Projects And Publications:
Completed Projects till 2006
| S.No |
Title of the Project |
Investigators |
Funding Agency |
Duration |
Total Amount Sanctioned (Rs) |
| 1 |
Crystal Growth |
G.S. Laddha
P.Ramasamy |
University of Madras |
1976 2000 |
- |
| 2 |
Crystal Growth |
G.S.Laddha
P.Ramasamy |
University of Madras |
1977 2000 |
- |
| 3 |
Growth perfection and analysis of calcite |
P.Ramasamy
G.S.Laddha |
CSIR |
1977 |
35,000 |
| 4 |
Studies on calcite and calcite type crystals |
P.Ramasamy
G.S.Laddha |
UGC |
1977 |
64,000 |
| 5 |
Growth perfection and analysis of MoS2 |
P.Ramasamy
G.S.Laddha |
ISRO |
1978 |
98,000 |
| 6 |
Growth perfection and analysis of ADP and ADP type crystals |
P.Ramasamy |
UGC |
1981 |
76,000 |
| 7 |
Studies on SbSI and SbSI type crystals |
F.D.Gnanam |
UCG |
1981-84 |
1,01,600 |
| 8 |
Special Assistance Programme, Dept. of Chemical Engineering |
Crystal Growth Centre |
UCG |
1983-84 |
12,00,000 |
| 9 |
Growth perfection and analysis of yittrium aluminium garnet single crystals |
P.Ramasamy and
F.D.Gnanam |
DRDO |
1983-86 |
3,86,400 |
| 10 |
COSIST Programme (Dept. of Chemical Engineering) |
Crystal Growth Centre |
UGC |
1984-85 |
22,00,000 |
| 11 |
Strengthening of technology oriented research in Crystal Growth Centre |
Crystal Growth Centre |
T.N. Govt. |
1984-85 |
4,00,000 |
| 12 |
Electro winning of high purity low cost silicon suitable for solar cell devices |
P.Ramasamy and
G.S.Laddha |
DNES |
1984-87 |
4,46,000 |
| 13 |
Studies on KDP and KDP type single crystals |
P.Ramasamy
G.S.Laddha |
DST |
1984-87 |
2,25,600 |
| 14 |
Growth perfection and analysis of (i) Neodymium, Al Borate single crystals (ii) Solution grown and gel grown KDP single crystals |
P.Ramasamy
G.S.Laddha |
CSIR |
1984-87 |
1,28,000 |
| 15 |
Synthesis of efficient ice forming materials for artificial rain making |
P.Ramasamy and
R.Gopinathan |
CSIR |
1986-88 |
2,24,120 |
| 16 |
Growth of Yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) single crystals by flux method |
P.Ramasamy and
F.D.Gnanam |
UGC |
1985-88 |
2,65,500 |
| 17 |
Investigations on mechanism and simulation of grain growth in heavily doped polycrystalline silicon |
R.Dhanasekaran and P.Ramasamy |
CSIR |
1986-89 |
1,04,800 |
| 18 |
Growth and characterisation of ternary chalcogenides by CVT |
P.Ramasamy |
UGC |
1987-90 |
1,55,000 |
| 19 |
Material science and technology development programme |
Crystal Growth Centre |
Govt. of India |
1987-88 |
1,50,000 |
| 20 |
Growth of GaAs and InP single crystals and preparation of polished wafers |
P.Ramasamy |
DOE |
1989-95 |
54,03,000 |
| 21 |
Structural theory and interfacial energy |
P.Ramasamy and
C.Subramanian |
DST |
1989-95 |
31,14,000 |
| 22 |
Growth of KTN, KTP and BaTiO3 single cyrstals |
P.Ramasamy and
C.Subramanian |
DAE |
1990-94 |
5,23,000 |
| 23 |
Theoretical investigation on Nuclear Physics and Solid State Physics |
V.Devanathan |
CSIR |
1990-93 |
4,75,630 |
| 24 |
Growth of sapphire crystals |
P.Ramasamy |
INDO Swiss Company |
1990-93 |
3,00,000 |
| 25 |
CGC-UCG Anna University facility |
Crystal Growth Centre |
UGC |
1990-97 |
1,65,00,000 |
| 26 |
Growth and characterisation of large size urea crystals of optical quality |
R.Dhanasekaran
P.Ramasamy
|
DST |
1990-93 |
3,23,000 |
| 27 |
Development of opto electronic and laser crystals and their characterisation for advanced technology |
P.Ramasamy |
MHRD |
1991-92 |
5,00,000 |
| 28 |
Development of facilities for photonic devices with emphasis on epitaxy of semiconductor materials |
P.Ramasamy |
AICTE |
1991-92 |
1,70,000 |
| 29 |
Development of materials science with emphasis of semiconductor |
P.Ramasamy |
MHRD |
1992-94 |
12,00,000 |
| 30 |
Growth perfection and characterisation of TGS, TGSP mixed crystals and Triglycine Molybdate single crystal |
P.Ramasamy and
C.Subramanian |
UGC |
1992-95 |
2,60,4000 |
| 31 |
Establishment of an electrooptic coefficient measurement set up |
J.Kumar |
TWAS (ITALY) |
1992-93 |
USD 1500 |
| 32 |
Experimental and theoretical investigation on the electrodeposition of cadmium chalcogenides |
R.Dhanasekaran
P.Ramasamy
|
UGC |
1992-95 |
1,45,500 |
| 33 |
Growth of laser and non linear crystals under laser programme |
Crystal Growth Centre |
DAE |
1992-2000 |
1,36,81,273 |
| 34 |
Growth (VPE) and characterisation of binary, ternary quratenary III-V Semiconductors |
D.Arivuoli |
TWAS (ITALY) |
1992-93 |
USD 1500 |
| 35 |
Growth of InSb single crystals and preparation of polished wafer and for window/detector applications |
P.Ramasamy
P.Santhanaragavan |
ISRO |
1992-94 |
7,34,000 |
| 36 |
Growth of L-Arginine phosphate single crystal and its isotopic analog and fabrication of electrooptic modulator |
S.Anbukumar
P.Ramasamy |
DST |
1993-96 |
7,30,000 |
| 37 |
Ion implantation on GaAs and InP crystals |
J.Kumar
P.Ramasamy |
IUC-DAEF |
1993-97 |
1,87,338 |
| 38 |
COSTED Anna University programme |
Crystal Growth Centre |
COSTED |
1993-95 |
2,03,000 |
| 39 |
Crystal Growth Centre Award of training fellowships under the ICTP-Italy programme |
Crystal Growth Centre |
ICTP |
1994-98 |
USD 16,000 |
| 40 |
DRDO-GAETEC |
J.Kumar
C.Subramanian |
DRDO |
1994-96 |
2,00,000 |
| 41 |
Development of semiconductor laser for optoelectronic devices |
P.Ramasamy
K.Baskar |
MHRD |
1995-97 |
15,00,000 |
| 42 |
Investigation on cholesterol cyrstallisation for devising newer drugs and treatment |
S.Narayana Kalkura |
AICTE |
1995-97 |
7,70,000 |
| 43 |
Growth of large size Ba(1-x) Ax (A=Ca, Sr) TiO3 single crystals and their characterisation |
C.Subramanian and
R.Jayavel |
DAE-BRNS |
1995-99 |
9,86,800 |
| 44 |
Crystal growth and development in Palm candy production |
Crystal Growth Centre |
T.N.Govt. |
1995-98 |
1,09,200 |
| 45 |
Growth and characterisation of semiconductor crystals |
J. Kumar |
DAE Young Scientist Award |
1995-98 |
5,00,000
|
| 46 |
Establishment of Pl system for the evaluation of III-V crystalline wafers |
J.Kumar
P.Ramasamy |
UGC |
1995-98 |
5,04,800 |
| 47 |
Investigation on LEC grown III-V crystals through Deep level transient spectroscopy |
J.Kumar
P.Ramasamy |
DST |
1995-98 |
10,85,140 |
| 48 |
Development and fabrication of visible LEDs laser diode PIC's for advanced electronics |
S.MoorthyBabu |
MHRD |
1996-98 |
4,00,000 |
| 49 |
Modernisation of flame fusion crystal growth systems for the production of emerald and star ruby |
R.Jayavel |
AICTE |
1996-99 |
10,00,000 |
| 50 |
Development of Germanium substrates suitable for epitaxial growth of GaAs layers for space quality solar cells |
J.Kumar and
R.Jayavel |
ISRO |
1997-98 |
10,80,000 |
| 51 |
National Emeritus fellowship |
T.Nagarajan |
UGC |
1997-98 |
68,000 |
| 52 |
Development of Lead Zirconium Titanate single crystals for the fabrication of Ultrasound Transducers |
P.Ramasamy
P.Santhanaragavan |
AICTE |
1998-2000 |
7,00,000 |
| 53 |
Upgradation of existing facilities suitable for the growth of semi-organic crystals for NLO applications |
P.Ramasamy
R.Jayavel |
AICTE |
1998-2000 |
10,00,000 |
| 54 |
Growth of bulk single crystals of high temperature superconductors and their characterisation |
C.Subramanian
R.Jayavel |
DST |
1998-2001 |
10,00,000 |
| 55 |
Development of semi-insulating GaAs room temperature radiation detectors |
J.Kumar
P.Ramasamy |
AICTE |
1998-2000 |
10,00,000 |
| 56 |
Investigations of the trace elemental analysis to study crystal deposition diseases |
S.Narayana Kalkura P.Ramasamy |
IUC-DAEF |
1998-2001 |
1,15,000 |
| 57 |
Growth, Spectroscopy and lasing of Titanium doped sapphire crystals |
P.Santhanaragavan |
TWAS (ITALY) |
1999 |
USD 5000 |
| 58 |
Production of cubic Zirconia crystals for gemology and electronic applications |
P.Ramasamy
P.Santhanaragavan |
T.N.Govt. |
1999-2000 |
6,00,000 |
| 59 |
Study of crystallogenesis of proteins to obtain higher quality crystals for structural analysis |
S.Narayana Kalkura |
AICTE |
1999-2001 |
10,00,000 |
| 60 |
Investigations on GaN |
J.Kumar
P.Ramasamy and R.Dhanasekaran |
DST |
1999-2002 |
13,80,000 |
| 61 |
Growth of ZnSe and ZnSSe single crystals by CVT method with convection shield and their characterisation |
R.Dhanasekaran
P.Ramasamy and
S.Moorthy Babu |
CSIR |
2000-03 |
6,60,000 |
| 62 |
Oxygen irradiation effects on InGaAs based devices |
K.Baskar
D.Arivuoli |
NSC |
2001-04 |
45,000 |
| 63 |
Irradiation effects on GaN grown by VPE |
D.Arivuoli |
NSC |
2002-05 |
1,74,600 |
| 64 |
Emeritus Scientist fellowship |
C.Subramanian |
AICTE |
1999-2002 |
5,55,000 |
| 65 |
Growth of larger size and high quality single crystals of POM, MAP, TCP, NPP and L-PCA organic materials and their characterisation for non linear applications |
R.Dhanasekaran
P.Ramasamy
S.MoorthyBabu |
DST |
2001-04 |
6,99,000 |
| 66 |
Fabrications of GaAs schottky diode and PN junction solar cells by wafer bonding on silicon substate using chalcogenides |
K.Baskar |
NSC |
2002-04 |
1,74,600 |
| 67 |
Fast Growth of CdTe and related compounds for device applications |
S.MoorthyBabu
R.Dhanasekaran |
UGC |
2001-04 |
1,85,560 |
| 68 |
Growth and characterisation of lead molybdate and lead tungstate single crystals for acousto-optic and Scintillator applications |
R.Dhanasekaran
P.Ramasamy
S.MoorthyBabu |
UGC |
2001-04 |
4,05,060 |
| 69 |
Investigation on compounds causing crystal deposition diseases |
P.Ramasamy
S.Narayana Kalkuar |
UGC |
2001-04 |
4,55,060
|
| 70 |
Growth and characterisation of organic molecular single crystals for detection of nuclear radiation |
P.Ramasamy
P.Santhanaragavan
T.Nagarajan
R.Dhanasekaran |
NSC |
2002-05 |
1,74,600 |
| 71 |
Irradiation effects of II-VI and III N materials |
R.Dhanasekaran |
NSC |
2002-05 |
1,74,600 |
| 72 |
Development of laser elements of double tungstates for diode-pumped solid state laser applications |
R.Dhanasekaran
S.MoorthyBabu |
DAE-BRNS |
2003-06 |
11,22,500 |
| 73 |
Growth and characterisation of lead magnesium niobate – lead titanate (PMN-PT) and Lead Zinc Niobate – Lead titanate (PZT-PT) single crystals for Sonar Transducer applications |
R.Dhanasekaran
S.MoorthyBabu |
DRDO |
2003-05 |
18,16,770 |
| 74 |
Emeritus Scientist Scheme |
P.Ramasamy |
CSIR |
2003-06 |
8,00,000 |
| 75 |
Growth and Characterisation of Gallium Nitride and Alloy systems to fabricate UV detectors |
J.Kumar
R.Dhanasekaran |
UGC |
2003-06 |
2,57,000 |
| 76 |
Radiation detectors and irradiation studies on semiconductor device structure |
J.Kumar |
NSC |
2003-06 |
1,74,600 |
Top ON GOING PROJECTS
| S.No |
TITLE OF THE PROJECT |
INVESTIGATORS |
FUNDING
AGENCY |
DURATION |
GRANT
(Rupees) |
| 1 |
UGC X Plan UGC:CGC- Anna University facility |
Director |
UGC |
2003-2008 |
67,00,000 |
| 2 |
Semiconductor Nanostructures |
Prof..J.Kumar
Dr.K.Baskar
Prof. R.Dhanasekaran
Dr.R.Jayavel |
DST |
2006-2009 |
6,16,24,000
(6.16 CRORES) |
| 3 |
State Initiated National Facility for Semiconductor based LEDs and Nano materials |
Prof..J.Kumar
Dr.K.Baskar
Prof.R.Dhanasekaran
Dr.R.Jayavel |
Tamil Nadu
Govt. |
2005-2008 |
50,00,000 |
| 4 |
GaN and nitride alloy systems for nano electronics |
Prof. J. Kumar |
AICTE |
2005-2008 |
9,60,000 |
| 5 |
Growth & Characterisation of Borate based single crystals and fabrication of SHG elements |
Prof.R.Dhanasekaran Dr.S.Moorthy Babu
Dr.V.K.Wadhawan
Dr.S.Ganesamurthy |
DST |
2004-2007 |
41,14,614 |
| 6 |
Growth and characterization of alloys of InSb and InAs epitaxial layers for IR detector applications |
Dr. K. Baskar |
IUAC |
2005-2008 |
2,61,000 |
| 7 |
Development of NLO devices from SLN |
Dr.S. Moorthy Babu |
IUAC |
2005-2008 |
3,33,000 |
| 8 |
Stiochoimetric Lithium Niobate single crystals for advances non-linear devices |
Dr.S.Moorthy Babu
Prof.R.Dhanasekaran
Dr.V.K.Wadhawan
Dr.S.Ganesamurthy |
DST |
2005-2008 |
24,00,000 |
| 9 |
Indo-Italian joint research -Crystal growth and characterization of spintronic materials |
Prof..J.Kumar |
DST |
2006-2009 |
2,25,063 |
| 10 |
EU-ASIA LINK Programme on Human Resource Development on Telecommunications Technology |
Dr.S.Moorthy Babu
Prof.R.DhanaSekaran
Prof.J.Kumar |
Europ-ean
Union |
2005-2008 |
42,00,000 |
| 11 |
Growth and characterization of bimetallic Thiocyanate Crystals for Frequency Conversion devices |
Dr. R. Jayavel |
CSIR |
2006-2009 |
9,76,000 |
| 12 |
Nanostructure formation of Metal-Semiconductors, Growth and Characterisation of DMS Materials using Swift Heavy Ions |
Prof. J. Kumar |
IUAC |
2006-2009 |
3,33,000 |
| 13 |
Heavy Ion irradiation effects on colossal magnetoresistive single crystals |
Dr. R. Jayavel |
IUAC |
2006-2009 |
3,33,000 |
| 14 |
Effect of Irradiation on Hydroxyapatite and their biological performance |
Dr.S. N. Kalkura |
IUAC |
2006-2009 |
3,33,000 |
| 15 |
Synthesis, growth and characterization on Nanostructured optoelectronic materials |
Dr.S.Moorthy Babu |
UGC |
2006-2009 |
4,79,000 |
| 16 |
High energy irradiation studies on II-IV nanocrystalline thin films & I-III-VI2 chalcopyrites |
Prof.R.Dhanasekaran |
IUAC |
2007-2010 |
3,33,000 |
| 17 |
Investigations on the synthesis of nanocrystalline calcium phosphates to prepare bone and dental replacement materials and drug delivery systems |
Dr.S. N. Kalkura |
DST |
2007-2010 |
22,80,000 |
| 18 |
Capacitance & Conductance based sensor instrumentation for Biochemical characterisation |
Dr. J. Kumar
Dr. K. Sankaran |
DST |
2007-2009 |
13,55,000 |
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