Faculty Profile

About

Current research interests are in the area of conducting polymer composites. Dr. Murugendrappa M V has published 71 papers in peer reviewed journals, such as Materials Research Bulletin, Ceramic International, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Materials Science and Engineering, etc., and 48 papers in conferences. Teaching experience of over 23 years. He is one of the principal investigators of the project “Centre for Excellence in Advanced Materials Research” funded by TEQIP 1.2.1 for the amount 5 crores, further the TEQIP sanctioned an additional amount of 2 crores as one of the best projects executed Institution in the country. Under his guidance 05 students were awarded PhD and 08 students were awarded M.Phil. and presently 04 students are working for their Ph.D. He served as Head of the Department of Physics for more than 7 years at BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru. He also served with one more additional responsibility as Deputy Controller of Examination at BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru for more than 2 years. Received Best Presentation Award. Dr. Murugendrappa is presently working as Associate Professor at theDepartment of Physics, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru.

Awarded endorsement prize for securing highest marks to the entire college during B.Sc. in 1996.
First Rank holder and Gold Medalist in M.Sc. for the year 1998.
Merit Scholarship for M.Sc and Ph.D.
Member, Ph.D. Scrutiny Committee, VTU.
BoE and BoS, for many Autonomous Colleges (RVCE, Bangalore, Dr AIT, Bangalore, SIT, Tumakuru, PES College of Engineering, Mandya, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Tech, Bangalore, BIET, Davangere, NCET, Bengaluru.
Organising Chair for 4 faculty development programs and 2 international Conference in the campus
Resource person for many workshops, FDPs, conferences etc.

Education

• Ph.D. - Materials Science
  Gulbarga University, Gulbarga
  Passed Year: 2006 | Program Type: FullTime
• M.Phil. - Materials Science
  Gulbarga University, Gulbarga
  Passed Year: 1999 | Program Type: FullTime
• M.Sc., - Physics
  Gulbarga University, Gulbarga
  Passed Year: 1998 | Program Type: FullTime
• B.Sc. - Physics, Maths, Electronics
  Kottureswara College, Kottur
  Passed Year: 1996 | Program Type: FullTime

Selected Publications

• Journal | Published On : 07-01-2025
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  Sustainable Corrosion Inhibitors from Pharmaceutical Wastes: Advancing Energy-Efficient Chemistry with Green Solutions: Energies, 2025, 18, 224, https://doi.org/10.3390/en18020224
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• Journal | Published On : 03-01-2025
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  Exploring the charge transport mechanism, electrical conductivity, and dielectric properties of polyaniline/tin sulfide nanocomposites: Polymer Composites. 2025; 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.29478
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• Journal | Published On : 04-12-2024
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  Impact of Compatibilizer on the Electrical and Thermal Characteristics of Areca Fibre?Filled Polypropylene Composites: Fibers and Polymers, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-024-00791-2
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• Journal | Published On : 01-12-2024
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  Cobalt-Based Materials in Supercapacitors and Batteries: A Review: Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2400271 (1 to 61), 2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202400271
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• Journal | Published On : 30-11-2024
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  AC Conductivity, Dielectric and Structural Properties of Co0.6Zn0.4-xMgxFe2O4 Co-Zn Spinel Nano Ferrites Prepared using Sol-gel Autocombustion Method: Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 36, Issue 12, 2024, https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2024.32780
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• Journal | Published On : 12-11-2024
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  Tragacanth Gum/Trimethyl Chitosan-Derived Polyelectrolyte Complex as Potential Carriers in Drug Delivery Applications: Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 2024; 35:e6632, https://doi.org/10.1002/pat.6632
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• Journal | Published On : 05-10-2024
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  Temperature-dependent dielectric measurements of polypyrrole/zinc cobalt oxide nanocomposites by impedance spectroscopy: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1009 (2024) 176894, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.176894
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• Journal | Published On : 16-08-2024
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  Structural, morphological, magnetic, and dielectric properties of copper-substituted CuXZn(1-X)Fe2O4 nanoparticles: Green synthesis Journal of Metals, Materials and Minerals, 34(3), 1955, 2024 https://doi.org/10.55713/jmmm.v34i3.1955
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• Journal | Published On : 09-08-2024
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  Photophysical studies on donor-p-acceptor substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives for optoelectronic application: experimental and theoretical analysis Journal of Optics, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12596-024-02023-5
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• Journal | Published On : 09-07-2024
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  Microwave-Assisted Tragacanth Gum–Based Grafted Silver Nanocomposite Hydrogel for Sustained Release Formulations of Diclofenac Sodium and Antibacterial Assay Nano Select, 2024; 0:e202300200 https://doi.org/10.1002/nano.202300200
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• Journal | Published On : 03-07-2024
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  Investigation on the Influence of Solvents Environment on the Optoelectronic Properties of the Fluorescent Probe 1,3,4-Oxadiazole Analogues: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study Journal of Fluorescence, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-024-03822-6
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• Journal | Published On : 06-03-2024
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  Enhanced structural, electrical, and electrochemical performance of polyethylene oxides (PEO)-based polymer electrolytes for solid-state K+ ion batteries Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2024, e55390.
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• Journal | Published On : 23-02-2024
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  Synthesis and characterization of PANI?CZF nanocomposites for enhanced electromagnetic interference shielding Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Volume 35, article number 391, (2024)
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• Journal | Published On : 13-02-2024
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  Organic conjugated polymers and their nanostructured composites: Synthesis methodologies and electrochemical applications Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, Volume 37, February 2024, 101102
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• Journal | Published On : 04-02-2024
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  An impact of RGO on the ZnO nanoparticles: structural, morphological, electrical, and gas sensing properties Sensing Technology 2024, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2310479
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• Journal | Published On : 15-01-2024
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  Green color emitting pure cubic zirconia nano phosphor synthesized by solution combustion technique Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Volume 26, article number 18, (2024)
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• Journal | Published On : 06-01-2024
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  Utilization of Aloe vera-infused Sm3+ doped La2MoO6 nanophosphors: Their role in anti-counterfeiting, white LEDs and transport properties Ceramics International xxx (2024) 1–11
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• Journal | Published On : 01-11-2023
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  Exploration of structural and morphological characteristics of Ag2+ substituted Zn-CuFe2O4 nanoparticles by green synthesis Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects 36 (2023) 101058
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• Journal | Published On : 03-10-2023
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  A Study on Structural, Electrical and Ethanol Sensing Properties of RGO Substituted SnO2 Nanoparticles Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels, 71(8) : 1074-1080; 2023
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• Journal | Published On : 09-03-2023
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  Structural, AC conductivity, dielectric and impedance studies of polypyrrole/praseodymium calcium manganite nanocomposites Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures, Vol. 18, No. 1, January - March 2023, p. 343 – 365, https://doi.org/10.15251/DJNB.2023.181.343
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• Journal | Published On : 01-03-2023
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  Structural, DC Conductivity and Electric Modulus Studies of Polypyrrole Praseodymium Manganite Nanocomposites Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics, Vol. 61, March 2023, pp. 165-174 https://doi:10.56042/ijpap.v61i3.70065
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• Journal | Published On : 01-07-2022
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  Effect on electrical and dielectric properties of Te Nano-particle doped PVA composite Springer: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 01 July 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08618-7
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• Journal | Published On : 16-05-2022
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  Enhanced gas-sensing performance at room temperature and electrical properties of polyaniline–Ni0.6Zn0.4Fe2O4 nanocomposites R Thejas, GD Prasanna, G Nagaraju, CS Naveen and M.V. Murugendrappa SAGE Journals: J Process Mechanical Engineering: Part E, May 16, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1177/09544089221100778
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• Journal | Published On : 07-07-2021
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  Investigation of temperature-dependent conduction mechanism in MnCo2O4/polypyrrole nanocomposites by three-dimensional variable range hopping (3D-VRH) and band-conduction model Rani Ananda Sutar, Latha Kumari and Murugendrappa M. V. Journal of Applied Physics 130, 015112, July 2021; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0039671
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• Journal | Published On : 24-06-2021
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  Dy3+ doped Y2MoO6 nanopowders for white light emission: Spectroscopic and transport properties for optoelectronic and energy harvesting applications K.R. Bhagya, R.B. Basavaraj, K.R. Jyothi, H. Nagabhushana, M.V. Murugendrappa, A. P. Gnana Prakash, N.M. Nagabhushana, Vinayakprasanna N. Hegde Elsevier : Colloid and Interface Science Communications, 43, July 2021, 100447 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colcom.2021.100447
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• Journal | Published On : 06-04-2021
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  Fabrication, characterization, and malaria biomarker VOC-sensing properties of WO3-doped polyaniline P. Jisha, M. S. Suma, M. V. Murugendrappa and Sutar Rani Ananda Springer: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Issue 8, April 2021, Impact factor 2.478 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-05794-w
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• Journal | Published On : 15-03-2021
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  Facile Use of Silver Nanoparticles-Loaded Alumina/Silica in Nanofluid Formulations for Enhanced Catalytic Performance toward 4-Nitrophenol Reduction Rashmi Mannu, Vaithinathan Karthikeyan, Murugendrappa Malalkere Veerappa, Vellaisamy A. L. Roy, Anantha-Iyengar Gopalan, Gopalan Saianand, Prashant Sonar, Binrui Xu, Kwang-Pill Lee, Wha-Jung Kim, Dong-Eun Lee, Venkatramanan Kannan MDPI: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, 18, 2994. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062994
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• Conference | Published On : 05-11-2020
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  Effect of rare earth oxide nanoparticles on the photoluminescence and conductivity properties of PVA films S N Madhuri, M.V. Murugendrappa and K Rukmani AIP Conference Proceedings 2265, 030048, November 2020; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0017068
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• Journal | Published On : 14-09-2020
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  Synthesis and characterization of WO3-doped polyaniline to sense biomarker VOCs of Malaria P. Jisha, M. S. Suma and M. V. Murugendrappa Springer: Applied Nanoscience 11, 29–44 Sept. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-020-01551-3
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• Journal | Published On : 08-09-2020
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  Three-Dimensional Variable Range Hopping and Thermally Activated Conduction Mechanism of Polypyrrole/Zinc Cobalt Oxide Nanocomposites Rani Ananda Sutar, Latha Kumari and Murugendrappa M. V. ACS Publications: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, 124, 39, 21772–21781, September 8, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c05889
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• Journal | Published On : 24-08-2020
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  Effect of Cobalt Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticles on the Structural, DC Conductivity and Humidity Sensing Properties of Polypyrrole Sutar Rani Ananda and M.V.Murugendrappa Taylor and Francis: Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B, VOL. 59, NO. 12, 821–835, 2020, ISSN: 0022-2348 (Print) 1525-609X (Online), Impact Factor: 0.911 and Q3 Journal https://doi.org/10.1080/00222348.2020.1807691
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• Journal | Published On : 01-08-2020
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  Synthesis and characterization of advanced functional dysprosium doped Sr2MgSi2O7 nanopowders for white LED application K.R.Jyothi, K.R.Bhagya, H.Nagabhushana, A.P.Gnana Prakash, Vinayakprasanna Murugendrappa M V, N.Hegde Daruka Prasad B, N.M.Nagabhushana Elsevier : Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter, Volume 590, 23 April 2020, Pages 412195, with Impact Factor: 1.874, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2020.412195
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• Journal | Published On : 22-06-2020
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  A study on the effect of PVDF on the structural and transport properties of polyaniline P. Jisha, M. S. Suma, M. V. Murugendrappa & Kalyan Raj Taylor and Francis: International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization, 2020, VOL. 25, NO. 4, 176–187 DOI:10.1080/1023666X.2020.1779431
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• Journal | Published On : 07-06-2020
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  Temperature-dependent transport properties of micro and nano-sized zinc cobalt oxide (ZnCo2O4) and zinc manganese oxide (ZnMn2O4) particles synthesized by a hydrothermal route. Sutar Rani Ananda, Latha Kumari and M.V.Murugendrappa Elsevier : Ceramics International, Volume 46, Issue 14, October 2020, Pages 22492-22503 ISSN: 02728842 Impact Factor: 3.45 and Q1 Journal https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.06.009
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• Journal | Published On : 13-04-2020
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  Synthesis, characterization and weight percent effect on humidity sensing properties of Polypyrrole/AlCeO3 (PPy/ACO) nanocomposites Sutar Rani Ananda and Murugendrappa M.V Taylor and Francis: Journal of Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, ISSN: 1536-383X (Print) 1536-4046 (Online) 2019, VOL. 27, NO. 5, 423–433, https://doi.org/10.1080/1536383X.2019.1593966 (Impact factor: 1.011)
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• Journal | Published On : 19-01-2020
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  Conduction and Relaxation Mechanisms in Gadolinium Oxide Nanoparticle Doped Polyvinyl Alcohol Films. S N Madhuri, M.V. Murugendrappa and K Rukmani Elsevier : Materials Today Communications, Volume 23, June 2020, 100942, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.100942
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• Journal | Published On : 27-12-2019
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  Facile green synthesis, characterization and transport properties of LiAlSiO4:Ce3+ nanocomposites K.R.Jyothi, K.R.Bhagya, H.Nagabhushana, A.P.Gnana Prakash, Vinayakprasanna N.Hegde N.M.Nagabhushana Elsevier : Ceramics International, ISSN: 02728842 Impact Factor: 3.45 and Q1 Journal https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.12.238
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• Journal | Published On : 12-11-2019
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  Enhanced Charge Transport and Corrosion Protection Properties of Polyaniline–Carbon Nanotube Composite Coatings on Mild Steel T. Rajyalakshmi, Apsar Pasha, Syed Khasim, Mohana Lakshmi, M. V. Murugendrappa & Nacer Badi Springer: Journal of Electronic Materials, ISSN 0361-5235, Impact Factor: 1.676 and Q2 Journal, DOI 10.1007/s11664-019-07783-6
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• Journal | Published On : 29-10-2019
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  Effect of Sn Doping at Sb Sites on the Structural and Optical Properties of Co2Sb6 Nanostructures M. Uday Kumar, R. Swetha, M.V. Murugendrappa and Latha Kumari AIP Conference Proceedings 2162, 020054 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5130264 Published Online: 29 October 2019
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• Journal | Published On : 11-07-2019
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  Structural, Electrical, Thermal and Transport Properties of Poly Pyrrole /La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 Perovskite Manganite Nano Composite Studies Above Room Temperature Smitha M G and Murugendrappa M V Springer: Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, with Impact Factor: 1.673 and Q2 Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-019-01241-w
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• Journal | Published On : 09-07-2019
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  Room temperature ac conductivity, dielectric properties and impedance analysis of polypyrrole-zinc cobalt oxide (PPy/ZCO) composites Sutar RaniAnanda, LathaKumari and M.V.Murugendrappa Elsevier : Physica B: Condensed Matter, Volume 573, 15 November 2019, Pages 36-44, with Impact Factor: 1.874 and Q2 Journal https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2019.07.011
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• Journal | Published On : 07-05-2019
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  Effect of barium lanthanum manganite nano particle on the electric transport properties of polypyrrole at room temperature Smitha M G and Murugendrappa M V Springer: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Volume 30, Issue 11, pp 10776–10791, with Impact Factor: 2.324 and Q2 Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-01421-x
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• Journal | Published On : 14-12-2018
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  Transport and complex modulus study of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 perovskite manganite nano-compound with polypyrrole as host Smitha M.G and Murugendrappa M.V Springer: Polymer bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-018-2653-y
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• Journal | Published On : 02-07-2018
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  Lab Scale Study on Humidity Sensing and D.C. Conductivity of Polypyrrole/Strontium Arsenate (Sr3(AsO4)2) Ceramic Composites Sangappa K Ganigera and Murugendrappa M.V Springer: Polymer Science Series B, Print ISSN: 1560-0904, Online ISSN: 1555-6123, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 395–404, 2018 (Impact Factor = 0.735), https://doi.org/10.1134/S1560090418030119
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• Journal | Published On : 15-05-2018
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  Optical band gap determination of calcium doped lanthanum manganite nano particle tailored with polypyrrole Smitha M.G and Murugendrappa M.V AIP Conference Proceedings 1966, 020012 pp 1-8, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5038691
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• Journal | Published On : 24-01-2018
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  Studies of thermo-electric power and dielectric modulus of polypyrrole/zirconium oxide-molybdenum trioxide (PZM) composites R Harshitha, V B Aaditya, B M Bharathesh, B V Chaluvaraju, U P Raghavendra, Murugendrappa M V Elsevier: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Print ISSN: 0957-4522, Online ISSN: 1573-482X, Volume 29, Issue 8, pp 6564–6578, April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-8640-0
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• Journal | Published On : 15-12-2017
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  Impedance Spectroscopy Studies on PbFe0.5Nb0.5O3 –BiFeO3 Multiferroic Solid Solution Sunanda T. Dadami, Shidaling Matteppanavar, I. Shivarajaa, Sudhindra Rayaprol, S.K. Deshapande, M.V. Murugendrappa, Basavaraj Angadi Elsevier: Ceramics International, ISSN: 0272-8842 Vol.43, pp 16684–16692, 2017 (Impact Factor: 2.986), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.09.059
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• Journal | Published On : 13-11-2017
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  Study of dielectric properties of polypyrrole/titanium dioxide and polypyrrole/titanium dioxide-MWCNT nano composites V. B. Aaditya, B. M. Bharathesh, R. Harshitha, B. V. Chaluvaraju, U. P. Raghavendra and M. V. Murugendrappa Elsevier: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Print ISSN: 0957-4522, Online ISSN: 1573-482X, Volume 29, Issue 4, pp 2848–2859, February 2018 (Impact Factor: 2.019), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-8214-6,
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