Premkumar Thirugnanam

Alumnus
Cell: (402) 309-6684; LL: (402) 472-1978

Address:

W-145 Nebraska Hall, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588

Education:

Ph.D in Material Science, Crystal Growth Center, Anna University, Chennai-600 025, India.
M.Sc in Material Science, Crystal Growth Center, Anna University, Chennai-600 025, India.

Experience:

Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, UNL, Aug 2012 - Present.
Research Technician-II, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, UNL, Feb 2011 - July 2012.

Professional Activities:

Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts for the Journals of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Journal of Laser Applications.

Journal Publications:

2014 H. Rabiee Golgir, Y. Gao, Y. S. Zhou, L. S. Fan, P. Thirugnanam, K. Keramatnejad, and Y. F. Lu, “Low-Temperature Growth of Crystalline Gallium Nitride Films Using Vibrational Excitation of Ammonia Molecules in Laser-Assisted Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition”, ACS Cryst. Growth Des., DOI: 10.1021/cg500862b (2014)
2013 Y. Gao, Y.S. Zhou, W. Xiong, L.J. Jiang, M. Mahjouri-samani, P. Thirugnanam, X. Huang, M.M. Wang, L. Jiang, and Y.F. Lu, “Transparent, flexible, and solid-state supercapacitors based on graphene electrodes”, APL Mater. 1, 012101 (2013)
2013 P. Thirugnanam, W. Xiong, M. Mahjouri-Samani, L. Fan, R. Raju, M. Mitchell, Y. Gao, B. Krishnan, Y. S. Zhou, L. Jiang, and Y. F. Lu, “Rapid Growth of m-plane Oriented Gallium Nitride Nanoplates on Silicon Substrate Using Laser-Assisted Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition”, Cryst. Growth Des., 13(7), 3171–3176(2013)
2012 T. Premkumar, Y. S. Zhou, G. Yang, K. Baskar, L. Jiang and Y.F. Lu, “Morphological transition of ZnO nanostructures influenced by magnesium doping”, Appl. Surf. Sci., 258, 2297-2300 (2012)
2010 T. Premkumar, Y.S. Zhou, Y.F. Lu, and K. Baskar, “Optical and Field Emission Properties of ZnO Nanostructures Deposited Using High-Pressure Pulsed Laser Deposition”, Appl. Mater. & Interfaces, 2(10), 2863-2869(2010).