Faculty

Dr. N. Sankara Subramanian

 nssphy@tce.edu

39

PUBLICATIONS       

2

SPONSORED PROJECTS

6

M.E./Ph.D. SCHOLARS

20

SEMINAR, CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP ATTENDED

 Educational Qualification

DEGREE BRANCH INSTITUTE YEAR
B.Sc. (Double Major) Physics (Major) and Chemistry (Major) Madurai Kamaraj University 1985
M.Phil. Physics -Thinfilms Bharathiyar University 1990
M.Sc. Physics Madurai Kamaraj University 1988
Ph.D. Physics-Thinfilms Gandhigram University 2006

 Experience

PERIOD NO OF YEARS DESIGNATION INSTITUTION
10-09-1990 to 21-07-1998 8 Assistant Professor & Head of the Department of Physics Ghousia College of Engineering, Ramanagaram, Bangalore
22-07-1998 to 21-07-2003 5 Lecturer Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai.
22-07-2003 to 21-07-2007 4 Senior Lecturer Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai.
22-07-2007 to 21-07-2010 3 Selection Grade Lecturer Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai.
22-07-2010 to 21-07-2013 3 Associate Professor Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai.
22-07-2013 to 01-01-0001 8 Professor Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai.

 Publications

 Journals
  1. T. Balakrishnan, N. Sankara Subramanian and A. Kathalingam, Studies on Rheological, Structural, Optical, Electrical and Surface Properties of LiMn2O4 Thin Films by varied Spin Rates, Materials Science-Poland, Vol. 35 (3), (2017) 626-631.
  2. T. Balakrishnan, N. Sankara Subramanian and A. Kathalingam, Studies on Structural and Optical Properties of LiFePO4 Thin Films, Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures, Vol. 12, No. 3, (2017) 659-667
  3. N. Sankara Subramanian, R. Ramalingam and M. Vijayaraghavan, Preparation and Characterization of Ceria Magnesium Aluminate Nano Powder for Thermal Barrier Application, IOP Conf. Series : Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 73, (2015) 012101, 1-5.
  4. A. Kavitha, N. Sankara Subramanian and S. Vadivel, Influence of Sol Concentration on the Properties of Spin Coated Zirconia Thin Films, IOP Conf. Series : Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 73, (2015) 012105, 1-5.
  5. A. Kavitha, N. Sankara Subramanian, S. Loganathan and R. Kannan, Deposition and Characterization of Zirconium Nitride (ZrN) Thin Films by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering With Linear Gas ion Source and Bias Voltage, Solid State Physics, American Institute of Physics (AIP) Conf. Proceedings, Vol. 1591, (2014) 1705-1707.
  6. S. Rajathi, N. Sankara Subramanian, K. Ramanathan, Investigation on the Influence of Cd Concentration on theSpray Pyrolyszed CdS Thin Films, International Journal of Micro and Nano Systems, Vol. 3, No. 1 (2012) 65-69.
  7. M. Senthamizhselvi, N. Sankara Subramanian and S. Rajathi, Structural Optical and Surface Properties of Sol-Gel Spin Coated Al Doped ZnO Thin Films, Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 25, Supplementary Issue (2013) S239-S242.
  8. N. Sankara Subramanian and A. Kavitha, Development and Characterization of Sol-Gel Spin Coated Zirconium Oxide Thin Films, Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 25, Supplementary Issue (2013) S283-S286.
  9. S. Rajathi, N. Sankara Subramanian, K. Ramanathan, M. Senthamizhselvi, R. Vasuki and S. Shanmugam, Influence of Aluminium Concentration on the Properties of Spray Deposited CdAlS Thin Films, Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 25, Supplementary Issue (2013) S351-S254.
  10. S. Rajathi, N. Sankara Subramanian, K. Ramanathan, M. Senthamizhselvi, and S. Shanmugan, Effect of Substrate Temperature on the Structural, Optical and Surface Properties of Aluminium Doped Cadmium Sulphide Thinfilms, Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 25, Supplementary Issue (2013) S247-S250
  11. N. Sankara Subramanian and T. Balakrishnan, Development and Characterization of Lithium Manganese Oxide Thinfilms for Li ion Micro Battery Application, Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 25, Supplementary Issue (2013) S397-S401.
  12. M. SenthamizhSelvi, N.Sankara Subramanian, and S.Rajathi, Effect of Spinrate on the Structural, Optical and Surface Properties of the Sol-gel Spin Coated Zinc Oxide Thin Films, Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 699 (2013) 403-408.
  13. S. Rajathi, N. Sankara Subramanian, K. Ramanathan, and M. Senthamizhselvi, Influence of Deposition Temperature on the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Cdzns Thin Films, Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 699 (2013) 606-611.
  14. S. Rajathi, N. Sankara Subramanian, K. Ramanathan, M. Senthamizhselvi, Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Pyrallytically Sprayed CdZnS Thinfilms, Chalcogenide Letters, Vol. 9, No. 12, December (2012) 495 - 500.
  15. N. Sankara Subramanian and K. Kathiresan, Effect of Annealing on the Properties of Spin CoatedLead Zirconium Titanate Thinfilms, Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 584 (2012) 18-23
  16. Siva Rama krishnan Balaji, Devarajan Mutharasu, N.Sankara Subramanian and Kulathu Ramanathan, Influence of Sm3 ion in structural, morphological and electrochemical properties of LiMn2O4 synthesised by microwave calcinations, Ionics 16 (2010) 351-360
  17. S. Balaji, D. Mutharasu, N.Sankara Subramanian, K.Ramanathan, A review on microwave synthesis of electrode materials for Lithium-ion batteries, Ionics 15 (2009) 765-777.
  18. P.Vickraman, V.Aravindan, M.Selvambigai and N. Sankara Subramanian, Ionic transport, thermal, XRD and Morphological studies on LiCF3SO3 – based PVC-PVDF gel electrolytes, Ionics 14 (2008)
  19. N. Sankara Subramanian, R. Vivek Sabaapathy, B. Santhi, investigations on Nano Porous Silicon for Gas Sensor Applications, International Journal of COMADEM, 10 (1) (2007) 30 – 36.
  20. P. Vickraman, V. Aravindan and N. Sankara Subramanian, A study on the blending effect of PVDF in the ionic transport mechanism of plasticized PVC LiClO4 gel polymer, Ionics, 13 (2007) 355-360. electrolytes,
  21. N.Sankara Subramanian, T.Sornakumar, S. Gurumoorthy and M. Harihara Sundar, Investigations on vacuum- evaporated CSZ thin films for thermal barrier applications, Ionics, 13 (2007) 461-466.
  22. N. Sankara Subramanian, K. Santhakumari, V.S. Vidhya, L.C. Nehru, B. Subramanian,A. Thayumanavan, S.Ramamurthy, C. Sanjeeviraja, M.Jayachancdran, Optoelectronic Properties of nanocrystalline F-doped SnO2 (FTO) films prepared by Sol-gel spin coating technique, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials – Rapid Communications, Vol. 1, No. 9, (2007) 417-424.
  23. N. Sankara Subramanian, R. Vivek Sabaapathy, G. Vimal Kumar, B.Santhi and P. Vickraman, Investigations on Pd:SnO2 porous silicon structures for sensing LPG and NO2 gas, Ionics, 13 (2007) 323-328.
  24. R. vivek Sabaapathy, N.Sankara Subramanian, S. Vinoth Kumar, S. NaveenChandran and G. Vimal Kumar, Development and implementation of an angle detector using nano porous silicon based photovoltaic sensor, Ionics, 13 (2007) 311-377
  25. N. Sankara Subramanian, B. Santhi, S. Sundareswaran and K.S.Venkatakrishnan, Studies on spray deposited Sno2, Pd:Sno2 and F:Sno2 Thinfilms for gas sensor Applications, Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-organic and Nanometal Chemistry, 36, 1 (2006) 131-135.
  26. N. Sankara Subramanian, M. Jayachandran, S. Ramamurthy, R. Krishnamoorthy, S. Srivatsan and B. Santhi, Mathematical Modeling for Thickness Optimization of Spin Coated Thin Films, Optoelectronic Materials and Thin Films, Edited by M.K. Jayaraj, Allied Publishers Private Limited, New Delhi, ISBN : 81-7764-978-7, (2006) 541-553.
  27. E. Savarimuthu, N. Sankara Subramanian, B. Subramanian, M.jayachandran, C.Sanjeeviraja and S. Ramamurthy, Preparation and Characterization of nanostructured tin oxide (SnO2) films by Sol-gel Spin Coating technique, Surface Engineering, 22, 4 (2006) 268-276.
  28. N. Sankara Subramanian, R. Vivek Sabaapathy, R. Sriram, B. Santhi and M. Jayachandran, Development and Characterization of Nano Porous P – Silicon Structures for Photovoltaic Applications, Nanomaterials, Edited by V. Rajendran, Allied Publishers Private Limited, New Delhi, Volume- II (2005) 763- 770.
  29. N. Sankara Subramanian, E. Savarimuthu, C. Sanjeevaraja and S. Ramamurthy, Effect of Heat Treatment Temperature on the Spin Coated Fluorine Doped Tin Oxide Thin Films for Solar Cell Applications, Transactions of the SAEST, 40 (2005) 62-67.
  30. N. Sankara Subramanian, B. Santhi, V.Veeraganesh, C.Vinoth, G. Murugan and G.Karthik Subbaraj, Studies on Evaporated Titanium Oxide Thin films for Oxygen Gas Detection, Ionics, Nos. 1 & 2, 10 (2004) 56-62.
  31. N. Sankara Subramanian, B. Santhi, T. Sornakumar, G.Karthik Subbaraj, C.Vinoth and G. Murugan, Studies on Pyrolytically Sprayed SnO2 and Sb- SnO2 Thin Films for LPG Sensor Applications, Ionics, Nos. 3 & 4, 10 (2004) 273 – 282.
  32. D Ravindran, P Vickraman, N Sankarasubramanian, Conductivity Studies on Nano CdO Dispersed PVC-PVdF Polymer Nano Composite electrolytes, International Journal of Chem Tech Research, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1318-1322 (2014).
  33. S.Shanmugan, S.Balaji, N.Sankara Subramanian, Optical and Structural Properties of O2 ion Bombarded CdTe Thin Film International Journal of Micro and Nano Systems, Vol. 1(1), (2009) 29-33
  34. N. Sankara Subramanian, S. Ramamurthy, K.Sarangarajan and B. Santhi, Optical properties of Zirconium Oxide thin films, Bulletin of Electrochemistry, 14, 11 (1998) 446-448.
 Conferences
  1. N. Sankara Subramanian, B.santhi, N. Sankara Subramanian and V.Veeravazhuthi, Third order non-degenerate perturbation theory and determination of third order perturbation correction of energy for an unharmonic oscillator, 77th Session of Indian Science Congress Association, held at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, during February, 1990.
  2. S. Rajathi, N. Sankarasubramanian, R. Vasuki & M. Senthamizhselvi, " Influence of Deposition Temperature on Pyrolitically Sprayed Cadmium Sulphide Thin Films", International conference on Materials and Characterization Techniques, (ICMCT 2014), 10-12, March, 2014, VIT University, vellore.
  3. N. Sankara Subaramanian, T. Balakrishnan and K. Poovendran, Influence of lithium concentration on the properties of spin coated LiMn2o4 thinfilms for lithium ion microbattery application, International conference on materials science and Technology, ICMST - 2012 held at ST.Thomas College, Kerala during 10-14, June 2012.
  4. M. Ramamurthy, A.R.Ramaraju, V.Veeravazhuthi and N. Sankara Subramanian Optical properties of spray pyrolytic SnO2 films, 77th Session of Indian Science Congress Association, held at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, during February, 1990.
  5. K. Katheresan and N. Sankara Subramanian, Materials Properties of Sol gel spin coated Lead Zirconium Titanate Thinfilms, The third Asian Symposium on Materials and Processing, ASMP 2012, Held at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, during 30-31, August 2012.

 Projects

TITLE SPONSORING AGENCY AMOUNT RESPONSIBILITY
Investigation on the Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Sol-gel synthesized Cerium Zinc Aluminate for Thermal Barrier Application TNSCST Rs. 2.84 Lakhs Principal Investigator
Development of Thinfilm Micro Batteries DRDO - RCI, Hyderabad Rs. 61.5 Lakhs Project Investigator

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Attended

  1. AICTE-QIP Sponsored One Week Short Term Course on Design Thinking For Academic Excellence Through Language, 31st January - 6th February 2018 (One Week), AICTE - QIP, held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  2. TEQIP sponsored Workshop on CAD/CAM Integration, 18th - 19th December 2013 (Two Days), TEQIP, held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  3. TEQIP Sponsored Two Day Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on Effective Teaching Methodologies for Fluid Mechanics, 20th - 21st December 2013 (Two Days), TEQIP held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  4. TEQIP Sponsored One Week Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Applications, 20th - 26th February 2014(One Week), TEQIP held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  5. Two Week ISTE-STTP on Environmental Studies, 2nd – 12th June 2015 (Two Weeks) , ISTE and IIT, Bombay, National Mission on Education Through ICT (MHRD), held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  6. TEQIP II Sponsored Workshop on Physics in Engineering (PiE), 5th - 6th November 2015 (Two Days),TEQIP held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  7. Two Week ISTE Short Term Training Programme on Engineering Physics, 8th – 18th December 2015 (Two Weeks), ISTE and IIT, Bombay, National Mission on Education Through ICT (MHRD) held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  8. Lecture Workshop on Materials Science and Engineering – Physics in Engineering (PiE-II), 9th – 11th March 2016 (Two Days), Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  9. TEQIP II Sponsored Two Day Workshop on Functional Nano Materials for Energy Applications, 1st - 2nd April 2016(Two Days), TEQIP, held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  10. Science Academies’ Refresher Course in Experimental Physics, 5th - 20th July 2016 (Two Weeks), Indian Academy of Sciences, held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  11. National Seminar on Recent Trends in Special Education, 18th - 19th November 2016 (Two Days), ICSSR, Hyderabad held at Sri Venkateswara College of Education, Peravurani, 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  12. One Day Workshop on Standard Operating Procedure for TCE (Management Capacity Enhancement Programme of TEQIP-II), 22nd November 2016 (One Day), TEQIP, held on Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  13. AICTE-QIP Sponsored One Week Short Term Course on Design, 31st January - 6th Februay 2018 (One Week), AICTE - QIP, held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, , 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  14. TEQIP – III Sponsored Two Day Workshop on Recent Advances in Materials for Photovoltaic Cells and Energy Storage Devices, 21st - 22nd February 2018 (Two Days), TEQIP, held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  15. Workshop on Materials Science for Energy Storage, 18th – 22nd January 2010, Anna University, Chennai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  16. Faculty Development Programme on Photonic Materials and Devices, 28th - 4th March 2011 (Five Days), National Institute of Technology, Calicut., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  17. Two Week ISTE Workshop on Introduction to Research, 25th June - 04th July 2012 (Two Week), ISTE andIIT, Bombay, National Mission on Education Through ICT (MHRD) held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  18. Two Week ISTE Workshop on Engineering Thermodynamics, 11th - 21st December 2012, (Two Weeks), ISTE and IIT, Bombay, National Mission on Education Through ICT (MHRD) held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  19. Science Academies Lecture workshop on Recent Development in Physics, 30th - 31st January 2013, Indian Academy of Sciences(Two Days), held at Government Arts College, Melur., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  20. Indo – US Workshop on Nano Structured Electronic Materials : Challenges & Relevance to Electronics & EnergyResearch (IUSWNM-2013), 8th - 11th March 2013(Four Days), C-MET, India, Children’s Hospital, Harvard, USA,Northern University, USA and Joint School of Nano Science & Nano Engineering, Greensboro, USA. held at Centre for Electronics Technology (C-MET),Thrissur. , 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Organised

  1. RAYS - 2004, A State Level Students Seminar and work shop during 2004 at TCE, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  2. Seminar cum Exhibition on Technologies for Rural Development during March 2005, 2006 and 2007 at TCE, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  3. Twelfth National Convention of Electrochemists (NCE – 12) during the period 18-19 February 2005 at TCE, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  4. RAYS - 2005, A State Level Students Seminar and work shop during 2005 at TCE, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  5. RAYS - 2006, A State Level Students Seminar and work shop during 2006 at TCE, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  6. CHEPMA - 2003, A State Level Students Seminar and work shop during 2003 at TCE, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  7. Sir.C.V. Raman Colloquium RAYS-2002, A State Level Students Seminar and work shop during 2002 at TCE, Madurai. , 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  8. Sir.C.V. Raman Colloquium RAYS-2001, A State Level Students Seminar and work shop during 2001 at TCE, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  9. TNSCST sponsored Science Month Celebration, A Seminar cum exhibition during 14-15 July 2000 at TCE, Madurai., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001

 M.E./Ph.D. Scholars

NAME OF SCHOLAR COURSE AREA OF RESEARCH STATUS
Dr. S.Balaji Ph.D Synthesis and Characterization of LiMnO4, Doped LiMnO4 and Ferrites as Electrodes for Li ion Batteries Completed
Mrs. S.Rajathi Ph.D Investigation on the Spray Deposited Aluminium and Zinc Doped Cadmium Sulphide Thinfilms Completed
Dr. S. Shanmugan Ph.D Preparation and Characterization of CdTe Thinfilms for Optoelectronic Device Application Completed
R.Chokkalingam Ph.D Smart Materials (MRF Composites) Completed
Mrs. M.Senthamizselvi Ph.D Investigation on the Sol-gel Spin Coiated Undoped and Doped ZnO Thinfilms for Optoelectronic Device Application Completed
Mr. T.Balakrishnan Ph.D Develioment and Characterization of Some Oxide Thinfilms for Li Ion Micro Battery Application Completed

 Membership

NAME OF SOCIETY DETAILS PERIOD
Solar Energy Society of India (SESI) Life Member
Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Life Member
Indian Association of Crystal Growth (IACG) Life Member
Indian Physics Association (IPA) Life Member
Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) Life Member
Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT) Life Member