Academic staff
Dr Sanjayan Sathasivam
sathasis@lsbu.ac.uk
Chemical and Energy Engineering
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5206-9558 (unauthenticated)
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I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering at LSBU researching functional materials.
My primary research is centred on the design, synthesis, and testing of functional thin films with a particular focus on optoelectronic materials such as transparent conductors via chemical vapor deposition routes. Research and development of transparent conductors is interesting and important, not least because they are a vital component of many modern electronic devices such as solar cells and touch screens. I use insights from physics, chemistry and engineering to design thin films providing improved optoelectronic performance (or similar performance but with improved processability and/or making use of more available/environmentally benign constituents) for implementation in devices.
I completed my MSci in Chemistry in 2008 and my PhD in 2012 - both in the Department of Chemistry at University College London. After my PhD I worked in industry for four years as a scientific consultant working on projects ranging from water purification to photovoltaics before returning to UCL as a research fellow. Through my research, I have published over 80 papers in peer reviewed journals and have one granted US patent.
Courses taught
Advanced Chemical Engineering - MSc
Chemical and Energy Engineering - MEng (Hons)
Postgraduate Research Supervision
Current
| Ms Abinaya Krishnamurthy | Harnessing Asymmetry: Engineering Catalytic Heterostructures for Water Splitting and beyond | PhD |
| Mr Seonghyeok Park | Chemical Vapour Deposition of Oxide and Non-Oxide Transparent Conductors | PhD |
University College London
University College London
University College London
Inorganic and materials chemistry
Combined Effect of Temperature Induced Strain and Oxygen Vacancy on Metal‐Insulator Transition of VO2 Colloidal Particles
Kargal, G L, Sathasivam, S., Li, J., Portnoi, M., Parkin, I. P. and Papakonstantinou, I (2020). Combined Effect of Temperature Induced Strain and Oxygen Vacancy on Metal‐Insulator Transition of VO2 Colloidal Particles. Advanced Functional Materials. 30 (49), p. 2005311. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202005311
Resonant Ta Doping for Enhanced Mobility in Transparent Conducting SnO2
Williamson, B.A.D., Featherstone, T. J., Sathasivam, S., Swallow, J.E.N., Jones, A.H., Smiles, M.J., Regoutz, A., Xia, X., Blackman, C., Thaku, P. K., Carmalt, C.J., Parkin, I.P, Veal, T.D. and Scanlon, D.O (2020). Resonant Ta Doping for Enhanced Mobility in Transparent Conducting SnO2. Chemistry of Materials. 32, p. 1964−1973. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04845
Transparent and Conducting Boron Doped ZnO Thin Films Grown By Aerosol Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition
Sathasivam, S., Zhao, S., Wang, M. and Carmalt, C.J. (2022). Transparent and Conducting Boron Doped ZnO Thin Films Grown By Aerosol Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition. RSC Advances. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RA05895B
Transparent and conducting boron doped ZnO thin films grown by aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition.
Zhao, D., Sathasivam, S., Wang, M. and Carmalt, C. (2022). Transparent and conducting boron doped ZnO thin films grown by aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition. RSC Advances. 12 (51), pp. 33049-33055. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ra05895b
Enhanced Photoacoustic Visualisation of Clinical Needles by Combining Interstitial and Extracorporeal Illumination of Elastomeric Nanocomposite Coatings
Shi, M., Bodian, S., West, S.J., Sathasivam, S., Gordon, R.J., Collier, P., Vercauteren, T., Desjardins, A., Noimark, S. and Xia, W. (2022). Enhanced Photoacoustic Visualisation of Clinical Needles by Combining Interstitial and Extracorporeal Illumination of Elastomeric Nanocomposite Coatings. Sensors. 22 (17), p. e6417. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22176417
Production of an EP/PDMS/SA/AlZnO Coated Superhydrophobic Surface through an Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Process
Park, Seonghyeok, Huo, Jiatong, Shin, Juhun, Heo, Ki Joon, Kalmoni, Julie Jalila, Sathasivam, S., Hwang, G. and Carmalt, C. (2022). Production of an EP/PDMS/SA/AlZnO Coated Superhydrophobic Surface through an Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Process. Langmuir. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01060