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Dr. Jayakumar Balakrishnan
Assistant Professor (IIT Palakkad), Adjunct Faculty (IIT Madras)
Physics
jayakumar@iitpkd.ac.in
04923226322
Research Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - 2D Materials and Perovskites
  • Biosketch

    Experience

    a) Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Palakkad (July 2017 - till date)

    b) Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Patna (Dec 2015 - July 2017)

    c) DST INSPIRE Faculty, Department of Physics, IIT Patna ( July 2014 - Dec 2015)

    d) Research Associate, Department of Physics, National University of Singapore ( Aug  2013 -July 2014)

    e) Assistant System Engineer, Tata Consultancy Services (Aug 2006-July 2008)

     

    Education
     
    a) PhD - National University of Singapore (Degree Awarded: Feb 2014)
     
    b) M.Sc - Indian Institute of Technology Madras (2006)
     
    c) B.Sc - Government College Madappally (2004)
     
    d) Plus Two:  Government Sanskrit Higher Secondary School, Vadakara (2001)
  • Research

    Research Interests: Electrical- and Magneto- transport studies in 2D materials

                                      Transport studies in perovskite and hybrid/heterostructures of perovskite - 2D materials

  • Teaching

     

    @IIT Palakkad

    Academic Year

    Semester

    Courses

    Academic Year

    Semester

    Courses

    2020-2021

    Odd

    PH5009 – Condensed Matter Physics

    PH6001– Experimental Techniques in Physics

    2019-2020

    Odd

    PH4601 - Magnetic Materials and its Applications

    PH5101 - M.Sc Physics Ist Semester Lab

    Even

     

    Even

    PH1020 - B.Tech First Year (Sem 2) Physics Theory course

    2018-2019

    Odd

    PH1010-B.Tech First Year Physics Theory course

    PH1030 - B.Tech First Year Physics Lab Course

    2017-2018

    Odd

    PH1010-B.Tech First Year Physics Theory course

    PH1030 - B.Tech First Year Physics Lab Course

    Even

    PH1020 - B.Tech First Year (Sem 2) Physics Theory course

    PH6001 – Experimental Techniques in Physics

    Even

    PH1020 - B.Tech First Year (Sem 2) Physics Theory course


    @ IIT Patna
     
    Academic Year 2016-17
     
    a) Odd Semester:   NT501-  Concepts of  Nanomaterials (Theory)
                                    NT505 - Nanoscale Measurement and Analysis Laboratory (Lab)
                                    PH110 - B. Tech First Year Physics Lab (Lab, Overall Lab Coordinator)
    b) Even Semester: PH 515 - MEMS and NEMS (Theory)
     
    Academic Year 2015-16
     
    a) Odd Semester:   NT501-  Concepts of  Nanomaterials (Theory)
                                   PH101T - B. Tech First Year Physics Theory Tutorial (Tutorial)
    b) Even Semester: PH 515 - MEMS and NEMS (Theory)
     
  • Research Group

    PhD Students:

    a) Ms. Ranjuna M K 

    b) Ms. Lidhyal Leena (Joint Supervison: Prof. S. Kasiviswanathan, IIT Madras)

    c) Mr. Nikhil Joseph Joy 

    d) Ms. Reshna Elsa Philip (Joint Supervison: Dr. Soham Manni, IIT Palakkad )

    JRF

    a) Ms. Surabhi R S  (DST-SERB-CRG grant)

     

    Former Students (Completed):

    I)  JRF

    a). Mr. Shwetank  (2018): Present Position : Scientist ISRO

     

    2) Internship Students:

    a) Ms. Sravya V   (Summer Intern - 2019)

    b) Ms. Nusaiba K  (MSc Project Intern, Govt. College Madappally  - Dec 2019 - Feb 2020): Thesis Title: "Investigating the Effect of Metal Nanoparticles on Graphene by RamanSpectroscopy"

     

    II). M.Tech  FYP

    a). Ms. Vaishali Chauhan (2017); Thesis Title: "Thermal Conductivity Measurement in Gold Nanoparticle Decorated H-BN by Raman spectroscopy"

         Present Position : PhD Student, IIT Bombay

    b) Mr. Anand Kumar Upadhyay (2017); Thesis Tilte: "Design, Simulation and Fabrication of MEMS Based Piezoresistive Accelerometer"  (Joint Supevision: Dr. Ajay D Thakur (IIT Patna), and Dr. Ravindra Mukhiya (CSIR-CEERI Pilani))

        Present Position: Scientist CSIR-CEERI Pilani

    c) Ms. Sonu Bishnoi (2016); Thesis Title: "2D Material/Perovskite hybrid"

        Present Position :  PhD Student, IIT Patna

    d) Ms. Upasana Sahu (2016): Thesis Title: "YBCO-LSMO heterostructure" (Joint Supervision: Dr. Ajay D Thakur (IIT Patna))

       Present Position: PhD Student, IIT Delhi

  • Additional Information
    Title
    Externally Funded Project:
    Description

    a) Title: Spin Transport in Graphene/LSMO heterostructures

    Funding Agency : DST Nanomission

    Duration: 3 years

    Status: Ongoing

    b) Title: DST INSPIRE Faculty

    Funding Agency: DST

    Duration: 5 years

    Status: Ongoing

    Title
    Other Activities
    Description

    Academic Talks:   National Science Day 2020 - Talk on Raman spectroscopy at IIT Palakkad  (February 2020)

                                   Invited Talk:  International Conference on Theoretical and Experimental Physics, ICTEP 2020, Farook College  (February 2020)

                                   Inaugural Lecture:  Sasthrapadham , Social Science Enrichment Residential Camp, Samagra Shiksha, Kerala and Directorate of Collegiate Education and Department of General Education, Kerala  - at Victoria College Palakkad (January 2020)

                                   Invited Talk:  National Conference on Optoelectronic and Nano Materials for Advanced Technology (nCONMAT -2020) at CUSAT, Kochi  (January 2020)

                                   Prabhashanam -  Akasavani Thrissur (AIR Thrissur) on Eminent Indian Scientists  (October  2019)

                               Invited Talk:  Annual Physics Symposium - Frontiers in Physics - St. Teresa's College Ernakulam  (December 2017)

                                   Resource person : Science Promotion Week, Govt. of Kerala in commemoration of  the birth anniversaries of Prof. C. V. Raman and Madam Marie Curie organised by KSCSTE and KSSP at Vimala College, Thrissur  (November 2017)

    Reviewer:             Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Applied Physics Letters, Nature Communications
     
    Conferences/Workshops Organized:  Science Quest Workshop for +1 students - Program Coordinator (2019)
                                                                    15th Asian Conference on Solid State Ionics, 2016 @ IIT Patna. (Conference Secretary)
  • Publications
    A simple and robust machine learning assisted process flow for the layer number identification of TMDs using optical contrast spectroscopy
    Nikhil Joseph Joy, Ranjuna M K and Jayakumar Balakrishnan
    Journal of Physics:Condensed Matter 51 (2) 025901 (2023)
    Investigating the thermal transport in gold decorated graphene by Opto-thermal Raman technique
    Ranjuna M K and Jayakumar Balakrishnan
    Nanotechnology 33 (13) 135706 (2022)
    Graphene Oxide and its derivatives as potential Ovchinnikov ferromagnets
    Apurva Sinha*, Pranay Ranjan, Anzar Ali, Jayakumar Balakrishnan*, Ajay D Thakur*
    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 33 375801 (2021)
    Structural and resistive switching behaviour in Lanthanum strontium manganite - Reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite system
    Karuna Kumari, Ashutosh Kumar, Dinesh K Kotnees, Jayakumar Balakrishnan, Ajay D Thakur, S J Ray
    Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2019)
    Graphene Oxide Based P-N Junctions
    Pranay Ranjan, Atul Kumar, Jayakumar Balakrishnan, Ajay D Thakur
    Materials Today: Proceedings 11 830-832 (2019)
    Dye Adsorption Behavior of Graphene Oxide
    Pranay Ranjan, Jayakumar Balakrishnan, Ajay D Thakur
    Materials Today: Proceedings 11 833-836 (2019)
    A Low-Cost Non-explosive Synthesis of Graphene Oxide for Scalable Applications
    Pranay Ranjan, Shweta Agarwal, Apurva Sinha, T Rajagopala Rao, Jayakumar Balakrishnan and Ajay D Thakur
    Scientific Reports (2018)
    Free Standing Graphene Oxide Film for Hydrogen Peroxide Sensing
    Pranay Ranjan, Jayakumar Balakrishnan, Ajay D Thakur
    AIP Conference Proceedings 1953 030029 (2018)
    Au concentration dependent quenching of Raman 2D peak in graphene
    Pranay Ranjan,Tulika, Ranjit Laha, Jayakumar Balakrishnan
    Journal of Raman spectroscopy 48 586-591 (2017)
    Bubble-free Electrochemical Delamination of CVD Graphene Films
    C T Cherian, F Giustiniano, I Martin-Fernandez, H Anderson, J Balakrishnan and B Ozyimaz
    Small 11 189-194 (2015)
    Electronic Transport in graphene based heterostructures
    J Y Tan, A Avsar, J Balakrishnan, G K W Koon, T Taychatanapat, E C T O'Farrel, K Watanabe, T Taniguchi, G Eda, A H CastroNeto and B Ozyilmaz
    Applied Physics Letters 104 183504 (2014)
    Spin Orbit proximity effect in graphene
    A Avsar, J Y Tan, T Taychatanapat, J Balakrishnan, G KW Koon, Y Yeo, J Lahiri, A Carvalho, A S Rodin, E C T O'Farrel, G Eda, A H CastroNeto and B Ozyilmaz
    Nature Communications 5 4875 (2014)
    Giant Spin Hall effect in graphene grown by chemical vapour deposition
    Jayakumar Balakrishnan, G K W Koon, A Avsar, Y Ho, J H Lee, M Jaiswal,S J Baeck, J H Ahn, A Ferreira, M A Cazalilla, A H Castro Neto and B Ozyilmaz
    Nature Communications 5 4748 (2014)
    Unconventional Transport through graphene on SrTiO3: A plausible effect of SrTiO3 phase-transitions
    S Saha, O Kahya, M Jaiswal, A Srivastava, A Annadi, J Balakrishnan, A Pachoud, C-T Toh, B-H Hong, J -H Ahn, T Venkatesan, B Ozyilmaz
    Scientific Reports 4 6173 (2014)
    Colossal Enhancement of Spin Orbit Coupling in Weakly hydrogented Graphene
    Jayakumar Balakrishnan, G K W Koon, M Jaiswal, A H CastroNeto and B Ozyilmaz
    Nature Physics 9 284-287 (2013)
    Observation of long spin relaxation times in bilayer graphene at room temperatute
    T Y Yang*, J Balakrishnan*, F Volmer, A Avsar, M Jaiswal, J Samm, S R Ali, A Pachoud, M Zeng, M Popinciuc, G Guntherodt, B Beschoten* and B Ozyilmaz*
    Physical Review Letters 107 047206 (2011)
    Towards wafer scale fabrication of graphene based spin valve devices
    A Avsar, T Y Yang, S J Baeck, J Balakrishnan, F Volmer, M Jaiswal, Z Yi, S R Ali, G Guntherodt, B H Hong, B Beschoten and B Ozyilmaz
    Nano Letters 11 2363-2368 (2011)
    Roll to Roll production of 30 inch graphene films for transparent electrodes
    S Bae , H Kim, Y Lee, X Xu, J S Park, Z Yi, J Balakrishnan, T Lei, H R Kim, Y I Song, Y J Kim, K S Kim, B Ozyilmaz, J H Ahn, B H Hong and S Iijima
    Nature Nanotechnology 5 574-578 (2010)

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