Dr.C.Saravanan, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Dr.C.Saravanan, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Professor - Chemistry,
saravananc@sonatech.ac.in ,
Teaching - 10 years
Specialization - Optoelectronic materials

Journal Publications

  1. R. Mohan Kumar, C. Saravanan and P. Kannan, "Novel liquid crystalline photoactive poly [4-(4-x-biphenyl)yl-4-(m-methacryloyloxyalkyloxy)cinnamate]s" European Polymer Journal, 2007, 43, 2648-2659.
  2. C. Saravanan, M. Deepa, P. Kannan, and S. Senthil, "Donor/acceptor interaction-assisted mesophase formation in liquid crystals containing azobenzenes and their polymers" Z. Naturforsch., 2008, 63b, 571 - 576.
  3. C. Saravanan, S. Senthil and P. Kannan, "Click chemistry-assisted triazole-substituted azobenzene and folgimide units in the pendant-based copoly(decyloxymethacrylate)s for dual-mode optical switches", Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2008, 46, 7843-7860.
  4. C. Saravanan and P. Kannan, "Dual-mode optical switching properties of co-polymers containing pendant nitro and cyano substituted azobenzenes and fulgimide units" Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2009, 94, 1001-1012.
  5. D. Srividhya, S. Manjunathan, S. Thirumaran, C. Saravanan, S. Senthil, "Synthesis and characterization of 1,2,3-triazole containing liquid crystals through click reaction", Journal of Molecular Structure, 2009, 927, 7-13.
  6. K. Gayathri, C. Saravanan and P. Kannan, "Visibly observed photo-crosslinking reaction in indolyl based liquid crystalline polymers: Synthesis and optical properties", Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2009, 47, 5208-5220.
  7. S. Nithyanandan, C. Saravanan, S. Senthil and P. Kannan, "Microwave-assisted synthesis of photochromic fulgides" J. Chemical Sciences, 2010, 122, 183-188.
  8. C. Saravanan, V. Ambili and P. Kannan, "Hydrogen-bond induced side-chain liquid crystalline polymers based on nicotinic acid derivatives", Reactive & Functional Polymers, 2010, 70, 217-222.
  9. C. Saravanan and P. Kannan, "Fluorine-substituted azobenzene destabilizes polar form of optically switchable fulgimide unit in copolymer system", Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2010, 48, 1565-1578.
  10. T. Palani, C. Saravanan and P. Kannan, "Pendant triazole ring assisted mesogen containing side chain liquid crystalline polymethacrylates: Synthesis and characterization" Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2011, 123, 81-89.
  11. E. Hrishkeasn, C. Saravanan and P. Kannan "Bis-triazole appended azobenzenes chromophore for selective sensing of copper (II) ion" Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, 2011, 50, 8225-8229.
  12. C. Saravanan, C-L. Liu, Y-M. Chang, J. Lu, Y-J. Hsieh, S-P. Rwei and L. Wang "[60]Fulleropyrrolidines Bearing π-Conjugated Moiety for Polymer Solar Cells: Contribution of the Chromophoric Substituent on C60 to Photocurrent" ACS Applied Materials Interfaces, 2012, 4, 6133 - 6141.
  13. S.-H. Jin, H. Yoo, C. Lee, C. Saravanan, Y.-S. Gal and J. W. Lee, "Synthesis and Characterization of Indolo[3,2-b]indole Based Copolymers for Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cell" Molecular Crystal and Liquid Crystal, 2014, 597, 135-145.
  14. C. Saravanan, W. Cho, Y. Kim, S-H. Jin, Y-S. Gal and J. W. Lee, "Synthesis and Characterization of 5-Hexyl-2,2-Bithiophene Based on Organic Dyes for Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Applications" Molecular Crystal and Liquid Crystal, 2014, 599, 157-162.
  15. C. Saravanan, S. Easwaramoorthi and L. Wang "Colorimetric detection of fluoride ion by 5-arylidenebarbituric acids: A dual interaction mode for fluoride ion with single receptor" Dalton Transactions, 2014, 43, 5151-5157.
  16. C. Saravanan, S. Easwaramoorthi, H. Chuen-Yo, K. Wang, M. Hayashi and L. Wang "Benzoselenadiazole Fluorescent Probes - Near IR Optical Sensing of Fluoride and Photo-physical Properties" Organic Letters, 2014, 16, 354-357.
  17. C. Saravanan, K. Kranthiraja, P. Sakthivel, K. Gunasekar, Y.-S. Gal, H. I. Kim, W.S. Shin, J. C. Lee, S.-J. Moon, J.-E. Jeong, H. Y. Woo, S.-H. Jin "Carbazole linked phenylquinoline-based fullerene derivatives as an acceptor for bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells: Effect of interfacial contacts on the device performance" Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2, 6916-6921.
  18. T. Giridhar, C. Saravanan, W. Cho, Y. G. Park, J. Y. Lee, S.-H. Jin, "Electron transporting unit linked multifunctional Ir(III) complex: A promising strategy to improve the performance of solution-processed phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes" Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 4000-4002.
  19. T. Giridhar, T.-H. Han, W. Cho, C. Saravanan, T.-W. Lee, S.-H. Jin, "An Easy Route to Achieve Red Emitting Homoleptic Ir(III) Complex for Highly Efficient Solution-Processed Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes" Chemistry-A European Journal, 2014, 20, 8260-8264.
  20. K. Elavarasan, C. Saravanan, N. Panneer Selvam, Y.-J. Hsieh, Y.-M. Chang, L. Wang "[60] Fullerene-quinoxaline, benzothiadiazole and benzoselenadiazole based dyads for thermally stable polymer solar cells: anchoring of substituent on fullerene with a poly(3-hexylthiophene) polymer chain" Polymer International, 2018, 67, 1555-1562.
  21. D. Anu, P. Naveen, S. Shyamsivappan, C. Saravanan, N. Arumugam, A. I. Almansour, C. S. Frampton, 'New palladium(II) metallates containing ON donor Schiff base ligand. synthesis, spectral characterization, x-ray crystallography, photo physical and in vitro cytotoxicity'. Journal of Molecular Structure, 2024, 1316, 139000.
  22. K. Dineshkumar, M. Kalipriyadharshini, C. Saravanan*, S. Easwaramoorthi, Substituent Position Dependent Photophysical Properties of Indole - Barbituric and Thiobarbituric Acid based Molecular Rotors, ChemistrySelect, 2024, 9, e202301776.
  23. S. Viswanathan, C. Hemanth Kumar, C. Saravanan*, 'Ecofriendly analytical quality by design-based method for determining Metronidazole, Lidocaine and Miconazole using RP-HPLC in ovules dosage form', Journal of Taibah University for Science, 2023, 17, 2252593.
  24. S. Viswanathan, C. Saravanan*, C. Hemanth Kumar, R. Seetharaman, Method development and validation of Atorvastatin, Ezetimibe and Fenofibrate using RP-HPLC along with their forced degradation studies and greenness profiling, Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 2023, 16, 219865.
  25. Y. Muralikrishna, Y. Prasad, R. Sriram, T. Giridhar, V. M. Basaveswara Rao*, R. Vikram Singh, K. Rajasekhara Prasad, C. Saravanan* "Electronic effect-dependent intramolecular non-covalent interactions on the activity of 4,4-dimethylimidazolidin-2-one pharmacophore-based androgen receptor antagonists" Chemical Biology & Drug Design, 2023, 101, 614-625.
  26. Y. Muralikrishna, Y. Prasad, R. Sriram, T. Giridhar, V. M. Basaveswara Rao*, R. Vikram Singh, K. Rajasekhara Prasad, C. Saravanan*, Discovery of Easily Synthesizable 4,4-Dimethylimidazolidin-2-ones as Potent Androgen Receptor Antagonists for Prostate Cancer, ChemistrySelect, 2021, 6, 8741-8745.
  27. Y. Muralikrishna, Y. Prasad, R. Sriram, N. Ayyadurai, C. Saravanan*, M. V. Basaveswara Rao, K. R. S. Prasad, "Design and synthesis of novel tetrahydrofuran cyclic urea derivatives as androgen receptor antagonists" Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2020, 132, 136.
  28. T. Kojima, T. Nakae, Z. Xu, C. Saravanan, K. Watanabe, Y. Nakamura, H. Sakaguchi (2019), "Bottom - Up On - Surface Synthesis of Two - Dimensional Graphene Nanoribbon Networks and Their Thermoelectric Properties" Chemistry-An Asian Journal, 2019, 14, 4400-4407.
  29. K. Elavarasan, C. Saravanan*, N. Paneer Selvam, S. Easwaramoorthi, "Benzothiadiazole-Based Diarylamines as a Fluoride Sensor: Prevention of Fluoride Induced Decomposition of Receptor Molecule by Complex Formation with Cu2+" ChemistrySelect, 2018, 3.

Conference Publications

  1. K. Dineshkumar and C. Saravanan* (2022), "Position Dependent Photophysical Properties of Indole - Barbituric and Thiobarbituric Acid Derivatives" Recent Advances in Chemistry RAC 22, Sona College of Arts and Science, Salem
  2. K. Elavarasan and C. Saravanan* (2016), "The effect of chromophoric groups on follerene acceptor towards the thermal stability and efficiency of organic solar cells", The 7th International Symposium of Advanced Energy Science-Frontiers of Zero Emission Energy, Kyoto University, Yoshida Campus, Kyoto, Japan (Invited Talk).
  3. C. Saravanan and Leeyih Wang (2012) "Development of fulleropyrrolidine with chromophoric groups as electron acceptor for polymer solar cells" Presented in a seminar at Centre for Condensed Matter Sciences (CCMS), National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
  4. C. Saravanan and P. Kannan (2009) "Fluorine substitude azobenzene destabilizes polar-form of optically switchable fulgimide unit in the co-polymer systems" 6th Singapore international chemical conference (SICC-6), Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore (December 15-18).
  5. C. Saravanan and P. Kannan (2008), 'Dual mode photochromic side chain co-poly (decyloxymethacrylate)s composed of "click chemistry" assisted triazole ring substituted side chain liquid crystalline azobenzene and fulgimide units', 15th National Conference on Liquid Crystals at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (October 13-15).
  6. C. Saravanan, C.K.V. Lakshmi and S. Senthil. (2006), 'Synthesis and characterization of symmetrical chiral liquid crystal dimers', 13th National Conference on Liquid Crystals at Department of Studies in Physics, Manasagangotri, Mysore, p. 15 (October 9-11).

Research Projects (funded projects)

  1. SERB-CRG (Rs. 37,20,200 Lakhs) from April 2024 - March 2027
    Title: Development of fly ash-based self-healing super-hydrophobic spray-type nano coating for the prevention of flashover of high voltage insolators
  2. SERB-TARE (Rs. 18 Lakhs) from October 2022 - October 2025
    Title: Development of molecular thermometer
  3. SERB Young Scientist (Rs. 24,50,000) from 10.09.2015 to 30.11.2018
    Title: Conjugated low band gap polymers and small molecules for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells: The effect of mobile morphology on the photovoltaic properties

Membership:

  1. Indian Liquid Crystal Society
  2. Indian Society of Systems for Science & Engineering (ISSE)

Research IDs:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57207799426
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4595-6551

Awards & Recognitions

  1. Senior Research Fellow by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, Government of India, 2008.
  2. DST-Young Scientist, 2014.
  3. Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Energy, Uji Campus, Kyoto University
    Duration: 01/07/2016 to 30/09/2016
  4. INSA Visiting Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam
    Duration: 15/06/2018 to 28/08/2018
  5. Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Energy, Uji Campus, Kyoto University
    Duration: 01/04/2019 to 30/06/2019