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    Papers Published In Refereed Journals

  1. Bharathi Rajeswaran, L. R. Viannie, K. Rajanna, G. R. Jayanth, A. M. Umarji,"Phase transition induced micromechanical actuation in VO2 coated cantilever", Journal of Applied Physics 124, , 2018,p.074502(1-9).

  2. P.Ray, Radhakrishna V, Triloki P, Baishali G, Rajanna K, "Influence of substrate heating on optical, morphological and photoemission properties of CsI thin films for imaging application", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2018, 906. PP:18-21.

  3. Puspita Ray, Radhakrishna Vatedka, G. Baishali and K. Rajanna,"Spatial resolution optimization in a THGEM-based UV photon detector", Radiation Detection Technology and Methods 2 (2), 2018,P.39.

  4. M. S. Manjunath , Nagarjuna Neella , G. Uma , M. Umapathy , M. M. Nayak , K. Rajanna, “Design, fabrication and testing of reduced graphene oxide strain gauge based pressure sensor with increased sensitivity”, Microsystem Technologies, 2018, PP:1-13.

  5. Nagarjuna Neella, Venkateswarlu Gaddam, M.M. Nayak, N.S. Dinesh and K. Rajanna, “Scalable fabrication of highly sensitive flexible temperature sensors based on silver nanoparticles coated reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite thin films”, Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, 2017, 268, PP:173–182.

  6. RR Kumar, V. Gaddam, Manjula Y, Narasimharao K, Rajanna Konandur, “Investigation of growth parameters influence on Au-catalyzed ITO Nanowires by electron beam evaporation method”, Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 2017, 12, PP:166–173.

  7. K. B. Vinayakumar, Girish Nadiger, Vikas R. Shetty, N. S. Dinesh, M. M. Nayak, and K. Rajanna, “Packaged peristaltic micropump for controlled drug delivery application”, REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS,2017,88, 015102 (1-7).

  8. Leema Rose Viannie, G. R. Jayanth, V. Radhakrishna, and K. Rajanna, "Fabrication and Nonlinear Thermomechanical Analysis of SU8 Thermal Actuator",Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems,2016,DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2015.2490485.

  9. K. B. Vinayakumar, G. Naveen Kumar, M.M. Nayak, N. S. Dinesh, and K. Rajanna, "Peristaltic pump-based low range pressure sensor calibration system",Review of Scientific Instruments,86(11),(2015),115113(1-6).

  10. V Gaddam, RR Kumar, M Parmar, M.M. Nayak, K Rajanna, "Synthesis of ZnO nanorods on a flexible Phynox alloy substrate: influence of growth temperature on their properties",RSC Advances,5(109),(2015),89985-89992.

  11. "Morphology controlled synthesis of Al doped ZnO nanosheets on Al alloy substrate by low-temperature solution growth method". Venkateswarlu Gaddam, R. Rakesh Kumar, Mitesh Parmar, G. R. Krishna Yaddanapudi, M.M.Nayak and K. Rajanna,RSC Advances,5,(2015),13519-13524.

  12. Roopa G Manjunatha , Rajanna K, Mahapatra DR, Prakash S. "Validation of Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nasal Sensorto assess nasal obstruction in comparison with subjective technique",American Journal of Otolaryngology,36(2),(2015),122-129.

  13. R. G. Manjunatha, Rajanna K, D. R. Mahapatra, S. Prakash,"Evaluation of polyvinylidene fluoride nasal sensor to assess deviated nasal septum in comparision with peak nasal inspiratory flow measurements",American journal of Rhinology & Allergy,28(1),(2014),62-67.

  14. S. Joshi, M. M. Nayak, Rajanna K,"Effect of post-deposition annealing on transverse piezoelectric coefficient and vibration sensing performance of ZnO thin films",Applied Surface Science 296,(2014),169-176.

  15. S. Joshi, M. M. Nayak, Rajanna K,"Evaluation of transverse piezoelectric coefficient of zno thin films deposited on different flexible substrates: A comparative study on the vibration sensing performance",ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,6 (10),(2014),7108-7116.

  16. Rakesh Kumar, K. Narasimha Rao, Rajanna K and A. R. Phani,"Low temperature and self catalytic growth of ultrafine ITO nanowires by electron beam evaporation method and their optical and electrical properties",Materials Research Bulletin,52 ,(2014),167-176.

  17. G. Baishali, V. Radhakrishna, V. Koushal, K. Rakhee, Rajanna K, "Photonics Research Performance study of a cesium iodide photocathode-based UV photon detector in Ar/CH4 mixture",Photonics Research,2 (3),(2014),92-96.

  18. K. B. Vinayakumar, G. M. Hegde, M. M. Nayak, N. S. Dinesh, Rajanna K,"Fabrication and characterization of gold coated hollow silicon microneedle array for drug delivery",Microelectronic Engineering,128,(2014),12-18.

  19. R. Rakesh Kumar, K. Narasimha Rao, Rajanna K and A. R. Phani,"Self catalytic growth of indium oxide (In2O3) nanowires by resistive thermal evaporation",Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,14(7),(2014),5485-5490.

  20. R.R. Kumar, V. Gaddam, K.N. Rao, Rajanna K, "Low temperature VLS growth of ITO nanowires by electron beam evaporation method",Materials Research Express ,1(3),(2014),035008.

  21. Roopa G Manjunatha, Rajanna K, Mahapatra DR, Nayak MM, Krishnaswamy UM, Srinivasa R. "Polyvinylidene fluoride film based nasal sensor to monitor human respiration patter",An initial clinical study. Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing,27(6),(2013),647-657.

  22. R. Rakesh Kumar, Mitesh Parmar, K. Narasimha Rao, Rajanna K, A. R. Phani, "Novel low temperature growth of SnO2 nanowires and their gas sensing properties",Scripta Materialia,68,(2013),408-411.

  23. R.Rakesh Kumar, K.Narasimha Rao, K.Rajanna and A.R.Phani, "Low temperature growth of SnO2 nanowires by electron beam evaporation and their application in UV light detection",Materials Research Bulletin,48,(2013),1545-1554.

  24. B. Garai, V. Radhakrishna, Rajanna K,"Effect of vacuum treatment on CsI photocathode performance in UV photon detectors", Optical Materials Express ,3(7) ,(2013),948-953.

  25. S. Joshi, G. M. Hegde, M. M. Nayak, Rajanna K,"A novel piezoelectric thin film impact sensor: Application in non-destructive material discrimination", Sensors and Actuators ,A: Physical 199,(2013),272-282.

  26. R. Rakesh Kumar, K. Narasimha Rao, Rajanna K and A. R. Phani, "Novel co-evaporation approach for the growth of Sb doped SnO2 nanowires",Materials Letters ,106,(2013),164-167.

  27. R. Rakesh Kumar, K. Narasimha Rao, Rajanna K and A. R. Phani, "Growth of tin catalyzed silicon nanowires by electron beam evaporation",Advanced Materials Letters,4(11),(2013),836-840.

  28. S G. Baishali, V. Radhakrishna, V. Koushal, K. Rakhee, Rajanna K, "Study of electron focusing in thick GEM based photon detectors using semitransparent photocathodes",Nucl. Instrum. Meth.,A 729,(2013),51-57.

  29. Roopa G Manjunatha , Rajanna K, Mahapatra RD, Dorasala S. iezoelectricity sensing: evaluation for clinical investigation of deviated nasal septum. Allergy & Rhinology,4(6),(2013),e140-150.

  30. Sudeep Joshi, Mitesh Parmar, K. Rajanna,A novel gas flow sensing application using piezoelectric ZnO thin films deposited on Phynox alloy, Sensors and Actuators A,187,(2012),194-200.

  31. Mitesh Parmar, Ravi Bhatia, V.Prasad and K.Rajanna, "Ethanol sensing using CuO/MWNT thin film", Sensors and Actuators B,158,(2011),229-234.

  32. Mitesh Parmar and K. Rajanna,"Copper (II) oxide thin film for methanol and ethanol sensing" , International Journal of smart sensing and intelligent systems,4,(2011),710-725.

  33. Jaspreet Singh, M.M.Nayak, K.Nagachenchaiah and K.Rajanna"Effects of Radiation on Silicon Pressure sensor", Sensors and Transducers Journal, 107(8),(2009),35-41.

  34. Badal Chakraborthy and K.Rajanna"A Fuzzy-based Tactile Sensor for implementation in specialized motion of land rover",Sensors and Transducers Journal, 109(10),(2009),13-20

  35. M.Nagaraja, Jayadev Pattar, N.Shashank, J.Manjanna, Y.Yamada, K.Rajanna and H.M.Mahesh,"Electrical, structural and magnetic properties of polyaniline/pTSA-TiO2 nanocomposites",Synthetic Metals,159,(2009),718-722.

  36. A novel method for the improvement in thermoelectric property of tin oxide thin films and its application in gas sensing, S.Anuradha and K.Rajanna, International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems,1(2),(2008),498-511.

  37. Hard anodisation of aluminium and its application to sensorics, Rajendra, Biren J.Parmar, A.K.Sharma, H.Bhojraj, M.M.Nayak and K.Rajanna, Surface Engineering,21(3),(2005),193-197.

  38. Design, Fabrication and Performance study of Piezoelectric Crystal based Acoustic Sensor suitable for Aerospace application, Virupaksha D. Chitnis, M. Singaperumal, M.M.Nayak and K. Rajanna, IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines,125(9),(2005), 369-373.

  39. MEMS based high dose radiation resistant SOI Pressure Sensor, Kyung Il Lee, M.M.Nayak, Hidekunii Takao, Kazuaki Sawada, Makoto Ishida and K. Rajanna, Sensors and Materials,17(5),(2005), 237-247.

  40. Comparative Performance Study of Strain Gauge Sensors for Ion Thrust Measurement, R. John Stephen , Rajanna K, Vivek Dhar, K.G.Kalyan Kumar and S.Nagabushanam, IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines,125(12),(2005),479-484.

  41. Metal-Oxide Thin Film with Pt, Au and Ag Nano-Particles for Gas Sensing Applications , Rahul Mishra and K. Rajanna , Sensors and Materials,17(8) ,(2005),435-443.

  42. Diaphragm -type Acoustic Sensor based on Sputtered Piezoelectric Thin Films, Atul Garg and K. Rajanna, Sensors and Materials,17(8),(2005) 423-433.

  43. Thin film strain gauge sensors for ion thrust measurement, R.John Stephen,K.Rajanna, Vivek Dhar, K.G.Kalyan Kumar and S.Nagabushanam , IEEE Sensors Journal,4(3),(2004),373-377.

  44. Tactile sensor based on Piezoelectric resonance, G.Murali Krishna and K.Rajanna, IEEE Sensors Journal,4(5),(2004),691-697.

  45. Reaction bonding of microstructured Silicon Carbide using polymer and Silicon thin film, K.Rajanna, S.Tanaka, T.Itoh and M.Esashi, Materials Science Forum,457,(2004),1527- 1530.

  46. Development of a microstrip-based neutron detector, S.S. Desai, A.M.Shaikh, V.Radhakrishna and K. Rajanna PRAMANA- Journal of Physics,63(2),(2004), 471- 475.

  47. Development and studies on microstrip detector, V.Radhakrishna, Rajanna K S.S.Desai and A.M.Shaikh, Current Science,84(10),(2003), 1327- 1336.

  48. Study on microstrip position sensitive detector with meandering resistive structure for the charge division method, V.Radhakrishna, Rajanna K S.S.Desai and A.M.Shaikh,Review of Scientific Instruments,74(10),(2003),4263-4267.

  49. Development of Microstrip Gas Chamber to study the effect of drift gap on its performance, V,Radhakrishna, Rajanna K S.S.Desai and A.M. Shaikh, Review of Scientific Instruments,72(2),(2001),1361-1365.

  50. Strain gauge based thrust measurement system for a stationary plasma thruster, R.John Stephen, Rajanna K Vivek Dhar, K.G.Kalyan Kumar and S.Ngabushanam, Measurement Science and Technology,12,(2001),1568- 1575.

  51. Deep Reactive Ion Etching of Silicon Carbide, S.Tanaka, Rajanna K T.Abe and M.Esashi, J. Vacuum Science and Technology B,19(6),(2001),2173- 2176.

  52. Strain Sensitivity and temperature behavior of Invar alloy films, K.Rajanna and M.M. Nayak, Materials Science and Engineering B,77(3),(2000),288 - 292.

  53. Shape Deterioration of Mesa structures in post - CMOS Anisotropic Etching of Silicon Microsensors: An Experimental study, Hidekuni Takao, Chuck- chen Yong, Rajanna K and Makoto Ishida, Sensors and Actuators A,86,(2000),115-121.

  54. Low cost Thin Film Pressure Transducer, Rajanna K M.M.Nayak, R.Krishnamurthy and S.Mohan, Vacuum8(6),(1997),521-524.

  55. Sputtered thin film strain gauges for differential pressure measurement. M.M.Nayak, Rajanna K N.Gunasekaran, A.E.Muthunayagam, S.Mohan and K.Mohan Ram, IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement,45(1),(1996),335-339.

  56. Studies on thin film pressure transducers and strain gauges, Rajanna K , J.Indian Institute of Science,75(2),(1995),219-222.

  57. Effect of strain and temperature on the behaviour of Oxygen ion implanted manganese films, Rajanna K G.K.Muralidhar, K.G.M.Nair, T.Panchapagesan, M.M.Nayak and S.Mohan, J. Appl. Physics,76(6),(1994),3573-3578.

  58. Au Ni Thin film pressure transducer Fabrication and performance studies, Rajanna K S.Mohan, M.M.Nayak, N.Gunasekaran and A.E.Muthunayagam, IEEE Trans. Electron Devices,40(3),(1993),521-524.

  59. Suitability of Mn: SiO2 cermet films for strain gauge applications, Rajanna K S.Srinivasulu, M.M.Nayak and S.Mohan, J. Material Science Letters,12 (1993),37-39.

  60. Electrical and strain sensitive behaviour of sputtered gold films, M.M.Nayak, S.Srinivasulu, Rajanna K S.Mohan and A.E.Muthunayagam , J. Material Science Letters,12,(1993),119-121.

  61. Diaphragm type sputtered platinum thin film strain gauge pressure transducer, M.M.Nayak, N.Gunasekaran, A.E.Muthunayagam, Rajanna K and S.Mohan, Measurement Science and Technology (Formerly Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments),4,(1993),1319-1322.

  62. Strain gauge pressure transducers an overview, M.M.Nayak, Rajanna K S.Srinivasulu, S.Mohan and N.Gunasekaran, IETE Technical Review,9(2),(1992),170-177.

  63. Thin film pressure transducer with manganese film as the strain gauge, Rajanna K M.M.Nayak, S.Mohan and N.Gunasekaran, Sensors and Actuators A,24(1), (1990),35-39.

  64. Performance study of a pressure transducer with meandering path thin film strain gauges , M.M.Nayak, Rajanna K and S.Mohan., Thin Solid Films, 193/194,(1990),1023-1029.

  65. Strain sensitivity property of Vacuum deposited manganese films, Rajanna K and S.Mohan, Thin Solid Films,172,(1989),45-50.

  66. Thin film strain gauges An overview, Rajanna K S.Mohan and E.S.R.Gopal, Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics,(Special Issue on Physics Instrumentation in India, PartI),27,(1989),453-460.

  67. Response of thin films strain gauges to tensile and compressive strains by cantilever technique, Rajanna K and S.Mohan,Physica Status Solidi(a),105(2), (1988):K 181-K184.

  68. Studies on meandering path thin film strain gauges, Rajanna K and S.Mohan, ,Sensors and Actuators ,15(3),(1988),297-303.

  69. Longitudinal and Transverse strain sensitivity of gold films,Rajanna K and S.Mohan ,J. Mateialr. Science Letters,6,(1987),1027-1029.

  70. "Effect of moisture and glass content on the Poisson's ratio of FRP plates as determined by Laser interferometry", Rajanna K, R.M.V.G.K.Rao, and M.Swaminadhan,Fibre Science and Technology,15,(1981),235-242.

    Invited Article In The Encyclopedia
  71. K. Rajanna and M. M. Nayak, "Strain Sensors", Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. (Editor: John G.Webster), Vol. 20, John Wiley Publishers (USA), 1999, 566-580.

    Articles Published In Books
  72. Sputtered tantalum nitride thin films for strain gauge application,M.M.Nayak, Rajanna K S.Mohan and N.Gunasekaran, In: Emerging Microelectronics and Interconnection Technologies, (Editors: B.S.Sonde, M.H.Kori, M.K.Iyer, S.K.Prasad and K.R.M.Gopal), New Age International Publishers, New Delhi, February 1996,457 461.

  73. lectromechanical and Temperature behavior of sputtered platinum films, M.M.Nayak, Rajanna K and S.Mohan, In: Thin film characterisation and applications, (Editors: SA.K.Narayandass and D.Mangalaraj), Allied Publishers Limited, New Delhi, 1996,371 377.

  74. Thin Film Sensors, Rajanna K, S. Mohan and E. S. R. Gopal, In: Principles of Solidification and materials processing, Vol. 1 (Edited by R. Trivedi, J. A. Sekhar and J. Mazumdar), Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi 1989, 395-404.

    Papers Published In National And Refereed International Conference Proceedings

  75. Nagarjuna Neella, Vaishakh Kedambaimoole, V. Gaddam, M.M. Nayak, K. Rajanna, “Waste to Wealth Concept: Disposable RGO Filter Paper for Flexible Temperature Sensor Applications”, Accepted for presentation at the 62nd DAE Solid State Physics Symposium to be held at DAE Convention Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 26-30 December, 2017.

  76. Vaishakh Kedambaimoole, Vijay Shirhatti, Nagarjuna Neella, Puspita Ray, M.M. Nayak and K. Rajanna, “PDMS Encapsulated Graphene-Nickel Composite Film As Flexible Tactile Sensor", Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2017, held at Glasgow, Scotland, UK during October 29 to November 1, 2017, pp: 301-303.

  77. Vaishakh Kedambaimoole, Nagarjuna Neella, Venkateswarlu Gaddam, Nayak M.M and Konandur Rajanna, “Graphene-Nickel Composite Films on Flexible PCB for Temperature Monitoring, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, April 9-12, 2017,Los Angeles, USA, PP: 173-176.

  78. Nagarjuna Neella, Venkateswarlu Gaddam, Nayak M.M and Konandur Rajanna, “Low cost, disposable and wearable body warmer using RGO sheets coated on cloth substrate as heating element”, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, April 9-12, 2017,Los Angeles, USA, PP: 177-180.

  79. Venkateswarlu Gaddam, Nagarjuna Neella, Veera Pandi N, Nayak M.M and Konandur Rajanna, “Acoustic Transducer based on ZnO nanorods”, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, April 9-12, 2017,Los Angeles, USA, PP: 481-484.

  80. Nagarjuna Neella, Geetanjali Urwasha, V. Gaddam, Veera Pandian N, M.M. Nayak and K. Rajanna, “Fabrication of Graphene-Ag Nanocomposite based Pressure sensor”, ISSS National Conference on MEMS, Smart Materials, Structures and Systems held at Kanpur, India September 28-30, 2016.

  81. Nagarjuna neella, V. Gaddam, M. M. Nayak and K. Rajanna, “Nanocomposite based Low Cost Disposable Temperature Sensors for Space Applications”, Proceedings of National Conference on LAMSYS-2016, Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, ISRO, Shriharikota, June 24-25, 2016.

  82. Vinaya Kumar K.B, M. M. Nayak, N.S Dinesh, K. Rajanna, “Microneedle and Micropupm-based Precision Drug Dlivery System”,Proceedings of Workshop on Enabling Future Health Care: the Role Micro and Nano Technology,Napa, USA August 24-26, 2015.

  83. Vinaya Kumar K.B, M. M. Nayak, N.S Dinesh, K. Rajanna. “Out-Of-Plane Microneedle Array for Drug Delivery” Proceedings of Sensors in Medicine,London, UK, March 24–26, 2015.

  84. Highly flexible and sensitive graphense–silver nanocomposite strain sensor, Nagarjuna Neella,V Gaddam, M.M. Nayak, T.Srinivas, K Rajanna, Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2015,held at Busan, South Korea during 1 Nov - 4 Nov, 2015,1677-1680.

  85. Role of Platinum Films in the Morphological Evolution of ZnO nanorods by Solution Growth Method, V. Gaddam, R.R. Kumar, M. Parmar, M.M. Nayak, K Rajanna, Proceedingss of IEEE Sensors 2014, held at Valencia, Spain during,2014,82-85

  86. Study on the detection efficiency of gaseous photomultipliers, Baishali Garai, V K.Radhakrishna and K. Rajanna. Proceedings of SPIE conference on Advanced Photon Counting Techniques VI,held at Baltimore, USA during 29th April to 3rd May 2013, 8727,87270U - 87270U-9.

  87. Identification of different respiratory rate by a piezo polymer based nasal sensor, R. G. Manjunatha, N. Ranjith, Y. V. Meghashree, Rajanna K, D. R. Mahapatra, Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2013 held at Baltimore, Maryland, USA, during 3 Nov - 6 Nov 2013,1-4.

  88. Distributed piezoelectric Thin Film Sensor Array for monitoring impact events, S. Joshi, M. M. Nayak, Rajanna K, Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2013 held at Baltimore, Maryland, USA, during 3 Nov - 6 Nov 2013, 1-4.

  89. Characterization and performance study of packaged micropump for drug delivery, K. B. Kumar, M. M. Nayak, N. S. Dinesh, Rajanna K, Proceedings of 8th IEEE International Microsystems, Packaging, Assembly and Circuits Technology Conference (IMPACT) 2013 held at Taipei, Taiwan, during 22 Oct - 25 Oct, 2013, 353-355.

  90. Packaging of Polyvinylidene fluoride nasal sensor for biomedical applications G. R. Manjunatha, Rajanna K, M. M. Nayak, Proceedings of 8th IEEE International Microsystems, Packaging, Assembly and Circuits Technology Conference (IMPACT) 2013 held at Taipei, Taiwan, during 22 Oct - 25 Oct 2013, 356-358.

  91. Platinum surface additive based nanostructured CuO films for ethanol sensing, Mitesh Parmar and Rajanna K, Proceedings of the IEEE International conference on Sensors 2012 (IEEE Sensors 2012) held at Taipei, Taiwan during 28 Oct - 31 Oct,2012, 1228-1231.

  92. Flexible Phynox Alloy with Integrated Piezoelectric Thin Film for Micro Actuation Application, Sudeep Joshi, M.M. Nayak and Rajanna K, Proceedings of the IEEE International conference on Sensors 2012 (IEEE Sensors 2012) held at Taipei, Taiwan during 28 Oct-31 Oct, 2012, 1866-1869.

  93. AFM cantilever with integrated piezoelectric thin film for micro-actuation, Leema Rose Viannie, Sudeep Joshi, G.R.Jayanth , V. Radhakrishna and Rajanna K, Proceedings of the IEEE International conference on Sensors 2012 (IEEE Sensors 2012) held at Taipei, Taiwan during 28 Oct-31 Oct,2012, 1838-1841.

  94. A novel piezoelectric ZnO nanogenerator on flexible metal alloy substrate, Venkateswarlu Gaddam, Sudeep Joshi, Mitesh Parmar ,M.M.Nayak and Rajanna K, Proceedings of the IEEE International conference on Sensors 2012 (IEEE Sensors 2012) held at Taipei, Taiwan during 28 Oct-31 Oct,2012, 1870-1873.

  95. Fabrication of Silicon and Stainless Steel Microneedles for Bio-compatibility Packaging Applications, Vinaya Kumar K.B, N. P. Vamsi Krishna,Suma B.N, G. M. Hegde, Rajanna K, M. M. Nayak and N.S. Dinesh, Proceedings of the National Conference on Electronics Design, Assembly and Reliability 2012 (NEDAR-2012), held at Bangalore during 4 Dec-6 Dec, 2012, 113-116.

  96. 3D simulation for maximizing electron transfer efficiency in THICK GEMS Baishali, V.Garai, K.Radhakrishna and Rajanna K Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Astroparticle, Particle, Space Physics and Detectors for Physics Applications held at Como, Italy. Vol. 7 . 983-987.

  97. Non-Invasive Human Breath Sensor, Roopa G, Rajanna K and M.M.Nayak, Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2011 conference held at Limerick, Ireland, during 28 Oct -31 Oct,2011, 1781-1791.

  98. MEMS based Microactuator for Micriject Applications, Jaspreet Singh, Rajanna K B.Umapathi, M.M.Nayak and K.Nagachenchaiah, Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2011 conference held at Limerick, Ireland, during 28 Oct-31 Oct, 2011, 1129-1132.

  99. Differential pressure based MEMS flow sensor for low flow rate measurements, Jaspreet singh, M.M.Nayak and Rajanna K Proceedings of National conference on Electric Propulsion Systems(NCEPS 2011) held at Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, ISRO, Bangalore -560008, during 23 Feb-24 Feb, 2011, 180-183.

  100. Study on the suitability of piezoelectric thin film based Impact sensor for Material Discrimination, Nikhil Gokhale and Rajanna K Proceedings of the 5th Asia- Pacific conference on Transducers and Micro-Nano Technology 2010 (APCOT MNT 2010), held at Western Australia, 88- 89.

  101. Flow measurement using MEMS based piezoresistive sensor, Jaspreet Singh, M.M.Nayak, K.Nagachenchaiah and Rajanna K Proceedings of the 5th Asia- Pacific conference on Transducers and Micro-Nano Technology 2010 (APCOT MNT 2010), held at Western Australia, 239.

  102. Nanostuctured Copper(II) Oxide thin film for alcohol sensing, Mitesh Parmar, Nikhil Gokhale and Rajanna K Proceedings of IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2009(I2MTC 2009), held at Singapore, 337-340.

  103. Thin film based sensors and their application, Rajanna K (invited talk paper), Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Technology for Next Generation Vehicle & Machine (held during 10-20 September 2008 at Korea) 14-24.

  104. Multi-point sensing system for plantar pressure measurement,Venugopal G, Biren J.Parmar, M.M.Nayak and Rajanna K Proceedings of the IEEE International conference on Sensors 2007 (IEEE Sensors 2007) held at Atlanta during 28 Oct-31 Oct, 2007, P 978-981.

  105. MEMS based pressure sensor with triple modular redundancy, P.Venkata Reddy, M.M.Nayak and Rajanna K Proceedings of the IEEE International conference on Sensors 2007 (IEEE Sensors 2007) held at Atlanta during 28 Oct-31 Oct, 2007, P 919 - 921.

  106. Development of Thermoelectric Gas Sensors for Volatile Organic Compounds, Anuradha S and K. Rajanna Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2006 (IEEE International conference on Sensors 2006 held at Daegu, Korea) 716- 718.

  107. Pressure sensor development using hard anodized aluminum diaphragm and sputtered Pt-W thin film strain sensors, A.Rajendra, B.J.Parmar, A.K.Sharma, H.Bhojraj, M.M.Nayak and K. Rajanna, Transducers 2005 (International Conference on Solid State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems 2005) Digest of Technical Papers, 1334- 1337.

  108. Suitability of a Point-contact SAW-based Stiffness Transducer for Biomedical Applications , Biren J. Parmar , Rajanna K and M. M. Nayak, Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2005 (IEEE International conference on Sensors 2005 held at California), 318-321.

  109. Hall Thruster Sequencer using Intel-8051 Microcontroller for Ion Thrust Measurement, R.John Stephen , M.Hemalatha and K. Rajanna,Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2005 (IEEE International conference on Sensors 2005 held at California) 806-809.

  110. Low- cost piezoelectric thin film based Acoustic sensor, Atul Garg and K. Rajanna,Proceedings of International Conference on Electrical Engineering 2004 (ICEE 2004) Joint conference with Asia-Pacific conference of Transducers and Micro-Nano Technology 2004 (APCOT MNT 2004), Vol. 3 (1) , 146- 150.

  111. Study on the Morphologies of Pt, Au and Ag Nano-particles on Metal-Oxide Thin Film for Gas Sensing Application, Rahul Mishra and K. Rajanna,Proceedings of International Conference on Electrical Engineering 2004 (ICEE 2004) Joint conference with Asia- Pacific conference of Transducers and Micro-Nano Technology 2004 (APCOT MNT 2004), Vol. 3(1),100- 105.

  112. Synthesis of Noble Metal Nano-clusters on oxide film, Rahul Mishra and K. Rajanna,Proceedings of the INAE Conference on Nanotechnology (ICON- 2003), 666-672.

  113. Optimization of Microstrip Detector performance, V.Radhakrishna, S.S.Desai, A.M.Shaikh and K. Rajanna,Proceedings of the DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (held at Bilaspur, Chattisgarh during December 2000), Vol.43 (Editors: S.L.Chaplot, T.Sakuntala and S.M.Yusuf), p 198- 199.

  114. K. Kiran Kumar, V.A.P Sharma, N.Balashanmugam, Vinaya kumar.K.B,G.M.Hegde, K.Rajanna, M.M.Nayak, N.S Dinesh. "Metal microneedle precision fabrication technology and limitations", CMTI organized First National Conference on Micro and Nano fabrication from 21 Jan- 23 Jan, 2013.

  115. Vinaya Kumar K.B, G. M. Hegde, M. M. Nayak, N.S Dinesh, K. Rajanna, "Microneedle Technology For Transdermal Drug Delivery",Sixth ISSS National Conference on MEMS, Smart Materials, Structures and Systems which is held at R&DE (Engrs) Pune on 6 Sept - 7 Sept, 2013.

  116. Vinayakumar K.B, G.Naveen kumar, M.M.Nayak, N.S.Dinesh and K.Rajanna, "Pressure Calibrator Using Peristaltic Micropump", Seventh ISSS International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems Bangalore, India 08 July - 11 July, 2014

  117. Roopa G Manjunatha ,Rajanna K, Mahapatra DR, M.M.Nayak. "Differentiability between normal and respiratory tract disorder respiration pattern using smart sensor". Proc. of ISSS Conference, Pune, India,126-129, 2013.

    Papers Presented At Conferences/ Symposia/ Workshops/ Seminars

  118. Nagarjuna Neellaa, Venkateswarlu Gaddama, Vaishakh Kedambaimoolea, Vijay Shirhattia, Suresh Nuthalapatia, M.M. Nayakb , N.S. Dineshc and K.Rajanna, “Multifunctionalities of Graphene Nanostructured Composite Materials towards Wearable Biological Applications”, Presented at Multifunctional Materials and Structures 2018, Gordon Reaserch Conference to be held at Ventura, California, U.S.A, Jan 14th-19th, 2018.

  119. V. Gaddam, Nagarjuna Neella, Vaishakh Kedambaimoole, M. M. Nayak and K. Rajanna, “RGO decorated ZnO nanosheets for Temperature Sensor Applications”, Presented at Recent Progress in Graphene and 2D Materials (RPGR 2017)", Singapore, Sep 19-22, 2017.

  120. Venkateswarlu Gaddam, Nagarjuna Neella, M. M. Nayak and K. Rajanna, “Al:ZnO nanosheets on flexible stainless steel substrate as impact sensor”, Presented at the Second International Conference on Large Area & Flexible Microelectronics (ILAFM 2016) : Wearable Electronics, ILAFM-2016, held at Bangalore, India.

  121. Nagarjuna neella, V. Gaddam, M. M. Nayak and K. Rajanna, “Integration of Highly Flexible and Sensitive Films on Kapton with Graphene Oxide –Platinum Nanocomposite for Strain Sensors”, Proc. of IEEE Sensors, 2016, 1421-1423.

  122. Nagarjuna Neella, V. Gaddam, Veera Pandian N, Hitesh N L, M.M. Nayak and K. Rajanna, “Graphene Oxide-Platinum Nanocomposite Films for Force Sensor Applications”, Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICNSNT 2016, to be held during Dec 15-16, 2016 at Colombo. Srilanka.

  123. V. Gaddam, Nagarjuna neella, Manu Pai, M, M. M. Nayak and K. Rajanna, “Influence of growth time on structural morphology of self-doped Al:ZnO nanosheets growth by hydrothermal synthesis method”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies for Smart and Clean Cities (SETS & CC- 2016), Amara Raja Auditorium, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India, July 27-29, 2016.

  124. Nagarjuna neella, V. Gaddam, Manu Pai M, M. M. Nayak and K. Rajanna, “A Highly Flexible Sensor based on Graphene Oxide –Platinum Nanocomposite Thin Film for Strain Sensing Applications”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies for Smart and Clean Cities (SETS & CC- 2016), Amara Raja Auditorium, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India, July 27-29, 2016.

  125. Nagarjuna neella, V. Gaddam, M. M. Nayak and K. Rajanna, “Negative temperature coefficient behavior of graphene –silver nanocomposite films for temperature sensor applications”, Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Annual International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS), Matsushima Bay and Sendai MEMS City, Japan, 17-20 April, 2016, pp.329-332.

  126. Ray, P., Radhakrishna, V., Baishali, G., Koushal, V. and Rajanna, K., 2016. "Studies on UV Photon Detector with double thick GEM". In Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys (Vol. 61, p. 972).

  127. Ray, P., Baishali, G., Radhakrishna, V., and Rajanna, K., “Optimization of Cesium Iodide Photocathode Film for UV Photon detectors”, Presented at IUMRS-ICYRAM held during Dec 11-15, 2016 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

  128. Nagarjuna Neella, Venkateswarlu Gaddam, M.M. Nayak2 and K. Rajanna *1 , “Low Temperature Sensing using Nanocomposite Films on Mylar for Cryogenic Applications, IUMRS-ICYRAM 2016, Dec 11-15, 2016, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore , India

  129. Nagarjuna Neella, M.M. Nayak and K.Rajanna, “Nanocomposite films on mylar for temperature sensing applications”, Proceedings of AIP, 61st DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, KIIT University, Bhuvaneswar during Dec 26-30, 2016, (D-148), pp. 150

  130. Fabrication of Microneedles using Femto-Second Laser Micromachining, K. Kiran Kumar, V.A.P Sarma, N.Balashanmugam, Vinaya Kumar.K.B,G.M.Hegde,Rajanna K M.M.Nayak and N.S Dinesh, Accepted for presentation in the 1st National Conference on Micro and Nano Fabrication to be held at Bangalore during 21 Jan-23 Jan, 2013.

  131. Indium assisted growth of silicon nanowires by electron beam evaporation R Rakesh Kumar, K Narshimha Rao, K. Rajanna, Proceeding of International Conference on Recent Trends In Applied Physics and Material Science: RAM 2013 held at Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, during 1 Feb-2 Feb,2013.

  132. GEM design requirements for x-ray polarimeter", Baishali Garai., Rakhee K., KoushalV. ,Radhakrishna V.and K. Rajanna. Presented at the National Space Science Symposium held at Tirupati, during 23 Feb-25 Feb,2012.

  133. Study of performance parameters of a silicon pressure sensor, Jaspreet Singh, K.Nagachenchaiah, M. M. Nayak and K. Rajanna, Presented at the Asia-Pacific conference of Transducers 2008 (APCOT 2008) held at Taiwan during June 2008.

  134. Gas leak source localization using wireless gas sensor networks, Abhijith N and K. Rajanna, Presented at the Asia-Pacific conference of Transducers 2008 (APCOT 2008) held at Taiwan during June 2008.

  135. An approach to dynamically calibrate sensing nodes in wireless gas sensor network, Abhijith N, and K. Rajanna,Presented at the Asia-Pacific conference of Transducers 2006 (APCOT 2006) held at Singapore during June 2006.

  136. Study on the applicability of point-contact SAW technique for pressure and strain measurement of flexible substrate, Biren J Parmar, Rajanna K and M.M.Nayak, Presented at the Asia-Pacific conference of Transducers 2006 (APCOT 2006) held at Singapore during June 2006.

  137. Low-cost metal oxide based gas sensor using hard anodized aluminum substrate, Abhijith N, Rajanna K and A.Rajendra, Presented at the Asia-Pacific conference of Transducers 2006 (APCOT 2006) held at Singapore during June 2006.

  138. Thin film based temperature sensor on hard anodized aluminum alloy substrate for cryogenic application, A.Rajendra, A.K.Sharma, H.Bhojraj, D.R.Bhandari, Biren J Parmar, Rajanna K and M.M.Nayak, Presented at the Asia-Pacific conference of Transducers 2006 (APCOT 2006) held at Singapore during June 2006.

  139. Strain gauge based milli-Newton force measuring system - First Experimental Results, R. John Stephen and K. Rajanna,Presented at the National symposium on Instrumentation (NSI - 24) held at Goa, during 2 Feb - 5 Feb, 2000.

  140. Strain Gauge pattern for the miniaturised temperature compensated integral diaphragm type pressure sensor, Rajanna K V.Radhakrishna, and M.M.Nayak, Presented at the National Symposium on Instumenatation (NSI - 24), held at Goa, during 2 Feb- 5 Feb, 2000.

  141. Piezoelectric based tactile sensing - A preliminary experimental study, G.Murali Krishna, Rajanna K, L.Shivalingappa, Presented the 7th National Seminar on Physics and Technology of Sensors held at Pune during 14 Feb -16 Feb,2000.

  142. Deposition techniques for thin film sensors, K. Rajanna Invited paper presented at the Technical symposium: Sensors 97 held at Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirapalli during January 1997.

  143. Development of microstrip gascounter, V.RadhakrishnaL. Shivalingappa, Rajanna K , A.M.Shaikh and S.S.Desai, Presented at the Solid State Physics Symposium held at Kochi (Kerala) during 27 Dec-31 Dec, 1997.

  144. Development of a gas-filled microstrip detector, V.Radhakrishna, Rajanna K and K.R.Rao, Presented at the Fourth National Conference on High Pressure Science and Technolgy held at Kalpakkam during September 1997.

  145. Polymer and oxide coatings as insulating layers for thin film strain gauge sensor applications A comparative study, Rajanna K, M.M.Nayak, S.Mohan and N.Gunasekaran, Presented at the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Seventh Annual General Meeting held during 1 Feb - 3 Feb,1996 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

  146. Comparative study on conventional strain gauges, thin film strain gauges and polysilicon on insulator (PSOI) based pressure transducers, M.M.Nayak, Rajanna K, N.Gunasekaran and S.Mohan Presented at the International Conference on Instrumentation (ICI 96) held during August 1996 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

  147. Super Invar as strain gauge material, M.M.Nayak, Rajanna K, S.Mohan N.Gunasekaran and A.E.Muthunayagam, 5th MRSI ( Materials Research Society of India) AGM held during February 1994 at DMRL, Hyderabad.

  148. Long term stability studies on uncompensated thin film pressure transducers, M.M.Nayak, Rajanna K, S.Mohan, N.Gunasekaran and A.E.Muthunayagam, Presented at the Instrument Society of India Symposium (NSI 18) held during Jan. 1994 at S.V.University, Tirupathi.

  149. Suitability of thin film strain gauge based transducer for bio medical blood pressure monitoring, Rajanna K, L.Shivalingappa, M.M.Nayak, S.Mohan, S.Anand and S.K.Guha, Presented at the VII National Conference of the Society of Biomaterials and Artificial Organs (India) held during April 8 9, 1994, at Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

  150. "Pressure sensor with sputtered Ti W thin film strain gauges.", M.M.Nayak, N.Gunasekaran, A.E.Muthunayagm,Rajanna K, S.Mohan, K.Purandher Gota, S.R. Soloman and G.H.Sharma,Presented at NAGANO magel'94, the 1st Magneto- Electronics International Symposium, held during 9- 11, November 1994 at Nagano, Japan.

  151. "Thin film strain gauge transducer for Bio medical blood pressure Monitoring",Rajanna K, L.Shivalingappa, S.Mohan, M.M.Nayak, S.Anand and S.K.Guha,Presented at NAGANO magel'94, the 1st Magneto- Electronics International Symposium held during 9 11, November 1994 at Nagano, Japan.

  152. Sputtered platinum thin film strain gauges on anodized diaphragm for pressure measurement applications, M.M.Nayak,Rajanna K, R.Krishnamurthy and S.Mohan, Presented at the IVS (Indian Vacuum Society) Symposium held during October 1993 at NPL, Delhi.

  153. Effect of Post deposition heat treatment on the performance of a thin film Pressure transducer,Rajanna K, M.M.Nayak and S.Mohan, Presented at the 14th National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI 14) held during 3 Oct-6 October,1989.

  154. Oxide backing layer for thin film strain gauges, Rajanna K, M.M.Nayak and S.Mohan, Presented at the IVS National symposium 1988 on Vacuum Science and Technology held during 19 21, December 1988 at IIT, Bombay.

    Book Edited
  155. Advances in Instrumentation,(Editors: B.S.Ramprasad,S.Asokan, Rajanna K and N.C.Shivaprakash),New Age International Publishers,New Delhi, August 1996.

    Reports/Monographs
  156. "Thin film pressure transducers for space applications", S.Mohan, Rajanna K, M.M.Nayak and N.Gunasekaran,Technical Report(1994.)

  157. "White light holographic interferometry",M.Swaminadhan and Rajanna K ,Technical Memorandum,TM PR 402/1 80 of National Aeronautical Laboratory,Bangalore.