Dr. P. Karuppasamy

M.Sc., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department Of Physics

Email: karuppasamyp@ssn.edu.in

Introduction

Dr. P. Karuppasamy ,Dr.P. Karuppasamy has research experience in the area ofCrystal Growth and Solar cells. He finished his B.Sc. (2009-2012) and M.Sc. (2012-2014) in Physics from the Department of Physics, National College, Tiruchirappalli (Affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli). He obtained his Ph.D. degree (in 2020) from Anna University, Chennai. He has wide experience in materials synthesis and crystal growth using various methods and also various instrumentation for materials characterizations. He worked on a BRNS-funded project as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) and later got JRF in SSN Institutions. He has published more than 40 papers in Refereed International Journals. He has participated in more than 40 National/International conferences and presented papers. He got the International Travel Support from DST-SERB and presented his work at13th International Workshop on Crystal Growth of Organic Materials (CGOM13), Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, 27-30 August 2018. He is a life member of the Indian Association for Crystal Growth (IACG) (No. 10/2019) and the Indian Laser Association (ILA) (No. LM-1396).

RBK Crystal Technologies LLP, SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam-603110.

We have started a new company for providing crystal growth systems and single crystals as per customer requirements.

Founders: Prof. P. Ramasamy, Dr. N. Balamurugan and Dr. P. Karuppasamy

Email: rbkcrystech@gmail.com, Phone: 6380902192 / 9791552297

Area of Specialization:

  • Crystal Growth by solution and melt techniques
  • Silicon crystal growth and Simulation for PV Applications
  • Solar cells, Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric and Terahertz (THz) and detectors
  • Nano Materials, Battery, and Supercapacitor
  • Best Scientific Interaction Award (BSIA)” Indian Summer School on Crystal Growth (ISSCG-2020) organized by SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, during May 14 – 23, 2020.
  • “Best Thesis Award” 24thNational Seminar on Crystal Growth and Applications (NSCGA 2020)organized byPeriyar University, Salem, during 3-5 February 2020.
  • “Best Crystal display Award” 24th National Seminar on Crystal Growth and Applications (NSCGA 2020)organized byPeriyar University, Salem, during 3-5 February 2020.
  •  “Best Interaction Award” 24th National Seminar on Crystal Growth and Applications (NSCGA 2020)organized byPeriyar University, Salem, during 3-5 February 2020.
  • “Best Paper Award” 3rd International Conference on Recent Trends in Applied Science and Technology (ICRTAST-2019) organized by SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, during September 19 – 21, 2019.
  • “Best Crystal display Award” 23st National Seminar on Crystal Growth and Applications (NSCGA 2019)organized byBharathiar University, Coimbatore, during 28-30 January 2019.
  • “Best Interaction Award” 23st National Seminar on Crystal Growth and Applications (NSCGA 2019)organized byBharathiar University, Coimbatore, during 28-30 January 2019.
  • “Best Crystal display Award” 21st National Seminar on Crystal Growth and Applications (NSCGA 2017)organized byNational College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, during 6-8 March 2017.
  • “Best Poster Award” National Conference on Advanced Materials (NCAM-2016) organized by St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli-620002 during 7th October 2016.
  • “Best Oral Award” DST-SERB sponsored “Two days National Conference on Computational and Experimental Physics of Functional Materials (NCCEPFM-16)” organized by K.S.R College of Arts and Science for women, Tiruchengode during December 16 – 17, 2016.
Publications in International Peer-Reviewed Journals:
  • P. Karuppasamy, V. Sivasubramani, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Growth and characterization of semi-organic third order nonlinear optical (NLO) Potassium 3,5-Dinitrobenzoate (KDNB) single crystal, RSC Advances, 6 (2016) 109105–109123.
  • M. Srinivasan, P. Karuppasamy, P. Ramasamy, A. K. Barua, Numerical Modelling on Stress and Dislocation Generation in Multi-Crystalline Silicon during Directional Solidification for PV Applications, Electronic Materials Letters, 12 (2016) 431–438.
  • P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, S. K. Das, Growth and characterization of semi-organic nonlinear optical (NLO) guanidiniumtrichloroacetate (GTCA) single crystal, Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, 156 (2017) 707–719.
  • V. Sivasubramani, A. Raja, P. Karuppasamy, K. Ramachandran, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Crystal growth and characterization of semi-organic 2-amino-5-nitropyridinium bromide (2A5NPBr) single crystals for third-order nonlinear optical (NLO) applications, Applied Physics A, 123 (2017) 780.
  • P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Crystal growth and characterization of third order nonlinear optical piperazinium bis (4-hydroxybenzenesulphonate) (P4HBS) single crystal, Journal of Crystal Growth, 473 (2017) 39–54.
  • P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Sunil Verma, Crystal growth, structural, optical, thermal, mechanical, laser damage threshold and electrical properties of triphenylphosphine oxide 4-nitrophenol (TP4N) single crystals for nonlinear optical applications, Optical Materials, 79 (2018) 152–171.
  • P. Karuppasamy, T. Kamalesh, K. Anitha, S. Abdul Kalam, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Sunil Verma, S. Venugopal Rao, Synthesis, crystal growth, structure, and characterization of a novel third order nonlinear optical organic single crystal: 2-Amino 4,6-Dimethyl Pyrimidine 4-nitrophenol, Optical Materials, 84 (2018) 475–489.
  • P. Karuppasamy, T. Kamalesh, C. Senthil Kumar, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Sunil Verma, S. Venugopal Rao, Growth, structural, optical, thermal, laser damage threshold and theoretical investigations of organic nonlinear optical 2-aminopyridinium 4-nitrophenolate 4-nitrophenol (2AP4N) single crystal, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 30 (2018) 1553–1570.
  • P. Karuppasamy, T. Kamalesh, V. Mohenkumar, S. Abdul Kalam, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Sunil Verma, S. Venugopal Rao, Synthesis, growth, structural, optical, thermal, laser damage threshold and computational perspectives of 4-nitrophenol 4-aminobenzoic acid monohydrate (4NPABA) single crystal, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1176 (2019) 254–265.
  • P. Karuppasamy, T. Kamalesh, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Sunil Verma, Growth of high-quality organic single crystal of 2-aminopyridinium 4-nitrophenolate 4-nitrophenol (2AP4N) by a novel Rotational Sankaranarayanan–Ramasamy (RSR) method, Journal of Crystal Growth, 518 (2019) 59–72.
  • A. Saranraj, S. Sahaya Jude Dhas, M. Jose, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, S. A. Martin Britto Dhas, Investigation on the impact of xylenol orange dye on the growth and properties of unidirectional grown KDP crystals for photonic applications, Journal of Crystal Growth, (2019) 125154.
  • T. Kamalesh, P. Karuppasamy, C. Senthilkumar, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, S. Verma, Growth, structural, Hirshfeld surface, optical, laser damage threshold, dielectric and chemical etching analysis of DMAPNP single crystal, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 31 (2020) 373–386.
  • P. Karuppasamy, T. Kamalesh, K. Anitha, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Sunil Verma, Design and growth of novel organic molecular Quinoline 4-nitrophenol (QNP) single crystals: For Nonlinear optical (NLO) applications, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1210 (2020) 128036.
  • D. Joseph Daniel, I. Raj Pandey, P. Karuppasamy, H. J. Kim, M. Hyun Lee, Optical and mechanical properties of Li₂Mg₂(MoO₄)₃ crystal grown by Czochralski method, Optik, 207 (2020) 164430.
  • P. Karuppasamy, D. Joseph Daniel, H. J. Kim, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Studies on semi-organic (C₈H₁₁NO)₂[ZnCl₄] single crystal for nonlinear optical (NLO) applications, Journal of Crystal Growth, 535 (2020) 125528.
  • J. Arumugam, M. Selvapandiyan, S. Chandran, M. Srinivasan, P. Ramasamy, P. Karuppasamy, Optical, thermal and nonlinear optical properties of amaranth dye-doped sulphamic acid single crystals, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 31 (2020) 1–13.
  • M. Senthil Pandian, Sunil Verma, P. Karuppasamy, V. Padmanabhan, P. Ramasamy, V. S. Tiwari, A. K. Karnal, TGS crystal growth below and above Curie temperature (Tc), Journal of Crystal Growth, 546 (2020) 125793.
  • A. H. Tejaswi, A. Dutta, R. M. Jauhar, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, M. Abith, T. C. Sabari Girisun, G. Vinitha, Physicochemical properties of cesium tetroxalate dihydrate single crystal: An efficient material for nonlinear optical applications, Optical Materials, 107 (2020) 110033.
  • Hijas K. M., S. Li, V. Sivasubramani, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, P. S. Nugraha, G. Polónyi, J. A. Fülöp, R. Nagalakshmi, Characterization of aminopyridinium based organic crystals for THz Generation, Optics and Laser Technology, 131 (2020) 106394.
  • M. Senthil Pandian, Sunil Verma, P. Karuppasamy, P. Ramasamy, V. S. Tiwari, A. K. Karnal, Unidirectional crystal growth of L-alanine doped triglycine sulphate crystals along <010> polar direction in ferroelectric and paraelectric temperature ranges, and their comparative characterizations, Materials Research Bulletin, 134 (2021) 111118.
  • T. Kamalesh, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Sunil Verma, Synthesis, crystal growth, and physicochemical characterization of 4-aminopyridinium 4-nitrophenolate 4-nitrophenol (4AP4NP) single crystals for NLO applications, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 32 (2021) 6141–6157.
  • P. Karuppasamy, T. Kamalesh, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Crystal growth and physico-chemical characterization of semi-organic [C₄H₁₂N₂]ZnCl₄·H₂O single crystal for laser applications, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 32 (2021) 16467–16480.
  • P. Karuppasamy, T. Kamalesh, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Verma Sunil, A. K. Chaudhary, Bulk crystal growth, crystalline perfection and optical homogeneities of 2AP4N single crystals for second and third order frequency conversion and terahertz (THz) device applications, Optical Materials, 118 (2021) 111261.
  • P. Sathish, N. Dineshbabu, K. Ravichandran, T. Arun, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Combustion synthesis, characterization and antibacterial properties of pristine ZnO and Ga doped ZnO nanoparticles, Ceramics International, 47 (2021) 27934–27941.
  • K. Pichan, T. Kamalesh, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Crystal Growth and Physico-Chemical Characterization of Semi-Organic [C₄H₁₂N₂]ZnCl₄·H₂O Single Crystal for Laser Applications, 2021.
  • P. Karuppasamy, T. Kamalesh, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Sunil Verma, Immersing ampoule Sankaranarayanan–Ramasamy (ISR) method: Unidirectional high-quality single crystal growth, Journal of Crystal Growth, 577 (2022) 126401.
  • G. Samuthra, N. Prabavathi, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, K. Anitha, Synthesis and growth of new organic 2-amino-4,6-dimethylpyrimidinium trifluoroacetate (AMPTF) single crystals for nonlinear optical (NLO) applications, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 33(10), 8035–8047 (2022).
  • J. Ranjith Emmanuel, T. Kamalesh, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Growth of 2-amino-5-chloropyridinium 5-sulfosalicylate (2A5CP5S) single crystals: investigation of physicochemical properties for nonlinear optical applications, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 33(33), 25285–25296 (2022).
  • B. Sahaya Infant Lasalle, T. Kamalesh, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Growth and Characterization of 1,2,3-Benzotriazole 2-chloro 4-nitrobenzoic Acid (BCNB) Single Crystal for NLO Applications, Progress in Physics of Applied Materials, 2(1), 21–25 (2022).
  • N. Balamurugan, P. Karuppasamy, P. Ramasamy, Investigation on Different Crystal Grains from the Multi-crystalline Silicon (mc-Si) Wafer, Silicon, 1–10 (2022).
  • N. Dineshbabu, R. N. Jayaprakash, P. Karuppasamy, T. Arun, J. J. Vijaya, R. E. Nimshi, … P. Ramasamy, Investigation on Tetracycline degradation and bactericidal properties of binary and ternary ZnO/NiO/g-C₃N₄ composites prepared by a facile co-precipitation method, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(3), 107368 (2022).
  • S. Anand, S. Muniyappan, K. Mohamed Racik, A. Manikandan, D. Mani, S. Nandhini, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, N. Krishna Chandar, Fabrication of binary to quaternary PVDF based flexible composite films and ultrathin sandwich structured quaternary PVDF/CB/g-C₃N₄/BaFe₁₁.₅Al₀.₅O₁₉ composite films for efficient EMI shielding performance, Synthetic Metals, 291, 117199 (2022).
  • B. S. I. Lasalle, T. Kamalesh, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Investigation of growth, optical, thermal, mechanical, electrical, laser damage threshold properties of 1,2,3-Benzotriazolium Dihydrogen Phosphate (BTDHP) single crystal for nonlinear optical (NLO) applications, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 33(32), 24718–24733 (2022).
  • B. S. I. Lasalle, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Investigation of structural, optical, and thermal properties of 2-amino-4,6-dimethylpyrimidine benzoic acid (2APB) single crystal for non-linear optical (NLO) applications, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 33(22), 17780–17792 (2022).
  • S. Rajkumar, M. R. Venkatraman, K. Suguna, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Synthesis of Ag-incorporated TiO₂ nanoparticles by simple green approach as working electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 1–9 (2022).
  • N. Kumaresan, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Formation of face-contact interaction in 2D/2D/2D heterostructure ternary nanocomposites of g-C₃N₄/MoS₂/GO for effective photocatalytic activity against organic pollutants under visible light irradiation, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 33(15), 11970–11988 (2022).
  • D. J. Daniel, P. Karuppasamy, P. Q. Vuong, H. J. Kim, Synthesis, crystal growth, structural and physicochemical properties of an organic single crystal (C₁₁H₁₆N₂O₄) for fast scintillation and NLO applications, CrystEngComm, 24(15), 2867–2877 (2022).
  • S. Muniyappan, S. Anand, A. Manikandan, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, P. Murugakoothan, Effect of different polyvinylpyrrolidone and 3-mercaptopropionic acid concentrations on structural, morphological, and optical properties of cadmium sulfide quantum dots, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 1–11 (2022).
  • M. Dhilip, J. S. Punitha, R. Rameshkumar, S. Rameshkumar, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, … K. Elangovan, A novel double perovskite oxide Sm₂CoFeO₆ phosphor for orange LEDs: structural, magnetic and luminescence properties, Applied Physics A, 128(4), 324 (2022).
  • S. Singaravadivelu, A. Uthayakumar, T. Kamalesh, P. Karuppasamy, B. Chandra, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, A study of the phase transition by electrical resistivity and photocurrent on TGS crystal grown using the unidirectional growth method of Sankaranarayanan–Ramasamy, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 33(8), 5763–5775 (2022).
  • G. S. Kumar, J. M. S. Gnanaraj, V. Kathiravan, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Growth of potassium iodide-doped L-alanine nonlinear optical single crystals: investigation of physico-chemical properties, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 1–11 (2022).
  • P. Nagarajan, S. Pandian, P. Karuppasamy, R. Sahadevan, Comparative Analysis of Conventional Optimization Techniques with RSM and ANN Models for Extracting Oil from Sterculia urens Seeds for Biodiesel Applications, 2022.
  • N. Kumaresan, M. S. Alsalhi, P. Karuppasamy, M. P. Kumar, M. Senthil Pandian, A. Arulraj, … G. Murugadoss, Nitrogen implanted carbon nanosheets derived from Acorus calamus as an efficient electrode for supercapacitor application, Molecular Catalysis, 538, 112978 (2023).
  • N. Kumaresan, P. Karuppasamy, M. P. Kumar, S. G. Peera, M. S. AlSalhi, S. Devanesan, … G. Murugadoss, Synthesis and characterization of metal-free nanosheets of carbo-catalysts for bifunctional electrocatalyst towards HER and OER application, Molecular Catalysis, 539, 113043 (2023).

1. Project Title:

Investigation for device suitability of single crystals by indigenously made birefringence and conoscopy systems along with PXRD facility

Principal Investigator: Dr. P. Karuppasamy

Budget: ₹4.0 lakhs

Funding Agency: SSN Institutions

Scheme: SSN Internally Funded Student Projects

Duration: 2 years (2020–2022)

2. Project Title:

Design and development of 800 Kg multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si) directional solidification furnace and slicing machines for making commercial size mc-Si wafers

Principal Investigator: Prof. P. Ramasamy

Co-Principal Investigators:

Dr. P. Balaji Bhargav

Dr. K. Aravinth

Dr. M. Srinivasan

Dr. P. Karuppasamy

Dr. C. Balaji

Budget: ₹12.01 Crores

Funding Agency: DST-TMD CERI

Duration: 3 years (2021–2024)