Dr. R. Venkatesh
Scientist-F
Indore Centre

About

Education
Degree Institution Specialisation Year
B.Sc Madura college, Madurai Physics 1999
M.Sc Madura college, Madurai Physics 2001
Ph.D Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai Low temperature Physics 2008
Experience
Position Institution Year
Lecturer (Part-time) Madurai Kamaraj university (evening),Madurai 2001-2002
Post doctoral Researcher Université Paris-Sud 91403 ORSAY (France) 2008-2009
Post doctoral Researcher Risø national lab, Technical University of Denmark 2009-2011
Research Associate Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore 2011-2013
Scientist D-Scientist -F UGC DAE CSR, Indore centre 2013- till date

Facilities

# Facility Specification Best suit for
1 CEM discover Microwave synthesizer (RV) Microwave assisted wet chemical synthesis precursor,solvent and surfactant if any
2 Indfur made tubular furnace (1000O) (RV)
3 Nebertherm made box furnace (1400O) (RV)
4 Nebertherm made three zone furnace (RV)
5 Indfur made box furnace (1000O) (RV)
6 SEM/EDAX (Normal)RV-VA Resolution : 3.5 nm Images : secondary electron image, backscattered electron images (composition, topography, shadow) Magnification : x18 to 300,000 (in 136 steps) Accelerating Voltage : 0.5 to 30 kV (53 steps) Specimen temp. : LN2 to 200 C bulk, powder thin films
7 Veco make SPM scanning probe microscope (RV) Atomic force microscope with different modes and with MFM Thin films,polymer sheets and polished pellets with typical size < 5mmX5mm with polished surface
8 Bruker made Bio-AFM (Bioscope resolve) (RV) Bio-AFM with different modes at room temperature Thin films,polymer sheets and polished pellets with typical size < 5mmX5mm with polished surface
9 Nanoscope E AFM from DI, USA (RV)
10 Quantum design make Physical property measurement system (PPMS) (RV) Physical property measurement system for Resistivity and heat capacity measurement 14T/2K Pellets and thinfilms
11 FE-SEM - FEI made NOVA NANOSEM 450 (RV) FEI made FESEM with Bruker made EDS and Raith Eline nanolithography attachements Powder or thinfilms (non magnetic, dry and preferably electrically conducting at room temperature

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