Research Interests
- Preparation of catalytic carbon
- Characterisation of the material
- Computational study of decomposition mechanism with experimental techniques
Publications
- Poudel P. and Masters S.L. (2023) Structural, thermochemical and kinetic insights on the pryolysis of diketene to produce ketene. Journal of Molecular Modeling 29: 168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-023-05572-x (Journal Article)
- Poudel P., Ja’o A.L. and Masters S.L. (2022) Should pyrolysis of diazotetranoic acid produce methylene ketene or carbon sub-oxide? A theoretical, structural, thermochemical and kinetic study. Chemical Physics Letters 802: 139770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2022.139770 (Journal Article)
- Poudel P. (2021) A computational investigation of potential decomposition pathways to produce short-lived ketenes. Master of Science, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/10789 (MSc Thesis)
Presentations
- Poudel, P.; Marshall, A.T. Catalytic carbon derived from ionic liquids (ILs) as an electrode of vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB), MacDiarmid Institute @ Victoria University, Wellington, 18–19 Apr 2023 (Oral presentation)
- Poudel, P. Masters, S.L. Thermal Decomposition mechanism of Meldrum’s acid and its derivatives, 7th International Conference on Catalysis and Chemical Engineering, Las Vegas, USA, 20–22 Feb 2023 (Oral presentation / online slot)
- Poudel, P.; Marshall, A.T. Kinetic study of V4+ / V5+ by using glassy carbon working electrode, MacDiarmid Institute @ Victoria University, Wellington, 30 Nov – 2 Dec 2022 (Poster presentation)
- Poudel, P.; Masters, S.L. Molecular structure of short-lived species by gas electron diffraction and computational methods (2020) Materials @ UC 2020, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 19–20 Nov 2020 (Oral presentation)
- Poudel, P.; Masters, S.L. Molecular Structures of Short-Lived Ketenes by Computational (and Experimental) Methods (2020) Annual Postgraduate Research Showcase Symposium, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 14 Dec 2020 (Oral presentation)
- Poudel, P.; Lane J. What are the dominant intermolecular forces that that drive the formation of aerosols as new cloud droplets in Earth’s atmosphere? (2019) Postgraduate Conference, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, 14 Oct 2019 (Oral presentation)
Academic History
- MSc in computational chemistry (thesis) University of Canterbury, New Zealand (2020-2021)
- MSc in Physical Chemistry (coursework) University Campus, TU, Nepal (2005-2007)
- BSc In Chemistry Amrit Science Campus, TU, Nepal (2002-2005)
Professional History
- Research Assistant at University of Canterbury (Sep 2021-Nov 2021)
- Physical Chemistry Lecturer/teacher at Little Angels’ College, Nepal, for 8 years, 4 months
- Chemistry teacher at REHDON College, Nepal for 1 year 6 months
