DEPARTMENT OF POST GRADUATE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

DR. MS. C. M. SAI PRASANNA

Designation: Assistant Professor

Area of specialization: Polymer Electrolytes for Battery Applications

Membership details in any committee or club: NIL

Research guidance:

M.Sc  : 15

M.Phil  : NIL

Ph.D     : NIL

 

 

Seminars / conferences / Workshops: 

Year

 

State / National / International

 

Title

Presented / Participated

2025

International

Six-day International Virtual Interdisciplinary Faculty Development Program on “Multi-mode Analytical Techniques for energy, Environment, and Bioscience Innovations” Organised by the PG Department of Physics, Ethiraj College for Women during 21-26 July 2025

Participated

2025

International

“Spectroscopy, Materials and Observational Sciences (ICOSMOS -2025)” organised by the PG Department of Physics, DDGD Vaishnav College (Shift II) (Autonomous), Chennai and Indian SpectroPhysics Association (ISPA) on 20 th February 2025

Participated

2024

State

One day State level Seminar on “Recent Advancements in Nuclear Physics” organized by the Department of Physics, JBAS College for Women, Chennai.”

Participated

2024

International

One day State level Seminar on “Recent Advancements in Nuclear Physics” organized by the Department of Physics, JBAS College for Women, Chennai.”

Participated

2023

National Seminar

National Seminar on "Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy”

Participated

2023

National Seminar

National Seminar on “Advanced Applications of Physics in Emerging Fields”

Conducted

2023

EVENT

Interdepartmental event ADPHYA

Conducted

2022

Workshop

One Day workshop on “Materials Characterization”

Conducted

2022

EVENT

Interdepartmental event ADPHYA

Conducted

2022

Webinar

Webinar on “BEYOND THE SKY - A NEW PERSPECTIVE”

Conducted

2021

Physics Webinar Series

Physics Webinar Series - 2" on "Physics of Non-Destructive Evaluation"

Participated

2021

International virtual workshop

Two-day International virtual workshop on Astrophotography”

Participated

2021

National Webinar

National Webinar on functional Materials

Conducted

2020

International Webinar

Thin Film Technology & its Applications

Participated

2020

Webinar

ICT for Effective Physics Teaching, Learning & Evaluation

Participated

2020

Webinar

Development of Educational Videos

Participated

2020

International Webinar

Collaborative Effort for Effective Research

Participated

2020

Webinar Series

Physics Webinar Series

Participated

2020

Webinar

Global Nanotech for Future Advancements

Participated

2020

Webinar

Micro, Nano and Atomic scale Approaches in Electronic Applications

Participated

2020

FDP (1 Week)

Empowering Teachers for Smart Teaching

Participated

2020

FEP (1 Week)

Tech Techniques – Connect to Students

Participated

2017

National Conference

Advanced Materials (NCAM -2017)

Presented (ORAL)

2016

National Symposium

Electrochemical Science and Technology, NSEST-2016

Presented (ORAL)

2016

National Conference

4th National Conference on Hierarchically Structured Materials (NCHSM 2016)

Presented (ORAL)

2016

National Conference

Advances in Applied Physics and Materials Science

Presented (ORAL)

2015

International Conference

Recent Trends in Analytical Chemistry

(ICORTAC-2015)

Presented (POSTER)

2015

One Day Seminar

Experimental Methods in Chemistry

Participated

2015

Two Day Workshop

Advanced Characterization Techniques of Materials

Participated

2014

Seminar

Discovery of Higgs’ Boson

Participated

2014

International

International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies (ICSET -2014)

Presented (ORAL)

2014

International

Materials and Characterization Techniques

Participated

 

 Research Publications:

 

Year of publication

 

Proceedings / Journals / Books

Title of the paper

Name of the

Journal

Name of the Publisher

2019

Journal

Improved zinc ion transportation in gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) upon the addition of nano-sized SnO2

 

Polymers and Polymer Composites

SAGE

2019

Journal

Zinc ion conducting blended polymer electrolytes based on room temperature ionic liquid and ceramic filler

 

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Wiley

2019

Journal

PVC / PEMA - based blended nanocomposite gel polymer electrolytes plasticized with room temperature ionic liquid and dispersed with nano-ZrO2 for zinc ion batteries

 

Polymer Composites

Wiley

2018

Journal

Investigations of zinc ion dissociation in gel polymer electrolytes based on  poly(vinyl chloride) and poly(ethyl methacrylate) blend on the addition of two different ceramic nanofillers

 

Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials

Springer

2017

Journal

Dielectric and thermal features of zinc ion conducting gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) containing PVC/PEMA blend and EMIMTFSI ionic liquid

Ionics

Springer

2017

Journal

Dielectric, thermal, and electrochemical properties of PVC/PEMA blended polymer electrolytes complexed with zinc triflate salt

 

Ionics

Springer

2016

Journal

Effective influences of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (EMIMTFSI) ionic liquid on the ion transport properties of micro-porous zinc-ion conducting poly (vinyl chloride) / poly (ethyl methacrylate) blend-based polymer electrolytes

 

Journal of Polymer Research

Springer

2015

Journal

Electrical, structural, and morphological studies of honeycomb-like microporous zinc-ion conducting poly (vinyl chloride) / poly (ethyl methacrylate) blend-based polymer electrolytes

 

Ionics

Springer

 

Awards Received

Year

 

State / National / International

 

Title

2025

International Conference on “Spectroscopy, Materials and Observational Sciences (ICOSMOS - 2025)” organised by the PG Department of Physics, DDGD Vaishnav College (Shift II) (Autonomous), Chennai and Indian SpectroPhysics Association (ISPA) on 20 th February 2025 and won, BEST PAPER PRESENTATION Award

“Structure Determination of Small Molecule”

2014-2017

DST (WOS-A)

Sanction No.SR/WOS-A/PS-32/2013 Dated 23.4.2014

Investigation on zinc ion transport in some nanocomposite polymer gel electrolytes dispersed with ceramic fillers and plasticized with a room temperature ionic liquid