Dr. Sreeja Sreedharan. R is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics of the Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha. She joined the Department in 2021. She has procured M.Phil. and Ph.D. Degrees from Department of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala. She has several research publications in peer reviewed journals, chapters in edited books and papers in national and international conferences to her credit. They testify to her research experience and academic excellence. She has attended several workshops and seminars in her field including the Workshop on Experimental Techniques in Nonlinear Optics organized by Raman Research Institute, Bangalore (2011). Her fields of specialization are optoelectronics and photonics. Her research areas include synthesis and Characterization of nanomaterials for photonic applications, Thin films, solar cells, Electro and Photocatalysis.
Course based Ph.D in Optoelectronics (Faculty of Applied Sciences& Technology) under the guidance of Prof. (Dr. )V.P.Mahadevan Pillai, Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Kerala
Title of the Thesis : INVESTIGATION ON THE STRUCTURAL, MORPHOLOGICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ZINC OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS: EFFECT OF DOPING OF RAREEARTH IONS AND INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN METALS
Research Degree awarded vide University Notification No. Ac.E.II/8/17 dated 22/12/2017 (Reg.No. 9344, Sl.No.
- Thin films
- Nano photonics
- Electrocatalysis
- Photocatalysis
- Sensors
2 Years
2021 October 25 onwards
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Tutor : UG 2021-2024 batch
1.Webinar on the topic NUCLEAR ENERGY organized in connection with NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 2023 named “SUSDHITHI”
2. Two webinars and inter collegiate quiz competition organized in connection with NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 2022.
1. Served as panellist for paper presentation in the Webinar on NEP 2020: A Futuristic Approach organized by KUCTE Nedumangadu, Thiruvananthapuram
1. R. Sreeja Sreedharan, V.S. Kavitha, S.Suresh, R. Reshmi Krishnan, R.Jolly Bose, V. P Mahadevan Pillai “Tailoring the properties of zinc oxide films by incorporating gold nanoparticles using RF magnetron sputtering” Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing, 124 (2018) 815(18 pages); https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-018- 2131-2. ISSN No. – 0947-8396 (Print), 1432-0630 (Online), Publisher- Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
2. R. Sreeja Sreedharan, R. Reshmi Krishnan, G. Sanal Kumar, V.S. Kavitha, S.R. Chalana, R. Jolly Bose, S. Sures, R. Vinodkumar, S.K. Sudheer, V.P. Mahadevan Pillai “Bright visible luminescence from highly textured, transparent Dy3+ doped RF sputtered zinc oxide films” J. Alloys and Compounds 721 (2017) 661- 673, 75, ISSN No.0925-8388, eISSN-1873-4669, Publisher- Elsevier.
3. R. Sreeja Sreedharan, R. Reshmi Krishnan, R.Jolly Bose, V.S. Kavitha , S.Suresh, R.Vinodkumar , V. P Mahadevan Pillai “Visible luminescence from highly textured Tb3+ doped RF sputtered zinc oxide films” J. Lumin. 184(2017)273–286; doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.12.032. ISSN No. – 0022-2313, eISSN No. – 1872-7883, Publisher- Elsevier.
4. R. Sreeja Sreedharan, R.Vinodkumar, I. Navas, R. Prabhu and V.P.Mahadevan Pillai “Influence of Pr doping on the structural, morphological, optical, luminescent and non-linear optical properties of RF sputtered ZnO films”, JOM, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society. JOM 68 (2016) 341: doi:10.1007/s11837-015-1632-0. ISSN No. (ISSN (Print)-1047-4838, ISSN (Electronic)-1543-1851, Publisher- Springer.
5. R. Sreeja Sreedharan, V. Ganesan, C.Sudarsanakumar, K. Bhavsar, R. Prabhu and V. P. Mahadevan Pillai “Highly textured and transparent RF sputtered Eu2O3 doped ZnO films” Nano Reviews, 6 (2015) 26759: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/nano.v6.26759 Online ISSN: 2002-2727, Publisher- Taylor & Francis.
6. R Sreeja Sreedharan, V Ganasan, C Sudarsanakumar, Radhakrishna Prabhu, V P Mahadevan Pillai, “Highly transparent and luminescent nanostructured EU2O3 doped ZnO films” IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 64 (2014) 012027, ISSN:1757-8981E- ISSN:1757-899X doi:10.1088/1757-899X/64/1/012027.
7. R. Jolly Bose, R. Sreeja Sreedharan, R. Resmi Krishnan, V. R. Reddy, M. Gupta,V. Ganesan, S. K. Sudheer, V. P. Mahadevan Pillai,” Effect of thermal annealing on the phase evolution of silver tungstate in Ag/ WO3 films” Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 145 (2015) 239–244, ISSN No. 1386-1425, eISSN No. 1873-3557.
8. R. Reshmi Krishnan, R.Sreeja Sreedharan, S.K.Sudheer, C. Sudarsanakumar, V.Ganesan, P.Srinivasan, V.P.MahadevanPillai “Effect of tantalum doping on the structural and optical properties of RF magnetron sputtered indium oxide thin films” Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing; 37 (2015) 112-122. DOI10.1016/j.mssp.2015.02.033 ISSN: 1369-8001, eISSN-1873-4081,
9. V.M. Vimuna, R. Sreeja Sreedharan, R. Resmi Krishnan, V.S. Kavitha, S.R. Chalana, S. Suresh, V.P. MahadevanPillai. “Study on the structural, morphological and optical properties of RF sputtered gallium doped zinc oxide thin films” Materialtoday:Proceeding, Volume 4, Issue 2, Part C, 2017, Pages 4417-4433, ISSN :2214-7853 DOI10.1016/j.matpr.2017.04.014.
10. V.S. Kavitha, R.ReshmiKrishnan, R.SreejaSreedharan, R.JollyBose, N. VenugopalaPillai, V.Ganesan, P.Sreenivasan, V.Ragavendran, S. Muthunatesan, V.P.MahadevanPillai, “Effect of annealing on the structural and optical properties of laser ablated nanostructured barium tungstate thin films” Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 37 (2015) 159: ISSN: 1369-8001, eISSN-1873-4081, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2015.02.049
11. G. Sanal Kumar, Navas IllyaskutY, S. Suresh, R. Sreeja Sreedharan, V.U. Nayar, V.P. Mahadevan Pillai, “Terbium oxide doped MoO3 nanostructures: Morphology engineering and enhanced photoluminescence” J. Alloys and Compounds 698 (2017) 215-227; doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.11.082 , ISSN No. – 0925-8388.
12. S. Suresh, Gautam E. Unni, Chensheng Ni, R. Sreeja Sreedharan, R. Reshmi Krishnan, M. Satyanarayana, Mariyappan Shanmugam, V.P. Mahadevan Pillai “Phase modification and morphological evolution in Nb.sub.2O.sub.5 thin films and its influence in dye- sensitized solar cells” Applied Surface Science 419 (2017) 720–732 ISSN No. – 0169-4332.
13. S.R. Chalana, R. Jolly Bose, R. Reshmi Krishnan, V.S. Kavitha, R. Sreeja Sreedharan, V.P.Mahadevan Pillai,“Structural phase modification in Cu incorporated nanostructured zinc sulfide thin films” Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 95 (2016) 24–36; ISSN No. – 0022-3697.
14. S. Hridya, V. S. Kavitha, S. R. Chalana, R. Reshmi Krishnan, R. Sreeja Sreedharan, S. Suresh, V. P. N. Nampoori, S. Sankararaman, Radhakrishna Prabhu, V. P. Mahadevan Pillai, “Study on the Structural, Morphological and Optical Properties of RF-Sputtered Dysprosium-Doped Barium Tungstate Thin Films” JOM, The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, 69 (2017) 2272-2277 , ISSN No. (ISSN (Print)-1047-4838, ISSN (Electronic)-1543-1851).
15. V.S. Kavitha, R. Reshmi Krishnan, R. Sreeja Sreedharan, K. Suresh, C.K. Jayasankar, V.P. Mahadevan Pillai, “Tb3+ doped WO3 thin films: A potential candidate in white light emitting devices”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 788 (2019) 429-445, ISSN No. – 0925-8388, Publisher- Elsevier.
16.V. S. Kavitha, R. Jolly Bose, R. Sreeja Sreedharan, C. Sudarsanakumar, Radhakrishna Prabhu, V. P. Mahadevan Pillai, “Highly Ordered Good Crystalline ZnO-Doped WO3 Thin Films Suitable for Optoelectronic Applications” JOM, The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, 71 (2019) 1874–1884 , ISSN No. (ISSN (Print)-1047-4838, ISSN (Electronic)-1543-1851.
17.J.S. Priya, R. Sreeja Sreedharan, V.S. Kavitha, S. Suresh, R. Reshmi Krishnan, V.P. Mahadevan Pillai. “Influence of background oxygen pressure and post - deposition annealing on the structural, morphological, optical and luminescence properties of laser ablated SrWO4 thin films ” Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 103(2019) 104615: ISSN: 1369-8001, eISSN-1873-4081.
18. S. Greeshma Predeep, R. Sreeja Sreedharan, S.Suresh, V.S. Kavitha, N. Venugopala Pillai, V. P Mahadevan Pillai “ Luminescent Tb3+ doped barium tungstate films as a potential candidate for photonic applications” J. Lumin. 226 (2020) 117484; ISSN No. – 0022-2313, eISSN No. – 1872- 7883, Publisher- Elsevier.
1. “Effect of incorporation of gold nano particles in the structural, morphological, optical and luminescence properties of ZnO films” R. Sreeja Sreedharan and V.P.Mahadevan Pillai, International Conference on Molecular Structure of Nano and Bio Materials (ICMSNBM-2018) September 27-28, 2018 organized by Arignar Anna Govt. Arts College, Tamil Nadu – Oral Presentation.
2. “Structural, morthological, optical and luminescent properties of terbium doped RF sputtered ZnO thin films” R. Sreeja Sreedharan and V.P.Mahadevan Pillai, International Symposium on Photonics Applications and Nanomaterials-2015 (ISPAN- 2015), October 28-30, 2015 organized by Sree Chithira Thirunal Medical Science & Technology, TVPM - Poster Presentation.
3. “Highly transparent and luminescent nano-structured Eu2O3doped ZnO films” , R Sreeja Sreedharan, V Ganasan, C Sudarsanakumar, Radhakrishna Prabhu and V P Mahadevan Pillai, 2 nd International Conference on Structural Nano-Composites (NANOSTRUC 2014) - Poster presentation.
4. “RF sputtered aluminum oxide doped zinc oxide nanostructured films”, R. Sreeja Sreedharan, R. Reshmi Krishnan, R. Jolly Bose, R. Vinodkumar, S. K. Sudheer and V.P.Mahadevan Pillai, International Conference on Thin Films and Applications (ICTFA 2013) organized by School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, SASTRA University - Poster Presentation.
Papers Presented in National Conferences
1. ‘Influence of RF power on the structural, morphological and optical properties of rf sputtered zinc oxide films’. R. Sreeja Sreedharan and V.P.Mahadevan Pillai, February 15-16, National Conference on Energy & Environment (NCEE-2019) organized by Sree Ayyappa College (TDB), Chengannur – Poster Presentation.
2. “Fabrication of RF sputtered Dy3+ doped ZnO films for luminescent applications" R. Sreeja Sreedharan and V.P.Mahadevan Pillai, National Seminar on Theoretical and Experimental Physics (STEP-18), October 24-26, 2018 organized by Department of Physics, Govt. College for Women, TVPM – Oral Presentation.
3. “Influence of RF Power on the Fabrication of zinc Oxide Thin Films for Luminescence Applications Using Sputtering Technique” R. Sreeja Sreedharan and V.P.Mahadevan Pillai, National Seminar, Science, Technology and Future of the World, September 5-6, 2018 organized by Department of Physics, St. Xavier’s College, TVPM – Oral Presentation.
4. “Influence of Au incorporation in the structural, morphological and optical properties of RF sputtered ZnO films.” R. Sreeja Sreedharan and V.P.Mahadevan Pillai, National Seminar on Photonics and its Applications (NSPA-2015) December 9-11, 2015 organized by Department of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala - Oral Presentation.
5. “ Effect of Eu2O3 doping in the structural, morphological and optical properties of RF sputtered ZnO thin films” .” R. Sreeja Sreedharan and V.P.Mahadevan Pillai, National Seminar on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, March 19-20, 2015 organized by Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology and Department of Biotechnology, University of Kerala - Poster Presentation.
6. “Structural, Morphological and Optical Properties of Magnesium doped ZnO films” R. Sreeja Sreedharan, R. Reshmi Krishnan, P.Radhakrishna Prabhu, V. P Mahadevan Pillai, DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium (NLS-23) December 3-6, 2014 organized by Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati - Poster Presentation.
7. “Effect of substrate temperature on RF sputtered ZnO films” , R. Sreeja Sreedharan and V.P.Mahadevan Pillai, Indo-German Conference on Laser Applications and Nano-Science, Sreenivasa Ramanujan Institute for Basuic Sciences, KSCTE, Deutsche Forschunsgemeinschaft [DFG], Goethe-Zentrum and Humboldt Club of Kerala, December 5-7, 2013 - Poster Presentation.
8. “Synthesis and Characterization of RF sputtered aluminum oxide doped zinc oxide nano-structured films”, R. Sreeja Sreedharan and V.P.Mahadevan Pillai, National seminar on Spectroscopic Techniques and applications for material characterization. (NSST-2013) organized by Department of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala - Poster Presentation.
9. “Eu3+ Incorporated conductive ZnO thin film phosphors” S.Binu, R. Vinodkumar, I.Navas, R. Sreeja Sreedharan and V.P.Mahadevan Pillai, ‘DAE-BRNS 6 th National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of thin Films and Nanostructured Materials’ (PLD 2011), November 9-11, 2011 - Poster Presentation.
- Chapter 1: Materials for Energy Systems 1.13 Influence of RF Power on the Structural, Morphological and Optical Properties of RF Sputtered Zinc Oxide Films / RECENT TRENDS IN ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT / Co Author:- GRENZE._ Scientific Society, Kerala, India._ February 2019. Page No. 62-70. ISBN No. 978-81-936117-9-1
1. Effect of RF power on the structural, morphological and optical properties of RF sputtered zinc oxide thin films, Sreeja Sreedharan. R, Volume I, Issue 2, June-2023, SDC Journal of Theoretical and Experimental Research.https://sdcjter.in/index.php/latest-
Guided 2 M.Sc Projects
1. EFFECT OF Ni DOPING ON THE CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE OF SnO2 FOR THE REDUCTION OF METHYLENE BLUE - Abhirami. N
2. GREEN MEDIATED SOL-GEL SYNTHESIS OF SILVER DOPED SnO2 FOR CATALYTIC
REDUCTION OF ORGANIC DYE - Divyadarshini. S
Dr. Sreeja Sreedharan R has published 18 research papers in peer reviewed international journals.
She received Dr. V. R. Ravindran Memorial Prize instituted by Optoelectronics Alumni Association, University of Kerala during the year 2017.
1. Raman Optronics Webinar Series (ROW) 2020 – Virtual International Conference organized by Dept. of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala.
2. Seminar on Photonic Materials – 2014 (PHOTOMAT-2014) organized by Department of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala, on 06.12.2014.
3. National Conference on Recent Trends in Optoelectronics and Laser Technology (NCOL-2007) organized by Department of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala, during 9-11 April, 2007.
4. Seminar on Recent Trends in Communication Technology (RTCT-2006) organized by Department of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala on 05.12.2006.
4. National Seminar on Low Dimensional and Non-linear Physics organized by Department of Physics, University College, Thiruvananthapuram on 20.03.2004.
1. Workshop on Powder, Nano & Thin film Characterization using X-ray Diffraction organized by Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai during 29-30 August, 2013.
2. Pre ICORS International Workshop on Raman Spectroscopy Recent Advances, Techniques and Applications organized by KSCSTE in association with EduWorldFoundation on 10.08.2012.
3. Workshop on Experimental Techniques in Nonlinear Optics organized by Raman Research Institute, Bangalore during 19-20 January, 2011.
4. National Workshop on Optoelectronics and Optical Communication (NWOOC2011) organized by Department of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala, during 5- 6 January, 2011.