Publications

Selected work

List of publications

Journal Articles (Published)

1. Sengupta, Debarun, and Ajay Giri Prakash Kottapalli. "Nanomaterials‐Based Bioinspired Next Generation Wearable Sensors: A State‐of‐the‐Art Review." Advanced Electronic Materials 10, no. 1 (2024): 2300436. (Impact Factor - 6.2)  

2. Xiang, Y., Lu, L., Yan, F., Sengupta, D., Rudolf, P., Kottapalli, A. G. P., & Pei, Y. (2024). Tuning the crystallinity of titanium nitride on copper‐embedded carbon nanofiber interlayers for accelerated electrochemical kinetics in lithium–sulfur batteries. Carbon Energy, e450. (Impact Factor – 20.5) 

3. Sengupta, D., Lu, L., Gomes, D. R., Jayawardhana, B., Pei, Y., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. (2023). Fabric-like Electrospun PVAc–Graphene Nanofiber Webs as Wearable and Degradable Piezocapacitive Sensors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15(18), 22351-22366. (Impact Factor – 9.5) 

4. Sengupta, D., Kamat, A. M., Smit, Q., Jayawardhana, B., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. (2022). Piezoresistive 3D graphene–PDMS spongy pressure sensors for IoT enabled wearables and smart products. Flexible and Printed Electronics, 7(1), 015004. (Impact Factor – 2.8) 

5. Sengupta, D., Mastella, M., Chicca, E., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. (2022). Skin-inspired flexible and stretchable electrospun carbon nanofiber sensors for neuromorphic sensing. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 4(1), 308-315. (Impact Factor – 4.7) 

6. Sengupta, D., Romano, J., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. (2021). Electrospun bundled carbon nanofibers for skin-inspired tactile sensing, proprioception and gesture tracking applications. npj Flexible Electronics, 5(1), 29. (Impact Factor – 14.6) 

7. Sengupta, D., Chen, S. H., Michael, A., Kwok, C. Y., Lim, S., Pei, Y., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. (2020). Single and bundled carbon nanofibers as ultralightweight and flexible piezoresistive sensors. npj Flexible Electronics, 4(1), 9. (Impact Factor – 14.6) 

8. Sengupta, D., Trap, D., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. (2020). Piezoresistive carbon nanofiber-based cilia-inspired flow sensor. Nanomaterials, 10(2), 211. (Impact Factor – 4.4) 

9. Sengupta, D., Pei, Y., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. (2019). Ultralightweight and 3D squeezable graphene-polydimethylsiloxane composite foams as piezoresistive sensors. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 11(38), 35201-35211. (Impact Factor – 9.5) 

10. Sengupta, D., Kottapalli, A. G. P., Chen, S. H., Miao, J. M., Kwok, C. Y., Triantafyllou, M. S., ... & Asadnia, M. (2017). Characterization of single polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanofiber for flow sensing applications. AIP Advances, 7(10). (Impact Factor – 1.4) 

Journal Articles (In preparation)

1. Sengupta, D. & Mastrangeli, M. “A sneak peek inside the brain: Interfacing 3D microelectrode arrays with Brain-on-chip technology for next-generation healthcare”. In Preparation. 

2. Sengupta, D., Tawade, P., Ayodogmus, H., & Mastrangeli, M. “Soft and transparent 3D microelectrode arrays for in vitro electrophysiological recording”. In Preparation. 

3. Sengupta, D., Pei, Y.T., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. “Anatomy of hearing and its relevance to biomimetic sensor design”. In Preparation. 

4. Guzman-Embus, D.A., Sengupta, D., Bolivar-Pineda, L.M., Acevedo-Guzman, D.A., Rudolf, P., Krushynska, A.O., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. " Piezocapacitive sensors based on TPU and silver nanorods for pressure detection with application in shape detection" In preparation. 

5.  Sengupta, D., Birudula, S.K., Marcantoni, M., Jayawardhana, B., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. " Titanium carbide nanoparticle dispersion-based inkjet-printed flexible bidirectional flow sensors for wind direction-based autonomous ground navigation." In preparation. 

Conference Proceedings Articles

1. Sengupta, D., Birudula, S., Wortche, H. J., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. (2022, October). An Inkjet-Printed Piezoresistive Bidirectional Flow Sensor. In 2022 IEEE Sensors (pp. 1-4). IEEE. Dallas, Texas, USA, 2022. 

2. Sengupta, D., Lu, L., Pei, Y., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. (2022, January). Fabric-Like Pvac-Graphene Nanofiber Capacitive Pressure Sensors For Next-Generation Wearables. In 2022 IEEE 35th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference (MEMS) (pp. 341-344). IEEE. Tokyo, Japan, 2022. 

3. Li, W., Sengupta, D., Pei, Y., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. (2021, June). Wearable nanofiber-based triboelectric nanogenerator for body motion energy harvesting. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. Virtual.

4. Saha, U., Kamat, A., Sengupta, D., Jayawardhana, B., & Kottapalli, A. G. (2020, October). A low-cost lung monitoring point-of-care device based on a flexible piezoresistive flow sensor. In 2020 IEEE SENSORS (pp. 1-4). IEEE. Virtual.

5. Sengupta, D., Muthuram, V., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. (2020, October). Flexible Graphene-on-PDMS sensor for human motion monitoring applications. In 2020 IEEE SENSORS (pp. 1-4). IEEE. Virtual.

6. Sengupta, D., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. (2020, September). Ultralight weight piezoresistive spongy graphene sensors for human gait monitoring applications. In 2020 IEEE 15th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular System (NEMS) (pp. 120-123). IEEE. Virtual.

7. Kottapalli, A. G. P., Bora, M., Sengupta, D., Miao, J., & Triantafyllou, M. S. (2018, October). Hydrogel-CNT biomimetic cilia for flow sensing. In 2018 IEEE SENSORS (pp. 1-4). IEEE. Delhi, India, 2018.

8. Sengupta, D., Michael, A., Kwok, C. Y., Miao, J., & Kottapalli, A. G. P. (2018, November). Optimized polyvinylidene fluoride nanofiber webs for flexible energy harvesters. In Proceedings (Vol. 2, No. 13, p. 857). MDPI. Graz, Austria, 2018.

9. Kottapalli, A. G. P., Sengupta, D., Kanhere, E., Bora, M., Miao, J., & Triantafyllou, M. (2018, November). MEMS Biomimetic Superficial and Canal Neuromasts for Flow Sensing. In Proceedings (Vol. 2, No. 13). MDPI.

10. Sengupta, Debarun, et al. "Optimized polyvinylidene fluoride nanofiber webs for flexible energy harvesters." Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Proceedings. Vol. 2. No. 13. 2018. Graz, Austria, 2018.

11. Sengupta, D., Kottapalli, A. G. P., Chen, S. H., Michael, A., Kwok, C. Y., Miao, J., & Triantafyllou, M. S. (2018, April). Flexible Graphitized Polyacrylonitrile Nanofiber Bundles for Strain Sensors. In 2018 IEEE 13th Annual International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS) (pp. 615-618). IEEE. Singapore, 2018.

12. Sengupta, D., Kottapalli, A. G. P., Miao, J., & Kwok, C. Y. (2017, October). Electrospun polyvinylidene fluoride nanofiber mats for self-powered sensors. In 2017 IEEE SENSORS (pp. 1-3). IEEE. Glasgow, UK, 2017.

Books and Chapters

1. Sengupta, Debarun, and Ajay Giri Prakash Kottapalli. "Flexible and wearable piezoelectric nanogenerators." Self-Powered and Soft Polymer MEMS/NEMS Devices (2019): 31-60.

2. Sengupta, Debarun, Ssu-Han Chen, and Ajay Giri Prakash Kottapalli. "Nature-Inspired Self-Powered Sensors and Energy Harvesters." Self-Powered and Soft Polymer MEMS/NEMS Devices (2019): 61-81.

3. Kottapalli, A. G. P., Tao, K., Sengupta, D., & Triantafyllou, M. S. (2019). Self-Powered and Soft Polymer MEMS/NEMS Devices. Springer.

Patents

1. Chee Yee Kwok, Ssu-Han Chen, Aron Michael, Debarun Sengupta. “Advanced piezoelectric microlens actuator.” AU Patent app. 2018903188 (Latest file number: 2023903846)