Ongoing Research Activities are:

• Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)

• Optical and Electrical Characterization of Laser-Produced Plasmas

• Calibration Free LIBS, Femtosecond LIBS

• Laser-Induced Surface Structuring and its Applications.

• Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structuring (LIPSS)

• Antireflection coating for solar and optical applications

Research Projects:

1. "Ultrafast laser beamlines for Multidisciplinary, Multitasking Research Programmes" (Chancellor's Award - 2019 - Kerala State Government Funding- 2021 -2024, Total outlay Rs.40000000). Role: Principal Investigator of one of the five projects. 

2. "Development of functional material system for artificial photosynthesis". Rashtriya Uchchattar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA 2.0) Major Project. Total Grant: 1.78 Crores. [2023-2025], Role: Co-Principal Investigator.

3.  Femtosecond Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (fs-LIBS) for Multi-elemental Compositional Analysis" (Science and Engineering Research Board- 2018 -2022, Total outlay Rs.1830000). Role: Principal Investigator. [Project Completed].

4. "Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS): A Versatile Tool for Material Elemental Analysis" (UGC- 2019 -2022, Total outlay Rs.1000000). Role: Principal Investigator [Project Completed].

5. "Determination of Material Elemental Composition via Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) Technique" (COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY- 2018 -2021, Total outlay Rs.260000), Role: Principal Investigator. [Project Completed]. 

Publications in Peer-reviewed International Journals (32 Nos.)

1. Lekha Mary John, Akash Kumar Tarai, Manoj Kumar Gundawar, K. K. Anoop, Self-absorption of emission lines in picosecond-laser-produced gold plasmas, Phys. Plasmas 31, 043302 (2024). [Link]

2. Leya Pauly, Lekha Mary John, M S Suryan Sivadas, and K K Anoop, Deep Learning Neural Network (DNN) Coupled Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Quantitative Analysis of Copper Alloys, IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 1300 012006 (2024). [Link]

3. MK Rasweefali, S Sabu, OK Sreedevi, MK Raseel Rahman, TK Shabeeba, K K Anoop, A Sasidharan, KV Sunooj, Influence of chitosan properties and operating parameters on the flocculation efficiency and harvesting of microalgae (Scenedesmus sp.), International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 72 (1), 132894 (2024).  [Link]

4. Lekha Mary John and K. K. Anoop, Impact of intensity error on temperature estimation in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: a numerical study, Laser Phys. 34, 015701 (2023). [Link]

5.  Ann Mary KA, Tessy Paul, Anupama Kuttappan, PO Jibin, K. K. Anoop, Dual emitting carbon nanoparticles for tunable white light emission, Carbon Trends 13, 100296 (2023). [Link]

6.  R. Rajendran, E.R. Krishnadev, K. K. Anoop, Direct Femtosecond Laser Processing for Generating High Spatial Frequency LIPSS (HSFL) on Borosilicate Glasses with Large-Area Coverage, Photonics, 10, 793 (2023). [Link]

7.  Mohandas Prithiviraj, Abhilash Sasidharan, Bindu Murali Krishna, Sarsan Sabu, Kappat Valiyapeediyekkal Sunooj, K. K. Anoop, Johnsy George, Characterization and qualitative evaluation of cassava starch-chitosan edible food wrap enriched with culinary leaf powders for eco-friendly food packaging applications, Food Science and Technology International. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/10820132231179492. [Link]

8. Lekha Mary John, K. K. Anoop, A numerical procedure for understanding the self-absorption effects in laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, RSC Adv., 13, 29613-29624 (2023). [Link]

9. Lekha Mary John, RC Issac, S Sankararaman, K. K. Anoop , Multi-element Saha Boltzmann plot (MESBP) coupled calibration-free laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (CF-LIBS): an efficient approach for quantitative elemental analysis, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 37, 2451-2460  (2022) [Link]

10. Ramakrishnan Swathi, Jayaraj Shanthi, Subramaniam Aishwarya, K. K. Anoop, Photon management by scratch-resistant antireflection coating for the efficiency enhancement of silicon solar cell, International Journal of Energy Research, 46, 15485 (2022) [Link]

11. S. S. Harilal, M. C. Phillips, D. H. Froula, K. K. Anoop, R. C. Issac, and F. N. Beg, Optical diagnostics of laser-produced plasmas, Reviews of Modern Physics, 94, 035002 (2022) [Link]

12. MK Rasweefali, S Sabu, KS Muhammed Azad, MK Raseel Rahman, KV Sunooj, A Sasidharan, K. K. Anoop, Influence of deproteinization and demineralization process sequences on the physicochemical and structural characteristics of chitin isolated from Deep-sea mud shrimp (Solenocera hextii), Advances in Biomarker Sciences and Technology, 4, 12 (2022) [Link]

13. R Swathi, J Shanthi, K. K. Anoop, Superhydrophilic TEOS/PF-127 based antireflection coating for solar and optical applications, Optical Materials, Volume 118, 111246 (2021). [Link]

14. N Verma, K. K. Anoop, P Dominic, R Philip,  Fabrication of durable superhydrophilic silicon surfaces using nanosecond laser pulses, Journal of Applied Physics 128 (13), 135304 (2020).  [Link]

15. Beena Mol, Jemy James, K. K. Anoop, Indra Sulaniya, Cyriac Joseph, M. R. Anantharaman, Junaid Bushiri, "Radio frequency plasma polymerized thin film based on eucalyptus oil as low dielectric permittivity, visible and near-infrared (NIR) photoluminescent material", Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 30, 12603–12611 (2019) [Link]

16. K. K. Anoop,   Nancy Verma,   Nithin Joy,   S. S. Harilal, and Reji Philip, "Enhancement of optical emission and ion currents in a laser produced silicon plasma by femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structuring, Physics of Plasmas 25, 063304 (2018) [Link]

17. Jijil JJ Nivas, K. K. Anoop, Riccardo Bruzzese, Reji Philip, and Salvatore Amoruso, "Direct femtosecond laser surface structuring of crystalline silicon at 400nm"  Appl. Phys. Lett. 112, 121601 (2018) [Link].

18. K. K. Anoop, S. S. Harilal, Reji Philip, R. Bruzzese, S. Amoruso, "Laser fluence dependence on emission dynamics of ultrafast laser induced copper plasma", J. Appl. Phys. 120, 185901 (2016) [Link]

19. Jijil J. J. Nivas, He Shutong, K. K. Anoop, A. Rubano, R. Fittipaldi, A. Vecchione, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, R. Bruzzese, and S. Amoruso, " Laser ablation of silicon induced by a femtosecond optical vortex beam", Optics letters 40 (20), 4611 (2015) [Link]

20. Shutong He, Jijil JJ Nivas, K.K. Anoop, Antonio Vecchione, Minglie Hu, Riccardo Bruzzesea, Salvatore Amoruso, "Surface structures induced by ultrashort laser pulses: Formation mechanisms of ripples and grooves", Applied Surface Science 353 1214–1222 (2015) [Link].

21. K.K. Anoop, Mateusz P Polek, Riccardo Bruzzese, Salvatore Amoruso, and Sivanandan S. Harilal, "Multidiagnostic analysis of ion dynamics in ultrafast laser ablation of metals over a large fluence range", J. Appl. Phys. 117, 083108 (2015) [Link].

22. B. Della Ventura, R. Funari, Anoop K.K, S. Amoruso, F.Gesuele,R. Velotta, and C. Altucci, "Nano-machining of bio-sensor electrodes through gold nanoparticles deposition produced by femtosecond laser ablation" Appl. Phys. B (2015) [Link]. 

23. Lixia Sang, Hongjie Zhang,  Xiaochang Ni, K.K. Anoop, Rosalba Fittipaldi, Xuan Wang, Salvatore Amoruso, "Hydrogen-evolving photoanode of TiO2 nanoparticles film deposited by a femtosecond laser" , International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 40, 779 (2015) [Link].

24. K. K. Anoop, R. Fittipaldi, A. Rubano, X. Wang, D. Paparo, A. Vecchione, L. Marrucci, R. Bruzzese, S. Amoruso, "Direct Femtosecond Laser Ablation of Copper with an Optical Vortex Beam " , J. Appl. Phys. 116, 113102 (2014) [Link].

25. K.K. Anoop, Xiaochang Ni, Salvatore Amoruso, Xuan Wang, Riccardo Bruzzese, "Fast ions generation in femtosecond laser ablation of a metallic target at moderate laser intensity", Laser Phys. 24 (2014) 105902 [Link].

26. N. Tsakiris, K.K. Anoop, G. Ausanio, M. Gill-Comeau, R. Bruzzese, S. Amoruso, L.J. Lewis, "Ultrashort laser ablation of bulk metallic targets: dynamics and size distribution of the generated nanoparticles", J. Appl. Phys. 115, 243301 (2014) [Link].

27. K. K. Anoop, A. Rubano, R. Fittipaldi, X. Wang, D. Paparo, A. Vecchione, L. Marrucci, R. Bruzzese, and S. Amoruso, "Femtosecond laser surface structuring of silicon using optical vortex beams generated by a q-plate", Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 241604 (2014) [Link].

28. K.K. Anoop, Xiaochang Ni, M. Bianco, D. Paparo, X. Wang, R. Bruzzese, S. Amoruso, "Two-dimensional imaging of atomic and nanoparticle components in copper plasma plume produced by ultrafast laser ablation" Appl. Phys. A (2014),  Volume 117, Issue 1, pp 313-318 [Link].

29. K.K. Anoop, Xiaochang Ni, X. Wang, R. Bruzzese, S. Amoruso, "Spectrally Resolved Imaging of Ultrashort Laser Produced Plasma",  IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science,  (2014) [Link].

30. Xiaochang Ni, K.K. Anoop, X. Wang, D. Paparo, S. Amoruso, R. Bruzzese, "Dynamics of femtosecond laser-produced plasma ions",  Appl. Phys. A,  Volume 117, Issue 1, pp 111-115(2014) [Link].

31. Xiaochang Ni, Sang Li-xia, Zhang Hong-jie, K.K. Anoop, S. Amoruso, X. Wang, R. Fittipaldi, Li Tong, Hu Ming-lie and Xu Li-juan, "Femtosecond laser deposition of TiO2nanoparticle-assembled films with embedded CdS nanoparticles ", Optoelectronic Letters.10 (1), (2014) [Link].

32. Xiaochang Ni, K.K. Anoop, M. Bianco, S. Amoruso, X. Wang, Tong Li, Minglie Hu, Zhenming Song, "Ion dynamics in ultrafast laser ablation of copper target", COL 11(9), 093201 (2013) [Link].

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12 Conference papers

Book Chapter 

1. K. K. Anoop, Xiaochang Ni, Xuan Wang, Giovanni Ausanio, and Salvatore Amoruso, Chapter 5: "Ultrafast laser ablation of solid targets: A versatile method for fast ion generation and nanoparticle synthesis", in book “Laser Ablation– Fundamentals, Methods and Applications”, Christoph Gerhard, Stephan Wieneke, and Wolfgang Viöl (Eds.) Nova Science Publishers, New York (2015) [Link].