Research
My overall research aim is to explain structure-performance correlation of the materials in order to understand fundamental aspects of materials behaviour and designing of devices in order to develop efficient self-powered flexible devices.
Experimental skills
Synthesis
Nanoparticles (Ag, Pt, Au, MoSe2, NiSe2, NiFe2O4, ZnO)
PEDOT:PSS hydrogel based conducting paste
Nanocomposites
Biodegradable, Stretchable and self-healing hydrogel
Fabrication
Micro-/nano-structure by photolithography and soft lithography in cleanroom environment (ISO6)
Flexible & printable electrode; spray coating
Synthetic (PVDF and its co-polymer) and natural (gelatin, collagen, chitin) polymer processing
Piezo-, pyro-, ferro-, magneto- and tribo-electric based wearable devices, energy harvester and sensor.
Textile electronics based on random and aligned electrospun 1-D nano-fibers.
Micro/nano structure of organic/inorganic hybrid materials.
Characterization
Laser writer (ML3, Microwriter)
Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM)
Stylus Profilometer
Thermal evaporator
X-ray Diffraction (XRD) & Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)
Computational skill
Experience to work on COMSOL based multiphysics simulation.
DFT based theoretical calculation