Dr. Libu K. Alexander Associate Professor & Head of the dept. Email: Personal Web Page

Academic Qualifications:

• Ph. D. Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
• M. Sc. Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology.
• B.Sc. Physics,  Bishop Moore College, University of Kerala.

Research Topics:

Functional Materials, Environmental Remediation, Graphene, Magnetism, Chemical/Bio Sensors, Metamaterials

Academic and Administrative Responsibilities (at present):

• Head of the department, Dept. of Physics
• Director, Centre for Photonics, School of Physical Sciences
  
• Academic Director, Calicut University Institute of Engineering and Technology
• Member, PG Physics, University Board of Studies.
• Member, Optometry (single board), University Board of Studies.
• Member, Photonics (single board), University Board of Studies.
• Ambassador, Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK
  

Academic positions held:

• Associate Professor, Dept of Physics, University of Calicut (Since May 2023)
• Assistant Professor, Dept of Physics, University of Calicut (March 2012 - May 2023)
• Assistant Professor, Dept of Physics, UC College, Aluva (March 2011 to March 2012)
• Post Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, ARC centre of excellence, University of New South Wales, Australia (August 2008 to January 2011)
• Post Doctoral Fellow, Laborataire de Physique des Solides (LPS), Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, Paris, France (July 2007 to August 2008)

Publications (selected):

1. Serum Level Biosensing of Uric Acid Using RGO-Au Nanocomposite Based On UV–Vis Spectroscopy., Aruna Unnikrishnan, Libu K. Alexander, Plasmonics 20 (11), 10527-10534 (2025)
2. Dual-functional MnS nanomaterials: Efficient adsorbent for phosphate removal and sonocatalyst for textile dye degradation, Sravandas P, Libu K. Alexander, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 196,112409 (2025).
3. 3D-Micro-Flower like BiOBrCl Nanoplate Solid Solution: A facile and rapid room-temperature synthesis with excellent photocatalytic decomposition of antibiotics in water.P. Sravandas, Libu K. Alexander, Colloids and Surfaces A,  Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 135748, (2024).
4. A novel polymer nanocomposite system for rapid dimethyl phthalate toxicity removal. Anju, K., Libu K. Alexander, Polymer Bulletin (2024).
5. Isotype BiVO₄ heterostructure and the effect of photo-sono induced electron-hole pair, P. Sravandas, Libu K. Alexander, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering,12 (5),113240,(2024)
6. The concentration-dependent effect of NaOH on graphene oxide: Revisited as a reducing agent, Aruna Unnikrishnan, Libu K. Alexander, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids,190,111978,(2024)
7.  Ascorbic acid sensing utilizing graphene oxide based on UV–Visible bathochromic shift, Unnikrishnan, A., Megha, V. & Alexander, L.K, J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 904 (2024)
8. Extremely low-frequency plasmonic state achieved in AC-ZnO polymer composite for tuned negative permittivity applications, Anju K, Libu K. Alexander, Materials Research Bulletin,172,112649 (2024)
9. Organic dye sequestration using Graphene Oxide–Activated Carbon (GOAC) composite unaided by linker molecule, Unnikrishnan, A., Alexander, L.K., J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 417 (2024)
10. Fast catalytic degradation of an industrial surfactant driven by Hemi-micellization on facile synthesized CuS nanoflower, P. Sravandas, L. K. Alexander, Emergent mater. 7, 209–220 (2024)
11. Role of functional groups and morphology on the pH-dependent adsorption of a cationic dye using banana peel, orange peel, and neem leaf bio-adsorbents, B Thomas, Shilpa, E.P. & L K Alexander, Emergent mater. 4, 1479–1487 (2021)
12. Removal of Pb2+ and Cd2+ toxic heavy metal ions driven by Fermi level modification in NiFe2O4–Pd nano hybrids, B Thomas, LK Alexander, J. Sol. State Chem. 288, 121417 (2020).
13. Nanoreactor based enhancement of photocatalysis with Co0.7Zn0.3Fe2O4@ SrTiO3 core-shell nanocomposites, B.Thomas, L. K. Alexander, J. Alloys and Comp. 788, 257-266(2019).
14. Strain induced optical properties of perovskite LaFeO3. Vidyarajan N, L. K. Alexander, Mat. Res. Express 6, 015610 (2018).
15. Enhanced synergetic effect of Cr(VI) ion removal and anionic dye degradation with superparamagnetic cobalt ferrite meso– macroporous nanospheres, B.Thomas, L. K. Alexander, Appl. Nanosci. 8, 125-135 (2018).
16. Graphene/BiVO4/TiO2 nanocomposite: tuning band gap energies for superior photocatalytic activity under visible light, A.R, Nanakkal, L. K. Alexander, J. Mat. Sci. 52, 7997(2017).
17. Photocatalytic activity of graphene/ZnO nanocomposite fabricated by two-step electrochemical route. A.R, Nanakkal, L. K. Alexander, J. Chem. Sci. 129, 95 (2017).
18. Impurity effects in coupled-ladder BiCu₂PO₆ studied by NMR and quantum Monte Carlo simulations, L. K. Alexander, J. Bobroff, A. V. Mahajan, B. Koteswararao, N. Laflorencie, F.Alet, Phys. Rev. B 81, 054438/1-9 (2010).
19. Doping effects in the coupled, two-leg spin ladder BiCu₂PO₆, B. Koteswararao, A. V. Mahajan, L. K. Alexander, J. Bobroff, J. Phys-Cond. Matt. 22, 035601/1-9 (2010).
20. Low Temperature nuclear orientation studies of the magnetic structures of RNiAl₄ in applied magnetic fields, W.D. Hutchison, L. K. Alexander, K. Nishimura, Hyperfine Interactions(springer) 197:111–115 (2010).
21. Impurity-Induced Magnetic Order in Low-Dimensional Spin-Gapped Materials, J. Bobroff, N. Laflorencie, L. K. Alexander, A. V. Mahajan, B. Koteswararao, P. Mendels, Phys. Rev. Letters 103, 047201/1-4 (2009).
22. Vortex dynamics and frustration in two-dimensional triangular chromium lattices, M. Hemmida, H.-A. Krug von Nidda, N. Büttgen, A. Loidl, L. K. Alexander, R. Nath, V. Mahajan, R. F. Berger, R. J. Cava, Yogesh Singh, and D. C. Johnston, Phys. Rev. B 80, 054406/1-5 (2009).
23. Spin dynamics in Heisenberg triangular antiferromagnets: A μSR study of LiCrO₂, Olariu, P. Mendels, F. Bert, L. K. Alexander, A. V. Mahajan, A. D. Hillier, A.Amato, Phys. Rev. B 79, 224401/1-5 (2009).
24. ⁷Li NMR studies on the triangular lattice system LiCrO₂, L. K. Alexander, N. Buttgen, R. Nath, A. V. Mahajan, A. Loidl, Phys. Rev. B 76, 064429/1-8 (2007).

Research Group:

Postdoctoral fellow:

1.  Dr. Dhanya M, PhD (NIIST), CM-PDF (Affordable Phthalate quantification sensor development)

PhD Students:

1. Reshmi KP. (Electrochemical sensing)
2. Shahana Sherin (Fluorescence sensing)
3. Krishna Rajan (Optical Thermometry)
4. Vidhya Vijayan (van der Walls nanostructures for ratiometric sensing)

PhD awarded:

1. Ahamad Raseen Nanakkal (Graphene- Metal Oxide Nanocomposites for Photocatalysis
2. Vidyarajan N (Graphene – Perovskite Interface)
3. Bintu Thomas (Surface Modified Magnetic Nanoparticles)
4. Anju K (Polymer Nanocomposite based Phthalate Sensors)
5. Sravandas P (Environmental Remediation)
6. Aruna Unnikrishnan (Tuning properties of Graphene)

MPhil awarded:

1. Geeshpath GK
2. Anju Parveen KA
3. Reshma Rajan
4. Anusha K
5. Swathi AC
6. Aruna Unnikrishnan
7. Pranav Premdas
8. Vishnupriya KS

MSc Projects: 30 completed

Research Projects:

• Principal Investigator, “Development of Graphene composites and magnetically recoverable composites for water purification by photocatalysis” KSCSTE, Rs 33,00,000
• Principal Investigator, Characterization studies and tuning magnetic properties of Graphene nanocomposites, UGC, Rs 6,00,000
  

Prof. Dr. M M Musthafa Professor Phone: Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Academic Qualifications:

• Ph. D. (1997) in Experimental Nuclear Physics from A.M.U. Aligarh.
• M. Phil. (1993) in Nuclear Physics from A.M.U.Aligarh.
• M. Sc. (1992) in Nuclear Physics from A.M.U.Aligarh.

Research Interests:

• Nuclear Reactions at low and medium energies, Isotope production, Radiation detectors.
• Applied Radiations- Effect of radiation on Electronic Devices, Radiation Dosimetry, Photo-neutron dosimetry

Academic and Administrative Responsibilities:

• Director of Planning, University of Calicut.
• Radiation Safety Officer, University of Calicut.
• Chairman, P.G. Board of Studies, (Medical) Radiation Physics, University of Calicut 2013-2021.
• Member, Academic Council, University of Calicut 2015-17
• Member, Governing Council, Farook College (Autonomous)
• Member, Academic Council, MES Mampad College (Autonomous)
• Coordinator, M.Sc. Radiation Physics, University of Calicut 2002 –onwards
• Warden. Boys hostel, Sir Syed College, Taliparamba, 1996-98
• Subject expert for in various research, academic and admisinstrative committee within the university and outside the university
• Resource person for academic programmes
• Member board of PG and research examiners of various Universities
• Mentor for various students' actitvities under

Academic Positions Held:

1. Professor, Department of Physics, University of Calicut (Since April 2011).
2. Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Calicut (April 2008 – April 2011).
3. Reader, Department of Physics, University of Calicut (April 2005 – April 2008).
4. Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Calicut (March 1999 – April 2005).
5. Lecturer, Department of Physics, Sir Syed College, Taliparamba (January 1996 - March 1999).
6. Part-time Guest Teacher, Senior Secondary School, Aligarh Muslim University (1993-1994).

Recent Publications:

For a complete list of Publications, please visit the Google Scholar page 

1. Cyriac, S.L., Bindhu, B., Midhun, C.V., M.M.Musthafa Emerging Trends in Nano Structured Silicon Detectors for Neutron Spectroscopy, Silicon (2021). doi.org/10.1007/s12633-021-00961-4.
2. Vysakh R, Musthafa Mohamed, Midhun C V, Niyas Puzhakkal, Anjana P T, Krishnan M P Arun, Ranjith C P, Irfad M P, Ganapathi Raman R, Experimental determination of thermal neutron fluence around Elekta Versa HD linear accelerator for various photon energies, Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express 6(5), 055018 (2020).
3. Salma Ibrahim R V, Musthafa M M, Midhun C V Swapna Lily Cyriac and Sajeev S, Measurement and analysis of photonuclear reactions on thick target samples of biological importance, Indian Journal of Pure and applied Physics 58, 404 (2020).
4. Swapna Lilly Cyriac, B Bindhu, C V Midhun, M M Musthafa, Silicon based nano-sensors for neutron dosimetry: proof of concept, Materials Today: Proceedings33, 2293 (2020).
5. P. T. M. Shan, M. M. Musthafa, T. Najmunnisa, P. Mohamed Aslam, K. K. Rajesh, K. Hajara, P. Surendran , J. P. Nair , Anil Shanbagh , S. S. Ghugre, Systematic study on some isotopes of medical and industrial applications, produced in proton induced reaction on natural cadmium, European Physical Journal Plus 135, 385 (2020).
6. K R Rajesh, R. Ganapathiraman, M. M. Musthafa, C V Midhun and N Joseph, A passive method for absolute dose evaluation of photoneutrons in radiotherapy, International Journal of Radiation Research 18(1), 173-178 (2020).
7. C V Midhun, M M Musthafa, Shaima Akbar, Swapna Lilly Cyriac, and Antony Joseph, Spectroscopy of High-Intensity Bremsstrahlung Using Compton Recoiled Electrons, Nuclear Science and Enginering 94, 207 (2020).
8. Ibrahim, RV Salma, M. M. Musthafa, K. M. Abdurahman, and M. Aslam, Trace elemental fingerprinting of Ayurvedic medicine-Triphala Churna using XRF and ICPMS, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry323, 1405 (2020).
9. Salma Ibrahim, M Aslam and M M Musthafa, Trace elemental fingerprinting of selected herbs used in Ayurveda using XRF and ICPMS, Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 8(3), 3429 (2019).
10. K. R. Rajesh, M. M. Musthafa, Hridya Raj, Naiby Joseph, R. Ganapathi Raman, A Comparative Study of Photo-Neutron Production from Flattened and Unflattened Beams in a Medical Linear Accelerator, Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development 10, 393 (2019).
11. Cyriac Swapna Lilly, Bindhu B., Midhun C. V., Musthafa M. M., and Raman R. Ganapathi, The estimation of radiation induced damages on nano-structured nuclear radiation detectors, AIP Conference Proceedings 2100(1), 020088 (2019). 

Research Group:

PhD Students

1. Silpa P
2. Hajara K
3. Midhun C V
4. Shaima Akbar
5. Fathima Shirin Shana
6. Gokuldas H
7. Resmi K. Bharatan

Mphil Students

1. Jithu P
2. Athira K

PhD Awarded:

1. Muhammed Shan P T, Investigation of the dependence of isomeric cross section ratio on various reaction parameters (2021)
2. Rajesh K K, Study of Nuclear reactions induced by light and heavy ions at low and medium energies (2020)
3. Mohamed Aslam P, Effect of Radiation on Electronic Devices (2018)
4. Ramya P,  Study of stellar streams in the Galaxy (2015) 
5. Satheesh B, Study of nuclear reactions induced by proton and alpha particles at low and medium energies (2012)
6. Sajeev thomas, Optimization of quality of images in Stereotactic Radio-surgery procedures (2012)
7. A. K. Abdul Gafore, Optical and Dielectrical Studies on Heavy ions (Sm3+, Nd3+) and silver ion doped nanotitania (2012)

Mphil Awarded:

1. Aswathi Radhakrishnan, Analysis of study of isomeric cross section ratio for the prodiction of ¹¹⁶In and ¹¹⁸In iaotopes throgh various channels (2019)
2. Bhagyasree G S, A study of photonuclear cross-section of ⁹³Nb(g,n)⁹²Nb reaction and covaience analysis (2018)
3. Rubeena P,  Application of XRF for elemental analysis in Nisha kadakadi (2014)
4. Basitha Hasan O.K, Study of excitation function and isomeric cross section ratio for 197Hg and 196Au produced through various channels  (2013)
5. Najumunnisa T, Study on isomeric population in some nuclear reactions in medium mass nuclei   (2011)
6. Jesna Ramdas, Study of isomeric cross section ratio for production of isomeric pair ^89,90Y produced through various channels (2010)
7. Durga E P, Dosimetric characterisationof photon beam from a medical linear accelerator (2010)
8. Ramya I B, Study of proton induced reactions on 197Au in the energy range 4-20 MeV (2009)
9. Satheesh B, Space radiation effect on electronic components (2008)
10. Krishna Kumar P V, Measurement of absorption coefficient of gamma for different wood samples at different gamma energies and determination of the water content (2006)
11. Ramachandran T, Study of Refractive index variation with temperature using automated interferometric technique (2006)
12. Reshmi Prabhakaran. P,  Gamma ray build up factor studies and its dependence on various factors. (2005)
13. Isaac S I, Study of Gamma attenuation Coefficients on low cst house construction  materials at different gamma energies. (2004)
14. E. K. Mahindran Topic: Fast Fourier transform of frequencies of vowels in English Language (2001)

Research projects undertaken (Recent):

1. Pre-equilibrium neutron emission at high excitation energies and validation with nuclear reaction models - Inter University Accelerator Facilty, New Delhi. Grant Amount - Rs. 9,75,000,    Duration: April 2021-March 2024.

2. Measurement Analysis, evaluation and compilation of Nuclear reaction data at low and medium energies - Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences- Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India. Grant Amount: Rs.  44,70,050, Duration: April 2018 – March 2022.

3. Investigation of the dependence of isomeric cross section ratio on various factors - UGC-DAE-Consortium for Scientific Research, Govt. of India, Kolkata Centre. Grant Amount: Rs. 8,50,536, Duration: May 2014 – May 2018.

Invited Talks presented in National/International Conference 

1. Meet the Alumnus: Exploring the vista of Physics, Alumni webinar series, department of Physics, MES Ponani College, Kerala 27.10.2020.
2. Webinar on Radiation Hazards, protection and Safety, Malabar College of Engineering, Desamangala, Kerala,10.06.2020.
3. Centenary  national conference on "Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Reactions", 2-4 March 2020, Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
4. IInternational Symposium on New Frontiers in Nuclear Physics, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, UP., India October 13-17 2019.
5. Science: yesterday-today-tomorrow, Department of Physics, Ansar Arts & Science College, Perumpilavu 05, 10,2018.

 Collaborators:

• S.V.Suryanarayana, S.Santra,Nuclear Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai.
•  K C Jagadeesan, Radiopharmasseutical Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai.
•  Sandeep S Ghugre, UGC-DAE CSR Kolkatta Centre, Kolkatta.
•  Madhavan N, HYRA group, Inter University Accelerator Facility, New Delhi.
• Sugathan P, NAND Group, Inter University Accelerator Facility, New Delhi.
• Sajeev S, Radiotherapy Division, Kerala Institute of Medical Science, Thiruvananthapuram.
• Radiotherapy group, Malabar Cancer Centre, Thalassery.

Prof. Dr. Antony Joseph  Senior Professor Email:

Academic Qualifications:

• Ph. D. Physics

Research Interests:

Nuclear Physics – Environmental Radioactivity and Nonlinear optics

Academic and Administrative Responsibilities:

• Director, School of Physical Sciences

Academic positions held:

• Professor, Dept of Physics, University of Calicut

Recent Publications:

For a complete list of Publications, please visit the Google Scholar page

1. Studies on partial and total photon interaction parameters in the energy range 1 keV-100         GeV  of some synthetic polymers having medical applications, Antony Joseph, Thulasi P.V.,  K.Muraleedhara Varier, Radiation Physics and chemistry 180, 109252 (2021).
2. A systematic study of the ground state properties of W, Os and Pt isotopes using HFB theory, Nithu Ashok and Antony Joseph, International Journal of Modern Physics E 28, 1950093 (2019).
3. Study of level density and reaction cross sections in Thorium isotopes, Erumban Ummukulsu, Nithu Ashok and Antony Joseph, Modern Physics Letters A 34, 1950091 (2019).
4. Activity concentrations of radionuclides in soil samples along the coastal areas of Kerala, India and the assessment of radiation hazard indices, M. Ramsiya, Antony Joseph, K. P. Eappen, A. K.Visnuprasad, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 320, 291 (2019).
5. A systematic study of alpha and cluster decay in Platinum isotopes, Nithu Ashok and Antony Joseph, Int. J. Mod. Phys. E 27, 1850098 (2018).
6. Alpha and cluster decay half-lives in tungsten isotopes: a microscopic analysis, Nithu Ashok, Antony Joseph, Nuclear Physics A 977, 101 (2018).
7. A theoretical study of cluster radioactivity in platinum isotopes, Deepthy Maria Joseph, Nithu Ashok and Antony Joseph, The European Physical Journal A – Hadrons and Nuclei 54, 1 ( 2018).
8. Estimation of indoor radon and thoron in dwellings of Palakkad, Kerala, India using solid state nuclear track detectors, M. Ramsiya, Antony Joseph and  P. J. Jojo, Journal  of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences 10, 269 (2017).
9. Cluster decay in osmium isotopes using Hartree Fock Bogoliubov theory, Nithu Ashok, Deepthy Maria Joseph and Antony Joseph , Modern Physics Letters A 31, 1650045 (2016).
10. A systematic study of proton, alpha and cluster decays in Rhenium isotopes using the effective liquid drop model Deepthy Maria Joseph, Nithu Ashok and Antony Joseph, Modern Physics Letters A 31, 1650031 (2016).

Research Group:

PhD Students:

1. Vishnu C V
2. Nicemon Thomas
3. Binesh M
4. Anjana A.V.
5. Ummukulsu E.

PhD awarded:

1. Nithu Ashok - Structure studies of nuclei using self consistent mean fields (2019)
2. M. Ramsiya - Estimation of radon and thoron in environmental samples (2019)
3. Deepthy Maria Joseph - Structure study of exotic nuclei using cluster models (2019)
4. K. Jayakrishnan - Investigation of coumarin, indole and azopolyester based molecular systems for nonlinear optical applications (2016)
5. N. Indu - Theoretical studies on exotic nuclear decays (2015)
6. K. K. Girija - Studies of shape changes of deformed nuclei (2013)
7. K. P. Santhosh - Theoretical studies of nuclear structure in view of exotic nuclear decays (2004)

 MPhil awarded:

Dr. K P Zuhail Assistant Professor Phone (Off):

Academic Qualifications:

• Ph. D. Physics (2018) University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
• M. Sc. Physics (2012) University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

Research Interests:

Colloids, Liquid crystals and Bio-physics

Academic and Administrative Responsibilities:

1. Chief Co-ordinator, Centre for Computer Science and Information Technology (CCSIT)
2. Director, Central Sophisticated Instrumentation Facility (CSIF)

Academic Positions Held:

1. Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Calicut (Since February 2021).
2. Post-doctoral fellow, Jozef stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia ( February 2020 - February 2021).
3. Adhoc Faculty, Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Calicut (July 2019 - February 2020).
4. Assistant Professor (FIP Substitute), PG and Research Department of Physics, Farook College, Calicut (August 2017 - July 2019. 

Recent Publications:

1. V. K. Anjali, K. P. Santhosh, and K. P. Zuhail, Comparative study of α-decay half-lives for Au, Hg, and Tl isotopes using the MGLDM, empirical formulae, and NpNn-based preformation probabilities, Eur. Phys. J. A (2025).

2. Srinivas Pagidi, Venkata Sai Dasari, K P Zuhail, Dan Luo, Surajit Dhara, and Ramesh Manda. Enhanced Electro-Optic Properties of Blue Phase Liquid Crystals Using Slippery Polymer Stabilization, Advanced Optical  Materials (2025).
3. V K Anjali, K P Santhosh and K P Zuhail. Systematic study of α-decays from the ground and isomeric states of the nuclei with 67 ≤ Z ≤ 106, Physica Scripta (2024).
4. Papič M, Mur U, Zuhail K P, Ravnik M, Muševič I, Humar M. Topological liquid crystal superstructures as structured light lasers, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, 49 (2021).
5. Zuhail K. P., Matjaz Humar and Surajit Dhara, Effect of phase transitions on liquid crystal colloids: A short review, Liquid Crystals Reviews 8, 1(2020).
6. Muhammed Rasi M., Zuhail K.P., Arun Roy and Surajit Dhara, N-SmA-Smc phase transitions probed by a pair of elastically bound colloids, Physical Review E 97, 032702 (2018).
7. K. P. Zuhail and Surajit Dhara, Effect of temperature and electric field on 2D nematic colloidal crystals stablised by vortex-like topological defects, Soft Matter 12, 6812(2016).
8. M. V. Rasna, K. P. Zuhail, U. Ramudu, R. Chandrasekar and Surajit Dhara, Dynamics of electro-orientation of birefringent microsheets in isotropic and nematic liquid  crystals, Physical Review E 94, 032701 (2016).
9. K. P. Zuhail,  S. Čopar, M. Škarabot, Muševič  and Surajit Dhara, Spherical microparticles with Saturn ring defects and their self-assemb ly across the nematic to smectic-A phase transition, Physical Review E 92, 052501 (2015).
10. K. P. Zuhail and Surajit Dhara, Temperature dependence of equilibrium separation and lattice parameter s of nematic boojum-colloids, Applied Physics Letters 106, 211901 (2015).
11. K. P. Zuhail, P. Sathyanarayana, D. Seč, S. Čopar, M. Škarabot, Muševič and S. Dhara, Topological defect transformation and structural transition of two-dimensional colloidal crystals across the nematic to smectic-A phase transition, Physical Review E 91, 030501(R) (2015).
12. M. V. Rasna, K. P. Zuhail, R. Manda, P. Paik, W. Haase, and Surajit Dhara, Discontinuous anchoring transition and photothermal switching in composites of liquid crystals and conducting polymer nanofibers, Physical Review E 89, 052503 (2014).
13. D. Venkata Sai, K. P. Zuhail, Rudraditya Sarkar and Surajit Dhara, Structure–property correlation of bicyclohexane nematic  liquid  crystals, Liquid Crystals 42, 328 (2015).
14. M. V. Rasna, K. P. Zuhail, U. Ramudu, R. Chandrasekar and Surajit Dhara, Orientation, interaction and laser assisted self-assembly of organic single-crystal micro-sheets in a nematic liquid crystal, Soft Matter 11, 7674 (2015).

Awards and Honors:

• Indian National Science Academy Visitng Scientist Progamme (INSA VSP) 
• DST SERB Start-up Research Grant (SRG) for the project "Microswimmers in Anisotropic Liquid" - 30 lakhs
• SEED Project Grant by University of Calicut for the project "Study of shape dependent colloidal interactions in nematic liquid crystals" - 2.6 lakhs
• Slovenian Research Agency grant for the project "Liquid Crystal Microdroplet lasers for sensing inside live cells" - 150015.84 Euros.
• Junior/Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR-UGC), India

PhD Students

• Aneena Mohan
• Anjali V K
• Arun Kishor P S
• Ruksana