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Publications and source records attributed to Bikshandarkoil R. Srinivasan.
The authors of a recent paper (Optik 125 (2014) 2022-2025) claim to have grown a so called thiosemicarbazide lead nitrate (TSLN) crystal by the slow evaporation method. In this comment we prove that TSLN is actually thiosemicarbazide.
The authors of the title paper report to have grown ammonium hydrogen L-tartrate (1) by use of L-glutamine and L-tartaric acid in 1:1 mole ratio. Many points of criticism pertaining to the characterization of 1 are described herein.
The unit cell parameters, infrared and UV-Vis spectral data reported in the paper by Vijayabhaskaran et al (Indian J Pure & App Phys 49 (2011) 340-343) cannot belong to the colourless crystalline compound formulated as copper mercury thiocyanate CuHg(SCN)4 as claimed by the authors.
The glycine sodium nitrite crystal reported by Khandpekar and Pati in the paper entitled, Synthesis and characterisation of glycine sodium nitrite crystals having non linear optical behaviour, Opt Commun 285, 2012 288-293 is actually gamma-glycine. In addition, we show that glycine barium ammonium nitrate, glycine sodium zinc sulfate, glycine barium calcium nitrate, glycine acetamide and glycine dimer are dubious crystals.
The authors of the title paper (Optik, 125 (2014) 1825-1828) claim to have synthesized a new nonlinear optical (NLO) gamma bis glycinium oxalate (GBGOx) crystal by slow evaporation solution technique. In this communication, many points of criticism, concerning the characterization of this so called GBGOx NLO crystal are highlighted to prove that the title paper is completely erroneous.
we show that the pure and thiourea-doped glycyl-L-alanine hydrochloride (GLAH and TU-GLAH) crystals claimed to have been grown by the authors of the title paper (Journal of Russian Laser Research, 34, 346-350 (2013)) are dubious crystals.
The L-arginine mixed potassium dihydrogenphosphate (KDP) crystal reported by Saravanan et al Indian J Pure App Phys 51 (2013) 254, is a dubious crystal. The reported unit cell parameters contradict the definition of the tetragonal crystal system.
It is argued that the ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) doped zinc sulphate heptahydrate crystal reported by Raja et al Spectrochim Acta 99A (2012) 23 is the well known zinc sulphate heptahydrate.
We argue that the L-aspartic acid nickel chloride crystal reported by the authors of the title paper (Optics Communications 2013) is actually the well-known diaqua(L-aspartato)nickel(II) hydrate crystal.
The title paper by Boopathi and Ramasamy reports a study on the crystal growth and characterization of dibromobis (L-proline)Cd(II) (1). Many points of criticism, concerning the crystal structure of (1) and the magnetic properties of (1) dibromo bis(L-proline)Zn(II) (2) and diiodo bis(2-aminopyridine)Cd(II) (3) are reported to show that compounds 1 to 3 are not soft magnets but instead diamagnetic solids.
The authors of the title paper (Spectrochim. Acta 79A (2011) 340-343) report the crystal growth of cadmium manganese thiocyanate CdMn(SCN)4 and its characterization by single crystal X-ray diffraction and infrared spectrum. Many points of criticism, concerning the crystal growth and reported experimental data are highlighted in this report.
The differing binding preferences of the hydrogen tartrate ligand (HC4H4O6)- namely μ7-octadentate mode for potassium ion and bidentate mode for cupric ion rules out the doping (incorporation) of any Cu(II) ion into the crystal structure of potassium hydrogen tartrate. Hence, the claim of growth of copper doped potassium hydrogen tartrate viz. K0.96Cu0.04C4H5O6 by Mathivanan and Haris, Indian J Pure App Phys 51 (2013) 851-859 is untenable.
We argue that "L-valine ferric chloride" crystal reported by Geetha et al [Curr. Appl. Phys. 15 (2015) 201-207] is not a new nonlinear optical material but instead a dubious crystal.