Dr. Sapkota is assistant professor of CDC. He received PhD from Jeonbuk National University, South Korea. His area(s) of expertise is/are nanomaterials for photocatalytic, bioremediation and therapeutic applications.

Email:mychemistry2037@gmail.com

Professional experiences

May 2017-March 2023: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Amrit Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

March 2023-current: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Dr. Sapkota has also presented his research works in several national/international conferences/seminars. He is also the author/co-author of grade I-XII science/Chemistry books.

Selected Scientific Publications

• Sapkota, K. P., Lee, I., Hanif, M., Islam, M., & Hahn, J. R. (2019). Solar-light-driven efficient ZnO–single-walled carbon nanotube photocatalyst for the degradation of a persistent water pollutant organic dye. Catalysts, 9(6), 498
• Sapkota, K. P., Hassan, M. M., Shrestha, S., Hanif, M. A., Islam, M. A., Akter, J., … & Hahn, J. R. (2020). Heterojunction formation between copper (II) oxide nanoparticles and single-walled carbon nanotubes to enhance antibacterial performance. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 590, 119937
• Sapkota, K. P., Lee, I., Hanif, M., Islam, M., Akter, J., & Hahn, J. R. (2020). Enhanced visible-light photocatalysis of nanocomposites of copper oxide and single-walled carbon nanotubes for the degradation of methylene blue. Catalysts, 10(3), 297
• Sapkota, K. P., Islam, M., Hanif, M., Akter, J., Lee, I., & Hahn, J. R. (2021). Hierarchical Nanocauliflower Chemical Assembly Composed of Copper Oxide and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Photocatalytic Dye Degradation. Nanomaterials, 11(3), 696
• Sapkota, K. P., Lee, I., Shrestha, S., Islam, M., Hanif, M., Akter, J., & Hahn, J. R. (2021). Copper Oxide–Zinc Oxide Nanobullets for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation and Degradation of a Persistent Water Pollutant under Visible-Light Illumination, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Accepted)
• Islam, M. A., Sapkota, K. P., Riaz, T. A., Hossain, M. A., Hanif, M. A., Akter, J., … & Hahn, J. R. (2021). Subnanometer Thick Carbon-Layer-Encapsulated Silver Nanoparticles Selectively Neutralizing Human Cancer Cells and Pathogens through Controlled Release of Ag+ Ions. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4(7), 7295-7308.

The complete list of the publications can be found in the link below.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0nMQCwoAAAAJ&hl=en