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Updates on group activity
Jan-21, 2024: Some of the group members went for a trip to Bishnupur, the temple town close to Kharagpur. On the left, from L-R: Ajoy, Anindita and Gyan, Pijush is sitting in the front. On the right, from L-R: Pijush Anindita and Ajoy, Gyan is sitting in the front. Ahin clicked both the snaps!
Jan-1, 2023: Arghyadeep (on the left) and Anindita (on the right) join the group for their M. Tech projects. Welcome, and all the very best!
Jan-2, 2022: Ahin moves to Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur to join as an Asst. Professor in Materials Science Centre. Along with the rich history, the cool-looking architechture render the campus absolutely gorgeous. Looking forward to the coming days!
Dec-15, 2021: Symmetries in crystals have a lovely way of expressing themselves in electron microscopy - here is an example from recent STEM imaging. The STAR is a coloured FFT of a defocused STEM probe on [111]-oriented hematite in an FEI TITAN 300 kV. This was selected as the Image of the Month from Advanced Microscopy Laboratory, Trinity College Dublin. This is third one in 2021, and feels so apt to set the mood for Christmas! (See the tweet here)
Aug-3, 2021: Do you always need an aberration-corrected microscope to look at materials at atomic resolution? The answer is NO, if you align your microscope well! Here goes an example: inter-phase interface in WO3 imaged in uncorrected TITAN at 300 kV. This one was selected as the Image of the Month from Advanced Microscopy Laboratory, Trinity College Dublin. Me and Lucia synthesized the sample and did the imaging. The interface does look good! (See the tweet here)
Jul-1, 2021: Spectrum imaging of Ti-alloyed BaMnO3 using HAADF-STEM and EELS in Nion UltraSTEM-200 was selected as Image of the Month from Advanced Microscopy Laboratory, Trinity College Dublin. Lucia, me and Clive - all from AML, carried out the experiment. The map does look cool! (See the tweet here)
Jan-1, 2021: Somewhat tough 2020 came to an end. Collaborative papers on FeS2 (ACS Nano), MoS2/h-BN heterostructure (ACS Nano), Flurophosphates (ACS Catalysis), WS2 (ACS Applied Nano Materials) and a few more went through this year. Wishes for a better 2021!
Jan-10, 2020: Oral presentation at Microscopy Society of Ireland symposium on phase transformation and intercalation in WO3 at Trinity College, Dublin. (Picture courtesy: @NicolosiGroup twitter)
Oct-17, 2019: Collaborative Paper with Dr. Noopur Jain on reduced-SrTiO3-supported PtCu Nanoparticles for PrOx (preferential oxidation) of CO gets accepted in Nanoscale: microscopy came handy to look at catalysts, and we really had long debates on the control experiments on mechanism of the reactions - and that was probably best part of it (apart from the good day of the microscopy data!)
Aug-16, 2019: The second spell of IISc comes to an end - moved to Trinity College Dublin. While I am going to miss the flowered alleys of IISc and my me-time in hills surrounding Bangalore, Trinity does look stunning at first glance as-well on a sunny Saturday!
June-8, 2019: First invited talk at Electron Microscopy And Allied Techniques- (EMAAT), at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India! Sadly, state-of-the art electron microscopy is still is at its infancy in India. Along with not-so-much microscopy, had a happy tour across Shimla. On the left, a snap with near the statue of Late Gen. Manekshaw, an eternal inspiration!
Dec-19, 2018: First paper with Rajeev is out in Nanoscale! This SnSe2-based photodetection combines synthesis, DFT and device application. My contribution was the rationalzation of the growth through DFT simulations. However, endless number of coffees with Rajeev for discussion was the actual fun!