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Dr. Aruna Devi Rasu Chettiar, Ph.D.

Research Professor

Present

Autonomous University of Querétaro (UAQ)

Querétaro

Mexico

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Dr. Aruna Devi Rasu Chettiar is a research professor at the Autonomous University of Querétaro (UAQ). She obtained her Doctor of Science in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV-IPN) in Mexico. She is a reviewer for many indexed journals, such as Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, A: Chemistry, RSC Advances, Journal of Fluorescence, and Optical and Quantum Electronics.

  • Preparation of various nanomaterials, such as CdS, CZTS, Cu2S, Perovskites, MXenes, for energy and biological applications
  • Latha Marasamy. " Modeling of (Ca,Ba)ZrS3 solar cells with next-gen spinel hole transport layers via SCAPS-1D". Optical and Quantum Electronics, 57(25):311.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-025-08228-7
  • Valentina Sneha George, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, Saravanan Rajendran, Hichem Bencherif, P. Sasikumar, Latha Marasamy. "Modelling Insights of Sb2(S,Se)3 Solar Cells Using Triazatruxene Hole Transport Layers". Advanced Theory and Simulations, (2025): e00487. DOI: 10.1002/adts.202500487
  • Dhineshkumar Srinivasan, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, Kaviya Tracy Arockiadoss and Latha Marasamy " A new class of SrHfSe3 chalcogenide perovskite solar cells with diverse HTMs: Theoretical modelling towards efficiency enhancement". Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 290 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2025.113727
  • Dhineshkumar Srinivasan, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, Saravanan Rajendran, Hichem Bencherif, P Sasikumar, Jeyakumar Ramanujam, Latha Marasamy "Boosting the efficiency of BaZrS3 solar cells with inorganic delafossite HTLs: A promising alternative to Spiro-OMeTAD". Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 114997 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2025.114997
  • Kaviya Tracy Arockiadoss, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, Md Ferdous Rahman, M Khalid Hossain, Latha Marasamy. "Architecture guidelines for Cu2SrSnS4 solar cells using chalcogenide and oxide hole transport layers by SCAPS-1D simulation". Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 203(2025):112732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2025.112732
  • Kaviya Tracy Arockiya Dass, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, Evangeline Linda, Latha Marasamy. "A CdS‐Free Alternative TiS2 Buffer: Toward High‐Performing Cu2MSnS4 (M= Co, Mn, Fe, Mg) Solar Cells". Advanced Theory and Simulations, 8 (2025):2400769. https://doi.org/10.1002/adts.202400769
  • Dhineshkumar Srinivasan, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, Eupsy Navis Vincent Mercy and Latha Marasamy "Scrutinizing the untapped potential of emerging ABSe3 (A=Ca, Ba; B=Zr, Hf) chalcogenide perovskites solar cells". Nature Scientific Reports. 3454 (2025).https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80473-4
  • Evangeline Linda, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, and Latha Marasamy. "Emerging class of SrZrS3 chalcogenide perovskite solar cells: Conductive MOFs as HTLs-A game changer?." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 278 (2024):113204. DOI:10.1016/j.solmat.2024.113204
  • Kaviya Tracy Arockiya Dass, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, Evangeline Linda, Latha Marasamy. "Boost efficiency with buffer and bottom stack optimization in Cu2BaSn(S, Se)4 solar cells by simulation". Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1010 (2024):177707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.177707
  • Eupsy Navis Vincent Mercy, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, Latha Marasamy, Dhineshkumar Srinivasan "Unlocking the Potential of Emerging SrZrSe3 Solar Cells with Diverse Inorganic Metal Sulfide Hole Transport Layers". Energy Technology, (2024) 2401459. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202401459
  • J. Cruz-Gómez, F. J. de Moure-Flores, S. A. Mayén-Hernández, J. G. Quiñones-Galván, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, C. E. Pérez-García and J. Santos-Cruz, "Lead sulfide quantum dots in an organic solar cell active layer". Mendeleev Communications. 34(5), (2024): 664-666. DOI:10.1016/j.mencom.2024.09.012 Linda, Evangeline, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, and Latha Marasamy. "Theoretical insights into high-efficiency BaZr0. 96Ti0. 04S3 chalcogenide perovskite solar cells using phthalocyanine HTLs". Materials Letters 375 (2024): 137203. DOI:10.1016/j.matlet.2024.137203
  • Ravichandran Manisekaran, Aruna‐Devi Rasu Chettiar, Latha Marasamy, Veronica Campos Ibarra, Christian Andrea Lopez‐Ayuso, Patricia Alejandra Chavez‐Granados, Ganeshlenin Kandasamy, Laura Susana Acosta‐Torres, Manoj‐Kumar Arthikala. "Silver‐Nanoparticles‐Based Composites for Antimicrobial Applications: An Update". Chemistry Select 9 (42), (2024): e202403772. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202403772
  • Evangeline Linda, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, Valentina Sneha George, Ravichandran Manisekaran, Dhineshkumar Srinivasan, Abigail Barcenas Martínez, M. Khalid Hossain, Md. Ferdous Rahman, José Á. Chávez-Carvayar, Sergio Armando Tomás, Ángeles Mantilla and Latha Marasamy. "Exploring the Physical Properties of Pristine γ-In2S3 and its Influence on Ba Doping for Photocatalytic Degradation of 2,4-D Herbicide". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry 456(2024):115831. DOI:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2024.115831
  • D. Monroy Caltzonci, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, V. C. Ibarra, Latha Marasamy, M. Loredo-Tovías, L. S. Acosta-Torres, and R. Manisekaran. "Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Effect of Positively Charged Nanosilver-Coated Silk Sutures". ACS omega, 9(15) (2024), 17636-17645. DOI:10.1021/acsomega.4c01257
  • Latha Marasamy, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, Ravichandran Manisekaran, Evangeline Linda, M. F. Rahman, Hossain and F.de Moure Flores, "Impact of selenization with NaCl treatment on the physical properties and solar cell performance of crack-free Cu (In, Ga)Se2 microcrystal absorbers". RSC advances, 14(7) (2024), 4436-4447. DOI:10.1039/D3RA05829H
  • M. A. Rivera Rodriguez, V.Campos‐Ibarra, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, Latha Marasamy and Ravichandran Manisekaran. "Anticancer effect of surface functionalized nano titanium dioxide with 5‐fluorouracil on oral cancer cell line—An in vitro study". Micro & Nano Letters, 19(6) (2024). e70004. DOI:10.1049/mna2.70004
  • Ravichandran Manisekaran, Aruna-Devi Rasu Chettiar, Ganeshlenin Kandasamy, Rene Garcia-Contreras, & Laura Susana Acosta-Torres. State-of-the-art: MXene structures in nano-oncology. Biomaterials Advances, (2023), 213354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213354
  • D. Trejo-Zamudio, M. Morales-Luna, R. Aruna-Devi, C. E. Pérez-García, A. Sosa-Domínguez, J. G. Quiñones-Galván, F.J de Moure-Flores & J. Santos-Cruz, Optoelectronic Properties of CuSbS2 and Cu12Sb4S13 Thin Films for Thermoelectric Applications. Materials Research, 26 (2023), e20220469. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-5373-MR-2022-0469
  • J. Cruz-Gómez, E.B. Cruz-Díaz, D. Santos-Cruz, R. Aruna-Devi, S. A. Mayén-Hernández, F. De Moure-Flores, M. Vega-González, C.E. Pérez-García, A. Centeno, J. Santos-Cruz. Optoelectronic Properties of Bismuth Sulfide Thin Films Grown by PVD. Materials Research, 25 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-5373-MR-2022-0304
  • J. Santos-Cruz, Latha Marasamy, S.A. Mayén- Hernández, F. De Moure-Flores, R. Aruna-Devi*. Divulging the role of Cu doped CdS nanocrystals as an electron acceptor in hybrid solar cells. Materials Letters, 312 (2022), 131719. (*Autor de correspondencia). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2022.131719
  • J. F. Solís-Vivanco, F. De Moure-Flores, S. A. Mayén-Hernández, R. Aruna-Devi, M. L. Gómez-Herrera and J. Santos-Cruz “Optoelectrical Properties and the Study of Thickness and Annealing in Poly-3-hexylthiophene Based ITO Free Organic Solar Cells with TiO2 and MoO3 as Transport Layers” Materials Research, 25 (2022), 20210416. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-5373-MR-2021-0416
  • Latha Marasamy, R. Aruna-Devi, Oscar Iván Domínguez Robledo., José Álvaro Chávez Carvayar., Nicolas Enrique Vazquez Barragan, José Santos Cruz., Sandra Andrea Mayén-Hernández., Gerardo Contreras Puente., María de la Luz Olvera., & Francisco de Moure Flores. Probing the significance of RF magnetron sputtering conditions on the physical properties of CdS thin films for ultra-thin CdTe photovoltaic applications. Applied Surface Science, 574 (2022), 151640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.151640
  • Aruna-Devi*, Latha Marasamy, S.A. Mayén-Hernández, F. De Moure-Flores, J. Santos-Cruz*. Studying the impact of Mg doping on the physical properties of CdS nanocrystals for the fabrication of hybrid solar cells based organic P3HT: PCBM polymers and inorganic Mg-doped CdS nanocrystals. (*Corresponding author). International journal of Energy Research, (2022)1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.7509
  • Latha Marasamy, R. Aruna-Devi, Francisco de Moure Flores., José Santos Cruz., Sandra Andrea Mayén-Hernández., & José Álvaro Chávez Carvayar. Unraveling rapid one-pot synthesis of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 microcrystals with tunable morphology and its influence on the solar cell performance. Materials Letters, 306 (2022), 130928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2021.130928
  • J. Cruz-Gómez, G. I. García Alvarado, M. Pal, S. A. Mayén-Hernández, F. De Moure-Flores, A. Sosa-Domínguez, R. Aruna-Devi and J. Santos-Cruz. Performance efficiency of an organic solar cell FTO:PTB7:PC70BM free of ITO and its degradation. Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, 247 (2021) 167961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2021.167961
  • R. Manisekaran, R. García-Contreras, R. Aruna Devi, P. Serrano-Díaz, C. A. Lopez-Ayuso, M. C. Arenas-Arrocena & L. S. Acosta-Torres, 2D Nanosheets—A New Class of Therapeutic Formulations against Cancer. Pharmaceutics, 13 (2021) 1803. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13111803
  • R. Aruna-Devi, Latha Marasamy, J. Cruz-Gómez, S.A. Mayén-Hernández, F. De Moure-Flores, & J. Santos-Cruz, Exploring the performance of hybrid solar cells based on organic polymers/inorganic CdS nanostructures. Materials Letters, 282 (2021), 128856-128859. DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2020.128856
  • Eder Reséndiz-Lópeza, Marina Vega-González, Michael Morales, R. Aruna-Devi, Francisco. De Moure, Sandra, A. Mayen-Hernández, José Santos-Cruz “Band gap modification of titanium dioxide doped with rare earth ions for luminescent processes” Journal of Applied Physics, 128 (2020) 175106. DOI: 10.1063/5.0021616
  • Latha Marasamy, R. Aruna-Devi, Francisco de Moure-Flores, Velumani Subamaniam. Unveiling the impact of Cu content on the physical properties and photovoltaic performance of solution-processed Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cell absorber. International Journal of Energy Research, 45(2021), 6966-6984.DOI: 10.1002/er.6285
  • M. Latha†, R. Aruna-Devi†, N. K. R. Bogireddy†, E. S. Sergio, W. L. Mochan, J. Castrellon, & V. Agarwal, N-doped carbon dots for methanol sensing in alcoholic beverages. RSC Advances, 10 (2020), 22522–22532. DOI: 10.1039/d0ra02694h (†Equal first author)
  • R. Aruna-Devi†, M. Latha, S. Velumani†, J. Santos-Cruz, B. Murali, J. Á. Chávez-Carvayar, F. A. Pulgarín-Agudelo & O. Vigil-Galán, Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 thin-films prepared from selenized nanocrystals ink. RSC Advances, 9 (2019) 18420-18428. (†Corresponding author) DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02669j
  • R. Aruna-Devi, M. Latha, S. Velumani, J. Santoyo-Salazar & J. Santos-Cruz, Telescoping synthesis and goldilocks of CZTS nanocrystals. Materials Research Bulletin 111 (2019) 342-349. DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2018.11.039
  • R. Aruna-Devi, M. Latha, S. Velumani & J. Á. Chávez-Carvayar, Structural and optical properties of CZTS nanoparticles prepared by a colloidal process. Rare Metals, (2019) 1-8. DOI: 10.1007/s12598-019-01288-1
  • M. Latha, R. Aruna-Devi, S. Velumani, J. Santoyo-Salazar & F. de Moure-Flores, Time-dependent evolution pathway of CIGSe nanocrystals by low-temperature process. Advanced Powder Technology, 30 (2019) 2980-2988. DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2019.09.005
  • M. Latha, R. Aruna-Devi, S. Velumani, B. Murali, J. Santoyo-Salazar & F. de Moure-Flores, Solution based synthesis of Cu(In, Ga)Se2 microcrystals and thin films. RSC Advances, 9 (2019) 35197-35208. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra07750b
  • M. Latha, R. Aruna Devi, S. Velumani, Hot injection synthesis of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 nanocrystals with tunable bandgap. Optical Materials 79(2018) 450-456. DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2018.04.016
  • R. Aruna Devi, M. Latha, S. Velumani, Goldie Oza, P. Reyes-Figueroa, M. Rohini, I. G. Becerril-Juarez, Jae-Hyeong Lee and Junsin Yi, Synthesis and characterization of cadmium sulfide nanoparticles by chemical precipitation method. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 15 (2015) 8434–8439. DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2015.11472
  • M. Latha, R. Aruna Devi, S. Velumani, Goldie Oza, P. Reyes-Figueroa, M. Rohini, I. G. Becerril-Juarez, and Junsin Yi, Synthesis of CuIn1−xGaxSe2 Nanoparticles by Thermal Decomposition Method with Tunable Ga Content. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 15 (2015) 8388–8394. DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2015.11473
  • J.F Solís-Vivanco, R. Aruna-Devi, MC Arenas-Arocena, A Sosa-Domínguez, F.J De Moure-Flores, J Santos-Cruz, Double ETL in ITO-free poly-3-hexylthiophene-based organic solar cells, 18th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control (CCE), ISBN:978-1-6654-0029-9 (2021). DOI: 10.1109/CCE53527.2021.9633072
  • J. Cruz-Gómez, R. Aruna-Devi, F. De Moure-Flores, S. A. Mayén-Hernández, A. Sosa-Domínguez, J. Santos-Cruz. Improvement of the optical properties of the P3HT: PC70BM film using CdSe QD. 18th International Conference on Electrical Engineering (2021), Computing Science and Automatic Control (CCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. DOI:10.1109/CCE53527.2021.9633024
  • R. Aruna Devi, M. Latha, P. Reyes-Figueroa, M. Rohini, S. Velumani, Adolfo Tavira Fuentes, Miguel Galván Arellano F. Javier Ramírez Aponte and Jaime Santoyo-Salazar, Facile One Pot Synthesis of Single Phase Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanocrystals, 13th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control (CCE), ISBN: 978-1-5090-3511-3 (2016). DOI:10.1109/ICEEE.2016.7751250.
  • M. Latha, R. Aruna Devi, P. Reyes-Figueroa, M. Rohini, S. Velumani, Adolfo Tavira Fuentes, Miguel Galván Arellano and F. Javier Ramírez Aponte, Influence of Reaction Time on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Particles Synthesis by Thermal Decomposition Method. 13th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control (CCE), ISBN: 978-1-5090-3511-3 (2016) DOI:10.1109/ICEEE.2016.7751251.
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