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Sheela K. Ramasesha Ph.D


Divecha Centre for Climate Change,

Indian Institute of Science


Email: sheela@caos.iisc.ernet.in


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Publications


2017

  • Amruta Mutalikdesai and Sheela K. Ramasesha. 'Solution process for fabrication of thin film CdS/CdTe photovoltaic cell for building integration'.Energy, Volume 632, pp. 73-78, 30 June 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2017.04.036
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  • M. Shravanth Vasisht, G.A. Vashista, J. Srinivasan and Sheela K. Ramasesha. 'Rail coaches with rooftop solar photovoltaic systems: A feasibility study'.Energy, Volume 118, pp. 684-691, January 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.10.103.
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  • M. Shravanth Vasisht and Sheela K. Ramasesha. ‘Forecast of solar power a key to power management and environmental protection’. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 279-286, January 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2016.02.013.
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2016

  • M. K. Darshana, K. Karnataki, G. Shankar and Sheela K. Ramasesha "A Practical Implementation of Energy Harvesting, Monitoring and Analysis System for Solar Photovoltaic Terrestrial Vehicles in Indian Scenarios", 2015 IEEE International WIE Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (WIECON-ECE),19-20 Dec. 2015, pp 542 - 545.


  • S. R. Adheesh, M. Shravanth Vasisht and Sheela K. Ramasesha* "Air- pollution and economics: diesel bus versus electric bus " Current Science, Vol.110, No .5, 858- 862(2016).
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  • M. Shravanth Vasisht, J. Srinivasan and Sheela K. Ramasesha* Performance of solar photovoltaic installations: Effect of seasonal variations Solar energy, Vol.131, 39 - 46(2016).
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  • Murugaiya Sridar Ilango, Amruta Mutalikdesai and Sheela K. Ramasesha* Anodization of Aluminium using a fast two - step process J. Chem. Sci. Vol. 128, No. 1, 153 - 158 (2016).
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2015

  • K.N Nithyayini and Sheela k Ramasesha, "Fabrication of Semi-Transparent Photovoltaic Cell by a Cost-Effective Technique" Metallurgical and Materials Transaction E, Vol. 2E, 157 - 163 (2015).
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  • Roshan R. Rao, H. R. Swetha, J. Srinivasan and Sheela k Ramasesha, "Comparison of performance of solar photovoltaics on dual axis tracker with fixed axis at 13degrees N latitude" Current Science, VOL. 108 (11), 2087 - 2094 (2015).[ Download]


  • A. Banerjee, S. K. Ramasesha and A. K. Shukla, "A photovoltaic stand-alone lighting system polymeric-silica-gel-electrolyte-based substrate-integrated lead-carbon hybrid ultracapacitors" Electrochemical Energy Technology. Vol. 1, 10 - 16 (2015).[ Download]


  • Murugaiya Sridar Ilango, Vijay Monterio and Sheela k Ramasesha,, "Fabrication of back contacts using laser writer and photolithography for inscribing textured solar cells" Bulletin of Materials Science., Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 191-196.,  DOI: 10.1007/S12034-014-0819-2, February 2015.[ Download]


2014

  • M. Shravanth Vasisht, C.Vishal, J.Srinivasan, Sheela K. Ramasesha,"Solar photovoltaic assistance for LHB rail coaches" , Current Science, Vol. 107, No. 2, pp. 255-259, 25 July 2014. [ Download]


2013

  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, "Challenges in the Quest for Clean Energies 4. Other Renewable Resources and Conclusion", Resonance, 18(12), 1110 - 1126 (2013).
  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, "Challenges in the Quest for Clean Energies 3. Wind Technologies", Resonance, 18(8), 757-770 (2013). [ Download]
  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and Arindam Chakraborty, Power generation using wind energy in  northwest Karnataka, India, Current Science, Vol. 104, No. 6, 25 March 2013, Pg 757  [ Download]
  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, "Challenges in the Quest for Clean Energies 2. Solar Energy Technologies",Resonance, 18(3), 440-57 (2013).[ Download]
  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, Challenges in the Quest for Clean Energies I. Background Resonance, 18(5), 206 - 17 (2013). [ Download]  


2012

  • Laxman Gouda, Yelameli Ramesh Aniruddha, Sheela K. Ramasesha, "Correlation between the Solution Chemistry to Observed Properties of CdTe Thin Films Prepared by CBD Method" Journal of Modern Physics, 2012, 3, 1870-1877  [ Download Link]


2004

  • Srikari Tantri P., Sheela K. Ramasesha, J.-S. Lee, T. Yano and U. Ramamurty, "Effect of Double Reinforcements on Elevated Temperature Strength and Toughness of Molybdenum Disilicide", J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 87(4), 626-632 (2004).
  • A. Mark Thompson, Sheela K. Ramasesha, D. J. Lewis, Jie Guan, M. R. Jackson, N S. Hari, A. Verma, A. D. Chinchure, K. J. Vaidya, M. S. Walker, "Metal Interconnect Alloys for Extended SOFC Life", Fuel Cell Seminar 2004, Nov. 1 - 5, San Antonio, Texas.
  • "Solid Oxide Fuel Cells - Challenges and Opportunities", Oral Presentation, National Seminar on Creating Infrastructure for Adoption of Fuel Cell Technology in India, organizied by NTPC, Feb. 10-11, 2004, PMI, Noida (UP), India


2002

  • E. Moses Jayasingh, S.P.Tantri, T.A. Bhaskaran, S.K. Biswas and S. K. Ramasesha, "Performance of Monolithic and TiB2 reinforced MoSi2 in dry sliding contact with steel" Mater. Lett. 53(4-5), 379-383 (2002).


  • S.P.Tantri, E. Moses Jayasingh, S.K. Biswas and S. K. Ramasesha, "Role of in-situ generated tribofilm in the tribological characteristics of Monolith and TiB2 reinforced MoSi2 Intermetallic", Mater. Sci. Engg. A 336(1-2), 64-71 (2002).


  • Anup K. Bhattacharya, T.A. Bhaskaran and Sheela K. Ramasesha, "Aluminum Infiltration into Molybdenum Silicides Preform", J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 85(9) 2364-2366 (2002).


  • V. Bhat and Sheela K. Ramasesha, "Synthesis of ternary molybdenum carbo silicide" &; Ceramic International28(4), 459-461 (2002).


  • Geasin Savio and Sheela K. Ramasesha, "Slip Casting of high density MoSi2 components"; Mater. Lett. 57(1), 43-47 (2002).


  • Srikari Tantri P., S. Ushadevi and Sheela K. Ramasesha, "High temperature x-ray studies of Ba/Sr zirconium phosphates", Mater. Res. Bull. 37(6), 1141-1147 (2002).


2001

  • Anup K. Bhattacharya and Sheela K. Ramasesha, "Effect of Temperature and Soaking Time on the Synthesis of Mo(Al,Si)"2 Ceram. International 27, 829-831. (2001).


2000

  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, Srikari Tantri P. and Anup K. Bhattacharya 2 and MoSi2 - based materials as structural ceramics, Met. Mater. Processes 12, 181 -190 (2000).


  • S. K. Ramasesha, S.P. Tantri, E. Moses Jayasingh and S.K. Biswas, "Wear Properties of monolithic and TiB2 reinforced Molybdenum Disilicide" Tribolog. Lett. 8(4), 219 - 222 (2000).


  • Srikari Tantri P., K. Geetha, A.M. Umarji and Sheela K. Ramasesha, "Thermal expansion behavior of Barium and strontium Zirconium Phosphates" Bull. Mater. Sci. 23(6), 491 - 94 (2000).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, Ceramic Science and technology Part 3 Resonance, 5(2), 4 - 11  (2000).


  • "Shivananda, Sheela K. Ramasesha, S.K and Biswas, S.K., 2000, Proc. International Tribology  Conference, Nagasaki, Japan,  "A new approach to mild wear", 385


1999

  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and K. Shobu,  "Oxidation of MoSi2 and MoSi2 - based Materials Bull. Mater. Sci. 22(4), 769 - 73 (1999).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, Ceramic Science and technology Part 1 Resonance, 4(8), 16 - 24 (1999).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, Ceramic Science and technology Part 2 Resonance, 4(12), 21 - 30 (1999).


1998

  • Y. Sekine, S.K. Ramasesha, H. Takahashi and N. Mori, "Effect of Pressure on Thermoelectric Power of Ni(S1-xSex)2", Rev. of High Pressure Sci. and Techn. 7, 629-631 (1998).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and K. Shobu, "Reactive Infiltration of Aluminium into Molybdenum Disilicide preform" J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 81(3), 730-32 (1998).


1997

  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, A.K. Singh and K.B.R. Varma, "Dielectric and Ferroelectric Properties of Bi2VO5.5 under pressure" Mater. Chem. Phys. 48, 136 - 139 (1997).


  • K.S. Narayan, A.K.Singh and Sheela K. Ramasesha, "High pressure effects and electronic transport in a ladder type polymer" J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 30, L16-18 (1997).


1996

  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, M.V. Radhika Rao, A.K. Singh and A.M. Umarji, "Lowering of Relaxor transition temperature in lead- based perovskites Under Pressure" Mater. Res. Bull. 31, 1141-47 (1996).


1995

  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, "Order-disorder Transitions in C60 and C70", Adv. High Pressure Science and Techn., Tata McGraw Hill ed. A.K. Singh, pp 109 - 120 (1995).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, K.V.R. Prasad, M.V. Shankar and K.B.R. Verma, "The Dielectric Properties of Bi2VO5.5 Under Pressure" Adv. High Pressure Science and Techn., Tata McGraw Hill, ed. A.K. Singh, pp 85 - 92 (1995).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, M.V. Radhika Rao, A.K. Singh and A.M. Umarji, "Effect of Pressure on the ferroelectric transition temperature in Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3" Proc. XV AIRAPT Conference 1995.


1994

  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, A.K. Singh, C.N.R. Rao and J.M. Honig, "A High-pressure Study of Fe3O4 Through the Verwey Transition" Phys. Rev. B 50, 13789-13791 (1994).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, A.K. Singh, Ramseshadri, A.K. Sood and C.N.R. Rao, "Orientational Ordering in C70: Evidence for Three Distinct Phase Transitions" Chem. Phys. Lett. 220, 203- 206 (1994).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and A.K. Singh, "Measurement of electrical Resistance Across the Orientational Phase Transition in Solid C60 Under Pressure" Solid State Commun. 91, 25 - 28 (1994).


1993

  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, "Thermoelectric Power of YBa2Cu3O7-x and YBa2Cu4O8 Under Pressure" Active and Passive Elec. Comp. 15, 147-153 (1993).


1992

  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, C. Divakar, P.S. Gopalakrishnan and A.K. Singh,  "Thermoelectric Power of Bismuth up to 9 GPa in "Recent Trends in High Pressure Research, ed. A.K. Singh, pp. 456-458 (1992).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and A.K. Singh, "Thermoelectric Power and Resistivity of YBa2Cu4O8 Under Pressure" Physica C 192, 328-330 (1992).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and A.K. Singh, Thermoelectric Power of YBa2Cu4O8 under Pressure in Recent Trends in High Pressure Research, ed. A.K.Singh, pp 419-421 (1992).


1991

  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and A.K. Singh, "Variation of Thermoelectric power of YBa2Cu3O7-x under pressure up to 9 GPa", Bull. Mater. Sci. 14(3), 767-770 (1991).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and Anil K. Singh, "Measurement Under Pressure of Thermoelectric Power along the thickness of a Thin Specimen", Rev. Sci. Instrum. 62, 1372 (1991).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, A.K. Singh and P. Murugaraj, Anisotropic Thermoelectric Power Behaviour of YBa2Cu3O7-x Single Crystals Under Pressures Up to 8 GPa'', Phys. Rev. B 43, 8620-23 (1991).  


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and K.T. Jacob, "Madelung Energy and Hole Location in of YBa2Cu4O8", J. Mater. Chem. 1(3), 477 - 78 (1991).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and A.K. Singh, "Thermoelectric power of Tellurium Under pressures up to 8 GPa", Phil. Mag. B 64(5), 559 - 62 (1991).


1990

  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and K.T. Jacob, "EMF of a Bielectrolyte cell", Electrochim. Acta 35, 785-789 (1990).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, Tom Mathews and K.T. Jacob, "High-Temperature Seebeck Coefficient of YBa2Cu3O7-x", Mater. Res. Bull. 25, 149-155 (1990).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and S.A. Payne, "Electronic Spectroscopy of KF:Cu+", Physica B 167, 56-60 (1990).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and K.T. Jacob, "Effect of hole localisation in YBa2Cu3O7 from Madelung Calculations", Mater. Lett. 10, 239-242 (1990).


1989

  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and K.T. Jacob, "Fundamental Studies on Nonisothermal Galvanic Cells - Effect of Gradients on EMF", J. Appl. Electrochem. 19, 394-400 (1989).


  • K.T. Jacob and Sheela K. Ramasesha, "Design of Temperature Compensated reference Electrode for Nonisothermal Galvanic Cells", Solid State Ionics 34, 161-166 (1989).


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and K.T. Jacob, "EMF of A Nonisothermal Cell with a Mixed Conductor", J. Electrochem. Soc. 136, 2720-2723 (1989).  


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and K.T. Jacob, "Non-isothermal Galvanic cells", Materials Research Society of India, Foundation Meeting, 57-58 (1989).


  • K.T. Jacob and Sheela K. Ramasesha, "Temperature compensated Reference Electrodes for Non-isothermal Galvanic sensors", 91st Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, 47-E-89 (1989).


1988

  • M. Rajeswari, S.K. Ramasesha and A.K. Raychaudhuri, "Continuous cooling calorimetry for specific heat measurements in the temperature range 100-300 K", J. Phys. E 21, 1017-22 (1988).        


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and K.T. Jacob, "X-Ray and IR Characterisation of Nasicon Solid Solution, Na1-xZr2SixP3-xO12", Mater. Lett. 7, 61-64 (1988).


1987

  • Ramasesha, S.K, Rajeswari, M. and Raychaudhuri, A.K, "Observation of glass transition by relaxation calorimetry", Phase Transitions 9(1), 83 (1987).


  • M. Rajeswari, Sheela K. Ramasesha and A.K. Raychaudhuri, "New Feature in the Specific Heat Near Glass Transition", Proc. Nucl. Phys. and Solid State Phys. Symp., 30C, 333 (1987).


1986

  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and Donald S. McClure, "Solid-State Exciplex in SrF2: Yb2+", Ind. J. Cryogenics 11, 618-626 (1986).


  • S.K. Ramasesha, M. Rajeswari and A.K. Raychaudhuri, "Observation of Glass Transition by Relaxation Calorimetry", Proc. Nucl Phys. Solid State Phys. Symp.  29C, 94 (1986).


1985

  • Sheela K. Ramasesha, S.F. Watkins and F.R. Fronczek, "1RS-15- Thiabicyclo [10.7.0] nonadec-1(12)-ene-15,15 dioxide C18H32SO2", Acta Cryst.  C41, 232-34 (1985).


1984

  • J.B. Goodenough and S.K. Ramasesha, Landolt -Bornstein numerical data and functional relationships in Science and technology, New series, Group III, Vol. 17g, Physics of non- tetrahedrally Bonded Binary Compounds III,  (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1984) pp 291-316 and 595-620.


  • D.S. McClure, S.A. Payne and S.K. Ramasesha, "Dynamical processes at the Cu+ impurity ion in Alkali Flouride Crystals", Presented at the Int. Conf. on defects in insulating crystals, Utah, Aug. 1984.


1982

  • J.B. Goodenough and Sheela Ramasesha, "Further evidence for the co-existence of localised and itinerant 3d electrons in La2NiO4", Mater. Res. Bull. 17, 383-90 (1982).


1980


  • P. Ganguly, Sheelavathi Kollali, C.N.R. Rao and S. Kern, "Magnetic properties of Ln2NiO4 and Ln2CuO4  (Ln=  rare- earth)", Magn. Lett. 1, 107-115 (1980).


  • P. Ganguly and Sheela Ramasesha, "Magnetic behaviour of La2CoO4 and     related solids", Magn. Lett.  1, 131-38 (1980).


1979

  • D. Bahadur, Sheelavathi Kollali, C.N.R. Rao, M.J. Patni and C.M. Srivastava,  "Ferromagnetic resonance in Sr2+ doped rare-earth orthocobaltites Ln1-xSrxCoO3", J. Phys. Chem. Solids 40, 981-85 (1979).


  • W.H. Madhusudan, Sheelavathi Kollali, P.R.Sarode, M.S.Hegde, P. Ganguly and C.N.R. Rao, "Transition-metal oxide perovskites by photoelectron and x-ray absorption spectroscopy", Pramana 12, 317-29 (1979).





1978

  • M. Bose, A. Ghoshray, A. Basu, Sheelavathi Kollali and C.N.R. Rao, "Cobalt-59 NMR studies of rare earth cobaltites", Z. Naturforsh. 33A, 1401-1403 (1978).


  • P. Ganguly, S. Kollali and C.N.R. Rao, "Low-dimensional magnetic behaviour of some metal oxides with dipotassium nickel tetraflouride structure", Proc. Nucl. Phys. solid state Phys. Symp. 21C, 603-06 (1978).


1977

  • M. Bose, A. Ghoshray, A. Basu, S. Kollali and C.N.R. Rao, "Cobalt-59 NMR studies of the spin-state equilibria in rare earth cobaltites", Proc. Nucl. Phys. Solid State Phys. Symp. 20C, 511-514 (1977).


NAL Internal Publications

  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and A.K. Singh, "Pressure Dependence of Thermoelectric Power of High Tc 123 compound" PD MT 9001.


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and A.K. Singh, "Measurement Under Pressure of Thermoelectric Power along the Thickness of a Thin Specimen" PD MT 9012.


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and A.K. Singh, "Thermoelectric Power of YBa2Cu3O7 Single Crystals Under Pressures Up to 8 GPa" PD MT 9105.


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and A.K. Singh, Electronic Properties of Tellurium Under Pressure'' PD MT 9106.


  • Sheela K. Ramasesha and A.K. Singh, ``MoSi2 - An Aerospace Material?'' PD MT 9611.


  • Srikari Tantri P. and Sheela K. Ramasesha, "Synthesis and properties of molybdenum disilicide based composites" PD MT 9804.


  • Srikari Tantri P. and Sheela K. Ramasesha, "Sodium zirconium phosphate based low thermal expansion ceramics: A Review" PD MT 9812.