Dr. Archana L S

PhD, NET

Personal objective

To build a long-term profession as a teacher that will offer endless opportunities for career growth and to keep up with cutting-edge educational technologies.

Personal Details

Educational Experience

• PhD awarded– “Size dependent effects and substitutional

changes in the optical properties of rare earth based nanophosphors” – University of Kerala on 14.08.2023

• UGC-National Eligibilty Test (NET) – India (2014)
• Master of Philosophy- Grade A (2013- 2014) – Department of Physics.Kariavattam Campus, University of Kerala, India
• Master of Science in Physics – CGPA- 7.84 (2010-2012) – School of Pure &Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. Specialization: Astrophysics
• Bachelor of Science in Physics – 85.6% (2007-2010) – Govt. College forWomen, Vazhuthacaud, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
• Higher Secondary School Education – 86% (2005-2007)- Board of Higher Secondary Examinations, Government of Kerala, India – Govt. Higher SecondarySchool, Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
• High School Education – 83% – (2005)– Board of public examinations, Kerala, India – Mannam Memorial Residential Higher Secondary School, Neeramankara,Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Research interests

Materials Science, Nanostructured Materials, Nanophosphors, Optical studies.

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Experience in using MS office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Image J, Unit cell, Origin

Additional Qualifications

Studied Yoga and Meditation Certificate course in Centre for adult, continuning education and extension, Palayam, thiruvanathapuram, Kerala on January 2016.

List of International publications (Scopus indexed)

1. Study of Structural, luminescence and Judd Ofelt calculations for Ce³⁺ doped ZnS phosphors for display applications, L.S.Archana, Deepthi.N.Rajendran, Jincemon Cyriac, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 160 (2024), 111936. 
2. Effect of Sm³⁺ ions doping on the structural and optical properties, Judd-Ofelt and radiative parameters of ZnS phosphor materials, L.S.Archana, Deepthi.N.Rajendran, K.Sreelatha, Jincemon Cyriac, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 305 (2023), 127934.
3. Influence of rare earth substitution on structure, photoluminescence emission properties and Judd-Ofelt analysis of ZnS:Eu³⁺ red phosphors, L.S.Archana, Deepthi.N.Rajendran, Jincemon Cyriac, Journal of Luminescence, 243 (2022), 118679.
4. An insight into the structure, luminescent characteristics and Judd-Ofelt analysis of (1-x) ZnS-(x) Dy2O3 phosphors, L.S.Archana, Deepthi.N.Rajendran, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 128 (2021), 105752.
5. Luminescence of rare earth doped ZnS nanophosphors for the applications in optical displays, L.S.Archana, Deepthi.N.Rajendran, Materials Today: Proceedings, (2020), Vol41, 3, 461-467.
6. Structural and Optical properties of Ce³⁺ doped ZnS nanoparticles, L.S.Archana, Deepthi.N.Rajendran, Advanced Science Letters, 24 (2018), 5994-5999

Book Chapters

1. Jincemon Cyriac, Sunny Mathew, Saji Augustine, Saritha K Jose, Archana L. S., Sashank S., Jisty Ann Jiji, and Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Study on Magnetic and Magnetoelectric Properties of BiFeO3 Multiferroic Systems, Physics and Mechanics of   New    Materials    Synthesis,    Processing,    and    Emerging    Applications, ISBN: 9781774915738

Paper presented in national or international conferences

1. Synthesis and characterization of ZnS nanoparticle prepared by solid state reaction method, National conference on current trends in materials science (CTMS-2016), Christain college, Chengannur, Kerala from 28-03-2016 to 30- 03-2016.
2. Luminescent properties of Europium doped ZnS nanophosphors., 30^th session of Kerala Science Congress (30^th KSC), 28^th to 30^th January 2018 at Government Brennen College, Thalassery, Kannur, Kerala.
3. Optical properties of Dy2O3/ ZnS nanophosphor, National seminar on theoretical and experimental physics- 2018, October 24-26, 2018.Govt. College for Women, Vazhuthacaud, Thiruvananthapuaram.
4. Photoluminescence characterization of Ce³⁺ in ZnS nanophosphor for blue LEDs, National Conference on emerging trends in science, Technology & application of electron microscope (STAEM-2018), December 19-21, 2018,CSIR NIIST.
5. Spectroscopic studies on Dy2O3 incorporated Zinc Sulphide nanocomposites, International conference on optoelectronic and nanomaterials for advanced technology, ICONMAT 2019, CUSAT, January 3-5, 2019
6. Spectroscopic studies of Cerium based phosphors, 31^st session of Kerala Science Congress (31^th KSC), 2^nd & 3^rd February 2019 at Fatima Mata National College, Kollam, Kerala.
7. A study of Sm³⁺ ions doping on the structural and optical properties, Judd-Ofelt analysis of ZnS Phosphor materials, ICAM 2024, 3^rd & 4^th  January 2024 at Devamatha College, Kuravilangad.
8. Structural and luminescent properties of Eu³⁺ doped ZnS phosphor, LSUS 2021, 7^th, 8^th & 9^th April 2021 at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala

Conferences and workshops attended

• Participated in a discussion meeting on “Impact of Quantum Effects on Our Classical world view (January 26-29, 2011)
• Participated a National workshop on “Mathematical Methods  in Physics UnderSAP-DRS program, School of Pure and Applied Physics, M.G.University, kottayam (March 23-25, 2011)
• KSCSTE Sponsored OPTICS’ 15 A national seminar on  light, Department of physics, VTM NSS College Dhanuvachapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, 12 – 13November, 2015.
• Participated in KSCSTE sponsored Internationalyear of light, a seminar on Light amd Light based technologies at University of Kerala.