Personal profile
My group
Research Group(s)
Research interests
Graphene and graphene oxide based dispersions, composites and coatings
Graphene and 2-d materials based electronic, sensor and NEMS devices
Biomedical applications of graphene
Bottom-up assembly of nano-devices for electronics, sensors and NEMS
Prizes and awards
Aug 2013 Fellowship of The Higher Education Academy (HEA)
April 2013 Joshua Phillips Award for Innovation in Science Engagement
July 2006 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship
Oct 2000 Indian Academy of Engineers’ Innovation Potential of Students Projects Award
My group
Post-docs
Dr Monica Alberto
PhD Students (as main supervisor)
Debra Bligh-Wall
Mohammad (Rafi) Hossain
Yang Cao
Ronald Leon
Akash Ghosh
Avinash Powar
Christian Nwosu
Pai Peng
Lucy McElhone
PhD students (as co-supervisor)
Soumyajit Das
Opportunities
Interested in a Ph.D. or PDRA position in low-dimensional nano-materials, including graphene and other 2-d materials, carbon nanotubes and molecular electronics?
We offer Ph.D. studentships through the President's Doctoral Scholar Awards (all nationalities) and in the Graphene Doctoral Training Center and BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) (UK/EU only). Other funding opportunities for international students includes the China Scholrship Council (CSC) and Commonwealth Scholarship.
We support early career researchers applying for Newton, EPSRC and other fellowships.
Contact me for details.
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Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Advisor: Prof. Pulickel Ajayan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2002 → 2005
M.Eng. Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Advisor: Prof. Pulickel Ajayan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2000 → 2002
B.Tech Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras
1996 → 2000
External positions
Senior post-doctoral research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2019 → 2020
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
2017 → 2019
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Advanced materials
- Manchester Regenerative Medicine Network
- Advanced Materials in Medicine
- Digital Futures
- Christabel Pankhurst Institute
- National Graphene Institute
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Graphene and water-based elastomers thin-film composites by dip-moulding
Iliut, M., Silva, C., Herrick, S., McGlothlin, M. & Vijayaraghavan, A., Sept 2016, In: Carbon. 106, p. 228-232 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Self-limiting Multiplexed Assembly of Lipid Membranes on Large-area Graphene Sensor Arrays
Hirtz, M., Oikonomou, A., Clark, N., Kim, Y. J., Fuchs, H. & Vijayaraghavan, A., 2016, In: Nanoscale. 8, p. 15147-15151 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Graphene Oxide promotes embryonic stem cell differentiation to haematopoietic lineage
Garcia Alegria, E., Iliut, M., Stefanska, M., Silva, C., Heeg, S., Kimber, S., Kouskoff, V., Lacaud, G., Vijayaraghavan, A. & Batta, K., 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 25917.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mn3O4 and its hybrids as anode active materials for lithium-ion batteries: a review
McElhone, L., Sherrell, P. C., Thomas, A., Vijayaraghavan, A. & Ellis, A. V., 2026, In: EES Batteries.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Graphene nanoplatelets and chemical crosslinker enhanced water-based polyurethane elastomer nanocomposites
Nwosu, C. N., Iliut, M., Eze-Idehen, P., Soutis, C. & Vijayaraghavan, A., Aug 2025, In: Composites Part B: Engineering.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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RAI: Centre for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Cangelosi, A. (PI), Lennox, B. (PI), Weightman, A. (CoI), Dennis, L. (CoI), Dixon, C. (CoI), Fisher, M. (CoI), Herrmann, G. (CoI), Dickson, A. (CoI), Lanzon, A. (CoI), Stancu, A. (CoI), Miller, A. (CoI), Freitas, A. (CoI), Nini, A. (CoI), Voronkov, A. (CoI), Brass, A. (CoI), Vijayaraghavan, A. (CoI), Parslew, B. (CoI), crowther, W. (CoI), Grieve, B. (CoI), Adorno, B. (CoI), Jay, C. (CoI), Wang, C. C. L. (CoI), Todd, C. (CoI), Soutis, C. (CoI), Arsene, C. (CoI), Dresner, D. (CoI), Barrett, E. (CoI), Gowen, E. (CoI), Arvin, F. (CoI), Podd, F. (CoI), Brown, G. (CoI), Reger, G. (CoI), Cooper, G. (CoI), Mairs, H. (CoI), Yin, H. (CoI), Kinloch, I. (CoI), Eleftheriou, I. (CoI), Li, J. (CoI), Carrasco Gomez, J. (CoI), Ainsworth, J. (CoI), Sinha, J. (CoI), Ozanyan, K. (CoI), Smith, K. (CoI), Twomey, K. (CoI), Margetts, L. (CoI), Ren, L. (CoI), Zhang, L. (CoI), Cordeiro, L. (CoI), Rattray, M. (PI), Bissett, M. (CoI), Elliot, M. (CoI), Alvarez, M. (CoI), Luján, M. (CoI), Nabawy BSc, MSc, PhD, MRAeS, SMAIAA, FHEA, M. (CoI), Peek, N. (CoI), Marjanovic, O. (CoI), Dorn, O. (CoI), Dudek, P. (CoI), Green, P. (CoI), Connolly, P. (CoI), Da Silva Bartolo, P. J. (CoI), Gardner, P. (CoI), Martin, P. (CoI), Potluri, P. (CoI), Curtis, R. (CoI), Schmidt, R. (CoI), Banach, R. (CoI), Batista-Navarro, R. T. (CoI), Kaski, S. (CoI), Midson, S. (CoI), Watson, S. (CoI), Holm, S. (CoI), Furber, S. (CoI), Schlegel, V. (CoI), Mirihanage, W. (CoI), Mansell, W. (CoI), Pan, W. (CoI), Sampson, B. (CoI), Sellers, W. (CoI), Yang, W. (CoI), Cai, P. (CoI), Sun, Y. (CoI), Alharthi, A. (Researcher), Macario Rojas, A. (Researcher), Serhan, B. (Researcher), Yu, C. (Researcher), Abara, D. (Researcher), Lopez Pulgarin, E. (Researcher), Faruq, F. (Researcher), Tavella, F. (Researcher), Semeraro, F. (Researcher), Liu, G. (Researcher), Fang, G. (Researcher), Niu, H. (Researcher), Taylor, H. (PI), Zhu, H. (PGR student), Collenette, J. (Researcher), Amano, K. (Researcher), Lo, K. C. J. (PGR student), Raggioli, L. (Researcher), Romeo, M. (Researcher), Ruocco, M. (PGR student), Ghaffari Saadat, M. (Researcher), Walmsley, M. (Researcher), Mubarik, A. (Researcher), Vinanzi, S. (Researcher), Su, Y.-H. (PGR student), McAleese, H. (PGR student), Stringer, P. (PGR student), Stoican, R. (PGR student), Ye, R. (PGR student), Kurawa, S. S. (PGR student), Zhang, T. (PGR student), Krywonos, W. (PGR student), Xu, Y. (PGR student), Tian, Y. (PGR student), Henderson, A. (Technical team), Morley, D. (Support team), Tallentire, J. (Support team), Smith, J. (Support team), Hawthornthwaite, S. (Support team), Carlson, J. (Support team) & Baniqued, P. D. (Researcher)
Project: Research
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Biaxial Strained Transfer of Atomically Thin Heterostructures for Manufacturing Nano-Electro-Mechanical Membranes
Vijayaraghavan, A. (PI)
1/02/21 → 31/01/23
Project: Research
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Manchester Bioelectronics Network
Casson, A. (PI), Grieve, B. (PI), Ozanyan, K. (PI), Blanford, C. (PI), Cartmell, S. (PI), Li, Y. (PI), Ballestrem, C. (PI), Reid, A. (PI), Turner, M. (PI), Wong, L. S. (PI), Yeates, S. (PI), Trimble, E. (PI), Jones, C. (CoI), Scully, P. (CoI), Holmes, M. (CoI), Wimpenny, I. (CoI), Humphrey, B. (CoI), Turner, M. (CoI), Dobson, C. (CoI), Halsall, M. (CoI), Jones, S. (CoI), Echtermeyer, T. (CoI), Wijekoon, J. (CoI), Curry, R. (CoI), Picardo, M. (CoI), Tracey, K. (CoI), Persaud, K. (CoI), Migliorato, M. (CoI), Treves Brown, B. (CoI), Ozanyan, K. (CoI), Wright, P. (CoI), Majewski, L. (CoI), Hodgson, A. (CoI), Dudek, P. (CoI), Gaydecki, P. (CoI), Morgan, P. (CoI), Zhang, H. (CoI), Keavney, B. (CoI), Brenchley, P. (CoI), Fields, R. (CoI), Khan, U. (CoI), Casiraghi, C. (CoI), Blaker, J. (CoI), Miller, A. (CoI), Vijayaraghavan, A. (CoI), Lu, J. (CoI), Kell, D. (CoI), Donald, A. (PGR student), Ozols, M. (CoI), Derby, B. (CoI), Sharma, J. (CoI), Mills, E. C. (CoI), Mohd Nawi, I. (PGR student), Tandon, B. (PGR student), Read, M. (CoI), Zhu, Q. (CoI), Ren, L. (CoI), Waigh, T. (CoI), Petersen, R. (CoI), Beach, C. (PGR student), Brown, T. (CoI), Thomas, A. (CoI) & Crowe, I. (CoI)
1/02/18 → 31/07/18
Project: Research
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NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Hearing Health Theme.
Munro, K. (PI), Arden Armitage, C. (CoI), Bruce, I. (CoI), Buchan, I. (CoI), Conti-Ramsden, G. (CoI), Dawes, P. (CoI), Evans, D. (CoI), Gaydecki, P. (CoI), Kluk-De Kort, K. (CoI), Lambon Ralph, M. (CoI), Millman, R. (CoI), Moore, D. (CoI), Morton, C. (CoI), Newman, W. (CoI), Plack, C. (CoI), Smith, J. (CoI), Stone, M. (CoI), Vijayaraghavan, A. (CoI), Whetton, A. (CoI) & Young, A. (CoI)
1/04/17 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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Graphene-based membranes
Budd, P. (PI), Carbone, P. (CoI), Casiraghi, C. (CoI), Grieve, B. (CoI), Haigh, S. (CoI), Holmes, S. (CoI), Jivkov, A. (CoI), Kinloch, I. (CoI), Raveendran Nair, R. (CoI), Schroeder, S. (CoI), Siperstein, F. (CoI) & Vijayaraghavan, A. (CoI)
1/07/13 → 30/06/18
Project: Research
Prizes
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Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship
Vijayaraghavan, A. (Recipient), Jul 2006
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Fellowship of The Higher Education Academy (HEA)
Vijayaraghavan, A. (Recipient), Aug 2013
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Indian Academy of Engineers’ Innovation Potential of Students Projects Award
Vijayaraghavan, A. (Recipient), Oct 2000
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Joshua Phillips Award for Innovation in Science Engagement
Vijayaraghavan, A. (Recipient), Apr 2013
Prize: National/international honour
Activities
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Nano Infrared Spectroscopy Workshop
Vijayaraghavan, A. (Organiser)
2 Nov 2019Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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DPG EPS Condensed Matter Division 2018 Meeting
Vijayaraghavan, A. (Organiser)
11 Mar 2018Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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2D Materials Formulation Network Inagural Workshop
Vijayaraghavan, A. (Organiser)
26 May 2017Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Graphene Technology (Journal)
Vijayaraghavan, A. (Assistant editor)
Jan 2016 → Dec 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Research
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European Committee for Standardization (CEN) (External organisation)
Vijayaraghavan, A. (Academic expert member)
2015 → 2016Activity: Membership › Membership of committee › Research
Impacts
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Product enhancement by graphene
Novoselov, K. (Participant), Geim, A. (Participant) & Vijayaraghavan, A. (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Policy, Technological
Press/Media
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VARIOUS MEDIA: Inov-8 and University develop shoes with graphene-enhanced midsoles and outsoles
6/12/17 → 18/03/23
13 items of Media coverage, 4 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert comment
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NEUE ZURCHER ZEITUNG: When universities and companies merge
Connolly, B., Vijayaraghavan, A., Withers, P. & Buckley, I.
8/11/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS: New graphene business springs from University of Manchester
Iliut, M. & Vijayaraghavan, A.
21/09/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS: First look at game-changing sports shoes made of graphene
20/06/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert comment
Equipment
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Bruker NanoIR3s
Nikiel, M. (Technical Specialist), Spencer, B. (Senior Technical Specialist) & Vijayaraghavan, A. (Academic lead)
FSE ResearchFacility/equipment: Equipment
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Infrared Nanospectroscopy (NanoIR)
Nikiel, M. (Technical Specialist), Spencer, B. (Senior Technical Specialist), Lyon, S. (Academic lead), Morsch, S. (Academic lead) & Vijayaraghavan, A. (Academic lead)
Materials EngineeringFacility/equipment: Facility