About Department
The Department of Physics, established in 1994, offers the foundational course, Engineering/Applied Physics, essential for all engineering disciplines with highly qualified and committed faculty members specializing in various Physics/Material Science disciplines. Research lab has been established across different areas to meet the evolving needs of faculty, research scholars and students. Additionally, faculty members are recognized as research supervisors by Anna University. Faculty members frequently serve as resource persons at conferences, workshops, and faculty development programs, while also contributing as reviewers for esteemed journals.
Department Contact
From the Hod's Desk
Dr.V.Vasudevan
Associate Professor & HoD
Crystal growth, Nonlinear optical materials, Green synthesis of nanomaterials, Photonic & Optolectronic Materials, Functional Material Characterization
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-2188084742 | College ID:CTPHF003
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Dr.V.Vasudevan is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Physics at K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology. He obtained his Master's degree from Madras University, Chennai, and his Doctoral degree from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, where he received a CSIR Senior Research Fellowship for his doctoral studies. With a total teaching experience of 12 years, his research interests encompass Crystal Growth, Nonlinear Optical Materials, Green Synthesis of Nanomaterials, Photonic & Optoelectronic Materials, and Functional Material Characterization. He received a UGC minor research project entitled "Effect of metal ions on physical and chemical properties of unidirectionally grown amino acid based semi-organic single crystals" (MRP-6106/15 (SERO/UGC)). He is a recognised research supervisor from the Centre for Research, Anna University. He has published research papers in various international reputed journals and in conferences, and he has also filed and published his research findings in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).
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Our Intellectuals
Mr.S.Vanchinathan
Assistant Professor
Luminescence materials, Solid State Physics
Dr.M.Malarvizhi
Assistant Professor
Supercapacitor, Energy storage materials, Energy storage device fabrication
Dr.P.Suthanthira Kumar
Assistant Professor
Materials Science, Luminescence, Glass Science and Technology
Dr.S.Saveetha
Assistant Professor
Specialization Energy Storage Devices, Plasma Physics
Non-Teaching staff
Video Lectures
Academic Laboratory
Lab Incharge - Faculty : Dr.P.Suthanthira Kumar
Staff : Mrs.R.Gandhimathi
Lab Incharge Mail Id : [email protected]
| S.No | NAME OF THE EQUIPMENT | QUANTITY AVAILABLE |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hall Effect Setup | 03 |
| 2 | Band Gap Kit | 06 |
| 3 | Zener Diode Kit | 06 |
| 4 | Air Wedge Setup | 06 |
| 5 | Newton‘s Ring Setup | 06 |
| 6 | Spectrometer | 12 |
| 7 | Laser Setup | 06 |
| 8 | Planck’s Constant Apparatus | 06 |
| 9 | Stefan’s Constant Apparatus | 06 |
| 10 | Stewart And Gee - Tangent Galvanometer | 06 |
| 11 | Young’s Modulus Setup | 12 |
| 12 | Torsional Pendulum | 06 |
| 13 | Solar Cell Kit | 06 |
| 14 | Digital Capacitance Meter | 06 |
| 15 | Travelling Microscope | 20 |
| 16 | Hot Air Oven (R&D) | 01 |
| 17 | Spin Coating Unit (R&D) | 01 |
| 18 | Muffle Furnace (R&D) | 01 |
| 19 | Constant Temperature Bath (R&D) | 02 |
| 20 | Photocatalytic Analysis Instrument (R&D) | 01 |
| 21 | Centrifuge (R&D) | 01 |
| 22 | Gas Sensor (R&D) | 01 |
| S.No. | Name of the Staff | A.U. Chennai Supervisor Recognition Lr. No. & Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dr. V. Vasudevan | Lr.No.SUPR/22nd RB / DB & 21.11.2013 |
| 2. | Dr. P. Suthanthira kumar | Lr.No.SUPR/AR2 & 07.03.2023 |
| S.No. | Academic Year | Agency | Name of the Event/ Activity | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2015-16 | UGC-MRP | UGC-MRP Effect of Metal ions on Physical and Chemical Properties of Unidirectionally grown Amino acidbased Semi-organic Single Crystals | 3,00,000 |
| S.No. | Academic Year | Book Chapters | Journals | Conference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | International | National | International | |||
| 1. | 2023-24 | 01 | - | 04 | - | 02 |
| 2. | 2022-23 | 01 | - | 04 | 03 | 01 |
| 3. | 2021–2022 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. | 2020-21 | - | - | - | - | - |
| S.No. | Academic Year | Patients | Copyrights | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filed | Published | Granted | Filed | Granted | ||
| 1. | 2023-24 | - | 02 | - | 01 | - |
| 2. | 2022-23 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. | 2021-22 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. | 2020-21 | - | - | - | - | - |
| S.No. | Name of the Equipment | Purpose | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Spin Coating Unit (SpinNXG-P1) | Spin coater used in microfabrication of functional oxide layers on glass or single crystal substrates using sol-gel precursors, where it can be used to create uniform thin films with nanoscale thicknesses. |  |
| 2. | Constant Temperature bath with cryostat | Constant temperature bath with cryostat used to grow single crystals by slow evaporation and slow cooling techniques |  |
| 3. | Gas Sensor | To analyze the gas sensing characteristics of thin films deposited by various methods |  |
| 4. | Photo catalytic studies equipment | Photo catalytic studies are used to analyse the biodegradation of various nanomaterials |  |
| 5. | UV-Vis SPECTROMETER | UV absorption spectroscopy be used for the quantitative determination of compounds that absorb UV radiation |  |
| S.NO. | Date | Event | Title of the Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 11.06.2024 | Guest Lecture | Energy Storage:Materials and Supercapacitor device |
| 02 | 21.01.2024 | Guest Lecture | Recent Trends in Physics of Functional Materials & Devices |
| 03 | 20.01.2024 | Guest Lecture | Sputtering Technology for Fabricating Nano Thin Films and Their Applications in Modern Devices |
