User Facilities in Physics (R&D) - Materials Synthesis & Characterization Laboratory
| S.No. |
Name of the Research Instruments |
Images of the Instrument |
Make |
Model |
|
1. |
Desktop Powder X-Ray Diffractometer
|
|
Rigaku, Japan |
MiniFlex 600 |
|
2 |
Multichannel Electrochemical Workstation |
Autolab, Metrohm India Pvt. Ltd. |
M204 |
|
|
3. |
FTIR Spectrometer |
|
PerkinElmer, USA |
Spectrum Two |
|
4. |
UV-Visible Spectrometer |
Agilent Technologies, USA |
Cary 60 |
|
|
5. |
Raman Spectrometer |
|
Wasatch Photonics, USA |
WP-785-A-SR-L-yy |
|
6. |
LCR Meter with customized furnace |
|
NF Corporation, Japan Wayne Kerr India |
ZM2376,
HTF-1000 |
|
7. |
Photoluminescence/Fluorescence Spectrometer |
|
Ocean Optics, USA |
USB2000+ |
|
8. |
Muffle Furnace (Up to 1200°C) |
|
Ganapathy Enterprises, Salem, India. |
- |
|
9. |
Tubular Furnace (Up to 1200°C) |
|
Raaga Industries, Chennai, India. |
- |
|
10. |
Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) Equipment |
|
VB Ceramics, Chennai, India |
- |
|
11. |
Centrifuge Instrument |
|
LABQUEST By Borosil, India |
DCF06 VT |
|
12. |
Micro Centrifuge |
|
LABQUEST Borosil, India |
MCF08VT |
|
13. |
Hydraulic Pellet Press |
|
PCI Analytics, Mumbai, India |
Manual type |
|
14. |
Magnetic Stirrer cum Hot plate |
|
REMI, India |
5-MLH Plus |
|
15. |
Microwave Oven |
Godrej, India |
GMG 17E 07 SLGX |
Journal/Conference Proceedings
| S.No | Dept | National/ International | Journal/ Proceedings | Title of the paper | Journal /Proceedings name | Year | Authors |
| 1. | PHY | International | Journal | Identification of Volume Phase Transition of a Single Microgel Particle using Optical Tweezers | Journal of Optics | 2016 |
D. Karthickeyan, Deepak K. Gupta and B. V. R. Tata |
| 2. | PHY | International | Journal | Temperature-driven volume phase transition of a single stimuli-responsive microgel particle using optical tweezers | Colloid Polymer Science | 2016 | Deepak K. Gupta, D. Karthickeyan, B. V. R. Tata and T. R. Ravindran |
| 3. | PHY | International | Journal | FCC-HCP Coexistence in Dense Thermo-responsive Microgel crystals | Journal of Chemical Physics | 2017 | D. Karthickeyan, R. G. Joshi and B. V. R. Tata |
| 4. | PHY | National | Proceedings | Yielding behaviour of dense microgel glasses | AIP Conf. Proc. | 2013 | R. G. Joshi, B. V. R. Tata and D. Karthickeyan |
| 5. | PHY | National | Proceedings | Optical tweezers experiment on pH responsive microgel particles | NLS Proceedings | 2014 | D. Karthickeyan, Deepak K. Gupta and B. V. R. Tata |
| 6. | PHY | International | Journal | Surfactant-Liaised Variation in ZrO2 Nanocomposites Morphology | Journal of advanced Physics | 2014 | K. Gnanamoorthi, M. Balakrishnan, R. Mariappan, T. Prakash, E. Ranjith Kumar, R. Espinoza-Gonzalez, R. Bakkiyaraj |
| 7. | PHY | International | Journal | Solution combustion synthesis and physicochemical properties of ultrafine CeO2 nanoparticles and their photocatalytic activity | RSC Advances | 2016 | R. Bakkiyaraj, G. Bharath, K. Hasini Ramsait, A. Abdel-Wahab, E. H. Alsharaeh, S. M. Chen, and M. Balakrishnan |
| 8. | PHY | International | Journal | Synthesis, structural characterization, optical studies of CeO2 nanoparticles and its cytotoxic activity | Material research innovation | 2016 | R. Bakkiyaraj, M. Balakrishnan, R. Subramanian |
| 9. | PHY | International | Journal | Facile synthesis, structural characterization, photocatalytic and antimicrobial activities of Zr doped CeO2 nanoparticles | Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 2017 | R. Bakkiyaraj, M. Balakrishnan, G. Bharath and N. Ponpandian |
| 10. | PHY | International | Journal | Optical and Photochemical Properties of CeO2 Nanoparticles Synthesized by Solution Combustion Method | Journal of advanced physics | 2017 | Bakkiyaraj. R, Balakrishnan M. |
| 11. | PHY | International | Journal | Effect of Cd Concentrations on the Structural, Optical, Morphological and Electrical Properties of CuO Thin Films Deposited by Jet Nebulizer Spray Pyrolysis Technique | Journal of advanced physics | 2018 | G. Balaji, K. Mohanraj, D. Balasubramanian, N. Jhansi, and R. Bakkiyaraj |
| 12. | PHY | International | Journal | Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Green Synthesis CdO Nanoparticles and Its Ag/CdO/P-Si Junction Diode Fabricated Via JNS Pyrolysis Technique | International Journal of Thin Films Science and Technology | 2017 | K. Mohanraj , D. Balasubramanian, N. Jhansi, R. Bakkiyaraj and J. Chandrasekaran |