Physics Department is mandated to nurture high standards of education to our undergraduate students of Honours and Programme. The department has highly experienced and research oriented faculty members who constantly engage in raising the academic standards of the department to accomplish this mandate. Due to the concerted efforts of its faculty members and non-teaching staff the department has been able to establish well equipped Physics experiment Labs such as Solid State Physics Lab, Electronics Lab, Computational Techniques Lab, Numerical Simulation Lab, Communications Lab, Thermal lab, Optics, Opto-electronics and Waves Lab, Electricity and Magnetism Lab andMechanics lab. The department has developed two new practical labs i.e.Advanced Optics Lab including interferometry and spectrophotometry and Nanomaterials Fabrication andAnalysis lab in the current session. In order to give a fillip to skill based education the department has also established an Instrumentation Lab where the undergraduate students will be encouraged to tinker with different concepts of Physics to fabricate basic instrumentation for the undergraduate curriculum.
Teacher In-Charge : Dr. U.P. Tyagi
Department Coordinators: Mr. Ajay Pratap Singh Gahlot
DBT Star Advisory Committee Member: Dr. Aditya Saxena
·Dielectric measurements of materials using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR).
Mentor/PI: Dr. U. P. Tyagi and Dr. Ayushi Paliwal
Number of students: Five
Project status: Systematic methodology of the problem has been devised. Students have been trained for the same. Nanostructured thin films were fabricated using chemical route.
Magnetic Semiconductor Devices using Hetero-structure Thin Films.
Mentor/PI: Dr. Kakoli Bera and Dr. Monika Sharma
Number of students: Five
Project status: Students have completed the literature survey about sol- gel technique and thin film deposition. Magnetic thin films were deposited on ITO substrates using spin coating.
Physical and Biological investigations on Transition metal doped TiO2 Nanostructures: A promising diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS).
Mentor/PI: Ms. Manju Rani, Dr. Aditya Saxena and Dr. Brijmohan.
Number of students: Five
Project status: Literature survey was done by the students, involves the systematic and comprehensive study of transition metal doped TiO2 nanoparticles on structural, optical, magnetic and biological properties in nano regime.They are also practicing with Full prof software for the Structural analysis by Rietveld Method.
·Ball Milling: Top-down approach for the preparation of magnetic nanomaterials.
Mentor/PI: Mr. Ajay Pratap Singh Gahlot and Dr. Monika Sharma
Number of students: Five
Project status: The importance of Top-down approach was analyzed by students with systematic review of literature. Further knowledge of magnetic nanoparticle’s physical, structural and magnetic properties was given to students.
·Optical and electrical dispersion of biomolecule, nanomaterials, thin films and optically anisotropic materials.
Mentor/PI: Mr. Ajay Pratap Singh Gahlot and Dr. Monika Sharma
Number of students: Five
Project status: Students have been provided hands on training in synthesis of nanomaterials by using natural plant extracts. Further strategy has been established to study the anisotropic effect of thin film of nanomaterialsbiomolecules example cholesterol.
Lecture series on “Advances in Nanosciences”
Convenor: Dr. Pankaj Singh
Date of the program: 21st October 2019
No. of participants: More than 200
Invited Speakers:
Prof. Bijoy K. Kuanr, Chairperson, Special Center from Nanoscience, JNU.
Dr. Balaji Birajdar, Assistant Professor, Special Center from Nanoscience, JNU
Description: The lecture series discussed various areas of Nanosciences, which include the nanostructured materials, which can be used for future 5G technology, microwave and millimetre wave high frequency devices, and applications of magnetic materials in GMR bio-sensors and in Cancer treatment. Students also got the chance to understand nanoscale characterization techniques such as scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The talk explained the use of iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles (Fe-NPs) in a wide variety of biological and medical applications such as contrast agent in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in magnetic hyperthermia to cure cancer, drug delivery, cell labelling.
Education trips to Vigyaan Samagam, National Science Centre, New-Delhi
Accompanying Faculty: All the faculties of Physics Department
Date of visit: 20th February, 2020
Number of students: 80
Description: Trip enables to introduce the students about the cutting edge and latest developments in the field of research where India is a key partner in the group of countries participating in the seven mega projects. The students got a chance to understand the scientific concepts and technological aspects of these mega projects. These Mega projects were Large Hadron Collider project (CERN), Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO), International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), LASER Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatories (LIGO)-India project, Square Kilometer Array (SKA) telescopes project and Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).Students and teachers also attended a lecture over there, which was delivered to explain the Gravitational waves and the LIGO project
Global Bio-India Summit 2019 at National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi. - 11th November 2019
Accompanying Faculty: Dr. Brijmohan
Date of visit: 11th November 2019
Number of students: 3
Description: Students got glimpse of the development and policy forming leading to multi-faceted benefits for all stakeholders in various departments of Sciences and Technology for clean environment. This platform brings multi-faceted benefits for all stakeholders in Life Sciences, Healthcare, Industrial Biotech, AgriTech, Med-Tech, Clean Energy industry not only by offering opportunities for the business growth but also opening up doors for bigger opportunities by having open dialogue with key policy makers.