Manimuthu Periyasamy

Postdoctoral Fellow
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Email manimuthu.periyasamy@smn.uio.no
Phone +47-22857014
Mobile phone +47-40980076
Room ØU 51
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Visiting address Kjemibygningen Sem Sælands vei 26 0371 OSLO
Postal address Ullevalsalleen 5B (169) 0850 Oslo

Academic interests

  •  Tuning of electronic and structural properties as basis for novel phenomena in reduced Ruddelsden-Popper n=3 phases Ln4Ni3O8, Ca4Mn3O8 and Ln1+xSr3-xFe3O8 (Ln = RE element) based materials

Research Interests

  • Defect-structure property correlations
  • Strongly correlated electron systems
  • Magnetic oxides
  • Thin films

Background

Ph.D. in Physics-Materials Science at Department of Nuclear Physics - University of Madras, Chennai, India (2009 -2014)

Master degree in Physics at Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India (2003 – 2005)

Bachelor degree in Physics at Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India (2000 – 2003)

Awards

  • Young Scientist Award – Science and Engineering Research Board, DST (India) - 2015
  • Senior Research Fellow – Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India – 2012
  • Best Paper Award (ICAN-2014, University of Madras, Chennai, June 20-21, 2014, India)
  • University Research Fellow – University Grant Commission (India) - 2009
  • Best Paper Award (MAGMA-2010, Thiyagaraja College of Engineering, Madurai, January 20-21, 2010, India)
  • Proficiency Prize in Physics for the year 2003 (Arignar Anna Government Arts College, Karaikal, India)

Positions held

  • Project Fellow at Pondicherry University, India from Aug 2006 to Jul 2008 in the field of nonlinear fibre optics communication (theory) .
Tags: Materials synthesis, Layered perovskites, Magnetic and transport studies, PPMS, SMN, Nafuma, kjemi

Selected publications

List of Publications in Refereed International Journals

  1. P. Manimuthu and C. Venkateswaran,  Evidence of Ferroelectricity in SrFeO3-δ, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 45(1), 015303 (2012). DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/1/015303
  2. P. Manimuthu, M. N. Jamal Ghousia Marriam, R. Murugaraj and C. Venkateswaran, Metal-like to Insulator transition in Lu3Fe5O12-δ, Physics Letters A 378, 1402 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2014.03.018
  3. P. Manimuthu, H. Praveen Shanker, K. Saravana Kumar, and C. Venkateswaran, A simple experimental setup for magneto-dielectric measurements, Physica B: Condensed Matter 448, 354 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2014.03.051
  4. P. Manimuthu, R. Murugaraj, and C. Venkateswaran, Non-universal dielectric relaxation in Nanocrystalline SrFeO3-δ,  Physics Letters A 378, 2725 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2014.07.035
  5. P. Manimuthu, R. Murugaraj and C. Venkateswaran, Temperature Induced Delocalization of Charge Carriers and Semiconductor to Metal-like  Phase in SrFeO3-δ, Applied Physics A 119, 359 (2015).  DOI: 10.1007/s00339-014-8975-1
  6. P. Manimuthu, R. Vidya, P. Ravindran, H. Fjellvåg, and C. Venkateswaran, Observation of direct magneto-dielectric behaviour in Lu3Fe5O12 above-room-temperature, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics 17, 17688 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C5CP02719E
  7. P. Manimuthu and C. Venkateswaran,  On the dodecahedral site substituted Lu3Fe5O12 for room temperature magneto-dielectric applications, Material Letters 155, 8 (2015). DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2015.04.058
  8. P. Manimuthu, V. G. Sree, B. Santhosh Kumar and C. Venkateswaran, Phase Optimization of Oxygen Deficient and Oxygen Excessive Ruddlesden-Popper type  Perovskite Oxides, International Journal of Innovative Research in Science & Engineering (ISSN 2347-3207), Vol. 2, 234-237 (2014). http://www.ijirse.in/docs/ican14/ican44.pdf
  9. P. Manimuthu, A. O. Sjåstad and H. Fjellvåg, Colossal positive magneto-resistance in oxygen deficient Ca4Mn3O10, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics – In Press (Ref. No: MAGCON-17-03-0586)
  10. M. Malar Selvi, P. Manimuthu, K. Saravana Kumar, and C. Venkateswaran, Magnetodielectric properties of CoFe2O4 - BaTiO3 core-shell nanocomposite,  Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 369, 155 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2014.06.039
  11. K. Ashok Kumar, P. Manimuthu, V. S. Ezhilarasi and C. Venkateswaran, Grain size dependent magneto-dielectric studies on Lu3Fe5O12, Physica B: Condensed Matter 448, 333 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2014.03.050
  12. Karthigayan. N, P. Manimuthu, C. Venkateswaran and M. Priya, Spray deposited transition metal ferrite thin films for Li-ion batteries, International Journal of ChemTech Research (ISSN: 0974-4290), Vol. 7, 994-999 (2015)
  13. D. Paul Joseph, P. Dillibabu, P.Manimuthu, M. Kovendhan and C. Venkateswaran, Ultra fast formation of CrO2 by a novel single step self ignition combustion reaction at ambient condition, Solid State Sciences 13 (5), 1197-1200 (2011). DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2011.01.027
  14. M. Kovendhan, D. Paul Joseph, P. Manimuthu, C. Venkateswaran and R. Mohan, Structural transition and blue emission in textured and highly transparent spray deposited Li doped WO3 thin films, Applied Surface Science 257, 8127 (2011). DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.04.122
  15.  M. Kovendhan, D. Paul Joseph, P. Manimuthu, A. Sendilkumar, S. Ganesan,S. Sambasivam,  P. Maruthamuthu, S. Austin Suthanthiraj, C. Venkateswaran and R. Mohan, Spray deposited Nb2O5 thin film electrodes for fabrication of dye sensitized solar cells, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 64, issue 1 & 2, 185 (2011). link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12666-011-0036-2
  16. M. Kovendhan, D. Paul Joseph, P. Manimuthu, A. Sendilkumar, S. Sambasivam, J. P. Singh, K. Asokan, C. Venkateswaran, and R. Mohan, Comparison of Properties of Pristine and 200 MeV Ag15+ Ions Irradiated ‘Li’ 3 wt% Doped  V2O5 Thin Films,  Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 66(4), 353 (2013). DOI: 10.1007/s12666-013-0282-6
  17. M. Kovendhan, D. Paul Joseph, P. Manimuthu, S. Sambasivam, S. N. Karthick, K. Vijayarangamuthu, A. Sendilkumar, K. Asokan, Hee Je Kim, Byung Chun Choi,  C. Venkateswaran, and R. Mohan,‘Li’ doping induced physicochemical property modifications of MoO3 thin films, Applied Surface Science 284, 624 (2013). DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.07.143
  18. M. Kovendhan, D. Paul Joseph, P, Manimuthu, A, Sendilkumar, S. N. Karthick, S. Sambasivam, K. Vijayarangamuthu, Hee-Je Kim, Byung-Chun Choi, K. Asokan, C. Venkateswaran, and R. Mohan, Prototype electrochromic device and dye sensitised solar cell using spray deposited undoped and ‘Li’  doped V2O5 thin film electrodes, Current Applied Physics 15, 622 (2015). DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2015.02.022
  19. R. Radha Sridhar, P. Manimuthu, and S. Balakumar, Tailored sunlight driven nano-photocatalyst: Bismuth iron tungstate (BiFeWO6), Journal of Materials Chemistry C - 3(39) September 2015. DOI: 10.1039/C4TC02284J
  20. N. Karthigayan, P. Manimuthu, M. Priya and Suresh Sagadevan, Synthesis and characterization of NiFe2O4, CoFe2O4 and CuFe2O4 thin films foranode material in Li-ion batteries, International Journal of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Vol. 7, 1-5 (2017). DOI: 10.1177/1847980417711084

 

List of Conference Proceedings

  1. P. Manimuthu, D. Paul Joseph, S. Philip Raja, M. Kovendhan and C. Venkateswaran, Investigation of the less oxygen deficient SrFeO3-δ, AIP Conference Proceedings 1349 (1), 1181 (2011). DOI: 10.1063/1.3606286
  2. P. Manimuthu, M. Manikandan, M. Malar Selvi and C. Venkateswaran, Multiferroic Lu3Fe5O12 for magneto-dielectric applications, AIP Conference Proceedings 1447, 1205 (2012).  DOI: 10.1063/1.4710443
  3. S. P. Raja, S. Viswanathan, P. Manimuthu and C. Venkateswaran, Room temperature ferromagnetism in nanocrystalline Ce1-xFexO2, AIP Conference Proceedings 1347 (1), 270 (2011).  DOI: 10.1063/1.3601833
  4. M. Kovendhan, D. Paul Joseph, P. Manimuthu, S. Ganesan, P. Maruthamuthu, S. Austin Suthanthiraj, C. Venkateswaran and R. Mohan, MoO3 film counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cell, AIP Conference Proceedings 1349 (1), 669 (2011).  DOI: 10.1063/1.3606035
  5. K. Saravana Kumar, D. Paul Joseph, S. Philip Raja, P. Manimuthu and C. Venkateswaran,Synthesis and Characterization of BiMn2O5 Ceramics, AIP Conference Proceedings 1349 (1), 1155-1156 (2011).  DOI: 10.1063/1.3606273
  6. M. Kovendhan, D. Paul Joseph, P. Manimuthu, J. P. Singh, K. Asokan, C. Venkateswaran and R. Mohan, Structural, optical and transport properties of 100 MeV oxygen ion irradiated V2O5 thin Film, AIP Conference Proceedings 1447(1), 669-670 (2012). DOI: 10.1063/1.4710180
  7. M. Kovendhan, D. Paul Joseph, P. Manimuthu, S. Sambasivam, J. P. Singh, K. Asokan, C. Venkateswaran and R. Mohan, Improved Optical and Electrical Properties of 200 MeV Ag15+ Irradiated 3 wt% ‘Li’ doped MoO3 Thin Film, AIP Conference Proceedings 1512, 626-627 (2013). DOI: 10.1063/1.4791193
  8. M. Manikandan, P. Manimuthu, and C. Venkateswaran, Structural and Magnetic properties of MgFe2O4 Ceramic, AIP Conference Proceedings 1576, 194 (2014).  DOI: 10.1063/1.4862018
  9. M. Kovendhan, D. Paul Joseph, P. Manimuthu, K. Vijayarangamuthu, K. Asokan, C. Venkateswaran, and R. Mohan,100 MeV O7+ irradiation induced red shift in the band gaps of 3 wt% ‘Li’ doped Nb2O5 thin film, AIP Conference Proceedings 1591, 901 (2014). DOI: 10.1063/1.4872796
  10. B. Santhosh Kumar, P. Manimuthu, N. Praveen Shankar and C. Venkateswaran, Electrical Property of Half Metallic Ferromagnet Pr0.95Mn0.939O3, Bonfring Digital Library Proceedings. Paper ID: amma106, Page: 14, Year: 2015.
  11. M. Kovendhan, D. Paul Joseph, P. Manimuthu, K. Vijayarangamuthu, K. Asokan, C. Venkateswaran, and R. Mohan, 200 MeV Ag15+ ion beam irradiation effects on spray deposited 5 wt% ‘Li’ doped V2O5 thin film, AIP Conference Proceedings (2015). DOI: 10.1063/1.4947946.


 

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