Dr. N. V. Giridharan

 

Dr. N. V. Giridharan received his Ph.D degree from Anna University, Chennai in 2001. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Laboratoire de Cristallochimie et Physicochimie du Solide, France  and POSTECH, South Korea during 2002-2005. He joined National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli  in the year 2007 and currently he is serving as a Professor, Department of Physics


Employment Profile

Job Title Employer From To
Associate Professor National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli March 2018 10th March 2024
Assistant Professor National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli July 2007 March 2018
Lecturer in Physics Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore, India June 2005 June 2007
Post-doctoral Researcher Laboratoire de Cristallochimie et Physicochimie du Solide, France Jan. 2004 Dec. 2004
Post-doctoral Researcher Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea May 2002 Oct 2003

Academic Qualifications (From Highest Degree to High School):

Examination Board / University Year Division/ Grade Subjects
Ph.D. (Physics) Anna University 2001 Degree awarded Physics
M.Sc (Physics) Madras University 1995 FIRST Physics
B.Sc (Physics) Madras University 1993 FIRST Physics
Higher Secondary course certificate (XII) Board of higher secondary 1990 First Mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology
Secondary school leaving certificate (SSLC) Board of secondary education 1988 First Tamil, English, mathematics, science, history and geography

Academic/Administrative Responsibilities within the University

Position Faculty/Department/Centre/Institution From To
Co-ordinator M.Sc. (Laboratory) Department of Physics, NITT 2007 2008
Co-ordinator M.Tech (NDT) Department of Physics, NITT 2011 2014
Co-ordinator I year B.Tech (Physics) course - National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 2016 2018
Faculty Initiator Sophisticated Instrumentation Facility, NITT 2013 Till date

Details of Academic Work

Curriculum Development:
  1. One of the members in the curriculum design of B.Tech (Physics) course
  2. One of the members in the curriculum design of M.Tech (NDT) course
  3. Curriculum design of Ph.D. courses
Courses taught at Postgraduate and Undergraduate levels Post graduate level:
  1. PH605 RADIOGRAPHIC TESTING AND RADIATION SAFETY
  2. PH604 ADVANCE NDE TECHNIQUES II
  3. PH663 – ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
  4. PH659 – GENERAL PHYSICS LABORATORY
  5. PH685 MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
Undergraduate level
  1. PH1R11-PHYSICS-I & LABORATORY
  2. PHIR12-PHYSICS-II &LABORATORY
Projects guided at Postgraduate level
  1. M.Tech (NDT):
S.No Title Students name and Register Number Year of completion
1. Correlation between ultrasonic parameters, microstructures with tensile properties of modified T91(PFBR) and investigations on the HP turbine blades using phased array, radiography and image enhancement techniques P.Kumar Raja 213107005 May 2009
2. The effect of radiography parameters on defect delectability using microfocal and conventional X-ray source A.Ramu 213108012 May 2010
3. Helical guided waves for pipe inspection by conventional and phased array ultrasonics B. Narsimlu 213108015 May 2010
4. Residual stress assessment using eddy current testing technique Shukur. C.A 213109009 May 2011
5. Fatigue properties of CFRP composite material with varied porosity: A study through NDE approach Bojja Naresh 213109018 May 2011
6. Non-contact lamb wave inspection and defect sizing of GFRP composite pipe Maheswaran M 213110016 May 2012
7. Visualization of lamb wave propagation in composite laminates using air-coupled ultrasonics Vivek Madhavan 213111019 May 2013
8. Evaluation and Optimization of electromagnetic stirring parameters for continuously cast high carbon billet quality using ultrasonic C-scan imaging Sheethal S 213111018 May 2013
9. Performance analysis and comparison of CR imaging plated with X-rays Glisten Abraham 213110011 May 2013
10. Non-Destructive testing of mechanical joints Vineeth C 213112016 May 2014
11. Adhesive bond quality evaluation for composite “T” joints using ultrasonics Tadpatrikar Tejas 213112012 May 2014
12. Defect detection and enhancement in composite honeycomb sandwich structures for space application using infrared thermography Anish Chandran 213113027 May 2015
13. Inspection of friction stir welded aluminium plates using NDT techniques Sabarish J 213113025 May 2015
14 Vibration measurement of plate immersed in water using ultrasonic guided waves Anand Balakrishnan 213114003 May 2016
15 Thermal diffusivity mapping of defects and in-pane thermal diffusivity measurements by infrared thermography Azad Chandra shekhar 213114007 May 2016
16 Defect analysis in MIG welding of mild steel using ultrasonic NDE methods Yamsani Ayyappa 213115014 May 2017
17 Analysis of Defect formation in weldments at variable weld parameters using ultrasonic technique Ravi Teja Lingam 213115027 May 2017
18 Data fusion of multi-NDE techniques for enhanced detection of flaws in small diameter tubes Ajay C 213116005 May 2018
19 Characterization of stress in metallic materials using eddy current non-destructive evaluation Vikas Khubnani 213117015 May 2019
20 Level measurement using fundamental guided wave modes L [0,1], T [0,1] and F [1,1] Raju C 213118017 December 2019
21 Savaging of new UT-indications occurring after pre UT qualification of INCONEL cladded joints in pressure vessels Ashokkumar T 213118006 December 2019
22 Establishing advance ultrasonic Testing procedure in thick wall Induction pressure welded (ipw) Samarjit nath mazumder 213119017 May 2021
23 Structural health diagnosis of a Locomotive using advanced sensing Methodologies Sudhanshu pandey 213119021 May 2021
  1. M.Sc (Physics)
S.No Title Students name and Register Number Year of completion
1. Design of a digital mixer with ADAT and firewire interfaces K. Nimitha PHA0614 May 2008
2. Investigations on the synthesis and properties of pure and doped BiFeO3 system S. Kazhugasalamoorthy 213207007 May 2009
3. Sol-gel synthesis and characterization of Ba(Zr,Ti)O3 ceramic powders M. Muneeswaran 213208017 May 2010
4. Investigations on the synthesis and properties of pure and La-modified Bi4Ti3O12 ceramics M.G. Shankar 213208018 May 2010
5. Deposition and characterization of PZT thick films derived from hybrid sol-gel method J.Anu Priya 213209014 May 2011
6. Investigations on the synthesis and properties of BixLa1-xFeyMn1-yO3 system Keerthana S.P 213209021 May 2011
7. Investigations on the synthesis and properties of pure and Dy-modified YMnO3 system C. Mascovani 213210009 May 2012
8. Synthesis and characterization of BixLa1-xMnO3 ceramics Gnana Sekaran M 213210015 May 2012
9 Synthesis and Characterization of pure and Dy-substituted Bi2O3 ceramics D. Dayanithi 213211024 May 2013
10 Synthesis of pure and Nd modified BiFeO3 powders by co-precipitation method Mohammed Ghouse Munavary 213211026 May 2013
11 Investigation on the synthesis and characterization of pure and gadolinium modified Bismuth ferrite R. Rathnaprabha 213212021 May 2014
12 Synthesis and characterization of lead free Na (Bi1-xPrx)TiO3 ceramics K. Shalini 213212010 May 2014
13 Synthesis and Characterization of Multiferroic (1-x) BiFeO3-xBaTiO3 solid solutions S. Supraja 213213026 May 2015
14 Synthesis and Characterizayion of pure K0.5Bi0.5 TiO3 (KBT) and (1-x)K0.5Bi0.5TiO3-BiFeO3 (BFO) multiferroic ceramics Krishnasamy 213213013 May 2015
15 Growth and Characterization of Bi0.5Ca0.5FeO3 single crystals G. Antilen Jacob 213214017 May 2016
16 Efffect of lithium and antimony substitution on the structural, electrical and optical properties of lead free Na0.5K0.5NbO3 ceramics Rashid A 213214022 May 2016
17 Synthesis and characterization of pure and Nickel doped Barium Titanate Veena Balakrishnan 213215001 May 2017
18 Low temperature solution growth and characterization of Triglycine sulphate (TGS) single crystals R J Jayapriya 213215021 May 2017
19 Synthesis and characterization of lead free piezoelectric NBT-BT-V2O5 ceramics by solid state reaction route Midhun V K 213216019 May 2018
20 Synthesis and characterization of PVDF-CoFe2O4 nanocomposite films Ansu Johnson 213216001 May 2018
21 Synthesis and characterization of lead –free Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-BiFeO3 ceramics Devapriya M S May 2019
22 Investigations on the synthesis and characterization of lead free Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 - SrTiO3 ceramics Arabinda Sahoo 213218024 May 2020
23 Structural refinement analylis of binary and ternary crystalline structure Chambru Sardar 213219003 May 2021
24 Structure and dielectric properties of Lead free Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 doped with CaTiO3 Sachin 213220020 May 2022

Details of Major R&D Projects

Title of Project Funding Agency Duration Status
From To Ongoing/ Completed
Realization of crack free thick film PZT for the application to piezo cantilever fabrication DST Dec.2007 Mar. 2011 Completed
Development of PZT thick films with enhanced piezoelectric properties suitable for MEMS devices NPOL (DRDO) July 2010 Dec. 2011 Completed
Development of PZN-PT Single Crystal Technology for Naval Transducer Applications DRDO July 2017 Jan 2021 Completed

Number of PhDs guided

Name of the PhD Scholar Title of PhD Thesis Role(Supervisor/ Co-Supervisor) Year of Award
P. Jegatheesan Investigations on Pb(ZrxTi1-x)O3 (PZT) films prepared by spin coating technique for the fabrication of microcantilever Supervisor 2013
M. Muneeswaran Investigations on the sysnthesis and properties of pure and rare earth (Dy, Pr and Tb) modified multiferroic BiFeO3 nanoparticles Supervisor 2015
Radhalayam Dhanalakshmi Investigations on the Synthesis and Photocatalytic Properties of Pure and Rare- Earth (La,Nd and Ce) Substituted BiFeO3 Nanostructures Supervisor 2017
K. Shalini Investigations on the Multiferroic Propertieses of Transition Metal Ions Substituted Ferroelectric K0.5Na0.5NbO3 bulk ceramics Supervisor 2021
D. Dhayanithi Investigations on the Structure, Electrical and Electro-Mechanical Properties of NBT: Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 Based Ternary Solid Solutions Supervisor 2022
D. Padmapriya Investigations on the synthesis and properties of (1-x)BaTiO3-x(TM)Fe2O4(TM = Co, Ni and Mg) multiferroic composites Supervisor 2022

Participation in Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia /Seminars/ Schools etc. (mentioning the role)

Date (s) Title of Activity Level of Event (International/ National/ Local) Role (Participant/ Speaker/ Chairperson, Paper presenter, Any other) Event Organized by Venue
12/10/2007-13/10/2007 National workshop on Non-Destructive Evaluation Local Participant Department of Physics, NITT NITT
09/12/2007- 10/12/2007 MEMS innovation Fest 2007 National Participant Centre for Emerging Technologies
23/02/2008 Workshop on Nanostructures and Devices Local Participant Department of Physics, NITT NITT
15/03/2008 Workshop on “X-ray diffraction Analysis (XRD) & Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)” Local Participant Department of Physics, NITT NITT
07/07/2008 -12/07/2008 Instructional design and delivery Local Participant NITTTR, Chennai NITTTR
24/07/2008- 26/07/2008 Fifth ISSS International conference on smart materials, structures and systems International Participant IISc Bangalore IISc
03/01/2009- 05/01/2009 International conference on MEMS ICMEMS 2009 International Participant IIT-M, Chennai IIT-M Chennai
20/02/2009-21/02/2009 Course on Traditional and Emerging NDE methods- for Managers and Engineers National participant IIT-M, Chennai IIT-M, Chennai
10/12/2009- 12/12/2009 NDE-2009 National Participant ISNT-Trichy & NITT NITT
14/06/2011-24/06/2011 Workshop on Thermodynamics in Mechanical Engineering National Participant ISTE workshop conducted by IIT Bombay NITT
06/07/2011-12/07/2011 Faculty development program on Advanced nanomaterials-Process, Characterization and Applications National Participant School of Nano Science and Technology, NIT-Calicut NIT-C
26-28 Feb 2012 2nd International Conference on Key Engineering Materials International Paper presenter IACSIT Singapore
18/12/12- 20/12/12 4th International Conference on Solid State Science & Technology International Paper presenter University of Malaysia Haliday inn, Malaca Malaysia
9-10 May 2013 Workshop on Perspectives of Curriculum Local Participant NIT, Tiruchirappalli NITT
30 June-5th July 2013 International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT-2013) International Paper presenter MRS-Singapore SUNTEC Singapore
19-20 September 2014 Workshop on Elemental, compound and phase analysis by powder X-ray diffraction Local Participant Department of Physics, NIT-Trichy NITT
04/12/2014-06/12/14 NDE2014- National seminar and Exhibition National Participant ISNT-Pune Pune
28/04/2015- 29/04/2015 Conclave on Academic Reforms Local Participant NIT, Trichy NIT-T

Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia/Seminars Organized (as Chairman/ Organizing Secretary/ Convenor / Co-Convenor)

Title of Activity Level of Event (International/ National/ Local) Date (s) Role Venue
National level symposium on Non-Destructive Evaluation (Quality-12) Local 13th March 2012 Convener NIT, Trichy
Workshop on Advances in Nanomaterials and Thin films (WANT-2013) National 8th - 9 March 2013 Convener NIT, Trichy
National level symposium on Non-Destrutive Evaluation (Quality-13) Local 19-20 March 2013 Convener NIT, Trichy
Short term course on “Optical and Ultrasonic methods in NDE” National 16-20, October 2013 Co-convener NIT, Trichy
National level symposium on Non-Destrutive Evaluation (Quality-14) Local 26th March 2014 Convener NIT, Trichy

Invited Talks delivered

Topic Date Inviting Organization
Optical fiber and its applications 3rd November 2007 NIT, Tiruchirappalli
Sol-gel processing of ferroelectric thin films 24th January 2008 NIT, Tiruchirappalli
Ferroelectrics- basics, materials, properties and applications 9th March 2013 NIT, Tiruchirappalli
Nano Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications 7th August 2014 Cauvery college for women, Trichy
Ferroelectrics and Multiferroics 11th November 2014 UGC sponsored refresher course in physics for college and university, Bharathidasan Univeristy
Multiferroic materials 24th April 2015 VELTECH HIGHTECH, Chennai
Thin films and Multiferroics 13th May 2015 Summer research training programme-2015, Bishop Heber college, Trichy
Thin films and multiferroics 21st July 2015 FDP on Advanced research in materials for engineering and technological applications, Anna University, Tiruchirappalli
Multiferroic materials 7th November 2016 UGC-Human resource development centre, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
Ferroelectrics- basics, materials, properties and applications 2020 The Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram

Membership of Learned Societies

Type of Membership (Ordinary Member/ Honorary Member / Life Member ) Organization Membership No. with date
Life Member Indian Society for Non-Destructive Testing LM-8454 & 21/10/2009
Life Member Materials Research Society of India LMB2504 & 2015

Academic Foreign Visits

Country Duration of Visit Programme
Singapore February 26-28, 2012 2nd International Conference on Key Engineering Materials
Malaysia December 18-20, 2012 4th International Conference on Solid State Science & Technology
Singapore 30 June-5th July 2013 International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT-2013)
Srilanka 13-18 December 2016 ICNST-2016, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Publications

Refereed Research Journals:
Author(s) Title of Paper Journal Vol. (No.) Page numbers Year Impact Factor of the Journal (Optional)
Seethal Pappachan,A Rashid andGiridharan Nambi Venkatesan Dissolution of four-stage to three-stage dynamic scaling behavior with stabilization of relaxor character in K0.5B0.5TiO3based binary system Physica Scripta 97 065809 2022
PM Priya Dharsini, L Venkidu, GC Ancy, MT Rahul, K Nandakumar, D Dayanithi, NV Giridharan, B Sundarakannan Enhanced magnetoelectric coefficients in Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3–CoFe2O4particulate composites prepared from pre-sintered constituents Applied Physics A 128 1-10 2022
R Rajesh, NV Giridharan Enhanced energy storage performance and magnetocapacitance effect of polycrystalline BiFeO3ceramics Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society 58 539-548 2022
Krupa Maria Kuruvila, D Dhayanithi, NV Giridharan Investigation of structural and enhanced piezoelectric properties in low lead content Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-BaTiO3-PbTiO3system Journal of Alloys and Compounds 897 163195 2022
SV Meenakshi, R Saravanan, N Srinivasan, D Dhayanithi, Nambi Venkatesan Giridharan Exploration of (1−x)BaTiO3+xZnFe2O4magneto-electric ceramic composite on charge density: Structure and its characterization Journal of Alloys and Compounds 888 161491 2021
P Esther Rubavathi, D Dhayanithi, NV Giridharan, MT Rahul, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, B Sundarakannan Origin of magnetic, magnetoelectric effect and the influence of reentrant ferroelectric phase on the structural and multiferroic properties of Dy3+-Fe3+co-substituted BaTiO3ceramics Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 538 168260
A Rashid, K Shalini, NV Giridharan Observation of Enhanced Unipolar Strain and Piezoelectric Charge Co-Efficient in K0.5Na0.5NbO3Simultaneously Doped with Lithium and Antimony Ferroelectrics 583 12-18 2021
R Rajesh, NV Giridharan, K Ramesh Kumar, C Karthika Effect of Mn doping on magnetodielectric properties of polycrystalline BiFeO3ceramics Journal of Alloys and Compounds 854 156981 2021
Radhalayam Dhanalakshmi, Nambi Venkatesan Giridharan and Juliano C. Denardin Magnetic Field-Assisted Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants over Bi1−xRxFeO3 (R = Ce, Tb; x = 0.00, 0.05, 0.10 and 0.15) Nanostructures Materials 14 (15) 4079 2021
Dhayanithi Duraisamy,Krupa Maria Kuruvila, andGiridharan Nambi Venkatesan Phase boundary and temperature driven enhanced piezoelectric and electrostrictive strain in (1−2x) Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-xBaTiO3-xBa0.7Ca0.3TiO3solid solution Journal of Applied Physics 130 144102 2021
Padmapriya D, Dhayanithi D, Rahul M.T, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Giridharan N V Study of room-temperature magnetoelectric coupling in (1 − x)BaTiO3 and (x)NiFe2O4 multiferroic composites Applied Physics A 127 293 2021
Muniyandi Muneeswaran, Ali Akbari-Fakhrabadi, Miguel Angel Gracia-Pinilla, Juliano C. Denardin, Nambi Venkatesan Giridharan Realization of structural transformation for the enhancement of magnetic and magneto capacitance effect in BiFeO3–CoFe2O4 ceramics for energy storage application Scientific Reports 11 2265 2021
Shahnaz Kossar R.Amiruddin, Asif Rasool, N.V.Giridharan, D.Dhayanithi, M.C.Santhosh Kumar Ferroelectric polarization induced memristive behavior in bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) based memory devices Superlattices and Microstructures 148 106726 2020
D Padmapriya , D Dhayanithi, A Rashid, M T Rahul, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, M Muneeswaran, N V Giridharan Composition-dependent structural, electrical, magnetic and magnetoelectric properties of (1 − x)BaTiO3−xCoFe2O4 particulate composites Bulletin of Materials science 43 276 2020
P. Senthilkumar, D. Arockiya Jency, T. Kavinkumar, D. Dhayanithi, S. Dhanuskodi, M. Umadevi, S. Manivannan, N. V. Giridharan, V. Thiagarajan, M. Sriramkumar, and K. Jothivenkatachalam Built-in Electric Field Assisted Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and Photo-electrochemical Water Splitting of Ferroelectric Ce Doped BaTiO3 Nanoassemblies ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7 (14) 12032-12043 2019
P.Esther Rubavathi, M.Veera Gajendra Babu, B.Bagyalakshmi, L.Venkidu, D.Dhayanithi, N.V.Giridharan, B.Sundarakannan Impact of Ba/Ti ratio on the magnetic properties of BaTiO3 ceramics Vacuum 159 374-378 2019
Muniyandi Muneeswaran, Seung Hoon Lee, Dong Hun Kim, Beon Sung Jung, Seo Hyoung Chang, Jae-Won Jang, Byung Chun Choi, Jung Hyun Jeong, NV Giridharan, C Venkateswaran Structural, vibrational, and enhanced magneto-electric coupling in Ho-substituted BiFeO3 Journal of Alloys and compounds 750 276-285 2018
M Veera Gajendra Babu, B Bagyalakshmi, NV Giridharan, D Dhayanithi, B Sundarakannan Coexistence of ferroelectric phases and electric field induced structural transformation in sodium potassium bismuth titanate ceramics Journal of Applied Physics 123 234101 2018
P Nisha Francis, S Dhanuskodi, MS Jayalakshmy, M Muneeswaran, J Philip, NV Giridharan Optical limiting and magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroic BiFeO3 nanoparticles Materials Chemistry and Physics 216 93-101 2018
Dhayanithi DuraisamyandGiridharan Nambi Venkatesan Compositionally driven giant strain and electrostrictive co-efficient in lead free NBT-BT-BFO system Applied Physics Letters 112 052903 2018
S.M.Abdul Kader, D.E.Jain Ruth, M.Veera Gajendra Babu, M.Muneeswaran, N.V.Giridharan, B.Sundarakannan Investigations on the effect of Ba and Zr co-doping on the structural, thermal, electrical and magnetic properties of BiFeO3multiferroics Ceramics International 43 15544-15550 2017
M Muneeswaran, JW Jang, BC Choi, JH Jeong, NV Giridharan Structural, optical and multiferroic properties of pure and Dy modified YMnO3 Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 28 16788-16796 2017
D. Dhayanithi, M. Muneeswaran& N. V. Giridharan Structure, dielectric and electrical properties of lead-free (BiFeO3)1-x (Bi0.5K0.5TiO3)xsolid solution Ferroelectrics 515 103-108 2017
K. Shalini& N. V. Giridharan Structural, dielectric and magnetic properties of K0.5Na0.5NbO3and K0.5Na0.5Nb0.975Co0.025O3lead free ceramics Ferroelectrics 518 52-58 2017
Pranab Parimal Biswas,Thirmal Chinthakuntla, Dhayanithi Duraisamy, Giridharan Nambi Venkatesan,Subrammanian Venkatachalam, andPattukkannu Murugavel Photovoltaic and photo-capacitance effects in ferroelectric BiFeO3thin film Applied Physics Letters 110 192906 2017
Radhalayam Dhanalakshmi, Pradeep Reddy Vanga, M. Ashok and N.V. Giridharan The Effect of a 0.5T Magnetic Field on the Photocatalytic Activity of Recyclable Nd-modified BiFeO3 Magnetic Catalysts IEEE magnetic letters 7 2106904 2016
C Thirmal, PP Biswas, YJ Shin, TW Noh, NV Giridharan, A Venimadhav, P Murugavel Study of ferroelectric characteristics of diisopropylammonium bromide films Journal of Applied Physics 120 124107 2016
P Nisha Francis, S Dhanuskodi, M Muneeswaran, Anitta Rose Thomas, NV Giridharan Optical nonlinearity in multiferroic bismuth ferrite Journal of Alloys and Compounds 688 796-802 2016
Pradeep Reddy Vanga, RV Mangalaraja, NV Giridharan, M Ashok Influence of divalent Ni and trivalent Cr ions on the properties of ytterbium modified bismuth ferrite Journal of Alloys and Compounds 684 55-61 2016
Radhalayam Dhanalakshmi ,M. Muneeswaran Pradeep Reddy Vanga, M. Ashok, N.V. Giridharan Enhanced photocatalytic activity of hydrothermally grown BiFeO3 nanostructures and role of catalyst recyclability in photocatalysis based on magnetic framework Applied Physics A 122 1-14 2016
M. Bhuvaneswari,S. Sendhilnathan, M. Kumar, R. Tamilarasan, N.V. Giridharan Synthesis, investigation on structural and electrical properties of cobalt doped Mn–Zn ferrite nanocrystalline powders Materials Science-Poland 34 344-353 2016
DE Jain Ruth, M Muneeswaran, NV Giridharan, B Sundarakannan Enhanced electrical properties in Rb-substituted sodium bismuth titanate ceramics Applied Physics A 122 1-7 2016
DE Jain Ruth, M Muneeswaran, NV Giridharan, B Sundarakannan Structural and electrical properties of bismuth magnesium titanate substituted lead-free sodium bismuth titanate ceramics Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 27 7018–7023 2016
DE Jain Ruth, SM Abdul Kader, M Muneeswaran, NV Giridharan, D Pathinettam Padiyan, B Sundarakannan Structural and electrical properties of (1− x)(Na 0.5 Bi 0.5) TiO 3–xBi (Mg 0.5 Zr 0.5) O 3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics Ceramic International 42 3330-3337 2016
D. E. Jain Ruth, S.M. Abdul Kader, M. Muneeswaran, N.V. Giridharan, D. Pathinettam Padiyan and B. Sundarakannan Substitutional effect of bismuth ferrite on the electrical properties of sodium bismuth titanate ceramics Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 27 407-413 2016
Radhalayam Dhanalakshmi ,M. Muneeswaran, K.Shalini, N.V. Giridharan Enhanced photocatalytic activity of La-substituted BiFeO3 nanostructures on the degradation of phenol red Materials Letters 165 205-209 2015
M. Muneeswaran, Radhalayam Dhanalakshmi and N. V. Giridharan Effect of Tb substitution on Structural, optical, electrical and magnetic properties of BiFeO3 Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 26 3827-3839 2015
Somasundaram Saravanamoorthy, Muniyandi Muneeswaran, Nambi Venkatesan Giridharan, Sivan Velmathi Solvent-free ring opening polymerization of ε−caprolactone and electrical properties of polycaprolactone blended BiFeO3 nanocomposites RSC Advances 5 43897-43905 2015
M. Muneeswaran, Radhalayam Dhanalakshmi and N. V. Giridharan Structural, vibrational, electrical and magnetic properties of Bi1-xPrxFeO3 Ceramics International 41 8511-8519 2015
M Veera Gajendra Babu, SM Abdul Kader, M Muneeswaran, NV Giridharan, D Pathinettam Padiyan, B Sundarakannan Enhanced piezoelectric constant and remnant polarisation in K-compensated sodium potassium bismuth titanate Materials Letters 146 81-83 2015
C Anthonyraj, M Muneeswaran, SG Raj, NV Giridharan, V Sivakumar,G Senguttuvan Effect of samarium doping on the structural, optical and magnetic properties of sol–gel processed BiFeO3 thin films Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 26 49-58 2015
Pradeep Reddy Vanga, RV Mangalaraja, N.V. Giridharan, M. Ashok PTCR behavior of BiFeO3 synthesized by the solvothermal method Materials Letters 143 230-232 2015
M. Muneeswaran, N. V. Giridharan Effect of Dy-substitution on the structural, vibrational, and multiferroic properties of BiFeO3 nanoparticles Journal of Applied Physics 115 214109 2015
Jegatheesan Periyannan, , Muneeswaran Muniyandi, and Giridharan Nambi Venkatesan Effect of thickness and annealing temperature on the properties of PZT films at Morphotropic Phase Boundary composition prepared by sol-gel spin-on technique Advanced Materials Research 895 17-20 2014
Muneeswaran, M., P. Jegatheesan, M. Gopiraman, Ick-Soo Kim and N. V. Giridharan Structural, optical, and multiferroic properties of single phased BiFeO3 Applied Phys. A. 114 853-859 2014
C. Anthonyraj, M. Muneeswaran, P .Jegatheesan, N.V. Giridharan, V. Sivakumar and G. Senguttuvan Effect of annealing time in low-temperature growth of BFO thin films spin coated on glass substrates J. Mater. Sci: Mater. Electron 24 4148-4154 2013
M. Muneeswaran, P. Jegatheesan and N.V. Giridharan Synthesis of Nanosized BiFeO3 Powders by Co-precipitation Method Journal of Experimental Nanoscience 8 341- 346 2013
P. Jegatheesan M. Muneewaran S. Gokul Raj and N.V. Giridharan Low temperature synthesis of Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 ceramic powders by gelatin agent assisted sol-gel process Advanced Materials Research 488-489 310-314 2012
M. Hussain Beevi, S. Vignesh, T. Pandiyarajan, P. Jegatheesan,R. Arthur James,N. V. Giridharan and B. Karthikeyan Synthesis and antifungal studies on CuO nanostructures Advanced Materials Research 488-489 666-670 2012
P. Jegatheesan, N.V. Giridharan Enhanced Electrical Properties of PZT thick films prepared by sol- gel technique through step-by-step crystallization process J Mater. Sci: Mater. Electron 23 1103-1107 2012
P.Jegatheesan, Harish Kumar Yadav , Vinay Gupta and N.V.Giridharan Composition dependent preferential orientation, dielectric and ferroelectric properties of Pb(ZrxTi1−x)O3 thin films derived by sol–gel process Materials Letters 65 901–904 2011
S. Kazhugasalamoorthy, P. Jegatheesan, R. Mohandoss, N.V. Giridharan, B. Karthikeyan, R. Justin Joseyphus, S. Dhanuskodi Investigations on the properties of pure and rare earth modified bismuth ferrite ceramics Journal of Alloys and Compounds 493 569-572 2010
T. Pandiyarajan, B. Karthikeyan, P. Venkatesan, M. Ashok, S. Anandan, N.V. Giridharan Simple synthesis and spectroscopic studies on cobalt added ZnO nanocrystals Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 74 84-86 2009
Aurélie Rolle, Pascal Roussel, Nambi Venkatesan Giridharan, Emmanuelle Suard, Rose-Noëlle Vannier A neutron diffraction study of the oxygen diffusion in molybdenum doped Ba2In2O5 Solid State Ionics 179 1986-1995 2008
N.V. Giridharan and S. Supriya Effect of processing on the properties of Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti3O12 thin films Thin Solid Films 516 5244-5247 2008
N.V. Giridharan, M. Subramanian and R. Jayavel Enhancement of polarization in bismuth titanate thin films co-modified by La and Nd for non- volatile memory applications Appl. Phys. A 83 123-126 2006
A.Rolle, R.N. Vannier, N.V.Giridharan and F. Abraham Structural and electrochemical characterization of new oxide ion conductors for oxygen generating systems and fuel cells Solid state ionics 176 2095-2103 2005
N.V.Giridharan, S. Madeswaran and R. Jayavel Growth of c-axis-oriented Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti3O12 thin films for ferroelectric memory applications Journal of Crystal Growth 275 e675-e679 2005
S.Madeswaran, N.V.Giridharan, R.Varatharajan, G. Ravi and R.Jayavel Effect of rhodium doping on the growth and characteristics of BaTiO3 Single crystals grown by step-cooling method. Journal of Crystal Growth 266 481-486 2004
S.Madeswaran, N.V.Giridharan and R.Jayavel Sol-gel synthesis and property studies of layered perovskite bismuth titanate thin films Materials Chemistry and physics 80 23-28 2003
M.Senthil Kumar, R.R.Sumathi, N.V.Giridharan, R.Jayavel and J.Kumar On the Capacitance-Voltage characteristics of Al/BaTiO3/GaN MFS structures Journal of Crystal Growth 237 1176-1179 2002
S.Madeswaran, N.V.Giridharan and R.Jayavel Growth of Co doped (Ba, Sr) TiO3 single crystals and their characterization Journal of Crystal Growth 237 858-863 2002
M.Senthil Kumar, R.R.Sumathi, N.V.Giridharan, R.Jayavel and J.Kumar Investigations on Al/BaTiO3/GaN MFS structures Material letters 52 80-84 2002
N.V.Giridharan and R.Jayavel Fabrication of ferroelectric (Pb, Ba)TiO3 thin films by sol-gel technique and their Characterization Material letters 52 57-61 2002
R.R.Sumathi, N.V.Giridharan, R.Jayavel and J.Kumar BaTiO3 as an insulating layer for InP based metal-insulator-semiconductor structures Material letters 51 56-60 2001
(B) Conferences/Workshops/Symposia Proceedings
Author(s) Title of Abstract/ Paper Title of the Proceedings Page numbers Conference Theme Venue Year
Radhalayam Dhanalakshmi, M. Muneeswaran and N. V. Giridharan Effect of synthesis conditions on the photocatalytic property of multiferroic BiFeO3 towards the degradation of phenol red AIP Conf. Proc. 130016 Solid state physics Amity University UP, India 2016
K. Shalini, M. Muneeswaran and N. V. Giridharan Structural and electrical properties of ferroelectric Na0.5 (Bi1-xPrx )0.5TiO3 (x=0.00 ,0.10) ceramics synthesized by sol-gel method AIP Conf. Proc. 140018 Solid state physics Amity University UP, India 2016
S. Abdul Khader, N. V. Giridharan, Arka Chaudhuri and T. Sankarappa Structural, dielectric and magnetic studies of (x) Mg0.2Cu0.3Zn0.5Fe2O4 + (1-x) Ba0.8Zr0.2TiO3 magnetoelectric composites AIP Conf. Proc. 020562 Condensed Matter and Applied physics Govt. Engineering College, Bikaner, Rajasthan 2016
S. Abdul Khader, Asiya Parveez, N. V. Giridharan and T. Sankarappa Structural, dielectric and magnetic studies of (x) Ni0.7Co0.1Cu0.2Fe2O4 + (1-x) BaTiO3 magnetoelectric composites AIP Conf. Proc. 020573 Condensed Matter and Applied physics Govt. Engineering College, Bikaner, Rajasthan 2016
P. Senthilkumar, S. Dhanuskodi, M. Muneeswaran and N. V. Giridharan Multiferroism in hydrothermally prepared Ce:BaTiO3 nanoparticles AIP Conf. Proc. 050017 Solid state physics Amity University UP, India 2016
K. Aravinth, M. Muneeswaran, G. Anandha Babu, N. V. Giridharan and P. Ramasamy Structure and electrical properties of 0.80 Na0.5 Bi0.5 TiO3-0.16 K0.5 Bi0.5 TiO3-0.04 BaTiO3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics AIP Conf. Proc. 100005 Solid state physics Amity University UP, India 2016
S. Abdul Khader, M. Muneeswaran, N. V. Giridharan and T. Sankarappa Structural, dielectric and ferroelectric studies of (x) Mg0.25Cu0.25Zn0.5Fe2O4 + (1-x) BaTiO3 magnetoelectric nano-composites AIP Conf. Proc. 020529 Condensed Matter and Applied physics Govt. Engineering College, Bikaner, Rajasthan 2016
R. Rathnaprabha, M. Muneeswaran, Radhalayam Dhanalakshmi and N. V. Giridharan Structural, electrical and magnetic properties of multiferroic Bi1-xGdxFeO3 (x = 0.00 and 0.15) AIP Conf. Proc. 140036 Solid state Physics VIT University 2015
Radhalayam Dhanalakshmi, M. Muneeswaran, Pradeep Reddy Vanga, M. Ashok and N. V. Giridharan Photocatalytic activity of BiFeO3 nanoparticles synthesized through hydrothermal method AIP Conf. Proc. 130014 Solid state Physics VIT Univeristy 2015
M. Muneeswaran, S. Bhuvaneswari, G. Senguttuvan and N. V. Giridharan Structural, electrical and magnetic properties of Bi0.90La0.10Fe0.90Co0.10O3 ceramics AIP Conf. Proc. 1778 Solid state Physics Thapar University, Patiala 2014
V. S. Sasanka Durvasula, Vivek Madhavan, Janardhan Padiyar M, N. V. Giridharan and Krishnan Balasubramaniam Visualization studies of Lamb wave propagation and interactions with anomalies in composite laminates using air-coupled ultrasonics AIP Conf. Proc. 1091 NDE Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2014
M. Muneeswaran, C. Mascovani and N. V. Giridharan Structural and multiferroic properties of YMnO3 ceramics synthesized by co-precipitation method AIP Conf. Proc. 1270 Solid state physics IIT-B, Mumbai 2013
S. P. Keerthana, M. Muneeswaran, P. Jegatheesan and N. V. Giridharan Structural and magneto-electric properties ofBi0.4La0.6Fe0.8Mn0.2O3 ceramics AIP Conf. Proc. 1333 Solid state physics SRM Univeristy 2012
A. Rolle, N.V. Giridharan, P. Roussel, F. Abraham, R.N. Vannier Oxide ion conduction in oxygen rich doped Ba2In2O5+delta Brownmillerite Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. K2.4.2-K2.4.6 Ionic conductors Boston, USA 2005

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Dr. N.V.Giridharan
Professor
Department of Physics (Room No. 318, Science Block)
National Institute of Technology
Tiruchirappalli 620 015
India
email: giri@nitt.edu

Phone: +91-431-2503613