CURRICULLUM VITAE
OF
PROF. K. SAMATHA
Name
KURIMELLA SAMATHA
Qualifications
M.Sc. (Physics) (Solid State Physics)
Ph.D (Ultrasonics), A.U, 1997.
Employment
Teaching Assistant (March,1986-May,1990)
Department of Physics, N.U.P.G.Centre, Nuzvid.
Assistant Professor (May,1990-May,1999)
Department of Physics, A.U., Visakhapatnam
Associate Professor (May,1999-May,2007)
Department of Physics, A.U., Visakhapatnam
Professor (May,2007-till to date)
Department of Physics, A.U., Visakhapatnam
Teaching Experience
28 years
Subject Taught
Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Classical
Mechanics, Electro Magnetic Theory and Ultrasonics
Research Experience
28 years
Research Degrees
M.Phil: 7
Submitted: 1(waiting for thesis reports)
Ph.D: 9
Submitted: 1(waiting for thesis reports)
Research Papers
41
Honours Conferred
Best Thesis Award
Books Published
Statistical Mechanics (for distance mode)
Administrative
assignments
1. Chairperson BOS
2. Departmental SAP Co-ordinator
3. Member for Women Grievance Cell
Member on Editorial
Board for Referred
Journal
Life member for Acoustical Society of India
MPhil/Ph.D Guidance
Sl.
No.
Name of the Student
Degree
Date of
Awarded
1
A Nirmala Jyosthsna
Ph.D
14-02-2007
Studies on atmospheric aerosols using ground based measurements and
satellite data
Guide
24-11-2012
Vibrational spectra (FT-IR, FT-Raman and DFT calculations) and
determination of first order hyperpolarizibility HOMO-LUMO and NBO
analysis (ultraviolet absorption spectra) of five halogen substituted
Benzophenones.
Guide
Title of the Thesis
Whether guide/
co-guide
2
K. Venkata Prasad
3
P. Paul Divakar
Ph.D
12-12-2012
Ultrasonic study of molecular interactions in certain binary and ternary
liquid mixture.
Guide
4
P. V. Rama Krishna
Ph.D
04-06-2013
Spectroscopic investigations of some rare earth doped Borat/ Tellurite
based glasses and glass ceramics.
Guide
5
M. Ramesh
Ph.D
23-07-2013
Structural, magnetic and electrical properties of Nickel Copper/ NickelMagnesium substituted ferrites for microwave applications.
Guide
6
M. Kalyana Raju
Ph.D
18-11-2013
Magnetic, electrical and structural properties of NiCuZn ferrites for MLCI
applications
Guide
7
V. Venkata Kumar
Ph.D
21-12-2013
Structural, magnetic and dielectric studies of cobalt substituted Nickel-Zinc
ferrites synthesized by soft chemical method.
Co-Guide
8
M. V. K. Mehar
Ph.D
2014
9
G. Pavan Kumar
Ph.D
02-05-2015
10
A. S. Madhusudanacharyulu
Ph.D
Submitted
Ph.D
Structural, Electrical, Magnetic and Elastic properties of Sb5+/Mo8+
substituted Lithium Ferrites for Potential applications
Guide
Study of Ultrasonic Velocity, Thermodynamic and Excess Thermodynamic
Parameters of Some Binary and Ternary Liquid Mixtures
Guide
Studies on Climatological Aerosol Characteristics and their Cloud Interactions
Over India Using Satellite Data
Guide
Sl.
No.
Whether
guide/
co-guide
Name of the Student
Degree
Date of
Awarded
1
M. Vijay Daniel
M.Phil
22-02-2006
Ultrasonic velocities and excess properties of binary liquid mixture of
N,N-diethyl aniline with some alcohols at 308.15K
Guide
2
P. V. Rama Krishna
M.Phil
02-05-2007
Dielectric properties of CuO doped Li-B2O3 glasses
Guide
3
M. Lakshmi Nadh
M.Phil
02-05-2007
Ultrasonic velocities and related studies in liquid binary systems
containing N,N-diethyl Acetamide and alcohols
Guide
4
A. S. Madhusudanacharyulu
M.Phil
18-08-2009
Thermodynamic and excess properties studies of binary liquid mixtures at
different temperatures (ethyl acetoacetate with some aliphatic lower
alcohols)
Guide
5
G. Ganapathi Rao
M.Phil
24-11-2009
Ultrasonic velocity and related studies in liquids binary systems
containing ethyl methyl ketone with chlorobenzene, bromobenzene and 1butanol
Guide
6
Ch. Praveen Babu
M.Phil
17-05-2010
Ultrasonic velocities and excess properties in some binary liquid mixtures
at different temperatures
Guide
7
M. Pullaiah
M.Phil
28-08-2014
Study of Intermolecular interactions in the Binary mixtures of Aniline
with O-Xylene and P-Xylene
Guide
8
G Chandana
M.Phil
Submitted
Ultrasonic studies on some organic binary mixtures
Guide
Title of the Dissertation
PAPERS PUBLISHED
1. Ultrasonic Studies and Excess Properties of Binary Mixtures of Ethylmethylketone
and Chlorobenzene at 308.15K
K. Samatha, G. Ganapathi Rao, M. V. K. Mehar, K. V. Prasad
International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology,
4(7), 5512-5520, 2015.
2. Comparison of Experimental Viscosities by Theoretically for 1-bromopropane in
Chlorobenzene Mixture at (303.15, 308.15, 313.15 and 318.15) K
Ch. Praveen Babu, G. Pavan Kumar, K. Samatha
International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology 76, 27-34, 2015.
3. Cation distribution of Ni–Cu substituted Li-ferrites
M Ramesh, GSN Rao, K Samatha, B.P. Rao
Ceramics International 41(1), 1765-1770, 2015.
4. Thermodynamic Interactions of P-Chlorotoluene with P-Xylene at 303.15 K, 308.15
K, 313.15 K and 318.15 K
G. Pavan Kumar, Ch. Praveen Babu, K. Samatha
International Letters of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy 52, 53-62, 2015.
5. Spectroscopic studies (FT-IR, FT-Raman, UV–Visible), normal co-ordinate analysis,
first-order hyperpolarizability and HOMO, LUMO studies of 3,4dichlorobenzophenone by using Density Functional Methods
B. Mark Heron K. Venkata Prasad, K. Samatha, D. Jagadeeswara Rao, C.
Santhamma, S. Muthu
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 151, 644654, 2015.
6. DC Electrical Properties of Antimony Substituted Lithium Ferrites
M.V.K. Mehar, A. Simhadri, N.L.V.R.K. Prasad, K. Samatha
International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology
3(4), 1050-1055, 2015.
7. Structural Properties of Antimony Substituted Lithium Ferrites Sintered At High
Temperature
M.V.K. Mehar, P.S. Bramhachary, D. Ramarao, K. Samatha
International Journal for Scientific Research & Development 2(11), 522-525, 2015.
8. Influence of metal ions Mg2+, Fe2+ on the growth of Sulphamic acid Single crystals”
S. Rajyalakshmi, B. Brahmaji, T. Samuel, K. Samatha, Y. Ramakrishna, K.
Ramachandra Rao
International Journal of Chem Tech Research 8 (2), 2015.
9. Satellite derived aerosol optical depth climatology over tropical coastal station
Machilipatnam, India
A.S. Madhusudanacharyulu, K. Samatha, K.S. Kumar, K. Jagadeesh, Suneetha Rani J.
International Letters of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy 50, 188-198, 2015.
10. Structural Observations, Density and Porosity Studies of Cu Substituted Ni-Zn Ferrite
through Standard Ceramic
M.K. Raju, M.R. Raju, K.R. Babu, J.R.G. Patnaik, K. Samatha
Chemical Science Transactions 4 (2), 325-330, 2015.
11. Theoretical Prediction of Ultrasonic Velocities in Liquid Mixtures of Cyclohexanone
with Di-hydroxy Glycols at Various Temperatures
P Paul Divakar, K Udaya Lakshmi, K.A. Emmanuel, K Samatha
International Journal of Research in Advent Technology 3(5), 153-159, 2015.
12. Comparative Study of Experimental and Theoretical Ultrasonic Velocities in Binary
Mixtures of Cyclohexanone with Aliphatic Esters at Different Temperatures
P.P. Divakar, K. Samatha
International Letters of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy 42, 13-24, 2015.
13. Synthesis, structural and luminescence properties of Mn doped ZnO/Zn 2 SiO 4
composite microphosphor
P.V. Ramakrishna, D. Murthy, D.L. Sastry, K. Samatha
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 129, 274279, 2014.
14. Ultrasonic Investigations on 1-Bromopropane in Chlorobenzene Mixture at 303.15 K,
308.15 K, 313.15 K and 318.15 K at 2 MHz.
Ch. Praveen Babu, G. Pavan Kumar, K. Samatha
International Journal of Advanced Science & Technology 69, 65-74, 2014.
15. Preparation and Characterization of Polycrystalline Mixed Nickel Zinc Ferrites For
Dielectric Properties And Practical Application.
V.K. Vagolu, K. Samatha, K.C. Mouli, J.N. Kiran, P.D. Sanasi
International Journal of Pharma & Bio Sciences 5(3), 2014.
16. Acoustical studies of binary liquid mixtures of p-chlorotoluene in benzene at different
temperatures
G. Pavan Kumar, Ch. Praveen Babu, K. Samatha, A.N. Jyosthna, K. Showrilu
International Letters of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy 4(1), 1-5, 2014.
17. Theoretical evaluation of ultrasonic velocities of binary liquid mixtures of 1bromopropane in chlorobenzene at 303.15, 308.15, 313.15 and 318.15 K
Ch. Praveen Babu, G. Pavan Kumar, B. Nagarjun, K. Samatha
International Letters of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy 11, 9-17, 2014.
18. Incorporation of Iron (II) on Structural, Optical, Spectroscopic Studies of Sulphamic
Acid Single Crystals
S Rajyalakshmi, PV Prasad, B Brahmaji, V SomasekharaRao, T Ghandhi, ...
International Journal of Science and Research, 127-130, 2014.
19. Structural properties of Ni-Cu substituted lithium ferrites
M. Ramesh, G.S.N. Rao, B.P. Rao, K. Samatha
Indian Journal of Research in Pharmacy and Biotechnology, 103-108, 2014.
20. Magnetic and structural properties of nickel and copper substituted lithium ferrite for
microwave applications
M. Ramesh, G.S.N. Rao, B.P. Rao, K. Samatha
Indian Journal of Research in Pharmacy and Biotechnology, 1, 56-58, 2014.
21. UV–visible upconversion studies of Nd 3+ ions in lead tellurite glass
P.V. Ramakrishna, S.V.N. Pammi, K. Samatha
Solid State Communications 155, 21-24, 2013.
22. Studies On Structural And Electrical Properties Of Cobalt Substituted Nickel Zinc
Ferrites Prepared From Soft Chemical Method
V.K Vagolu, K. Samatha, K.C. Mouli, J.N. Kiran, D.S. Priya, P.D. Sanasi
International Journal of Innovative Research and Studies 2(2), 100-112, 2013.
23. Microstructural Dependence of Magnetic Properties of Sb 5+ Substituted Lithium
Ferrites
M.V.K. Meher, K. Samatha, K.V. Ramesh, A.S. Kumar
International Journal of Modern Physics B 26(32), 2012.
24. DC-resistivity of Zn, Sb substituted Copper ferrite
R. Dhanaraju, M. Kalyanaraju, K. Samatha
Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials-Rapid Communications 6(11-12), 11891191, 2012.
25. Study of Molecular Interactions in Binary Liquid Mixtures by Acoustical Method at
303K
P.P. Divakar, B.V. Rao, K. Samatha
Journal of Chemistry 9(3), 1332-1335, 2012.
26. DC resistivity of Cu substituted Ni-Zn ferrites processed through Standard Ceramic
Method
M.K. Raju, Ratnaraju M, A. Mahesh Kumar, D.V.R. Kotireddy, K. Samatha
International Journal of Advanced Research in Science and Technology, 1(1), 45-47,
2012.
27. Elastic behavuior of Sb5+ substituted lithium ferrites
M.V.K. Meher, A. Satish Kumar, K. Samatha, Rao A. D. P.
World Journal of Science and Technology 2(11), 2012.
28. Elastic behavior of Mo 6+ substituted lithium ferrites
MVK Meher, AS Kumar, K Samatha, ADP Rao
International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications 2(7), 1-3, 2012.
29. Structural and magnetic studies of cobalt substituted nickel zinc ferrites
V.K. Vagolu, K. Samatha, K.C. Mouli, J.N. Kiran, D.S. Priya, P.D. Sanasi
International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology 4(12), 2012.
30. Theoretical Estimation of Internal Pressure and Excess Internal Pressure in Binary
Liquid Mixtures
P.P. Divakar, K. Samatha
Indian Streams Research Journal 1 (9), 1-10, 2011.
31. Multiyear ground‐based and satellite observations of aerosol properties over a tropical
urban area in India
K.V.S. Badarinath, Shailesh Kumar Kharol, K Madhavi Latha, T.R. Chand, V.
Krishna Prasad, A. Nirmala Jyothsna, K. Samatha
Atmospheric Science Letters 8 (1), 7-13, 2007.
32. Ultrasonic velocity, absorption and other related parameters in solutions of certain 2-1
Electrolytes with water-methanol mixed solvents.
V. Srinivasa Rao, J. Sreerama Murthy K. Samatha
Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences 10, 165-177, 2006.
33. Ultrasonic absorption in binary liquid systems containing NN-Dimethyl Acetamide.
S. Nana Rao & J. Sreerama Murthy K. Samatha
Andhra Pradesh Academy of Science 9, 43-48, 2005.
34. A comparative study of ultrasonic velocity and allied parameters of binary mixtures at
different temperatures
G.V. Rama Rao, K. Samatha, A.V. Sarma
Journal of Acoustical Society of India 32, 2004.
35. Excess thermodynamic properties in binary liquids
U. Sridevi, K. Samatha, A.V. Sarma
Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonics 26(1), 1-11, 2004.
36. Ultrasonic absorption in binary mixtures of NN-Dimethyl Acetamide + Phenol
systems.
K. Samatha & J. Sreerama Murthy A.V. Sarma
Journal of Acoustical Society of India 31, 334-338, 2003.
37. Evaluation of Excess Thermodynamic properties in some binary mixtures of OChlorophenol.
K. Samatha & G.V. Rama Rao A.V. Sarma
Journal of Acoustical Society of India 20, 1-7, 2003.
38. Ultrasonic Velocity and Related Parameters of NN-Dimethyl Acetamide-OChlorophenol Binary Liquid System
K. Samatha, V.V. Hari Babu, J. Sreerama Murthy
Acta Acustica united with Acustica 84(1), 169-172, 1998.
39. Ultrasonic velocity, absorption, dielectric and related studies in liquid binary system
N, N-Dimethyl Acetamide+ M-Cresol
K. Samatha, K. Srinivasa Rao, J. Sreerama Murthy
Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonics 20, 1-7, 1998.
40. Ultrasonic velocity and excess parameters of certain hydrogen bonded liquid binary
systems
J. Sreerama Murthy V. V. Hari Babu, G. Ramakrishna Raju, K. Samatha
Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics 34, 764-768, 1996.
41. Ultrasonic velocity and excess parameters of certain hydrogen bonded liquid binary.
K. Samatha & J. Sreerama Murthy V.V. Hari Babu, G. Ramakrishna Raju
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics 34, 764-768, 1996.
Details of Symposiums, Workshops and Seminars
1. Participated in National Symposium on Acoustics – NSA 2003, held during 31st Oct –
1st Nov 2003, at the Automotive Research Association of India, Pune.
2. Attended the National Seminar on “Role of Mathematics and Physical Sciences in
Resource Development” held at the Post-Graduate Extension Centre, Nuzvid during
November 17 – 19, 1998.
3. Participated in the National Seminar on Mineral Based Industries Present Status and
Future Prospects held on 5th – 7th December, 2001.
4. Participated in Capacity Building Workshop for Women Managers in Higher
Education held from 8th – 12th March, 2007.
5. Participated in the Workshop on Mixed Signal Processing & Recent Advances in
Electronics conducted on December 21st, 2006.
6. Participated in the One Day Awareness Workshop on Patents, Copy Rights, Designs,
Trademarks, The Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Designs, Geographical
Indications and Plant Variety held on 20th March 2014.
7. Presented paper with Title “Study of Molecular Interactions in Ternary Liquid
Mixture by Ultrasonic Methods” in National Seminar on Recent Advances in Physics
held at Pithapur Rajah’s Government College, Kakinada on the 5 – 6th January, 2011.
8. Presented paper with Title “Ultrasonic and Phase Transition Investigations on Liquid
Crystal Compounds” in National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Material Science –
An Application to Amorphous, Nano & Liquid Crystals held at Sir C R Reddy
Autonomous College Eluru on 30th October, 2010.
9. Presented paper with Title “Acoustical study of Molecular Interactions in Binary
Liquid Mixtures” in 3rd International Conference on Current Developments in
Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Nano Physics with Applications held at University of
Delhi on December 14th – 16th, 2011.
10. Presented paper with Title “Evaluation of Excess Thermo-acoustical parameters of
Certain Ternary mixtures at Different Temperatures” in National Seminar on Recent
Trends in Advanced Materials held at Sir C R Reddy Autonomous College Eluru on
27th – 28th, 2012.
11. Presented paper with Title “Physico-chemical studies of molecular interactions in
ternary liquid mixtures of ethylene glycol + methanol + alkyl acetates at different
temperatures” in International symposium on Facets of Weak Interactions in
Chemistry held at University of Calcutta on 13 – 15th January, 2011.
12. Presented paper with Title “Ultrasonic study of Molecular Interactions in some
Ternary liquid Mixtures” on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics held at Karnatak
University on February 22 – 25th, 2011.
13. Presented paper with Title “Velocity and Thermodynamic Properties of Binary Liquid
Mixtures of Methanol, Ethanol with Ethylacetoactate as Common Solvent” in
National Symposium on Acoustics held at Pt. L. M. S. Govt. Autonomous P. G.
College, Rishikesh on November 11-13th 2010.
14. Presented paper with Title “Development of High Valancy cations Substituted
Lithium Ferrite” in Andhra Pradesh Science Congress at Gitam University on
November 14-16th, 2011.
15. Presented paper with Title “Developed Magnetic properties of Sb5+ substituted
Lithium Ferrite” in National Conference on Advanced Research concepts in Physics
at Rajahmundry held on 24th 25th November 2011.
16. Presented paper with Title “Quantum Chemical computational and experimental (FTIR, FT-Raman, UV) studies on 3-Methyl-4-Fluorobenzophenone” in Andhra Pradesh
Science Congress at Gitam University on November 14-16th, 2011.
17. Presented paper with Title “First-order Hyper polarizability, HOMO, LUMO and
NBO studies of 3-Bromo-4-chlorobenzophenone based on DFT Calculations” held at
A. P. Science Congress – 2012 in Acharya Nagarjuna University on 14-16th
November, 2012.
18. Presented paper with Title “FT-IR, FT-Raman spectral Analysis and theoretical
HOMO-LUMO analysis of 3-Bromo-4-chlorobenzophenone by ab initio HF and DFT
methods” in National Seminar on Recent Advances in Physics at P. R. Government
College, Kakinada on 5-6th January, 2011.
19. Presented paper with Title “The Vibrational frequency assignment of 3-Bromo-4chlorobenzophenone based on AB Initio HF and Density Functional Theory” in
International Conference on Recent Frontiers in Applied Spectroscopy at Annamalai
University, on 22-24th September, 2010.
20. Presented paper with Title “Vibrational Frequency Assignment of Two Dihalogenated
Benzophenones” in International Conference on presence in vibrational Spectroscopy
on February 21- 24th 2010.
21. Presented paper with Title “Molecular structure, vibrational spectroscopic, first order
hyperolariziability and HOMO, LUMO studies of 3,4Duchlorobenzophenone” on A.
P. Science Congress and Annual Convention of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences
at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad on 18-20th November,
2010.
22. Poster Presented paper with Title “Magnetic and structural properties of nickel and
copper substituted lithium ferrite for microwave applications”
23. Presented paper with Title “Enhancement in quality and optical properties of Mn2+
doped L-cysteine hydrochloride H2O Non-linear optical prop materials” in Nantional
Seminar on Development of Advanced Materials in Physics and Electronics and their
applications at Kakaraparti Bhavanarayana College, Vijayawada on 15-16th October,
2014.