Faculty

Dr. V. Aravindan

 vaphy@tce.edu

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PUBLICATIONS       

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SPONSORED PROJECTS

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CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

1

M.E./Ph.D. SCHOLARS

37

SEMINAR, CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP ATTENDED

 Educational Qualification

DEGREE BRANCH INSTITUTE YEAR
B.Sc Physics The American College, Madurai (Madurai Kamaraj University) 2014
M.Sc Physics The American College, Madurai (Madurai Kamaraj University) 2016
Ph.D Physics Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai (Anna University, Chennai) 2023
Post-Doc Computational Physics S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata 2023

 Experience

PERIOD NO OF YEARS DESIGNATION INSTITUTION
15-03-2017 to 31-12-2019 2 Years and 9 Months Project Fellow (UGC-DAE CSR, Mumbai) Thiagarajar College of Engineering (Anna University, Chennai)
09-03-2023 to 08-03-2024 1 Year Post-Doctoral Researcher S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
09-03-2024 to 01-01-0001 Till date Assistant Professor Thiagarajar College of Engineering (Anna University, Chennai)

 Publications

 Journals
  1. Aravindan, V., Rajarajan, A. K., Vijayanarayanan, V., & Mahendran, M. (2022). Investigation of the physical properties of CoRuVAl equiatomic quaternary Heusler alloy using first-principles calculations. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 647, 414370. (Q2)
  2. Aravindan, V., Rajarajan, A. K., Vijayanarayanan, V., & Mahendran, M. (2022). First-principles calculations on novel Co-based equiatomic quaternary heusler alloys for spintronics. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 150, 106909. (Q1)
  3. Vijayanarayanan, V., Basumatary, H., Raja, M. M., Aravindan, V., & Mahendran, M. (2022). Influence of Dy substitution for Ga on the magnetic properties of arc-melted Fe-Ga alloys. Physica Scripta, 97(11), 115807. (Q2)
  4. Vijayanarayanan, V., Basumatary, H., Raja, M. M., Aravindan, V., & Mahendran, M. (2022). Temperature-induced phase transitions of Fe-Ga alloys for sensors. ECS Transactions, 107(1), 17493. (Q4)
  5. Aravindan, V., Rajarajan, A. K., Vijayanarayanan, V., & Mahendran, M. (2022). Transport Properties of Novel LaCoTiIn Equiatomic Quaternary Heusler Alloy for Thermoelectric Energy Conversion. ECS Transactions, 107(1), 17941. (Q4)
  6. Aravindan, V., Rajarajan, A. K., Vijayanarayanan, V., & Mahendran, M. (2022). First-principles investigations of the half-metallic ferromagnetic LaCoTiIn equiatomic quaternary Heusler alloy for spintronics. Functional Materials Letters, 15(02), 2251011. (Q3)
  7. Aravindan, V., Rajarajan, A. K., Vijayanarayanan, V., & Mahendran, M. (2022). Ab-initio study on the CoZrVIn equiatomic quaternary alloy for spintronic and thermoelectric applications. Materials Today: Proceedings, 65, 2596-2601. (Q2)
  8. Vijayanarayanan, V., Basumatary, H., Raja, M. M., Aravindan, V., Sarathkumar, R., & Mahendran, M. (2022). Effects of Ga on the microstructure and magnetostriction of Fe-Ga alloys for actuators. Materials Today: Proceedings, 59, 216-219. (Q2)
  9. Aravindan, V., Rajarajan, A. K., & Mahendran, M. (2021). First-Principles Study of Structural, Electronic, Magnetic and Elastic Properties of the Mn 2 XSb (X= Co, Fe) Inverse Heusler Alloys. Journal of Electronic Materials, 50, 1786-1793. (Q3)
  10. Vijayanarayanan, V., Banu, R. S., Kumar, R. S., Aravindhan, V., & Mahendran, M. (2020, November). Structural and thermal characterization of galfenol alloy. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2265, No. 1). (SCOPUS)
  11. Djamel, B., ARAVINDAN, V., Haidar, E. A., Pachuau, Z., Lalbiakkima, J., Lalrinmawii, T. H., ... & Sailo, L. (2024). Multifaceted Analysis of K2InAgX6 (X= F, Cl, Br, I) for Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Applications. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 112291. (IF: 4.3 & Q2)
  12. Paranthaman, V., Devi, K. S., Bhojanaa, K. B., ARAVINDAN, V., Raman, G., Kumar, R. S., ... & Krishnan, P. S. (2024). Experimental and theoretical insights into enhanced light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells via Au@ TiO2 core-shell and BaTiO3 nanoparticles. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 165, 105778. (IF: 5.5 & Q1)
  13. Vijayanarayanan, V., ARAVINDAN, V., & Karuppasamy, B. (2024). Nebulized spray pyrolysis deposited CdO thin films for liquefied petroleum gas and ethanol gas sensor. Physica Scripta, 99(8), 085979. (IF: 2.6 & Q2)
  14. Aravindan, V., Vijayanarayanan, V., Karuppasamy, B., Sakthipandi, K., (2024). First-principles study on rare earth-based equiatomic quaternary Heusler alloys YbCoCrSb and YbCoTiSn: New candidates for spintronics. Materials Today Communications, 39, 108599. (Q2)

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Attended

  1. One day National Workshop on Scanning Probe Microscopy – Technology and Applications organized by NIT Trichy, 29-08-2024 to 29-08-2024
  2. International Conference on Emerging Multifunctional Materials and Devices for Sustainable Technologies (IEMDST-2024) organized by NIT Warangal , 04-07-2024 to 05-07-2024
  3. Webinar on Machine Learning (ML) for Physics and Physics for ML jointly organized by NIT Rourkela and Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT), 01-06-2024 to 05-06-2024
  4. Two day national workshop on "International Property Rights", organized by SRM TRP Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli, 26-04-2024 to 27-06-2024
  5. 10 th International Conference on Crystal Growth and its Technological Applications (CGTA-2024), organized by the Indian Association for Crystal Growth at SSN Institutions, Chennai, 18-03-2024 to 20-04-2024
  6. One week international FDP on Advanced Functional Materials: Energy, Environment and Sustaibable Development, 26-02-2024 to 05-04-2024
  7. 7th International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN-2023) at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, 27-03-2023 to 29-03-2023
  8. 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Materials and Technologies for Bio and Energy Applications - SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, 13-07-2022 to 15-07-2022
  9. 65th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 18-12-2021 to 19-12-2021
  10. XII Biennial National Conference of Physics Academy of North-East, Tripura University, Tripura, 15-12-2021 to 17-12-2021
  11. Virtual International Conference on Technologies for Smart Green Connected Societies at Yamagata University, Japan, 29-11-2021 to 30-03-2021
  12. Symposium on Magnetism and Spintronics – NISER Bhubaneswar, 25-11-2021 to 27-11-2021
  13. International Virtual Conference on Energy Conversion Storage at PPG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, 20-04-2021 to 21-04-2021
  14. Virtual International Conference on Hierarchically Structured Materials at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, RamapuramCampus, Chennai, 08-04-2021 to 10-04-2021
  15. International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, 01-02-2021 to 03-02-2021
  16. Virtual seminar on “Applications of DFT for Calculations of Phase Diagram, Diffusion Coefficient and Phase Field Simulation” at Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, 24-12-2020 to 24-12-2020
  17. 3rd Indian Materials Conclave (IndMac) and 32nd Annual General Meeting of MRSI at IIT-Madras, Chennai, 20-12-2020 to 23-12-2020
  18. Online workshop on “Rietveld Refinement Method” at UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Centre in association with Indore Centre, Indore, 22-09-2020 to 24-09-2020
  19. Online training workshop on “Computational Density Functional Theory” at Thanthai Periyar Government Polytechnic College, Vellore, 04-07-2020 to 05-07-2020
  20. Winter school on “Computational Modelling” at Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli, 27-02-2020 to 29-02-2020
  21. ACCMS-International Conference on Materials Genome – 2020 at SRM university-AP, Andhra Pradesh, 05-02-2020 to 07-02-2020
  22. Short term course on “Smart Multifunctional Materials for Sensors and Actuators” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, 07-03-2019 to 13-03-2019
  23. Workshop on “Grammar for Technical Writing” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, 14-11-2018 to 14-11-2018
  24. Workshop on “Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering with Hands on Session” at Sathyabhama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, 18-06-2018 to 22-06-2018
  25. Seminar on “Familiarization of HRTEM , 22-03-2018 to 23-03-2018
  26. Workshop on “Recent Advances in Materials for Photovoltaic Cells and Energy Storage Devices” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, 21-02-2018 to 22-02-2018
  27. International workshop on “Advanced Materials” at National Institute of Science and Technology, Berhampur, Odisha , 19-12-2017 to 21-12-2017
  28. Short term course on “Frontiers in Materials Research for Energy Application” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, 11-12-2017 to 17-12-2017
  29. Training Programme on “High Resolution Electron Microscopy and Scanning Probe Microscopy” at PSG College of Technology and PSG Science and Technology Entrepreneurial Park, Coimbatore, 23-11-2017 to 24-11-2017
  30. Workshop on “Recent Advances and Applications of Materials Science” at The Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed university, Dindigul, 02-11-2017 to 03-11-2017
  31. NCPRE Familiarization Workshop on “Photovoltaics” at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, 24-05-2017 to 24-05-2017
  32. INUP Familiarization Workshop on “Nanofabrication Technologies” at IIT Bombay, Mumbai , 22-05-2017 to 27-05-2017
  33. National seminar on “Nanomaterials and its Application” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, 31-03-2017 to 31-03-2017
  34. Workshop on “Integrating Science with Engineering” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, 21-03-2017 to 23-03-2017
  35. Workshop on “White LEDs for 21st Century Lighting Systems” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, 09-03-2017 to 09-03-2017
  36. Workshop on “Advanced Materials Engineering” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, 26-09-2016 to 26-09-2016
  37. Workshop on “Research Paper Writing” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai , 29-08-2016 to 29-08-2016

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Organised

  1. Two-day Guest Lecture & Interactive Session by Prof. A. Arockiarajan, IIT-Madras to First-year B.E. Students, Research Scholars, and Faculty Members, 27-09-2024 to 28-09-2024
  2. Guest lecture on Biology for Engineers: New Drug Development Process by Dr. Ananthavel, AN2 Therapeutics, USA, 26-09-2024 to 26-09-2024

 M.E./Ph.D. Scholars

NAME OF SCHOLAR COURSE AREA OF RESEARCH STATUS
Ms. S. Reema Sagitha Ph.D Computational Materials Ongoing

 Membership

NAME OF SOCIETY DETAILS PERIOD
Indian Association of Physics Teachers K2404

  Other Achievements

  1. NCC Navy (B & C Certificate)
  2. Peer Reviewer – IScience, Physica Scripta, Materials Today Proceedings