Research Skills

Good experimental skills on the preparation of photonic materials [NLO crystals, Glasses and Phosphors], carbon based metal oxide nanocomposites and also acquired knowledge in the synthesis of metal nanoparticles using several techniques
  • Spin coating method
  • Chemical methods (Co-precipitation, Hydrothermal, etc) 
  • Solid-state reaction method
  • Green synthesis method
  • Slow-evaporation method
  • Melt-quenching method ​
Sound knowledge on material characterization techniques such as
  • X-ray diffraction (Powder, single and high resolution XRD)
  • SEM/FESEM attached with EDS
  • TEM and SAED 
  • FTIR/RAMAN
  • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
  • TGA/DTA/DSC
  • Electrochemical measurements 
  • I-V and Hall measurements 
  • ICP-OES spectroscopy
  • UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy
  • Diffuse reflectance and photoluminescence spectroscopy
  • Cytotoxicity studies (In vitro)
  • Second harmonic generation (SHG) 
  • Microbial activity studies
Sound Knowledge on research software’s such as X'Pert Highscore Plus and FullProf Suite (XRD analysis), Avantage (XPS analysis), Gatan (TEM analysis), Origin 8.5 and CHI and Z-View (Eelctrochemical Analysis).

Hands on Instrumentation 

         Analytical Instrument

  •   X-ray diffraction (XRD) – MPD for bulk and for thin film – PANalytical
  •   FE-SEM/EDS-Hitachi- S-4200 (bulk) and S-4800 (thin film)
  •   Transmission Electron Microscope-Hitachi H-7600
  •   Ion sputter for conducting layer coating
  •   UV-Vis-NIR -Aligent-Cary 5000 for liquids, powders and thinfilms
  •   TG-DTA instruments-SDT Q600 for simultaneous TGA/DTA/DSC measurements​

        Laboratory Equipment

  •   Spin coater (Midas Spin Process Controller)
  •   Vacuum furnace with controlled atmosphere such as N2 and Ar (Thermo Scientific-Electronic Materials System)
  •   Electric box-type furnace (Thermo Scientific)
  •   Vacuum drying oven (DZF-6030A)
  •   Centrifuge (Labogene 1248)
  •   Ultrasonicator (JAX ultrasonic-2010)
  •   Plasma etching system (Femto Science)
  •   Sputtering (Emitech-K675X-Peltier cooling)
  •   Electrochemical Analyzer-CHI, Biologic, Autolab Instruments for electrochemical analysis