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

Research Groups
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
181	Polar nano regions in lead free (Na_0.5Bi_0.5)TiO₃-SrTiO₃-BaTiO₃ relaxors: An impedance spectroscopic study	S. Praharaj, D. Rout, S. Anwar, V. Subramanian, V. Sivasubramanian	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	2017
182	Thermal stability and magnetic properties of MgFe2O4@ZnO nanoparticles	S. Mallesh, D. Prabhu and V. Srinivas	AIP advances Volume: 7 Page: 056103 DOI:	2017
183	Numerical insights into the phase diagram of p-atic membranes with spherical topology	A. G. Hansen, N. Ramakrishnan, P. B. Sunil Kumar, J. H. Ipsen	Eur. Phys. J. E Volume: 40 Page: 32 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2017-11515-7	2017
184	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. Page: 1602795 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201602795	2017
185	Spherically Symmetric Solvent is Sufficient to Explain the LCST Mechanism in Polymer Solutions	Swaminath Bharadwaj, P. B. Sunil Kumar, Shigeyuki Komura and Abhijit P. Deshpande	Macromolecular Theory and Simulations Volume: 26 Page: 160073 DOI: 10.1002/mats.201600073	2017
186	Flow Dominance and Factorization of Transverse Momentum Correlations in Pb-Pb Collisions at the LHC	ALICE Collaboration	Physical Review Letters 118, 162302 (2017) Volume: 118 Page: 162302 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.162302	2017
187	Size-dependent persistent photocurrent and its origin in dc sputtered indium oxide films under UV and sub-band gap illuminations	Prabal Sen, M. Balasubramanian, Durgesh Kar and S. Kasiviswanathan	J. Appl. Phys. Volume: To appear	2017
188	Quantitative assessment of soft issue deformation using digital speckle pattern interferometry: studies on phantom breast models	Udayakumar Karuppanan, Sujatha Narayanan Unni, Ganesan R. Angarai	Journalof Medical Imaging Volume: 5 DOI: 10.1117/1	2017
189	Observation of subwavelength localization of cavity plasmons induced by ultra-strong exciton coupling	M. Balasubrahmaniyam, Durgesh Kar, Prabal Sen, Prem B. Bisht and S. Kasiviswanathan	Appl. Phys. Lett. Volume: 110 Page: 171101	2017
190	Analysis of blue light pixels for detection of preferred retinal locus	V Kalikivayi, K Kannan and AR Ganesan,	Ophthalmology Case Reports	2017
191	Studies on Interface between In2O3 and CuInTe2 thin films	M.R. Ananthan, P. Malar, Thomas Osipowicz and S. Kasiviswanathan	Appl. Surf. Sci. Volume: To appear	2017
192	Investigation of magnetic, dielectric and ethanol sensing properties of poly(o-phenylenediamine)/NiFe2O4 nanocomposites	18. Kannapiran Nagarajan; Athianna Muthusamy, Ph.D.,; Renganathan B.; Ganesan A. R, Jayaprakash Rajan	Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics Volume: 29 Page: 3135–3145	2017
193	Growth and characterization of Au nanoparticles embedded In2O3 composite films	M.R. Ananthan, P. Malar, Thomas Osipowicz, Shikha Varma and S. Kasiviswanathan	Thin Solid Films Volume: 622 Page: 78	2017
194	Effect of rapid quenching on the magnetism and magnetocaloric effect of equiatomic rare earth intermetallic compounds RNi (R = Gd, Tb and Ho	R. Rajivgandhi, J. Arout Chelvane, S. Quezado, S. K. Malik and R. Nirmala	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Volume: 433 Page: 169	2017
195	Spin glass behavior in frustrated quantum spin system CuAl2O4 with a possible orbital liquid state	R. Nirmala, Kwang-Hyun Jang, Hasung Sim, Hwanbeom Cho, Junghwan Lee, Nam-Geun Yang, Seongsu Lee, R. M. Ibberson, K. Kakurai, M. Matsuda, S.-W. Cheong, V.V. Gapontsev and S.V. Streltsov and Je-Geun Park	Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Volume: 29 Page: 13LT01	2017
196	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. Volume: 110 Page: 192906 DOI: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4983378	2017
197	Experimental investigation of natural convection in a rectangular cavity with two protruded half cylinders using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer	Akhil Krishnan Maliackal, A. R. Ganesan, Annamalai Mani	Proceeding of SPIE Volume: 10373 DOI: 10.1117/12.2273716	2017
198	Photovoltaic and photo-capacitance effects in ferroelectric BiFeO3 thin film	Pranab Parimal Biswas, Thirmal Chinthakuntla, Dhayanithi Duraisamy, Giridharan Nambi Venkatesan, Subramanian Venkatachalam, Pattukkannu Murugavel	Applied Physics Letters Volume: 110 Page: 192906 DOI: 10.1063/1.4983378	2017
199	Bose-Einstein Condensation of Triplons in the S = 1 Tetramer Antiferromagnet : A Compound Close to a Quantum Critical Point	B. Koteswararao, P. Khuntia, R. Kumar, A.V. Mahajan, Arvind Yogi, M. Baenitz, Y. Skourski, and F. C. Chou	Physical Review B (Rapid Communications) Volume: 95 Page: 180407(R) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.180407	2017
200	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 Volume: 3 Page: 19 DOI: doi:10.3390/magnetochemistry3020019	2017
201	Effect of vacuum annealing on structural, electrical and thermal properties of e-beam evaporated Bi2Te3 thin films	C. Sudarshan, S. Jayakumar, K. Vaideki, C. Sudakar	Thin Solid Films Volume: 629 Page: 28 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2017.03.043	2017
202	Well-connected microsphere-nanoparticulate TiO2 composites as high performance photoanode for dye sensitized solar cell	P. Ilaiyaraja, Tapan Kumar Das, Pavana S.V. Mocherla, C. Sudakar	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells Volume: 169 Page: 86 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2017.05.001	2017
203	Coexistence of strongly and weakly confined energy levels in (Cd,Zn)Se quantum dots: Tailoring the near-band-edge and defect-levels for white light emission	Tapan Kumar Das, P. Ilaiyaraja, and C. Sudakar	Journal of Applied Physics Volume: 121 Page: 183102 DOI: doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4983094	2017
204	Photoconductivity induced by nanoparticle segregated grain-boundary in spark plasma sintered BiFeO3	Subhajit Nandy, Pavana S. V. Mocherla, and C. Sudakar	Journal of Applied Physics Volume: 121 Page: 203102 DOI: doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4983764	2017
205	Kinesin rotates unidirectionally and generates torque while walking on microtubules	Avin Ramaiya, Basudev Roy, Michael Bugiel and Erik Schaffer	Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (USA)	2017
206	Anomalous charge transport in reduced graphene oxide films on a uniaxially strained elastic substrate	P R Shaina, Tushar Sakorikar, Biporjoy Sarkar, M K Kavitha, V Pramitha and Manu Jaiswal	Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Volume: 29 Page: 235301 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/aa6eba	2017
207	Thickness-dependent Crack Propagation in Uniaxially Strained Conducting Graphene Oxide Films on Flexible Substrates	Tushar Sakorikar, M K Kavitha, V Pramitha and Manu Jaiswal	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS Volume: 7 Page: 2598 DOI: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-02703-2	2017
208	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 Volume: 184 Page: 211-219 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2017.05.006	2017
209	Theoretical insights into the experimental observation of stable p-type conductivity and ferromagnetic ordering in vacuum hydrogenated TiO2	Divya Nechiyil, Manoharan Muruganathan, Hiroshi Mizuta ,Ramaprabhu Sundara	Journal of Physical chemistry C	2017
210	Electrospun mesoporous TiO2 nanofibers wrapped with reduced graphene oxide for enhanced and and rapid lithium ion storage	Lavanya Thirugunanam, Satheesh Kaveri, Vinodth Kumar Etacheri,Sundara Ramaprabhu, Mrinal Dutta, Vilas G Pol	Journal of Materials Characterisation	2017