Dr. D. Sornadurai

Scientific Officer -D

 

Official:

 

Room No. 110

CMPL Building

X-ray Scattering & Crystal Growth Section

Condensed Matter Physics Division

Materials Science Group

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Kalpakkam - 603 102

Tamil  Nadu, INDIA

 

 

Tel: 91-44-27480347

       91-44-27480500 - 22832

Fax:91-44-27480081

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.    

 

Personnal

 

 

No. 11, Saraswathy

DAE Township

Anupuram - 603 127

Tamil  Nadu, INDIA

 

Tel: 91-44-27483068

Tel (Local):  

Mobile:  9443097745

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

Personnel Web: http://sites.google.com/site/sornadurai/

 

 


 

Educational Qualifications: 

 

 

B.Sc. (1990)  G.Venkatasamy Naidu College, Kovilpatti, Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu, India at that time this college was under Madurai Kamarajar University, now under Manonmanium Sundaranar University.

 

M.Sc. (1992) The American College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, an autonomous college under Madurai Kamarajar University.  Specialization in Optics and Electronics. 

 

Ph.D. (2001) Bangalore University, Karnataka, India. Title of the thesis is “Hydrogen and Irradiation induced phase transition in Ti3Al and Ti2ZrAl Intermetallic alloys”  

 

 

 

 

Research activities      

 

              1. Development of a Imaging Plate scanner using optical scanning  method 

  

              2. Computation and Automation of Huber Four Circle Goniometer Single Crystal

                 Diffraction and Reciprocal space mapping

 

              3. Structure, Mechanical properties, irradiation resistance property, High temperature  

                 structural transition and other properties correlations of  Intermetallic compounds  

 

              4.  Laue Diffraction experiments at low temperature and analysis using Orient   

                   express Software to identify it's orientation.   

 

 

Journal Papers:-

 

  1. D. Sornadurai, B.K. Panigrahi, V.S. Sastry and Ramani,   "Highly Oriented Hexagonal Hydride Phase Formation in Single Phase Ti3Al by Cathodic-Charging",  Journal  of Alloys  and  Compounds  Vol. 289,  Iss.1-2, (July,1999), Pages L1-L5.

 

  1. D. Sornadurai, B.K. Panigrahi, and Ramani, "Electronic Structure, hydrogen site Occupancy and phase stability of Ti3Al upon hydrogenation",  Journal of Alloys and Compounds Vol. 305  (January, 2000) pages 35-42.

 

  1. D. Sornadurai, B.K. Panigrahi, V.S. Sastry and Ramani,  "Crystal structure  and X-ray powder diffraction pattern of Ti2ZrAl", Powder Diffraction, Vol.  15 No.3, (September, 2000) Pages 189-190.

 

  1. D. Sornadurai, B.K. Panigrahi, K. Shashikala,  P. Raj,  V.S. Sastry  and     Ramani, "XRD  and DSC investigations on high pressure hydrogen gas charged     single phase Ti3Al" Journal  of Alloys and Compounds Vol. 312 (1-2) (November, 2000) Pages 251 -256.

 

  1. M. V. Rama Rao, V. G. Sathe, D. Sornadurai, B. Panigrahi and T. Shripahti,  "Metal to  Insulator  Transition  in Sr2Ru1-xIrxO4" J. Phys. and Chem. Of solids, Vol. 61,(2000)  Pages1989-1999.

 

  1. M. V. Rama Rao, V.G. Sathe, D.Sornadurai, B. Panigrahi and T. Shripathi,  "Electronic Structure  of  ARuO3 (A= Ca, Sr, Ba)  compounds" J. Phys. and Chem. of solids, Vol.62, (2001), Pages 797-806.

 

  1. A. Jestin Lenus, K. Kovindarajan,  Mohammad Yousuf, D. Sornadurai, B. Purniah,  “Luminiscence behaviour of rare-earth doped alkaline earth aluminates prepared by the halide route”,  Materials Letters  Vol. 54, Issue 1, Pages  70-74.

 

  1. A. Jestin Lenus,  D. Sornadurai,  K. Govindarajan and B. Purniah, “Luminescence behaviour of Eu2+ doped BaClI and BaBri”,  Materials Letters Vol. 57, Issue 3, (December, 2002), Pages. 635-638

 

  1. A. Jestin Lenus, D. Sornadurai, K. Govindarajan and D. Sornadurai, “Powder Diffraction Data on BaClI and BaBrI” , Powder Diffraction Vol 17 Number 4, (December 2002) Pages 331 – 335. 

 

  1. N. Ghosh_, A. Bharathi, A.T. Satya, S. Sharma, Awadhesh Mani, R.M. Sarguna, D. Sornadurai, V.S. Sastry, C.S. Sundar  “Kohler's rule in Ba1_xKxFe2As2” Solid State Communications 150 (2010) 1940  -1943

 

  1. M. Sekar, N. R. Sanjay Kumar, N.V Chandra Shekar, D. Sornadurai and  P. Ch. Sahu,Structural Phase transformation in LaGa2 under high pressure”,  Philosophical Magazine Letters, 1362-3036, Volume 91, Issue 2,  2011, Pages 103 – 109

 

  

Conference Publications:-

 

  1. D. Sornadurai, Ramani,  B.K. Panigrahi, K.G.M. Nair, M. Vijayalakshmi, and  K. Krishan, "Solid State Amorphisation in Al6Mn" International Conference  on Current  development  in  Disordered  Materials, Department of Physics, Kurushetra  University,  Kurushetra, India, 22-24 January 1996

 

  1. D. Sornadurai, B.K. Panigrahi,  P. Ravindran and Ramani,   "Stability of   Hydrides of Ti and Zr based Intermetallic compounds",   Conference  on   Frontiers in Materials Modelling and Design,   Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India,   20-23 August 1996

 

  1. D. Sornadurai,  B.K. Panigrahi, and  Ramani, "'H'-Site Occupancy and  Electronic  Structure of Ti3AlH", DAE Solid State Physics Symposium,  Bhabha  Atomic  Research  Centre,   Mumbai - 400 085, India,   27-31  December 1996

 

  1. B.K. Panigrahi,  Udhaya Kumar, D. Sornadurai,   Saroj Kumar Sahoo   and K. Krishan, "MSD Computing Networking  and Intranet"  (The existing LAN at  Materials Scimce  Divisiom of IGCAR),  DAE  Networking  Conference, Bhabha  Atomic Research  Centre,  Mumbai -400 085, India,   11th  April 1997

 

  1. D. Sornadurai, G. Pari, B.K. Panigrahi, and Ramani, "Electronic structure and  phase  stability  and structural  phase transition in Ti3Al At high  ressures", DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, Cochin University, Cochin,  India, 27-31 December 1997

 

  1. B.K. Panigrahi, D. Sornadurai and Ramani, "Heat of Formation of H in Ti3AlH", DAE Solid  State  Physics Symposium,  Cochin University, Cochin, India, 27-31 December 1997

 

  1. D. Sornadurai,  B.K. Panigrahi,  R. Kesavamoorthy, G. Ghosh  and  Ramani, "Hydride  Formation in Ti3Al and Ti2ZrAl  by  Cathodic Charging" , MRS Satellite Symposium, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India, 10 February 1998

 

  1. D. Sornadurai,  B.K. Panigrahi,  K.G.M. Nair,  V.S. Sastry   and   Ramani, "FCC phase formation in Ti2ZrAl by low energy Ar+  irradiation", National  Mini  Conference  on Materials modification by ion implantation, Institute  of  Physics, Bhuneshwar, India, 4-7 October 1999

 

  1. D. Sornadurai, B.K. Panigrahi, K.G.M. Nair, V.S. Sastry   and  Ramani, "Irradiation  induced  phase  transformation  in Ti2ZrAl"  International Symposium on Materials Ageing and Life Management,  to be heled at Indira  Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India, 3-6 October 2000.  

 

  1. D. Sornaduraiand B. Purniah, “Imaging Plate Scanner System for X-ray Imaging Applications” Golden Jubilee DAE-BRNS National Symposiumnuclear Instrumentation – 2004 held at IGCAR,  Kalpakkam, India during February 17-20, 2004   

 

  1. D. Sornadurai, V.S. Sastry and B. Purniah,“Imaging plate based X-ray diffraction studies using conventional laboratory X-ray sources” DAE Solid State Physics symposium held at Universityof Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, India held between 27-12-2007 to 31-12-2007.  (Received the  best poster award for this presentation)

 

  1. M. Sekar*,  N. R. Sanjay Kumar,  N.V Chandra Shekar,   D. Sornadurai  and     P. Ch. Sahu, ”Structural transformation in LaGa2 under high pressure” DAE Solid State Physics symposium held at University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, India held between 27-12-2007 to 31-12-2007.

 

  1. D. Sornadurai  and V. S. Sastry “PSL recuperation and image reversal mechanism in a high dose X-ray exposed Imaging plate” Proceedings of the DAE Solid State Physics Symposium(2008) held at Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, India During Dec 16-20, 2008.   

 

  1. D. Sornadurai,  B.K. Panigrahi, K.G.M. Nair and R. Devanathan,  “Irradiation induced phase transformation in Ti3Al and Ti2ZrAl” presented in “ 20th International Conference on Atomic Collisions in Solids” held at Puri (Orissa) India  19-24 January 2003.

 

  1. A. Jestin Lenus,  D. Sornadurai  and K.Govinda Rajan “Structural and Luminescence studies on BaF2 – BaBr2 binary phases” Proceedings of the DAE Solid State Physics Symposium(2008) held at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India, held between Dec 14-18, 2009.

  

  1. D. Sornadurai, V.S. Sastry, Feby Jose, R. Ramaseshan, and S. Dash “Microstructure and mechanical properties of a new ternary Zr2TiAl alloy phase” 21st Annual General Meeting ofMaterials Research society of India, held at Sardar Vallabai Patel University, Anand, Gujarat, India between 09-02-2010 to 11-02-2010   

 

  1.  D. Sornadurai, Roberta Flemming and V.S. Sastrty  “Conventional and Micro-XRD Study of a New Ternary Zirconium, Titanium, Aluminum Alloy- Zr2TiAl “ DAE Solid State Physics symposium (2009) held at  Manipal University, Manipal  Karnataka,  between 26-12-2010 to 30-12-2010.

 

 

  

Contribution to ICDD database (JCPDS data )

 
  1. J-00-053-0458-Ti2ZrAl -Hex-2000.pdf  
  1. J-00-055-0602-BaClI-ortho-2002.pdf   

  1. J-00-055-0603-BaBrI-Ortho2003.pdf   

  1. P-00-060-0235-Ti2ZrAl-2009-Ortho1.pdf  

  1. P-01-075-6975-Ti2ZrAl-Hex-2008.pdf   

  1. P-0X-XXX-XXX- TiZr2Al – Accepted   

  1. P-0X-XXX-XXX-  – Ti4Zr5Al1 Accepted   

  1. P-0X-XXX-XXX-Ti1.6 Zr5.3Al3.1- Accepted  

  1. P-0X-XXX-XXX-  TiYMg2O6 – Accepted  

 

  1. P-0X-XXX-XXX-  TiSm2MgO6 - Accepted  

 

 

Invited Talks:  

 

  1. Presented a seminar in Materials Science Division of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam on 29-11-2008 and the title of presentation is “X-ray Imaging Using Imaging Plate and It’s Application”. 
 
  1. Presented a talk on a workshop held at St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai and the title of presentation is “An Introduction to Imaging Plate and It’s applications in  X-ray imaging”  held on 26-27-2009.   

 

  1.  Presented a talk in  “2nd National Conference on advanced materials” held in P.S.N. Engineering College, Tirunelveli betweeen  25th August to 27th August 2010 and the title of the talk is “Introduction to Imaging Plates and it’s applications in Computed Radiography”.