Report on Equipment Grant Function (26 March 2015) & AMCT'15 (27-28 March, 2015)


On 26.03.2015 at 9:30 am, Department of Physics organized function at senate chamber to hand over Network analyzer (20,000 Euros) to Dr. G Subodh as he is an alumnus of Alexander Von Humboldt foundation. Network Analyzer is an indispensable tool for the microwave characterization. Hon. VC Prof. P K Radakrishnan presided over the function and Mr. Jorn Rohde, German Consulate (Bangalore) was the chief guest. Attaching some photos of the same...






                                               REPORT

NATIONAL SEMINAR ON ADVANCED MATERIALS    CHARACTERIZATION AND TECHNIQUES
AMCT'15

MARCH 27 – 28, 2015
Sponsored by DST – PURSE
Organized by,


Department of Physics
University of Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram 685581

Organizing Committee
Prof. T. S. Anirudhan
(Dean, School of Science)

Prof. Ashalatha S. Nair
(Research Director, UoK)

Prof. MadhusudhananPillai

Dr. K. G. Gopchandran

Dr. I.N. Jawahar

Dr. G. Subodh

Dr. U. S. UdayachandranThampy

Mr. Sujith S

27 March , Friday 2015





09:00 am to 09.30 am : Registration
09:00 am to 10:00 am : Inauguration
Welcome : Dr. V. Biju
(Head, Department of Physics)





Inauguration &Release of Proceedings: Prof. Ashalatha S. Nair
(Research Director, UoK)


Technical Sessions
10:00 am to 1130 am  : Invited talk 1 : SEM AND EDS
Dr. Prabhakar Rao P
(Chief Scientist and Head, NIIST)







11:30 am to 12:45 pm : Invited talk 2: AFM
Dr. Yoosaf Karuvath
(Scientist, NIIST)



12:45 pm to 1:45pm     : Lunch
01: 45 pm to 3:15 pm   : Invited talk 3: Symmetry in crystal research
Dr. C. Sudarsanakumar
(Professor, M.G. University)

3:15 pm to 3:30 pm      : Tea break
03:30 pm to 4:30 pm    : Poster / Paper presentations

28 March, Saturday  2015
09:30 am to 11:00 am     : Invited talk 4: HRTEM
Dr. Manoj Raama Varma
(Senior Principal Scientist, NIIST)








11:00 am to 11:15 am   : Tea break
11:15 am to 01:0 pm     : Poster / Paper presentations



01:00 pm to 01:45 pm   : Lunch break
01:45 pm to 03:00 pm   : Valedictory function

Report : 27/ 03/2015
Inaugural Function
The inaugural function was started on 10:00 am. The welcome address was given by Dr. V. Biju, Head, Department of Physics. He wholeheartedly welcomed the distinguished guests, researchers, teachers and students. Dr. Ashalatha S Nair, research Director, UoK inaugurated the two day national seminar by releasing the proceedings.
Technical Session
The technical sessions was started at 10:15 am with the invited talk of Dr. Prabhakar Rao P, Chief Scientist and Head, NIIST on SEM and EDS. The session was focused on the theory and instrumentation.  During the session, Manoj Mohan from Department of Optoelectronics asked why the SEM is limited on surface morphology. Dr. Rao clarified that SEM is focused for surface description and we can use TEM for bottom morphology. The session was concluded by Dr. Sibi K S, Organizing secretary of AMCT’15.
 The meeting was dispersed for tea break at 11:50 am.

The session continued at 12:10 pm with the invited talk by Dr. Yoosaf Karuvath, Scientist, NIIST on AFM. He was more focused on the instrumentation rather than theory. 
After the lunch break, the session continued at 2:30 pm. Dr. Sibi K S ,Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, UoK , made an oral presentation on “Electron microscopy: An indispensable tool for material characterization”
At 2:40 pm the Dr. C. Sudarsanakumar, Professor, M.G. University made a talk on “Symmetry in Crystal Research”. He simply told the story of X-ray diffraction, symmetry elements in crystal structure , etc. The talk was more fundamental and it clearly focused on the concepts. During the interactive session Amritha, MSc student from department of Physics, UoK, asked why the crystal structure in the X ray diffraction pattern was in the reciprocal lattice. And another doubt was what the difference between real IR and FTIR was. It was clarified that in the FTIR, the time domain is converted into frequency domain.
After the tea break the people were again gathered for paper presentations.
Paper presentations
The session was chaired by Dr. G Subodh, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics. UoK.  Each student was allotted 10 minutes for presentation. Following scholars presented their papers:

ACP-01
Luminescence dynamics and Dexter’s theory of quenching in
Gd2-xO3:Eux3+nanophosphor
R. G. Abhilash Kumara, and K. G. Gopchandranb
aDepartment of Physics, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
bDepartment of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India


ACP-04
Lanthanide Magneto-Luminescent and Plasmonic (Gd2O3:Eu@AuNR) Nanoassembly for the Turn-on Fluorescence Detection of Nitro Aromatic compound
Praveen. G.La#, Anjali Devi J.S a#, Syamchand. S.S a#, Sony George#*
a Department of Chemistry, University of Kerala, Kariavattom Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. Pin code: 695581


ACP-12
Core-shell magnetic structure and ferromagnetic behaviour of nanostructured nickel oxide synthesized through chemical method
G. Madhua,b,, K. Maniammala and V. Bijua*
aDepartment of Physics, University of Kerala, Kariavattom Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Pin 695581,  India
bDepartment of Physics, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Pin 695034, India.
ACP
Physiochemical properties of nano structured film made of chitosan- Surumi, Department of Nanoscience and nanotechnology


REPORT 28/03/2015
09:45 am
The two day national seminar on “Advanced Materials Characterization and Techniques” was continued on the second day with the invited talk by Dr, Manoj Raama Varma, Principal Scientist, NIIST on “HRTEM”. Interesting features observed through HRTEM like grain boundaries, twin boundaries etc had been discussed and physics of these observations were discussed in the lecture.
During the interactive session, Athul R T from Dept. of Physics, UoK, asked whether there was any damage caused by the magnetic nature on the sample. Dr. Varma clarified that if there were any chemical changes, then damage would cause. But the magnetic field is well designed to prevent such mutations.
Dr. V. Biju, Head, Dept. of Physics, UoK, asked why magnetic lenses were versatile than the normal electrostatic lenses. It is because electrostatic lenses need high voltage. He then asked about the line width and the source for field emission.

At 11:40 am the invited talks in the two day national seminar on “Advanced Materials Characterization and Techniques” was concluded by Dr. Sibi K S, Organizing secretary, AMCT’15.

After the tea break the session was opened for poster/paper presentations.
Paper Presentation:
The session was chaired by Prof. P V Thomas, Department of Physics, Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram. Following papers were presented:


ACP-02
Characterization and Evaluation of Surface Morphology of a Molecularly Imprinted Therapeutic Contact Lens after Repeated Drug Loading and Delivery
T. S. Anirudhan*, Anoop. S. Nair, Parvathy J
Department of Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Trivandrum-695 581, Kerala
ACP-03
DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STUDIES OF CHITOSAN BASED HYDROGEL GRAFTED WITH CYCLODEXTRIN FOR THE CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF CURCUMIN
T. S. Anirudhan*, P.L. Divya, J. Nima
Department of Chemistry, University of Kerala, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Kariavattom, Trivandrum-695 581.



ACP-07
Synthesis of a Spherical Micelle/Hydrogel Composite for the Controlled Release of Multiple Drugs and Its Characterization Studies Using Electron Microscopy
T. S. Anirudhan*, Parvathy J, Anoop. S. Nair
Department of Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Trivandrum-695 581, Kerala
ACP-23
Solid Oxide Electrolyte Fuel Cell: A Brief Review
Akhila Murali J1, LinshaFathima Latheef2, Sudhakumari S S3, Vipin K V4, K S Sibi*
*, 1, 2, 3,4 Department of Physics, Kerala University Campus, Kariavattom 695581




After the lunch break there was a demonstration of XRD by Dr. Udayachandran Thampy, Post Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Physics, UoK.

Valedictory Function
At 2:30 pm
Dr. V Biju, Chairman, AMCT ’15 welcomed the gathering. He invited Dr. Anirudhan , Dean, School of Science for the prize distribution. The following participants were awarded:
1) S G Jiji
2) Prabhitha
3) C T Mathews
4) Akhila Murali J





















Dr. V Biju, Chairman AMCT’15 invited DR. Anirudhan, Dean, Scholl of sciences for deliver his remarks on the two day national seminar on “Advanced Materials Characterization and Techniques”. He declared that the two day national seminar was great success and he adviced the young students to explore on the applications of advanced materials. Dr. P V Thomas, Dept. of Physics, Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram expressed his remarks.
Among the audience R G Abhilashkumar and C T Mathews suggested that it would be more appropriate if more characterization techniques should be included in future.
Dr.  Sibi K S, Organizing secretary, AMCT’15, expressed vote of thanks.

ANALYSIS- REGISTRATION
Total no: of registration      :   161
No: of students registered as per early bird criteria      :     61
No: of students who paid registration fee                     :    100

Videos are uploaded in youtube and links are provided here.
SEM and EDS
AFM
XRD
Electron Microscopy: A tribute

Vote of Thanks
Respected HOD, Dr. V Biju, Dr. G Subodh, other faculties and delegates, non-teaching staffs, dear students, researchers, ladies and gentle man
It is a privilege and great joy for me to extend a vote of thanks to all those who have contributed in one way or other to make this workshop a success.
Ladies and Gentleman, Dr. V Biju, HOD, has been the driving force behind the whole process. His vision, interest and hard work has created another success story. I wish to thank him for the efforts he has put in to develop this seminar to reality on a challenging field of advanced materials characterization techniques.


My Colleagues, especially, Dr. G Subodh, Dr. IN Jawahar, Dr. Udayachandran Thampy, Mr. Sujith and our students M.Sc. (First Year/Second Year) and M Phil students have worked extremely hard, both in the foreground and background. Organizing a two day national seminar with pioneer researchers/ scientists/ teachers and students is not at all an easy task. You deserve congratulations for a job well done.

The Programs on XRD, SEM, TEM, EDS, AFM provided intellectual inputs which ensured information sharing and justified the motto of the seminar “Excellence through Quality Research”. You have guided us in the right direction and we appreciate and understand that you have taken time out of your very important schedule to contribute to this seminar and some have even travelled at very short notice. On this occasion,  I wish to Thank Dr. P Prabhakar Rao, Dr. Yoousaf Karuvath, Dr. Manoj Raamavarma and Dr. C Sudharshan for the invited plenary talks. I also acknowledge the support of office staffs especially our A.O madam, Mrs. Ushakumari as well as our Remachechi.  Thank you for your contribution.
I also acknowledge the contributions of all those who has presented papers in this seminar. Teachers/ students/ researchers/ scientist from interdisciplinary subjects have participated actively throughout the workshop. It was what was expected and we would like to see this kind of close co-operation in coming days.
I also wish to thank all the students who have whole hearted attended the seminar. What is decided here would have direct implications for your future and the interest and enthusiasm you have shown is indeed a good sign for the future
Before concluding, let me express our sincere gratitude to Prof. Ashalatha S. Nair (Research Director, UoK) for her guidance and encouragement and appreciate the sponsorship given by DST-PURSE program
Thank you all for your kind co-operation
Cheers
Sibi K S



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