M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D

His Area of Interest lies in Crystal Growth, Spectroscopy.

Membership

Life member – Indian Crystallographic Association
Life member – Indian Physics Association
Life member – Indian Liquid Crystal Society
Life member – Laser & Spectroscopy Society of India

Advanced Physics Crystal Physics
Laser and Spectroscopy
Classical and Statistical Mechanics Digital Electronics and Microprocessor Electromagnetic theory
Solid State Physics
Mechanics
Electricity and Magnetism
Digital Electronics
Nano Physics
Applied Physics

International Publications – Elsevier Publications

1. Raja R , Seshadri S , Saravanan R.R , “Crystal growth, spectral, thermal and optical properties of an organicsingle crystal – Dye doped hippuric acid, Optik, Volume 125 , 2014, Pages 916-919.

2. Raja R , Seshadri S , Gnanasambandan T , Saravanan R.R , Crystal Growth and Properties of NLO Optical Crystal –Butylated Hydroxy Toluene (BHT), Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Volume 138, March 2015, Pages 13-20.

3. Raja R , Seshadri S , Santhanam V, Vedhavalli D , “Growth and characterization of nonlinear optical crystal – Semicarbazide Picrate”, Journal of Molecular Structure, Volume 1147, 5 November 2017, Pages 515-519.

4. R.Raja, Seshadri.S, V.Santhanam, Kurinjinathan P, Suvasini C, “Growth, Structural, Spectral, Thermal, electrical and Optical characterization of a novel optical material: Triethanolamine picrate single crystals for optical applications” Chinese Journal of Physics, Volume 67, October 2020, Pages 27-36. 

International Publications – Other Publications

5. Raja R , Seshadri S , Santhanam V, Gnanasambandan T , “Growth and Computation Studies of Para-Nitro aniline”, Indian Journal of Science, Volume 14(43), March 2015, pp 105-118.

6. Raja R , Seshadri S , Santhanam V , Gnanasambandan T , “Characterization of an NLO crystal – Diphenlamine”, Indian Journal of Science, Volume 14(43), March 2015, pp 119-134.

7. Raja R , Saravanan S , Santhanam V , Kurinjinathan P , “Studies of the crystal growth and characterization of KDP doped crystals”, International Journal of Technical Research and Applications, Special Issue 38 (February, 2016), PP. 5-8.

8. Raja R , Mathiyalagan M , Santhanam V, Kurinjinathan P., “The characterization of an organic single crystal- Glycine doped Congored dye”, International Journal of Technical Research and Applications, Special Issue 38 (February, 2016), PP. 32-34.

9. Raja R , Santhanam V, Vedhavalli V, Kurinji Nathan P, “Investigation on mechanical, dielectric and thermal properties of Aluminium ion doped TGS single crystal”, International Journal of Materials Science, Volume 12, Number 2 (2017),PP.185-195.

10. Raja R , Seshadri S , Jagatheeswari S , Gukanantham R , “Optical, mechanical and thermal properties of dye doped Vanillin single crystal”, International Journal of Materials Science, Volume 12, Number 2 (2017),PP.175-180

11. Raja R, Vedhavalli D, Kurinji Nathan P , Kanimozhi R , “Growth and Characterization of KDP doped single crystal”, International Journal of Materials Science, Volume 12, Number 2 (2017),PP.273-281.

12. Raja R , Vedhavalli D, Kurinji Nathan P, Shantanu Patra, “Growth and characterization of Adipic Acid Doped Single Crystal”, International Journal of Current Research and Review, Vol 09 ISSUE 10, May2017,PP. 95-98.

13. Raja R , Santhanam V, Sadaiandi M , Shantanu Patra , “Studies on Non-Linear Optical Single Crystal of Alizarine Doped Butylated Hydroxy Toluene (BHT)”, International Journal of Current Research and Review, Vol 09 ISSUE10, May2017,PP. 99-103.

14. Raja R , Kurinji Nathan P , Shantanu Patra, Durga Devi S , “Optical, Mechanical and Thermal Studies on Nonlinear Optical single Crystal of Copper Chloroacetate (CCA)”, International Journal of Current Research and Review, Vol 09 ISSUE 10, May2017,PP. 104-107.

15. R.Raja, Seshadri.S, V.Santhanam, “Growth and Characterization of Dye Doped Butylated Hydroxyl Toluene (BHT) Single  Crystal”, International Journal of Current Research and Review, Vol 10, Issue 21, 2018, PP: 86-90.

16. R. Raja, V. Santhanam, and M. Sweety, P. Sekar, S. Kanimozhi, “Crystal Growth and Studies of Thiourea Doped 4- Nitrobenzoyl Chloride Single Crystal”, International Journal of Scientific Research and Review, Volume 8,Issue 3, 2019, and PP: 26-34.

Full Articles Published in Conference Proceedings

1. Raja R , Sesahadri S ,”Optical and Thermal properties of NLO crystal-PNA” Second National Conference On Recent Advances In Materials (NCRAM-14), pp-35-38 ,2014.

2. Raja R , Sivakumar M , Deepak P , “Analysis of Doped Ammonium Sulphate Crystals” Second National Conference On Recent Advances In Materials, pp-51- 55,2014

3. Raja R , Deepak P , Sivakumar M , “Growth and development of Boric acid doped Copper NLO single crystal” Second National Conference On Recent Advances In Materials (NCRAM-14) , pp-21 -26,2014.

4. Vinoth C , Raja R, Seshadri., Santhanam . V , “Growth and characterization studies of pure and doped diphenylamine single crystals”, National Conference – Convergence- 2015, pp.71-77, 2015.

5. Raja. R , Santhanam.V , Vedhavalli .D,”Crystal growth and Characterization studies of Ammonium Chloride Doped Magnesium Sulphate” 2nd National Conference On Materials For Modern World (NCMMW-2015), pp -111-114, 2015.

6. Raja. R , Muthukumaran B., Santhanam.V, “Growth and Charactersation of Dipottassium Hydrogen Phosphate Doped Ammonium Sulphate Crystals” 2nd National Conference On Materials For Modern World (NCMMW-2015), pp – 115-119, 2015.

7. Raja. R , Santhanam.V, Gopal .S. “Optical, Thermal and Mechanical Properties of KDP doped Ammonium Sulphate Crystal” 2nd National Conference On Materials For Modern World (NCMMW-2015), pp -120-123, 2015.

8. Raja. R , Santhanam.V, Kurinjinathan P., “Characterization studies of Ammonium Sulphate doped Crystals” 2nd National Conference On Materials For Modern World (NCMMW-2015), pp – 124-127, 2015.

9. Raja. R , Vedhavalli. D ,Kurinjinathan P, “Comparative study of Boric Acid doped Single Crystals ” National Conference on Advances in Materials Science & Nonlinear Science (AMSN), pp25-27, ISBN: 978-81-89 843-03-8, organized by Department of Physics, B.S.Abdur Rahman University, Chennai during Feb’ 24-25, 2016.

10. Raja. R ,Sudhavalli K.P., Santhanam.V, “Characterization Studies of Rhodamine doped Single Crystal” National Conference on Advances in Materials Science & Nonlinear Science (AMSN), pp 64-66, ISBN: 978-81-89 843-03-8, organized by Department of Physics, B.S.Abdur Rahman University, Chennai during Feb’ 24-25, 2016.

11. Raja. R ,Vedhavalli. D, “Growth and Characterization Studies of Zn 2+ doped Magnesium Sulphate Crystal”, National Conference on Advances in Materials Science & Nonlinear Science (AMSN), pp 117-119, ISBN: 978-81-89 843-03-8, organized by Department of Physics, B.S.Abdur Rahman University, Chennai during Feb’ 24-25, 2016.

12. Raja.R , Santhanam V, Shantanu Patra, “ Growth and Characterization of Rhodamine Doped Salicylic Acid Crystal”3rd National Conference On Materials for Modern World (NCMMW – 2016) to be conducted on 15 & 16 September 2016 at Easwari Engineering College.

13. Raja.R , Santhanam V, Shantanu Patra , “Growth and Characterization Studies of Diglycine Oxalate Dihydrate Single Crystal” 3rd National Conference On Materials for Modern World (NCMMW – 2016) to be conducted on 15 & 16 September 2016 at Easwari Engineering College.

14. Raja .R , R. Kanimozhi, Sweety, S. Durga Devi, “Optical and Thermal properties of dye doped Tyrosine Single Crystal”, 4th National Conference On Materials for Modern World (NCMMW – 2017) to be conducted on 14th September 2017 at Easwari Engineering College

15. Raja .R , Shantanu Patra , R. Kanimozhi , S. Durga Devi “Studies Of Thiourea Doped Cadmium Chloride (TCC) Single Crysral”, 4th National Conference On Materials for Modern World (NCMMW – 2017) to be conducted on 14th September 2017 at Easwari Engineering College.

Papers presented in Conferences / Workshops/Seminar

1. Raja, R., Saravanan, R.R., Seshadri, S., “Growth of Hippuric Acid and Dye doped Hippuric Acid Single Crystals and their characterization for NLO Applications”, National Conference on Recent Advances in Applied Sciences, NCRAAS-2012, pp. 98, 2012

2. Raja, R., Saravanan, R.R., Seshadri, S., “Influence of organic additives on the crystal growth and characterization of tetra (glycine) potassium sulphate (TGPS) crystals” , International Conference on Recent Trends in Advanced Materials, ICRAM-2012, 2012.

3. Raja, R., Saravanan, M., “Growth and chareterization of L-Arginine Phospate (LAP)” National Seminar on Frontier Areas of Spectrophysics (NASFAS 2013), pp 42, 2013

4. Raja, R., Gobi, S., “Growth and Optical, Spectral Studies of Tris-Thiourea Zincchloride)” National Seminar on Frontier Areas of Spectrophysics (NASFAS 2013), pp 43, 2013.

5. Raja. R., Ashokkumar, S., “Growth and chareterization of TGZC (Tetrakis Glycine Zincchloride) Crystals” National Seminar on Frontier Areas of Spectrophysics (NASFAS 2013), pp 44, 2013.

6. Raja, R .,Sivakumar, M., Seshadri, S., Saravnanan, R.R., “Growth and characterization of pure and doped Ammonium Sulphate” National Conference on Advanced Materials and its Applications (NCAMA-2014), pp147, 2014.

7. Raja, R .,Deepak. P., Seshadri, S., Saravnanan, R.R., “Growth and chareterization of pure and doped Copper Sulphate” National Conference on Advanced Materials and its Applications (NCAMA-2014), pp148, 2014.

8. Raja, R ,Purusothman, Santhanam.V “Influence of Dye Additives on the Crystal Growth and characterization of Pure and Dye Doped Paranitroaniline Crystals” International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics (INACFAP-2014), pp-73,2014.

9. Raja. R, Seshadri. S., Santhanam. V, Gnanasambandan. T., “Growth and DFT Computation Studies of Paranitroaniline” International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics (INACFAP-2014), pp-74, 2014.

10. Raja.R, Seshadri.S., Santhanam.V, Gnanasambandan.T., “ Characterizatrion of an NLO Crystal Diphenlamine” International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics (INACFAP-2014), pp-75, 2014.

11. Raja, R .,Vinoth. C,Chinnathurai. B,”Comparative Study of Pure and Dye Doped PNA Crystal” International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics (INACFAP-2014), pp-76, 2014.

12. Raja, R .,Chinnathurai.B, Vinoth.C, “Growth and Characterization of Dye Doped PNA Crystals” International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics (INACFAP-2014), pp- 77, 2014.

13. Raja, R .,Divya.S, Varsha Singh , , “Comparison of Spectral Optical and Thermal Studies Of Dye Doped PNA Crystal” International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics (INACFAP-2014), , pp-87, 2014.

14. Raja, R .,Sivarojini, Vinoth.C , “ Habit Modification Of Zinc Chloride Doped Magnesium Sulphate Crystals” International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics (INACFAP-2014), pp-90 , 2014.

15. Raja.R.,Seshadri.S.,Gnanasambandan.T., “Growth and Non Linear Optical Investigation Of Butylated Hydroxy Toluene (BHT)” Twenty fifth National Seminar on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (XXV-NSCGE), pp-64 , 2015.

16. Raja.R., “Characterization studies of Nonlinear Optical crystal- KDP doped Picric acid”, 5th International conference on competency building strategies in business and technology for sustainable development, Sri Ganesh school of business management, Salem.

17. Raja.R., “Growth and characterization of glycine doped Sodium Nitropruside crystal”, 5th International conference on competency building strategies in business and technology for sustainable development, Sri Ganesh school of business management, Salem.

18. Raja.R., Santhanam V, Shantanu Patra ,”Optical , Mechanical and Thermal studies on NLO single crystal of copper Choloro Acetate, International Conference on Functional Materials – ICFM 2017,organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV University.

19. Raja.R., Santhanam V, Shantanu Patra ,”Optical and Thermal Properties of doped KDP crystal”,International Conference on Functional Materials – ICFM 2017,organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV University.

20. Raja.R., Shantanu Patra , R. Kanimozhi , S. Durga Devi , “Investigation on Mechanical, optical properties of Semicarbazide doped single crystal” National level Conference on Innovative Research in Material Science – 2017, organized by Sri Akilandewari college, Wandawasi.

21. Raja .R , S. Durga Devi, R. Kanimozhi, Sweety, “Crystal growth and characterization of Tyrosine –NLO crystal” , National level Conference on Innovative Research in Material Science – 2017, organized by Sri Akilandewari college, Wandawasi.

22. R.Raja, Shantanu Patra , “Growth and Characterization of Rhodamine doped Salicylic acid Crystal”, 3 rd National Conference on Materials for Modern World (NCMMW-2016), organized by Department of Physics , Eswari Engineering college, Chennai.

23. R.Raja, Shantanu Patra, “Growth and Characterization Studies of Diglycine Oxalate Dihydrate Single Crystal”, 3 rd National Conference on Materials for Modern World (NCMMW-2016), organized by Department of Physics , Eswari Engineering college, Chennai.

24. R.Raja, I. Dominic Xaviur, Shantanu Patra, “An Investigation of optical and mechanical properties of dopes Thiourea (TUCAC) single crystals”, International conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017), organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur.

25. R.Raja, P.Dhandapani, Shanthanu Patra, “Optical and thermal properties of doped KDP crystal”, International conference on Functional Materials (ICFM- 2017)”, organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur.

26. R.Raja, P.Panchanathan, Shantanu Patra, R.Kanimozhi, “Growth and characterization of a non-linear optical crystal: Thiourea doped Cadmium chloride single crystal, International conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017)”, organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur.

27. R.Raja, M.Sadaiandi, Shantanu Patra, “Studies on non- linear optical single crystal of Alizarin doped BHT, International conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017)”, organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur.

28. R.Raja, S.Jegatheesawari, R.Gukunantham, “Optical, mechanical and thermal properties of dye doped Vanillin single crystal”, International conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017), organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur. 

29. R.Raja, P.Kurinjinathan, Shantaru Patra, D.Vedavalli, “Optical, mechanical and thermal studies on non-linear optical single crystal of Copper chloroacetate (CCA)”, International conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017), organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur.

30. R.Raja, P.Kurinjinathan, D.Vedavalli, “Investigation on mechanical, dielectric, thermal properties of Aluminium ion doped TGs single crystal”, International conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017), organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur

31. R.Raja, P.Kurinjinathan, Shantaru Patra, D.Vedavalli, “Growth and Characterization of KDP doped single crystal”, International conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017), organized by Department of Physics,  SCSVMV University, Enathur.

32. R.Raja, Shantanu Patra, R.Kanimozhi, S.Durgadevi, “Studies of Thiourea doped Cadmium Chloride (TCC) single crystal”, 4 th National Conference on Materials for Modern world (NCMMW-2017), organized by Department of Physics, Eswari Engineering college, Chennai.

33. R.Raja, Sweety, R. Kanimozhi, S.Durga Devi, “Optical and Thermal Properties of dye doped Tyrosine single crystal”, 4 th National Conference on Materials for Modern world (NCMMW-2017), organized by Department of Physics, Eswari Engineering college, Chennai.

34. R.Raja, “Growth and Characterization of Dye doped BHT- single crystal”,International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2018), organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur.

35. R.Raja, M.Sweety, “A Study On The Effects Of Monosodium Glutamate Doped Inorganic Crystals”, International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2018), organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur.

36. R.Raja, R.Kanimozhi, V.K. Mohanapriya, S.Kanimozhi. “Growth and characterization of dye doped vanillin single crystal”, 5 th National Conference on Materials for Modern world (NCMMW-2017), organized by Department of Physics, Eswari Engineering college, Chennai.

37. R.Raja, S.Sudha, V.K.Mohanapriya, S.Kanimozhi, “ Optical and thermal properties of alizarin red dye doped vanillin single crystal”, 5 th National Conference on Materials for Modern world (NCMMW-2017), organized by Department of Physics, Eswari Engineering college, Chennai.

38. R.Raja, S.Sudha, Kanimozhi, S.Kanimozhi, “Studies of congo red dye doped with vanillin single crystal”, 5 th National Conference on Materials for Modern world (NCMMW-2017), organized by organized by Department of Physics, Eswari Engineering college, Chennai.

39. R.Raja,“Study of Various Boride Crystal derivatives –Hardness Properties”, International Virtual Conference on Materials Research (IVCMR-21), organized by Eswari Engineering College, Chennai.

40. R.Raja, M.Keerthana, “Synthesis and characterization of an organic NLO crystal -Acetophenone Semicarbazone”, National Conference on Functional Materials and its Application Aspects (NCFMAA-2022) , organized by Department of Physics, SIMATS University, Chennai.

41. R.Raja, M.Abarna, “Synthesis and characterization of an organic NLO crystal – Cinnamaldehyde Phenylhydrazone”, National Conference on Functional Materials and its Application Aspects (NCFMAA-2022) , organized by Department of Physics, SIMATS University, Chennai.

42. R.Raja, S.Kanimozhi,“Characterization studies of Triethanolamine doped crystal”, National Conference on Functional Materials and its Application Aspects (NCFMAA-2022) , organized by Department of Physics, SIMATS University, Chennai.

43. R.Raja, “Growth and Characterization of doped Thiourea Crystal”, International Virtual Conference on Materials Research (IVCMR-22), organized by Eswari Engineering College, Chennai.

44. R.Raja, “Growth and Characterization of doped Disodium Hydrogen Phosphate Crystal”, International Virtual Conference on Materials Research (IVCMR-22), organized by Eswari Engineering College, Chennai.

45. R.Raja, “Growth and Characterization of a novel optical material”, National conference on Functional materials and its application aspects (NCFMAA- 2022), organized by Saveetha Institute of medical and technical sciences, Chennai.

46. R.Raja, “Characterization studies of Triethanolamine doped crystal”, International Conference on Crystal Growth and Spectroscopy, organized by St.Joseph college, Trichy.

47. R. Raja, V. Santhanam, S.Kanimozhi, V.R.Raghavi, “Characterisation of Picric acid doped Ammonium Cobalt Sulphate Single Crystal”, International Conference on Recent Trends in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (ICSTEM-2023), held on 3 rd and 4 th March of 2023, organized by RRASE College of Engineering, Padappai, Kanchipuram.

Conferences / Workshops/Seminar attended …….

1. Participated in National Seminar on Emerging Research Trends in Basic Sciences, organized by the department of Science and Humanities, SCVMV on 19th March 2010.

2. Participated in the National Mathematics day at SCSVMV, Organized by Science and Humanities department on 28th January 2013.

3. Attended the National Workshop on Writing Scientific Proposals and Papers for Quality Research (WSPPQR 2013) on 14thFebruary 2013 at SCSVMV, organized by Science & Humanities department.

4. Participated in National Seminar on Modern Techniques in Analytical Chemistry, organized by the department of Science and Humanities, SCVMV during 10-11, February 2011.

5. Participated in the National Workshop on Modern Physical and Chemical InstrumentationTechniques (PCINTECH’12), organized by the department of Science and Humanities, SCVMV during 21-22, March 2012.

6. Attended the Workshop on Matlab and its Applications, organized by the department of Mathematics, SCVMV on 6th September 2013.

7. Attended the Workshop on Elemental, Compound and phase analysis by powder X-ray Diffraction held at NIT, Tiruchirappalli during 19-20, September 2014.

8. Attended the One day User Awareness Programme on Shodhganga and Anti-Plagiarism Software,Organized by SCSVMV University Library on 26th March 2015.

9. Participated in the National Workshop on Analytical Techniques for Chemical Characterization- ATCC 2015 organized by the department of Chemistry at SCSVMV on 13th March 2015.

10. Attended the National Workshop on Math with Open Source Software (NWMOSS 2015),organized by the department of Mathematics, SCSVMV September 2015 .

11. Participated on the DRDO and CSIR Sponsored Workshop on Preparation and characterization of Crystalline Materials and their Applications (WPCCMA- 2015), held at Anna University, Chennai, during 26-27, Nov’ 2015.

12. Participated in the Two day National Workshop on Role of Nuclear and Radiation Chemistry in Energy Generation (RNRCEG-2016), Organized by department of Chemistry at SCSVMV during 27-28, January2016.

13. Participated in the Two day National Awareness Workshop On Advanced Material Characterization & Synthesis Facilities, Organized by department of Nuclear Physics, University of Madras during June 27-28,2016.

14. Participated on Science Academies’ sponsored lecture workshop on Spectroscopy and Microscopy organized by Dept. of Chemistry, SCSVMV University during 29–30 Jan 2018.

Orientation course completed at Madras University – Dec’ 2012

Research Guidance

M.Phil. Physics
Guided – 29
Under guidance – 01
M.Sc. Physics
Guided – 05

Book chapters published

• A Beginner’s Guide to Instrumentation Relating to Typical Preparation and Characterization Set-Up in a Research Laboratory, published by SCSVMV University , Vol 1, Issue 1 Page No.22-32 , Nov’15.

Books authored

1. Raja . R, “Primer book for Engineers”, Scitech Publications, Chennai, 2011.

2. K.Venkatramanan , Raja . R, M. Sundarrajan,“Applied Physics for Engineers”, Scitech Publications, Chennai, 2011.

3. K.Venkatramanan, Raja.R , M. Sundarrajan, “Experimental Physics”, Scitech Publications, Chennai, 2011.

Awards received

1. Best Teacher Award – Highest Score at University level

Other Activities

1. In-charge- Crystal Growth Research Lab.
2. Additional Chief – University Theory Examinations – 2006, 2017
3. Question setting – Vel Tech University – 2014, Sathyaabama University – 2017,18
4. External Examiner – Pondicherry Central University from 2013 to till date.
4. Judge – Inspire Science Exhibition 2015 conducted by Govt. of Tamilnadu.
5. External Examiner – Sri Venkateswara Engineering College , Sriperumbudhur from 2016.