Saturday, 20 April 2024

Publications

Authors Name Title Journal name Vol no Page no Year DOI Affiliated to CeNS
Nayak, Rashmi Ashwathama, Veerabhadraswamy, Bhyranalyar Nagarajappa, Shankar Rao, Doddamane S.Sudhakar, Achalkumar Ammathnadu & Yelamaggad, Channabasaveshwar V. Room-Temperature, Deep-Red/NIR-Emissive, C3-Symmetric (n,π-conjugated) Columnar Liquid Crystals: C3h-Tris(keto-hydrazone)s ACS Omega 6 3291-3306 2021 DOI Yes
Varshini, G. V.Rao, D. S. ShankarHiremath, Uma S.Yelamaggad, C. V.Yelamaggad, C. V. & Prasad, S. Krishna Dielectric and viscoelastic investigations in a binary system of soft- and rigid-bent mesogens exhibiting the twist-bend nematic phase Journal of Molecular Liquids 323 114987 2021 DOI Yes
Bhat, Sachin A.Bhat, Sachin A.Rao, D. S. ShankarRao, D. S. ShankarPrasad, S. KrishnaPrasad, S. Krishna and Yelamaggad, Channabasaveshwar V. Chiral plasmonic liquid crystal gold nanoparticles: self-assembly into a circular dichroism responsive helical lamellar superstructure Nanoscale Advances 3 2269-2279 2021 DOI Yes
Krishnamurthy, K. S.Shankar Rao, D. S.Kanakala, Madhu B  & Yelamaggad, Channabasaveshwar V. Electric response of topological dipoles in nematic colloids with twist-bend nematic droplets as the dispersed phase Physical Review E 103 042701 2021 DOI Yes
Mandal, Sumana, Gupta, Ravindra Kumar, Pathak, Suraj Kumar, Rao, D. S. Shankar, Prasad, S. Krishna, Ammathnadu Sudhakar,Ammathnadu Sudhakar, Achalkumar & Jana, Chandan K. Metal-free C–H functionalization of pyrrolidine to pyrrolinium-based room temperature ionic liquid crystals New Journal of Chemistry 45 8064-8071 2021 DOI Yes
Chakraborty, SutapaChakraborty, Sutapa, Shyam, AbhijitShyam, Abhijit, Mondal, Paritosh, Prasad, S. Krishna, Rao, D. S. Shankar & Bhattacharjee, Chira R. Liquid crystalline oxovanadium(IV) and copper(II) complexes of halogen-substituted salphen ligands: role of metal and spacer substituents Liquid Crystals 48 902-914 2021 DOI  Yes
Pragnya Satapathy, Srividhya Parthasarathi, D.S. Shamkar Rao, Saleheen Bano, Yuvraj Singh Negi and S.Krishna Prasad Switchable smart windows using a biopolymer network of cellulose nanocrystals imposed on a nematic liquid crystal Applied Physics Letters 117(10) 103702 2020 DOI Yes
K.L. Sandhya, Pushpavathi N.Rao,D.S. Shankar Rao and S.Krishna Prasad Dielectric and electro optic studies in the vicinity of the transition between two tilted hexatic phases of a ZnO-liquid crystal nanocomposite Journal of Molecular Liquids 302   2020 DOI Yes

Priyanka Kanth,Hemanth Kumar Singh,Vijay Kumar,Scahin Kumar Singh, D.S. Shankar Rao, S. Krishna Prasad and Bachcha Singh.

Effect of alkoxy chain density on the mesogenic properties of aroylhydrazone based liquid crystals: synthesis, characterisation, photophysical and gelation behaviour Liquid Crystals 47(12) 1750-1761 2020 DOI Yes
G. V. Varshini, D. S. Shankar Rao, P. K. Mukherjee, and S. Krishna Prasad Nanophase Segregation of Nanostructures: Induction of Smectic A and Re-Entrance in a Carbon Nanotube/Nematic Liquid Crystal Composite

J. Phys. Chem. B

(in press)

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K.L. Sandhya, N. Pushpavathi,  S. Krishna Prasad, and D. S. Shankar Rao Influence of ZnO nanoparticles on the polarization, dielectric and electro-optic behaviour in the Smectic C* and Hexatic I* phases Journal of Molecular Liquids (in press)  275  421  2019 DOI  
Golam Mohiuddin, Sharmistha Ghosh, Nazma Begum, Somen Debnath, Srikanth Turlapati, Doddamane Sreenivasamurthy Shankar Rao & Rao V. S. Nandiraju Amide linkage in novel three-ring bent-core molecular assemblies: polar mesophases and importance of H-bonding Liquid Crystals 45:10 1549-1566 2018 DOI Yes
Pragnya Satapathy, Srividhya Parthasarathi, D.S. Shankar Rao, M. Kanakala, C.V. Yelamaggad and S. Krishna Prasad Influence of Zinc oxide nanorods on an orientationally ordered fluid comprising soft-bent dimers Bull. Mater. Sci. 41 116 2018 DOI  
B. N. Veerabhadraswamy, D. S. S. Rao, C. V. Yelamaggad Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals: Synthesis and Thermal Behavior of Optically Active, Three‐Ring Schiff Bases and Salicylaldimines Chem. Asian J. 13 1012 2018 DOI  
S. Chakraborty, S. Krishna Prasad, D. S. Shankar Rao and C. R. Bhattacharjee Photoluminescent nickel(II)-metallomesogens derived from salphen ligands: influence of halogens at the spacer on mesomorphism and emission properties Liq. Cryst., (in press)     2018 DOI  
N. Das, D. Borah, H. Acharya, S. Choudhury, , S. Krishna Prasad, D.S. Shankar Rao, and C.R. Bhattacharjee Grafting a mesomorphic Schiff base onto gold nanoparticle via ester link –photoluminescence, mesomorphism, electrical conductivity and antioxidant activity Liq. Cryst., (in press)     2018 DOI  
K. Nagaraju, D. V. S. Phanindra, S. Krishna Prasad, D. S. Shankar Rao, and P. Sreekumar Full Stokes polarimetry using dual-frequency liquid crystals Proc. of SPIE 10702 107024X 2018 DOI  
R. Chakrabarty, A. Dutta, S. Roy, Gobinda Das, I. Ledoux-Rak, P. Mondal, S. Krishna Prasad, D. S. Shankar Rao and C. R. Bhattacharjee Multifunctional Lanthanide Complexes: Mesomorphism, Photoluminescence and Second Order NLO Property Chemistry Select  3 8245 2018 DOI  Yes
S. R. Srither, D. S. Shankar Rao, and S. Krishna Prasad Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based on Biocompatible and Easily Available Polymer Films Chemistry Select 3 5055 2018 DOI  Yes
D. R. Vinayakumara, Hidayath Ulla, S. Kumar, A. Pandith, M. N.Satyanarayan, D. S. Shankar Rao, S. Krishna Prasad, A. V. Adhikari Hydrogen Bond-Driven Columnar Self-Assembly of Electroluminescent D-A-D Configured Cyanopyridones J. Mater. Chem. C 6 7385 2018 DOI  
A. Sandeep, V. K. Praveen, D. S. Shankar Rao, S. Krishna Prasad, and A. Ajayaghosh Transforming a C3‑Symmetrical Liquid Crystal to a π‑Gelator by 2 Alkoxy Chain Variation ACS Omega 3 4392 2018 DOI  Yes
G. Mohiuddin, S. Ghosh, N. Begum, S. Debnath, S. Turlapati, D. S. Shankar Rao and N.V.S. Rao, Amide linkage in novel three ring bent-core molecular assemblies: polar mesophases and importance of H-bonding Liq. Cryst.,  45 1549 2018 DOI  
H. K. Singh, B.Pradhan, S.K. Singh, R. Nandi, D. S. Shankar Rao, S. K. Prasad, A. S. Achalkumar and B. Singh, Substituted Aroylhydrazone Based Polycatenars: Tuning of Liquid Crystalline Self‐Assembly ChemistrySelect  3 4027 2018 DOI  
 R. K. Gupta, D. S. Shankar Rao, S. Krishna Prasad and A. S. Achalkumar Columnar Self-Assembly of Electron-Deficient Dendronized Bay-Annulated Perylene Bisimides  Chem. Eur. J.   24  3566  2018 DOI  
Srividhya Parthasarathi, D. S. Shankar Rao, Rashmi Prabhu, C. V. Yelamaggad, and S. Krishna Prasad Influence of chirality on the thermal and electric properties of the columnar mesophase exhibited by homomeric dipeptides J. Chem. Phys.  147 134905 2017 DOI  
S. Chakraborty, P. Mondala, S. Krishna Prasad, D.S. Shankar Rao, C. R. Bhattacharjee Zinc(II)-salphen complexes bearing long alkoxy side arms: Synthesis, solvent dependent aggregation, and spacer group substituent effect on mesomorphism and photophysical property Journal of Molecular Liquids 246 290 2017 DOI  
N. Das, H. Acharya, S. Krishna Prasad, D. S. Shankar Rao and C. R. Bhattacharjee Mesomorphic Schiff base amine tethered giant gold nanoparticles Liq. Cryst.,  44 2259 2017 DOI  
P. Kumar, D. S. Shankar Rao, S. K. Prasad, N. Jayaraman, Connector Type-Controlled Mesophase Structures in Poly(propyl etherimine) Dendritic Liquid Crystals of Identical Dendrimer Generations Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry,  55 3665 2017 DOI  
Gobinda Das, T. Skorjanc, S. K. Sharma, F. Gandara, M. Lusi, D. S. Shankar Rao, S. Vimala, S. Krishna Prasad, J. Raya, D. S. Han, R. Jagannathan, J.C. Olsen, and A, Trabolsi, Viologen-Based Conjugated Covalent Organic Networks via Zincke Reaction J. Am. Chem. Soc.,  139 9558 2017 DOI  
S. K. Saha, B. Bhattacharya, U. Sarkar, D.S. Shankar Rao, M. K. Paul, Unsymmetrical achiral four ring hockey stick shaped mesogens based on 1,3,4-oxadiazole: Photophysical, mesogenic and DFT studies Journal of Molecular Liquids  241 881 2017 DOI  
Parthasarathi, S., Rao, D.S.S., Palakurthy, N.B., Yelamaggad, C.V. and Prasad, S.K. Effect of Pressure on Dielectric and Frank Elastic Constants of a Material Exhibiting the Twist Bend Nematic Phase JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 121(4) 896-903 2017 DOI  Yes
Sivadas, A.P., Rao, D.S.S., Kumar, N.S.S., Prabhu, D.D., Varghese, S., Ramachandran, C.N., Ongungal, R.M., Prasad, S.K. and Das, S. Self-Assembling and Luminescent Properties of Chiral Bisoxadiazole Derivatives in Solution and Liquid-Crystalline Phases JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 121(8) 1922-1929 2017 DOI  Yes
R. Nandi, H. K. Singh, S. K. Singh, D. S. Shankar Rao, S. Krishna Prasad, B. Singh and R. K. Singh, Investigation of liquid crystalline property of a new calamitic liquid crystalline
system methyl 4-(4ʹ-(4ʹʹ-(decyloxy)benzyloxy) benzylideneamino)benzoate
Liq. Cryst.,  44 1185 2017 DOI  
Srividhya Parthasarathi, D. S. Shankar Rao*, Nani Babu Palakurthy, C. V. Yelamaggad, and S. Krishna Prasad Binary System Exhibiting the Nematic to Twist-Bend Nematic Transition: Behavior of Permittivity and Elastic Constants J. Phys. Chem. B 120(22) 5056-5062 2016 DOI  
Uma S. Hiremath, Geetha G. Nair & D. S. Shankar Rao  Supramolecular non-symmetric dimers derived from cholesterol: synthesis and phase transitional properties Liquid Crystals 43:6 711-728 2016 DOI Yes
Kumar, P., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Jayaraman, N.. In-plane modulated smectic à vs smectic ‘A’ lamellar structures in poly(ethyl or propyl ether imine) dendrimers POLYMER 86 98-104 2016 DOI  Yes
Chakraborty, S., Purkayastha, D.D., Das, G., Bhattacharjee, C.R., Mondal, P., Prasad, S.K. and Rao, D.S.S. Photoluminescent tetrahedral d(10)-metal Schiff base complexes exhibiting highly ordered mesomorphism POLYHEDRON 105 150-158 2016 DOI  Yes
Achalkumar, A.S., Veerabhadraswamy, B.N., Hiremath, U.S., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Yelamaggad, C.V. Photoluminescent discotic liquid crystals derived from tris(N-salicylideneaniline) and stilbene conjugates: Structure-property correlations DYES AND PIGMENTS 132 291-305 2016 DOI  Yes
Singh, H.K., Singh, S.K., Nandi, R., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K., Singh, R.K. and Singh, B. Observation of exceptional 'de Vries-like' properties in a conventional aroylhydrazone based liquid crystal RSC ADVANCES 6 57799-57802 2016 DOI  Yes
Veerabhadraswamy, B.N., Dambal, H.K., Rao, D.S.S. and Yelamaggad, C.V. s-Triazine-Based Functional Discotic Liquid Crystals: Synthesis, Mesomorphism and Photoluminescence CHEMPHYSCHEM 17 2225-2237 2016 DOI  Yes
Pramanik, H.A.R., Chanda, S., Bhattacharjee, C.R., Paul, P.C., Mondal, P., Prasad, S.K. and Rao, D.S.S. Iron(III) metallomesogen of [N2O2] donor Schiff base ligand containing 4-substituted alkoxy chains LIQUID CRYSTALS 43 1606-1615 2016 DOI  Yes
Nandi, R., Singh, S.K., Singh, H.K., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K., Singh, B. and Singh, R.K. Molecular approach to phase transitions in a calamitic ester substituted aroylhydrazone liquid crystal JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY 47 1095-1101 2016 DOI  Yes
Roy, S., Hazra, A., Bandyopadhyay, A., Raut, D., Madhuri, P.L., Rao, D.S.S., Ramamurty, U., Pati, S.K., Prasad, S.K. and Maji, T.K. Reversible Polymorphism, Liquid Crystallinity, and Stimuli-Responsive Luminescence in a Bola-amphiphilic pi-System: Structure-Property Correlations Through Nanoindentation and DFT Calculations JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS 7 4086-4092 2016 DOI  Yes
Chakraborty, S., Mondal, P., Prasad, S.K., Rao, D.S.S. and Bhattacharjee, C.R. Induction of Mesomorphism through Supramolecular Assembly in Metal Coordination Compounds of ``salphen''-Type Schiff Bases: Photoluminescence and Solvatochromism   28 4604-4614 2016 DOI  Yes
Padmini, V., Babu, P.N., Nair, G.G., Rao, D.S.S. and Yelamaggad, C.V. Optically Biaxial, Re-entrant and Frustrated Mesophases in Chiral, Non-symmetric Liquid Crystal Dimers and Binary Mixtures CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL 11 2897-2910 2016 DOI  Yes
Pradhan, B., Vaisakh, V.M., Nair, G.G., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Sudhakar, A.A. Effect of Atomic-Scale Differences on the Self-Assembly of Thiophene-based Polycatenars in Liquid Crystalline and Organogel States CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 22 17843-17856 2016 DOI  Yes
Veerabhadraswamy, B.N., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Yelamaggad, C.V. Optically active, three-ring calamitic liquid crystals: the occurrence of frustrated, helical and polar fluid mesophases NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY 39(3) 2011-2027 2015 DOI  Yes
Pathak, S.K., Gupta, R.K., Nath, S., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Achalkumar, A.S. Columnar self-assembly of star-shaped luminescent oxadiazole and thiadiazole derivatives JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C 3 2940-2952 2015 DOI  Yes
Veerabhadraswamy, B.N., Rao, D.S.S. and Yelamaggad, C.V. Stable Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals Derived from Salicylaldimine-Core JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 119 4539-4551 2015 DOI  Yes
Chakraborty, S., Bhattacharjee, C.R., Mondal, P., Prasad, S.K. and Rao, D.S.S. Synthesis and aggregation behaviour of luminescent mesomorphic zinc(II) complexes with `salen' type asymmetric Schiff base ligands DALTON TRANSACTIONS 44 7477-7488 2015 DOI  Yes
Gupta, R.K., Pathak, S.K., Pradhan, B., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Achalkumar, A.S. Self-assembly of luminescent N-annulated perylene tetraesters into fluid columnar phases SOFT MATTER 11 3629-3636 2015 DOI  Yes
Singh, H.K., Singh, S.K., Nandi, R., Singh, M.K., Kumar, V., Singh, R.K., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Singh, B. Tuning the thermotropic properties of liquid crystalline p-substituted aroylhydrazones RSC ADVANCES 5 44274-44281 2015 DOI  Yes
Pathak, S.K., Nath, S., Gupta, R.K., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Achalkumar, A.S. Effect of regioisomerism on the self-assembly and photophysical behavior of 1,3,4-thiadiazole-based polycatenars JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C 3 8166-8182 2015 DOI  Yes
Madhuri, P.L., Rao, D.S.S., Yelamaggad, C.V., Achalkumar, A.S. and Prasad, S.K. Fast Photoluminescence Switching in the Nematic Phase of Calamitic-Discotic Composites ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS 3(8) 1116-1124 2015 DOI  Yes
Parthasarathi, S., Rao, D.S.S., Singh, H.K., Singh, B. and Prasad, S.K. Anchoring transition driven by short range ordering in calamitic-discotic composites THERMOCHIMICA ACTA 616 61-68 2015 DOI  Yes
Mandal, J., Prasad, S.K., Rao, D.S.S. and Ramakrishnan, S. Periodically Clickable Polyesters: Study of Intrachain Self-Segregation Induced Folding, Crystallization, and Mesophase Formation JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 136(6) 2538-2545 2014 DOI  Yes
Sivadas, A.P., Kumar, N.S.S., Prabhu, D.D., Varghese, S., Prasad, S.K., Rao, D.S.S. and Das, S. Supergelation via Purely Aromatic pi-pi Driven Self-Assembly of Pseudodiscotic Oxadiazole Mesogens JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 136 5416-5423 2014 DOI  Yes
Kumar, M.V., Prasad, S.K., Rao, D.S.S. and Mukherjee, P.K. Competition between Anisometric and Aliphatic Entities: An Unusual Phase Sequence with the Induction of a Phase in an n-Alkane-Liquid Crystal Binary System LANGMUIR 30 4465-4473 2014 DOI  Yes
T. N. Ahipa, Vijith Kumar, D. S. Shankar Rao, Subbarao Krishna Prasad and Airody Vasudeva Adhikari New 4-(2-(4-alkoxyphenyl)-6-methoxypyridin-4-yl)benzonitriles: synthesis, liquid crystalline behavior and photo physical properties CrystEngComm 16:25 5573-5582 2014 DOI Yes
Achalkumar, A.S., Rao, D.S.S. and Yelamaggad, C.V. Non-symmetric dimers comprising chalcone and cholesterol entities: an investigation on structure-property correlations NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY 38(9) 4235-4248 2014 DOI  Yes
Parthasarathi, S., Rao, D.S.S., Csorba, K.F. and Prasad, S.K. Viscoelastic Behavior of a Binary System of Strongly Polar Bent-Core and Rodlike Nematic Liquid Crystals JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 118 14526-14535 2014 DOI  Yes
Achalkumar, A.S., Hiremath, U.S., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Yelamaggad, C.V. Self-Assembly of Hekates-Tris(N-salicylideneaniline)s into Columnar Structures: Synthesis and Characterization JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 78(2) 527-544 2013 DOI  Yes
Nath, R.K., Deb, R., Chakraborty, N., Mohiuddin, G., Rao, D.S.S. and Rao, N.V.S. Influence of the chloro substituent on the mesomorphism of unsymmetrical achiral four-ring bent-core compounds: 2D polarization modulated banana phases JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C 1(4) 663-670 2013 DOI  Yes
Bhalla, V., Gupta, A., Kumar, M., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Self-Assembled Pentacenequinone Derivative for Trace Detection of Picric Acid ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 5(3) 672-679 2013 DOI  Yes
Bapat, P.N., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K., Hiremath, U.S. and Yelamaggad, C.V. Effect of pressure on the dielectric behavior of a bent-core liquid crystal PHYSICAL REVIEW E 87(4)   2013 DOI  Yes
Kumar, M.V., Prasad, S.K., Rao, D.S.S. and Pozhidaev, E.P. Confinement driven effects in a room temperature ferroelectric liquid crystal: X-ray, linear and non-linear dielectric investigations PHASE TRANSITIONS 86(4) 323-338 2013 DOI  Yes
Reddy, M.K., Reddy, K.S., Yoga, K., Prakash, M., Narasimhaswamy, T., Mandal, A.B., Lobo, N.P., Ramanathan, K.V., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Structural Characterization and Molecular Order of Rodlike Mesogens with Three- and Four-Ring Core by XRD and C-13 NMR Spectroscopy JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 117 5718-5729 2013 DOI  Yes
Sarvamangala, M., Kumar, M.V., Khened, S.M., Basavaraja, S., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Anomalous dielectric behavior in the nematic and isotropic phases of a strongly polar-weakly polar binary system PHASE TRANSITIONS 86(5) 454-462 2013 DOI  Yes
Majumdar, K.C., Ghosh, T., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Unsymmetrical tetracatenar liquid crystals containing 2-phenylbenzoxazole: Synthesis and characterisation LIQUID CRYSTALS 40(3) 305-313 2013 DOI  Yes
Hiremath, U.S., Menezes, H.M., Nair, G.G., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Observation of a chiral smectic C phase over a wide thermal range with novel phase sequences in rigid, bulky chiral dimers JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C 1 5799-5806 2013 DOI  Yes
Pramanik, H.A.R., Das, G., Bhattacharjee, C.R., Paul, P.C., Mondal, P., Prasad, S.K. and Rao, D.S.S. Tunable Emissive Lanthanidomesogen Derived from a Room-Temperature Liquid-Crystalline Schiff-Base Ligand CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 19 13151-13159 2013 DOI  Yes
Rao, D.S.S., Kumar, M.V., Prasad, S.K., Hiremath, U.S., Sarvamangala, M. and Basavaraja, S. Novel columnar-calamitic phase sequences in a binary system of bent-core and rod-like mesogens JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C 1 7488-7497 2013 DOI  Yes
Deb, R., Laskar, A.R., Sarkar, D.D., Mohiuddin, G., Chakraborty, N., Ghosh, S., Rao, D.S.S. and Rao, N.V.S. Fluorescent unsymmetrical four-ring bent-core mesogens: 2D modulated phases CRYSTENGCOMM 15 10510-10521 2013 DOI  Yes
Bhattacharjee, C.R., Datta, C., Das, G., Das, D., Mondal, P., Prasad, S.K. and Rao, D.S.S. Photoluminescent columnar zinc(II) bimetallomesogen of tridentate [ONO]-donor Schiff base ligand LIQUID CRYSTALS 40(7) 942-950 2013 DOI  Yes
Shanker, G., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Yelamaggad, C.V. Self-assembly of chiral hexacatenar-bisamides into a columnar structure RSC ADVANCES 2(4) 1592-1597 2012 DOI  Yes
Bapat, P.N., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Hiremath, U.S. Effect of hydrostatic pressure on the Frank splay and bend elastic constants THERMOCHIMICA ACTA 537 65-69 2012 DOI  Yes
Nath, R.K., Sarkar, D.D., Rao, D.S.S. and Nandiraju, V.S.R. Influence of polar substituents on the mesomorphism of non-symmetrical achiral four-ring bent-core compounds: synthesis and characterisation LIQUID CRYSTALS 39(7) 889-902 2012 DOI  Yes
Shanker, G., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Yelamaggad, C.V. Synthesis and characterization of supramolecular optically active bisamides derived from amino acids TETRAHEDRON 68 6528-6534 2012 DOI  Yes
Sarvamangala, M., Kumar, M.V., Khened, S.M., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Dielectric Behavior in the Nematic and Isotropic Phases of a Strongly Polar-Weakly Polar Binary System SOLID STATE PHYSICS, PTS 1 AND 2 1447 77+ 2012 DOI  Yes
Majumdar, K.C., Shyam, P.K., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Oxadiazole-based non-symmetric liquid crystalline trimers terminating with ferrocene and cholesterol units exhibiting TGBC* phase over a wide thermal range LIQUID CRYSTALS 39(9) 1117-1123 2012 DOI  Yes
Majumdar, K.C., Shyam, P.K., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Oxadiazole-based unsymmetrical chiral liquid crystal dimers: synthesis and mesomorphic properties LIQUID CRYSTALS 39 1358-1367 2012 DOI  Yes
Majumdar, K.C., Shyam, P.K., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Occurrence of unusually wide thermal range enantiotropic twist grain boundary TGBC* phases in unsymmetrical cholesterol and oxadiazole based liquid crystalline dimers JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 21(2) 556-561 2011 DOI  Yes
Prasad, S.K., Rao, D.S.S., Sridevi, S., Naciri, J. and Ratna, B.R. Critical behavior of three organosiloxane de Vries-type liquid crystals observed via the dielectric response JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER 23   2011 DOI  Yes
Hiremath, U.S., Sonar, G.M., Rao, D.S.S. and Yelamaggad, C.V. Wide thermal range frustrated liquid crystal phase in chiral dimers JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 21 4064-4067 2011 DOI  Yes
Bhattacharjee, C.R., Das, G., Mondal, P., Prasad, S.K. and Rao, D.S.S. Novel Green Light Emitting Nondiscoid Liquid Crystalline Zinc(II) Schiff-Base Complexes   9 1418-1424 2011 DOI  Yes
Bhattacharjee, C.R., Das, G., Mondal, P., Prasad, S.K. and Rao, D.S.S. Lamellar columnar mesomorphism in a series of oxovanadium(IV) complexes derived from N, N/-di-(4-n-alkoxysalicylidene)diaminobenzene INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS 14(4) 606-612 2011 DOI  Yes
Bhattacharjee, C.R., Das, G., Goswami, P., Mondal, P., Prasad, S.K. and Rao, D.S.S. Novel photoluminescent lanthanidomesogens forming bilayer smectic phase derived from blue light emitting liquid crystalline, one ring O-donor Schiff-base ligands POLYHEDRON 30(6) 1040-1047 2011 DOI  Yes
Bhattacharjee, C.R., Das, G., Mondal, P., Prasad, S.K. and Rao, D.S.S. Plastic columnar mesomorphism in half-disc-shaped oxovanadium(IV) Schiff base complexes LIQUID CRYSTALS 38(5) 615-623 2011 DOI  Yes
Majumdar, K.C., Ghosh, T., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. 2-phenylbenzoxazole-containing calamitic liquid crystals: synthesis and characterisation LIQUID CRYSTALS 38(5) 625-632 2011 DOI  Yes
Bapat, P.N., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K., Naciri, J. and Ratna, B.R. High-Pressure Investigations of a Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Exhibiting a Trend Reversal in the Thermal Variation of Polarization JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 115 10425-10430 2011 DOI  Yes
Majumdar, K.C., Ghosh, T., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Unsymmetrical cholesterol and benzoxazole-based liquid crystalline dimers: synthesis and characterisation LIQUID CRYSTALS 38 1269-1277 2011 DOI  Yes
Achalkumar, A.S., Hiremath, U.S., Rao, D.S.S. and Yelamaggad, C.V. Non-conventional liquid crystals: synthesis and mesomorphism of non-symmetric trimers and tetramers derived from cholesterol LIQUID CRYSTALS 38 11-12 2011 DOI  Yes
Vijayaraghavan, R.K., Abraham, S., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Das, S. Light induced generation of stable blue phase in photoresponsive diphenylbutadiene based mesogen CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 46 2796-2798 2010 DOI  Yes
Prasad, S.K., Sridevi, S. and Rao, D.S.S. Diminution of the Ordering in Plastic and Liquid Crystalline Phases by Confinement JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 114 7474-7481 2010 DOI  Yes
Singh, M.K., Jayaraman, N., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Role of hydroxyl group on the mesomorphism of alkyl glycosides: synthesis and thermal behavior of alkyl 6-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosides CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS 163(6) 580-585 2010 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Prabhu, R., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. The first examples of supramolecular discotic C-3h tris(N-salicylideneamine)s featuring inter- and intra-molecular H-bonding: synthesis and characterization TETRAHEDRON LETTERS 51 4579-4583 2010 DOI  Yes
Bapat, P.N., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Yelamaggad, C.V. High-Pressure Dielectric Investigations of Nanocolloidal Aerosil-Nematic Liquid Crystal Composites JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 114 12825-12832 2010 DOI  Yes
Varshney, S.K., Nagayama, H., Rao, D.S.S. and Takezoe, H. Synthesis and Liquid-Crystalline Properties of beta-Bromopentakis(Alkoxy) Triphenylene: Reactivity of VOCl3, MoCl5, and FeCl3 as Oxidants MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 528 38-48 2010 DOI  Yes
Kumar, M.V., Prasad, S.K. and Rao, D.S.S. Confinement-Driven Weakening of the Rotator Phase Transitions in an Alkane through a Possible Tricritical Point LANGMUIR 26 18362-18368 2010 DOI  Yes
Majumdar, K.C., Ghosh, T., Chakravorty, S., Pal, N., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Cholesterol-based unsymmetrical Schiff's base dimer terminated with 4-alkoxy-5-phenylthiophene unit: synthesis and characterisation LIQUID CRYSTALS 37 1539-1547 2010 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Achalkumar, A.S., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Luminescent, Liquid Crystalline Tris(N-salicylideneaniline)s: Synthesis and Characterization JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 74(8) 3168-3171 2009 DOI  Yes
S Krishna Prasad, D S Shankar Rao, Geetha G Nair Liquid crystalline phase transitions in confined geometries Journal of the Indian Institute of Science 89:2 211-227 2009 DOI Yes
Prasad, S.K., Rao, D.S.S., Sridevi, S., Lobo, C.V., Ratna, B.R., Naciri, J. and Shashidhar, R. Unusual Dielectric and Electrical Switching Behavior in the de Vries Smectic A Phase of Two Organosiloxane Derivatives PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 102   2009 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Tamilenthi, V.P., Rao, D.S.S., Nair, G.G. and Prasad, S.K. A new thermotropic reentrant behaviour in a chiral liquid crystal dimer: the occurrence of SmA-SmA(b)-SmA phase sequence JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 19 2906-2908 2009 DOI  Yes
Varghese, S., Kumar, N.S.S., Krishna, A., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Das, S. Formation of Highly Luminescent Supramolecular Architectures Possessing Columnar Order from Octupolar Oxadiazole Derivatives: Hierarchical Self-Assembly from Nanospheres to Fibrous Gels ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 19 2064-2073 2009 DOI  Yes
Prasad, S.K., Nair, G.G. and Rao, D.S.S. Photoinduced phase transitions LIQUID CRYSTALS 36 6-7 2009 DOI  Yes
Bapat, P.N., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Effect of high pressure on the nematic-isotropic transition in aerosil-liquid crystal composites THERMOCHIMICA ACTA 495 1-2 2009 DOI  Yes
Varshney, S.K., Takezoe, H., Prasad, V. and Rao, D.S.S. pi-Conjugated Triphenylene Twins Exhibiting Polymesomorphism Including the Nematic Phase MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 515 16-38 2009 DOI  Yes
Varshney, S.K., Takezoe, H. and Rao, D.S.S. Discotic liquid crystals: Synthesis and characterization of radial polyalkynylbenzene derivatives BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 81(1) 163-167 2008 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Shashikala, I.S., Tamilenthi, V.P., Rao, D.S.S., Nair, G.G. and Prasad, S.K. Optically biaxial interdigitated smectic A phase: liquid crystalline dimeric bidentate ligands and their metal complexes JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 18 2096-2103 2008 DOI  Yes
Bhyrappa, P., Arunkumar, C., Varghese, B., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Synthesis and mesogenic properties of beta-tetrabrominated tetraalkyloxyporphyrins JOURNAL OF PORPHYRINS AND PHTHALOCYANINES 12(1) 54-64 2008 DOI  Yes
Das, S., Gopinathan, N., Abraham, S., Jayaraman, N., Singh, M.K., Prasad, S.K. and Rao, D.S.S. Manifestation of a chiral smectic C phase in diphenylbutadiene-cored bolaamphiphilic sugars ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 18 1632-1640 2008 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Achalkumar, A.S., Rao, D.S.S., Nobusawa, M., Akutsu, H., Yamada, J.-i. and Nakatsuji, S. The first examples of discotic radicals: columnar mesomorphism in spin-carrying triphenylenes JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 18 3433-3437 2008 DOI  Yes
Sridevi, S., Prasad, S.K., Rao, D.S.S. and Yelamaggad, C.V. Pretransitional behaviour in the vicinity of the isotropic-nematic transition of strongly polar compounds JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER 20   2008 DOI  Yes
Singh, M.K., Jayaraman, N., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Effect of the C-2 hydroxyl group on the mesomorphism of alkyl glycosides: synthesis and thermotropic behavior of alkyl 2-deoxy-D-arabino-hexopyranosides CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS 155(2) 90-97 2008 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Shanker, G., Rao, R.V.R., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Babu, V.V.S. Supramolecular Helical Fluid Columns from Self-Assembly of Homomeric Dipeptides CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 14 10462-10471 2008 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Mathews, M., Nagamani, S.A., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K., Findeisen, S. and Weissflog, W. A novel family of salicylaldimine-based five-ring symmetric and non-symmetric banana-shaped mesogens derived from laterally substituted resorcinol: synthesis and characterization JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 17(3) 284-298 2007 DOI  Yes
Sandhya, K.L., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K., Hiremath, U.S. and Yelamaggad, C.V. Dielectric studies under high pressure on strongly polar liquid crystals exhibiting monolayer smectic A phase THERMOCHIMICA ACTA 452(1) 65-70 2007 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Shashikala, I.S., Hiremath, U.S., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Liquid crystal dimers possessing chiral rod-like anisometric segments: synthesis, characterization and electro-optic behaviour LIQUID CRYSTALS 34(2) 153-167 2007 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Bonde, N.L., Achalkumar, A.S., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Prajapati, A.K. Frustrated liquid crystals: Synthesis and mesomorphic behavior of unsymmetrical dimers possessing chiral and fluorescent entities CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 19 2463-2472 2007 DOI  Yes
Jayaraman, N., Singh, M.K., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Studies of the mesomorphic behavior of bivalent carbohydrate amphiphiles JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 17 2228-2232 2007 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Achalkumar, A.S., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Monodispersive linear supermolecules stabilizing unusual fluid layered phases ORGANIC LETTERS 9 2641-2644 2007 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Achalkumar, A.S., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. A new class of discotic mesogens derived from Tris(N-salicylideneaniline)s existing in C-3h and C-s keto-enamine forms JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 72 8308-8318 2007 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Achalkumar, A.S., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. The first examples of optically active tris(N-salicylideneaniline)s: manifestation of chirality from molecules to fluid columnar phases JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 17 4521-4529 2007 DOI  Yes
Gupta, V., Rao, D., Lobo, C., Prasad, S., Hiremath, U. and Yelamaggad, C. High pressure investigations of the photo-stimulated orientational ordering transition in a liquid crystal with photoactive dimeric molecules THERMOCHIMICA ACTA 440(2) 205-211 2006 DOI  Yes
Liao, G., Shashikala, I., Yelamaggad, C., Rao, D., Prasad, S. and Jakli, A. Ferroelectricity of a bent-core material with cholesteryl terminal chain PHYSICAL REVIEW E 73   2006 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Shashikala, I.S., Hiremath, U.S., Liao, G., Jakli, A., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K. and Li, Q. Fluorine containing nonsymmetrical five-ring achiral banana-shaped compounds with columnar and synclinic antiferroelectric layered phases SOFT MATTER 2(9) 785-792 2006 DOI  
Fodor-Csorba, K., Jakli, A., Vajda, A., Prasad, S.K., Rao, D.S.S., Dong, R.Y., Xu, J. and Galli, G. Intercalated smectic a phases in banana-shaped liquid crystals groups CHEMPHYSCHEM 7 2184-2188 2006 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Shashikala, I.S., Rao, D.S.S., Nair, G.G. and Prasad, S.K. The biaxial smectic (SmAb) phase in nonsymmetric liquid crystal dimers comprising two rodlike anisometric segments: an unusual behavior JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 16 4099-4102 2006 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Shashikala, I.S., Liao, G., Rao, D.S.S., Prasad, S.K., Li, Q. and Jakli, A. Blue phase, smectic fluids, and unprecedented sequences in liquid crystal dimers CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 18 6100-6102 2006 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C.V., Shashikala, I.S., Nair, G.G., Rao, D.S.S. and Prasad, S.K. Nonsymmetrical five-ring achira banana-shaped liquid crystals comprising salicylaldimine mesogenic segment   9 612-616 2006 DOI

 Yes

Yelamaggad, C., Mathews, M., Hiremath, U., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Self-organization of mesomeric-ionic hybrid heterocycles into liquid crystal phases: a new class of polar mesogens   12 1552-1554 2005 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C., Mathews, M., Hiremath, U., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Self-assembly of chiral mesoionic heterocycles into smectic phases: a new class of polar liquid crystal TETRAHEDRON LETTERS 46 2623-2626 2005 DOI  Yes
Jakli, A., Prasad, V., Rao, D., Liao, G. and Janossy, I. Light-induced changes of optical and electrical properties in bent-core azo compounds PHYSICAL REVIEW E 71   2005 DOI  Yes
S. Krishna prasad, Geetha G. Nair, Gurumurthy Hegde, K. L. Sandhya, D. S. Shankar Rao, Chethan V. Lobo & C. V. Yelamaggad Photoinduced effects in nematic liquid crystals Phase Transitions 78:6 443-455 2005 DOI Yes
S. Krishna Prasad, Geetha G. Nair, K. L. Sandhya & D. S. Shankar Rao Photoinduced Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystalline Systems Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 436:1 83/[1037]-105/[1059] 2005 DOI Yes
Prasad, S., Nair, G., Rao, D., Lobo, C., Shashikala, I. and Yelamaggad, C. Biaxial nematic and smectic A phases in a "peelable banana-shaped" moleculet MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 437   2005 DOI  Yes
Lobo, C., Prasad, S. and Rao, D. X-ray and dielectric measurements of smectic A-hexatic B transition in bulk and confined geometries MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 438 1715-1726 2005 DOI  Yes
Prasad, S., Gupta, V., Rao, D. and Lobo, C. Effect of pressure on the dynamics of the photostimulated orientational ordering transition in a liquid crystal PHYSICAL REVIEW E 72   2005 DOI  Yes
Abraham, S., Paul, S., Narayan, G., Prasad, S., Rao, D., Jayaraman, N. and Das, S. Observation of a chiral smectic phase in azobenzene-linked bolaamphiphiles containing free sugars ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 15 1579-1584 2005 DOI  Yes
Lobo, C., Prasad, S. and Rao, D. Comparative x-ray measurements of a de Vries smectic-A material in bulk and confined geometries PHYSICAL REVIEW E 72   2005 DOI  Yes
Prasad, S., Nair, G., Sandhya, K. and Rao, D. Photoinduced phase transitions in liquid crystalline systems CURRENT SCIENCE 86(6) 815-823 2005 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C., Achalkumar, A., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Self-assembly of C-3h and C, symmetric keto-enamine forms of tris(N-salicylideneanilines) into columnar phases: A new family of discotic liquid crystals JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 126 6506-6507 2004 DOI  Yes
Lobo, C., Prasad, S. and Rao, D. X-ray and dielectric measurements of the smectic-A-hexatic-B transition in bulk and confined geometries PHYSICAL REVIEW E 69   2004 DOI  Yes
Becchi, M., Janossy, I., Rao, D. and Statman, D. Anomalous intensity dependence of optical reorientation in azo-dye-doped nematic liquid crystals PHYSICAL REVIEW E 69   2004 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C., Shashikala, I., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Bent-core V-shaped mesogens consisting of salicylaldimine mesogenic segments: synthesis and characterization of mesomorphic behaviour LIQUID CRYSTALS 31(7) 1027-1036 2004 DOI  Yes
Channabasaveshwar, V., Prasad, Y., Nair, G., Shashikala, I., Rao, D., Lobo, C. and Chandrasekhar, S. A low-molar-mass, monodispersive, bent-rod dimer exhibiting biaxial nematic and smectic a phases ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION 43 3429-3432 2004 DOI  Yes
Chandrasekhar, S., Raja, V., Prasad, S. and Rao, D. Wide viewing angle and fast responding TN LCD MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 410 887-896 2004 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C., Hiremath, U., Nagamani, S., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Novel chiral dimesogenic bidentate ligands and their Cu(II) and Pd(II) metal complexes LIQUID CRYSTALS 30(6) 681-690 2003 DOI  Yes
Prasad, S., Sandhya, K., Rao, D. and Negi, Y. Time-resolved measurements of the dynamics of the photoinduced smectic-C-alpha(*)-smectic-A transition PHYSICAL REVIEW E 67   2003 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C., Mathews, M., Hiremath, U., Nair, G., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Synthesis and thermal behaviour of salicylaldimine-based liquid crystalline symmetrical dimers LIQUID CRYSTALS 30(8) 899-907 2003 DOI  Yes
Prasad, S., Rao, D., Chandrasekhar, S. and Kumar, S. X-ray studies on the columnar structures of discotic liquid crystals MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 396(1) 121-139 2003 DOI  Yes
Prasad, V., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Columnar mesophase in a novel series of banana-shaped compounds consisting of functional nitro groups MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 397(2) 379-388 2003 DOI  Yes
Rao, D., Prasad, S., Bamezai, R. and Kumar, S. High pressure investigations on the phase behaviour of discotic liquid crystals MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 397(2) 443-459 2003 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C., Nagamani, S., Hiremath, U., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Monodispersive unsymmetrical tetramers exhibiting a columnar phase MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 397(2) 507-529 2003 DOI  Yes
Nair, G., Rao, D., Prasad, S., Chandrasekhar, S. and Kumar, S. Electrooptic and viewing angle characteristics of a display device employing a discotic nematic liquid crystal MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 397(2) 545-552 2003 DOI  Yes
Prasad, S., Maeda, Y., Rao, D., Nagamani, S., Hiremath, U. and Yelamaggad, C. Phase behaviour of thermotropic banana-shaped compounds under pressure LIQUID CRYSTALS 30 1277-1283 2003 DOI  Yes
Sandhya, K., Rao, D., Prasad, S., Hiremath, U. and Yelamaggad, C. Effect of pressure on liquid crystal dimers LIQUID CRYSTALS 30 1351-1355 2003 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C., Nagamani, S., Hiremath, U., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. The first examples of monodispersive liquid crystalline tetramers possessing four non-identical anisometric segments LIQUID CRYSTALS 29(2) 231-236 2002 DOI  Yes
Kumar, S., Naidu, J. and Rao, D. Novel dibenzo[fg,op] naphthacene discotic liquid crystals: a versatile rational synthesis JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 12(5) 1335-1341 2002 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C., Nagamani, S., Nair, G., Rao, D., Prasad, S. and Jakli, A. Achiral banana-shaped mesogenic bidentate ligands and their Cu(II) and Pd(II) complexes LIQUID CRYSTALS 29(9) 1181-1185 2002 DOI  Yes
Sandhya, K., Prasad, S., Rao, D. and Bahr, C. Comparative x-ray and dielectric measurements of smectic A-smectic-C-* transition in bulk and confined geometries PHYSICAL REVIEW E 66   2002 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C., Nagamani, S., Hiremath, U., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Salicylaldimine-based symmetric dimers: synthesis and thermal behaviour LIQUID CRYSTALS 29 1401-1408 2002 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C., Hiremath, U. and Rao, D. Cholesterol-based dimesogenic bidentate ligands and their Cu( II) and Pd( II) metallomesogens LIQUID CRYSTALS 28(3) 351-355 2001 DOI  Yes
Yoji Maeda, D. S. Shankar Rao, S. Krishna Prasad, S. Chandrasekhar & Sandeep Kumar Phase behaviour of the discotic mesogen 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahexylthiotriphenylene (HHTT) under hydrostatic pressure Liquid Crystals 28:11 1679-1690 2001 DOI Yes
Prasad, V., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. A novel class of banana-shaped azo compounds exhibiting antiferroelectric switching behaviour LIQUID CRYSTALS 28(4) 643-646 2001 DOI  Yes
Prasad, V., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Liquid crystalline dimeric compounds with an alkylene spacer LIQUID CRYSTALS 28(5) 761-767 2001 DOI  Yes
Varshney, S., Rao, D. and Kumar, S. Novel liquid-crystalline mercury acetylide complexes MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 357   2001 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C., Hiremath, U., Nagamani, S., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. A switchable salicylaldimine-based achiral bent-shaped mesogen: synthesis and characterization JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 11(7) 1818-1822 2001 DOI  Yes
Prasad, S., Rao, D. and Jeyagopal, P. Effect of pressure on the photoinduced nematic-isotropic phase transition PHYSICAL REVIEW E 64   2001 DOI  Yes
Rao, D., Nair, G., Prasad, S., Nagamani, S. and Yelamaggad, C. Experimental studies on the B-7 phase of a banana-shaped achiral mesogen LIQUID CRYSTALS 28(8) 1239-1243 2001 DOI  Yes
Rao, D., Prasad, S., Raja, V., Yelamaggad, C. and Nagamani, S. Observation of a reentrant twist grain boundary phase PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 87(8)   2001 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C., Nagamani, S., Hiremath, U., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Unsymmetrical trimesogens exhibiting the undulated twist grain boundary (UTGBC*) mesophase LIQUID CRYSTALS 28 1581-1583 2001 DOI  Yes
Manickam, M., Belloni, M., Kumar, S., Varshney, S., Rao, D., Ashton, P., Preece, J. and Spencer, N. The first hexagonal columnar discotic liquid crystalline carbazole derivatives induced by noncovalent pi-pi interactions JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 11 2790-2800 2001 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C., Nagamani, S., Rao, D., Prasad, S. and Hiremath, U. Electroclinic effect in unsymmetrical dimeric liquid crystals composed of two non-identical chiral mesogenic entities MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 363   2001 DOI  Yes
Lokanath, N., Sridhar, M., Prasad, J., Yelamaggad, C., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Crystal structure of an unsymmetrical dimeric liquid crystal with a wide temperature range chiral smectic A phase MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 364 567-574 2001 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C., Nagamani, S., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Cholesterol-based linear trimesogens: synthesis and evaluation of mesomorphic behaviour   11 493-495 2001 DOI  Yes
Prasad, V., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Ferroelectric switching in a novel bent-shaped mesogen having two non-mesogenic units linked by an alkylene spacer LIQUID CRYSTALS 27(5) 585-590 2000 DOI  Yes
Kumar, S., Manickam, M., Varshney, S., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Novel heptasubstituted triphenylene discotic liquid crystals JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 10(11) 2483-2489 2000 DOI  Yes
Prasad, V. and Rao, D. Synthesis and mesomorphic properties of some anthraquinone derivatives: New difunctionalised discotic monomers MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 350   2000 DOI  Yes
Rao, D., Prasad, S., Prasad, V. and Kumar, S. Dielectric and high-pressure investigations on a thermotropic cubic mesophase PHYSICAL REVIEW E 59 5572-5576 1999 DOI  Yes
Yelamaggad, C., Srikrishna, A., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. Synthesis and characterization of some new dimesogenic compounds LIQUID CRYSTALS 26 1547-1554 1999 DOI  Yes
Kumar, S., Rao, D. and Prasad, S. New branched chain tricycloquinazoline derivatives: a room temperature electron deficient discotic system JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 9 2751-2754 1999 DOI  Yes
Prasad, S., Nair, G. and Rao, D. Non-linear dielectric response of a ferroelectric liquid crystal LIQUID CRYSTALS 26 1587-1590 1999 DOI  Yes
Chandrasekhar, S., Nair, G., Rao, D., Prasad, S., Praefcke, K. and Blunk, D. Schlieren textures in free-standing nematic films: evidence of biaxiality LIQUID CRYSTALS 24(1) 67-70 1998 DOI  Yes
Chandrasekhar, S., Nair, G., Rao, D., Prasad, S., Praefcke, K. and Blunk, D. A thermotropic biaxial nematic liquid crystal CURRENT SCIENCE 75 1042-1046 1998 DOI  Yes
Rao, D.S.S., Gupta, V.K., Prasad, S.K., Manickam, M. and Kumar, S. High Pressure Studies on Hexa-n-alkoxy Triphenylene Homologous Series MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECTION A-MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 319 193-206 1998 DOI  Yes
Rao, D., Prasad, S., Chandrasekhar, S., Mery, S. and Shashidhar, R. X-ray, dielectric and high pressure studies on a compound exhibiting ferro-, ferri- and antiferroelectric smectic phases MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECTION A-MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 292 301-310 1997 DOI  Yes
Prasad, S., Rao, D., Khened, S., Chandrasekhar, S., Naciri, J. and Shashidhar, R. Comparative study of the collective mode dynamics in ferroelectric liquid crystalline monomers and their corresponding copolymers PHYSICA A 224 1-2 1996 DOI  Yes
S. Krishna Prasad, D. S. Shankar Rao, S. Chandrasekhar, M. E. Neubert, and J. W. Goodby OBSERVATION OF THE SMECTIC-C SMECTIC-I CRITICAL-POINT PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 74(2) 270-273 1995 DOI  Yes
PRASAD, S., DSS, RAO, VN, RAJA, CHANDRASEKHAR, S., HEPPKE, G. and NEUBERT, M. AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF THE SMECTIC-A-SMECTIC-C TRANSITIONS IN MONOLAYER, PARTIALLY BILAYER AND BILAYER SYSTEMS MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECTION A-MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 238 241-247 1994 DOI  
S. Krishna Prasad, D. S. Shankar Rao, V. N. Raja, S. Chandrasekhar, G. Heppke & M. E. Neubert An Experimental Study of the Smectic A-Smectic C Transitions in Monolayer, Partially Bilayer and Bilayer Systems Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 238:1 241-247 1994 DOI Yes
VN, RAJA, PRASAD, S., DSS, RAO and CHANDRASEKHAR, S. HIGH-PRECISION DENSITY STUDIES NEAR THE SMECTIC A-NEMATIC TRICRITICAL POINT LIQUID CRYSTALS 12(2) 239-243 1992 DOI  
VN, RAJA, DSS, RAO and PRASAD, S. PHASE-DIAGRAM EXHIBITING A SMECTIC-A-SMECTIC-C-SMECTIC-F MEETING POINT PHYSICAL REVIEW A 46(2)   1992 DOI  
PFEIFFER, S., HEPPKE, G., DSS, RAO and SHASHIDHAR, R. CONTINUOUS THERMODYNAMIC PATH BETWEEN 3 SMECTIC-A PHASES OF THE SAME SYMMETRY PHYSICAL REVIEW A 46   1992    
DSS, RAO, PRASAD, S., VN, RAJA, PFEIFFER, S., QUENTEL, S. and HEPPKE, G. DIELECTRIC BEHAVIOR NEAR A SMECTIC AD-SMECTIC A2 CRITICAL-POINT MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 198 291-297 1991 DOI  
VN, RAJA, PRASAD, S., DSS, RAO, GOODBY, J. and NEUBERT, M. EFFECT OF THE I-STAR PHASE TEMPERATURE-RANGE ON THE NATURE OF THE TILTED FLUID TO HEXATIC TRANSITION FERROELECTRICS 121 1-4 1991 DOI  
VN, RAJA, PRASAD, S., KHENED, S. and DSS, RAO EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES IN THE VICINITY OF THE C-STAR-I-STAR TRANSITION FERROELECTRICS 121 1-4 1991 DOI  
PRASAD, S., VN, RAJA, DSS, RAO, GG, NAIR and NEUBERT, M. TEMPERATURE-RANGE OF THE SMECTIC-A PHASE AND ITS EFFECT ON THE SMECTIC-A SMECTIC-C TRANSITION PHYSICAL REVIEW A 42(4) 2479-2481 1990 DOI