Research Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Approved Research Center Since the Year 2000
  • Two Research Guides
  • Two Research Divisions
    • Crystal Growth
    • Nano-Bio- Polymer Science and Technology
  • 14Ph Ds awarded
  • 12 Research Students
  • Over 10Journal Publications Per Year in International Peer Reviewed Journals
  • Eight Major Projects and TenMinor Projects During 2007 -2019

PROJECTS RECEIVED BY THE PHYSICS DEPARTMENT DURING 2010 – 2019

Name of Faculty Title of the Project Funding Agency & Year Amount

  Dr. Sunny Mathew

Electrical and optical properties of ZnO nanostructured Thin Films for gas sensors

UGC
2011

85,000

Dr. Simon Augustine

Effect of annealing on structural, electrical and optical properties of pure and doped ZnO thin films under different oxygen partial pressures.

UGC
2010

1,65,000

Dr.Ison Vanchipurackal

Functionalization and colloidal processing of morphology and composition controlled PbX (X=S,Se) nanocrystals and investigating their inter-coupling for quantum dot sensitized solar cells

DST
2011

20,00,000

Dr.Ison Vanchipurackal

Investigating Photo induced charge transfer between semiconductor nano crystals and polymers for photovoltaic applications

DST
2012

87,000

Dr. Ison Vanchipurackal

Organic solar cell: optimizing hetro junction morphology

Ministry of Information Technology, India
2012

Two students of the college are executing the project work, in Indian Institute of Science at the cost of I I Sc

Prof. Antony Simon

Monte Carlo Simulation of Cell Migration

UGC
2012

70, 000.00

Dr. Ginson P Joseph

Third order nonlinear optical properties and optical switching in CdSe / CdTe Polythiophehe Nanocomposites

Science Engineering Research Board (SERB), New Delhi, India (2015 – 2018)

25,35,000.00

Dr. Ginson P Joseph

Development of frequency doubling thiocyanate complex and its lewis base adduct crystals for optoelectronic devices.

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) (2016 – 2019)

17,71,000.00

DETAILS OF RESEARCH GUIDES

Faculty Member Number of research students Research area

Dr. Ison V. Vanchipurackal

8

Nanostructures Solar cells

Dr. Ginson P. Joseph

8

Crystalgrowth, Nanocomposits

PUBLICATION PER FACULTY

Name of the Faculty No.  of Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals during the period 2007 – 2019

Dr. Michael Augustine

07

Dr. Simon Augustine

01

Dr. Sunny Mathew

05

Dr. Vincent Mathew

28

Dr.Ison V Vanchippurackal

10

Dr. Ginson P Joseph

28

Prof. Antony Simon (Expired in 2013)

 

01

Dr. Seena Mathew

02