Projects

Present Research areas/source of funding

(i) Field emission from nanostructured materials/ CSIR, DAAD

(ii) Diluted magnetic semiconductors/ DST

(iii) Metal insulator nanocomposite films/DST, DFG, DAAD

(iv) Si QDs on silicon nitride/IAEA, UAM-Asia

Details of Research Projects being implemented/ completed/ submitted as PI & Co-I

(1) Title: EHE, TMR and nonvolatile memory of metal insulator nanocomposite (PI) [On-going]

Funding Agency: DST India, Amount: ₹ 36.5 Lacs, Duration: 3 Years (Started in May 2015)

(2) Title: New active coatings for photovoltaic solar cell (PI) [On-going]

Funding Agency: UMD-Spain, Spain –Asia collaborative project, Amount: 15,000 €, Duration: 18 Months (Started in August 2015)

(3) Title: Carbon nanotube based composites for field emission studies (PI) [On-going]

Funding Agency: CSIR India, Amount: ₹ 10.00 Lacs, Duration: 3 Years (Started in December 2012)

(4) Title: On-line H detection and in-situ structural investigations of silicon nitride based solar cells. (PI) [On-going]

Funding Agency: International atomic energy agency (IAEA), Vienna, Amount: 12,000 €, Duration: 4 Years (Started in June 2012)

(5) Title: Materials for nano-photonics. (Co-PI) [On-going]

Funding Agency: IRD, IITD under high impact research scheme, Amount: ₹ 100.00 Lacs, Duration: (Started in April 2011)

(6) Title: Correlation between magnetic properties and electronic structure of transport oxide films (Co-PI) [On-going]

Funding Agency: DST India, Amount: ₹ 25.80 Lacs, Duration: 3 Years (Started in March 2013)

(7) Title: Third Generation solar cells (Completed)

Funding Agency: UMD-Spain, Spain –Asia collaborative project, Amount: € 15000, Project status: Begins in June 2013.

(8) Title: Correlation between magnetic properties and electronic structure of transparent oxide films. (Completed in March 2013)

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, India, Amount: ₹ 27.76 lacs, Project status: Begins in April 2010.

(9) Title: Development of TMR Materials and Systems for very high density data storage technology. (Completed in 2011)

Funding Agency: Min. Comm. & Information Tech. Govt. of India, Amount: ₹ 117.30 lacs, Project status: Begins in March 2008.

(10) Title: Synthesis of nanodimensional metal doped zinc and copper oxide films and their study as transparent conducting oxide. (Completed)

Funding Agency: DST, Young Scientist fast track project, Amount: ₹ 8.10 lacs, Project status: 3 Years (April 2006 - March 2009).

(11) Title: Formation of metallic NSs in organic matrix by vapor and plasma phase deposition and its modification by ion irradiation. (Completed)

Funding Agency: DST-DFG, Indo German project, Amount: ₹ 8.89 lacs, Project status: 3 Years (June 2006 – July 2009).

(12) Title: Synthesis of oxide nanostructures and their field emission studies- development of a field emission set up (Completed).

Funding Agency: IRD section, IIT Delhi, Amount: ₹ 6.00 lacs, Project status: 2 Years (April 2005 – March 2007).