Advances in Nanostructures

Dr Sanjeev Gautam leads an independent research group, the Advanced Functional Materials Lab., at Panjab University, India. He has 25+ years of experience with over 161+ international publications. He completed his PhD (2007) in condensed matter physics at the Centre of Advanced Study in Physics, Panjab University. He worked as a grid-computing administrator for the CMS (LHC) project. Dr Gautam then worked at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea (2007–2014). At Panjab University (2014 onwards), he has received international and national grants in the field of nanotechnology sustainable energy, food technology, catalysts, and environmental safety Jitendra Pal Singh is the Ramanujan Fellow at the Manav Rachna University, Faridabad, India. His research interests are irradiation studies in nanoferrites, thin films, and magnetic multilayers, including the synthesis of ferrite nanoparticles and thin films, determining the magnetic, optical, and dielectric response of ferrites, and irradiation and implantation effects in ferrite thin films and nanoparticles.Dr Dibya Prakash Rai is an associate professor at Mizoram University. He completed his PhD degree from Mizoram University and Post doctorate from Computational Science Research Centre, Beijing, China. Dr. Rai is a prolific researcher who has published several articles in national and international peer reviewed journals.Dr Rai is one of the founders in establishing the Physical Sciences Research Center (PSRC), the first research lab for Physical Sciences in Pachhunga University College. Dr. Rai has expertise in Density Functional Theory (DFT) and his research interests include the use of DFT in analyzing and predicting different functional properties of materials. Dr. Anuj Kumar is a Professor in the School of Computer Science Engineering & Applications at D. Y. Patil International University, Pune, India. Before joining D. Y. Patil International University, he served as an Associate Professor at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, India. He earned his Master's and doctoral degrees in Mathematics from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India. His primary research interest lies in computational mathematics. He has authored numerous research articles published in both national and international journals of high repute. Additionally, he published four books with esteemed international publishers. Dr. Ankitendran Mishra is a Researcher in Centre for Bio Microsystems (Brain Science Institute), Korea Institute of Science and Technology. He obtained his Ph.D. from Department of Metallurgical Engineering, IIT BHU, Varanasi, India, in the field of erosion and hot corrosion. He is an experienced faculty member and researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the field of hot corrosion and erosion of steels. His research interests include atomic force microscopy, mechanical testing, scanning electron microscopy, XRD, statistical analysis, and more.

• 1. Introduction to Nanostructure and Their Microscopic Characterization2. Mathematical and Computational Aspect of Nanostructure Growth3. Theoretical Methods for Physical Characterization of Nanostructures4. Physical Deposition Methods of Nanostructures5. Chemical Methods for Specialized Nanostructure6. Advanced chemical methods for metal oxide nanostructures7. Ion Beam Tools for Nanostructured Thin Films of Functional Oxides 8. Focused Ion Beam Methodology for Nano-structuring9. Effect of Laser Irradiation on ferrite nanostructures10. Nanostructures using 3D-printing11. Structural Phase Transition, Electronic and Mechanical Properties of NaVO{sub|3}: A DFT study12. Nanostructures for Energy Harvesting13. Advanced Nanostructures for Energy Applications14. Advanced Nanostructures for Smart Healthcare15. X-ray tools for characterising nanostructures: Computational aspects