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Dr. Sandeep Munjal

Assistant Professor
Department of Forensic Sciences Ph.D. (IIT Delhi)
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Dr. Sandeep Munjal is a distinguished researcher and educator specializing in nanomaterials, resistive switching devices, neuromorphic computing, and forensic applications. With a Ph.D. from IIT Delhi, he has made significant contributions to material science, memory devices, and environmental sustainability.

Currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Goa, Dr. Munjal has held key research positions, including Principal Investigator (National Post-Doctoral Fellow, DST-SERB) at the University of Delhi and Senior Project Scientist at IIT Delhi. His research focuses on developing next-generation memory devices, advanced materials for water remediation, and gas sensors for air quality monitoring.

With 45+ publications in high-impact journals, a granted patent, and multiple national and international awards, Dr. Munjal’s work has been widely recognized. His research on resistive switching was featured in Nature’s Top 100 in Physics (2017), and he has been honored as an India Top Cited Researcher by IOP Publishing (UK).

Beyond research, Dr. Munjal is an editorial board member and peer reviewer for leading journals, including those from ACS, RSC, IEEE, and Hindawi. He actively collaborates with global researchers and mentors young scientists to drive innovation at the intersection of physics, materials science, and forensic applications.

Dr. Munjal remains committed to advancing scientific knowledge, developing cutting-edge technologies, and contributing to a sustainable future.


No. of Publications

Research Paper

42

Book

0

Book Chapter

2

Academic Identity

Scopus Id
56567846700
G-Scholar Id
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Vidwan Id
338833

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor
NFSU Goa
Jul 2022 to Till Today
National PDF (By DST SERB, Gov of India)
Univesrity of Delhi
Jan 2021 to Jul 2022
Senior Project Scientist
IIT Delhi
Jul 2018 to Dec 2020
Senior Research Fellow
IIT Delhi
Jul 2015 to Jun 2018
Jounior Research Fellow
IIT Delhi
Jul 2013 to Jun 2015

AWARDS

Merit Award in MSc Physics
Jaipur, Rajasthan
July 2009
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (JRF in Physics) All India Rank 65
New Delhi
December 2012
GATE Conducted by by IIT Bombay & Ministry of Human Resource Development (AIR 107)
New Delhi
February 2013
Senior Research Fellowship by CSIR, Gov of India
New Delhi
July 2015
Best Presentation Award in International Conference by IIT Madras (I-Cold 2017)
IIT MADRAS
November 2017
Top 100 in Physics (worldwide) by NATURE.COM
Editorial Office, Nature.com
December 2017
Best Presentation Award in International Conference by IIT Delhi (GLAD - 2018).
IIT Delhi
March 2018
Departmental Best Presentation Award
LHC Complex
April 2018
National-PDF by Science and Engineering Research Board (DST, Govt. of India).
New Delhi
December 2020
INDIA TOP CITED AWARD by IOP Publishing.
Editorial Office, Institute of Physics Publishing
October 2022

No. of Publications

SORTING BY DATE
September 2023

Book Title: Advances in Data-Driven Computing and Intelligent Systems

Chapter Title: NiO/CoFe2O4 Magnetic Nanocomposite for Efficient DNA Adsorption

ISBN: 978-981-99-9531-8

Pages: 435 - 442

Language: English

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

Shreya Naik, Harsh Panchal, Saroj Babar, Sandeep Munjal

Book Chapters
July 2023

Book Title: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering

Chapter Title: A mini review on - Physically Unclonable Functions: The Hardware Security Primitives

ISBN: 18761119

Pages: 24 - 29

Language: English

Publisher: Springer

Harsh Panchal, Naveen Kumar Chaudhary and Sandeep Munjal

Book Chapters
Dec 2024

Title: Visible LED-light driven photocatalytic activity by a novel magnetically separable CoFe2O4/Mn3O4 nanocomposite

Journal: Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects

ISSN: 2352-5088

Volume (issue): 40 (1)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoso.2024.101351

Publisher: Elsevier.

Vidit Pandey, Sandeep Munjal, Tufail Ahmad

Journal
Nov 2024

Title: Tuning of optical parameters of sol-gel synthesized ZrO2 nanoparticles

Journal: Optical Materials

ISSN: 1873-1252

Volume (issue): 157 (1)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2024.116349

Publisher: Elsevier.

Chayanika Talukdar, Vidit Pandey, Md Saddam Husain, Narayan Kumar, Sandeep Munjal, Tufail Ahmad

Journal
Nov 2024

Title: 2D material assisted Prism based Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors: A comprehensive survey

Journal: Optics and Lasers in Engineering

ISSN: 1873-0302

Volume (issue): 182 (1)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2024.108452

Publisher: Elsevier.

Akila Chithravel, Dhatchayani Murugan, Abhishek S Shekhawat, Aarti Diwan, Tulika Srivastava, Sandeep Munjal, Satish Lakkakula, Shailendra K Saxena, Anand M Shrivastav

Journal
Feb 2024

Title: Analog resistive switching behavior in BiCoO3 thin film

Journal: Solid-State Electronics

ISSN: 1879-2405

Volume (issue): 212 (1)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2023.108831

Publisher: Elsevier.

Manisha Kumari, Kajal Jindal, Sandeep Munjal, Monika Tomar, Pradip K Jha

Journal
Jan 2024

Title: Inclusion of CoFe2O4 ultrafine nanoparticles in 7CB liquid crystal: effects on temperature-dependent magnetic properties and insights for expanding the application of LC systems in hyperthermia treatments

Journal: Liquid Crystals

ISSN: 0267-8292

Volume (issue): 51 (1)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2023.2276389

Publisher: Taylor & Francis.

Sandeep Munjal

Journal
Sep 2023

Title: Controlled Self Compliance Filamentary Memory Behavior in Al/NiFe2O4/FTO Resistive Switching Device

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section A: Physical Sciences

ISSN: 2250-1762

Volume (issue): 93 (3)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/s40010-023-00842-y

Publisher: Springer India.

Sandeep Munjal

Journal
Aug 2023

Title: Optical analyses of spin-coated Mn3O4 thin film

Journal: Materials Today: Proceedings

ISSN: 2214-7853

Volume (issue): 0 (0)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2023.07.025

Publisher: Elsevier.

Vidit Pandey, Mohd Salman Siddiqui, Sandeep Munjal, Tufail Ahmad

Journal
Aug 2023

Title: Non-volatile memory effects in Au/Zinc-Ferrite/FTO capacitor type device

Journal: Materials Today: Proceedings

ISSN: 2214-7853

Volume (issue): 0 (0)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2023.06.308

Publisher: Elsevier.

Bharti Rani, Rohit Kumar, Gurpreet Gurpreet, Sandeep Munjal

Journal
Jun 2025

Title: Structural and optical analyses of hydrothermally synthesized ZrO2 nanopowder

Journal: Materials Today: Proceedings

ISSN: 2214-7853

Volume (issue): 0 (0)

Language: English

DOI:

Publisher: Elsevier.

Md Saddam Husain, Vidit Pandey, Hilal Ahmed, Tufail Ahmad, Sandeep Munjal

Journal
Jun 2023

Title: Synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles by precipitation method: Characterizations and applications in decipherment of latent fingerprints

Journal: Materials Today: Proceedings

ISSN: 2214-7853

Volume (issue): 00 (00)

Language: English

DOI:

Publisher: Elsevier.

Shalini Rajan, Aaromal Venugopal, Hridhya Kozhikkalathil, Sreya Valappil, Mrinmayee Kale, Manisha Mann, Pooja Ahuja, Sandeep Munjal

Journal
May 2023

Title: Piezo-photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutant by a novel BaTiO3–NiO composite

Journal: The European Physical Journal Plus

ISSN: 2190-5444

Volume (issue): 138 (5)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04029-7

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Adiba, Sandeep Munjal, M Zain K, Tufail Ahmad

Journal
Apr 2017

Title: Valence Change Bipolar Resistive Switching Accompanied With Magnetization Switching in CoFe2O4 Thin Film

Journal: Scientific Reports

ISSN: 2045-2322

Volume (issue): 7 (1)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12579-x

Publisher: Nature.

Sandeep Munjal, Neeraj Khare

Journal
Apr 2017

Title: Transforming single domain magnetic CoFe2O4 nanoparticles from hydrophobic to hydrophilic by novel mechanochemical ligand exchange

Journal: Journal of Nanoparticle Research

ISSN: 1388-0764

Volume (issue): 19 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-016-3700-y

Publisher: Springer.

Sandeep Munjal, Neeraj Khare

Journal
Apr 2016

Title: Water dispersible CoFe2O4 nanoparticles with improved colloidal stability for biomedical applications

Journal: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

ISSN: 0304-8853

Volume (issue): 404 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2015.12.017

Publisher: Elsevier.

Sandeep Munjal, Neeraj Khare, Chetan Nehate, Veena Koul

Journal
Apr 2016

Title: Water dispersible CoFe2O4 nanoparticles with improved colloidal stability for biomedical applications

Journal: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

ISSN: 0304-8853

Volume (issue): 404 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2015.12.017

Publisher: Elsevier.

Sandeep Munjal, Neeraj Khare, Chetan Nehate, Veena Koul

Journal
Apr 2018

Title: Resistive switching characteristics of monodisperse CoFe2O4 nanoparticle assembly

Journal: Advanced Science Letters

ISSN: 1936-6612

Volume (issue): 24 (2)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2018.10868

Publisher: American Scientific Publishers.

Sandeep Munjal, Neeraj Khare

Journal
Apr 2018

Title: Electroforming free controlled bipolar resistive switching in Al/CoFe2O4/FTO device with self-compliance effect

Journal: Applied Physics Letters

ISSN: 0003-6951

Volume (issue): 112 (7)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4998401

Publisher: AIP.

Sandeep Munjal, Neeraj Khare

Journal
Apr 2018

Title: Multilevel resistive and magnetization switching in Cu/CoFe2O4/Pt device: Coexistence of ionic and metallic conducting filaments

Journal: Applied Physics Letters

ISSN: 0003-6951

Volume (issue): 113 (24)

Language: English

DOI: ttps://doi.org/10.1063/1.5043078

Publisher: AIP.

Sandeep Munjal, Neeraj Khare

Journal
Apr 2019

Title: Citric acid coated CoFe2O4 nanoparticles transformed through rapid mechanochemical ligand exchange for efficient magnetic hyperthermia applications

Journal: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

ISSN: 0304-8853

Volume (issue): 477 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2018.09.007

Publisher: Elsevier.

Sandeep Munjal, Neeraj Khare, Balasubramanian Sivakumar, Dasappan Nair Sakthikumar

Journal
Apr 2019

Title: Advances in resistive switching based memory devices

Journal: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

ISSN: 1361-6463

Volume (issue): 52 (43)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ab2e9e

Publisher: IOP.

Sandeep Munjal, Neeraj Khare

Journal
Apr 2021

Title: Compliance current controlled volatile and nonvolatile memory in Ag/CoFe2O4/Pt resistive switching device

Journal: Nanotechnology

ISSN: 0957-4484

Volume (issue): 32 (18)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abdd5f

Publisher: IOP.

Sandeep Munjal, Neeraj Khare

Journal
Apr 2023

Title: Multilevel resistive switching with negative differential resistance in Al/NiO/ZnFe2O4/ITO ReRAM device

Journal: Physica B: Condensed Matter

ISSN: 0921-4526

Volume (issue): 654 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2023.414742

Publisher: Elsevier.

Adiba Adiba, Vidit Pandey, Tufail Ahmad, Priyanka Nehla, Sandeep Munjal

Journal
Apr 2023

Title: Bipolar resistive switching with multiple intermediate resistance states in Mn3O4 thin film

Journal: Materials Today Communications

ISSN: 2352-4928

Volume (issue): 34 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.105484

Publisher: Elsevier.

Vidit Pandey, Adiba Adiba, Priyanka Nehla, Sandeep Munjal, Tufail Ahmad

Journal
Apr 2022

Title: Magnetic field induced Fréedericksz transition in a system of ultrafine spherical CoFe2O4 nanoparticles doped 7CB media

Journal: Journal of Molecular Liquids

ISSN: 0167-7322

Volume (issue): 368 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120688

Publisher: Elsevier.

Shilpi Bose, Aloka Sinha, Sandeep Munjal, Yogesh Kumar, Santanu Ghosh

Journal
Apr 2022

Title: Optical bandgap tuning of cubic spinel Co3O4 by annealing temperature

Journal: Materialia

ISSN: 2589-1529

Volume (issue): 26 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101554

Publisher: Elsevier.

Vidit Pandey, Adiba Adiba, Sandeep Munjal, Tufail Ahmad

Journal
Apr 2022

Title: Forming-free bipolar resistive switching characteristics in Al/Mn3O4/FTO RRAM device

Journal: Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

ISSN: 0022-3697

Volume (issue): 165 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2022.110689

Publisher: Elsevier.

Vidit Pandey, Adiba Adiba, Tufail Ahmad, Priyanka Nehla, Sandeep Munjal

Journal
Apr 2020

Title: Bi2Te3–CoFe2O4 nanocomposite: Role of magnetic filler on thermoelectric properties

Journal: Applied Physics Letters

ISSN: 1077-3118

Volume (issue): 116 (10)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5130675

Publisher: AIP.

S Kumar, S Munjal, N Khare

Journal
Apr 2018

Title: Intrinsic strain dependent redshift in optical band gap of Cu2ZnSnS4 nanostructured thin films

Journal: Thin Solid Films

ISSN: 0040-6090

Volume (issue): 657 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2018.05.003

Publisher: Elsevier.

MZ Ansari, S Munjal, N Khare

Journal
Apr 2018

Title: Bipolar resistive switching and nonvolatile memory effect in poly (3-hexylthiophene)–carbon nanotube composite films

Journal: Carbon

ISSN: 0008-6223

Volume (issue): 130 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.01.058

Publisher: Elsevier.

D Chaudhary, S Munjal, N Khare, VD Vankar

Journal
Apr 2017

Title: Superhydrophobic palmitic acid modified ZnO nanoparticles

Journal: Ceramics International

ISSN: 0272-8842

Volume (issue): 43 (16)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.07.176

Publisher: Elsevier.

N Agrawal, S Munjal, MZ Ansari, N Khare

Journal
Apr 2017

Title: Highly dispersible and uniform size Cu2ZnSnS4 nanoparticles for photocatalytic application

Journal: Advanced Powder Technology

ISSN: 0921-8831

Volume (issue): 28 (9)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apt.2017.06.023

Publisher: Elsevier.

MZ Ansari, M Faraz, S Munjal, V Kumar, N Khare

Journal
Apr 2017

Title: Metal-semiconductor transition and Seebeck inversion in CoFe2O4 nanoparticles

Journal: Jourrnal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

ISSN: 0022-3697

Volume (issue): 105 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2017.02.003

Publisher: Elsevier.

S Kumar, S Munjal, N Khare

Journal
Apr 2016

Title: Electrical conduction noise and its correlation with structural properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films

Journal: Materials Research Express

ISSN: 2053-1591

Volume (issue): 3 (7)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/3/7/076404

Publisher: IOP.

MZ Ansari, S Munjal, V Kumar, N Khare

Journal
Apr 2021

Title: NiO nanoparticles: Phase purification and strain analysis

Journal: AIP Conference Proceedings

ISSN: 1551-7616

Volume (issue): 236 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0061305

Publisher: AIP.

Sandeep Munjal

Journal
Apr 2020

Title: Structural and optical properties of sol gel synthesized NiO nanoparticles

Journal: AIP Conference Proceedings

ISSN: 1551-7616

Volume (issue): 227 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0020038

Publisher: AIP.

Sandeep Munjal

Journal
Apr 2020

Title: Structural and magnetic properties of tetragonal Mn3O4 nanoparticles synthesized by sol-gel method

Journal: AIP Conference Proceedings

ISSN: 1551-7616

Volume (issue): 222 (1)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0001796

Publisher: AIP.

V Pandey, A Adiba, S Munjal, T Ahmad

Journal
Apr 2020

Title: Forming free resistive switching characteristics in Al/NiFe2O4/FTO device

Journal: AIP Conference Proceedings

ISSN: 1551-7616

Volume (issue): 222 (1)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0001806

Publisher: AIP.

Sandeep Munjal, Neeraj Khare

Journal
Apr 2020

Title: Optical properties and spectroscopic investigation of single phase tetragonal Mn3O4 nanoparticles

Journal: Materials Today: Proceedings

ISSN: 2214-7853

Volume (issue): 26 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.02.238

Publisher: Elsevier.

V Pandey, S Munjal, T Ahmad

Journal
Apr 2020

Title: Structural, morphological and magnetic properties of antiferromagnetic nickel oxide nanoparticles synthesized via sol–gel route

Journal: Materials Today: Proceedings

ISSN: 2214-7853

Volume (issue): 26 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.02.643

Publisher: Elsevier.

Adiba, V Pandey, S Munjal, T Ahmad

Journal
Apr 2016

Title: Bipolar resistive switching in Bi25FeO40:PCBM nanocomposite thin film

Journal: AIP Conference Proceedings

ISSN: 1551-7616

Volume (issue): 172 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4946591

Publisher: AIP.

S Munjal, P Kumari, MZ Ansari, N Khare

Journal
Apr 2016

Title: Cobalt ferrite nanoparticles with improved aqueous colloidal stability and electrophoretic mobility

Journal: AIP Conference Proceedings

ISSN: 1551-7616

Volume (issue): 172 (1)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4945212

Publisher: AIP.

Sandeep Munjal, Neeraj Khare

Journal
Apr 2015

Title: Strain/defect induced enhanced coercivity in single domain CoFe2O4 nanoparticles

Journal: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

ISSN: 0304-8853

Volume (issue): 386 (0)

Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2015.03.057

Publisher: Elsevier.

S Singh, S Munjal, N Khare

Journal

Activity

Title: Winter School-2016

Start Date: 07 Dec, 2015

End Date: 11 Dec, 2015

Organization: University of Cambridge, Cambridge

Role of Faculty: Participant

Level of Programme: International

Programme Attended
Short term course

Title: Quantum Mechanics and its Applications

Start Date: 08 Apr, 2013

End Date: 19 Apr, 2013

Organization: Jaypee Institute of Information Technology Noida

Role of Faculty: Participant

Level of Programme: International

Programme Attended
Workshop

Title: Nano Probe Techniques

Start Date: 14 Jul, 2014

End Date: 14 Jul, 2014

Organization: Material Research Society of India

Role of Faculty: Invitees

Level of Programme: International

Programme Attended
Refresher Course

Title: Nanolithography and Nanofabrication

Start Date: 17 Oct, 2015

End Date: 17 Oct, 2023

Organization: RAITH, GmbH Germany

Role of Faculty: Participant

Level of Programme: National

Programme Attended
Workshop

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Project Title: Fabrication of Memristor based Artificial Synapses: A Potential Candidate for Brain Inspired Neuromorphic Devices

Start Year: January 2021

End Year: July 2022

Grant No.:

Amount: 2236800

Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India

Principal investigator

Completed

PROJECTS GUIDED

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