Subjects Handled

• Engineering Physics I and II 
• Engineering Physics
• Applied Physics 
• Physics 

Research Area

• Materials Science
• Synthesis of new organic compounds
• Crystal Growth and Thin Films 

Papers Published/Books Published

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1. Arunkumar, A & Ramasamy, P, ‘Synthesis, crystal structure, spectral and thermal properties of 4-dimethylaminopyridinium salicylate monohydrate’, Applied Physics A: Materials science & processing, 2012, vol. 111, no. 4, pp 1165-1173.
    
2. Arunkumar, A & Ramasamy, P, ‘Growth and characterization of ammonium acid phthalate single crystals’, Optical Materials, 2013 vol.35. pp. 1151–1156.
    
3. Magesh, M, Arunkumar, A, Vijayakumar, P, Anandha Babu, G & Ramasamy, P, ‘Growth and characterizations of LiInS2 single crystals by Bridgman technique’, AIP. Conference Proceedings, 2013, vol. 1536, pp. 357-358
4. Arunkumar, A, & Ramasamy, P, ‘Studies on the structure, growth and characterization of morpholinium perchlorate single crystals’, Journal of Crystal Growth, 2014, vol. 388 pp. 124–131
5. Arunkumar, A, &Ramasamy, P, ‘Bulk single crystals of ammonium acid phthalate grown by Sankaranarayanan - Ramasamy method for optical limiting applications’, published in Journal of Crystal Growth, 2014, vol.401, pp 195-199.
6. Arunkumar, A, Ramasamy, P, Vishnu, K, & Jayaraj, MK, ‘Growth, structural, thermal, optical and electrical properties of potassium succinate – succinic acid crystal’, Journal of Materials science, 2014, vol. 49, no.10, pp 3598-3607.
7. Arunkumar, A, & Ramasamy, P ‘Synthesis, crystal growth and structural characterization of lithium fumarate semi-organic single crystals’, Journal of Materials Letters, 2014, vol. 123, pp 246–249.
8. Vijayakumar, P, Magesh, M Arunkumar, A, AnandhaBabu, G, Ramasamy, P & Abhaya, S, ‘Investigations on Synthesis, Growth, Electrical and Defect studies of Lithium Selenoindate Single Crystals’, Journal of Crystal Growth, 2014, vol. 388,pp.17-21
9.  Vijayakumar, P, Magesh, M Arunkumar, A, AnandhaBabu, G, Ramasamy, P & Nair, KGM 2014, ‘Investigations on Synthesis, Growth and physical characterization of Lithium Selenoindate Single Crystals’, Journal of Crystal Growth, 2014, vol. 401 pp.205-209.
10. Magesh M, Arunkumar, A, Vijayakumar, P, AnandhaBabu, G &Ramasamy, P ‘Investigation of optical property in LiInSe2 single crystal grown by Bridgman Stockbarger method using stepper translations for mid-IR laser application’, Optics & Laser Technology, 2014, vol. 56, pp. 177-181.
11. Vijayakumar, P, Magesh, M Arunkumar, A, AnandhaBabu, G,  Ramasamy, P & Nair, KGM, ‘Modified Bridgman and Stockbarger growth and characterization of LiInSe2 single crystal’, AIP. Conference Proceedings, 2014, vol. 1591, pp. 1223-1225.
12. Magesh M, Arunkumar, A, Vijayakumar, P, AnandhaBabu, G &Ramasamy, P, ‘Investigation of structural and optical properties in LiInS2 single crystal grown by Bridgman Stockbarger method for Mid IR Laser application’, Journal of Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2015, vols.149-150, pp.224-229
13. Reena Ittyachan & Arunkumar, A Ramasamy, P, ‘Crystalline perfection and optical studies of L-Histidinium dihydrogen phosphate orthophosphoric acid (LHDP) single crystals’, Optical Materials, 2015, Volume 48, Pages 156-159 .
14. Arunkumar, A, Mohankumar, V, Jagan, R & Ramasamy, P, ‘Structure, Growth and Characterization of picolinium perchlorate single crystals’, International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, 2016, Volume 127, Issue 13, July 2016, Pages 5466–5471.
15. Reena Ittyachan, Arunkumar, A, ‘Bulk crystals of L-Histidinium dihydrogen phosphate orthophosphoric acid grown by Sankaranarayanan–Ramasamy method’, Journal of Crystal Growth, Volume 457, 1 January 2017, Pages 104-106.
16. Arunkumar, A, Seetha Mahalakshmi, Y, Srivel, R, ‘Experimental Investigation on thermal conductivity of SnO2 nanofluid using statistical analysis’, Indian J.Sci.Res. 17(2): 532 - 535, 2018.
17. Arunkumar, A, Vijayakumar, P, Magesh, M, Ramasamy, P, Nageswara Rao, Venugopal Rao, S ‘A study on structural, compositional, microhardness and Dielectric properties of LiInS2 Crystal’, Materials Research Innovations, 8 - 17, 2018.
18. R. Subramaniyan Raja, R. Subash Chandra Bose, A. Arun kumar, G. Vinitha, and K. Balasubramanian, “Growth, optical, dielectric and mechanical properties of benzimidazolium 3,5-dinitrobenzoate single crystals, J Mater Sci: Mater Electron, 2021.
19.  R. Subramaniyan Raja, M. Antony Lilly Grace, A.Arun kumar, H.Shankar, R.Subash Chandra Bose, K. Balasubramanian, G. Vinitha, ‘Synthesis, Growth, Structural, Spectral and Optical studies on 2-amino-4-picolinium 4-hydroxybenzoate single crystals’, Materials Today Proceedings, Accepted.
20. A. Arun kumar, A. Rathika, R. Subramaniyan @ Raja, R. Subash Chandra Bose, and K. Balasubramanian, Studies on 4 - dimethylaminopyridinium salicylate monohydrate's optical, mechanical, and laser damage threshold, Solid State Communications, Volumes 334–335, August 2021
21. A. Rathika, M. Antony Lilly Grace, A. Arun Kumar, R. Subramaniyan @ raja, R. Suja, ‘Organic piperazine p-nitrophenol (PPN) single crystal growth and characterization’, Materials Today Proceedings, Accepted.
22. A. Arun kumar, M. Antony Lilly Grace, R. Subramaniyan @ raja, S. Rama,G. Pragadeeswari, ‘Nucleation, Dielectric, And Ferro Electric Studies of Potassium Succinate- Succinic Acid (KSSA) Crystals, Materials Today Proceedings, Accepted

Memberships

Life Member in Indian Society of Technical Education (LM -138187)

Life Member in Indian Association of Crystal Growth 

Awards

• Received “Best paper award” in International Conference on Futuristic Research in Engineering Smart Materials (FRESM’21), organized by CMR institute of Technology, 23-24, April 2021.

• Received ‘Certificate of appreciation- for manuscript reviewing process’ from 63rd DAE -SSPS, Sponsored by Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.
• Received ‘Certificate of appreciation- for manuscript reviewing process’ from 62nd DAE -SSPS, Sponsored by Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.

• Received ‘Certificate of appreciation- for manuscript reviewing process’ from 61st DAE -SSPS, Sponsored by Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.

• Received “First prize for Best Researcher award” for the year 2013 by SSN Institutions on March 2014.
• International Union of Crystallography has awarded “Special fund for support of travel expenses of students” to attend “17th International conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-17)”, August 11-16 (2013), Warsaw, Poland.
• Received “First prize for Best Researcher award” for the year 2012 by SSN Institutions on March 2013.

• Received “Best paper award” in “National Seminar on Emerging trends in growth and characterization of single crystals and Nano materials”, Sacred heart college, chalakudy, Kerala, March 11-12, 2013.

• Received “Best paper award” in “IIIrd National Conference on Advanced Materials”, PSN College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, January 23-25, 2013.

• Awarded “financial assistance to attend “17th International conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-17)”, August 11-16 (2013), Warsaw, Poland (International Travel support scheme for young Scientist, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under Department of Science and Technology (DST).

• Awarded “financial assistance to attend “17th International conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-17)”, August 11-16 (2013), Warsaw, Poland (CSIR Foreign Travel Grant, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Human Resource Development Group).

• Awarded “financial assistance to attend “17th International conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-17)”, August 11-16 (2013), Warsaw, Poland (International Travel support scheme for young Scientist, Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology).