Faculty News

Congratulations Prof. Ranjani Viswanatha, JNCASR for achieving SERB-POWER fellowship . This fellowship by Science and Engineering Research Board-SERB is awarded to recognise a woman scientist's outstanding performance in one's area of specialization.

Heartiest Congratulations to Ms. Mahima Makkar for successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis!

Title: "Structure, Magnetic, and Magneto-Optical Properties: A Study of the Interplay of Dopants in Quantum Dots."

Research Supervisor: Prof. Ranjani Viswanatha

Our recent work on studying the nature of Mn emission in semiconductor quantum dots has been published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

Here is the link to the full paper: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c00359

Our recent work regarding to develop a local surface plasmon-assisted metal oxide perovskite heterostructure for small light emitters is now published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

Here is the link of full paper : https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c03577

Our recent work on chemical bonding and the local environment of Mn in Mn-doped lead halide perovskite nanocrystals is now published in Materials Research Bulletin.

Here is the link to the full paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2021.111374

Our recent work on understanding the Magneto-Optical Stark Effect in Fe-Doped CdS nanocrystals, in collaboration with Giulio Cerullo and Umesh V. Waghmare's group at JNCASR, is now published in Nano Letters.

Here is the link to the full paper: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00126

Our recent collaboration with Giulio Cerullo on understanding intraband cooling and mid-gap trap states in CdS nanocrystals using ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy has been accepted in Journal of Physics Materials.

Read the full paper: https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/abf546

"Physics of Dopant Emission to Harness the Rainbow Emission of Nanocrystals"

Here is the link for the webinar: https://physicsworld.com/a/physics-of-dopant-emission-to-harness-the-rainbow-emission-of-nanocrystals/

Heartiest congratulations to Mr. Pradeep K. R. on successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis!

Thesis Title: "Understanding the Mechanism of Mn Emission in Quantum Dots in the Quest to Design New Materials for Optoelectronic Applications"

Research Supervisor: Prof. Ranjani Viswanatha, ICMS and NCU