Department of Physics

Indian Institute Of Technology Madras , Chennai

Summer Fellowship Programme-2019 The List of Selected Candidates for Summer Fellowship Programme-2019.

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Recent Publications

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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
91	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
92	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
93	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
94	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
95	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
96	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
97	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
98	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
99	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
100	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
101	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
102	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
103	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
104	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
105	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
106	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
107	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
108	Euclidean Action and the Einstein tensor	Dawood Kothawala	Physical Review D Volume: 97 Page: 124062 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.124062	2018
109	BGV theorem and Geodesic deviation	Dawood Kothawala	preprint: arXiv:1806.03846	2018
110	Hawking radiation in Non local field theories	Nirmalya Kajuri, Dawood Kothawala	preprint: arXiv:1806.10345	2018
111	Phragmoplast Orienting Kinesin 2 is a weak motor switching between processive and diffusive modes	Mayank Chugh, Maja Reissner, Michael Bugiel, Elisabeth Lipka, Arvid Herrmann, Basudev Roy, Sabine Mueller, Erik Schaffer	Biophysical Journal	2018
112	Free and confined Brownian motion in viscoelastic Stokes-Oldroyd B fluids	Shuvojit Paul, Basudev Roy, Ayan Banerjee	Journal of Physics: Condensed matter	2018
113	Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) shielding performance of lightweight Metal decorated Carbon nanostructures dispersed Polyvinylidene fluoride flexible films	Rengaswamy, Kumaran; Sakthivel, Dinesh Kumar; Muthukaruppan, Alagar; Balasubramanian, N.; Venkatachalam, Subramanian; Kannaiyan, Dinakaran	New Journals of Chemistry Volume: 42 Page: 12945 - 12953	2018
114	Origin of Relaxor Behavior in 0.78(Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3-0.2SrTiO3-0.02BaTiO3 Ceramic: An electrical modulus study	S.Praharaja, V.Subramanian, S.-J. L.Kang, D.Rout	Materials Research Bulletin: Volume: 106 Page: 459 - 464 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2018.06.041	2018
115	Hybrid fluid models from mutual effective metric couplings	Aleksi Kurkela, Ayan Mukhopadhyay, Florian Preis, Anton Rebhan and Alexander Soloviev	Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP) Volume: 08 Page: 054 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2018)054 (ArXiv ePrint: 1805.05213)	2018
116	Time evolution of a toy semiholographic glasma	Christian Ecker, Ayan Mukhopadhyay, Florian Preis, Anton Rebhan and Alexander Soloviev	Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP) Volume: 08 Page: 074 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2018)074 (ArXiv ePrint: 1806.01850)	2018
117	Screening and antiscreening of the pairing interaction in low-density neutron matter	S. Ramanan, M. Urban	Physical Review C Volume: 98 Page: 024314 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.98.024314	2018
118	Facile one-pot synthesis of multi-shaped silver nanoparticles with tunable ultra-broadband absorption for efficient light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells	DN Joshi, P Ilaiyaraja, C Sudakar, RA Prasath	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells Volume: 185 Page: 104-110 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.05.018	2018
119	High temperature magnetic studies on Bi1-xCaxFe1−yTiyO3-δ nanoparticles: Observation of Hopkinson-like effect above TN	Pavana S. V. Mocherla, D. Prabhu, M. B. Sahana, Neha Y. Hebalkar, R. Gopalan, M. S. Ramachandra Rao, and C. Sudakar	Journal of Applied Physics Volume: 124 Page: 073904 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5038007	2018
120	Depletion of FeO in the interstellar medium via its anion resonances	Roby Chacko, Shreyak Banhatti, A. K. Gupta and G. Aravind	The Astrophysical Journal Volume: (In press)	2018