Cochin University of Science and Technology SPIE Student Chapter Optoelectronic Devices Laboratory, Department of Physics Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi - 682 022, India Phone: 91-484-2577404 Extn 33 Fax: +91-484-2577595 E-Mail: cusatspie@gmail.com Web: http://physics.cusat.ac.in/spie.htm Annual Report (October 2011 to September 2012) Cochin University SPIE Student chapter celebrated its 7 th year of active research related activities during this year. Since its inspection in 2005 the chapter was really enthusiastic in various academic activities. At present the chapter has 24 members. The chapter members are currently working in the areas of Nanophosphors and Quantum wells, Transparent Thin Film Transistors, Oxide Phosphors and Thin Film Electroluminescent Devices, Hydrothermal Growth of Nanoparticles, Spintronics, Transparent Conducting Oxides, Plasma studies, Ferroelectric Random Access Memories, Holography and Conducting Polymers. All the members of the chapter are actively participating in the programs organized by the chapter and Dept. of Physics. Current year the following activities were carried out by the SPIE CUSAT student chapter. Academic Training The SPIE-CUSAT Student Chapter in association with Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology conducted Academic Training for Graduate/Post graduate Students of various institutions in Kerala. Nine students have completed their academic projects in the areas of Optoelectronic Devices, Non-linear Optics and Thin films for bio medical applications, this year. This year the students were trained in the following areas. Sl. No Name Course Name of the Institute Title of the project 1 Arif M.Sc Physics Cochin University of Sciencce & Technology, Kochi 2 Vipin M.Sc Physics Cochin University of Sciencce & Technology, Kochi Synthesis and characterisation of TiO2 nanotubes by anodisation Photocatalytic degradation of dye using TiO2 nanotubes 3 Saranya babu M.Sc Physics Cochin University of Sciencce Synthesis and characterisation & Technology, Kochi and SERS studies of silver
nanostructures of various morphologies 4 Vrinda B.Sc Physics Sacred Heart College, Kochi Synthesis and characterisation of silver nanoparticles by liquid phase pulsed laser ablation 5 Deepthi B.Sc Physics Sacred Heart College, Kochi Synthesis and characterisation of ZnO nanorods by hydrothermal method 6 Noble B.Sc Physics Sacred Heart College, Kochi Synthesis and characterisation of gold nanoparticles by liquid phase pulsed laser ablation 7 Sruthi B.Sc Physics Sacred Heart College, Kochi Synthesis and characterisation of ZnO nanoparticles by hydrothermal method 8 Anooja Integrated M.Sc 9 Aiswarya Integrated M.Sc IISER, Mohali IISER, Mohali Spectroscopic techniques for material characterisation Spectroscopic techniques for material characterisation 10 Meera M.Phil Mahathma Gandhi Univesity, Kerala 11 Archana M.Sc Mahathma Gandhi Univesity, Kerala Synthesis and characterisation of anatase TiO2 nanoparticles and its photocatalytic activity Low temperature hydrothermal synthesis of SnO 2 nanostructures 12 Shijeesh M M.phil Cochin University of Sciencce Characterisation of FTO thin R & Technology, Kochi films grown by RF magnetron sputtering 13 Rameeja B.Sc Physics St. Teresas's college, Kochi A study on variation in properties of the materials in nanometer scale 14 Elwina babu M.Sc physics Sacred Heart College, Trissur Preparation and characterisation of indium galium zinc oxide thinfilm using sputtering
Workshop for School students One of the auspicious programmes of the chapters is the workshop for school students conducted every year during the summer holidays. This outreach program aims to attract talented students to the fascinating world of Science and Technology. This year Chapter organized a workshop on "Physics: Scope and Awareness" during 23 rd - 28 th of April 2012. Students from all over Kerala attended the programme. Year by year it is getting more appreciation. We are happy to say that most of the attendees of previous year s workshop had selected science as their main topic for higher studies. The classes were handled by the faculty members of the university. During the workshop a telescope making session also were organized in which the participating students built their own telescopes. Cochin University Vice Chancellor Dr. Ramachandran Thekkedath inaugurating the workshop School students during the workshop
Academy of Physics Teachers( APT ) annual meeting and award function The Academy of Physics Teachers (APT) in Kerala is working hand in hand with Cochin University SPIE student chapter. As part of its annual meeting SPIE Cochin university student chapter and APT conducted a seminar on Adventures with Physics teaching and learning by Professor. C. Vijayan from IIT Madras. Prizes were distributed to the winners of talent search exam conducted by APT as part of the programme. The Vice Chancellor of CUSAT inaugurating the annual meeting of APT Prof. C. Vijayan delivering the talk
The Audience for APT annual meeting Finishing school programme 2012 SPIE CUSAT Student chapter is currently organizing a series of training classes to equip the chapter members, post graduate and MPhil students of the department to improve the problem solving skills and reasoning ability etc to appear the National Eligibility Test (NET), Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering etc. This year s classes started in September 2012. SPIE members and faculty members are handling the classes. The ongoing classes will last till the end of this year. The mission of finishing school 2012 is to enhance employability of fresh graduates and aspiring teachers Regular Seminar Series Chapter organizes a series of seminars for the benefit of research and masters student community of the department. Along with the lectures interactive session with the experts were also arranged. The List of Seminars conducted this year is given below. The accelerating Universe, by V C Kuriakose, Dept. of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, on October 27, 2011 War of Titans: The story of Galaxy evolution, by Dr. C D. Ravikumar, Department of Physics, University of Calicut, on December 19, 2011 PV Solar cell activities, by Prof. Ramon Alcubilla, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain on 23 rd January 2012. Organic devices (PV-TFTs), by Prof. Joaquim Puigdollers, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain on 24 th January 2012.
Interaction with experts SPIE members got the chance to meet and interact with members from foreign universities. The visiting faculty members visited the labs and research facilities. There were interactive sessions in the lab in which the SPIE members made a presentation on current research directions of the lab. Interactions there after resulted in fruitful idea exchange. Members from University of South Africa (UNISA) with SPIE members. Prof. Ramon Alcubilla, Prof. Joaquim Puigdollers, and Mr. Sergi Galindo of Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Spain, with SPIE CUSAT student chapter members
A general body meeting held on 12 th October 2012, presided over the staff advisor Prof. M K Jayaraj is elected the following members as the new office barers. Office Barers (2011-2012) Staff Advisor : Dr. M. K. Jayaraj (email: mkj@cusat.ac.in) President : Saritha Alookaran (email: sarithaac@gmail.com) Vice President : Anand Balan (email: anandputhirath@gmail.com) Secretary : Majeesh Mangalasseril(email: majeesh4u@gmail.com) Treasurer : Shijeesh Methatta (email: shijeesh.mr@gmail.com) Other members 1. Saritha Alookaran 2. Arun Aravind 3. Satish Balakrishnan 4. Anand Balan 5. Hasna Hasna 6. Saji Joseph 7. Mini Kannembath 8. Vishnu Kavungal 9. Sanal Kozhiparambil 10. James Kurathukulangara 11. Vanaja Kuzhikattil Achuthan 12. Majeesh Mangalasseril 13. Shijeesh Methatta 14. Aneesh Pacheri Madathil 15. Krishna Prasad Pazhampillisseril 16. Subha Perumpallikkathil 17. Sreeja Rajeswari 18. Manoj Ramachandran 19. Reshmi Raman 20. Ajimshja Rohini Sreedharan 21. Sasidharan Sasankakumar 22. Asha Sukumaran 23. Lawrence Sylaja Vikas 24. Joshy Varghese
SPIE Annual meeting SPIE member Mr. Majeesh Mangalasseril participated in the SPIE Annual meeting held at San Diego, USA on 11 th August 2012. He is the winner of SPIE officer travel grant for the year 2012. He also participated in the Optics and Photonics 2012 conference held at San Diego during 12 th to 16 th of Augst 2012. Mr Majeesh presented a poster on Preparation and Characterization of FTO thin films by RF Magnetron Sputtering for Sensor applications Mr. Majeesh Mangalasseril with SPIE Student Activities Coordinator Mr. Dirk Fabian, Student Services Lead, and friends at the SPIE Optics and Photonics 2012 conference. A word of gratitude We express our humble gratitude to the International Society for Optical engineering for financial assistance, conference grant, officer s travel grant and knowledge imparted. Future plans Monthly lecture programs which help a lot to the scholarly improvement of research and post-graduate students will be continued. Open house program will be conducted in February 2013 in association with Department of Physics. SPIE Discussion Forum - Monthly informal discussion on various current research topics by the students.
Industry- Academia interaction will be conducted. Physics-Scope and awareness - A ten day workshop for School children will be conducted on April 2013. Finsihing school programme to enhance employability of fresh graduates and aspiring teachers As part of the 50 th year celebrations of Department of Physics Cochin University of Science and Technology, the Physics Department along with SPIE Cochin University of Science and Technology Student chapter and ECS Cochin University of science and Technology Student chapter jointly organizing the 2 nd International conference on Optoelectronic Materials and Thin films for Advanced Technology (OMTAT 2013) which will be held from 3 rd to 5 th of January, 2013 in Kochi, India. This is the 2 nd in the series of OMTAT (1 st was held in December 2005 in Kochi, India). The theme of the conference is oxide materials for optoelectronic applications. The aim of the symposium is to enhance mutual cooperation and collaboration among academia and industries in the field of optoelectronic materials and devices. The conference will be an ideal platform to share and exchange ideas on the latest development in the areas of advanced materials and processing for futuristic optoelectronic applications. The SPIE members are eligible for concession for registration fee. More information is available in the conference website omtat2013.cusat.ac.in.
Financial statement (All figures in rupees) Initial balance : 10095/- SPIE Grant 2011 : 47904/- Total income : 57999/- Expense for Invited Talks : 7,000/- Expense for monthly seminar : 6,500/- Expense for chemicals, glass wares etc to conduct experiment for graduate and postgraduate students : 20,000/- Expense for conducting workshop for school students : 15,000/- Total expense : 48,500/- Balance in hand : 9499/-. Major Publications of Members in the year of 2011-12 1. Effect of oxygen pressure and substrate temperature on the structural and electrical properties of pulsed laser deposited BaPbO3 thin films, B Satish, M K Jayaraj, Physics Express, Simplex Academic Publishers (accepted) 2. Buffer Assisted Epitaxial Growth of Bi 1.5 Zn 1 Nb 1.5 O 7 Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition for Optoelectronic Applications, Krishnaprasad Sasi, Sebastian Mailadil, Fredy Rojas, Aldrin Antony, Jayaraj Madambi, MRS Spring 2012, USA(accepted). 3. Electroluminescent characteristics of ZnGa2O4:Dy3R thin film devices fabricated on glass substrates K. Mini Krishnay, G. Anoopz, and M. K. Jayaraj Phys. Status Solidi A, 1 5 (2012) / DOI 10.1002/pssa.201228204 4. Liquid phase pulsed laser ablation of metal nanoparticles for nonlinear optical applications, Sreeja, R, Reshmi, P. M. Aneesh and Dr. M. K. Jayaraj, Science of Advanced Materials, 4, 439, (2012) 5. Optical and magnetic properties of Copper doped ZnO nanorods prepared by hydrothermal method, Arun Aravind, Jayaraj M. K, Mukesh Kumar, Ramesh Chandra, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (JMSE) (accepted) 6. Structural and Luminescent Characteristics of Pulsed Laser Deposited Eu3+ Doped Y2O3 Thin Films, Anoop.G, Mini Krishna, M.K.jayaraj, Philosophical Magazine 92, 1777 (2011) 7. Pulsed laser deposited ZnO:Al thin films foroptoelectronic applications R. Manoj, M. K. Jayaraj, Journal of Intense Pulsed Lasers and Applications in Advanced Physics 2, 11 (2012)
8. Structural, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Highly Oriented Transition Metal (Mn/Co/Ni/Cu) Doped ZnO Thin Films Prepared by PLD, Arun Aravind, M.K. Jayaraj, Mukesh Kumar, Ramesh Chandra, 2012 MRS Spring Meeting proceedings (accepted) 9. Optical properties of Cu doped ZnO thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition, Arun Aravind, M. K. Jayaraj, Physics Express, Simplex Academic Publishers (accepted) 10. Structural, optical and magnetic properties of Mn doped ZnO thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition, Arun Aravind, M.K. Jayaraj, Mukesh Kumar, Ramesh Chandra, Materials Science and Engineering:B, (accepted) 11. Buffer Assisted Epitaxial Growth of Bi1.5Zn1Nb1.5O7 Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition for Optoelectronic Applications, Krishnaprasad Sasi, Sebastian Mailadil, Fredy Rojas, Aldrin Antony, Jayaraj Madambi, MRS Spring 2012, USA(accepted) 12. Sensitised luminescence of SrS: Dy, Cu, Cl phosphor E.I Anila and M.K.Jayaraj Philosophical Magzine 91, 3641 3648 (2011) 13. Colour control in SrS:Cu,Cl powder phosphor E.I.Anila, I.P.Sanjaykumar and M.K.Jayaraj; Mater.Sci. Eng.A (2011) (In press) 14. Synthesis of biocompatible fluorescent HAp quantum dots, K. Hasna, L.S. Vikas, P. P. Subha, K.Rajeev Kumar, M.K.Jayaraj, Angel 2012, Taormina, Italy 15. Work function measurements of transparent conducting ZITO films by Kelvin Probe Microscopy, César Moreno, Sergi Galindo, Cristobal Voz, Joaquim Puigdollers, Aldrin Antony, Paz Carreras, Joan Bertomeu, L.S. Vikas, M.K.jayaraj, Nanosolar 2012, Cochin, India. 16. Structural and electrical studies of pulsed laser deposited Sr3Ce2Pb6Ti12O36 thin films, P S Krishnaprasad, M T Sebastian, and M K Jayaraj, DAE-BRNS 6th National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials (PLD 2011), IISc Banglore, India 17. Pulsed laser deposition of ferroelectric thin films for memory and tunable microwave applications, M. K. Jayaraj, P.S.Krishnaprasad, R.Reshmi, DAE-BRNS 6th National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials (PLD 2011), IISc Banglore, India 18. Optical properties of Cu doped ZnO thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition, Arun Aravind and M. K. Jayaraj, DAE-BRNS 6th National Symposium on Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructured Materials (PLD 2011), Bangalore, India 19. Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanotubes, K Hasna, R Sreeja, P P Subha, K Rajeev Kumar and M K Jayaraj, NSNT 2011 20. M. Sajimol; P.B. Anand; K.M. Anil Kumar; S. Jayalekshmi,"Exceptionally good, transparent and flexible FeS2/PVP and FeS2/PVA nanocomposite thin films with excellent UV-shielding properties" Polym Int 2012 (Accepted) 21. P.P.Jeeju, S. J.Varma, P.A.Francis Xavier, A. M. Sajimol, S.Jayalekshmi, "Novel Polypyrrole films with excellent crystallinity and good thermal stability" Materials chemistry and physics. (Accepted) 22. On the structural and optical properties of gold.polyaniline nanocomposite synthesized via a novel route P. B. Anand, K. Hasna, K. M. Anilkumar and S. Jayalekshmi. Polym Int (2012) 23. Effect of annealing on the electrochemical properties of the Li-Mn-O thin films, prepared by high frequency RF magnetron sputtering, M. Rajive Tomy,, K.M. Anil Kumar, P.B. Anand, S. Jayalekshmi, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 73, 559, (2012)
24. Effect of annealing on structural and electrical properties of the Li-Mn-O thin films, prepared by high frequency RF magnetron sputtering, M. Rajive Tomy,, K.M. Anil Kumar, P.B. Anand, S. Jayalekshmi, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids,Volume 72, 1251 (2012) 25. Quantum confinement effects in highly conducting, ultrathin polyaniline flms pursued through spectroscopic investigations, Sreekanth J. Varma,, Jerin George, P.P. Jeeju, S. Jayalekshmi, Journal of Luminescence, 132, 801, (2012) 26. Synthesis and studies on exceptionally crystalline polyaniline thin films, Sreekanth J Varma, Francis Xavier, Soney Varghese, Sankaran Jayalekshmi, Polymer International, 61, 743 (2012) 27. "Excellent UV absorption in spin-coated thin films of oleic acid modified Zinc oxide nanorods embedded in Polyvinyl alcohol" M. Sajimol Augustine,, P.P. Jeeju, V.G. Sreevalsa, S. Jayalekshmi, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 73, 396 (2012) 28. Studies on the thermal, optical and dielectric properties of a new nonlinear optical crystal - L-citrulline oxalate grown by slow evaporation technique, Sreevalsa V. G, Jayalekshmi S. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 64, 205 (2011) 29. Characterization Of Transparent PVA/Amino acid complex capped ZnO nano composite films,sreevalsa V. G., Sajimol Augustine M. and Jayalekshmi S., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY, 15, 10 (2011)