LYDIA RATHNAM Assistant Professor

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  • Department of Physics
  • School of Physical, Chemical & Applied Sciences
  • drlydia86@gmail.com

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/Synthesis and characterization of CZTS nanoparticles for solar cell applications Sri Venkateswara University 2014
2 M.Sc Physics Sri Venkateswara University 2009
3 B.Sc Maths, Physics, chemistry Sri Venkateswara University 2007

Area of Specializaion

Synthesize and characterization of Nano, Poly and Bulk materials, Thermoelectric materials, Waste water treatment, Renewable energy, Materials science

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Teaching Experience

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Research Experience

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1 Post doctoral fellow Physics Kyung Hee University, South Korea Thermoelectrics
2 Research Associate Physics Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Ag Nanoparticles
3 Visiting Researcher Physics Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Ag, Au Nanoparticles
4 Visiting Researcher Physics Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Waste water Treatment

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Papers Published in UGC Approved Journals

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1 3. Enhancement of Thermoelectric Performance in Na-Doped Pb0.6Sn0.4Te0.95−xSexS0.05 via Breaking the Inversion Symmetry, Band Convergence, and Nanos Dianta Ginting, Chan-Chieh Lin, Lydia Rathnam, Gareoung Kim, Jae Hyun Yun, Hyeon Seob So, Hosun Lee, Byung-Kyu Yu, Sung-Jin Kim, Kyunghan Ahn, and Jong-Soo Rhyee ACS applied materials & interfaces 10 (14), 11613-11622 2018 10.383
2 Extremely Low Lattice Thermal Conductivity and Point Defect Scattering of Phonons in Ag-doped (SnSe)1–x(SnS)x Compounds CC Lin, R Lydia, JH Yun, HS Lee, JS Rhyee Chemistry of Materials 29 (12), 5344-5352 2017 10.508
3 High thermoelectric performance in pseudo quaternary compounds of (PbTe) 0.95− x (PbSe) x (PbS) 0.05 by simultaneous band convergence and nano preci Dianta Ginting, Chan-Chieh Lin, R Lydia, Hyeon Seob So, Hosun Lee, Junpil Hwang, Woochul Kim, Rabih Al Rahal Al Orabi, Jong-Soo Rhyee Acta Materialia 131, 98-109 2017 9.4
4 Enhancement of thermoelectric properties in liquid-phase sintered Te-excess bismuth antimony tellurides prepared by hot-press sintering YM Kim, R Lydia, JH Kim, CC Lin, K Ahn, JS Rhyee Acta Materialia 135, 297-303 2017 9.4
5 High thermoelectric performance due to nano-inclusions and randomly distributed interface potentials in N-type (PbTe 0.93− x Se 0.07 Cl x) 0.93 (PbS D Ginting, CC Lin, L Rathnam, JH Yun, BK Yu, SJ Kim, JS Rhyee Journal of Materials Chemistry A 5 (26), 13535-13543 2017 14.511
6 Thermoelectric properties and extremely low lattice thermal conductivity in p-type Bismuth Tellurides by Pb-doping and PbTe precipitation CC Lin, D Ginting, R Lydia, MH Lee, JS Rhyee Journal of Alloys and Compounds 671, 538-544 2016 6.37
7 Enhancement of thermoelectric properties by effective K-doping and nano precipitation in quaternary compounds of (Pb 1− x K x Te) 0.70 (PbSe) 0.25 ( Dianta Ginting, Chan-Chieh Lin, Lydia Rathnam, Byung-Kyu Yu, Sung-Jin Kim, Rabih Al rahal Al Orabi, Jong-Soo Rhyee RSC advances 6 (67), 62958-62967 2016 4.036

Papers Published in Non UGC Approved Peer Reviewed Journals

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Books

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Edited Books

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Ongoing Projects

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Career Guidance Offered to students

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Bridge courses, Yoga, Meditation, Personal Counselling and Mentoring etc.,

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Research Guidance - PG

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