Dr. Ashith V K Assistant Professor

Specialization

Experimental condensed Matter Physics, Thin films, Nanomaterials.

Qualification

Ph.D.

Passing Year

Teaching Experience

9 Years

Awards & Recognition

1. Publication and Research Award Incentive for Students to Excel (PRAISE) award from Manipal Academy of Higher Education in 2017 & 2019.

Publications In Refereed Journals

1. Ashith V K, Priya K and Gowrish Rao K, Effect of thickness on structural, electrical and spectral response properties of thermal evaporated CdTe films, Indian Journal of Physics, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-022-02472-3
2. Ashith V K, Priya K and Gowrish Rao K, The electrical properties of n-CdS/p-CdTe and n-ZnS/p-CdTe heterojunctions fabricated by a combination of SILAR and vacuum deposition techniques, Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter, Vol. 614, pp. 413025-413031, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2021.413025
3. Ashith V K and E Deepak D Silva, Influence of Concentration and Annealing Temperature on Spin Coated Metal Oxide Thin Films for Optoelectronic Devices, Journal of Materials Sci-ence: Materials in Electronics, Vol. 32, pp. 10028-10048, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-05662-7
4. Ashith V K, Priya K, Muhammed Ali A V, Rashmitha Keshav, G K Rao and Mahesha M G, The effects of Zn incorporation on electrical, photoluminescence and spectral sensitivity of SILAR deposited CdS thin films, Materials Research Express, Vol. 7, pp. 026404-026416, 2020. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2053-1591/ab5ec4
5. K Priya, Gowrish K Rao, V K Ashith, Ganesh Sanjeev, Vijay Pal Verma, Vikash Chandra Petwal, and Jishnu Dwivedi, The effect of 8 MeV electron beam irradiation on the structural, optical and photoluminescence properties of ZnS thin films, Ceramics International, Vol. 45, pp. 2576-2583, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.10.188
6. Gowrish K Rao, V K Ashith, K Priya and Pawan Kumar, Effect of bismuth nanoparticle in-corporation on the characteristics of p-ZnTe/n-CdS thin film light sensors, Sensors and Actua-tors A: Physical, Vol. 284, pp. 194–200, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2018.10.030
7. V K Ashith, Gowrish K. Rao, Smitha R and Sahana N. Moger, Study of micro-structural, op-tical and electrical properties of TiO2 films obtained from micro-controller based SILAR method, Ceramics International, Vol. 44, pp. 17623-17629, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.06.223
8. V K Ashith and K Gowrish Rao, Analysis of microstructural properties, energy band struc-ture, and defect levels of ZnS films obtained from micro-controlled SILAR method, Surface and Interface Analysis, Vol. 50, pp. 1286-1295, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.6520
9. V K Ashith, Gowrish K Rao, Sahana N Moger and Smitha R, Effect of post-deposition an-nealing on the properties of ZnO films obtained by high temperature, micro-controller based SILAR deposition, Ceramics International, Vol. 44, pp. 10669-10676, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.03.097
10. K Priya, V K Ashith, Gowrish K Rao and Ganesh Sanjeev, A comparative study of structural, optical and electrical properties of ZnS thin films obtained by thermal evaporation and SILAR techniques, Ceramics International, Vol. 43, pp. 10487-10493, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.05.094
11. Ashith VK and Gowrish K Rao, Bandgap tailoring in CdxZn1-xS alloy films deposited by Successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 626, pp. 1-8, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2017.02.020
12. V K Ashith and K Gowrish Rao, A study of microstructural properties and quantum size ef-fect in SILAR deposited nano-crystalline CdS thin films, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 616, pp. 197-203, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.06.223
13. K Gowrish Rao and V K Ashith, Influence of deposition parameters on the structural and op-tical properties of CdS thin films obtained by micro-controlled SILAR deposition, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Vol. 7, pp. 14-22, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2014.09.008 

1. Naveen D Souza N, Harshal Jason D Souza, Ashith V K, E Deepak D’Silva, Influence of Preparation Time on Chemical Bath Deposited Alumina (Al2O3) Thin Films, Materials           Today: Proceedings, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.02.408
2. Ashith V K and Gowrish Rao K, Effect of composition on SILAR deposited CdxZn1-xS thin films, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1942, pp. 080008-080011, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5028842
3. Ashith V K and K Gowrish Rao, “Structural and Optical Properties of ZnS Thin Films by SILAR Technique obtained by acetate Precursor”, IOP Conference Series:  Materials Sci-ence and Engineering, Vol. 360, pp. 012058-012064, 2018. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/360/1/012058