National Centre for Plasma Science Technology

Biographical Details:

Satheesh Krishnamurthy holds B.Sc and M.Sc Physics from University of Madras, India. He spent 2 years with Energy Research company in India (SPIC Ltd) , where he held a Junior Resaerch Associate and Research Engineer positions and involved mainly in the development of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells for hybrid electric vehicle systems. He holds a PhD from University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, in the area of Surface Science properties of Nanostructured Systems. Following his PhD, he spent 4 years of Research Fellow positions at the School of Physics and Centre for Research in Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices and involved various challenging projects which includes EuFP6 program called Desygn IT,an European consortium of 16 academic institutions and 5 companies. Since 2008, he joined as a Research officer through Integrated Nanoscience Platform for Ireland program at the National centre for plasma science and technology and RINCE. He also led few delegation to India and a member of Executive India working group.

Research Interests:

1.Understanding the electronic and optical properties of nanomaterials 2. Preparation of hard coating of nitrides by PLD and other physical an chemical techniques. 3. Application of silicon nanocrystals and other metal nanoparticles for photovoltaic applications 4. Electroactive bio films for microbial fuel cells

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• K.V. Rajani, S.Daniels, P.J. McNaly and S. Krishnamurthy*. 2012. Soft X-ray spectroscopic investigation of UV light emitting Zn doped CuCl thin films. Journal Of Applied Physics,
• M Novotný, J Čí¿ek, R Ku¿el, J Bulíř, J Lančok, J Connolly, E McCarthy, S Krishnamurthy, J-P Mosnier, W Anwand, G Brauer. 2012. Structural characterization of ZnO thin films grown on various substrates by pulsed laser deposition. Journal Of Physics Condensed Matter,
• M. Ramani, S Ponnusamy, C Muthamizhchelvan, E.Marsili, J. Cullen and S. Krishnamurthy*. 2012. Synthesis of zinc oxide nanostructures and their role as cationic biocide. Nanotechnology,
• S. Krishnamurthy, Yu.V. Butenko, V.R. Dhanak, M.R.C. Hunt and L. ¿iller. 2012. In situ formation of onion-like carbon from the evaporation of ultra dispersed nanodiamonds.
• Anand Jain, Xiaoming Zhang, Gabriele Pastorella, Jack O Connolly, Niamh Barry, Robert Woolley, Satheesh Krishnamurthy and Enrico Marsili. 2012. Electron transfer mechanism in Shewanella loihica PV- 4 biofilms formed at ITO electrode. Bioelectrochemistry,
• Anand Jain, Xiaoming Zhang, Gabriele Pastorella, Jack O Connolly, Niamh Barry, Robert Woolley, Satheesh Krishnamurthy and Enrico Marsili. 2011. Electron transfer mechanism in Shewanella loihica PV- 4 biofilms formed at graphite electrode. Bioelectrochemistry,
• D. Moore, S. Krishnamurthy,* Y. Chao, Q. Wang, D. Brabazon, and P. J. McNally. 2010. Characteristics of silicon nanocrystals for photovoltaic applications. Physica Status Solidi A-applied Research,
• J. Connolly, E. McCarthy, A. Jain, G. Gazzola, S. Krishnamurthy, E. Marsili and J-P. Mosnier. 2010. "Laser produced thin film layers for viable Electro active bio films". Applied Surface Science, in press,
• M. Novotny, J.Bulir, J. Lancok, J. Connolly, E. McCarthy, S. Krishnamurthy, J.-P. Mosnier, D. Najdek, M. Skeren and R. Kuzel,. 2010. "Optical and structural properties of ultra thin ZnO films prepared by pulsed laser deposition". Applied Surface Science, in press,
• S. Krishnamurthy, C. McGuinness, B. Kennedy, F. McGee, L. S. Dorneles, M. Venkatesan, J. M. D. Coey, J. G. Lunney, T. Learmonth, P. A. Glans, K. E. Smith, T. Schmitt. 2010. RESONANT SOFT X-RAY EMISSION AND X-RAY ABSORPTION STUDIES ON Ga1-xMnxN GROWN BY PULSED LASER DEPOSITION. Physica Status Solidi A-applied Research,
• Martin Schreiber, Tarek Lutz, Gareth P. Keeley, Shishir Kumar, Markus Boese, Satheesh Krishnamurthy and Georg S. Duesberg. 2010. Transparent ultrathin conducting carbon films. Applied Surface Science, 256, , pp6186-.
• B. Arnold, S. Krishnamurthy, B. Kennedy, D. Cockburn, D. McNally, J. G. Lunney, R. Gunning, M. Venkatesan, J. Alaria, J. M. D. Coey, C. McGuinness and J.-H. Guo,. 2009. "Growth and characterisation of Al1-xCrxN thin films by RF plasma assisted pulsed laser deposition",e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology, 7, 497-502, 2009.
• A.C. Brieva,L. Alves,S.Krishnamurthy and L.Siller. 2009. "Gold surface with gold nitride- a surface enhanced Raman scattering substrate. Journal Of Applied Physics, 105, , pp054302-1-054302-4.
• L. Siller, S Krishnamurthy, L Kjeldgaard,BR Horrocks ,Y. Chao,A. Houlton, A K Chakraborty and MRC Hunt. 2009. "Core and valence exciton formation in x-ray absorption,x-ray emission and x-ray excited optical luminescence from passivated Si nanocrystals at the Si L2,3 edge ". Journal Of Physics Condensed Matter, 21, , pp095005-.
• N. Peltekis, B. N. Holland, S. Krishnamurthy, I. T. McGovern, N. R. J. Poolton, S. Patel and C. McGuinness. 2008. Electronic and Optical Properties of Magnesium Phthalocyanine (MgPc) Solid Films Studied by Soft X-Ray Excited Optical Luminescence and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopies,Journal of American Chemical Society. 130, , pp13008-.
• S. Krishnamurthy, T.Donnelly, N. McEvoy, W. J. Blau, J.G.Lunney, A.S. Teh, K.B.K. Teo and W.I.Milne. 2008. Growth of single walled nanotubes using Fe nanoparticles deposited by PLD, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 8, , pp5748-.
• Yenny Hernandez, Valeria Nicolosi, Mustafa Lotya, Fiona M. Blighe, Zhenyu Sun, Sukanta De, I. T. McGovern, Brendan Holland, Michele Byrne, Yurii K. Gun'Ko, John J. Boland, Peter Niraj, Georg Duesberg, Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Robbie Goodhue, John Hutchison, Vittorio Scardaci, Andrea C. Ferrari, Jonathan N. Coleman,. 2008. High-yield production of graphene by liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite" Nature Nanotechnology. 3, , pp563-.
• Yu.V.Butenko,A.K.Chakraborty, N. Peltekis, S. Krishnamurthy, V. R. Dhanak and L. Siller. 2008. "Potassium intercalation of carbon onions 'opened' by carbon dioxide treatment",Carbon. 46, , pp1133-.
• Sharon M. King, Shweta Chaure, Satheesh Krishnamurthy Werner J. Blau, Alan Colli Andrea C. Ferrari. 2008. "Optical properties of silicon nanowires" Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 8, , pp4202-4206.
• T. Donnelly, S. Krishnamurthy, N. McEvoy and J. G. Lunney. 2007. "Pulsed laser deposition of gold nanoparticles on silicon substrates",. Applied Surface Science, 254, , pp1303-.
• ValeriaNicolosi,Peter.Nellist,Stefano Sanvito,Eireann C.Cosgriff, Satheesh Krishnamurthy,WernerJ.Blau, Malcolm L.H.Green, Damjan Vengust, Damjan Dvorsek, Dragan Mihailovic,Giuseppe Compagnini, Jeremy Sloan, VladStolojan, J.David Carey, Stephen J.Pennycook,and Jonathan N.Coleman. 2007. Observation of van der Waals driven self assembly of MoSI nanowires into a low symmetry structure using aberration corrected electron microscopy,Advanced Materials. 19, , pp543-.
• Y. Chao, L. Siller, S. Krishnamurthy, P. R. Coxon, U. Bangert, M. Gass, L. Kjeldgaard, S. N. Patole, L. H. Lie, N. O¿Farrell, T. A. Alsop, A. Houlton and B. R. Horrocks. 2007. "Evaporation and deposition of undecyl-capped silicon nanocrystals in ultrahigh vacuum",Nature Nanotechnology,2, 486, (2007).
• S.Krishnamurthy,C.McGuinness,L.S.Dorneles,M.Venkatesan,J.M.D.Coey, J.G.Lunney,C.H.Patterson, K.E.Smith, T.Learmonth, P.-A.Glans, T.Schmitt, J.-H.Guo. 2006. "Soft x-ray spectroscopic investigation of ferromagnetic Co-doped ZnO". Journal Of Applied Physics, 99, , pp08M111-.
• Yu. V. Butenko, L. Alves, J. Yang, S. Krishnamurthy and L. Siller. 2006. X-ray induced decomposition of gold nitride. Chemical Physics Letters, 430, , pp89-.
• L. ¿iller, N. Peltekis, S. Krishnamurthy, Y. Chao, S. J. Bull and M. R. C. Hunt. 2005. Gold film with gold nitride-A conductor but harder than gold. Applied Physics Letters, 86, , pp221912-.
• Y. Chao, S. Krishnamurthy, M. Montalti, L. H. Lie, A. Houlton, B. R. Horrocks, L. Kjeldgaard , V. R. Dhanak, M. R. C. Hunt and L.Siller. 2005. Reactions and luminescence in passivated Si nanocrystallites induced by vacuum ultraviolet and soft-x-ray photons. Journal Of Applied Physics, 98, , pp044316-.
• Yu. V. Butenko, S. Krishnamurthy, A. K. Chakraborty, V. L. Kuznetsov, V. R. Dhanak, M. R. C. Hunt and L. ¿iller. 2005. Photoemission study of onion like carbons produced by annealing nanodiamonds. Physical Review B-condensed Matter, 71, , pp075420-.
• S. Krishnamurthy, M. Montalti, M. G. Wardle, M. J. Shaw, P. R. Briddon, K. Svensson, M. R. C. Hunt, and L. ¿iller. 2004. Nitrogen ion irradiation of Au (110): Photoemission spectroscopy and possible crystal structures of gold nitride". Physical Review B-condensed Matter, 70, , pp045414-.
• M. Montalti, S. Krishnamurthy, Y. Chao, Yu. V. Butenko, V. L. Kuznetsov, V. R. Dhanak, M. R. C. Hunt and L. ¿iller. 2003. Photoemission spectroscopy of clean and potassium-intercalated carbon onions. Physical Review B-condensed Matter, 67, , pp113401-.
• M. R. C. Hunt, M. Montalti, S. Krishnamurthy, V. R. Dhanak and L. ¿iller. 2002. Thermally induced decomposition of single-wall carbon nanotubes adsorbed on H/Si(111). Applied Physics Letters, 81, , pp4847-.

• Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Nanomaterials and smart properties , Nanomeet 2012, 18-FEB-12 - 19-FEB-12, Chennai, India
• Satheesh Krishnnamurthy, Soft X-ray spectroscopy an effective probe for Nanostructured systems - Exploring Endless possibilities, International conference on Recent Trends in Advanced Materials, 08-FEB-12 - 12-FEB-12, Vellore, India
• Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Plasma processing of materials and its impact on surface science, Element 6 (Debeers company), 06-AUG-11 - 07-AUG-11, UK
• Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Soft X-ray spectroscopy an effective tool to probe Nanostructured systems, International Conference on fundamental & applications of nano science & technology (ICFANT) , 09-DEC-10 - 11-DEC-10, Jadhavpur, Kolkatta
• Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Novel Materials for Nanoelectronic Devices, Bangalore Nano, 08-DEC-10 - 10-DEC-10, Bangalore Nano
• Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Inspirational Lecture Series on Nanotechnology, Bangalore Nano, 08-DEC-10 - 10-DEC-10, Bangalore, Karnatakka, India
• J. Connolly, A. Jain, G. Gazzola2, S. Krishnamurthy, E. Marsili, J-P. Mosnier, Zinc oxide and indium tin oxide thin films for the growth and characterisation of electroactive biofilms, In: Ionna Zergiotti ed.European Materials Research Society, 07-JUL-10 - 11-JUL-10,
• Michal Novotny,Jiri Bulir,Jan Lancok,Jack Connolly,Eanna McCarthy,Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Jean-Paul Mosnier,David Najdek,Marek Skeren,Radomir Kuzel,, OPTICAL AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF ULTRATHIN ZnO FILMS PREPARED BY PULSED LASER DEPOSITION, European Material Research Society, 07-JUL-10 - 11-JUL-10,
• Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Brian Kennedy, Fintan McGee, M. Venkatesan, J.M.D. Coey,James G. Lunney,Timothy Learmonth, Kevin E. Smith, Thorsten Schmitt and Cormac McGuinness, Resonant soft x-ray emission and x-ray absorption studies on Ga1-xMnxN grown by pulsed laser deposition, In: Dimitri Alexandropoulos ed.European Material Research Society, 07-JUL-10 - 11-JUL-10, Strasbourg
• David Moore, Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Dermot Brabazon, Yimin Chao and Patrick McNally, Characteristics of silicon nanocrystals for photovoltaic appli-cations, In: Jan Valeta ed.European Materials Research Society, 07-JUL-10 - 11-JUL-10, Strasbourg
• Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Soft X-ray Spectroscopy- A powerful tool to probe Nanostructed systems, In: Bulletin of Material Science ed.Recent Trends in Materials and Characterization (RETMAC), 14-FEB-10 - 15-FEB-10, Karnataka, India
• Satheesh Krishnamurthy and Jean-Paul Mosnier, , Integrated Nanoscience Platform for Ireland, 21-NOV-09 - 21-NOV-09, Cork
• Satheesh Krishnamurthy,Kumar Kumarappan, Gerg Hughes and Jean-Paul Mosnier, Gold Nitride- Preparation, properties and possible applications, European Material Research Society, 08-JUN-09 - 12-JUN-09, Strassbourg, France
• S. Krishnamurthy,T. Donnelly,N. McEvoy, J. Lunney, W.J. Blau, W.I. Milne, "Growth of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes using pulsed laser deposition grown Fe nanoparticles", Advanced Nanomaterials Conference, , 11-JAN-07 - 14-JAN-07, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India
• Sharon.M. King, S. Chaure, S. Krishnamurthy, A. Coli,A. Ferrrari, W.J. Blau, "Optical characterisation of oxide encapsulated silicon nanowires of various morphologies, Advanced Nanomaterials, 11-JAN-07 - 14-JAN-07, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India
• S. Krishnamurthy,F. McGee,C. McGuinness,J. Lunney,M. Venkatesan,L. S. Dornles and JMD Coey, Resonant soft x-ray emission and x-ray absorption studies on Ga1-xMnxN grown by pulsed laser deposition", International conference on Magnetism, 20-AUG-06 - 25-AUG-06, Koyoto, Japan
• S. Krishnamurthy, C. McGuiness, M. Venkatesan,J. Lunney, T. Schmitt,, Soft x-ray spectroscopic investigation of ferromagnetic Co-doped ZnO, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 30-OCT-05 - 03-NOV-05, Sanjose, California, Unites States of America
• S. Krishnamurthy,K. Sevensson, M. Montalti, M.R.C.Hunt and L.Siller,, Gold Nitride- A Novel Material, Nanomnaterials and Nanomanufacutring, 15-DEC-03 - 16-DEC-03, Royal Society, London, UK
• S. Krishnamurthy, M.Montalti,K. Svensson, M.R.C.Hunt and L.Siller, Gold Nitride better than gold?, Hard X-ray Photoemission, 10-SEP-03 - 13-SEP-03, European Synchrotron Facility, Grenoble, France
• Yu.V.Butenko,S. Krishnamurthy, A.K. Chakraborty,M.R.C. Hunt and L.Siller, Photoemission spectroscopy of Carbon Onions, Nanotechnology in Carbon & Related Materials, 27-AUG-03 - 30-AUG-03, Sussex, UK
• S. Krishnamurthy, M.R.C. Hunt and L.Siller, Gold Nitride-A Novel Material, Condensed Matter and Material Physics, 06-APR-03 - 09-APR-03, Queens University, Belfast