Dr. V. SUDHA

Assistant Professor (O.G)
Area : Theoretical & Computational Chemistry
Affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kattankulathur Campus, SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Education

Ph.D	Chemistry	Indian Institute of Technology - Madras

Other Details:

Course:

Classical & Statistical Thermodynamics (M.Sc)
General Chemistry & Physical Chemistry (B.Sc)
Engineering Chemistry (B.Tech)
Principles of Environmental Science (B.Tech)
Engineering Chemistry Practicals (B.Tech)

Research Interests:

Electronic Structure Theory: Metal/Electrolyte Interface,Adsorption studies, Fuel Cell catalysts, Molecular Dynamics and Simulation techniques

Selected Publications:

A) Articles in Journals & Books:

S. Padmapriya, S. Harinipriya, K. Jaidev, V. Sudha, Samanwita Pal and Deepak Kumar(2017): Storage and Evolution of Hydrogen in acidic medium by Polyaniline: Int. J. Ener. Res., In Press..
S. Padmapriya, S. Harinipriya, V. Sudha, Deepak Kumar, Samanwita Pal and Bhawna Chubey(2017): Polyaniline coated copper for Hydrogen Storage and Evolution in alkaline medium. Int. J. Hyd. Ener. 42 (32), 20453-20462 (Impact factor: 3.582), ISSN: 0360-3199.
M. Sindhuja, B. Lohith, V. Sudha, G.R. Manjunath and S. Harinipriya(2017): Low grate thermal energy harvester using Graphene based thermocells: Mat. Res. Exp., 4(7), 075513(1-9)(Impact factor: 1.092), ISSN: 2053-1591.
V. Sudha and S. Harinipriya (2017): A Phenomenological thermodynamic approach for evaluating the energetics involved in the discharge of Lithium ion battery, RSC Advances, 7(51), 32367 – 32382 (Impact factor: 3.108). ISSN: 2046-2069
V. Sudha, S. Harinipriya and M.V. Sangaranarayanan (2016): Grand Canonical Monte Carlo coupled multiscale simulation for electrochemical and solvent parameters of silver halide systems in water, J. Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 68, 140 – 146(Impact Factor: 1.754), ISSN: 1093-3263.
M. Sindhuja, N. Saravana Kumar, V. Sudha and S.Harinipriya(2016): Electrochemical Modeling of Microbial Fuel Cells using Impedance spectroscopy, J. Energy Storage (Scopus Indexed Elsevier Journal which will start its Impact Factor in 2018), 7, 136–146, ISSN: 2352-152X.
S.Harinipriya, V.Sudha, M.V.Sangaranarayanan and E.J.Padma Malar (2013): Adsorption of Enantiomers on Metal surfaces: Application to D- and L-Alanine on Cu, Ni and Zn Electrodes. J. Electrochem. Soc.,160(8), G102 – G110. (Impact Factor: 3.27), ISSN: 1945-7111.
Sudha Venkatachalam and Timo Jacob (2009): Hydrogen Adsorption on Pd– containing Au(111) Bimetallic Surfaces, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 11, 3263 – 3270. (Impact Factor: 4.49)
Sudha Venkatachalam and Timo Jacob: Density Functional Theory Applied to Electrocatalysis: Book Chapter for Handbook of Fuel Cells, Vol. 5, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New Jersey, USA, 2010, ISBN: 9780470974001.
Sudha Venkatachalam, Payam Kaghazchi, Ludwig A. Kibler, Dieter M. Kolb and Timo Jacob (2008): First Principles Studies of the Potential–Induced Lifting of the Au(100) Surface Reconstruction, Chem. Phys. Lett., 455, 47 – 51. (Impact Factor: 1.90)
Felice C. Simeone, Dieter M. Kolb, Sudha Venkatachalam and Timo Jacob (2008): Tunneling Behavior of Electrified Interfaces, Surf. Sci., 602, 1401 – 1407. (Impact Factor: 1.93)
Felice C.Simeone,Dieter M. Kolb, Sudha Venkatachalam and Timo Jacob (2007): The Au(111)/Electrolyte Interface: A Tunnel–Spectroscopic and DFT Investigation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46, 8903 – 8906. (Impact Factor: 11.26)
Felice C.Simeone,Dieter M. Kolb, Sudha Venkatachalam and Timo Jacob (2007): Die Au(111)-Elektrolyt-Grenzschicht: eine Tunnelspektroskopie-und DFT-Untersuchung, Angew. Chem. 119, 9061 – 9064.
Sudha Venkatachalam and Timo Jacob (2007): DFT Studies on the Nature of Coadsorbates on SO42-/Au(111), Z. Phys. Chem., 221, 1393 – 1406. (Impact Factor: 1.36)
V. Sudha, S. Harinipriya and M. V. Sangaranarayanan (2006): Estimation of de-deuteriation energies of Lanthanum and Uranium trihalides in Heavy water. J. Mol. Str.:THEOCHEM, 765, 71 – 76. (Impact Factor: 1.37)
V. Sudha, S. Harinipriya and M. V. Sangaranarayanan (2005): Hydration energies of Thallium(I) halides – A novel simulation methodology. J. Mol. Str., 750, 28–34. (Impact Factor: 1.60)
V. Sudha and M. V. Sangaranarayanan (2005): Underpotential deposition of Metals – Progress and Prospects in Modeling. J. Chem. Sci., 117, 207 – 218. (Impact Factor: 1.19)
V.Sudha,S.Harinipriya and M.V.Sangaranarayanan(2005):Dehydration energies of alkaline earth metal halides–A novel simulation methodology. Chem. Phys.,310,59–66.(Impact Factor:1.65)
V. Sudha, S. Harinipriya and M. V. Sangaranarayanan (2004): Hydration energies of trihalides of lanthanide and actinide series – A novel simulation methodology. J. Mol. Str.:THEOCHEM, 683, 159 – 165. (Impact Factor: 1.37)
V. Sudha, S. Harinipriya and M. V. Sangaranarayanan (2004): A simple simulation methodology for estimation of dehydration energies and surface potentials of concentrated NaCl solutions. J. Coll. Inter. Sci., 280, 139 – 148. (Impact Factor: 3.37)
S. Harinipriya, V. Sudha and M. V. Sangaranarayanan (2004): Dehydration energies of alkali metal halides – A new simulation methodology involving mean nearest neighbour distances and thermodynamic forces. Langmuir, 20, 1871–1876. (Impact Factor: 4.46)
V. Sudha and M. V. Sangaranarayanan (2003): Underpotential deposition of metals – Structural and thermodynamic considerations-2. Non-aqueous solvents. J. Phys. Chem.B, 107, 3907 – 3913. (Impact Factor: 3.30)
V. Sudha and M.V.Sangaranarayanan (2002):Underpotential deposition of metals–Structural and thermodynamic considerations. J. Phys. Chem. B, 106, 2699–2707. (Impact Factor: 3.30)

Working Papers : One

Work in Progress:

Monte Carlo Simulation for dynamic instability of microtubules

Working Papers:

NagaMalleswari TYJ, Vadivu G, Implementation and Comparison of various VM Allocation Strategies in Live Virtual Machine Migration using Cloud Sim

Academic Experience

Assistant Professor: Aug 2015 – till date Department of Chemistry, SRM University, Kattankulathur.
Assistant Professor: Jun 2014 – July 2015 Department of Chemistry, Stella Maris College (Autonomous), Chennai.
Assistant Professor: Jan 2012 – Apr 2014 Department of Chemistry, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur, Tamil Nadu.
Visiting Scholar : Feb – Jun 2009 Department of Chemistry, M. S. University, Vadodara, Gujarat.
Lecturer: Aug – Nov 2005 Department of Chemistry, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India.

Achievements and Awards:

Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowship in 2007.