Dr.A.Thamizhavel
Employment Objectives
To acquire a staff researcher position in a
Company / University / Research Institute, working on the
frontiers of Science and Technology.
Current Status
Post Doctoral Fellow in Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Working
on the fabrication and characterization of Bi-2223/Ag Tapes.
Educational Background
- Ph.D in Physics from Crystal Growthe
Centre, Anna University, Chennai 600 025, India.
Ph.D Thesis Title:
"Studies on the Growth and
Characterization of YBCO, BSCCO Single Crystals and
Fullerenes"
- Masters' Degree in Physics from University
of Madras in the Year 1991
- Bachelors Degreee in Physics from
university of Madras in the Year 1989
Awards/Fellowships
- Monbusho Fellowship
by Japanese Government (OCtober 1998 - March 2000)
- Senior Research Fellowship
by Council for Scientific & Industrial Research
(CSIR), India
- National Superconductivity
Fellow in the Department of Science and
Technology, Govt. of India Sponsored Project from May
1992 to Feb. 1994.
- Dr.B.R.Lakshmanan Memorial
Prize from the University of Madras for
high score in Soid State Physics in Post Graduation
(M.Sc.,Degree)
Research Experience
Superconductivity
Currently I am fabricating superconducting
Bi-2223/Ag tapes by poweder-in-tube method. The main focus of the
present research is to develop manufacturing techniques necessary
to produce long conductors with high Jc with consistent performance levels
using Bi-2223 powder stoichiometry and conventional forming
equipment. Also to characterize the effects that various
processing parameters have on the overall geometrical,
mechanical, and physical properties of both green and
heat-treated wires and tapes.
Characterization using TEM, SEM, XRD etc., To study the magnetic flux distribution
inside a superconductor using Scanning Hall Probe Microscopy.
Characterization
Techniques
- X-ray Diffraction
- Electron Microscopy (TEM and SEM)
- Scanning Hall Probe Microscopic Studies
- AC Susceptibility
- I-V characterestics
Computer Programming
- MS-Windows
- Various Commercial Packages for Word/Text
Processing, graphic designing and other routine use
Research Publication:
- Growth, Twin and Domain Structure Studies
of Superconducting Bi2Sr2Ca1-xYxCu2O8 crystals,
R.Jayavel, A.THAMIZHAVEL, P.Murugakoothan, C.Subramanian
and P.Ramasamy, Physica C, Vol.215 (1993) 429.
- Growth and Charcterization of BiSrCaCuO
whiskers A.THAMIZHAVEL, R.Jayavel, D.Arivuoli and
C.Subramanian "Applied Superconductivity"
Ed.Factofy, DGM Press, Germany, Vol.2 (1993) 1557.
- Growth of Large Size Twin Free YBa2Cu3O7
Single Crystals by a Temeprature Gradient Technique
R.Jayavel, A.THAMIZHAVEL, P.Murugakoothan, C.R.V.Rao,
CSubramanian and P.Ramasamy, J. Crystal Growth, Vol.137
(194) 273.
- Effect of Degradation on Surface and
Mechanical Properties of C60 and C60/C70 Crystals
C.Sekar, A.THAMIZHAVEL and C.Subramanian, Physica C,
Vol.275 (1997) 193.
- Growth and Characteriztaion of
Superconducting Bi2Sr2Ca1-xCexCu2O8 single crystals
A.THAMIZHAVEL, D.Prabhakaran, R.Jayavel and
C.Subramanian, Physica C, Vol.275, (1997) 279.
- Simultaneous substitution of Pb and Y in
Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 single crystals A.THAMIZHAVEL, D.P.Paul,
D.Prabhakaran, R.Jayavel and C.Subramanian, Physica C,
Vol.288 (1997) 163
- Morphology and characterization studies of
Y doped Bi-2212 Single crystals D.Prabhakaran,
A.THAMIZHAVEL and C.Subramanian Physica C Vol.288 (1997)
249
- Growth and texturing stduies of
Bi2.1Y0.1Sr1.9CaCu2-xLixO8 crystals by floating zone
technique D.Prabhakaran, A.THAMIZHAVEL, R.Jayavel and
C.Subramanian (Accepted in J. Crystal Growth)
- Weak link path model and E-J characterestics in Ag/Bi2223 Tapes,
K.Osamura, K.Ogawa, A.Thamizhavel and A.Sakai Proceedings of EUCAS '99
Membership of
Professional/Academic Societies
- Materials Research Society
- Indian Associan for Crystal Growth
Languages known
- English
- Japanese (little)
- Hindi, Tamil, Urdu (Indian Languages)
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