# Ram Prasad BhattaPhD

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Biography

Research

### Biography

Dr Ram Prasad Bhatta has extensive expertise in development of smart Aggregation-induced Emission (AIE) active materials and their applications. He obtained his PhD in Material Science in 2024 from BITS Pilani, India. He has a Master's and a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry. In 2025, Dr Bhatta moved to the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford.

#### Most Recent Publications

[### Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of nitro-based explosives by modulating the electronic substituents on the ligand of AIPE-active cyclometalated iridium( iii ) complexes](http://doi.org/10.1039/d3dt02198j)

Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of nitro-based explosives by modulating the electronic substituents on the ligand of AIPE-active cyclometalated iridium( iii ) complexes

[### Tunable emission in the visible range from a single organic fluorophore through time-controlled morphological evolution](http://doi.org/10.1039/d3tc01584j)

Tunable emission in the visible range from a single organic fluorophore through time-controlled morphological evolution

### Research Interests

- Design, synthesis and characterization of materials
- Fascinated in engineering of smart functional materials
- Engineering of smart stimuli-responsive AIE-active materials (Organic, Polymers and composite) for different applications such as self-healing materials, VOCs sensors, Turn on MFC materials for pressure sensing (Pa to MPa range) etc

### Current Research Project

Turn-On Mechanofluorochromic Materials for Surface Pressure Imaging and Stress Detection

### Research Group

[Multifunctional Materials & Composites Laboratory](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/mmclab/)

#### Most Recent Publications

[### Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of nitro-based explosives by modulating the electronic substituents on the ligand of AIPE-active cyclometalated iridium( iii ) complexes](http://doi.org/10.1039/d3dt02198j)

Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of nitro-based explosives by modulating the electronic substituents on the ligand of AIPE-active cyclometalated iridium( iii ) complexes

[### Tunable emission in the visible range from a single organic fluorophore through time-controlled morphological evolution](http://doi.org/10.1039/d3tc01584j)

Tunable emission in the visible range from a single organic fluorophore through time-controlled morphological evolution

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[05 Mar 2026

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[04 Mar 2026

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[02 Mar 2026

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[27 Feb 2026

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