Prof. Dr. M. Muthuvinayagam, is a material scientist experienced in preparation, development and characterization of polymer electrolytes for the use in various electrochemical devices. The novelty of his research is the successful invention of highly adhesive polymer membranes, environmentally friendly polymer electrolytes and techniques in the fabrication of green electrochemical devices. His area of interest is materials science, energy storage devices and solar cells. Prof Dr. M. Muthuvinayagam  is well recognized in his field, internationally and locally, evidenced by the many international and national publications and awards he has received. He has presented his research works in many Indian Institutes and abroad. He received the best performance award in research and academics.  He is a life-time of ISTE. He has served as a Visiting faculty and delivered his research talk in UAE, Malaysia and many Indian reputed institutes.  He has served as visiting researcher in University of Malaya & University Malaysia Terenggannu, Malaysia. He has guided and guiding  many ph.d. scholars..  He has 18 years of academic experience and authored for four books.  He has served as Head of the Department of Physics in Kalasalingam University, India. He has started B.Sc., M.Sc., and M.Phil. courses. He was academic council member and Board of Studies Chairman, Department Research Committee Chairman. He has good experience in NAAC, UGC and NBA activities. In addition to academic and Research, He has served as NCC Officer for eight years after completing three NCC Officer’s training in Nagpur and Roorkee, India. Through NCC, he has motivated many NCC cadets for RDC, New Delhi and produced Officers in defence services. He has performed many social service activities, trekking expeditions and cycle expeditions.

Research Interests:

• Conducting Polymers

•  Materials Science

• Battery, Super-capacitors &

• Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.

Research Experience:        11 years

Publications:

Articles Published  in International Journals:

1.    “Proton Conducting Polymer electrolytes based on PVdF-PVA blend with NH4NO3”,  Muthuvinayagam Muthiah , Gopinathan Chellasamy , Rajeswari Natarajan, Selvasekarapandian Subramanian * and Sanjeeviraja Chinnappa,  polymer engineering, 33, issue 4, 2013, 315-322. (I.F: 0.4).

2.    “Characterization of proton conducting polymer electrolytes based on PVdF- PVA”, M. Muthuvinayagam*, C. Gopinathan, Int. Jr. of Polymer, 68(2015), 122-130. (I.F: 3.7)

3.    “Synthesis and Characterization of a novel proton conducting polymer blend electrolytes”, Polymer-Plastics technology and engineering, M. Muthuvinayagam  & C. Gopinathan, 53, 1333-1338, 2014. (I.F: 1.4).

4.    “Synthesis and Characterization of ZnS nanoparticles”, Priyanka Tonk, Tashi Dawa, Mindu Dorji, Dorji Chozam, Harmeet Singh Bhullar, Vikas Thakur, Tarun Chandel, M. Muthuvinayagam and Urvashi Verma, Int.  journal of innovative research in computer and communication, Vol. 4, 4, 8/2016.

5.    “AC impedance studies on Proton Conducting biopolymer electrolytes based on Pectin”, M. Vahini, M. Muthuvinayagam*,  Materials Letters, 197-200 Feb’ 2018. (I.F: 2.5).

6. “Studies on sodium nitrate based polyethylene oxide/polyvinyl pyrrolidone polymer blend electrolytes”, K. Sundaramahalingam, N. Nallamuthu, A. Manikandan, D.Vanitha, M.Muthuvinayagam*, Physica B, 547 (2018) 55-63

(I.F: 1.5).

   7. “Electrical properties of Lithium bromide polyethelene oxide/Polyvinyl pyrrolidone  

      polymer blend electrolyte”, K. Sundaramahalingama, D. Vanithaa, N. Nallamuthua,∗, A. 

      Manikandanb, M. Muthuvinayagama Physica B, 553, 120-126 (.F: 1.5).

8.    “Investigations on binary metal oxide based polyvinyl pyrrolidone/sodium nitrate polymer electrolytes for electrochemical cell Applications” M. Vahini, M. Muthuvinayagam*, Materials, Letters, 238 (2019) 17–21. (I.F: 2.5).

9.    “Investigations on Lithium acetate doped PVA:PVP Solid Polymer blend Electrolytes”, K. Sundaramahalingam1, M. Muthuvinayagam*, N. Nallamuthu, D. Vanitha, M. Vahini,  Polymer Bulletin, 2019, 76, Issue 11, 5577–5602.

10.  “Synthesis and electrochemical studies on sodium ion conducting PVP based solid polymer electrolytes”, M. Vahini, M. Muthuvinayagam*, Journal of materials science: materials in electronics, 30 (2019) 5609–5619.  (I.F: 2.1).

11. “AC Impedance analysis of Lithium ion based PEO: PVP Solid Polymer blend Electrolytes", K. Sundaramahalingam, M. Muthuvinayagam*, N. Nallamuthu,  Polymer Science Series A, 2019, Vol. 61, No. 5, 565–576. (I.F: 1.1).

12.  "Preparation and characterization of biopolymer electrolytes based on Pectin:NaNO3 for battery applications", M. Vahini, M. Muthuvinayagam*, M.I.N. Isa, Polymer Science Series A, 2019, Vol. 61, No. 6, pp. 823–83. (I.F: 1.1).

13.  “Structural and Electrical Properties of Ammonium Thiocyanate Doped Poly Ethylene Oxide / Poly Vinyl Pyrrolidone Blend Polymer Electrolytes”, M. Muthuvinayagam*, K. Sundaramahalingam, D. Vanitha, M. Vahini , International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering  (IJITEE), 2278-3075, Vol.9 Issue-2S2, Dec’ 2019.

14.  “Characterizations of Pectin/Lithium Sulfate Solid Biopolymer Electrolytes”, M. Muthuvinayagam*, M. Vahini, K. Sundaramahalingam, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 2277-3878, Vol.8 Issue-4S4, Dec’ 2019.

15.  “Preparation and Characterization of Ammonium Ceric Nitrate Doped PVDF Polymer Electrolytes”, K. Sundaramahalingam, M. Muthuvinayagam*, D. Vanitha, M. Vahini International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 2277-3878, Vol.8, Issue-4S2, Dec’ 2019.

16.  “Electrical Properties of PVA:PVP:PEG based Blend Polymer Electrolytes” M. Vahini, M. Muthuvinayagam*, K. Sundaramahalingam , International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE), 2278-3075, Vol.9 Issue-2S2, Dec’ 2019.

17.  “Optical Examinationon ZincSulphide Nanoparticles for Photovoltaic Applications”, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE), 2278-3075, Vol.9 Issue-2S2, Dec’ 2019.

18.  “Review on Biopolymers based Sodium ion batteries “J Polym Sci Appl 2020 , 4:6.

19.  “Characterization of proton conducting poly[ethylene oxide:poly[vinyl  pyrrolidone] based polymer blend electrolytes for electrochemical devices.”, High Performance polymers, M. Muthuvinayagam*, K. Sundaramahalingam, 205–216, Vol. 33(2), 2021. (I.F: 1.6).

20.  “Studies on Pectin-PVA based biodegradable polymer blend electrolytes.”, C. Nithya Priya, R. Muruganandham, M. Muthuvinayagam, and M. Vahini , Materials Performance and Characterization, 9, no. 1 (2020): 1–9. (I.F: 1.5).

21.  “Investigations on Al2O3 dispersed PEO/PVPbased Na+ ion conducting blend polymer electrolytes” S. Shenbagavalli, M. Muthuvinayagam*, S. Jayanthi, M.S. Revathy, Journal of materials science: materials in electronics, 32(8), 9998-10007 (2021). (I.F: 2.3).

22.  “Investigations on Chitosan/α-Fe2O3 nanocomposite for efficient antibacterial activity”,  M. Senthil kumar, R. Pandimurugan, M. Muthuvinayagam*, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH, Volume - 11 | Issue - 08 | August - 2021 | PRINT ISSN No. 2249 - 555X.

23. “Preparation and characterization of proton (H+) conducting solid blend

polymer electrolytes based on PEO/P(VdF-HFP) incorporated with NH4SCN”, S. Shenbagavalli, M. Muthuvinayagam*, M.S. Revathy, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 579(2022) 121368. I.F: 3.5

24. “Determination of Collimator Helmet Factors for Leksell

Gamma Knife 4C Unit Using GAF Chromic EBT3 Film and

ImageJ Software” Ponnusamy Natesan, Senthil Manikandan Palaniappan*,Muthuvinayagam.M, Ganesh K.M, Malla Bhaskar Rao, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, Vol 22(12),(2022), 4031-4035. I.F.: 1.7.

25. “Ionic conductivity and dielectric studies on PVP/PEO/

(NH4)2Ce(NO3)6 based solid polymer-blend electrolytes” S SHENBAGAVALLI, M Muthuvinayagam,* , M S REVATHY and P SASIKUMAR, Bulletin of materials science, (2022) 45:125. I.F.: 1.9.

26. “Enhancement of intrinsic green emission in phase pure ZnO” V. Sivakumar, D. Sivaganesh, J. Nandha Gopal, M. Muthuvinayagam, Ji Man Kim,

Padmanathan Karthick Kannan, S. Saravanakumar*, Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter, 644(2022)414155. I.F.: 3.5

27. “Studies on structural, electrical and electrochemical properties of biodegradable PVP/starch blend polymer electrolytes with ammonium ceric nitrate for energy storage devices” C Nithya Priya, M Muthuvinayagam* , S Ramesh and K Ramesh, Energy & Environment  (2022), 1–18.  I.F: 3.0

28. “Electrical properties of Mg2+ ion-conducting PEO: P(VdF-HFP) based solid blend polymer electrolytes”, S. Shenbagavalli, M. Muthuvinayagam*, M.S. Revathy, Jr. Polymer 256(2022)125242. I.F: 4.4

29.   “Effect of nano TiO2 on the thransport, structural and thermal properties of

PEMA-NaI solid polymer electrolytes for energy storage devices” S. Jayanthi, S. Shenbagavalli , M. Muthuvinayagam ,*, B. Sundaresan, Materials Science & Engineering B, 285(2022)115942. I.F: 3.5

30.  “Enhancement of electrical and electrochemical properties of sodium

bromide incorporated with poly (ethylene oxide)/poly (vinylidene

fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) solid blend polymer electrolytes for

electrochemical double layer capacitors” S. Shenbagavalli, M. Muthuvinayagam,*, M.S. Revathy, Journal of Energy Storage, 55 (2022) 105726. I.F: 9

31.  “Characterization of lithium‑based poly (ethylene oxide)/poly (vinylidene fuoride‑co‑hexafuoropropylene) solid blend polymer electrolytes for energy storage applications”  S. Shenbagavalli, M. Muthuvinayagam*, M. S. Revathy, Ionics, Ionics https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-022-04794-y.  I.F: 3.0

32. “Environmental friendly solid blend polymer electrolytes based on PVA:starch:ceric ammonium nitrate for electric double layer capacitor (EDLC) applications”  C Nithya Priya, M Muthuvinayagam* , M. Vahini, Jr. of Materials Science (Dec’ 2022)  I.F: 3.0 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-08098-4)

Awards & Honours:

Awards & Recognitions:

• Reviewer in journals: Jr. of Electrochemica Acta, Jr of Polymers for Advanced 

                                  Technologies, Ionics & ANJAC Jr. of Sciences, Jr. of Non-

                                  crystalline solids, Mem. Science

• Reviewer award by Elsevier

• Blood Donation camp award by Ministry of Tamilnadu Government

• Best Researcher award by IQAC.

• Book publication- motivation award-iqac,KLU

• Books Published:  1. Applied Physics, McGraw Hill Publications, New Delhi, 2017

                             2. Materials Physics, McGraw Hill Publications, New Delhi,2017.

                            3. Engineering Physics-I, Dhanam Publications, Chennai, 2015

                             4. Engineering Physics-II, Dhanam Publications, Chennai,2015

·   Technical  Skills: Hand-on experience on XRD, FTIR, SEM with EDS,

                          AC Impedance Spectroscopy

• Ph.D. Guidance:  Awarded: 3,  Doing: 3

• Visiting faculty of A.P. Goyal Shimla University, Shimla during February’ 2016

• Expert  for Ph.D. viva-voce, Ph.D. colloquium 

• External Examiner: Physics lab., Madura college during  2019

• Questing Paper setting: ANJA College, Sivakasi,  Saveetha Engg. College on 2019.

• Advisory Committee member for International conference on Indo-UK International Virtual Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental Applications (ICANEE-2020) 16th -18th September 2020 at Department of
  Nanoscience and Technology, Alagappa University.

 Abroad visits:

 Delivered Guest lecture on “Enhancing ionic conductivity of solid polymer electrolytes”in an international conference organized by Scientific  Federation Adobe for Researchers, Dubai, UAE during 21-23 November 2016.

• Visiting Researcher in University of  Malaya, (2018) Malaysia.

• Visiting Researcher  in University Malaysia Terrengganu, (2017) Malaysia.

Collaboration/ Co-authors:

Doing research work in collaboration with the following institutes,

Kalaslingam University, Tamilnadu

University Malaysia Terrengganu, Malaysia

University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Alagappa University, Karaikudi

Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.

A.P. Goyal Shimla University, Shimla

NIMHANS, Bangalore

Alagappa Chettiyar College of Technology, Karaikudi.

Contact: muthuvinayaggamm.sse@saveetha.com

             mmuthuvinayagam@gmail.com

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