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Dr. P. Karuppasamy

Research Scientist

Dr. P. Karuppasamy

Email: karuppasamyp@ssn.edu.in

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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 30 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).

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) Applications

•   Nano Materials 

Awards Received: 

1. “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.
2. “Best Thesis Award” 24thNational Seminar on Crystal Growth and Applications (NSCGA 2020)organized byPeriyar University, Salem, during 3-5 February 2020.
3. “Best Crystal display Award” 24th National Seminar on Crystal Growth and Applications (NSCGA 2020)organized byPeriyar University, Salem, during 3-5 February 2020.
4. “Best Interaction Award” 24th National Seminar on Crystal Growth and Applications (NSCGA 2020)organized byPeriyar University, Salem, during 3-5 February 2020.
5. “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.
6. “Best Crystal display Award” 23st National Seminar on Crystal Growth and Applications (NSCGA 2019)organized byBharathiar University, Coimbatore, during 28-30 January 2019.
7. “Best Interaction Award” 23st National Seminar on Crystal Growth and Applications (NSCGA 2019)organized byBharathiar University, Coimbatore, during 28-30 January 2019.
8. “Best Crystal display Award” 21st National Seminar on Crystal Growth and Applications (NSCGA 2017)organized byNational College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, during 6-8 March 2017.
9. “Best Poster Award” National Conference on Advanced Materials (NCAM-2016) organized by St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli-620002 during 7th October 2016.
10. “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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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 PhysicsA, 123 (2017) 780.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. P. Karuppasamy,T. Kamalesh, K. Anitha, S. Abdul Kalam, Muthu 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.
8. 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.
9. P. Karuppasamy,T. Kamalesh, V. Mohenkumar, S. Abdul Kalam, Muthu 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.
10. 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.
11. A. Saranraj, S. Sahaya Jude Dhas, M. Jose, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian
    P. Ramasamy, S. A. Martin BrittoDhas, 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.
12. T. Kamalesh, P. Karuppasamy, C. Senthilkumar, M.S. 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.
13. 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.
14. D. Joseph Daniel, I. Raj Pandey, P. Karuppasamy, HJ. Kim, M. Hyun Lee, Optical and mechanical properties of Li2Mg2 (MoO4)3 crystal grown by Czochralski method, Optik, 207 (2020) 164430.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. M. Senthil Pandian, Sunil Verma, P. Karuppasamy, V. Padmanabhan, P. Ramasamy, VS Tiwari, A K Karnal, TGS crystal growth below and above Curie temperature (Tc), Journal of Crystal Growth, 546 (2020) 125793.
18. A. H.Tejaswi, A. Dutta, RM. Jauhar, P. Karuppasamy, M. Senthil Pandian, M. Abith, TC. SabariGirisun, G. Vinitha, Physicochemical properties of cesiumtetroxalate dihydrate single crystal: An efficient material for nonlinear optical applications, Optical Materials, 107 (2020) 110033.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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, J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, (2021) 16467–16480.
23. 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.
24. P.Sathish, N. Dineshbabu, K. Ravichandran, T. Arun, P. Karuppasamy, M. SenthilPandian, P. Ramasamy, Combustion synthesis, characterization and antibacterial properties of pristine ZnO and Ga doped ZnO nanoparticles, Ceramics International, 47 (2021) 27934-27941.
25. P. Karuppasamy, T. Kamalesh, Muthu 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.

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