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V. Thomas&nbsp;</font></b></span></p> <p align="center"><img border="1" src="images/ph.jpg" width="150" height="200"></p> <div align="center"> <center> <table width="90%" height="90%" border="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px"> <col width="1260" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:46080; width:945pt"> <col width="209" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:7643;width:157pt"> <tr> <td height="29" width="1" bgcolor="#F3F3F3" style="padding-left: 15"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Name</font></td> <td width="872" height="29" bgcolor="#F3F3F3" style="padding-left: 10"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><b>Dr. P. V. Thomas</b></span></font></td> </tr> <tr height="17" style="height:12.75pt"> <td height="32" bgcolor="#EEDDD5" style="padding-left: 15"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Address Off:</font></td> <td width="872" height="32" bgcolor="#EEDDD5" style="padding-left: 10"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> Thin Film Lab<br /> Research Centre<br /> Department of Physics<br /> Mar Ivanios College<br /> Nalanchira, Thiruvananthapuram-695 015<br /> Kerala State, India </span></font></td> </tr> <tr height="17" > <td height="79" bgcolor="#F3F3F3" style="padding-left: 15"><font face="Arial" size="2">Address Res:</font></td> <td height="79" bgcolor="#F3F3F3" valign="middle" style="padding-left: 10"><font face="Arial" size="2"> Kandathil house <br /> Kottamukal<br /> Nalanchira P. O <br /> Thiruvananthapuram-695015<br /> Tel +91- 471-2531460 (R)<br /> +91- 471-2530887(O)<br /> Email : <a href="mailto:thomaspv_15@yahoo.com">thomaspv_15@yahoo.com</a> <br /> </font> </td> </tr> <tr height="17" style="height:12.75pt"> <td bgcolor="#EEDDD5" style="padding-left: 15"><font face="Arial" size="2">Education</font><font face="Arial" size="2"><o:p> </o:p> </font> </td> <td bgcolor="#EEDDD5" style="padding-left: 10"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <b> BSc</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta, Kerala<br /><br /> <b>MSc</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sardar Patel University,Vallabh Vidya nagar,Gujarat State<br /><br /> <b>Phd</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;University of Kerala </font> </td> </tr> <tr height="17" style="height:12.75pt"> <td bgcolor="#F3F3F3" style="padding-left: 15"><font face="Arial" size="2">Research Interests</font><font face="Arial" size="2"><o:p> </o:p> </font> </td> <td bgcolor="#F3F3F3" > <ul style="margin-left:20px;padding:0px;"> <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Materials Science </b>: Preparation and characterization of nanostructured and composite materials</font></li> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Thin film fabrication by sputtering and sol-gel methods</font></li> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Transparent conducting oxide thin films</font></li> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Dielectric thin films</font></li> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Photocatalytic thin films of doped/alloyed TiO2 and ZnO</font></li> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Rare earth doped luminescent thin films </font></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr height="17" style="height:12.75pt"> <td height="32" bgcolor="#EEDDD5" style="padding-left: 15"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Other interests</font></td> <td width="872" height="32" bgcolor="#EEDDD5" style="padding-left: 10"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> Design and fabrication of equipments Science Education, Photography </span></font></td> </tr> <tr height="17" style="height:12.75pt"> <td height="16" bgcolor="#F3F3F3" style="padding-left: 15"><font face="Arial" size="2"> Equipments designed and fabricated</font></td> <td height="16" bgcolor="#F3F3F3" style="padding-left: 10"><font face="Arial" size="2">Dip coating equipment for thin film fabrication Magnetron for RF sputtering system</font> </td> </tr> <tr height="17" style="height:12.75pt"> <td height="32" bgcolor="#EEDDD5" style="padding-left: 15"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Academic positions held</font></td> <td width="872" height="32" bgcolor="#EEDDD5" style="padding-left: 10"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <b> Founder and Director, Thin Film Lab</b><br /> Professor & Head, Department of Physics Chairman, Research Promotion Committee Member, PG board of Studies, University of Kerala </font></td> </tr> <tr height="17" style="height:12.75pt"> <td height="16" bgcolor="#F3F3F3" style="padding-left: 15"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Membership of Professional bodies:</font></td> <td height="16" bgcolor="#F3F3F3" style="padding-left: 10"><font face="Arial" size="2">Materials Research Society<br /> Indian Vacuum Society<br /> Indian Science Congress Association </font> </td> </tr> <tr height="17" style="height:12.75pt"> <td height="32" bgcolor="#EEDDD5" style="padding-left: 15"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Ongoing Research project</font></td> <td width="872" height="32" bgcolor="#EEDDD5" style="padding-left: 10"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> A study on the effect of doping of TiO2 thin films by N and Fe on the structural,optical,photocatalytic and band-gap narrowing properties: funded by UGC,Govt of India </span></font></td> </tr> <tr height="17" style="height:12.75pt"> <td height="16" bgcolor="#F3F3F3" style="padding-left: 15"><font face="Arial" size="2">Research Students</font></td> <td height="16" bgcolor="#F3F3F3" style="padding-left: 10"><font face="Arial" size="2">Justinvictor.V.B<br /> Prabitha B. Nair<br /> L.V.Maneeshya <br /> </font> </td> </tr> <tr height="17" style="height:12.75pt"> <td height="32" width="1" bgcolor="#EEDDD5" style="padding-left: 15"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"> Collaboration </font></td> <td height="32" bgcolor="#EEDDD5" style="padding-left: 10"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> Dr.David Devraj Kumar<br /> Professsor of Science Education<br /> Florida Atlantic University<br /> 2912 College Avenue,Davie,Florida 33314,USA </span></font></td> </tr> </table> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Recent publications</b> </font></p> <ul style="list-style-type:none;margin:0px 0px 0px 3%;padding:0px;width:97%;font-family:Arial;text-align:justify;font-size:13px;"> <li> 1. Georgi P.Daniel, V.B.Justinvictor, Prabitha B.Nair, K.Joy, Peter Koshy, P.V.Thomas, Effect of annealing temperature on the structural and optical properties of ZnO thin films prepared by RF magnetron sputtering. Physica B 405 (2010) 1782&#8211;1786.<br /><br /></li> <li>2. David Devaraj Kumar, P V Thomas, Hassan Mahfuz, An overview of Carbon nanotubes, Journal of materials Education. 32(2010)153-162.<br /><br /></li> <li>3. C Y Panicker, H T Varghese, Abraham George, P.V.Thomas, FT-IR and FT-Raman and abinitio studies on 1,3-diphenyl Thiourea. European Journal of Chemistry. 1(2010)153-158.<br /><br /></li> <li>4. David Devraj Kumar, P. V. Thomas, John D. Morris, Karen M. Tobias, Mary Baker Trudy Jermanovich, Effect of Current Electricity Simulation supported Learning on the Conceptual Understanding of Elementary and Secondary Teachers, Journal of Science Education and Technology. 20(2011)115-111 ,DOI:10.1007/S 10956-010-9229-4<br /><br /> </li> <li>5. I. J ohn Berlin, J. S. Lakshmi, S. Sujatha Lekshmy , Georgi P. Daniel, P. V.Thomas,K.Joy, Effect of sol temperature on the structure, morphology, optical and photoluminescence properties of nanocrystalline zirconia thin films. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. 58(3) (2011) 669. <br /><br /> </li> <li>6. K. Joy, I. John Berlin, Prabitha B. Nair, J.S. Lakshmi, Georgi P. Daniel, P.V. Thomas, Effect of annealing temperature on the structural and photoluminescence properties of nanocrystalline ZrO2 thin films prepared by sol-gel route. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 72 (2011) 673.<br /><br /></li> <li>7. S. Lakshmi, I. John Berlin, Georgi P. Daniel, P.V. Thomas, K. Joy, Effect of calcination atmosphere on photoluminescence properties of nanocrystalline ZrO2 thin films prepared sol-gel dip coating method. Physica B 406 (2011) 3050&#8211;3055.<br /><br /></li> <li> 8. Prabitha B. Nair,V.B. Justinvictor, Georgi P Daniel, K. Joy,V. Ramakrishnan, P.V. Thomas , Effect of RF power and sputtering pressure on the structural and optical properties of TiO2 thin films prepared by RF magnetron sputtering. Applied surface Science 257( 2011) 10869- 10875 doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.07.125. <br /><br /></li> <li>9. J S Lakshmi, I John Berlin, P V Thomas, K Joy Band gap tuning and improved optical properties of ZrO2-SnO2 nanocomposite thin films prepared by sol-gel route. IOP Conf.: Ser. Mater. Sci. Eng. 23 (2011) 012030<br /><br /></li> <li>10. K. Joy, L.V. Maneeshya, Jijimon K. Thomas, P.V. Thomas Effect of sol concentration on the structural, morphological, optical and photoluminescence properties of zirconia thin films. Thin Solid Films doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2011.11.038 (2011).<br /><br /></li> <li>11. K. Joy, S. S. Lakshmy, P. V. Thomas, Band gap tuning in nanocomposite ZrO2-SnO2 thin film achieved through sol-gel co- deposition method. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology DOI: 10.1007/s10971-011-2608-3(2011)<br /><br /></li> <li>12. Georgi P. Daniel, David Devraj Kumar, V. B. Justinvictor, Prabitha B. Nair, K. Joy, Peter Koshy, P. V. Thomas, Indium Doped ZnO Films Prepared by RF Magnetron Sputtering: Effect of Substrate Temperature on the Strain-Induced Band Gap. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (to be published) 12 , 1-6 ,(2011).<br /><br /></li> </ul> </center> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list 45.0pt left 189.0pt 342.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> </TD> <TD valign="top" align="center"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><map name="FPMap0"> <area href="index.html" shape="rect" coords="23, 173, 61, 185"> <area href="teachingstaff.html" shape="rect" coords="23, 4, 53, 13"> <area href="pta.html" shape="rect" coords="23, 20, 131, 31"> <area href="campusnews.html" shape="rect" coords="22, 38, 96, 53"> <area href="announcements.html" shape="rect" coords="23, 60, 103, 69"> <area href="photogallery.html" shape="rect" coords="22, 78, 95, 90"> <area href="amicos.html" shape="rect" coords="22, 98, 63, 108"> <area href="contactus.html" shape="rect" coords="22, 116, 81, 129"> <area href="feedback.html" shape="rect" coords="23, 135, 77, 146"> <area href="comingup.html" shape="rect" coords="23, 153, 83, 167"></map><IMG SRC="images/academic_10.jpg" width=200 height=452 ALT="" usemap="#FPMap0" border="0"></font></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN=2> <font face="Arial" size="2"><map name="FPMap2"> <area href="vission&amp;mision.html" shape="rect" coords="31, 4, 107, 19"> <area href="overview.html" shape="rect" coords="125, 7, 196, 18"> <area href="objectives.html" shape="rect" coords="213, 6, 267, 18"> <area href="voiceofmic.html" shape="rect" coords="280, 7, 350, 18"> <area href="naac.html" shape="rect" coords="363, 7, 430, 18"> <area href="prospectus.html" shape="rect" coords="446, 5, 538, 19"> <area href="futureprojects.html" shape="rect" coords="554, 6, 627, 19"> <area href="contactus.html" shape="rect" coords="643, 6, 702, 18"></map><IMG SRC="images/academic_11.jpg" width=778 height=26 ALT="" border="0" usemap="#FPMap2"></font></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN=2> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <IMG SRC="images/chemistry_09.jpg" width=778 height=29 ALT=""></font></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <!-- End ImageReady Slices --> </BODY> </HTML>