Skills

Experiments /Instruments handled

• • Thin Film Preparation

Spray Pyrolysis, Electron Beam/Thermal Evaporation, DC/RF Magnetron Sputtering, Spin Coating technique

Preparation of Nano-structured Sculptured thin films through Glancing angle deposition.

• • Powder preparation

Sol-Gel method, Microwave assisted rapid synthesis, solid state reaction

• • Materials Characterization

    • • Structural Characterization:

        • • • X-Ray Diffraction Technique (PANalytical X’Pert Pro MPD)

      • Electrical Measurements:

        • • • Four Probe Technique (linear and Van der Pauw)

            • Circuit Sleuth SA-40 Frequency Response analyzer

            • Ecopia Hall effect System model no. HMS - 3000

      • Optical Properties:

        • • • UV – Vis – NIR Spectrophotometer (Shimadzu & Ocean Optics – HR-2000)

            • Fluorescence Spectrometer (Varian Cary Eclipse)

      • Thermal Properties:

        • • • Photo-Acoustic Spectrometer

• • • • • • Stanford Research Lock-in Amplifier (SR – 830)

          • Perkin-Elmer 7225 Lock-in Amplifier

          • Horiba Jobin Yvon Spectrometer

• • • Surface Roughness Testing:

      • • • SJ – 301 Surftest Micro-hardness Tester (Mitutoyo – Japan)

    • Atomic Force Microscope (AFM):

      • • • Veeco Digital Instruments CP – II

Computer Skills

Operating Systems :

Windows 98/NT/XP/Vista/7 & Linux (Suse & Ubuntu) & Mac

Computer Languages :

C, C++

Networking :

Installation, operation, and troubleshooting of enterprise branch networks. Includes WAN connectivity, routing and switching fundamentals; the TCP/IP and DHCP models

Scientific drawing tools:

Originlab Origin, Sigmaplot, Microsoft Excel, GNU Plot (With Plotdrop UI), Qtiplot

Office Applications :

MS-Office, Open office.org

Media tools :

Adobe Photoshop, Gimp, Coral draw, Video studio

Automation & Scientific tools :

Agilent VEE Pro, NI Labview

Knowledge in Virtual Instrumentation and Industrial Automation through Agilent VEE Pro and National Instruments Labview.

Knowledge in crystal structure solution procedures and Rietveld refinement of the chemical compounds using the software packages like GSAS, FOX, Powdercell, EXPO, PANalytical X’Pert Highscore Plus, Bruker AXS Topas and Diamond, through Powder X-Ray Diffraction pattern.

Linguistic Abilities

To Speak :

English, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi

To Read & Write :

English, Tamil and Hindi