The Materials Research Laboratory has been recently established with support from the National Science Foundation' s Major Research Initiative. This laboratory has facilities to carry out state-of-the art research on thin films of complex multicomponent materials.

Facilities:

(i) Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) system for fabrication of epitaxial thin films.

(ii) Cryogenic systems for electrical and magneto-transport measurements of thin films

(iii) Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (Composition analysis of the thin films, in collaboration with the Geosciences group)

Research:

The current research of the materials physics group focuses on the development of perovskite metal oxide thin films for electronic sensor applications such as thermal infrared detectors and magnetic sensors.

Materials Physics Group :

Dr. M. Raj Rajeswari
Dr. Grace Yong
Mr. Tony Davidson, undergraduate
Ms. Katie Walker, undergraduate
Mr. Sanjay Adhikari, undergraduate

Collaborators:

Dr. Vera Smolyaninova
Dr. David Schaefer
Dr. Steven Lev