Areas of Interest
- Nanoscale Thin Films & Devices, Memory Devices, Shape Memory Alloys,MFTJs, Piezo MEMS Materials, Superhard Nanocomposites, Electronic Materials, 2D thin film heterostructures,Superconducting Resonators, Sensors, Memory Switching, Energy Devices, Supercapacitors, Solar Cells
Professional Background
From | Period | Position | Organisation |
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2014-01-01 | Ongoing | Professor | Department of Physics, I.I.T Roorkee |
2009-01-01 | 5 years | Associate Professor | Department of Physics, I.I.T Roorkee |
2001-01-01 | 8 years | Assistant Professor | Department of Physics, I.I.T Roorkee |
1991-01-01 | 10 years | Lecturer | Department of Physics, G.N.D.University, Amritsar |
1997-01-01 | Ongoing | Gestafesson Fellow | Royal Institute of Science & Technology, Stockholm, Sweden |
1997-01-01 | Visiting Scientist | Atomic Institute Vienna, Austria | |
1998-01-01 | Guest Scientist | Oak Ridge National lab, USA | |
2004-01-01 | Visiting Scientist | T.I.F.R Mumbai (multiple times) |
Multiple Posts
From | Period | Position | Organisation |
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2017-01-01 | 2 years | Chairman DRC, Department of Physics | IIT Roorkee |
2018-01-01 | 1 year | • Member, DFAC-IFAC Committee | IIT Roorkee |
2012-01-01 | 2 years | Member, Institute Academic Programme Committee (IAPT) | IIT Roorkee |
2015-01-01 | 2 years | Coordinator MTech (SSEM) | IIT Roorkee |
2002-01-01 | 2 years | Warden, Sarojini Bhawan | IIT Roorkee |
2002-01-01 | 2 years | Faculty Adviser | IIT Roorkee |
Honors and Awards
Award | Institute | Year |
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Shastri Indo Canadian SMP Award | MEMS DEVICES in collaboration with University of Waterloo, Canada | 2020 |
Silver Medal in Women's Badminton Championship at InterIIT Sports Meet | IIT Kharagpur | 2019 |
Best Poster Paper Award in 4 th IEEE ICEE International Conference on Emerging Electronics | IISc Bangalore | 2018 |
VNMM Research Award for Innovative Research Work on Nanostructured Thin Films | IITRoorkee | 2012 |
Shastri Indo-Canadian Fellowship Award | University of Alberta,Canada | 2017 |
Major Research Project of Rs. 4.84 Crore from MIT India to Work on Nanotechnology Initiative | Ministry of Information Technology,India | 2013 |
• Star Performer for Best Performance in Teaching & Research | I.I.T Roorkee | 2004 |
• Best Poster Paper Award in International Conference IUMRS-ICAM | Material Research Society | 2007 |
Research Assistance in Superconducting Coated Conductors | Imperial College London, UK | 1999 |
• Gestafesson Fellowship | Royal Institute of Science & Technology, Stockholm Sweden | 1997 |
Commonwealth Fellowship | Queen's University of Belfast, Ireland, U.K. | 1995 |
• Scroll of Merit from Indian Cryogenics Council For Best Research Work on High-Tc SQUIDs | National Physical Laboratory | 1990 |
Educational Details
Degree | Subject | University | Year |
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B.Sc. (Hons) | Physics | University of Delhi | 1986 |
M.Sc. | Physics (Electronics) | University of Delhi | 1988 |
Ph.D. | High Temperature Super Conductivity | NPL & Delhi University | 1993 |
Sponsored Research Projects
Topic | Funding Agency | Start Date | Period |
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Fabrication of High Quality Nanostructured Piezoelectric Thin Films for MEMS Devices | DRDO | 2019-01 | Ongoing |
Multiferroic heterostructures on Silicon for MERAM Memory Applications (Rs.50.87 Lacs) | DST | 2017-01 | Ongoing |
Nanostructured Multiferroic Thin Films and Multilavers for RT Etectronic (Rs.47.99 Lacs) | DRDO | 2015-01 | Ongoing |
Synthesis & Characterization Of Functional Nanostructures For MEMS & Optoelectronics(Rs.4.84 Crore) | MIT | 2013-01 | 7 years 7 months |
Fabrication of SMA/PZT Heterostructures for Smart Systems (Rs.9.89 Lacs) | DRDO | 2011-01 | 9 years 7 months |
Functional Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Characterization & Applications (Rs.94.15 Lacs) | DST | 2009-01 | 11 years 7 months |
Fabrication of Superhard Nanocomposite Coatings of Transition Metal Nitrides(Rs. 9.89 Lacs | DRDO | 2007-01 | 13 years 7 months |
Development of High-Tc Superconducting Coated Conductors (Rs. 12.26 Lacs) | CSIR | 2006-01 | 14 years 7 months |
To Study Mechanical Properties Of Nanophase Materials (Rs. 24.00 Lacs) | DST | 2005-01 | 15 years 7 months |
Nanostructured Hydrophobic Coatings (Rs. 16.10 Lacs ) | CSIR | 2009-01 | 11 years 7 months |
Teaching Engagements
Title | Course Code | Class Name | Semester |
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Nanoscience & Technology | IPH-301 | B.Tech | Spring |
Advanced Characterization Techniques | PHN-617 | M.Sc. | Autumn |
Semiconductor Microelectronic Technology | PHN 714 | M.Tech | Spring |
Semiconductor Materials & Devices | PHN-703 | M.Tech | Autumn |
Nanomaterials | IPH 02 | B.Tech | Spring |
ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES | PHN 724 | MSc/MTech | Spring |
Research Scholar Groups
Scholar Name | Interest |
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SHUVAM PAWAR | MEMS DEVICES |
ANUJ KUMAR | MAGNETOELECTRIC MEMS |
SHUBHAM SHARMA | RESISTIVE SWITCHING |
KRISHAN KUMAR | SOLAR CELLS |
BHANU RANJAN | SUPERCAPACITORS |
PRADEEP KUMAR | MEMS MAGNETIC SENSORS |
GAGAN KUMAR SHARMA | SUPERCAPACITORS |
DIKSHA ARORA | MAGNETOELECTRIC MEMS |
SUSHMA RAGUVANSHI | MEMS MAGNETIC SENSORS |
KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR | RERAM DEVICES |
PHDs Supervised
Topic | Scholar Name | Status of PHD | Registration Date |
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Synthesis & Characterization of Nanocrystalline Transition metal oxide thin films | Preetam Singh | O | 2020-08 |
Shape Memory Alloy Thin films & Heterostructures | Ashvani Kumar | O | 2020-08 |
Nanomaterials :Synthesis, Properties and Applications | Ashish Kumar | O | 2020-08 |
Functional Oxide Thin Films : Synthesis , Characterization & Properties | Ajay kaushal | O | 2020-08 |
Synthesis & Characterization of Chromium based hard coatings | Hetal N Shah | O | 2020-08 |
Synthesis, characterization & Ion irradiation of Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy Thin Films | Ritu Vishnoi | O | 2020-08 |
Preparation & characterization of AgInSe2 Thin films | Dinesh Pathak | O | 2020-08 |
Pulsed Laser Deposition of Double Perovskite thin films | Deepak Kumar | O | 2020-08 |
NiTi/PZT Heterostructures: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications | Nitin Choudhary | O | 2020-08 |
Lead Free Ferroelectric thin films & Heterostructures | Chandan | O | 2020-08 |
TERNARY NiTi BASED SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY THIN FILMS | Navjot Kaur | O | 2020-08 |
Synthesis and Characterization of Ni-Mn-X (X: In, Sb) FSMA Thin Films | Harish Sharma Akkera | O | 2020-08 |
Multiferroic Thin Films: Growth, Characterization and Applications | Rahul Barman | O | 2020-08 |
FSMA Based Multiferroic Heterostructures for Device Applications | Kirandeep Singh | O | 2020-08 |
SiC Based Nanocomposite Thin Films for device applications | Narendra Singh | O | 2020-08 |
Resistive Switching in Metal Nitride Thin Films | Ravi Prakash | O | 2020-08 |
Magnetron Sputtered metal nitride thin films for device applications | Akhilesh Pandey | O | 2020-08 |
Visits to outside institutions
Institute Visited | Purpose of Visit | Date |
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TU Darmstadt, Germany | Research Collaboration | 2019-01-01 |
University of Warsaw, Poland | Research Collaboration | 2019-01-01 |
University of Alberta, Canada | Visiting Professor | 2017-01-01 |
National Physical Labotatory, New Delhi, India | Invited Talk | 2017-01-01 |
Solid State Physics Research Laboratory (SSPL) DRDO New Delhi. | Invited Talk | 2017-01-01 |
Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany | Research Collaboration | 2016-01-01 |
Technical University, Berlin, Germany | Research Collaboration and Conference | 2016-01-01 |
Delhi University, India | Invited Talk | 2016-01-01 |
Jamia Islamia University, New Delhi | Invited Talk | 2016-01-01 |
Solid State Physics Research Laboratory (SSPL) DRDO New Delhi. | Invited Talk | 2015-01-01 |
Delhi University, India | Invited Talk | 2014-01-01 |
University of Athens, Greece | Research Collaboration and Invited Talk | 2013-01-01 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland | Research Collaboration | 2013-01-01 |
University of Chicago, USA | Invited Talk | 2013-01-01 |
University of San Diego, California, USA | Research Collaboration and Invited Talk | 2011-01-01 |
University of Ottawa, Canada | Invited Talk | 2010-01-01 |
University of Stanford, California, USA | Research Collaboration and Conference | 2009-01-01 |
Refereed Journal Papers
Research Papers Published In Full in Refereed Journals : 162
Papers Presented In National/InternationalConferences : 91
Scientific/TechnicalReports : 05
InvitedTalks: : 35
Citations: 3447 ; h-index: 31 ; i10-index: 99
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PUBLICATIONS IN LAST 5 YEARS:
Magnetic field tunable Shape Memory Alloy based Piezo-Resonator Shuvam Pawar, Jitendra Singh, and Davinder Kaur IEEE Electronic Device Letter, EDL 41, 2, 2020 [Impact Factor: 3.753
Anuj Kumar, Chandra Kant Suman and Davinder Kaur Room-temperature magnetoelectricity and magnetic field sensing characteristics of 2–2 phase connected Ni–Mn–In/PLZT layered multiferroic heterostructure, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 53, 055304- 055312 (2020) [Impact Factor: 2.829]
Anuj Kumar, Ankur Goswami, Kirandeep Singh, Ryan McGee, Thomas Thundat, and Davinder Kaur Magnetoelectric Coupling in Ni−Mn−In/PLZT Artificial Multiferroic Heterostructure and Its Application in Mid-IR Photothermal Modulation by External Magnetic Field ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 1, 2226−2235 (2019)
Shubham Sharma, Anuj Kumar, Davinder Kaur White light-modulated bipolar resistive switching characteristics of Cu/MoS2 NRs/Pt MIM structure Applied Physics Letters 115, 052108 (2019) [Impact Factor: 3.521
R Prakash, A Kumar, A Pandey, Davinder Kaur Binder free and high performance of sputtered tungsten nitride thin film electrode for supercapacitor deviceInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy 44 10823-10832 (2019) [Impact Factor: 4.084]
Shuvam Pawar, Anuj Kumar, Kirandeep Singh,, Davinder Kaur High magnetoelectric coupling in Siintegrated AlN/NiMnIn thin film double layers at room temperature Applied Physics Letters 113, 242902 (2018) [Impact Factor: 3.521]
Anuj Kumar, Shuvam Pawar, Shubham Sharma, Davinder Kaur Bipolar resistive switching behavior in MoS2 nanosheets fabricated on ferromagnetic shape memory alloy Applied Physics Letters 112 (26), 262106 (2018) [Impact Factor: 3.521]
Narendra Singh, Davinder Kaur Origin of tri-state resistive switching characteristics in SiCN thin films for high-temperature ReRAM applications Applied Physics Letters 113 (16), 162103 (2018) [Impact Factor: 3.521]
Narendra Singh, Arvind Kumar, Davinder Kaur Hydrogen gas sensing properties of platinum decorated silicon carbide (Pt/SiC) Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 262, 162-170 (2018) [Impact Factor: 6.393]
Ravi Prakash, Arvind Kumar, Davinder Kaur Pd capped W2N nano porous thin films for remarkable room temperature hydrogen gas sensing performance Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 277, 665-672 (2018) [Impact Factor: 6.393]
Shubham Sharma, Arvind Kumar, Narendra Singh, Davinder Kaur Excellent room temperature ammonia gas sensing properties of n-MoS2/p-CuO heterojunction nanoworms Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 275, 499-507 (2018) [Impact Factor: 6.393]
Exchange bias effect in Ni50Mn35In15/BiFeO3 heterostructure thin film Harish Sharma Akkera, Davinder Kaur Materials Letters 217, 64-66 (2018) [Impact Factor: 3.019]
Shuvam Pawar, Kirandeep Singh, Shubham Sharma, Akhilesh Pandey, Shankar Dutta, Davinder Kaur Growth assessment and scrutinize dielectric reliability of c-axis oriented insulating AlN thin films in MIM structures for microelectronics applications Materials Chemistry and Physics 219, 74-81 (2018) [Impact Factor: 2.781]
Narendra Singh, Kirandeep Singh, Davinder Kaur Electric field involved transport at elevated temperature in nanocrystalline silicon carbide nitride (nc-SiCN) thin films for harsh environment applications Current Applied Physics 18 (2), 220-225 (2018) [Impact Factor: 2.01]
Kirandeep Singh, Davinder Kaur Four logic states of tunneling magnetoelectroresistance in ferromagnetic shape memory alloy based multiferroic tunnel junctions Applied Physics Letters 111, 022902 ( 2017) [Impact Factor: 3.521]
Narendra Singh, Kirandeep Singh, Davinder Kaur Bipolar resistive switching characteristics of silicon carbide nitride (SiCN)-based devices for nonvolatile memory applications Ceramics International 43, 8970–8974 (2017) [Impact Factor: 3.450]
Kirandeep Singh and Davinder Kaur Vertically arrays of Si-LaNiO3/BiFeO3/Au core-shell nano-capacitors for prominent coupled electro-optic effect Journal of Applied Physics 121, 114103 -11(2017) [Impact Factor: 2.328]
Room-temperature giant magnetomechanical electric cross-coupling in Si-integrated PZT/ NiMnIn multiferroic heterostructures Kirandeep Singh and Davinder Kaur; J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50 (2017) 145002.
Piezoelectric control of magnetoelectric coupling driven non-volatile memory switching and self cooling effects in FE/FSMA multiferroic heterostructure, (Kirandeep Singh and Davinder Kaur); Journal of Applied Physics 121, (2017) 0841041-12
Ravi Prakash, Bhawani Pratap Singh Rathore and Davinder Kaur Effect of top electrode material on resistive switching properties of WN based thin films for non volatile memory application. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 726, 693-697 (2017) [Impact Factor: 4.175]
Influence of barrier thickness on FSMA based multiferroic tunnel junctions Rahul Barman, Davinder Kaur Ceramics International 43 15654-15658 ( 2017) Impact Factor: 3.450]
Room temperature magnetocaloric effect in Ni-Mn-In-Cr ferromagnetic shape memory alloy thin films; (Harish Sharma Akkera, Inderdeep Singh, Davinder Kaur); Journal of Magnetism & Magnetic Materials 424, (2017) 194-198
Multiferroic tunnel junction of Ni50.3Mn36.9Sb12.8/BiFeO3/Ni50.3Mn36.9Sb12.8 for magneto-electric random access memory devices; Rahul Barman and Davinder Kaur; Applied Physics Letter 108, (2016) 092404 - 092409
Shape Memory alloy thin films and heterostructures for MEMS applications; Nitin Choudhary, Davinder Kaur; Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical 242 (2016) 162-181
Improved photovoltaic effect in CuO/Zn1xMgxO heterojunction solar cell by pulsed laser deposition; Rashmi Bhardwaj, Rahul Barman, Davinder Kaur; Materials Letters 185 (2016) 230–234.
Quantification of Charge to Strain Mediated Interface Coupling Transfiguration in FE/FSMA Heterostructures; Kirandeep Singh, Davinder Kaur; Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 49 (2016) 035004 .
Improved electrical transport properties in high quality nanocrystalline silicon carbide (nc-SiC) thin films for microelectronic applications; Narendra Singh, Kirandeep Singh, Akhilesh Pandey, Davinder Kaur; Materials Letters 164 (2016) 28-31.
Tunable multiferroic properties of Mn substituted BiFeO3 thin films; Kirandeep Singh, S.K.Singh, Davinder Kaur; Ceramic International 42 (2016) 13333-14298.
Dislocation density investigation on MOCVD-grown GaN epitaxial layers using wet selective etching Akhilesh Pandey, Brajesh S. Yadav, D. V. Sridhara Rao, Davinder Kaur, Ashok Kumar Kapoor; Applied Physics A (2016) 122:614
Growth and evolution of residual stress of AlN films on silicon (100) wafer; Akhilesh Pandey , Shankar Dutta, Ravi Prakash , Sandeep Dalal , R. Raman , A.K. Kapoor, Davinder Kaur; Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 52 (2016) 16–23.
Structural, corrosion, and mechanical properties of sputtered deposited chromium tungsten nitride (Cr1-xWxN) nanocomposite thin films; Ravi Prakash, R. Jayaganthan and Davinder Kaur; Advanced Material Letters 7 (2016) 100-150
Effect of Cr addition on the structural, magnetic and mechanical properties of magnetron sputtered Ni–Mn–In ferromagnetic shape memory alloy thin films; Harish Sharma Akkera, Davinder Kaur; Applied Physics A (2016) 122:996
Direct and converse magneto-electric coupling in ferromagnetic shape memory alloys based thin film multiferroic heterostructures; (Kirandeep Singh and Davinder Kaur); Applied Physics Letter 107, (2015) 262901-262905.
Manifestation of martensitic phase transformation and magneto-caloric properties in high quality magnetron sputtered Ni- Mn-In/Si ultra thin films; (Kirandeep Singh, Davinder Kaur); Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical 236 (2015) 247-256
Structural phase transition and enhanced ferroelectricity in Bi(Fe1-xMnx)O3 thin films deposited by Pulsed Laser deposition (Rahul Barman, S.K. Singh, Davinder Kaur); Thin Solid Films 594 (2015) 80-87
Structural and Optical properties of (ool) oriented Vanadium Pentaoxide Nanorods; (Vibhu Goyal, Nitin Choudhary, Kirandeep Singh, Davinder Kaur); Nanomaterials and Energy 3 February (2015) 1-10
Vibration Damping Materials and Their Applications in Nano/Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems; (Nitin Choudhary and Davinder Kaur); Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 15, March (2015) 1907-1924
Martensitic phase transformation of magnetron sputtered nanostructured ferromagnetic shape memory alloy thin films; (Harish Sharma , Inderdeep Singh and Davinder Kaur); Journal of Alloys and Compounds 642 (2015) 53–62
Martensitic phase transformations and magnetocaloric effect in Al co-sputtered Ni–Mn–Sb alloy thin films; (Harish Sharma Akkera, Nitin Choudhary and Davinder Kaur); Materials Sci and Engineering B 198 (2015) 113–119
Leakage current behavior of BiFeO3/BiMnO3 multilayer fabricated by pulsed laser deposition; (Rahul Barman, Davinder Kaur); Journal of Alloys and Compounds 644 May (2015) 506–512.
Strain mediated coupling in magnetron sputtered multiferroic PZT/Ni-Mn-In/Si heterostructure; (Kirandeep Singh, Sushil Kumar Singh and Davinder Kaur); Journal of Applied Physics 116, September (2014) 114103-9
Enhanced exchange bias in magnetron-sputtered Ni–Mn–Sb–Al ferromagnetic shape memory thin films; (Rahul Barman, Sushil Kumar Singh, Davinder Kaur); Current Applied Physics14 December (2014 )1755-1759
Room temperature nanoindentation creep of nanograined NiTiW shape memory alloy thin films; (Navjot Kaur, Davinder Kaur); Surface Coating Technology 260 December (2014) 260-2
NiTiCu/AlN/NiTiCu shape memory thin film heterostructures for vibration damping in MEMS; (Navjot Kaur, Davinder Kaur); Journal of Alloys and Compounds 590 March (2014) 116–124.
Electrical transport behavior of lead-free BZT-BCT thin film grown on LaNiO3/Si by laser deposition; (Chandan Bhardwaj, Davinder Kaur); Journal of Alloys and Compounds 595 (2014) 158-163