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Alva's Institute of Engineering & Technology

A Unit of Alva's Education Foundation(R), Moodubidire

(Affilliated to VTU, Belgaum, Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Recognized by Govt. of Karnataka)

AIET Faculty

Dr. Richard Pinto

Electronics & Communication Engineering

Designation: Professor Emeritus, Head R & D
Qualification: Ph.D
Phone No: 08258- 262724 / 25
Email Id: rpinto1942@gmail.com
Teaching Experience: 17 Years
Industry Experience: 45 Years

Educational Details

UG
B.ScSt. Aloysius College, Mangalore1963
Doctorate
Ph.DTIFR/ Mumbai University 1972

Experience

  • 1Period (1964-2002)
    Research and Development
    Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - Research Associate to Senior Professor
  • 2Period (2002-2014)
    Electrical Engineering
    IIT Bombay - Professor/Distinguished Professor
  • 3Period (2014-2018)
    Electronics and Communication Engg.
    Sahyadri College of Engineering and Managament - Director-R&D
  • 4Period (2018-till date)
    Electronics and Communication Engg.
    Alva’s Institute of Engineering and Managament - Head R & D

1.CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS/SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
2.THIN FILMS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
3.VIBRATION SENSORS AND FUEL CELLS

1.ENGINEERING PROJECTS BASED LEARNING
2.EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN R & D

1. EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES AND INNOVATION
2. SETTING UP HIGH-END R&D LABORATORY
3. R&D IN ADVANCED THEMES LIKE SENSORS, FUEL CELLS ETC.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
In Journals

  1. Pinto and B.M. Shaha, “Voltage controlled negative resistance (VCNR) in reactively sputtered thin Nb2O5 films”, Japan J. Appl. Phys. 7 (1968) 1542.
  2. Pinto and B.M. Shaha, “Getter-bias sputtering of high purity metal films in a high current vacuum discharge in the 10-4 torr range” Japan J. Appl. Phys. 9 (1970) 174.
  3. Pinto, “Structural transformations in the chalcogenide systems Ge-As-Te and Ge-As-Se”, J.Non-Cryst. Solids 6 (1971) 187.
  4. Pinto, “Threshold and memory switching in thin films of the chalcogenide systems Ge-As-Te and Ge-As-Se”, Thin Solid Films 7 (1971) 391.
  5. Pinto and K.V. Ramanathan, “Electric field induced memory switching in thin films of the chalcogenide system Ge-As-Sc”, Appl. Phys.  Lett. 19 (1971) 221.
  6. Pinto, “Filamentary switching and memory action in thin anodic oxides”, Phys. Lett. 35A (1971) 155.
  7. Pinto “Ion implantation for semiconductor device processes”, Instruments and Electronics 2 (1982) 47.
  8. Pinto, “Solid state image sensors”, JIETE (1984).
  9. Pinto, R. Sachidananda Babu and S.C. Purandare, “Design and development of a 180 KeV ion implantation system”, CSIO Communications 11 (1984) 87.
  10. Pinto, R. Sachidananda Babu and P.K. Bhattacharya, “Annealing of Si damage caused by reactive ion etching in SF6 gas mixtures”, Appl. Phys.  Lett. 48 (1986) 1427.
  11. Pinto, K.V. Ramanathan and R.S. Babu, “Reactive ion etching in SF6 gas mixtures”, J. Electrochem Soc. 134 (1987) 165.
  12. M. Arora, R. Pinto and R. Sachidananda Babu, “Reactive ion etching induced damage in Si using SF6 gas mixtures”, J. Vac. Sci.  Tech.  B5 (1987) 876.
  13. Pinto, L.C. Gupta, R. Vijayaraghavan, A.G. Chourey and V.S. Shirodkar, “Cylindrical magnetron sputtering parameters for the growth of Y1Ba2Cu3O7-X thin films”, Physica C 171 (1990) 131.
  14. Pinto, S.P. Pai and L.C. Gupta, “Superconducting YBaCuO films by rf sputtering in axial magnetic field”, Bull. Mater.  Sci. 14 (1991) 451.
  15. Pinto, J.I. Poothra, S.P. Pai, L.C. Gupta, R. Vijayaraghavan, Dhananjay Kumar and M. Sharon, “Substrate bias effects during irlsitu growth of Y1Ba2Cu3O7-d thin films by RF magnetron sputtering”, Physica C 175 (1991) 310.
  16. Pinto, J.I. Poothra, S.C. Purandare, S.P. Pai, C.P. D’Souza, Dhananjay Kumar and M. Sharon, “Growth and microstructural study of RF magnetron sputtered MgO films on silicon”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol.  A9 (1991) 2670.
  17. Pinto, P.R. Apte, L.C. Gupta, R. Vijayaraghavan, K. Easwar and B.K. Sarkar, “Microstrip resonator using sputtered YBa2Cu3O7-d film on <100> MgO”, Supercond. Sci.  Technol. 4 (1991) 577.
  18. R. Apte, D.Kumar, R. Pinto, M. Sharon, L.C. Gupta and R. Vijayaraghavan “A new contact conductance measurement technique for metal-HTSC film contact”, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 2 (1992) 176.
  19. Pinto, S.P. Pai, C.P.D’Souza, L.C. Gupta, R. Vijayaraghavan, Dhananjay Kumar and M. Sharon, “Optimization of KrF laser ablation parameters for insitu growth of YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, Physica C 196 (1992) 264.
  20. Ravikumar, S.K. Malik, S.P. Pai, P.R. Apte, Pinto, R. Vijayaraghavan and Dhananjay Kumar, “Self-field-induced flux creep in YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, Phys. Rev.  B46 (1992) 5766.
  21. S. Tamhane, R. Nagarajan, R. Pinto, L.C. Gupta, R. Vijayaraghavan, V.Badri and U.V. Varadaraju, “Superconductivity in the system Lu1-xPrxBa2Cu3O7-d”, Mater. Lett. 14 (1992) 185.
  22. Pinto, S.P. Pai, A.S. Timhane, P.R. Apte, L.C. Gupta, R. Vijayaraghavan, K.I. Gnanasekar and H.V. Keer, “Superconductivity at 86K in LuBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, Phys.  Rev.  B46 (1992) 14242.
  23. Sundaresan, G.S. Gopinath, A.S. Tamhane, A.K. Rajarajan, M. Sharon, S. Subramanian, Pinto, L.C. Gupta and R. Vijayaraghavan, “X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic studies of the valence state of Tl in single-Tl-O-layered TlBa1-xSrxLaCuO5 (O<x<l)” Phys. Rev. B46 (1992) 6622.
  24. Pinto and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Superconducting Y1Ba2Cu3O7-d thin films by pulsed laser deposition for passive microwave devices”, Ind. J. Pure Appl.  Phys. 30 (1992) 692.
  25. Pinto, Ravikumar, Navdeep Goyal, P.R. Apte, S.P. Pai and S.K. Malik, “Non-linear response of YBa2Cu3O7-d thin film microstrip resonator at microwave frequencies”, Solid St. Commun. 84 (1992) 1107.
  26. Pinto, P.R. Apte, Navdeep Goyal, L.C. Gupta, R. Vijayaraghavan, K. Easwar and B.K. Sarkar, “Power and temperature dependence of Q-factor of a double sided thin film Ba2Cu3O7-d microstrip resonator”, Appl.  Supercond. 1 (1993) 1.
  27. Markandeyule, K.V. Gopalakrishnan, A.K. Rajarajan, L.C. Gupta, R. Vijayaraghavan, A.S. Tamhane, K.I. Gnanasekar, and R. Pinto, “NQR study of copper in Lu0.9Pr0.1Ba2Cu3O7-d ”, Phys. Rev. B 47 (1993) 1123.
  28. Pinto, Navdeep Goyal, S.P. Pai, P.R. Apte, L.C. Gupta, R. Vijayaraghavan, “Improved microwave performance of Ag-doped YBa2Cu3O7-d thin film microstrip resonators”, J. Appl. Phys. 73 (1993) 5105.
  29. Easwar, B.K. Sarkar, R. Pinto and P.R. Apte “High Q-factor low dielectric loss inverted microstrip YBa2Cu3O7-d resonator for accurate RS characterization”, Microwave Opt. Technol. Lett. 6 (1993) 281.
  30. Dhananjay Kumar, M. Sharon, Pinto, P.R. Apte, S.P. Pai, S.C. Purandare, L.C. Gupta and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Large critical currents and improved epitaxy of laser ablated Ag-doped YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, Appl.  Phys.  Lett. 62 (1993) 3522.
  31. Pinto, P.R. Apte, S.P. Pai and Dhananjay Kumar, “Role of Ag in laser ablated YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films: evidence for grain enlargement and alignment”, Physica C 207 (1993) 13.
  32. K. Sarkar, K. Easwar, R. Pinto and P.R. Apte, “Unique multi-parameter dependence considerations for passive HTSC microstrip devices”, IETE Tech. Rev. 10 (1993) 355.
  33. Ravikumar, S.K. Malik, Pinto, R. Vijayaraghavan and D. Kumar, “Flux creep in YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films induced by self-field of the transport current”, Appl.  Supercond. 1 (1993) 1061.
  34. Kumar, S.P. Pai, R. Pinto and D. Kumar, “Effect of thermal cycling on normal state thermal properties of YBa2Cu3O7-d films”, Physica C 215 (1993) 286.
  35. P. Pai, R. Pinto, P.R. Apte, C.P. D’Souza, A.G. Chourey and D. Kumar, “Oxygen incorporation during insitu growth of YBCO films on both sides of substrates”, Bull. Mater.  Sci. 16 (1993) 685.
  36. G. Chourey, V.S. Shirodkar, C.P. D’Souza, P.R. Apte and R. Pinto, “Superconducting transport properties of YBa2Cu3O7-d films grown by hollow cathode magnetron sputtering”, Mater. Lett. 17  (1993) 9.
  37. S. Datar, V.S. Shirodkar, S.P. Pai and R. Pinto, “Self field induced flux creep in laser ablated Zn doped YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films on MgO”, Chi. J. Phys. 31 (1993) 1025.
  38. Vijayaraghavan and R. Pinto, “Improved microwave passive devices with Ag-doped YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, Asia Pacific Tech. Monitor.  Sept-Oct. 1993, 21.
  39. I. Gnanasekar, A.S. Tamhane, R. Pinto, R. Nagarajan, M. Sharon, L.C. Gupta and R Vijayaraghavan, “Superconductivity and valence states of Ce, Pr and Tb in bulk  Lu1-xMxBa2Cu3O7-d (M = Ce, Pr and Tb) systems”, Physica C 219 (1994) 183.
  40. I. Gnanasekar, R. Pinto, A.S. Tamhane, S.P. Pai, L.C. Gupta, M. Sharon and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Superconductivity in thin films of the composition M0.5Ca0.5Ba2Cu3O7-d          (M = Lu, Tb, Th)”, Physica C 219 (1994) 402.
  41. Pinto, D. Kumar, S.P. Pai, A.G. Chourey and P.R. Apte,” Oxygen order, structure and superconductivity in YBa2Cu3O7-d films during insitu formation”, Supercond. Sci.  Technol.7 (1994) 95.
  42. Pinto, A.G. Chourey and P.R. Apte, “Effective surface resistance of LuBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 64 (1994) 2166.
  43. R. Apte, R. Pinto, A.G. Chourey and S.P. Pai, “Surface resistance, residual losses, and granularity in Ag-doped YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, J. Appl. Phys. 75 (1994) 4258.
  44. Koshy, J. Kurian, Y.P. Yadava, P.K. Sajith, A.D. Damodaran, S.P. Pai, D. Kumar, R. Pinto and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Growth of YBCO thin films (T¥= 90K) by pulsed laser ablation on polycrystalline GdBa2NbO6, a new perovskite ceramic substrate”, Physica C 225 (1994) 101.
  45. Kumar, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto, M. Sharon and L.C. Gupta, “Aging effects and passivation studies on undoped and Ag-doped YBa2Cu3O7-d laser ablated thin films”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 141 (1994) 1611.
  46. Kumar, M. Sharon, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto, S.P. Pai, S.C. Purandare, C.P. D’Souza, L.C. Gupta and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Silver doping and its influence on the oxygenation during insitu growth of YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, J. Appl. Phys. 76 (1994) 1349.
  47. Pinto, K.I. Gnanasekar, H.V. Keer, A.S. Tamhane, L.C. Gupta and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Microstructural and transport properties of laser ablated LuBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, Physica C 227 (1994) 120.
  48. S. Misra, B.D. Padalia, S.P. Pai, R. Pinto and S.B. Palmer, “Microstructure, flux pinning and critical current density in YBa2Cu3O7-d films grown by laser ablation”, Thin Solid Films 245 (1994) 186.
  49. Pinto, D. Kumar, S.P. Pai and P.R. Apte, “Ag-doping effects on microwave surface resistance of superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-d ”, Ind. J. Cryogen. 18 (1994) 35.
  50. Sundaresan, R. Nagarajan, L.C. Gupta, R. Vijayaraghavan, M. Sharon, A.S. Tamhane and Pinto, “Possible overdoping in TlSrLaCuO5 and superconductivity in TlBaLaCuO5 by isovalent cation substitution”, Phys. Rev.  B 49 (1994) 13123.
  51. I. Gnanasekar, P. Selvam, H.V. Keer, R. Pinto, S.C. Purandare, A.S. Tamhane, L.C. Gupta and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Superconductivity and valence state of Lu1-xTbxBa2Cu3O7-d ( 0 < x < 0.7)”, Appl.  Phys.  Lett. 65 (1994) 1296.
  52. Murugesan, R. Pinto, S.P. Pai, P.R. Apte, M. Sharon and L.C. Gupta, “Transport properties of Sb2O3 doped laser ablated YBa2Cu3O7-d”, Physica C 234 (1994) 339.
  53. Sundaresan, C.S. Gopinath, S. Subramanian, L.C. Gupta, M. Sharon, Pinto and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Superconductivity and Valence State of TlA2-xLaxCuO5 and T1A2Ca1-xGdxCu2O7 (A = Ba, Sr)”, Phys.  Rev. B50 (1994) 10238.
  54. S.R. Rao, R. Pinto, S.C. Purandare, P.R. Apte, L.C. Gupta, R. Vijayaraghavan, B.S. Datar and V.S. Shirodkar, “Growth and microstructural study of TmBa2Cu3O7-d thin films on LaAlO3”, Supercond. Sci.  Technol. 8 (1995) 108.
  55. Pinto, P.R. Apte, M.S. Hegde and Dhananjay Kumar, “Surface resistance and residual losses of Ag-doped YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films on sapphire”, J. Appl. Phys. 77 (1995) 4116.
  56. Kumar, P.R. Apte and R. Pinto, “Two dimensional growth model for laser ablated Ag-doped YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, J. Appl.  Phys. 77 (1995) 5802.
  57. K. Gupta, S.C. Sabharwal, R. Pinto and M.K. Gupta, “Effect of Lorentz force on dissipation in YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, Physica C 245 (1995) 386.
  58. I. Gnanasekar, R. Pinto, A.S. Tamhane, L.C. Gupta, S.P. Pai, P.R. Apte, M. Sharon and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Structural stability of LuBa2Cu3O7-d and superconductivity in thin films of Lu1-xMx Ba2Cu3O7-d  (M = Pr, Tb, Ce)”, Phys.  Rev.  B 52 (1995) 1362.
  59. Easwar, B.K. Sarkar, R. Pinto and P.R. Apte, “High Q, Ag-doped 123 resonator on unbuffered sapphire substrate”, Electron. Lett. 31 (1995) 374.
  60. Pinto, P.R. Apte, K.P. Adhi, S.B. Ogale, D. Kumar and M.S. Hegde, “Optical spectroscopy study of role of Ag in laser ablated YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, J.Appl.Phys.78 (1995) 5204.
  61. S. Misra, B. John, R. Pinto, L.S. Mombasawala and S.B. Palmer, “On the role of Ag in enhancement of Jc in YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, Physica C 248 (1995) 276.
  62. Murugesan, P. Selvam, M. Sharon, M.S.R. Rao, L.C. Gupta, R. Pinto, C.S. Gopinath and S. Subramanian, “Stabilization of Superconducting TbSr2Cu2.85Re0.15O7+d compound and the valence state of Terbium”, Appl.  Phys.  Lett. 67 (1995) 2711.
  63. Kumar, K.M. Satyalakshmi, M.S. Hegde, P.R. Apte and R. Pinto, “LaNiO3: A promising material for contact with YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, IEEE Trans.  Appl.  Supercond. 5 (1995) 3498.
  64. S.R. Rao, C.P. D’Souza, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto and L.C. Gupta, “Microstructural study of yttria stabilized zirconia buffered sapphire for YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, J. Appl.  Phys. 79 (1996) 940.
  65. I. Gnanasekar, M. Sharon, R. Pinto, S.P. Pai, M.S.R. Rao, P.R.Apte, A.S. Tamhane, S.C. Purandare, L.C. Gupta and R. Vijayaraghavan “Pulsed laser ablation: a new route to synthesize novel superconducting compounds as oriented films”, J. Appl. Phys. 79 (1996) 1082.
  66. Kumar, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto, S.P. Pai, S.C. Purandare and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Geometrical model and experimental evidence for the growth of Ag-doped YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, J. Supercond. 9 (1996) 1.
  67. Kumar, K.M. Satyalakshmi, M.S. Hegde, P.R. Apte and R. Pinto, “LaNiO3: a promising material for contact with YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, J. Supercond. 9 (1996) 17.
  68. Kumar, K.M. Satyalakshmi, S.S. Manoharan, M.S. Hegde, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto, S.P. Pai and S.C. Purandare, “Silver doping: a potential means to grow high quality YBa2Cu3O7-d  thin films  on bare sapphire”, J. Supercond. 9 (1996).
  69. Pinto, P.R. Apte, M.S.R. Rao, R. Chandra, C.P. D’Souza, S.P. Pai, L.C. Gupta, R. Vijayaraghavan, K.I. Gnanasekar and M. Sharon “Superconductivity and transport behaviour of laser ablated Au-added YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, Appl.  Phys.  Lett. 68 (1996) 1006.
  70. Pinto, D. Kaur, M.S.R. Rao, P.R. Apte, V.V. Srinivasu and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Microstructural dependence of penetration depth of Ag-doped YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films probed by atomic force microscopy”, Appl. Phys.  Lett. 68 (1996) 1720.
  71. R. Palkar, S.C. Purandare, S.P. Pai, S. Chattopadhyay, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto and M.S. Multani, “c-axis oriented ferroelectric thin films of PbTiO3 on silicon by pulsed laser ablation”, Appl. Phys. Lett.68 (1996)1582.
  72. I. Gnanasekar, M. Sharon, R. Pinto, A.S. Tamhane, S.C. Purandare, S.P. Pai, L.C. Gupta and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Superconductivity and possible overdoping in Lu1-xCaxBa2Cu3O7-d”, Z.Phys.B 99 (1996) 173.
  73. Rastogi, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto, M.S. Hegde and S.V. Bhat, “Effect of granularity on magnetic field dependent microwave response and surface degradation in thin films of YBa2Cu3O7-d”, Solid State Commun. 98 (1996) 77.
  74. Sharma, A.K. Nigam, R. Pinto, N. Venkataramani, Shiva Prasad, Girish Chandra and S.P. Pai, “Giant magnetoresistance effect in La0.8SrO.2MnO3 thin films”, J. Magn. Magn.  Mater. 154 (1996) 296.
  75. Murugesan, M.S.R. Rao, L.C. Gupta, R. Pinto, M. Sharon and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Strong rare earth (RE) size dependence of Tc in RESr2Cu2.85Re0.15Oz”, Phys. Rev.  B 53 (1996) 8604.
  76. Kurian, H.K. Varma, J. Koshy, S.P. Pai and R. Pinto, “Growth of YBa2Cu3O7-d -Ag thin film (Tc(0) = 89 K) by pulsed laser ablation on polycrystalline Ba2LaNbO6: A new perovskite ceramic substrate”, Appl. Phys.  Lett. 69 (1996) 2909.
  77. Murugesan, P. Selvam, M. Sharon, L.C. Gupta and R. Pinto, “Oxidation state and superconducting properties of Y1-xPrxSr2Cu2.85Re0.15O7+d”, J. Appl. Phys. 80 (1996) 6884.
  78. V. Srinivasu, R. Pinto and M.D. Sastry, “Magnetic shielding effects in Ag-doped and pure YBa2Cu3O7-x thin films probed by non-resonant microwave absorption”, Appl. Supercond. 4 (1996) 195.
  79. Kumar, R.D. Vispute, O. Aboelfotoh, S. Oktyabrsky, K. Jagannadham, J. Narayan, P.R. Apte and R. Pinto, “LaNiO3 and Cu3Ge Contacts to YBa2Cu3O7-x Films”, J. Electron.  Mater. 25 (1996) 1760.
  80. V. Srinivasu, P. Raychaudhuri, C.P. D’Souza, R. Pinto and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Microwave surface resistance in Lu1-xPrxBa2Cu3O7-d thin films’, Solid St. Commun. 102 (1997) 409.
  81. Sharma, A.K. Nigam, R. Pinto, N. Venkatramani, Shiva Prasad, Girish Chandra and S.P. Pai, “Giant magneto resistance studies in La0.8-xRxSr0.2MnO3 thin films (R = Pr, Nd, Gd, Ho)”, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 166 (1997) 65.
  82. R. Palkar, S.C. Purandare, N. Poonawala, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto and M.S. Multani, “Aqueous sol derived ferroelectric thin films of PbTiO3 directly on Si (100) substrate”, Mater. Res.  Bull. 32 (1997) 515.
  83. Murugesan, P. Selvam, M. Sharon, L.C. Gupta, R. Pinto, C.S. Gopinath and S. Subramanian, “The valence state of M-ions in the chemically stabilized YSr2Cu3-xMxO7+d (M = Mo, W and Re) superconductors”, Appl.  Phys.  A. 64 (1997) 177.
  84. L. Narasimhan, S.P. Pai, V.R. Palkar and R. Pinto, “High quality zinc oxide films by pulsed laser ablation”, Thin Solid Films 285 (1997) 104.
  85. Kumar, S. Oktyabrsky, R. Kalyanaraman, J. Narayan, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto, S.S. Manoharan, M.S. Hegde, S.B. Ogale and K.P. Adhi, “Role of silver doping in oxygen incorporation of oxide thin film”, Mat. Sci.  Engg.  B45 (1997) 55.
  86. Selvam, E.W. Seibt, D. Kumar, R. Pinto and P.R. Apte, “Enhanced JC and improved grain boundary properties in Ag-doped YBa2Cu3O7-d films”, Appl.  Phys.  Lett. 71 (1997) 137.
  87. Pinto, L.C.Gupta, R. Sharma, A. Sequiera and K.I. Gnanasekar, “Superconductivity in Lu1-xCaxBa2Cu3O6+d: holes generated by Ca”, Physica C, 289 (1997) 280.
  88. P. Pai, J. Jesudasan, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto, J. Kurian, P.K. Sajith, J. James and J. Koshy, “YBa2Cu3O7-d films with high critical current density on epitaxial films of Ba2LaNbO6, a new perovskite substrate for YBa2Cu3O7–d superconductor”, Europhys. Lett. 39 (1997) 669.
  89. Raychaudhuri, T.K. Nath, P. Sinha, C. Mitra, A.K. Nigam, S.K. Dhar and R. Pinto, “The effect of holmium doping on the magnetic and transport properties of La0.7-xHoxSr0.3MnO3 (0 £ x £ 0.4)”, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 9 (1997) 10919.
  90. P. Pai, J. Jasudasan, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto, J. Kurian, P.K. Sajith, J. James and J. Koshy, “Epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-d -Ag thin films (Jc = 6 X 106 A/cm2) on epitaxial films of Ba2LaNbO6, a new perovskite substrate, by pulsed laser ablation”, Physica C 290 (1997) 105.
  91. R. Palkar, S. Chattopadhyay, S.C. Purandare, S.G. Lokhre, R. Pinto, and M.S. Multani, “Oriented single phase PbZrO3 thin films on Si (100) substrate using aqueous sol with rapid thermal annealing”, Mater. Lett. 33 (1997) 1.
  92. Manmeet Kaur Marhas, K. Balakrishnan, P. Sarvanan, V. Ganesan, R. Srinivasan, D. Kanjilal, G.K. Mehta, M. Vedwyas, S.B. Ogale, S.P. Pai, M.S. Ramachandra Rao, Pinto, G. Mohan Rao, S. Senthil Nathan and S. Mohan, “Structural and transport properties of high energy ion irradiated YBCO”, Vacuum, December 1997.
  93. R. Palkar, S.C. Purandare, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto and M.S. Multani, “PbTiO3 thin films on Si (100) as potential varistor material”, Appl. Phys.  Lett. 71 (1997) 3637.
  94. V. Srinivasu, J. Jesudasan, Davinder Kaur, R. Pinto and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Thickness dependence of microwave surface resistance and critical current density in Ag- YBa2Cu3O7-x thin films”, Appl. Supercond. 6 (1998) 45.
  95. Ayyub, S. Chattopadhyay, R. Pinto and M.S. Multani, “Ferroelectric behaviour in thin films of antiferroelectric materials”, Phys. Rev.B Rapid.Commun. 57(1998) R5559.
  96. Chattopadhyay, P. Ayyub, V.R. Palkar, M. S. Multani, S.P. Pai, S.C. Purandare and          R. Pinto, “Dielectric properties of oriented thin films of PbZrO3 on Si produced by pulsed laser ablation”, J. Appl. Phys. 83 (1998) 7808.
  97. Chattopadhyay, P. Ayyub, M. S. Multani and R. Pinto, “Synthesis of oriented thin films of ferroelectric SbNbO4 on Si by Pulsed Laser Ablation”, J. Appl. Phys. 83 (1998) 3911.
  98. Chattopadhyay, P. Ayyub, R. Pinto and M.S. Multani, “Synthesis of thin films of polycrystalline ferroelectric BiNbO4 on Si by pusled laser ablation”, J. Mater. Res. 13 (1998) 1113.
  99. Raychaudhuri, C. Mitra, A. Paramekanti, R. Pinto, A.K. Nigam and S.K. Dhar, “The metal- insulator transition and ferromagnetism in the electron-doped layered manganites La2.3-x Yx Ca0.7Mn2O7 (x = 0, 0.3, 0.5)”, J. Phys. Condens. Matter10 (1998) L191.
  100. C. Purandare, V.R. Palkar, J. John, M.S. Multani and R. Pinto, “c-axis oriented ferroelectric thin films of Si-substituted PbTiO3 on Si (100) by pulsed laser deposition: boost for nonvolatile memory application”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 72 (1998) 1179.
  101. Raychaudhuri, T.K. Nath, A.K. Nigam and R. Pinto, “A phenomenological model for magnetoresistance in granular polycrystalline CMR materials: the role of spin polarised tunneling at the grain boundaries”, J. Appl. Phys. 84 (1998) 2048.
  102. Kurian, A.M. John, P.K. Sajith, J. Koshy, S.P. Pai and R. Pinto, “Growth of YBCO-Ag thin films (Tc (0) = 90 K) by pulsed laser ablation on polycrystalline Ba2EuNbO6: A new perovskite ceramic substrate for YBCO films,” Mater. Lett. 34 (1998) 208.
  103. V. Patanjali, V. Seshu Bai, R. Pinto, M.D. Sastry and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Temperature dependence of rf and microwave absorption in granular HTSC- determination of Josephson and grain penetration depths”, Sol. St. Commun. 106 (1998) 203.
  104. Davinder Kaur, Pinto and H.W. Weber, “Microwave penetration depth measurements of Ag-YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, Sol. St. Commun. 106 (1998) 231.
  105. Ravi Kumar, S.B. Samanta, S.K. Arora, A.K. Gupta, K. Kanjilal, Pinto and A.V. Narlikar, “Study of Columnar amorphization and structural symmetry changes produced by swift heavy ion irradiation in YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films by STM”, Solid St. Commun. 106 (1998) 805.
  106. P. Muthe, J.C. Vyas, Savita N. Narang, D.K. Aswal, S.K. Gupta, Debarati Bhattacharya, R. Pinto, G.P. Kothiyal and S.C. Sabharwal, “A study of the CuO phase formation during thin film deposition by molecular beam epitaxy”, Thin Solid Films 324 (1998) 37.
  107. Kumar, K.M. Satyalakshmi, M.S. Hegde, R.K. Singh, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto and Clinton B Lee, “Zero-bias conductance and energy gap measurements in LaNiO3-YBa2Cu3O7-x junctions”, Supercond. Sci.Technol. 11 (1998) 1.
  108. S. Ramachandra Rao, R. Pinto, S. Srinivas and A.K. Bhatnagar, “Growth of high quality YbBa2Cu3O7-d thin films by pulsed laser deposition”, Appl. Supercond. 6 (1998) 11.
  109. Sudhakar Reddy, P.V. Patanjali. R. Vijayaraghavan, E.V. Sampathkumaran and Pinto, “Search for superconductivity in Gd2-xCexSr2Cu2TiOy”, Solid St. Commun. 108 (1998) 63.

110.         A. Antony, N. Venkataramani, Shiva Prasad, S.N. Shringi, A.K. Nigam, R. Pinto, “Effect of low Fe doping in La0.8Sr0.2MnO3”, Journal of Applied Physics, 83, 11, (1998) 7169.

  1. Raychaudhuri, P. Taneja, A.K. Nigam, P. Ayyub, R. Pinto and A. Patade, “Spin polarised tunneling in granular polycrystalline colossal magnetoresistive manganites”, Physica B 259-261 (1999) 812.
  2. Raychaudhuri, A.K. Nigam, C. Mitra, S.K. Dhar and R. Pinto, “Magnetic and transport properties of the electron doped layered manganite La2.3-xYxCa0.7Mn2O7”, Physica B 259-261 (1999) 835.
  3. Mitra, P. Raychaudhuri, S.K. Dhar, A.K. Nigam, R. Pinto and S.M. Pattalwar, “Evolution of transport and magnetic properties with dysprosium dopinig in La0.7-xDyxSr0.3MnO3 (x = 0- 0.4)”, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 192 (1999) 130.
  4. K. Gupta, Shashwati Sen, J.C. Vyas, S.P. Pai, R. Pinto and V.C. Sahni, “Angular dependence of vortex glass transition in YBa2Cu3Ox thin films”, Physica C 324 (1999) 137.
  5. R. Palkar, S.C. Purandare and R. Pinto, “Ferroelectric thin films of PbTiO3 on silicon”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 32 (1999) R1.
  6. Raychaudhuri, K. Sheshadari, P. Taneja, S. Bandyopadhyay, P. Ayyub, A.K. Nigam, R. Pinto, S. Chaudhary and S.B. Roy, “Spin polarized    tunneling  in   the   half-metallic   ferromagnet La0.7-xHoxSr0.3MnO3 (x = 0, 0.15) : experiment and theory”, Phys. Rev. B 59 (1999) 13919.
  7. Raychaudhuri, A.K. Nigam, R. Pinto, P. Mandal and S. Das, “Transport and magnetic properties of colossal magnetoresistive La0.7Ce0.3MnO3 films on LaAlO3”, J. Appl. Phys. 86 (1999) 5718.
  8. C. Mishra, D. Behera, T. Mohanty, K. Patnaik, L. Senapti, O.G. Singh, D. Kanjilal, G.K. Mehta and R. Pinto, “140 MeV Si-ion irradiation induced Tc enhancement in YBCO thin films”, Mod. Phys. Lett. B 13 (1999) 79.
  9. Manmeet Kaur Marhas, K. Balakrishnan, P. Saravanan, V. Ganesan, R. Srinivasan, D. Kanjilal, G.K. Mehta, M. Vedwyas, S.B. Ogale, S.P. Pai, M.S. Ramachandra Rao, Pinto, G. Mohan Rao, S. Senthilnathan and S. Mohan, “Radiation induced modifications on microstructure and related properties of high temperature superconducor YBCO”, Nuc. Instru. Methods B 156 (1999) 21.
  10. C. Mishra, D. Behera, T. Mohanty, D. Mohanta, D. Kanjilal, G.K. Mehta and R. Pinto, “Granularity controlled irradiation response of cuprate superconductors”, Nuc. Instru. Methods B 156 (1999) 30.
  11. Sanghamitra Khatua, Ravi Kumar, P.K. Mishra, V.C. Sahni and Pinto, “Vortex dynamics of 250 MeV Ag ions irradiated YBCO films”, Nuc. Instru. Methods B 156 (1999) 44.
  12. Radhika Devi, V. Seshu Bai, P.V. Patanjali, R. Pinto, N. Harish Kumar, S.K. Malik and Ravi Kumar,”Effects of 250 MeV Ag17+ ion irradiation on superconductivity in DyBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, Nuc. Instru. Methods B 156 (1999) 54.
  13. K. Arora, Ravi Kumar, D. Kanjilal, G.K. Mehta, S. Khatua, R. Pinto, Vijay Kumar and A.K. Gupta, “1/f Noise properties of swift heavy ion irradiated epitaxial thin films of YBCO”, Bull. Mat. Sci. 22, (1999) 251.
  14. S. Bhagwat, A.R. Bhangale, J.M. Patil, V.S. Shirodkar, R. Pinto, P.R. Apte and S.P. Pai, “Growth of CaF2 Buffer on Si using low energy cluster beam deposition technique and study of its properties”, Brazil. J. Phys. 29 (1999) 388.
  15. Ravi Kumar, S.K. Arora, Pinto, A. Radhika Devi, V. Sheshubai, S.B. Samanta, A.V. Narlikar, G.L. Bhalla and Ujjual Divakar, “Role of swift heavy ion irradiation in flux dynamics of high temperature superconducting thin films”, IETE J. Res. 45 (1999) 203.
  16. Pinto, S.P. Pai, P.R. Apte and B.K. Sarkar, “Microwave Surface Resistance of Superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, IETE J. Res. 45 (1999) 229.
  17. K. Sarkar, P. Usha, R. Pinto and V.K. Misra, “High temperature superconducting thin film microwave filters”, IETE J. Res. 45 (1999) 265.
  18. R. Palkar, S.C. Purandare, P. Ayyub and R. Pinto, “Si induced size effects in ferroelectric PbTiO3”, J. Appl. Phys. 87 (2000) 462.
  19. R. Palkar, S.C. Purandare and R. Pinto, “Breakthrough in densification of ferroelectric PbTiO3 with Si as sintering aid”, Mater. Lett. 43 (2000) 329.
  20. Sanghamitra Khatua, P.K. Mishra, D.G. Kulkarni, Ravi Kumar, J. John, V.C. Sahni and Pinto, “Swift heavy ion irradiation and fish tail magnetization in NBCO films – the cause and effect”, Supercond. Sci. Technol. 13 (2000) 259.
  21. Raychaudhuri, S. Sarkar, P.K. Mal, A.R. Bhangale and R. Pinto, “Critical current of a superconductor measured via injection of spin-polarized carriers”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 12 (2000) 9933.
  22. S. Bhagwat, A.R. Bhangale, J.M. Patil, V.S. Shirodkar, R. Pinto, P.R. Apte and S.P. Pai, “Growth of YBCO superconducting films on CaF2 buffered Si”, Brazil. J. Phys. 30, (2000) 541.
  23. Sarkar, P. Raychaudhuri, A.K. Nigam and R. Pinto, “Transport and magnetoresistive properties of an imperfect ferromagnet-insulator-ferromagnet trilayer junction”, Solid St. Commun. 117 (2001) 609.
  24. Mitra, P. Raychaudhuri, J. John, S.K. Dhar, A.K. Nigam and R. Pinto, “Growth of epitaxial and polycrystalline thin films of the electron doped system La1-xCexMnO3 through pulsed laser deposition”, J. Appl. Phys. 89 (2001) 524.
  25. Gupta, R. Ranjit, C. Mitra, P. Raychaudhuri and R. Pinto, “Enhanced room-temperature magnetoresistance in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3-glass composites”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 78 (2001) 362.
  26. R. Bhangale, P. Raychaudhuri, S. Sarkar, T. Banerjee, S.S. Bhagwat, V.S. Shirodkar and R. Pinto, “Peak effect in a superconducting DyBa2Cu3O7-d film at microwave frequencies”, Phys. Rev. B. Rapid Commun. 63 (2001) 180502-1.
  27. Banerjee, S.C. Purandare, V.R. Palkar and R. Pinto, “Microstructural studies of aqueous sol derived ferroelectric PbTiO3 thin films”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 13 (2001) 501.
  28. Banerjee, S.C. Purandare, V.R. Palkar and R. Pinto, “Effect of silicon on the microstructure of pulsed laser ablated ferroelectric PbTiO3 thin films”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 34 (2001) 1037.
  29. V. Ramana, B.S. Naidu, O.H. Hussain and R. Pinto, “Low-temperature growth of vanadium pentoxide thin films produced by pulsed laser ablation”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 34 (2001) L1.
  30. Ayyub, R. Chandra, P. Taneja, A.K. Sharma and R. Pinto, “Synthesis of nanocrystalline material by sputtering and laser ablation at low temperatures”, Appl. Phys. A 73 (2001) 67.
  31. R. Bhangale, P. Raychaudhuri, T. Banerjee, R. Pinto and V.S. Shirodhkar, “Peak effect in laser ablated DyBa2Cu3O7-d films at microwave frequencies at subcritical currents”, J. Appl. Phys. 89 (2001) 7490.
  32. Sarkar, P. Raychaudhuri, P.K. Mal, A.R. Bhangale and R. Pinto, “Critical current in a spin injection device”, J. Appl. Phys. 89 (2001) 7502.
  33. E.P. de Araujo, F.L.A. Machado, A.R. Rodrigues, P. Raychaudhuri, A.K. Nigam and R. Pinto, “Anomalous magnetic behavior in holmium doped La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 film”, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 226-230 (2001) 840.
  34. Mitra, P. Raychaudhuri, S.K. Dhar, A.K. Nigam and R. Pinto, “Formation of epitaxial and polycrystalline films of the electron doped system La1-xCexMnO3 through pulsed laser deposition”, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 226-230 (2001) 809.
  35. Mitra, P. Raychaudhuri, G. Kobernik, K. Dorr, K.-H. Muller, L. Schultz and R. Pinto, “p-n diode with hole- and electron-doped lanthanum manganites”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79 (2001) 2408.
  36. Raj, H.C. Padhi, P. Raychaudhuri, A.K. Nigam, R. Pinto, M. Polasik, F. Pawlowski and D.K. Basa, “Valence electronic structure of Mn in undoped and doped lanthanum manganites from relative K x-ray intensity studies”, Nucl. Instr. Methods B. 174 (2001) 344.
  37. Sanghamitra Khatua, P.K. Mishra, Ravi Kumar, V.C. Sahni and Pinto, “Boson localization and Mott insulator phase in NBCO films”, J. Phys. D – Appl. Phys. 34 (2001) 3327.
  38. Misra, N.D. Kataria, R. Pinto, M. Tonouchi and G.P. Srivastava, “Sensitivity of Rs-measurement of HTS thin films by three prime resonant techniques : Cavity resonator, dielectric resonator and microstrip resonator”, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 11 (2001) 4128.
  39. Khatua, P.K. Mishra, Ravi Kumar, V.C. Sahni and R. Pinto, “Long columns and vortex mobility : a case study in NBCO films”, Supercond. Sci. Technol. 15, (2002) 324.
  40. V. Madhuri, K.S. Rao, B.S. Naidu, O.M. Hussain and R. Pinto, “Characterization of laser-ablated V2O5 thin films”, J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 13 (2002) 425.
  41. R. Palkar, J. John and R. Pinto, “Observation of saturated and dielectric anomaly in magnetoelectric BiFeO3 thin films”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80 (2002) 1628.

152.         E.S. Reddy, P.V. Patanjali, E.V. Sampathkumaran and R. Pinto, “Fabrication and superconducting properties of ternary REBa2Cu3Oy thin films”, Physica C 336 (2002) 123.

  1. M. Hussain, K. Srinivasa Rao, K.V. Madhuri, C.V. Ramana, B.S. Naidu, S.P. Pai, J. John and R. Pinto, “Growth and characteristics of reactive pulsed laser deposited molybdenium trioxide thin films”, Appl. Phys. A:  75 (2002) 417.
  2. Banerjee, D. Kanjilal and R. Pinto, “Evolution of peak effect with defect structure in 200 MeV Ag ion irradiated YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films at microwave frequencies”, Phys. Rev. B 65 (2002) 174521-1.
  3. R. Bhangale, T. Banerjee, P. Raychaudhuri, J. John, V.C. Bagwe, S.P. Pai and R. Pinto, “Peak-effect, a new phenomenon observed at microwave frequencies in high Tc superconductor thin films”, Physica C (in press).
  4. C. Kundaliya, A.A. Tulapurkar, R. Pinto, R. Kumar and R.G. Kulkarni, “A comparative study of magnetotransport and magnetization in epitaxial La0.6Nd0.2Ca0.2MnO3 unirradiated and heavy ion irradiated thin films”, Solid St. Commun. 122 (2002) 419.
  5. Mitra, G. Kobernik, K. Dorr, K.H. Muller, L. Schultz, P.Raichaudhuri, R. Pinto and E. Wieser, “Magento transport properties of a room temperature rectifying tunnel junction made of electron and hole doped manganites”, J. Appl. Phys. 91 (2002) 7715.
  6. Neeraj Khare, U.P. Moharil, A.K. Gupta, A.K. Raychaudhuri, S.P. Pai and Pinto, “Temperature dependence of magnetoresistance and nonlinear conductance of bicrystal grain-boundary in epitaxial La0.67Ba0.33MnO3 thin films”, Appl. Phys. Lett. (in press).
  7. C. Kundaliya, A.A. Tulapurkar, J. John, R. Pinto and R.G. Kulkarni, “Giant magnetoresistance in perovskite like La0.6Nd0.2Ca0.2MNO3 thin films”, Physica B-Condensed Matter, 312 (2002)745.
  8. C.Kundaliya, R. Vij, A.A. Tulapurkar, U. Vaidya, R. Pinto and R.G. Kulkarni, “Temperature hysteretic effect and its influence on colossal magnetoresistance of La0.33Nd0.33Ca0.33MNO3”, Pramana- J. Phys. 58 (2002) 1041.
  9. C. Kundaliya, A.A. Tulapurkar, J. John, R. Pinto and R.G. Kulkarni, “Enhanced Temperature-independent magnetoresistance below the metal-insulator transition temperature of epitaxial La0.2Nd0.4Ca0.4MNO3 thin films”, Pramana- J. Phys. 58 (2002) 1089.
  10. Khatua, D.C. Kundaliya, J.John, S. Rayaprol, D.G. Kuberkar, R.Pinto and S.K. Malik, “Interplay of lattice strain and spin-ploarisation in ferromagnet-Insulator-ferromagnet thin films: La0.7Ca0.3MnO3/LaAlO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3”, J. Appl. Phys. 93 (2003)8203.
  11. C. Kundaliya, A.A. Tulapurkar, R. Pinto, W.B. Yelon, R.G. Kulkarni and S.K. Malik, “Giant magnetoresistance properties of the La1-2x RxAxMnO3 (R = Nd, A = Ca) perovskites”, J.Appl. Phys. 93(2003)8086.
  12. C. Kundaliya, R. Vij, R.G. Kulkarni, A.A. Tulapurkar, R. Pinto, S.K. Malik and W.B. Yelon, “Structural, magnetic and magneto-transport properties of La0.67Ca0.33MN0.9Fe0.1O3 perovskite”, J. Magn. Mater. 264(2003)62.
  13. R. Malvani, S. Rayaprol, D.S. Rana, C.M. Thaker, D.G. Kuberkar, J. John, R. Pinto, S.V.S. Nageswara Rao, S.A. Khan, S.K. Srivastava, A. Dogra, Ravi Kumar and D.K. Avasthi, “Study of 200 MeV Ag ion irradiation effects on the Oxygen stoichiometry of La-2125-type superconducting thin films using ERDA”, Red Measure, 36(2003)733.
  14. K. Wanchoo, J. Jesudasan, V.C. Bagwe, A.D. Thakur, U.D. Vaishnav, S.P. Pai, A.M. Narsale and R. Pinto, “Synthesis of good quality LCMO/YBCO heterostructures by pulsed laser deposition”, Nucl. Instrum. Methods. Phys.Res.B212(2003)539.
  15. Banerjee, V.C. Bagwe, J. John, S.P. Pai and R. Pinto, “Vortex dynamics at subcritical currents at microwave frequencies in DyBa2Cu3O7-d thin films”, Phys. Rev. B. 69 (2004) 104533.
  16. Banerjee, V.C. Bagwe, J.John, S.P. Pai, K. Ganesh Kumara and R. Pinto, “Role of twins in peak effect phenomenon observed at microwave frequencies in high Tc superconductor thin films, Physica C 405 (2004) 14.
  17. Kaur, S.P. Pai, J. Jesudasan and R. Pinto, “Microstructure and temperature dependence of microwave penetration depth of Ag doped Y1Ba2Cu3O7-x thin films”, Physica C 405(2004)764.
  18. Banerjee, S.K. Wanchoo, S.P. Pai, M.Neumann-Spallart, A.M. Narsale and R. Pinto, “Self-injection length of polarized spins in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3-YBa2Cu3O7-δ fe ferromagnet-superconductor heterostructures”, Ind.J.Pure Appl. Phys.42(2004)764.
  19. Khatua, P.K. Mishra, R. Kumar, D.C. Kundaliya, D. Buddhikot, R. Pinto and S.K. Malik, “Columanr tilt and vortex stress in superconducting thin flims of NdBa2Cu3O7-d: Magnetization critical current-density measurements”, J. App. Phys. 96 (2004) 7403.
  20. M. Hussain, A.S. Swapnasmitha, J. John and R. Pinto, “Structure and morphology of laser-ablated WO3 thin films”, Appl. Phys. A 81, (2005) 1291
  21. Laxmi Sahu, Nitin Kale, Nilesh Kulkarni, Pinto, R.O. Dusane and B. Schroder, “Internal stress in Cat-CVD microcrystalline Si:H thin films”, Thin Solid Films, 501, 1-2, (2005) 117.
  22. Nitin Kale, Ashwani Mehta, Manoj Joshi, Soumyo Mukherji, Rakesh Lal, Pinto, P.R. Apte and V. Ramgopal Rao, “Affinity cantilevers and EIS based biosensors for Cardiac Diagnostics”, ISRAPS Bulletin, 18-24 (2007).
  23. Manoj Joshi, Pinto, V. Ramgopal Rao and Soumyo Mukherji, “Silanization and Antibody Immobilization on SU-8”, Applied Surface Science, 253, (2007) 3127.
  24. Neumann-Spallart, S.P. Pai and R. Pinto, “PLD growth of CuAlO2”, Thin Solid Films 515 (2007) 8641.
  25. R. Palkar, R. Anisha, R. Pinto, S. Bhattacharya, “Multiferroic properties of Dy modified BiFeO3 thin films in comparison with Tb modified BiFeO3 thin films”, Journal of Materials Research 22 (8), (2007) 2068.
  26. Nitin Kale, Sudip Nag, Pinto and V. Ramgopal Rao, “Fabrication and Characterization of a Polymeric Microcantilever with an Encapsulated Hotwire CVD Polysilicon Piezoresistor”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 18, No.1, February 2009.
  27. Prashanthi, S.P. Duttagupta, R. Pinto and V.R. Palkar, “Multiferroic Bi0.7DY0.3FeO3 films as high k dielectric material for advanced non-volatile memory devices”, Electronics Letters, 45, July 2009.
  28. Prashanthi, M. Mandal, S.P. Duttagupta, R. Pinto and V.R. Palkar, “A Novel Magnetoelectric Multiferroic MEMS Cantilevers on Si”, IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol X, No X, June 2010.
  29. Alok K. Jha, Neeraj Khare and R. Pinto, “Interface engineering using ferromagnetic nanoparticles for enhancing pinning in YBCO thin films”, Journal of Applied Physics, 110, 113920 (2011).
  30. Alok K. Jha, Neeraj Khare, R. Pinto, “Enhanced flux pinning in pulsed laser deposited YBa2Cu3O7–-:BaTiO3 nanocomposite thin films”, Solid State Communications, 151, 1447 (2011).
  31. Alok K. Jha, Neeraj Khare and R. Pinto, “Enhanced critical current density in YBa2Cu3O7– thin films deposited on La67Sr0.33MnO3 decorated SrTiO3 substrates”, Physica C: Superconductivity, 471, 1154 (2011).
  32. Rajagopal, S.N. Kale, N.A. Raorane, R. Pinto and V.R. Rao, “Fabrication of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3– Si heterojuctions using a CMOS-compatible citric acid etch process”, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 32, 402 (2011)
  33. Neumann-Spallart and R. Pinto, “Growth conditions of CuAlO2 films- Thermodynamic Considerations”, Thin Solid Films (2011).
  34. Alok K. Jha, Neeraj Khare, Pinto, “Comparison of flux pinning mechanism in laser ablated YBCO and YBCO: BaZrO3 nanocomposite thin films”, Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 25, 377 (2012).
  35. Mandal, Alpna Misra, S. P. Duttagupta, R. Pinto and V. R. Palkar, “Multiferroic properties of (Bi0.7Dy0.3FeO3)/Si and (Bi0.7Dy0.3FeO3)/ZnO nanorods”, Journal of Nanoscience Letters, April 2013.
  36. Ray, R. Nori, P. Bhatt, S. Lodha, Pinto, V. R. Rao, F. Jomard, and M. Neumann-Spallart, “Optimization of a plasma immersion ion implantation process for shallow junctions in silicon,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A Vacuum, Surfaces, Film., vol. 32, no. 6, p. 61302, 2014http://avs.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1116/1.4896756?journalCode=jva
  37. Ashok Ray, Rajashree Nori, Piyush Bhatt, Saurabh Lodha, Richard Pintoa), and Valipe Ramgopal Rao, Optimization of a plasma immersion ion implantation process for shallow junctions in silicon, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, Volume 32, Issue 6, 10.1116/1.4896756
  38. Bappalige, N. N., Rao, S. A., Jayarama, A., and Pinto, R. (2016) The Expanding Universe and the Enigma of Dark Energy,. Sahyadri International Jounral of Research Vol.1 Issue 1 page 24–25. http://sijr.in/articles/The-puzzle-of-neutrino.pdf
  39. Rashmi, K. R., Rai, S., Gatti, R. R., Jayarama, A., Bappalige, N., Joshi, N., Pinto and Duttagupta, S. P. (2015). Simulation and fabrication considerations of P ( VDF-TrFE ) cantilevers, Sahyadri International Jounral of Research Vol.1 Issue 1 page 8–10. http://sijr.in/articles/Simulation-and-fabrication-considerations-of%20P(VDF-TrFE)-cantilevers.pdf
  40. Swathi Rai, K. R. Rashmi, M. B. Savitha, Jayarama , R.Pinto , S.P. Duttagupta, (2015) ‘Simulation study of proton exchange membrane thickness on cell voltage in micro methanol fuel cells’ Sahyadri International Jounral of Research Vol.1 Issue 1 page 16–17. http://sijr.in/articles/Simulation-study-of-proto-%20exchange-membrane-thickness-on-cell-voltage-in-micro-methanol-fuel-cells.pdf
  41. Madhuri Patel, Cijy Mathai, Niraj Joshi, Ruchira Jadhav, Richard Pinto, ‘Synthesis of High Resistive BiFeO3 Thin Films for Ethanol Sensing Application Grown by PLD’ IOSR Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IOSR-JEEE) e-ISSN: 2278-1676,p-ISSN: 2320-3331, Volume 10, Issue 5 Ver. I (Sep – Oct. 2015), PP 45-47 http://iosrjournals.org/iosr-jeee/Papers/Vol10-issue5/Version-1/G010514547.pdf
  1. Mandal, Alpna Misra, S. P. Duttagupta, R. Pinto and V. R. Palkar, “Multiferroic properties of (Bi0.7Dy0.3FeO3)/Si and (Bi0.7Dy0.3FeO3)/ZnO nanorods”, Journal of Nanoscience Letters, April 2013.
  2. Rajagopal, S.N. Kale, N.A. Raorane, R. Pinto and V.R. Rao, “Fabrication of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3– Si heterojuctions using a CMOS-compatible citric acid etch process”, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 32, 402 (2011).
  3. Arjun Sunil Rao, K R Rashmi, D V Manjunatha1, A Jayarama and Richard Pinto, ‘Enhancement of power output in passive micro-direct methanol fuel cells with optimized methanol concentration and trapezoidal flow channels,’ J. Micromech. Microeng. 29 (2019) 075006 (9pp).
  4. Arjun Sunil Rao, K.R. Rashmi, D.V. Manjunatha, A. Jayarama, Shriganesh Prabhu and Richard Pinto, ‘Pore size tuning of Nafion membranes by UV irradiation for enhanced proton conductivity for fuel cell applications’, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Volume 44, Issue 42 (2019) Pages 23762-23774.
  5. Arjun Sunil Rao, V. Manjunatha, A. Jayarama, Venu Gopal Achanta, Siddhartha P Duttagupta and Richard Pinto Power enhancement of passive micro-direct methanol fuel cells with self-sulfonation of P(VDF-TrFE) copolymer during lamination on Nafion membrane, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Accepted)
  6. Mathai, Ravikumar Jain, V. G. Achanta, S.P.Duttagupta, D. Ghindani, N. R. Joshi, R. Pinto, And S. S. Prabhu Sensing at terahertz frequency domain using 2 sapphire whispering gallery mode resonator Optics Letters Vol. 43, Issue 21, pp. 5383-5386 (2018)
  7. Rashmi K R, Arjun Rao, Jayarama A, Richard Pinto “Low frequency piezoelectric P(VDF-TrFE) micro-cantilever with a novel MEMS process for vibration sensor and energy harvester applications” Smart Materials and Structures https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-665X/ab19d2/meta 2019
  8. Rashmi K R, Arjun Rao, Jayarama A, Richard Pinto “Piezoelectric P(VDF-TrFE) micro cantilevers and beams for low frequency vibration sensors and energy harvesters” Sensors and Actuators: A Physical https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2019.06.021 2019

In Proceedings

  1. Pinto, V.P. Bhargava, M.M. Vakil and M.G. Bidnurkar, “Thin film processes for hybrid integrated circuits”, Symposium on Electronics, Madras, 1971.
  2. Pinto, V.A. Browne and K.D. Perkins, “Charge coupled devices using shadow etch metal gate technology”, Seminar on Metallization Techniques for Integrated Circuits, Imperial College, London, 1976 ..
  3. Pinto, S.K. Roy and S. Chandrasekhar, “Design and development of a 120 KeV ion ‘implantation machine”, Workshop on Electron and Ion Beam Technology, CEERl, Pilani, 1979.
  4. Pinto, V.P. Bhargava, A.V. Joshi, S.K, Roy and RS. Babu, “Plasma etching of poly silicon, silicon nitride and silicon dioxide using CF4 and CCIzFz plasma”, Proc. Silver Jubilee Symposium on Electronics & Communications in the 80’s, lIT, Bombay, 1983.
  5. R Pinto, V.P. Bhargava, S.K. Roy and RS. Babu, “Design and development of a 180 KeV ion implantation system”, Proc. National Conference on Instrumentation, CSIO, Chandigarh, 1983.
  6. R Pinto and R Sachidananda Babu, “The effect of dilution of SF6 with Oz, Hz, Nz and Ar in reactive ion etching”, Proc. Symposium on VLSI Science and Technology, 165th Electrochemical Society Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1984.
  7. R Pinto, K,V. Ramanathan and R.S. Babu, “Magnetic reactive ion etching in SF6 gas mixtures”, International Conference on Microelectronics and Fiber Optics, CSIO, Chandigarh, 1985.
  8. Pinto, K.V. Ramanathan and S.P. Pai, “Technology development for silicon charge coupled imagers”, Proc. International Symposium on Opto-e1ectronic Imaging, Delhi, 1985.
  9. Pinto, K.V. Ramanathan and RS. Babu, “Magnetic confinement RIB in SF6 gas mixtures”, Proc. Third International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices, lIT, Madras, 1985.
  10. R Pinto, “Reactive ion etching for pattern transfer”, Proc. First National Symposium on Microlithography, CEERl, Pilani, 1986.
  11. Pinto, “High Tc superconducting films for on-chip interconnections”, 5th World Instrumentation and Industrial Electronics Symposium, Bombay, February 1988
  12. Pinto, “Sputtering and evaporation techniques for high-Tc superconducting films”, HTSC Discussion Meeting on Critical Currents and Development for Devices, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, December 1989.
  13. Pinto, “Growth and applications of superconducting YBCO thin films”, Proc. Winter School on Superconductivity, TIFR, Bombay, Dec. 24, 1989 to Jan. 6, 1990.
  14. Pinto, S.P. Pai and L.C. Gupta, “Superconducting YBCO films by RF sputtering in axial magnetic field, “Proc. Int. Conf. Supercond., Bangalore, January 1990.
  15. Pinto, A.G. Chourey, V.S. Shirodkar and P.R Apte, “Growth of YBCO superconducting thin films by hollow cathode magnetron sputtering”, Proc. Conf. ScL and Technoi. of Thin Film Supercond., Denver, USA, April-May 1990.
  16. Pinto, “Insitu growth of superconducting YBCO thin films”, Proc. National Seminar on High Tc Superconductivity, Aurangabad, February 1991.
  17. Dhananjay Kumar, P.R Apte, R Pinto and M. Sharon, “Silicon masks for precision patterning of high Tc superconducting films”, Proc. Seminar on Phys. and Technoi. Semiconductor Devices, CEERI, PHani, September 1992.
  18. K Easwar, B.K. Sarkar, R Pinto, P.R Apte and R Vijayaraghavan, “Microwave characterization of HTSC thin films”, Proc. Nat. Symp. on Antennas and Propagation, CUSAT, Cochin, December 1992.
  19. K Easwar, B.K Sarkar, R Pinto, P.R Apte and R Vijayaraghavan, “Passive C-band limiter using YBCO thin films on MgO substrate”, Proc. Nat. Symp. on Antennas and Propagation, CUSAT, Cochin, December 1992.
  20. M. Anklekar, R Pinto, Om Prakash and T.R. Ramamohan, “Development of YBa2Cu3~-x and BaCu02 sputtering targets”, Proc. 95th Meeting of Am. Ceram. Society, Cincinnati, USA, April 1993.
  21. Pinto, P.R Apte, S.P. Pai and D. Kumar, “Role of Ag in laser ablated YBa2Cu307_5 thin films: evidence for grain enlargement and alignment”, Proc. DAE Solid S10 Phys. Symp., BARC, Bombay, Dec. 1993.
  22. Srinivas, R. Pinto, S.P. Pai, D. Kumar, C.P. D’Souza, S.C. Purandare and A.K. Bhatnagar, “A study on the phase formation of YSZ thin films”, Proc. DAE Solid S10 Phys. Symp. BARC, Bombay, December 1993.
  23. R Pinto, P.R Apte, S.P. Pai, K Easwar, A.G. Chourey and B.K. Sarkar, “Effect of Ag-doping on microwave transmission in YBa2Cu307_5 thin films”, Proc. 4th Int. Symp. Recent Advances Microwave TechnoI., Delhi, December 1993.
  24. Easwar, A.G. Chourey, B.K. Sarkar, R Pinto, P.R Apte and R Vijayaraghavan, “Weak link dependent microwave power limiting action in YBCO films on MgO”, Proc. 4th Int. Symp. Recent Advances Microwave TechnoI., Delhi, December 1993.
  25. Srinivas, A.KBhatnagar, RPinto, S.P. Pai, P.R Apte, S.C.Purandare and C.P. D’Souza, “Effect of Nb20s and V 20S addition on the superconducting properties of YBa2CU30y thin films”, Proc. 4th IntI. Conf. Exhibit. World Congress Supercond., Florida, June 27-July 1, 1994.
  26. Srinivas, R. Pinto, S.P. Pai, C.P. D’Souza, P.R. Apte, D. Kumar, S.C. Purandare and A.K. Bhatnagar, “Growth and microstructural studies on yttria stabilised zirconia (YSZ) and strontium titanate buffer layers”, Proc. 4th IntI. Conf. Exhibit. and World Congress Supercond., Florida, June 27-July 1, 1994.
  27. Srinivas, A.K. Bhatnagar, R Pinto, S.P. Pai, P.R Apte, S.C. Purandare and C.P. D’Souza, “A study of the superconducting properties of YBa2Cu3-xNbxOy, thin films”, Proc. 4th IntI. Conf. Exhibit. World Congress Supercond., Florida, June 27-July 1, 1994.
  28. George, P. Mohanan, K. Vasudevan, KG. Nair, R Pinto, M.S.R. Rao and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Design and development of a high Tc superconducting low pass filter at microwave frequencies”, Proc. Nat. Symp. Antennas and Propagation, CUSAT, Cochin, November 1994.
  29. S.R Roo, RPinto, P.R Apte, P. Mohanan and K.G. Nair, “Fabrication ofYBa2Cu30H thin film low pass filter”, Proc. Nat. Symp. Antennas and Propagation, CUSAT, Cochin, November 1994.
  30. Murugesan, M.S.R Rao, L.C. Gupta, R. Pinto, M. Sharon and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Superconductivity in new materials RESr2Cu2.8SREo.lS~-5 (RE = Tb, Ho, Er, Dy and Tm)”, Proc. DAE Solid St. Phys. Symp. Jaipur University, Jaipur, December 1994.
  31. S.R Roo, S. Srinivas, S.P. Pai, R Pinto, L.C. Gupta and A.K. Bhatnagar, “Growth of YBa2CU307-l1 thin films by pulsed laser deposition”, Proc. DAE Solid St. Phys. Symp., Jaipur University, Jaipur, December 1994.
  32. Srinivas, c.P. D’Souza, M.S.R. Rao, R. Pinto and A.K. Bhatnagar, “Growth of insulating buffer layers on silicon and sapphire by magnetron sputtering,” Proc. Int. Conf. Vac. Sci. Technol., CAT, Indore, January 1995.
  33. S. Datar, C.P. D’Souza, S.P. Pai, M.S.R. Roo, R Pinto and V.s. Shirodkar, “Insitu growth of thin films of oxide superconductors by pulsed laser ablation”, Proc. Int. Conf. Vac. Sci, Technol., CAT, Indore, January 1995.
  34. R Apte, A.B. Patel, G. Agarwal, S.P. Pai, S.C. Purandare, R Pinto and RS. Phadke, “GOD films by pulsed laser ablation”, Proc. 8th Inti. Conf. Solid St. Sensors Actuators, Stockholm, Sweden, June 25-29, 1995.
  35. S.R Rao, P.R Apte, S.P. Pai, K.I. Gnanasekar and R Pinto, “Improved performance and stability of Au-doped YBa2Cu307-3 thin film for microwave devices”, Proc.SPIE Symp. on High Temp. Supercond. Applications, San Diego, USA, July 10, 1995.
  36. R Apte, R Pinto, D. Kumar and R Vijayaraghavan, “Microwave surface resistance of high Tc superconducting films”, Proc. SPIE Symp. on High Temp. Supercond. Applications, San Diego, USA, July 10, 1995.
  37. Sequiera, H. Rajagopal, M. Murugesan, M.S.R Rao, L.C. Gupta, R Pinto, M. Sharon and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Neutron diffraction study of superconducting RESr2Cu3_xMxOz. (M = Re, W)”, Proc. Int. Conf. SCES, Goa, September 1995.
  38. Murugesan, M.S.R Rao, L.C. Gupta, R. Pinto and M. Sharon, “Structure­Superconductivity correlation in RESr2CU2.8WO.20y compounds”, Proc. DAE Solid St. Phys. Symp., lACS, Jadavpur, Calcutta, Dec. 27-31 1995.
  39. Murugesan, K.I. Gnanasekar, M.S.R Roo, S.P. Pai, R.Pinto, L.C. Gupta and M. Sharon, “Superconductivity in laser ablated insitu grown LaBa2Cu30z, thin films”, Proc. DAE Solid St. Phys. Symp., lACS, Jadavpur, Calcutta, Dec. 27-31, 1995.
  40. C. Purandare, V.R Palkar, S. Chattopadhyay, S.P. Pai, PRo Apte, M.S. Multani and R Pinto, “AFM studies of epitaxial PbTi03 films by pulsed laser ablation” Proc. DAE Solid St. Phys. Symp., lACS, Jadavpur, Calcutta, Dec. 27-31,1995.
  41. K. Marhas, K. Balakrishnan, R Srinivasan, D. Kanjilal, G.K. Mehta, S.Senthil Nathan, G. Mohan Rao, S. Mohan, S.P. Pai, M.S.R Rao and R Pinto, “AFM studies on irradiated thin film samples ofYBCO prepared by different techniques”, Proc. DAE Solid St. Phys. Symp., lACS, Jadavpur, Calcutta, Dec. 27-31,1995.
  42. K. Marhas, K. Balakrishnan, R. Srinivasan, D. Kanjilal, G.K. Mehta, S.P. Pai, M.S.R Roo and R Pinto, “Studies on heavy ion irradiated films of YBCO prepared by laser ablation”, Proc. DAB Solid St. Phys. Symp., lACS, Jadavpur, Calcutta, Dec. 27-31, 1995.
  43. Rajagopal, A. Sequeira, M. Murugesan, M.S.R Roo, L.C. Gupta, R. Pinto, M. Sharon and R Vijayaraghavan, “Neutron structural studies of superconducting RESr2Cu2.8SReo.IS07_1I” Proc. DAE Solid St. Phys. Symp., lACS, Jadavpur, Culcutta Dec.27-31, 1995.
  44. K. Gupta, D.K. Aswal, D. Bhattacharya, RPinto, S.c. Sabharwal and M.K. Gupta, “Dissipation in YBa2Cu30x thin films under Lorentz force free configuration” , Proc. DAE Solid St. Phys. Symp., lACS, Jadavpur, Calcutta, Dec. 27-31, 1995.
  45. K. Aswal, S.K. Gupta, S.N. Narang, R Pinto, S.C. Sabbarwal and M.K. Gupta, “Measurement of anisotropy in transport critical current in single crystals and thin films of YBa2Cu30x”, Proc. DAE Solid St. Phys. Symp., lACS, Jadavpur, Calcutta, Dec. 27-31, 1995.
  46. Chattopadhyay, P. Ayyub, V.R. Palkar, S.C. Purandare, S.P. Pai, P.R Apte, R Pinto and M.S. Multani, “Epitaxial thin films of antiferroelectric PbZr0J by pulsed laser ablation”, Proc. DAE Sol. St. Phys. Symp., lACS, Jadhavpur, Calcutta, Dec. 27-31, 1995.
  47. R Palkar, S.C. Purandare, S.P. Pai, S. Chattopadhyay, P.R. Apte, R Pinto and M.S. Multani, “c-axis oriented ferroelectric thin films of PbTi0J on Silicon substrate by pulsed laser ablation”, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA, Dec. 1995.
  48. Pinto, K.I. Gnanasekar, S.P. Pai and P.R. Apte, “Microstructural and superconducting properties of laser ablated Au-doped YBa2Cu30?-1I thin films”, MRS Spring’96 Meeting, San Francisco, April 8-12,1996.
  49. Kaur, R Chandra and R Pinto, “Thickness dependence of microwave surface resistance of Ag-doped YBa2CU307-3 microstrip resonators”, MRS Spring’96 Meeting, San Francisco, April 8-12, 1996.
  50. Kaur and R. Pinto, “Penetration depth measurements of Ag-doped YBazCu307-o thin films”, MRS Spring’96 Meeting, San Francisco, April 8-12, 1996.
  51. Chattopadhyay, V.R. Palkar, P. Ayyub, S.C. Purandare, S.P. Pai, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto and M.S. Multani, “c-axis oriented thin films of PbZrOJ on Si substrate by pulsed laser ablation”, MRS Spring ’96 Meeting, San Francisco, April 8-12, 1996.
  52. R. Apte, V.V. Srinivasu and R. Pinto, “Penetration depth measurement near Tc in YBCO thin films: Role of classical fluctuations of order parameter”, Proc. Inti. Symp. ASMCCD ’96, TIFR, Mumbai, September 17-20,1996.
  53. Mohanty, B.N. Dash, N.C. Mishra, K. Patnaik, L. Senapati, O.G. Singh, D. Kanjilal, G.K. Mehta and R. Pinto, “140 MeV Si-ion Irradiation effect in YBCO thin films”, Proc. IntI. Symp. ASMCCD’96, TIFR, Mumbai, September 17-20,1996.
  54. P. Pai, P.R. Apte and R. Pinto, “A high Tc ‘R-C-NR’ notch filter”, Proc. Inti. Symp ASMCCD ’96, TIFR, Mumbai, September 17-20,1996.
  55. Saha .. S.P. Pai, A.K. Grover and R. Pinto “Anomalous dynamic resistance in YBCO thin films”, Proc. Inti. Symp. ASMCCD’96, TIFR, Mumbai, September 17-20,1996.
  56. V. Srinivasu, P. Raychaudhuri, C.P. D’Souza, R. Pinto and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Microwave surface resistance in LUl_xPrx BazCu307-o thin films”, Proc. IntI. Symp. ASMCCD ’96, TIFR, Mumbai, September 17-20,1996.
  57. Saha, S.P. Pai, A.K. Grover and R. Pinto “Frequency response of vortex system through measurements of dynamic resistivity”, Proc. Inti. Symp. ASMCCD’96, TIFR, Mumbai, September 17-20, 1996.
  58. R. Palkar, S.C. Purandare, J. John, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto and M.S. Multani, “c-axis oriented ferroelectric thin films of Silicon by laser ablation”, Ninth National Seminar on Ferroelectrics and Dielectrics, Delhi, Oct. 1996.
  59. Pinto, D. Kaur, R. Chandra, c.P. D’Souza and V.V. Srinivasu, “Thickness and microstructural dependence of microwave surface resistance in Ag-doped YBazCu307-o thin films”, APMC ’96, University of Delhi, New Delhi, Dec. 17-20,1996.
  60. Kaur, S.P. Pai, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Microwave penetration depth measurements of YBazCu307-o thin films using microstrip resonator technique”, APMC ’96, University of Delhi, New Delhi, Dec. 17-20,1996.
  61. V. Srinivasu, J. John, R. Pinto and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Thickness and microstructural dependence of superconducting and normal state parameters of Ag- YBazCu307_1I thin films”, Symp. Current Topics Phys. Mater., University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, March 24-26, 1997.
  62. Raychaudhuri, C. Mitra, R. Pinto and A.K. Nigam, “Pinned ferrimagnetic behaviour and transport magnetism correlation in the compound Pro.sSrO.SMn03” Symp. Current Topics Phys. Mater., University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, March 24-26, 1997.
  63. Raychaudhuri, C. Mitra, A.K. Nigam and R. Pinto, “Metal-insulator transition and ferromagnetism in the electron doped manganite LaZYO.3Cao.7Mnz07”, Symp. Current Topics Phys. Mater., University of Hyderahad, Hyderahad, March 24-26, 1997.
  64. R. Palkar, S. Chattopadhyay, S.C. Purandare, S.G. Lokhre, R. Pinto and M.S. Multani, “Oriented single phase PbZrOJ thin films on Si(lOO) substrate using aqueous sol route with rapid thermal annealing”, Int. Meet. Ferroelectricity (IMF-9), Korea, Aug. 1997.
  65. R. Palkar, S.C. Purandare, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto and M.S. Multani, “PbTi03 thin films on Si(lOO) as potential varistor material”, Int. Meet. Ferroelectricity (IMF-9), Korea, Aug. 1997.
  66. C. Purandare, S.P. Pai, P.R. Apte and R. Pinto, “Application of SEM to microstructural studies of superconducting thin films and buffer layers,” 21 st Nat. Conf. Electron Microscope Society ofIndia, RRL, Trivandrum, December 17-19, 1997.
  67. G. Lokhre, S.C. Purandare, P.R. Apte, R. Pinto and B.M. Arora, “Fabrication of submicron critical dimension masks using scanning electron microscope with electron beam lithography attachment,” 21 st Nat. Conf. Electron Microscope Society of India, RRL, Trivandrum, December 17-19, 1997.
  68. Mitra, P. Raychaudhuri, S. K. Dhar, A. K. Nigam, R. Pinto and S. M. Pattalwar, “Transport and magnetic properties in Lao.7.xDyxSrO.3Mn03 (x = 0 to 0.4)”, DAE Solid St. Phys. Symp., CUSA T, Cochin, December 27-31, 1997.
  69. K. Nath, P. Raychaudhuri, A. K. Nigam and R. Pinto, “Preparation and properties of perovskite L80.6sHoo.osSro.3Mn0J ferromagnetic thin films using pulsed laser deposition technique”, DAE Solid St. Phys. Symp., CUSAT, Cochin, December 27-31, 1997.
  70. Raychaudhuri, T. K. Nath, P. Sinha, C. Mitra, A. K. Nigam, R. Pinto and S. K. Dhar, “Effect of Holmium doping on the magnetic and transport properties of L80.7-x HoxSro.3MnO/’, DAE Solid St. Phys. Syrnp., CUSAT, Cochin, December 27-31, 1997.
  71. Davinder Kaur and Pinto, “Microstructure and temperature dependence of microwave penetration depth of Ag-YBa2Cu307_B thin films”, MRS Spring ’98 Meeting, San Francisco, April 13-17, 1998.
  72. Radhika Devi, V. Seshu Bai, P.V. Patanjali, R. Pinto, N. Harish Kumar, S.K. Malik and Ravi Kumar, “Effects of 250 MeV Ag17+ ion irradiation on superconductivity in DyBa2Cu30H thin films”, Int. Conf. on Swift Heavy Ion in Materials Engg. and Characterization (SHIMEC 1998), NSC, New Delhi, October 1998.
  73. Pinto, “Ferroelectric thin films on crystalline silicon”, Nat. Seminar on Recent Trends in Sol. St. Sciences, S.V. University, Tirupati, November 23-24, 1998.
  74. Pinto, S.P. Pai, P.R Apte and B.K. Sarkar, “Microwave surface resistance of superconducting YBa2CU307-B thin films”, Conf. on Advances in Superconductivity and its Applications in Microwaves (ASAM ’98), University of Delhi, December 14-16, 1998.
  75. K. Sarkar, R. Pinto, P. Usha and V.K. Misra, “High temperature superconducting thin film microwave filters”, Conf. on Advances in Superconductivity and its Applications in Microwaves (ASAM ’98), University of Delhi, December 14-16, 1998.
  76. Ravi Kumar, S.K. Arora, R Pinto, A. Radhika Devi, V. Seshu Bai, S.B. Samanta, G.!. Bhalla, Ujjual Divakar and A.V. Narlikar, “Role of Swift heavy ion irradiation in flux dynamics of high temperature superconducting thin films”, Conf. on Advances in Superconductivity and its Applications in Microwaves (ASAM ’98), University of Delhi, December 14-16, 1998.
  77. Sen, S.K. Gupta, J.C. Vyas, R Pinto and V.C. Salmi, “Angular dependence of vortex glass transition in YBa2Cu30x thin films”, DAE Solid St. Phys. Syrnp., Kurukshetra University, December 1998.
  78. R Palkar, S.C. Purandare, S.S. Prabhu and R Pinto, “Effect of Si doping in ferroelectric PbTi03“, DAE Solid St. Phys. Symp., Kurukshetra University, Dec. 1998.
  79. C. Purandare, V.R. Palkar, P.R. Apte and R. Pinto, “Undoped and silicon doped PbTi03 thin films on silicon”, Tenth National Seminar on Ferroelectrics and Dielectrics, Madras, Dec. 16-18, 1998.
  80. R Pinto, “Recent results on collossal magneto resistance manganites”, BRNS Symp. Electro & Magneto Ceramics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, February 18-20, 1999.
  81. R Palkar, S.C. Purandare and R Pinto, “Breakthrough in densification of ferroelectric PbTi03 with silicon as sintering aid”, DAE Solid St. Phys. Syrnp., Madras, Dec. 1999.
  82. S. Bhagwat, A.R Bhangale, J.M. PatH, S.P. Pai, R. Pinto, R Vijayaraghavan and V.S. Shirodkar, “In-plane paraconductivity in Ag-doped YBCO thin films”, 11th Nat. Seminar Ferroelectrics & Dielectrics, Univ. Jammu, Jammu, Nov. 1-3,2000.
  83. R. Bhangale, S.s. Bhagwat, J.M. Patil, R. Pinto, P. Raychaudhuri, S.P. Pai and V.S. Shirodkar, “Substitutional effect of Ph-V and Pb-Sb on BSCCO 1l0K phase”, 11th Nat. Seminar Ferroelectrics & Dielectrics, Univ. Jammu, Jammu, Nov. 1-3,2000.
  84. S. Bhagwat, A.R Bhangale, T. Banerjee and R Pinto, “Excess conductivity in superconducting films ofDyBa2Cu3~-B”, DAE Solid St. Phys. Symp., Bilaspur, Dec. 2000.
  85. Banerjee, J.P. Singh, D. Kanjilal and R. Pinto, “Insitu UHV STMISTS studies of YBa2CU307-B superconducting thin films irradiated with 200 MeV Si”, DAE Solid St. Phys. Syrnp., Bilaspur, Dec. 2000.
  86. R. Bhangale, T. Banerjee, S.S. Bhagwat, P. Raychaudhuri, R. Pinto and V.S. Shirodkar, “Peak effect in superconducting DyB~CU307_y and YBa2Cu307.y films in subcritical currents at microwave frequencies”, DAE Solid St. Phys. Symp., Bilaspur, Dec. 2000.
  87. K. Aswal, A. Singh, S. Sen, S.C. Purandare, R Pinto and S.K. Gupta, “Fluctuation conductivity in Melt-textured YBa2Cu30x”, DAE Solid St. Phys. Symp., Bilaspur, Dec. 2000.
  88. M. Hussain, K Srinivasa Rao, K.V. Madhuri, B. Srinivasulu Naidu, S.P. Pai, J. John and R. Pinto, “The structure and surface morphology of pulsed laser deposited molybdenum trioxide thin films”, Int. conf. Advances Mater., Meerut Univ., Dec. 27-30,2000.
  89. Mitra, P. Raychaudhuri, S. Gupta, R. Ranjit and R. Pinto, “Enhanced room temperature magnetoresistance in CMR-glass composites”, 8th Joint MMM-Intermag Conf., San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 7-11, 2001.
  90. R. Bhangale, P. Raychaudhuri, T. Banerjee, R. Pinto and V.S. Shirodhkar, “Peak effect in laser ablated DyBa2CU307-l\ films at subcritical currents at microwave frequencies”, 8th Joint MMM-Intermag Conf., San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 7-11,2001.
  91. Sarkar, P. Raychaudhuri, P. Mal and R. Pinto, “Critical current of a superconductor measured via injection of spin polarized carriers”, 8th Joint MMM-Intermag Conf., San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 7-11, 2001.
  92. Banerjee, A.R. Bhangale, D. Kanjilal, S.P. Pai and R. Pinto, “Peak effect at microwave frequencies in swift heavy ion irradiated YBCO thin films”, IntI. Symp. ASMM2D-2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28, 2001.
  93. P. Pai, S.K Wanchoo, S.C. Purandare, T. Banerjee, P.R. Apte and R. Pinto, “Spin injection devices: role of self-injection”, IntI. Symp. ASMM2D-2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28, 2001.
  94. Khare, A.K. Gupta, u.P. Moharil, A.K. Raychaudhuri, S.P. Pai and R. Pinto, “Study of magnetoresistance and conductance ofbicrystal grain boundary in Lao.67B80.33Mn03 thin film”, IntI. Symp. ASMM2D-2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28, 2001.
  95. D. Kataria, M. Misra and R. Pinto, “Sensitivity of surface resistance measurement of HTS thin films by cavity resonator, dielectric resonator and microstrip line resonator”, IntI. Symp. ASMM2D-2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28,2001.
  96. R. Palkar and R. Pinto, “BiFe03 thin films: novel effects”, IntI. Symp. ASMM2D-2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28, 2001.
  97. Mitra, P. Raychaudhuri, K. Dorr, K-H. Muller and R. Pinto, “Magnetic, transport and electronic properties of the electron doped manganite L80.7Ceo.3Mn03′” IntI. Symp. ASMM2D­2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28, 2001.
  98. Ail, T. Banerjee, A.R. Bhangale, D. Kanjilal and R. Pinto, “Effect of swift heavy ion irradiation in DBCO thin films at microwave frequencies”, IntI. Symp. ASMM2D-2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28, 2001.
  99. Khatua, P.K Mishra, J. John, R. Kumar, V.C. Sahni and R. Pinto, “Effect of heavy ion irradiation on volume pinning force in epitaxial NBCO thin films”, IntI. Symp. ASMM2D­2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28, 2001.
  100. R. Bhangale, T. Banerjee, P. Raychaudhuri, S.S. Bhagwat, S.P. Pai, J. John, V.C. Bagwe, V.S. Shirodkar and R. Pinto, “Peak effect at microwave frequencies in Dy-123 thin films”, IntI. Symp. ASMM2D-2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28, 2001.
  101. K Upadhye, KG. Kumara, S.C. Purandare, S.P. Pai and Pinto, “Direct injection of spin polarized carriers across YBa2Cu307_5 – L80.7C80.3Mn03 interface at 77K”, IntI. Symp. ASMM2D-2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28, 2001.
  102. Khatua, P.K Mishra, J. John, V.C. Sahni and R. Pinto, “Lattice strain and magnetization in LCMO film – the correlation”, IntI. Symp. ASMM2D-2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28, 2001.
  103. C. Kundaliya, R. Vij, A.A. Tulapurkar, U. Vaidya, R. Pinto and R.G. Kulkarni, “Temperature hysteretic effects and its influence on colossal magnetoresistance of L80.33Ndo.33C80.33Mn03′” IntI. Symp. ASMM2D-2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28, 2001.
  104. C. Kundaliya, A.A. Tulapurkar, J. John, R. Pinto and R.G. Kulkarni, “Enhanced temperature independent magnetoresistance below the metal-insulator transition temperature of epitaxial L80.2NdoACaoAMn03 thin film”, IntI. Symp. ASMM2D-2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28, 2001.
  105. Shetty, V.R. Palkar and R. Pinto, “Size effect study in magnetoelectric BiFe03 system”, IntI. Symp. ASMM2D-2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28, 2001.
  106. S. Bhagwat, T. Banerjee, A.R Bhangale, J.M. Patil, V.S. Shirodkar, R Pinto and R. Vijayaraghavan, “Effect of 200 MeV Ag+14 ions on the structural and superconducting properties of YBCO thin films”, IntI. Symp. ASMM2D-2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28, 2001.
  107. S. Kini, SA. Shivashankar, A.M. Umarji, S.P. Pai, J. John and R Pinto, “Substrate compatibility and microstructural studies on thin films of YBa2-xLa,..Cu307_li”, IntI. Symp. ASMM2D-2001, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Sept. 25-28, 2001.
  108. Banerjee, R Pinto, A.R Bhangale, P. Raychaudhuri and D. Kanjilal, “Peak effect at microwave frequencies in swift heavy ion irradiated Y-123 thin films – investigation of vortex dynamics”, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, Nov. 25-30, 2001.
  109. R. Palkar, J. John and R Pinto, “Observation of saturated ferroelectric hysteresis loop and anomaly in dielectric behaviour in magnetoelectric BeFe03 thin films”, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, Nov. 25-30, 2001.
  110. Manoj Joshi, M.Goyal, RPinto and S.Mukherji, “Characterization of anhydrous silanisation and antibody immobilization on silicon dioxide surfaces”, IEEE EMBS conference, Hong Kong University, July 2004.
  111. Manoj Joshi, Pinto, V. Ramgopal Rao and S. Mukherji, “Silanization and antibody immobilization on SU-8”, 3rd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2005), Singapore, July 2005.
  112. Manoj Joshi, Nitin Kale, Sheetal Patil, Harshal Rokade, S. Mukherji, Pinto, P.R. Apte, Rakesh Lal and V. Ramgopal Rao, “Affinity cantilever sensors for myocardial infarction’\ National Conference on Microelectronics and VLSI /(IMAP 2005), December 2005.
  113. Nitin Kale, Ashwani Mehta, Manoj Joshi, S. Mukherji, P.R. Apte, Rakesh Lal, Pinto and V. Ramgopal Rao, “Affinity cantilevers and EIS capacitor based biosensors for cardiac diagnostics”, Indian Society for Radiation and Photochemical Sciences (ISRAPS) Bulletin, India, 2006.
  114. Prashanthi, V.R.Palkar, S.P.Duttagupta, R.Pinto, “Novel Multiferroic Thin Films of Modified BiFeO3 for Magnetoelectric Sensor Applications” International Symposium for Research Scholars on Metallurgy, Materials Science & Engineering (ISRS), 17-19 December 2006, IIT Madras. (Won the best oral presentation award)
  115. R.Palkar, K. Prashanthi, S.P. Duttagupta, R.Pinto and S.Bhattacharya “Multiferroic Properties of Bi0.7Dy0.3FeO3 Thin Films” XIVth National Seminar on Ferroelectrics Dielectrics & Workshop on Advances in Multifunctional Materials (NSFD), 18 – 21 December, 2006, Department of Physics & Meteorology, IIT Kharagpur.
  116. Prashanthi, V.R.Palkar, S.P.Duttagupta, R.Pinto, S.Bhattacharya “Observation of magnetoelectric effect at room temperature in pulse laser deposited multiferroic Bi0.7Dy0.3FeO3 thin films” International conference on Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Advanced Nano Materials (ANM), 8-10 January 2007, IIT Bombay.
  117. Prashanthi, S.P.Duttagupa, R.Pinto, and V. R Palkar “Observation of thickness dependent properties in novel multiferroic thin films” 14thInternational Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD), 16-21 December 2007, IIT Bombay.
  118. Prashanthi, S.P.Duttagupa, R.Pinto, and V. R Palkar, “Thickness dependent multiferroic properties of Bi0.7Dy0.3FeO3polycrystalline thin films grown by pulse laser deposition technique” DAE-BRNS 4th National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin films& Nano structured Materials (PLD), 3-5 October 2007, Rajkot, India.
  119. Prashanthi, M. Mandal, S.P.Duttagupta, R.Pinto and V.R. Palkar, “Fabrication of a Novel Multiferroic Microcantilevers using Wet Bulk Micromachining Technique”, submitted to the 2nd International Workshop on Electron Devices and Semiconductor Technology (IEDST 2009), IIT Bombay.
  120. Prashanthi, M. Mandal, S.P.Duttagupta, R.Pinto and V.R. Palkar, “Study of Magnetoelectric effect in Dy modified BiFeO3 thin films deposited directly on Silicon by Pulsed Laser Deposition technique”, Indo-Us workshop on Advanced Magnetic Materials and Their Applications-2009, IIT Bombay.
  121. M. Mandal, K. Prashanthi, S. Paluri, Pinto, S. P. Duttagupta and V. R. Palkar, “Processing and Switching Behavior of Multiferroic (Bi0.7Dy0.3FeO3)Microstructure Arrays”, First International Conference on “Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICANN-2009)” at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Dec 9-11, 2009.
  122. Mandal, Alpna Misra, S. P. Duttagupta, R. Pinto and V. R. Palkar, “Multiferroic properties of (Bi0.7Dy0.3FeO3)/Si and (Bi0.7Dy0.3FeO3)/ZnO nanorods”, PLD 2011, IISc Bangalore, November 9-11, 2011
  123. Alok K. Jha, Neeraj Khare, Pinto, “Comparison of flux pinning mechanism in laser ablated YBCO and YBCO: BaZrO3 nanocomposite thin films”, Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 25, 377 (2012).
  124. Alok K. Jha, Neeraj Khare and Pinto, “Interface engineering using ferromagnetic nanoparticles for enhancing pinning in YBCO thin films”, Journal of Applied Physics, 110, 113920 (2011).
  125. Alok K. Jha, Neeraj Khare, Pinto, “Enhanced flux pinning in pulsed laser deposited YBa2Cu3O7-:BaTiO3 nanocomposite thin films”, Solid State Communications, 151, 1447 (2011).
  126. Alok K. Jha, Neeraj Khare and Pinto, “Enhanced critical current density in YBa2Cu3O7- thin films deposited on La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 decorated SrTiO3 substrates”, Physica C: Superconductivity, 471, 1154 (2011).
  127. V. Mistry, K.H. Bhavsar, U.N. Trivedi, Mrinmoy Mandal, R. Pinto and U.S. Joshi, “Reproducable Resistive Switching in PLD grown Ag/In2/O3/LaNiO3 for Non Voltile Memory applications”, DAE-BRNS Symposim (2011).
  128. Rajashree Nori, Pankaj Kumbhare, Prashanth Paramahans, S.N. Kale, Pinto, V. Ramgopal Rao, “Contact Resistance Study of Pt, Ni and Au on LSMO/Si for Heterojunction Device Applications”, MRS fall meeting 2012, (2012).

Patents
  • Arjun Sunil Rao, A. Jayarama, D. V. Manjunatha, Richard Pinto, S. P. Duttagupta and Venugopal Achanta, ‘Enhancement of micro-direct methanol fuel cell performance using micro channels fabricated from <100> silicon wafer orientation and P(VDF-TrFE) coated nafion membrane as proton exchange membrane’, Patent Application Number: 201841040380, dated: 14/12/2018
  • Arjun Sunil Rao, A. Jayarama, D. V. Manjunatha, J. Praveen, Richard Pinto and Peter Fernandes, ‘Enhancement of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell performance using optimum EM radiation exposed nafion membrane as proton exchange membrane’, Application Number: 201941009746 dated 10-5-2019
  • Preetham Castelino, Sohan Poojari, Sunny Ramniwas Sharma, Poojari Prashant Shekar, Chirag Satish Poojari, Jayarama Arasalike, Satyanarayan, Richard Pinto, Shriganesh Prabhu and Siddhartha Prakash Duttagupta, Title: “A process for enhancing hydrogen fuel cells performance with nafion proton exchange membrane optimally exposed to ultraviolet rays” Patent Application Number: 201941035383 dated 3-9-2019
  • Rashmi K. R, Jayarama A, Richard Pinto, Siddhartha P. Duttagupta and Shriganesh Prabhu, Title: “A process for fabrication of P(VDF-TrFE) piezoelectric beams and cantilevers as vibration sensors and energy harvesters”, Patent Application Number: 201841030070, dated: 14/12/2018
  • Ramaprasad A T, Arjun Sunil Rao, Anoop Radha Balan, Jyothish Kumar Kunhipurayil, Arjun Ashok Ambattuparambil, Jayarama Arasalike, Richard Pinto And Peter Fernandestitle: 4 Smart shockwave velocity measurement system based on P(VDF-TrFE) piezosensors and arduino Patent Application Number: 201941024087 dated: 18-06-2019
  • R. Palkar, 1. John and R. Pinto, “Process for manufacturing ceramic oxide thin films with controlled oxygen stoichiometry”, TIFR/DAE Patent Processing No. 21 01Mumb/200 1 dt. 27.02.2001.
  • R. Palkar, J. John and R. Pinto, “BiFe03 thin films as ethanol sensor”, Addendum to TIFR/DAE Patent Processing No. 2 1 O/Mumb/200 1 dt. 27.02.2001.