Dr S. BALAKUMAR, M. Sc., M. Phil., Ph.D
Professor and Director
National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,
University of Madras, Chennai-25.
Email: balakumar@unom.ac.in, balasuga@yahoo.com,
website: http://www.unom.ac.in/departments/cnsnt/balakumar.html
Phone: 9442617848
Personal Particulars:
 Date of birth: June 2nd, 1967
 Nationality: Indian
 Sex / Marital status: Male / Married
Educational Qualifications:
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1987 - 89: Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Physics (First class with distinction), Bharathiyar
University, India
1989 - 90: Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Materials Science, Physics (First class), University
of Madras, India
1991 - 95: Materials Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Anna University, India
Post doctoral Experiences:
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1996 – 97: University Post doctoral fellow, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
1997 – 98: NSTB Post doctoral Fellow, Dept of Chemical Engineering, National University of
Singapore, Singapore
Research / Professional Experiences:
Oct 2012 – till date
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Nov 2008 – Oct 2012
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May 2007 – Nov 2008
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May 2004 – Dec 2008
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May 2004 - May 2007
May 1999 - May 2002
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April 1997 - May 1999
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Apri 1996 - April 1997
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Jan 1993 - Apr 1995
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Jan 1991 - Dec 1992
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Director, National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,
University of Madras, Chennai-25, India
Associate Professor, National Centre for Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Chennai-25, India
Coordinator/Senior Scientists for Process Modules at the Institute of
Microelectronics, Singapore.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering,
National
University of Singapore, Singapore
Senior Scientist at the Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore
Senior Research Engineer (CMP) at the Institute of Microelectronics,
Singapore
NSTB Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Chemical Engineering,
National University of Singapore, Singapore.
University Postdoctoral fellow
at Department of Electronic
Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Junior Scientific Officer, IUC- UGC Crystal Growth Facility, Anna
University, India
Junior Research Fellow at DAE-BRNS Project, Crystal Growth Centre,
Anna University, Chennai, India
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Area of Specialization/Research: Bionanotechnology, Nanomaterials for energy, environment,
sensing and storage applications, Nanoelectronics,
Awards and Honors
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IME Team Excellence Award on Nanowires project, 2008
IME Long Term Service award, 2007
IEEE Senior Membership Award, 2004
JSPS Fellowship, Japan 2000
STA Fellowship, 2001
NSTB Fellowship by Singapore A-Star -1997-1999
CUHK University fellowship (1995-97)
CSIR Research Fellowship to carry out Ph.D, 1994
CSIR Travel Award to attend IMf1993, USA
DST Full Travel Award to attend and Chair MRS 2009
Technical/Advisory/Program committees:
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IME Technical Council Member (2003-2004), IME Singapore
Patent Committee Member (2003-2004), IME Singapore
Program committee Member, Twenty First International VMIC Conference, Short Courses &
Exhibition to be held Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2004 at Waikoloa Beach, HAWAII Refer:
http://www.imic.org/.
Program committee Member, Tenth International Conference on Chemical-Mechanical Polish
(CMP) to be held February 22 - 25, 2005 at Fremont, California, Ref: http://www.imic.org/.
Program committee Member, Twenty Second International VMIC Conference, Short Courses
& Exhibition to be held October 3 - 6, 2005 at Fremont Marriott Hotel in Fremont, California,
Ref: http://www.imic.org/.
Session Chair, 2005 MRS meeting, Symposium on Chemical Mechanical Planarization, March
28 - April 1 San Francisco, CA USA
Program committee Member, 2006 VMIC-VLSI/ULSI Multilevel Interconnection Conference,
Seminar & Exhibition, September 25 - 28, 2006 at Fremont, California
Program committee Member, Twenty Second International VMIC Conference, Short Courses
& Exhibition to be held October 3 - 6, 2006 at Fremont Marriott Hotel in Fremont, California.
Ref: http://www.imic.org/.
Program Committee Member, ICPT Committee for 2006 (International Conference on
Planarization Technology).San Francisco, CA on Oct 12 and 13 (2006).
Program Committee Member, ICPT Committee for 2007 (International Conference on
Planarization Technology).San Francisco, CA on Oct 12,(2007)
Judge, National Robotic Competition (NJRC), 2006
Program committee Member, Twenty third International VMIC Conference, Short Courses &
Exhibition to, 2007 at Fremont Marriott Hotel in Fremont, California. Refer:
http://www.imic.org/.
2008 CMP-MIC EXECUTIVE PROGRAM COMMITTEE, Feb 2008, California. Refer:
http://www.imic.org/.
2008 VMIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE, Nov. 2008, California. Refer: http://www.imic.org/.
Advisory Board Member, National Seminar on Crystal growth, Alagappa University, Chennai.
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TANU Nanoscience Centre Technical Committee member, 2009.
BD University Nanoscience Center expert committee member 2009-09-23.
Subject Expert for Purchase Committee for Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Anna
University, Chennai-25.
Subject Expert for Equipment Selection Committee, Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University,
Chennai-25.
Core Committee Member, National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Madras
University, Chennai -05.
Session Chair for Nanotechnology, International Conference on Biotechnology, 25th June 2010,
SRM University, Kancheepuram
Research Board Member, Research –Cell, Sriram Engineering College, Chennai
Scientific Committee Member, Chennai Science Festival, 2012
Scientific Advisory Board, National Workshop on Preparation, Characterization of Crystalline
Materials and their applications, July 16th-17th,2012, Anna University,
Scientific Advisory Board, National Seminar on Crystal Growth, Jan 2013
Member, Research Committee, NCNSNT, Chennai-25
Member, Academic Committee, NCNSNT, Chennai-25
Coordinator for Basic Sciences, Chennai Science Festival -2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015
Science City, Chennai-25
Board of Studies
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Member of Board of Studies, Department of Physics, KASC College (Autonomous),
Coimbatore-29.
Member of Board of Studies, Department of Physics ( for Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology), Queen Mary’s College, Chennai
Member of Board of studies, Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM
University, Chennai
Member, Advisory Board, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,
Gandhigram Rural University,Gandhigram-624 302, INDIA
Member, Board of Studies for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Pondicherry
Central University,
Conferences/ Symposiums/Summer School organized:
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Co chair, Symposium on Microelectronics -2004, 5th June 2004, Singapore
General Chairman, Symposium on Microelectronics -2005, June 5th, Singapore
Co-Chair, MRS symposium, Spring 2009, Sanfrancisco, USA Symposium-E: Science and
Technology of Chemical Mechanical Planarization.
Course Coordinator, Refresher Course on Nanoscience, 11th Nov-2009 to 1st Dec 2009, National
Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Madras University, Chennai -25, India.
Co-Course Coordinator, Refresher Course on Nanoscience, 18th Nov-2009 to 8st Dec 2010,
India.
Co-Chairman, National Workshop on Preparation and Characterization of Nanomaterials, April
2011, Chennai.
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Program Director, First National Summer Training School on Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology, 10th May to 30th May, 2011, NCNSNT, Chennai.
Co-Chairman, National Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, August 25th-27th,
2011, NCNSNT, Chennai-25.
Course Coordinator, Refresher Course on Nanoscience, 7th Nov-2009 to 8st Dec 2011, India.
Co-Convener, Exploring Nano-domain, NCNSNT, 9th Feb 2012
Program Coordinator, Nano -revelation 2012, Science City
Program Director, Summer Training School on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 25th May to
14th June, 2012, NCNSNT, Chennai
Course Coordinator, Refresher Course on Nanoscience, 15th Nov-2012 to 5st Dec 2012,
NCNSNT, University of Madras, India.
Course Coordinator, Refresher Course on Nanoscience, 15th Nov-2012 to 5st Dec 2012,
NCNSNT, University of Madras, India.
Co-Chair, Symposium on Nanomedicine, ICMAT 2013, 30th June to 5th July, Singapore
Course Coordinator, Summer School on Nanoscience, 20th May to 9th June 2014, NCNSNT,
University of Madras, India.
Course Coordinator, Refresher Course on Nanoscience, 3rd to 23rd Feb 2015, NCNSNT,
University of Madras, India.
Co-Chair, Symposium on Advanced Nano and Polymeric Materials for Biological and Health
Care Applications, ICMAT 2015, 28th June to 3rd July, Singapore
Inaugural Address/ Plenary lectures:
1. Inaugural Lecture on Power of Small, Vels University, 3rd November 2009
2. Inaugural address on Nano to Young Scientists, Winter Science Camp 2010 26th Dec 2010,
Science City
Invited talks/ Special Lectures:
1. Invited talk on CMP of Cu/ low k multilevel interconnects, 20th International Conference on
VMIC, 2003 , Los Angles, USA
2. Invited talk on Abrasive free CMP process for Cu/low k materials, 1st Pac - Rim International
conferences on Chemical Mechanical Planarization, Japan, Dec 2004
3. Invited talk on Wear Mechanism in Abrasive free CMP Process, 2005 MRS Chemical
Mechanical Planarization Symposium, San Francesco 2005
4. Invited talk on CMP, Symposium Surface Engineering for Industrial applications, 5th-7th Dec
2006, Singapore
5. Key note speaker -Chemical Mechanical Planarization Technology: Enhancing the MEMS
manufacturability, ICMAT2007 to be held at Singapore during 1st -5th July, Singapore
6. Invited talk on CMP for MEMS technology, International conference on Surface Engineering,
Dec 10-12th, 2007 Singapore
7. Invited talk on Ge Nanowires fabrication by controlled oxidation, Materials Science Conference,
Singapore, Feb 2008
8. Invited talk on Epitaxial growth, 13th National Seminar on Crystal Growth, SSN College, India,
Jan 27-29, 2009
9. Invited talk on SiGe Substrates, National Seminar on Recent Advancements in Materials and
Energy, Voorhees College, India, Jan 27-29, 2009
10. Invited talk on “Silicon Technology”, National Seminar on Crystal Growth, Alagappa
University, Karaikudi
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11. Invited talk on Introduction to Nanoelectronics, International Workshop on Nanotechnology and
Instrumentation, 17-18th Sep, IIT, Madras
12. Public Lecture on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Day Lecture, Periyar Science
Centre, Chennai-25, India
13. Invited lecture on Power of Small, Vels University, 3rd November 2009
14. Invited Lecture in the Refresher Course on Nanoscience on “Role of CMP on Nanodevices”,
during 11th November to 1st Dec 2009
15. Invited Lecture on Nanoelectronics and Nanoscopy, Tamilnadu Agricultural University,
Coimbatore
16. Invited Special Lecture on “Application of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine”, 11th
Dec 2009 in Sri Ram Engineering College, Chennai
17. Invited Lecture on “Why Nano? What is Nano?” in Chennai Science Club on 2 nd Jan 2010,
CLRI, Chennai
18. Invited Special Lecture on “ Introduction to Nano” at A.M. Jain College, 22nd Feb 2010,
19. Invited Special Lecture on Nature inspired Nanotechnology” at Guru Nanak Colleges, 27th Feb
2010.
20. Invited lecture on Recent trends in Si Nanotechnology, One Day Seminar on Recent Trends in
Nanotechnology, Queen Mary’s College, Madras University on 3rd Feb 2010
21. Invited lecture for Teachers Training Institute on Social and Environmental Implications of
Nanotechnology, 5th Feb 2010
22. Invited lectures on “Applications of Nanoelectronics Materials-1”, in Awareness programme on
Nanotechnology, @7th-28th Feb 2010, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, School of
Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tamilnadu, India
23. Invited lectures on “Applications of Nanoelectronics Materials-II”, in Awareness programme on
Nanotechnology, @7th-28th Feb 2010, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, School of
Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tamilnadu, India
24. Invited lecture on “Synthesis of Oxide nanomaterials” 3rd March 2010, International Conference
on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi
25. Invited lecture on : Nano in Sports, 12th March 2010, National Workshop on Sports
Technology and Sports Management, Sports University, Chennai
26. Invited lecture on Characterization of Nanomaterials : Powder X-ray diffraction, 23rd June
2010, Refresher Course on Nanosciences for Agriculture Scientists
27. Invited lecture on Physical Properties of Nanomaterials , 23rd June 2010, Refresher Course on
Nanosciences for Agriculture Scientists
28. Invited lecture on Nature Nanotechnology, Symposium on Nanobiotechnology, July 25th,
2010, Chetinad Medical College, Kellapakkam, Chennai
29. Invited lecture on Nanoscopy, Awareness Program on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 25th
August 2010
30. Invited lectures on Nanoscience,
Refresher Course on Solid State theory, Dept of
theoretical Physics, University of Madras, 31th August 2010
31. Invited lectures on Nanomaterials, Refresher Course on Solid State theory, Dept of theoretical
Physics, University of Madras, Ist September 2010
32. Invited lectures on Nanomaterials, Refresher Course on Condensed Matter Physics, University
of Madras, Ist September 2010
33. Invited lectures on Nanophenomena and Nanoelectronics,
Refresher Course on Physics,
Bharathiyar University, I2th Nov010
34. Invited Lecture on Fundamental of Nanoscience, National Conference on Nanosciences, 16th
Nov 2010, SIT college, Chennai
35. Invited Lecture on Nano to Young Scientists, Winter Science Camp 2010 26th Dec 2010,
Science City
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36. Invited Lecture on Concept at Nanoscale, National Conference on Nanoscience and
Nanobiotechnology, 12th Jan 2011, Queen Mary’s College, Chennai
37. Invited lecture on Nanoscopy, National Workshop on Preparation and Characterization of
Nanomaterials, April 2011
38. Invited lecture on Nanomaterials, Orientation Program for TRB Zoology teachers, 18th May
2011
39. Invited lecture on Nanomaterials, Orientation Program for TRB Biotechnology teachers, 20 th
May 2011
40. Invited lecture on Social and Ethical implications of Nanotechnology, NITTRI, 18th Feb 2011
41. Invited Lecture on Si Nanowires for Nanoelectronics, Nanomeet 2011, Anna University,
Chennai-25
42. Invited lecture on Nanomaterials, Orientation Program for TRB Zoology teachers, 18 th May
2011
43. Invited lecture on Nanomaterials, Orientation Program for TRB Biotechnology teachers, 20th
May 2011
44. Invited lecture on Development in Nanoelectronics, 18th May 2011, Summer School on
Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics, University of Madras, Chennai
45. Invited lecture on Nanoscience- Phenomena at Nanoscale, 16th August 2011, Refresher Course
on Chemistry, Academic Staff College, Chennai
46. Invited lecture on Advanced Nanoelectronic Materials, 8th September 2011, Refresher Course
on Biophysics, Centre for Advanced Studies in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of
Madras, Chennai-25
47. Invited lecture on SPMs: A cluster of visualization techniques, Asian -Pacific workshop on
Advanced Materials Characterization, 24th September 2011
48. Special Lecture on Recent trends in Application of Nanotechnology, Hindustan University,
Chennai, 27th September 2011
49. Invited Lecture on “Phenomena at Nanoscale”, AICTE Faculty Development Program on
Nanoscience, 20th Dec 2011, Anna University, Chennai
50. Invited talk on” Nano-photo catalytic Materials”, International Conference on Advance
Materials, January 7-9, 2012, Chennai-25
51. Invited talk on “ Introduction to Nanomaterials” National conference on Recent trends in
Nanoscience and Nontechnology, 19th Feb 2011, 10 -11am
52. Invited talk on “Nano and its applications”, National Seminar on Recent trends in nanoscience
Science, R. V. College, Chegalpud, 19th Feb 2012, 2-3 pm
53. Invited talk on Nano for students, DST-Inspire Programme, Jarusalem Engineering College,
Chennai, 19th Feb 2012
54. Invited talk on “Metal oxide Nanomaterials for sensor and photocatalytic applications for :”
International Conference on “ Recent Trends in Advanced Materials” 22nd February 2011, VIT
University, Chennai
55. Invited talk on “Multiferroic multifunctional Nanostructures, Nanomeet 2012, 27 th Feb
2012
56. Invited talk on “Phenomena at Nanoscale: Nano revelation 2012, Science City, 28th Feb
2012.
57. Invited talk on Nano for students, DST-Inspire Programme, Jarusalem Engineering College,
Chennai, 5th March2012
58. Invited talk on “Emerging Multifunctional Nanomaterials”, National Seminar on Advanced
Materials 29-30, March 2012, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore
59. Invited talk on “Nanoscopy: Nano revelation 2012, Science City, 28th Feb 2012.
60. Invited Talk, on Emerging Nanomaterials, National Seminar on Advance Materials,
Eswari Engineering Colleges, 25th March 2012, Chennai
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61. Invited Talk in Summer School on Physical Sciences on “Physics of Nano”, June 2012,
University of Madras, Chennai-25
62. Special lecture on Nanobiomaterials, Department on Biomedical Engineering, Sathyabama
University, Chennai
63. Invited lecture on Scanning Probe Techniques, National Workshop on Preparation,
Characterization of Crystalline Materials and their applications, July 16 th-17th,2012, Anna
University,
64. Invited lecture on “On the Nanoscale Engineering of Multifunctional Nanomaterials”, 7th
August 2012, UGC Refresher Course on New Nanomaterials for catalysis and sensor
applications: physical chemistry perspectives, University of Madras, Chennai- 25
65. Invited lecture on “Science at Small scale”, Summer School 2012- Higher Education for
college and University teachers with a focus on teaching, research and administration, 6 th July
2012, Academic Staff College, UNOM, Chennai-5
66. Invited Lecture on Nanoscale Materials, UGC Refresher Course on Physics, 24th August
2012, CAT in Biophysics and Crystallography, UNOM, Chennai
67. Invited talk on Photocatalytic Materials, International Conference on Advanced Materials,
IIT, Chennai, Sep 2012
68. Invited talk on Physics of Core shell Nanostructures, 56th DAE-SSP2012, IIT, Bombay, 3-7
Dec 2012
69. Invited lecture on Si Nanoelectronics, Faculty Development Program, Dhanalkshmi College of
Engineering , Tambaram, 15th Dec 2012
70. Invited talk on Multifunctional Nanomaterials, Indian Science Congress, 16th Dec 2012,
KASC, Coimbatore
71. Invited talk on Nanophenomena and Nanoelectronics nanomaterials based information storage
devices, Refresher course, 20th Dec 2012, Bharathiar university, Coimbatore
72. Invited talk, on Bioglass, International Workshop on Crystal Growth and Characterization, 22nd
Dec 2012
73. Invited talk on Successive growth of Nanosilver, National Seminar on Crystal growth, 25th Dec
2012
74. Invited talk on Bi based Photocatalytic Materials, Second Internationals workshop on
Nanomaterials, Second International Workshop on Advanced Functional Materials
(SIWAN’13), January 28st-30th 2013, Anna University, Chennai.
75. Invited talk on Recent trends in Advanced Materials, 19th July 2013, Mirimal Navajee Munoth
Jain Engineering College, Chennai.
76. Invited talk on Applications of Nanomaterials, Seminar on Nanomaterials, 31st Jan 2013,
Meenakshi College for women, Chennai
77. Invited talk on Nanoelectronics, Nanotechnology and Applications, 12th Feb 2013, National
Institute of Technical teachers training and research, Chennai
78. Invited talk on Fabrication method mediated property enhancement in multiferroic bismuth
ferrite nanostructures, Energing Trends in Chemical Research, 8th March 2013, Agurchand
Manmull Jain College, Chennai
79. Invited talk on A journey through silicon nanostructures, Nanorevelation 2012, 21st September
2012, Science city, Chennai 25.
80. Invited talk on Seeing at Nanoscale: Atomic Force Microscopy, Nanorevelation 2012, 20th April
2012, Science city, Chennai 25.
81. Invited talk on Nanomaterials for Space, Sport and Defense Applications, Nanorevelation 2012,
8th August 2013, Science city, Chennai 25.
82. Invited talk on Nanobiomaterials, 29th August 2013, Refresher course organized in the
department of crystallography and biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai 25.
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83. Invited Lectures on Instrumentation for Nanomaterials Characterization, 19th December 2013,
Refresher course organized in the department of crystallography and biophysics, University of
Madras, Chennai 25
84. Special Lectures on Nano for students, DST-Inspire Program, SRM University, Chennai, 30th
Dec 2013
85. Invited talk on Nanostructuring of MOS materials, International conference on Green Energy
and Smart Materials through Science, Technology and Management, Gouhathi, 21-23, Jan-2014
86. Invited talk on Basics on Nanomaterials and their role in life science, National Seminar on
Nanomaterials, 5th Feb 2014, New College, Chennai
87. Invited talk on BFO: One Chemistry-Many Shapes, 3rd March 2014, National Seminar on
Advanced Materials, Presidency College
88. Special Lectures on Nanobiomaterials, Summer School on Chemistry, Dept of Inorganic
Chemistry, UNOM, 13th June 2014
89. Special Lecture on Nanoscale Engineering, STRIP Summer School on Physics, Dept of
Nuclear Physics, UNOM, 14th June 2014
90. Lecture on Inorganic Nanostructures, Refresher Course on Inorganic Chemistry, 5th Sep 2014.
91. Invited talk on Graphene Nanohybrids, DAE sponsored NCMMW 2014, 10th Sep2014
92. Invited talk on Graphene Nanostructures Construction, National Conference on Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology, CRNN, University of Calcutta, 18th-19th Sep 2014
93. Invited talk on Graphene Nanomaterials, International Conference on Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology, SRM University, Feb 4th-6th, 2015
94. Special Lectures on Nanobiomaterials, Summer School on Physics, Dept of Nuclear Physics,,
UNOM, 13th June 2015
95. Special Lecture on Nanomaterials, STRIP Summer School on Chemistry, Dept of Inorganic
Chemistry, UNOM, 14th June 2015
96. Lecture on Fundamental of Nanoscience, Refresher Course on Biological Sciences, 24th June
2015.
97. Invited talk on Strategies to fabricate BiFeO3 Nanostructures, Recent Advances In NanoScience And Technology (RAINSAT-2015), 8th- 10th July 2015, Sathyabama University,
Chennai -25
98. Invited talk on Multifunctional Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental applications,
National Seminar on Recent Aspirants of Nanomaterials and its applications, 21st-22nd July 2015
99. Special Lecture on Nanoelectronics, Workshop on Nanotechnology, NTTR, Chennai, 24th July
2015.
100. Lecturers on Nanomaterials for Environmental Sciences, Refresher Course on Environmental
Sciences, Dept of Applied Geology, University o Madras, 27th July 2015
101. Invited talk on the Fabrication of Multiferroic Nanomaterials, National Seminar on
Restructuring of Education in Chemistry, Queen Mary’s College, 31st July 2015
102. Inaugural lecture on Nano-eduction, Physical Sciences Association, SIT College, Alwarpet,
Chennai, 5th August 2015
103. Invited talk on Anisotropic nanostructures of bismuth ferrite, Third International Workshop on
Advanced Functional Nanomaterials, 18th December 2015, Anna University, Chennai.
Memberships:
 Singapore Materials Research Society
 Materials Research Society of India- Life Member
 IEEE Senior Member (since 2004)
 Materials Research Society, USA
 Life member in Indian Crystal Growth Association (Since 1993)
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Member in International Research Club, A-Star, Singapore
Details of Research Projects completed as the Principal Investigator:
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Status
Institute of Microelectronics and
Hosei University, Japan.
International Collaborations
(Japan-Singapore)
2003
2005
S$ 150,000
Completed
IME- TMT Industry project
2007
2008
S$ 100,000
Completed
IME-TMT, Taiwan- Industry
project
2007
2008
$S 200,000
Completed
ELID-CMP Project with NUS
(AML, MPE)- Co-In
2007
2008
S$ 450,000
Completed
CSIR (Joint Project with CLRI)
2010
2013
24 lakhs
Completed
NCNSNT Project
2011
2014
10 lakhs
Completed
Project on going as Principal Investigator:
Name of the agency
Started
year
Completed
year
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Status
UGC Major Research
Project
2012
2015
12 lakhs
On-going
DRDO Project on Fe3N
thin films
2013
2016
15 lakhs
On-going
UGC-DAE CSR
2014
2017
10 lakhs
On-going
DBT
2015
2018
34 lakhs
On-going
PhD/Master thesis Guided/ On-going:
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PhD guided- 5/ on-going- 10
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M.S by research completed- 5(at National University of Singapore)
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M.Tech completed- 10 / M.Sc completed- 24
Patents: U. S Patents (Awarded: 8, pending for approval In US: 2, Know-how-1)
1. CMP uniformity, U.S. Patent: 6,248,006, June 19, 2001.
2. Method for improving oxide erosion of tungsten CMP operations, U. S. Patent: 6,569,770,, May
27, 2003
3. Method to form shallow trench isolations, U.S. Patent: 6,649,486 , November 18, 2003
4. Multiple steps CMP polishing, U. S Patent: 6,663,472, December 16, 2003
5. Linear polishing for improving substrate uniformity, U. S Patent: 6,726,545, April 27, 2004
6. High K artificial lattices for capacitor applications to use in CU or AL BEOL, Patent No.
6,830,971, December 14, 2004
7. Method of fabricating strained channel devices (filed in US 2004)
8. Method of optical loss reduction for waveguides in electronic and optical components integration
(PAT06-059/SPT-NDT-014), - Filed in US
9. Disclosure: Method of Controlling the Shape and Strain in SiGe or Ge Nanowires (Know – how2008)
10. High Speed Nanowires Semiconductor Devices based on Hetero structure and formation of such
(Patent filed, 2007)
Publications
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Papers in International Journals: 117
Papers presented at conferences: 236 papers
Book published: 1 - Editor of Science and Technology of CMP, MRS, and Sanfrancisco
Proceedings.
Book Chapter: 1 on Introductory Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Ref Course on
Condensed Matter, 2010.
Papers Published in Journals:
2016
1. Electric field induced formation of one-dimensional bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) nanostructures
in electrospinning process, M. Sakar, S. Balakumar, P. Saravanan, S. N. Jaisankar, E, Mater.
&Des., 2016. (In press)
2. Anatase TiO2 nanotube by electrochemical anodization method: Effect of tubes dimension on
the supercapacitor application, A. Tamilselvan, S. Balakumar, Ionics, 2016, DOI
10.1007/s11581-015-1526-8. (In press)
3. Particulates Vs fibers: dimension featured magnetic and visible light driven photocatalytic
properties of Sc modified multiferroic bismuth ferrite nanostructures, M. Sakar, S.
Balakumar, P. Saravanan, S. Bharathkumar, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 1147-60
4. Effect of temperature, solvent and precursor concentration on the anti-aggregation of ZnO
nanoparticles prepared by polyol method, S. Sathish, M. Kesavan, S. Balakumar, J. Nanosci.
& Nanotech., 2016, 16, 418-425.
2015
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5. Disinfection of Dentinal Tubules with Silver Nanoparticles and 2% Chlorhexidine Against
Enterococcus faecalis, N Venkateshbabu, Mhagan Gowri, S Balakumar, C Ashokraja, D
kandaswamy, and V. Ganesh, J. Bionanoscience, 2015, 9, 63-67
6. Silver nanoparticles as a non alcoholic hospital disinfectant to combat nosocomial pathogens,
G. Anjana, M. Gowri, C. S Ashok Raja, M. Prasath, S. Balakumar , V. Ganesh, J.
Bionanoscience, 2015, 9, 102-111
7. Rohith Vinod K., P. Saravanan, M. Sakar, V. T. P. Vinod, Miroslav Cernik and S.
Balakumar, Large scale synthesis and formation mechanism of highly stable and magnetic
iron nitride (ɛ-Fe3N) nanoparticles, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 56045–48.
8. Compliments of confinements: substitution and dimension induced magnetic origin and bandbending mediated photocatalytic enhancements in Bi1-xDyxFeO3 particulate and fiber
nanostructures, M. Sakar, S. Balakumar, P. Saravanan, and S. Bharathkumar, Nanoscale,
2015, 7, 10667-79.
9. S. Bharathkumar, M. Sakar, Rohith Vinod K. and S. Balakumar, Versatility of
electrospinning in the fabrication of fibrous mat and mesh nanostructures of bismuth ferrite
(BiFeO3) and their magnetic and photocatalytic activities, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,
17, 17745-54.
10. Silver Plasmons Sensitized Photocatalytic Activity of Bismuth Ferrite (BiFeO3)
Nanoparticles, M. Sakar, S. Bharathkumar, M. Jayamani, S. Balakumar, S. N. Jaisankar, J.
Indian Chem. Soc., 2015, 92, 732-735.
11. Phase separation induced shell thickness variations in electrospun hollow Bioglass 45S5 fiber
mats for drug delivery applications, D. Durgalakshmi and S. Balakumar, Phys. Chem.
Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 15316-15323.
12. Stacked Bioglass/TiO2 Nanocoatings on Titanium substrate for enhanced osseointegration
and its electrochemical corrosion studies, D. Durgalakshmi, R. Ajay Rakkesh, S. Balakumar,
Appl. Surf. Sci., 2015, 349, 561-569.
13. Synthesis and dose interval dependent hepatotoxicity evaluation of intravenously
administrated polyethylene glycol-8000 coated ultra-small superparamagnetic iron oxide
nanoparticle on Wistar rats, B. Rajan, S. Sathish, S. Balakumar, T. Devaki, Environmental
toxicology and pharmacology, 2015, 39, 727-735.
14. Evaluation of hemocompatibility and in-vitro immersion on microwave-assisted
hydroxylapatite-alumina nanocomposites, G. Radha, S. Balakumar, V. Balaji, V. Elangovan,
Mater. Sci. Eng . C, 2015, 50, 143-150
15. Electrophoretic Deposition of Bioglass/TiO2 nanocomposite on CP-Ti substrates for
Biomedical Applications D. Durgalakshmi, R. Ajay Rakkesh, C. Ashok Raja and S.
Balakumar, Int. J. ChemTech Res., 2015, 7, 755-761.
16. Nanostructuring of a GNS-V2O5-TiO2 core-shell photocatalyst for water remediation
applications under sun-light irradiation, R. Ajay Rakkesh, D. Durgalakshmi and S.
Balakumar, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 18633-18641
17. Analysis of Solvents induced porous PMMA/ Bioglass Monoliths by Phase separation
method - its Mechanical and in vitro biocompatible studies, D. Durgalakshmi and S.
Balakumar, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 1247-1256.
18. Structural, Morphological and Antibacterial investigation of Ag-Impregnated Sol-Gel derived
45S5 nanoBioglass systems, D. Durgalakshmi, S. Balakumar, C. Ashok Raja, Rani P.
George, and U. Kamachi Mudali, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 2015, 15, 4285-4295.
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19. Morphology dependent photocatalytic activity of α-MoO3 nanostructures towards mutagenic
Acridine Orange Dye, R. Ajay Rakkesh and S. Balakumar, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 2015,
15, 4316-4324.
20. Single-walled Carbon nanotubes decorated with polypyrrole-TiO2 nanocomposites, Gosala
Radha, Debasis Samanta, Subramanian Balakumar, Asit Baran Mandal and Sellamuthu N.
Jaisankar, Journal of Nanosci. & Nanotech., 2015, 15, 3879-3886.
21. Surface enhanced Raman scattering studies of silver-gold normal and inverted core-shell
nanostructures on their efficiency of detecting molecules, Sakar Mohan, Ashokraja Chandra
sekar, Balakumar Subramanian, Procedia Engineering, 2014, 92, 19-25.
22. Nano-Bioglass: A Versatile Antidote for Bone Tissue Engineering Problems, Durgalakshmi
D, Subhathirai S.P and S. Balakumar, Procedia Engineering, 2014, 92, 2-8.
23. A prototypical development of silver plasmon-sensitized bismuth ferrite particulate and fiber
nanostructures and their remarkable photocatalytic activity under sunlight, Sakar Mohan,
Balakumar Subramanian and Ganesamoorthy Sarveswaran, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2,
6835.
24. Efficient sunlight driven photocatalytic activity of chemically bonded GNS-TiO2 and GNSZnO heterostructures, R. Ajay Rakkesh, D. Durgalakshmi, S. Balakumar, J. Mater. Chem.
C, 2014, 2, 6827
25. Structural, electrical transport and optical studies of Li ion doped ZnO nanostructures,
Rajendran Ajay Rakkesh, Subramanian Balakumar, Processing and Application of
Ceramics, 2014, 8, 7–13.
26. Texturing of pure and doped CeO2 thin films by EBPVD through target engineering, P.
Arunkumar, R. Ramaseshan, S. Dash, Joysurya Basu, T. R. Ravindran, S. Balakumar and K.
Suresh Babu, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 33338.
27. Nanostructured Bi(1-x)Gd(x)FeO3 – A Multiferroic Photocatalyst on its Sunlight Driven
Photocatalytic Activity, Sakar Mohan, Balakumar Subramanian,Indranil Bhaumik, Pradeep
Kumar Gupta, and Sellamuthu N. Jaisankar, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 16871-16878.
28. Role of oxygen vacancy and Fe–O–Fe bond angle in compositional, magnetic, and dielectric
relaxation on Eu-substituted BiFeO3 nanoparticles, Tamilselvan A, Balakumar S, Sakar M,
Chiranjib nayek, Murugavel P and Saravana kumar K, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 5731-5738.
29. Origin of enhanced magnetization in rare earth doped multiferroic bismuth ferrite, C. Nayek,
A. Tamilselvan, Ch. Thirmal, P. Murugavel and S. Balakumar, J. Appl. Phys. 115, 073902
(2014).
30. A strategy to fabricate bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) nanotubes from electrospun nanofibers and
their solar light-driven photocatalytic properties, Sakar Mohan and Balakumar Subramanian,
RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 23737.
31. Annealing temperature mediated physical properties of bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3)
nanostructures synthesized by a novel wet chemical method, M. Sakar, S. Balakumar, P.
Saravanan, S. N. Jaisankar, Mat. Res. Bul., 48 (2013) 2878–2885
32. Post annealing effects on the structural and optical properties of vertically aligned undoped
ZnO nanorods grown by radio frequency magnetron sputtering, P. Sundara Venkatesh, S.
Balakumar and and K. Jeganathan, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 5030.
33. Controlled and Selective Area Growth of Monolayer Graphene on 4H-SiC Substrate by
Electron-Beam-Assisted Rapid Heating, P. Dharmaraj, K. Jeganathan, V. Gokulakrishnan, P.
Sundara Venkatesh, R. Parameshwari, V. Ramakrishnan, S. Balakumar, K. Asokan, and K.
Ramamurthi, Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 19195−19202.
34. Synthesis of Silver and Silver/Gold Anisotropic Nanostructures for Surface Enhanced Raman
Spectroscopy Applications, Sakar M., Parthiban P. and Balakumar S., J. Nanosci. &
Nanotech, 13, (2013) 8190-8198.
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35. Core/Shell Nano-Structuring of Metal Oxide Semiconductors and their Photocatalytic
Studies, S. Balakumar and R. Ajay Rakkesh, AIP Conf. Proc. 1512, 34 (2013)
36. Nano-Bioglass (NBG) for Bone Regeneration Applications -Preparation and its
Characterization, D. Durgalakshmi, S. Balakumar, AIP Conf. Proc. 1512, 122 (2013)
37. Evolution of Silver/Gold Triangular Nanoframes from Prismatic Silver/Gold Core/Shell
Nanostructures and their SERS Properties, Parthiban P, Sakar M, Balakumar S, AIP Conf.
Proc. 1512, 288 (2013)
38. Manifestation of Weak Ferromagnetism and Photocatalytic Activity in Bismuth Ferrite
Nanoparticles, Sakar Mohan, Balakumar Subramanian, Saravanan P., Jaisankar S.N., AIP
Conf. Proc. 1512, 228 (2013)
39. Effect of Europium Substitution on the Magnetic and Optical Properties of Nanostructured
Bismuth Ferrite, Tamilselvan A., Sakar M., Nayek C., Murugavel P., Balakumar S., AIP
Conf. Proc. 1512, 1162 (2013)
40. Effect of Fe Incorporation on the Optical Behavior of ZnO Thin Films Prepared by Sol-gel
Derived Spin Coating Techniques, R. Ajay Rakkesh, R. Malathi, S. Balakumar, AIP Conf.
Proc. 1512, 1200 (2013)
41. Swift heavy ion induced modifications in structural, optical & magnetic properties of pure
and V doped ZnO films, G. Jayalakshmi, K Saravanan, S. Balakumar, T. Balasubramanian,
Vacuum, 95, (2013), 66-70.
42. Effect of Gd dopant concentration on the defect engineering in ceria nanostructures, Sakar
M., Rubini Rajkumar, Tripathy S., Balakumar S., Mat. Res. Bul. 47 (2012) 4340–4346
43. Collegen: Nanoparticles interaction impairs adhesion’s ligand binding mechanism,
Biomolecules A. Swarmistha Devi, Y. Ogawa, Y. Shirnoji, S. Balakumar and P.Karthe,
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2012;1820(7):819-28.
44. Facile Synthesis of ZnO/TiO2 core/shell Nanostructures and their photocatalytic activities. R.
Ajay Rakkesh and S. Balakumar, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 13, 370–376, 2013
45. On the surface Magnetism Induced Atypical ferromagnetic behavior of cerium oxide (CeO2)
nanoparticles, M. Sakar, S. Arumugam, S. Tripathy, and S. Balakumar, AIP Conf.
Proc. 1447, 355 (2012)
46. Morphological Evaluation of Orthorhombic Molybdenum Trioxide (α-MoO3)
Nanostructures, R. Ajay Rakkesh and S. Balakumar, AIP Conf. Proc. 1447, 249 (2012)
47. Investigation on the fabrication and characterization of A-Site Modified Multiferroic BiFeO3
Nanoparticles, M. Sakar, S.N.Jaisankar, S. Arumugam and S. Balakumar, IEEE Xplore,
2011, 70-73
48. Nanoplatelet Structures of MoO3 for H2 Gas Sensors, Balakumar, S.; Rakkesh, R.A.; Prasad,
A.K.; Dash, S.; Tyagi, A.K. IEEE Xplore 2011, Page: 514 - 517
49. Ge rich SiGe Nanowires through oxidation of SiGe FIN on Insulator”, S. Balakumar, B.
Tan, B. Kavitha, R. Kumar, G.Q.LO, and D.L. Kwong, Journal of Electronic Materials,,
Vol. 38, No. 3, 2009, 443-448
50. Textured Ni(Pt) Germanosilicide Formation on a Condensed Si1−xGex/Si Substrate, Y,.
Setiawan, E. J. Tan, K. S. Balakumar, L. Pey, and P. S. Lee, J. Electrochem. Soc., Volume
156, Issue 6, (2009) pp. H500-H504
51. Influence of thickness on nanomechanical behavior of Black Diamond™ low dielectric thin
films for interconnect and packaging applications, V. N. Sekhar, T. C. Chai, S. Balakumar,
Lu Shen, S. K. Sinha, A. A. O. Tay and Seung Wook Yoon, “Journal of Materials Science:
Materials in Electronics, Vol.20, Nor 1 , 2009, 74-86
52. Si Nanowire CMOS Transistors and Circuits by Top-Down Technology Approach, N. Balasubramanian, N. Singh, S. C. Rustogi, K. D. Buddharaju, J. Fu, Z. Hui, S. Balakumar, A.
Agarwal, S. K. Manhas, G. Q. Lo, D. L. Kwong, ECS transactions, Vol.13, 2008,201
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53. “Ge Rich (70%) SiGe Nanowire MOSFET Fabricated Using Pattern Dependent GeCondensation Technique”, Y. Jiang, N. Singh, T. Y. Liow, W. Y. Loh, S. Balakumar, K. M.
Hoe, C. H. Tung, V. Bliznetsov, S. C. Rustagi, G. Q. Lo, D. S. H. Chan and D. L. Kwong,
IEEE Elec, Device Letts., vol. 29, no. 6, 2008. 595-598
54. Ge rich Nanowires by controlled condensation technique, S. Balakumar, B. Tan, B. Kavitha,
R.Rakesh, N. Balasubramanian and D.L. Kwong, MRS-S, Feb 2008.
55. A comparative study on the measurement of toughness of stacks containing low-k dielectric
films,.Z. W. Zhang, I. Sridhar and S. Balakumar, J. Microelectronic Eng. , 85 , ( 2008)
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56. Fabrication of Thick Germanium-on-Insulator (GeOI) Substrates S. Balakumar, K.M.Hoe,
W. Tang, Y.L.Foo†, S.Tripathy†, C.H.Tung, G.Q.Lo, N. Balasubramanian and D.L. Kwong,
Journal of Electronic Materials. Volume 37, 2008, 937
57. Laser-induced melt-mediated Ni(Pt) germanosilicide formation on condensed Si1-xGex/Si
substrates, Y. Setiawan, P.S. Lee, S. Balakumar, K.L. Pey, and X.C. Wang, Electrochemical
& Solid State Lett. 11(9), (2008). H262-H265
58. Characterization of ELID grinding process for machining silicon wafers
Islam, M.M.; Kumar, A. Senthil; Balakumar, S.; Lim, H.S.; Rahman, M. Journal of
Materials Processing Technology, v 198, n 1-3, Mar 3, 2008, p 281-290
59. Fabrication of thick SiGe on insulator (Si0.2 Ge0.8 OI) by condensation of SiGe/Si
superlattice grown on silicon on insulator, Balakumar, S. Peng, S. Hoe, K.M. Lo, G.Q.
Kumar, R. Balasubramanian, N.; Kwong, D.L.; Foo, Y.L., Tripathy, S., Appl. Phy. Lett., 90,
(2007), 192113
60. SiGeO layer formation mechanism at the SiGe/oxide interfaces during Ge condensation,
Balakumar, S.; Peng, Suo; Hoe, K.M.; Agarwal, A.; Lo, G.Q.; Kumar, R.; Balasubramanian,
N.; Kwong, D.L.; Tripathy, S., Appl. Phy. Lett., v 90, 2007, p 032111.
61. Investigation of mechanical properties of black diamond™ (low-k) thin films for Cu/low-k
interconnect applications, Sekhar, V.N.; Balakumar, S.; Chai, T.C.; Tay, A.A.O. 2006 8th
Electronics Packaging Technology Conference (IEEE Cat. No.06EX1538), 2007, p 7 pp. 4
62. GaAs metal-oxide-semiconductor device with HfO2/TaN gate stack and thermal nitridation
surface passivation, Gao, Fei Lee, S.J.; Chi, D.Z .; Balakumar, S.; Kwong, D.-L. Appl.
Phy. Lett., v 90, n 25, 2007, p 252904
63. Strained SiGeSn formed by Sn implant into SiGe and pulsed laser annealing," G. H. Wang,
E.-H. Toh, X. Wang, S. Tripathy, T. Osipowicz, T. K. Chan, K.-M. Hoe, S. Balakumar, G.Q. Lo, G. Samudra, and Y.-C. Yeo, Appl. Phy. Lett., vol. 91, 2007, 202105
64. SiGe Amorphization during Ge Condensation in SiGe-on-Insulator S. Balakumar, Ong
.C.S, Lo, G.Q, C.H. Tung, R. Kumar, A. Trigg, N. Balasubramanian and D.L. Kwong, Appl.
Phy. Lett., 89, (2006) 42115.
65. Solid State Epitaxy during Ge condensation from amorphous SiGe layer on SOI substrate, S.
Balakumar, C.H. Tung, G.Q. Lo, R. Kumar, N. Balasubramanian and D. L. Kwong, G. Fei
and S. J. Lee, Appl. Phy. Lett., 89, (2006) 032101,
66. Fabrication Aspects of Germanium on Insulator from Sputtered Ge on Si-Substrates, S.
Balakumar, M. M. Roy, B. Ramamurthy, C. H. Tung, Gao Fei, S.Tripathy, Chi Dong zhi, R.
Kumar, N. Balasubramanian, and D. L. Kwong, Electrochemical. Solid-State Lett. 9, (2006)
G158
67. SiGe on Insulator MOSFET Integrated with Schottky Source/Drain and HfO2/TaN Gate
Stack, Fei Gao, S. J. Lee, Li Rui, S. J. Wang, B. J. Cho, S. Balakumar, Chih-Hang Tung, D.
Z. Chi, and D. L. Kwong, Electrochemical. Solid-State Lett. 9, (2006) G222
68. Work Function Tuning and Material Characteristics of Lanthanide- Incorporated Metal
Nitride Gate Electrodes for NMOS Device Applications, C. Ren, D. S. H. Chan, M.-F. Li,
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W. Y. Loh, S. Balakumar, C. H. Tung, N. Balasubramanian, and D.-L. Kwong, IEEE
Transactions on Electron Devices, v 53, n 8, (2006) 1877-84
A method of fabricating MIM capacitor in Cu/low-k backend interconnection process for RF
application, M.B. Yu, J. Ning, S. Balakumar, V.N. Bliznetsov, G. Q. Lo, N.
Balasubramanian and D. L. Kwong, Thin Solid Films 504, (2006) 257-260.
Localized Germanium-on-Insulator Patterns on Si by Novel Etching scheme in CF4/O2
plasma, B. Ramana Murthy, S. Balakumar, N. Balasubramanian, M. M-Roy, A. Trigg, R.
Kumar and D.L. Kwong, Thin Solid Films, 504, (2006) p.77-80
Ge diffusion and solid phase epitaxy growth to form Si1 - XGex/Si and Ge on insulator
structure, Gao, Fei Lee, S.J.; S.. Balakumar, ; Du, Anyan; Foo, Yong-Lim; D.L. Kwong,
Thin Solid Films, 504, 2006, p 69-72
Work Function Tuning of TaN by High-Temperature Metal Intermixing Technique for GateFirst CMOS Process, C. Renchi, D. S. H. Chan, W. Y. Loh, S. Balakumar, A. Y. Du, C. H.
Tung, G. Q. Lo, R. Kumar, N. Balasubramanian, and D.-L. Kwong, IEEE Electron Device
Letters,,Vol. 27, (2006) 811
Wear Phenomena in Abrasive-Free Copper CMP Process, S. Balakumar, T. Haque, A.
Senthil Kumar, M. Rahman, and R. Kumar, J.l of the Electrochemical Society , 152 (2005)
G867
Enhancement of adhesion strength of Cu layer with low dielectric constant SiC:H liners in Cu
interconnects, Grace, W., S. Balakumar, S.C. Hwee, Rakesh Kumar and T. Hara
Microelectronics Journal, v 36, (2005), 749,
High Germanium content strained SiGeOI by Oxidation of Amorphous SiGe Film on SOI
substrates, Fei Gao, S. Balakumar, N. Balasubramanian, S. J. Lee, C. H, Tung, R. Kumar,
T. Sudhiranjan, Y.L. Foo and D. L, Kwong, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 8,
(2005) G337.
A Material Removal Rate Model for Copper Abrasive-Free CMP, T. Haque, S. Balakumar,
A. Senthil Kumar, and M. Rahman, J. Electrochem. Soc. 152, (2005) G417
High-K (K~19.6) MIM Capacitor with Cu/Low-K Back end Process for RF Application, M.
B. Yu, Yong Zhong Xiong, G.Q. Lo, Sun-Jung Kim, S. Balakumar, C.X. Zhu, M.-F. Li,
Byung-Jin Cho, and D. L. Kwong Integration of IEEE Electron Device Letters, 26 (2005)
793.
A two step oxidation mediated condensation process for ultra thin high Ge content SiGe
epitaxial films on Insulator, M.M. Roy, A. Agarwal, S. Balakumar, A.D. Trigg, R. Kumar,
N. Balasubramanian and D.L. Kwong, Electrochemical and Solid-State letters 8 (2005)
G164-166
Stress Effects on the Properties of Copper Layer Employed in the Multi-level Interconnection
S. Balakumar, R. Kumar, Y. Shimura, K. Namiki, M. Fujimoto, H. Toida, M. Uchida and
Tohru. Hara, Electrochemical-solid state letters,7 (2004) G68
Properties of Cu Layers deposited on TiZr-based barriers and CMP compatibility of the
barriers, S. Balakumar, Hara, T. Kumar, R; Wakabayashi, T. Uchida, M, Electrochemical
and Solid-State Letters, 7 (2004) G175
Peeling and delamination in Cu/SiLK process during Cu-CMP, S. Balakumar, X.T. Chen.
Y.W. Chen, T. Selvaraj, B.F. Lin, R. Kumar, T. Hara, M. Fujimoto and Y. Shimura, Thin
Solid Films, v 462-463 (2004) p 161-167
Characterization and performance of dielectric diffusion barriers for Cu metallization, Chen
Zhe, Prasad, K. Li, C.Y. Su, S.S. Gui, D. Lu, P.W. He, X., and Balakumar. S, Thin Solid
Films, 462-463 (2004) 223
CMP of Cu Interconnection Layer Hara and S. Balakumar, Denshi Zairyo Jap. J. Elec.
Mate., 27 (2003) 62.
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84. Dielectric/metal sidewall diffusion barrier for Cu/porous ultra low-k interconnect technology,
Zhe Chen , Prasad, K. Li, C.Y.; Lu, P.W. Su, S.S. Tang, L.J. Guy, D. S. Balakumar, S. Shu,
R. Kumar, R, Applied Physics Letters, 84 (2004), P. 2442-2444
85. Enhancement of adhesion strength of Cu layer on single and multi-layer dielectric film stack
in Cu/low k multi-level interconnects, S. Balakumar, Grace Wong, Chi Fo Tsang, T. Hara
and W. J. Yoo, Micro.Eng. 75 (2004), P183-193
86. Chemical mechanical polishing of copper layer employing MnO2 slurry, T.Hara and S.
Balakumar, Thin Solid Films, 462-463, (2004) 186-191
87. Defect study on Nanoglass® E porous ultra-low k material (k~2.2) for ultra-large-scale
integration applications, L.Zhang, Y. W. Chen, C. Y. Li, C. Li, L. Y. Wong, H. Y. Li, S.
Balakumar and H. S. Park .Materials, Science in Semiconductor Processing, 7, (2004), 8993
88. Enhancement of adhesion strength of Cu seed layer with different thickness in Cu/low-k
multilevel interconnects, Grace Wang, S. Balakumar, Yoo Won Jong, C. H. Seah, and T.
Hara, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 22, (2004) 2384
89. The mechanical properties of ultra-low-dielectric-constant films, Y.H. Wang,, M.R.
Moitreyee, R. Kumar, S.Y. Wu, J.L. Xie, P. Yew, Balakumar S, L. Shen, K.Y. Zeng Thin
Solid Films 462–463 (2004) 227
90. Measurement of Adhesion Strength in copper Interconnection Layers, Tohru Hara, Minoru
Uchida, Masayo Fujimoto, Toshiro K. Doy, S. Balakumar and N. Babu, Electro.che.-Solid
state Letter (2004) p p.G28
91. Dishing and Nitride Erosion after STI-CMP for 0.18 um Device Using Different Integration
Schemes, Lim Lim Hwee, S. Balakumar, S. Mahadevan, Zhou Mei Sheng, Alex See, M
.Rahman and A. Senthil kumar, J. of Electronic Materials, 30 (2001) 147
92. Dynamic observations of water-assisted reconstruction on spontaneous Polarization domain
ends of Triglycine sulfate (NH2CH2COOH).3.H2SO4, S. Balakumar and H. C. Zeng, J.
Mater. Chem., 1(2000) 1
93. Growth and characterization of Pb1-xCaxTtiO3 single crystals by self-flux technique, S.
Ganesa Moorthy, S. Balakumar, F. Joseph Kumar, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, Mat.
Chem. and Phys.57 (1999) 281.
94. Growth modes of molybdenum trioxide crystals in vapour growth technique, S. Balakumar
and H. C. Zeng, J. of Cry.Growth197(1999) 186
95. Surface Reconstruction in TGS family crystals under humidity and temperature controls, S.
Balakumar and H. C. Zeng, Material Research Innovations 2 (1999) 289-298
96. Morphology and etching studies on YBCO and CuO single crystals, D. Prabhakaran, S.
Balakumar C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy Physcia C 319 (1999) 99
97. Ferroelectric domain structure studies on PbTiO3 single crystals by polarizing microscope,
SEM and AFM”, S. Ganesa moorthy, S. Balakumar, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy,
Ferroelectrics, 231(1999) 49
98. Top seeded solution growth of KTP single crystals and their characterization, S.
Ganesamoorthy, F. Joseph kumar, S. Balakumar, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, Mat.
Sci. Eng .B, 60, (1999) 88.
99. Growth and characterization of KNbO3 single crystals , R. Ilangovan, S. Balakumar and C.
Subramanian, Materials Science and Technology, 15, (1999)132–1327.
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Growth of lead Calcium Titanate single crystals and their characterization, S.
Balakumar, S. Ganesamoorthy, G. Bocelli and C.Subramanian Ferroelectrics, 2079(1998)
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Growth of Lead Titanate single crystals and their characterization. S. Ganesamoorthy, F.
Joseph Kumar, S. Balakumar and C. Subramanian, Korean J. of Appl. Phy. 32 (1998) S1214
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AFM studies on TGSP single crystals: Evidence for the motion of domain wall and
formation of holes at the boundary, S. Balakumar, J. B. Xu, G. Arunmozhi, R.Jayavel, N.
Nakatani and T. Yamazaki, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys 37(1998) 6177 - 6182
103.
Preparation of orthorhombic molybdenum trioxide single crystals using a semi-open flux
growth system, S. Balakumar and H. C. Zeng Journal of Crystal Growth 194 (1998) 195
104.
The growth and characterization of Nucleation active sites on Barium Strontium Titanate
single crystals, T. Radhakrishnan, S. Balakumar, K R Radhakrishnan and P. Ramasamy,
Bulletin of Electrochemistry 14 (1998) 366-368
105.
Growth and dielectric studies of flux grown potassium lithium niobate single crystals R.
Ilangovan, S. Balakumar and C. Subramanian, Mat. Chem. and Phys., 51(1997) 23
106.
Surface morphology of ferroelectric domains in BaTiO3 single crystals: An atomic force
microscope study, S. Balakumar, J. B. XU, J. X .Ma, S. Ganesamoorthy and I. H. Wilson,
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 36 (1997) 5566
107.
Domain structure investigation of triglycine sulfo – phosphate single crystals: Evidence
of domain motion with time at room temperature, S. Balakumar, J. B. Xu, I. H. Wilson,
G.Arunmozhi, N. Nakatani and T.Yamazaki, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 36 (1997) 4377
108.
Single–crystal neutron diffraction study of the structural phase transition in
Ba0.95Ca0.05TiO3, P. U. M. Sastry, A. Sequeira, H. Rajagopal, B.A.Dasannacharya, S.
Balakumar, R. Ilangovan and P.Ramasamy, J. Phys. Condens. Matter., 8 (1996) 2905
109.
Raman study of phase transition in ferroelectric Ba0.95Ca0.05TiO3, Rekha Rao, A.
P.Roy, B. A. Dasannacharya, S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan and P.Ramasamy, Pramana, 47
(1996) 145
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The tetragonal –cubic phase transition in mixed perovskite Ba1-xCaxTiO3 single crystalEPR evidence of impurity induced dynamic effects, Y. Babu, M. D. Sastry, B. A.
Dasannacharya, S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, P.Ramasamy and M. D. Agarwal, J. Phys.
Condens. Matter. 8 (1996) 7847
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Preparation, Morphology and X-ray diffraction studies on Barium Strontium Titanate
Single Crystals, S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, S. Ganesamoorthy and C. Subramanian, Mat.
Res. Bulletin, 30(1995) 897-907. (Cited in United States Patent: 6,176,986 , Year 1997)
112.
Growth aspects of Bi12TO20 single crystals: Top Seeded Solution Growth Technique,
S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, and C. Subramanian, , Mat.Res.Bulletin,30 (1995) 499 – 505
113.
Growth of Ba1-xCaxTiO3 single crystals and their characterization, S. Balakumar, R.
Ilangovan, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, Ferroelectrics, 158 (1994) 115-120
114.
Growth and characterization of KTN single crystals, R.Ilangovan, S. Balakumar, C.
Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, Ferroelectrics 158(1994) 121 - 126.
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Growth of large size single crystals of Ba1-xCaxTiO3 and their characterization, S.
Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, Materials Chemistry and
Physics 37(1994) 82- 85
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Growth kinetics of BaTiO3 and Ba1-xCaxTiO3 single crystals, S. Balakumar, R.
Ilangovan, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, J. of Mat. Sci. Letts. 12 (1993) 20-22.
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Growth and characterization of KTa0.3Nb0.7.703 single crystals, R. Ilangovan, S.
Balakumar, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, Material Chemistry and Physics 36(1993)
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Fabrication of nanoBioglass (nBG)/reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanocomposites, C.
Ashokraja, S. Balakumar, Rani P. George, D. Durgalakshmi, U. Kamatchi Mudali, Third
International Workshop on Advanced Functional Nanomaterials, 16th – 18th December 2015,
Anna University, Chennai.
Synthesis and electrochemical properties of zinc silver antimony oxide (ZAS)
nanocomposites: The effect of capping agent, M. Balasubramaniam, S. Balakumar, Third
International Workshop on Advanced Functional Nanomaterials, 16th – 18th December 2015,
Anna University, Chennai.
Structural and biocompatible investigation on strontium substituted nano-hydroxyapatite
towards anti-resorptive activity, G. Radha, V. Balaji, V. Elangovan, S. Balakumar, Third
International Workshop on Advanced Functional Nanomaterials, 16th – 18th December 2015,
Anna University, Chennai.
Effect of sintering temperature on altering the crystallinity and particle size of bioglass
45S5, S. Chitra, D. Durgalakshmi, P. Bargavi, S. Balakumar, Third International Workshop
on Advanced Functional Nanomaterials, 16th – 18th December 2015, Anna University,
Chennai.
Anisotropic morphology induced properties in multiferroic bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3)
nanostructures, M. Sakar, S. Bharathkumar, Rohith Vinod K., S. Balakumar, Third
International Workshop on Advanced Functional Nanomaterials, 16th – 18th December 2015,
Anna University, Chennai.
Confinement induced properties of multiferroic bismuth ferrite nanostructures, S.
Balakumar, M. Sakar, Third International Workshop on Advanced Functional
Nanomaterials, 16th – 18th December 2015, Anna University, Chennai.
Structural morphology mediated magnetic and photocatalytic properties in multiferroic
bismuth ferrite nanostructures, S. Bharathkumar, M. Sakar, S. Balakumar, Third
International Workshop on Advanced Functional Nanomaterials, 16th – 18th December 2015,
Anna University, Chennai.
Spin coated nitrides and oxides of iron based thin films and their magnetic properties,
Rohith Vinod K., M. Sakar, P. Saravanan, S. Balakumar, Third International Workshop on
Advanced Functional Nanomaterials, 16th – 18th December 2015, Anna University, Chennai.
Enhanced Magnetic Properties Observed in Spherically Structured Bismuth Ferrite
Nanoparticulates, S. Bharathkumar, M. Sakar, S. Balakumar, International Conference on
Magnetic Materials and Applications, 2nd – 4th December 2015, VIT University, Vellore.
Fabrication of Iron Based Magnetic Thin Films by Spin Coating Technique, Rohith Vinod
K., P. Saravanan, M. Sakar, J. Mohanraj, S. Balakumar, International Conference on
Magnetic Materials and Applications, 2nd – 4th December 2015, VIT University, Vellore.
Development of nanohybrid composites by integrating the metal nanoparticles decorated
bismuth ferrite onto the reduced graphene oxide layers towards environmental applications,
M. Sakar, S. Bharathkumar, Rohith Vinod K., and S. Balakumar, National Conference on
Science and Technology for Indigenous Development in India, 26th – 28th November 2015,
SRM University, Chennai.
Carbonated multiferroic bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) nanostructures for the pollutant
degradation applications, S. Bharathkumar, M. Sakar and S. Balakumar, National
Conference on Science and Technology for Indigenous Development in India, 26th – 28th
November 2015, SRM University, Chennai. (Best paper award)
A strategy to fabricate iron nitride nanoparticles and thin films by nitridation process, Rohith
Vinod K., M. Sakar, P. Saravanan, S. Balakumar, National Conference on Science and
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Technology for Indigenous Development in India, 26th – 28th November 2015, SRM
University, Chennai.
Nanostructuring of 45S5 nano-Bioglass/reduced Graphene Oxide nanocomposites and their
Antibacterial activities, Ashokraja C., Balakumar S., Anand Kumar B., Rani P. George,
Durgalakshmi D and Kamatchi Mudali U, CORYSM’15, 31st July - 1st August 2015, IIT
Madras, Chennai.
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Anisotropic Nanostructures of Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite (BiFeO3) by Wet Chemical
Techniques, M. Sakar, S. Bharathkumar, Rohith Vinod K. and S. Balakumar, Recent
Advances in Nano Science and Technology (RAINSAT-2015), 8th – 10th July 2015,
Sathyabama University, Chennai. (Best Paper Award)
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Eco-friendly synthesis of bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) nanostructures for the enhanced optical
and photocatalytic properties, S. Bharathkumar, M. Sakar, Rohith Vinod K. and S.
Balakumar, Recent Advances in Nano Science and Technology (RAINSAT-2015), 8th – 10th
July 2015, Sathyabama University, Chennai.
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On the development of iron nitride nanoparticles and thin films by nitridation process,
Rohith Vinod K., M. Sakar, P. Saravanan and S. Balakumar, Recent Advances in Nano
Science and Technology (RAINSAT-2015), 8th – 10th July 2015, Sathyabama University,
Chennai.
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Sunlight driven photocatalytic activity of Cr modified bismuth tungstate (Bi 2WO6)
nanoparticles, R. Radha, M. Sakar, Rohith Vinod. K, S. Bharathkumar and S. Balakumar,
Recent Advances in Nano Science and Technology (RAINSAT-2015), 8th – 10th July 2015,
Sathyabama University, Chennai.
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Fabrication of Hollow And Solid Bioglass 45S5 Fibers- Fish Scale Collagen Sheets For
Regenerative Applications, D. Durgalakshmi, S. Balakumar, International Conference on
Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT’15), 28th June – 3rd July 2015, Singapore.
20.
Fabrication of Mechanically Strengthened Organic-Inorganic Framework Scaffolds for Bone
Regeneration Applications, G. Radha, S. Balakumar, International Conference on Materials
for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT’15), 28th June – 3rd July 2015, Singapore
21.
Synthesis and visible light driven photocatalytic properties of zinc silver antimonate (ZAS)
nanocomposites: The effect of capping agent, M. Balasubramaniam and S. Balakumar, One
day National Seminar on Recent Advances in Functional Materials (RAFM’15), 15 th March
2015, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa 516 003, Andhra Pradesh. (Best Poster Award)
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Eco-Friendly Synthesis of Bismuth Ferrite (BiFeO3) Nanostructures for the Enhanced
Optical and Photocatalytic Properties, S. Bharathkumar, M. Sakar, Rohith Vinod K. and S.
Balakumar, One day National Seminar on Recent Advances in Functional Materials
(RAFM’15), 15th March 2015, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa 516 003, Andhra Pradesh.
(Best Poster Award)
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Dimensionalities Induced Magnetic and Photocatalytic Properties in Bismuth Ferrite
(BiFeO3) Particulate and Fiber Nanostructures M. Sakar, S. Bharathkumar, Rohith Vinod K.
and S. Balakumar, One day National Seminar on Recent Advances in Functional Materials
(RAFM’15), 15th March 2015, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa 516 003, Andhra Pradesh.
(Best Poster Award)
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Observation of biomineralization on nano-hydroxyapatite bone substitutes in simulated body
fluid, G. Radha, M. Balasubramaniam and S. Balakumar, One day National Seminar on
Recent Advances in Functional Materials (RAFM’15), 15th March 2015, Yogi Vemana
University, Kadapa 516 003, Andhra Pradesh.
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Sunlight driven photocatalytic activity of defect–pyrochlore bismuth chromium niobate
nanoparticles R. Radha, M. Sakar, S. Bharathkumar and S. Balakumar, One day National
Seminar on Recent Advances in Functional Materials (RAFM’15), 15th March 2015, Yogi
Vemana University, Kadapa 516 003, Andhra Pradesh.
26.
Insight into the Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of Iron Nitride Nanoparticles by
Nitridation of Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticles, Rohith Vinod K., M. Sakar, P. Saravanan and
S. Balakumar, One day National Seminar on Recent Advances in Functional Materials
(RAFM’15), 15th March 2015, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa 516 003, Andhra Pradesh.
27.
The effect of surface coating on magnetic properties of magnetite nanoparticles prepared by
polyol method S. Sathish and S. Balakumar, One day National Seminar on Recent Advances
in Functional Materials (RAFM’15), 15th March 2015, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa
516 003, Andhra Pradesh.
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Metal oxide nanostructures (TiO2 and WO3) and its composites by Electrochemical
anodization technique Tamilselvan A and S. Balakumar, One day National Seminar on
Recent Advances in Functional Materials (RAFM’15), 15th March 2015, Yogi Vemana
University, Kadapa 516 003, Andhra Pradesh.
29.
An Investigation on the effect of nanostructured magnesium compounds and its role on
antidepressant, A. Sayed Kamil, D. Durgalakshmi, S. Balakumar, Indo-Australian
Conference on “Biomaterials Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery System & Regenerative
Medicine, 5-7th February 2015, Anna University, Chennai.
30.
Comparative studies on the Indian traditional Medicine Jasat Bhasma and zinc oxide
nanoparticles for anti-diabetic activity, T. Bhargavi Ram, D. Durgalakshmi, S. Balakumar,
Indo-Australian Conference on “Biomaterials Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery System &
Regenerative Medicine, 5-7th February 2015, Anna University, Chennai.
31.
Magnetic-Hydroxyapatite for orthopedic applications: Its synthesis, characterizations and
biocompatibility study, G. Radha, S. Balakumar, Balaji Venkatesan, Elangovan
Vellaichamy, Indo-Australian Conference on “Biomaterials Tissue Engineering, Drug
Delivery System & Regenerative Medicine, 5-7th February 2015, Anna University, Chennai.
32.
Mechanical strength and biocompatibility studies of alumina reinforced hydroxyapatite
nanocomposites, G. Radha, S. Balakumar, Balaji Venkatesan, Elangovan Vellaichamy,
Indo-Australian Conference on “Biomaterials Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery System &
Regenerative Medicine, 5-7th February 2015, Anna University, Chennai.
33.
Electrophoretic Deposition of Bioglass/TiO2 nanocomposite on CP-Ti substrate for
Biomedical Applications, D. Durgalakshmi, R. Ajay Rakkesh, C. Ashok Raja, S. Balakumar,
International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN’15), 4th – 6th
February 2015, SRM University, Chennai.
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Observation of Dimension Dependent Magnetic Ordering in Bismuth Ferrite Particulate and
Fiber Nanostructures, M. Sakar, S. Bharathkumar, P. Saravanan, S. Balakumar, DAE-Solid
State Physics Symposium, 16th-20th December 2014, VIT University, Vellore.
35.
Optimization of Processing Temperature in the Nitridation Process for the Synthesis of Iron
Nitride Nanoparticles, Rohith Vinod K., P. Saravanan, M. Sakar, S. Balakumar, DAE-Solid
State Physics Symposium, 16th-20th December 2014, VIT University, Vellore.
36.
In Vitro immersion studies of optimized electrospun bioglass 45S5 fibers for tissue
engineering application, D. Durgalakshmi, S. Balakumar, DAE-Solid State Physics
Symposium, 16th-20th December 2014, VIT University, Vellore.
37.
Dimension and morphology controlled fabrication of TiO2 nanotubes by
electrochemicalanodization method, A. Tamilselvan, S. Balakumar, DAE-Solid State
Physics Symposium, 16th-20th December 2014, VIT University, Vellore.
38.
TiO2 impregnater graphene nanostructures: An effectual photocatalysts for water
remediation applications, R. Ajay Rakkesh, D. Durgalakhsmi, S. Balakumar, DAE-Solid
State Physics Symposium, 16th-20th December 2014, VIT University, Vellore.
39.
M. Sakar, S. Bharathkumar, S. Balakumar, P. Saravanan, Magnetism in Rare Earth
Substituted Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite Nanostructures, International Conference on
Magnetic Materials and Applications (ICMAGMA’14), 15th-17th September 2014,
Pondicherry University in association with Magnetics Society of India.
40.
Rohith Vinod K., M. Sakar, S. Balakumar, P. Saravanan, Synthesis of Iron Based Materials
with Enhanced Stability and Magnetic Properties, International Conference on Magnetic
Materials and Applications (ICMAGMA’14), 15th-17th September 2014, Pondicherry
University in association with Magnetics Society of India.
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Fabrication of Bismuth Ferrite Nanofibers and Nanobelts by Electrospinning Method, M.
Sakar, S. Bharathkumar, and S. Balakumar, International Conference on Advances in New
Materials (ICAN’14), 20-21st June 2014, University of Madras, Chennai 600 025.
42.
A strategy for long lasting photocatalytic application of bismuth ferrite nanoparticles, M.
Perachi Selvi, K. Soundarya M. Sakar, S. Bharathkumar and S. Balakumar, International
Conference on Advances in New Materials (ICAN’14), 20-21st June 2014, University of
Madras, Chennai 600 025.
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Dimension Dependent Photocatalytic Properties of Bismuth Ferrite Nanoparticles and
Nanofibers, S. Arun Kumar, M. Sakar, S. Bharathkumar and S. Balakumar, International
Conference on Advances in New Materials (ICAN’14), 20-21st June 2014, University of
Madras, Chennai 600 025.
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Sunlight driven photocatalytic properties of Er substituted nanocrystalline BiFeO3 particles,
S. Bharathkumar, M. Sakar and S. Balakumar, International Conference on Advances in
New Materials (ICAN’14), 20-21st June 2014, University of Madras, Chennai 600 025.
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Highly Oriented Nanotubes of TiO2 for Supercapacitor Applications, A. Tamilselvan,
Satheeshkumar B and S. Balakumar, International Conference on Advances in New
Materials (ICAN’14), 20-21st June 2014, University of Madras, Chennai 25
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Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Tin Silver Antimonate (SnAg3SbO4)
nanoparticles, K. Balasubramaniam and S. Balakumar, International Conference on
Advances in New Materials (ICAN’14), 20-21st June 2014, University of Madras, Chennai
25
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ZnSe nanoparticles with controlled shapes and sizes prepared using a simple polyol Method,
S. Sathish T. Abrarahmed and S. Balakumar, International Conference on Advances in New
Materials (ICAN’14), 20-21st June 2014, University of Madras, Chennai 25
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Synthesis of Functionalized Magnetite Nanoparticles by Polyol Method, S. Sathish and S.
Balakumar, International Conference on Advances in New Materials (ICAN’14), 20-21st
June 2014, University of Madras, Chennai 25
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Efficient microwave-mediated synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline TiO2, G.
Radha and S. Balakmar, International Conference on Advances in New Materials
(ICAN’14), 20-21st June 2014, University of Madras, Chennai 25
50.
Fabrication of Two Dimensional (2D) Graphene Nanosheets from a Single Solid Carbon
Source, A. Pavithra, R. Ajay Rakkesh and S. Balakumar, International Conference on
Advances in New Materials (ICAN’14), 20-21st June 2014, University of Madras, Chennai
25
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Graphene-ZnO Nanorods for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Acridine
Orange under Sunlight, L. Parthiban, R. Ajay Rakkesh and S. Balakumar, International
Conference on Advances in New Materials (ICAN’14), 20-21st June 2014, University of
Madras, Chennai 25
52.
Estimation of Environmental Toxicity of Nanomaterials using Six Different Micro
Organisms, M. Ramya, D. Durgalakshmi and S. Balakumar, International Conference on
Advances in New Materials (ICAN’14), 20-21st June 2014, University of Madras, Chennai
25
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Investigation on the structural variation of Ag nanoparticles and Ag+ ion impregnated
Bioglass for bone tissue engineering applications, D. Durgalakshmi, J.A. Jeny Vinoliyaa,
and S. Balakumar, International Conference on Advances in New Materials (ICAN’14), 2021st June 2014, University of Madras, Chennai 25
54.
Optimizing the Parameters on Electrophoretic Deposition of NBG/TiO2 Composite Coatings
on CP-Ti for Biomedical Applications, D. Durgalakshmi and S. Balakumar, International
Conference on Advances in New Materials (ICAN’14), 20-21st June 2014, University of
Madras, Chennai 25
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Synthesis and characterization of Magnesium peroxide Nanoparticles By Sol-gel method,
Jaison J., Ashokraja C. and Balakumar S, International Conference on Advances in New
Materials (ICAN’14), 20-21st June 2014, University of Madras, Chennai 25
56.
Sunlight driven photocatalytic activity of Cr incorporated Bismuth Niobate nanoparticles, R.
Radha and S. Balakumar, International Conference on Advances in New Materials
(ICAN’14), 20-21st June 2014, University of Madras, Chennai 25
57.
Synthesis of Strontium-Bioglass by Electromagnetic wave assisted method and its in vitro
immersion studies, D. Durgalakshmi, C. Priyadharshini and S. Balakumar, International
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Sunlight driven photocatalytic activity of silver plasmon sensitized bismuth ferrite
nanofibers, M. Sakar, S. Bharathkumar, P. Saravanan, S. Balakumar, National Conference
on Advanced Functional Materials (NCAFM’14), Jan 30-31, Bharathiar University,
Coimbatore.
A modified chemical reduction method for producing stable nano zero valent iron and Fe2O3 nanoparticles, Rohith Vinod K., M. Sakar, P. Saravanan and S. Balakumar, National
Conference on Advanced Functional Materials (NCAFM’14), Jan 30-31, Bharathiar
University, Coimbatore.
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Synthesis of Strontium-Bioglass by Electromagnetic wave assisted method and its in vitro
immersion studies, D. Durgalakshmi, C. Priyadharshini and S. Balakumar, XVIth National
Conference on Surfactants, Emulsions and Biocolloids (NATCOSEB), Central Leather
Research Laboratory, Chennai, 2013.
Development of solar light driven silver supported bismuth ferrite plasmonic photocatalyst
for the degradation of organic pollutants, Sakar Mohan and Balakumar Subramanian, XVIth
National Conference on Surfactants, Emulsions and Biocolloids (NATCOSEB), Central
Leather Research Laboratory, Chennai, 2013.
Formation kinetics of cerium oxide nanofibers and nanotubes by electrospinning method, R.
Ajay Rakkesh, M. Balasubramanian, M. Sakar, and S. Balakumar, International Conference
on emerging trends in chemical sciences, VIT University, 2013.
Silver Plasmons Sensitized Photocatalytic Activity of Bismuth Ferrite (BiFeO3)
Nanoparticles, M. Sakar, S. Bharathkumar, M. Jayamani, S. Balakumar, S. N. Jaisankar,
International Conference on emerging trends in chemical sciences, VIT University, 2013.
Facile Synthesis and Comparative Analysis on the Photocatalytic Performance of ZnO-rGO
and TiO2-rGO Nanosheets under Solar Light Irradiation, Ajay Rakkesh R,Durgalakshmi
D,Balakumar S, IUMRS-ICA’13, Bangalore, 2013.
In vitro immersion studies of strontium substituted Bioglass by microwave assisted method,
Durgalakshmi D, Priyadharshini C, Balakumar S., IUMRS-ICA’13, Bangalore, 2013.
Manifestation of Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite Nanofibers and Nanobelts by Electrospinning
Method, M. Sakar, S. Balakumar and S.N. Jaisankar, IUMRS-ICA’13, Bangalore, 2013.
Featuring of some metal oxide-TiO2 composite nanotubes by anodization technique, A.
Tamilselvan, S. Balakuamr, IUMRS-ICA’13, Bangalore, 2013.
Fabrication of Bi1-XDyxFeO3 thin films by spin and dip coating techniques: A comparative
study on the structural, morphological and optical properties, M. Sakar, K. Selva Shamili, S.
Balakumar and S. N. Jaisankar, Nanomeet’13, 19-20th September 2013, Anna University,
Chennai 25. (Best poster award)
Fabrication of PMMA/Bioglass monoliths and its mechanical properties, Durgalakshmi D.,
Nishitha A., Meenal K., Balakumar S., Nanomeet’13, 19-20th September 2013, Anna
University, Chennai 25.
Bactericidal Activity of Biogenic silver oxide/silver nanoparticles, Ashokraja C., Balakumar
S., Dhanalakshmi Bandaru, Karthe P., Nanomeet’13, 19-20th September 2013, Anna
University, Chennai 25.
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Synthesis and Characterization of Hydroxyapatite-Al2O3 Nanocomposites, Radha G. and
Balakumar S., Nanomeet’13, 19-20th September 2013, Anna University, Chennai 25.
Comparison of two novel methods for the synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles, S. Sathish, S.
Balakumar, Nanomeet’13, 19-20th September 2013, Anna University, Chennai 25.
Highly oriented TiO2 nanotubes: Effect of anodizing Voltages, Anodizing time and
electrolyte, Tamilselvan A., Balakumar S., Nanomeet’13, 19-20th September 2013, Anna
University, Chennai 25.
Effect of applied voltage in the formation of multiferroic bismuth ferrite nanofibers by
electrospinning method, M. Hakkeem, M. Sakar, S. Balakumar and S. N. Jaisankar,
Nanomeet’13, 19-20th September 2013, Anna University, Chennai 25.
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Studies of Silver-gold Anisotropic Nanostructures on
Their Efficiency of Detecting Drug Molecules, Sakar Mohan, Balakumar Subramanian,
7th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT’13), 30th
June to 5th July 2013, Suctec Singapore.
Nano-Bioglass: A Versatile Antidote for Bone Tissue Engineering Problems, Durgalakshmi
D, Balakumar Subramanian, 7th International Conference on Materials for Advanced
Technologies (ICMAT’13), 30th June to 5th July 2013, Suctec Singapore.
Green Synthesis, Characterisation and Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles Using
Fenugreek Leaf Extract, Ashokraja Chandra Sekar, Balakumar Subramanian, Karthe
Ponraj, 7th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT’13),
30th June to 5th July 2013, Suctec Singapore.
Observation of Substituent Concentration Dependent Multiferroicity in Bismuth Ferrite
(BiFeO3) Nanostructures, Sakar Mohan, Balakumar Balakumar Subramanian, Indranil
Bhaumik, Pradeep Kumar Gupta, Jaisankar Sellamuthu N., 7th International Conference on
Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT’13), 30th June to 5th July 2013, Suctec
Singapore.
Surface Plasmon Induced Photodegradation of Toxic Pollutants in Water with Inorganic
Semiconducto-Metal Core/Shell Nanostructures under Sunlight Irradiation, Ajay Rakkesh
Rajendran, Sakar Mohan, Balakumar Subramanian, 7th International Conference on
Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT’13), 30th June to 5th July 2013, Suctec
Singapore.
Phytochemical synthesis and Characterizations of Silver Nanoparticles using Fenugreek leaf
extract, Ashokraja C, Naisini A., Durga M, and S. Balakuamr, ICONSAT’13, March 18-20,
SRM University, Chennai.
Synthesis of functionalized Magnetite Nanoparticles byPolyol Method, S. Sathish and S.
Balakumar, ICONSAT’13, March 18-20, SRM University, Chennai.
Development of Plasmon Sensitized Hybrid Nanostructures for Solar light driven
photocatalytic energy conversation application” R. Ajay Rakkesh and S. Balakumar, 24th
Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) at
IGCAR, Kalpakkam, during February 11-13, 2013.
“Photocatalytic efficiency of multiferroic bismuth ferrite nanoparticles for energy
applications”Sakar M and S. Balakumar, 24th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the
Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) at IGCAR, Kalpakkam, during February 11-13,
2013.
Observation of defect driven ionic conductivity in Gd doped Barium Cerate Nanostructures,
S. Jayashree, M. Sakar and S. Balakumar, Second International Workshop on Advanced
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Functional Materials (SIWAN’13), January 2830th 2013, Anna University, Chennai. (Best
poster award)
Bandgap Engineering in ZnO Nanostructures by Substituting Transition Metal and Rare
earth ions M. Sakar, N.V. Lakshmi and S. Balakumar, Second International Workshop on
Advanced Functional Materials (SIWAN’13), January 2830th 2013, Anna University,
Chennai.
Development of Gadolinium doped Ceria Nanoparticles for SOFC Applications
Durgalakshmi D, G. Karthik and S. Balakumar, Second International Workshop on
Advanced Functional Materials (SIWAN’13), January 2830th 2013, Anna University,
Chennai.
Effect of Capping Agents on The Synthesis Of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles By Coprecipitation
Method S.Sathish and S. Balakumar, Second International Workshop on Advanced
Functional Materials (SIWAN’13), January 2830th 2013, Anna University, Chennai.
Morphological Effect of Tungsten trioxide on Electrochromic properties by Hydrothermal
Method, A. Tamilselvan and S. Balakumar, Second International Workshop on Advanced
Functional Materials (SIWAN’13), January 2830th 2013, Anna University, Chennai.
Core/Shell Nano-Structuring of Metal Oxide Semiconductors and their Photocatalytic
Studies, S. Balakumar and R. Ajay Rakkesh, AIP Conf. Proc. 1512, 34 (2013)
Nano-Bioglass (NBG) for Bone Regeneration Applications -Preparation and its
Characterization, D. Durgalakshmi, S. Balakumar, AIP Conf. Proc. 1512, 122 (2013)
Evolution of Silver/Gold Triangular Nanoframes from Prismatic Silver/Gold Core/Shell
Nanostructures and their SERS Properties, Parthiban P, Sakar M, Balakumar S, AIP Conf.
Proc. 1512, 288 (2013)
Manifestation of Weak Ferromagnetism and Photocatalytic Activity in Bismuth Ferrite
Nanoparticles, Sakar Mohan, Balakumar Subramanian, Saravanan P., Jaisankar S.N., AIP
Conf. Proc. 1512, 228 (2013)
Effect of Europium Substitution on the Magnetic and Optical Properties of Nanostructured
Bismuth Ferrite, Tamilselvan A., Sakar M., Nayek C., Murugavel P., Balakumar S., AIP
Conf. Proc. 1512, 1162 (2013)
Effect of Fe Incorporation on the Optical Behavior of ZnO Thin Films Prepared by Sol-gel
Derived Spin Coating Techniques, R. Ajay Rakkesh, R. Malathi, S. Balakumar, AIP Conf.
Proc. 1512, 1200 (2013)
Preparation and characterization of nanobioglass and its composites, Durgalakshmi D,
Subathirai S.P, S. Balakumar, Programme: Association of Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology Asspirants(ANNA) presents Nanomeet-2012, Anna university, chennai.
Date: 27-28, Feb 2012 ( Best Paper Award)
Effect of Gold Chloride Concentration on Silver Triangular nano-platelets at Different
HAuCl4:Na3C6H5O7 Ratios, P. Parthiban, K. Sakar and S. Balakumar, National Seminar on
Advanced Materials: Processing and Applications (NSAMPA-2012), 27th -30th March 2012
(Best Paper Award)
Effect of metal ion dopant on the Structural and Luminescence properties of ZnO
nanostructures R. Vallikodi, R. Balaji, R. Baranidaran, R. Ajay Rakkesh and S. Balakumar,
National conference on popularization of chemical sciences, Jan 2012, Gurunanak college,
Chennai. (Best Paper Award)
Effect of Europium substitution on the Structural and Physical Properties of Nanostructured
BiFeO3, Tamilselvan A and S. Balakumar, in International Conference on Recent trends in
Advanced Materials (ICRAM - 2012), VIT University, Vellore, India.
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Structural, Electrical Transport and Optical Studies of Metal Ion Doped ZnO
Nanostructures R. Ajay Rakkesh and S. Balakumar, International Conference on Advanced
Material 2012, Loyola college, India.
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Nanoplatelet structures of MoO3 for H2 gas sensors, R. Ajay Rakkesh, A.K. Prasad, S. Dash,
A.K. Tyagi and S. Balakumar, ICONSET 2011, Sathyabama University, Chennai.
Methane Gas detection in the environment using shape dependent ɑ- MoO3 Nanosensor, R.
Ajay Rakkesh, A.K. Prasad, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and S. Balakumar, DAE- SSPS 2011,
Chennai.
On the surface magnetism induced Atypical Ferromagnetic behavior of Cerium Oxide
(CeO3) Nanoparticles, M. Sakar, S. Balakumar, S. Arumugam, S. Tripathy, DAE- SSPS
2011, Chennai.
An Investigation on the Multiferroic Property of A-Site Modified BiFeO3 Nanoparticles, M.
Sakar, S. Balakumar, S.N. Jaishankar and S. Arumugam, ICONSET 2011, Sathyabama
University, Chennai.
On the Morphological transformation and Electronic structure of ɑ-MoO3 nanostructures, R.
Ajay Rakkesh and S. Balakumar, National Conference on Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology 2011, University of Madras, Chennai.
A study on the dopants concentration effect in ceria nanostructures and its properties, M.
Sakar, Rubini Rajakumar, G. Karthik, S.B. Dolmanan and S. Balakumar, National
Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2011, University of Madras, Chennai.
Preparation strategies of Colloidal Silver nanoparticles (with different colours, morphologies
and size) for anti-microbial activities, P. Parthiban, R. Raghul, M. Sakar and S. Balakumar,
National Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2011, University of Madras,
Chennai.
Low temperature synthesis of single phase Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) nanocrystals by soft
chemical method M. Sakar and S. Balakumar in “International workshop on Advanced
Functional Nanomaterials” (Feb 21-24, 2011) at Anna University, India.
Synthesis and Characterization of transition metal oxide functional nanoparticles by low
temperature solution-phase method, R. Ajay Rakkesh, M. Sakar and S. Balakumar in the
“International workshop on Advanced Functional Nanomaterials” (Feb 21-24, 2011) at
Anna University, India.
Fabrication and characterization of Ceria (CeO2) Nanopowders, Rubini Rajakumar, M.
Sakar, P. Manimuthu and S. Balakumar, in “International workshop on Advanced
Functional Nanomaterials” (Feb 21-24, 2011) at Anna University, India.
Pure and Rare Earth (RE) doped single phase Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) nanocrystals, M.
Sakar, A. Jaya kumar, K. Saravana kumar and S. Balakumar in “National level conference
on Materials for Applied Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Research - Nanomeet 2011”
(March 7-8, 2011) at Anna University, India.
Fabrication of ZnO-TiO2 core/shell nanostructures by low temperature solution phase
method, R. Ajay Rakkesh and S. Balakumar in “National level conference on Materials for
Applied Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Research - Nanomeet 2011” (March 7-8, 2011) at
Anna University, India.
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Fabrication of functional semiconductor oxides by low temperature solution method, S.
Balakumar, Ajay Rakkesh Rubini Rajakumar and M. Sakar, International conference on
Materials for Advanced Technologies, 20th June to 1 July 2011.
Fabrication of rare earth doped BiFeO3 nanomaterials, M.Sakar and S. Balakumar
International conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, 20th June to 1 July 2011.
S. Sudhakar, R. Rubini, C. Selvaraj, C.Sanjeev Gupta, and S. Balakumar, Application of
CeO2 nanomaterials for leather coating, CLRI, Jan 29-31, 2011, Chennai.
2010
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Preparation and Characterization of Nano-Porous Alumina Templates for Nanostructures,
M. Sakar and S. Balakumar (Best Paper Award).
Rubini Rajakumar, B.Subha, J. Senthilselvan, and S. Balakumar, Symposium on
Nanobiotechnology, July 25th, 2010, Chettinad Medical College, Kelambakkam, Chennai.
S. Balakumar, Nature nanotechnology and
nanoelectronics – An overview, National
Symposium on Nanobiotechnology, 25 to 26th July 2010, Chettinad Medical College,
Kelambakkam, Chennai
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Chai, T.C. Xiaowu Zhang Li, H.Y. Sekhar, V.N. Hnin, W.Y. Thew, M.L. Navas,
O.K. Lau, J. Murthy, R. Balakumar, S. Tan, Y.M. Cheng, C.K. Liew, S.L. Chi,
D.Z. Zhu, W.H. Impact of packaging design on reliability of large die Cu/low-κ (BD)
interconnects, Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 2008. ECTC 2008. 58th,
27-30 May 2008, 38-45
Z.Z. Leory, S. Balakumar, A.S. Kumar, and, N. Balasubramanian,” New Poly Silicon
CMP for less trench Erosion, MRS-S, Feb 2008
Jason, S. Balakumar, M. Rahman and N. Balasubramanian, ”Effect of pattern density at
higher and lower removal rates, MRS-S, Feb 2008”
S. Tripathy, S. Balakumar, Y.L.im, N Balasubramanian and D.L.Kwong “Micro-Raman
Mapping for Ge rich SiGe and GeOI templates “.MRS-S, Feb 2008,
S. Balakumar, B.Tan, B. Kavitha, R.Rakesh, N Balasubramanian and D.L.Kwong,. MRS-S,
Feb 2008” Ge rich Nanowires by controlled condensation technique”, MRS_S, Feb
2008,(invited talk)
J.C. Lai, P.S. ee, Y. Setiwawan, S. Balakumar, C.M. Ng, Ni-Based Germnosilicidation
using condensed SGOI for advanced CMOS (Invited paper in MRS spring, April 2008
Muhammad Zuhdi , S. Balakumar, C. S.Mung, Poenar, Daniel. P and N. Balasubramanian,
Defect density studies on SiGe and Ge films using Chemical Etching, MRS_S, Feb 2008,
Si Nanowire CMOS Transistors and Circuites by Top Down Technology Approach, N.
Balasubramanian, N. Singh, S. Rustogi, K. Buddharaju, J. Fu, S. Balakumar, L. Guo Qiang
and D. Kwong ECS Conferences: New Materials, Processes, and Equipment (accepted)
J.C. Lai, P.S. Lee, Y. Setiawan, S. Balakumar, and C.M. Ng, “Ni-based
germanosilicidation using condensed SGOI (~95at. % Ge) for advanced CMOS”, MRS
Spring, San Francisco (U.S.A.), 24-28 March 2008
2007
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S. Balakumar, CMP for MEMS Technology, Invited talk, The Symposium on Surface
Engineering, for Industrial technology, Dec 10-12, 2007, (Invited talk)
S. Balakumar, S. Mohanraj, G. Q.Lo, and R. Kumar, “Chemical Mechanical Planarization
Technology : Enhancing the MEMS Manufacturability” ICMAT-2007, MEMs
Symposium, Singapore (invited talk)
S. Balakumar, Ronvin, M.Rahman, Lin Lin and G. Q.Lo, “Effect of Reverse Etch oxide
thickness on the Shallow Trench Isolation Planarity using Chemical Mechanical
Planarization(STI-CMP) in Integrated Circuits” ” ICMAT-2007, MEMs Symposium,
Singapore
S.Balakumar, K.M.Hoe, W. Tang, Y.L.Foo, S.Tripathy, C.H.Tung, G.Q.Lo, N.
Balasubramanian and D.L. Kwong, “A Novel Approach to Fabricate ~120 nm Thick Fully
Relaxed Ge-on-Insulator “ SSDM 2007, Tokyo, Japan
S. Balakumar, S. Peng, G. Q.Lo, K.M. Hoe, S. Tripathy, R. Kumar, N. Balasubramanian
and D. L. Kwong, “Fabrication of SiGe on Insulator through Ge condensation: Issues and
Challenges” , ICMAT-2007, Photonic Symposium, Singapore
W. L. Wang, K.L. Yang, S. Balakumar and A. Agarwal, “Electrical Sensing of metal Ions
Using Silicon Nanowire Array” SSDM 2007
Y. Jiang, N. Singh, D. S. H. Chan T. Y. Liow, W. Y. Loh, S. Balakumar, Y. Sun, G. Q. Lo,
D. L. Kwong, “Strained Ge-rich SiGe Nanowire pFETs with High-ｋ/Metal Gate
<br>Fabricated using Germanium Condensation Technique, SSDM 2007
G.H. wang, E.H. Toh, Y.L. oo, S.Tripathy, S. Balakumar, G.Q. Lo, G. smudra and
Y.C.Yeo, “Uniaxial Strained Silicon n-FETs on Silicon Germanium on Insulator substrtes
with an e-SiGe stress transfer layer and Source/Drain Stressors for performance
enhancement” ESSDERC, Munich, Germany 10th Sep 2007
Grace Huiqi Wang, Eng-Huat Toh, Chih-Hang Tung, S. Tripathy, S. Balakumar, GuoQiang Lo, Ganesh Samudra, and Yee-Chia Yeo. Silicon Strain-Transfer-Layer (STL) and
Graded Source/Drain Stressors for Enhancing the Performance of Silicon-Germanium
Channel P-MOSFETs, SSDM 2007
G. H. Wang, E.-H. Toh, K. M. Hoe, S. Tripathy, S. Balakumar, G.-Q. Lo, G. Samudra, and
Y.-C. Yeo, "Sub-50 nm strained n-FETs formed on silicon-germanium-on-insulator
substrates and the integration of silicon source/drain stressors," Materials Research Society
Spring 2007 Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 9-13, 2007.
G. H. Wang, E.-H. Toh, C.-H. Tung, Y.-L. Foo, S. Tripathy, S. Balakumar, G.-Q. Lo, G.
Samudra, and Y.-C. Yeo, "Fabrication of strain relaxed silicon-germanium-on-insulator
(Si0.35Ge0.65OI) wafers using cyclical thermal oxidation and annealing," Materials Research
Society Spring 2007 Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 9-13, 2007
G. H. Wang, E.-H. Toh, X. Wang, D. H. L. Seng, S. Tripathy, T. Osipowicz, T. K. Chan, K.
M. Hoe, C. H. Tung, S. Balakumar, G.-Q. Lo, G. Samudra, and Y.-C. Yeo, "Silicongermanium-tin (SiGeSn) source and drain stressors formed by Sn implant and laser
annealing for strained silicon-germanium channel p-MOSFETs," IEEE International
Electron Device Meeting 2007, Washington DC, Dec. 10-12, 2007, pp. 131-134.
W. L. Wang, K.L. Yang, S. Balakumar and A. Agarwal, “Electrical Sensing of Calcium
Ions Using Silicon Nanowire Array” ICMAT 2007, page102
S. Balakumar, S. Peng, G. Q.Lo, K.M. Hoe, S. Tripathy, R. Kumar, N. Balasubramanian
and D. L. Kwong, Tensile Strained thick high Ge content SGOI by thermal oxidation of
SiGe/Si Super lattice deposited on SOI. ICMAT-2007, Singapore
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S. Balakumar, Ronvin, B. R. Murthy, L. Lin, G. Q. Lo, and M. Rahman, ”Effect of
Reverse Etch Oxide thickness on the shallow trench Isolation Planarity using CMP in
Integrated Circuits”, ICMAT-2007, Singapore
Y. Setiawan, X.Q. Chng, J.S. Lim, P.S. Lee and S. Balakumar, “Formation of Ni alloy
Germanosilicide on High Ge concentration SiGe for nanodevices transistors applications”.
ICMAT-2007, Singapore
2006
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Metal Germanide Schotty Source/Drain Transistor with High K/metal Gate Stack on Ge and
Si0.05 Ge 0.95/Si Substrate, F.Gao, R.Lui, H. B. Yao, S.J. Lee, D. Z. Chi, S. Balakumar,
C. H. Tung, N. Balasubramanian, S. Vicknesh, and D. L. Kwong, SOM2006, p 165-67
S. Balakumar, T. Junwei, C.H.Tung R.Kumar, N. Balasubramanian and D.L. Kwong, “
Fabrication of High Ge content SIGe layer on Si by Ge condensation technique, IPFA July
2006,
S. Balakumar, C.S.Ong, C.H.Tung, M.F.Li, .Kumar, N. Balasubramanian and D.L.
Kwong, Effects of annealing and temperature on SGOI fabrication using Ge condensation,
IPFA 2006.
Fei Gao, S. J. Lee, Rui Li, S. Balakumar, C.H. Tung, D.Z.Chi, and D.L. Kwong, Schottky
S/D Transistor on thin SiGe on Insulator integrated with metal gate, MRS SPRING 2006
M.M. Islam*, A. Senthil Kumar S. Balakumar, H. S. Lim and M. Rahman Anodizing
Characteristics of ELID Grinding Wheels for Nano-finishing of Silicon Wafers, ICE 2006,
Singapore
2005
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Fei Gao, S.J. Lee, S. Balakumar, Anyan Du, Yong-Lim Foo, Dim-Lee Kwong Growth of
Si1-XGeX/Si and Ge on Insulator structure by Ge diffusion and Solid Phase Epitaxy (ICMAT
2005)
Fei Gao, S. J. Lee, S. Balakumar, Dim-Lee Kwong, A Sub-400℃ Technology for Ge PMOSFET Using AlNX/HfO2 Gate Dielectric and TaN Metal Gate, ICMAT 2005
Grace Huiqi Wang Eng-Huat Toh, S. Balakumar, Chih-Hang Tung, Yihua Wang, S.
Tripathy , N. Balasubramanian, and Yee-Chia Yeo. Novel Technique to form sub-80nm
strained P-MOSFET with SiGe Source/Drain Stressors by Ge Condensation Technique,”
AGS Symposium, 5th June 2005, Singapore
Grace Wang, Eng-Huat Toh, Kian Ming Tan, S.Balakumar, Yihua Wang, Chih Hang Tung,
N. Balasubramanian and Yee-Chia Yeo, Enhanced performance in 80 nm SiGe-on-insulator
N-MOSFETS with silicon-carbon source/drain region,’ AGS Symposium, 5th June 2005,
Singapore.
B. Ramana Murthy, N. Balasubramanian, S. Balakumar, M. Mukherjee-Roy, A. Trigg, R.
Kumar and D.L. Kwong Localized Germanium-on-Insulator Patterns on Si by Novel
Etching scheme in CF4/O2 plasma, ICMAT, Singapore
S. Balakumar, Fei Gao, S. J. Lee, N. Balasubramanian, C.H. Tung R.Kumar, T.
Sudhiranjan, Y.L.Foo, D. L. Kwong A Novel Approach to fabricate High Ge content SiGe
on Insulator (SGOI), Proceedings of SSDM 2005, Kobe
S. Balakumar 1*, M. M. Roy 1, B. Ramamurthy1, Fei Gao 2, C.H. Tung1, R. Kumar1, N.
Balasubramanian1, S. Tripathy3, S.J. Lee 2) and D.L. Kwong1, Growth and
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Characterization of Germanium on Insulator (GOI) by Necking Techniques, Proceedings of
SSDM 2005, Kobe
V.N. Sekhar1,2, S. Balakumar, A. A. O. Tay1, Lu Shen3, S. K. Sinha1, Nanomechanical
characterization of Cu/low-k (Black Diamond) Multilevel Stacks With Two Different
Barrier Layers, ICMAT June 2005
Z.W. Zheng, I. Sridhar, S. Balakumar and G.F. Cheng, “Comparison study on the interfacial
toughness of thin film using scratch test and four –point bending test” ICMAT June 2005
M. M. Islam, A. Senthil Kumar, S. Balakumar, H. S. Lim and M. Rahman, effective
electrolytic system development for stable thinning of silicon wafers,” ICMAT June 2005.
S. Balakumar L. Meng Yang,,R. Kumar, A.S. Kumar and M. Rahman Evaluation of
Slurries and Pads for Amorphous Silicon CMP Process Development, ICMAT June 2005.
S. Balakumar, M. M. Roy, R. Murthy, T.C. Hang, D. A. Yan, D. Chi, R. Kumar, N.
Balasubramanian and D.L. Kwong, Germanium on Insulator (GOI) by dual necking
technique, ICMAT June 2005.
M. M. Islam, A. Senthil Kumar, S. Balakumar, H. S. Lim and M. Rahman
“OPTIMIZATION OF ELID GRINDING PROCESS FOR THINNING SILICON
WAFERS,” Symposium On Microelectronics (SOM 2005), pp. 112-113, 2005.
M.M. Islam, A. Senthil Kumar, S. Balakumar , H.S. Lim, and M. Rahman, Advanced ELID
Process Development for Grinding Silicon Wafers, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 867,
Warrendale, PA , 2005, W9.2.
Z.W. Zheng1, S. Balakumar I. Sridhar, and G.F. Cheng, Comparison study on the
interfacial toughness of thin film using scratch test and four-point bending test, ICMAT
2005
Jaing Ning, Chen Xiang Tong, S.C. Hwee , S. Balakumar and Rakesh Kumar, “Adhesion
Strength studies between Ru barrier on ultra low k materials”, ICMAT June 2005
2004
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S.Balakumar, T. Selvaraj, B. Lin, T. Haque, A. Senthil kumar, and S. Honda , “Cu- CMP
Process Development for Cu/ Porous Low K scheme using New Abrasive Free Slurries”
20th International Conference on CMP-MIC, Feb 2004
S. Balakumar*, T. Selvaraj, B. Fu, T. Hara , and, C.Y. Li “Effect of Cu seed thickness and
Agglomeration on CMP peeling and Electric properties” CMP-MIC, Feb 2004
T. Haque, S. Balakumar, A. Senthil Kumar, M. Rahman, “A kinematic study for novel split
pad chemical mechanical planarization technique”, 20th International Conference on CMPMIC, Feb 2004
T. Haque, S. Balakumar, A. Senthil kumar and M. Rahman, “Effect of different modes of
contact on material removal rate and non-uniformity in abrasive-free CMP process.’ 20th
International Conference on CMP-MIC, Feb 2004
L. Zhang, C.Y. Li, Y.W. Chen, C. Li, L.Y. Wong, S.BALAKUMAR, H.Y. Li, M.
Mukherjee-Roy, H.S.Park, Characterization of Dielectric Flash Layer used as Cu-Ultra Low
k (k~2.2) Barrier, submitted to ECS 2004, Texas, 2004.
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Mukherjee-Roy, N. Matsuki, A. Fukazawa, J. Chee, H. S. Park, Post CMP Defect Study on
CVD Ultra Low k Aurora Integrated with Cu Single Damascene, ECS 2004, Texas, (2004).
M.M. Islam, A.S. Kumar, S. Balakumar, H. S. Lim and M. Rahman, “ High Efficiency
stable thinning of Silicon wafers using ELID grinding process. Symposium on
Microelectronics, 4th June 2004, Singapore, Page T3_1.4
T. Haque, S. Balakumar, A. Senthil Kumar and M. Rahman, “A model for Material
Removal rate in Abrasive free Cu-CMP process” Symposium on Microelectronics, 4th June
2004, Singapore, Page T3_1.5
Grace Wang, S. Balakumar and W. J. Yoo, “Enhancement of Adhesion Strength in Cu/low
k interconnects” Symposium on Microelectronics, 4th June 2004, Singapore, Page T3_1.6
Tohru Hara and S. Balakumar, “ CoWP Capping Process for Copper damascene
Interconnection, VMIC, 2004, CA, USA.
Kei Kinoshita (SEZ AG, Austria), Tohru Hara (Hosei University) and Subramaniam
Balakumar (IME), Recess Etching of Cu Dmascene Line Employing of Spin Etcher, VMIC
2004, pp 64-69, 2004
W. Grace S. Balakumar, W.J. Yoo, C.H Seah, C.Y. Li, J.Y Sze and Niko, “Enhancement
of Adhesion strength with different Cu seed layer thickness to avoid delamination in Cu/low
k multilevel interconnects” , Page 576, ICMAT conference, Singapore
2003
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S. Balakumar, T. Hara, X. T. Chen, T. Selvaraj, B. Lin, C.Y. Li, R. Kumar, “ Peeling and
delamination in Cu/SiLK Process during Cu-CMP, ICMAT conference, Dec7-12, 2003 ,
page: 558
W. Grace, S. Balakumar, W.J. Yoo, C. H. Seah, C.Y. Li, J.Y. Sze and Niko,”
Enhancement of adhesion strength with different u seed layer thickness to avoid
delamination in Cu/ Low K multilevel interconnects, , ICMAT conference, Dec7-12, 2003,
Page:576
Ker Cindy, S. Balakumar and W. J. Yoo, “ A study on Cu-CMP of Cu/low k material with
different barriers”, , ICMAT conference, Dec7-12, 2003, Page: 548
S. Balakumar, K. Cindy and W.J. Yoo, “A STUDY ON Cu-CMP OF Cu/LOW-K (SiOC:
H) MATERIAL WITH DIFFERENT BARRIERS”, International conference on Advanced
materials, Dec 2003 , Japan
S. Balakumar, T. Selvaraj, Ben Fu, T. Hara and R. Kumar, “PEELING AND
DELAMINATION IN CU/SiLK PROCESS DURING
CU- CMP ”, International
conference on Advanced materials, Dec 2003 , Japan
S. Balakumar , Y.W. Chen and X. T. Chen,” CMP Process Development for 130 nm
Cu/SiLK Multilevel interconnections”, Advanced Metallization conference, Sep 2003 ,
Japan
S. Balakumar, T. Selvaraj, B. Lin, Cu-CMP Process Development using Two Copper
Slurries to Reduce Dishing in Cu interconnects Advanced Metallization conference, Sep
2003 , Japan
S. Balakumar, Rakesh Kumar, N. Balasubramanian and T. Hara, “ Delamination of Low
Dielectric Constant Interlayer Employing in Copper Interconnects”, Advanced
Metallization conference, Sep 2003, Japan
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S. Balakumar, Chi Fo Tsang and Nobuo Matsuki, “CMP Process Development and PostCMP defects studies on Cu/Ultra low k materials with Single Damascene Scheme” ,
Advanced Metallization conference, Sep 2003 , Japan
S. Balakumar, Rakesh Kumar Effect of Cu seed thickness and agglomeration on CMP
Peeling”, Advanced Metallization conference, Sep 2003, Japan
C.Y.Li, D.H.Zhang, P.W.Lu. S. Su, S. Balakumar, C.H. Seah, Y.W.Chen, X.T.Chen, N.
Babu, B. Ramana Murthy, M. M.Roy and Rakesh Kumar, “ Effect of diffusion on Electrical
Perforamance and Reliability of Cu Metallization in 0.13 um Cu/Ultra- low k Technology,
Advanced Metallization conference, Sep 2003 , Japan,
He Xin C.Y.Li, D .H.Zhang, P.W.Lu. G.J.Jia, S. S. Su, S. Balakumar, X.T.Chen,
Y.W.Chen, and Rakesh Kumar, “ Thermal Stability of Cu/Non Porous SiLK Integration
with Ta(N) Bi Layer as Diffusion Barrier”, Advanced Metallization conference, Sep 2003,
Japan
Y. W. Chen, X. T. Chen, S. Balakumar, B. Ramana Murthy , Ahila Krishnamoorthy, M.
Mukherjee-Roy, Shao yu Wu , Y. J. Su, W. Y. Gao , Y. T. Tan, C. Y. Li , and Donald C.
Frye, “Integration of Cu with Porous Ultra Low K (K~2.3) Materials”; ICMAT 2003
T. Hara and S. Balakumar, Chemical Mechanical Planarization of Cu layer employing
abrasive free MnO2 slurry , Page 557 (invited talk) ICMAT 2003
1999
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S. Balakumar and H C Zeng, “Reconstruction Dynamics of (010) surface of Tryglycine
Sulfate and Triglycine sulfophospate single crystals”, Asi- Pascific Surface & Interface
Analysis Conference, 30 Nov- 4th Dec, 1999.
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S. Balakumar, “Growth and characterization of nucleation active sites of Barium
Stronitium Titanate Single crystals”, Seminar on Materials and characterization”, CECRI,
Karaikudi, 13th July, 1998 (BEST Paper Award)
S. Balakumar, H. C. Zeng, “Surface reconstruction in TGS family crystals under humidity
and temperature controls” Material Research Innovations, Washington, July 1998
S. Balakumar and J. B. Xu, “AFM Observation on Surface Topography of TGSP Clevage
Surface and Effect of Humidity on the Surface Structure”, 2nd Asian Meeting on
Ferroelectrics, International, AMF-2, 7-11 December 1998, Singapore"
S. Ganesa murthy, S. Balakumar C. Subramanian and P.Ramasamy Ferroelectric domain
structure studies on PbTiO3 single crystals by polarizing microscope by SEM and AFM', 2 nd
Asian Meeting on Ferroelectrics, International, AMF-2, 7-11 December 1998, Singapore
S. Balakumar, J.B.Xu, G. Arunmozhi and N. Nakatani, “Studies on Domain Structure in
TGSP Single Crystals: Evidence for the movement of Domain Wall towards the Negative
Domain” 2nd Asian Meeting on Ferroelectrics, International, AMF-2, 7-11 December 1998,
Singapore
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S. Ganesa Moorthy, S. Balakumar, and C. Subramanian Optical, AFM studies of
Ferroelectric Domains in lead titanate single crystals ”, DAE solid state Physics symposium,
Dec. 27-31, 1997, Cochin.
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S. Ganesa Moorthy, F. Joseph Kumar, ,S. Balakumar, C. Subramanian and P.Ramasamy.
“Optical, AFM studies on Ferroelectric Domains in Lead Titanate single crysals”, DAE
Solid State Physics Symposium, Cochin December 27-31, 1997.
S. Ganesa Moorthy, F. Joseph Kumar, S.Balakumar and C. Subramanian , “Growth of
Lead Titanate single crystals and their Characterization”, 9th international meeting on
ferroelectricity, August 24-29, 1997, Seoul, Korea.
S. Ganesa Moorthy, S. Balakumar, F. Joseph Kumar and C. Subramanian, “Flux growth
of lead calcium titanate single crystals”, National Conference on fundamentals of Crystal
Growth, January 29-30, 1996 Chennai.
S. Ganesa Moorthy, F. Joseph kumar, S. Balakumar and C. Subramanian, “Growth of lead
titanate single crystals and their characterization” Ninth International meeting on
Ferroelectricity, Aug. 24-29, 1997, Seoul, Korea
1996
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S. Ganesamurthy, R. Varatharajan, S. Balakumar and C. Subramanian, “Flux growth of
lead calcium titanate single crystals”, National Conference on Fundamentals of Crystal
Growth, January 29-30,1996,Madras
S. Balakumar, J. X. Ma, S. Ganesha Moorthy,; J. B. Xu, I. H. Wilson, “Ferroelectric
domains in BaTiO3 single crystals: AFM investigation, G5.1, Atomic Resolution
Microscopy of Surfaces and Interfaces”, MRSI meeting, Boston, December 3 - 5, 1996,
USA.
S.Ganesa Moorthy, R. Varatharajan, S. Balakumar, and C. Subramanian, “Growth and
Characterization of Lead Calcium Titanate Single Crystals” American Conference on
Crystal Growth, July 1, 1996, USA.
R. Ilangovan, S. Balakumar, C. Subramanian, P. Ramasamy, “Growth Of KTal-XNbxO3
Single Crystals By Step Cooling Technique And Their Characterization, 10th International
Conference on Crystal Growth, JULY 27, 1996 USA.
1995
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S. Balakumar, S. Ganesa Moorthy, R. Ilangovan, and C. Subramanian, “Growth, Domain
structure and X-ray diffraction studies on PbTiO3 and PbCaTiO3 single crystals”, Sixth
National Seminar on Crystal Growth, February 2-4, 1995, Crystal Growth Centre, Madras
S. Balakumar, S. Ganesa Moorthy R. Ilangovan, and C. Subramanian, Growth of PbTiO3
and PbCaTiO3 single crystals, International Conference on Crystal Growth XI, June 18-23,
1995, Hague, Netherlands.
S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, S. Ganesa Moorthy and C .Subramanian, BST single
crystals: Preparation, Morphology and X-ray diffraction studies, 8th European meeting on
ferroelectricity, July 4-8 1995, Nijmegan, Netherlands.
R.Ilangovan, S. Balakumar and C. Subramanian, “Growth and hysterisis loop studies on
flux growth Kta1-xNbxO3:Fe Single Crystals”, 8th European meeting on ferroelectricity,
July 4-8 1995, Nijmegan, Netherlands.
S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, S. Ganesa Moorthy and C. Subramanian, “Growth aspects of
PbTiO3 single crystals”, 8th European meeting on ferroelectricity, July 4-8 1995,
Nijmegan, Netherlands.
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S. Balakumar, S. Ganesa Moorthy, R. Ilangovan and C. Subramanian, “X-ray diffraction
studies on BST single crystal”, DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, Vol.38C December
27-31 Calcutta., 1995
Y. Babu, M. D. Sastry and B. A. Dasannacharya, S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, , S. Ganesa
Moorthy and C. Subramanian, “Evidence for the dynamic co-existence of cubic and
tetragonal phases in Ba1-xCaxTiO3 crystal: EPR investigations”, DAE Solid State Physics
Symposium, Dec.28- Jan.1, 1995, Jaipur
R. Ilangovan, S. Ganesa Moorthy, S. Balakumar, and C. Subramanian, “Growth and
characterization of Potassium Niobate single crystals”, XXVI National Seminar on
Crystallography, Jan.16-18, 1995, Mysore.
1994
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S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, “ Growth of large size
BaSrTiO3 single crystals and their charactersation”, 8th International conference on
application of Ferroelectrics, Aug1-6, 1994, Penn. State, USA
R. Ilangovan, S. Balakumar, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, “Growth of KTN single
crystals by Step Cooling Technique and its dielectric constants study”, 8th International
conference on application of Ferroelectrics, Aug1-6, 1994, Penn. State, USA
S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, “Growth of Bi12TiO20
single crystals by Czochraalski technique”, Annual MRSI meeting, Feb.7-10, 1994,
Hyderabad
R. Ilangovan, S. Balakumar, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, “Growth, Microhardness
and etching studies of Potassium Tantalate Niobate single crystals”, Annual MRSI meeting,
Feb.7-10, 1994, Hyderabad
S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, , S. Ganesa Moorthy and C. Subramanian, Growth of Sr
Substituted BaTiO3 single crystals”, 8th National seminar on Ferroelectric and Dielectrics,
October 23-25, 1994, Nagpur.
S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, , S. Ganesa Moorthy and C. Subramanian, “Growth of
PbTiO3 and PbCaTiO3 single crystals”, 8th National seminar on Ferroelectric and
Dielectrics October 23-25, 1994, Nagpur.
R. Ilangovan, , S. Balakumar, S. Ganesa Moorthy and C. Subramanian, “Growth ,
Dielectric, and Hysteresis studies on KTN single crystals”, 8th National seminar on
Ferroelectric and Dielectrics October 23-25, 1994,Nagpur.
1993
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R. Ilangovan, S. Balakumar, C. Subramanian , and P. Ramasamy, “Composition Analysis
and Dielectric studies on KNb1-xTaxO3 single crystals”, Material Research Society
Meeting, 1993,Trivandrum.
S. Balakumar, R Ilangovan, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, “Top Seeded Solution
growth of Bismuth Titanate single crystals”, American Conference on Crystal Growth,
August 1-6, 1993, Baltimore.
Y. Babu, S. Godbole, A.G.Page, M. D. Sastry and B. A. Dasannacharya, S. Balakumar, R.
Ilangovan, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, “EPR investigation of the sub-room
temperature phase transitions in Ba1-xCaxTiO3 single crystals”, DAE solid State Physics
Symposium, Dec.28-31, 1993, Bombay
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M.A. Rekha, A.P.Roy, S. Balakumar and P. Ramasamy, “Coupled Modes in BaTiO3 single
crystals”, DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, Dec.28-31, 1993, Bombay
S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, “Growth of Ba1xCaxTiO3 single crystals and their characterization, “Eighth International Meeting on
Ferroelectricity, Aug. 8-13, 1993, Washington, USA,
R. Ilangovan, S. Balakumar, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, “Growth and
characterization KTN single crystal”, 8th International Meeting on Ferroelectricity,
Washington, USA, 1993
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S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, C. Subramanian , and P. Ramasamy, “Growth and dielectric
studies of Ba1-xCaxTiO3 single crystals”, 23rd National Seminar on Crystallography, March
23-25, 1992, MREC, Jaipur
R. Ilangovan, S. Balakumar, C. Subramanian and P. Ramasamy, “Growth of large size
Potassium Tantallate Niobate single crystals”, DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, Dec.
23-28,1991, BHU, Varanasi
S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, C.Subramanian , and P. Ramasamy, “Growth of KTa1xNbxO3 single crystals”, 23rd National Seminar on Crystallography, March 23-25, 1992,
MREC, Jaipur
S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, C.Subramanian , and P. Ramasamy, “Studies on growth
kinetics of BaTiO3 and Ba1-xCaxTiO3”, International Conference on Crystal Growth, Aug.
16-21, 1992, SanDeigo, USA
R. Ilangovan, S. Balakumar, C.Subramanian , and P. Ramasamy, “Growth and Dielectric
Studies on KTN”, International Conference on Crystal Growth, Aug. 16-21, 1992,
SanDeigo, USA.
S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, C.Subramanian , and P. Ramasamy, “Growth of BCT crystals
and their characterization”, National Seminar on Ferroelectrics and Dielectrics, Oct.3-5,
1992, Garhwal.
R. Ilangovan, S. Balakumar, C.Subramanian , and P. Ramasamy, “Pyroelectric studies on
flux grown Kta1-xNbxO3 single crystals”, National Seminar on Ferroelectric and
Dielectrics, Oct.3-5, 1992 Garhwal.
S. Balakumar, R. Ilangovan, C.Subramanian , and P. Ramasamy, “Flux growth of Ba1-x
SrxTiO3 single crystals, National Seminar on Crystallography, Oct.20-22, University of
Jammu, Jammu.
R. Ilangovan, S. Balakumar, C. Subramanian , and P. Ramasamy, “Surface Morphology of
flux grown Potassium Tantalate Niobate single crystals,
National Seminar on
Crystallography, Oct.20-22, University of Jammu, Jammu.
R. Ilangovan, S. Balakumar, C. Subramanian , and P. Ramasamy, “Growth of large size
single crystals and dielectric studies of Barium Calcium Titanate single crystals”, DAE Solid
State Physics Symposium, Dec.28-31, 1992, SV University, Tirupathi
M. A. Rekha, A. P. Roy, B. A. Dasannacharya, P. Ramasamy, S. Balakumar, and R.
Ilangovan, Raman Scattering Study on Evaluation of the Soft Mode in Ba0.8Ca0.2TiO3”,
DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, Dec.28-31, 1992, SV University, Tirupathi.
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