Welcome to home page of Dr. Pankaj Misra

 



Current Designations

 

Scientific Officer

Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology,  Indore


Faculty (Physical and Engineering Sciences)

Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai

 

Contact Details

Nanomaterials Laboratory, R & D Block-A

Laser Materials Processing Division

Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology

Department of Atomic Energy

Indore 452 013 (M.P.) INDIA

Contacts:  Ph: +91-731-2488374 (Off.), +91-731-2488332 (Lab.) 

                E-mails: pmisra@rrcat.gov.in, pankaj.rrcat@gmail.com

Website: http://www.rrcat.gov.in/laser

                                                                        

                                                                       CURRICULUM  VITAE

 

 
Date & Place of Birth                                


August 04, 1973, Lucknow (U.P.), INDIA

 

Academic Credentials

 

Ph.D. in Semiconductor Physics, 2003-2008, awarded 2009
Devi Ahilya University, Indore; Research Centre: Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore
Dissertation: Studies on thin films and quantum structures of ZnO grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition.
Advisor: Prof. L. M. Kukreja, RRCAT, Indore
(Best thesis award by Indian Laser Association)

M.Tech. in Materials Science, 1996-1998
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK), Kanpur, India
Dissertation: Growth and Characterization of RuO2 under layer for PZT thin films
Advisors: Prof. D. C. Agrawal and Prof. Y. N. Mohapatra; IIT Kanpur, Kanpur

M.Sc. in Physics 1993-1995
Lucknow University, Lucknow, India 
Specialization in Electronics, First Rank, University award

B.Sc. in Physics, Mathematics and Statistics 1990-1993
Lucknow University, Lucknow, India  
 

Research Experience
                         
Growth Methods
  • Pulsed Laser Deposition (high & ultra high vacuum) for oxides, silicon and metal thin films and nanostructures.
  • Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) for growth of oxide nanostructures (Currently involved). 
  • Spin Coating for growth of oxide thin films and nanostructures.
  • Thermal Evaporation and D. C. Sputtering for metal contact deposition.
  • Wet chemical (solution chemistry) methods for material preparation.
Material Systems and Device Applications
  • Oxide semiconductor ZnO and related materials for photonic, transparent electronic and photovoltaic applications
  • High k dielectrics (TiO2, ZrO2, Al2O3 and SiN1-xOx etc.) thin films and their multilayer structures for MOS technology.
  • Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors ( Mn, Co, Ni and Fe doped ZnO) for spin photonic and transparent spintronic devices
  • Colossal Magnetic Resistance (CMR) materials like LaCaMnO3 and its variants for spintronics applications.
  • Field emitting materials’ (LaB6 and ZnO etc.) nanostructures.
  • Low dimensional Si structures for photonic applications.
Characterization Methods
  • Photoluminescence spectroscopy (2.2 to 350 K)
  • Optical absorption and reflection spectroscopy and Ellipsometry
  • Hall measurements and Magneto-transport measurements (20-350K)
  • High Resolution x-ray Diffraction
  • Surface photo voltage spectroscopy
  • Atomic force microscopy, Scanning electron microscopy
  • Also used and aware of SQUID, VSM, XPS, TEM, RBS, SIMS, EDAX etc.
Mathematical Tools
  • Metlab, Mathmetica, Origin and Labview etc.
Setting up of Laboratories
  • Atomic Layer Deposition Facility at RRCAT, Indore.
  • Ultra high vacuum and high vacuum pulsed laser deposition (PLD) setups with KrF excimer (248 nm) and Nd:YAG (355 nm) lasers at RRCAT, Indore.
  • Clean Rooms (class 100 and 1000)
  • Temperature dependent Photoluminescence (PL), Photoluminescece excitation (PLE), Absorption and Reflection spectroscopy setups at RRCAT, Indore.
  • Hall measurement setup at RRCAT, Indore.
  • Magneto-optical and magneto-transport characterization facilities (currently involved).
  • Conducting Atomic Force Microscopy (currently involved).

Academic Positions       
  • 2008 – till date: Faculty, Physical & Engineering Sciences, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai
  • 2005- till date: Scientific Officer/E, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore
  • 2001-2005:    Scientific Officer/D, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore
  • 1998-2001:    Scientific Officer/C, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore
  • 1995-1996:    Faculty of Physics, Lucknow University, Lucknow

Important Scientific Contributions  
  • Development of solid state Dye Sensitized Solar Cells based on nano-crystalline ZnO and natural Dyes .
  • Development of transparent nonvolatile resistive random access memory devices based on ZnO and its variant using PLD and their characterizations.
  • Dye sensitization of ZnO nanocrystalline films for photovoltaic applications.
  • Growth of multi-layer matrices of Alumina capped ZnO quantum dots (dot size down to ~1.4 nm) using PLD for UV-blue photonic applications
  • Growth of device grade ZnO/ MgZnO Multiple Quantum Wells (well layer thickness down to ~ 1 nm) with efficient room temperature photoluminescence using buffer assisted pulsed laser deposition and their spectroscopic investigation. 
  • Band gap engineering of ZnO in the broad range of ~ 4.2 to 2.8 eV using meta-stable ternary alloys MgxZnO and CdZnO thin films grown using PLD.
  • Controlled in-plane oriented growth of high quality ZnO films on Sapphire at low temperatures using high temperature buffer assisted pulsed laser deposition (PLD)
  • Growth of diluted magnetic semiconductors Mn, Co, Cr and Ni doped ZnO for spin-photonic applications.
  • Studies on the cluster formation in UV laser ablation plumes of ZnSe and ZnO by using time-of-flight mass spectrometry.
  • Growth of ultra-thin high-K dielectrics thin films (TiO2, ZrO2 & Al2O3 etc. for applications in MOS devices.
  • Growth of Si Quantum Dots using novel Off-axis pulsed laser deposition. 
  • Laser Induced Oxi-Nitradation and growth of ultra thin SiO2 and SiNOx dielectric films for MOS devices.
  • Optimized growth of thin films and hetero-structures of colossal magneto-resistance materials LCMO its variants for spintronic applications.
  • Currently involved in setting-up of Atomic Layer Deposition Facility.

Awards, Honors and Society Membership
  • Best Thesis Award by Indian Laser Association, 2009 
  • Certificate and Fellowship, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, 1996
  • University award: First position in M.Sc. Physics, 1995
  • National scholarship under national talent search scheme 1988-93
  • Shri. Pratapchand prize for 1st position in college in secondary exam. 1988
  • Chaired a technical session in 16th National Seminar on Physics and Technology of Sensors (NSPTS-16), February 11-13 (2011), University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India
  • Chaired a technical session in National Conference on  Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (NCNN-2010), January 18-20, 2010, VNIT, Nagpur, India 
  • Chaired a technical session in DAE-BRNS 5th National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials (PLD-2009), December 2-4, 2009, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
  • Chaired a technical session in DAE-BRNS 4th National Symposiums on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials (PLD-2007), October 3 - 5, 2007, Rajkot, Gujarat, India
  • Life member of Indian Laser Association (ILA)
  • Life member of Electron Microscopy Society of India 
Visits to Foreign Laboratories
  • Centre de Recherche sur l'Hetero-Epitaxie et ses Applications Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CRHEA / CNRS), rue Bernard Gregory, Valbonne-Sophia-Antipolis, France (2006)
  • Center of Nanoheterostructure Physics, Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute of RAS, 26, Polytekhnicheskaya Str. St.Petersburg, Russia (2009)
Experience as project guide/co-guide

  • M.Tech. (Opto-electronics, Materials Science and Engineering Physics): 05 students completed, 03 continuing
  • M.Phil. (Opto-electronics): 01 students completed
  • M.Sc./B.Tech (Physics & Applied physics): 03
  • Y.S.R.P. projects (Physics & Applied Physics): 04
  • Ph.D. (Assisting in supervision): 02
 
Other professional experiences:
  • Played an important role in completion of a departmental project of 5 years duration (April 2002- March 2007) on oxide semiconductor research for photonic applications.
  • Played a key role in the formulation of a five year departmental project (April-2007 to March-2012) on oxide semiconductor research for device applications using pulsed laser deposition (PLD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD) methods.
  • Worked as Secretary, Organizing Committee for 4 consecutive DAE-BRNS national symposiums on pulsed laser deposition of thin films and nanostrutcured materials held during 2001 at RRCAT, Indore, 2005 at S. V. University, Tirupati, 2007 at Saurashtra University, Rajkot and 2009 at IITM, Chennai.
  • Journal Reviewer: Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Journal of Physics: D Applied Physics, Materials Science and Engingeering: B, Bulletin of Materials Science
  • Member: Editorial Committee of “KIRAN”-A Bulletin of Indian Laser Association (Jan 2002-Till date)
         

                 List of Publications

 

Book Chapters       
  1. Pulsed Laser Deposition of nanostructured semiconductors, L. M. Kukreja, B. N. Singh and P. Misra, in BOTTOM-UP NANOFABRICATION: Supramolecules, Self-Assemblies and Organized Films, K. Ariga and H. S. Nalwa (Eds.), American Scientific, California, Chapter 9, pp. 235 – 274 (2009)
  2. Studies on Nonvolatile Resistance Memory Switching in ZnO Thin Films, L. M. Kukreja, A. K. Das and P. Misra; Invited Review Chapter, in Diversity in Materials Science: C N R Rao’s 75th Birthday Volume, S. B. Krupanidhi and H. L. Bhat (Eds.), Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, pp. 31 – 36 (2009).
  3. Photoluminescence processes in ZnO thin films and quantum structures, L. M. Kukreja and P.  Misra; Invited Chapter,  V. P. M. Pillai and K. G. Gopchandran (EDs.), Allied publishers, India (2010) (In press)

Int. Journal Papers 

  1. Anomalous optical processes in photoluminescence from ultra-small quantum dots of ZnO; L. M. Kukreja, P. Misra, A. K. Das, J. Sartor, H. Kalt and C. Klingshirn (Under review; J.Vac.Sci.Technol. A)
  2. Direct correlation between electrical and optical properties of Cr:ZnO thin films grown by buffer assisted pulsed  laser deposition, R. S. Ajimsha, A. K. Das, B. N. Singh, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja; Current Applied Physics (Accepted for publication)
  3. Synthesis and characterization of LaB6 thin films on tungsten, rhenium, silicon and other substrates and their investigations as field emitters; Dattatray J. Late, Mahendra A. More , Sucharita Sinha, K. Dasgupta, Pankaj Misra, B.N. Singh, Lalit M. Kukreja, Sudha V. Bhoraskar and Dilip S. Joag; Appl. Phys. A (in press)
  4. Temperature dependent photoluminescence of GaN grown on β-Si3N4/Si (111) by plasma-assisted MBE; Mohana K. Rajpalke, Thirumaleshwara N. Bhat, Basanta Roula, Mahesh Kumara, P. Misra, L. M. Kukreja, Neeraj Sinha and S. B. Krupanidhi; Journal of Luminescence (in press)
  5. Zinc Oxide Nanostructures: Growth, Characterizations and Applications; P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, Journal of Science, Vol. 08, No. 1, pp 37-41 (2011)
  6. Growth temperature induced effects in nonpolar a-plane GaN on r-plane sapphire substrate by RF-MBE: Mohana K. Rajpalke, Thirumaleshwara N. Bhat, Basanta Roula, , Mahesh Kumara, P. Misra, L. M. Kukreja, Neeraj Sinha and S. B. Krupanidhi, Journal of Crystal Growth 314, No. 1, p. 5-8 (2011).
  7. Dye-Sensitization of Nanocrystalline ZnO Thin Films;R. S. Ajimsha, M. Tyagi, A. K. Das, P. Misra, and L. M. Kukreja; AIP Conf. Proc. 1313, 385 (2010)
  8. Switching Characteristics of ZnO based Transparent Resistive Random Access Memory Devices grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, P. Misra, A. K. Das and L. M. Kukreja, Physica satus solidi (C) 7, No. 6, 1718 (2010)
  9. Self-assembled flower-like nanostructures of InN and GaN grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy; Mahesh Kumar, Thirumaleshwara N Bhat, Mohana K Rajpalke, Basanta Roul, P Misra, L M Kukreja, Neeraj Sinha, A T Kalghatgi, and S B Krupanidhi, Bull. Mater. Sci., Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 1–6 (2010).
  10. Improved growth of GaN layers on ultra thin silicon nitride/Si (111) by RF-MBE; Mahesh Kumar, Basanta Roul, Thirumaleshwara N. Bhat, Mohana K. Rajpalke, P. Misra, L. M. Kukreja, Neeraj Sinha, A. T. Kalghatgi, and S. B. Krupanidhi; Materials Research Bulletin (Accepted for publication, July 2010)
  11. Electrical and optical properties of Dy doped ZnO thin films grown by buffer assisted pulsed laser deposition,    R. S. Ajimsha, A. K. Das, B. N. Singh, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, Physica E 42, 1838-1843 (2010)
  12. Polarization Characteristics Variation of Visible Light on Reflection from ZnO Based Amorphous Films Kamakhya Prakash Misra, Atul Srivastava, R. K. Shukla, P. Misra, and Anchal Srivastava Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 49, 062602 (2010)
  13. Studies on Mixed Valent Manganites: Nanostructured Bulk, Thin Film Multilayer and Devices; P.S. Solanki, P.S. Vachhani, J.H. Markna, R.R. Doshi, Swati Pandya, R.J. Choudhary, D.M. Phase, V. Ganesan, D.S. Rana, P. Misra, L.M. Kukreja and D.G. Kuberkar; J. Sci. 1, 7 (2010)
  14. Studies on Nonvolatile Resistance Memory Switching in ZnO Thin Films, L. M. Kukreja, A. K. Das, P. Misra, Bulletin of Material Science, Vol. 32 No. 3 247-252 (2009)
  15. Effect of Si doping on electrical and optical properties of ZnO thin films grown by Sequential Pulsed Laser Deposition , A K Das, P Misra and L M Kukreja, Jr. of Physics D: Applied Physics 42, 165405 (2009) 
  16. Nano -ZnO in Photonics Landscape, L. M. Kukreja, P. Misra, J. Fallert, J. Sartor, H. Kalt, C. Klingshirn, IEEE Proc. Photonics Global, ISBN: 978-1-4244-3901-0, 1 – 6 (2009)
  17. Temperature Dependent Dynamics of Photoluminescence Processes in ZnO Thin Films Grown on Sapphire by Pulsed Laser Deposition, P. Misra, T. K. Sharma and L. M. Kukreja, Current Applied Physics, 9(1), 179 – 183 (2009)
  18. Enhanced Field Emission of Pulsed Laser Deposited nanocrystalline ZnO thin films on Re and W, D. J. Late,   P. Misra, B. N. Singh, L. M. Kukreja, D. S. Joag and M. A. More, Appl. Phy. - A, 95: 613–620 (2009)  
  19. Nano-Engineering by Implanting Al2O3 Nano Particle as Sandwiched Scattering Centers in Between the La0.5Pr0.2Sr0.3MnO3 Thin Film Layers, J.H. Markna, P.S. Vachhani, D.G. Kuberkar, N.A. shah, P. Misra, B.N. Singh, L.M. Kukreja and D.S. Rana; J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 9 (9), 5687-5691 (2009)
  20. Enhanced field emission from LaB6 thin films with nanoprotrusions grown by pulsed laser deposition on Zr foil
    Dattatray J. Late, Kalyani S. Date, Mahendra A. More, Pankaj Misra, B. N. Singh and Lalit M. Kukreja, C. V. Dharmadhikari and Dilip S. Joag,     Applied Surface Science 254(11), 3601-3605 (2008)
  21. Some aspects of pulsed laser deposited nanocrystalline LaB6 film: Atomic force microscopy, constant force current imaging and field emission investigations, D. J. Late, K. S. Date, M. A. More, P. Misra, B. N. Singh and L. M. Kukreja , C. V. Dharmadhikari and D. S. Joag, Nanotechnology, 19, 265605 (1 – 6) (2008)
  22. Temperature Dependent Photoluminescence from ZnO/MgZnO Multiple Quantum Wells Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, P. Misra, T. K. Sharma and L. M. Kukreja, Superlattices and Microstructures, 42 (1-6), 212-217 (2007)
  23. Enhancement of electronic transport and magnetoresistance of Al2O3 impregnated (La0.5Pr0.2)Sr0.3MnO3 thin films, J. H. Markna, R. N. Parmar, P. S. Vachhani, D. G. Kuberkar, P. Misra, B. N. Singh and L. M. Kukreja, Europhysics Letters, 79, 17005: 1 – 5 (2007)
  24. Field Emission from Nanocrystalline LaB6 prepared by Laser Ablation, D. J. Late, M. A. More, P. Misra, B. N. Singh, L. M. Kukreja and D.S. Joag, Ultramicroscopy, 107 825 (2007). 
  25. Effects of Swift Heavy Ions Irradiation on La0.5Pr0.2Sr0.3MnO3 Epitaxial Thin Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, J. H. Markna, R. N. Parmar, D. S. Rana, R. Kumar, P. Misra, L. M. Kukreja, D. G. Kuberkar and S. K. Malik, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 256(2) 693 (2007) Pages -697, 
  26. Transparent p-AgCoO2/n-ZnO p-n Junction fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition, R. S. Ajimsha, K. A. Vanaja, M. K. Jayaraj, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, , Thin Solid Films, 515 (18) 7352 (2007).
  27. Room Temperature Photoluminescence from ZnO Quantum Wells Grown on (0001) Sapphire using Buffer Assisted Pulsed Laser Deposition, P. Misra, T. K. Sharma, S. Porwal and L. M. Kukreja,  Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 161912: 1 - 3 (2006)
  28. Field Emission Studies on Well Adhered Pulsed Laser Deposited LaB6 Film on W Tip, D. J. Late, M. A. More, D. S. Joag, P. Misra, B. N. Singh and L. M. Kukreja, Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, 123510: 1 - 3 (2006)
  29. Structural, Morphological and Electrical Characterization of Hetroepitaxial ZnO Thin Films Deposited on Si (100) by Pulsed Laser Deposition: Effect of Annealing (8000 C) in air, S. M. Jejurikar, A. G. Banpurkar, A. V. Limaye, S. K. Date, S. I. Patil, K. P. Adhi, P. Misra, L.M.Kukreja and R. Bathe, J. Appl. Phys., 99, 14907:1 – 7 (2006)
  30. Development of a novel high speed (electron-mobility) epi-n-ZnO thin films by L-MBE for III–V opto-electronic devices; K. Ramamoorthy, M. Jayachandran, K. Sankaranarayanan, Pankaj Misra, L. M. Kukreja and C. Sanjeeviraja Current Applied Physics, 103-108 (2006)
  31. Growth Parameters Dependent Magnetoresistance in Pulsed Laser Deposited (La0.5Pr0.2)Ba0.3MnO3 Thin Films, K.R. Mavani, D.S. Rana , S.K. Malik, J.H. Markna, R.N. Parmar, D.G. Kuberkar, P. Misra, L.M. Kukreja and D.C. Kundaliya, J. Appl. Phys., 98, 86111:1-3 (2005) 
  32. Self diffusion of Iron in Nano-crystalline Iron Nitride, M. Gupta, A. Gupta, L.M.Kukreja,P.Misra, S. Rajagopalan, A.K.Balamurgan and A.K.Tyagi, Mat. Sci. Forum, 480 - 481, 557 - 564 (2005). 
  33. Buffer Assisted Low Temperature Growth of High Crystalline Quality ZnO Films using Pulsed Laser Deposition; P. Misra and L.M. Kukreja, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 485, Issues 1-2, Pages 42-46, (2005) 
  34. Optimized Dual Temperature Pulsed Laser Deposition of TiO2 to Realize MTOS (Metal-TiO2- SiO2-Si) Capacitor with Ultrathin Gate Dielectric, R. Singh, R. Paily, A. DasGupta, N.DasGupta, P.Misra and L. M. Kukreja, Semiconductor Sci. Technol. Vol. 20, Number 1, 2005, pp. 38-43(6) 
  35. A novel nano-architecture for ZnO thin films on <100> Si, GaAs and InP single crystal wafers by L-MBE as value in nano-robotic device fabrication efforts, K. Ramamoorthy, C. Sanjeeviraja, M. Jayachandran, K. Sankaranarayanan, V. Ganesan, P. Misra and   L.M. Kukreja, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 8 (4), 555-563, (2005)
  36. Laser Induced Oxidation for Growth of Ultrathin Gate Oxide, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, Electronics Letters, 40 (25), 1 - 2 (2004)  
  37. Variable Band-gap ZnO Nanostructures Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition; L. M. Kukreja, S. Barik and P. Misra Jr. Crystal Growth 268, 3-4 (2004) 531-535  
  38. Sequential Pulsed Laser Deposition of CdxZn1-xO Alloy Thin Films for Engineering ZnO Band-gap; P. Misra, P.K. Sahoo, P. Tripathi, V. N. Kulkarni, R. V. Nandedkar and L. M. Kukreja Appl. Phys. A 78, 37-40 (2004) 37-40
  39. Development of a novel high speed (electron-mobility) epi-n-ZnO thin films by L-MBE for III–V opto-electronic devices; K. Ramamoorthy, M. Jayachandran, K. Sankaranarayanan, Pankaj Misra, L. M. Kukreja and C. Sanjeeviraja, Current Applied Physics,  4 (6), 679-684 (2004)
  40. Cluster Formation in UV Laser Driven Ablation Plumes of ZnSe and ZnO Studied by Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry; L. M.  Kukreja, A.  Rohlfing, P.  Misra, F.  Hillenkamp and K.  Dreisewerd, Appl. Phys. A 78, 5    ( 2004 ) 641 – 644
  41. Epi-n-IZO thin films on (100) Si, GaAs and InP by L-MBE––a novel feasibility study for SIS type solar cells; K. Ramamoorthy, M. Jayachandran, K. Sankaranarayanan, Pankaj Misra, L. M. Kukreja, C. Sanjeeviraja  Solar Energy, 77 (2) 193-201 (2004) 
  42. Alumina Capped ZnO Quantum Dots Multilayer Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, P. Misra, R.V. Nandedkar and L. M. Kukreja, Solid State Commun. 127 (2003) 463-467
  43. Epi-n-ZnO/<100> Si, GaAs and InP by L-MBE: a novel approach for III–V devices; K. Ramamoorthy, C. Sanjeeviraja, M. Jayachandran, K. Sankaranarayanan, Pankaj Misra and L. M. Kukreja Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Volume 6, Issue 4, August 2003, 219-224   
  44. Pulsed Laser Deposition of TiO2 for MTOS Gate Dielectric Paily R , Dasgupta A , Dasgupta N , Bhattacharya P, Misra P , Ganguli T , Kukreja L . M , Balamurugan A. K , Rajagopalan S , Tyagi A. K , Appl. Surf. Sci. 187, 3-4 (2002) 297-304
  45. Study of Iron Nitride thin films deposited by Pulsed Laser deposition, M. Gupta, A. Gupta, P. Bhattacharya,     P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, “J. Alloys and Compounds 326, 265-269 (2001).
  46. Variation of bandgap with oxygen pressure in MgZnO thin films grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition”, P. Misra, P. Bhattacharya, K. Mallik, S. Rajagopalan, L. M. Kukreja and K.C. Rustagi,Solid State Comm. 117, 673-677 (2001)

International Conference Proceedings and Edited Books

  1. Dye-Sensitization of Nanocrystalline ZnO Thin Films" Accepted for presentation in International Conference on “Physics of Emerging Functional Materials” (PEFM-2010),September 22-24, 2010, BARC, Mumbai
  2. Anomalous optical processes in photoluminescence from ultra-small quantum dots of ZnO grown by pulsed laser deposition, L. M. Kukreja, P. Misra, A. K. Das, J. Sartor, H. Kalt and C. Klingshirn; Accepted for presentation in the 6th International Workshop on Zinc Oxide and Related Materials, August 05, 2010, Changchun, China
  3. Microstructural Characterization of Pulsed-laser deposited thin Films of Type 304 Stainless Steel; A.K.Srivastava, R.Kaul, P.Misra, S.K.Rai, A.K.Das, Anita Toppo1, Hasan Shaikh1,R.K.Dayal1, S.K.Deb, L.M.Kukreja, International Conference on Advances in Electron Microscopy & Related Techniques, BARC, Mumbai, March 8-10, 2010.
  4. Switching Characteristics of ZnO based Transparent Resistive Random Access Memory Devices grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, P. Misra, A. K. Das and L. M. Kukreja, 14 th international Conference on II_VI compounds (II-VI 2009), St. Petersburg, Russia, August 23-28, 2009 
  5. Correlation of Structural and Electrical Characteristics of Pulsed Laser Deposited ZnO Thin Films on Pulsed Laser Deposition on Annealing,P. Misra, T. Ganguli, A. K. Das, R. Kumar, S. M. Oak and L. M. Kukreja, 14 th international Conference on II_VI compounds (II-VI 2009), St. Petersburg, Russia, August 23-28, 2009
  6. Room temperature photoluminescence from symmetric and asymmetric ZnO quantum wells grown by pulsed laser deposition. P. M. Aneesh, R.S. Ajimsha, M. K. Jayaraj, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, Proc. Second International Conference on Frontiers in Nanoscience and Technology (Cochin Nano-2009), January 3-6, p. 31, Cohin, India 2009
  7. Nano - ZnO in Photonics Landscape, L. M. Kukreja, P. Misra, J. Fallert, J. Sartor, H. Kalt and C. Klingshirn, , Proc. IEEE Photonics Global Conference (IPGC), December 8 – 11, p.62,  Singapore (2008).
  8. Photoluminescence From Ultra-Thin ZnO/ZnMgo Quantum Wells, P. Misra, T. K. Sharma, G. M. Prinz, K. Thonke and L. M. Kukreja, Proceedings IUMRS-ICAM, Bangalore, 2007.
  9. Device Grade Ultra-thin ZnO Quantum Wells Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition , L. M. Kukreja  and P. Misra,  Proc. Intl. Workshop on ZnO and Related Materials, Oct. 3-6, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany (2006)
  10. Temperature Dependent Photoluminescence from ZnO/MgZnO Multiple Quantum Wells Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, P. Misra, T. K. Sharma and L. M. Kukreja, Proc. EMRS 2006, Symposium K on ZnO and related Materials, May  29 – June 2, Nice, France (2006)
  11. Photonic and Spintronic Semiconductor Nanostructures Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, L.M.Kukreja and P.Misra, Proc. Intl. Workshop on Crystal Growth and Characterization,  Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University,   Chennai, India,   Jan. 9-13, 2006    
  12. Structural and Optical characteristics of Bulk and Laser Deposited Thin Films of Diluted Magnetic semiconductor MnxZn1-xO:  P. Misra, U.K. Pandey and L.M. Kukreja, Proceedings, Intl. Conference on Materials for Advanced Technology ( ICMAT 2005), Singapore, July 3-8, 2005
  13. Electrical Characterization of Al/SiO2-TiO2Strained Si/Relaxed SiGe MTOS Capacitors,  B. J. Kailath, N. DasGupta, A. DasGupta, S. Bhattacharya, B. M. Armstrong, H. S. Gamble, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, Proc. Intl. Conf. on MEMS and Semiconductor Nanotechnology, Dec. 20-22, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 74 (2005)
  14. Growth of ZnO/ MgZnO Multiple Quantum Wells by Pulsed Laser Deposition, P. Misra, T. K. Sharma, S. Porwal and L. M. Kukreja, Proceedings: 3rd International Workshop on ZnO and related materials, October 5-8 , Sendai, Japan pp 95 (2004)
  15. Temperature Dependent Excitonic Photoluminescence from Epitaxial ZnO Thin Films: P. Misra, T. K. Sharma, H. Kissel and L. M. Kukreja, Proceedings, International conference on Photonics, QSAT Cochin, pp 327 (2004)
  16. ZnO Nanostructures for Fomenting UV Photonics: L.M.Kukreja and P.Misra Proceedings, Photonics, QSAT, Cochin pp 323 (2004)
  17. Effects of Temperature and Buffer Layers on In-plane Orientation of ZnO Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, P.Misra and L. M. Kukreja, International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD)  vol.1, Eds. K.N.Bhat and A.DasGupta, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, pp 226 – 228 (2004) 
  18. Effect of Low Temperature Buffer Layers during Pulsed Laser Deposition of TiO2 on MTOS (Metal – TiO2– SiO2– Si) Capacitor Characteristics, R. Paily, A. DasGupta, N.DasGupta,  P.Misra and L. M. Kukreja, International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD) vol.1, Eds. K.N.Bhat and A.DasGupta, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, pp 480 – 482 (2004)
  19. Silicon Nanoparticles Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, Rani J.R, S. Barik, P.Misra, T.A.Khan, A.K.Srivastava, C.M.Negi, R.V.Nandedkar, N.DasGupta, V.P.M.Pillai, P.K.Sen and L. M. Kukreja, International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD)  vol.2, Eds. K.N.Bhat and A.DasGupta, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, pp 1047 – 1049 (2004),  
  20. Effect of oxygen ambient pressure ternary alloy semiconductor thin films of MgZnO grown by Pulsed laser Deposition, L. M. Kukreja, P. Misra, P. Bhatacharya, S. Rajagopalan and K.C. Rustagi,Trends and Applications of Thin Films, Societe Francaise du Vide, Paris, pp. 45 – 47 (2000).

National Conference Proceedings

  1. Measurements of Bandgaps of ZnO Single Quantum Wells Grown on Si using Surface Photovoltage Spectroscopy; P. Misra*, T. K. Sharma and L. M. Kukreja; Proceedings NS2010,  University of Pune and Defense Institute of  Advanced Technology (DIAT), Girinagar, Pune, June 24-26, 2010 p.22  (Oral)
  2. Surface plasmon resonances in gold nanoparticles prepared by pulsed laser deposition; S. Verma, B. Tirumala Rao, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja; Proceedings NS2010,  University of Pune and Defense Institute of  Advanced Technology (DIAT), Girinagar, Pune, June 24-26, 2010 p.45
  3. Growth of ultra-thin Silicon Oxy-nitride films using DC-discharge Assisted Pulsed Laser Heating; B. N. Singh, R.S. Ajimsha, A. K. Das, Binsu J Kailath, P. Misra, A. DasGupta, N. DasGupta, D.M. Phase  and L. M. Kukreja; Proceedings NS2010,  University of Pune, Pune, June 24-26, 2010 p.41
  4. ZnO quantum structures for UV-blue photonic applications, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, Proceedings, National Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (NCNN-10), VNIT, Nagpur, January 18-20, 2010
  5. Growth and Characterization of ZnO based Transparent Resistive Random Access Memory Devices using Pulsed Laser Deposition, P. Misra, A. K. Das and L. M. Kukreja, DAE-BRNS 5th National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, IIT Madras, Chennai, December 2-4, 2009.
  6. Highly resistive ZnO thin films grown by DC discharge assisted pulsed laser deposition Amit K. Das*, P. Misra, R. S. Ajimsha, S. Khamari, V. K. Dixit, R. Kumar, Tapas Ganguly, C. Mukharjee, S. M. Oak and  L M Kukreja, Proceedings: DAE-BRNS 5th National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, IIT Madras, Chennai,  December 2-4, 2009
  7. Studies on Dy doped ZnO thin films grown by buffer assisted pulsed laser deposition, R. S. Ajimsha, A. K. Das, B. N. Singh, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, Proceedings: DAE-BRNS 5th National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials,IIT Madras, Chennai, December 2-4, 2009
  8. Structural, electrical and optical properties of Cr:ZnO thin films grown by buffer assisted pulsed laser deposition, R. S. Ajimsha*, A. K. Das, B. N. Singh, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, Proceedings: DAE-BRNS 5th National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, IIT Madras, Chennai, December 2-4, 2009
  9. Studies on the resistance switching characteristics of ZnO thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition, Prashant Kumar, Amit K Das , Pankaj Misra and L M Kukreja, Proceedings: DAE-BRNS 5th National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, IIT Madras, Chennai, December 2-4, 2009
  10. Studies on Thin Films and Quantum Structures of ZnO Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition;  P. Misra, Proceedings, 8th DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium (NLS-08), LASTEC, New Delhi, January 7-10, 2010 [Thesis presentation; Best thesis award by Indian Laser Association (ILA)]
  11. Parametric Studies on Size Distribution and Optical Properties of  Pulsed Laser Deposited Silicon Nanoparticles, A. Chaturvedi, A. K. Srivastava, P. Misra, B. N. Singh, S. K. Deb and L. M. Kukreja, Proceedings; 8th DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium (NLS-08), January 7-10, New Delhi
  12. Basic Photoluminescence Processes at different Temperatures in ZnO / (0001) Sapphire Thin Films Grown   by Pulsed Laser Deposition, P. Misra, T. K. Sharma and L. M. Kukreja, Proc. DAE-BRNS 4th National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Rajkot, Gujarat, Oct 3-5, (  2007) p 39
  13. DC-Discharge Assisted Pulsed Laser Growth of Ultra-thin Silicon Oxynitride Films, B. N. Singh, P. Misra, A. K. Das, R. Kumar, Binsu J Kailath, M. Mishra, D.M. Phase,         A. DasGupta , N. DasGupta and L. M. Kukreja, DAE-BRNS 4th  National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Rajkot, Gujarat, Oct 3-5 (  2007) p 85.
  14. Characteristics of pulsed laser deposited Zn1-xNixO/ZnO bi-layer thin films S. Thota, Pankaj Misra, Lalit M Kukreja and Jitendra Kumar, DAE-BRNS 4th National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Rajkot, Gujarat, Oct 3-5, (2007) p 72.
  15. Improvement in field sensitivity of La-based manganite multilayered structure, P.S. Vachhani, J.H. Markna, J.A. Bhalodia and D.G. Kuberkar, V. Ganesan, R. Rawat,     P. Misra, B.N. Singh and L.M. Kukreja, Proc. DAE-BRNS 4th  National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials,Rajkot,Gujarat, Oct 3-5, (  2007) p 95.
  16.  Effect of Structural Disorder on Electronic Transport in La0.5Pr0.2R0.3MnO3  (R = Sr, Ba) Manganite Thin Films, P.S. Solanki, R.R. Doshi, J.H. Markna, C.M. Thaker and D.G. Kuberkar, K.R. Mavani, D.S. Rana and S.K. Malik, P. Misra, B.N. Singh and L.M. Kukreja, DAE-BRNS 4th  National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Rajkot, Gujarat, Oct 3-5, (  2007) p 94
  17. Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Co and Ga codoped ZnO Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition, M. Subramanian, G. Mohan Kumar, P. Mishra. Swati Pandya, A. Das, B. N. Singh, S. Vijayalakshmi, V. Ganesan, R. Jayavel and L.M. Kukreja, Proc. DAE-BRNS 4th  National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Rajkot, Gujarat, Oct 3-5, (  2007) p.1 00
  18. Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Zn1-(x+y)MnxGayO Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition, M. Subramanian, P. Ilanchezhiyan, P. Mishra, Swati Pandya, Amit Das, B. N. Singh, S. Venkatraj, S. Vijayalakshmi, V. Ganesan, R. Jayavel and L.M. Kukreja, Proc. DAE-BRNS 4th  National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Rajkot, Gujarat, Oct 3-5, (  2007) p. 101
  19. Studies on Si Doped ZnO Thin Films Grown by Sequential Pulsed Laser Deposition        A. K. Das, B. N. Singh, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, Proc. DAE-BRNS 4th  National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Rajkot, Gujarat, Oct 3-5, (  2007) p. 108
  20.  Studies on CoZnO thin films grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition , Satyapal S. Rathore, A.K.Das, B.N. Singh, P.Misra and L.M.Kukreja, Proc.  DAE-BRNS 4th  National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Rajkot, Gujarat, Oct 3-5, (  2007) p.111
  21. Structural and Optical Characteristics of ZnMnO Thin Films grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, U. K. Pandey, Pankaj Misra & L. M. Kukreja, Proceedings, DAE-BRNS 3rd National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Department of Physics, S. V. University, Tirupati, Nov 7-8, 2005 p 77
  22. Structural and Optical Characterization Of CoZnO Thin Films grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition. Jabivul J. Sk, Pankaj Misra, P. K. Sen and L.M. Kukreja, Proceedings, DAE-BRNS 3rd National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Department of Physics, S. V. University, Tirupati, Nov 7-8, 2005 p 75
  23. Optical and Electrical Characteristics of Lithium Doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films Grown By Pulsed Laser Deposition, N. Bodas, B. N. Singh, Ravi Kumar,V. K. Dixit, P. Misra and L. M.  Kukreja, Proceedings, DAE-BRNS 3rd National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Department of Physics, S. V. University, Tirupati, Nov 7-8, 2005 p 74
  24. Growth of Nanostructured Al doped ZnO Thin Films by PLD, K.C. Dubey, Atul Srivastava, Anchal Srivastava, R.K. Shukla, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, Proceedings, DAE-BRNS 3rd National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Department of Physics, S. V. University, Tirupati, Nov 7-8, 2005 p 74
  25. Transparent p-AgCoO/n-ZnO p-n junction fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition, R.S.Ajimsha, K.A.Vanaja, M.K.Jayaraj, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, Proceedings, DAE-BRNS 3rd National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Department of Physics, S. V. University, Tirupati, Nov 7-8, 2005 p 74
  26. Studies on   LaPrSrMnO Epitaxial Thin Films: An Application Point of View, J. H. Markna, R. N. Parmar, C. M. Thaker, P. S. Vachhani, J. A. Bhalodia, P. Misra, L. M. Kukreja, D. G. Kuberkar, Proceedings, DAE-BRNS 3rd National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Department of Physics, S. V. University, Tirupati, Nov 7-8, 2005 p 58
  27. Effect of laser fluence on structure and properties of pulsed Nd/YAG laser deposited iron oxide thin films, Shailja Tiwari, Ram Prakash, Atul Tiwari, U.P.Deshpande, T.Shripathi, D.M.Phase, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, Proceedings, DAE-BRNS 3rd National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Department of Physics, S. V. University, Tirupati, Nov 7-8, 2005 p 57
  28. Structural, Optical and Magnetic properties of MnZnO thin films grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition; P. Misra, KJS, S. B. Roy and L. M. kukreja DAE- BRNS meeting on Pulsed Laser deposition of thin films, Pune university, Pune 2003.
  29. Optical Properties of ZnO nanoparticles grown by PLD S. Barik, A. K. Srivastava, P.Misra, and L. M. Kukreja, National laser symposium, Trivendrum, 2002
  30. Temperature Dependent Photoluminescence from ZnO Thin Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition.           P. Misra, T. K. Sharma, H. Kissel and L. M. Kukreja , National laser symposium, Trivendrum (2002)
  31. Codoping of N and Al in ZnO using dc glow discharge assisted pulsed laser deposition. P. Misra, K. Mallik, S. Rajagopalan* and L. M. Kukreja , Proceedings, DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, BARC Mumbai (2001)
  32. ZnO nanoparticles grown by PLD, S. Barik, A. K. Srivastava, P. Misra, R.V. Nandedkar and L. M. Kukreja, Abstract: First topical meeting on Pulsed Laser deposition of thin films, Centre for advanced technology, Indore, Nov 2001 
  33. Band gap engineering of ZnO thin films grown by Pulsed Laser deposition: P. Misra, N.P. Lalla and L. M. Kukreja, Abstract: First topical meeting on Pulsed Laser deposition of thin films, Centre for advanced technology, Indore, Nov 2001
  34. Growth of oriented ZnO thin films by pulsed laser deposition. P. Misra, P. Bhattacharya,L.M. Kukreja and K.C. Rustagi Proceedings, National Laser Symposium , University of Hyderabad, p. 345, 1999 
  35. Growth of metastable MgZnO ternary oxide semiconductor thin films by Pulsed Laser Deposition. P. Bhattacharya, P. Misra, L.M. Kukreja and K.C. Rustagi, Proceedings, DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, IGCAR, 42, p. 659, 1999

Invited Talks and Lectures

  1. Zinc Oxide Nanostructures: Growth, Characterizations and Applications; P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja. 16th National Seminar on Physics and Technology of Sensors (NSPTS-16), University of Lucknow, Lucknow, February 11-13 (2011).
  2. ZnO quantum structures for UV-blue photonic applications, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, National Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (NCNN-10), VNIT, Nagpur, January 18-20, 2010
  3. Growth and Characterization of ZnO based Transparent Resistive Random Access Memory Devices using Pulsed Laser Deposition, P. Misra, A. K. Das and L. M. Kukreja, DAE-BRNS 5th National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, IIT Madras, Chennai, December 2-4, 2009.
  4. ZnO Quantum Structures, One day Hindi Seminar on New Directions in Materials Science, UGC-DAE-CSR, Khandwa Road, Indore, March 14, 2008
  5. Basic Photoluminescence Processes at different Temperatures in ZnO / (0001) Sapphire Thin Films and Quantum Structures Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, P. Misra*, T. K. Sharma and L. M. Kukreja, DAE-BRNS 4th  National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, Rajkot, Gujarat, Oct 3-5, (  2007)
  6. Experimental Techniques for Studying Optical Properties of Nanostructured Materials: Tutorial Lectures, ILA short course on growth and optical characteristics of nanostructures, National Laser Symposium, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore, Dec. 03, 2006. 
  7. Room Temperature Photoluminescence from ZnO Multiple Quantum Wells grown on Sapphire by Pulsed Laser Deposition, A talk on June 02, 2006 at Centre de Recherche sur l'Hetero-Epitaxie et ses Applications, CRHEA / CNRS,rue Bernard Gregory,Valbonne-Sophia-Antipolis, France (On invitation of Dr. Christian Morhain)
  8. Optical Quantum Confinement Effects in ZnO/MgZnO Multiple Quantum Wells Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, P. Misra, T.K. Sharma and L. M. Kukreja,  DAE-BRNS 3rd National Symposium on Pulsed LaserDeposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, S. V. University, Tirupati, Nov 7-8, 2005
  9. ZnO nanostructures for UV-blue photonic applications, current trends in Material Science, Department of physics, saurastra University, February 28, 2005
  10. Experimental Techniques for Studying Optical Properties of Nanostructured Materials: Tutorial lecture given during ILA short source in National Laser Symposium 2007  held at RRCAT, Indore .  
  11. ZnO nanostructures for UV-blue photonic applications, current trends in Material Science, Department of physics, saurastra University, February 28, 2005
  12. Optical Quantum Confinement Effects in ZnO/MgZnO Multiple Quantum Wells Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, P. Misra, T.K. Sharma and L. M. Kukreja DAE-BRNS 3rd National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials, S. V. University, Tirupati, Nov 7-8, 2005

Articles in Science Magazines
  1. Quantum Structures of ZnO Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition, P. Misra, Theme Article in RRCAT News Letter, Vol 22, Issue 2 (2009)
  2. Studies on Thin Films and Quantum Structures of ZnO Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition P. Misra, KIRAN: A Bulletin of the Indian Laser Association, Vol. 20, No.1,  April 2009
  3. Pulsed Laser Deposition of Semiconductors’ Nanostructures, P. Misra and L. M. Kukreja, KIRAN: A Bulletin of the Indian Laser Association (Special Issue on Lasers in Material Science) Vol. 19, No.2, August 2008

 

 

 

 


 
 

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