Dept of Physics - Cochin University of Science and Technology

Senoy Thomas

Assistant Professor

Phone: +91484286245

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Dr. Senoy Thomas joined the Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) as an Assistant professor in June 2017. Before joining CUSAT, he worked as an Inspire Faculty in the Materials Science and Technology Division at CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram, India. He also worked as a post-doctoral scientist at the Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany during 2010-2013 (Advisor: Prof. Manfred Albrecht). His research interests are in magnetism and magnetic materials, with a special focus on interfacial exchange coupling phenomena. Senoy Thomas received his Ph.D. in Physics from Cochin University of Science and Technology, India (Advisor: Prof. M R Anantharaman) in 2010 and M.Sc from St. Thomas College, Kozhencherry, Kerala, India, and B.Sc from St. Thomas college, Ranni, Kerala, India. Senoy Thomas has more than 50 publications in international journals and is a reviewer for many international journals

Topics of Research

Magnetic Nanostructures, Magnetocaloric Materials, Micromagnetic Simulations, Permanent Magnets, Spintronics

Awards

INSPIRE FACULTY AWARD, DST, 2013

Early Carrier Reseach Award, SERB, 2018

DAAD Scholarship-Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists, DAAD, 2021

Young Scientist Award, Melpadom Attumalil endowment, 2019

Projects

Reconfigurable magnetic vortices on curved surfaces, SERB-ECR, 54 Lakhs (25-10-2018 - 24-10-2021)

Development of Rare earth free exchange spring magnets for energy applications, UGC-BSR Start-up grant, 10 Lakhs (2019-06-02 - 2022-05-02)

Nanostructured permanent magnets based on hybrid hard-soft ferrites, Seed Money for New Research Initiatives (SMNRI, CUSAT), 4 Lakhs (2017-02-11 - 2019-01-11)

Exchange biased magnetic heterostructures, DST-INSPIRE, 35 Lakhs (2017 - 2018)

Magnetic Spin Vortices on Curved Geometries, DST-DAAD, 5.15 Lakhs (27-09-2021 - 26-09-2023)

Collaboration

Effect of shell thickness on the exchange bias blocking temperature and coercivity in Co-CoO core-shell nanoparticles, 1. Materials Science and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India 2. Department of Physics, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Synthesis of surfactant free stable nanofluids based on barium hexaferrite by pulsed laser ablation in liquid, Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Pedro de Alba s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolás de Los Garza, Nuevo León, México

Two-Dimensional Amorphous Cr2O3 Modified Metallic 2 Electrodes for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad Hyderabad Sy. No 36/P, Serilingampally Mandal, Telangana 500107, India

Two-Dimensional Amorphous Cr2O3 Modified Metallic 2 Electrodes for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering Rice University Houston, TX 77005, USA

Two-Dimensional Amorphous Cr2O3 Modified Metallic 2 Electrodes for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur 721302, India

Tuning the Structural Transitions and Magnetocaloric Response in Gd5Si1.7Ge2.3 Alloys Through Cobalt Addition, Materials Science and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695 019, India Department of Physics, IIT Mumbai, Mumbai 400076, India

Bistability of magnetic states in Fe-Pd nanocap arrays, Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, Universitätsstrasse 1, D-86159 Augsburg, Germany Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenberg str. 3, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland

Single Step Grown NiFe Sponges as Efficient Water Splitting Electrocatalysts in Alkaline Medium, Department of Chemistry, GLA University, Mathura- 281 406, UP, India, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - Hyderabad, Sy. No. 36/P, Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Mandal,Hyderabad-500 107

Enhanced thermoelectric performance of nanostructured manganese telluride via antimony doping, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore, 452001, India

Cryogenic magnetocaloric effect of cobalt hydroxide nanoparticles embedded in a nonmagnetic polymer matrix, Materials Science and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Interface assisted strain-induced magnetoelectric coupling in core-shell nanostructures of CoFe2O4 @ZnO, Department of Physics, St. Teresa’s College, Cochin 682011, India Department of Physics, Pondicherry University, R. Venkataraman Nagar, Kalapet, Pondicherry 605014 India Department of Physics, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod 671316, India

PhD/Project Students

Navya Joseph, PhD, Hard Magnets (2018)

Anija Mary, PhD, Micromagnetic Simulations (2018)

Shan Abraham Sam, PhD, Project, Magnetic Vortices (2019)

Ruchira V Bhat, Project, Exchange bias (2017 - 2018)

Publications

Magnetization reversal in shape asymmetric permalloy nanocaps, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2021.167995

Ultra-high Seebeck coefficient of nanostructured Sb-substituted PbTe and fabrication of a thermoelectric generator module, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12034-020-02262-9

Single Step Grown NiFe Sponges as Efficient Water Splitting Electrocatalysts in Alkaline Medium, https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202000112

Enhanced thermoelectric performance of nanostructured manganese telluride via antimony doping, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.155374

Cryogenic magnetocaloric effect of cobalt hydroxide nanoparticles embedded in a nonmagnetic polymer matrix, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2020.109527

Interface assisted strain-induced magnetoelectric coupling in core-shell nanostructures of CoFe2O4@ZnO, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2020.167252

Engineering Nanostructured Spinel Ferrites by co-substitution for Total Water Electrolysis by Preferential Exposure of Metal Cations on the Surface, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SE00561D

Two-Dimensional Amorphous Cr2O3 Modified Metallic Electrodes for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, https://doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201900025

Tuning the Structural Transitions and Magnetocaloric Response in Gd_5Si_1.7Ge2.3 Alloys Through Cobalt Addition, 10.1109/TMAG.2019.2924941

Bistability of magnetic states in Fe-Pd nanocap arrays, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ab2d7f

Influence of Fe addition on the microstructure, magnetic properties and magnetocaloric behavior of Gd5Si1.7Ge2.3, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2019.106629

Synthesis of surfactant free stable nanofluids based on barium hexaferrite by pulsed laser ablation in liquid, 10.1039/C8RA02754D

Magnetocaloric effect and critical behavior study in NiMnSnIn Heusler alloys, 10.1016/j.intermet.2018.06.003

Effect of shell thickness on the exchange bias blocking temperature and coercivity in Co-CoO core-shell nanoparticles, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4997883

Nanocomposite Permanent Magnets Based on SrFe12O19-Fe3O4 Hard-Soft Ferrites, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-021-06070-y

Ferroelectric-Ferromagnetic Heterostructures based on Sodium Substituted Lanthanum Manganite Thin films deposited on PMN-PT substrate by Pulsed Laser Deposition, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2021.168484

Radio frequency plasma assisted surface modification of Fe3O4 nanoparticles using polyaniline/polypyrrole for bioimaging and magnetic hyperthermia applications, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10856-021-06563-1

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