Cochin University of Science andTechnology SPIE Student Chapter

Optoelectronic Devices Laboratory, Department of PhysicsCochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi - 682 022, India

Phone: 91-484-2577404 Extn 33Fax: +91-484-2577595

E-Mail: cusatspie@gmail.comWeb: http://physics.cusat.ac.in/spie.htm

Annual Report (October 2011 to September 2012)

Cochin University SPIE Student chapter celebrated its 7th year of active research related

activities during this year. Since its inspection in 2005 the chapter was really enthusiastic in various

academic activities. At present the chapter has 24 members. The chapter members are currently

working in the areas of Nanophosphors and Quantum wells, Transparent Thin Film Transistors,

Oxide Phosphors and Thin Film Electroluminescent Devices, Hydrothermal Growth of

Nanoparticles, Spintronics, Transparent Conducting Oxides, Plasma studies, Ferroelectric Random

Access Memories, Holography and Conducting Polymers. All the members of the chapter are

actively participating in the programs organized by the chapter and Dept. of Physics. Current year

the following activities were carried out by the SPIE CUSAT student chapter.

Academic Training

The SPIE-CUSAT Student Chapter in association with Department of Physics, Cochin

University of Science and Technology conducted Academic Training for Graduate/Post graduate

Students of various institutions in Kerala. Nine students have completed their academic projects in

the areas of Optoelectronic Devices, Non-linear Optics and Thin films for bio medical applications,

this year. This year the students were trained in the following areas.

Sl.

No

Name Course Name of the Institute Title of the project

1 Arif M.Sc Physics Cochin University of Sciencce

& Technology, Kochi

Synthesis and characterisation of

TiO2 nanotubes by anodisation

2 Vipin M.Sc Physics Cochin University of Sciencce

& Technology, Kochi

Photocatalytic degradation of dye

using TiO2 nanotubes

3 Saranya

babu

M.Sc Physics Cochin University of Sciencce

& Technology, Kochi

Synthesis and characterisation

and SERS studies of silver

nanostructures of various

morphologies

4 Vrinda B.Sc Physics Sacred Heart College, Kochi Synthesis and characterisation of

silver nanoparticles by liquid

phase pulsed laser ablation

5 Deepthi B.Sc Physics Sacred Heart College, Kochi Synthesis and characterisation of

ZnO nanorods by hydrothermal

method

6 Noble B.Sc Physics Sacred Heart College, Kochi Synthesis and characterisation of

gold nanoparticles by liquid

phase pulsed laser ablation

7 Sruthi B.Sc Physics Sacred Heart College, Kochi Synthesis and characterisation of

ZnO nanoparticles by

hydrothermal method

8 Anooja Integrated

M.Sc

IISER, Mohali Spectroscopic techniques for

material characterisation

9 Aiswarya Integrated

M.Sc

IISER, Mohali Spectroscopic techniques for

material characterisation

10 Meera M.Phil Mahathma Gandhi Univesity,

Kerala

Synthesis and characterisation of

anatase TiO2 nanoparticles and

its photocatalytic activity

11 Archana M.Sc Mahathma Gandhi Univesity,

Kerala

Low temperature hydrothermal

synthesis of SnO2 nanostructures

12 Shijeesh M

R

M.phil Cochin University of Sciencce

& Technology, Kochi

Characterisation of FTO thin

films grown by

RF magnetron sputtering

13 Rameeja B.Sc Physics St. Teresas's college, Kochi A study on variation in

properties of the materials in

nanometer scale

14 Elwina babu M.Sc physics Sacred Heart College, Trissur Preparation and characterisation

of indium galium zinc oxide

thinfilm using sputtering

Workshop for School students

One of the auspicious programmes of the chapters is the workshop for school students

conducted every year during the summer holidays. This outreach program aims to attract talented

students to the fascinating world of Science and Technology. This year Chapter organized a

workshop on "Physics: Scope and Awareness" during 23rd - 28th of April 2012. Students from all

over Kerala attended the programme. Year by year it is getting more appreciation. We are happy to

say that most of the attendees of previous year’s workshop had selected science as their main topic

for higher studies. The classes were handled by the faculty members of the university. During the

workshop a telescope making session also were organized in which the participating students built

their own telescopes.

Cochin University Vice Chancellor Dr. Ramachandran Thekkedath inaugurating the workshop

School students during the workshop

Academy of Physics Teachers( APT ) annual meeting and award function

The Academy of Physics Teachers (APT) in Kerala is working hand in hand with Cochin University

SPIE student chapter. As part of its annual meeting SPIE Cochin university student chapter and APT

conducted a seminar on “Adventures with Physics teaching and learning” by Professor. C. Vijayan

from IIT Madras. Prizes were distributed to the winners of talent search exam conducted by APT as

part of the programme.

The Vice Chancellor of CUSAT inaugurating the annual meeting of APT

Prof. C. Vijayan delivering the talk

The Audience for APT annual meeting

Finishing school programme 2012

SPIE CUSAT Student chapter is currently organizing a series of training classes to equip the

chapter members, post graduate and MPhil students of the department to improve the problem

solving skills and reasoning ability etc to appear the National Eligibility Test (NET), Graduate

Aptitude Test in Engineering etc. This year’s classes started in September 2012. SPIE members and

faculty members are handling the classes. The ongoing classes will last till the end of this year. The

mission of finishing school 2012 is to enhance employability of fresh graduates and aspiring

teachers

Regular Seminar Series

Chapter organizes a series of seminars for the benefit of research and masters student

community of the department. Along with the lectures interactive session with the experts were also

arranged. The List of Seminars conducted this year is given below.

The accelerating Universe, by V C Kuriakose, Dept. of Physics, Cochin University of

Science and Technology, on October 27, 2011

War of Titans: The story of Galaxy evolution, by Dr. C D. Ravikumar, Department of

Physics, University of Calicut, on December 19, 2011

PV Solar cell activities, by Prof. Ramon Alcubilla, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya,

Barcelona, Spain on 23rd January 2012.

Organic devices (PV-TFTs), by Prof. Joaquim Puigdollers, Universitat Politecnica de

Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain on 24th January 2012.

Interaction with experts

SPIE members got the chance to meet and interact with members from foreign universities.

The visiting faculty members visited the labs and research facilities. There were interactive sessions

in the lab in which the SPIE members made a presentation on current research directions of the lab.

Interactions there after resulted in fruitful idea exchange.

Members from University of South Africa (UNISA) with SPIE members.

Prof. Ramon Alcubilla, Prof. Joaquim Puigdollers, and Mr. Sergi Galindo of Universitat Politecnica

de Catalunya Spain, with SPIE CUSAT student chapter members

A general body meeting held on 12th October 2012, presided

over the staff advisor Prof. M K Jayaraj is elected the following members as the new office barers.

Office Barers (2011-2012)

Staff Advisor : Dr. M. K. Jayaraj (email: mkj@cusat.ac.in)

President : Saritha Alookaran (email: sarithaac@gmail.com)

Vice President : Anand Balan (email: anandputhirath@gmail.com)

Secretary : Majeesh Mangalasseril(email: majeesh4u@gmail.com)

Treasurer : Shijeesh Methatta (email: shijeesh.mr@gmail.com)

Other members

1. Saritha Alookaran

2. Arun Aravind

3. Satish Balakrishnan

4. Anand Balan

5. Hasna Hasna

6. Saji Joseph

7. Mini Kannembath

8. Vishnu Kavungal

9. Sanal Kozhiparambil

10. James Kurathukulangara

11. Vanaja Kuzhikattil Achuthan

12. Majeesh Mangalasseril

13. Shijeesh Methatta

14. Aneesh Pacheri Madathil

15. Krishna Prasad Pazhampillisseril

16. Subha Perumpallikkathil

17. Sreeja Rajeswari

18. Manoj Ramachandran

19. Reshmi Raman

20. Ajimshja Rohini Sreedharan

21. Sasidharan Sasankakumar

22. Asha Sukumaran

23. Lawrence Sylaja Vikas

24. Joshy Varghese

SPIE Annual meeting

SPIE member Mr. Majeesh Mangalasseril participated in the SPIE Annual meeting held at

San Diego, USA on 11th August 2012. He is the winner of SPIE officer travel grant for the year

2012. He also participated in the Optics and Photonics 2012 conference held at San Diego during

12th to 16th of Augst 2012. Mr Majeesh presented a poster on “Preparation and Characterization of

FTO thin films by RF Magnetron Sputtering for Sensor applications”

Mr. Majeesh Mangalasseril with SPIE Student Activities Coordinator Mr. Dirk Fabian,

Student Services Lead, and friends at the SPIE Optics and Photonics 2012 conference.

A word of gratitude

We express our humble gratitude to the International Society for Optical engineering for

financial assistance, conference grant, officer’s travel grant and knowledge imparted.

Future plans

Monthly lecture programs which help a lot to the scholarly improvement of research and

post-graduate students will be continued.

Open house program will be conducted in February 2013 in association with Department of

Physics.

SPIE Discussion Forum - Monthly informal discussion on various current research topics by

the students.

Industry- Academia interaction will be conducted.

“Physics-Scope and awareness”- A ten day workshop for School children will be conducted

on April 2013.

Finsihing school programme to enhance employability of fresh graduates and aspiring

teachers

As part of the 50th year celebrations of Department of Physics Cochin University of Science

and Technology, the Physics Department along with SPIE Cochin University of Science and

Technology Student chapter and ECS Cochin University of science and Technology Student

chapter jointly organizing the 2nd International conference on Optoelectronic Materials and

Thin films for Advanced Technology (OMTAT 2013) which will be held from 3rd to 5th of

January, 2013 in Kochi, India. This is the 2nd in the series of OMTAT (1st was held in

December 2005 in Kochi, India). The theme of the conference is ‘oxide materials for

optoelectronic applications’. The aim of the symposium is to enhance mutual cooperation

and collaboration among academia and industries in the field of optoelectronic materials and

devices. The conference will be an ideal platform to share and exchange ideas on the latest

development in the areas of advanced materials and processing for futuristic optoelectronic

applications. The SPIE members are eligible for concession for registration fee. More

information is available in the conference website omtat2013.cusat.ac.in.

Financial statement (All figures in rupees)

Initial balance : 10095/-

SPIE Grant 2011 : 47904/-

Total income : 57999/-

Expense for Invited Talks : 7,000/-

Expense for monthly seminar : 6,500/-

Expense for chemicals, glass wares etc to conduct

experiment for graduate and postgraduate students : 20,000/-

Expense for conducting workshop for school students : 15,000/-

Total expense : 48,500/-

Balance in hand : 9499/-

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Major Publications of Members in the year of 2011-12

1. Effect of oxygen pressure and substrate temperature on the structural and electricalproperties of pulsed laser deposited BaPbO3 thin films, B Satish, M K Jayaraj, PhysicsExpress, Simplex Academic Publishers (accepted)

2. Buffer Assisted Epitaxial Growth of Bi1.5Zn1Nb1.5O7 Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Depositionfor Optoelectronic Applications, Krishnaprasad Sasi, Sebastian Mailadil, Fredy Rojas,Aldrin Antony, Jayaraj Madambi, MRS Spring 2012, USA(accepted).

3. Electroluminescent characteristics of ZnGa2O4:Dy3R thin film devices fabricated on glasssubstrates K. Mini Krishnay, G. Anoopz, and M. K. Jayaraj Phys. Status Solidi A, 1–5 (2012)/ DOI 10.1002/pssa.201228204

4. Liquid phase pulsed laser ablation of metal nanoparticles for nonlinear optical applications,Sreeja, R, Reshmi, P. M. Aneesh and Dr. M. K. Jayaraj, Science of Advanced Materials, 4,439, (2012)

5. Optical and magnetic properties of Copper doped ZnO nanorods prepared by hydrothermalmethod, Arun Aravind, Jayaraj M. K, Mukesh Kumar, Ramesh Chandra,Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (JMSE) (accepted)

6. Structural and Luminescent Characteristics of Pulsed Laser Deposited Eu3+ Doped Y2O3Thin Films, Anoop.G, Mini Krishna, M.K.jayaraj, Philosophical Magazine 92, 1777 (2011)

7. Pulsed laser deposited ZnO:Al thin films foroptoelectronic applications R. Manoj, M. K.Jayaraj, Journal of Intense Pulsed Lasers and Applications in Advanced Physics 2, 11 (2012)

8. Structural, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Highly Oriented Transition Metal(Mn/Co/Ni/Cu) Doped ZnO Thin Films Prepared by PLD, Arun Aravind, M.K. Jayaraj,Mukesh Kumar, Ramesh Chandra, 2012 MRS Spring Meeting proceedings (accepted)

9. Optical properties of Cu doped ZnO thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition, ArunAravind, M. K. Jayaraj, Physics Express, Simplex Academic Publishers (accepted)

10. Structural, optical and magnetic properties of Mn doped ZnO thin films prepared by pulsedlaser deposition, Arun Aravind, M.K. Jayaraj, Mukesh Kumar, Ramesh Chandra, MaterialsScience and Engineering:B, (accepted)

11. Buffer Assisted Epitaxial Growth of Bi1.5Zn1Nb1.5O7 Thin Films by Pulsed LaserDeposition for Optoelectronic Applications, Krishnaprasad Sasi, Sebastian Mailadil, FredyRojas, Aldrin Antony, Jayaraj Madambi, MRS Spring 2012, USA(accepted)

12. Sensitised luminescence of SrS: Dy, Cu, Cl phosphor E.I Anila and M.K.JayarajPhilosophical Magzine 91, 3641–3648 (2011)

13. Colour control in SrS:Cu,Cl powder phosphor E.I.Anila, I.P.Sanjaykumar and M.K.Jayaraj;Mater.Sci. Eng.A (2011) (In press)

14. Synthesis of biocompatible fluorescent HAp quantum dots, K. Hasna, L.S. Vikas, P. P.Subha, K.Rajeev Kumar, M.K.Jayaraj, Angel 2012, Taormina, Italy

15. Work function measurements of transparent conducting ZITO films by Kelvin ProbeMicroscopy, César Moreno, Sergi Galindo, Cristobal Voz, Joaquim Puigdollers, AldrinAntony, Paz Carreras, Joan Bertomeu, L.S. Vikas, M.K.jayaraj, Nanosolar 2012, Cochin,India.

16. Structural and electrical studies of pulsed laser deposited Sr3Ce2Pb6Ti12O36 thin films, P SKrishnaprasad, M T Sebastian, and M K Jayaraj, DAE-BRNS 6th National Symposium onPulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials (PLD 2011), IIScBanglore, India

17. Pulsed laser deposition of ferroelectric thin films for memory and tunable microwaveapplications, M. K. Jayaraj, P.S.Krishnaprasad, R.Reshmi, DAE-BRNS 6th NationalSymposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials (PLD2011), IISc Banglore, India

18. Optical properties of Cu doped ZnO thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition, ArunAravind and M. K. Jayaraj, DAE-BRNS 6th National Symposium on Pulsed LaserDeposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials (PLD 2011), Bangalore, India

19. Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanotubes, K Hasna, R Sreeja, P P Subha, K RajeevKumar and M K Jayaraj, NSNT 2011

20. M. Sajimol; P.B. Anand; K.M. Anil Kumar; S. Jayalekshmi ,"Exceptionally good,transparent and flexible FeS2/PVP and FeS2/PVA nanocomposite thin films with excellentUV-shielding properties" Polym Int 2012 (Accepted)

21. P.P.Jeeju, S. J.Varma, P.A.Francis Xavier, A. M. Sajimol, S.Jayalekshmi, "Novel Polypyrrolefilms with excellent crystallinity and good thermal stability" Materials chemistry andphysics. (Accepted)

22. On the structural and optical properties of gold.polyaniline nanocomposite synthesized via anovel route P. B. Anand, K. Hasna, K. M. Anilkumar and S. Jayalekshmi. Polym Int (2012)

23. Effect of annealing on the electrochemical properties of the Li-Mn-O thin films, prepared byhigh frequency RF magnetron sputtering, M. Rajive Tomy, , K.M. Anil Kumar, P.B. Anand,S. Jayalekshmi, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 73, 559, (2012)

24. Effect of annealing on structural and electrical properties of the Li-Mn-O thin films,prepared by high frequency RF magnetron sputtering, M. Rajive Tomy, , K.M. Anil Kumar,P.B. Anand, S. Jayalekshmi, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids,Volume 72 , 1251(2012)

25. Quantum confinement effects in highly conducting, ultrathin polyaniline flms pursuedthrough spectroscopic investigations, Sreekanth J. Varma, , Jerin George, P.P. Jeeju, S.Jayalekshmi, Journal of Luminescence, 132, 801, (2012)

26. Synthesis and studies on exceptionally crystalline polyaniline thin films, Sreekanth J Varma,Francis Xavier, Soney Varghese, Sankaran Jayalekshmi, Polymer International, 61, 743(2012)

27. "Excellent UV absorption in spin-coated thin films of oleic acid modified Zinc oxidenanorods embedded in Polyvinyl alcohol" M. Sajimol Augustine, , P.P. Jeeju, V.G. Sreevalsa,S. Jayalekshmi, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 73, 396 (2012)

28. Studies on the thermal, optical and dielectric properties of a new nonlinear optical crystal -L-citrulline oxalate grown by slow evaporation technique, Sreevalsa V. G, Jayalekshmi S.Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 64, 205 (2011)

29. Characterization Of Transparent PVA/Amino acid complex capped ZnO nano compositefilms,Sreevalsa V. G., Sajimol Augustine M. and Jayalekshmi S. , INTERNATIONALJOURNAL OF PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY, 15, 10 (2011)