RAMASWAMY MURUGAN Professor

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  • Department of Physics
  • School of Physical, Chemical & Applied Sciences
  • moranamurugan@pec.edu

Academic Activity

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Educational Qualification (UG,PG & Higher Order)

S.No Degree Subject/Title of thesis University/Board Year of Passing
1 Ph.D. Physics Pondicherry University 1994
2 M.Phil. Physics Pondicherry University 1990
3 M.Sc. Physics University of Madras 1988
4 B.Sc. Physics University of Madras 1986

Area of Specializaion

High Energy Density Lithium Batteries/ Multiferroic Materials/Spintronics/Plasma Pyrolysis Watch www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=29vMr52y5O4ty

Awards / Prizes Conferred

S.No Name / Title of the Award Type Name of the Agency conferred the Award Year of the Award Amount for Cash Award
1 Fellow INTERNATIONAL Royal Society of Chemistry 2019 -
2 Fellow of Chennai Academy of Sciences NATIONAL Chennai Academy of Sciences 2017 -
3 Research Award NATIONAL UGC New Delhi 2015 -
4 Visiting Scientist INTERNATIONAL Nagoya University 2013 -
5 Visiting Scholar INTERNATIONAL Univ. of Texas Austin, USA 2011 -
6 Visiting Scientist INTERNATIONAL Shizuoka University, Japan 2009 -
7 Guest Researcher INTERNATIONAL DFG, Germany 2008 -
8 Guest Researcher INTERNATIONAL DFG, Germany 2005 -
9 Young Scientist Project NATIONAL DST, India 2002 -
10 Post Doctoral Fellowship INTERNATIONAL NSC, Taiwan 2000 -
11 Post Doctoral Fellowship INTERNATIONAL NSC, Taiwan 1998 -
12 SERC-Visiting Fellowship NATIONAL DST, India 1998 -

Teaching Experience

S.No Designation Department/Centre Institution
1 Professor Physics Pondicherry University
2 Lecturer/Assistant Professor/Associate Professor Physics Pondicherry Engineering College

Research Experience

S.No Designation Department/Centre Institution Area of Research
1 Professor Physics Pondicherry University High Energy Density Lithium Batteries/ Multiferroic Materials/Spintronics/Solar Cell/Thermoelectricity
2 Research Scholar Physics Pondicherry University Molecular Spectroscopy
3 Senior Research Fellow Physics Pondicherry University Molecular Spectroscopy
4 Lecturer/Assistant Professor/Associate Professor Physics Pondicherry Engineering College Materials Science

Industry Experience

S.No Designation Company/Corporate Nature of Work
1 Project Consultant Corning Inc. USA Solid Sate Battery Materials
2 Project Consultant Fisker Inc. USA Developing new doped cubic lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide
3 Coordinator M/s Hindustan Lever Limited, Puducherry NDT of steel plates by ultrasonic flaw detection technique
4 Trainee Southern Structural Limited (SSL), Pattabiram, Chennai Training in ultrasonic NDT and X-ray radiographic NDT techniques
5 Supervisor M/s Hindustan Lever Limited, Puducherry Solution to avoid the frequent failure of soap cake-delivering lever
6 Project consultant M/s Applied Materials Densification of lithium garnet

Contribution towards Innovation

S.No Name of the Work/Contribution Specialization Remarks

Patent Details

S.No Title Status Patent Number Year of Award Type Commercialized Status
1 Ion Conductor having a Garnet Structure GRANTED US 8,658,317 2014 INTERNATIONAL YES
2 Electrode which has been coated with a solid ion conductor which has a garnet like crystal structure and has the stoichiometric composition GRANTED US2014/14/174,381 2014 INTERNATIONAL NO
3 Solid Electrolyte Materials and Lithium Batteries GRANTED P2012018792 2012 INTERNATIONAL NO

Papers Published in UGC Approved Journals

S.No Title Name of the Authors as per the order in Paper Journal Name Volume, Issue & Page Nos. Year Impact Factor

Papers Published in Non UGC Approved Peer Reviewed Journals

S.No Title Name of the Authors as per the order in Paper Journal Name Volume, Issue & Page Nos. Year Impact Factor
1 Electrochemical Characterizations of Carbon Decorated Tin Doped Lithium Titanate for Lithium-Ion Battery Anode Applications OV Sreejith, MS Indu, M Ramaswamy Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 116952 2022 4.598
2 Plasma assisted decomposition and reforming of greenhouse gases: A review of current status and emerging trends Yasukazu Kobayashi YugeshVadikkeettil, YugeswaranSubramaniam, Ramaswamy Murugan, P.V.Ananthapadmanabhan, Javad Mostaghimi, Larry Pershin, Catherine Batiot-Dupeyr Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 161, 112343 2022 16.799
3 Review—Microstructural Modification in Lithium Garnet Solid-State Electrolytes: Emerging Trends Thamayanthi Panneerselvam and Ramaswamy Murugan Srabani Patra, Janani Narayanasamy Journal of The Electrochemical Society 169, 030548 2022 4.316
4 Effect of vacancy defects on electronic structure and ferromagnetism in pristine In2O3 nanostructures: An experimental study and first-principles mode Ramasamy Perumalsamy Manikandan Dhamodaran,RamaswamyMurugan, Danil W.Boukhvalov, Ramesh Karuppannan, Sivasubramani Vediyappan, Muthu SenthilPandian Materials Research Bulletin 152, 111853 2022 5.6
5 Diffusion kinetics in germanium doped lithium titanate anode material through potential sweep analysis OV Sreejith, Murugan Ramaswamy Ceramics International 48, 24071 2022 5.532
6 Genesis and tuning of ferromagnetism in SnO2 semiconductor nanostructures: comprehensive review on size, morphology, magnetic properties and DFT inves D. Manikandan and Ramaswamy Murugan Progress in Materials Science 130, 100970 2022 48.165
7 Morphology Controlled Synthesis of Fe and Mn co-doped In2O3 Nanocubes and Their Dopant-Atom Effects on Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties Ramasamy Perumalsamy Manikandan Dhamodaran, Ramesh Karuppannan, Ramaswamy Murugan, Danil W.Boukhvalov, Muthu Senthil Pandian Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 169547 2022 3.097
8 A brief review of recent advances in garnet structured solid electrolyte based lithium metal batteries Ramaswamy Murugan Kannan Subramanian, George V. Alexander, K. Karthik, Srabani Patra, M.S. Indu, O.V. Sreejith, RajaViswanathan, Janani Narayanasamy Journal of Energy Storage 33, 102157 2021 8.907
9 Lithium garnet-cathode interfacial chemistry: inclusive insights and outlook toward practical solid-state lithium metal batteries MS Indu, GV Alexander, OV Sreejith, SE Abraham, R Murugan Materials Today Energy 21, 100804 2021 9.257
10 Polymer-Garnet Composite Electrolyte Based on Comb-like Structured Polymer for Lithium Metal Batteries andurangan Swathi, Karthik K, Arun Prasath Ramaswamy, ramaswamy Murugan Materials Today Energy 21, 100836 2021 9.257
11 Electrochemical characteristics of Ge incorporated Li4Ti5O12 as an anode for Li-ion battery applications OV Sreejith, MS Indu, George V Alexander, Murugan Ramaswamy Materials Today Communications 27, 102273 2021 3.662
12 Review on the critical issues for the realization of all-solid-state lithium metal batteries with garnet electrolyte: interfacial chemistry, dendrite George V Alexander, M S Indu, Ramaswamy Murugan Ionics 27, 4105 2021 2.961
13 Experimental corroboration of theory for impedance response of solid electrolytes: Doped cubic garnet LLZO Neha Goswami, M.S. Indu, Ramaswamy Murugan, Rama Kant Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 897, 115611 2021 4.598
14 Lithium garnet incorporated 3D electrospun fibrous membrane for high capacity lithium-metal batteries K.Karthik, Mir Mehraj UdDin, Anbu DineshJayabalan, Ramaswamy Murugan Materials Today Energy 16, 100389 2020 9.257
15 Origin and Control of Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Co,Zn-doped SnO2: Oxygen Vacancies and their Local Environment Alexander Moewes Josha Ho, Tristan de Boer, Patrick Michel Braun, Brett Leedahl, Manikandan Dhamodaran, Ramaswamy Murugan Journal of Materials Chemistry C 8, 4902 2020 8.067
16 Emerging scenario on displacive cubic bismuth pyrochlores (Bi,M)MNO7-δ (M = transition metal, N = Nb, Ta, Sb) in context of their fascinating structu Raja Altaf U Rahman, DE Jain Ruth, Murugan Ramaswamy Ceramics International 46, 14346 2020 5.532
17 Room temperature magnetoelectric coupling in Fe-doped sodium bismuth titanate ceramics DE Jain Ruth, Raja Altaf U Rahman, Manikandan Dhamodaran, Venkidu Lakshmanan, Sundarakannan Balasubramanian, Peter Schmid-Beurmann, Peng Zhou, Gopalan Srinivasan, Murugan Ramaswamy Journal of Alloys and Compounds 830, 154679 2020 6.371
18 Development of stable and conductive interface between garnet structured solid electrolyte and lithium metal anode for high performance solid-state ba George V Alexander, MS Indu, Selvajyothi Kamakshy, Ramaswamy Murugan Electrochimica Acta 332, 135511 2020 7.336
19 Higher Critical Current Density in Lithium Garnets at Room Temperature by Incorporation of an Li4SiO4-Related Glassy Phase and Hot Isostatic Pressing Srabani Patra, Janani Narayanasamy, Sujoy Chakravarty, Ramaswamy Murugan ACS Applied Energy Materials 3, 2737 2020 6.959
20 Investigation on electronic structure and magnetic properties of Co and Mn incorporated nanoscale SnO2 Ernst Z. Kurmaev and Ramaswamy Murugan Dhamodaran Manikandan, Ivan S. Zhidkov, Andrey I. Kukharenko, Seif O. Cholakh Applied Physics A 126, 545 2020 2.983
21 Interface compatible and high cyclability lithiophilic lithium-zinc alloy anode for garnet structured solid electrolyte George Alexander, Sreejith O. V, Indu MS, Ramaswamy Murugan ACS Applied Energy Materials 3, 9010 2020 6.959
22 Room temperature multiferroicity and magnetoelectric coupling in Na-deficient sodium bismuth titanate Jain Ruth D. E., Raja Altaf U Rahman, Sundarakannan B., and Murugan Ramaswamy Appl. Phys. Lett. 114, 062902 2019 3.971
23 Effect of doping and annealing on the electronic structure and magnetic properties of nanoscale Co and Zn co-doped SnO2: An experimental study and fir DW Boukhvalov, Dhamodaran Manikandan, IS Zhidkov, AI Kukharenko, SO Cholakh, EZ Kurmaev, Ramaswamy Murugan Journal of Alloys and Compounds 799, 433 2019 6.371
24 Room temperature magnetoelectric coupling and relaxor-like multiferroic nature in a biphase of cubic pyrochlore and spinel Raja Altaf U Rahman, D. E. Jain Ruth,Sujoy Chakravarty, Peter Schmid-Beurmann, Dhayanithi Duraisamy, Giridharan Nambi Venkatesan, Peng Zhou, G. Srinivasan, Ramaswamy Murugan Journal of Applied Physics 126, 044103 2019 2.887
25 Realization of room temperature lithium metal battery with high Li+ conductive lithium garnet solid electrolyte M.S. Indu, George V. Alexander, C. Deviannapoorani, Ramaswamy Murugan Ceramics International 45, 22610 2019 5.532
26 Metal Coated Polypropylene Separator with Enhanced Surface Wettability for High Capacity Lithium Metal Batteries Mir Mehraj Ud Din, Ramaswamy Murugan Scientific Reports 9, 16795 2019 4.996
27 XANES, EXAFS, EPR, and First-Principles Modeling on Electronic Structure and Ferromagnetism in Mn Doped SnO2 Quantum Dots Dhamodaran Manikandan, AK Yadav, SN Jha, D Bhattacharyya, DW Boukhvalov, Ramaswamy Murugan The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123, 3067 2019 4.177
28 Enhanced electrochemical performance of lithium–sulphur battery by negating polysulphide shuttling and interfacial resistance through aluminium nano Mir Mehraj Ud Din, Binaya Kumar Sahu, Arindam Das, Ramaswamy Murugan Ionics 25, 1645 2019 2.961
29 Microstructural engineering in lithium garnets by hot isostatic press to cordon lithium dendrite growth and negate interfacial resistance for all soli Srabani Patra, Vaishnavi Krupa BR, Sujoy Chakravarty, Ramaswamy Murugan Electrochimica Acta 312, 320 2019 7.336
30 Electrospun 3D CNF–SiO2 fabricated using non-biodegradable silica gel as prospective anode for lithium–ion batteries nbu Dinesh Jayabalan, Mir Mehraj Ud Din, MS Indu, K Karthik, Veena Ragupathi, Ganapathi Subramaniam Nagarajan, Puspamitra Panigrahi, Ramaswamy Murugan Ionics 25, 5305 2019 2.961
31 Microwave-assisted rapid synthesis of Fe3O4/poly (styrene-divinylbenzene-acrylic acid) polymeric magnetic composites and investigation of their struct Krishna Kumar Jaiswal, Dhamodaran Manikandan, Ramaswamy Murugan, Arun Prasath Ramaswamy European Polymer Journal 98, 177 2018 5.546
32 An insight into the origin of room-temperature ferromagnetism in SnO 2 and Mn-doped SnO 2 quantum dots: an experimental and DFT approach Dhamodaran Manikandan, DW Boukhvalov, S Amirthapandian, IS Zhidkov, AI Kukharenko, SO Cholakh, EZ Kurmaev, Ramaswamy Murugan Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20, 6500 2018 3.945
33 Electrodes-electrolyte interfacial engineering for realizing room temperature lithium metal battery based on garnet structured solid fast Li+ conducto George Vadakkethalakel Alexander, SrabaniPatra, Sona ValiyaveetilSobhan, Raj Manoj KrishnaSugumar, Mir MehrajUd Din, Ramaswamy Murugan Journal of Power Sources 396, 764 2018 9.794
34 Garnet structured solid fast Li+ conductor as polysulfide shuttle inhibitor in Li-S battery Ramaswamy Murugan Mir Mehraj Ud Din Electrochemistry Communications 93, 109 2018 5.443
35 Electrochemical performance of a garnet solid electrolyte based lithium metal battery with interface modification George V Alexander, Nataly Carolina Rosero-Navarro, Akira Miura, Kiyoharu Tadanaga, Ramaswamy Murugan Journal of Materials Chemistry A 6, 21018 2018 14.511
36 Enhanced magnetic ordering transition temperature and broad dielectric relaxation in iron incorporated intergrown pyrochlore-spinel crystals Raja Altaf U Rahman, Peter Schmid-Beurmann, Ramaswamy Murugan Journal of Alloys and Compounds 763, 409 2018 6.371
37 Lithium garnet based free-standing solid polymer composite membrane for rechargeable lithium battery K Karthik, Ramaswamy Murugan Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 22, 2989 2018 2.747
38 Tunable magnetocaloric effect in Sr1 − xCaxMn0.5Ti0.5O3 perovskites Ramaswamy Murugan K. Shanmugapriya, D. Mohan Radheep, Balan Palanivel Applied Physics A 123, 478 2017 2.983
39 Lithium garnet oxide dispersed polymer composite membrane for rechargeable lithium batteries P Buvana, K Vishista, Devaraj Shanmukaraj, Ramaswamy Murugan Ionics 23, 541 2017 2.961
40 Lithium garnets: Synthesis, structure, Li+ conductivity, Li+ dynamics and applications Sampathkumar Ramakumar, C Deviannapoorani, L Dhivya, Lakshmi S Shankar, Ramaswamy Murugan Progress in Materials Science 88, 325 2017 48.165
41 Tunable magnetocaloric effect in SrCaMnTiO perovskites. K Shanmugapriya, Balan Palanivel, D Radheep, Ramaswamy Murugan Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing 123, 1 2017 2.983
42 Room temperature dilute magnetism in nanoscale Co and Zn co-doped SnO2 D Manikandan, Ramaswamy Murugan Superlattices and Microstructures 89, 7 2016 2.658
43 Displacive disorder and spin frustration hosted multiferroic orders in pyrochlore–spinel composites Raja Altaf U Rahman, Peter Schmid-Beurmann, Ramaswamy Murugan Journal of Materials Chemistry C 4, 7766 2016 8.067
44 Phase transition, lithium ion conductivity and structural stability of tin substituted lithium garnets C Deviannapoorani, S Ramakumar, Mir Mehraj Ud Din, Ramaswamy Murugan RSC advances 6, 94706 2016 4.036
45 Investigation on lithium ion conductivity and structural stability of yttrium-substituted Li7La3Zr2O12 C Deviannapoorani, Lakshmi S Shankar, S Ramakumar, Ramaswamy Murugan Ionics 22, 1281 2016 2.961
46 Magnetic field-induced switching of magnetic ordering in SrFeO3− δ D Mohan Radheep, K Shanmugapriya, Balan Palanivel, Ramaswamy Murugan Applied Physics A 122, 1 2016 2.983
47 Influence of lithium concentration on the structure and Li+ transport properties of cubic phase lithium garnets S Ramakumar, N Janani, Ramaswamy Murugan Dalton Transactions 44, 539 2015 4.569
48 Green grasses as light harvesters in dye sensitized solar cells Vinoth Shanmugam, Subbaiah Manoharan, A Sharafali, Sambandam Anandan, Ramaswamy Murugan pectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 135, 947 2015 4.831
49 First-principle study on lithium intercalated antimonides Ag3Sb and Mg3Sb2 Thiyagarajan Gnanapoongothai, Ramaswamy Murugan, Balan Palanivel Ionics 21, 1351 2015 2.961
50 Optimization of Lithium Content and Sintering Aid for Maximized Li+ Conductivity and Density in Ta‐Doped Li7La3Zr2O12 Narayanasamy Janani, Sampathkumar Ramakumar, Subramanian Kannan, Ramaswamy Murugan Journal of the American Ceramic Society 98, 2039 2015 4.186
51 Facile synthesis of high lithium ion conductive cubic phase lithium garnets for electrochemical energy storage devices R. Murugan L. Dhivya, K. Karthik, S. Ramakumar RSC Adv., 5, 96042 2015 4.036
52 Synthesis of lithium garnets from La2Zr2O7 pyrochlore C Deviannapoorani, S Ramakumar, N Janani, Ramaswamy Murugan Solid State Ionics 283, 123 2015 3.669
53 Reduction of anti-ferroelectric temperature region in NBT-BT ceramics using 100 MeV O7+ ion irradiation S Shanmuga Sundari, Ramaswamy Murugan, K Asokan, R Dhanasekaran Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 318, 287 2014 1.279
54 Influence of sintering additives on densification and Li+ conductivity of Al doped Li 7 La 3 Zr 2 O 12 lithium garnet Narayanasamy Janani, C Deviannapoorani, L Dhivya, Ramaswamy Murugan Rsc Advances 4, 51228 2014 4.036
55 Influence of sintering additives on densification and Li+ conductivity of Al doped Li7La3Zr2O12 lithium garnet. N Janani, C Deviannapoorani, L Dhivya, R Murugan RSC Adv 4, 51228 2014 4.036
56 Influence of zirconium doping on structure, microstructure, dielectric and impedance properties of strontium bismuth niobate ceramics Vinoth Shanmugam, R Sridarane, C Deviannapoorani, Raghavendra Kashyap, Ramaswamy Murugan Current Applied Physics 14, 407 2014 2.856
57 Effect of Simultaneous Substitution of Y and Ta on the Stabilization of Cubic Phase, Microstructure, and Li+ Conductivity of Li7La3Zr2O12 Lithium Garn L Dhivya, Ramaswamy Murugan ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 6, 17606 2014 10.383
58 Structure and Li+ dynamics of Sb-doped Li 7 La 3 Zr 2 O 12 fast lithium ion conductors Ramakumar, L Satyanarayana, Sunkara V Manorama, Ramaswamy Murugan Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15, 11327 2013 3.945
59 Performance of dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated with extracts from fruits of ivy gourd and flowers of red frangipani as sensitizers Vinoth Shanmugam, Subbaiah Manoharan, Sambandam Anandan, Ramaswamy Murugan Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 104, 35 2013 4.831
60 Li+ transport properties of W substituted Li7La3Zr2O12 cubic lithium garnets L Dhivya, N Janani, B Palanivel, R Murugan Aip Advances 3, 082115 2013 1.548
61 Lithium ion transport properties of high conductive tellurium substituted Li7La3Zr2O12 cubic lithium garnets C Deviannapoorani, L Dhivya, S Ramakumar, Ramaswamy Murugan Journal of Power Sources 240, 18 2013 9.794
62 Influence of bismuth doping on the structural and optical properties of ZnS thin films and nanopowders S Mageswari, L Dhivya, Balan Palanivel, Ramaswamy Murugan Physica Scripta 88, 065703 2013 3.081
63 Room temperature ferromagnetic properties of Cu2O microcrystals G Prabhakaran, Ramaswamy Murugan Journal of alloys and compounds 579, 572 2013 6.371
64 ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, MAGNETIC ORDERING AND PHASE STABILITY OF LiFe X (X= P, As and Sb) UNDER PRESSURE Rajendran Mahesh, Ramaswamy Murugan, Balan Palanivel Modern Physics Letters B 27, 1350236 2013 1.948
65 Synthesis of Cu 2 O microcrystals with morphological evolution from octahedral to microrod through a simple surfactant-free chemical route G Prabhakaran, Ramaswamy Murugan Cryst. Eng. Comm. 14,8338 2012 3.756
66 Li7-xLa3Sn2-xNbxO12 (x= 0.25–1) cubic lithium garnet K Saranya, C Deviannapoorani, L Dhivya, S Ramakumar, N Janani, Ramaswamy Murugan Materials Letters 77, 57 2012 3.574
67 Optimum lithium-ion conductivity in cubic Li7− xLa3Hf2− xTaxO12 Asha Gupta, Ramaswamy Murugan, M Parans Paranthaman, Zhonghe Bi, Craig A Bridges, Masahiro Nakanishi, Alexei P Sokolov, Kee Sung Han, EW Hagaman, Hui Xie, C Buddie Mullins, John B Goodenough Journal of Power Sources 209, 184 2012 9.794
68 Synthesis of garnet structured Li7+ x La3Y x Zr2-x O12 (x= 0–0.4) by modified sol–gel method C Deviannapoorani, L Dhivya, S Ramakumar, R Murugan Journal of sol-gel science and technology 64, 510 2012 2.606
69 Structural, morphological and optical properties of Na and K dual doped CdS thin film S Mageswari, L Dhivya, Balan Palanivel, Ramaswamy Murugan Journal of Alloys and Compounds 545,41 2012 6.371
70 High conductive yttrium doped Li7La3Zr2O12 cubic lithium garnet Ramaswamy Murugan, S Ramakumar, N Janani Electrochemistry Communications 13, 1373 2011 5.443
71 Synthesis of cubic Li7La3Zr2O12 by modified sol–gel process N Janani, S Ramakumar, L Dhivya, C Deviannapoorani, K Saranya, Ramaswamy Murugan Ionics 17, 575 2011 2.961
72 High lithium ion conductive Li7La3Zr2O12 by inclusion of both Al and Si Shota Kumazaki, Yasutoshi Iriyama, Ki-Hyun Kim, Ramaswamy Murugan, Kinuka Tanabe, Kazuo Yamamoto, Tsukasa Hirayama, Zempachi Ogumi Electrochemistry communications 13, 509 2011 5.443
73 Characterization of the interface between LiCoO2 and Li7La3Zr2O12 in an all-solid-state rechargeable lithium battery Ki Hyun Kim, Yasutoshi Iriyama, Kazuo Yamamoto, Shota Kumazaki, Toru Asaka, Kinuka Tanabe, Craig AJ Fisher, Tsukasa Hirayama, Ramaswamy Murugan, Zempachi Ogumi Journal of Power Sources 196, 764 2011 9.794
74 Fast ionic conduction in cubic hafnium garnet Li7La3Hf2O12 Torsten Zaiß, Martin Ortner, Ramaswamy Murugan, Werner Weppner Ionics 16, 855 2010 2.961
75 Investigation on microstructure, dielectric and impedance properties of Sr1− xBi2+ (2/3) x (VxTa1− x) 2O9 [x= 0, 0.1 and 0.2] ceramics R Sridarane, S Subramanian, N Janani, R Murugan Journal of alloys and compounds 492, 642 2010 6.371

Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

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Books

S.No Title of the Book Name of the Authors as per the order in Book Publisher Year ISBN No.

Chapters in Books

S.No Title of the Chapters Name of the Authors Title of the Book Publisher Year ISBN No.
1 Interfacial Engineering for Lithium Metal Batteries Based on Garnet Structured Solid Fast Lithium-Ion Conductors, Din, Mir Mehraj Ud, George Alexander, R Murugan Solid Electrolytes for Advanced Applications Springer 2019 ISBN 978-3-030-31581-8

Edited Books

S.No Title of the Book Name of the Authors as per the order in Book Publisher Year ISBN No.
1 Solid Electrolytes for Advanced Applications Murugan Ramaswamy and W. weppner Springer 2019 978-3-030-31581-8

Ongoing Projects

S.No Title of the Project Sponsored By Period Sanctioned Amount(Rs. Lakh) Year
1 High Energy Density Lithium Battery with Polymer Garnet Nanocomposite Electrolyte Indo-Hungarian project by DST 2021-24 37.35 2021

Ongoing Consultancy Works

S.No Title of the Consultancy Work Sponsored By Period Sanctioned Amount(Rs. Lakh) Year

Completed Projects

S.No Title of the Project Sponsored By Period Sanctioned Amount(Rs. Lakh) Year
1 Pinhole free dense hot-pressed lithium garnet membrane for all solid state lithium battery UGC DAE CSR, Indore 2017-20 11 2020
2 High Energy Density Lithium-Sulphur Rechargeable Batteries based on Garnet Structured Electrolytes SERB 2017-2021 42.60 2017
3 Solid State Batteries for Consumer Electronics DHI-AEI& Applied Materials 2014-2017 1000.41 (Total outla 2014
4 Grain Boundary Engineering in ‘Stuffed’ Lithium Garnets for Lithium-Air Battery Applications DAE BRNS, Mumbai 2014-2017 24.86 2014
5 Nanocrystalline Dye-sensitized Solar Cell : an experimental and theoretical investigation for high performance UGC New Delhi 2012-2015 8.8 2012
6 Garnet Structured Solid Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries Pondicherry University 2011-2014 10 2011
7 Nanostructured Materials for Lithium Battery application AICTE New Delhi 2010-2013 8.9 2010
8 Development of All Solid State Lithium Battery for Electric Vehicle DRDO, New Delhi 2009-2013 26.6 2009
9 Development of 3DOM electrolyte material for all solid state lithium ion batteries CSIR New Delhi 2009-2013 25 2009
10 Further Understanding and Development of Solid Lithium Electrolytes Based on Garnet-like Structure for Batteries and other Applications German Science Foundation (DFG) Germany 2007-2009 - 2007
11 Investigation on dependence of photoluminescence in five membered heterocyclic conducting polymers DST-SERC, New Delhi (YS scheme) 2003-2006 9.42 2003

Completed Consultancy Works

S.No Title of the Consultancy Work Sponsored By Period Sanctioned Amount(Rs. Lakh) Year
1 Developing new doped cubic lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide Fisker Inc. USA 2019-2020 9.5 2019
2 Solid Sate Battery Materials Corning Inc.USA 2019-2021 26.2 2019
3 Densification of LLZO Applied Materials Inc. 2015-2016 6.5 2015

Career Guidance Offered to students

S.No Name of the Scheme No. of Students Competitive Examinations/ Career Counseling No. of Students Passed No. of Students Placed

List of capability enhancement such as Soft skill development, Remedial coaching, Language lab,
Bridge courses, Yoga, Meditation, Personal Counselling and Mentoring etc.,

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Research Guidance - PG

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Research Guidance - Ph.D

S.No Student Name Registration Date Registration No. Thesis Title Thesis Submitted Status Thesis Submitted Date Vivavoce Completed Status Date Awarded
1 GEORGE V ALEXANDER 25-08-2016 1600122002 Interface Modification on Garnet Structured Fast Lithium-ion Conductor for Solid-State Lithium Metal Battery. YES 24-02-2020 YES 19-08-2020
2 MIR MEHRAJ UD DIN 2014-08-25 1400122005 Preparation and Electrochemical Characterization of Multifunctional Separators for Lithium-Sulphur Batteries Application YES 2019-10-08 YES 21-05-2020
3 KARTHIK K 2014-06-12 1400122003 Lithium garnet dispersed free standing polymer composite electrolyte membrane for lithium metal batteries YES 2019-10-19 YES 21-05-2020
4 MANIKANDAN D 29-08-2013 1300122002 Structural and Magnetic Properties of Nanoscale SnO2 based Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors YES 28-08-2019 YES 23-12-2019
5 RAJA ALTAF U RAHMAN 2013-08-29 1300122006 Multiferroic Order in Pyrochlore-Spinel Biphase and Sodium Bismuth Titanate Based Ceramics YES 2019-06-21 YES 25-10-2019
6 Ms. G. Raje - - Investigations on the Phase transformations of Some Ionic conductors and II-VI semiconductors YES - YES -2004
7 Ms. C. Deviannapoorani - - Synthesis, Structure, Stability and Li+ Transport Properties of Lithium Garnets YES -06-2015 YES -2015
8 Ms. L. Dhivya - - Influence of Dopants on Structure, Microstructure and Li+ Transport Properties of Li7La3Zr2O12 Lithium Garnet YES -06.2015 YES -2015
9 Ms. N. Janani - - Influence of Synthesis Techniques and Grain-Boundary Modification on Li+ Conductivity of Lithium Garnets YES -10.2014 YES 2015
10 Mr. S. Ramakumar - - Fast Li+ Conduction in “Stuffed” Lithium Garnets YES -04-2014 YES -2014
11 Mr. R Sriddarane (Co-guide) - - New Soft Chemical Route to Synthesis Some Ferroelectric Nanoceramics and Dielectric Investigation on Solid State synthesized Bismuth Layer Structured Ferroelectrics YES - YES -2009
12 Mr. D. Shanumugaraj - - Synthesis and characterization of Phospho-olivine structured cathode and ferroelectric filler based composite polymer electrolytes for lithium secondary batteries YES - YES -2008
13 SRABANI PATRA 25-08-2016 1600122002 Interface Modification on Garnet Structured Fast Lithium-ion Conductor for Solid-State Lithium Metal Battery. YES 16-10-2020 YES 16.07.2021

Research Guidance - Post Doctoral

S.No Scholar Name Designation Funding Agency Fellowship Title Year of Joining Year of Completion
1 V. Raja PDF Fisker Inc - US Consultancy Project Post Doctoral Research Associate 18-11-2019 27-02-2020
2 Jain Ruth D.E. UGC-DSKPDF UGC Dr.S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellowship 18-09-2017 21-09-2020
3 Arunkumar Rajamani Research Associate DST Indo-Hungarian Research Associate 12-04-2021 29-02-2024
4 V. Raja PDF Corning Inc. USA Research Associate 09-11-2020 31-08-2021
5 Mir Mehraj Research Associate Corning Inc. USA Research Associate 09-11-2020 07-06-2021
6 RAMAKUMAR SAMPATH KUMAR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES (MHI), GOVT., of INDIA Research Associate 04-05-2015 27-12-2016
7 N. Janani PDF Corning Inc. USA Postdoctoral fellow 04-01-2021 30-09-2021

Financial assistance availed to attend conferences / workshops and to pay membership fee
of professional bodies during the year

S.No Conference/ workshop attended for which financial support provided Professional body for which membership fee is provided Amount of Support Place From Date To Date Year

E-Lecture Details

S.No E-Lecture Title Development of e-content/e-learning/delivering Member of Editorial Bodies Reviewer/Referee of
Content/Module Title Institution/Platform Year Weblink

Details of Online Education Conducted

S.No Nature of Online Course No. of Sessions Target Group Date

Invited Talks in Conference/Seminar/Workshop/Training Programme

S.No Title of the Paper Conferences/Seminar/Workshop/Training Programme Organized by Whether International / National / State / Regional / College or University Level From To Year

Conferences/Seminars Organized

S.No Title of the Programme Sponsors Venue & Duration Whether International / National / State / Regional / College or University Level From To Year
1 1st World Conference on Solid Electrolytes for Advanced Applications: Garnets and Competitors Toyota Applied Materials DST CSIR Puducherry 6-9 September 2017 International 06.09.2017 09.09.2017 2017
2 Seminar on Structural Analysis through X-ray Diffraction (SAXD-2016) UGC-SAP DRS II New Delhi Pondicherry University Regional 28.01.2016 20.01.2016 2016
3 National Conference on Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage DST, DAE, DST&E, Pondicherry University Pondicherry University National 11.03.2016 13.03.2016 2016
4 Seminar on Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage Pondicherry University and ESSI Pondicherry University Regional 18.03.2014 18.03.2014 2014
5 Seminar on Computational Materials Science UGC SAP Pondicherry University National 26.03.2011 26.03.2011 2011
6 3rd International Ceramic Congress Japan Ceramic Society Osaka, Japan (Co-organiser) International 14.11.2010 18.11.2010 2010
7 International Conference on Nano and Microelectronics (ICONAME 2008) AICTE, DST Pondicherry Engineering College International 03-01.2008 05.01.2008 2008
8 National Conference on New Research Trends in Materials Research (NRTMS) - Pondicherry National 07.10.207 07.10.2007 2007
9 National Conference on Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (STAM05) CSIR, DSTE and AICTE Pondicherry Engineering College National 27.07.2005 29.07.2005 2005
10 STTP on Intelligent Materials for New Millenium AICTE Pondicherry Engineering College National -05.2001 -05.2001 2001

Workshop Organized

S.No Title of the Programme Sponsors Venue & Duration Whether International / National / State / Regional / College or University Level From To Year
1 Intellectual Property Rights -Geographical Indication CWEI and Pondicherry University Pondicherry University Regional 09.02.2017 09.02.2017 2017
2 Awareness Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Pondicherry University Pondicherry University Regional 03.09.2016 03.09.2016 2016

Administrative Responsibilities in the Government and Quasi Government Agencies

S.No Name of the Position Agency/Organisation Duration Nature of Duties
1 Director Department of Science, Technology and Environment, Govt. of Puducherry, India April-September 2010 to promote and disseminate Science and Technology in the U.T. of Puducherry.
2 Member Secretary Puducherry Pollution Control Committee, India April-September 2010 Advising the state government on all matters concerning the prevention of pollution and environment protection and conservation
3 Member Secretary Puducherry Council for Science& Technology, India April-September 2010 To promote and disseminate Science and Technology
4 Member Secretary Puducherry Coastal Zone Management Authority April-September 2010 Protecting and improving the quality of the coastal environment and preventing and abating coastal environmental pollution in the coastal areas of Pud

Affiliation in Academic Bodies/Societies

S.No Name of the Body/Society Nature of Affiliation Year
1 Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow 2019
2 American Chemical Society Member 2019
3 Chennai Academy of Sciences Fellow 2018

Participation & Extension Activities (Academic/Administraion)

S.No Name of the Position (Head, Dean, Co-ordinator, Director, etc.,) Duration Nature of Dutites
1 Head, Department of Physics, Pondicherry University October 2015 to September 2018 -
2 Coordinator PFC Pondicherry University 2017- -
3 Coordinator -Certificate Course on Advanced Analytical Techniques, Pondicherry University 2011-2015 -
4 Director (UPSC)- Department of Science, Technology and Environment Govt of Puducherry, April-September 2010 -
5 Member Secretary- Puducherry Pollution Control Committee April-September 2010 -
6 Member Secretary- Puducherry Council for Science& Technology April-September 2010 -
7 Member Secretary- Puducherry Coastal Zone Management Authority April-September 2010 -
8 Member-Court of Pondicherry University 2017- -
9 Member-Academic Council, Pondicherry University 2017- -
10 President: Energy Science Society of India 2012- -

Participation & Extension Activities (Co-Curricular)

S.No Name of the Position (NSS, NCC, Warden etc.,) Duration Nature of Dutites

Collaboration with Institution/Industry

S.No Collaborator Name Designation Institution/Industry Type Nature of Collaboration Period of Collaboration Visits to Collaborating
Institution / Industry		 Details of Collaborative Research/Teaching
From Date To Date From Date To Date

Faculty Development Programme Attended (Orientation, Refresher, other Short Term Course during the year)

S.No Title of the FDP Organiser Venue Duration From Date To Date Year

Details of Executive Development Prog/Management Development Prog. conducted

S.No Name of the Programme No. of Participants Venue Duration From Date To Date Year Revenue Generated

Participation in IMPESS, IMPRINT, SPARC, STARS, LEAP Programme etc and DSF Funding Programme

S.No IMPRESS/IMPRINT/SPARC/STARS/LEAP/Others Place From Date To Date Year

Enrolment under ARPIT Programme

S.No Name of the Programme Period of the Programme
From Date To Date