Material Research

At CeNSE, we have vibrant materials research programs. Broadly we work on synthesizing, characterizing various materials systems for electronic, neuromorphic, electromechanical, photonic and opto-electronic applications. These include 2D materials (graphene, boron nitride, MoS2 etc), various oxides (ferroelectric, piezoelectric), nitrides (GaN, AlN for e.g.), organic-inorganic halides (solar-cell applications) and organic molecular systems. We have clusters of PVD (PLD, sputtering, evaporation etc) and CVD tools to synthesize high quality materials mostly in (but not restricted to) thin-film form. We characterize them using state-of-the-art tools (XRD, microscopy etc) at MNCF. We fabricate devices of various kinds (transistors, photonic modulators, MEMS, solar-cells etc) using the tools in NNfC. Finally, we also investigate these systems by performing operando studies (in-situ TEM, Raman, XRD etc) to thoroughly understand structure-property-dynamics-performance correlations.

 

Material Research Projects

Fabrication and characterization of ZnO based thin film transistors. This project was successfully executed by Ms. Shivalini Singh from Dept. of Electronics Engineering, IT, BHU, Varanasi.

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Fabrication, characterization and Applications of ZnO and TiO2 thin films prepared by Sol-Gel method. This project was successfully executed by Mr. Vishwas M from Department of Physics, Govt. Science College, Tumkur, at CEN under INUP.

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Fabrication of ZnO based MSM Photodetectors. This project was successfully executed by Ms. Ghusoon Mohsin Ali, from Electronics Engineering Department, IT-BHU-Varanasi.

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