Department of Physics

Indian Institute Of Technology Madras , Chennai

Ph.D. JAN-MAY 2019 RESULTS LIST OF CANDIDATES PROVISIONALLY APPROVED FOR JANUARY-MAY 2019 ADMISSIONS
DAE 2018 The DAE-BRNS High Energy Physics(HEP) Symposium is a premier event held every other year in India,supported by the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Department of Atomic Energy(DAE),India.

Research Groups
Recent Publications

Research GroupPage Under Construction

Alternative Energy and NanoTechnology

Atomic & Molecular Physics

Dielectric Materials & Microwave Physics

Dynamics Systems, Quantum Dynamics & Statistical Physics

Environmental Physics

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

Experimental High Energy Physics

Gravity & Cosmology

Low Dimensional Materials

Low Temperature Physics

Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Measurement Tech.

Molecular electronic & Instr.

Multi Functional Materials

Nanomaterials

Nuclear Physics

Optics & Photonics

Outreach

Outreach/Demo activities

Photovoltaics

Quantum Information

Soft Condensed Matter & Biological Physics

Theoretical Condensed Matter & Many Body Physics

Theoretical High Energy Physics

Thin Films

Recent Publications

#	Titles	Authors	Journal	Year
31	Pseudorapidity distributions of charged hadrons in proton-lead collisions at sNN‾‾‾√= 5.02 and 8.16 TeV	CMS Collaboration (Albert M Sirunyan (Yerevan Phys. Inst.), P. K. Behera et al.).	Journal of High Energy Physics Volume: 1801 Page: 045 DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2018)045	2018
32	Persistence of the gapless spin liquid in the breathing kagome Heisenberg antiferromagnet	Yasir Iqbal, Didier Poilblanc, Ronny Thomale, Federico Becca	Physical Review B Volume: 97 Page: 115127 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.115127	2018
33	Observation of Nd ordering in a novel double perovskite Nd2MgRuO6 with weak exchange interaction at B-site	M. P. Sharannia, Paula Kayser, S Savitha Pillai, Brendan J Kennedy, Maxim Avdeev, R. Nirmala and P. N. Santhosh	Journal of Solid State Chemistry Volume: 259 Page: 73	2018
34	Magnetocaloric effect in textured rare earth intermetallic compound ErNi	Aparna Sankar, J. Arout Chelvane, A. V. Morozkin, A. K. Nigam, S. Quezado, S. K. Malik and R. Nirmala	AIP Advances Volume: 8 Page: 056208	2018
35	Magnetocaloric effect across the metamagnetic transition in Dy5Si2Ge2 Single crystal	R. Nirmala, Chan Ik Lee and Yong Seung Kwon	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Volume: 448 Page: 19	2018
36	"Nitrogen-doped hierarchical porous carbon wrapped partially exfoliated carbon nanotubes for exceptional electrochemical performance in various electrolytes",	Sandhyarani M, S Ramaprabhu	Chemsuschem	2018
37	Sustainable porous activated carbon derived from cotton for high power supercapacitor and CO2 storage applications	R Imran Jafri, N Rajalakshmi, KS Dhathathreyan, S Ramaprabhu	Advanced Porous Materials	2018
38	"Enhanced hydrogen storage performance in Pd3Co decorated nitrogen/boron doped graphene composites"	Sai Smruti Samantaray, Ramaprabhu Sundara	International J Hydrogen Energy	2018
39	"Few layer graphene wrapped mixed phase TiO2 nanofiber as a potential electrode material for high performance supercapacitor applications",	Lavanya Thirugunanam, Ramaprabhu Sundara	Applied Surface Science	2018
40	"High-performance Platinum-free oxygen reduction reaction and hydrogen oxidation reaction catalyst in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell"	Priji C, Arpita Ghosh, Ramaprabhu Sundara	Scientific Reports	2018
41	Enhanced magnetoelectric coupling in Ti and Ce substituted lead free CFO-BCZT laminate composites	J. Paul Praveen, Vinitha Reddy Monaji, E. Chandrakala, Srinivas Indla, S. Dinesh kumar, V. Subramanian, Dibakar Das	Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume: 750 Page: 392-400 DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.026	2018
42	Enhanced magnetic properties in Mn0.6Zn0.4-xNixFe2O4 (x=0-0.4) nanoparticles	S. Mallesh, P. Mandal, and V. Srinivas	AIP Conference Proceedings Volume: 1942, Page: 050078 DOI: doi: 10.1063/1.5028709	2018
43	Temperature dependent magnetoelectric studies in co-fired bilayer laminate composites	S. Dinesh Kumar, J. Magesh and V. Subramanian	Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume: 753 Page: 595-600 DOI: Accepted for Publication	2018
44	Interface States Reduction in Atomic Layer Deposited TiN/ZrO2/Al2O3/Ge Gate Stacks	K.L. Ganapathi, Y.M.Ding, D.Misra and N.Bhat	J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B Volume: 36(2) Page: 021201 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5006789	2018
45	Pulsed DC magnetron sputtered titanium nitride thin films for localized heating applications in MEMS devices	Jithin M. A., K. L. Ganapathi, G. N. V.R. Vikram, N. K. Udayashankar and S. Mohan	Sensors and Actuators-A Volume: 272 Page: 199-205 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2017.12.066	2018
46	Breakdown of Water Super-Permeation in Electrically Insulating Graphene Oxide Films: Role of Dual Interlayer Spacing	MK Kavitha, Tushar Sakorikar, V Pramitha, and Manu Jaiswal	Nanotechnology Volume: 29 Page: 325706 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aac644	2018
47	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 Volume: 8 Page: 8005 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26205-x	2018
48	Giant photovoltaic response in band engineered ferroelectric perovskite	S. Pal, A. B. Swain, P. P. Biswas, D. Murali, A. Pal, B. R. K. Nanda, P. Murugavel	Scientific Reports Volume: 8 Page: 8005 DOI: DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-26205-x	2018
49	Universality in the electronic structure of 3d transition metal oxides	P. Parida, R. Kashikar, A. Jena, B. R. K. Nanda	Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids Volume: 123 Page: 133 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2018.04.009	2018
50	Magnon-assisted tunnelling in van der Waals heterostructures based on CrBr3	D. Ghazaryan, M. T. Greenaway, Z. Wang, V. H. Guarochico-Moreira, I. J. Vera-Marun, J. Yin, Y. Liao, S. V. Morozov, O. Kristanovski, A. I. Lichtenstein, M. I. Katsnelson, F. Withers, A. Mishchenko, L. Eaves, A. K. Geim, K. S. Novoselov* and A. Misra*	Nature Electronics Volume: 1 Page: 344–349 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-018-0087-z	2018
51	Impact of cationic vacancies on the physical characteristics of multiferroic GdMnO3	A. Pal and P. Murugavel	J. Appl. Phys. Volume: 123 Page: 234102 DOI: 10.1063/1.5029509	2018
52	Whispering Gallery Mode Enabled Efficiency Enhancement: Defect and Size Controlled CdSe Quantum Dot Sensitized Whisperonic Solar Cells	Tapan Kumar Das, P. Ilaiyaraja, C. Sudakar	Scientific Reports Volume: volume 8 Page: Article number: 9709 DOI: www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-27969-y	2018
53	Enhanced magnetic properties in Mn0.6Zn0.4-xNixFe2O4 (x=0-0.4) nanoparticles	S. Mallesh, P. Mandal, and V. Srinivas	AIP Conference Proc. Volume: 1942 Page: 050078	2018
54	Study of microstructure and magnetic properties of AlNiCo(CuFe) high entropy alloy	Raghavendra Kulkarni, B.S. Murty and V. Srinivas	Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume: 746 Page: 194e199 DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.02.275	2018
55	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 Volume: 106 Page: 371-378 DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2018.06.021	2018
56	Nanoscale Tilt Measurement using A Cyclic Interferometer with Polarization Phase Stepping and Multiple Reflections	C. Joenathan, T. Naderishahab, A. Bernal, A. B. Krovetz, V. C. Pretheesh Kumar and A. R. Ganesan	Applied Optics Volume: 57 Page: B52-B58	2018
57	Effect of visibility of the fringes on the tilt measurement using a cyclic interferometer and polarization phase shifting	V. C. Pretheesh Kumar; C. Joenathan; A. Bernal; A. R. Ganesan	Proceedingsof SPIE- Optical Fabrication, Testing, and Metrology VI Volume: 10692 DOI: 2018	2018
58	Investigation of magnetic order and spin dynamics in Mn doped 3C-SiC	Gyanti Prakash Moharana, S.K. Singh, P.D. Babu, Harish Kumar Narayanan	Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume: 765 Page: 314	2018
59	Probing the electric double-layer capacitance in a Keggin-type polyoxometalate ionic liquid gated graphene transistor	Lijin George, K. Shakeela, G. Ranga Rao, and Manu Jaiswal	Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (PCCP) Volume: 20 Page: 18474 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp02307g	2018
60	Action and Observer dependence in Euclidean quantum gravity	Dawood Kothawala	Classical and Quantum Gravity (Letter) Volume: 35 Page: 03LT01 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6382/aa9fdf	2018