Functional Materials & Devices Laboratory 

The Functional Materials and Devices (FMD) Lab conducts interdisciplinary research focused on the design, synthesis, and application of advanced materials for energy, biomedical, and electronic systems. Key research areas include the development of piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators for mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion in self-powered devices; high-temperature ferroelectric and piezoelectric ceramics for sensing and actuation; and polymer composites for EMI shielding, leveraging carbon-based and magnetic fillers. The lab also works extensively on ferrite-based gas sensors with high sensitivity for environmental monitoring, and on energy storage systems integrating supercapacitors and hybrid storage units for autonomous power solutions. In the biomedical domain, the lab fabricates functional electrospun nanofibers for wound healing, targeted drug delivery, and tissue engineering. FMD Lab’s activities are unified by a vision to engineer scalable, multifunctional material systems that address real-world challenges through innovative, application-driven research.