Research Interests
Small-angle and grazing incidence X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS/GISAXS)
Magnetic thin films and multilayers for spintronics applications
Nanostructuring by low-energy ion beams
Structure-property relation in flexible polymer nanocomposites
Growth study of metallic thin films on patterned templates using in-situ GISAXS
Praveen Kumar Dubey , Sarath Sasi , Kumar Navin, Benedikt Sochor , Stephan V. Roth , P.S. Anil Kumar, Ajay Gupta, Sarathlal Koyiloth Vayalil https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2025.106773
Nanoripples on Si by oblique angle
500 eV Argon ion at 65 degree
Tailoring of magnetic domains by interface engineering
Anurag Keloth, Rakhul Raj, V. Raghavendra Reddy, Mukul Gupta, Ilaria Carlomagno, Andrei Gloskovksii, Timo Kuschel, Ajay Gupta, Sarathlal Koyiloth Vayalil
First published: 05 February 2025 https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400804
Magnetic anisotropy engineering:
Strong uniaxial magnetic anisotropy is observed with the easy axis of magnetization in a direction normal to the ripple wavevector. Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 123111 (2011)
Appl. Sur. Sci. 258 4116–4121(2012)
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 32 185804 (2020)
Interface magnetism
> X-ray Standing wave
> Depth-resolved XRD and XAS
Surfaces and Interfaces 56 (2025) 105716 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2024.105716
Journal of Alloys and Compounds 960 (2023) 170588 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.170588
Flexible polymer nanocomposites
> Carbon based polumer nanocomposites
> Insitu USAXS during mechanical stretching
> Structure propery correlation
> Fractal dimensions Vs Conductivity
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14, 25, 5834–5840
P03 beamline, PETRA III, DESY, Hamburg, Germany , Sputterchamber "HASE" in the beamline
http://photon-science.desy.de/facilities/petra_iii/beamlines/p03_minaxs/index_eng.htm
Collaborators
Prof. Stephan V Roth, FS-SMA, DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Prof. Ajay Gupta, UPES, Dehradun, India
Dr. V.R Reddy, Dr. Mukul Gupta UGC DAE CSR Indore
Dr. Timo Kuschel, Bielefeld University, Germany.
Prof. Peter M Buschbaum, TUM, Munich
Dr. P. Karmakar, VECC Kolkata
Some useful links
1. P03 beamline
2. DPDAK_A tool for SAXS data analysis