Adarsh Pillai

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Dr. Adarsh Sivan Pillai 

Postdoctoral Researcher

adarsh.pillai@kaust.edu.sa

Materials Science, Printed Electronics, Wearable Sensors and Devices

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9668-5395 
LinkedIN: http://www.linkedin.com/in/adarsh-sivan-pillai-996429211 
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About

Dr. Adarsh Sivan Pillai is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Integrated Microwaves Packaging Antennas and Circuits Technology (IMPACT) Research Group at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) led by Professor Atif Shamim.  

Research Interests

Dr. Adarsh’s research focuses on integrating materials science, printed electronics, and wearable technologies for real-world applications in healthcare, energy, and advanced wearables, with a strong emphasis on developing and translating lab-scale innovations into functional prototypes. His work involves the synthesis and modification of nanostructures, the formulation of screen-printable inks, and the integration of these materials for wearable applications. His expertise spans wearable biosensors, temperature sensors, strain/pressure sensors, heaters, antennas, and micro-supercapacitors. 
Education Profile

1. Ph.D. Physics, 2024, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology, India.

2. M.Phil. Physics, 2018, Department of Physics, University of Kerala, India.

3. M.Sc. Physics, 2017, Department of Physics, University of Kerala, India.

4. B.Sc. Physics, 2015, Fatima Mata National College, University of Kerala, India.

           Aticle

1. Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Sophy Mariam Vargheese, R.B. Rakhi, Surendran Kuzhichalil Peethambharan, Synergistic effect of solvent addition and temperature treatment on conductivity enhancement of MWCNT: PEDOT: PSS composite ink for electrodes in all printed solid-state micro-supercapacitors, Chemical Engineering Journal, 495, 153495, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.153495.

2. Chandradas Shamili, Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Saisree S, Achu Chandran, Manoj Raama Varma, Surendran Kuzhichalil Peethambharan, All-printed wearable biosensor based on MWCNT-iron oxide nanocomposite ink for physiological level detection of glucose in human sweat, Biosensors and Bioelectronics,2024, 116358, ISSN 0956-5663, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2024.116358 

3. Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Achu Chandran, Surendran Kuzhichalil Peethambharan, Silver Nanoparticle-Decorated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Ink for Advanced Wearable Devices, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 41, 46775–46788. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c14482.

4. Lekshmi Lekshmanan, Adarsh S Pillai, Meghana M Thomas, Priyanka A Sukumaran, Safna Saif, Priya R Thankamani, Kuzhichalil P Surendran, Saju Pillai, Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghoshoph,  Photonic Inks with Dual‐Layer Security Features by Encapsulation of Color Tunable Fluorescent Dyes in PMMA Colloidal Microspheres, Small Methods, 2024, 2402125, https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202402125.

5. Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Sumith Sudhakar, Steffy Benny, Swaroop Sahoo, Achu Chandran, Surendran Kuzhichalil Peethambharan, Perforated PVP encapsulated AgNWs for high mass loading in silver nanowire inks for printed RFID integrated wearable smart bands, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024,12, 575-592. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TC03868H.

6. Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Achu Chandran, Surendran Kuzhichalil Peethambharan, MWCNT Ink with PEDOT:PSS as a multifunctional additive for energy-efficient flexible heating applications, Applied materials today, 23 (2021) 100987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2021.100987.

7. Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Surendran Kuzhichalil Peethambharan, All-printed wearable and autonomous thermal patch for portable adaptive thermotherapy, SPAST Abs 2021, 1. https://spast.org/techrep/article/view/1734

8. Bavya V, Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, and K. I. Suresh, Fluorescent Carbon Dots from Bamboo Stem Waste: Synthesis, Characterization, and Inkjet Printing, ChemistrySelect 2024, 9, e202303346. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202303346 

9. Deepa Rajendran Lekshmi, Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Swapna S. Nair, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, Functionally graded layered magnetodielectric substrates for microstrip patch antenna miniaturization, Mater. Adv., 2022, 3, 2380-2392. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MA00844G

            Book   Chapters

1. Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Achu Chandran, Surendran Kuzhichalil Peethambharan, Joule Heating Fabrics. Advances in Healthcare and Protective Textiles 2023, 387–421. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91188-7.00005-4.

Patents

1. Chandran Achu, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, Sukumaran Rajeev Kumar, Sivan Pillai Adarsh, Varghese Harris, Velayudhanpillai Prasannakumari Adarsh, Puthiyamadam Anoop, Self-sterilizing printed fabric heaters for application in reusable personal protective equipment and method of preparing the same (Application no. 202111046365)

Fellowships & Awards

1. Best Oral Presentation - Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Achu Chandran, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Reusable Facemasks Equipped with Self-Sterilizing Printed Fabric Heaters” at ICFMAT-1 (International Conference on Functional Materials for Advanced Technologies), during 2-4 January (2023).

2. Best Oral Presentation  - Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Achu Chandran, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “PEDOT: PSS - Additive For Carbonaceous Conductive Inks” at ETC 2021 (International Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemistry), at Government College, Attingal, Trivandrum during December 01-December 03 (2021).

3. Best Oral Presentation - Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Subodh Ganeshanpotti, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, V. M. Ananthakumar, “Graphene doped PEDOT: PSS hybrid thin films for Transparent conducting electrode applications” at NACS 2018 (National Seminar on Neoteric Advances in Chemical Sciences 2018).

4. DST-Inspire research fellowship for doctoral studies from the Department of Science and Technology, India. (2018)

5. DST-Inspire research scholarship from the Department of Science and Technology, India, for being in the top 1% of students pursuing science courses in India. (2012-2018)