Dr. Ashish Kumar Mishra
Dr. Ashish Kumar Mishra is an Associate Professor in School of Materials Science and Technology, IIT(BHU), Varanasi (January 2024 - Present). He did his M. Sc. (Physics) from V.B.S. Purvanchal University, India (June 2005) and Ph.D. (with Best Thesis Award) from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India (July 2011). He has worked as an Assistant Professor in School of Materials Science and Technology, IIT(BHU), Varanasi, India (October 2016 - January 2024),
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/akmishrasmstiitbhu
Group Leader: Dr. Ashish Kumar Mishra
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Ph.D. students
1-Mr. Abhay Kumar Singh (IDD 2024) 4- Mr. Pankaj Yadav (IDD-2023) 5- Mr. Kundan Kumar Mishra (M.Tech-2023) 6- Mr. Vikash Yadvendu (M.Tech-2023) 7- Mr. Shubham Kumar (IDD-2022) 8- Mr. Soumya Ranjan Pradhan (IDD-2022) 9 - Ms. Shiksha Tiwari (M.Tech-2022) 10 - Mr. Amit Verma (IDD-2021) 11 - Mr. Himanshu Soni (M.Tech-2021) 12 - Mr. Yogesh Gutta (IDD-2020) 13 - Mr. Somesh Sunil Jaiswal (IDD-2020) 14 - Ms. Sweta Kumari (M.Tech-2020) 15 - Mr. Vishal Chowdhary (IDD-2019) 16 - Mr. Nilesh Kumar (M.Tech-2019) 17 - Mr. Mahendra Pratap Pingoliya (IDD-2018)
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- Interested candidates (holding JRF/INSPIRE award) can contact for Ph.D. positions.
Design of Nanostructures
- Design of pristine and metals encapsulated carbon nanostructures (nanotubes, nanocoils, graphene) using CVD, hydrothermal & exfoliation methods.
- Design of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) nanostructures using CVD, hydrothermal & exfoliation methods.
- Design of MXenes using CVD and hydrothermal methods.
- Design of different heterostructures of above nanomaterials.
Properties of Designed Nanostructures
- Structural analysis using XRD, SEM & TEM.
- Charge storage and transport properties using Electrochemical measurement systems.
- Phonon confinement and thermal transport properties using Raman spectroscopy.
- Optical properties using UV-visible absorption & Photo-luminescence spectroscopy.
Device Fabrications
- Design & development of nanomaterials based supercapacitors, batteries and hydrogen production.
- Design & development of nanomaterials based optoelectronic devices (Photodetectors, SERS).
- Design & development of nanomaterials based water filters and gas sensors.
- Design & development of high pressure Sieverts apparatus for CO2 capture and hydrogen storage
Major characterization tools like HRTEM, FESEM, AFM, XRD, FTIR Spectroscopy, UV-Visible Absorption Spectroscopy, DLS, TGA, DSC etc. are available in department and Institute's central facility. |
- Investigation of two dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides nanostructures as effective SERS substrates (December 2020-December 2023 under Core Research Grant Scheme) Funding Agency- SERB, India, Funding Amount ~ Rs. 44 Lakh.
- Design and investigation of thermal conducting two dimensional heterostructures (July 2017-July 2020 under Early Career Research Award) Funding Agency- SERB, India, Funding Amount ~ Rs. 55 Lakh.
- Carbon based nanocomposites and their applications(February 2015- August 2020) Funding Agency- DST, India, Funding Amount ~ Rs. 35 Lakh.
- Eco friendly large scale synthesis of layered nanomaterials and study of their properties (January 2017- Seed Money Grant) Funding Agency- IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India, Funding Amount- Rs. 10 Lakh.
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A.K. Mishra and J. D. Gupta, An analytical sensor for detection of an analyte and a method for fabrication thereof, Indian Patent Application 202411073926, Date- 30-09-2024.
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A.K. Mishra and A. Pandey, An energy storage device and a method of fabrication thereof, Indian Patent Application 202411071714, Date- 21-09-2024.
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A.K. Mishra and P. Jangra, A biosensor for detection of an analyte and a method of fabrication thereof, Indian Patent Application 202411067788, Date- 08-09-2024.
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A.K. Mishra and P.K. Maurya, An electrolyzer for electrochemical water splitting, Indian Patent Application 202411005013, Date- 24-01-2024.
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A.K. Mishra and A. Singh, A biosensor for detection of a biochemical analyte and a method thereof, Indian Patent Application 202311076099, Date- 07-11-2023.
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A.K. Mishra and R.K. Gupta, A non invasive analytical device for detection of a biomolecule, Indian Patent Application 202311003683, Date- 18-01-2023.
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A.K. Mishra and P.K. Maurya, A molybdenum diselenide nanostructured cathode based rechargeable zinc air battery, Indian Patent Application 202211020589, Date- 05-04-2022.
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A.K. Mishra, S. Mishra and S.S. Jaiswal, Electrochemical device for hydrogen production, Indian Patent Application 202011018312, Date- 29-04-2020.
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A.K. Mishra, S. Mishra and S.S. Jaiswal, A method of preparing multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Indian Patent Application 202011017647, Date- 24-04-2020.
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A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu, Polyaniline-graphite nanoplatelets material, US Patent 8623784 B2, Published Date: 07-01-2014. GRANTED
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A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu, Electrode and/or capacitor formation, US Patent 9224537 B2, Published Date: 29-12-2015. GRANTED
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A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu, Methods and systems for removal of ions from fluids, US Patent Application 20120186980 A1, Published Date: 26-07-2012.
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A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu, Iron oxide-graphene nanocomposite for the manufacture of electrodes therefrom for water purification, Indian Patent No. 294218, Published Date: 14-03-2014. GRANTED
Edited Books:
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A. K. Mishra, Carbon and TMDs Nanomaterials for Energy Applications, Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, ISBN: 978-981-12-8339-0, Pages: 312, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1142/13596 .
- D. K. Singh, A. K. Mishra and A. Materny, Raman Spectroscopy: Advances and Applications, Publisher: Springer Nature, ISBN: 978-981-97-1702-6, Pages: 375, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1703-3.
Book chapters:
- J. D. Gupta, P. Jangra, and A. K. Mishra*, Chapter 4: Optothermal Raman Spectroscopy for Thermal Transport Study, Book: Raman Spectroscopy: Advances and Applications, Publisher: Springer Nature, ISBN: 978-981-97-1702-6, Pages: 75-99, 2024.
- B. P. Majee, A. Singh and A. K. Mishra*, Chapter 1: An Overview of Carbon and Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanostructures, Book: Carbon and TMDs Nanomaterials for Energy Applications, Publisher: World Scientific, ISBN: 978-981-12-8339-0, Pages: 1-28, 2024.
- S. Mishra, A. Singh and A. K. Mishra*, Chapter 2: Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Carbon Nanostructures, Book: Carbon and TMDs Nanomaterials for Energy Applications, Publisher: World Scientific, ISBN: 978-981-12-8339-0, Pages: 29-70, 2024.
- A. Singh and A. K. Mishra*, Chapter 3: Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of TMDs Nanostructures, Book: Carbon and TMDs Nanomaterials for Energy Applications, Publisher: World Scientific, ISBN: 978-981-12-8339-0, Pages: 71 - 106, 2024.
- R. K. Gupta, P. K. Maurya and A. K. Mishra*, Chapter 5: Electrochemical Hydrogen Production using Carbon-Based Nanomaterials as Electrocatalysts, Book: Carbon and TMDs Nanomaterials for Energy Applications Publisher: World Scientific, ISBN: 978-981-12-8339-0, Pages: 133- 162, 2024.
- P. K. Maurya and A. K. Mishra*, Chapter 8: Carbon-Based and TMDs -Based nanostructured Anode Materials for Improved Lithium - Ion and Sodium-Ion Battery Performances, Book: Carbon and TMDs Nanomaterials for Energy Applications Publisher: World Scientific, ISBN: 978-981-12-8339-0, Pages: 227-258, 2024.
- S. Mishra and A. K. Mishra*, Chapter 4: Supercapacitor: Carbon Based Nanostructures for Supercapacitor Application, Book: Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy Applications, Publisher: CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group, ISBN: 978-1-003-20870-9, Pages: 77-100, 2023.
- A. Singh, J. D. Gupta, P. Jangra and A. K. Mishra*, Chapter 7: Layered Chalcogenides: Evolution from Bulk to Nano-Dimension for Renewable Energy Perspectives, Book: Nanomaterials- Advances and Applications, Publisher: Springer Nature, ISBN 978-981-19-7962-0, Pages: 177-204, 2023.
- B. P. Majee and A. K. Mishra*, Chapter: Fundamentals and Applications of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Book: Modern Techniques of Spectroscopy: Basics, Instrumentation, and Applications, Publisher: Springer Nature, ISBN 978-981-33-6083-9, Pages: 185-208, 2021.
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Papers Published
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K. K. Mishra, P. K. Maurya and A. K. Mishra*, Dual electrolyte based aluminium air battery using NiCo2O4-MoSe2 hybrid nanocomposite, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 69 (2024) 252.
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B. P. Majee, P. Jangra, and A.K. Mishra*, CVD grown bi-layer MoS2 as SERS substrate: Nanomolar detection of R6G and temperature response, Materials Letters: X 22 (2024) 100229.
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P. K. Maurya and A.K. Mishra*, Ni-Fe/C0-Fe oxides-MoSe2 hybrid nanostructures as novel electrocatalysts for high performance rechargeable zinc air battery, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 15 (2024) 1246.
- A. Singh, R.K. Gupta and A.K. Mishra*, Thermal transport and optical anisotropy in CVD grown large area few-layer MoS2 over FTO substrate, Applied Physics Letters, 124 (2024) 031106.
- P. K. Maurya and A.K. Mishra*, In Situ Grown Vertically Oriented Wrinkled MoSe2 Nanosheets over Different Substrates as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7(2024) 487.
- A. Singh and A.K. Mishra*,Large area CVD grown vertically and horizontally oriented MoS2 nanostructures as SERS biosensors for single molecule detection, Nanoscale, Nanoscale, 13 (2023) 16480.
- J. D. Gupta, P. Jangra, B. P. Majee and A.K. Mishra*, Morphological dependent exciton dynamics and thermal transport in MoSe2 films, Nanoscale Advances, 5 (2023) 2756.
- S. Mishra, R. K. Gupta and A. K. Mishra*, Efficient hydrogen evolution and high energy density solid state supercapacitors using rGO/MoS2 heterostructure electrodes, Materials Science and Engineering: B, 300 (2024) 117129.
- A. Singh, B.P. Majee, J. D. Gupta and A. K. Mishra*, Layer dependence of thermally induced quantum confinement and higher order phonons scattering for thermal transport in CVD grown triangular MoS2, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127 (2023) 3787.
- P. K. Maurya, S. Mishra and A. K. Mishra*, MoSe2 and NiCo2O4/NiO based hybrid nanostructures as novel electrocatalyst for high performance rechargeable zinc-air battery, Electrochimica Acta, 439 (2023) 141689.
- H. Soni, A. Singh and A. K. Mishra*, Biaxial strain induced tunable electronic properties: study of ZnO nanoparticles via first principles density functional theory, Materials Science & Engineering B, 288 (2023) 116186.
- S. Mishra, S. Kumari, J. Harjwani, and A. K. Mishra*, Polymer Derived Carbon Nanostructure Electrodes for Solid-State Supercapacitor, ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 11 (2022) 043003.
- S. Mishra1, S. S. Jaiswal1, and A. K. Mishra*, Multiwalled carbon nanotubes grown over green iron nanocatalyst as electrode for hydrogen-producing electrochemical cell, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 33 (2022), 8702-8710.
- B.P Majee, J.D. Gupta, A. Sanskrityayn and A.K. Mishra*, Thermal sensitive quantum and phonon confinement in semiconducting triangular-shaped MoS2, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125 (2021) 14865-14873.
- S. Mishra, P.K. Maurya and A.K. Mishra*, 2H–MoS2 nanoflowers based high energy density solid state supercapacitor, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 255, (2020) 123551-123558.
- S. Mishra and A.K. Mishra*, Hydrothermally synthesized MoS2 nanoclusters for hydrogen evolution reaction, Electroanalysis, 32, (2020) 2564-2570.
- S. Mishra, P.K. Maurya and A.K. Mishra*, 2H-MoS2 nanoflowers with exposed edges for hydrogen producing electrochemical cell, Materials Today Communications, 25 (2020) 101270-101274.
- B.P Majee and A.K. Mishra*, Recent advances in photodetection applications of two dimensional MoS2 nanostructures, Journal of Metallurgy and Materials Science, 62 (2020) 103-126.
- B.P Majee, V.Srivastava and A.K. Mishra*, Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering detection based on interconnected network of vertically oriented semiconducting few-layer MoS2 Nanosheets, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 3 (2020) 4851−4858.
- B.P Majee, Bhawna, A. Singh, R. Prakash and A.K. Mishra*, Large area vertically oriented few-layer MoS2 for efficient thermal conduction and optoelectronic applications. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11 (2020) 1268−1275.
- B.P Majee, Bhawna and A.K. Mishra*, Bi-functional ZnO nanoparticles as a reusable SERS substrate for nano-molar detection of organic pollutants. Materials Research Express, 6 (2019) 1250j1.
- B.P. Majee, S. Mishra, R.K. Pandey, R. Prakash and A.K. Mishra*, Multifunctional few layers MoS2 for photodetection and SERS application with ultrasensitive and repeated detectability, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123 (2019) 17071-17078.
- S. Mishra, B.P. Majee, P.K. Maurya and A.K. Mishra*, Multifunctional low temperature reduced graphite oxides for high performance supercapacitors and SERS applications, Materials Research Express, 6 (2019) 085527.
- Bhawna, B.P. Majee, V. Choudhary, R. Prakash, and A.K. Mishra*, Hydrothermally grown ZnO nanoparticles for photodegradation of textile dye, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2100 (2019) 020073.
- R.K. Yadav, J. Aneesh, R. Sharma, P. Abhiramnath, T.K. Maji, G. Omar, A.K. Mishra, D. Karmakar* and K.V. Adarsh*, Designing hybrids of graphene oxide and gold nanoparticles for nonlinear optical response, Physical Review Applied 9 (2018) 044043.
- C.P. Singh, Nikhil S., Anwesha J., A.K. Mishra* and A. Paul*, Proton conduction through oxygen functionalized few layer graphene, Chemical Communication 52 (2016) 12661-12664.
- R. Sharma, R. Yadav, J. Anees, S. Sanda, A. R. Barik, A.K. Mishra, T.K. Maji, D. Karmakar and K.V. Adarsh*, Strong interlayer coupling mediated giant two photon absorption in MoSe2/GO heterostructure: Quenching of exciton bands, Physical Review B 93 (2016) 155433.
- A.K. Mishra, K.V. Lakshmi and L. Huang*, Eco-friendly synthesis of metal dichalcogenides nanosheets and their environmental remediation potential driven by visible light, Scientific Reports - Nature Publications Group 5 (2015) 15718.
- C.P. Singh, A.K. Mishra* and A. Paul*, Highly conducting reduced graphene synthesis via low temperature chemically assisted exfoliation and energy storage application, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3 (2015) 18557-18563.
- A.K. Mishra and L. Huang*, TiO2 decorated graphite nanoplatelets nanocomposites for high temperature sensor applications, Small 11 (2015) 361-366.
- A.K. Mishra and L. Huang*, Substrate effect on phonon confinement in TiO2 nanoparticles for thermal sensing application, Applied Physics Letters 105 (2014) 113104-4.
- A.K. Mishra, J. Wang and L. Huang*, Thermal sensitive quantum and phonon confinements for temperature mapping in extreme environments, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118 (2014) 7222-7228.
- H. Sun, X. Sun, M. Yu, A.K. Mishra, L. Huang, and J. Lian*, Silica-gold core-shell nanosphere for ultrafast dynamic nanothermometer, Advanced Functional Materials 24 (2014) 2389-2395.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Enhanced CO2 capture in Fe3O4-Graphene nanocomposite by physicochemical adsorption, Journal of Applied Physics 116 (2014) 064306-5.
- J. Wang, A.K. Mishra, Q. Zhao and L. Huang*, Size effect on thermal stability of nanocrystalline anatase TiO2, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 46 (2013) 255303.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Nanostructured polyaniline decorated graphene sheets for reversible CO2 capture, Journal of Materials Chemistry 22 (2012) 3708-3712.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Nano magnetite decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes: A robust nanomaterial for enhanced carbon dioxide adsorption, Energy and Environmental Science 4 (2011) 889-895.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Functionalized graphene based nanocomposites for supercapacitor application, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115 (2011) 14006-14013.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Magnetite decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes based supercapacitor for arsenic removal and desalination of sea water, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114 (2010) 2583-2590. (Highlighted in Nature India)
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Ultrahigh arsenic sorption using iron oxide-graphene nanocomposite supercapacitor assembly, Journal of Applied Physics 112 (2012) 104315-6.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Magnetite decorated graphite nanoplatelets as cost effective CO2 adsorbent, Journal of Materials Chemistry 21 (2011), 7467-7471.
- Jaidev, R.I. Jafri, A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Polyaniline-MnO2 nanotube hybrid nanocomposite as supercapacitor electrode material in acidic electrolyte, Journal of Materials Chemistry 21 (2011) 17601-17605.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Polyaniline/Multiwalled carbon nanotubes nanocomposite- an excellent CO2 capture candidate, RSC Advances 2 (2012) 1746-1750.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Palladium nanoparticles decorated Graphite nanoplatelets for room temperature carbon dioxide adsorption, Chemical Engineering Journal 187 (2012) 10-15.
- A.K. Mishra, T.A. Doss and S. Ramaprabhu*, Study of removal of azo dye by functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Chemical Engineering Journal 162 (2010) 1026-1034.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Removal of metals from aqueous solution and sea water by functionalized graphite nanoplatelets based electrodes, Journal of Hazardous Materials 185 (2011) 322-328.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Functionalized graphene sheets for arsenic removal and desalination of sea water, Desalination 282 (2011) 39-45.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Carbon dioxide adsorption in graphene sheets, AIP Advances, 1 (2011) 032152-6.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Hybrid carbon nanostructure assemblages for high performance pseudo-capacitors, AIP Advances 2 (2012) 022121-7.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Graphite nanoplatelets/multiwalled carbon nanotubes hybrid carbon nanostructures for electrochemical capacitor, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 12 (2012) 6658-6664.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, The role of functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes based supercapacitor for arsenic removal and desalination of sea water, Journal of Experimental Nanoscience 7 (2012) 85-97.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Graphite nanoplatelets derived nanocomposites based supercapacitors with high capacitance and energy density, Graphene 2 (2014) 95-100.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Study of CO2 adsorption in low cost graphite nanoplatelets, International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications 1 (2010) 266-269.
- A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, High pressure CO2 adsorption study in functionalized graphite nanoplatelets, IEEE proceedings, (2010) d.o.i.-10.1109 /iccceng.2010.5560357, 44-46.
- P. Tamilarasan, A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Graphene/ionic liquid binary electrode material for high performance supercapacitor, IEEE proceedings, (2011) d.o.i.-10.1109/nstsi.2011.6111793, 1-5.
- V. Eswaraiah, V. Sankaranarayanan, A.K. Mishra and S. Ramaprabhu*, Electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding of carbon nanostructured films, IEEE proceedings, (2010) d.o.i.-10.1109/iccceng.2010.5560383, 150-152.
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May 2024- Congratulations to Mr. Prince and Mr. Kundan for for their recent article in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier).
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April 2024- Congratulations to Mr. Prince for granted Indian patent on Zn air battery.
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March 2024- Congratulations to Dr. Shanu for granted Indian patent on hydrogen generation.
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March 2024- Congratulations to Dr. Bishnu and Ms. Priyanka for their recent article in Materials Letters X (Elsevier).
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January 2024- Congratulations to Mr. Prince for his recent article in Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (ACS).
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January 2024- Congratulations to Mrs. Ankita for her recent article in Applied Physics Letters (AIP).
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December 2023- Congratulations to Mr. Prince for his recent article in ACS Applied Energy Materials (ACS).
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December 2023- Congratulations to Ms. Shanu and Mr. Rohit for their recent article in Materials Science and Engineering B (Elsevier).
Note:
- Interested Ph.D. candidates with Masters degree in chemistry/physics/ Materials Science/ Nanotechnology and holding JRF/INSPIRE awards can contact us for Ph.D. positions.
- Interested Postdoctoral candidates can contact to apply for different fellowships like a National postdoctoral fellowship/ Women scientist postdoctoral fellowship or any other fellowship from government or private agencies.