Faculty Profile

About

As a researcher, I have developed molecular models of unusual liquid crystal phases exhibited by highly polar compounds and explained strong photo-induced effects on liquid crystals. Also, I have developed theoretical models for various phases exhibited by anti-ferroelectric liquid crystals and those made of bent-core molecules and it predicted the possibility of new phases between smectic C and nematic, nematic and isotropic phases. It initiated multi-line addressing schemes for multiplexed liquid crystal displays at Liquid Crystal Laboratory, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore. This laboratory is currently used for synthesis, characterization and simulation studies of various Liquid Crystal/Display materials. The paper entitled “A Molecular Theory for Effect of Light on Liquid Crystals” by Suresha, B.L, Govind, A.S and Radhakrishna, M.C., Liq. Cryst., 39,347-357, 2012, is extensively referred in the study of phase transition of liquid crystals. The paper entitled “Theoretical study of the effect of light on nematic to isotropic phase transition” by Suresha, B.L., Radhakrishna, M.C and Govind, A. S, Acta. Phy. Polonica A., 120, 462,2011 was listed in “Vertical News-A Top News Source On line on Recent Scientific Discoveries“ during 2011-2012.Presently, I am also working on the synthesis and characterization of nano porous materials for energy storage devices like Li-ion batteries, super capacitors etc.

Education

• Ph.D - Material Science/Liquid Crystals
  Bangalore University
  Passed Year: 2013 | Program Type: FullTime
• M.Sc - Physics/ Solid State Physics
  University of Mysore
  Passed Year: 1996 | Program Type: FullTime
• B.Sc - PCM
  University of Mysore
  Passed Year: 1994 | Program Type: FullTime

Selected Publications

• Journal | Published On : 25-11-2022
  A. V. Ambika; N. Navya; N Vinutha , B. L. Suresh
  Dielectric, optical and absorption studies of f-MWCNTs dispersed nematic liquid crystal
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• Journal | Published On : 12-11-2022
  H S Sumantha; B L Suresha
  GREEN SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MN3O4 NANOPARTICLES FOR PHOTOCATALYTIC AND SUPERCAPACITORS
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• Journal | Published On : 22-07-2022
  H S Sumantha; B L Suresha
  Biosynthesis, Characterization and Nonlinear Optical response of Spherical Flake shaped Copper Oxide Nanostructures Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials
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• Journal | Published On : 06-06-2022
  N Navya, A V Ambika & B L Suresha
  Synthesis, characterization, and anti-cancer potential study of Ag-MgO nanocomposite Inorganic Chemistry Communications Volume 142, August 2022, 109671
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• Journal | Published On : 31-05-2022
  N Navya, A V Ambika & B L Suresha
  Electrochemical determination of paracetamol by SWCNT-modified carbon paste electrode: a cyclic voltammetric study Carbon Letters 32, pages1287–1295 (2022)
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• Journal | Published On : 02-11-2021
  N Navya, A V Ambika & B L Suresha
  Electrochemical sensor studies of dopamine using multiwalled carbon nanotubes by CVD technique Physica B: Condensed Matter Volume 620, 1 November 2021, 41313
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• Journal | Published On : 16-09-2021
  H S Sumantha; B L Suresha
  Facile and eco-friendly combustion synthesis of NiO particles for photodegradation studies Chemical Physics Letters Volume 779, 16 September 2021, 13883
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• Conference | Published On : 17-12-2020
  Suresha B L, Sumantha H S, Navya N, Ambika A V,
  An Experimental Study on Molar Absorptivity of Copper Ions as Wavelength Dependent
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• Conference | Published On : 18-01-2020
  Navya N, Suresha B L*, Ambika A V
  Synthesis and Morphological Studies of Graphene/ZnO nanocomposites,
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• Journal | Published On : 17-01-2020
  Ambika. A. V, Navya. N, Sumanth. H. S, Suresha. B. L,
  Synthesis, Characterization and Thermal properties of Multiwalled carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition
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• Conference | Published On : 20-12-2019
  Navya N*, Suresha B L, Ambika A V, Sumantha H S
  Opto- electrical and dielectric properties of nano- doped liquid crystals
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• Journal | Published On : 09-05-2018
  B L Suresha , H S Sumantha , K Mohammed Salman ,N G Pramod and JAbhiram
  Experimental Studies on role of pH, potential and concentration of buffer solution for chemical bath deposition technique Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing , Volume 346, 2018
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• Journal | Published On : 05-03-2014
  Suresha,B.L.,Radhakrishna,M.CandGovind,A.S,
  Theoretical study of the photo-induced effects in liquid crystals
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• Journal | Published On : 05-03-2014
  Suresha,B.L.,Radhakrishna,M.CandGovind,A.S,
  Theoretical study of the photo-induced effects in liquid crystals
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• Journal | Published On : 05-04-2013
  Dielectric spectroscopy of conducting polymer and ferroelectric composites M. V. Murugendrappa, B. L. Suresha and M. V. N. Ambika Prasad Int. J. Sci. Res. Volume 01, Issue 04, pp 250 – 254,2013
  Dielectric spectroscopy of conducting polymer and ferroelectric composites
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• Journal | Published On : 10-10-2012
  Suresha,B.L ., Govind,A.S and Radhakrishna, M.C.,
  A Molecular Theory for Effect of light on liquid crystals
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• Journal | Published On : 09-09-2011
  Suresha,B.L., Radhakrishna,M.C and Govind,A.S,
  A simple molecular theory for photo-induced smectic phase Suresha,B.L., Radhakrishna,M.C and Govind,A.S, Eur. Phys. Journal E.,34,111,2011.
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• Conference | Published On : 25-02-2011
  Suresha,B.L.,Radhakrishna,M.CandGovind,A.S,
  Simple Molecular Theory for the Effect of Light on Nematic to Isotropic Phase Transition Paper presented in the International Conference on Advances on Condensed and Nano Materials, (ICACNM 2011),Feb,22-26,2011, Chandigarh, India.
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• Journal | Published On : 02-02-2011
  Suresha,B.L., Radhakrishna,M.C and Govind,A.S, Acta.Phy.Polonica A., 120, 462,2011.
  1.Theoretical study of the effect of light on nematic to isotropic phase transition
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Other Information

Awarded Best Oral presentation Award for the Research Paper entitled “Theoretical study of the photo-induced effects in liquid crystals” presented in the International Conference on Recent Advances in Material Science, (RAMS 2012),Nov,06-08,2012,Atria hotel, Bangalore, India.