The Department of Physics was established in 1995. The department offers Undergraduate (from 1995), Masters (from 2003) and Doctoral programs (from 2005). Since 2008, the department has emerged as full-fledged University department of PRIST Deemed to be University. The department has a dedicated team of staff members and distinguished faculty, trained at renowned Institutes from India and abroad. Faculty members devote equal importance to research along with teaching. They attract financial support for their research activities from both government and non-government bodies.
Faculty, assisted by student-teams conduct regular seminars, conferences, workshops providing avenues for knowledge sharing and scientific inquiry.
Vision:
- To provide superior quality education to the students
- To enhance the creativity and innovating capability of the students in the areas of pure and applied physics
Mission:
- To serve the society by advancing knowledge in Physics
- To incubate the spirit of entrepreneurship
- To support research in a multi-disciplinary setting
- To turn out graduates with innovative thinking
- To promote research by collaborating with industry
- To increase the research infrastructure through sponsorship from funding agencies
To organize outreach programs for underprivileged students for knowledge enhancement
B.Sc., Physics (3 years Programme)
Programme Outcomes – POs
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To enhance the student’s academic abilities, personal qualities and transferable skills this will give them an opportunity to develop as responsible citizens.
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Develop interpersonal and communication skills including communicating in small groups, writing, working effectively with peers
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Express their knowledge and ideas through oral and written language.
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To define the basic laws involved in Physics
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To understand the concepts and significance of the various physical phenomena.
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To carry out experiments to understand the laws and concepts of Physics.
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To apply the theories learnt and the skills acquired to solve real time problems.
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To acquire a wide range of problem solving skills, both analytical and computational and to apply them.
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M.Sc., Physics (2 years Programme)
Programme Outcomes – POs
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Explain the behavior of physical systems under various environmental and physical conditions
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Interpret Laws of Physics and develop mathematical models of systems to predict behavior and estimate performance
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Use modern tools and techniques for the solution of mathematical models and prediction of behavior of physical systems
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Instrument and perform physical experiments for testing and evaluation of systems
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Operate and monitor performance of machines and systems
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Conduct Research under Supervision
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Choose appropriate Online programmes for further Learning, participate in Seminars and Conferences
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Lead a team to successfully complete a project and communicate across teams
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Ph. D. Programme
The Ph. D. programme includes an integrated sequence of course work and research in various branches of Physics. The scholars are considered on clearing the entrance examination conducted by PRIST.
Add-on, Certificate and Diploma courses
Add-on level – Molecular physics
Certificate level – Nanophysics; Molecular physics
Diploma level – Medical physics; Spectroscopy techniques
More information on the above programmes may be had at www.prist.ac.in
Thrust Area of Research
- Materials Science
- Nanomaterial
- Condensed matter Physics
- Soft condensed matters
- Energy Storage Materials
- Computational Materials Science
- Low Dimensional Nanostructures
- Molecular and Vibrational Spectroscopy
- Thin Films
- Solar Cells
RESEARCH GRANTS
Extramural Research grant
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Amount (Rs) |
Funding agency |
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Duration |
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Dr. M. Sivanantham
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Preparation of high energy electrode materials from ordered double hydrophilic block copolyelectrolyte nanostructures |
21,72,000 |
DST- SERB- ECR |
On-going |
3 years
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Seed Money:
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Faculty |
Academic Year |
Amount Sanctioned, Amount in Rs |
Title of the Project |
| Dr. S. Subashchandrabose |
2021-2022 |
1,15,000 |
Synthesis and characterization of poly indole ion Oxides and Biomedical Applications |
| Dr. S. Subashchandrabose |
2019-2020 |
85,000 |
Tunable van der walls interactions in low dimensional Nanostructures |
| Dr. M. Sivanantham |
2017-2018 |
80,000 |
Fabrication of Novel Polyion Complex Nanostructure |
| Dr. P. Parthiban |
2019 |
80,000 |
Electronic Transitions, Inter- and Intra-Bond Interactions of an Azabicycle Single Crystal using DFT |
| Dr. D. Senthilnathan |
2018 |
85,000 |
Metalloenzymes: Functional Model to Real Enzymes and vice versa – A Theoretical Study |
| Dr. J.S. Nirmal Ram |
2017 |
95,000 |
Crystal Engineering of Nutraceuticals for Diabetes Management |
PUBLICATIONS
Selected List of Publications in Journals
| S.No. | Name of the author/s | Title | Journal | ISSN / ISBN No. |
| 1 | M. Murugan, G. Dineshkumar, K Chaitanya Kumar, Chetna Tewari, M. Ganesan, Nandagopal Sahoo and M. Sivanantham | Development of mesoporous carbon composites with waste plastics derived graphene and MnO2 for supercapacitor applications | Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 170, 040518, 2023. DOI 10.1149/1945-7111/acbf7b.
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0013-4651 |
| 2 | Jeeva P, Barathi D, Rajaboopathi Mani, David Stephen A, Marjatta Louhi-Kultanen, Vinitha G ,Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi | Synthesis, structural, vibrational, molecular docking and nonlinear optical studies of (E)-N′-(2,3-dimethoxybenzylidene)-4-fluorobenzohydrazide | Journal of Molecular Structure,1254, 132375, 2022 | 1872-8014 |
| 3 | Alberto Ambrosetti, S. Subashchandrabose, B. Liu, and Pier Luigi Silvestrelli | Tunable van der Waals interactions in low-dimensional nanostructures | Journal of Chemical Physics, 154, 224105, 2021
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2405-8300 |
| 4 | K Sathiyamurthy, C Rajeevgandhi, L Guganathan, S Bharanidharan, S Savithiri | Enhancement of magnetic, supercapacitor applications and theoretical approach on cobalt-doped zinc ferrite nanocomposites | Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 32, 11593–11606, 2021 | 0957-4524 |
| 5 | Rajaboopathi Mani, Santosh Kumar Gupta | Effect of hydrothermal temperature treatment on the variance of fluorescence in Ca2SiO4:Tb3+ | Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices, 5, 2, 2020, 250-255 | 2468-2284 |
| 6 | S Senthil, S Srinivasan, T Thangeeswari, B.J Madhu, M Silambarasan | Enhanced dielectric, EMI shielding effectiveness, linear and nonlinear optical properties of CdO/SnO2 nanocomposites | Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 24, 2020, 100554 | 2352-507X |
| 7 | Delphine, M. Murugan and M. Sivanantham | Effects of phenolic resin on the self- assembly behaviors of polyethylene glycol-b-poly(β-benzyl L-aspartate) | International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, 9, 852-855, 2020 | 2278-0181 |
| 8 | K. Sathiyamurthy , C. Rajeevgandhi , S. Bharanidharan , P. Sugumar , S. Subashchandrabose | Electrochemical and magnetic properties of zinc ferrite nanoparticles through chemical co-precipitation method | Chemical Data Collections, 28, 2020, 100477 | 2405-8300 |
| 9 | S Veeramanikandan, H Benita Sherine, A Dhandapani, S Subashchandrabose | Synthesis, solid state structure, Hirshfeld surface, nonlinear optics and DFT studies on novel bischalcone derivative
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Journal of Molecular Structure, 1180, 798-811, 2019 | 1872-8014 |
| 10 | M. Sivanantham , H. Feng and F. Winnik | Formation of novel thermo-responsive hybrid vesicles: influence of molar ratio of lipids and heating | Journal of Polymer Research, 25, 251, 2018 | 1022-9760 |
- 2019-20 Dr. M. Rajaboopathi, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship from European Union under H2020-MSCA, Brussels, Belgium
- 2019-20 Dr. S. Subashchandrabose, Post-doctoral fellowship from University of Padova, Italy
- 2017-18 Dr. M. Sivanantham, Early career research award from Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science & Technology, India
- Seminar on ‘Influences of functional materials in technology’ 16th November 2022 at 10:30 am. Resource person: A. Antony Joseph, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, St. Joseph’s College of Engg. & Tech., Thanjavur- 613403
- D Pre-synopsis seminar of Mr. M. Murugan – ‘Fabrication of different mesoporous carbon-based composites for energy storage applications’ 20.09.2022
- Seminar on ‘The periodic table of chemical elements and towards sustainable development’ 10th May 2022. Resource person: T. GANESH, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Raja Serfoji Government College, Thanjavur- 613005
- D Pre-synopsis seminar of Mrs. P. Ponmani – ‘Investigations on polyaniline based conductive nanocomposites and their applications in energy conversion and storage’ 01.10.2021
- PhD viva voce of Mrs. D. Nandhini – ‘Synthesis and characterization of cu and ni doped iron oxide alkali metals doped Ca(OH)2 nanoparticles for energy and biomedical applications’ 29.12.2020
- Webinar on ‘Introduction to nanotechnology and its applications’, 28th October 2020
- Industrial visit of UG & PG students to nRoot Technolgies Ltd, Thanjavur on 20th February 2020
- Workshop on Experimental and Computational Methods in Advanced Material Science on 7th February 2020
- PhD viva voce of Mrs. V. Vidhya – ‘Growth and characterization of organic and semi-organic functional non-linear optical single crystals’ 29.08.2018
- PhD viva voce of Mr. Muraleedharan – ‘Investigations of optical and thermal properties of solution growth organic semi-organic non-linear optical single crystals’ 09.08.2017
Head, Department of Physics, School of Arts and Science,
PONNAIYAH RAMAJAYAM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY(PRIST), Vallam, Thanjavur -613403.
Email:
hodphysics@prist.ac.in
Phone:
04362-265021
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