Dr. Amarnath R. Allu

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सीएसआईआर-केंद्रीय काँच एवं सिरामिक अनुसंधान संस्थान

CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute

"Innovation in Ceramics and Glass for the mankind"

Principal Scientist

Energy Materials & Devices Division

Contact Information:

Phone: +91-033-23223370
Fax: +91-033-24730957
E-mail: aareddy.cgcri@csir.res.in

Dr. Amarnath R. Allu

Joined CSIR-CGCRI on 26th April, 2016

Professional Career

Institution	Position	Period
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, CSIR, Kolkata, India	Principal Scientist	Apr 2024-till date
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, CSIR, Kolkata, India	Senior Scientist	Apr 2020-Apr 2024
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, CSIR, Kolkata, India	Senior Scientist	Apr 2020-till date
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, CSIR, Kolkata, India	Scientist	Apr 2016- Apr 2020
Budapest Neutron Centre, Budapest, Hungary	Visiting scholar	Feb 2015 – Feb 2015
University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France	Post-doc	Jan 2015 – Nov 2015
Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany	Visiting scholar	Apr 2014 – July 2014
CSIC-Campus de Cantoblanco, Spain	Visiting scholar	Sep 2013 – Dec 2013
University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal	Project Assistant	3Feb 2011 – Jun 2011
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi, India	Project Assistant	Oct 2008 – Nov 2010

Education

Degree	Discipline	University; Year
M.Sc.	Physics	Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
Ph.D	Materials Science and Engineering	University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Research Interest

Development and production of new functional glasses and glass-ceramics for photonic, optics and energy applications
Development of glasses suitable for the stable embedded metal nano-isalnds
Synthesis and Evaluation of glass supported multi-element metal nano-islands

Notable Research Contribution

Development of NASICON type phosphate based glasses for ultra wideband optical sources.
Development of pyroxene and melilite based silicate glass and glass-ceramic materials for their applications to use as a sealant material in solid oxide fuel cells.
A bilayer glass-ceramic sealant was developed.

SERB Early Career Research Award (2019)
R .L. Thakur memorial award -2018 for the Young Scientist by the Indian Ceramic Society.
Participation in student speech contest as a representative from Portugal, ECERS XIII, Limoges, France June 23-27, 2013
JECS trust – Frontier of research Award – 2012
Graduate fellowship from Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology-2012.
An article titled “Bi-layer glass-ceramic sealant for solid oxide fuel cells”, published in Journal of European ceramic society, has been recognized as a key Scientific Article contributing to the excellence in Energy research by Renewable Energy Global Innovations

ORCID: 0000-0003-0450-0929

Google Scholar

Summary: Total 75

Selected Papers:

Multi-Functional Applications of H-Glass Embedded with Stable Plasmonic Gold Nanoislands. Jagannath Gangareddy, et al., Small 2024, 20, 2303688. (IF: 13)
H-Glass Supported Hybrid Gold Nano-Islands for Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution. Indrajeet Mandal, et al., Small 2024, 20, 2401131. (IF: 13)
On-Chip Full-UV-Band Photodetectors Enabled by Hot Hole Extraction. Sougata K., et al., ACS Nano 19 (2025) 6309−6319. (IF: 15.3)
Mixed network former effect on the ion-dynamics of Sodium Alumino-Phospho-Silicate glasses. Shweta R. K., et al., Acta Materilia 28 (2025) 120837. (IF: 8.3)
Immobilized Gold Nanoparticles on a Glass-Based Scaffold for Direct Solar-Driven H₂ from Water Vapor. Riya H., et al., ACS Materials Lett. 7 (2025) 1228−1234. (IF: 9.9)

Book Chapter: Total 1
G. Vijaya Prakash, S. Surendra Babu and A. R. Allu (2011).
Optical Amplifiers from Rare-Earth Co-Doped Glass Waveguides,
Advances in Optical Amplifiers, Paul Urquhart (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-186-2, InTech.

…full list

Sponsor: CSIR-FIRST
Role: PI
Period: 2 years (01-04-2024 to 31-03-2026)
Title: Honeycomb Glass Supported Hybrid Metal Nano-islands for Visible-light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution
Value: 31 Lakhs

Sponsor: ANRF
Role: PI
Period: 3 years (09-05-2023 to 08-05-2026)
Title: Highly efficient Glass based flexible electrolyte materials for rechargeable sodium-ion battery
Value: 31 Lakhs

Sponsor: DST-SERB (No: ECR/2 018/000292)
Role: PI
Period: 3 years (15-03-2019 to 14-03-2022)
Title: Novel glass-based solid electrolytes with high conductivity for room-temperature echargeable Na- ion batteries
Value: 35 Lakhs

Sponsor: JECS trust – Frontier of research -2012 (No: 201242-2)
Role: PI
Period: 1year (1-06-2013 to 31-05-2014)
Title: Self-healing glass/glass-ceramic seals for solid oxide fuel cells
Value: 14,000 Euros (=10 Lakhs Rupees)