Dr. C. Kanagaraj

Post Doctoral Fellow
Nanotechnology Research Centre

Dr. C. Kanagaraj, currently working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Nanotechnology Research Centre, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai. He obtained his Ph. D degree from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, in the year 2022. His main research interest is to predict and explore the novel advanced functional materials such as Half-metallic Heusler alloys, Multiferroic materials, Metal-oxides, 2D-Dichalcogenide materials, Thermoelectric materials, Electrocatalysts and materials at bulk, thin film and nano level for technological applications through first-principles DFT calculations and experiments. As of now, he has published 12 research articles in various reputed international journals in his credit.

As a volunteer member, organized the AFMD-2024 conference - February 26-29, 2024, by Nanotechnology Research centre, SRMIST, Kattankulathur- 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.
OSA Travel Grant: To attend IONS-7 Meet, OSA Student leadership meet & International FiO/LS conference. (Oct 2nd – Oct 10th 2013) President of NITT-OSA chapter.
Member of Optical Society of America (NITT-OSA) and International Society for Optics and Photonics (NITT–SPIE). As a member and Office-bearer of NITT-SPIE and NITT-OSA (President 2013) Student Chapters, organized many programs like Outreach school programs for Tribal students, School Programs at NIT-Trichy, Workshops, and Conferences.
Treasurer of NITT-SPIE and NITT-OSA chapter. As an organizer and Treasurer, organized reputed "National Conference on Advanced Materials and Application" (NCAMA-2013) on April 4-5, 2013 by NITT-SPIE and NITT-OSA Student Chapters, Department of Physics, NIT-Trichy.

M. Saran, V. Vijay, C. Kanagaraj, M. Navaneethan, P Justin Jesuraj, J Archana, Regulating lattice dynamics via reinforced miscibility gap in Mg2Si0.6Sn0.4 solid solution for thermoelectric application, Materials Research Bulletin-(2025).
T Govindaraj, C Kanagaraj, E Senthil Kumar, M Navaneethan, Synergistic interfacial dynamics of CoFe-LDH@ ZnCo2O4 as robust hybrid heterostructures for sustainable water electrolysis, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 121, 361-374, (2025).
Kanagaraj C, Senthil kumar E, Prakash M and Navaneethan M, Unveiling the half-metallic features of IrMnCrZ (Z = Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn, P, As and Sb) alloys for spintronic applications, Phys. Scr. 100 055517, (2025).
Parvathi Krishna, V. Vijay, C. Kanagaraj, J. Archana, S. Ponnusamy, M. Navaneethan, Probing the band structure and phonon dynamics in Fe mediated Cu2SnS3 for thermoelectric applications, Appl. Phys. Lett. 126, 074104 (2025). (Nature Index)
M. Arockia Jenisha, S. Kavirajan, S. Harish, C. Kanagaraj, E. Senthil Kumar, J. Archana, N. Wakiya, M. Navaneethan*, Coupling of band shift and phase transition for enhanced electrical conductivity in p-type metallic CuS towards mid-temperature thermoelectric application, emergent mater. 7, 171–186 (2024).
Kanagaraj C and Baskaran N, Influence of main-group elements on structural, electronic, magnetic and half-metallic properties of DO3-type Mn3Z (Z = Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn, P, As and Sb) alloys - A DFT study, Computational Condensed Matter 38 (2024) e00871.
Kanagaraj C and Baskaran N, Theoretical Investigation of Half-Metallic Ferrimagnetic Heusler alloys: The case of DO3-type Cr3Z (Z = P, As, Sb, S, Se and Te), J. Supercond. Nov. Magn., (2022) 35, 763-776.
Kanagaraj C and Baskaran N, First principles calculations of 3d-4d transition metal based LiMgPdSn-type FeCrRuZ (Z = Al, Ga, In, Si) equiatomic quaternary Heusler alloys, Comput. Mater. Sci. (2021) 188, 110116.
Sathya Sheela S, Kanagaraj C and Baskaran N, Ab initio Investigations of A-site Doping on the Structure and Electric Polarization of HoMnO3", AIP Conf Proc (2015) 1665, 090026-1.
Sathya Sheela S, Kanagaraj C and Baskaran N, Theoretical investigations of structural and magnetic ground state stability of BiMnO3, Physics Procedia (2014) 54, 132.
S. Sheela Sathya, Kanagaraj C, and Baskaran N, Electric polarization in ferromagnetic Bi1/2As1/2MnO3: A first principle study, AIP Conf Proc (2014), 1591, 1663.
Kanagaraj C and Baskaran N, Ab-initio Electronic Structure Studies of CuO Multiferroics, Advanced Materials Research (2012) 488-489, 129.

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ckrajan.physics@gmail.com
kanagarc@srmist.edu.in

Experimental and DFT analysis of different materials for thermoelectric and Electrocatalytic applications

UG	Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi, India (2004-2007)
PG	Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed University), Dindigul, India (2007-2009)
*PHD*	National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchirappalli, India (2022)
*Experience*	Post-Doctoral Fellow at Nanotechnology Research Centre, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India (2022-Present)

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