Brief Profile
Dr. Vincent Mathew has completed M.Sc. in Physics from Mahatma Gandhi University in 1990 and has been with IIT Kanpur as Research Fellow in the area of Atmospheric Physics, and he joined University of Delhi for PhD in 1994, under the supervision of Professor G.P.Srivastava and Dr. Agnikumar G Vedeshwar, and was awarded Ph.D. in 1998. From July 1998, onwards Dr. Vincent Mathew was working as faculty in various colleges in Delhi and Kerala. He joined St. Thomas College, Palai as Assistant Professor in 2002 and has moved to Central University of Kerala as Associate Professor in Physics in 2011. He became full professor in 2014. He has worked as visiting Scientist at University of Pecs, Hungary, in 2007 (International Exchange Programme of INSA and HAS) and participated in programmes at ICTP, Italy. He has completed three major research projects and one minor project.
Currently his areas of research include theoretical condensed matter physics, photonics and computational physics. He has guided 19 PhD students, 3 M.Phil. students and at present 8 students are working for PhD under his guidance. He has published more than 90 research papers in International Journals.
Education
| Degree | College Name | Year Of Passing |
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| Ph.D. | University of Delhi | 1998 |
| Post Graduation | Mahatma Gandhi University | 1990 |
Experience
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| St. Thomas College, Palai, Kerala | Assistant Professor | 2002 | 2011 |
| Central University of Kerala | Associate Professor | 2011 | 2014 |
| Central University of Kerala | Professor | 2014 | |
Recent and Major Publications
- K Anjineya., Mathew Don., C.H Meghna., Mathew Vincent. (2025). "Analysis of refractive index sensor using topological photonic protected edge state in one-dimensional photonic crystal". Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications, 65
- Mathew, Seena and Ramachandran, Ajith and Andrews, Jolly and Mathew, Vincent (2025). "Dispersion Characteristics of Superconducting Coplanar Waveguide Structure Based on Ferroelectric Thin Film". Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 38
- Kartheek, M. and Nithya, K. and Mathew, Vincent and Sijikumar, S. (2025). "Influence of mixed Rossby-Gravity waves on the North-East monsoon rainfall over south India". Advances in Space Research, 75
- Anju, J.S. and Chacko, Levna and Sruthi, T. and Gopika, P. and Mathew, Vincent and Aneesh, P.M. (2024). "Unveiling the Dual Potential of the MoS2@VS2 Nanocomposite as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions". ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7
- A.K., Sneha and Joseph, Saji and C.P., Sujith and Mathew, Thomas and Mathew, Vincent (2024). "A DFT investigation of Ti-substituted CaZrS3 for tailored photovoltaic properties". Computational Materials Science, 245
- T., Sruthi and Mathew, Vincent (2024). "Computational investigation of quantum capacitance enhancement in Mg-substituted MgB2-based supercapacitor electrodes". Computational Condensed Matter, 40
- Meghna C.H., Don Mathew, Vincent Mathew (2023). "Topologically originated optical analog of electromagnetically induced reflectance in Dirac semi-metal based photonic structure". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 57
- Sujith, C.P. and Joseph, Saji and Sneha, A.K. and Mathew, Thomas and Mathew, Vincent (2023). "A first principles characterization of electronic and optical anisotropy of quasi-one-dimensional transition metal lead sulfides PbMS3 (M = Hf, Zr)". Physica B: Condensed Matter, 669
- Sujith, C.P. and Joseph, Saji and Sneha, A.K. and Mathew, Thomas and Mathew, Vincent (2023). "A first principles characterization of electronic and optical anisotropy of quasi-one-dimensional transition metal lead sulfides PbMS3 (M = Hf, Zr)". Physica B: Condensed Matter, 669
- Mamidi, Kartheek and Mathew, Vincent (2023). "Minimal Mechanisms Responsible for the Dispersive Behavior of the Madden–Julian Oscillation". Climate, 11
- Don Mathew, C.H.Meghna, Vincent Mathew (2023). "Graphene-Based Refractive Index Sensor With a 1-D Topological Photonic System". IEEE Sensors Journal, 23,15537-15543
- CP Sujith, S Joseph, T Mathew, Vincent Mathew (2023). "Large birefringence in the quasi- one-dimensional material Sb2Se3: A DFT investigation of electronic and optical anisotropy". Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 174, 111161
- Meghna CH, Vincent Mathew (2023). "Photonic band inversion and absorption enhancement in Dirac semi-metal Tamm plasmon multilayer system". Advanced Optical Materials, 11, 2202473
- CP Sujith, S Joseph, T Mathew, Vincent Mathew (2022). "Ab initio investigation of the structural and electronic properties of tantalum thallium chalcogenides TaTlX3 (X= S, Se)". Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 315, 123534(2)
- CP Sujith, S Joseph, T Mathew, V Mathew (2022). "Exploring the electronic and optical anisotropy of quasi-one- dimensional ternary chalcogenide CrSbSe3: a DFT study". Solid State Sciences, 130, 106926(2)
- CP Sujith, S Joseph, T Mathew, V Mathew (2022). "First-principles investigation of structural, electronic and optical properties of quasi-one- dimensional barium cadmium chalcogenides Ba2CdX3 (X= S,
Se, Te)". Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 161, 110488
- CP Sujith, T. Mathew and V. Mathew (2021). "Density functional study of electronic and optical properties of quasi-one-dimensional metal tin sulfides MSnS3 (M= Hf, Zr)". Solid State Sciences, 116, 106608
- Meghna CH, V. Mathew (2021). "Dual‐Band Absorption Effect in a Topological‐Insulator‐Based Tamm Plasmon Multilayer
System". Physica status solidi (RRL)–Rapid Research Letters, 15(7), 2100131
- CP Sujith, T. Mathew, S. Joseph and V. Mathew (2021). "Density functional study of structural, electronic and optical properties of quasi-one- dimensional compounds BaTiX3 (X= S, Se)". Superlattices and Microstructures, 153, 106859(3)
- Ajith R and Vincent Mathew (2021). "Extended first integral method for investigating nonlinear surface plasmon polaritons in dielectric-metal-nonlinear slab waveguides". AIP Conference Proceedings, 2220(1),130019
- Thomas Mathew, Suseel Rahul K, CP Sujith and Vincent Mathew (2021). "Electronic and Optical Properties of Quasi-1D Barium Zinc Chalcogenides Ba2ZnX3 (X= S, Se, Te): A DFT Approach". Solid State Sciences, 113,106456
- Thomas Mathew, Suseel Rahul, Vincent Mathew (2020). "Density functional study of magnetic, structural and electronic properties of quasi- one-dimensional compounds CrSbX3 (X = S, Se)". Computational Condensed Matter, 23, e00467
- Ajith Kumar K, Vincent Mathew (2020). "Theoretical and Computational Study of Instability
in Streaming Negative Ion Plasma Under Static
Magnetic Field". The European Physical Journal D, 74, 65
- Suseel Rahul, AK Sneha, Vincent Mathew (2019). "Variations of non-linear optical properties and susceptibility with layer thicknesses of CdS/ZnS/ CdS/ZnS multilayer quantum dot". Superlattices and Microstructures, 129, 1-13
- KP Sreejith, Vincent mathew (2019). "Optical Properties of Planar and Annular Ternary Superconducting Photonic Crystals in Near-Zero-
Permittivity Operation Range". Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 32, 2397-2407
- KP Sreejith, V.Mathew (2018). "Multichannel filtering properties of a one dimensional photonic crystal composed of semiconductor photonic quantum well defect". Silicon, 10, 2295-2900
- Suseel K. Rahul, Vincent Mathew (2018). "Quantum confined stark effect on the binding energy of exciton in type II quantum heterostructure". AIP Conference Proceedings, 1953, 30084
- K.P.Sreejith, Vincent Mathew (2018). "Angle dependent defect modes in a photonic crystal filter doped by high and low temperature superconductor defects". AIP Conference Proceedings, 1953, 60035
- A.Kumar, Vincent Mathew (2018). "Computational study of proton acceleration from the laser irradiated metal substrate". AIP Conference Proceedings, 1953, 140011
- K.P.Sreejith, Vincent Mathew (2017). "Investigation of Transmission Properties in One-Dimensional Quasi-periodic Superconducting
Photonic Crystal". Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 31, 1993-1998
- KP Sreejith, V Mathew (2017). "Investigation of Transmission Properties in One-Dimensional Quasi-periodic Superconducting Photonic Crystal". Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 540, 1-6
- D Thomas, R Ajith, C Bhagyaraj, V Mathew, S Augustine (2017). "Characteristics of surface plasmon polaritons in ZnO based nanowaveguides". Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, 144, 561-564
- A Kumar, V Mathew (2017). "Streaming instability in negative ion plasma". Physics of Plasmas, 24(9), 92107
- KP Sreejith, NM D’souza, V. Mathew (2017). "Analysis of cutoff frequency in one dimensional ternary superconducting photonic crystal". Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications, 540, 44-47 3
- NM D'souza, V Mathew (2017). "Superconductor based ternary periodic multilayered structure as a single and multichanneled filter in the terahertz region". Applied optics, 56(24), 6765-6769
- KS Rahul, N Devaraj, RK Babu, S Mathew, K Salini, V Mathew (2017). "Intraband absorption of D− center in CdSe/CdS/CdSe/CdS
multilayer quantum dot". Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 106, 99-104, 1
- NM D'souza, V Mathew (2017). "Two dimensional tunable photonic crystal defect based drop filter at communication wavelength". Photonics and Nanostructures- Fundamentals and Applications, 25, 14-18
- P Sreejith K, V Mathew (2017). "Tunable cutoff frequency in one dimensional all superconducting photonic crystal". American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1849(2)
- V Mathew, P Arun (2017). "The skin effect: a fresh look". Physics Education, 52(4), 43007
- C Bhagyaraj, V Mathew (2017). "Nonreciprocal propagation of surface plasmon mode guided through graphene layer on magnetized semiconductor". Superlattices and Microstructures, 101, 1-7
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![]() | Sneha A K, PPH072101- Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
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![]() | Don Mathew, PPH072201- Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
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![]() | Anjineya K, 2300607001- Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
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![]() | Kavyasree N, 2300607003- Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
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![]() | Abhijith Suresh, 2300607005- Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
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![]() | Gayathri K Reghu, 2500607001- Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
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![]() | Ajith R, MPH071303- Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
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- Thesis Title: Plasmon Assisted Optical Properties of Linear and Nonlinear Nano-Systems
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![]() | Nirmala Maria D'Souza, MPH071307- Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
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- Thesis Title: Photonic Crystals
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![]() | Dr. Sruthi T- Postdoctoral Fellow (PDF)
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- Thesis Title: Density Functional Theory Studies of Novel Two-Dimensional Materials for Energy Storage Applications
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![]() | Salini K, MPH071308- Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
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- Thesis Title: Computational study of excitons in CdSe/CdS based nanocrystals
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![]() | Thomas Mathew, MPH071312- Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
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- Thesis Title: Electronic Structure of Quasi-one-dimensional Metal Chalcogenides: A Density Functional Approach
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![]() | Suseel Rahul K, MPH071311- Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
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- Thesis Title: Strongly Confirmed Excitons in Cadmium Based Quantum Dot Heterostructures
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![]() | Sreejith K P, MPH071403- Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
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- Thesis Title: Studies on One-dimensional Photonic Crystals Incorporating Superconducting Materials
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![]() | Mamidi Kartheek, MPH071502- Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
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- Thesis Title: Theoretical and Observational Studies on Interaction Between Moist-Convection and Equatorial Waves
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![]() | Meghna C H, PPH071606- Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
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- Thesis Title: Light-matter Interaction in One Dimensional Topological Photonic Systems
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![]() | Sujith C P, PPH071703- Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
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- Thesis Title: Anisotropy of electronic and optical properties of quasi-one- dimensional chalcogenides: a DFT investigation
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Research Projects Undertaken
| Project Title | Project Type | Commencement Year | Completion Year | Funding Agency |
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| Analysis and Simulation of Plasmonic Waveguide Structures for Subwavelength Applications | Major Research Project | 2010 | 2013 | SERB, DST |
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