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Dr. Manjuladevi V

Professor & Head of Department, Department of Physics,
BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Soft Condensed Matter
Department of Physics, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.
Manjuladevi V

Research

  • Electro-optic switching of Liquid Crystals and nano-composites of LC
  • Ferroelectric Liquid crystals: V Shaped Switching
  • Liquid crystals at interfaces
  • Thin films of liquid crystals and nano-composites of liquid crystals
  • Dielectric measurements on liquid crystals
  • Instrumentation for sensor applications

Members

 

PhD Research Scholars guided/guiding: 7

  • 4 completed ( Dr. Jitendra Kumar, Dr. Keerti Choudhary, Dr. Shivaraja S J, Dr. Shweta R Mishra)

  • 3 ongoing ( Mr. Mudit Sahai, Mr. Samarth Mishra, Ms. Parsoon Pareek)

  1. Dr. Shweta R Mishra :2017PHXF0412P( Joined October 2017): JRF in my DST SERB funded project

    Title of Thesis: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON 1D NANOMATERIALS INCORPORATED LIQUID CRYSTAL NANOCOMPOSITES ( viva voce held on 18/07/2023)

 

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Ms. Shweta Mishra was awarded 2nd prize in the category of Short Invited lecture in International Conference on Liquid Crystals, Liquid Crystalline Polymers and Nanosystems (ICLCPN2019), organized by School of Energy Materials, MGU, Kottayam Kerala and University of Maribor, slovenia, 13-15 December 2019.

Ms. Shweta Mishra was awarded the best paper award for her presentation titled "Investigation on Physical Properties of Silver Nanorod Doped Nematic Liquid Crystal" in National Conference on, Physics and Chemistry of Materials, 14th - 16th December, 2020, Indore - India organized by Department of Physics, Govt. Holkar Science College, Indore.

 

Publications in peer reviewed journals: 4

  • Liquid Crystals (1)
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids (2)
  • ACS Omega (1)

 

2. Mr. Mudit Sahai :2020PHXF0448P ( joined  March2021)

 

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  • Thesis proposal Title:: "Investigation on Physical Properties of Unconventional Liquid Crystal Systems" (approved on 19 May 2022)
  • From Jan 2023, Mudit Sahai is at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland as a Visiting Research Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin ( Prof. J.K.Vij: Co-supervisor's lab, Trinity College Dublin)
  • Publications in peer reviewed journals: 3

 

3. Mr. Samarth Mishra : 2022PHXP0449P   ( Joined September 2022, SERB funded Project) 

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4. Ms. Parsoon Pareek : 2022PHXP0447P ( January 2023, Institute Fellowship)

 

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PhD Scholars graduated:3

 

1. Dr. Jitendra Kumar (2011PHXF026P)
Title of thesis: Effect of Nanomaterial Dopants on the Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals ; (Viva Voce held on 23/01/2017)
Publications in peer reviewed journals: 5
Current Affiliation: Principal, S S college, Bigodana, Pilani, Rajasthan

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2. Dr. Keerti Choudhary (2011PHXF025P)
Title of thesis: Studies on Liquid Crystals and Nanocomposites at Interfaces; (Viva Voce held on 21/06/2017)
Publications in peer reviewed journals: 5
Current Affiliation: Visiting  Faculty

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3. Dr. Shivaraja S. J.: 2017PHXF0007P : UGC - CSIR JRF
Title of thesis: Studies on Effect of Functionalized Nanomaterials on Switching Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals; (Viva Voce held on 16/01/2023)
Publications in peer reviewed journals: 7

  • Liquid Crystals (3)
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids (2)
  • IEE Transaction on Electron Devices (1)
  • Optical Materials (1)

Current Affiliation: IOE PDRF at University of Hyderabad

 

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