St Philomena College was founded by Msgr Antony Patrao who felt that a College in this part of the state would save the people of the inconvenience of moving to distant places for higher education. He set out to realize his dream and the mission was accomplished in the year 1958.
St. Philomena College, Puttur is affiliated to Mangalore University and it is managed by the Catholic Board of Education, Mangalore
The Light and Matter Physics Research is concerned with the interaction of light and matter and to explore the characteristic properties of the material under study; so that the material can be used for different possible applications. The field of study includes crystals and non-linear optics, thin films, polymer, nanoparticles, ceramics, glasses etc. This center has been established in the year 2018. At present 02 people are working on various projects in Non-linear Optics and Optoelectronics. The on going project and the research laboratory is funded by VGST (Vision Group on Science and Technology), Government of Karnataka and is awarded to Dr. E. Deepak D’silva (Sanction No. RGS/F GRD No. 688).
Courses Taught :M.Sc. (Electronics)
Area of Expertise :Electronics, Non-linear Optics
Awards and Achievements:1. Awarded the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Research Fellowship
(2007-2010).
2. Journal of Optics and Laser Technology, Most downloaded Paper Award 2012 for the manuscript: Structural, optical and electrical characteristics of a new NLO crystal. Journal of Optics and Laser Technology (2012), 44, 1687-1697; E.D. D’silva*, G.K. Podagatlapalli, S.V. Rao, S.M. Dharmaprakash.
(*corresponding author).
Research Details:
Publications:
1. Amit Kumar, Vipin Deval, Poonam Tandon, Archana Gupta, E. Deepak D’silva. Experimental and theoretical (FT-IR, FT-Raman, UV-vis, NMR) spectroscopic analysis and first order hyperpolarizability studies of non-linear optical material: (2E)-3-[4-(methylsulfanyl)phenyl]-1-(4-nitrophenyl)prop-2-en-1-one using density functional theory. SpectrochimicaActa Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (2014), 130, 41-53.
2. E.D. D’silva, S.M. Dharmaprakash. Electrical and optical characteristic of non-linear optical chalcone derivative. Elixir Crystal Growth (2013), 65, 19724-19730. (Corresponding author)
3. E.D. D’silva, G.K. Podagatlapalli, S.V. Rao, S.M. Dharmaprakash. Study on third order nonlinear optical properties of 4-methylsulfanyl chalcone derivatives using picosecond pulses. Materials Research Bulletin (2012), 47, 3552-3557. (Corresponding author)
4. E.D. D’silva, G.K. Podagatlapalli, S.V. Rao, S.M. Dharmaprakash. Structural, opticaland electrical characteristics of a new NLO crystal. Journal of Optics and LasTechnology (2012), 44, 1687-1697. (Corresponding author)
5. E.D. D’silva, G.K. Podagatlapalli, S.V. Rao, D.N. Rao and S.M. Dharmaprakash. New, high efficiency nonlinear optical chalcone co-crystal and structure-propertyrelationship. Journal of Crystal Growth and Design (2011), 11, 5362-5369. (Correspondingauthor)
6. E.D. D’silva, D.N. Rao, R. Philip., R.J. Butcher, Rajnikant, S.M. Dharmaprakash.Second harmonic chalcone crystal: Synthesis, growth and characterization. Physica B:Condensed Matter (2011), 406, 2206–2210. (Corresponding author)
7. E.D. D’silva, D.N. Rao, R. Philip, R.J. Butcher, Rajnikant, S.M. Dharmaprakash.Synthesis, growth and characterization of novel second harmonic nonlinear chalconecrystal. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (2011), 72, 824–830.(Correspondingauthor)
8. H.K. Fun, R. Kia, E.D. D’silva, P.S. Patil, S.M. Dharmaprakash. 3-hydroxy 4-methoxy benzaldehydethiosemicarbazone hemihydrates. Actacrystallographica Section E (2008), E64, o2274.
9. H.K. Fun, S. Chantrapromma, E.D. D’silva, P.S. Patil, S.M. Dharmaprakash. 2,5-dimethoxybenzaldehydethiosemicarbazone. Actacrystallographica Section E (2008), E64, o935.
10. H.K. Fun, S. Chantrapromma, E.D. D’silva, P.S. Patil, S.M. Dharmaprakash. S-benzylthiouronium4- anilinobenzenesulfonate. Actacrystallographica Section E (2008),E64, 1858.
11. H.K. Fun, S. Chantrapromma, P.S. Patil, E.D. D’silva, S.M. Dharmaprakash. (E)-3-(4- methyl phenyl)-1-(4-nitro phenyl) prop-2-en-one. Actacrystallographica Section E(2008),E64, o954-o955.
12. H.K. Fun, S.R. Jebas, I.A. Razak, P.S. Patil, S.M. Dharmaprakash, E.D. D’silva. (E)-3-(2-Chloro phenyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)prop-2-en-one. Actacrystallographica Section E(2008),E64, o954-o1177.
13. H.K. Fun, S.R. Jebas, I.A. Razak, E.D. D’silva, P.S. Patil, S.M. Dharmaprakash. S-benzylthiouronium3-nitrobenzene sulfonate. Actacrystallographica Section E (2008),E64, o1195-o1196.
14. H.K. Fun, S.R. Jebas, P.S. Patil, E.D. D’silva, S.M. Dharmaprakash. (E)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(4-methyl phenyl)prop-2-en-one. Actacrystallographica Section E (2008),E64, o935.
Paper Presentations:1. E.D. D’silva, S. Raghavendra and S.M. Dharmaprakash. New chalcone crystal 4Br4MSP for nonlinear optical investigations. National Conference on Smart Materials and Technologies for Emerging Electronics. BadagaMijar, Moodabidri, Karnataka, India,March 8 and 9, 2013.
2. E.D. D’silvaand S.M. Dharmaprakash. Efficient noncentrosymmetric novel crystal 4-SCH3-4’-nitrorochalcone. Modern Trends in Science and Technology, MTST-11, Dr. M.V.Shetty Institute of Technology, Moodbidri, Mangalore, October 14 and 15, 2011.
3. E.D. D’silvaand S.M. Dharmaprakash. Synthesis, Growth and Characterization OfOrganic NLO Crystals Of 4-SCH3-4’-Chlorochalcone. Solid State Physics, Proceedings ofthe 55th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2010, AIP Conf. Proc. (2011) 1349, 1241-1242, Manipal University, Manipal, December 26-30, 2010.
4. E.D. D’silva, P.S. Patil, S.M. Dharmaprakash. Synthesis and crystal structure of second ordered non-linear optical material: S-benzylthiouronium 3-nitro benzene sulfonate.38th National Seminar on Crystallography, Mysore University, February 11-13, 2009.
5. E.D. D’silva, R. Philip, R.J. Butcher and S.M. Dharmaprakash. Non-linear absorption studies of newly synthesized chalcone derivatives. 14th National Seminar on Crystal Growth, NSCG-XIV, VIT University, Vellore, March 10-12, 2010.
Membership on Societies/Academic/Professional Bodies:1.Ad-hoc Reviewer for manuscripts to be considered for publication in Journal of MolecularStructure, Journal of Materials Science and Journal of Optics and Laser Technology.
Other Details:1.Convener of one-day National Level Workshop on, “Digital Communication and PCB Fabrication”, 1st April 2014, sponsored by KSCST.
2.Co-convener of UGC sponsored two days National Seminar on “Radiation and Environment”, 5th and 6th February, 2015
3.Convener of one day National level Seminar on “Theoretical Aspects of Particle and High energy Physics”, 4th April 2015