I have been involved in different research areas in Material Science for the last 20 years. The broad areas are:
· Development of nanosized powders for electroceramic applications and nanosized powders for biomaterials via sol-gel technique.
· Development of new generation thermal interface materials for electronic packaging
· Processing of HAP coatings via sol-gel route on metal alloy implants to increase the biocompatibility of the metal implants.
· Processing of transparent conducting coatings via sol-gel route for heat mirrors, infrared reflectors etc.
· Processing of multilayer interference coatings for reflection of heat for automobile and home windows.
· Processing of transition metal(s) containing silica gels and densified gel monoliths and preparation of colour filters
· Processing of ceramic fibres for high temperature applications.
Processing of dielectric and piezoelectric coatings and fibres for various applications
Research Projects handled at BITS:
· “Synthesis of improved ferroelectric materials by sol-gel emulsion technique”, funded by DRDO, as PI (2007-2010).
· Preparation and characterization of nanosized TiO2 and studies on its photodegradation capability of model organic pollutant, DST, as Co-I, (2007-2010).
· “Biological synthesis of metal sulphides and metallic nanoparticles using halophilic Archaebacteria” funded by Ministry of earth sciences, as Co-I, ongoing.
Prior to joining BITS as a faculty at Universiti Sains Malaysia funded research projects from INTEL Corp., Malaysian Govt, TORAY and NIPPON Sheet Glass foundatuion Japan were completed in the areas of heat reflecting coatings, Indium tin oxide and Sb and F doped tin oxide thin films, thermal interface materials for semiconductor packaging and PLZT fiber development.