Dr Surendran K P

Dr Surendran K P
Professional Experience

Employment

Position Institute Year
Principal Scientist MSTD, NIIST, Trivandrum, India 2019-till date
Senior Scientist MSTD, NIIST, Trivandrum, India 2015-2019
Scientist MSTD, NIIST, Trivandrum, India 2012-2015
Av Humboldt Fellow IFW Dresden, TU Dresden, Germany 2010-2012
Faculty Researcher DEM, Coimbra University, Portugal 2009-2010
FCT Fellow CICECO, Aveiro University, Portugal 2006-2009
Post doc SSCU, IISc., Bangalore 2005-2006

 

PhD Awards

PhDs Produced

  • Dr. Abhilash P., Thesis Title: “Dielectric substrates and screen printable inks for microelectronic applications” (Awarded: May 2018, AcSIR Ghaziabad) Supervisor: Dr. K. P. Surendran.
  • Dr. Angel Mary Joseph, Thesis Title: “Novel Ultra-Low κ Materials for Microelectronic Applications”, (Awarded: December 2018, AcSIR Ghaziabad), Supervisor: Dr. K. P. Surendran; Co-Supervisor: Dr. E. Bhoje Gowd.
  • Dr. Dijith K. S., "Novel EMI shielding strategies for hybrid functional structures"; (Awarded: July 2019, AcSIR Ghaziabad) Supervisor: Dr. K. P. Surendran.
  • Dr. Aiswarya R., Thesis Title: "Functional material inks for printed electronics"; (Awarded: November 2019, AcSIR Ghaziabad) Supervisor: Dr. K. P. Surendran.
  • Dr. Lakshmi D.R., Thesis Title: “Multilayer composites for magnetodielectric and magnetoelectric applications” (Awarded: June 2020, AcSIR Ghaziabad) Supervisor: Dr. K. P. Surendran.
  • Dr. Kanakangi. S. Nair, Thesis Title: “Synthesis and Fabrication of Flexible Lead-Free Piezoelectric Nanocomposites for Energy Harvesting Applications” (Awarded July 2021, AcSIR, Ghaziabad), Supervisor: Dr. K. P. Surendran; Co-Supervisor: Dr. Hareesh U.S.
  • Dr. Revathy R., SRF Thesis Title: “Soft magnetic heterostructures for room temperature magnetoelectric applications” (Awarded: February 2022, Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram) Supervisor: Dr. Manoj Raama Varma, Co-Supervisor: Dr. K.P. Surendran
  • Dr. B. Hanna, Thesis Title: “Studies on Visible-blind Ultraviolet Photodetectors with Low Voltage Operation Using Zinc Oxide Nanostructures” (Awarded: October 2022, AcSIR, Ghaziabad) Supervisor: Dr. K.N. Narayanan Unni, Co-supervisor: Dr. K.P. Surendran
  • Dr. Aparna P.N., Thesis Title: “Ultralight EMI shielding aerogels based on V2O5 nanowires” (Awarded: February 2023, Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram) Supervisor: Dr. K. P. Surendran.
  • Dr. A. S. Bhavya, Thesis Title: “2D- Hexagonal Boron Nitride Heterostructures based Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Mechanical Energy Harvesting and Tactile Sensing Applications” (Awarded June 2024, AcSIR Ghaziabad) Supervisor: Dr. K. P. Surendran.
  • Dr. Adarsh S. Pillai, Thesis Title: “One Dimensional Nanomaterials in Functional Inks for Screen Printed Flexible and Wearable Devices” (Awarded July 2024, AcSIR Ghaziabad) Supervisor: Dr. K. P. Surendran.
Publications

Publication Record

Total Journal Publications : 112
International Conference Presentations : 25

Patents

  • Chandran Achu, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, Sukumaran Rajeev Kumar, Sivan Pillai Adarsh, Varghese Harris, Velayudhanpillai Prasannakumari Adarsh, Puthiyamadam Anoop, “Self-sterilizing printed fabric heaters for application in reusable personal protective equipment and method of preparing the same” Patent application no. 202111046365, dated 11/10/2021
  • K.P. Surendran, J. Varghese and M.T. Sebastian, “Self-healing silica based low k dielectric ink for printed electronic applications” (Indian Patent: File No. IN3620DE2013 and 18-06-2014, German Patent EP3080216A1, Chinese Patent CN106414623A, US Patent US20160319139A1, French Patent WO2015087350 A1]
  • K.P. Surendran, J. Varghese and M.T. Sebastian, “A thermo-laminated multilayered zircon based high temperature co-fired ceramic (HTCC) tape and the process thereof” (Patent Applied Patent Ref. No. IN201611001838 dated 19/01/2016, French Patent WO2017125947A1)

Book Chapters

  • Ainikulangara Sundaran Bhavya and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Exfoliation Methods and Functionalization Techniques of Hexagonal Boron Nitride”, [Book Chapter] in the book “Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Synthesis, Properties and Advanced Applications” Elsevier, Edited by Kalim Deshmukh, Mayank Pandey, and Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, ISBN: 978-0443188435 (2024)
  • Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Achu Chandran and Surendran Kuzhichalil Peethambharan, “Joule Heating Fabrics”, [Book Chapter] in the book “Advances in Health Care and Protective Textiles’’, Edited by Shahid ul-Islam, Abhijit Majumdar & Bhupendra Butola, Elsevier, ISBN: 9780323911887 (2023)
  • Ramany Revathy, Manoj Raama Varma, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Ferromagnetic Ni nanostructures via chemical reduction methods” [Book Chapter] in the book “Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications”, Edited by Martin F. Desimone and Rajshree B. Jotania, Materials Research Forum LLC, USA ISBN:9781644902325 (2023)
  • K.P. Surendran and Rick Ubic, “Perovskites” [Book Chapter] in the book “Microwave Materials and Applications” Edited by Mailadil T. Sebastian, Heli Jantunen and Rick Ubic, John Wiley & Sons, London, ISBN: 978-1-119-20852-5 (2017) 68 pages

SCI Journal Papers

  • B. S. Athira, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran* and Achu Chandran*, “Empowering mechanical energy harvesting and intelligent noise detection with 2D fluorine functionalized BN-PVDF nanofibers based high performance piezoelectric nanogenerator”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 506, 160056 (2025) [IF: 13.4].
  • Abhishek Nambiar, B. S. Athira, Chandradas Shamili, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran and Achu Chandran, “Multiferroic composite flms‑based fexible piezo‑tribo hybrid nanogenerator for effective kinetic energy scavenging”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 36, 215 (2025).
  • Lekshmi Lekshmanan, Adarsh S. Pillai, Meghana M. Thomas, Priyanka A. Sukumaran, Safna Saif, Priya R. Thankamani, Kuzhichalil P. Surendran, Saju Pillai, Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh, “Photonic Inks with Dual-Layer Security Features by Encapsulation of Color Tunable Fluorescent Dyes in PMMA Colloidal Microspheres”, Small Methods, 2402125 (2024) [IF: 10.7]
  • Saisree S, Chandradas Shamili, K. Y. Sandhya, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran and Achu Chandran, “Nanomolar Level Electrochemical Detection of Glycine on a Miniaturized Modified Screen-Printed Carbon-based Electrode; A Comparison of Performance with Glassy Carbon Electrode System” Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 12, 7557-7563 (2024).
  • Anagha M. Ramesh, Meenakshi Rajesh, Achu Chandran, and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Gold-Nanoparticle-Based Flexible Humidity Sensor for Breath Monitoring and Smart Irrigation Systems”, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 7, 15593−15605 (2024).
  • Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Sophy Mariam Varghese, R.B. Rakhi, and Surendran Kuzhichalil Peethambharan, “Synergistic effect of solvent addition and temperature treatment on conductivity enhancement of MWCNTs: PEDOT:PSS composite ink for electrodes in all printed solid-state micro-supercapacitors”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 495, 153495 (2024) [IF: 13.4]
  • Chandradas Shamili, Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Saisree S., Achu Chandran, Manoj Raama Varma and Surendran Kuzhichalil Peethambharan, “All-printed wearable biosensor based on MWCNT-iron oxide nanocomposite ink for physiological level detection of glucose in human sweat”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 258, 116358 (2024) [IF;12.6].
  • Bavya V., Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran and K. I. Suresh, “Fluorescent Carbon Dots from Bamboo Stem Waste: Synthesis, Characterization, and Inkjet Printing”, Chemistry Select, 9, e202303346 (2024).
  • Shuvam Mandal, Manoj Kumar, Pradyut Sengupta, Ajit Panigrahi, Mayadhar Debata, Chandradas Shamili, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, Indranil Manna, and Suddhasatwa Basu, “Laser Melting of Mechanically Alloyed FeNi: A Study of the Correlation between Microstructure and Texture with Magnetic and Physical Properties”, ACS Omega, 9, 13, 15650-15662 (2024).
  • Ramany Revathy, Anoop Ajaya Kumar Nair, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Manoj Raama Varma and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Exchange bias mediated self-biased magnetoelectric coupling in Co-BaTiO3 heterostructures” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12, 3238-3253 (2024).
  • Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Sumith Sudhakar, Steffy Benny, Swaroop Sahoo, Achu Chandran and Surendran Kuzhichalil Peethambharan, “Perforated PVP Encapsulated AgNWs for High Mass Loading in Silver Nanowire Inks for Printed RFID Integrated Wearable Smart Bands”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12, 575 - 592 (2024).
  • Ashitha George, Harris Varghese, Achu Chandran, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, and E. Bhoje Gowd, “Directional Freezing-Induced Self-Poled Piezoelectric Nylon 11 Aerogels as High-Performance Mechanical Energy Harvesters”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12, 911-922 (2024) IF: 11.9
  • B. S. Athira, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran and Achu Chandran, “Electrospun PVDF-KNN Nanofiber based Lead-free Piezoelectric Nanogenerator for Mechanical Energy Scavenging and Self-powered Force Sensing Applications”, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 7, 5704 - 5713 (2023).
  • Sruthi Suresh, Vipin G. Krishnan, Debarshi Dasgupta, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, and E. Bhoje Gowd, “Directional-Freezing-Enabled MXene Orientation toward Anisotropic PVDF/MXene Aerogels: Orientation-Dependent Properties of Hybrid Aerogels”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 42, 49567-49582 (2023).
  • Robert C. Pullar, Rui M. Novais, Ana. P. F. Caetano, K. A. Krishnakumar and Kuzhichalil P. Surendran, “Ultra-light-weight microwave X-band EMI shielding or RAM material made from sustainable pyrolysed cork templates”, Nanoscale, 15, 15982-15993 (2023).
  • Ainikulangara Sundaran Bhavya, Harris Varghese, Achu Chandran, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “2D-Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheets-Polycarbonate Composite Ink based Printed Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Scavenging Mechanical Energy”, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 5, 10, 5483-5493 (2023) IF : 4.494
  • Pawan K. Verma, T. Rajasekharan, Shamili C. Das, K. P. Surendran, and V Seshu Bai, “Effect of nano ZrO2 addition on the properties of Ca0.86Sr0.14CuO2 added Bi2223 composites”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2545, 012014 (2023).
  • Aparna Puthiyedath Narayanan and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Hydrothermal Carbonization of V2O5 Nanowires into Aerogels for Excellent Green Electromagnetic Interference Shielding”, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6, 17, 16065-16075 (2023). IF : 6.14
  • Pramod Sankara Pillai, B. S. Athira, Harris Varghese, Shilpi Agarwal, Bipin Kumar, Ramasamy Alagirusamy, Apurba Das, K. P. Surendran, and Achu Chandran, “A resistive ink-based all-printed fabric heater integrated wearable thermotherapy device”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 34, 1261 (2023). IF : 2.80
  • Aparna Puthiyedath Narayanan, and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran “Acid polymerized V2O5-PANI aerogels with outstanding specific shielding effectiveness in X, Ku and K bands”, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 116 (25), 159-170 (2022).
  • Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Achu Chandran, Surendran Kuzhichalil Peethambharan, “Silver Nanoparticle-Decorated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Ink for Advanced Wearable Devices”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14 (41), 46775-46788 (2022).
  • Aparna Puthiyedath Narayanan, and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Outstanding Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Performance in Hydrothermally Derived Vanadium Pentoxide -Polyaniline Aerogels”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 10, 14754 - 14769 (2022).
  • 23. B. S. Athira, Ashitha George, K. Vaishna Priya, U. S. Hareesh, E. Bhoje Gowd, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, and Achu Chandran, “High-Performance Flexible Piezoelectric Nanogenerator Based on Electrospun PVDF-BaTiO3 Nanofibers for Self-Powered Vibration Sensing Applications”, ACS Applied Materials and Interface, 14, 39, 44239-44250 (2022).
  • B. Hanna, Lekshmi R. Pillai, Kavya Rajeev, K. P. Surendran and K. N. Narayanan Unni, “Visible-blind UV photodetectors using a polymer/ZnO nanocomposite thin film”, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 338, 113495 (2022).
  • Deepa Rajendran Lekshmi, Sivan Pillai Adarsh, Manikanta Bayal, Swapna Shanmukhan Nair, and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Functionally Graded Magnetodielectric Composite Substrates for Massive Miniaturization of Microstrip Antennas” Materials Advances, 3, 2380 - 2392 (2022).
  • Kanakangi Sukumaran Nair, Harris Varghese, Achu Chandran, Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh, Anastasia Chouprik, Maxim Spiridonov, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Synthesis of KNN nanoblocks through surfactant-assisted hot injection method and fabrication of flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator based on KNN-PVDF nanocomposite”, Materials Today Communications, 31, 103291 (2022).
  • Vipin G. Krishnan, Angel Mary Joseph, Surendran Kuzhichalil Peethambharan, and E. Bhoje Gowd, “Nanoporous Crystalline Aerogels of Syndiotactic Polystyrene: Polymorphism, Dielectric, Thermal, and Acoustic Properties”, Macromolecules, 54, 22, 10605-10615, (2021) Impact Factor: 5.985
  • Ainikulangara Sundaran Bhavya, Harris Varghese, Achu Chandran, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Massive Enhancement in Power Output of BoPET-Paper Triboelectric Nanogenerator Using 2D-Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheets”, Nano Energy, 90, 106628 (2021) Impact Factor: 17.88
  • Ramany Revathy, Anoop A. Nair, Manoj Raama Varma and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Magnetism of cobalt during oxidative ageing: A theory supported experimental investigation”, Materials Science & Engineering B, 273, 115453 (2021)
  • Ramany Revathy, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Manoj Raama Varma and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Exotic magnetic properties and enhanced magnetoelectric coupling in Fe3O4-BaTiO3 heterostructures”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 889, 161667 (2021)
  • Aiswarya Remadevi, Sabitha Ann Jose, Dijith Kesavapillai Sreedeviamma, and Kuzhichalil P. Surendran, “Electrical, thermal and microwave shielding properties of printable silver nanowires”, Journal of Materials Science, 56, 15971-15984 (2021).
  • Ramany Revathy, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Manoj Raama Varma, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Exchange-spring mechanism and Griffiths-like phase in room-temperature magnetoelectric Ni-BaTiO3 composites”, Materials Advances, 2, 4702 - 4720 (2021).
  • Ramany Revathy, Rahul Mundiyaniyil Thankachan, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Manoj Raama Varma, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Sea urchin-like Ni encapsulated with BaTiO3 to form multiferroic core-shell structures for room temperature magnetoelectric sensors”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 881, 160579 (2021).
  • Adarsh Sivan Pillai, Achu Chandran, Surendran Kuzhichalil Peethambharan, “MWCNT Ink with PEDOT:PSS as a multifunctional additive for energy efficient flexible heating applications”, Applied Materials Today, 23, 100987(2021).
  • Sabitha Ann Jose, Krishnakumar K.A. and Surendran Kuzhichalil Peethambharan, “Aqueous tape casting of Al2O3-BBSZ based LTCC multilayer substrates”, Materials Research Bulletin, 140, 111289 (2021).
  • Kanakangi S. Nair, Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy Hareesh, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Oleic Acid Mediated Solvothermal Synthesis of (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 Nanoparticles”, Materials Letters, 287, 129300 (2021).
  • Satheesh Babu Roshni, Sasidharanpillai Arun, Mailadil Thomas Sebastian, Pezholil Mohanan and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Low k Mg2SiO4 Ceramic Tapes and their Role as Screen Printed Microstrip Patch Antenna Substrates”, Materials Science and Engineering B, 264, 114947 (2021).
  • Aparna Puthiyedath Narayanan, K.N. Narayanan Unni, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Aerogels of V2O5 Nanowires Reinforced by Polyaniline for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 408, 127239 (2021).
  • Ramany Revathy, Manoj Raama Varma and Surendran K. Peethambharan, “Observation of Cluster Glass and Griffiths‐Like Phase in Fe3O4 Nanostructures”, Physica Status Solidi B, 2000341 (2020).
  • B. Hanna, M. Manuraj, K. P. Surendran & K. N. Narayanan Unni, “Opto-electronic properties of solution-processed zinc oxide thin films: role of solvents and doping”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 31, 3570-13577 (2020)
  • Kesavapillai Sreedeviamma Dijith, Remadevi Aiswarya, Choondapurakkel Valsan Sruthi Saju Pillai, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Nickel electrodeposited textiles as wearable radar invisible fabrics”, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 88, 196-206 (2020).
  • Ramany Revathy, Aswathi Kaipamangalath, Manoj Raama Varma and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “BaTiO3 nanoparticle-decorated hierarchical Ni nanowire assemblies for magnetoelectric applications”, New Journal of Chemistry, 44, 3690-3699 (2020).
  • Ramany Revathy, Aswathi Kaipamangalath, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, and Manoj Raama Varma, “Synthesis and characterization of Ni-BaTiO3-PDMS composite for flexible magnetoelectric applications”, AIP Proceedings, 2220, 110036 (2020)
  • Rui M. Novais, Manfredi Saeli, Ana P.F. Caetano, Maria P. Seabra, João A. Labrincha, Kuzhichalil P. Surendran, Robert C. Pullar, “Pyrolysed cork-geopolymer composites: A novel and sustainable EMI shielding building material”, Construction and Building Materials, 229, 116930, (2019).
  • Ramany Revathy, Manoj Raama Varma, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Effect of Morphology and Ageing on the Magnetic Properties of Nickel Nanowires” Materials Research Bulletin, 120, 110576, (2019).
  • J. B. Anooja, K. S. Dijith, K. P. Surendran and G. Subodh, “A simple strategy for flexible electromagnetic interference shielding: Hybrid rGO@CB-reinforced polydimethyl siloxane”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 807, 151678 (2019).
  • Kesavapillai Sreedeviamma Dijith, Sujith Vijayanc, Kuttan Prabhakaran and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Conducting La0.5Sr0.5CoO3-δ Foams for Harsh Condition Microwave Shielding” Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 78, 330-337 (2019).
  • Vidhya Lalan, Aparna Puthiyedath Narayanan, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran and Subodh Ganesanpotti, “Room-Temperature Ferromagnetic Sr3YCo4O10+δ and Carbon Black Reinforced Polyvinylidene fluoride Composites toward High Performance Electromagnetic Interference Shielding” ACS Omega, 4, 8196−8206 (2019).
  • Angel Mary Joseph, Baku Nagendra, K. P. Surendran, and E. Bhoje Gowd, “Sustainable in Situ Approach to Covalently Functionalize Graphene Oxide with POSS Molecules Possessing Excellent Low Dielectric Behavior”, Langmuir, 35 (13), 4672-4681 (2019)
  • Kanakangi S. Nair, Pullanchiyodan Abhilash and Kuzhichalil P. Surendran, “Silica-Based Organic−Inorganic Hybrid Fluorescent Ink for Security Applications”, ACS Omega, 4, 2577−2583 (2019).
  • Deepa Rajendran Lekshmi and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Ultra-low dielectric loss BiSmMoO6 flexible tapes for hybrid integrated circuits”, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 39, 1819-1826, (2019).
  • C.S. Chitra Lekha, Ajith S. Kumar, S. Vivek, K. Venkata Saravanan, M.R. Anantharaman, K.P. Surendran, K. Nandakumar, Swapna S. Nair, “Room temperature magnetoelectric properties of lead-free alkaline niobate based particulate composites”, Ceramic International, 45, 8115-8122 (2019)
  • Hanna B., Surendran K. P. and Narayanan Unni K. N, ”Low temperature-processed ZnO thin films for p-n junction-based visible-blind ultraviolet photodetectors”, RSC Advances, 8, 37365-37374 (2018).
  • Aiswarya Remadevi, Dijith Kesavapillai Sreedeviamma and Kuzhichalil P. Surendran, “Printable Hierarchical Nickel Nanowires for Soft Magnetic Applications”, ACS Omega, 3, 14245−14257 (2018).
  • Kesavapillai Sreedeviamma Dijith, Remadevi Aiswarya, Mathew Praveen, Saju Pillai and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Polyol derived Ni and NiFe alloys for effective shielding of electromagnetic interference”, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2, 1829 - 1841 (2018)
  • N. Sibi. I. J. Induja, K.P. Surendran, G. Subodh,”Natural garnet reinforced high density polyethylene composites for sustainable microwave substrates” Materials Research Bulletin, 106, 478-484 (2018).
  • Deepa Rajendran Lekshmi, Thomas Letang and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “High permittivity (La0.5Sr0.5)CoO3-δ-La(Co0.5Ti0.5)O3-δ ceramic composites for next generation MIM capacitors”, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 38, 3853-3860 (2018).
  • Angel Mary Joseph, Baku Nagendra, P. Shaiju, Kuzhichalil P. Surendran and E. Bhoje Gowd, “Aerogels of hierarchically porous syndiotactic polystyrene with a dielectric constant near to air”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6, 360-368 (2018).
  • Pullanchiyodan Abhilash and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “A facile development of homemade substrate using 'quench free' glass-ceramic composite and printing microstrip patch antenna on it", Materials and Design, 137, 38 -46 (2018).
  • Pullanchiyodan Abhilash, Kanakangi S. Nair and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Silver-Decorated Boron Nitride Nanosheets as an Effective Hybrid Filler in PMMA for High-Thermal-Conductivity Electronic Substrates” ACS Omega, 2, 8825 −8835 (2017).
  • Kaushik Kannan, Elizabeth George, K. P. Surendran, Chinmoy Saha, “Boresight gain enhancement of a dielectric resonator antenna using a metasurface lens”, IEEE International Conference Proceedings on Antenna Innovations & Modern Technologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications (iAIM), 17912990, pp. 1-3(2017)
  • Kesavapillai Sreedeviamma Dijith, Saju Pillai and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Screen printed silver patterns on La0.5Sr0.5CoO3−δ- Epoxy composite as a strategy for many-fold increase in EMI shielding” Surface and Coatings Technology, 330, 34-41, (2017).
  • Heera Menon, Remadevi Aiswarya and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Screen printable MWCNT inks for printed electronics”, RSC Advances, 7, 44076-44081 (2017).
  • Roshni S. Babu, M.P. Jayakrishnan, P. Mohanan, Kuzhichalil P. Surendran, “Design and Fabrication of E-Shaped Wearable Textile Antenna on PVB Coated Hydrophobic Polyester Fabric” Smart Materials and Structures, 26, 105011 (2017).
  • K.S. Dijith, Saju Pillai, K.P. Surendran, “Thermophysical and Microwave Shielding Properties of La0.5Sr0.5CoO3−δ and its Composite with Epoxy” Journal of Electronic Materials, 46, 5158 -5167 (2017).
  • S. Arun, M.T. Sebastian, K.P. Surendran, “Li2ZnTi3O8 based high κ LTCC tapes for improved thermal management in hybrid circuit applications”, Ceramics International, 43, 5509-5516 (2017).
  • S. B. Roshni, M.T. Sebastian, K. P. Surendran, “Can zinc aluminate-titania composite be an alternative for alumina as microelectronic substrate?”, Scientific Reports, 7, 40839 (2017).
  • I.J. Induja, K.P. Surendran, M.R. Varma, M.T. Sebastian, “Low κ, low loss alumina-glass composite with low CTE for LTCC microelectronic applications”, Ceramic International, 43, 736-740 (2017).
  • Angel Mary Joseph, Baku Nagendra, E. Bhoje Gowd, and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Screen-Printable Electronic Ink of Ultrathin Boron Nitride Nanosheets, ACS Omega, 1, 1220-1228 (2016)”.
  • J.N.Balaraju, Praful Radhakrishnan, V.Ezhilselvi, A.Anil Kumar, Zhong Chen and K.P. Surendran, “Studies on electroless nickel polyalloy coatings over carbon fibers/CFRP composites”, Surface and Coatings Technology, 302, 389-397 (2016)
  • R. Narasimman, Sujith Vijayan, K.S. Dijith, K.P. Surendran, K. Prabhakaran, “Carbon composite foams with improved strength and electromagnetic absorption from sucrose and multi-walled carbon nanotube”, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 181, 538-548 (2016).
  • Pullanchiyodan Abhilash, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Formulation of Sol Gel Derived Bismuth Silicate Dielectric Ink for Flexible Electronics Applications”, ACS Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 55, 7108-7115 (2016).
  • Pullanchiyodan Abhilash, Mailadil Thomas Sebastian, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Structural, thermal and dielectric properties of rare earth substituted eulytite for LTCC applications” J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 36, 1939-1944 (2016).
  • R. Aiswarya, K.S. Dijith, K.P. Surendran, “Magnetic Nanowires for Sensor Applications”, Materials Science Forum, 830-831, 565-568 (2015).
  • I.J. Induja, P. Abhilash, S. Arun, K.P. Surendran, M.T. Sebastian, ”LTCC tapes based on Al2O3-BBSZ glass with improved thermal conductivity”, Ceram. Inter., 41, 13572-13581 (2015).
  • Mini Varghese, R. Aiswarya and K. P. Surendran, “Non Aqueous Synthesis of Titania Ink for Printed Electronics” Materials Science Forum, 830-831, 573-576 (2015).
  • Angel Mary Joseph, Baku Nagendra, K. P. Surendran and E. Bhoje Gowd, “Syndiotactic Polystyrene/Hybrid Silica Spheres of POSS Siloxane Composites Exhibiting Ultralow Dielectric Constant”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7, 19474 −19483 (2015)
  • Pullanchiyodan Abhilash, Mailadil Thomas Sebastian, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Glass free, non-aqueous LTCC tapes of Bi4(SiO4)3 with high solid loading”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 35, 2313-2320 (2015)
  • Jobin Varghese, Tony Joseph, K. P. Surendran, T. P. D. Rajan and M. T. Sebastian, “Hafnium silicate: a new microwave dielectric ceramic with low thermal expansivity” Dalton Trans., 44, 5146-5152 (2015)
  • Jobin Varghese, Kuzhichalil P. Surendran and Mailadil T. Sebastian, “Room temperature curable silica ink” RSC Adv., 4, 47701-47707 (2014)
  • Jobin Varghese, Mathieu Présumey, Mailadil Thomas Sebastian and Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, “Structural, Dielectric and Thermal Properties of Ca9R2W4O24 [R-Nd, Sm] Ceramics” Mater. Chem. Phys., 148, 96-102 (2014)
  • B. Arun, J. Varghese, M.T. Sebastian and K.P. Surendran, “Microwave dielectric and thermal properties of mixed rare earth ortho phosphate [REmixPO4]” Ceram. Inter., 40, 13075-13081(2014).
  • Annrose Sunny, Varsha Viswanath, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran and Mailadil Thomas Sebastian, “The effect of Ga3+ addition on the sinterability and microwave dielectric properties of RE3Al5O12 (Tb3+, Y3+, Er3+ and Yb3+) garnet ceramics” Ceram. Inter, 40, 4311-4317 (2013).
  • Annrose Sunny, Kokken Anlin Lazer, Kurusaroor Mana Manu, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, Mailadil Thomas Sebastian, “Effect of glass fluxing on densification and microwave dielectric properties of LiInSiO4 ceramic” J. Alloys and Compounds, 552, Pages 83-87 (2013).
  • Pulanchiyodan Abhilash, Dhanesh Thomas, Kuzhichalil P. Surendran, and Mailadil T. Sebastian, “Facile Synthesis of “Quench-Free Glass” and Ceramic-Glass Composite for LTCC Applications” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 96, 1533-37 (2013).
  • J. Varghese, M. Presume, M.T. Sebastian and K.P. Surendran, “A novel dielectric ceramic for microwave passive circuits” Int. J. Mod. Phys., 22, 153-58 (2013)
  • Kuzhichalil P. Surendran, , Aiying Wu, Paula M Vilarinho, Victor M. Ferreira, “Ni and Zn doped MgTiO3 thin films: Structure, microstructure and dielectric characteristics”, J. Appl. Phys., 107, 114112-114112-8 (2010)
  • M.A. Reis, L.C. Alves, N.P. Barradas, P.C. Chaves, B. Nunes, A. Taborda, K. P. Surendran,A. Wu, P.M. Vilarinho, E. Alves, “High Resolution and Differential PIXE combined with RBS, EBS and AFM analysis of magnesium titanate (MgTiO3) multilayer structures” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, B 268, 1980-1985 (2010).
  • K. P. Surendran, A. Wu, P. M. Vilarinho and V. Ferreira, “Influence of Microstructural Factors on the Dielectric Properties of Multilayered MgTiO3-SrTiO3 Thin Films on Pt/TiO2/SiO2/(100)Si Substrates”, IMAPS Proceedings, p.442-448 (2008).
  • K. P. Surendran, A. Wu, P. M. Vilarinho and V. M. Ferreira, “Sol-gel Synthesis of Low Loss MgTiO3 Thin Films by Non Methoxyethanol Route” Chem. Mater., 20, 4260-4267, 2008 [American Chemical Society, USA](2008)
  • K.P. Surendran, P. C. Rajath Varma, Manoj Raama Varma, “Solid state and solution synthesis of Ba(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3: A comparative study”, Mater. Res. Bull., 42(10), pp. 1831-1844 (2007) [Elsevier Science Ltd. USA].
  • K.P. Surendran, Rohini Mani, J. Gopalakrishnan, K.V. Ramanujachary, S.E. Lofland, William L. Gree, “R3Mn1.5CuV0.5O9 (R = Y, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu) and Lu3Mn3-3x Cu2xVxO9: New noncentrosymmetric oxides related to YMnO3”, Mater. Res. Bull., 42 (4), 618-625 (2007).
  • 93. K. P. Surendran, A. Wu, P. M. Vilarinho and V. Ferreira, “Role of Ni and Zn doping on the properties of MgTiO3 thin films” Proc. Electroceramics XI, 31st Aug-3rd Sept 2008, University of Manchester, UK (2008)
  • K. P. Surendran, A. Wu, P. M. Vilarinho and V. M. Ferreira, “Dielectric Properties of Sol Gel Derived MgTiO3 Thin Films”, Proc. Electroceramica 2007, June, 24-26, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (2007).
  • K. P. Surendran, P. Mohanan and M. T. Sebastian, “Microwave loss quality of Ba[Mg1/3Ta(1-x)2/3 Tix/3Wx/3]O3 ceramics”, Mater. Res. Bull., 41 (4), 784-790 (2006) [Elsevier Science Ltd. USA].
  • K. P. Surendran and M. T. Sebastian, “Tailoring the microwave dielectric properties of Ba(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3 ceramics”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 26 (10-11), 1791-1799 (2006) [European Ceramic Society, United Kingdom].
  • K. P. Surendran, M. T. Sebastian, P. Mohanan, R. L. Moreira, and A. Dias, “The Effect of Nonstoichiometry on the Structure and Microwave Dielectric Properties of Ba(Mg0.33Ta0.67)O3”, Chem. Mater., 17 (1), 142-151 (2005). [American Chemical Society, USA].
  • K. P. Surendran, P. Mohanan, M. V. Jacob, and M. T. Sebastian, “The effect of dopants on the microwave dielectric properties of Ba(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3 ceramics”, J. Appl. Phys., 98, 094114 [American Institute of Physics, USA] (2005).
  • K. P. Surendran, P. Mohanan, M.V. Manjusha, J. Philip and M. T. Sebastian, “Microwave substrate applications of 0.83ZnAl2O4-0.17TiO2 dielectrics”, J. Appl. Phys, 98, 44101-5 [American Institute of Physics, USA] (2005).
  • K. P. Surendran, P.V. Bijumon, P. Mohanan and M. T. Sebastian, “Microwave dielectric properties of (1-x)MgAl2O4-xTiO2 ceramics”, Applied Phys. A, 81 (4), 823-26 (2005).
  • K. P. Surendran, P. Mohanan, M. T. Sebastian, “The effect of glass additives on the microwave dielectric properties of Ba(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3 ceramics”, J. Sol. State Chem., 177, 4031-4046 (2004) [Elsevier Science Ltd. USA]
  • C. W. A. Paschoal, R. L. Moreira, K. P. Surendran and M. T. Sebastian, “Infrared reflectivity and intrinsic dielectric behavior of RETiTaO6 (RE = Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, and Yb) microwave ceramics”, J. Mater. Res., 20 (5), 1164-71 (2005) [Material Research Society, USA]
  • K. P. Surendran, P. Mohanan, M. T. Sebastian, “Low loss dielectrics in Ba[(Mg1/3Ta2/3)1-xTix]O3 and Ba[(Mg1-xZnx)1/3Ta2/3]O3 systems” J. Mater. Res., 20 (11) 2919-2926 (2005) [Material Research Society, USA].
  • K. P. Surendran, N. Santha, P. Mohanan and M. T. Sebastian, “Temperature stable low loss ceramic dielectrics in (1-x)ZnAl2O4-xTiO2 system for microwave substrate applications”, Eur. Phys. J. B, 41, 301-306 (2004) [Springer Verlag, France].
  • C. W. A. Paschoal, R. L. Moreira, C. Fantini, M. A. Pimenta, K. P. Surendran and M. T. “Sebastian, Raman Scattering study of RETiTaO6 Dielectric Ceramics”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 23, 2661-2666 (2003) 2003 [European Ceramic Society, United Kingdom]
  • K. P. Surendran, Manoj R. Varma, M. T. Sebastian and P. Mohanan, “Microwave dielectric properties of [RE’1-xRE”x]TiNbO6 (RE’= Pr, Nd, Sm; RE” = Gd, Dy, Y) dielectric ceramics”, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 86(10) 1695-99 (2003) [American Ceramic Society, USA]
  • K. P. Surendran, P. Mohanan and M. T. Sebastian, “Tailoring the Microwave Dielectric Properties of GdTiNb1-xTaxO6 and Sm1-x YxTiTaO6 [x=0.0-1.0] Ceramics”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 23, 2489-2495 (2003) [European Ceramic Society, United Kingdom]
  • K. P. Surendran, Manoj R. Varma, M. T. Sebastian and P. Mohanan, “Microwave Dielectric Properties of RETiTaO6 [RE= La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Y, Er, Yb, Al and In] Ceramics”, J. Mater. Res., 17, 2561-2566 (2002) [Materials Research Society, U. S. A]
  • K. P. Surendran and I. N. Jawahar “Dielectric Materials for Telecommunication Applications” Met News, (20)1, 21-26 (January 2002) , [Indian Institute of Metals, INDIA]
Academic Qualification

Educational qualifications

Degree Year Institute /University
Ph.D. (Physics) 2005 NIIST/Kerala University
M.Sc. (Physics) 1996 Mahatma Gandhi University
B.Sc. (Physics) 1993 Mahatma Gandhi University

 

Team

Current Doctoral Students

  • Muhammed Shafeeq P.C., SRF (Registered: AcSIR Ghaziabad) Supervisor
  • Aswathi V.S., SRF (Registered: AcSIR Ghaziabad) Supervisor
  • Shamili C. Das, SRF (Registered: AcSIR Ghaziabad) Supervisor
  • Sumith S., JPF (Registered: AcSIR Ghaziabad) Supervisor
  • Christan Sam, JPF (Registered: AcSIR Ghaziabad) Supervisor
  • S. Anas, JPF (Registered: AcSIR Ghaziabad) Supervisor
  • Ashitha George, SRF (Registered: AcSIR, Ghaziabad) Co-Supervisor
  • Fathima Riyas, SRF (Registered: AcSIR, Ghaziabad) Co-Supervisor
  • Athira B.S., SRF (Registered: AcSIR, Ghaziabad) Co-Supervisor

Project Fellows

  • Gokul K. Anand
  • Akshay Venu
Research Interest

Current Research Interests :

  • Functional Inks for Printed Electronics
  • EMI Shielding Materials
  • Low Temperature Cofired Ceramics
  • Lead Free Piezoelectric Materials & Transducers
  • Ferroelectrics, Multiferroics and Magnetic Materials
Reviewership in Journals

Reviewer of Journals

  • Nano Letters
  • ACS Nano
  • Nano Energy
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
  • ACS Applied Electronic Materials
  • Chemical Communications
  • Journal of Physical Chemistry
  • Nature Scientific Reports
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology
  • Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
  • Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
  • Nanotechnology
  • RSC Advances
  • Materials Research Express
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • Journal of American Ceramic Society
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Journal of Physics D : Applied Physics
  • Materials Science and Engineering B
  • Materials Chemistry and Physics
  • Materials Research Bulletin
  • Journal of European Ceramic Society
  • Transactions of Indian Ceramic Society
  • Ceramic International
  • Materials Letters
Research Experience

Research Experience : 25 years

Research Group : Total 8 Students (5 doctoral & 3 project students)
10 Students already defended their thesis

Membership

Memberships

  • Materials Research Society of India (Life Member)
  • Indian Institute of Metals (Life Member)
  • Indian Ceramic Society (Life Member)
  • Magnetic Society of India (Life Member)
  • Academy of Microscope Science & Technology (Life Member)