Venkidu Lakshmanan
University of Aveiro, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Gobi Arts and Science college, Chikkiah Naikkar College
Research areas: Materials Science · Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials · Multiferroics and related materials · Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials · Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
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About
An innovative & a competent professional with Ph.D. (Bulk Ferroelectric Photovoltaic) from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, looking for a role of Post-Doctoral fellow/Research Scientist/Associate in the fields like Photovoltaic/Sensors/Energy Storage device/Magnetoelectric/Piezoelectric to enhance the technical skills and implement them to improve processes in an organization.
I have hands on experience with “Sample preparation, Synchrotron ADXRD, UV, Dielectric, Ferroelectric hysteresis (P-E loop), Density Functional Theory (DFT-Quantum Espresso) and Photovoltaic measurements. Further I have expertise in analysing “PXRD, ADXRD, SEM, Raman spectra, Dielectric, P-E loop, XPS, optical properties (UV and Density Functional Theory (DFT)), Magnetic hysteresis (M-H loop) and photovoltaic characterization.
Employment
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Universidade de Aveiro Researcher2025 - Present
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St. Xavier's College (Autonomous) Assistant professor2024 - 2024
Education
- 2016 - 2023
- 2014 - 2015
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Gobi Arts and Science college M.Sc2012 - 2014
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Chikkiah Naikkar College B.Sc2009 - 2012
Projects & Funding
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Effect of charge-compensated substitution on bandgap reduction and oxygen vacancy control for enhancement of bulk photovoltaic response in ferroelectric oxides: BaTiO3, Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3, and BiFeO3 University Grants Commission2015 - 2021
Publications (15)
- Structural, electronic, and magnetic correlations governing multiferroic and magnetoelectric response in charge-compensated La-Nd co-substituted BiFeO3 with DFT insights Save
- Tuning bandgap and controlling oxygen vacancy in BiFeO3 via Ba(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3 substitution for enhanced bulk ferroelectric photovoltaic response in Al/BFO–BFN/Ag solar cell Save
- Fe3+ and Nb5+ substituted Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3: A route towards enhanced ferroelectric photovoltaic response in Al/NBFNT/Ag solar cell through reduced bandgap, controlled oxygen vacancy Save
- Impact of charge-compensated Fe and Nb co-substitution on BaTiO3: Bandgap and grain size reduction and enhanced bulk photovoltaic power of Al/BFNT/Ag solar cell Save
- Temperature-dependent energy storage performance of the ceramics in MPB region identified from the 1−(x + y) (Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3-xBaTiO3-yBaZrO3 ternary ceramics Save
- Suppression of intermediate antiferroelectric phase in sub-micron grain size Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 ceramics Save
- Enhanced magnetoelectric coefficients in Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3–CoFe2O4 particulate composites prepared from pre-sintered constituents Save
- Fabrication of DSSCs using ferroelectric photoanodes of co-substituted (1 − x)BiFeO-(x)BaFeNbO: Structural correlation to bandgap reduction and its impact on power conversion efficiency Save
- Impact of non-magnetic BaTiO3 substitution on structure, magnetic, thermal and ferroelectric properties of BiFeO3 ceramics at morphotropic phase boundary Save
- Room temperature magnetoelectric coupling in Fe-doped sodium bismuth titanate ceramics Save
- Structure, morphology and magnetodielectric investigations of BaTi1−xFexO3−δ ceramics Save
- Impact of Ba/Ti ratio on the magnetic properties of BaTiO3 ceramics Save
- Structure, microstructure, magnetic and magnetodielectric investigations on BaTi(1--y)Fe Nb O3 ceramics Save
- Structure–property relation to enhance the piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties in (Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3-based non-MPB lead-free piezoelectric ceramics Save
- Grain size effect on structure and electrical properties of lead-free Na0.4K0.1Bi0.5TiO3 ceramics Save