Research

Current Research Area

  • 2D Materials
  • Nanoscale devices
  • Memristor
  • Water Sensor
  • Gas Sensor
  • Radiation Sensor
  • Photodetectors

Research facilities

  • RF-DC Magnetron Sputtering
  • CVD
  • Thermal Evaporation
  • Gas and VOC Sensing Setup
  • Lithography
  • Fumehood with Blower
  • Keithley 4200A-SCS Parameter Analyzer
  • Annealing Furnace:
  • Monochromator with UV supply

External Funding

Ongoing

Radiation hard Gallium Nitride transistor for IoT enabled dosimeter
DRDO
Development of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor based robust air pollution sensors
DST
Angle-resolved photoelectron (ARPES) studies of 2D materials
UGC-DAE CSR
Ga2O3-based nanomaterials with controlled defect and impurity composition for advanced electronic devices
DST-BRICS
Large area synthesis of 2D-MoS2 structures for low power and fast NO2 Gas Sensor
SERB
Development of low-cost sensors for monitoring odours in ambient air
IMPRINT (SERB + EIPL)

Completed

Design and development of Tunable RF Filters based on BST Thin Films by Sputtering
DRDO
Development of Tunable RF Filters based on Ferroelectric Thin Films by Sputtering
INSA
Ion-Beam Synthesis and Characterization of Gallium Nitride based Nanocrystals embedded in Si-based Matrices for New-Generation Photodetector and Light-Emitter Applications
DST-RMES (Indo-Russia)
Development of MEMS-based hydrogen sensor using RF sputtered transition metal-doped ZnO nanostructures.
SERB
Development of metal-doped TiO2 low-dimension structures by sputtering for gas sensing applications
DAE-BRNS

Collaborators

We have been collaborating with academicians and researchers across India and the globe for research-related works. Some of our recent collaborators are from the following institutions.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
The University of Stuttgart, Germany
A STAR Singapore
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India
Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Defence Lab Jodhpur, India
Envirotech Instruments Pvt. Ltd. (EIPL), India
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India
 Indian Institute of Science (IISc),
Bengaluru, India