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CoE in Nanotechnology gy@ SIT

Progress of Research Work

Dr. Shambhu K. Shastry

TEQIP NPIU Review Meeting05 June 2014

Professor and Executive Director,

Center of Applied Research and nano‐Technology

Tumkur, India

Campus: 50 acres5,000 students

05 June 20142/24/2010 26/2/2009 26/2/2009 2

Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, India

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Aerial SketchSIT

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16‐Computer Science and Center of ART

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Center of Applied Research and nano‐Technology

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• Energy

Addressing Critical National Problems

• Defense

• Infrastructure, health, and hygiene

• Engineering teaching/training for an enabled workforce

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Installed capacity as of Feb. 2012,Ministry of Power

Energy

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Defense ‐ External

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Defense ‐ InternalDefense ‐ External

2009 terror attacks = 70305 June 2014

Command, Control, Communications

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Our critical national problems

• Energy

• Defense

• Infrastructure, health, and hygiene

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• Engineering teaching/training for an enabled workforce

Housing Transportation Healthcare

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Our critical national problems

• Energy

• Defense

• Infrastructure, health, and hygiene

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• Engineering teaching/training for an enabled workforce

Center of ART’s Focus

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Center of ART Mission Outline

Collaborative R&D projectsN l t i (E d f )Nano‐electronics (Energy, defense)

Nano‐materials (Defense, energy, infrastructure, health)

Nano‐medicine (Health, hygiene)

PhD d M T hPhD and M. Tech. programs

Workshops, seminars, short courses, CE programs

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CoE Roadmap (next 3 years)R&D & collaborations in areas complementary to IISc’s

PhD programs ‐ faculty + industry personnel (“PhD in industry”)( PhD in industry )Product orientation (applied research and engineering)Four faculty members now pursuing PhD work through the Center

PG, UG, CE programs in nano‐technologySet up UG/PG labs, courseware, expertiseSet up UG/PG labs, courseware, expertiseLaunch new academic departments

Projects with industry partnershipABB, BEL, BHEL, DRDO, GAETEC, ISRO, SITAR, SAMEER, Bharat Forge, Tata, Reliance, Mahindra, Dr. Reddy’s Labs,…

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Building up Systemic Research

F ili d I fFacility and Infrastructure

R&D Program and Team Development

Industry and Academia

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Industry and Academia Collaborations, CoE in Nanotechnology

Facility for Institute‐wide Participation

o 1600‐m2 integrated floor spaceb 000 2 f Cl 00 0 000 do About 1000‐m2 of Class 100, 10,000, and

1,00,000 clean roomso Class rooms/seminar rooms/libraryo Ten faculty roomso Research scholars’ room to house 30‐40o Reception/cafeteria/kitcheno Reception/cafeteria/kitcheno Infrastructure cost: Rs. 5 crore (spent)o Ongoing laboratory set upo Fume hoods, PVD, C‐CVD, MOCVD, …

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Layout of the Center of ART

Class 100

Class 10000

Nano‐electronics,

Class 100000Nano‐materials Nano‐medicine

Modeling LAB

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MEMS Nano‐medicine

Facility and Laboratory Setup• Fire sprinkler system; bio‐metric security

• Equipped/furnished faculty and class rooms• Equipped/furnished faculty and class rooms

• Two fume hoods installed in Lab 1

• 200 lph, 18‐MΩ DI water plant installed

• PVD (2), C‐CVD, MOCVD systems

• Diffusion/oxidation furnaces spin rinse dryer

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• Diffusion/oxidation furnaces, spin rinse dryer, resist coater, aligner, characterization tools

• Lab 2 tools (nano‐materials, nano‐medicine)

• 2x25 kVA Online UPS backups

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Lab 1 Area

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Lab 1 Area

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Lab 1 Area

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Class 100 (Litho) after completion

Dynamic pass box

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Door

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Lab 2 Area

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Lab 2 Area

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Roof Area

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Building up Systemic Research

Facility and Infrastructure 2009 12Facility and Infrastructure 2009‐12

R&D Program and Team Development 2011‐14

Industry and Academia Collaborations,

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ITRS Through 2020

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ion

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More than Moore: Diversification

130nmAnalog/RF Passives HV Power

SensorsActuators Biochips

Mor

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: Min

iatu

ri

e CM

OS:

CPU

, Mem

ory,

Lo 130nm

90nm

65nm

45nm

32nm

Information Processing

Digital contentSystem‐on‐chip

(SoC)

Interacting with people and environment

Non‐digital contentSystem‐in‐package

(SiP)

Base

line

22nm‐‐v

(SoC)

Beyond CMOS

Source: ITRS Executive Summary 2005We are now here

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Research in nano‐electronicsMulti‐junction solar cells – Shobha Goudar, Lakshmisagar PerlaLakshmisagar Perla• Designed 2‐, 3‐junction sells using TCAD for high

efficiency (> 30%)• Designing + setting up MOCVD for PV cell growthGaN High voltage (5000‐V) switch – B. N. Shashikala

Simulated the device design (guard ring structure)PVT System (2 kVA) with super capacitor storagey ( ) p p gQuantum dot infrared photo‐detectors for night visionGaN based T‐R modules for C‐band phased array radarC‐CVD grown CNTs and graphene, and their applications development

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Item Research Title/Topic Collaborator(s)

1Indigenous development of OMVPE equipment and process technology for GaAs and GaN nano devices

SSPL, Vacuum Technology

2 High efficiency (> 40%) multi-junction solar SD MIT, Ujire; Anu Solar P ABB C i

Collaborative research topics

2 High efficiency (> 40%) multi junction solar cells Power, ABB, Composite

Technologies Ltd.

3Development of > 60% efficient photo-voltaic thermal (PVT) systems with integrated super-capacitor storage

Anu Solar Power, Composite Technologies Ltd.

4 Quantum dot infrared photo-detectors (QDIPs) for night vision sensors BEL (under discussion)

5 GaN based C-band T-R modules for DRDO/CABS5 phased array radars DRDO/CABS

6 Beyond-CMOS channels for flexible electronics

IIT Mumbai (under discussion – Dr. Venugopal Rao)

7Development of signal processing algorithms for autonomous unmanned micro and nano robots (spy planes)

PursuingTable 2 of our CoE Proposal05 June 2014

Item Research Title/Topic Key Investigators and researchers Collaborator(s)

Collaborative research topics (cont.)

9Electronic grade trimethylgallium synthesis in kg-size quantities

V. Udaykumar, Vinayak M. Hegde, Suman Pawar

DRDO, SDMES, IISc (Dr. Shivashankar)

10C-CVD growth of CNT thin films for nano-sensor applications

S. R. Manohara, K. Uma,, S. K. Shastry, Suman Pawar

SDMIT, Ujire

11Development of CVD grown quantum dot agents and processes for drug delivery

P. N. Kundu, D. R. Prasanna, Thomas Theodore, S. K. Shastry, T. Sreenidhi

SDMIT

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More Than Moore• Super capacitor energy

storage

Solar irradiance

Encapsulation

• Integrated c‐PVT system

PV cell

Ab b d fl id h l

Super capacitor (epoxy) glue

Super capacitor (epoxy) glue

Integrated c PVT system with energy storage

• MEMS and NEMS

• Multi‐junction solar cells

• III‐Nitride RF electronics

Absorber and fluid channel

Thermal insulation

Schematic of the proposed PVT system

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3‐junction Cell R&D

p‐Ga0.49In0.51P 5x1018 cm‐3 0.2 μm

Anti‐Reflective CoatingStructure design8”‐wafer

n‐ GaAs 5x1017 cm‐3 2.5 μm

p‐GaAs 5x1018 cm‐3 0.5 μm

GaAs‐p++ Junction 25 nm

GaAs‐n++ Tunnel 25 nm

n‐ Ga0.49In0.51P 5x1017 cm‐3 0.3 μmMOCVD system and processSolar cell fabrication (ohmic contacts)Inverter design

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n‐Ge 5x1017 cm‐3 120 μm

p‐Ge 5x1018 cm‐3 20 μm

GaAs‐p++ Junction 25 nm

GaAs‐n++ Tunnel 25 nm g

and fabricationAssembly and testing (up to 500 suns)

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GaAs‐InGaP 2‐junction Cell SimulationGrid optimization

Grid pitch

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Grid pitch = 100 µm,grid finger width = 5 µm

Grid finger

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MOCVD Reactor, Load‐lock

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MOCVD Plumbing

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RF Signal Source

Duplexer/

T/R Switch

Pulse Generator

RF Driver Amplifier

RF Phase shifter

High Power

TR Modules for AESA Radar

Source T/R Switch

Low Noise

Amplifier

LNA

Amplifiershifter Power

Amplifier

HPA

Converter and IF Amplifier

Demodulator

Output/

Signal processing

and Display

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Specs: C Band, BW= 500 MHzPo = 50 W, η> 50%Noise figure of LNA < 1.5 dB,GaN MMIC Technology

The Project from substrate, epitaxy, fab

to DC/RF test

Research in nano‐materials and nano‐medicine

High temperature thermal barrier coatingHigh temperature thermal barrier coating (TBC) for gas turbine and jet enginesGrowth of RF low‐loss alumina substratesNano‐composite compressed earth blocksSynthesis of certain electronic grade

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Synthesis of certain electronic grade chemicals (TMG)Novel drug delivery schemes and processes

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• Hardness• Thermal resistance

Multiple Nanolayer Thermal Barrier Coatings for Gas Turbine Engines using MOCVD

Thermal resistance• Stability (oxidation

resistance, no phase change, no mixing)

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• Superlattices by MOCVD

• Zirconia, yittria, alumina, TiN, CrN, and their alloys

• Theoretically design + make them

Single crystal sapphire

sheet

Furnace& puller design

EFGcapillary2053°C

Import substitution, low‐loss RF substrate,

semiconductor industry, defense

Contribution to the

national need

High purity alumina 5N

High purity aluminum, 5N

designAlcohol based chemical method

Al + low melting metals Ga or Cs + water, reactor design

ElectrolysischamberDesign &modeling

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Center of ART’s high purity nano‐materials thrust

Alumina 2N,

industrial partner

modeling

Academic partner

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Designer made nanostructures for MDR-TB and HIV

Nanomaterial Functional Nanomaterial

• Single step ecofriendly synthesis of nanomaterials with controlled physicochemical properties

Precursor and reducing agent

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physicochemical properties • Fabrication of active nanomaterials

by surface functionalization• Targeting syndemic effect of MDR-

TB and HIV

Drug delivery for cure of stroke

• Ayurveda: Swarna bhasma and abhrakabhasma targeted drug deliverybhasma targeted drug delivery

• Preparation of gold ‐ silver alloy nano‐particles

• Conjugation of the copper complex with gold/silver alloy nano‐particlesg / y p

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Team Members

Name Degree Experience AreaDr. Nirankar Mishra PhD 16 years (US) Materials chemistry

Dr Prakash Somani PhD 10 years (Japan) Applied physicsDr. Prakash Somani PhD 10 years (Japan) Applied physics

Dr. Vinay Venugopal PhD 08 years (CN, Italy) Applied physics

Dr. Gowri Deb PhD 12 years (US, Canada) Biochemistry

Dr. Hemant Daima PhD Fresh (Australia) Biotechnology

Dr. P. N. Kundu PhD 30+ years Biotechnology

Prof. G. K. Suresh ME 30+ years Communications

SKS PhD 35 years (27 in USA) Nano‐electronics

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SKS PhD 35 years (27 in USA) Nano electronics

Dr. Asis Sarkar PhD 05 years (UK, USA) Micro‐electronics

Raveesh S. MTech 04 years Electronics, VLSI

Subhranshu Samal MSc 06 years Materials Science

Vinutha Muralidhara Diploma, MCom 11 years Admin, HR

Building up Systemic Research

Facility and Infrastructure 2009 12Facility and Infrastructure 2009‐12

R&D Program and Team Development 2011‐14

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Building CollaborationsNano-electronics

IISc and IITB

TIFR NITK CEERI CATTIFR, NITK, CEERI, CAT

IITM, IITG, IITD, C-MET

SAMEER, BEL, BHEL

ISRO, DRDO labs

SITAR/GAETEC

VIT U i it MAHEVIT University, MAHE

Anu Solar Power

Jain U., Calcutta U.

ABB, SRM University05 June 2014

CollaborationsNano-electronics Nano-materials Nano-medicine

IISc and IITB Mahindra Dr. Reddy’s Lab

TIFR NITK CEERI CAT L&T RanbaxyTIFR, NITK, CEERI, CAT L&T Ranbaxy

IITM, IITG, IITD, C-MET NAL Reliance

SAMEER, BEL, BHEL C-MET BlueNeem Med.

ISRO, DRDO Labs Tumkur University Jain University

SITAR/GAETEC BHEL, BEL Polyclone

VIT University, MAHE Jain University, MAHE, MAHE, SD MES

Anu Solar Power SD MES, Ujire Amrita Institute

ABB, SRM University Anna University SASTRA University05 June 2014

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Collaborators

Group of Institutions

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Related Activities and Plans

• Collaborative project proposal development workshop I: October 3‐4, 2013 (40 participants)workshop I: October 3 4, 2013 (40 participants)

• Collaborative project proposal development workshop II: Feb. 19‐22, 2014 (35 participants)

• Aiming nine proposals – nano‐electronics (3), nano‐materials (4), nano‐medicine (2)

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• Depute some junior faculty abroad for training

• Intake of 25‐30 PhD scholars – 08/14 onwards

• M. Tech. commencing on September 2014

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CoE Fund Utilization Update

Category of di

Total expense till

il

Committed till June 2014,

Committed for Q3, 2014,

Expenditure April 2014, lakh Rs.

till June 2014, lakh Rs.

for Q3, 2014, lakh Rs.

LR facilities 0 25.00 0

Assistantships 0.04 36.80 27.80

I‐I‐I Cells 0.54 10.46 4.00

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R&D 0.77 29.36 12.50

FSD 1.41 27.59 09.00

IOC 36.09 39.23 6.00

Grand Total 38.85 168.44 59.30

CoE Fund Utilization Plan

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90

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50

60

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Rs. Incr. cost

Ind. Collaborations

Faculty training

Int. collaboarations

National collaborations

Learning materials

TAs RAs

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10Ex TAs, RAs

Faculty and staff

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Funding for Setting up the Labs

• Management funded Rs. 5 crore to dateF ilit d l i f t t– Facility and clean room infrastructure

• Approved Rs. 1.26 crore for 2014‐15– Lab equipment and supplies– M. Tech. labs, R&D

• We may utilize Rs. 2.67 crore of the CoEfunding (mainly LR, assistantships, IOC)

• At least Rs. 2 crore is requested for fully procuring lab equipment and hardware

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Summary• Critical national problems are CoE focus areas

– Energy, defense, infrastructure‐health‐hygiene1600 2 f ilit ith l• 1600‐m2 facility with clean rooms

• R&D team + 4 collaborations on board• Facility and lab equipment being set up• Developing R&D proposals (CoE sustenance)

• Multi‐junction solar cells PVT systems T‐R

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Multi‐junction solar cells, PVT systems, T‐R modules, TBCs, nano composite CEBs,…

• Nanotechnology M. Tech. by September 2014• Funds for critical equipment are needed

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