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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

 

RESEARCH

 

The Department was recognised as a Research Department in the year 1991 by Mahatma Gandhi University. The initiative for this was taken by the head of the Department Dr. M K Rudra Warier and Dr. G Ambika and the field of research were spectroscopy, Material Science and Nonlinear Dynamics. Dr. M K Rudra Warier guided two students to Ph.D. During the first decade of twentieth century, four students completed their Ph.D under the guidance of Dr. G Ambika. Exemplary research led by Dr. E. M. Mohammed, in the field of Magnetism and Nano technology, had produced more than 100 research papers and 4 Ph.D. and one more student of him submitted Ph. D thesis. Dr. N Shaji had guided 2 students to Ph.D and another student submitted Ph.D thesis in the field of quantum Information Theory. Two more students got Ph.D under the Guidance of Dr. P. I Paulose and Dr. B. Syamalakumari. One more student submitted Ph.D thesis under the guidance of Dr. B. Syamalakumari in the field of conducting polymers.

Currently, there are five Research guides in the Department: Dr. E M. Mohammed, Dr. N. Shaji, Dr. P.R. Sasikumar, Dr. Mathew George (Principal, Maharajas College) and Dr. Tina Abraham and the thrust areas of Research in the Department are Magnetic Nano materials, Thin Film and Nanostructure Materials, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information Theory and Photonics. The Department has a well-equipped Research lab with material synthesis facilities like Vacuum Deposition Unit, Muffle Furnace, Centrifuge, Hot air oven tec. and material characterisation facilities like SEM, precision impedance analyser, Keithly DC conductivity measurement set up, UV-visible spectrophotometer, etc.

There were many Major and Minor Projects undertaken by the faculty during the last decade.

Research Projects Undertaken by Faculty

Year Of Award

Major/ Minor Project

Name of the Project/ Endowments, Chairs

Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator

Name of the Funding agency

Funds provided Rs.

Duration of the project

2017

Major

Miniaturized microwave filters using novel metamaterial resonators

DR M Gopikrishna

DST

39 Lakhs

3 years

2016

Minor

Synthesis and characterization of transparent conducting metal oxide thin films and nanostructures for opto electronic applications

Dr A S Asha

UGC

2 Lakhs

2 years

2015

Minor

Development of multi-spectral imaging as a noninvasive tool for conservation of cultural heritage paintings

Dr V J Dann

UGC

4.25 Lakhs

2 years

2010

Minor

Laser beam depflection in liquids

Dr P R Sasikumar

UGC

45,000

2 years

2009

Major

Preparation and Characterisation of Conducting Polymers

Dr Sunny Kuriakose

UGC

8.74 Lakhs

3 years

2009

Major

Electrical and Optical Characterisation of CIS, Copper Selenide and Cadmium Sulphide thin films for fabrication of solar cells

Dr E M Mohammed

UGC

5.23 Lakhs

3 years

2009

Minor

Synthesis and characterizationand optical studies of glasses and phosphors

Maj.Mathew Kurian

UGC

55,000

2 years

2008

Major

Development nano magnetic material to store digital data

Dr E M Mohammed

UGC

8.35 Lakhs

3 years

2008

Major

Fund for Improvement of S & T Infrastructure

Dr. B Syamalakumari

UGC

41.5 Lakhs

3 years

2007

Major

Selective Augmentation for R &D

Dr. P I Paulose

KSCSTE-SARD

15 Lakhs

3 years

2007

Minor

Vibrational Overtone Spectroscopic Studies

Dr Sunny Kuriakose

UGC

55,000

2 years

2007

Minor

Photothermal studies on glasses and thin films

Dr.B Syamalakumari

UGC

65,000

2 years

2007

Minor

Experimental Investigations of the X-H overtone vibrations in different series of molecules

Dr K K Vijayan

UGC

50,000

3 years

 

 

Full time Research Scholars

Name of the Research Scholar

Name of the Supervising Guide

Alphonsa Paul

Dr. Tina Sebastian

 

 

Part time Research Scholars

Name of the Research Scholar

Name of the Supervising Guide

Lovely George (Submitted)

Dr.E  M Mohammed

Muhammed Maheen P P

Dr.E  M Mohammed

Viji C

Dr.E  M Mohammed

Dhanya N P (Submitted)

Dr. P R Sasikumar

Navya S L (Submitted)

Dr. N Shaji

Nisha Joseph

Dr. Tina Sebastian

 

 

Publications 

            The faculty of the Department has around 70 research papers published in International Journals and 5 in National Science Journals approved by UGC.

The List of Publications for the last seven years are given in the Table below.

Sl No

Year of publication

Title of paper

Name of the author/s

Name of journal

1

2020

Demonstration of Phase Shift of the Universe using an Effective Equation of State Parameter

Robin Francis, C . Sivakumar and E M Mohammed

International Journal of Scientific Research in Multi disciplinary Studies, Vol.6, Issue.4, Pages .41-45

2

2020

A study of the structural, morphological and Luminescence Characteristics of Polyvinyl pyrrolidone and Chitosan Capped Calcium Sulfide Nanoparticles

S. Rekha and E I Anila

International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews , Volume 7, Issue 2

3

2020

On a slightly different power law scaling for the Flat Universe

C Sivakumar, Robin Francis

Journal of Scientific Research 12(4), Page 569-574

4

2020

A simple Scale Factor for a curved uNiverse in the light of the recent Planck satellite data analysis

Robin Francis, C . Sivakumar and E M Mohammed

Physics Education

5

2020

Effect of Gadolinium Substitution on Structural and Optical properties of Barium Ferrite Nano particles

P.P Mohammed Maheen, Viji.C, E.M. Mohammed

Journal of Critical Reviews, Vol 7, Issue 19

6

2020

Enhanced Magnetic properties at low temperature of Mn substituted Ni - Zn mixed ferrite doped with Gd ions for magneoresistive applications

Lovely George, Viji C, M. Maheen, E.M. Mohammed

Materials Research Bulletin,Vol.126,Pages 296-302,

7

2020

Preparation and characterization of Nickel Ferrite Nanoparticles viaSol-gel Method

Savithri M Nampoothiri, Viji C, E M Mohammed, Robin Francis

Advanced Materials Letters

8

2020

A study of the structure luminescence and cyto toxicityof new green-emitting terbium-doped CaS nanophosphors

S Rekha & E I Anila.

Journal of material science: Materials in electronics 31: 15896-15906

9

2019

A novel metamaterial based bandpass filter with improved attenuation slopes and stop band performance

Gopikrishna M, Sajeev K F, Taniya Pearl E R,

Electronics Letters

10

2019

Preparation and characterization of Zn O Nanoparticles via co-precipitation Method

S.N. Nampoothiri, Viji Chandran,E.M. Mohammed, Robin Francis

International Journal of Scientific Research in Multi disciplinary Studies, Vol.5, Issue.8, Pages .56 - 61

11

2019

Nickel Oxide/Cobalt phthalocyanine nanocomposite for potential electronics applications

P A L Sheena, A. Sreedevi, C. Viji, V. Thomas

The European Physical Journal B

12

2019

Darboux transformations and New exactly solvable potentials

C Sivakumar, P T Varghese, and K Babu Joseph

Physics Education

13

2019

Influence of bath temperature on surface modification and optoelectronic properties of chemical bath deposited CdS thin film nanostructures

Wilson K C & M Basheer Ahamed

Material Science and engineering B

14

2019

White light emitting disprosium doped CaS nanophosphors synthesized by solid state diffusion method.

S Rekha & E I Anila.

Materials Chemistry and Physics 237(2019)

15

Apr-19

Intense Yellow Emitting Bio compatible CaS:Eu Nanophosphors Synthesized by wet chemical method.

S Rekha & E I Anila.

Journal of Fluorescence

16

Mar-19

Effect of polyethylene glycol( PEG) on the structural and optical properties of europium doped Ca S nano phosphorssynthesised by wet chemical method.

S Rekha & E I Anila.

AIP Conference Proceedings

17

2019

Combined effects of thermal barrier coating and blending of diesel fuel with biodiesel in diesel engines

Vishnu Sankara, Manoj Ramachandran, Gireeshkumaran Thampi B.S. & M.K. Jayaraj

Materials Today: Proceedings

18

2019

In vitro cytotoxicity studies of surface modified CaS nanoparticles on L929 cell lines using MTT assay

Rekha, S., Anila, E.I

Materials Letters 236, 637-639

19

2019

Inflence of bath temperature on surface modification and optoelectronic properties of chemical bath deposited CdS thin film nanostructures

Wilson K C & M Basheer Ahamed

Material Science and engineering B

20

2020

A study of the structure luminescence and cyto toxicityof new green-emitting terbium-doped CaS nanophosphors

S Rekha & E I Anila.

Journal of material science; Materials in electronics

21

2019

White light emitting disprosium doped CaS nanophosphors synthesized by solid state diffusion method.

S Rekha & E I Anila.

Materials Chemistry and Physics 237(2019)

22

Apr-19

Intense Yellow Emitting Bio compatible CaS:Eu Nanophosphors Synthesized by wet chemical method.

S Rekha & E I Anila.

Journal of Fluorescence

23

Mar-19

Effect of polyethylene glycol( PEG) on the structural and optical properties of europium doped Ca S nano phosphorssynthesised by wet chemical method.

S Rekha & E I Anila.

AIP Conference Proceedings

24

2019

Combined effects of thermal barrier coating and blending of diesel fuel with biodiesel in diesel engines

Vishnu Sankara, Manoj Ramachandran, Gireeshkumaran Thampi B.S. & M.K. Jayaraj

Materials Today: Proceedings

25

2019

In vitro cytotoxicity studies of surface modified CaS nanoparticles on L929 cell lines using MTT assay

Rekha, S., Anila, E.I

Materials Letters 236, 637-639

26

2018

A compact rectangular monopole antenna design with a novel feed for an improved UWB performance,

Dr. M. Gopikrishna

Radioengineering

27

2018

Stochastic Evolution of the Universe: A possible dynamical process leading to fractal structures,

Dr. Sivakumar C.

Pramana, Journal of Physics, Vol.90, No.1

28

2018

Green Emitting Cerium Doped CaS Whiskers Grown by Solid State Diffusion Method

Rekha, S., Anila, E.I

J Fluoresc 28: 1029

29

2018

PEG capped CaS nanoparticles synthesized by wet chemical co-precipitation method

Rekha, S., Anila, E.I

AIP Conference Proceedings 1942, 050039

30

2017

Weak measurements and nonclassical correlations

Dr N Shaji

Annals of Physics 376( 2017) P 448-459, Elsevier

31

2017

Talking the agglomeration of Mg2Si dopant in MgB2 superconductor using cast Mg-Si alloy,

Rahul S, Syju Thomas, Devadas K.M., Neson Varghese, Ajeesh P.Paulose Manoj Raama Varma, Syamaprasad U

Materials research Bulletin,Vol.93,Pages 296-302,

32

2017

A comparative study on the effects of n C,n SiC and BRH on the structural and superconducting properties of MgB2 PIT wires,

Rahul S, Devadas K.M., Syju Thomas, Neson Varghese, Ajeesh P.Paulose, Manoj Raama Varma, Syamaprasad U

Materials Chemistry and Physics,vol.200, 395-401

33

2017

Enhanced luminescence of triethanolamine capped calcium sulphide nanoparticles synthesized using wet chemical method.

S. Rekha

International journal of luminescence 190 ( 2017) P 94-99

34

2017

Cerium doped CaS nanophosphor synthesized by solid state reaction method

S. Rekha

AIP Conference Proceedings1 849 published by American Institute of Physics.

35

2017

Simultaneous Measurement of Noncommuting variables with appropriate Post-Selection in Weak measurement,

Dr N Shaji

International Journal of Physics and Applications, Vol 9, pp 19-23, (2017).

36

2017

Simultaneous Measurement of Noncommuting variables in Quantum Optical Tomography.

Dr N Shaji

Academic and Review Letters, Vol 1, No 1, p11.(2017).

37

2017

Protection of a Single Qubit Quantum State from Decoherence,

Dr N Shaji

International Journal of Advanced Research, Vol 5, Issue 06, June 2017.

38

2017

Enhanced luminescence of triethanolamine capped calcium sulfide nanoparticles synthsised using wet chemical method.

Rekha S

Journal of Luminescence 190(2017)94-99

39

2016

Ab initio DFT studies of adsorption characteristics of benzene on close packed surfaces of transition metals ,

Lakshmikanth K G

computational Materials Science ,vol 137,pages 10-19

40

2016

Application of Simultaneous Measurement of Noncommuting variables in Optical Quantum Tomography(2016).

Dr N Shaji

(Abstract-P138 published at Second International Conference on Materials Science and Technology-ICMST 2016, at Kottayam, Kerala.)

41

2016

Calculating Trace Distance as a Measure of Decoherence at Finite Temperature Environment,

Dr N Shaji

13th International Conference on Fibre Optics and Photonics organised by Optical Society of America at IIT Kanpur

42

2016

A Novel J Slot antenna with constant radiation pattern for UWB WiMedia.

Dr M Gopikrishna

proceedings of International Conference on computing, Communication and Signal Processing (ICCCSP-2016)

43

2016

Surface modification of cadmium sulfide thin film honey comb nanostructures: Effect of in situ tin doping using chemical bath deposition

KC Wilson, MB Ahamed

Applied Surface Science 361, 277-282

44

2015

Anti-bacterial study of cadmium substituted nickel ferrite nano particles,

E M Mohammed, K Rafeekali,

International Journal of Engineering Research and General Science 3 (4), 321,

45

2015

Dielectric Behavior and AC Conductivity of Mg2+ Doped Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles Synthesized by Sol-Gel Technique,

RM Sebastian, S Xavier, EM Mohammed,

Ferroelectrics 481 (1), 48-56,

46

2015

Structural and Dielectric Studies of Gadolinium Substituted Nickel Ferrite Nanoparticles

E M Mohammed, Rafeek Ali, Muhammed Maheen,

International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research 6 (5), 1688,

47

2015

Dielectric behavior and AC conductivity of Mg2+ doped Zinc Ferrite nanoparticles synthesized by Sol – Gel technique

Rintu Mary Sebastian, Sheena Xavier and E M Mohammed

Ferroelectrics, 481:1, 48-56

48

2015

Dielectric properties and conductivity of (ZnO/CdO) mixed oxide nanocomposite,

PP Sharmila, RM Sebastain, S Sagar, E M Mohammed, NJ Tharayil,

Ferroelectrics 474 (1), 144-155,

49

2015

Effect of dysprosium substitution on structural and magnetic properties of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles

Sheena Xavier, Rintu Mary Sebastian and E. M. Mohammed

(IJESIT) Volume 4, Issue 5

50

2015

Effect of Sintering Temperature on the Structural Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Zinc Ferrite Samples.

RM Sebastian, S Xavier, E M Mohammed,

J Nanomaterial Mol Nanotechnol 4: 2, of 6, 2,

51

2015

Influence of Rare Earth (Tb3+) on Electrical and Magnetic Studies of Nickel ferrite Nanoparticles

E M Mohammed, Rafeek Ali, Muhammed maheen,

Journal of Applied Physics 7 (3), 21

52

2015

Nano phase α -silver tungstate for potential applications in light emitting diodes and gate dielectrics

A. Sreedevi, K. P. Priyanka, Rintu Mary Sebastian, E. M. Mohammed and Thomas Vargese

Adv. Sci. Eng. Med. Vol 7, 498 – 505

53

2015

Structural and Dielectric Studies of Cerium Substituted Nickel Ferrite Nano Particle

Muhammed Maheen, K Rafeekali, Rintu Mary Sebastian and E M Mohammed

The International Journal Of Engineering And Science (IJES) Volume 4, Issue 5, PP.33-37

54

2015

Structural and dielectric studies of terbium substituted nickel ferrite nanoparticles,

E M Mohammed, Rafeek Ali, Muhammed maheen,

International Journal of Technical Research and Applications 3 (3), 343,

55

2015

Weak measurements and nonClassical correlations

Lekshmi S, N shaji, Anil Shaji

Annals of Physics 376

56

2014

Chemical synthesis, structural characterization and electrical studies of nanoceria for CMOS applications,

KP Priyanka, KK Babitha, A Sreedevi, X Sheena, E M Mohammed,

Journal of Electro ceramics 32 (4), 361-368,

57

2014

Effect of rare earth doping on structural, magnetic, electrical properties of magnesium ferrite and its catalytic activity,

S Thankachan, M Kurian, DS Nair, S Xavier, E M Mohammed,

IJIRSET 3, 529-537,

58

2014

Influence of Cr 3+ ion substitution on DC and AC electrical properties of zinc ferrite nanoparticles,

RM Sebastian, S Xavier, E M Mohammed,

IJESIT 2, 512-520,

59

2014

Structural and Antibacterial Properties of Silver Substituted Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles

Sheena Xavier, Harry Cleetus, Nimila PJ, Smitha Thankachen, Rintu Mary Sebastian and EM Mohammed

Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences , 5(5) 364 -371

60

2014

Structural and Magnetic properties of Chromium doped Zinc Ferrite

Rintu Mary Sebastian, Smitha Thankachan, Sheena Xavier, Shaji Joseph and E M Mohammed

AIP Conference Proceedings, 1576, 91

61

2014

Biological resemblance of cadmium sulphide seaweeds coral honeycomb nanostructures by a chemical bath deposition technique

KC Wilson, E Manikandan, MB Ahamed

Materials Letters 120, 295-298

62

2014

Nanocauliflower like structure of CdS thin film for solar cell photovoltaic applications: In situ tin doping by chemical bath deposition technique,

KC Wilson, E Manikandan, MB Ahamed, BW Mwakikunga,

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 585, 555-560

63

2013

Effect of Samarium substitution on the structural and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline Cobalt Ferrite

Sheena Xavier, Smitha Thankachan, Binu P. Jacob and E M Mohammed,

Journal of Nanoscience, Vol 2013 P 1-7

64

2013

Effect of Tb3+ substitution on structural,electrical and magnetic properties of Sol-Gel synthesized nanocrystalline Nickel Ferrite

Binu P. Jacob, Smitha Thankachanb, Sheena Xavier, E M Mohammed,

Journal of Alloys and Compounds Vol 578, P 314-319

65

2013

Dielectric studies of nanocrystlline Manganese Tungstate

N Aloysius Sabu, K. P. Priyanka, Smitha Thankachan, Anu Tresa Sunny, E M Mohammed, O.P. Jaseentha, Thomas Varghese,

Nanosystems: Physics,chemistry, Mathematics 4(3), P 357-362

66

2013

Dielectric properties and AC conductivity of nanocrystalline Titania

K.P. Priyanka, P. A. Sheena, N Aloysius Sabu, X Sheena, T.S. Anu, E M Mohammed, Thomas Varghese,

Journal of basic and applied Physics Vol: 2 (1) P105-108

67

2013

Synthesis Characterisation and electrical studies of Cerium Oxide nanoparticles

Dr E M Mohammed

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

68

2013

Structural, Dielectric, AC conductivity and magnetic properties of Cr3+ substituted Ni-Mg Ferrite nanoparticles

Mohd.Hashim, Alimuddin, Sagar E. Shirsath, Shalendra Kumar, E M Mohammed, Ravi Kumar,

Journal of nano engineering and manufacturing, Volume 3,39-47

69

2013

Effect of Samarium substitution on the structural and magnetic properties of magnesium Ferrite nanoparticles

Sheena Xavier, Smitha Thankachan, Binu P. Jacob and E M Mohammed,

Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials Vol:348, P140-145

70

2013

Effect of Neodymium substitution on structural and magnetic properties of Magnesium Ferrite nanoparticles

Smitha Thankachan, Binu P Jacob, Sheena Xavier and E M Mohammed

Physica Scripta Vol:87 p 1-7

71

2013

Effect of Sintering Temperature on the structural and magnetic properties of Cobalt Ferrite nanoparticles

Sheena Xavier, Smitha Thankachan, Binu P. Jacob and E M Mohammed,

Nanosystems: Physics,chemistry, Mathematics 4(3), P 430-437

72

2013

effect of neodymium substitution on structural and magnetic properties of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles

Sheena Xavier, Smitha Thankachan, Binu P. Jacob and E M Mohammed,

J Nanomater Mol Nanotechnol Vol: 2 Issue: 7

73

2013

Ultrasonic spray pyrolysis deposition of SnSe and SnSe2 using a single spray solution

J S Narro-Rios, Manoj Ramachandran, Dalia Mart ́ınez-Escobar and Aaron S

Journal of Semiconductors 34, (1), 013001

74

2013

Optical and electrical properties of SnSe2 and SnSe thin films prepared by spray pyrolysis

D.Martínez-Escobar, Manoj Ramachandran. A.Sánchez-Juárez, Jorge SergioNarro Rios

Thin Solid Films 535,390-393

75

2013

Cluster Perturbation Simulated Annealing for Protein Folding Problem

Juan Frausto-Solis, Mishael Sanchez-Ṕerez, Ernesto Lĩnan-Garcıa, Juan Paulo S ́anchez-Hern ́andez, Manoj Ramachandran

Journal of Universal Computer Science, vol. 19, no. 15 (2013), 2207-2223

76

 

Effect of Gd3+ substitution on the structural and electrical properties of Mg0. 75Zn0. 25Fe2O4 nanoparticles,

RM Sebastian, E M Mohammed,

Indian Journal of Physics 90 (12), 1397-1402,

77

 

Effect of iron substitution on structural, magnetic and nonlinear optical properties of zinc chromite nanoparticles Optik-

RM Sebastian, S Mathews, P Radhakrishnan, E M Mohammed,

Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics 127 (19), 7967-7972,

78

 

Structural and Anti algal Properties of Cobalt substituted Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles Synthesized by Sol–Gel Technique

Rintu Mary Sebastian, Vijayalakshmy K C, Lekshmi S, A V Saramma , and E M Mohammed

Jai Maa Saraswathi Gayandayini 2(1) 637 – 648

79

 

Structural and electrical studies of Gd3+ substituted zinc ferrite nano particles

Rintu Mary Sebastian and E M Mohammed

Ferroelectrics, 504:1, 53-63

80

 

Study of optical limiting behavior in iron substituted zinc chromite

Rintu Mary Sebastian, Mathew S, P Radhakrishnan and E M Mohammed,

Optik 127 7967 – 7972

81

 

Synthesis and anti-algal effect of zinc ferrite nanoparticles

Rintu Mary Sebastian , Vijayalakshmy K C, Lakshmi S, A V Saramma and E M Mohammed

Macromol. Symp. 361, 20–23

82

 

Simultaneous Measurement of Non-commuting Variables with appropriate Post-Selection in Weak measurement

Prajit Chandran , N Shaji

 

 

 

Seminars, Workshops

Every year, the Department conducts a number of National Seminars/Workshops and other invited Lectures. They are

  • National seminars and workshops each year under the sponsorship of Directorate of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala.
  • Stephen Hawking Memorial Lecture Series, comprised of four lectures, in memory of the late eminent Scientist Stephen William Hawking. This lecture series has been conducted for the last 3 years.
  • Physics Alumni -MAPS in collaboration with the Department has been conducting ‘Dr. Sathy Menon Memorial Technical Lecture’ for the last 6 years.
  • Several other Invited lectures each year.
  • Student Seminars