- Cogito ergo sum” or “I think, therefore I exist” – This phrase by Rene Descartes summarizes my motivation and passion for science. I derive the greatest joy in scientific discussions, conceptualizing scientific problems, taking on challenges, and solving them through out-of-box approaches. I am privileged to be working with young and enthusiastic minds with similar attitudes towards science.
- I am also constantly looking for young minds to join us in this quest for scientific excellence. I request you to consider these few questions, in case you are interested in joining us
1. Are you a team member? Science gets done by standing on the shoulders of giants and working in teams. The team should always be stronger than the sum of its parts.
2. Are you excited to take up science as a career? Science thrives with a passion for excellence. Any research problem given to you must have your undivided attention. Would you be able to live with the research topic?
3. Communication skills, knowledge, ranking, and scores are not important for me. To me, attitude, interest, and willingness to learn new things every day are the most important qualifications.
4. By the end of your PhD, you should be able to teach me new things. Your mastery over the subject should be greater than me. We will both work together for this.
5. Do not bring your ego to the lab. This is most important. Learning and growth come only if you shed your ego. - The research interests of the “CV-Raman-Nanostructured Materials group” can be termed as “application-directed fundamental research”. We identify fundamental problems and challenges that can lead to direct applications as technologies. We do this by learning and discovering the properties and behavior of materials in the nanoscale dimensions.
Specifically, the interest has been to understand and manipulate the transport properties (electrical, thermal, and mass) of one-dimensional and two-dimensional nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, and inorganic layered materials, and their doped variations. Several of such systems studies in the lab also have a major contribution from inorganic molecules and materials.
Energy conversion pathways, energy storage devices, environmental sensors, and water-remediation technologies have an important emphasis in the research scheme of the laboratory. The techniques which we employ to develop the science and technologies in this domain are:-
- Vibrational spectroscopy including atomic force microscopy and near-field microscopy.
- Electrical and thermal transport measurements.
- Operando electrochemical and Vibrational spectroscopy (hence the name CV-Raman stands for cyclic voltammetry and Raman microscopy).
This information would be used for a variety of applications ranging from field-effect transistors to energy harvesting and storage, water treatment, and wearable technologies.
- Cogito ergo sum” or “I think, therefore I exist” – This phrase by Rene Descartes summarizes my motivation and passion for science. I derive the greatest joy in scientific discussions, conceptualizing scientific problems, taking on challenges, and solving them through out-of-box approaches. I am privileged to be working with young and enthusiastic minds with similar attitudes towards science.
- I am also constantly looking for young minds to join us in this quest for scientific excellence. I request you to consider these few questions, in case you are interested in joining us
- Are you a team member? Science gets done by standing on the shoulders of giants and working in teams. The team should always be stronger than the sum of its parts.
- Are you excited to take up science as a career? Science thrives with a passion for excellence. Any research problem given to you must have your undivided attention. Would you be able to live with the research topic?
- Communication skills, knowledge, ranking, and scores are not important for me. To me, attitude, interest, and willingness to learn new things every day are the most important qualifications.
- By the end of your PhD, you should be able to teach me new things. Your mastery over the subject should be greater than me. We will both work together for this.
- Do not bring your ego to the lab. This is most important. Learning and growth come only if you shed your ego.
Research, Philosophy and Interest
- The research interests of the “CV-Raman-Nanostructured Materials group” can be termed as “application-directed fundamental research”. We identify fundamental problems and challenges that can lead to direct applications as technologies. We do this by learning and discovering the properties and behavior of materials in the nanoscale dimensions.
Specifically, the interest has been to understand and manipulate the transport properties (electrical, thermal, and mass) of one-dimensional and two-dimensional nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, and inorganic layered materials, and their doped variations. Several of such systems studies in the lab also have a major contribution from inorganic molecules and materials.
Energy conversion pathways, energy storage devices, environmental sensors, and water-remediation technologies have an important emphasis in the research scheme of the laboratory. The techniques which we employ to develop the science and technologies in this domain are:-
- Vibrational spectroscopy including atomic force microscopy and near-field microscopy.
- Electrical and thermal transport measurements.
- Operando electrochemical and Vibrational spectroscopy (hence the name CV-Raman stands for cyclic voltammetry and Raman microscopy).
This information would be used for a variety of applications ranging from field-effect transistors to energy harvesting and storage, water treatment, and wearable technologies.