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Journal Publications (*-corresponding author)

  1. "Experimental and numerical study of gas flow through microchannel with 90° bends", Hariom S Singh, PMV Subbarao, Saakshi Dhanekar, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 32, 2022, pp. 095003

  2. “Near Room Temperature Sensing by In2O3 Decorated Silicon Nanowires for Sensitive Detection of Ethanol”, Priyanka Dwivedi, Saakshi Dhanekar*, Samaresh Das, IEEE Sensors, vol. 21, 2021, pp. 7275-7282.

  3. “Wearable Dosimeters for medical and defence applications- A state of the art review”, Saakshi Dhanekar*, Kamaljit Rangra, Advanced Materials Technologies, vol. 6, 2021, 2000895 (15 pages).

  4. “Self-encapsulated DC MEMS switch using recessed cantilever beam and anodic bonding between silicon and glass”, B. Behera, S. Dhanekar*, G. Singh, S. Chandra, Microsystem Technologies, vol. 107, 2020, 7 pages. (Link)

  5. “Teaching Fundamentals of Microelectronic Technology Using Test Chip”, S. Chandra, S. Dhanekar*, J Yadav, D. K. Sahu, A. Singh, Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, vol. 32, 2018, 6 pages

  6. “Temperature Dependent Electrical Characteristics of Nanostructured WO3 Based Ambipolar Bottom Gate FET”, Sahil Soneja, Priyanka Dwivedi, Saakshi Dhanekar*, Samaresh Das, Vikram Kumar, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 17, 2018, pp. 1288-1294. (Link)

  7. “Development of scalable planar MEMS technology for low power operated selective ethanol sensor”, Priyanka Dwivedi, Dhairya Singh Arya, Saakshi Dhanekar*, Samaresh Das, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 28, 2018, 105020 (10 pp). (Link)

  8. "MoO3/Nano –Si Heterostructure based Highly Sensitive and Acetone Selective Sensor Prototype: A key to Non-invasive Detection of Diabetes", Priyanka Dwivedi, Saakshi Dhanekar*, Samaresh Das, Nanotechnology, vol. 29, 2018, 275503 (9pp). (Link)

  9. “Interfacial Engineering in TiO2/nano-Si Heterostructure based Device Prototype for E-nose Application”, Priyanka Dwivedi, Saakshi Dhanekar*, Monika Agrawal, Samaresh Das, IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices, vol. 65, 2018, pp. 1127-1131. (Link)

  10. "Efficient PL emission from p-type porous silicon: A comparative study for selection of effective anodization parameters", Saakshi Dhanekar*, S. S. Islam, Silicon, vol. 10, 2018, pp. 725-730.

  11. "High performance broadband photo detector based on MoS2/porous silicon heterojunction", Veerendra Dhyani, Priyanka Dwivedi, Saakshi Dhanekar, Samaresh Das*, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 111, pp. 191107 (5 pp.), 2017

  12. "Wafer scale synthesized MoS2/Porous Silicon nanostructures for efficient and selective ethanol sensing at room temperature", Priyanka Dwivedi, Samaresh Das*, Saakshi Dhanekar, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 9, 2017, pp. 21017-21024. (Link)

  13. "Scalable fabrication of prototype sensor for selective and sub-ppm level ethanol sensing based on TiO2 nanotubes decorated porous silicon", Priyanka Dwivedi, Saakshi Dhanekar*, Samaresh Das, Neha Chauhan, Vivekanandan P., D. Sakthi Kumar, Sensors and Actuators B, vol. 249, 2017, pp. 602-610. (Link)

  14. "Polymer functionalized nanostructured porous silicon for selective water vapor sensing at room temperature", Priyanka Dwivedi, Saakshi Dhanekar*, Samaresh Das, Superlattices and Microstructures, vol. 104, 2017, pp. 547-552. (Link)

  15. "Effect of TiO2 Functionalization on Nano-Porous Silicon for Selective Alcohol Sensing at  Room Temperature", Priyanka Dwivedi, Saakshi Dhanekar*, Samaresh Das, Sudhir Chandra, Journal of Materials Science and Technology, vol. 33, 2017, pp. 516-522. (Link)

  16. "Synthesis of α-MoO3 nano-flakes by dry oxidation of RF sputtered Mo thin films and their application in gas sensing", Priyanka Dwivedi, Saakshi Dhanekar*, Samaresh Das, Semiconductor Science and Technology, vol. 31, 2016, pp. 115010 (7pp). (Link)

  17. "Optical measurement of trace level water vapours using functionalized porous silicon: selectivity studies", Saakshi Dhanekar*, Indu Sharma, S. S. Islam, RSC Advances, vol. 6, 2016, pp. 72371-72377. (Link)

  18. "Morphology dependent PL quenching of multi-zone nanoporous silicon: Size variant silicon nanocrystallites on a single chip", Saakshi Dhanekar*, S. S. Islam, C. M. Julien, A. Mauger, Materials and Design, vol. 101, 2016, pp. 152 - 159 (Link)

  19. "Micro-mixer device with deep channels in silicon using modified RIE: Fabrication, packaging and characterization", Saakshi Dhanekar*, Sudhir Chandra, R. Balasubramaniam, Journal of Microsystem Technologies, Springer, vol. 22, 2016, pp. 515-522 (Link)

  20. "Porous Silicon Biosensor: Current Status", Saakshi Dhanekar*, Swati Jain, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 41, 2013, pp. 54-64 (Link)

  21. "Photo-induced electrochemical anodization of p-type silicon: Achievement and demonstration of long term surface stability", Saakshi Dhanekar, S. S. Islam*, Harsh, Nanotechnology, vol. 23, 2012, pp. 235501 (8 pages).

  22. "PL quenching technique: A sensitive probe for detecting organic vapours at low ppm", Saakshi Dhanekar, S. S. Islam*, T. Islam, Harsh, International Journal of Nanoscience, vol. 10, nos. 4 & 5 2011, pp. 777-781

  23. "Organic vapour sensing by porous silicon: Influence of molecular kinetics in selectivity studies", Saakshi   Dhanekar, S.S. Islam*, T. Islam, A. K. Shukla, Harsh, Physica E, vol. 42, 2010, pp. 1648-1652.

  24. "Effect of organic vapour on porous alumina based moisture sensor in dry gases", Saakshi   Dhanekar, Tarikul Islam, S.S.Islam*, Kamalendu Sengupta, Debdulal Saha, Sensors and Transducers, vol. 6, 2009, pp. 117-127.

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Granted: An improved process for the preparation of functionalized porous silicon exhibiting highly sensitive and selective response to moisture, no. 2459/DEL/2012 dated 7 August 2012

  2. Method for fabrication of MEMS integrated sensor and sensor thereof, no. 201811014593 dated 17 April 2018; PCT filed

  3. Cantilever sensor device based on suspended metal oxide and silicon nanostructures and fabrication method thereof, no. 201711029361 dated 18 August 2017

  4. Molybdenum trioxide and nano silicon for acetone detection, no. 201711002327 dated 20 January 2017; US patent filed

  5. Granted: A microelectromechanical (MEMS) switch, no. 201611041136 dated 1 December 2016

List of Patents:
Conference Publications (*-corresponding author)

  1. “MEMS Integrated MoO3 Nanostructures based Acetone Sensor”, Priyanka Dwivedi, Saakshi Dhanekar*, IEEE Conference publication, IEEE International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST) 2018, Ireland, 4rd- 6th December 2018.

  2. “Live Demonstration of Alcohol Prototype for Drunken Drive Case”, Priyanka Dwivedi, Saakshi Dhanekar*, IEEE Conference publication, IEEE Sensors 2018.

  3. "Highly Responsive Behavior Towards Acetone by WO3 Based Bottom Gate Field Effect Transistor”, Priyanka Dwivedi, Sahil Soneja, Saakshi Dhanekar*, IEEE Conference publication, IEEE Sensors 2018.

  4. “Capturing bacteria through a bio-sensitive heterostructure surface: Photoluminescence studies”, Saakshi Dhanekar*, Priyanka Dwivedi, Neha Chauhan, Vivekanandan P., D. Sakthi Kumar, Pushpapraj Singh, IEEE Conference publication, IEEE Sensors 2017, pages 1-3.

  5. “Low-cost and reliable nanowire fabrication method for ultrasensitive pressure sensor”, Vaibhav Rana, K. N. Bhat, Samaresh Das, Kshitij Saxena, Saakshi Dhanekar, Pushpapraj Singh*, IEEE Conference publication, IEEE Sensors 2017, pages 1-3.

  6. “Design, Fabrication, Characterization and Packaging of Bottom Gate and Nano-porous TiO2 based FET”, Priyanka Dwivedi, Neha Chauhan, Veerendra Dhyani, D. Sakthi Kumar, Saakshi Dhanekar*, IEEE Conference publication, IEEE Nano 2017, pages 946-950.

  7. “Selective acetone electrical detection using functionalized nano-porous silicon”, Priyanka Dwivedi, Saakshi Dhanekar*, Samaresh Das, IEEE Conference publication, 2015 Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON), pages 1-4.

  8. “Development of reactive ion etching process for deep etching of silicon for micro-mixer device fabrication”, Saakshi Dhanekar*, R. Tiwari, B. Behera, S. Chandra, R. Balasubramaniam, IEEE Conference publication, Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP), 2014, pages 1-6.

  9. “Study of cross- sensitivity of porous alumina based trace moisture sensor in dry gases”, Saakshi Dhanekar, P. M. Z. Hasan, S. Hussain, T. Islam, S. S. Islam*, K. Sengupta, D. Saha, IEEE Conference publication, 2008 3rd International Conference on Sensing Technology, pages 656-660.

Book Chapters:

  1. Dhanekar S. (2018) Effective Sensing Mechanisms and Techniques for Detection of E. coli Bacteria in Potable Water. In: Pawar P., Ronge B., Balasubramaniam R., Seshabhattar S. (eds) Techno-Societal 2016. ICATSA 2016. Springer, Cham

  2. Saakshi Dhanekar (2020) Smart and Intelligent E-nose for Sensitive and Selective Chemical Sensing Applications, in Smart Sensors for Environmental and Medical Applications Ed. Hamida Hallil and Hadi Heidari, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Newspaper Articles: 

Our work on alcohol breath analyser was published as two newspaper articles on 6th December 2017. One was The Pioneer and other was Amar Ujala

Other Articles: 

  1. ‘A self-encapsulated silicon cantilever based DC MEMS switch – Batch fabrication and packaging at wafer level’, FITT Forum, vol. 23, No. 1, January 2017, page 14.

  2. ‘Sensors for common man....reliability or cost?’, FITT, IIT Delhi Newsletter, vol. 24, July 2017, page 3-5.

  3. Breath analyzers: Sensors for common man, ISSS Sukshma Newsletter , vol. 11, No. 1, 2018

  4. ‘Electronic Nose- An epitome of perfect sensor systems’, IEEE India Info., vol. 14, No. 1, Jan-Mar 2019, pg 63-67.

  5. Backstage secrets from the fabrication lab, 16th July 2019 in ‘The Life of Science’ (Link)

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