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Dr. K. Jagannathan

Associate Professor & Head i/c

Department of Physics

Contact Information

Email : jagannak@srmist.edu.in

  • Ph.D., VIT University, 2009
  • M.Sc., Anna University, 2003
  • B.Sc., AA Govt. Arts College, Cheyyar, Madras University

  • Engineering Physics, Material Science, EMT, Quantum Mechanics, Waves and Optics and Semiconductor Physics

  • Nanotechnology, Crystal Growth, Polymer composites

  • The engineering of superparamagnetic ZnFe 2 O 4 /rGO nanocomposites: unlocking their untapped potential for optoelectronic applications. TJ Antony, K Jagannathan – Journal of Materials Science:
    Materials in Electronics, 2025
  • Characterization of a silver nanoparticle derived from the fruit peel of Myristica fragrans on mosquito control. VE Hillary, MD Senthamarai, TJ Antony, SA Ceasar, K Jagannathan – International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2025
  • Tailoring ZnFe 2 O 4 decorated rGO nanocomposite for enhanced pseudocapacitive performance. TJ
    Antony, K Jagannathan – Europhysics Letters, 2025
  • Acoustic Shock Wave Engineering of Cadmium Selenide: Structural, Optical, and Morphological Evolution FIM Bincy, S Oviya, RS Kumar, P Kannappan, K Jagannathan – Materialia, 2025
  • Defect-Engineered White-Light Emission in Zn-Substituted Ni 1-x Zn x Fe 2 O 4 –rGO Hybrid Spinel TJ
    Antony, K Jagannathan – Results in Surfaces and Interfaces, 2025
  • Synthesis and investigation of optical, electrochemical, and thermal properties of thiophene and thieno [3, 2-b] thiophene linked with modified 2, 4-thiazolidinedione copolymers for optoelectronic applications. B Kasi, K Jagannathan , N Kaliyaperumal, B Rathinam – Colloid and Polymer Science, 2025
  • Enhanced Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Lanthanum Doped-TiO 2 Photoelectrodes. S
    Thirupathi, K Jagannathan , J Kesavamoorthy – Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society, 2025
  • Impact of the fly Ash/alkaline activator ratio on the microstructure and dielectric properties of fly Ash KOH-based geopolymer. M Yadav, N Saini, L Kumar, VN Singh, K Jagannathan – CivilEng, 2024
  • Structural, morphological and optical properties of ZnFe 2 O 4 -decorated reduced graphene oxide
    nanocomposite for antibacterial applications. TJ Antony, K Jagannathan – Ceramics International, 2024
  • Synthesis, characterization, and biosensing performance of cobalt sulphide reinforced polyaniline
    composites. K Jeevagan, L Marini, MK Padmanabhan, M Vajjiravel, K Jagannathan – Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2024
  • Ultrasonic mediated dual-site phase transfer catalyzed polymerization of N-butenyl isatin in two phase system-a kinetic study. V Murugesan, E Marimuthu, B Rathinam, K Jagannathan – Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A, 2024
  • Facile one-step hydrothermal synthesis of ZnFe 2 O 4 nanoferrites for magnetic hyperthermia. TJ Antony, K Jagannathan – AIP Conference Proceedings, 2024
  • Optimizing the fly ash/activator ratio for a fly ash-based geopolymer through a study of microstructure, thermal stability, and electrical properties. M Yadav, L Kumar, V Yadav, K Jagannathan, VN Singh – Ceramics, 2023
  • Improvement of power conversion efficiency by tailoring of energy band gaps in Ag doped TiO 2 –SnO 2 nanocomposites. P Suriya, M Prabhu, V Ezhilselvi, K Jagannathan – Physica B:Condensed Matter, 2023
  • Preparation and Characterisation of VS 4 -PANI Composites for Fluorescent Metal Ions Sensing Applications. K Jeevagan, V Ezhilselvi, K Jagannathan – Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials, 2023
  • Systematic studies on the effect of structural modification of orange peel for remediation of phenol-contaminated water, L. Kumar, V. Yadav, M. Yadav, Neha, K. Jagannathan, V. Murugesan, and V. Ezhilselvi, Water Environment Research, e10872, 2023.
  • Structural, morphological, and magnetic analysis of hydrothermally synthesized MnFe2O4 magnetic nanoferrites, T.J. Antony, K. Thirunavukkarasu, and K. Jagannathan, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.03.051.
  • Synthesis and characterisation MoS2 nanoparticle-reinforced polyaniline matrix composites, K
    Jeevagan, E. Satheeshkumar, and K. Jagannathan, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023,
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.01.296.
  • Coprecipitation Methodology Synthesis of Cobalt‐Oxide Nanomaterials Influenced by pH Conditions: Opportunities in Optoelectronic Applications. V Ratchagar, M Muralidharan, M Silambarasan, K Jagannathan – International Journal of Photoenergy, 2023
  • Effect of Ag doping on the structural, optical, complex impedance, and photovoltaic properties of SnO2 nanoparticles prepared by the co-precipitation method for dye-sensitive solar cell applications
    P. Suriya, M. Prabhu, and K. Jagannathan, Optik 260, 168971, 2022.
  • Synthesis and structural, optical and photovoltaic characteristics of pure and Ag-doped TiO2
    nanoparticles for dye-sensitive solar cell applications, P. Suriya, M. Prabhu, and K. Jagannathan, Materials Today: Proceedings 65, 100–105, 2022.
  • Synthesis and dielectric analyses of NiS-reinforced polyaniline nanocomposites, K.Jeevagan,
    K. Jagannathan, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 32, 27409–27421, 2021.
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Efficient ZrO2 Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Behavior, V. Ratchagar, K. Jagannathan,Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism 33 (11), 3433–3441 (2020).
  • Effect of Ni dopant in the TiO2 matrix on the interfacial charge transportation and efficiency of DSSCs T. Sakthivel, K.A. Kumar, J. Senthilselvan, and K. Jagannathan Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 29 (3), 2228–2235 (2018)
  • Growth, structural, thermal, dielectric, and nonlinear optical properties of potassium hexachloro cadmate (IV), a novel single crystal P. Umarani, K. Jagannathan, Physica B: Condensed Matter, 530, 215-221 (2018)
  • Silver-doped TiO2 nanocrystallites for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) applications T.Sakthivel, K.A. Kumar, R.Ramanathan, J.Senthilselvan, and K. Jagannathan Materials Research Express 4 (12), 126310 (2017)
  • Studies on cyclic voltammogram properties of SnO2 nanoflower V.Ratchagar, K. Jagannathan Materials Research Innovations 21 (4), 195–197 (2017)
  • Growth and characterization of alkali metal-doped l-arginine acetate single crystals for higher harmonic generation P. Umarani, G. Bhagavannarayana, S. Kalainathan, and K. Jagannathan, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 28 (5), 4440–4448 (2017)
  • Structural and optical behavior of ZnS nanoparticles using different capping agents SC B.Gayatri, V.Ratchagar, P.Umarani, and K. Jagannathan, International Journal of Advanced Chemical Science and Applications, 5 (1), 16–20 (2017)
  • Synthesis, Structural and Optical Properties of Co-Doped TiO2 Nanocrystals by the Sol-Gel Method D.V.Sridevi, V.Ramesh, T.Sakthivel, K.Geetha, V.Ratchagar, and K. Jagannathan Mechanics, Materials Science & Engineering Journal 9 (1) (2017)
  • Structural, optical, morphological and elemental analysis of the sol-gel synthesis of Ni-doped TiO2 nanocrystallites T. Sakthivel, K. Jagannathan Mechanics, Materials Science & Engineering Journal 9 (1) (2017)
  • Effect of pH on the magnetic, thermal and dielectric properties of SnO2 nanomaterials V.Ratchagar, K. Jagannathan, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 689, 1088–1095 (2016)
  • Third-Order Nonlinear Properties of Pure and Na-Doped L-Arginine Acetate Single Crystals by the Z-Scan Technique P. Umarani, S. Kalainathan, and K. Jagannathan Oriental Journal of Chemistry, 32 (1), 213-218 (2016)
  • Growth and characterization of novel organic 3-Hydroxy Benzaldehyde-N-methyl-4 Stilbazolium Tosylate Crystals for NLO Applications K. Jagannathan, P. Umarani, V. Ratchagar, V. Ramesh, and S. Kalainathan Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 153, 735-740 (2016)
  • Synthesis and characterization of SnO2 nanoparticles for carbon-absorbing applications V.Ratchagar, K. Jagannathan Oriental Journal of Chemistry, 32 (1), 207 (2016)
  • Influence of pH on particle size and optical band gap of SnO2 nanomaterials V.Ratchagar, K. Jagannathan International Journal of ChemTech Research 7, 1433–1437 (2015)
  • Solid state parameters, structure elucidation, high-resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD), phase matching, thermal and impedance analysis on L-proline trichloroacetate (L-PTCA) P. Kalaiselvi, SAC Raj, K. Jagannathann, N.Vijayan, G. Bhagavannarayana, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 132, 726-732 (2014)
  • Growth, structural, thermal and mechanical behavior of lithium para nitrophenolate (LPNP) single crystal for nonlinear optical applications M.Mahadevan, P.Anandan, K. Jaganathan, and K. Ramachandran, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 16 (3–4), 252-256 (2014)
  • Growth and characterization of nearly perfect lithium para-nitrophenolate nonlinear optical single crystal M. Mahadevan, K. Jagannathan, P. Anandan, and K. Ramachandran AIP Conference Proceedings 1536 (1), 747–748 (2013)
  • Growth, spectroscopic and physicochemical properties of bis-mercury ferric chloride tetrathiocyanate: A nonlinear optical crystal V. Ramesh, A.S. Syed, K. Jagannathan, and K. Rajarajan Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 108, 236-243 (2013)
  • Experimental investigations on the synthesis, growth and characterization of MCCTC single crystals V. Ramesh, K.S. Kumar, A. Subashini, A. Shihabudheen, and K. Jaganathan, AIP Conference Proceedings 1447 (1), 1287–1288 (2012)
  • Effect of urea and thiourea on nonlinear optical hippuric acid crystals M.K. Mohan, K. Jagannathan, S.Ponnusamy, C. Muthamizhchelvan, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 72 (11), 1273–1278 (2011)
  • Growth and characterization of organic non-linear optical crystal 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde-N-methyl 4-stilbazolium tosylate (HBST) K. Jagannathan, S. Kalainathan, and G. Bhagavannarayana Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 73 (1), 79–83 (2009)
  • Mechanical and surface analysis of stilbazolium tosylate derivative crystals S. Kalainathan, K. Jagannathan, Journal of Crystal Growth 310 (7-9), 2043-2049 (2008)
  • Growth and characterization of 4-dimethylamino-N-methyl 4-stilbazolium tosylate (DAST) single crystals grown by the nucleation reduction method K. Jagannathan, S. Kalainathan Materials Research Bulletin 42 (11), 1881–1887 (2007)
  • Microhardness studies on 4-dimethylamino-N-methyl 4-stilbazolium tosylate (DAST) K. Jagannathan, S.Kalainathan, T. Gnanasekaran Materials Letters 61 (23–24), 4485–4488 (2007)
  • Growth and Characterization of the NLO Crystal 4-Dimethylamino-N-methyl-4-stilbazolium Tosylate (DAST) K. Jagannathan, S. Kalainathan, T. Ganasekaran, N. Vijayan, S. Kalainathan, Crystal Growth & Design, 7 (5), 859–863 (2007)
  • Growth and characterization of a novel organic NLO crystal: 4–ethoxybenzaldehyde–n–methyl 4–stilbazolium tosylate K. Jagannathan, S. Kalainathan, T. Ganasekaran, and N. Vijayan Crystal Research and Technology: Journal of Experimental and Industrial Crystallography, 42(5), 483–487 (2007)

  • Systematic studies on the effect of structural modification of orange peel for remediation of phenol-contaminated water, L. Kumar, V. Yadav, M. Yadav, Neha, K. Jagannathan, V. Murugesan, and V. Ezhilselvi, Water Environment Research, e10872, 2023.
  • Structural, morphological, and magnetic analysis of hydrothermally synthesized MnFe2O4 magnetic nanoferrites, T.J. Antony, K. Thirunavukkarasu, and K. Jagannathan, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.03.051.
  • Synthesis and characterisation MoS2 nanoparticle-reinforced polyaniline matrix composites, K
    Jeevagan, E. Satheeshkumar, and K. Jagannathan, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023,
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.01.296.
  • Effect of Ag doping on the structural, optical, complex impedance, and photovoltaic properties of SnO2 nanoparticles prepared by the co-precipitation method for dye-sensitive solar cell applications
    P. Suriya, M. Prabhu, and K. Jagannathan, Optik 260, 168971, 2022.
  • Synthesis and structural, optical and photovoltaic characteristics of pure and Ag-doped TiO2
    nanoparticles for dye-sensitive solar cell applications, P. Suriya, M. Prabhu, and K. Jagannathan, Materials Today: Proceedings 65, 100–105, 2022.
  • Synthesis and dielectric analyses of NiS-reinforced polyaniline nanocomposites, K.Jeevagan,
    K. Jagannathan, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 32, 27409–27421, 2021.
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Efficient ZrO2 Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Behavior, V. Ratchagar, K. Jagannathan,Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism 33 (11), 3433–3441 (2020).
  • Effect of Ni dopant in the TiO2 matrix on the interfacial charge transportation and efficiency of DSSCs T. Sakthivel, K.A. Kumar, J. Senthilselvan, and K. Jagannathan Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 29 (3), 2228–2235 (2018)
  • Growth, structural, thermal, dielectric, and nonlinear optical properties of potassium hexachloro cadmate (IV), a novel single crystal P. Umarani, K. Jagannathan, Physica B: Condensed Matter, 530, 215-221 (2018)
  • Silver-doped TiO2 nanocrystallites for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) applications T.Sakthivel, K.A. Kumar, R.Ramanathan, J.Senthilselvan, and K. Jagannathan Materials Research Express 4 (12), 126310 (2017)
  • Studies on cyclic voltammogram properties of SnO2 nanoflower V.Ratchagar, K. Jagannathan Materials Research Innovations 21 (4), 195–197 (2017)
  • Growth and characterization of alkali metal-doped l-arginine acetate single crystals for higher harmonic generation P. Umarani, G. Bhagavannarayana, S. Kalainathan, and K. Jagannathan, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 28 (5), 4440–4448 (2017)
  • Structural and optical behavior of ZnS nanoparticles using different capping agents SC B.Gayatri, V.Ratchagar, P.Umarani, and K. Jagannathan, International Journal of Advanced Chemical Science and Applications, 5 (1), 16–20 (2017)
  • Synthesis, Structural and Optical Properties of Co-Doped TiO2 Nanocrystals by the Sol-Gel Method D.V.Sridevi, V.Ramesh, T.Sakthivel, K.Geetha, V.Ratchagar, and K. Jagannathan Mechanics, Materials Science & Engineering Journal 9 (1) (2017)
  • Structural, optical, morphological and elemental analysis of the sol-gel synthesis of Ni-doped TiO2 nanocrystallites T. Sakthivel, K. Jagannathan Mechanics, Materials Science & Engineering Journal 9 (1) (2017)
  • Effect of pH on the magnetic, thermal and dielectric properties of SnO2 nanomaterials V.Ratchagar, K. Jagannathan, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 689, 1088–1095 (2016)
  • Third-Order Nonlinear Properties of Pure and Na-Doped L-Arginine Acetate Single Crystals by the Z-Scan Technique P. Umarani, S. Kalainathan, and K. Jagannathan Oriental Journal of Chemistry, 32 (1), 213-218 (2016)
  • Growth and characterization of novel organic 3-Hydroxy Benzaldehyde-N-methyl-4 Stilbazolium Tosylate Crystals for NLO Applications K. Jagannathan, P. Umarani, V. Ratchagar, V. Ramesh, and S. Kalainathan Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 153, 735-740 (2016)
  • Synthesis and characterization of SnO2 nanoparticles for carbon-absorbing applications V.Ratchagar, K. Jagannathan Oriental Journal of Chemistry, 32 (1), 207 (2016)
  • Influence of pH on particle size and optical band gap of SnO2 nanomaterials V.Ratchagar, K. Jagannathan International Journal of ChemTech Research 7, 1433–1437 (2015)
  • Solid state parameters, structure elucidation, high-resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD), phase matching, thermal and impedance analysis on L-proline trichloroacetate (L-PTCA) P. Kalaiselvi, SAC Raj, K. Jagannathann, N.Vijayan, G. Bhagavannarayana, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 132, 726-732 (2014)
  • Growth, structural, thermal and mechanical behavior of lithium para nitrophenolate (LPNP) single crystal for nonlinear optical applications M.Mahadevan, P.Anandan, K. Jaganathan, and K. Ramachandran, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 16 (3–4), 252-256 (2014)
  • Growth and characterization of nearly perfect lithium para-nitrophenolate nonlinear optical single crystal M. Mahadevan, K. Jagannathan, P. Anandan, and K. Ramachandran AIP Conference Proceedings 1536 (1), 747–748 (2013)
  • Growth, spectroscopic and physicochemical properties of bis-mercury ferric chloride tetrathiocyanate: A nonlinear optical crystal V. Ramesh, A.S. Syed, K. Jagannathan, and K. Rajarajan Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 108, 236-243 (2013)
  • Experimental investigations on the synthesis, growth and characterization of MCCTC single crystals V. Ramesh, K.S. Kumar, A. Subashini, A. Shihabudheen, and K. Jaganathan, AIP Conference Proceedings 1447 (1), 1287–1288 (2012)
  • Effect of urea and thiourea on nonlinear optical hippuric acid crystals M.K. Mohan, K. Jagannathan, S.Ponnusamy, C. Muthamizhchelvan, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 72 (11), 1273–1278 (2011)
  • Growth and characterization of organic non-linear optical crystal 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde-N-methyl 4-stilbazolium tosylate (HBST) K. Jagannathan, S. Kalainathan, and G. Bhagavannarayana Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 73 (1), 79–83 (2009)
  • Mechanical and surface analysis of stilbazolium tosylate derivative crystals S. Kalainathan, K. Jagannathan, Journal of Crystal Growth 310 (7-9), 2043-2049 (2008)
  • Growth and characterization of 4-dimethylamino-N-methyl 4-stilbazolium tosylate (DAST) single crystals grown by the nucleation reduction method K. Jagannathan, S. Kalainathan Materials Research Bulletin 42 (11), 1881–1887 (2007)
  • Microhardness studies on 4-dimethylamino-N-methyl 4-stilbazolium tosylate (DAST) K. Jagannathan, S.Kalainathan, T. Gnanasekaran Materials Letters 61 (23–24), 4485–4488 (2007)
  • Growth and Characterization of the NLO Crystal 4-Dimethylamino-N-methyl-4-stilbazolium Tosylate (DAST) K. Jagannathan, S. Kalainathan, T. Ganasekaran, N. Vijayan, S. Kalainathan, Crystal Growth & Design, 7 (5), 859–863 (2007)
  • Growth and characterization of a novel organic NLO crystal: 4–ethoxybenzaldehyde–n–methyl 4–stilbazolium tosylate K. Jagannathan, S. Kalainathan, T. Ganasekaran, and N. Vijayan Crystal Research and Technology: Journal of Experimental and Industrial Crystallography, 42(5), 483–487 (2007)

 

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  • Associate Professor, SRMIST Vadapalani Campus till date

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Current Research

  • Metal Oxide nanomaterials for supercapacitor applications
  • Metal Oxide nanomaterials for DSSC applications
  • Polymer matrix composites
  • Graphene Oxide