Synthesis: Synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles and nanopowders processing with non-aqueous synthetic chemistry, mixed metal oxide synthesis by solid state chemistry route, thin film deposition by dip coating, spin coating technique, surface functionalization of thin films with biomolecules, fabrication of heterogeneous thin film by hydrothermal route, hydrothermal functionalization of thin film into 3D nanostructures, fabrication of catalyst microstructure with hydrothermal chemistry, synthesis of large area photoelectrode for solar cell application with cheap and effective dip coating, surface functionalization of membranes for protein immobilization, electrospinning of polymeric nanofiber for hepatic tissue engineering, design of curcumin - folic acid conjugate by synthetic organic chemistry for anticancer drug therapy, design of magnetic nanoparticle – protein conjugate, synthesis of biodegradable polymeric derivative nanoparticle for direct cancer killing without additional loading, Assembling battery cells under the glove box.
Analytical : UV-Vis Spectroscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, FESEM with EDX, HRTEM, XRD, BET, Synchrotron-based hard and soft x-ray spectroscopy (XAS, NEXAFS and resonant PES for electronic structure study), ATR – FTIR for in situ photodegradation study, particle size analyzer, profilometer, Atomic Force Microscopy, photoelectrochemical workstation (Cyclic Voltammetry, chronoamperometry, transient photocurrent, impedance spectroscopy and IPCE), Battery testing, VS Magnetometer, ultra-low temperature superconducting magnet for magnetoresistance study, Hall Effect measurement, 4 probe resistivity measurement, thin-layer and column chromatography, Gas Chromatography, NMR, DSC, fluorescence microscope for cell culture study.
Instrumentation: Synchrotron end station commissioning, Assembling of Ultra High Vacuum Chamber, Installation of the Vacuum pump and gas lines and X – ray based detector testing (SDD and Vortex detector for total and partial fluorescence-based study), assembling of in - situ flow cell for operando study.
Software and programming: Origin, Igor Pro, Kaleida Graph, Win XAS, Chem. Draw, Pan Analytical XRD analysis, Ubuntu, Windows Vista and 7, C and C ++ programming, Lab view based software for data collection in XAS experiment, electrochemistry software (voltalab, biologic and versa stat).