Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Lok Kumar Shrestha

Principal Researcher

Supermolecules Group

International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA)

National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS),

1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba Ibaraki, 305-0044 Japan

Tel: +81(0)29-860-4809; Fax: +81(0)29-860-4832

E-mail: SHRESTHA.Lokkumar@nims.go.jp

Webpage: https://samurai.nims.go.jp/profiles/shrestha_lokkumar?locale=en  

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QBX4kt0AAAAJ&hl=en

 

Profile

Doctorate in system materials (soft materials: self-assembly of surfactants in aqueous and nonaqueous media, nanostructure control, and structure-properties relation).

Current research interests include self-assembly of molecular nanocarbons including fullerenes, mesoporous crystalline fullerene nanomaterial design, high surface area

nanoporous carbon materials design from biomass, and carbon nanocomposites for supercapacitors and volatile organic compound (VOC) sensing applications.

 

Education

Degree	Year	Subject	Institution
Ph.D.	2008/03	System Materials	Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
M.Sc.	2001/12	Chemistry	CDC, Tribhuvan University (T.U.), Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
B.Sc.	1997/12	Physics	MMAM Campus, T.U., Biratnagar, Nepal
I.Sc.	1994/12	Physics	Central Campus of Technology, T.U., Hattisar, Dharan, Nepal
SLC	1992/07	Sciences	Kankai Secondary School, Surunga, Jhapa, Nepal

 

Working History

2018/4 – date	Principal Researcher, WPI-MANA, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
2015/4 – 2018/3	Senior Researcher, WPI-MANA, NIMS, Japan
2012/8 – 2015/3	MANA Scientist, NIMS, Japan
2010/4 – 2012/7	ICYS-MANA Researcher, MANA, NIMS, Japan
2008/4 – 2010/3	JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Yokohama National University, Japan
2001/12 – 2004/10	Teaching, Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal

 

Research Grants

 

Ø  FY2020 – 2023

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), JSPS (3,300,000 Yen)

Hierarchical Nanoporous Fullerene Crystal Design for Higher Efficiency VOC Sensors

Ø  FY2017 (Jan – Oct)

Collaborative Research Grant, LG Electronics, Republic of Korea and NIMS (5,500,000 Yen)

Development of Surface-Functionalized Carbons for Rapid VOCs removal with Reduction of their Desorption.

Ø  FY2016 (Apr – Oct)

Collaborative Research Grant, LG Electronics, Republic of Korea and NIMS (3,000,000 Yen)

Development of Chemical Activated Nanoporous Carbons for Rapid VOC Removal.

Ø  FY2012 – 2013

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), JSPS (3,400,000 Yen)

Production of mesoporous fullerene (C₆₀) with highly crystalline framework to deal with environment and energy problems

Ø  FY2008 – 2009

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, JSPS (1,600,000 Yen)

Nonionic reverse wormlike micelle formulations in nonaqueous media

Awards

Excellent Nano Art Award 2019	Science-Art Competition 2019 of International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, Sept. 11, 2019, Japan.
STAM Best Paper Award 2018	MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, November 25-30, 2018, USA.
Award for Excellence 2014	The 8th Beauty in Science & Technology Exhibition Tokyo, April 11, 2014, Japan.
Lectureship Award 2014	The CSJ Asian International Symposium, March 27-30, 2014, Nagoya, Japan.
Nanoscale Poster Prize 2011	NanoFormulation2011, ICMAT2011, June 26-July 1, 2011, Suntec, Singapore.
Young Chemist Award 2008	Chemical Congress, May 23-25, 2008, Kathmandu Nepal.
Best Presenter Award 2007	International Conference on Emerging Issues on Research and Development April 4-6, 2007, Kathmandu Nepal.

 

Honors

2020/02 – 2021/01	NAST Eminent Fellow, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Nepal
2019 – date	Fellow Member, Nepal Chemical Society, Kathmandu, Nepal

 

Visiting Professor

2017/10/01 – date

Institute of Engineering (IOE), Tribhuvan University (TU), Pulchowk Campus, Lalitpur, Nepal

 

Visiting Researcher

2019/2/18 – 3/1	IACS, School of Applied & Interdisciplinary Sciences, Functional Nanomaterials Laboratory, Kolkata, India
2019/1/27 – 2/2	Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Squires Way, North Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
2017/11/27 – 12/1	University of Mumbai, Kalina, Mumbai, India
2017/1/10 – 1/19	IACS, Center for Advanced Materials (CAM), Kolkata, India
2016/10/4 – 10/7	Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit at OIST, Japan
2014/12/1 –11	IACS, Center for Advanced Materials (CAM), Kolkata, India
2012/1/31 – 2/10	IACS, Center for Advanced Materials (CAM), Kolkata, India
2010/12/6 – 12/17	University of Stuttgart, Germany
2010/1/25 – 1/29	CSIC, IQAC Barcelona, Spain
2009/7/15 – 7/22	University of Graz, Austria
2008/8/22 – 8/26	CSIC, IQAC Barcelona, Spain

 

Editorial Board Membership

2019 – date	Journal of Nepal Chemical Society
2017 – date	C – Journal of Carbon Research
2016 – date	Nano Advances

 

Guest Editor

Ø  Guest Editor for Crystals (with Prof. Katsuhiko Ariga),

Special Issue "Nanoarchitectonics for Supramolecular Crystals and Assemblies"

Ø  Guest Editor for Nanomaterials (with Dr. Rekha Goswami Shrestha),

Special Issue "Nanoporous Graphitic Carbon Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion"

 

Professional Society Membership

2015 – date	Asian Society for Colloid and Surface Science (Executive Committee Member)
2011– date	Japan Oil Chemists’ Society (General member)
2004 – date	The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) (General member)
2004 – date	Colloid Division of CSJ (General member)
2001 – date	Nepal Chemical Society (Life member)

 

Publications

Total: 181 (Original Papers: 152, Reviews: 21, Proceedings: 3, and Book Chapters: 5)

Citations: Web of Science: 4441, h-index = 37; Publons: 4713, h-index = 37; Google Scholar: 5266, h-index = 43

Researchers ID: B-953-2013

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2680-6291

Scopus Author ID: 12753648800

 

Book Chapters

[5]     Shrestha, L.K.;* Ariga, K. Bio-Related Applications of Fullerene Nanowhiskers and Related Assemblies: Cell Culture, Sensing and Supramolecular Differentiation: Miyazawa K.; Ochiai Y.; Tachibana, M.; Kizuka, T. and Nakamura, S. Eds.

Fullerene Nanowhiskers (Second Edition)

          Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd, 2019, Chapter 14, p 233–246.

[4]     Shrestha, L.K.;* Ariga, K. Fullerene Nanoarchitectonics for One-Dimensional Nanostructures and Their Array: He J. Eds. Nanostructured Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

          Nova Science Publishers, 2019, Chapter 12, p 293–303.

[3]      Shrestha, L.K.;* Ariga, K. Stimuli-Responsive Charge-Free Reverse Micelles in Non-Aqueous Media: Kawai, T. and Hashizume M. Eds., Stimuli-Responsive Interfaces: Fabrication and Application,

          Springer, 2017, Chapter 4, p 37-61.

[2]      Shrestha, L.K.;* Aramaki, K. Non-aqueous Foams: Formation and Stability: Paul Stevenson's Eds., Foam Engineering: Fundamentals and Applications,

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2012, Chapter 9, p 169-206.

[1]      Shrestha, L.K.;* Aramaki, K. Structure of Nonionic Surfactant Micelles in Organic Solvents: A SAXS Study. Tharwat Tadros, Eds., Self-Organized Surfactant Structures,

Wiley-VCH, 2010, Chapter 2, p 17-57.

 

Review Papers (Referred)

 

[21]    Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Fullerene Nanoarchitectonics with Shape-Shifting.

          Materials 2020, 13, 2280.

[20]    Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.

          Intelligent Nanoarchitectonics for Self-Assembling Systems.

          Adv. Intelligent Sys. 2020, 2, 1900157.

[19]    Shrestha, R.G.; Maji, S.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.

          Nanoarchitectonics of Nanoporous Carbon Materials in Supercapacitors Applications.

          Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 639-27pp.

[18]    Maji, S.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.

          Nanoarchitectonics for Nanocarbon Assembly and Composites

          J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. 2020, 30, 42–55.

[17]    Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.

          Supramolecular Nanoarchitectonics for Functional Materials.

          APL Mater. 2019, 7, 120903

[16]    Ariga, K.; Jackman, J.A.; Cho, N.-J.; Hsu, S.-H.; Shrestha, L.K.; Mori, T.; Takeya, J.

          Nanoarchitectonics-Based Materials Platforms for Environmental and Bioprocessing Applications.

          Chem. Rec. 2019, 19, 1891–1912

[15]    Ariga, K.; Matsumoto, M.; Mori, T.; Shrestha, L.K.

          Materials Nanoarchitectonics at Two-Dimensional Liquid Interfaces.

          Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1559–1587.

[14]    Ariga, K.; Jia, X.; Shrestha, L.K.

          Soft Materials Nanoarchitectonics at Interfaces: Molecular Assembly, Nanomaterials Synthesis, and Life Control.

          Mol. Syst. Des. Eng. 2019, 4, 49–64.

[13]    Ariga, K.; Nishikawa, M.; Mori, T.; Takeya, J.; Shrestha, L.K.; Hill, J.P.

          Self-Assembly as a Key Player for Materials Nanoarchitectonics.

          Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 2019, 20, 51–95.

[12]    Jackman, J.A.; Cho, N.-J.; Nishikawa, M.; Yoshikawa, G.; Mori, T.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.

          Materials Nanoarchitectonics for Mechanical Tools in Chemical/Biological Sensing.

          Chem. Asian J. 2018, 13, 3366–3377.

[11]    Ariga, K.; Mori, T.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Nanoarchitectonics from Molecular Units to Living-Creature-Like Motifs

Chem. Rec. 2018, 18, 676–695.

[10]    Shrestha, L.K.*; Ariga, K.

          Supramolecular Polymorphism, Differentiation and Transformation: Supramolecular Systems with Living-Creature-Like Shape-Shifts.

           材料表面, 2018, 3, 27–33.

[9]     Shrestha, L.K.*; Mori, T.; Ariga, K.

Dynamic Nanoarchitectonics: Supramolecular Polymorphism and Differentiation, Shape-Shifter and Hand-Operating Nanotechnology

          Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci. 2018, 35, 68–80.

[8]     Khan, A.H.; Ghosh, S.; Pradhan, B.; Dalui, A.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Acharya, S.*; Ariga, K.*

          Two-Dimensional (2D) Nanomaterials towards Electrochemical Nanoarchitectonics in Energy-Related Applications

          Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2017, 90, 627–648.

[7]     Ariga, K.*; Minami, K.; Shrestha, L.K.*

Nanoarchitectonics for Carbon-material-based Sensors.

Analyst 2016, 141, 2629–2638.

[6]     Nakanishi, W.*; Minami, K.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ji, Q.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.* Bioactive Nanocarbon Assemblies: Nanoarchitectonics and Applications.

Nano Today 2014, 9, 378–394.

[5]     Hill, J.P.*; Shrestha, L.K.; Ishihara, I.; Ji, Q.; Ariga, K. From Amphiphiles to Chromophores and Beyond.

Molecules 2014, 19, 8589–8609.

[4]     Shrestha, L.K.*; Shrestha, R. G.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K. Self-assembled Fullerene Nanostructures.

J. Oleo Sci. 2013, 62, 540–553.

[3]     Shrestha, L.K.*; Ji, Q. Mori, T.; Miyazawa, K.; Yamauchi, Y. Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.* Fullerene Nanoarchitectonics: from Zero to Higher Dimensions

Chem. Asian J. 2013, 8, 1662–1679.

[2]     Ramanathan, M.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Mori, T. Ji, Q.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.* Amphilphile Nanoarchitectonics: From Basic Physical Chemistry to Advanced Applications.

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013, 15, 10580–10611.

[1]      Rodríguez-Abreu, C.*; Shrestha, R. G.; Shrestha, L.K.; Harush, E.; Regev, O. Worm-like Soft Nanostructures in Nonionic Systems: Principles, Properties and Application as Templates

J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2013, 13, 4497–4520.

 

Original Papers (Referred)

 

 

[152]  Song, J.; Jia, X.; Minami, K.; Hill, J.P.; Nakanishi, J.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.

          Large-Area Aligned Fullerene Nanocrystal Scaffolds as Culture Substrates for Enhancing Mesenchymal Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Multipotency.

          ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020, 3, 6497–6506.

[151]  Shrestha, R.L.; Shrestha, T.; Tamrakar, B.M.; Shrestha, R.G.; Maji, S.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Nanoporous carbon materials derived from Washnut seed with enhanced supercapacitance.

          Materials 2020, 13, 2371.

[150]  Shrestha, L.K.* Shrestha, R.G.; Maji, S.; Pokharel, B.P.; Rajbhandari, R.; Shrestha, R.L.; Pradhananga, R.R.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.

          High Surface Area Nanoporous Graphitic Carbon Materials Derived from Lapsi Seed with Enhanced Supercapacitance.

          Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 728–742.

[149]  Lee, J.; Han S.A.; Qutaish, H.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.; Kim, J.H.

          Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-derived Nanoarchitectures for Lithium Metal Storage Medium.

          Gen. Chem. 2020, 6, 190011.

[148]  Hsieh, C.-T.; Hsu, S.-H.; Maji, S.; Chahal, M.; Song, J.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Post-Assembly Dimension-Dependent Face-Selective Etching of Fullerene Crystals.

          Mater. Horiz. 2020, 7, 787–795.

[147]  Bairi, P.; Kumar, G.S.; Acharya, S.; Maji, S.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Vortex-Aligned Ordered Film of Crystalline Fullerene C₇₀ Microtubes with Enhanced Photoluminescence and Photovoltaic Properties.

          J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2020, 20, 2971–2978.

 

 

[146]  Tang, Q.; Maji, S.; Jiang, B; Sun, J.; Zhao, W.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.; Fuchs, H.; Ji, Q.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Manipulating the Structural Transformation of Fullerene Microtubes to Fullerene Microhorns having Microscopic Recognition Properties.

          ACS Nano 2019, 13, 14005−14012.

[145]  Karthick, V.; Panda, S.; Kumar, V.G.; Kumar, D.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.; Vasanth, K.; Chinnathambi, S.: Dhas, T. S.; Suganya, K.S.U.

          Quercetin Loaded PLGA Microspheres Induce Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells.

          Appl. Surf. Sci. 2019, 487, 211–217.

[144]  Bairi, P.; Maji, S.; Hill, J.P.; Kim, J.H.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Mesoporous Carbon Cubes Derived from Fullerene Crystals as a High Rate Performance Electrode Material for Supercapacitors.

          J. Mater. Chem. A 2019, 7, 12654–12660.

[143]  Melo, A.F.A.A.; Hassan, A.; Macedo, L.J.A.; Osica, I.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ji, Q.; Jr. Oliveira, O. N.; Henzie, J.; Ariga, K.; Crespilho, F. N.

          Microwires of Au-Ag Nanocages Patterned via Magnetic Nanoadhesives for Investigating Proteins using Surface Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy.

          ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2019, 11, 18053–18061.

[142]  Shrestha, L.K.*Thapa, M.; Shrestha, R.G.; Maji, S.; Pradhananga R.R.; Ariga, K.;

Rice Husk-Derived High Surface Area Nanoporous Carbon Materials with Excellent Iodine and Methylene Blue Adsorption Properties.

          C, 2019, 5, 10.

[141]  Sengottaiyan, C.; Jayavel, R.; Shrestha, R.G.; Subramani, T.; Maji, S.; Kim, J. H.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          In₂O₃/CNT/RGO Ternary Nanocomposite with Enhanced Electrochemical Supercapacitance Performances.

          Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2019, 92, 521–528.

[140]  Luo, P.-W.; Han, H.-W.; Yang, C.-S.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.; Hsu, S.-H.

          Optogenetic Modulation and Reprogramming of Bacteriorhodopsin-Transfected Human Fibroblasts on Self-Assembled Fullerene C₆₀ Nanosheets.

          Adv. Biosyst. 2019, 3, 1800254.

[139]  Furuuchi, N.; Shrestha, R.G.; Yamashita, Y.; Hirao, T.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Self-Assembled Fullerene Crystals as an Excellent Aromatic Vapor Sensor.

          Sensors 2019, 19, 267-12p

[138]  Sengottaiyan, C.; Kalam, N.A.; Jayavel, R.; Shrestha, R.G.; Subramani, T.; Shankar, S.; Hill, J.P.; Shrestha, L.K.;* Ariga, K.

          BiVO₄/RGO Hybrid Nanostructure for High Performance Electrochemical Supercapacitor.

          J. Solid State Chem. 2019, 269, 409–418.

[137]  Khan, J.H.; Marpaung, F.; Young, C.; Lin, J. Islam, Md.T.; Alshehri, S.M.; Ahamad, T.; Alhokbany, N.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.; Yamauchi, Y.; Wu, K.C.-W.; Hossain, Md.S.A.; Kim, J.

          Jute-Derived Microporous/Mesoporous Carbon with Ultrahigh Surface Area Using a Chemical Activation Process.

          Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 2019, 274, 251–256.

 

 [136] Kalam N.A.; Sengottaiyan C.; Jayavel, R.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, R.G.; Subramani, T.; Sankar, S.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Vanadium Sulfide/Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite with Enhanced Supercapacitance Performance.

          J. Taiwan Inst. Chem. Eng. 2018, 92, 72-79.

[135]  Aramaki, K.; Ooishi, K.; Fujii, M. Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.

          Demonstration of Novel Charge-Free Reverse Wormlike Micelle System

          Langmuir 2018, 34, 8670–8677.

[134] Mori, T.; Tanaka, H.; Dalui, A.; Mitoma, N.; Suzuki, K.; Matsumoto, M.; Aggarwal, N.; Patnaik A.; Acharya, S.; Shrestha, L.K.; Sakamoto, H.; Itami, K.; Ariga, K.

          Carbon Nanosheets by Morphology-Retained Carbonization of Two-Dimensional Assembled Anisotropic Carbon Nanorings.

           Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2018, 57, 9679–9683.

[133]  Kumar G.S.; Shrestha, R.G.; Ji, Q.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.; Acharya, S.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Hierarchical Heterostructure of Ag-Nanoparticle Decorated Fullerene Nanorods (Ag-FNRs) as an Effective Single Particle Freestanding SERS Substrate.

          Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, 20, 18873–18878.

[132]  Khan, J.H.; Lin, J.; Young, C.; Matsagar, B.M.; Wu, K.C.-W.; Dhepe, P.L.; Islam, Md.T.; Rahman, Md. M.; Shrestha, L.K.; Alshehri, S.M; Ahamad, T.; Salunkhe, R.R.; Kumar, N.A.; Martin, D.J.; Yamauchi, Y.; Hossain, Md. S.A.

          High Surface Area Nanoporous Carbon Derived from High Quality Jute from Bangladesh.

          Mater. Chem. Phys. 2018, 216, 491–495.

[131]  Dysart, A.D.; Phuah, X.L.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.; Pol. V.G.

          Room and Elevated Temperature Lithium-ion Storage in Structurally Tailored Submicron Carbon Spheres with Mechanistic Elucidation.

          Carbon 2018, 134, 334–344.

[130] Pokharel, B.P.; Shrestha, L.K.;* Ariga, K.; Pandey, D.

          Demonstration of Reentrant Relaxor Ferroelectric Phase Transitions in Antiferroelectric-Based Pb_0.50Ba_0.50)ZrO₃ Ceramics.

          Energies 2018, 11, 850–10p.

[129] Bairi, P.; Tsuruoka, T.; Acharya, S.;  Ji, Q.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.; Yamauchi, Y.;  Shrestha, L.K.* 

          Mesoporous Fullerene C₇₀ Cubes with Highly Crystalline Frameworks and Unusual Enhancement Photoluminescence Properties.

           Mater. Horiz. 2018, 5, 285–290.

[128] Malik, S.; Ruddock, F. M.; Dowling, A. H.; Byrne, K.; Schmitt, W.; Khalakhan, I.; Nemoto, Y.; Guo, H.; Shrestha, L.K.; Airga, K.; Hill, J.P.

          Graphene Composites with Dental and Biomedical Applicability.

           Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 801–808.

[127]  Karanjit, S.; Kashihara, M.; Nakayama, A.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.; Namba K.

          Highly Active and Reusable Hydrotalcite-Supported Pd(0) Catalyst for Suzuki Coupling Reactions of Aryl Bromides and Chlorides.

          Tetrahedron, 2018, 74, 948–954.

[126]  Ahmed, M.M.M.; Imae,* T.; Hill, J.P.; Yamauchi, Y.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Defect-Free Exfoliation of Graphene at Ultra-High Temperature.

          Colloid and Surfaces A. 2018, 538, 127–132.

 

[125]  Tang, Q.; Bairi, P.; Shrestha, R.G.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.; Zeng, H.; Ji, Q.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Quasi 2D Mesoporous Carbon Microbelts Derived from Fullerene Crystals as an Electrode Material for the Electrochemical Supercapacitors.

          ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2017, 9, 44458–44465.

[124] Shrestha, L.K.*; Shrestha, R.G.; Joshi, S.; Rajbhandari, R.; Shrestha, N.; Adhikari, M.P.; Pradhananga, R.R.; Ariga, K.

          Nanoarchitectonics of Nanoporous Carbon Materials from Natural Resource for Supercapacitor Application.

          J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. 2017, 27, S48–S56.

[123]  Huang, C.-T.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.; Hsu, S.-H.

Graphene-Polyurethane Composite Hydrogel as a Potential Bioink for 3D Bioprinting and Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells.

           J. Mater. Chem. B 2017, 5, 8854–8864.

[122]  Tang, Q.; Zhang, S.; Liu, X.; Sumita, M.; Kong, H.; Ishihara, S.; Fuchs, H.; Ji, Q.; Shrestha, L.K.*, Ariga, K.

          Manipulation Fullerene Superstructures by Complexing with Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds.

          Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 29099–29105.

[121]  Huang, Y.-G.; Wu, S.-Q.; Deng, W.-H.; Xu, G.; Hu, F.-L.; Hill, J. P.; Wei, W.; Su, S.-Q.; Shrestha, L. K.; Sato, O.; Wu, M-Y.; Hong, M.-C.; Ariga, K.

         Selective CO₂ Capture and High Proton Conductivity of a Functional Star-of-David Catenane Metal-Organic Framework.

          Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 17703301.

[120]  Hsieh, F.Y.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.; Hsu, S.-H.

          Neural Differentiation on Aligned Fullerene C₆₀ Nanowhiskers.

          Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 11024–11027.

[119]  Bairi, P.; Minami, K.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Intentional Closing/Opening of “Hole-in-Cube” in Fullerene C₇₀ Crystals with Microscopic Recognition Properties.

          ACS Nano 2017, 11, 7790-7796.

[118]  Bastakoti, B.P.; Li, Y.; Guragain, S.; Bando, Y.; Fatehmulla, A.; Farooq, W.A.; Hossain, Md. S.A.; Islam, Md. T.; Shrestha, L.K.; Yamauchi, Y.

          Mesostructured Fullerene Crystals through Inverse Polymeric Micelle Assembly.

          Mater. Lett. 2017, 209, 272-275.

[117]  Sengottaiyan, C.; Jayavel, R.; Bairi, P.; Shrestha, R.G.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Cobalt Oxide/Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite with Enhanced Electrochemical Supercapacitance Performance.

          Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2017, 90, 955-962.

[116] Tang, J.; Wang, J.; Shrestha, L.K.; Hossain, Md. S.A.; Alothman, Z.A.; Yamauchi, Y.; Ariga, K.

          Activated Porous Carbon Spheres with Customized Mesopores through Assembly of Diblock Copolymers for Electrochemical Capacitor.

           ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2017, 9, 18986-18993.

[115]  Jin, S.; Li, C.; Shrestha, L.K.; Yamauchi, Y.; Ariga, K.; Hill, J.P.

          Simple Fabrication of Titanium Dioxide/N-doped Carbon Hybrid as Non-Precious Metal Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction.

          ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2017, 9, 18782-18789.

[114]  Pradhananga R.R.; Adhikari, L.; Shrestha, R.G.; Adhikari, M.P.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Adsorption of Wool Carpet Dyes on Agro-Product Derived Nanoporous Carbon Materials.

          C, 2017, 3, 12-11p.

[113]  Osica, I.; Imamura, G.; Shiba, K.; Ji, Q.; Shrestha, L.K.; Hill, J.P.; Kurzydłoski, K.J.; Yoshikawa, G.; Ariga, K.

          Highly Networked Capsular Silica-Porphyrin Hybrid Nanostructures as Efficient Materials for Acetone Vapor Sensing.

          ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2017, 9, 9945-9954.

[112]  Sengottaiyan, C.; Jayavel, R.; Shrestha, R.G.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Electrochemical Supercapacitance Properties of Reduced Graphene Oxide/Mn₂O₃:Co₃O₄ Nanocomposite.

          J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. 2017, 27, 576-585.

[111]  Aramaki, K.; Ichikawa, K.; Shrestha, L.K.

          Percolation Behavior of Nonionic Reverse Micellar Solution

          Chem. Lett. 2017, 46, 408-410.

[110]  Vinokurov, V.A.; Staviskaya, A.V.; Chudakov, Y.A.; Ivanov, E.V.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.; Darrat, Y.A.; Lvov, Y.M.

          Formation of Metal Clusters in Halloysite Clay Nanotubes.

          Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 2017, 18, 147-151.

[109]  Ji, Q.; Yamazaki, T.; Sun J.; Górecka, Z.; Huang, N.-C.; Hsu, S.-H.; Shrestha, L.K.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.

          Sponge-like Porous Silica Nanosheets: From “Soft” Molecular Trapping to DNA Delivery.

          ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2017, 9, 4509-4518.

[108]  Li, Y.; Tan, H.; Salunkhe, R.R.; Tang, J.; Shrestha, L.K.; Bastakoti, B.; Rong, H.; Takei, T.; Henzie, J.; Yamauchi, Y.; Ariga, K.

          Hollow Carbon Nanospheres Using an Asymmetric Triblock Copolymer Structure Directing Agent.

          Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 236-239.

[107]  Silva, R.R.; Mejia, H.A.G.; Ribeiro, S.J.L.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.; Oliveira Jr. O.N.; Camargo, V.R.; Maia, L.J.Q.; Araújo, C. B.

          Facile Synthesis of Tellurium Nanowires and Study of their Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties.

          J. Braz. Chem. Soc. 2017, 28, 58-67.

 

[106]  Shrestha, L.K.*; Shrestha, R.G.; Hill, J.P.; Tsuruoka, T.; Ji, Q.; Nishimura, T.; Ariga, K.

          Surfactant-triggered Nanoarchitectonics of Fullerene C₆₀ Crystals at Liquid-Liquid Interface.

          Langmuir 2016, 32, 12511-12519.

[105]  Magana, J.R.; Kolen’ko, Y.V.; Deepak, F.L.; Solans, C.; Shrestha, R.G.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.*, Rodriguez-Abreu, C.

          From Chromonic Self-Assembly to Hollow Carbon Nanofibers for Efficient Materials in Supercapacitor and Vapor Sensing Applications.

          ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2016, 8, 31231-31238.

[104]  Sahoo, P.; Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Hill, J. P.; Takei, T.; Ariga, K.

          Surface Oxidized Carbon Nanotubes Uniformly Coated with Nickel Ferrite Nanoparticles.

          J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. 2016, 26, 1301-1308.

[103] Bairi, P.; Minami, K.; Hill, J.P.; Nakanishi, W.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Liu, C.; Harano, K.; Nakamura, E.; Ariga, K.

          Supramolecular Differentiation for Construction of Anisotropic Fullerene Nanostructures by Time-Programmed Control of Interfacial Growth.

           ACS Nano 2016, 10, 8796-8802.

[102]  Kang, S.; Zhang, J. Sang, L.; Shrestha, L.K.; Zhang, Z.; Lu, P.; Li, F.; Li, M.; Ariga, K.

          Electrochemically Organized Isolated Fullerene-Rich Thin Films with Optical Limiting Properties.

          ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2016, 8, 24295-24299.

[101]  Bairi, P.; Shrestha, R.G.; Hill, J.P.; Nishimura, T.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.* 

          Mesoporous Graphitic Carbon Microtubes Derived from Fullerene C₇₀ Tubes as a High Performance Electrode Material for Advanced Supercapacitors.

           J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 13899-13906.

[100]  Shrestha, L.K.*; Adhikari, L.; Shrestha, R.G.; Adhikari, M.P.; Adhikari, R.; Hill, J.P.; Pradhananga, R. R.; Ariga, K.

          Nanoporous Carbon Materials with Enhanced Supercapacitance Performance and Non-Aromatic Chemical Sensing with C1/C2 Alcohol Discrimination.

          Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 2016, 17, 483-492.

[99]    Tang, Q.; Liu, J.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K. Ji, Q.

          Antibacterial Effect of Silver-Incorporated Flake-Shell Nanoparticle under Dual-Modality.

          ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2016, 8, 18922-18929.

[98]    Bairi, P.; Minami, K.; Nakanishi, W.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.*

          Hierarchically Structured Fullerene C₇₀ Cube for Sensing Volatile Aromatic Solvent Vapors.

           ACS Nano 2016, 10, 6631-6637.

[97]    Narayanan, B.; Deshmukh, S.A.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.; Pol, V.G.; Sankaranarayanan, S.K. R.S.

          Cavitation and Radicals Drive the Sonochemical Synthesis of Functional Polymer Spheres.

          Appl. Phys. Lett. 2016, 109, 041901-5.

[96]    Sen, C.P.; Devendar G. V.; Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.; Valiyaveettil, S.

          BODIPY Based Hyperbranched Conjugated Polymers for Detecting Organic Vapors.

          Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 4213-4225.

[95]    Pradhan, B.; Kumar G.S.; Dalui, A.; Khan, A.H.; Satpati, B.; Ji, Q.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.; Acharya, S.

          Shape-Controlled Cobalt Phosphide Nanoparticles as Volatile Organic Solvent Sensor

          J. Mater. Chem. C 2016, 4, 4967-4977.

[94]    Gacia, P.D.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Sanchez-Ballester, N.M.; Takei, T.; Hill, J.P.; Boczkowska, A.; Abe, H.; Ariga, K.

          Low-Temperature Catalytic Performance of Nanostructured CuO

          Nanosci. Nanotechnol. Lett.  2016, 3, 220-225.

[93]    Jin, S.; Hill, J.P.; Ji, Q.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Ariga, K.

          Supercapacitive Hybrid Materials from the Thermolysis of Porous Coordination Nanorods Based on a Catechol Porphyrin.

          J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 5737-5744.

 

[92]    Sen, C.P.; Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K.; Valiyaveettil, S.

          Low Bang-Gap BODIPY Conjugated Copolymers for Sensing Volatile Organic Compounds.

          Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 17344-17354.

[91]    Pradhananga, M.A.; Adhikari, R.; Shrestha, R.G.; Rajendran, R.; Adhikari, L.; Bairi, P.; Pradhananga, R.R.; Shrestha, L.K.* Ariga, K.

          Nanoporous Activated Carbons Derived from Agro-Waste Corncob for Enhanced Electrochemical and Sensing Performance.

          Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2015, 88, 1108-1115.

[90]    Krishnan, V.; Kasuya, Y.; Ji, Q.; Sathish, M.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Ishihara, S.; Minami, K.; Morita, H.; Yamazaki, T.; Hanagata, N.; Miyazawa, K.; Acharya, S.; Nakanishi, W.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.

          Vortex-Aligned Fullerene Nanowhiskers as a Scaffold for Orienting Cell Growth.

          ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2015, 7, 15667-15673.

[89]    Joshi, S.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Kamachi, Y.; Malgras, V.; Pradhananga, M.A.; Pokhrel, B.P.; Pradhananga, R.R.; Ariga, K.; Yamauchi, Y.

          Synthesis and Characterizations of Nanoporous Carbons Derived from Lapsi (Choerospondias axillaries) Seed: Effect of Carbonization Conditions.

          Adv. Powder Technol. 2015, 26, 894-900.

[88]    Gacia, P.D.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Bairi, P.; Sanchez-Ballester, N.M.; Hill, J.P.; Boczkowska, A.; Abe, H.; Ariga, K.

          Low-Temperature Synthesis of Copper oxide (CuO) Nanostructure with Temperature-Controlled Morphological Variaitons.

          Ceram. Int. 2015, 41, 9426-9432.

[87]    Shrestha, L.K.*; Strzelczyk, K.M.; Shrestha, R.G.; Ichikawa, K.; Aramaki, K.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.

Nonionic Amphiphile Nanoarchitectonics: Self-Assembly into Micelles and Lyotropic Liquid Crystals.

          Nanotechnology 2015, 26, 204002-11pp

[86]    Zhang, S.; Kawakami, K.; Shrestha, L.K.; Jayakumar, G. C.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.

          Totally Phospholipidic Mesoporous Particles.

          J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 7255-7263.

[85]    Sanchez-Ballester, N.M.; Gubbala, R.V.; Tanabe, T.; Koudelkova, E.; Liu, J.; Shrestha, L.K.; Lvov, Y. M.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.; Abe, H.

          Activated Interiors of Clay Nanotubes for Agglomeration-tolerant Automotive Exhaust Remediation.

          J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 6614-6619.

[84]    Rajendran, R.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Kumar, R.M.; Jayavel, R.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.

          Composite Nanoarchitectonics for Ternary Systems of Reduced Graphene Oxide/Carbon Nanotube/Nickel Oxide with Enhanced Electrochemical Capacitor Performance.

          J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. 2015, 25, 267-274.

[83]    Shrestha, L.K.*; Shrestha, R.G.; Yamauchi, Y.; Hill, J.P.; Nishimura, T.; Miyazawa, K.; Kawai, T.; Okada, S.; Wakabayashi, K.; Ariga, K.

Nanoporous Carbon Tubes from Fullerene Crystals as the p-Electron Carbon Source.

          Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 951-955.

[82]    Rajendran, R.; Sudhagar, P.; Devadoss, A.; Terashima, C.; Shrestha, L.K.; Nakata, K.; Jayavel, R.; Ariga, K.; Fujishima, A.

          Pt-free Solar Driven Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Fuel Generation using 1T MoS₂ Co-catalyst Assembled CdS QDs/TiO₂ Photoelectrode.

          Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 522-525.

[81]    Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Abe, M.; Ariga, K.

          Production of Self-Assembled Fullerene (C₆₀) Nanocrystals at Liquid-Liquid Interface.

        J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2015, 15, 2394-2399.

[80]    Joshi, S.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Kamachi, Y.; Yamauchi, Y.; Pradhananga, M.A.; Pokhrel, B.P.; Ariga, K.; Pradhananga, R.R.

          Sodium Hydroxide Activated Nanoporous Carbons Based on Lapsi Seed Stone.

          J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2015, 15, 1465-1472.

 

[79]    Rajendran, R.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Minami, K.; Subramanian, M.; Jayavel, R.; Ariga, K.

          Dimensionally Integrated Nanoarhitectonics for Novel Composite from 0D, 1D, and 2D Nanomaterials: RGO/CNT/CeO₂ Ternary Nanocomposite with Electrochemical Performance.

          J. Mater. Chem. A. 2014, 2, 18480-18487.

[78]    Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Khan, A.H.; Kumar, G.S.; Acharya, S.*; Ariga, K.

          Demonstration of Ultra-Rapid Interfacial Formation of 1D Fullerene Nanorods with Photovoltaic Properties.

          ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2014, 6, 15597-15603.

[77]    Pol, V.P.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ariga, K. 

          Tunable, Functional Carbon Spheres Derived from Rapid Synthesis of Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Resins.

          ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2014, 6, 10649-10655.

[76]    Sakakibara, K.; Chithra, P.; Das, B.; Mori, T.; Akada, M.; Labuta, J.; Tsuruoka, T.; Maji, S.; Furumi, S.; Shrestha, L.K.; Hill, J.P.; Acharya, S.; Ariga, K.; Ajayaghosh, A. 

          Aligned 1-D Nanorods of a p-Gelator Exhibit Molecular Orientation and Excitation Energy Transport Different from Entangled Fiber Networks.

          J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 14, 2245-2251.

[75]    Shrestha, L.K.*; Wi, J-S.; Williams, J.; Akada, M.; Ariga, K.

          Facile Fabrication of Silver Nanoclusters as Promising SERS Substrates.

          J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2014, 14, 2245-2251.

[74]    Shrestha, L.K.*; Shrestha, R.G.; Neus, U.; Rodríguez-Abreu, C.; Ariga, K.

          In-Situ Formation of Silver Nanoparticles Using Nonionic Surfactant Reverse Micelles as Nanoreactors.

          J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2014, 14, 2238-2244.

 

[73]    Shrestha, L.K.* Shrestha, R.G

Nonioinc Reverse Micelles near the Critical Point.

J. Oleo Sci. 2013, 62, 1073-1081.

[72]    Aramaki, K.; Tawa, K.; Shrestha, L.K.; Iwanaga, T.; Kamada, M.

Formation and Cleansing Performance of Bicontinuous Microemulsions in Water/Poly(oxyethylene) Alkyl Ether/Ester-Type Oil Systems

          J. Oleo Sci. 2013, 62, 803-808.

[71]  Shrestha, L.K.* Shrestha, R.G.; Aramaki, K.; Yoshikawa, G.; Ariga, K.

Demonstration of Solvent-Induced One-Dimensional Nonionic Reverse Micelle Growth.

          J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 2585-2590.

[70]    Hill, J.P.; Xie, Y.; Akada, M.; Wakayama, Y.; Shrestha, L.K.; Ji, Q.; Ariga, K.

          Controlling Porphyrin Nanoarchitectures at Solid Interfaces.

          Langmuir 2013, 29, 7291-7299.

[69]    Shrestha, L.K.*; Hill J. P.; Tsuruoka, T.; Miyazawa, K.; Ariga, K.

Surfactant-assisted Assembly of Fullerene (C₆₀) Nanorods and Nanotubes formed at Liquid-Liquid Interface.

Langmuir 2013, 29, 7195-7202.

[68]    Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.*

Structure of Nonionic Reverse Micelles in Octylbenzene

          J. Dispers. Sci. Technol. 2013, 34, 684-691.

 [67]   Rajbhandari, R.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Pokharel, B.P.; Pradhananga, R.R.

Development of Nanoporous Structure in Carbons by Chemical Activation with Zinc Chloride

          J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2013, 13, 2613-2623.

[66]  Sanchez-Ballester, N. M.; Shrestha, L.K.; Elsegood, M. R. J. Schmitt, W.; Ariga, K.; Anson, C. E.; Hill, J.P.; Powel, A.;

Ligand Displacement for Fixing Manganese: Relevance to Cellular Metal Ion Transport and Synthesis of Polymeric Coordination Complexes.

Dalton Trans.2013, 42, 2779-2785.

[65]   Shrestha, L.K.; Sathish, M.; Hill, J.P.; Miyazawa, K.; Tsuruoka, T.; Sanchez-Ballester, N.; Honma, I.; Ji, Q.; Ariga, K.

Alcohol-induced Rearrangement of Olmstead’s Crystalline Ag(I)-Fullerene Heteronanostructure yields ‘Bucky Cubes’.

J. Mater. Chem. C 2013, 1, 1174-1181.

[64]   Shrestha, L.K.*; Yamauchi, Y.; Hill, J.P.; Miyazawa, K.; Ariga, K.

Fullerene Crystals with Bimodal Pore Architectures Consisting of Macropores and Mesopores.

          J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 586-589.

 

[63]   Shrestha, L.K.*; Shrestha, R.G.; Aramaki, K.; Hill, J.P.; Ariga, K.

 Nonionic Reverse Micelle Formulation and their Microstructure Transformations in an Aromatic Solvent Ethylbenzene

          Colloids and Surfaces A, 2012, 414, 140-150.

[62]  Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Acharya, S.; Aramaki, K.; Ariga, K.

Water Induced Microstructure Transformation of Diglycerol Monolaurate Reverse Micelles in Ethylbenzene.

        J. Oleo Sci. 2012, 61, 575-584.

[61]  Rajbhandari, R.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Pradhananga, R.R.

Nanoporous Activated Carbon Derived from Lapsi (Chorespondias axillaries) Seed Stone for the Removal of Arsenic from Water.

J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2012, 12, 7002-7009.

[60]  Shrestha, L.K.*; Hill J. P.; Miyazawa, K.; Ariga, K.

Mixing antisolvents induced modulation in the morphology of crystalline C₆₀.

          J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2012, 12, 6380-6384.

 [59] Shrestha, L.K.* Shrestha, R.G.; Acharya, S.; Aramaki, K.; Hill, J. P.; Ariga, K. Structural Characterizations of Diglycerol Monomyristate Reverse Micelles in Aromatic Solvent Ethylbenzene.

J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2012, 12, 3716-3724 .

[58]    Shrestha, L.K.* Shrestha, R.G.; Aramaki, K.; Acharya, S.; Ariga, K.

Structure and Rheology of Charge-Free Reverse Micelles in Aromatic Liquid Phenyloctane.

J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2012, 12, 3701-3715.

[57]    Wi, S-J, Shrestha, L.K.; Nagao, T.

Topographically Controlled Growth of Silver Nanoclusters

Phys. Status Solidi-Rapid Res. Lett. 2012, 6, 202-204. (Front cover page).

 

[56]   Shrestha, L.K.*; Shrestha, R.G.; Abe, M.; Ariga, K.

Reverse micelle microstructural transformations induced by oil and water

Soft Matter 2011, 7, 10017-10024.

[55]   Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Ariga, K.; Abe, M.

Reverse Micelle Microstructural Transformations Induced by Surfactant Molecular Structure, Composition, and Temperature.

J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2011, 11, 7665-7675.

[54]   Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.*

Effect of Mixing Solvents on the Structure of Trehalose-Tri-isostearate Nonionic Surfactant Reverse Micelles.

J. Nepal Chem. Soc. 2011, 27, 26-33.

[53]    Shrestha, L.K.*; Shrestha, R.G.; Aramaki, K.; Ariga, K.

Structure of Diglycerol Monomyristate Reverse Micelles in Styrene: A Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) Study.

J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2011, 11, 6986-6994.

[52]   Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Aramaki, K.; Abe, M.

SAXS and Rheometry Studies of Diglycerol Monolaurate Reverse Micelles in Styrene.

J. Oleo Sci. 2011, 60, 393-401.

[51]   Shrestha, L.K.*; Shrestha, R.G.; Aramaki, K.

Growth Control of Nonionic Reverse Micelles by Surfactant and Solvent Molecular Architecture and Water Addition.  

J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2011, 11, 4863-4873.

[50]   Shrestha, L.K.*; Shrestha, R.G.; Aramaki, K.

Intrinsic Parameters for the Structure Control of Nonionic Reverse Micelles in Styrene: SAXS and Rheometry Studies.

Langmuir 2011, 27, 5862-5873.

[49]   Shrestha, L.K.*; Yamamoto, Y.; Arima, S.; Aramaki, K.

Charge-Free Reverse Wormlike Micelles in Nonaqueous Media.

Langmuir 2011, 27, 2340-2348.

[48]   Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.; Matsunaga, T.; Shibayama, M.; Aramaki, K.

 Lipophilic Tail Architecture and Molecular Structure of Neutralizing Agent for the Controlled Rheology of Viscoelastic Fluid in Amino-Acid Based Anionic Surfactant System.

Langmuir 2011, 27, 2229-2236.

[47]   Shrestha, L.K.*; Sato, T.; Shrestha, R.G.; Hill, J.; Ariga, K.; Aramaki, K.

Structure and Rheology of Reverse Micelles in Dipentaerythrityl Tri-(12-hydroxystearate)/Oil Systems.

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 4911-4918.

 

[46]  Shrestha, L.K.*; Sato, T.; Dulle, M.; Glatter, O.; Aramaki, K.

Effect of Lipophilic Tail Architecture and Solvent Engineering on the Structure of Trehalose-Based Nonionic Surfactant Reverse Micelles.

J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 12008-12017.

[45]   Shrestha, L.K.; Shrestha, R.G.; Oyama, K.; Matsuzawa, M.; Aramaki, K.

Structure of Diglycerol Polyisostearate Nonionic Surfactant Micelles in Nonpolar Oil n-hexadecane: A SAXS Study.

J. Oleo Sci. 2010, 59, 339-350.

[44]  Shrestha, L.K.; Dulle, M.; Glatter, O.; Aramaki, K.

Structure of Polyglycerol Oleic Acid Ester Nonionic Surfactant Reverse Micelles in Decane: Growth Control by Headgroup Size.

Langmuir 2010, 26, 7015-7024.

[43]   Rodriguez-Abereu, C.; Dominguez, M.S.; Sarac, B.; Rodac, M.B; Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.; Varade, D.; Ghosh, G.; Aswal, V. K.

Solution Behavior and Unexpected Transitions in Aqueous Mixtures of Low and High Molecular Weight Hydrophobic Amphiphiles.

Colloid and Polymer Sci. 2010, 288, 739-751.

[42]   Shrestha, L.K.; Sato, T.; Varade, D.; Aramaki, K.

Effect of Polyol on the Structure of Nonionic Surfactant Reverse Micelles in Glycerol Monoisostearate/Decane Systems.

Langmuir 2010, 26, 3115-3120.

[41]   Sharma, S.C.; Shrestha, L.K.; Sakai, K.; Sakai, H.; Abe, M.

Viscoelastic Solution of Long Polyoxyethylene Chain Phytosterol/Monoglyceride/Water Systems.

Colloid and Polymer Sci. 2010, 288, 405-414.

[40]   Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.; Solans, C.; Gonzalez, C.; Aramaki, K.

Nonaqueous Foam with Outstanding Stability in Diglycerol Monomyristate/Olive Oil System.

Colloid and Surfaces A. 2010, 353, 157-165.

 

[39]  Shrestha, L.K.*

Study of the Growth Control of Nonionic Surfactant Reverse Micelles by Water and Glycerol Using Small-Angle X-ray Scattering.

J. Nepal Chem. Soc. 2009, 24, 12-18.

[38]   Shrestha, L.K.; Shrestha, R.G.; Aramaki, K.

Self-Assembled Structures of Diglycerol Monolaurate-and Monomyristate in Olive Oil.

J. Dispers. Sci. Technol. 2009, 30, 1525-1532.

[37]   Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.; Aramaki, K.

Rheology of Wormlike Micelles in Aqueous Systems of a Mixed Amino Acid Based Anionic Surfactant and Cationnic Surfactant.

Colloid and Polymer Sci. 2009, 287, 1305-1315.

[36]   Shrestha, L.K.; Shrestha, R.G.; Oyama, K.; Matsuzawa, M.; Aramaki, K.

Structural Investigation of Diglycerol Polyisostearate Reverse Micelles in Organic Solvents.

J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 12669-12679.

[35]   Stubenrauch, C.; Shrestha, L.K.; Varade, D.; Johansson, I.; Olanya, G.; Aramaki, K.; Claesson, P.

Aqueous Foams Stabilized by n-Dodecyl-b-D-Maltoside, Hexaethyleneglycol Monododecyl Ether, and Their 1:1 Mixture.

Soft Matters 2009, 5, 3070-3080.

[34]   Shrestha, L.K.; Sato, T.; Aramaki, K.

Intrinsic Parameters for Structural Variation of Reverse Micelles in Nonionic Surfactant (Glycerol a-Monolaurate)/Oil Systems: A SAXS Study.

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2009, 11, 4251-4259.

[33]   Shrestha, L.K.; Glatter, O.; Aramaki, K.

Structure of Nonionic Surfactant Glycerol a-Monomyristate Micelles in Organic Solvents: A SAXS Study.

J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 6290-6298.

[32]   Shrestha, L.K.; Shrestha, R.G.; Varade, D.; Aramaki, K.

Tunable Parameters for the Structural Control of Reverse Micelles in Glycerol Monoisostearate/Oil Systems: A SAXS Study.

Langmuir 2009, 25, 4435-4442.

[31]   Shrestha, L.K.; Aramaki, K.

Structural Investigation of Diglycerol Monolaurate Reverse Micelles in Nonpolar Oils Cyclohexane and Octane.

J. Oleo Sci. 2009, 58, 235-242.

[30]   Sharma, S.C.; Shrestha, L.K.; Tsuchiya, K.; Sakai, K.; Sakai, H.; Abe, M.

Viscoelastic Wormlike Micelles of Long Polyoxyethylene Chain Phytosterol with Lipophilic Nonionic Surfactant in Aqueous System.

J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 3043-3050.

[29]   Sharma, S.C.; Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.; Aramaki, K.

Viscoelastic Wormlike Micelles in Mixed Nonionic Fluorocarbon Surfactants and Structural Transition Induced by Oils.

J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 1615-1622.

[28]   Shrestha, L.K.*

Structure of Nonionic Surfactant Diglycerol Monomyristate Micelles in Cyclohexane: A SAXS Study.

J. Nepal Chem. Soc. 2009, 23, 74-81.

[27]   Alam, M. Md.; Shrestha, L.K.; Aramaki, K.

Glycerol Effects on the Formation and Rheology of Cubic Phase and Related Gel-Emulsion.

J. Colloid and Interface Sci. 2009, 329, 366-371.

 

[26]   Sharma, S.C.; Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.; Aramaki, K.

Rheological Behavior of Viscoelastic Wormlike Micelles in Mixed Sodium Dodecyl Trioxyethylene Sulphate/Monolaurin Aqueous System.

Colloid and Polymer Sci. 2008, 286, 1613-1619.

[25]   Shrestha, L.K.; Shrestha, R.G.; Sharma, S.C.; Aramaki, K.

Stabilization of Nonaqueous Foam with Lamellar Liquid Crystal Particles in Diglycerol Monolaurate/Olive Oil System.

J. Colloid and Interface Sci. 2008, 328, 172-179.

[24]   Shrestha, R.G.; Shrestha, L.K.; Sharma, S.C.; Aramaki, K.

Phase Behavior and Microstructures of Nonionic Fluorocarbon Surfactant in Aqueous Systems.

J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 10520-10527.

[23]   Shrestha, L.K.; Matsumoto, Y.; Ihara, K.; Aramaki, K.

Dynamic Surface Tension and Surface Dilatational Elasticity Properties of Mixed Surfactant/Protein Systems.

J. Oleo Sci. 2008, 57 (9), 485-494.

[22]   Shrestha R. G.; Shrestha, L.K.; Aramaki, K.

Wormlike Micelles in Mixed Amino-Acid Based Anionic/Nonionic Surfactant Systems.

J. Colloid and Interface Sci. 2008, 322, 596-604.

 

[21]   Shrestha, L.K.; Sharma, S.C.; Sato, T.; Glatter, O.; Aramaki, K.

Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) Study on Nonionic Fluorinated Micelles in Aqueous System.

J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2007, 316, 815-824.

[20]   Shrestha, L.K.; Aramaki, K.

Phase Behavior of Diglycerol Monomyristate in Different Nonpolar Organic Solvent Systems.

J. Dispers. Sci. Technol. 2007, 28 1236-1241.

[19]   Sharma, S.C.; Rodríguez-Abreu, C.; Shrestha, L.K.; Aramaki, K.

Oil-induced Anomalous Thermoresponsive Viscoelasticity in Fluorinated Surfactant Systems.

J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111, 12146-12153.

[18]   Rodríguez-Abreu, C.; Shrestha, L.K.; Varade, D.; Aramaki, K.; Maestro, A.; López Quintela, M.A.; Solans, C.

Formation and Properties of Reverse Micellar Cubic Liquid Crystals and Derived Emulsions.

Langmuir 2007, 23, 11007-11014.

[17]   Sharma, S.C.; Rodríguez-Abreu, C.; Shrestha, L.K.; Aramaki, K.

Short Haired Wormlike Micelles in Mixed Nonionic Fluorocarbon surfactants.

J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2007, 314, 223-229.

[16]   Varade, D; Rodríguez-Abreu, C.; Shrestha, L.K.; Aramaki, K.

wormlike micelles in mixed surfactant systems: Effect of Cosolvents.

J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111, 10438-10447.

[15]   Shrestha, L.K.; Shrestha, R.G.; Iwanaga, T.; Aramaki, K.

Aqueous Phase Behavior of Diglycerol Fatty Acid Esters.

J. Dispers. Sci. Technol. 2007, 28, 883-891.

[14]   Dharmesh V.; Ushiyama, K.; Shrestha, L.K.; Aramaki, K.

Wormlike Micelles in Tween-80/CmEO₃ Mixed Nonionic Surfactant System in Aqueous Media.

J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2007, 312, 489-497.

 [13] Shrestha, L.K.; Shrestha R. G.; Solans, C.; Aramaki, K.

Effect of Added Water on the Foaming Properties of Diglycerol Fatty Acid Esters-Oil Systems.

Langmuir 2007, 23, 6918-6926.

[12]   Rodríguez-Aberu, C.; Shrestha, L.K.; López Quintela, M.A.

Unusual Formation of Small Aggregates by Mixing Giant Multilamellar Vesicles.

J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2007, 312, 108-113.

[11]   Sharma, S.C.; Shrestha, L.K.; Aramaki, K.

Foam Stability Study of Dilute Aqueous Nonionic Fluorinated Surfactant Systems.

J. Nepal Chem. Soc. 2007, 22, 47-54.

[10]   Shrestha, L.K.; Sato, T.; Aramaki, K.

Phase Behavior and Self-Organized Structure of Diglycerol Monolaurate in Different Nonpolar Organic Solvents.

Langmuir 2007, 23, 6606-6613.

[09]   Sharma, S.C.; Shrestha, L.K.; Aramaki, K.

Interfacial Properties of Aqueous Nonioinic Fluorocarbon Surfactant Solutions.

J. Dispers. Sci. Technol. 2007, 28, 577-581.

[08]   Shrestha R. G.; Shrestha, L.K.; Aramaki, K.

Formation of Wormlike Micelles in Mixed Amino-Acid Based Anionic Surfactant and Cationic Surfactant Systems.

J. Colloid and Interface Sci. 2007, 311, 276-284.

[07]   Shrestha, L.K.; Sato, T.; Aramaki, K.

Shape, Size, and Structural Control of Reverse Micelles in Diglycerol Monomyristate Nonionic Surfactant System.

J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111, 1664-1671.

[06]   Shrestha, L.K.; Saito, E.; Shrestha, R.G.; Kato, H.; Takase, Y.; Aramaki, K.

Foam Stabilized by Dispersed Surfactant Solid and Lamellar Liquid Crystal in Aqueous Systems of Diglycerol Fatty Acid Esters.

Colloids & Surfaces A 2007, 293, 262-271.

[05]   Kunieda, H.; Shrestha, L.K.*; Acharya, D.P.; Kato, H.; Takase, Y. Gutiérrez, J.M.

Superstable Nonaqueous Foams in Diglycerol Fatty Acid Esters-Nonpolar Oil Systems.

J. Dispers. Sci. Technol. 2007, 28,133-142.

 

[04]   Shrestha, L.K.; Aramaki, K.; Kato, H.; Takase, Y.; Kunieda, H.

Foaming Properties of Monoglycerol Fatty Acid Esters in Nonpolar Oil System.

Langmuir 2006, 22, 8337-8345.

[03]   Shrestha, L.K.; Acharya, D.P.; Sharma, S.C.; Aramaki, K.; Asaoka, H.; Ihara, H.; Tsunehiro, T.; Kunieda, H.

Aqueous Foam Stabilized by Dispersed Surfactant Solid and Lamellar Liquid Crystalline Phases.

J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2006, 301, 274-281.

[02]   Shrestha, L.K.; Sato, T.; Acharya, D.P.; Iwanaga, T.; Aramaki, K.; Kunieda, H.

 Phase Behavior of Monoglycerol Fatty Acid Esters in Nonpolar Oils: Reverse Rodlike Micelles at Elevated Temperatures.

J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 12266-12273.

[01]   Shrestha, L.K.*; Kaneko, M.; Sato, T.; Acharya, D.P. Iwanaga, T.; Kunieda, H.

Phase Behavior of Diglycerol Fatty Acid Esters-Nonpolar Oil Systems.

Langmuir 2006, 22, 1449-1454.

 

Proceedings (Referred)

 

[03]   Shrestha, L.K.*; Worsch, P.; Aramaki, K.

Structural Characterization of Nonionic Surfactant Reverse Micelles in Diglycerol Monolaurate/Squalene System.

Advanced Materials Research. 2010, 117, 87-92.

[02]   Pradhananga, R. R.; Nyachhyon, A.; Yadav, A.; Shrestha, L.K.; Tandukar, S.

Fabrication and Application of Silver Sulphide Based Ion Sensors.

Advanced Materials Research. 2010, 117, 7-14.

[01]   Pradhananga, R.R.; Shrestha, L.K.

Home Made Ion-Selective Electrodes for Education.

Trans. MRS. J. 2008 33 (2), 345-349.

 

Paper Presentations

Award Lecture: 3

Keynote Lecture: 6

Invited Lecture: ~40

Invited Seminar: ~20

Oral Presentation: ~60

Poster Presentation: ~40