Karuppasamy Pichan

About

Dr. P. Karuppasamy has research experience in crystal Growth and Solar cells. He finished his B.Sc. (2009-2012) and M.Sc. (2012-2014) in Physics from the Department of Physics, National College, Tiruchirappalli (Affiliated with Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli). Ph.D. degree (in 2020) from Anna University, Chennai. I have wide experience in materials synthesis and crystal growth using various methods and also various instrumentation for materials characterisation.

Research Interest: Crystal Growth- Solution, SR-method, Melt, Bridgeman method, Czochralski (CZ) method. Organic crystals, Nano-crystals, Thin films, Solar cell, Directional Solidification, CGSim Simulation, Recycling of PV. Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric and Terahertz (THz) Applications.

Startup Company:

RBK Crystal Technologies LLP, SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam-603110.

We have started a new company to provide crystal growth systems and single crystals as per customer requirements.

Founders: Prof. P. Ramasamy, Dr. N. Balamurugan and Dr. P. Karuppasamy

Website: rbkcrystech.com

Email: [email protected];[email protected]

Employment

• Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Research Scientist
  2020 - Present
• SSN College of Engineering PXRD Analyst
  2019 - 2020

Education

• SSN Group of Educational Institutions Ph.D
  2015 - 2020

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (93)

• Silicon recycling from cutting waste and end-of-life photovoltaic modules: a review of current status and future directions
  Waste Management 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2026.115647
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• Piranha Solution-Enabled Removal of Carbon Species from Silicon Kerf Loss for Improved Raw Silicon Recovery
  ACS Sustainable Resource Management 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acssusresmgt.6c00099
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• Vertical bridgman growth and multifaceted optical characterization of high-quality pyrene single crystals for nonlinear optical applications
  Materials Science and Engineering: B 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2025.118643
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• A novel approach on reverse electroplating to remove diamond particles and recover stainless steel wire from waste diamond coated wire
  Reaction Chemistry & Engineering 2025 DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00469H
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• Design and development of transparent vertical Bridgman system and growth of high quality 4-Chloro-3-Nitrobenzophenone single crystal for nonlinear optical applications
  Journal of Crystal Growth 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2025.128198
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• Growth and characterization of high-quality and large-scale piperazinium bis (trifluoroacetate) single crystal using the immersing ampoule Sankaranarayanan-Ramasamy (ISR) method for nonlinear optical applications
  Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 2025 DOI: 10.1007/S10854-025-14306-Z
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• Investigation of phosphoric acid-catalyzed silver-assisted chemical etching for upgrading metallurgical grade silicon to solar grade silicon
  CrystEngComm 2025 DOI: 10.1039/D5CE00272A
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• Optical transmittance, optical homogeneity, HRXRD and third-order NLO properties of an organic 1H-benzotriazole salicylic acid (BHSA) single crystals
  Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 2025 DOI: 10.1007/S10854-025-14415-9
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• Vertical Bridgman growth of 2-methoxy benzoic acid single crystal: A promising approach for nonlinear optical applications
  Journal of Crystal Growth 2025 DOI: 10.1016/J.JCRYSGRO.2024.128025
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• Synthesis, crystal growth, structural, optical, and laser damage threshold characterizations on 2-amino-4,6-di­methyl­pyrimidinium hydrogen sulfate single crystal for nonlinear optical applications
  Materials Letters 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2023.135598
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