Engineering Contact Details

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Dr. Ramkumar Chandran

No.*/**, Sakthi Nagar, Mohan Nagar (post), Salem-30, Tamilnadu, India

Contact Details:

Phone: +91-890*******

Email: ******************@*****.***

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=OzVDIFkAAAAJ&hl=en Educational Qualification:

Degree Specialization University/College Year of

passing

Class

obtained

PhD Metallurgical and

Materials

Engineering

National Institute of Technology-Rourkela

(Odisha)

2020 Completed

M.Tech Nanoscience &

Nanotechnology

Anna University-Tirunelveli/ Mepco

schlenk engineering college

2010 1

st

class

M.Sc Physics Periyar University/ Mahendra arts &

science college

2007 1

st

class

B.Sc Physics Periyar University/ Salem sowdeswari

college

2005 1

st

class

Working Experience:

• Project Associate, School of Physics, India Institute of science Education and Research

(IISER-TVM), Thiruvananthapuram, July 2012- June 2013 (Organic thin film solar cells)

• Senior Research Fellow – Department of Chemistry, Anna University-Chennai (July 2011- July 2012) (Fuel cells catalyst synthesis)

• Assistant Professor in Department of Science & Humanities (Physics) at Excel Engineering College, Tamilnadu [June-2019- Till date]

Skills and Laboratory Experience:

• Micro/Nanoscale Fabrication: Metal, Metal oxide and Semiconducting Thin film coatings

(Physical vapor deposition (Thermal evaporation), Chemical Bath deposition and Electrochemical Routes and other non-vacuum routes (Spin coating, Doctor blade).

• Characterization Techniques: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS),X-Ray fluorescence (XRF), Scanning Probe Microscopy Analysis (SPM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Particle size analyzer (DLS), UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy, Photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL),X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Optical Microscope and Profiler, Electrochemical Testing.

• Computational tools: AMPS, SCAPS(1-D)-Solar cell simulation, EIS Spectra analyzer, Electrochemical Speciation studies (Spana), Gwyddion(SPM tool).

• Hands-on experience in:

o Scanning probe microscopy (AFM, STM, MFM,EMF modes) o Surface profilometer

2

o SEM (model : JEOL 6480 LV)

o Sintering, Heat Treatment (high temperature furnace operations) o Material Synthesis and Microstructural Characterization o Electrospinning of carbon nanofibers

o Electrochemical Work Station & Impedance analysis

• Experience in Organic solar cell fabrication

• Experience in Electroplating of CIGSe, CISe thin films for Photovoltaic application

• Electrochemical exfoliation of graphene

• Experience in thin film coatings (Vacuum and Non-Vacuum techniques) Academic Responsibilities held so far:

• Class Advisor and Exam Coordinator at Excel Engineering College (2019)

• In-charge and operator for scanning probe microscopy (Modes- AFM, STM, MFM, EFM) @ NIT RKL (2015-2019)

• In charge and operator for surface profilometer at NIT RKL ( thin film thickness measurement)

(2015-2019)

• Handled course “Advanced Characterization techniques” for B.Tech students (2016)

• Project mentor for M.Tech (Regular and Research) and B.Tech students

• Initiated research collaborations with KIIT university (Bhubaneswar, Odisha) and CSIR-CECRI Karaikudi, Tamilnadu

Subjects Taught:

Engineering Physics [PH 8151]

Physics of Electronics Engineering [PH 8253]

Material Science [PH 8251]

Contributions in workshop held at Metallurgical and Materials Department, NIT -Rourkela

•Presented a session talk on “Basics of Scanning probe microscopy [AFM, MFM, STM, EFM]” in 1 st

International ICPCM-2018 pre-conference work shop Dec 5th -2018 held at NIT Rourkela.

•Presented a session talk on “Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), Simulation and Parameter extraction using “Impedance analyzer software” in “short term course on “Corrosion and its Control and Characterization” held at NIT-Rourkela-2018

•Presented a talk on Basics of EIS- software, Fitting & analysis at “Technical workshop on Electroforming and Corrosion held at NIT Rourkela-2018 Awards & Recognitions:

Secured 3

rd

prize Poster presentation award in NCPCM-2017 conference held at NIT Rourkela

Secured 1

st

prize Oral Presentation in technical session-I in ICPCM-2018 conference held at NIT Rourkela

Best result produced in Engineering physics subjects (2019-20, 1 st

semester)

3

Journal and Conference Publications:

1. Ramkumar Chandran, Sangeetha Dharmalingam*. "Facile Synthesis and Characterization of PtCu Core–Shell and Alloy Nanoparticles." Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology 14.9 (2014): 6957-6964.)

2. Aneesh, P. M., Ramkumar Chandran, PC Reshmi Varma, K. Vivek, and Manoj AG Namboothiry*. "Enhancement in Photovoltaic Properties of Plasmonic Nanostructures Incorporated Organic Solar Cells Processed in Air Using P3HT: PCBM as a Model Active Layer." Organic Photonics and Photovoltaics 3, no. 1 (2015).

3. Ramkumar Chandran, Rajneesh Pandey, and Archana Mallik*. "One step electrodeposition of CuInSe2 from an acidic bath: A reduction co-deposition study." Materials Letters 160 (2015): 275- 277.

4. Ramkumar Chandran, Archana Mallik* Electrodeposition of quality CuInSe2 thin films for photovoltaic applications, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 338, no. 1, p. 012018. IOP Publishing, 2018.

5. Ramkumar Chandran, CK.Behera, Archana Mallik* “Electrochemical Impedance (EIS) behavior of CuInSe2 thin films on high resistance ITO/PET flexible substrates, Materials Today: Proceedings,

(2017), 4, 14, 124**-*****.

6. Ramkumar Chandran, SK.Panda, Archana Mallik* "A short review on the advancements in electroplating of CuInGaSe2 thin films." Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy 7.2

(2018):

7. Ramkumar Chandran & Archana Mallik "Facile, seedless and surfactant-free synthesis of ZnO nanostructures by wet chemical bath method and their characterization." Applied Nanoscience 8, no. 7 (2018): 1823-1830.

8. Ramkumar Chandran, Akhya Kumar Behera, Archana Mallik, An attempt to co-deposit photovoltaic quality CuInSe2 thin films: effect of surfactant and deposition potential." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 30, no. 16 (2019): 154**-*****. 9. Ramkumar Chandran, Akhya Kumar Behera, Archana Mallik, A novel CISe/Ga-Se two–step stack approach to electrodeposit photovoltaic quality Cu-poor CuInGaSe2 thin films." Materials Letters 252 (2019): 244-247.

10. Ramkumar Chandran, Akhya Kumar Behera, Archana Mallik, Composition Tuning of Single Step Electrodeposited CuInSe2 Thin Films Using Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate as Additive." Journal of Electronic Materials (2019): 1-9.

11. Akhya Kumar Behera, Ramkumar Chandran, Archana Mallik, “An exploration on the use of in- house synthesized reduced few layer graphene particles as a reinforcement during sono- electroplating of Cu matrix composite films”. Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2019): 152713. 12. Ho, Soon Min, Mandati Sreekanth, Ramkumar Chandran, Mallik Archana, Bhuiyan Mohammad Arif Sobhan, and K. G. Deepa. "Preparation of CuInSe2 Thin Films by using Various Methods (A Short Review)." Oriental Journal of Chemistry (2019). (Equal Contribution). 13. Sahoo, S.K., Behera, A.K., Chandran, R. et al. Industrial scale synthesis of few-layer graphene nanosheets (FLGNSs): an exploration of electrochemical exfoliation approach. J Appl Electrochem

(2020).

Conference Presentations:

Ramkumar Chandran, Archana Mallik, “Electroplating of CISe/ZnSe/ZnO Stacks and their Electrochemical Behaviour”, ACEPS 2016, NIT Trichy- (Poster) (Organised by CECRI-CSIR

(Karaikudi)

4

Ramkumar Chandran, Manoj AG Namboothiry, Enhancement of power conversion efficiency in the plasmonic nanostructures incorporated organic solar cells, Indo-Israel conference2013

(Poster)

Ramkumar Chandran, Sangeetha Dharmalingam “Chemically Dealloyed Pt-Cu/CNF Nanocatalyst and electrochemical characterization for PEM fuel cell”, ACEPS meet 2011-India (Oral).

Ramkumar Chandran, Archana Mallik, “Electrodeposition of quality CuInSe2 thin films for photovoltaic applications’, At NCPCM-2017 (Best Poster)

Ramkumar Chandran, Karthick Sastha & Archana Mallik “Characterization of chemically synthesized highly stable polydisperse plasmonic silver nanoparticles,At ICPCM 2018, NIT Rourkela (Best Oral of the Session)

Reference:

1. Prof. Archana Mallik,

Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engg

NIT Rourkela, Odisha-769 008

Mail: *************@*****.***, Phone - +91-943******* 2. Prof. Natraj Yedla

Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engg.

NIT Rourkela, Odisha-769 008

Mail: **********@*****.***, Phone: 066*-******* (Office) Personal details

Birth date - 3-3-1985

Marital Status – Married

Spouse name- K. Sharaniyaa

Permanent address- No.4/34, Sakthi nagar, Mohan nagar post, Salem-30, Tamilnadu, India

Hobbies – Chess, books, music and badminton

Declaration

I hereby declare that the details provided above are correct to the best of my knowledge. Place: Salem-30, TN

Date: May 2020

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