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Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Jamia Millia Islamia, (A Central University)

New Delhi

Phone : 011-26988332, Fax : 011-26981753, E-Mail : cnsntjmi@gmail.com

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Introduction

Keeping in view of the importance of Nanotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia has created a new

Centre, namely the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, in the month of December 2011.

The mission of this Centre is to promote forefront basic and applied research in the fields of

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, with potential applications towards fulfilling national strategic

needs. The main research focus of the Centre includes Nano-fabrication & Nano-device, Nano-

materials & Nano-structures, Nano-biotechnology & Nano-medicine, Nano-structure

characterization & measurements.

Objectives

The Centre will work with the following objectives:

To create a dynamic teaching and research atmosphere that will promote interaction and

synergies among the different groups of scientists working in the field of Nanoscience &

Nanotechnology.

To attract researchers from diverse fields of research such as Physics, Chemistry, Applied

Sciences as well as Engineering and Medicine. This vibrant environment will attract world-

renowned Nanoscience and Nanotechnology researchers.

To establish facilities that will give researchers access to advanced scientific equipment for

characterization and preparation of nanomaterials for Nanotechnology applications.

To provide a dynamic focal point for the development of future high-tech industries in India.

The Centre plans to start an M. Tech (Nanotechnology) Course. The Centre will also have its

own Ph.D. program in different fields of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

The vision of the Centre is to turn students into the future generation of leadership of high

technology research and industry in India, and those nanotechnology industries in India to

become world leaders in the field.

To create and provide opportunities for international exchange of scientists and students, and

make collaborative arrangements within India, particularly for those who are deprived of

such facilities.

To conduct seminars/workshops/conferences/extension lectures to promote Nanoscience &

Nanotechnology in India.

Nanotechnology is a fast emerging field

having vast potential for applications in the

21st century in all possible areas varying from

engineering to medical and various other

frontiers of science and technology. It is

believed that nanotechnology may not only

challenge various existing postulates of natural

sciences, but also create new concepts for

several unknown phenomena which might

manifest in due course of time. Every aspect

of life will be benefited by this advanced

technological revolution, which is already

under way with its amazing applications in

Physics, Chemistry, Materials, Engineering,

Biotechnology and Medicine etc.

Prof. M. Husain, Hony. Director, Centre

for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

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The Centre will undertake summer school programs for graduate and post- graduate students

to create awareness about recent developments in nanotechnology.

The Centre will establish joint collaborative programs with the up-coming industries in the

field of Nanotechnology.

The Centre will initially focus in the following thrust areas of research:

Nanostructures, Carbon Nanotubes, Semiconducting Nanowires, quantum dots.

Polymer Nanocomposites.

Catalysis Nanoscience.

Nanoelectronics.

Modeling and simulation.

Nanobiotechnology.

Main Activities of the Centre

1. M.Tech (Nanotechnology)

Keeping in view of the importance of Nanotechnology and the infrastructure available in Jamia, the

Department of Physics started a two-year M. Tech Nanotechnology course in 2007 with an initial

intake of 15 students. This course is now being run by the Centre with an enhanced intake of 20

students with effect from the academic year 2012-13. This innovative Masters level course is

designed so as to produce highly knowledgeable and specially trained post graduates in fast

developing area of nanotechnology which is already making major economic contributions,

impacting on products ranging from satellite TV, biomedical implants, structural and high-end

avionics to sunscreens and even car dashboards.

The course would equip the students with special experimental skills to make a successful career in

the new emerging industries, where reduced dimensionality plays a critical role in their products. It

is designed as a series of lecture modules covering the technologies used to design, realize and

analyze nanoscale devices, materials and systems, coupled with the general and technology

management. Apart from the lecture modules, the course is designed to provide hands-on training by

way of experiments through the specially procured nano-fabrication equipments commissioned in

the Nanotechnology laboratory. The students are also given exposure to the latest process design and

development technologies through project work, undertaken on both group and individual basis and

conducted in close collaboration with industries.

The Centre will continue to have significant collaboration with the National Laboratories like SSPL

(DRDO), LASTEC, NPL, DIT, IUAC and other CSIR laboratories apart from Academic Institutions

like IIT-Delhi, Delhi University (South Campus), IIT-Roorkee, IIT-Kanpur.

This academia – national laboratory interaction and exposure ensures that this M Tech course in

Nanotechnology combines the necessary scientific rigor with industrial relevance.

List of Equipments and Infrastructure

1. Low Pressure Phase Chemical Vapour

Deposition (LPCVD)

2. Thermal Chemical Vapour Deposition

3. Scanning Electron Microscope

4. ECR-Plasma Etching system

5. ECR-Chemical Vapour Deposition

6. I-V Characteristics (Keithley systems)

7. F.T.I.R

8. Fluorescence Spectrophotometer

9. Differential Scanning Calorimeter

10. R.F. Sputtering Unit

11. Thermal Evaporation Coating Unit

12. Spin Coating Unit

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14. Nano-Voltmeter

15. Current source

16. Gauss-meter

17. UV-Visible Spectrophotometer

18. LCZ meter

19. Set-up for measurement of (i) Electrical

Conductivity (ii) Photo-conductivity (iii)

Dielectric Constant (iv)Thermo-Electric

Power

20. Vacuum furnace

21. Online Journal Facility

22. Dr Zakir Husain Central Library

23. Clean room facility (under construction)

New Equipments Procured and added to

the laboratory

Course Objectives

The objective of the course is to impart a thorough background to the students in the skills necessary

for a technically based career in new high-tech industries, in which the manufacturing of

multifunctional devices with nanometer range dimensions is plays a fundamental role. The main

objective can be summarized as follows:

1. Plasma Enhanced Chemical

Vapour Deposition Unit (AIXTRON – Black Magic system)

2. Scanning Probe Microscope

3. Field Emission Measurement setup

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1) Introduce elemental quantum mechanical principles.

2) Detailed study on various nano-materials, principal fabrication approaches and nano-scale

characterization tools.

3) Hands-on training on nanofabrication and characterization.

4) Introduce the possibilities offered by the nano-technology revolution.

Eligibility

(i) M. Sc. in Physics/Chemistry (with Mathematics up to at least Bachelor’s level) /Electronics

/Material Science/Electronic Instrumentation, with not less than 55% marks in aggregate. OR

(ii) Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Electronics & Communication/ Computer Engg.

Instrumentation or equivalent, with not less than 65 C.P.I. or 60% marks in the absolute system.

Scope of M.Tech. students in India and Abroad

There are very good career prospects for students having successfully completed their M.Tech. in

Nanotechnology from a reputed institute in India. Some of the industries in India that employ

candidates with a Nanotechnology degree include Health Industry research and consulting;

pharmaceutical; agriculture; environment industries; academic institutes; government and private

research institutes and food and beverage industries among others.

A range of opportunities awaits the candidates willing to go outside India where they can work in

the segments of nano-polymer and nano-medicine and as integration engineers also. The research

opportunities existing in the areas of nano-devices, nano-packaging, nano-wires, nano-tools, nano-

biotechnology and nano-crystalline materials, nano-photonics and nano-porous materials are to

name a few. Nanoscience and Technology Institutes, with their centres at Switzerland, Cambridge

and Massachusetts offer a lot of job opportunities. ASME Nanotechnology institute in New York

also provides job opportunities to deserving candidates.

Placements

Students who have successfully completed the course are placed as either Scientists or Engineers in

esteemed Research Institutions like University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, Indian Institute of

Sciences, Bangalore, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Roorkee, National Physical Laboratory, Indian

Institute of Astrophysics, and Industries like De Core Science and Technology and Faculty Members

at various Engineering Colleges, Industries etc.

Faculty Members

The following faculty members are associated with the teaching of this course.

Prof. M. Husain (Hony. Director, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology)

Prof. Harsh (Visiting Professor, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology/Ex-DRDO)

Prof. M. Zulfequar (Department of Physics, JMI)

Prof. M. Shareef (Department of Chemistry, JMI)

Prof. Ayub Khan (Department of Mathematics, JMI)

Dr. Azher Majid Siddiqui (Department of Physics, JMI)

Dr. M. Shahid Khan (Department of Physics, JMI)

Dr. Aurangzeb Khurram Hafiz (Department of Physics, JMI)

Dr. Sajjad A. Lone (Deptt. of Elect. & Comm., F/O Engineering, JMI)

Admission Process

Admission to this course is through the Entrance Test, which is usually held in the month of June.

The Application Forms are available on the website from May onwards.

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2. Research Programme

From the next academic session, the Centre will start a Ph.D. program (approved by the Academic

Council). The following research papers have been published in International Peer-Reviewed

Journals.

1. Field Emission Behaviour of the Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Grown by Plasma Enhanced

Chemical Vapour Deposition (PECVD) System,

Avshish Kumar, Shama Parveen, Samina Husain, Javid Ali, Harsh, M. Husain, Journal of

Nano and Electronic Physics, 5, 02012, 2013.

2. Enhanced Field Emission Properties of Carbon Nanotube Based Field Emitters by Dynamic

Oxidation,

Shama Parveen, Samina Husain, Avshish Kumar, Javid Ali, M. Husain, Current

Nanoscience, (In Press), 2013.

3. Field Emission of MWCNTs PANi Nanocomposites Prepared by Ex Situ and In Situ

Polymerization Methods,

Samina Husain, Shumaila, Shama Parveen, Javid Ali, Avshish Kumar, M. Husain, Polymer

Composites, (In Press), 2013.

4. Fabrication and electro-optic properties of a MWCNT driven novel electroluminescent lamp,

D. Harnath, Sonal Sahai, Savvi Mishra, M. Husain and Virendra Shanker, Nanotechnology,

23, 435704, 2012.

5. Study of J-E Curve with Hysteresis of carbon nanotubes field emitters Shama Parveen, Samina Husain, Avshish Kumar, Javid Ali, Harsh, M. Husain

ISRN Nanomaterials, Vol. 2012, doi:10.5402/2012/971854, 2012.

6. Adsorption sites of hydrogen atom on pure and Mg-Doped Multi-walled carbon nanotubes A. A. Al-Ghamdi, E. Shalaan, F. S. Al-Hazmi, Adel S. Faidah, S. Al-heniti, and M. Husain Journal of Nanomaterials, Vol. 2012, doi:10.1155/2012/484692, 2012.

7. Field emission study of Carbon Nanotube forest and array grown on Si using Fe as catalyst deposited by electro-chemical method

Avshish kumar, Samina Husain, Javid Ali, Harsh and M Husain. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,Vol. 12, 2829-2832, 2012.

8. Dynamical response of the non-linear vibration of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)-I Ayub Khan, Samina Husain, Mohammad Shehzad, S. B. Qadri and M. Husain Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience Vol. 9, 360-370, 2012.

9. Estimation of Effective Area of Carbon Nanotubes based field Emitters Shama Parveen, Samina Husain, Avshish Kumar, Javid Ali, Mushahid Husain Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, 3 (6), 794-797, 2011.

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10. Morphological Variations and Structural Properties of ZnO nanostructures grown by Rapid Thermal CVD Ravi K. Kumar, M. Husain, Z.A. Ansari Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 11, 1-6, 2011.

11. Effect of catalyst-deposition methods on the alignment of carbon nanotubes grown by LPCVD Javid Ali, Avshish Kumar, Samina Husain and M. Husain Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Letters, 3, 175-178, 2011.

12. Characterization and field emission studies of uniformly distributed Multi-walled Carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) film grown by low-pressure chemical Vapour deposition (LPCVD) Javid Ali, Avshish Kumar, Samina Husain and M. Husain Current Nanoscience, 7, 333-336, 2011.

13. Variable Range Hopping in Carbon Nanotubes H. Khan, Zishan; Husain, Samina; Husain, M. Current Nanoscience, 6, 626-641, 2011.

14. Facile synthesis and step by step enhancement of blue photoluminescence from Ag-doped ZnS quantum dots Sonal Sahai, Mushahid Husain, Virendra Shanker , Nahar Singh , D.Haranath Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 357, 379–383, 2011.

15. Optical and electrical characterization of ZnO thin film Zishan H. Khan, Islamuddin, Numan Salah, Sami Habib, S. M. Abdallah El-Hamidy, M. Rafat And M. Husain International Journal of Nanoscience, 9, 1-7, 2010

16. Highly emissive and low refractive index layers from doped silica nanospheres for solar cell applications D. Haranath, Namita Gandhi, Sonal Sahai, M. Husain, Virendra Shanker Chemical Physics Letters 496, 100–103, 2010

17. Room temperature growth of wafer-scale silicon nanowire arrays and their Raman characteristics Dinesh Kumar, Sanjay K. Srivastava, P. K. Singh, K. N. Sood, V. N. Singh, Nita Dilawar, M. Husain J Nanopart. Res., 12, 2267-2276, 2010

18. Electrical and optical properties of thin film of a-Se70Te30 nanorods, Zishan Husain Khan, M. Husain, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 486, 774-779, 2010

19. Optical properties of selenium–tellurium nanostructured thin film grown by thermal evaporation, Karunapati Tripathi, Adam A. Bahishti, M.A. Majeed Khan, M. Husain, M. Zulfequar, Physica B, 404, 2134-2137, 2009

20. J-E characteristics of Ni-catalyzed multiwalled carbon nanotubes

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Zishan H. Khan, Sami Habib, Numan Salah, Shamshad A. Khan, Samina Khan and M. Husain

Int. J. Nano-Biomaterials, 2, 226-233, 2009.

21. Electrical Transport via variable range hopping in an individual multi-wall carbon nanotube; Zishan Husain Khan, M Husain, T P Perng, Numan Salah and Sami Habib J. Phys: Condens. Matter, 20, 475207 (7 pp), 2008

22. Variable-range hopping in Fe70Pt30 catalyzed multi-walled carbon nanotubes Monika Aggarwal, Samina Khan, M. Husain, T. C. Ming, M. Y. Tsai, T. P. Perng and Zishan Husain Khan European Physical Journal B, The: Condensed Matter, 60 (3), 319-324, 2007

23. Field Emission of Fe70Pt30 catalyzed Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes Samina Khan, K. N. Tripathi, Monika Aggarwal, K. P. Tripathi, Zishan H. Khan, M Husain Journal of Experimental Nanoscience, 2 (3), 215-228, 2007

24. Synthesis of carbon nanotubes using Ni95Ti5 nanocrystalline film as catalyst Samina Khan, Zishan H. Khan, K. N. Tripathi and M. Husain Journal of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, 7, 1-5, 2007

25. Electrical conduction mechanism in Fe70Pd30 catalyzed multi-wall carbon nanotubes. Monika Aggarwal, M Husain, Samina Khan. And Zishan H Khan Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 9 (6), 1047-55, 2006.

26. Characterization of Carbon Nano Tube grown on Fe70Pd30 films Zishan H. Khan, S. S. Islam, S. C. Kung, T. P. Perng, Samina Khan, K.N Tripathi, Monika Agarwal, M. Zulfequar and M. Husain Physica B 373(2), 317, 2006

27. Coarsening of nano sized carbide particles in 2.25Cr-1Mo power plant steel after extended service V. Jayan, M.Y. Khan, M. Husain Materials Letters 58, 2569-2573, 2004

Projects undertaken

1. Growth of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes for Semiconducting Applications, sponsored by

the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information

Technology, Rs. 3.81 crore.

The aim of the project is to synthesize and characterize single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs)

using Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (PECVD) technique and to study their

characteristics for semiconducting applications. It is proposed to synthesize SWNTs by plasma

enhanced chemical vapour deposition using gases such as acetylene/methane and ammonia on

silicon substrates coated with metal nanoparticles and other suitable combination. Recently, we

have installed PECVD (Black Magic 2” System, from M/S AIXTRON, UK) for the growth of

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SWNTs. We have grown SWNTs ranging from 1 nm to 3 nm using Iron as a catalyst. The work is in

progress.

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Setting up of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Synthesis laboratory

A unique facility on the synthesis of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube (SWNT) has been established at

the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and the same has been dedicated by Mr. Najeeb

Jung, Hon. Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia, to the Centre on December 28, 2012. This facility

is exclusively dedicated for the synthesis of semiconducting single wall carbon nanotubes and

graphene. Once perfected, the grown SWNTs shall be utilized for the fabrication of emerging

nanoscale electronic devices, integrated circuits and MEMS/NEMS by the Centre and other potential

users in the country. This unique facility of its type in the country is exclusively focused to carry out

the development of synthesis process for synthesizing semiconducting single wall carbon nanotubes

with reproducible and controllable properties, which still is a challenging research area world over

and very limited technical data is available in the open literature. Scientists world over are busy in

securing patents in the development of this novel material of 21st century for futuristic

multidimensional applications. The extraordinary electrical, mechanical, thermal and coupled

electromechanical properties of these SWNTs make them very attractive material for nanosensors

and futuristic VLSI circuits, especially beyond the silicon domain. The Centre has plans to

channelize its research and development activities in the area of SWNT based nano-device

fabrication with an emphasis on nano biosensors, lab on chip/drug delivery system, physical,

chemical and bio sensors and ultra high speed devices and circuits.

Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) Black Magic-2’’ System for the growth of SWNT

Initial growth results using this facility are very encouraging and very good CNT’s; highly

graphitized walls could be achieved. More experiments are in progress with different process

parameters and catalysts to achieve the controlled growth of SWNTs with repetitive properties.

Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM): A latest version of scanning probe microscope with atomic

resolution, multimode 8, procured from M/S Bruker, has been installed at the Centre The SPM has

three scanners (.4×.4µm, 10×10µm and 125×125µm) to achieve enhanced resolution. The system is

equipped with four modes as Scanasyst mode, Contact mode, Tapping mode and STM mode. The

system is dedicated for high resolution imaging of SWNTs and other nanostructures.

Books

After the commencement of the Centre, 90 books on specialized topics of Nanotechnology have

been procured.

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Procurement of New Equipments

In the XI five year plan the UGC has sanctioned Rs. 10 crore to start the Centre for Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology Programme and out of it about 9.8 crore is sanctioned to procure equipments. We

are in the process of the procuring the following equipments:

1. HRTEM (High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope)

2. HRSEM (High resolution Scanning Electron Microscope) (Arrived)

3. HRXRD (High Resolution X-Ray Diffractometer)

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4. RF Sputtering

5. Ball Mill (Arrived)

6. Optical Microscope (Arrived)

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Appendix A

PECVD CNT Growth System with Enclosure Exhaust, JMI

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Single wall carbon nanotubes

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Equipments Facility in Nanotechnology Lab

Scanning Electron Microscopy Set up

RF Sputtering Unit

Low Pressure CVD Unit

I-V Measurement Unit

Low Temperature Coating Unit

Spin Coating Unit

Dielectric Constant Measurement Set up

Fluorescence Spectrophotometer

Thermal Evaporation System

Close-Cycle Helium Refrigerator

DC Sputtering Unit

X-Ray Diffraction Set up

Micro Raman Set up (Applied Science F/O Engg)

ECR Plasma Etching System

Differential Scanning Calorimeter

FTIR Set up

UV-Visible Spectrophotometer

Muffle Furnace