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Nano-electronics Systems & Materials Research Team
(NeoSMaRT)
SPOTLIGHT
News and Highlights
International Conference - Oral Presentation
20 November 2023
Amrita presented her research work on "Carbon Quantum Dots based Neuromorphic Device" at the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology held during 20-21 November 2023 at Vienna, Austria.

Amrita presents her work at an International Conference in Vienna, Austria.

Conference Certificate

Amrita presents her work at an International Conference in Vienna, Austria.
INSPIRE - SRF upgradation
17 November 2023
Meenu's INSPIRE Fellowship is upgraded to Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) based on good progress in her work on "Threshold Switching in single/multilayer MoO3" by DST, Govt. of India.
Congratulations Meenu!

Meenu's INSPIRE Fellowship has been upgraded from JRF to SRF by DST.

Meenu's INSPIRE Fellowship has been upgraded from JRF to SRF by DST.
New Probe Station for Device Characterization
30 October 2023
A new probe station is added to the lab facility for electrical characterization of thin film devices.
Specifications:
Make: EverBeing Int'l; Model: C4
4 probes with magnetic-lock-based micropositioners
Tungsten probe tips of 5µm diameter
Heatable vacuum chuck; Temperatures: RT - 200°C
Optical microscope; Magnification: 150x; Camera: Moticam 8MP
Source Measurement Unit (SMU) - Keysight B2902B
This instrument is funded by DST-SERB Core Research Grant.




Workshop attended - INUP-i2i Hands-on Training
14 September 2023
Girish participated in the 10-days Hands-on Training on "Nanofabrication and Characterization Techniques" as a part of Indian Nanoelectronics Users Programme - idea to innovation (INUP-i2i) jointly organized by MeitY, Govt. of India and CeNSE, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru from 04-14 September 2023.




Publication in Dyes and Pigments Journal
29 August 2023
Sreelakshmi's paper on "Coexistence of synaptic behaviour and negative differential resistance at room temperature in the resistive switching device based on natural indigo molecules", co-authored with Dr. R. Thamankar, is published in Dyes and Pigments by Elsevier. (I.F. 5.122).


Alumna secures admission to Masters Programme
5 June 2023
Ms. Aishwarya G, who completed her Master's Thesis with NeoSMaRT, joins the Masters Programme in Materials Science and Engineering at Columbia University, New York, USA.


Publication in Nature Scientific Reports
9 May 2023
Keval's paper on "Bio-inspired artificial synapse for neuromorphic computing based on NiO nanoparticle thin film" co-authored with Dr. R. Thamankar, Dr. A. Rastogi & Dr. R. Ganesan, is published in Nature Scientific Reports (I.F. 4.6).



Best Poster Award @IC-FMFT 2023
21 April 2023
Keval won the Best Poster Presentation Award at the International Conference on Functional Materials for Future Technology (IC-FMFT 2023) hosted by the Centre for Functional Materials at VIT Vellore, India. The award sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry included an RSC Book Voucher along with the certificate.
Congratulations Keval!



Team NeoSMaRT participates in IC-FMFT 2023
20 April 2023
NeoSMaRT group members participated and volunteered for the International Conference on Functional Materials for Future Technology (IC-FMFT 2023) hosted by the Centre for Functional Materials at VIT Vellore, India from April 19-21, 2023.
Ashly, Amrita, Keval, Meenu and Sreelakshmi participated in Poster Presentation, and also volunteered for the conference.
Girish actively volunteered in designing and compiling the official Book of Abstracts, and served as the Master of Ceremonies for the inaugural event.
Dr. Ramesh Thamankar served as the Chair for some technical sessions and organised the events as the Convener of the conference.




CFM hosts an International Conference (IC-FMFT 2023)
19 April 2023
The Centre for Functional Materials (CFM) hosts the International Conference on Functional Materials for Future Technology (IC-FMFT 2023) from 19-21 April 2023 at VIT Vellore, India.
Dr. Ramesh Thamankar and CFM Director Dr. R. Ezhil Vizhi convene the conference.



Publication in APL Materials
1 April 2023
Amrita's paper on "Artificial synapse based on carbon quantum dots dispersed in indigo molecular layer for neuromorphic applications" co-authored with Dr. R. Thamankar, is published in APL Materials by AIP Publishing. (I.F. 6.635)



Guest Lecture by ISRO Scientist
3 March 2023
Dr. V. Radhakrishna, Head - Instrumentation Division, Space Astronomy Group, U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO delivered a talk on "Space Science Missions - Motivation and Challenges" to the students and faculty at VIT Vellore.
This lecture was organised by Prof. Ramesh Thamankar through Centre for Functional Materials (CFM).




DST STUTI Workshop attended
5 February 2023
Ashly attended the 1-week training programme on R&D Equipment "Advanced Instrumentation: Theory and Practice" jointly organized by the Department of Physics, SAS, VIT, Vellore and NIT, Warangal under the DST STUTI scheme.


Workshop attended - INUP-i2i Familiarization
25 January 2023
Girish and Amrita attended the 3-days INUP-i2i online Familiarization Workshop on Nanofabrication Technologies, conducted by IIT-Bombay during 23-25 January 2023.


DST-SERB Core Research Grant sanctioned
4 January 2023
Prof. Ramesh Thamankar's project proposal on "MoS2/CaF2 Nanocomposite based Resistive Switching devices for Neuromorphic applications" is awarded the Core Research Grant (CRG) for a duration of 3 years by the Science and Engineering Board (SERB), DST, Govt. of India.


Prof. Thamankar's invited lecture at Manipal Conference
3 December 2022
Prof. Ramesh Thamankar delivers an invited talk on "Memristors as an ideal platform for Neuromorphic devices and computation - A Physicist's perspective" during the 10th National Conference on Condensed Matter Physics and Applications (CMPA2022) organised by Manipal Institute of Techonology, Manipal, Karnataka, India.




Alumna secures Ph.D. position
22 November 2022
Ms. Meera N, who completed her Master's Thesis with NeoSMaRT, joins her Ph.D. position with Dr. Alwin Daus at the Chair of Electronic Devices (ELD), RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
Update: Ms. Meera is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at University of Freiburg, Germany.

Meera with her Ph.D. supervisor and her colleague (right to left).

Meera with her Ph.D. supervisor and her colleague (right to left).
Conference - Poster Presentation
10 November 2022
Ashly presented her poster titled 'Room temperature Photoluminescence in low dimensional hexagonal Boron Nitride' at the International symposium on “Advanced Microscopy and its Application in Materials Science" organised by IIT, Madras, Chennai.

Ms. Ashly presenting her poster at IIT-Madras


Ms. Ashly presenting her poster at IIT-Madras
Alumna qualifies GRE
27 October 2022
Ms. Aishwarya G, who completed her Master's Thesis with NeoSMaRT, qualifies the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) 2022.


Virtual Workshop attended - ROSMD2022
24 October 2022
Amrita, Meenu and Girish attended a 6-day virtual workshop on "Research Opportunities in Semiconductor Materials and Devices" (ROSMD-2022) jointly organised by SRMIST, Chennai and IIITDM, Kancheepuram.


Workshop attended - INUP-i2i Level 2
20 October 2022
Keval attended the 10-day Hands-on Training on "Nanofabrication and Characterization Techniques" as Level 2 of Indian Nanoelectronics Users Programme - idea to innovation (INUP-i2i) organized by CeNSE, IISc, Bengaluru.

Mr. Keval presenting his project proposal at IISc Bengaluru.



Mr. Keval presenting his project proposal at IISc Bengaluru.
Workshop Attended - Abhyaas Karyashala
21 September 2022
Keval attended a 1-week Workshop on "Emerging Electronics for Logic and Memory devices: Towards Next-generation Computing
System" under Abhyaas Karyashala component of Accelerate Vigyan Scheme of SERB-DST organised by NIT-Silchar, Assam.



Publication in ACS Omega
15 September 2022
Ashly's paper on "Room-Temperature Deep-UV Photoluminescence from Low-Dimensional Hexagonal Boron Nitride Prepared Using a Facile Synthesis" is published in ACS Omega.



Conference - Oral Presentation - SRS22
11 August 2022
Ashly presented her work titled 'Room temperature photoluminescence in low dimensional hexagonal Boron Nitride' at the online Student Research Symposium 2022 themed 'Emerging Nanotechnology in Electron Devices' jointly organised by IEEE Chapters (NTC, EDS, and Sensors Council), IIT, Indore.



INSPIRE Fellowship awarded
8 July 2022
Meenu is awarded the INSPIRE Fellowship for her work on "Threshold Switching in single/multilayer MoO3" by DST, Govt. of India.



M.Sc. Thesis defence
13 May 2022
Meera successfully defends her M.Sc. Thesis titled "Two-dimensional materials based artificial synapses" at VIT, Vellore.


M.Sc. Thesis defence
13 May 2022
Aishwarya successfully defends her M.Sc. Thesis titled "Resistive Switching based Neuromorphic Devices" at VIT, Vellore.


Publication - Book Chapter
25 February 2022
Book Chapter on "Resistive Switching and Hysterisis Phenomena at Nanoscale" written by alumnus Vithaldas along with Prof. Ramesh, is published in the book 'Electromagnetic Field in Advancing Science and Technology' by IntechOpen.


GATE Qualification
20 March 2021
Amrita qualifies the national level Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Physics 2021.

