Anesh GOPAL
Degree: Ph.D.
Position: PD

Area of expertise:
Organic photovoltaics (Materials design, synthesis, device fabrication and testing).

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Anesh Gopal is a native of Malappuram, Kerala, the south west costal state of India. Anesh received his Ph.D. in chemistry (2013) under the supervision of Prof. A. Ajayaghosh from National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Trivandrum, India, working on photophysical aspects of oligo(p-phenylene ethynylene) based organogelators. He is a recipient of Junior (2007) and Senior (2009) Research Fellowships from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. Currently, he is a postdoctoral fellow in the research group of Prof. Y. Murata, Kyoto University, Japan. Before joining Kyoto University he did two year postdoctoral research on organic photovoltaics in Prof. Shu Seki Group, Osaka University, Japan. His current research interests includes the development of new π-conjugated materials for application in organic as well as organic-inorganic hybrid photovoltaics and Time Resolved Microwave Conductivity studies of π-conjugated materials.

2015.5-2016.8	Postdoctral Fellow in the research group of Prof. Y. Murata, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan
2013-2015	Postdoctral Fellow in the research group of Prof. Shu Seki, Osaka University, Japan
2013	PhD in Chemistry, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum, India
2004	M. Sc. in Chemistry, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India
2002	B. Sc. in Chemistry, Calicut University, Kerala, India

Awards

2009	Senior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India.
2007	Junior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India.
2007	National Eligibility Test for the lectureship in universities and colleges in India (CSIR-UGC, Govt. of India).
2007	Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), with percentile score of 95.5, Awarded by Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India.

Publications

9. p/n Polarity of Thiophene Oligomers in Photovoltaic Cells: Role of Molecular vs Supramolecular Properties.
Tanwistha Ghosh, Anesh Gopal, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki and Vijayakumar C. Nair
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 10630-10639.

8. Study of Photoelectric Conversion in Benzotrithiophene-Based Conjugated Semiconducting Polymers.
Eman Al-Naamani, Marina Ide, Anesh Gopal, Akinori Saeki, Itaru Osaka, and Shu Seki
J. Photopol. Sci. Technol., 2015, 28, 605-610.

7. Fluorination of Benzothiadiazole–Benzobisthiazole Copolymer Leads to Additive-Free Processing with Meliorated Solar Cell Performance.
Anesh Gopal, Akinori Saeki, Marina Ide and Shu Seki
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2014, 2, 2613.

6. Boosting photovoltaic performance of a benzobisthiazole based copolymer: a device approach using a zinc oxide electron transport layer.
Akinori Saeki, Masashi Tsuji, Saya Yoshikawa, Anesh Gopal and Shu Seki
J. Mater. Chem. A. 2014, 2, 6075-6080.

5. Thermally Assisted Photonic Inversion of Supramolecular Handedness.
Anesh Gopal, Mohamed Hifsudheen, Seiichi Furumi, Masayuki Takeuchi, Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 10505–10509.

4. Oligo(p-phenylene-ethynylene)-Derived Super-p-Gelators with Tunable Emission and Self-Assembled Polymorphic Structures.
Anesh Gopal, Reji Varghese, and Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh
Chem. Asian. J. 2012, 7, 2061–2067.

3. Light-Induced Ostwald Ripening of Organic Nanodots to Rods.
Sankarapillai Mahesh, Anesh Gopal, Rajasekaran Thirumalai, and Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 7227–7230.

2. Synthesis and Properties of Amphiphilic Photoresponsive Gelators for Aromatic Solvents.
Ramanathan Rajaganesh, Anesh Gopal, Thangamuthu Mohan Das, Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh
Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 748–751

1. Self-Assembly of Thienylenevinylene Molecular Wires to Semiconducting Gels with Doped Metallic Conductivity.
Seelam Prasanthkumar, Anesh Gopal and Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 13206–13207.

Research Theme

Organic and hybrid photovoltaics (Materials design, synthesis, device fabrication and testing).

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