EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research Experience
PUBLICATION IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
1. Substitutional effect of bismuth ferrite on the electrical properties of sodium bismuth titanate ceramics
D. E. Jain Ruth, S.M. Abdul Kader, M. Muneeswaran, N.V. Giridharan, D. Pathinettam Padiyan and B. Sundarakannan
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (In press)
2. Effect of Tb substitution on Structural, optical, electrical and magnetic properties of BiFeO3
M. Muneeswaran, Radhalayam Dhanalakshmi and N. V. Giridharan
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 26, 3827-3839 (2015)
3. Solvent-free ring opening polymerization of ε−caprolactone and electrical properties of polycaprolactone blended
BiFeO3 nanocomposites
Somasundaram Saravanamoorthy, Muniyandi Muneeswaran, Nambi Venkatesan Giridharan, Sivan Velmathi
RSC Advances. 5, 43897-43905 (2015)
4. Structural, vibrational, electrical and magnetic properties of Bi1-xPrxFeO3
M. Muneeswaran, Radhalayam Dhanalakshmi and N. V. Giridharan, Ceramics International. 41, 8511-8519 (2015)
5. Enhanced piezoelectric constant and remnant polarisation in K-compensated sodium potassium bismuth titanate
M Veera Gajendra Babu, SM Abdul Kader, M Muneeswaran, NV Giridharan, D Pathinettam Padiyan, B Sundarakannan
Materials Letters 146, 81-83 (2015)
6. Effect of samarium doping on the structural, optical and magnetic properties of sol–gel processed BiFeO3 thin films
C Anthonyraj, M Muneeswaran, SG Raj, NV Giridharan, V Sivakumar,G Senguttuvan
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 26, 49-58 (2015)
7. Enhanced piezoelectric constant and remnant polarisation in K-compensated sodium potassium bismuth titanate
M VeeraGajendraBabu, SM Abdul Kader, M Muneeswaran, NV Giridharan, D PathinettamPadiyan, B Sundarakannan
Materials Letters, 146, 81–83 (2015)
8. PTCR behavior of BiFeO3 synthesized by the solvothermal method
Pradeep Reddy Vanga, RV Mangalaraja, N.V. Giridharan, M. Ashok, Materials Letters, 143, 230–232 (2015)
9. Effect of Dy-substitution on the structural, vibrational, and multiferroic properties of BiFeO3 nanoparticles
M. Muneeswaran, N. V. Giridharan, Journal of Applied Physics, 115 (2014) 214109
10. Effect of thickness and annealing temperature on the properties of PZT films at Morphotropic Phase Boundary composition
prepared by sol-gel spin-on technique
Jegatheesan Periyannan, , Muneeswaran Muniyandi, and Giridharan Nambi Venkatesan
Advanced Materials Research 895 (2014) pp 17-20.
11. Structural, optical, and multiferroic properties of single phased BiFeO3
Muneeswaran, M., P. Jegatheesan, M. Gopiraman, Ick-Soo Kim and N. V. Giridharan, Applied Phys. A. 114 (2014) 853-859
12. Effect of annealing time in low-temperature growth of BFO thin films spin coated on glass substrates.
C. Anthonyraj, M. Muneeswaran, P .Jegatheesan, N.V. Giridharan, V. Sivakumar and G. Senguttuvan
J. Mater. Sci: Mater. Electron, 24 (2013) 4148-4154.
13. Synthesis of Nanosized BiFeO3 Powders by Co-precipitation Method
M. Muneeswaran, P. Jegatheesan and N.V. Giridharan, Journal of Experimental Nanoscience, 8 (2013) pp.341- 346
14. Low temperature synthesis of Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 ceramic powders by gelatin agent assisted sol-gel process
P. Jegatheesan M. Muneewaran S. Gokul Raj and N.V. Giridharan, Advanced Materials Research, 488-489 (2012)310-314
15. Synthesis and antifungal studies on CuO nanostructures
M. Hussain Beevi, S. Vignesh, T. Pandiyarajan, P. Jegatheesan,R. Arthur James,N. V. Giridharan and B. Karthikeyan
Advanced Materials Research, 488-489 (2012) pp. 666-670
16. Enhanced Electrical Properties of PZT thick films prepared by sol- gel technique through step-by-step crystallization
process
P. Jegatheesan, N.V. Giridharan, J Mater. Sci: Mater. Electron, 23 (2012) pp.1103-1107
17. Composition dependent preferential orientation, dielectric and ferroelectric properties of Pb(ZrxTi1−x)O3 thin films derived
by sol–gel process
P.Jegatheesan, Harish Kumar Yadav , Vinay Gupta and N.V.Giridharan, Materials Letters, 65 (2011) 901–904.
18. Investigations on the properties of pure and rare earth modified bismuth ferrite ceramics
S. Kazhugasalamoorthy, P. Jegatheesan, R. Mohandoss, N.V. Giridharan, B. Karthikeyan, R. Justin Joseyphus,
S. Dhanuskodi, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 493 (2010) 569-572
19. Simple synthesis and spectroscopic studies on cobalt added ZnO nanocrystals
T. Pandiyarajan, B. Karthikeyan, P. Venkatesan, M. Ashok, S. Anandan, N.V. Giridharan
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Volume 74 (2009) Pages 84-86
20. A neutron diffraction study of the oxygen diffusion in molybdenum doped Ba2In2O5
Aurélie Rolle, Pascal Roussel, Nambi Venkatesan Giridharan, Emmanuelle Suard, Rose-Noëlle Vannier
Solid State Ionics, Volume 179(2008)1986-1995
21. Effect of processing on the properties of Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti3O12 thin films
N.V. Giridharan and S. Supriya,Thin Solid Films, 516 (2008) 5244-5247
22. Enhancement of polarization in bismuth titanate thin films co-modified by La and Nd for non- volatile memory applications
N.V. Giridharan, M. Subramanian and R. Jayavel, Appl. Phys. A, 83 (2006) 123-126.
23. Oxide ion conduction in oxygen rich doped Ba2In2O5+delta Brownmillerite
A. Rolle, N.V. Giridharan, P. Roussel, F. Abraham, R.N. Vannier, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc.835 (2005) K2.4.2-K2.4.6
24. Structural and electrochemical characterization of new oxide ion conductors for oxygen generating systems and fuel cells
A.Rolle, R.N. Vannier, N.V.Giridharan and F. Abraham, Solid state ionics 176 (2005) 2095-2103
25. Growth of c-axis-oriented Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti3O12 thin films for ferroelectric memory applications
N.V.Giridharan, S. Madeswaran and R. Jayavel, Journal of Crystal Growth (2005) e675-e679
26. Effect of rhodium doping on the growth and characteristics of BaTiO3 Single crystals grown by step-cooling method.
S.Madeswaran, N.V.Giridharan, R.Varatharajan, G. Ravi and R.Jayavel, Journal of Crystal Growth 266 (2004) 481-486
27. Sol-gel synthesis and property studies of layered perovskite bismuth titanate thin films
S.Madeswaran, N.V.Giridharan and R.Jayavel, Materials Chemistry and physics, 80 (2003) 23-28
28. On the Capacitance-Voltage characteristics of Al/BaTiO3/GaN MFS structures
M.Senthil Kumar, R.R.Sumathi, N.V.Giridharan, R.Jayavel and J.Kumar, Journal of Crystal Growth, 237 (2002) 1176-1179
29. Growth of Co doped (Ba, Sr) TiO3 single crystals and their characterization
S.Madeswaran, N.V.Giridharan and R.Jayavel, Journal of Crystal Growth, 237 (2002) 858-863
30. Investigations on Al/BaTiO3/GaN MFS structures
M.Senthil Kumar, R.R.Sumathi, N.V.Giridharan, R.Jayavel and J.Kumar, Material letters, 52 (2002) 80-84
31. BaTiO3 as an insulating layer for InP based metal-insulator-semiconductor structures
R.R.Sumathi, N.V.Giridharan, R.Jayavel and J.Kumar, Material letters, 51 (2001) 56-60
32. Fabrication of ferroelectric (Pb, Ba)TiO3 thin films by sol-gel technique and their Characterization
N.V.Giridharan and R.Jayavel, Material letters, 52 (2002) 57-61
33. Structural, morphological and electrical studies on barium strontium titanate thin films prepared by sol-gel technique
N.V.Giridharan, R.Jayavel and P.Ramasamy, Cryst.Res.Technol., 36 (2001) 65-72
34. Fabrication and characterisation of (Ba,Sr)TiO3 thin films by sol-gel technique through organic precursor route
N.V.Giridharan, R.Varatharajan, R.Jayavel and P.Ramasamy, Materials chemistry and physics 65 (2000) 261-265
National / International Conference Presentations
1. Effect of synthesis conditions on the photocatalytic property of multiferroic BiFeO3 towards the degradation of phenol red
Radhalayam Dhanalakshmi, M. Muneeswaran and N.V.Giridharan
60th DAE Solid state physics symposium, Amity university,Noida, Dec. 21-25, 2015
2. Structural and electrical properties of ferroelectric Na0.5(Bi1-xPrx)0.5TiO3 (x=0.00, 0.10) ceramics synthesised
by sol-gel method, K. Shalini, M. Muneeswaran and N.V. Giridharan
60th DAE Solid state physics symposium, Amity university,Noida, Dec. 21-25, 2015
3. Multiferroism in hydrothermally prepared Ce:BaTiO3 nanoparticles
P. Senthilkumar, S. Dhanuskodi, M. Muneeswaran and N.V.Giridharan
60th DAE Solid state physics symposium, Amity university,Noida, Dec. 21-25, 2015
4. Structure and electrical properties of 0.80Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-0.16K0.5Bi0.5TiO3-0.04BaTiO3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics
K. Aravinth, M. Muneeswaran, G. Anantha Babu, N.V.Giridharan, P. Ramasamy
60th DAE Solid state physics symposium, Amity university,Noida, Dec. 21-25, 2015
5. Thermal Characterisation of Basalt fiber composite using pulse Thermography
Azad Chandrashekhar, Kalyanavalli.V, Giridharan N.V, and SastiKumar, NDE-2015, 25th National Seminar &
International Exhibition on"NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION" - 2015,Hyderabad, November 26 to 28, 2015
6. Structural and magnetic properties of rare-earth modified BFO multiferroic materials
Muneeswaran Muniyandi and N. V. Giridharan
8th IEEE Magnetics Society Summer School, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, USA on June 14-19, 2015.
7. Structural, electrical and magnetic properties of multiferroic Bi1-xGdxFeO3 (x = 0.00 and 0.15), Rathnaprabha,
Muneeswaran, Rhadalayam Dhanalaksmi, N.V. Giridharan, DAE-SSPS,VIT, Vellore, Dec 16-20, 2014.
8. Photocatalytic activity of BiFeO3 nanoparticles synthesized through Hydrothermal method, Radhalayam Dhanalakshmi,
M.Muneeswaran, Pradeep Reddy Vanga, M. Ashok, and N.V. Giridharan, DAE-SSPS, VIT, Vellore, Dec 16-20, 2014.
9. Optical studies on metal oxide nanoparticles.
Muneeswaran Muniyandi and Giridharan Nambi Venkatesan.
4th International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, San Diego, USA, August 18-20, 2014.
10.Non-Destructive testing of mechanical joints
Vineeth C, Krishnan Balasubramanian, N.V.Giridharan, 14th APCNDT-2013, Mumbai, 18-22 November 2013.
11.Bond quality of T-joints in composite material: A NDT study
Tadpatrikar Tejas, N.V.Giridharan, Ramesh Kumar M and Karuppaanan D
14th APCNDT-2013, Mumbai, 18-22 November 2013.
12.Structural, Optical and Multiferroic properties of pure and Dy modified YMnO3
Muneeswaran M and Giridharan N.V, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT-2013),
SUNTEC, Singapore, 30 June-5th July 2013.
13.Effect of thickness and annealing temperature on the properties of PZT films at Morphotropic Phase Boundary composition
prepared by sol-gel spin-on technique, Jegatheesan Periyannan, Muneeswaran Muniyandi and
Giridharan Nambi Venkatesan, 4th International Conference on Solid State Science & Technology,
Holiday Inn, Malacca, Malaysia, December 18-20, 2012
14.Fabrication of microcantilevers based on the sol-gel deposited PZT film
P. Jegatheesan, N.V. Giridharan, Fifth ISSS National Conference on MEMS, Smart Materials, Structures and Systems,
Karpagam University, Coimbatore, Sep. 21-22, 2012.
15.Synthesis of nanosized Bi1-xFexO3 Ceramics,
M.Muneeswaran and N.V.Giridharan, 4th International Conference on Advanced Nano Materials, IITM, October 17-19, 2012
16.Synthesis and Characterization of Nano sized BiFeO3 Ceramics By Soft chemical approach,
M.Muneeswaran and N.V.Giridharan, National Seminar on New Materials and Nano Technology, Ooty, Sep 12-14, 2012
17.Structural and multiferroic properties of YMnO3 ceramics synthesized by co-precipitation method
M. Muneeswaran, C. Mascovani, and N. V. Giridharan, DAE-SSP, IITB, 3-7, December 2012
18.Relaxor behavior of Ba (ZrxTi1-x)O3 ceramics prepared by sol-gel process
M. Muneeswaran, P.Jegatheesan and N.V.Giridharan, International conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM 2011),
PSG college of Technology, Coimbatore, Dec.12-16, 2011.
19.Effect of Zr/Ti ratio on the structural and electrical properties of Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) films
P.Jegatheesan, M. Muneeswaran and N.V.Giridharan, International conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM 2011)
PSG college of Technology, Coimbatore,Dec.12-16, 2011.
20.Synthesis of nanosized BiFeO3 powders by co-precipitation method
M. Muneeswaran, P.Jegatheesan and N.V.Giridharan, 2nd International conference on advanced
nanomaterials and nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati, Dec. 8-10, 2011.
21.Synthesis and Characterization of Bi1-xLaxFe1-yMnO3 nano sized ceramic powders
S.P. Keerthana, M.Muneeswaran and N.V.Giridharan, NCMNN-2011, Bharathiar University, March 24-25, 2011.
22.Deposition and Characterization of PZT thick films derived from hybrid sol-gel method
J. Anu priya, P. Jegatheesan and N.V. Giridharan, NCMNN-2011,Bharathiar University, March 24-25, 2011.
23.Study of structural, dielectric and ferroelectric properties of PZT thin films with Zr/Ti ratios of 60/40 and 65/35
P.Jegatheesan, Harish Kumar Yadav , Vinay Gupta and N.V.Giridharan, International conference on Recent Trends in
Materials Science and Technology, ICMST 2010, October 29-31, 2010, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, India.
24.Preparation and characterization of PbZr1-xTixO3 thin films,
P. Jegatheesan and N.V.Giridharan, International Conference on Electroceramics 2009, Department of Physics
and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, 13-17, Dec. 2009.
25.Deposition and Characterization of PZT films, P. Jegatheesan and N.V.Giridharan
Third National Conference on MEMS, Smart Structures and Materials,CG&CRI, Kolkata,14-16, Oct.2009.
26.Structural and morphological studies on PZT films at morphotropic phase boundary
P. Jegatheesan and N.V.Giridharan, University of Mysore, Mysore, 11 – 13 February 2009.
27.Low temperature synthesis of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nano particles by polymerized complex method
and its characterization, V. Ramalingam, R. Nagarajan and N.V. Giridharan,
ICMSRN 2008, 27-29,Feb. 2008, Dept of Physics, Mother Teresa University, Kodaikanal.
28.Synthesis and Characterisation of bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) nano particles by ferrioxalate precursor method,
V. Ramalingam, A. Kesavaaraja and N.V. Giridharan,
ICMSRN 2008, 27-29 Feb. 2008, Dept of Physics, Mother Teresa University, Kodaikanal.
29.Effect of processing on the properties of Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti3O12 thin films, N.V. Giridharan and S. Supriya,
The 3rd International Conference on Advances of Thin Films and Coatings (Thinfilms 2006)
11-15 December 2006, Singapore
30.Fabrication and characterization of c-axis oriented BiNdT thin films, N.V.Giridharan, D. Rajan babu,
M. Subramanian and R. Jayavel, National conference on recent trends in materials science and technology,
Aug.10-12, 2005
31.Structural and electrochemical characterization of Ba2In2-xMexO5 oxide ion conductors for
oxygen generating systems and fuel cells, R.N. Vannier,N.V. Giridharan and A. Rolle,
NCRT, VIT, Vellore, August 10-12, 2005
32.Oxide ion conduction in oxygen rich doped Ba2In2O5+delta Brownmillerite
A. Rolle, N.V. Giridharan, P. Roussel, F. Abraham, R.N. Vannier, MRS fall Meeting, 2004.
33.Water content in Ba2In2-xMexO5+delta (Me=V,W,Mo) , A.Rolle, N.V.Giridharan, R.N.Vannier and F.Abraham,
Fourth int. conference on inorganic materials, Belgium, September 19-21, 2004.
34.Structural and ferroelectric properties of highly oriented (Bi, Nd)4Ti3O12 thin films,
N.V.Giridharan and R. Jayavel, International conference on crystal growth (ICCG-14),France,August 9-13,2003
35.Dopant defect effect on the conductivity in oxides, A.Rolle, N.V.Giridharan, R.N.Vannier and F.Abraham,
OSSEP, Eindhoven, Netherlands, June 18-19, 2004.
36.Ferroelectric properties of bismuth titanate thin films co-modified by La and Nd for non-volatile memories
N.V.Giridharan and H.M. Jang, AMF-4 held at IISc, Bangalore, December 12-15, 2003
37.Growth and Characterization of Rh doped BaTiO3 single crystals,
S.Madeswaran, N.V.Giridharan, R.Varatharajan and R.Jayavel,
Fourteenth American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy, Seattle, Washington, August 4 - 9, 2002
38.Fabrication and characterisation of ferroelectric bismuth titanate thin films by sol-gel Technique,
N.V.Giridharan, S.Madeswaran and R.Jayavel,Material Science : Recent trends, Kottayam, March 22-23, 2001
Awards/Fellowships
CSIR Travel Grant Award - To participate in "First Vacuum and Surface Science Conference of Asia and Australia" held at Tokyo, Japan in the year 1999.
Max-Planck Institute Grant - To deliver a seminar at Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany in the year 2001.
Projects Undertaken
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Sl. No. |
Title of the Project |
Amount (Rs)
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Funding Agency |
Period |
Remarks
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1 |
Realization of crack free thick film PZT for the microcantilever fabrication |
17.11 Lakhs |
DST |
Dec.2007-Mar. 2011
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Completed |
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2 |
Development of PZT thick films with enhanced piezoelectric properties |
9.5 Lakhs |
NPOL (DRDO) |
July 2010- Dec. 2011 |
Completed |
Workshops/Conferences organized:
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S.No |
Title |
Period |
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1 |
National level symposium on Non-Destructive Evaluation (Quality-12) |
13th March 2012 |
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2 |
Workshop on Advances in Nanomaterials and Thin films (WANT-2013) |
8th - 9 March 2013 |
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3 |
National level symposium on Non-Destructive Evaluation (Quality-13) |
19-20 March 2013 |
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4 |
Short term course on “Optical and Ultrasonic methods in NDE” |
16-20, October 2013 |
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5 |
National level symposium on Non-Destrutive Evaluation (Quality-14) |
26th March 2014 |
Membership of Societies
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S.No |
Organization |
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1 |
Indian Society for Non-Destructive Testing, LM-8454 |
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2 |
Materials Research Society of India, LMB2504 |
