，6881-6890

Biography
Prof.C.N.R.Rao (born on 30 June 1934,Bangalore,India) is the National Research Professor as well as Honorary President and Linus Pauling Research Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.  He is also an Honorary Professor at the Indian Institute of 新利手机客户端Science.   His main research interests are in solid state and materials 新利手机客户端chemistry.   He is an author of over 1400 research papers and 45 books.  He received the M.Sc.degree from Banaras,博士学位from Purdue,D.Sc.from Mysore universities and has received honoris causa doctorate degrees from 53 universities including Purdue,Bordeaux,Banaras,Delhi,Mysore,IIT Bombay,IIT Kharagpur,Northwestern,Notre Dame,Novosibirsk,Oxford,Stellenbosch,Grenoble,Uppsala,Wales,弗罗茨瓦夫Caen,Khartoum,Calcutta,Sri Venkateswara University and Desikottama from Visva-Bharati.

Prof.Rao is a member of many of the major 新利手机客户端science academies in the world including the Royal Society,London,the National Academy of 新利手机客户端Sciences,U.S.A.,俄罗斯科学院，新利手机客户端French Academy of 新利手机客户端Sciences,Japan Academy as well as the Polish,Czechoslovakian,Serbian,斯洛文尼亚人，巴西，西班牙语，Korean and African Academies and the American Philosophical Society.He is a Member of the Pontifical Academy of 新利手机客户端Sciences,Foreign Member of Academia Europaea and Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.  He is on the editorial boards of several leading professional journals and is a distinguished visiting professor of the University of California and Cambridge University.

Among the various medals,honours and awards received by him,mention must be made of the Marlow  Medal  of the Faraday Society (1967),Bhatnagar Prize  (1968),Padma Shri (1974),Centennial Foreign Fellowship of the American Chemical Society (1976),Royal Society of 新利手机客户端Chemistry (London) Medal (1981),Padma Vibhushan (1985),英国皇家化学学会荣誉研究员，新利手机客户端London (1989),Hevrovsky Gold Medal of the Czechoslovak Academy (1989),  Blackett Lectureship of  the  Royal  Society (1991),  Einstein Gold Medal of UNESCO (1996),Linnett Professorship of the University of Cambridge (1998),  Centenary Medal of the Royal Society of 新利手机客户端Chemistry,伦敦（2000）the Hughes Medal of the Royal Society,London,for original discovery in physical 新利手机客户端sciences (2000),卡纳塔克拉特纳（2001），卡纳塔克邦政府，the Order of Scientific Merit (Grand-Cross) from the President of Brazil (2002),Gauss Professorship of Germany (2003) and the Somiya Award of the International Union of Materials Research (2004).  He is the first recipient of the India 新利手机客户端Science Award by the Government of India and received the Dan David Prize for science in the future dimension for his research in Materials Science in 2005.He was named as Chemical Pioneer by the American Institute of Chemists (2005),Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by the President of the French Republic (2005) and received the Honorary Fellowship of the Institute of Physics,London (2006) and St.Catherine's College,牛津（2007年）。他获得了日经亚洲科学奖，新利手机客户端技术与创新（2008年）。他因在化学方面的杰出贡献而获得英国皇家学会（2009年）颁发的皇家奖章和德国化学学会（2010年）颁发的8月威廉·冯·霍夫曼奖章。他于2011年获得厄内斯托·伊利·特里亚斯特材料研究科学奖。新利手机客户端新利手机客户端

Prof.Rao is Chairman,总理科学咨询委员会，immediate past President of The Academy of 新利手机客户端Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) and Member of the Atomic Energy Commission of India.  He is Founder-President of both the Chemical Research Society of India and of the Materials Research Society of India.  Prof.Rao was President of the Indian National 新利手机客户端Science Academy (1985-86),the Indian Academy of 新利手机客户端Sciences (1989-91),the International Union of Pure and Applied 新利手机客户端Chemistry (1985-97).  He was the Director of the Indian Instit新利手机客户端ute of Science (1984-94),Chairman of the 新利手机客户端Science Advisory Council to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (1985-89) and Chairman,Scientific Advisory Committee to the Union Cabinet (1997-98) and Albert Einstein Research Professor (1995-99).