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Dr. Senthil Kumar E
Dr. Senthil Kumar joined Department of Physics and Nanotechnology in April 2016. He received his Ph.D in physics from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India. He was a postdoctoral fellow in Simon Fraser University, Canada where he worked on the precise control of dopant impurities in II-VI semiconductor nanowires using advanced tools like Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD), Optical spectroscopy at liquid-He temperatures (4 K) and nanoprobe experiments. He was awarded a Brain-Korea 21 (BK-21) fellowship and worked as Research Professor in Yonsei University, South Korea where he developed strain engineering techniques to improve the flexibility of TCO thin films on polymer substrates for flexible electronic applications. He is a recipient of many awards including DAAD scholarship, DST-JSPS visiting student fellowship,IIT Madras research fellowship, and merit award for first rank in M. Sc physics.
RESEARCH INTEREST :
Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) 2D crystals: (Mos2, MoSe2, WS2 and WSe2), Van der Waals epitaxial heterostructures, Epitaxial growth of semiconductor Thinfilms and nanowires via Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD), Transparent conducting oxides for solar cells, Transparent Conducting thin films on polymer substrates for flexible electronics, Impurity Bound exciton Physics – Low temperature PL Spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, Electrical transport properites of 2D TMDs based Field Effect Transistors (FETs), Electrical transport properties of Thin Films
COURSES :
Batch: B.Tech Nanotechnology (IIIrd semester), Course title: Fundamentals of Solid state Engineering, Batch: B.Tech Nanotechnology (IVthsemester), Course title: Design, synthesis and characterization of nanoscale materials
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Education
| Degree | Institute/Organisation | Specialisation | Year Of Passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India | physics | 2011 |
| M.Sc | Madurai Kamaraj University | Physics | 2006 |
| B.Sc | Bharathiar University | Physics | 2004 |
publications
- Govindaraj, T., C. Kanagaraj, E. Senthil Kumar, and M. Navaneethan. “Synergistic interfacial dynamics of CoFe-LDH@ ZnCo2O4 as robust hybrid heterostructures for sustainable water electrolysis.” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 121 (2025): 361-374.
- Geerthana, M., J. Archana, E. Senthil Kumar, and M. Navaneethan. “Unveiling the potential of copper-doped metal oxides: A novel strategy for high-capacity hybrid supercapatteries with enhanced power, energy density, and cycling stability.” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 121 (2025): 228-244.
- Murugan, Vijaykumar, and Senthil Kumar Eswaran. “2D-Alloying-Mediated Passivation of Native Point Defects in Atomically-Thin Mo1–x W x S2 Ternary Monolayers.” ACS Applied Nano Materials (2025).
- CHINNADURAI, KANAGARAJ, Senthil kumar Eswaran, and Navaneethan Mani. “Unveiling the half-metallic features of IrMnCrZ (Z= Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn, P, As and Sb) alloys for Spintronic Applications.” Physica Scripta (2025).
- Shanmugam, Gopalakrishnan, Harish Santhana Krishnan, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, and Navaneethan Mani. “Controlled Synthesis of 2D Nanostructured Bimetallic Oxide (NiMoO4) on Self‐Supported Nickel Foam for Boosted Electrocatalytic Seawater Oxidation Performance.” Energy Technology 13, no. 3 (2025): 2400941.
- Arunachalam, Harish Nanda, T. Perarasan, Santhosh Durairaj, Jaivardhan Sinha, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, S. Chandramohan, and Jitendra Kumar Tripathi. “Evolutions of 3D MoS2 nano-islands on monolayer MoS2 edges under low-energy ion irradiation.” Journal of Materials Science (2025): 1-17.
- Prasanna, C. Suresh, S. Harish, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, H. Ikeda, and M. Navaneethan. “Solution-processed MoS2 nanostructures and thermal oxidization on carbon fabric with enhanced thermopower factor for wearable thermoelectric application.” Journal of Alloys and Compounds 1002 (2024): 175168.
- Gopalakrishnan, S., Harish Santhana Krishnan, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, and Navaneethan Mani. “Ultrathin FeOOH Layer Grown on NiCo2S4/Ni3S2 Nanosheets Supported on Nickel Foam as an Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting.” ACS Applied Nano Materials 7, no. 19 (2024): 22674-22683.
- Suresh Prasanna, C., S. Harish, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, H. Ikeda, and M. Navaneethan. “Tuning the thermoelectric properties of ZnO/MoS2/carbon fabric via interface-induced energy filtering effect for wearable thermoelectric application.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 35, no. 15 (2024): 1021.
- Kalaiarasan Meganathan, G. Mangamma, M. J. Swamynadhan, M. Vijaykumar, Nitin Babu Shinde, Saurabh Ghosh and Senthil Kumar Eswaran*, Thickness-Dependent Nanoscale Elastic Stiffening of Chemical Vapor Deposited Atomically Thin 2H-MoS2 Films, The Journal of Physical Chemistry letters, 15, 4206 (2024).
- Abhishek Singh Sindhu, Kalaiarasan Meganahan, S. Harish, M. Navaneethan and Senthil Kumar Eswaran*, Seamless recovery and reusable photocatalytic activity of CVD grown atomically-thin WS2 films, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 35, 877 (2024).
- P. Watkins ; S. Riahi ; D. Lister ; C. Lohn ; K. Stirling; F. Mohammadbeigi; A. Darbandi ; Senthil Kumar Eswaran, Broadening mechanisms of donor-bound exciton photoluminescence in Ga-doped ZnO nanowires, J. Appl. Phys. 136, 214302 (2024).
- S Prasanna, S Harish, Senthil Kumar Eswaran Eswaran, H Ikeda, M Navaneethan, Solution-processed MoS2 nanostructures and thermal oxidization on carbon fabric with enhanced thermopower factor for wearable thermoelectric application, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 175168.
- Gopalakrishnan, H. Santhana Krishnan, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, and Navaneethan Mani, Ultrathin FeOOH layer grown on NiCo2S4/Ni3S2 Nanosheets supported on Nickel Foam as an electrocatalyst for overall water splitting, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 7, 22674 (2024).
- Jayaseelan, M. Navaneethan, Senthil Kumar Eswaran*, Large Electrical Conductivity and Thermoelectric Power Factor of Pulsed Laser-Deposited Zn1-xGaxO thin films, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7, 1693 (2024).
- Krishna Moorthy Ponnusamy, Rahul Suresh Ghuge, R. Navanya, Preethu P Satheesh, D. Santhosh, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, Keun heo, Yuvaraj Sivalingam and S. Chandramohan, Vertical MoS2 nanosheets via space-confined CVD for room temperature photo-enhanced highly selective triethylamine sensing, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 7, 6691 (2024).
- Strategic engineering of NiO/Co3O4/rGO hybrid composite as a cathode material to enhance the electrochemical performance of supercapattery devices, Geerthana Mummoorthi, K. Prakash, J. Archana, Senthil Kumar Eswaran and Navaneethan Mani, Journal of Energy Storage, 86, 111037 (2024).
- Abhishek Singh Sindhu, Nitin Babu Shinde, Vijaykumar Murugan, S Harish, M Navaneethan, Senthil Kumar Eswaran*, Role of active edge sites of atomically thin CVD-grown MoS2 layers on the enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 35, 27 (2024).
- S Gopalakrishnan, S Harish, E Senthil Kumar, M Navaneethan, Interface engineering of heterogeneous NiMn layered double hydroxide/vertically aligned NiCo2S4 nanosheet as highly efficient hybrid electrocatalyst for overall seawater splitting. Chemosphere, 350, 141016 (2024).
- C Suresh Prasanna, S Harish, J Archana, E Senthil Kumar, H Ikeda, M Navaneethan, Interfacial energy barrier tuning in MnO2/MoS2/Carbon fabric integrated with low resistance textrode for highly efficient wearable thermoelectric generator, Carbon, 218, 118609 (2024).
- M Arockia Jenisha, S Kavirajan, S Harish, S Kamalakannan, J Archana, E Senthil Kumar, Naoki Wakiya, M Navaneethan, Multiple approaches of band engineering and mass fluctuation of solution-processed n-type Re-doped MoS2 nanosheets for enhanced thermoelectric power factor. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 653, 1150-1165 (2023).
- Simon Sajan John, Abinaya Rengarajan, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, Archana Jayaram, Navaneethan Mani. Engineering phonon transport in MoS2 lattice by substituting isovalent anion (Se) for low thermal conductivity via all-scale hierarchical phonon scattering. Emergent Materials, 6, 1751–1762 (2023).
- M Arockia Jenisha, S Kavirajan, S Harish, C Kanagaraj, E Senthil Kumar, J Archana, N Wakiya, M Navaneethan, Coupling of band shift and phase transition for enhanced electrical conductivity in p-type metallic CuS towards mid-temperature thermoelectric application. Emergent Materials, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42247-023-00597-7 (2023).
- Ponnusamy, Krishna Moorthy, Navanya Raveendran, Santhosh Durairaj, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, and S. Chandramohan. “Spectroscopic visualization of intermediate phases during CVD synthesis of MoS2.” Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (2023): 182,111575. (IF: 4)
- Gopalakrishnan, S., V. Saranya, S. Harish, Senthil Kumar, and M. Navaneethan. “Heterogeneous bimetallic oxysulfide nanostructure (Ni-Co) as hybrid bifunctional electrocatalyst for sustainable overall alkaline simulated seawater splitting.” Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2023): 171124. (IF:6.2)
- Subash, Sruthy, S. Udhayakumar, Lakshmanan Kumaresan, L. N. Patro, V. Kumaran, Senthil Kumar, M. Navaneethan, Do Kyung Kim, and K. Kamala Bharathi. “Ordered LiFe5O8 thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition as an anode material for all-solid thin film batteries.” Electrochimica Acta 454 (2023): 142318. (IF:6.6)
- Kumar, G. Jagadish, Ashika Jose, E. Jinu, T. T. Saravanan, E. Senthil Kumar, M. Navaneethan, H. Sreemoolanadhan, and K. Kamala Bharathi. “B-site disorder induced Griffiths phase evolution and high magnetocaloric effect in La0.7Sr0.3 A0. 05 Mn0. 95O3 (A: Si, Ti).” Materials Research Bulletin 160 (2023): 112140. (IF:5.4)
- Syamsai, Ravuri, Andrews Nirmala Grace, Ganesan Anandha Babu, Kamala Bharathi Karuppanan, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, and Mani Navaneethan. “Titanium–Tantalum Double-Ordered MXene Nanosheets as Supercapacitor Electrodes.” ACS Applied Nano Materials 6, no. 7 (2023): 5224-5232. (IF:5.9)
- John, Simon Sajan, R. Abinaya, S. Harish, Senthil Kumar, J. Archana, and M. Navaneethan. “Influence of secondary phases of Sb2O3 and CoSb2 on CoSb3 skutterudite to reduce thermal conductivity.” Journal of Alloys and Compounds 936 (2023): 167801. (IF:6.2)
- Sreevidya, , V. Shalini, S. Kavirajan, K. R. Maiyelvaganan, M. Prakash, K. Kamala Bharathi, E. Senthil Kumar, J. Archana, S. Harish, and M. Navaneethan. “Investigation of non-covalent interactions in Polypyrrole/Polyaniline/Carbon black ternary complex for enhanced thermoelectric properties via interfacial carrier scattering and π-π stacking.” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 630 (2023): 46-60. (IF:9.9)
- Gopalakrishnan, S., Mihir Ranjan Sahoo, Avijeet Ray, Nirpendra Singh, S. Harish, Senthil Kumar, and M. Navaneethan. “NiCo2 S4 cocatalyst supported Si nanowire heterostructure for improved solar-driven water reduction: experimental and theoretical insights.” Sustainable Energy & Fuels 7, no. 7 (2023): 1687-1697. (IF:5.6)
- Nandhagopal, P., Nitin Babu Shinde, Senthil Kumar, and D. Bharathi Mohan. “Probing the interfacial interactions of N719 with MoS2 using intrinsic surface enhanced Raman scattering.” Applied Surface Science 604 (2022): 154581. (IF:6.7)
- Shalini, V., S. Harish, J. Archana, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, and M. Navaneethan. “CuO decorated MoS2 nanostructures grown on carbon fabric with enhanced power factor for wearable thermoelectric application.” Journal of Alloys and Compounds 904 (2022): 163769. (IF:6.2)
- Sreevidya, U., V. Shalini, K. Kamala Bharathi, Senthil Kumar, M. Prakash, and M. Navaneethan. “Enhancing the thermoelectric performance by defect structures induced in p-type polypyrrole-polyaniline nanocomposite for room-temperature thermoelectric applications.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 33, no. 15 (2022): 11650-11660. (IF:2.8)
- Kalaiezhily, R. K., Jayaseelan, K. Kamala Bharathi, M. Navaneethan, and Senthil Kumar Eswaran. “Thickness-dependent structural, optical and dielectric properties of pulsed laser deposited Nb-doped SrTiO3 thin films.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (2022): 1-8. (IF:2.8)
- Jayaseelan, V., R. K. Kalaiezhily, Nitin Babu Shinde, K. Kamala Bharathi, M. Navaneethan, and Senthil Kumar Eswaran. “In situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study: effect of inert Ar sputter etching on the core-level spectra of the CVD-grown tri-layer MoS2 thin films.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in
- Jagadish Kumar, G., E. Senthil Kumar, M. Navaneethan, and K. Kamala Bharathi. “Exchange bias, magnetic, and dielectric properties of La2FeMnO6 nanoparticles.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 33, no. 11 (2022): 8467-8472. (IF:2.8)
- Bellarmine, F., Senthil Kumar Eswaran, Ramanjaneyulu Mannam, and MS Ramachandra Rao. “Size-dependent whispering gallery modes in Au-coated ZnO microrods.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 33, no. 11 (2022): 8368-8375. (IF:2.8)
- Kumar, G. Jagadish, M. Sarathbavan, E. Senthil Kumar, M. Navaneethan, and K. Kamala Bharathi. “Structural, chemical and low-temperature magnetic properties of lead-Free 0.6 NiFe2O4-0.4 Na0. 5Bi0. 5TiO3 magnetoelectric composite.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 33, no. 11 (2022): 8344-8354. (IF:2.8)
- Jose, Ashika, E. P. Jinu, T. T. Saravanan, E. Senthil Kumar, M. Navaneethan, H. Sreemoolanadhan, and K. Kamala Bharathi. “Observation of Griffiths phase, critical exponent analysis and high magnetocaloric effect near room temperature at low magnetic field in V-doped La0. 7Sr0. 3MnO3.” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 55, no. 21 (2022): 215001. (IF:3.4)
- Jenisha, M. Arockia, S. Kavirajan, S. Harish, J. Archana, K. Kamalabharathi, E. Senthil Kumar, andM. Navaneethan. “Interfacial engineering effect and bipolar conduction of Ni-doped MoS2 nanostructures for thermoelectric application.” Journal of Alloys and Compounds 895 (2022): 162493. (IF:6.2)
- Viitaniemi, Maria LK, Christian Zimmermann, Vasileios Niaouris, Samuel H. D’Ambrosia, Xingyi Wang, E. Senthil Kumar, Faezeh Mohammadbeigi, Simon P. Watkins, and Kai-Mei C. Fu. “Coherent spin preparation of indium donor qubits in single zno nanowires.” Nano Letters 22, no. 5 (2022): 2134-2139. (IF:10.8)
- Udhayakumar, S., G. Jagadish Kumar, E. Senthil Kumar, M. Navaneethan, and K. Kamala Bharathi. “Electrical, electronic and magnetic property correlation via oxygen vacancy filling and scaling-law analysis in LiFe5 O8 thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition.” Journal of Materials Chemistry C 10, no. 40 (2022): 15051-15060. (IF:11.9)
- Viitaniemi, Maria LK, Christian Zimmermann, Vasileios Niaouris, Samuel H. D’Ambrosia, Xingyi Wang, E. Senthil Kumar, Faezeh Mohammadbeigi, Simon P. Watkins, and Kai-Mei C. Fu. “Coherent spin preparation of indium donor qubits in single zno nanowires.” Nano Letters 22, no. 5 (2022): 2134-2139. (IF:10.8)
- Sindhu, Abhishek Singh, Nitin Babu Shinde, S. Harish, M. Navaneethan, and Senthil Kumar Eswaran. “Recoverable and reusable visible-light photocatalytic performance of CVD grown atomically thin MoS2” Chemosphere 287 (2022): 132347. (IF:8.8)
- Shinde, Nitin Babu, Beo Deul Ryu, Chang-Hee Hong, Bellarmine Francis, S. Chandramohan, and Senthil Kumar Eswaran. “Growth Behavior, nucleation control and excellent optical properties of atomically thin WS2 thin films processed via Gas-phase chemical vapor ” Applied Surface Science 568 (2021): 150908. (IF:6.7)
- Shinde, Nitin Babu, and Senthil Kumar Eswaran. “Davydov splitting, double-resonance Raman scattering, and disorder-induced second-order processes in chemical vapor deposited MoS2 thin films.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 12, no. 26 (2021): 6197-6202. (IF:5.7)
- Manimozhi, T., S. Kavirajan, S. Harish, J. Archana, K. Kamala Bharathi, Senthil Kumar, and M. Navaneethan. “Anharmonicity and low-thermal conductivity in the multi-phase composition of Cu3Bi0. 75Sb0. 25S3.” Materials Letters 304 (2021): 130399. (IF:3)
- Durairaj, Santhosh, Krishnamoorthy Ponnusamy, Nitin Babu Shinde, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, Vijayshankar Asokan, Jong Bae Park, and S. Chandramohan. “Oxygen-driven growth regulation and defect passivation in chemical vapor deposited MoS2 ” Crystal Growth & Design 21, no. 12 (2021): 6793-6801. (IF:3.8)
- Udhayakumar, S., G. Jagadish Kumar, Senthil Kumar, M. Navaneethan, and K. Kamala Bharathi. “Magnetic anomalies, chemical and magnetic properties at wide temperature range (15–1000 K) in LiSrxFe5-xO8 (x: 0, 0.025, 0.05).” Journal of Alloys and Compounds 859 (2021): 158290. (IF:6.2)
- Udhayakumar, S., G. Jagadish Kumar, Senthil Kumar, M. Navaneethan, and K. Kamala Bharathi. “Temperature and frequency dependent dielectric and conductivity properties of Sr doped LiFe5O8.” Materials Letters 300 (2021): 130171. (IF:3)
- Murugan, Vijaykumar, Kalaiarasan Meganathan, Nitin Babu Shinde, and Senthil Kumar Eswaran. “Strain-mediated unusual bandgap bowing in continuous composition tuned monolayer Mo1− xWxS2 ternary alloys.” Applied Physics Letters 118, no. 1 (2021). (IF:4)
- Nitin B. Shinde, S. D. Ryu, M. Kalaiarasan, B. Francis, C. H. Hong, S. Chandramohan, Senthil Kumar Eswaran*, Large-scale Atomically Thin Monolayer 2H-MoS2 Field Effect Transistors, ACS Appl Nano Mater. 3, 7371 (2020). (IF:5.9)
- M. Hegde, F. Mohammadbeigi, T. Kure, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, M. R. Wagner, A. Hoffmann and S.P. Watkins, Triple group-V donors in ZnO, J. Appl. Phys. 127, 075705 (2019). (IF:3.2)
- Nitin B. Shinde, B. Francis, M. S. Ramachandra Rao, B. D. Ryu, S. Chandramohan and Senthil Kumar Eswaran*, Rapid wafer-scale fabrication with layer-by-layer thickness control of atolically thin MoS2 films, APL Materials, 7, 081113 (2019). (IF:6.1)
- Jun Sik Kim*, Senthil Kumar Eswaran*, Oh Hyeon Kwon, Sung Hyun Lee, Sung Jun Han, Joo Hong Lee and Yong Soo Cho, Enhanced Luminescence Characteristics of Remote Yellow Silicate Phosphors Printed on Nanoscale Surface-Roughened Glass Substrates for White Light-Emitting Diodes, Adv. Opt. Mater. 4, 976 (2016) (IF.9.926) (* equal contribution).
- E. Senthil Kumar, F. Mohammadbeigi, L. A. Boatner and S. P. Watkins, High-resolution photoluminescence spectroscopy of Sn doped ZnO single crystals, J. Luminescence. 176, 47 (2016). (IF.3.599).
- Hong Rak Choi, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, Seung Min Lee and Yong Soo Cho, Enhanced fracture resistance in flexible ZnO:Al thin films in situ sputtered on bent polymer substrates, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7, 17569 (2015). (IF.9.229).
- E. Senthil Kumar, F. Bellarmine, R. Mannam and M. S. Ramachandra Rao, Tunable optical properties of multiphase ZnO-V2O5 polycrystalline powders, Scr. Mater. 108, 48 (2015). (IF.5.611).
- Hong Rak Choi, Senthil Kumar Eswaran and Yong Soo Cho, Pre-stress driven improvement in fracture behavior of in situ sputtered zinc oxide thin films on stretched polymer substrates, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7, 14654 (2015). (IF.9.229).
- Ramanjaneyulu Mannam, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, Nandita DasGupta and M. S. Ramachandra Rao, Zn vacancy induced violet emission in phosphorous and nitrogen codoped ZnO thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition, Appl. Surf. Sci. 347, 96, (2015). (IF.6.707).
- F. Mohammadbeigi, E. Senthil Kumar, S. Alagha, I. Anderson and S. P. Watkins, ‘ Carbon related donor bound exciton transitions in ZnO nanowires’, J. App. Phys. 116, 053516 (2014). (IF.2.546).
- Senthil Kumar, Maneesh Chandran, F. Bellarmine, R. Mannam, D. Nakamura, M. Higashihata, T. Okada and M. S. Ramachandra Rao, ‘Formation of one-dimensional ZnO nanowires from screw dislocation driven two-dimensional hexagonal stacking on diamond substrate using nanoparticle assisted pulsed laser deposition’, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 47, 034016 (2014). (IF.3.207).
- Lorenzo Mino, Diego Gianolio, Fabrizio Bardelli, Carmelo Prestipino, Senthil Kumar, F. Bellarmine, M. Ramanjaneyulu, Carlo Lamberti and M. S. Ramachandra Rao, ‘EXAFS and XANES investigation of (Li, Ni) codoped ZnO thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition’, J. Phys.: Condens. Mater. 25, 385402 (2013). (IF.6.707).
- Senthil Kumar, F. Mohammadbeigi , S. Alagha , Z. W. Deng , I. P. Anderson and S. P. Watkins, ‘Optical evidence for donor behavior of Sb in ZnO nanowires’, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 132105 (2013). (IF: 3.791).
- Senthil Kumar, I. P. Anderson, Z. Deng, F. Mohammadbeigi , S. Alagha , T. Wintschel, D. Huang and S. P. Watkins, ‘Effect of group-III donors on high-resolution photoluminescence and morphology of ZnO nanowires grown by metal organic vapor phase epitaxy’, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 28, 045014 (2013) (Impact Factor: 2.190).
- Balamurugan, E. Senthil Kumar, B. Ramachandran, S. Venkatesh, N. Harish kumar, M. S. Ramachandra Rao and P. N. Santhosh, ‘Dielectric resonance and magnetic properties of Fe-3% doped BaSnO3 thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition’, J. Appl. Phys. 111, 074107 (2012) (Impact Factor: 2.183).
- Senthil Kumar, Jyotirmoy chatterjee, N. Rama, Nandita Dasgupta and M. S. Ramachandra Rao, ‘A Codoping Route to Realize Low Resistive and Stable p-type Conduction in (Li,Ni):ZnO Thin Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition’, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 3, 1974 (2011) (Impact Factor: 6.723).
- Kovendhan, D.Paul Joseph, E. Senthil Kumar, A.Sendilkumar, P.Manimuthu, S.Sambasivam, C. Venkateswaran and R.Mohan, ‘Structural transition and blue emission in textured and highly transparent spray deposited Li doped WO3 thin films’, Appl. Surf. Sci. 257, 8127 (2011) (Impact Factor: 2.711).
- Senthil Kumar, S. Venkatesh and M. S. Ramachandra Rao, ‘Oxygen vacancy controlled tunable magnetic and electrical transport properties of (Li, Ni) codoped ZnO thin films, Appl. Phys. Lett.96, 232504 (2010) (Impact Factor: 3.302).
- Shubra Singh, E. Senthil Kumar and M. S. Ramachandra Rao, ‘Microstructural Study of Assorted ZnO Nanostructures: Nanocombs, Nanocones and Microspheres’, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 10, 2458 (2010) (Impact Factor: 1.556).
- E. Senthil Kumar, Jyothirmoy Chaterjee, Shubra Singh, Nandita Dasgupta and M. S. Ramachandra Rao, ‘Thin film growth, electrical transport and ohmic contact studies of p-ZnO’, IEEE Xplore, 995 (2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2010.5686464.
- E. Senthil Kumar, S. Ravichandra Reddy and M. S. Ramachandra Rao, ‘Synthesis of Novel ZnO Hexagonal Nanocones by Direct Thermal Evaporation Method’, J. Nanosci.Nanotechnol. 9, 5307 (2009) (Impact Factor: 1.556).
- Shubra Singh, E. Senthil Kumar, M. Kottaisamy and M. S. ramachandra Rao, ‘ZnO and Formation Mechanism of ZnO nanobrushes’, AIP conf. Proc. 1276, 37 (2009).
- Shubra Singh, E. Senthil Kumar and M. S. Ramachandra Rao, ‘Microstructural, optical and electrical properties of Cr doped ZnO’, Scr Mater 58, 866 (2008) (Impact Factor: 3.224).
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