Research Skills

· Materials preparation skills: Synthesis of perovskite, double perovskite, spinel, fluorite type of materials via soft chemical route. Preparation of complex nanomaterials using sol-gel, co-precipitation, hydrothermal, spin coating, microwave gel combustion synthesis techniques.

· Materials analysis skills: XRD data refinement using Rietveld method through various softwares like FullProf, MAUD, GSAS etc. Knowledge of unit cell determination softwares like VESTA, DIAMOND, and POWDER CELL. Profile fitting hand on Fit YK, OriginLab software. Mossbauer spectra fitting by DOS based NORMOS SITE programme. Dielectric data modelling by effective medium approximation (EMA).

· Instrument operational skills: Handling of LCR meter, microwave synthesis assembly, high temperature furnace, Microwave furnace, UV-Visible spectrophotometer, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR), X-ray Diffractometer (XRD), Physical property measurement system (PPMS), Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM), Raman spectrometer, Mössbaur spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Impedance spectroscopy etc.