2D monolayers with potential applications in Self-Powered Flexible-Piezo-Spintronic Nanodevices predicted

New Delhi, March 30, 2022: A team of Indian Scientists have computationally predicted two fascinating 2D monolayers having great potential for applications in next-generation self-powered materials which develop spin currents in response to strain. Apart from the charge, electrons are gifted with another degree of freedom, namely, the spin. The spin degree of freedom (spin-up and spin-down) […]

DST-INSPIRE Faculty fellow conducting research and development for unique optical materials and optics for energy self-sustenance

New Delhi, March 22, 2022: Solar optics and materials development group led by Dr. Adersh Asok, a DST-INSPIRE Faculty fellow, has facilitated the development of experimental and computational optics at CSIR-NIIST for the past 5 years. Focusing on optical materials and optical engineering for smart solar energy management, Dr. Asok and his group have recently identified […]

DST-INSPIRE Faculty fellow working on doping techniques for monolayer and bi-layer 2D-semiconductors for future 2D-electronics devices optimization

New Delhi, March 20, 2022: Dr. Divya Somvanshi, currently working at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (ETCE), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, is a recipient of the INSPIRE Faculty fellowship instituted by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. As an INSPIRE Faculty fellow, she is working on doping techniques for monolayer and bilayer 2D-semiconductors, […]

Touch-less touch screen technology developed can restrain viruses spreading through contact

New Delhi, March 19, 2022: Indian Scientists have provided an affordable solution to develop a low-cost touch-cum-proximity sensor popularly called touchless touch sensor through a printing technique. The coronavirus pandemic has triggered efforts to make our lifestyle more adaptable to pandemic scenarios. Actions are naturally driven to strategies to reduce the risk of viruses spreading, particularly […]

A simple image-processing technique to unravel the dynamics of Solar Corona can help detect Coronal Mass Ejections better

New Delhi, March 17, 2022: Indian researchers have developed a simple technique of separating the constant background of the Solar Colona and revealing the dynamic corona. The simple approach of subtracting the constant background can improve efficiency of identification of Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) — events in which a large cloud of energetic and highly magnetized […]

Novel strategy to synthesize solid adsorbents for CO2 capture and utilization discovered

New Delhi, March 16, 2022: Indian Scientists have discovered a strategy to synthesize novel solid adsorbents for CO2 capture and utilization. Carbon capture and utilization are growing fields of research focusing on reducing CO2 emissions. Although several industrial advancements have already been demonstrated, none of the technologies can provide an economically viable and complete CO2 capture and utilization […]

Science behind jets of plasma occurring all over Sun’s chromosphere unravelled

New Delhi, March 14, 2022: Scientists have unravelled the science behind the jets of plasma – the fourth state of matter consisting of electrically charged particles that occur just about everywhere in the sun’s chromosphere, which is the atmospheric layer just above the Sun’s visible surface. These jets, or spicules, appear as thin grass-like plasma […]

Scientists develop energy-efficient hydrogen production by urea electrolysis

New Delhi, March 13, 2022: Indian Scientists have designed an electrocatalyst system for energy-efficient hydrogen production with the help of electrolysis of urea. The urea electrolysis is helpful towards urea-based waste treatment with low-cost hydrogen production. This can be utilized for energy production towards our country’s benefits. The energy requirement for production of hydrogen through water […]