Dr. VIJAYAKUMAR

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Ø Post-Doctoral Fellow: Research Center, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai – 603110 (27 August 2020 – 26 August 2021)

Ø Post-Doctoral Fellow: Shenzhen Polytechnic University, Shenzhen, P.R.China (17 February – Postponed due to COVID-19)

Ø Research Associate:  Division of Physics, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Chennai - 6000127 (1 December 2018-            24 January 2020)

·  Enhancing efficiency in nonlinear optical device applications by enhancing nonlinearity due to energy transfer in binary dye doped polymers – Funded by CSIR

Ø Senior Research Fellow : Division of Physics, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Chennai -6000127 (7 February 2018-            30 November 2018)

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Ø Awarded “SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP” in the DST-SERB sponsored major research project

Ø  Received “BEST PAPER AWARD” in “XVIII National seminar on crystal growth” (with International Participation), held on feb 24-26, 2014 at SSN College of engineering, Kalavakam, Chennai.

Ø Received “BEST PAPER AWARD” in “International conference on recent trends in applied science and technology”, held on 8th and 9th September 2017at Anna University, Chennai.

Ø Received “BEST THESIS AWARD” in “XXII National seminar on crystal growth, held on January 29-31, 2018 at Sacred Heart College, Tirupattur.

Ø Received “Best Research Interaction Award” in XXIII National seminar on crystal growth, held on January 28-30, 2019 at Bharathiyar University.

   PROJECTS HANDLED

(i)Name of the funding agency

·  Department of Science and Technology - School of Education and Research Board (DST-SERB)

          Title of the Project                 

·      Indigeneous optical cell fabrication from guanidinium based organic  crystals for nonlinear optical applications

        Designation  :  Senior Research Fellow

        Duration       :  May 2015 – September 2016

(ii) Name of the funding agency 

·  Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

        Title of the Project  

· Enhancing efficiency in nonlinear optical device applications by enhancing nonlinearity due to energy transfer in binary dye doped polymers 

          Designation  :  Senior Research Fellow

      Duration   :  07 Febuary 2018 – 30 November 2018

      Designation  :  Research Associate

      Duration : 1 December 2018 – 24 January 2020

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1. A. Raja, RO. MU. Jauhar, K. Ramachandran, V. Sivasubramani, R. Ramesh kumar, Muthu Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, ‘A Quintuple layered binary chalcogenide Sb2Te3 single crystal and its transport properties for thermoelectric applications’, ACS Omega 2022, 7, 27798−27803 

2.    RO. MU. Jauhar, A. Raja, R. Rajkumar, K. Ramachandran, V. Viswanathan, K. Saravanan, Paavai. Era, V. Malarvizhi, G. Anbalagan, Muthu Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, ‘Thermoelectric transport properties in ternary chalcogenide (CuBiSe2) crystal grown by Bridgman-Stockbarger method for thermo-electric applications’, Journal of Crystal Growth, 578 (2022) 126427 

3. I. Sivagami, RO. MU. Jauhar, Paavai. Era, V. Viswanathan, G. Vinitha, S. Ranjani, T. Sivanesan, ‘Growth, structural, spectral, Hirshfeld analysis, photoluminescence, linear and third order NLO properties of a novel organic p-toluidinium succinate succinic acid single crystal’, Journal of Crystal Growth, 580 (2021) 126471 

4. P. Vivek, M. Rekha, A. Suvitha, G. Saravana Kumar, RO. MU. Jauhar,  M. Mahesh, M. Kowsalya & Ananth Steephen, ‘Optical limiting behavior, nonlinear optical studies, geometrical descriptors, chemical properties data, topology analysis on tetraethylammonium L-tartarate dihydrate crystals’, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2021.2012329 

5.    P. Vivek, M. Rekha, GS Kumar, RO MU Jauhar, M Kousalya, S. Ananth, ‘Experimental, theoretical investigations on second order nonlinear optical solicitations of Anilinium Hydrogen Sulfate (AHS)’, Journal of Optics (2021)

6. Paavai Era, RO MU Jauhar, V Viswanathan, M Madhangi, G Vinitha, M Basheer Ahamed, P Murugakoothan, ‘The exploration of the crystal nucleation parameters and physico-chemical analysis of a single crystal: 2-amino-4,6-dimethoxypyrimidinium hydrogen (2R,3R)-tartrate 2-amino-4,6-dimethoxypyrimidine’, RSC Advances, 11 (2021) 15710-15721

7. V. Sivasubramani, Arumugam Raja, RO.MU. Jauhar, K. Ramachandran, V. Viswanathan,  Muthu Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, G. Vinitha ‘Synthesis, crystal growth, structure, crystalline perfection, thermal, linear, and nonlinear optical investigations on 2-amino-5-nitropyridine 4-chlorobenzoic acid (1:1): a novel organic single crystal for NLO and optical limiting applications’ Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 32  (2021) 15026–15045  

8. P Vivek, M Rekha, Ananth Steephen, RO MU Jauhar, G Saravana Kumar, A Suvitha, N Karunagaran, M Kowsalya, ‘Nonlinear optical crystalline nature bis (2, 6-diaminopyridinium) hydrogen phthalate nitrate monohydrate (APPN): Development and its phase matching nature’, Results in Optics, 3 (2021) 100075

9.    K. Ramachandran, Arumugam Raja, V. Sivasubramani, RO.MU. Jauhar, Muthu Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, ‘Methyl 4-aminobenzoate (MAB) single crystal grown by Bridgman - Stockbarger method for optical applications, 2021, Optical Materials, 113 (2021) 110891

10. P. Vivek,  G. Saravana Kumar,  Ananth Steephen,        RO. MU. Jauhar, A. Suvitha, M. Rekha, M. Kowsalya, N. Karunagaran & R. Arunkumar, ‘Development of organic crystalline nature guanidinium nitrate (GuN): structural, frontier molecular orbital, optical, thermal, mechanical, theoretical and experimental SHG and Z-scan properties for NLO device uses’, 2021, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics,DOI: 10.1007/s10854-020-05190-w

11. P. Vivek, A. Suvitha, RO. MU. Jauhar,  Ananth Steephen, R. Arunkumar, M. Kowsalya, N. Karunagaran, M. Rekha, ‘Determination of SHG deff by Maker fringes studies on unidirectional grown guanidinium chlorochromate single crystal for NLO device applications’, 2021,                       Journal of Optics, DOI: 10.1007/s12596-020-00664-w 

12. Paavai. Era, RO. MU. Jauhar, P. Vivek, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Investigation on the optical, electronic, mechanical and thermal parameters of guanidinium       p-toluenesulfonate single crystal for opto-electronic applications’, 2021, Materials Chemistry and Physics

13. A. Suresh, RO. MU. Jauhar, N. Manikandan, T. C Sabari Girisun, G Vinitha,’ ‘Experimental and computational studies on third order urea salicylic acid single crystal for optoelectronic device applications’ Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 

14. RO. MU. Jauhar, Paavai. Era, P. Vivek, ‘Thermal kinetics, 3D-FMOs and spectral phase matching of 2-aminopyridinium diphenylacetate diphenylacetic acid crystal’, 2020, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 31, 14512-14520

15. Tejaswi Ashok Hegde, Atanu Dutta, RO. MU. 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’, 2020, Optical Materials, 107, 110033 

16. Paavai. Era, RO. MU. Jauhar, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Optimization of growth parameters and investigations on the physico-chemical properties of an organometallic guanidinium chromate single crystal for nonlinear optical and optical limiting applications’, 2020, Optical Materials, 99, 109558 

17. Paavai. Era, RO.MU. Jauhar, V. Viswanathan, G. Vinitha, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Crystal structure, DFT and third order non-linear optical studies of an organic bisguanidinium isophthalate monohydrate single crystal’, 2020, Journal of Molecular Structure 1204 (2020) 127476 

18. M. Madhangi, RO. MU. Jauhar, Paavai. Era, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Enhanced morphology of l-histidinium 4-methylbenzene sulfonate via recrystallization and study on its physio-chemical properties’, 2020, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 31, 5635-5646 

19. Apurva Gupta, Raseel Rahman M.K., RO. MU. Jauhar, V.Sivasubramani, N.Vijayan, G.Vinitha and Lekha Nair, ‘Growth of L-asparagine monohydrate and its structural, optical, mechanical, thermal and electrical studies for nonlinear optical applications’, 2020, Materials Research Express, 

20. RO.MU. Jauhar, Paavai. Era, P. Vivek, G. Vinitha,    P. Murugakoothan, ‘Synthesis, structural, frontier molecular orbitals, Hirshfeld analysis and luminescence properties of an organic 2-amino-4, 6-dimethoxypyrimidine 4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid monohydrate single crystal’, 2019, Chinese Journal of Physics, Elsevier, 60, 262-270 

21. RO.MU. Jauhar, D. Mahendiran, V. Viswanathan, Paavai. Era, G. Vinitha, D. Velmurugan,  P. Murugakoothan, ‘Structural, multichannel sensing and optical properties of 2-aminopyridinium diphenylacetate diphenylacetic acid crystal’, 2018, Materials Chemistry and Physics , Elsevier, 2018, 219, 478-492 

22. RO.MU. Jauhar, Paavai. Era, V. Viswanathan, P. Vivek,       G. Vinitha,  P.  Murugakoothan, ‘Crystal engineering, structural and optical properties of 2-aminopyridinium diphenylacetate diphenylacetic acid crystal’, Journal of Crystal Growth, 2018, 498, 115-123, Elsevier, 2018, 498, 115–123 

23. M. Subha, K. Anitha, RO. MU. Jauhar, ‘The Effect of Malonic acid on the Physico-Chemical Characterisation of 4-Hydroxy Pyridine: A New Third order NLO single crystal’ Journal of Molecular Structure, 2019, 1179, 469-476, Elsevier 

24. M. Rekha, M. Kowsalya, S. Ananth, P. Vivek, RO. MU. Jauhar, ‘Current-Voltage characteristics of new organic natural dye extracted from Terminalia Chebula for dye sensitized solar cell applications’, Journal of Optics, 2019, 48, 104-112, Springer 

25. RO.MU. Jauhar, Paavai. Era, V. Viswanathan, P. Vivek, G. Vinitha, D. Velmurugan, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Crystal structure, molecular packing, FMO, NBO, nonlinear optical and optical limiting properties of an organic imidazolium diphenylacetate diphenylacetic acid single crystal’, New Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 42, 2439, Royal Society of Chemistry 

26. RO.MU. Jauhar, V. Viswanathan, P. Vivek, G. Vinitha, D. Velmurugan, P. Murugakoothan, ‘A new organic NLO material isonicotinamidium picrate (ISPA): crystal structure, structural modeling and its physico-chemical properties’, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 57977, Royal Society of Chemistry 

27. RO.MU. Jauhar, S. Kalainathan, P. Murugakoothan,  ‘Three dimensional organic framework of 2-amino 4, 6 dimethoxypyrimidine p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate: synthesis, single crystal growth and its properties’, Journal of Crystal Growth, 2015,  424, 42–48, Elsevier 

28. RO.MU. Jauhar, P. Vivek, K. Sudhakar, S. Kalainathan, M. NizamMohideen, P.Murugakoothan, ‘Self-assembled supramolecular synthons of 2,6 diaminopyridinium tosylate: synthesis, single crystal growth and its characterization’, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2016, 124, 871 – 879, Springer 

29. V. Yuvaraj, RO.MU. Jauhar, M. NizamMohideen,     G. Rajarajan, M. Arockiadoss, S. Savithiri, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Synthesis, structural, optical and thermal studies on 3,5-diethyl-2, 6- di (4-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxopiperidinium chloride’, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2016, 1123, 238 – 244, Elsevier

30. RO.MU. Jauhar, G. Vinitha, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Single crystal growth of bis guanidinium hydrogen phosphate monohydrate by Sankaranarayanan-Ramasamy method and investigation of its linear and nonlinear optical properties’ Journal of Crystal Growth, 2016, 455, 90-93, Elsevier 

31. A. Suresh, N. Manikandan, RO. MU. Jauhar, P. Murugakoothan, G. Vinitha, ‘Growth and characterization of Urea p-nitrophenol crystal-an organic nonlinear optical material for optoelectronic device application’, Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, 2018, 124, 419,  Springer 

32. P.Vivek, RO. MU. Jauhar, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Development of optical element on bulk bisguanidinium hydrogenphosphate monohydrate single crystal for nonlinear optical device applications’ Journal of Optics, 2017, 46, 368-374, Springer  

33. RO. MU. Jauhar, Mudasir H. Dar, P. Vivek, D. Narayana Rao, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Investigations on the growth, thermal, dielectric tensor, linear and nonlinear optical properties of an acid molecule: Diphenylacetic acid single crystals’, Journal of Optics, 2018, 47, 28 -34, Springer 

34. Paavai. Era, RO.MU. Jauhar, G. Vinitha, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Synthesis, growth, structural modeling and physico-chemical properties of a charge transfer molecule: Guanidinium tosylate’, Optics and Laser Technology, 101 (2018) 127-137, Elsevier 

35. P. Vivek, RO. MU. Jauhar, A. Suvitha, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Habitual growth and its influence on the properties of anilinium perchlorate for nonlinear optical device applications’, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2018, 29, 5718 – 5725, Springer 

36. R. Arunkumar, D. Benny Anburaj, RO. MU. Jauhar,                      P. Vivek,  R. K. Balachandar, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Synthesis, growth, frontier molecular orbitals, fracture mechanics and nonlinear optical studies of l-serine methyl ester hydrochloride single crystal’, Journal of Optics, 2018, 47, 374-379, Springer 

37. RO. MU. Jauhar, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Optimization, Frontier Molecular Orbitals and Dielectric Studies On 2,6 DiaminopyridiniumTosylate Single Crystals’ American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, 1832, 100005-3, 2017

38. RO. MU. Jauhar, Paavai Era, P Murugakoothan, ‘Growth, Piezoelectric Study and Particle Size Dependent SHG of an 80 mm long SR Grown Imidazolium l-Tartrate Single Crystals’ American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, 2018, 1953, 070003

39. RO. MU. Jauhar, Paavai Era, P Murugakoothan, ‘Growth, Optimized Molecular Geometry, Natural Bonding Orbitals and Dielectric Studies of Imidazolium Diphenylacetate Diphenylacetic Acid Single Crystal’ American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, 2018, 1942, 100009.

40. RO.MU. Jauhar, G. Peramaiyan, P. Murugakoothan, ‘On the determination of load dependent parameters and dielectric tensor analysis of an organic diphenylacetic acid single crystal’, Springer Proceedings in Physics, 189, 485-492, 2017.

41. RO.MU. Jauhar, P. Murugakoothan ‘synthesis, growth and structural analysis of 2-amino 4, 6 dimethoxypyrimidine p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate’, Indo- Asian journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 2015, 1, 411-413.

42. RO.MU. Jauhar, P. Murugakoothan ‘Laser damage threshold study of organic 2- amino 4-methylpyridinium p-aminobenzoate single crystal’ Proceedings of National Laser Symposium, NLS-23, S.V. University, Tirupati. 3-6 Dec 2014, ISBN: 9788190332156

43. RO. MU. Jauhar, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Synthesis, growth, optical and laser damage threshold studies of diphenylacetic acid single crystals’, Proceedings of National Laser Symposium, NLS-24, RRCAT, Indore. 2-5 Dec 2015, ISBN: 978-81-903321-6-3.

44. RO. MU. Jauhar, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Optical transmittance, laser damage threshold and optical limiting properties of imidazolium diphenylacetate single crystal’ Proceedings of National Laser Symposium, NLS - 25 KIIT University, Odisha, ISBN: 978-81-903321-7-0

45. RO. MU. Jauhar, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Investigations on the supramolecular assemblies of pyridine based organic crystals for nonlinear optical applications’ Science Technology and Research Journal, 2017, 1, 34-39.

46. Paavai. Era, RO. MU. Jauhar, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Laser damage threshold and optical limiting behavior of guanidinium 4-methylbenzene sulfonate single crystal’, Proceedings of National Laser Symposium, BARC, Mumbai 

47. M. Madhangi, RO. MU. Jauhar, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Growth and third order nonlinear optical properties of an organic 2- amino 4-picolinium p-aminobenzoate single crystal’, Proceedings of National Laser Symposium, BARC, Mumbai

48. M. Madhangi, RO. MU. Jauhar, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Electronic, nonlinear optical and optical limiting properties of 2-amino 3-propanoic 4-methylbenzenesulfonate single crystal’, American Institute of Physics, 2115, 030403 (2019) 

49. Paavai Era, RO. MU. Jauhar, A. Vinothini, and P. Murugakoothan, ‘Growth, optimized molecular geometry, natural bonding orbitals and electronic study of organic single crystal: Iminomethanediamine tosylate’, American Institute of Physics, 2117, 020026 (2019) 

50. Paavai Era, RO. MU. Jauhar, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis on a Dielectric Material: Guanidine Chromate Single Crystal for the Fabrication of Photonic Applications’, American Institute of Physics, 2020

51. M. Madhangi, RO. MU. Jauhar, P. Murugakoothan, ‘Electronic, Nonlinear Optical and Optical limiting properties of 2- Amino-3-(1H-imidazole-4-yl) Propanoic Tetrafluoroborate (2A3PT) Single Crystal’, American Institute of Physics, 2020, Accepted

Cumulative Impact Factor : 116.24      Citations: 260

H-index: 09      i10 index: 08