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APRIL 26 – 27, 2019 Supported by Department of Science and Technology Hosted By International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IIUCNN) Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam - 686560, Kerala, India Nano India National Conference 2019 Foreword ‘We keep moving forward opening new doors, and doing new things, because we are curious, and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths ‘an inspirational quote by Walt Disney expresses about the value of innovation. That is exactly true with our thirst to explore new findings that makes the world, what is today, we must always keep that sense of curiosity as the world has so much to explore. Nanotechnology is a broad interdisciplinary area of research. Development and industrial activity in nanotechnology have been growing rapidly worldwide for the past decades. It is a multidisciplinary grouping of physical, chemical, biological, engineering and electronic processes, in which the defining characteristic is the size. It involves the manufacture, processing and application of materials that are in the size range of up to 100 nm. Today, in the young field of nanotechnology, scientists and engineers are taking control of atoms and molecules individually, manipulating and putting them to use with an extraordinary degree of precision. World of the promise of the nanotechnology is spreading rapidly, and the air is thick with news of nanotech breakthroughs. There is still a wide range of processes being used, and those will be commercially successful. Recent reports from several working groups have highlighted the need for increased examination of the health, environmental, and ethical aspects of nanotechnology, and this is an area that the industry needs to understand more. The associated research and applications are equally diverse, ranging from extension of conventional device physics to completely new approaches based upon molecular self-assembly, from developing new materials with dimensions on the Nano scale to direct control of matter on the atomic scale. To gain up-to-date knowledge we need to explore and review the current development and applications. Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India, and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India have over the years been instrumental in providing a platform for several collaborative research programmes involving scientists, technologists and other scholars from various countries. MGU have so far organised and played host too many national and international conferences with the linkages worldwide, MGU is also involved in collaborative research programmes with universities around the world. MGU will now host the “Biennial National Conference Nano India 2019” to be held on 26th and 27th April 2019. Young professionals and students will have the challenge of being rated competitively for the best poster presentation. The conference will be an ideal platform for the researchers to present their work, compare notes, develop new interfaces, exchange views and widen the scope and range of their research activity through dynamic networking. We wish you all fruitful scientific sessions and a very pleasant stay in Kottayam. Co-Patron Chairman Convener Prof. SabuNano Thomas Prof. AjayIndia K. Sood Dr. Nandakuma 2019r Kalarikkal Nano India National Conference 2019 TECHNICAL PROGRAMME SCHEDULE OF NANO INDIA 2019 Inaugural Session Venue: Auditorium - School of Chemical Sciences (SCS), Mahatma Gandhi University 8:50 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome Overview of Nano Mission: 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Shri Milind Kulkarni Inaugural Address & Inauguration : 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM Prof. C.N.R. Rao Award Ceremony : 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Nano Research Awards in Nano Science & Technology - 2019 9:45 AM - 9:55 AM Prof. C.N.R. Rao Birthday Celebration 9:55 AM - 10:00 AM Vote of Thanks Session 1 Plenary Lectures PL-01 Nano Research Awardee Lecture: 10:00 AM - 10:45 PM Prof. O. N. Srivastava 10:45 PM - 11:15 PM Photo Session & Tea Break Plenary Talk: PL-02 11:15 PM - 12:00 PM Prof. D.D. Sarma Plenary Talk: PL-03 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Prof. Pushan Ayyub Young Research Awardee Lecture: 12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Dr. Murali Banavoth 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Lunch Break Session 2A Session 2B Invited Lectures Invited Lectures Session 2 Venue: Venue: Auditorium - School of Pure Auditorium - School of Chemical and Applied Physics (SPAP) Science (SCS) 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM Prof. P.S. Anil Kumar (IL 01 A) Prof. Sandeep Varma (IL 01B) 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Prof. G.U. Kulkarni (IL 02 A) Dr. S. Vijayakumar (IL 02 B) 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Prof. Navkanta Bhat (IL 03 A) Dr. Avinash Bajaj (IL 03 B) 3:45 PM - 4:15PM Prof. S. Sampath (IL 04 A) Prof. R.S. Jayasree (IL 04 B) 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Dr. Anindya Das (IL 05 A) Prof. A. K. Ganguli (IL 05 B) Session- 3 Tea Break & Poster Session 4:45 PM - 7:30 PM Venue: St. Mary's Forane Convention Center, Athirampuzha Cultural Program & Dinner 7:30 PMNano - 9:30 PM India 2019 Venue: St. Mary's Forane Convention Center, Athirampuzha Nano India National Conference 2019 27th April 2019 Time Program Session 4 - Plenary Lectures Venue: Auditorium - School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) Plenary Talk: PL 04 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM Prof. K George Thomas Plenary Talk: PL 05 09:45 AM - 10:30 AM Prof. Sabu Thomas 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM Tea Break Session 5A Session 5B Invited Lectures Invited Lectures Session 5 Venue: Venue: Auditorium - School of Pure and Auditorium - School of Chemical Applied Physics (SPAP) Sciences (SCS) Prof. Samit K. Ray 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM Prof. Narayan Pradhan (IL 06 B) (IL 06 A) 11:20 AM - 11:50 AM Prof. Manish Jain (IL 07 A) Dr. Subi George (IL 07 B) Prof. Rupa Mukhopadhyay Prof. Chandramouli Subramaniam 11:50 PM - 12:20 PM (IL 08 A) (IL 08 B) Dr. Avinash Parashar Dr. Vivek Polshettiwar 12:20 PM - 12:50 PM (IL 09 A) (IL 09 B) 12:50 PM - 01:50 PM Lunch Break Dr. Yogesh Singh Chauhan Prof. Aninda Bhattacharyya 01:50 PM - 02:20 PM (IL 10 A) (IL 10 B) Prof. Subodh Kumar De 02:20 PM - 02:50 PM Dr. Mahesh Kumar (IL 11 B) (IL 11 A) Dr. Nandakumar Kalarikkal 02:50 PM - 03:20 PM Prof. Prasenjit Sen (IL 12 A) (IL 12 B) Dr. Sayan Bhattacharyya Prof. Priya Mahadevan 03:20 PM - 03:50 PM (IL 13 A) (IL 13 B) 03:50 PM - 04:10 PM Tea Break 04:10 PM - 04:40 PM Dr. Praveen Kumar (IL 14 A) Prof. Neeraj Khare (IL 14 B) Prof. Dipankar Bandopadhyay 04:40 PM - 05:10 PM Dr. Manoj Varma (IL 15 B) (IL 15 A) Prof. Vamsi K Komarala (IL 16 Prof. Arindam Chowdhury 05:10 PM - 05:40 PM A) (IL 16 B) Presentation of Poster awards, Closing Ceremony 05:40 PM - 07:00 PM NanoVenue:Auditorium India - School of Chemical Sciences2019 (SCS) Dinner Nano India National Conference 2019 PATRON Bharat Ratna Prof.C.N.R Rao, FRS CO-PATRON Prof. Sabu Thomas (Mahatma Gandhi University) CHAIRMAN Prof. Ajay K. Sood, FRS (Indian Institute of Science) CONVENER NanoDr. Nandakumar Kalarikkal India (Mahatma Gandhi University) 2019 Nano India National Conference 2019 PROGRAM COMMITTEE Prof. Ajay K. Sood (Department of Physics, IISc) Prof. K.N. Ganesh, IISER, Tirupathi Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, IIT-Delhi Prof. Arun Chattopadhyay, IIT, Guwahati Prof. Tanusri Saha Dasgupta, IACS Prof. Sandeep Verma, SERB new delli Prof. Shobhana Narasimhan, JNCASR Prof. Samit Ray, SN Bose Institute Prof. S. Sampath, IISc Prof. Satish Ogale, IISER-Pune Prof. Ashok Raichur, IISc Prof. R.S. Jayasree, SCTIMST, Trivandrum LOCAL COMMITTEE Mahatma Gandhi University Prof. Beena Mathew Prof. C T Aravindakumar Prof. Jayachandran K Prof. G Anilkumar Dr. S Anas Prof. E V Ramasamy Dr. Robinet Jacob Dr. P Sanal Mohan Prof. Bismi Gopalakrishnan Prof. C Sudarsanakumar Prof. Indulekha K Dr. Biju P R Dr. Saritha AC Dr. Cyriac Joseph Dr. S Antony Prof. N V Unnikrishnan OTHERS Prof. Kuruvilla Joseph (Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Kerala) NanoDr. Sindhu Swaminathan India (Calicut University, Kerala) 2019 Dr. Swapna Nair (Central University of Kerala, Kerala) Prof. Sandhya Rani (NIT Calicut, Kerala) Prof. M K Jayaraj (CUSAT, Kerala) Nano India National Conference 2019 ABSTRACTS Plenary Lecture Nano India 2019 Nano India National Conference 2019 PL 01 Role of Nano Materials in Enhancing Viability of Climate Friendly Fuel: Hydrogen Onkar Nath Srivastava Nano-Science Unit, Dept. of Physics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi e-mail: [email protected] Hydrogen is not just another alternative fuel. It is a class in itself. The Jupiter planet is made up completely of Hydrogen (Gaseous, Liquid and Solid). On our planet Earth, Hydrogen is available in plenty but not freely. It is available through hydrocarbon or water. It can be produced from either of these through some input energy. From the point of view being renewable and climate friendly hydrogen production through dissociation of water by solar energy i.e. photovoltaic, photoelectrochemical or photocatalytic electrolysis are viable routes. Production of Bio-hydrogen by agro and other waste are also feasible routes. In this presentation, we will discuss the role of nano-materials in shifting the total efficiency upward of photovoltaic driven electrolysis by enhancing the efficiency of the electrolysis component by using CNT- graphene composite based electrode. As regards storage out of the three upcoming technologies namely high pressure gaseous, liquid hydrogen and solid state (hydride) storage modes, it is the last one namely hydride which is the safest and most efficient storage mode. We have carried out R&D on a variety of hydrides. Recent focus has been on MgH2 which is one of the frontier storage materials (7.6 wt% and 110 kg/m3,): (the required values of DOE are 4.5 wt% and 60 kg/m3).