Saravanan Yuvaraja

Biography

Saravanan Yuvaraja is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Advanced Semiconductor Laboratory at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. His research expertise lies in thin-film semiconductor devices, focusing on monolithic 3D integration, hybrid CMOS circuits, and large-area electronics (LAE). He pioneered the fabrication of record-breaking 10-stack In₂O₃ transistors published in Nature Electronics (2024) and developed hybrid CMOS circuits combining oxide and organic semiconductors, accepted in Nature Electronics (2025). These innovations address critical challenges in achieving high-density, low-power integrated circuits for flexible and wearable systems.

Dr. Yuvaraja has authored 43 peer-reviewed journal publications, including 12 first-author papers, with over 1,100 citations (h-index: 15). His high-impact publications span Nature Electronics, Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Chemical Society Reviews. He holds multiple patents in oxide and organic TFT-based sensors and logic circuits. Beyond research, he actively mentors Master’s and PhD students in device fabrication, electrical characterization, and process integration, and contributes to graduate curriculum development in oxide semiconductor technologies. Dr. Yuvaraja’s interdisciplinary work bridges materials engineering, device physics, and system integration, aiming to advance scalable, energy-efficient electronics for AI, IoT, and neuromorphic applications.

Research Interests

Saravanan Yuvaraja is interested to develop futuristic nature olfaction inspired chemical sensors for accurate on-site detection with high sensing performance achieved at minimum cost and low power consumption.

  • Organic electronics
  • Gas sensors
  • Silicon Nano-electronics
  • Neuromorphic computing
  • Perovskite electronics

Education

Master of Technology (M.Tech.)
Solar and Alternative Energy Engineering, Amity University, India, 2018
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electronics and Communications, Anna University, India, 2016

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By utilizing world class research facilities in KAUST, the milestone Electronic Nose device is being developed to protect your health from the harmful gases in the pollution dominant world.

Selected Publications

  • Realization of an Ultrasensitive and Highly Selective OFET NO₂ Sensor: The Synergistic Combination of PDVT-10 Polymer and Porphyrin–MOF
    Saravanan Yuvaraja, Sandeep G Surya, Valeriya Chernikova, Mani Teja Vijjapu, Osama Shekhah, Prashant M. Bhatt, Suman Chandra, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Khaled N. Salama
    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c00803
  • Fully Integrated Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide NO₂ Gas Detector
    Mani Teja Vijjapu, Sandeep G. Surya, Saravanan Yuvaraja, Xixiang Zhan, Husam N. Alshareef, Khaled N. Salama
    ACS Sensors, 2020
  • Molybdenum Trioxide (MoO₃) Capacitive Soil Moisture Microsensor for In-situ Agriculture Applications: Measurement Studies and Temperature Effects
    Sandeep Goud Surya, Saravanan Yuvaraja, Khaled N. Salama, Maryam Shojaei Baghini, Vinay S. Palaparthy
    IEEE Sensors Conference, 2019
  • A Label-Free Aptasensor FET Based on Au Nanoparticle Decorated Co₃O₄ Nanorods and a SWCNT Layer for Detection of Cardiac Troponin T Protein
    Sandeep G Surya, Sanjit Manohar Majhi, Dilip Kumar Agarwal, Abdellatif Ait Lahcen, Saravanan Yuvaraja, Karumbaiah Chappanda, Khaled Nabil Salama
    J. Mater. Chem. B, 2020, 8, 18–26
  • Ultraviolet Detection Properties of Electrodeposited n-SnO₂ Modified p-Si Nanowires Hetero-Junction Photodiode
    Saravanan Yuvaraja, Vivek Kumar, Hrishikesh Dhasmana, Amit Kumar, Abhishek Verma, V. K. Jain
    J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 30, 7618–7628 (2019)

Awards and Distinctions

  • 2012 – 2016 Swami Dayanand Education Foundation Merit-cum-Means Scholarship to purse Bachelor degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Anna University, India.
  • 2014 Best Research Poster, awarded by New Technology, Mobility and Security (NTMS) conference committe organized by IEEE society in Paris, France.
  • 2016 Received first prize from General Electric, USA for proposing a breakthrough idea for “Smart Lighting System to improve the productivity of Organization” international project competition
  • 2017 Received Best Research Paper, awarded by International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor devices (IWPSD) conference committee organized by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India. 

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