Research Theme
As part of the research projects, I developed various metal and semiconductor nano-architectures using different physical and chemical methods for applications in organic solar cells, memory devices, and linear and non-linear optics. The details of the developed nanostructures are given below.
Metal Nanostructures < 50 nm
Highly monodispersed metal nanostructures of size less than 50 nm were chemically synthesized for plasmonic organic solar cell, organic memory device, and nonlinear optical applications.
Metal Nanostructures > 50 nm
The plasmonic Ag nanowires were developed for plasmon assisted light propagation, and surface roughened nanospheres and wires were synthesized to utilize the plasmonic hotspots for surface enhanced Raman scattering applications.
2D Semiconductor Nanostructures
Mono/few layers of MoS2 and WS2 nanoflakes, and Au-WS2 nanohybrids were prepared for applications in photovoltaics and non-linear optics.
1D Organic Semiconductor Nanostructures
Various 1D nanostructures of donor and acceptor materials were developed to improve the performance of organic solar cells.