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Patents

1) Anuj A. Vargeese, G. Rajanna, A process for the manufacture of high purity Ammonium dinitramide (ADN), Indian Patent Application No. 201811035164, 27.09.2018.   

Book Chapters
1) Anuj A. Vargeese, Soma Venugopal Rao*, Krishnamurthi Muralidharan, Nanoparticle Aluminum Preparation, in Encyclopedia of Aluminum and Its Alloys, Taylor & Francis (2018)
 

International Journals
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2020
22) G. Rajanna, Macharla Arun Kumar, Kranthi Chatragadda, Anuj A Vargeese,* Catalytic Decomposition Mechanism of Aqueous Ammonium Dinitramide Solution Elucidated by Thermal and Spectroscopic Methods, Thermochim. Acta, Accepted (2020).

2019
21) Rajitha Rajan, T. R. Ravindran,* R. Raja Madhavan, R. Asuvathraman, Sharat Chandra, V. Venkatesan, and Anuj A. Vargeese, Thermal expansion of energetic material TEX obtained from x-ray diffraction and first principles calculations, J. Mol. Struct. 1195, 859 (2019).
20) Anuj A.Vargeese*, Decomposition kinetics of substituted energetic isowurtzitane cage molecules hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL20) and TEX: A comparative study, ChemistrySelect, 4, 6821, (2019).
19) Macharla Arun Kumar, Parimi Ashutosh, Anuj A.Vargeese*, Decomposition mechanism of hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20) by coupled computational and experimental study, J. Phys. Chem. A, 123, 4014, (2019) .
2018
18) Parimi Ashutosh, Anuj A Vargeese*, Experimental and Computational Investigation on the Decomposition Kinetics and Uni-Molecular Degradation of (Z)-N,2,2,2-tetranitroacetimidic acid, J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis, 135, 281, (2018) .
17) R. Rajitha, T. Ravindran*, V. Venkatesan, V. Srihari, P. Krishan, C. Sharat, M. Karuna, Anuj A Vargeese, New High Pressure Phases of Energetic Material TEX: Evidence from Raman Spectroscopy, X-ray Diffraction and First Principles Calculations, J. Phys. Chem. A, 122, 6236, (2018).
2017
16) Pankaj Gaur, Sagarika Dev, Sunil Kumar, Mahesh Kumar, Anuj A. Vargeese, Pramod Soni, Prem Felix Siril*, and Subrata Ghosh*, Dendritic Polynitrato Energetic Motifs: Development and Exploration of Physicochemical Behavior through Theoretical and Experimental Approach, ACS Omega 2, 8227, (2017).
15) Kranthi Chatragadda, Anuj A Vargeese,* Synergistically Catalysed Pyrolysis of Hydroxyl Terminated Polybutadiene Binder in Composite Propellants and Burn Rate Enhancement by Free-Standing CuO Nanoparticles, Combust. Flame, 182, 28, (2017)
14) Kranthi Chatragadda, Anuj A Vargeese,* A Kinetics Investigation on the Nitro-Nitrite Rearrangement Mediated Thermal Decomposition of High Temperature Monoclinic Phase of 1,1-Diamino-2,2-Dinitroethylene (g-Fox-7), J. Chem. Sci., 129, 281, (2017)
2016
13)Santhosh Reddy Mandha, Anuj A Vargeese,* Thermal decomposition kinetics of 4,10-Dinitro-2,6,8,12-tetraoxa-4,10-diazatetracyclo[5.5.0.05,903,11]dodecane (TEX) : An energetic nitramine oxidizer, (Invited Article), ITAS Bulletin, 8, 16, (2016).
12) Anuj A. Vargeese,* A kinetic investigation on the catalytic activity of copper oxide nanorods on the thermal decomposition of composite propellants, Combust. Flame, 165, 354, (2016).
2015
11) Anuj A. Vargeese,* Pressure effects on the thermal decomposition reactions: A thermo-kinetic investigation, RSC Adv., 5, 78598, (2015). .
10) Anuj A. Vargeese,* K. Muralidharan, V. N. Krishnamurthy, Kinetics of nano titanium dioxide catalyzed thermal decomposition of ammonium nitrate and ammonium nitrate based composite solid propellant, Propellants Explos. Pyrotech. 40, 260, (2015) .
2014
9) Anuj A. Vargeese,* Mija S. J., K. Muralidharan, Effect of Copper Oxide, Titanium Dioxide, and Lithium Fluoride on the Thermal Behaviour and Decomposition Kinetics of Ammonium Nitrate, J. Energetic Mater, 32, 146, (2014).
2013
8) Anuj A. Vargeese,* Krishnamurthi Muralidharan*, Effect of anatase-brookite mixed phase titanium dioxide nanoparticles on the high temperature decomposition kinetics of ammonium perchlorate, Mater. Chem. Phys., 139, 537, (2013).
2012
7) Anuj A. Vargeese,* K. Muralidharan, Kinetics and mechanism of hydrothermally prepared copper oxide nanorod catalyzed decomposition of ammonium nitrate, Appl. Catal., A, 447-448, 171, (2012).
6) P. Ravi,* Anuj A. Vargeese, S. P. Tewari, Isoconversional kinetic analysis of decomposition of nitropyrazoles, Thermochim. Acta, 550, 83, (2012).
2011
5) Anuj A. Vargeese,* K. Muralidharan, V. N. Krishnamurthy, Thermal Stability of habit modified ammonium nitrate: Insights from isoconversional kinetic analysis, Thermochim. Acta, 524, 165, (2011).
4) Anuj A. Vargeese,* K. Muralidharan, Anatase-brookite mixed phase nano TiO2 catalyzed homolytic decomposition of ammonium nitrate, J. Hazard. Mater., 192, 1314, (2011).
2010
3) Anuj A. Vargeese, Satyawati S. Joshi,* V. N. Krishnamurthy, Use of potassium ferrocyanide as habit modifier in the size reduction and phase modification of ammonium nitrate crystals in slurries, J. Hazard. Mater., 180, 583, (2010).
2009
2) Anuj A. Vargeese, Satyawati S. Joshi,* V. N. Krishnamurthy, Effect of method of crystallization on the IV–III and IV–II polymorphic transitions of ammonium nitrate, J. Hazard. Mater., 161, 373, (2009).
2008
1) Anuj A. Vargeese, Satyawati S. Joshi,* V. N. Krishnamurthy, Role of Poly(vinyl alcohol) in the Crystal Growth of Ammonium Perchlorate, Cryst. Growth Des. 8, 1060, (2008).

Conference Publications

19) Arun Kumar Macharla, Pallavi Sharma, Ritu Daipuriya and Anuj A Vargeese, Laser Initiation Of High Explosives By Using Gold Nanoparticles As Photo-Absorbing Additive, accepted, High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit 2019, Chennai, (2019)
18) Parimi Ashutosh, Nagarjuna Kommu and Anuj A Vargeese, Uni-Molecular Degradation Studies Of Bis(3,4,5-Trinitro-1h-Pyrazol-1-Yl)Methane: A Computational Approach,  accepted, High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit 2019, Chennai, (2019)
17) Nagarjuna Kommu, Pampuram Aravindu, Parimi Ashutosh and Anuj A Vargeese, Design And Synthesis Of Polynitro Propellanes For Explosive Applications,  accepted, High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit 2019, Chennai, (2019)
16) Arun Kumar Macharla, Ashutosh Parimi and Anuj A Vargeese, Decomposition Mechanism Of Cl-20 By TG-FTIR And High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry,  accepted, High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit 2019, Chennai, (2019)
15) Rajanna Gugulothu, Sunil Kumar Singh, Jaivindra Singh and Anuj A Vargeese, Solvent/Antisolvent Method For The Production Of High Purity - Morphology Controlled Ammonium Dinitramide (ADN), accepted, High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit 2019, Chennai, (2019)
14)  Khaja Mohammed and Anuj A Vargeese, Development Of Synthetic Route For 3, 6-Dinitro-1, 4-Dihydropyrazolo [4, 3-C] Pyrazole (DNPP), An Insensitive Explosive And Synthon For Novel Explosives, accepted, High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit 2019, Chennai, (2019)
13) Rajanna Gugulothu, Kranthi Chatragadda, Anuj A Vargeese, Catalytic Decomposition of “Ammonium Dinitramide –Water” Liquid Propellant by Free Standing CuO Nanoparticles, High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit 2017, Pune, (2017)
12) Naragani Ramakrishna, Ashutosh Parimi, Anuj A Vargeese, Thermal decomposition kinetics of a potential oxidizer Tetranitroacetimidic acid (TNAA), High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit 2017, Pune, (2017)
11) Khaja Mohammed, Anuj A Vargeese, Synthesis of energetic oxidizer bis(2,2,2-trinitroethyl)amine (BTNA) and theoretical performance evaluation as a propellant ingredient, High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit 2017, Pune, (2017)
10) Santhosh Reddy Mandha, Anuj A Vargeese,* Synthesis of 4,10-Dinitro-2,6,8,12-tetraoxa-4,10-diazatetracyclo[5.5.0.05,903,11]dodecane (TEX) and its Thermal Decomposition Kinetics, High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit 2016, Hyderabad, (2016)
9) Anuj A Vargeese,* Kinetics and Mechanism of Catalyzed and Non-Catalyzed Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate at Elevated Pressures, High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit 2016, Hyderabad, (2016)
8)Kranthi Chatragadda, Anuj A Vargeese,* A Method for the Bulk Scale Synthesis of CuO Nanoparticles and its Use as Burn Rate Modifier in Propellants, High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit 2016, Hyderabad, (2016)
7) Anuj A. Vargeese,* K. Muralidharan, V. N. Krishnamurthy, Kinetics and Model Free Prediction of Nanocatalyst Influenced Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Nitrate and Ammonium Nitrate based Composite Solid Propellant, High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit 2014, Thiruvananthapuram, (2014).
6) Anuj A. Vargeese,* K. Muralidharan, Pressure effect on the thermal decomposition of ammonium nitrate: A kinetic investigation, 41st Annual Conference of NATAS 2013, Kentucky, (2013)
5) Anuj A. Vargeese, Satyawati S. Joshi,* V. N. Krishnamurthy, The IV↔III and IV↔II polymorphic transitions of ammonium nitrate: Possible mechanisms, National Seminar on Crystallography, University of Mysore, Mysore, (2009).
4) Anuj A. Vargeese, Satyawati S. Joshi,* V. N. Krishnamurthy, Does moisture influence the IV-III transition in ammonium nitrate? Seminar on “Recent trends in Chemistry”, University of Pune, Pune (2009).
3) Anuj A. Vargeese, R. Rajeev, Satyawati S. Joshi,* V. N. Krishnamurthy, Effect of crystallization method on the near room temperature phase transition of ammonium nitrate, High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit 2005, DRDL, Hyderabad, (2005).
2) Anuj A. Vargeese, Satyawati S. Joshi,* V. N. Krishnamurthy, Effect of moisture content on the near room temperature phase transition of ammonium nitrate, High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit 2005, DRDL, Hyderabad, (2005).
1) Anuj A. Vargeese, Satyawati S. Joshi,* V. N. Krishnamurthy, Control of morphogenesis of Ammonium perchlorate by water soluble polymer, MACRO-2004, Trivandrum, (2004).