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Dr. Sumithra Sivadas Menon

M.Sc., Ph.D., NET
  • Educational qualifications: M.Sc., Ph.D., NET
    1. Ph.D. in Physics from Anna University, Chennai 
    2. M.Sc. Physics from CUSAT, Kochi
  • Research interests
    1. Photocatalytic nanostructures
    2. Novel materials for Green energy generation
    3. Solid oxide fuel cells
  • Publications

1. Sumithra Sivadas Menon, Hafeez Yusuf Hafeez, Bhavana Gupta, K. Baskar, Gopal Bhalerao, Shamima Hussain, Bernaurdshaw Neppolian & Shubra Singh 2019, ‘ZnO:InN oxynitride: A novel and unconventional photocatalyst for efficient UV–visible light driven hydrogen evolution from water’, Renewable Energy, vol. 141, pp. 760-769.

 2. Sumithra Sivadas Menon, Gopal Bhalerao, Bhavana Gupta, K. Baskar & Shubra Singh 2018, ‘Development of Zn1-x-yGaxCoyO1-zNz as a non-oxide semiconductor material with visible light photoelectrochemical activity’, Vacuum, vol. 154, pp.296-301.

3. Sumithra S Menon, K Baskar & Shubra Singh 2017, ‘Comparative study on Ga1-xZnxN1-yOy oxynitride solid solution synthesized by different techniques for application in photocatalytic hydrogen production’, Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 468, pp. 139–143.

4. Sumithra Sivadas Menon, Sayantini Sen, Pallabi Pramanik, Anirban Bhattacharrya, K. Baskar, Bhavana Gupta & Shubra Singh 2016, ‘Anomalous red emission with competition and coexistence of defect and band edge emission in photo-electrochemically active (Zn0.97Ga0.03)(O0.95N0.05) solid solution’, RSC Adv., vol. 6, pp.103081.

5. Sumithra Sivadas Menon, B. Kuppulingam, K. Baskar, T.N. Sairam, T.R. Ravindran, Bhavana Gupta & Shubra Singh 2015, ‘Realization of high photocatalytic hydrogen generation activity by nanostructured Ga1-xZnxO1-zNz Solid-Solution without co-catalyst’, International journal of hydrogen energy, vol. 4 0 , pp. 1 3 9 0 1 – 1 3 9 0 8

 6. Rahulraj M., Thazni Hameed, Ashil K. S., Nolvin Sunny & Sumithra Sivadas Menon 2021, ‘Investigations on photocatalytic activity of Fe and Ni doped ZnO nanoparticles under direct sunlight synthesized by co – precipitation method’, AIP Conf. Proc, vol 2369, pp. 020020

7. Sumithra Sivadas Menon, R. Anitha, Bhavana Gupta, K Baskar & Shubra Singh 2016, ‘Synthesis Of GaN:ZnO Solid Solution By Solution Combustion Method And Characterization For Photocatalytic Application’, AIP Conf. Proc, vol.1731, pp. 050025.

8. Sumithra Sivadas Menon, R. Janani, K. Baskar , Bhavana Gupta & Shubra Singh 2017, ‘Effect of Varying Ga content in ZnO:GaN Solid Solution Synthesized by Solution Combustion Technique for Photocatalytic Applications’, AIP Conf. Proc. , vol. 1832, pp. 050089.

 9. Anitha. R, Sumithra Sivadas Menon, Gopalkrishna Bhalerao, Pradeep Siddham, Baskar. K & Shubra Singh 2020, ‘Electrical properties of nitric acid and DMSO treated PEDOT:PSS/n-Si hybrid heterostructures for optoelectronic applications’, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 137, p.48952.

10.  Sinitha. B. Nair, Aijo John K, Sumithra Sivadas Menon , Hilal Rahman, Julie Ann Joseph, Sadasivan Shaji & Rachel Reena Philip 2019, ‘Influence of electrochemical reduction on selfdoping on the low temperature crystallization and photocatalytic activities of TiO2 nanotubes’, Semiconductor Science and Technology, vol. 34, issue 9, doi. 10.1088/1361-6641/ab3822.

11. R.Janani, Sumithra Sivadas Menon, Gopalkrishna Bhalerao, Bhavana Gupta & Shubra Singh 2019, ‘Zn1-xGaxO1-yNy – Graphene oxide nanocomposite for enhanced visible – Light photocatalytic activity’, Dyes and Pigments, vol. 165, pp. 249-255.

12. S.Surender, S.Pradeep, K.Prabakaran, Sumithra Sivadas Menon, I.Davis Jacob, ShubraSingh, K.Baskar 2018, ‘Passivation of yellow luminescence of MOCVD grown InGaN/GaN heterostructures by Nitrogen – ion implantation’, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics – B, vol.433, pp. 76 – 79.

13.  R. Anitha, Durga Sankar Vavilapalli, Sumithra Sivadas Menon, S. Surender, K. Baskar, Shubra Singh 2018, ’ Hybrid gallium nitride/organic heterojunction with improved electrical properties for optoelectronic applications’, Journal of Materials Science, no.16, doi: 10.1007/s10853-018-2408-z

14.  S.Surender, S.Pradeep, K.Prabakaran, S.M.Sumithra, Shubra Singh and K.Baskar 2018, The role of indium composition on thermo-electric properties of InGaN/GaN heterostructures grown by MOCVD, Journal Of Alloys and Compounds, vol 734, pp. 48 – 54

15.  Suchita Dhankhar, Sumithra Sivadas Menon, Bhavana Gupta, K. Baskar, and Shubra Singh 2017, ‘Electrochemical performance of brownmillerite calcium ferrite for application as supercapacitor’, AIP Conf. Proc., vol1832,pp. 080050.

16.  Shubra Singh, Sumithra Sivadas Menon, Kapil Gupta & R. Jayavel 2014, ‘Preferentially oriented single crystal growth of brownmillerite CaFeO2.5 by flux growth technique’, Materials Letters, vol. 131, pp. 332–335.

17.  R. Ramesh,  R. Loganathan, Sumithra Sivadas Menon,  K. Baskar &   Shubra Singh 2014, ‘Controlled nucleation and growth of nanostructures by employing surface modified GaN based layers/heterostructures as bottom layer’ 2014,  RSC Adv, vol.4, pp. 7112-7119.

  • Conferences attended/presented
  • Thazni Hameed, Rahulraj. M, Ashil. K. S, Nolvin Sunny & Sumithra Sivadas Menon 2020, ‘Ni, Fe doped ZnO nanostructures for Photocatalytic dye degradation under direct sunlight’, Current Trends in Chemistry, CTriC, Department of Applied Chemistry, CUSAT, Kochi, Kerala from 6 – 7 February.
  • Sumithra Sivadas Menon, Janani, R, Baskar, K, Bhavana Gupta & Shubra Singh 2016, ‘Effect of Varying Ga content in ZnO:GaN Solid Solution Synthesized by Solution Combustion Technique for Photocatalytic Applications’, 61st DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa from 26 – 30 December.
  • Suchita Dhankhar, Sumithra Sivadas Menon, Bhavana Gupta, K.Baskar & Shubra Singh 2016, ‘Electrochemical Performance Of Brownmillerite Calcium Ferrite For Application As Supercapacitor’ 61st DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa from 26 – 30 December.
  • Sumithra Sivadas Menon, Anirban Bhattacharya, Bhavana Gupta, Baskar, K & Shubra Singh 2016, ‘Developing ZnO rich ZnO:GaN (oxy)nitride solid solution and investigating band gap modification by Low temperature photoluminescence’ at International Symposium for Research Scholars on Metallurgy, Material Science and Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai from 21 – 23 December.
  • R. Janani, Vavillapalli Durga Sankar, Sumithra Sivadas Menon & Shubra Singh 2016, ‘A Composite of grapheme oxide and Ga1-xZnxN1-xOx for dye degradation studies’ at International Symposium for Research Scholars on Metallurgy, Material Science and Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai from 21 – 23 December.
  • R. Anitha, Sumithra Sivadas Menon & Shubra Singh 2016, ‘Growth and Characterization of PEDOT:PSS Film on Si-GaN Heterojunction’ at International Symposium for Research Scholars on Metallurgy, Material Science and Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai from 21 – 23 December.
  • Sumithra Sivadas Menon, R. Janani, K. Baskar & Shubra Singh 2016, ZnO Based (Oxy)nitrides Synthesized By Solution Combustion Technique And Realization Of Photocatalytic Activity By Dye Degradation’, at International conference on nanoscience and nanotechnology ICNAN, VIT Vellore from 19-21 October
  • R. Janani, Sumithra Sivadas Menon & Shubra Singh 2016, ‘An approach to improve the photocatalytic activity of Ga1-xZnxN1-xOx oxynitride with grapheme oxide’ at International conference on nanoscience and nanotechnology ICNAN, VIT Vellore from 190-21 October
  • Sumithra S Menon, Baskar, K & Shubra Singh 2016, ‘Comparative study on Ga1-xZnxN1-yOy oxynitride solid solution synthesized by different techniques and its application in photocatalytic hydrogen production’ at 18th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE 18), Nagoya University, Japan from 7 – 12 August.
  • Shubra Singh, Sumithra Sivadas Menon, Suchita, R & Anitha Muthukumar 2016, ‘Developing multifunctional nanomaterials for alternate/renewable energy applications’ at Third international conference on “Nanotechnology for Better Living, NBL, NIT Srinagar from May 25- 29
  • Projects
  • Membership in academic bodies
  • Institutional responsibilities
    1. N.S.S. Program Officer (2023 onwards)
    2. PTA Executive member
  • Courses and trainings attended
    1. Online Faculty Induction Program conducted by UGC-HRDC, Kannur University from August 2 – August 31, 2022
    2. One-week Faculty Development Programme on “BLENDED LEARNING: Concepts and Tools” conducted by RCMOOCS from 01 – 07 July, 2023
  • Resource person

Department of Physics