Faculty Details

Areas of Interest

• Ferroelectric oxides in energy applications
• Multiferroic and magnetoelectric oxides
• Strongly correlated perovskite oxides

Current Research

We explore to understand the ferroelectric and magnetic perovskite oxides in bulk, composites, heterostructures and multilayer thin film assemblies for thier multifunctional characteristics. Ferroelectric photovoltaics, electrocaloric, magnetocaloric, energy storage, electro and photo-strictions are the priority areas of research in our group.

Students

Current PhD Students

• PH17D033    SARATH NV
• PH17D041    MANU MOHAN
• PH17D202    SHANMUGA PRIYA K
• PH18D034    PRANAB KUMAR ROY
• PH19D202    YAMMALA ELIYA
• PH20D044    ARIJIT MONDAL
• PH20D201    KULE ANKITA BALKRISHNA SWATI

Recent Publications

• Bipolar magnetic switching and large exchange-bias in Fe-substituted SmCrO3. Manu Mohan, Sanjib Nayak, Arnab Pal and Pattukkannu Murugavel. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter.
  DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/acf1ea. 2023.
• Bandgap engineered BaTiO3-based ferroelectric oxides for photovoltaic applications. N. V. Sarath, Amit Chauhan, Jatin Kumar Bidika, Subhajit Pal, B. R. K. Nanda, and P. Murugavel. J. Appl. Phys.. 134. 044101.
  DOI: 10.1063/5.0155390. 2023.
• High Performance Near-Room-Temperature Pyroelectric Energy Harvesting Characteristics of Ferroelectric?Semiconductor Composites. K Shanmuga Priya, Subhajit Pal, Manu Mohan, and P Murugavel^. ACS Appl. Electron. Mater..
  DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.3c00511?urlappend=%3Fref%3DPDF&jav=VoR&rel=cite-as. 2023.
• Tuning the spin-reorientation towards room temperature and the evidence for spin-phonon coupling in modified SmFeO3. Manu Mohan and P. Murugavel?. J. Alloys & Compd.. 955. 170140.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.170140. 2023.
• Role of polarization switching and domain patterns in the enhanced piezoelectric characteristics of a Pb-free ferroelectric system. Pranab Kumar Roy, K Shanmuga Priya, Sanjib Nayak and P Murugavel^. J. Phys. D.:Appl. Phys.. 56. 405302 .
  DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/acdfde. 2023.
• Cationic redistribution induced spin-glass and cluster-glass states in spinel ferrite. S. Nayak, S. Ghorai, A. M. Padhan, S. Hajra, P. Svedlindh and P. Murugavel. Phys. Rev. B. 106. 174402.
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.106.174402. 2022.
• A review on ferroelectric systems for next generation photovoltaic applications. Subhajit Pal, N.V. Sarath, K. Shanmugapriya, and P. Murugavel. J. Phys.:D Appl. Phys.. 55. 283001.
  DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ac52f4. 2022.
• Photelectrocaloric effect in ferroelectric oxide. Subhajit Pal, Manu Mohan, K. Shanmugapriya, and P. Murugavel*. Scientific Reports. 12. 6390.
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10331-8. 2022.
• Bulk photovoltaic effect in BaTiO3-based ferroelectric oxides: An experimental and theoretical study. Subhajit Pal, S. Muthukrishnan, Banasree Sadhukhan, Sarath N. V., D. Murali, and P. Murugavel. J. Appl. Phys.. 129 . 084106.
  DOI: doi.org/10.1063/5.0036488. 2021.
• Large electrocaloric effect and energy storage performance of site-engineered lead-free Ba1-x(Bi0.5Li0.5)xTiO3 ferroelectric oxides. S. Pal, P. P. Biswas, M. Rath, M S R. Rao, M. Miryala, M. Murakami and P. Murugavel. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.. 54 . 045302.
  DOI: doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/abbeb4. 2021.
• Electric field and mechanical stress driven structural inhomogeneity andcompositionally induced relaxor phase transformation in modified BaTiO3 based lead-free ferroelectrics. Subhajit Pal, Atal Bihari Swain, Sharath N V, and P. Murugavel. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 32 . 365401 (8pp) .
  DOI: . 2020.
• Polarization driven self-biased and enhanced UV–visible photodetector characteristics of ferroelectric thin film. Pranab Parimal Biswas, Subhajit Pal, V Subramanian and P Murugavel. J. Phys. D.: Appl. Phys.. 53 . 275302.
  DOI: . 2020.
• Physical vapor deposited organic ferroelectric diisopropylammonium bromide film and its self-powered photodetector characteristics. Shanmuga Priya, Lakshmi Kola, Subhajit Pal, Pranab Parimal Biswas and P. Murugavel. RSC Advances. 10 . 25773-25779.
  DOI: 10.1039/d0ra03968c. 2020.
• Linear bulk photovoltaic effect and phenomenological study in multi-phase co-existing ferroelectric system. Subhajit Pal, A. B. Swain, P. P. Biswas, and P. Murugavel. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter.. 32 . 485701.
  DOI: doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/abac23. 2020.
• Engineering resonance modes for enhanced magnetoelectric coupling in bilayer laminate composites for energy harvesting applications. Atal Bihari Swain, S. Dinesh Kumar, V. Subramanian, and P.Murugavel. Phys. Rev. Applied. V13, No.2 . 024026.
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.024026. 2020.
• Photoferroelectric phenomena in ferroelectric oxides and a Rayleigh analysis. Subhajit Pal, Atal Bihari Swain, Pranab Parimal Biswas , and P. Murugavel. Phys. Rev. Materials. 4. 064415.
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.064415. 2020.
• Room-temperature magnetization reversal and magnetocaloric switching in Fe substituted GdMnO3. Arnab Pal, Manu Mohan, Adyam Venimadhav, and P. Murugavel. Phys. Rev. Materials. 4 . 044407.
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.044407. 2020.
• Pressure induced phase transformations in diisopropylammonium bromide. Shradhanjali Sahoo, T.R. Ravindran, V. Srihari, K.K. Pandey, S. Chandra, C. Thirmal, P. Murugavel. J. Solid State Chem.. Published online .
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2019.03.025. 2019.
• Large magnetoelectric coupling in 0.5Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3–0.5(Ba0.7Ca0.3) TiO3 film on Ni foil. A. B. Swain, M. Rath, S. Dinesh Kumar, M. S. Ramachandra Rao, V. Subramanian and P. Murugavel. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.. 52 . 065004 .
  DOI: doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aaf1e8. 2019.
• Large photovoltaic response in rare-earth doped BiFeO3 polycrystalline thin films near morphotropic phase boundary composition. Pranab Parimal Biswas, Subhajit Pal, V. Subramanian, and P. Murugavel. Appl. Phys. Lett.. 114 . 173901.
  DOI: 10.1063/1.5090911. 2019.
• The composition and poling-dependent photovoltaic studies in ferroelectric ( Bi1−xSrx)(Fe1−xTix)O3 thin films. P. P. Biswas, Ch. Thirmal, S. Pal, M. Miryala, M. Murakami, and P. Murugavel. J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron.. ISSN. 0957-4522 .
  DOI: 10.1007/s10854-019-02667-1. 2019.
• Enhanced bulk photovoltaic response in Sn doped BaTiO3 through composition dependent structural transformation. LakshmiKola, D.Murali, SubhajitPal, B. R. K.Nanda,and P.Murugavel. Appl. Phys. Lett.. 114 . 183901.
  DOI: 10.1063/1.5088635. 2019.
• Large magnetoelectric response in lead free BaTi1− xSnxO3/NiFe2O4 bilayer laminated composites. Lakshmi Kola, Atal Bihari Swain, V. Subramanian and P. Murugavel. J. Mater. Sci: Mater. Electron.. Published online .
  DOI: 10.1007/s10854-019-00984-z. 2019.
• Investigations on the effect of magnetic ordering on dielectric relaxation in polycrystalline GdMn1-xFexO3. A. Pal and P. Murugavel. Physica B: Condensed Matter. 555 . 99-105.
  DOI: . 2019.
• Influence of external electric field on the physical characteristics of lead free BZT- BCT piezoceramic. Atal Bihari Swain, S. Dinesh Kumar, V.Subramanian and P.Murugavel. J. Alloy Compd.. 787 . 990-995.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.02.197. 2019.
• Polarization controlled photovoltaic and self-powered photodetector characteristics in Pb-free ferroelectric thin film. Atal Bihari Swain, Martando Rath, Pranab Parimal Biswas, M.S.Ramachandra Rao and P Murugavel. APL Materials. 7 . 011106.
  DOI: doi.org/10.1063/1.5064454. 2019.
• Large Bulk Photovoltaic Response by Symmetry-Breaking Structural Transformation in Ferroelectric [Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3]0.5[(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3]0.5. Atal Bihari Swain, D. Murali, B.R.K. Nanda, and P. Murugavel. Phys. Rev. Applied. 11 . 044007.
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.044007. 2019.
• Spin-flop and magnetodielectric reversal in Yb substituted GdMnO3. A Pal, W Prellier and P Murugavel. J. Phys. Condens. Matter.. 30. 125801.
  DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/aaad3a. 2018.
• Dipole pinning effect on photovoltaic characteristics of ferroelectric BiFeO3 films. P. P. Biswas, Ch. Thirmal, S. Pal, and P. Murugavel. J. Appl. Phys.. 123 . 024101.
  DOI: doi.org/10.1063/1.5006311. 2018.
• Magnetocaloric effect in (La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 )(1-x) –(BaTiO 3 )x solid solution spin-glass system. C. Nayek, M. K. Ray, A. Pal, I. M. Obaidat, and P. Murugavel. J. Mater. Sci.. 53 . 2405-2412.
  DOI: 10.1007/s10853-017-1718-x. 2018.
• Giant photovoltaic response in band engineered ferroelectric perovskite. S.Pal, A.B. Swain, P.P. Biswas, D. Murali, A..Pal, B. R.K. Nanda and P. Murugavel. Scientific Reports. 8. 8005.
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26205-x. 2018.
• Impedance characteristics and PTCR effect in lead free BaTi1-xSnxO3 piezoceramics. Lakshmi Kola, Atal Bihari Swain, Martando Rath, M. S. R. Rao, and P. Murugavel. Materials Research Bulletin. 106 . 371-378.
  DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2018.06.021. 2018.
• The role of precursors on piezoelectric and ferroelectric characteristics of 0.5BCT-0.5BZT ceramic. Atal Bihar Swain, V. Subramanian and P. Murugavel. Ceramics International. 44. 6861-6865.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.01.110. 2018.
• Self-polarization effect on large photovoltaic response in lead free ferroelectric 0.5Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3-0.5(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 epitaxial film. A.B. Swain, Martando Rath, S. Pal, M.S.Ramachandra Rao, V. Subramanian and P. Murugavel. Appl. Phys. Lett.. 113 . 233902.
  DOI: 10.1063/1.5068699. 2018.
• Investigations on the defect dipole induced pyroelectric current in multiferroic GdMnO3 system. A. Pal, C. Dhana Sekhar, A. Venimadhav, W. Prellier, and P. Murugavel. J. Appl. Phys.. 123 . 014102.
  DOI: 10.1063/1.5001245. 2018.
• Impact of cationic vacancies on the physical characteristics of multiferroic GdMnO3. A. Pal and P. Murugavel. J. Appl. Phys.. 123 . 234102.
  DOI: 10.1063/1.5029509. 2018.
• Tailoring of magnetic orderings in Fe substituted GdMnO3 bulk samples towards room temperature. A. Pal, C. Dhana Sekhar, A. Venimadhav and P. Murugavel. J. Phys. Condens. Matter. 29 . 405803.
  DOI: doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/aa8083. 2017.
• Photovoltaic and photo-capacitance effects in ferroelectric BiFeO3 thin film. P. P. Biswas, Thirmal. Ch., Dhayanithi. D, V. N. Giridharan, V. Subramanian, and P. Murugavel. Appl. Phys. Lett.. 110 . 192906.
  DOI: . 2017.
• Interface Control of Ferroelectricity in an SrRuO3/BaTiO3/SrRuO3 Capacitor and its Critical Thickness. Y.J. Shin, Y. Kim, S.-J. Kang, H.-H. Nahm, P. Murugavel, J. R. Kim, M. R. Cho, S.M. Yang, J. G. Yoon, J.S. Chung, S. H. Chang, and T. W. Noh. Adv. Mater.. 1602795 .
  DOI: 10.1002/adma.201602795. 2017.
• Investigating Size- and Temperature-Dependent Coercivity and Saturation Magnetization in PEG Coated Fe3O4 Nanoparticles. Chiranjib Nayek, Kaustuv Manna, Gourab Bhattacharjee, Pattukkannu Murugavel and Ihab Obaidat. Magnetochemistry. 3 . 19.
  DOI: 10.3390/magnetochemistry3020019. 2017.
• Vibrational spectroscopic and computational studies on diisopropylammonium bromide. S. Sahoo, T.R. Ravindrana, S.Chandra, R.M. Sarguna, B.K. Das, C. Thirmal, P.Murugavel. Spectrochimica Acta Part A. 184 . 211-219.
  DOI: . 2017.
• Effect of rare-earth doping on structural, electrical and impedance properties of BiFeO3 submicron particles . Chiranjib Nayek, I. M Obaidat, and P. Murugavel. Sci. Adv. Mater. 9 .
  DOI: 10.1166/sam.2017.3128. 2017.
• Study of ferroelectric characteristics of diisopropylammonium bromide films. C. Thirmal, P. P. Biswas, Y. J. Shin, T. W. Noh, N. V. Giridharan, A. Venimadhav, and P. Murugavel. J. Appl. Phys.. 120 . 124107.
  DOI: 10.1063/1.4963754. 2016.
• Spin-glass state in nanoparticulate (La0.7Sr0.3MnO3)1−x(BaTiO3)x solid solutions: Experimental and density-functional studies. C. Nayek, S. Samanta, Kaustuv Manna, A. Pokle, B. R. K. Nanda, P. S. Anil kumar, and P. Murugavel. Phys. Rev. B. 93 . 094401.
  DOI: doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.094401. 2016.
• Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics and nanomechanical properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride)-La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 nanocomposite films. Ch. Thirmal, P. Panda, R. Ramaseshan, P. Murugavel. Adv. Sci. Eng. Med. 8 . 483.
  DOI: 10.1166/asem.2016.1877. 2016.
• Synthesis and Characterization of PVDF-La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Nanocomposite films. Ch. Thirmal, P. Murugavel* and V. Subramanian. AIP conference proceedings. 1665 . 05011.
  DOI: 10.1063/1.4917652. 2015.
• Impedance and magnetoelectric characteristics of (1-x)BaTiO3-xLa0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (x = 0.1 and 0.3) nano-composites. C.Nayek, P. Murugavel, S. Dinesh Kumar, and V. Subramanian. Appl. Phys. A. 120 . 615.
  DOI: 10.1007/s00339-015-9224-y. 2015.
• Study of enhanced magnetism in Lu doped multiferroic bismuth ferrite. C. Nayek, Ch.Thirmal, A. Pal, P. Murugavel. Mater. Sci. Eng., B. 199 . 121-124.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2015.06.002. 2015.
• Ferroelectric ordering and magnetoelectric effect of pristine and Ho-doped orthorhombic DyMnO3 by dielectric studies. J. Magesh, P. Murugavel, R. V. K. Mangalam, K. Singh, Ch. Simon, and W. Prellier. J. Appl. Phys.. 118 . 074102.
  DOI: 10.1063/1.4928965. 2015.
• A study of magnetic ordering in multiferroic hexagonal Ho1- x Dy x MnO3. J. Magesh, P. Murugavel, J. Krishnamurthy, V. Adyam, and W. Prellier. J. Appl. Phys.. 117. 074104. 2015.
• Enhanced magnetic properties in low doped La1-xBaxMnO3 (x = 0, 0.1 and 0.2) nanoparticles . Rakesh Dhama, Chiranjib Nayek, Thirmal Ch.Thirmal, P. Murugavel*. J. Magn. Magn. Mater,. 364. 125-128. 2014.
• Role of oxygen vacancy and Fe-O-Fe bond angle in compositional, magnetic, and dielectric relaxation on Eu-substituted BiFeO3 nanoparticles”. A. Tamilselvan, S. Balakumar, M. Sakar, Chirajib Nayek, P. Murugavel and K. Saravan kumar. Dalton Trans.. 43. 5731. 2014.
• Impedance spectroscopic analysis of the organic ferroelectric diisopropylammonium bromide (DIPAB) . Ch.Thirmal, P. Murugavel* and V. Subramanian. Current Appl. Phys.. 14. 688. 2014.
• Origin of enhanced magnetization in rare earth doped multiferroic bismuth ferrite. Chiranjib Nayek, A. Tamilselvan, Ch. Thirmal, P. Murugavel* and S. Balakumar, . J. Appl. Phys.. 115. 073902. 2014.
• Magnetic, dielectric and magnetodielectric properties of PVDF-La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 polymer nanocomposite films. Ch.Thirmal, Chirajib Nayek, P. Murugavel* and V.Subramanian. AIP Advances. 3. 112109. 2013.
• Magnetoelectric effect in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3–BaTiO3 core–shell nanocomposite. Chiranjib Nayek, Kishor Kumar Sahoo, and P. Murugavel*. Materials Research Bulletin. 48. 1308-1311. 2013.
• Effect of Europium Substitution on the Magnetic and Optical Properties of Nanostructured Bismuth Ferrite. A. Tamilselvan, M. Sakar, C. Nayek, P. Murugavel and S. Balakumar. AIP Conf. Proc.. 1512. 1162. 2013.
• Role of rare earth on the Mn3+ spin reorientation in multiferroic Ho1-xLuxMnO3. J. Magesh, P. Murugavel*, R.V.K. Mangalam, K. Singh, Ch.Simon and W.Prellier. J. Appl. Phys.. 114. 094102. 2013.
• Study of magnetodielectric effect in hexagonal Ho1−xDyxMnO3. J. Magesh, P. Murugavel*, K.V.R. Mangalam, K.Singh, Ch,Simon, and W. Prellier. J. Appl. Phys.. 112. 104116-1-4 . 2012.
• Strong enhancement of magnetoelectric coupling in Dy3+ doped HoMnO3. J. Magesh, P. Murugavel*, K.V.R. Mangalam, K.Singh, Ch,Simon, and W. Prellier. Appl. Phys. Lett.. 101. 022902-1-3. 2012.
• Ferroelectric Properties of Multiferroic Hexagonal ErMnO3 Thin Films. Seung Yup Jang, Daesu Lee and Jung-Hyuk Lee, P. Murugavel, and Jin-Seok Chung. J. Korean. Phys. Soc.. 55. 841-845. 2009.
• Electronic structures of hexagonal RMnO3 (R=Gd, Tb, Dy, and Ho) thin films: Optical spectroscopy and first-principles calculations. W.S. Choi, D.G. Kim, S.S.A. Seo, S.J. Moon, Daesu Lee, J. H. Lee, H. S. Lee, D. Y. Cho, Y.S. Lee, P. Murugavel, J. Yu, and T.W. Noh,. Phys. Rev. B. 77. 045137-1-7. 2008.
• Growth behavior of artificial hexagonal GdMnO3 thin films”, J. Crystal Growth, 310, 829-835 (2008). Daesu Lee, J.H. Lee, S. Y. Yang, P. Murugavel, Y.D. Ko, and J.S. Chung. J. Crystal Growth. 310. 829-835. 2008.
• Structure and ferroelectric properties of epitaxial (1-x)BiFeO3-xBaTiO3 solid solution films. P. Murugavel*, J.H. Lee, J.Y. Yo, Hye Yeong Sim, J-S. Chung, Younghun Jo, and Myung-Hwa Jung, . J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 20. 415208-1-6. 2008.
• Optical spectroscopic investigation on the coupling of electronic and magnetic structure in multiferroic hexagonal RMnO3 (R=Gd, Tb, Dy, and Ho) thin films . W.S.Choi, S.J. Moon, S.S.A. Seo, Daesu Lee, J.H. Lee, P. Murugavel, and T.W. Noh . Phys. Rev. B. 78. 054440-1-6. 2008.
• Physical properties of multiferroic hexagonal HoMnO3 thin films. P. Murugavel, J.H. Lee, D. Lee, T. W. Noh, Y.H. Jo, M. W Jung, Y. S. Oh, and K. H. Kim. Appl. Phys. Lett.. 90. 142902. 2007.
• Epitaxial stabilization of artificial hexagonal GdMnO3 thin films and their magnetic properties. D. Lee, J. H. Lee, P. Murugavel S. Y. Jang, T. W. Noh, Y. Jo, and M. H. Jung. Appl. Phys. Lett.. 90. 182504. 2007.
• Ferroelectricity driven by Y d0-ness with Re-hybridization in YMnO3. D. Y. Cho, J. Y. Kim, B. G. Park, K. J. Rho, J. H. Park, H. J. Noh, H. J. Kim, S. J. Oh, H. M. Park, J. S. Ahn, H. Ishibashi, S. W. Cheong, J. H. Lee, P. Murugavel, T. W. Noh, A. Tanaka, and T. Jo. Phys. Rev. Lett.. 98. 217601-1-4. 2007.
• Formation of hexagonal phase of TbMnO3 thin film and its multiferroic properties. J.H.Lee, D.Lee, T.W.Noh, P.Murugavel, J.W.Kim, K.H. Kim, Y. Jo, M.H.Jung, J.G. Yoon, and J. S. Chung,. J. Mater. Res.. 22. 2156-2162. 2007.
• Multiferroic properties of epitaxially stabilized hexagonal DyMnO3 thin films. J. H. Lee, P. Murugavel, D. Lee, T. W. Noh, Y. Jo, M. H. Jung, K. H. Jang and J.-G. Park. Appl. Phys. Lett.. 90. 012903-1-3. 2007.
• The magnetotransport properties of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3/BaTiO3 superlattices grown by pulsed laser deposition technique. P. Murugavel and W. Prellier. J. Appl. Lett.. 100. 023520. 2006.
• Effect of oxygen pressure on the interface related magnetic and transport properties of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3/BaTiO3 superlattices. P. Murugavel, P. Padhan, and W. Prellier. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter.. 18. 3377. 2006.
• Magnetoelectric effects of nanoparticulate Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3-NiFe2O4 composite films. H. J. Ryu, P. Murugavel, J. H. Lee, S. C. Chae, T. W. Noh, Y. S. Oh, H. J. Kim, K. H. Kim, J. H. Jang, M. Kim, C. Bae, and J.-G. Park. Appl. Phys. Lett.. 89. 102907. 2006.
• Effect of Orbital Rotation and Mixing on the Optical Properties of Orthorhombic RMnO3 (R = La, Pr, Nd, Gd, and Tb). M. W. Kim, S. J. Moon, J. H. Jung, J. Yu, S. Parashar, P. Murugavel, and T. W. Noh. Phys. Rev. Lett.. 96. 247205. 2006.
• A Brillouin study of the temperature-dependence of the acoustic modes across the metal-insulator transitions in V2O3 and Cr-doped V2O3. Md. Motin Seikh, Chandrabhas Narayana, A. K. Sood, P. Murugavel, M.W. Kim, P. A. Metcalf, J. M. Honig and C. N. R. Rao. Solid State Comm.. 138. 466. 2006.
• Epitaxial Stabilization of a New Multiferroic Hexagonal Phase of TbMnO3 Thin Films. J. H. Lee, P. Murugavel, H. Ryu, D. Lee, J. Y. Jo, J. W. Kim, H. J. Kim, K. H. Kim, Y. Jo, M. H. Jung, Y. H. Oh, Y. W. Kim, J. G. Yoon, J. S. Chung and T. W. Noh. Adv. Mater.. 18. 3125-3129. 2006.
• The role of ferroelectric-ferromagnetic layers on the properties of superlattice-based multiferroics. P. Murugavel, M.P. Singh, W. Prellier, B. Mercey, Ch. Simon, and B. Raveau. J. Appl. Phys.. 97. 103914. 2005.
• The single-phase multiferroic oxides: from bulk to thin film. W. Prellier, M. P. Sing and P. Murugavel. J. Phys. C: Condens. Matter.. 17. R803. 2005.
• Growth and characterization of CoFe2O4-BaTiO3 composite thin films. S. C. Chae, P. Murugavel, H. J. Rue, J. H. Lee and T. W. Noh. J. Korean Phys. Soc.. 47. S345. 2005.
• Ferromagnetism and metal-like transport in antiferromagnetic insulator heterostructures. P. Padhan, P. Murugavel, and W. Prellier. Appl. Phys. Lett.. 87. 022506. 2005.
• Enhanced magnetoresistance in ferromagnetic Pr0.85Ca0.15MnO3/ferroelectric Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 superlattice films. P. Murugavel, P. Padhan, and W. Prellier. Appl. Phys. Lett.. 85. 4992. 2004.
• Thickness dependent and annealing effects of underdoped lanthanum manganite thin films grown on Si substrates. P. Murugavel, J. G. Yoon, and T. W. Noh. J. Appl. Phys.. 95. 2536. 2004.
• Tailoring of ferromagnetic Pr0.85Ca0.15MnO3/ferroelectric Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 superlattices for multiferroic properties. P. Murugavel, D. Saurel, W. Prellier, Ch. Simon, and B. Raveau. Appl. Phys. Lett.. 85. 4424. 2004.
• Origin of the 2eV peak in optical absorption spectra of LaMnO3: An explanation based on the orbitally degenerate Hubbard model. M. W. Kim, P. Murugavel, Sachin Parashar, J. S. Lee, and T. W. Noh. New J. Phys.. 6. 156. 2004.
• Magnetic properties of lanthanum orthoferrite fine powders prepared by different chemical routes. Benedict Ita, P. Murugavel, V. Ponnambalam and A.R. Raju. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Chem. Sci.). 115. 519. 2003.
• Origin of metal-insulator transition temperature enhancement in under-doped lanthanum manganite films. P. Murugavel, J.H. Lee, J.-G. Yoon, J.S. Chung, M. Heu, S. Yoon and T. W. Noh. Appl. Phys. Lett.. 82. 1908. 2003.
• Effects of oxygen annealing on the physical properties and surface microstructures of La0.8Ba0.2MnO3 films. P. Murugavel, J. H. Lee, K.-B Lee, J. H. Park, J.-S. Chung, J.-G. Yoon and T. W. Noh. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.. 35. 3166. 2002.
• Brillouin Scattering from C70 and C60 films: A comparative study of elastic properties. P. Murugavel, Chandrabhas Narayana, A. Govindaraj, Ajay K. Sood and C. N. R. Rao. Chem. Phys. Lett.. 331. 149. 2000.
• A Brillouin scattering study of the quasi-one-dimensional blue bronze, K0.3MoO3. P. Murugavel, Chandrabhas Narayana, Ajay K. Sood and C. N. R. Rao. J. Phys. C: Condens. Matter.. 12. L225. 2000.
• Magnetic excitations in charge-ordered Nd0.5Ca0.5MnO3 : A Brillouin scattering study. P. Murugavel, Chandrabhas Narayana, Ajay K. Sood, Sachin Parashar, A. R. Raju and C. N. R. Rao. Euro Phys. Lett.. 52. 461. 2000.
• A study of ferroelectric thin films deposited on a LaNiO3 barrier electrode by nebulized spray pyrolysis. P. Murugavel, Rajat Sharma, A. R. Raju and C. N. R. Rao. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.. 33. 906. 2000.
• Preparation and characterization of sub-micron spherical particles of Al2O3, SiO2 and mullite. P. Murugavel, M. Kalaiselvam, M. K. Renganathan, A. R. Raju. Mater. Chem. Phys.. 53. 247. 1998.
• Crystalline alumina films prepared by nebulized spray pyrolysis. P. Murugavel, Benedict Ita and A. R. Raju. Bull. Mater. Sci.. 107. 1998.
• Sub-micrometer spherical particles of TiO2, ZrO2 and PZT by nebulized spray pyrolysis of metal-organic precursors. P. Murugavel, M. Kalaiselvam. A.R. Raju and C. N. R. Rao. J. Mater. Chem.. 7(8). 1433. 1997.
• Synthesis and role of Nd and Sm on the microwave dielectric properties of BaNd2(1-x)Sm2xTi5O14 dielectric resonator. V. Satheesh, P. Murugavel, V. R. K. Murthy, B. Viswanathan. Mater. Sci. and Engg.. B48. 202. 1997.

Teaching

• 2017 :  (Jan - May) - EP3190 Engineering Physics Lab II / PH2080 - Physics Lab IV / PH5340 Dielectric,Magnetic & Optical Materials; (Jul - Nov) - PH1020 Physics II / PH1030 Physics Laboratory / PH5360 - Pr
• 2018 :  (Jan - May) - PH1020 Physics II / PH5360 Project / PH5380 - Seminar; (Jul - Nov) - PH1020 Physics II
• 2019 :  (Jan - May) - PH1020 Physics II; (Jul - Nov) - PH1030 Physics Laboratory I / PH5011 - Science and Technology of Solid state
• 2020 :  (Jan - May) - PH1030 Physics Laboratory I / PH5340 Dielectric, Magnetic & Optical Materials; (Jul - Nov) - EP3110 - Electromagnetics and Applications / PH1030 - Physics Laboratory I / PH5360* - Project / PH5360+ - Project / PH5380 - Seminar
• 2021 :  (Jan - May) - PH5340 Dielectric,Magnetic &Optical Materials / PH5380 Seminar ; (July-Nov) - EP3110 Electromagnetics and Applications / PH1030 Physics Laboratory I
• 2022 :  (Jan - May) - PH1040 Physics Laboratory II / PH5340 Dielectric,Magnetic &Optical Materials ; (July-Nov) - EP3110 Electromagnetics and Applications
• 2023 :  (Jan - May) - PH5120 Physics Lab II (PG) / PH5350 Laboratory Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Lab