- Nanoscale Thin Films & Devices, Memory Devices, Shape Memory Alloys,MFTJs, Piezo MEMS Materials, Superhard Nanocomposites
- Electronic Materials, 2D thin film multilayers,Superconducting Resonators, Sensors, Memory Switching
| From | To | Designation | Organisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Present | Professor | Department of Physics, I.I.T Roorkee |
| Dec 2009 | April 2014 | Associate Professor | Department of Physics, I.I.T Roorkee |
| Dec 2001 | Dec 2009 | Assistant Professor | Department of Physics, I.I.T Roorkee |
| Oct 1991 | Dec 2001 | Lecturer | Department of Physics, G.N.D.University, Amritsar |
| July 1997 | August1998 | Gestafesson Fellow | Royal Institute of Science & Technology, Stockholm, Sweden |
| May 1997 | June 1997 | Visiting Scientist | Atomic Institute Vienna, Austria |
| March1999 | Oct 1999 | Post Doc Fellow | Imperial College, London, U.K. |
| April 1998 | May 1998 | Guest Scientist | Oak Ridge National lab, USA |
| May 2004 | July 2004 | Visiting Scientist | T.I.F.R Mumbai (multiple times) |
| Award | Institute | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Shastri Indo-Canadian Fellowship Award | University of Alberta,Canada | 2017 |
| VNMM Research Award for Innovative Research Work on Nanostructured Thin Films | IITRoorkee | 2012 |
| Major Research Project of Rs. 4.84 Crore from MIT India to Work on Nanotechnology Initiative | Ministry of Information Technology,India | 2008 |
| • Star Performer for Best Performance in Teaching & Research | I.I.T Roorkee | 2003-2004 |
| • Best Poster Paper Award in International Conference IUMRS-ICAM | Material Research Society | 2007 |
| Research Assistance in Superconducting Coated Conductors | Imperial College London, UK | 1999 |
| • Scroll of Merit from Indian Cryogenics Council For Best Research Work on High-Tc SQUIDs | National Physical Laboratory | 1990 |
| • Gestafesson Fellowship | Royal Institute of Science & Technology, Stockholm Sweden | 1997 |
| Commonwealth Fellowship | Queen's University of Belfast, Ireland, U.K. | 1995 |
| Degree | Subject | University | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Topic | Funding Agency | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Multiferroic heterostructures on Silicon for MERAM Memory Applications (Rs.50.87 Lacs) | DST | 2017 |
| Nanostructured Multiferroic Thin Films and Multilavers for RT Etectronic (Rs.47.99 Lacs) | DRDO | 2015 |
| Synthesis & Characterization Of Functional Nanostructures For MEMS & Optoelectronics(Rs.4.84 Crore) | MIT | 2013 |
| Fabrication of SMA/PZT Heterostructures for Smart Systems (Rs.9.89 Lacs) | DRDO | 2011 |
| Functional Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Characterization & Applications (Rs.94.15 Lacs) | DST | 2009 |
| Fabrication of Superhard Nanocomposite Coatings of Transition Metal Nitrides(Rs. 9.89 Lacs | DRDO | 2007 |
| Development of High-Tc Superconducting Coated Conductors (Rs. 12.26 Lacs) | CSIR | 2006 |
| To Study Mechanical Properties Of Nanophase Materials (Rs. 24.00 Lacs) | DST | 2005 |
| Nanostructured Hydrophobic Coatings (Rs. 16.10 Lacs ) | CSIR | 2009 |
| Title | Course Code | Class Name | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Topic | Scholar Name | Status of PHD | Registration Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Synthesis & Characterization of Nanocrystalline Transition metal oxide thin films | Preetam Singh | A | 2008 Award |
| Shape Memory Alloy Thin films & Heterostructures | Ashvani Kumar | A | 2009 Award |
| Nanomaterials :Synthesis, Properties and Applications | Ashish Kumar | A | 2009 Award |
| Functional Oxide Thin Films : Synthesis , Characterization & Properties | Ajay kaushal | A | 2010 Award |
| Synthesis & Characterization of Chromium based hard coatings | Hetal N Shah | A | 2011 Award |
| Synthesis, characterization & Ion irradiation of Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy Thin Films | Ritu Vishnoi | A | 2011 Award |
| Preparation & characterization of AgInSe2 Thin films | Dinesh Pathak | A | 2011 Award |
| Pulsed Laser Deposition of Double Perovskite thin films | Deepak Kumar | A | 2012 Award |
| NiTi/PZT Heterostructures: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications | Nitin Choudhary | A | 2013 Award |
| Lead Free Ferroelectric thin films & Heterostructures | Chandan | A | 2014 Award |
| TERNARY NiTi BASED SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY THIN FILMS | Navjot Kaur | A | 2016 Award |
| Synthesis and Characterization of Ni-Mn-X (X: In, Sb) FSMA Thin Films | Harish Sharma Akkera | A | 2016 Award |
Research Papers Published In Full in Refereed Journals : 139
Papers Presented In National/InternationalConferences : 87
Scientific/TechnicalReports : 05
InvitedTalks: : 31
Citations: 2260 ; h-index: 25 ; i10-index: 62
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=dm-ZzwMAAAAJ&hl=en
Total Publications in Refereed Journals: 133
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
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
2015
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.
2014
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 Exchange bias effect in NiMnSb/CrN heterostructures deposited by magnetron sputtering (Harish Sharma, Rahul Barman, N. Kaur, Nitin Choudhary, and Davinder Kaur); Journal of Applied Physics 113, 17D723 May (2013) . NiTi/Pb(Zr 0.52Ti 0.48)O3 thin film heterostructures for vibration damping in MEMS; (Nitin Choudhary, D.K. Kharat, J.Van Humbeeck, Davinder Kaur); Sensors and Actuators A 193 April (2013) 30–34.
Magnetron sputtered Cu3N/NiTiCu shape memory thin film heterostructures for MEMS applications; (N. Kaur, N.Choudhary, R. N. Goyal, S. Viladkar, I.Matai, P.Gopinath and Davinder kaur); Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2013) 1468