Dr. Mahendra K Assistant Professor

Specialization

Materials Science, Spectroscopy and Photonics

Areas Of Interest

Oxide materials, Optoelectronic Materials, Composite materials, Crystal growth

Qualification

Ph.D.

Teaching Experience

10 years

Awards & Recognition

• JRF Fellowship from National Institute of Karnataka, Mangalore.
• SRF Fellowship from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Mangalore.
• Best Paper Award, International conference on advanced materials (SCICON16) Amrita Vishwa vidhyapeetam University Coimbatore.

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Publications In Refereed Journals

• Photocatalytic degradation of organic textile dyes using tellurium-based metal alloy, Mahendra, K., Jean, M. F., Brian, J. F., K, B., & Ramesh, K. P., Vacuum, 199 (2022), 110960. 10.1016/j.vacuum.2022.110960
• Corrosion-resistant polypyrrole-banana carbon (PPy-BC) nanocomposites for protection against electromagnetic interference: A green approach, Madhusudhan, C. K., Mahendra, K., Madhukar, B. S., Somesh, T., & Faisal, M., Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 33 (2021)., 1366–1382. 10.1007/s10854-021-07466-1
• Effect of erioglaucine dye dopant on the structural, optical, mechanical, electrical and non-linear properties of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate single crystal, Fernandes, J. M., Mahen-dra, K., & Udayashankar, N. K., Optical Materials, 110 (2020) 110528. 10.1016/j.optmat.2020.110528
• Incorporation of graphite into iron decorated polypyrrole for dielectric and EMI shielding applications, Madhusudhan, C. K., Mahendra, K., Madhukar, B. S., Somesh, T. E., & Faisal, M., Synthetic Metals, 267 (2020) 116450. 10.1016/j.synthmet.2020.116450
• A novel approach to the synthesis of semiorganic ammonium hydrogen oxalate oxalic acid dihydrate single crystal and its characterization, Mahendra, K., Fernandes, J. M., & Udayashan-kar, N. K. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 146 (2020) 93–102. 10.1007/s10973-020-09965-5
• Effect of methyl orange dye molecule on the structural, optical and electrical properties of the KHOOD single crystals. Mahendra, K., Pujar, S., & Udayashankar, N. K., Applied Physics A, 126(9) (2020), 1–10. 10.1007/s00339-020-03859-x
• Growth and comparative studies on oxalic acid dihydrate, potassium oxalate hydrate and potassium hydrogen oxalate oxalic acid dihydrate single crystals, Mahendra, K., & Udayashan-kar, N. K., Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 138 (2020), 109263. 10.1016/j.jpcs.2019.109263
• Investigation on mechanical and temperature dependent electrical properties of potassium hydrogen oxalate oxalic acid dihydrate single crystal, Mahendra, K., & Udayashankar, N. K. Physics Letters A, 384(19) (2020), 126475. 10.1016/j.physleta.2020.126475
• Modulations of physio-chemical and electronic properties of metalorganic KHO single crystals through Co(OH)2 nanoparticles doping, Mahendra, K., Bhat, K. S., Nagaraja, H. S., & Udayashankar, N. K., Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 30(13) (2019), 12566–12576. 10.1007/s10854-019-01617-1
• Enhanced structural, optical, thermal, mechanical and electrical properties by a noval ap-proach (nanoparticle doping) on ferroelectric triglycine sulphate single crystal, Mahendra, K., Kumar, H. K. T., & Udayashankar, N. K., Applied Physics A, 125(4) (2019), 1–15. 10.1007/s00339-019-2499-7
• Gamma irradiation effect on structural, optical and electrical properties of organometallic potassium hydrogen oxalate oxalic acid dihydrate single crystal, Mahendra, K., Nayak, K. K., Fernandes, B. J., & Udayashankar, N. K., Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 29(22) (2018), 18905–18912. 10.1007/s10854-018-9888-0
• Effect of Zn doping on the structural, optical, photoluminescence and mechanical properties of thiourea barium chloride (TBC) crystal, Mahendra, K., D’Souza, A., & Udayashankar, N. K., Materials Today Communications, 13 (2017), 178–185. 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2017.09.010 13. Synthesis, structural, optical and electrical (DC) properties of a semiorganic thiourea bar-ium chloride (TBC) single crystal, Mahendra, K., D’Souza, A., & Udayashankar, N. K., Optik, 145 (2017), 436–447. 10.1016/j.ijleo.2017.07.054

Other Publications

• Polypyrrole coated multiwalled carbon nanotube hybrids for corrosion inhibition, Madhusudhan, C. K., Praveen, K. R. S., Faisal, M., Mahendra, K., Narasimha, R., & Vasantha, V. T., Colloid Journal, 84 (2022), 364–373.
• Insight into the structural and physical properties of semiorganic KHOOD single crystal, Mahendra, K., Jean, M. F., & Udayashankar, N. K. (2022). Chemistry Africa, 5 (2022), 617–626 10.1007/s42250-022-00360-1
• Quick responsive and durable supercapacitive performance of rGO/ Zn(OH)2/ pani nano-composites, Aranganathan, V., Bharath, S. P., Mahendra, K., & Shettya, A. N., Bulletin of Materials Science, 44 (2021), 179. 10.1007/s12034-021-02474-7
• A study on structural, optical, thermal and electrical properties of the amaranth dye-doped KHOOD single crystal, Mahendra, K., & Udayashankar, N. K., International Journal of Modern Physics B, 34 (2020), 2050002. 10.1142/S0217979220500022
• Synthesis and optical characterization of amaranth dye doped thiourea barium chloride (TBC) single crystals, Mahendra, K., D’Souza, A., Ifthekarahmed, Udayashankar, N. K., Materials Today: Proceedings, 5 (2018) 16358–16366. 10.1016/j.matpr.2018.05.132
• Synthesis and optical characterization of nickel doped thiourea barium chloride (TBC) single crystals, Mahendra, K., & Udayashankar, N. K., Iop conference series: Materials science and engineering, 330 (2018), 012019. 10.1088/1757-899X/330/1/012019/meta

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