Minor Research Projects Under DBT – STAR College Scheme
Students are enrolled in various minor research projects under the aegis of DBT STAR College Scheme
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: Dr. Amit Choudhary and Dr. Aditya Saxena
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 nanomaterial sbiomolecules example cholesterol.
Electrocaloric ferroelectric materials for future solid-state refrigeration technologies (cooling applications)
Mentor/PI: Dr. U.P Tyagi, Mr. Ajay Pratap Singh Gahlot, Dr. Aditya Saxena and Dr. Raju Kumar
Number of students: Five
Project status: NA
Investigations of highly conducting and transparent Sc doped ZnO films grown by the sol-gel process: A promising highly conducting material for Solar cell fabrications on three different substrates.
Mentor/PI: Dr. U.P Tyagi, Dr. Ruchika Joshi, Dr. Yogesh Kumar and Ms Deepti Goel
Number of students: Five
Project status: Flat panel display technology seems to be an ever‐expanding field developing into a multibillion dollar market. A set of technical solutions involve a transparent conducting film (TCF) that is today still dominated by indium‐tin‐oxide (ITO). In a race to find alternatives that would avoid the indium pitfalls, mainly due to its increasing price and limited natural availability, replacement materials have been extensively investigated by students along with us.This work demonstrates that by exploiting basic principles of crystal growth in geometrically constrained conditions, zinc oxide (ZnO) could easily be utilized for this purpose.
Antiferroelectric Materials for High Energy Storage Applications.
Mentor/PI: Dr. Kakoli Bera and Dr. Raju Kumar
Number of students: Five
Project status: NA
Microwave-assisted three-dimensional graphene-metal oxides based composite nanostructures for energy storage
Mentor/PI: Ms. Manju Rani, Mr. Ajay Pratap Singh Gahlot, Dr. Pankaj Singh and Dr. Ashwani Kumar Singh
Number of students: Five
Project status: NA
UV-photodetection: An urgent requirement for measuring germicidal radiation
Mentor/PI: Mr. Ajay Pratap Singh Gahlot, Dr. Yogesh Kumar, Ms. Manju Rani, Dr. Aditya Saxena, Mr. Rakesh Kumar Meena
Mentor: Dr. Shibu Saha (Scientist- CSIR, NPL, Delhi)
Number of students: Five
Project status: Literature survey are in progress by the students.