NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Nanosciences and Photonics National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology School of Nanosciences and Photonics University of Madras 1 Name of the Department National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2 Year of establishment 2006 3 Is the Department part of a Yes, School of Nanoscience and School/Faculty of the university? Photonics 4 Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, PG-M. Sc. Nanoscience and M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Nanotechnology and PhD Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) 5 Interdisciplinary programmes and YES (Physics, Chemistry and departments involved Biology, Biomedical) 6 Courses in collaboration with other NIL universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. 7 Details of programmes discontinued, if YES-M.Tech (Nanoscience and any, with reasons Nanotechnology)-three years changes into two years master degree program 8 Examination System: Annual/ Semester/ CBCS Trimester/Choice Based Credit System 9 Participation of the department in the YES courses offered by other departments 10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/AssociateProfessors/Asst. Professors/others) Sanctioned Filled Actual (including CAS & MPS) Professor 1 Associate Professors 1 1 Asst. Professors 2 Others 1 NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Nanosciences and Photonics National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience and research under guidance Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of No. of Years of Ph.D./M.Phil. Experience students guided for the last 4 years Dr.S. Balakumar M.Sc., Associate Nanomaterials 18 6-pursuing M.Phil, Professor & Ph.D. Director i/c 12 List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, NIL emeritus professors 13 Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty – M.Sc –Nanoscience programme-wise information and Nanotechnology -70% 14 Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio (Based on M. Sc –Nanoscience the permanent and guest faculties-5) and Nanotechnology I year – 11:6 II year – 17:6 15 Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: Sanctioned Filled Actual 10 8 8 16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies Nanobiotechnology Nanoelectronics and Nanosensors funded by CSIR, DST UGC and DRDO. 2 NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Nanosciences and Photonics National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the funding agencies, project title and grants received project-wise. Name of the agency Started Completed Total budget Status year year CSIR (Joint Project with 2010 2014 24 lakhs On-going CLRI) NCNSNT Project 2011 2015 10 lakhs On-going UGC Major Research 2012 2015 12 lakhs On-going Project DRDO Project 2013 2016 15 lakhs On-going 18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received National collaboration -CLRI, IGCAR, DMRL and RRCAT International collaboration – University of South Africa, South Africa 2. CINVESTEV, Mexico 3. Centre for High Pressure studies, Los Vegas, USA 4. Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore Name of the agency Started Completed Total budget Status year year CSIR (Joint Project with 2010 2014 24 lakhs On-going CLRI) DRDO Project on Fe3 2013 2016 15 lakhs On-going N ( Joint Project with DMRL, Hyderabad) 19. Departmental projects funded by CSIR, UGC, DRDO etc.; total grants received. Rs. 54 lakhs 20. Research facility / centre with - National recognition: National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 3 NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Nanosciences and Photonics National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology · State recognition · National recognition · International recognition 21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate bodies - Nil 22. Publications: 1 Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / 93 international) 2 Chapters in Books 1 3 Edited Books 2 4 Books with ISBN with details of publishers 2 5 Citation Index – range / average 14.29 6 h-index 11 23. Details of patents and income generated Awarded: 8, pending for approval in US: 2, Know-how-1) 1. CMP uniformity, U.S. Patent: 6,248,006, June 19, 2001. 2. Method for improving oxide erosion of tungsten CMP operations, U. S. Patent: 6,569,770, May 27, 2003 3. Method to form shallow trench isolations, U.S. Patent: 6,649,486 , November 18, 2003 4. Multiple steps CMP polishing, U. S Patent: 6,663,472, December 16, 2003 5. Linear polishing for improving substrate uniformity, U. S Patent: 6,726,545, April 27, 2004 6. High K artificial lattices for capacitor applications to use in CU or AL BEOL, Patent No. 6,830,971, December 14, 2004 7. Method of fabricating strained channel devices (filed in US 2004) 8. Method of optical loss reduction for waveguides in electronic and optical components integration (PAT06-059/SPT-NDT-014), - Filed in US 9. Disclosure: Method of Controlling the Shape and Strain in SiGe or Ge Nanowires (Know – how- 2008) 10. High Speed Nanowires Semiconductor Devices based on Hetero structure and formation of such (Patent filed, 2007) 24. Areas of consultancy and income generated- Through the Central Instrumentation facilities, MHRD-Government of India and Tamilnadu government funding 25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /institutions / industries in India and abroad Invited talk on Epitaxial growth, 13th National Seminar on Crystal Growth, SSN College, 4 NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Nanosciences and Photonics National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology India, Jan 27-29, 2009 Invited talk on SiGe Substrates, National Seminar on Recent Advancements in Materials and Energy, Voorhees College, India, Jan 27-29, 2009 Invited talk on “Silicon Technology”, National Seminar on Crystal Growth, Alagappa University, Karaikudi Invited talk on Introduction to Nanoelectronics, International Workshop on Nanotechnology and Instrumentation, 17-18th Sep, IIT, Madras Public Lecture on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Day Lecture, Periyar Science Centre, Chennai-25, India Invited lecture on Power of Small, Vels University, 3rd November 2009 Invited Lecture in the Refresher Course on Nanoscience on “Role of CMP on Nanodevices”, during 11th November to 1st Dec 2009 Invited Lecture on Nanoelectronics and Nanoscopy, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore Invited Special Lecture on “Application of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine”, 11th Dec 2009 in SriRam Engineering College, Chennai Invited Lecture on “Why Nano? What is Nano?” in Chennai Science Club on 2nd Jan 2010, CLRI, Chennai Invited Special Lecture on “ Introduction to Nano” at A.M. Jain College, 22nd Feb 2010, Invited Special Lecture on Nature inspired Nanotechnology” at Guru Nanak Colleges, 27th Feb 2010. Invited lecture on Recent trends in Si Nanotechnology, One Day Seminar on Recent Trends in Nanotechnology, Queen Mary’s College, Madras University on 3rd Feb 2010 Invited lecture for Teachers Training Institute on Social and Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, 5th Feb 2010 Invited lectures on “Applications of Nanoelectronics Materials-1”, in Awareness programme on Nanotechnology, @7th-28th Feb 2010, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, School of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tamilnadu, India Invited lectures on “Applications of Nanoelectronics Materials-II”, in Awareness programme on Nanotechnology, @7th-28th Feb 2010, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, School of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tamilnadu, India Invited lecture on “Synthesis of Oxide nanomaterials” 3rd March 2010, International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi Invited lecture on : Nano in Sports,12th March 2010, National Workshop on Sports Technology and Sports Management, Sports University, Chennai Invited lecture on Characterization of Nanomaterials : Powder X-ray diffraction, 23rd June 2010, Refresher Course on Nanosciences for Agriculture Scientists Invited lecture on Physical Properties of Nanomaterials , 23rd June 2010, Refresher Course on Nanosciences for Agriculture Scientists Invited lecture on Nature Nanotechnology, Symposium on Nanobiotechnology, July 25th, 2010, Chetinad Medical College, Kellapakkam, Chennai Invited lecture on Nanoscopy, Awareness Program on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 25th August 2010 Invited lectures on Nanoscience, Refresher Course on Solid State theory, Dept of theoretical Physics, University of Madras, 31th August 2010 5 NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Nanosciences and Photonics National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Invited lectures on Nanomaterials, Refresher Course on Solid State theory, Dept of theoretical Physics, University of Madras, Ist September 2010 Invited lectures nanomaterials, Refresher Course on Condensed Matter Physics, University of Madras, Ist September 2010 Invited lectures on Nanophenomena, Refresher Course on Physics, Bharathiyar University, I2th Nov010 Invited lectures onNature Nanostructures, Refresher Course on Physics, Bharathiyar University, I2th Nov010 Invited Lecture on Fundamental of Nanoscience, National Conference on Nanosciences, 16th Nov 2010, SIT college, Chennai