Associate Professor
Basic Sciences - Chemistry
NIT Rourkela
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Teaching, Research and Extra Curriculum Activities
Organic synthesis and Functional materials, Organic electronics for RGB emitters, Lanthanide complexes, Sensors and OLEDs/LEDs, Embedded organic graphene nanocomposites, G-polymer composites for wavelength conversion coatings, Aggregation and Mechanoluminescence, Theoretical calculations (DFT and TD-DFT)
Mail: b.rajamouli@sru.edu.in
Ph.D. in Chemistry from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India
M.Sc. In Organic Chemistry from Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh, India
B.Sc. in BZC from Kakatiya University, Telangana, India
Associate Professor at SR University Warangal Telangana, from 2025-08-06 to .
Postdoctoral Fellow at Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, from 2022-01-01 to 2022-06-30.
Postdoctoral Research Associate at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India, from 2021-03-30 to 2021-12-14.
Assistant Professor at Uka Tarsadia University, Bardoli, Surat, Gujarat, India, from 2017-12-11 to 2025-07-31.
Project Assistant at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India, from 2017-08-09 to 2017-11-04.
Senior Chemist at Process R&D, GVK Biosciences Private Limited (Aragen Life Sciences), Hyderabad, India., from 2011-07-04 to 2012-12-21.
Ph.D
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B. Rajamouli, Rachna Devi, Abhijeet Mohanty, Venkata Krishnan and V. Sivakumar, “Effects of electron withdrawing groups in imidazole-phenanthroline ligands and their influence on photophysical properties of EuIII complexes for white light emitting diodes’’ New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 9826?9839 (ISSN: 1369-9261, DOI:10.1039/C7NJ02291C). IF 3.28 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/nj/c7nj02291c/unauth#!divAbstract
S. Kasturi, B. Rajamouli and V. Sivakumar, “Versatile luminescent Europium(III)–?-diketonate-imidazo-bipyridyl complexes intended for white LEDs: A detailed photo-physical and theoretical study” Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 9376–9390 (ISSN: 0020-1669, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01565). IF 4.82 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01565
B. Rajamouli, S. Kasturi, S. Giri and V. Sivakumar, “Controlled energy transfer from ligand to Eu(III) ion: A unique strategy to obtain bright white light emission and their versatile applications” Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 10127–10130 (ISSN: 0020-1669, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01255). IF 4.82 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01255
Jairam Tagare, Rajamouli Boddula, S. Sudheendran Swayamprabha, Deepak Kumar, Dubey, Jwo-Huei Jou, Sabita Patel and Sivakumar Vaidyanathan, Efficient near ultraviolet emissive (CIEy < 0.06) Organic Light-Emitting Diodes based on Phenanthroimidazole-Alkyl spacer-Carbazole fluorophores: Experimental and Theoretical investigation, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 16834-16844. (ISSN 2050-7534, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0TC03720F). IF 7.05 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/tc/d0tc03720f#!divAbstract
Devi Rachna, Boddula Rajamouli, Tagare Jairam, Kajjam Aravind, Singh, Kasturi and V. Sivakumar, White emissive europium complex with CRI 95%: Butterfly Vs triangle structure, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 11715-11726 (ISSN 2050-7534, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0TC02724C). IF 7.05 https://pubs.rsc.org/--/content/articlelanding/2020/tc/d0tc02724c/unauth#!divAbstract
Jairam Tagare; Rajamouli B; Rohit Yadav; Deepak D; Jou J; Sabita Patel and V. Sivakumar, Novel Imidazole-Alkyl Spacer-Carbazole based Fluorophores for Deep-Blue Organic Light Emitting Diodes: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation, Dyes and Pigments, 2021, 185, Part A, 108853 (ISSN: 0143-7208, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108853). IF 4.61 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0143720820315503
Rachna Devi, Rajamouli Boddula, Kasturi Singh, Satendra Kumar & Sivakumar Vaidyanathan, New europium complexes and their use in red light-emitting diodes and vapoluminescent sensors, Journal of Information Display, 2021, 22, 137-151 (ISSN (online): 2158-1606, doi.org/10.1080/15980316.2021.1879960) IF 3.70 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15980316.2021.1879960
Rajamouli Boddula, Jairam Tagare, Kasturi Singh and Sivakumar Vaidyanathan, White light emissive Europium complex and their versatile applications, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2021, 5 (7), 3159-3175 (ISSN: 2052-1537, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1QM00083G). IF 6.78 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/qm/d1qm00083g#!divAbstract
Rajamouli Boddula and Surya Prakash Singh, Peptide-Based Novel Small Molecules and Polymers: Unexplored Optoelectronic Materials, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9 (37), 12462-12488 (doi.org/10.1039/D1TC03375A). IF 7.05 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/tc/d1tc03375a/unauth
BS Shivaji, Rajamouli Boddula, A Saeki and Surya Prakash Singh, A phenothiazine-fused electroactive bilayer helicene: design, synthesis, ACQ-to-AIE transformation and photophysical properties, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 5173-5182 (doi.org/10.1039/D1TC06090B). IF 7.05 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/tc/d1tc06090b/unauth
BS Shivaji, Rajamouli Boddula and Surya Prakash Singh, [1] Benzothieno [3, 2-b][1] benzothiophene-based dyes: effect of the ancillary moiety on mechanochromism and aggregation-induced emission, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24 (24), 15110-15120 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP01934E). IF 3.67 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/cp/d2cp01934e/unauth
D. Venkateswarlu, T. Swetha, Rajamouli Boddula and Surya Prakash Singh, Peptide linked perylene bisimide and diketopyrrolopyrrole: design, synthesis and investigation of mechanofluorochromism, Mater. Adv., 2022, 23, 8656-8664 (DOI: 10.1039/D2MA00829G). IF 5.0 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/MA/D2MA00829G
S Aralekallu, Rajamouli Boddula, V Singh, Development of glass-based microfluidic devices: A review on its fabrication and biologic applications, Materials & Design, 2023, 225, 111517 (doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111517). IF 9.41 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127522011406
Nisha Odedara, Niteen Borane, Rajamouli Boddula*, Naptha-phenanthroimidazole-based blue fluorophores (y<0.05) for lighting application: Stimulating effect of N1 substitution in imidazole and photophysical behavior, Optical Materials, 2024, 147, 114640 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2023.114640) IF 3.90 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925346723012120
Niteen Borane, Rajamouli Boddula*, Nisha Odedara, Pravin Dongare, Jyoti Singh, Harishchandra Jirimali, and Paresh N Patel, Surface functionalized graphene oxide integrated 9,9-diethyl-9H-fluoren-2-amine monohybrid nanostructure: Synthesis, physicochemical, thermal and theoretical approach towards optoelectronics, Materials Today Chemistry, 2024, 35, 101885 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2023.101885). IF 7.61 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2468519423005128
Nisha Odedara, Niteen Borane and Rajamouli Boddula*, Design and Synthesis of Aggregation-Caused Quenching Hydroxy-Phenanthroimidazole Derivatives for Probing of Fe3+ Ions and as Potential Blue Light Emitters, Chem. Photo. Chem, 2024, 8 (12), e202400188 (doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202400188). IF 3.0 https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cptc.202400188
Dinkal V Kasundra, Rajamouli Boddula, Paresh N Patel, Heterocyclic biphenyl based fluorochrome sensor for rapid hydrazine detection: Design, synthesis, single crystal XRD and DFT studies, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2025, 11, 1629-1642 (ISSN: 20531400, DOI: 10.1039/D5EW00322A). IF 3.50 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2025/ew/d5ew00322a
Applicants: Rajamouli Boddula, Niteen Borane, Uka Tarsadia University. Inventors: Rajamouli Boddula, Niteen Borane, Trupti Patil, Srivathsa N., Paresh N Patel and Jyoti Singh. Application Number: 202421052127 Date: 08/07/2024 (Patent Published)
Applicants: Rajamouli Boddula, Nisha Odedara, Uka Tarsadia University. Inventors: Rajamouli Boddula, Nisha Odedara, Meghani Lata Rameshbhai, Jyoti Singh, Nallanchakravarthula Srivathsa, Paresh N Patel, Shashanka Rajendrachari and Prashanth Kumar Koochana. Application Number: 202521073450 Date: 15/08/2025 (Patent Published)
B. Rajamouli (COPI), NCh Srivathsa (PI), Nikunj Sohaliya (COPI). (16 Feb 2025-2028) Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, Govt. of Gujarat (GSBTM) 31.15 Lakhs
Paresh N Patel (PI), Sachin Modha (CoPI), B. Rajamouli, A. Gore & Sumit K Panja, DST India (Accepted) 1.16 Cr
B. Rajamouli (PI), Paresh N Patel (Co-PI). (Nov 2020-Mar 2024) Gujarat Council on Science and Technology (GUJCOST), Gujarat, India 30.00 Lakhs
B. Rajamouli (PI), Jyoti Singh (Co-PI). (Sep 2019 to Sep 2020) Research Promotion Scheme (RPS), Uka Tarsadia University, India. 0.50 Lakhs
Dr. B. Rajamouli (PI) (Nov 2018 to Nov 2019) RPS, Uka Tarsadia University, Bordoli, India. 0.80 Lakhs
Odedara Nisha Sanganbhai (Ph.D student) Guide: Dr. B. Rajamouli (2020-2022) SHODH- ScHeme of Developing High Quality Research, Government of Gujarat, India. 4.00 Lakhs
Young Scientist Award The "International Conference on Developing Trends in Chemical Science," hosted by the Department of Chemistry at Pacific University in Udaipur, Rajasthan, on October 28-29th, 2023.
Young Scientist Award (YSA) (Chemosensors sponsored) International Conference on ‘Molecules to Materials – 2020’ (MTM – 2020, 17-18th December 2020) organized by Applied Chemistry Department, SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat, India.
Best Oral Presentation National Conference on New Imperatives in Drug Design and Discovery, November 22-23, 2019, Department of Chemistry, Uka Tarsadia University, India
Best Poster Award National Conference on Targeted Bioconjugates for Drug Delivery to Cancer Cells, October 5-6th, 2018, Maliba Pharmacy College, UTU @ GUJCOST, Gujarat, India.
Outstanding achievement award (Exceptional performance) Received in GVK Biosciences Private Limited (GVK BIO & CO.), Hyderabad, 2012.
GATE Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE, Score 333) in Chemistry, 2011.
