Dr. Basavaraj Angadi

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Bangalore University, Bangalore – 560 056

Phone : +91-9972025110, E-mail : brangadi@gmail.com ; brangadi@bub.ernet.in

Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-2459-2010

Publons : https://publons.com/a/999042/

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

l Ph.D. (2004), Department of Physics, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, India

l M.Phil. (1998), Department of Physics, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, India

l M.Sc. (1997), Department of Physics, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, India

l B.Sc. (1995), Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, India

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2007 – Present : Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Bangalore University, Bangalore , India

2005 – 2007 (March) : Thin film Materials Research Centre, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea

Visiting Scientist

Worked as a Visiting scientist with Dr. W. K. Choi on ‘MBE grown ZnO for p-type and DMS properties for various electro-optic and spintronics applications’.

2005 – 2006(Feb) : Institute of Physics and Applied Physics, Yonsei University, Shinchon-dong 134, Seoul 120-749, Korea

Postdoctoral Fellow

Worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. K. Jeong on ‘ZnO based DMS materials for Spintronics applications’, selected under the ‘Brain Korea 21’ programme.

2003 – 2004 : Materials Research Center, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Research Associate

Worked as a Research Associate with Prof. A. M. Umarji in a project on ‘Environmentally secure rare earth based ceramic pigments’ of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) New-Delhi, India.

2001 – 2002 : Materials Research Center, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Visiting research student

Worked with Prof. S. B. Krupanidhi as a visiting research student in a collaborative research work on "Radiation effects on ferroelectric thin films". Worked on the effect of high energy heavy ion (Lithium and Oxygen) irradiation effects on the structural, dielectric and ferroelectric properties of PZT, SBT and PLT thin films.

1998 - 2002 : Materials Research Center, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Visiting research student

Worked with Prof. A. M. Umarji as a visiting research student in a collaborative research project on "Radiation effects on low thermal expansion ceramics" sanctioned to Dr. V. M. Jali. Worked on the synthesis, characterization of low thermal expansion ceramics and bulk relaxor ferroelectrics. Effect of proton, electron and high energy heavy ion irradiation effects on low thermal expansion ceramics and lead based relaxor ferroelectrics.

1998 - 2002 : Nuclear Science Centre, New-Delhi, India

User

User of the 15 UD Pelletron Accelerator at Nuclear Science Centre, New-Delhi, India for the irradiation studies. The thesis proposal was accepted by the Accelerator Users Committee for the allotment of Beam-time on priority basis.

Research Interests

Nanomaterials

· Metal Oxide - Carbon nanomaterials for electro-optic applications

Thin films

· ZnO – A wide bandgap semiconductor having applications in electro-optics and spintronics

· Pb(Zr_0.53Ti_0.47)O₃ (PZT) - A well known lead based ferroelectric material having applications in the current memory technology and in piezoelectric devices

· SrBi₂Ta₂O₉ (SBT) - a Bismuth layered Aurivillus compound, known for its good fatigue endurance, and one of the most used compositions for the current memory devices

Bulk Ceramics

· Ca_1-xSr_xZr₄P₆O₂₄ (CSZP)- A low thermal expansion Ceramic system, belonging to NZP family, having tailarable thermal expansion coefficient to the near zero value, having applications ranging from kitchen ware to the space vehicles as an anti-thermal shock resistant material.

· Pb(Fe_0.5Nb_0.5)O₃ (PFN) - A lead based relaxor ferroelectric perovskite material known for its very high dielectric constant and having applications in the multi layer ceramic capacitors

· Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃ - PbTiO₃ (PMN - PT) ; Pb(Zn_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃ - BaTiO₃ (PZN - BT)

- Lead based relaxor ferroelectric compositions known for their diffuse ferroelectric transition with frequency dispersion, having applications in capacitor, piezoelectric and pyroelectric devices

· Al₂O₃; CeO₂; Ce_1-xPr_xO₂; Fe₂O₃, Ce₂S₃ - Inorganic oxide/sulphide based high temperature pigments

Irradiation studies

· 25 MeV Proton and 50 MeV Lithium ion irradiation studies on the properties of CSZP ceramics using 15 UD Pelletron at Nuclear Science Centre, New-Delhi, India

· 7 MeV Electron irradiation studies on the properties of CSZP ceramics using Microtron at Pune University, Pune, India

· 50 MeV Lithium and 70 MeV Oxygen ion irradiation studies on the properties of ferroelectric PZT, SBT and PLT thin films using 15 UD Pelletron at Nuclear Science Centre, New- Delhi, India

· 9 MeV Electron irradiation studies on the properties of the PMN-PT, PZN-BT and PFN ferroelectric ceramics using Microtron at Mangalore University, Mangalore, India

Membership of Professional National and International Bodies

• Life member of Indian Ceramic Society

• Life member of Materials Research Society of India

• Life member of Indian Physics Association

• Member of Korean Physical Society

• Executive Council Member of Ion Beam Society of India

Member/Chairman of Board of Studies (BOS)

· Member, Board of Studies in Physics (PG), Department of Physics, Bangalore University – 2017-2020

· Member, Board of Studies in Electronic Science (PG), Department of Electronic Science, Bangalore University – 2017-2020

Member/Chairman of Board of Examination (BOE)

· Member, Board of Examination in Physics (PG), Department of Physics, Bangalore University – 2016-2017

· Member, Board of Examination in Electronic Science (Ph.D. Course work), Department of Electronic Science, Bangalore University – 2016-2017

· Chairman, Board of Examination in Physics (UG-Professional Board), Department of Physics, Bangalore University – 2016-2017

· Member, Board of Examination in Physics (UG-Professional Board), Department of Physics, Bangalore University – 2010-2017

· Member, Board of Examination in Electronic Science (PG), Department of Electronic Science, Bangalore University – 2014-2015

· Member, Board of Examination in Materials Science (PG), Department of Materials Science, Gulbarga University – 2014-2015

Research Collaboration

· Future Convergence Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Korea

· Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Jeonbuk, Korea

· Institute of Physics and Applied Physics, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

· Department of Physics, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan

· UGC–DAE CSR, Mumbai Centre, Mumbai, India

· UGC–DAE CSR, Mumbai Centre, Indore, India

· UGC–DAE CSR, Kalppakkam Node, Kokilamedu, India

· IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India

· Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

· Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New-Delhi, India

Awards/Fellowship

• Sir C. V. Raman Young Scientist State Award for the year 2013 from Government of Karnataka

• Award for Best Publication (2012-13) from VGST, Govt. of Karnataka

• Short term visiting fellow: Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea, one month every year during 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017

• Brain Korea Fellow during 2005-06 at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Research projects

• “Studies on ZnO based p-type and dilute magnetic semiconductors synthesized by solution combustion and spray pyrolysis techniques” sanctioned by BURIF - Bangalore University, 2011-12, 1 Lakh

• “Synthesis and Studies on Magneto-Electric and Spin-Lattice Coupling in Pb(Fe_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃-BiFeO₃ and Pb(Fe_2/3W_1/3)O₃-BiFeO₃ Multiferroic solid solutions” (Principal-investigator) sanctioned by UGC-DAE-CSR Mumbai, 2015-17, ~8.85 Lakhs

• “Synthesis and Studies on Magneto-Electric and Spin-Lattice Coupling in Pb(Fe_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃ based Multiferroic systems” (Principal-investigator) sanctioned by UGC-DAE-CSR Mumbai, 2011-14, 8.85 Lakhs

• “Synthesis and studies on magnetic properties of doped Zinc Oxide nano powders and thin films” (Principal-investigator) sanctioned by UGC-DAE-CSR Kalpakkam, 2012-15, 7.6 Lakhs

• “Design and characterization of proto-type Carbon Nanotube based micro-strip antennas” (Co-investigator) sanctioned by CARS (DRDO), 2012-15, 7.72 Lakhs

Ph.D. Guidance: Awarded – 03 ; Working - 07