NANOMATERIAL RESEARCH LABORATORY (NRL)

Workshop

The National Conference on Nano Science Fundamentals & Applications(July 23-24,2011)

The Primary objective of the conference was to explore the current research being carried out in nano science & highlights the diverge area where nano science and nano-technology is applicable. Both fundamental and applied aspects of the nano-science were covered in various technical sessions and in formal discussion. The conference covered broad range of topics like various synthesizing techniques, morphology structure, optical/thermal properties and applications in opto-electronics, sensors, medical,chemical and environmental protection . In addition ,the conference also covered the safety aspects of indiscriminate use of nano-technology.

National Hands-on Workshop on Characterization Techniques and Nanomaterials Applications (20th -25th January,2020)

National Hands-on Workshop on Characterization Techniques and Nanomaterials Applications organised by Department of Applied Sciences was held at Chitkara University, Punjab from 20 th -25th January, 2020.

Day 1: The day begun with the inaugural ceremony in the presence of various dignitaries and the registered candidates. Dr. Deepa Ghosh (Scientist-F, Prof., Institute of Nanoscience and Technology, Mohali) delivered a lecture on “Overview on Nanoparticles and Nanotechnology” and an interactive discussion was held with the participants. Post lunch session was followed by Dr. Karamjit Singh (Assistant Prof., Punjabi University, Patiala)and he shared his expertise on “Photocatalytic and Sensing Applications of Semiconductor Nanostructures”.

Day 2: Second day of the workshop witnessed an expert talk by Dr. I.S. Sandhu (Prof., Chitkara University, Punjab) on “Nanotechnology: Concept to Product” and further Dr. Anshuman Sahai (Assistant Prof., Manav Rachna University, Faridabad) took the charge for hands-on session on Origin 8.0 software.

Day 3: The workshop begun with the Hands-on session on Corel Software by Dr. Sanjeev Kumar (Assistant Prof., Panjab University, Chandigarh) followed by talk on XRD and XRF analysis.

Day 4: Dr. Sanjeev shared his expertise by a practice session on Rietveld Software and this further continued a session on Latex Software by Dr. Tania Bose (Associate Prof., Chitkara University, Punjab).

Day 5: Dr. Puneet Sharma (Prof., Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala) started the fifth day of the workshop by delivering a lecture on “Exchange Coupled Nanocomposite ferrite Magnets: Processing, Properties and Applications”. The participants also got a chance to visit the instrumentation labs of the university to actually understand the operating units. The last session of the day was held by Dr. Shivani Malhotra(Dean, Prof., Chitkara University, Punjab) on X’Pert High Score Software.

Day 6: The last day of the workshop begun with an expert talk by Chef Didar Singh (Chef, Chitkara University, Punjab) and finally concluded with a valedictory ceremony.

Publication

Research Articles

• Kumar, Aashish, Chitkara, Mansi Dual-band electromagnetic sensing using GO-doped SnO₂ nanoparticles: structural, dielectric, and resonance behavior in the C-and X-bands. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 36(6), 1–17 (2025).
• Kaur, T., Kumar, A., & Rai, M. K. Frequency-Domain Analysis of CMOS-Driven Interconnects Utilizing Doped Multilayer Graphene Nanoribbons and Mixed Carbon Nanotube Bundles. Micro and Nanostructures, 195, 207973 (2024).
• Kumar, A., Bhasin, M., & Chitkara, M. Morphological Analysis and Grain Size Distribution of SnO₂ Nanoparticles via Digital Image Processing Across Diverse Calcination Temperatures. Journal of Microscopy, 292(3), 123–134 (2023).
• Kumar, A., Chitkara, M., & Dhillon, G. Effect of Gadolinium Substitution on Structural, Morphological, and Electrical Properties of SnO₂ Thin Films. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 34(4), 319 (2023).
• Chitkara, M., Goyal, N., Kumar, A., Marasamy, L., Haq, S., Aldossari, S. A., ... & Hossain, M. K. Tailoring Graphene-Oxide and Reduced-Graphene-Oxide with Nano₃ and CaCl₂ Catalysts with Enhanced Photo-Catalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue Dye. RSC Advances, 14(13), 8769–8778 (2024).
• Aggarwal, P., Rana, J. S., Chitkara, M., & Kumar, A. Sustainable Synthesis of CuO Nanoparticles for Colorimetric Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide and Glucose. Journal of Cluster Science, 1–11 (2024).
• Aggarwal, P., Rana, J. S., Chitkara, M., & Kumar, A. Kalanchoe sect. Bryophyllum Leaf Extract Assisted Sustainable MnWO₄ Nanoparticles to Enhance Colorimetric Detection of Glucose Molecules. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 35(18), 1264 (2024).
• Rana, J. S., Chitkara, M., & Kumar, A. Importance of Manganese-Based Advanced Nanomaterial for Foliar Application. Journal of Cluster Science, 35(2), 391–403 (2024).
• Kumar, A., Kumar, N., Chitkara, M., & Dhillon, G. Physicochemical Investigations of Structurally Enriched Sm³⁺ Substituted SnO₂ Nanocrystals. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 33(8), 5283–5296 (2022).
• Kumar, A., Chitkara, M., & Thakur, R. Tin Oxide Nanoparticles: A Review. Nanoscience & Nanotechnology-Asia, 13(6), 27–36 (2023).
• Kumar, A., Chitkara, M., Dhillon, G., & Kumar, N. Facile Synthesis and Structural, Microstructural, and Dielectric Characteristics of SnO₂–CeO₂ Semiconducting Binary Nanocomposite. ECS Transactions, 107(1), 3739 (2022).
• Chitkara, M., Tewari, A., Kumar, A., & Dhillon, G. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Agriculture Using Nano Fertilizer in Cereal Based System. Materials Today: Proceedings (2022).
• Sandhu, I. S., Chitkara, M., Dhillon, G., Rana, S., & Kumar, A. Ecofriendly and Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Indigo Dye by Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles. Optical and Quantum Electronics, 53(4), 1–14 (2021).
• Gulshan Dhillon, Naveen Kumar, Mansi Chitkara, and Inderjeet Singh Sandhu. Effect of Gd3+ substitution on physicochemical properties of superparamagnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron (2021).
• Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Mansi Chitkara, Gulshan Dhillon, Sakshi Rana, and Aashish Kumar. "Ecofriendly and enhanced photocatalytic degradation of Indigo dye by graphene oxide nanoparticles." Optical and Quantum Electronics 53, no. 4 (2021): 1-14.
• Gulshan Dhillon, Naveen Kumar, Mansi Chitkara, and Inderjeet Singh Sandhu. "Effect of A-site substitution and calcination temperature in Fe3O4 spinel ferrites." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (2020): 1-10.
• Gulshan Dhillon, Naveen Kumar, Mansi Chitkara, Naveed Pervaiz, Ravinder Kumar, and Inderjeet Singh Sandhu. "Investigation of Physicochemical and Cytotoxic Potential of Ocimum basilicum Leaf Extract Mediated Magnetite Nanoparticles: In Vitro." Journal of Cluster Science (2020): 1-8.
• Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Mansi Chitkara, Sakshi Rana, Gulshan Dhillon, Ankita Taneja, and Sanjeev Kumar. "Photocatalytic performances of stand-alone graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanostructures." Optical and Quantum Electronics 52, no. 7 (2020): 1-16.
• Chanchal Kaushik, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, A. K. Srivastava and Mansi Chitkara, 2021. Estimation of entrance surface air kerma in digital radiographic examinations. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 193(1), pp.16-23.
• Chanchal Kaushik, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, and A. K. Srivastava. "Estimates of Patient doses and Kerma-Area Product Monitoring in Digital Radiography." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 190, no. 1 (2020): 22-30.
• Kaushik, Chanchal, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, A. K. Srivastava, and Mansi Chitkara. "Current radiographic practices and radiation dose evaluation." EXECUTIVE EDITOR 11, no. 7 (2020): 193.
• Kumar, Ashwani, Nazilla Soleimanioun, Navjot Singh, K. L. Singh, I. S. Sandhu, and S. K. Tripathi. “Effects of Thermal Annealing Duration on the Film Morphology of Methylamine Lead Triiodide (MAPbI3) Perovskite Thin Films in Ambient Air.” Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology 20, no. 6 (2020): 3795-3801.
• Jindal, H., Oberoi, A.S., Sandhu, I.S. and Chitkara, M., 2020. Potential Porous Mediums for Electrochemical Hydrogen Storage: State of Art and Comparative Study. Materials Today: Proceedings, 21, pp.1888-1898.
• Mansi Chitkara, Rajneet Kohli, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Didar Singh, Gagandeep Kaur, Rakesh Kumar Sindhu, “Mineral Content Analysis of Polyherbal Energy Bar using X-ray Fluorescence Technique, Pharmacogn J. 2019; 11 (1):53-56.
• Himanshu Jindal, Amandeep Singh Oberoi, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Mansi Chitkara, “A Reduced grapheme oxide electrode for solid-state hydrogen storage within a proton battery”, IJMPERD, ISSN (P):2249-6890; ISSN (E): 2249-8001, Vol. 9, Issue 4, Aug 2019, 659-670.
• Himanshu Jindal, Amandeep Singh Oberoi, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Mansi Chitkara, “Solid-State Hydrogen Storage within a Proton Battery and Its Performance Analysis with Different Catalyst Loadings”, IJITEE, ISSN:2278-3075, Volume-8, Issue-9, July 2019.
• Rakesh K. Sindhu, Mansi Chitkara, Gagandeep Kaur, Arashmeet Kaur, Sandeep Arora, S. Sandhu, “Formulation development and antimicrobial evaluation of polyherbal soap”, Plant Archieves, Vol. 19, Supplement 2, 2019, pp. 1342-1346.
• Shivani Malhotra, Mansi Chitkara, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Sanjeev Kumar, “Effect of dopant Concentration and Heat Treatment on Morphological and Dielectric Properties of Rare Earth Substituted Strontium Hexaferrite Nanoparticles, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research ISSN 0973-4562, Volume 13, Number 11 (2018) pp. 8947-8953, Research India Publication, http://www.ripublication.com
• Himanshu Jindal, Amandeep Singh Oberoi, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Mansi Chitkara, “Potential porous mediums for electrochemical hydrogen storage: State of art and comparative study”, ISFM-2018 special issue with Material Today: Proceedings.
• Himanshu Jindal, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Amandeep Singh Oberoi, Mansi Chitkara, “Nanostructure Materials for Electrochemical Hydrogen Storage : A Review”, In 2018, 6th Edition of International Conference on Wireless Networks and Embedded Systems (WECON ) , IEEE, pp. 97-101.
• Himanshu Jindal, Amandeep Singh Oberoi, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Mansi Chitkara, “Potential porous mediums for electrochemical hydrogen storage: State of art and comparative study”, ISFM-2018 special issue with Material Today: Proceedings.
• Bhupendra Singh Rana, Sanjeev Kumar, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu and Narinder Paul Singh “Dosimetry of adult and pediatric patients for Common Digital Radiography Examinations”, Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2018), pp. 1–9, doi:10.1093/rpd/ncx293
• Bhupendra Singh Rana, Sanjeev Kumar, Chirag Kamal Ahuja, Narinder Paul Singh, Mukesh Kumar Yadav and Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, “Estimation of Radiation exposure to the patients in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Interventional procedures”, Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2018), pp. 1–11, doi:10.1093/rpd/ncy025.
• Kumar, Dinesh, Ritika Monga, S. Sandhu, H. S. Bhatti, and Karamjit Singh. “Photoluminescence and photo-catalytic properties of Zn 1−x−y Cux Mny S nanostructures.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics28, no. 19 (2017): 14385-14393.
• CHITKARA, MANSI, RAJNIT KOHLI, I. S. Sandhu, DIDAR SINGH, and RAKESH K. SINDHU. “Development and nutritional, organoleptic biochemical analysis of plyherbal (stevia, banana, cocoa butter, oats) energy bar.” Journal of Advances in Food Science & Technology 4, no. 2 (2017): 62-66.
• Shivani Malhotra, Mansi Chitkara, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Naini Dawar, Jaspreet Singh Jolly, ” Investigation of Structural, Magnetic and Dielectric Properties of Terbium Doped Strontium Hexaferrite for High Frequency Applications” published in Indian journal of Science & Technology , Vol 9 (27), DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i27/96638, July 2016.
• Shukla, Arvind Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, I. S. Sandhu, Arun S. Oinam, Ranjit Singh, and Rakesh Kapoor. "Dosimetric study of beam angle optimization in intensity-modulated radiation therapy planning." Journal of cancer research and therapeutics 12, no. 2 (2016): 1045.
• Shivani Malhotra, Mansi Chitkara , Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, ” Microwave Absorption Study of Nano Synthesized Strontium Ferrite Particles in X Band“, International Journal of Signal Processing, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Vol.15, No.10(2015), pp.1111 – 1122. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14257/ijsip.2015.8.10.13.
• Naini Dawar, Mansi Chitkara, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Jaspreet Singh Jolly, Shivani Malhotra,“Structural, magnetic and dielectric properties of pure and nickel doped barium nanohexaferrites synthesized using chemical co-precipitation technique” International Journal of Signal Processing, Cogent Physics, Vol.8, No.10(2015), pp.115 – 120.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311940.2016.1208450.
• Neha Sharma, Mansi Chitkara, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Savita Jandaik, and Sanjeev Kumar, “Synthesis, characterisation and antimicrobial activity of manganese-and iron-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles”, Journal of Experimental Nanoscience. 05/2015; DOI: 10.1080/17458080.2015.1025302.
• Chitkara, Mansi, Karamjit Singh, S. Sandhu, and H. S. Bhatti. “Investigation of photo-catalytic activity of Zn 1− x Co x S nanocrystals using methylene blue dye as test contaminant.” Applied Nanoscience4, no. 6 (2014): 683-686.
• Khanesh Kumar, Mansi Chitkara, Inderjit Singh Sandhu, D. Mehta and Sanjeev Kumar “Photocatalytic, optical and magnetic properties of Fe-doped ZnO nanoparticles prepared by chemical route”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 588 (2014) 681-689.
• Arvind Kumar Shukla, Arun S. Oinam, Sanjeev Kumar and I.S. Sandhu “A calibration method for patient specific IMRT QA using a single therapy verification film”, Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy 18 (2013) 235-240.
• Sanjeev Kumar, Arun Kumar, Mansi Chitkara, I.S. Sandhu and Devinder Mehta, “Elemental Analysis of Nanomaterial Using Photon-Atom Interaction Based EDXRF Technique”, DOI: 10.15415/jnp.2013.11006, Journal of Nuclear Physics, Material Sciences, Radiation and Application, Vol. 1, No. 1, August 2013, pp. 61–70.
• Mansi Chitkara, Karamjit Singh, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu and Harbhajan Singh Bhatti “Photo-catalytic activity of Zn1-x MnxS nanocrystals synthesized by wet chemical technique”, Nanoscale Research Letters, 2013.
• Mansi Chitkara, Khanesh Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar and I S Sandhu ”Photoluminescence and Photo-Catalytic Activity of Synthesized Nanocrystals” Journal on Today’s Ideas – Tomorrow’s Technologies, Vol. 1, No. 1, June 2013, pp. 15 – 28.
• Chitkara, Mansi, Karamjit Singh, I. S. Sandhu, and H. S. Bhatti. “Photo-catalytic activity of synthesized Zn 1− x Cu x S nanocrystals.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 24, no. 10 (2013): 3921-3924.
• Rehni AK, Singh TG, Chitkara M, Sandhu IS “Biocompatible nanoparticle labeling of stem cells and their distribution in brain” Methods Mol Biol. 2012; 879:531-7. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-815-3_33.
• Mansi Chitkara, Khanesh Kumar, Karamjit Singh, Sanjeev Kumar and Inderjit Singh Sandhu, “Synthesis, Characterization and Photocatalytic activity of the samarium ion doped ZnS nanoclusters”, Journal of Optoelectronics and Biomedical Materials, Vol. 4 Issue 4, October – December 2012 p. 79 – 85
• “Synthesis, characterization and photo-catalytic activity of the samarium doped ZnS nanoclusters “ Mansi Chitkara, Khanesh Kumar, Karamjit Singh Sanjeev Kumar and S. Sandhu Journal of optoelectronics and Biomedical materials, 4 (2012) 79-85.
• Mansi Chitkara, Karamjit Singh, Tinu Bansal, I S Sandhu and H S Bhatti “Photo-catalytic Activity of Quencher Impurity Doped ZnS Nanocrystals” Advanced Materials Research, 93-94, 288-291 (2010).
• Mansi Chitkara, Karamjit Singh, I S Sandhu and H S Bhatti, “Characterization of Transition Metal Doped ZnS Nanocrystals for Phosphor and Photo-catalytic Applications” IEEE Xplore, DOI 10.1109/NMDC.2009. 5167539, (2009).
• Sandhu, I. S., Chaturvedi, D. K., Belova, I. V., & Murch, G. E. (2005). Tracer diffusion in nonstoichiometric intermetallic compounds with random mixing on each sublattice. In Defect and Diffusion Forum (Vol. 247, pp. 21-28). Trans Tech Publications Ltd.

Book Chapters

• Saifi, Aleena, Mansi Chitkara, Renu Thakur, Aashish Kumar, and Muhammad Ali Jamshed. "Bioactive-based nanocarriers for sustainable ocular applications: A review." In Smart Computing and Communication for Sustainable Convergence: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Smart Computing and Communication for Sustainable Convergence (ISCCSC 2024), Punjab, India, October 18th, 2024, p. 466. CRC Press, 2025.
• Saifi, Aleena, Mansi Chitkara, Renu Thakur, Aashish Kumar, and Muhammad Ali Jamshed. "The association between age-gender dynamics and dry eye syndrome in young adults: Study contributing to sustainable eye health." In Smart Computing and Communication for Sustainable Convergence: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Smart Computing and Communication for Sustainable Convergence (ISCCSC 2024), Punjab, India, October 18th, 2024, p. 459. CRC Press, 2025.
• Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Chanchal Kaushik, and Mansi Chitkara. "Applications to Radiography and Thermography for Inspection." Machine Vision Inspection Systems, Volume 2: Machine Learning‐Based Approaches (2021): 219-239.
• Nanobiomaterials: Applications in Biomedicine and Biotechnology, The CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, http://www.tandfonline.com/ doi/full/ 10.1080/ 17458080.2015.1025302.
• Biocompatible Nanoparticle Labeling of Stem Cells and Their Distribution in Brain, Methods Mol Biol. Springer 2012;879:531-7. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-815-3_33.

Conferences Attended

• Hemant Kumar, Aashish Kumar, Mansi Chitkara, Manan Bhasin. “Machine Learning Driven Prediction of Silver Nanoparticles Antimicrobial Effectiveness for Biomedical Applications” at the International Conference on Advance Materials for Sustainable Future (ICAMSF-2025), held on 28-29 March 2025.
• Aashish Kumar, Mansi Chitkara. “Effect of varying calcination temperature on the structural and optical properties of tin oxide nanoparticles” International Online Conference on Nano Materials (ICN 2022) 12, 13 and 14 August 2022 at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
• Allena Saifi, Renu Ranjit Thakur, Mansi Chitkara, Aashsish Kumar. “Nanotechnology Based Ocular Care: A Review” CUDC-2023, 3-4th Nov. 2023, Chitkara University, Punjab.
• Aashish Kumar, Mansi Chitkara. “Facile synthesis and structural, microstructural, and dielectric characteristics of SnO2-CeO2 semiconducting binary nanocomposite” CUDC 2021 (Chitkara University Doctoral Consortium).
• Gulshan Dhillon, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, and Mansi Chitkara. "Effect of Gd3+ substitution and processing temperature on the magnetic properties of BiFeO3." In AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2220, no. 1, p. 020048. AIP Publishing LLC, 2020.
• Gulshan Dhillon, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Mansi Chitkara “Effect of Gd3+ Substitution and Processing Temperature on the Magnetic Properties of BiFeO3”, presentation in 3rd International Conference on Condensed Matter & Applied Physics (ICC-2019).
• Gulshan Dhillon, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Mansi Chitkara and Purnima Gasso, “Effect of Magnesium and Manganese Doping on Crystallite Size of Pure Magnetite Nanoparticles” National Conference on Liquid Crystals, Oct 2019.
• Mansi Chitkara, Rajnit Kohli, IS Sandhu, Didar Singh, and Rakesh K Sindhu, “Development and nutritional evaluation of polyherbal sugar free energy bar”, Conference: Current Regulations on Herbal Drugs and Food Supplements, Volume – 3, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, May 2017.
• Bhupendra Singh Rana, Sanjeev Kumar, I. S. Sandhu, N. P. Singh, N. Khandelwal, “Measurement of Entrance Skin Doses In Common Digital Radiography Examinations & Proposed Local Diagnostic Reference Levels”, AMPICON 2017, Jaipur 4-7 Nov 2017.
• Bhupendra Singh Rana, Amitabh Sinha, Sanjeev Kumar, Naveen kalra, I S Sandhu and N P Singh, “Estimation of Radiation Doses in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Interventional Radiological Procedures”, AMPICON 2017, Jaipur 4-7 Nov 2017.
• Bhupendra S Rana, Ajay K Sharma, Sanjeev Kumar, Arun S Oinam, I S Sandhu, “N Khandelwal, “Measurement of pediatric patients X-ray doses in radiography exposures and setting local DRL for pediatric radiography”, AMPICON 2016 at Hyderabad 18-20 Nov 2016.
• Shivani Malhotra, Mansi Chitkara , Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Naini Dawar, Jaspreet Singh, “Structural and Magnetic properties of Strontium Hexa-Ferrites Synthesized by Chemical Co-precipitation Method”, International Conference on Nanoscience, Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials, Visakhapatnam, 530045, Andhra Pradesh, India, Nanos December 2015.
• Naini Dawar, Mansi Chitkara, Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Jaspreet Singh Jolly Shivani Malhotra, “Crystallographic and morphological characterization of pure and nickel doped barium nanohexaferrites synthesized using chemical co-precipitation technique”, International Conference on Nanoscience, Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials, Visakhapatnam, 530045, Andhra Pradesh, India, Nanos December 2015.
• Photoluminescence and Photocatalytic behavior of synthesised Semiconductor Nanomaterials, National Conference on NanoScience and Nano Technology, Centre for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Calcutta, 18th and 19th September, 2014. Shukla AK, Kumar S, Kumar PS, Rathore NK, Oinam AS, Singh R, Sandhu IS “Dosimetric study of source step size in Co60 HDR brachy therapy” AMPICON-2014 at PMC, Loni.
• Photoluminescence and Photocatalytic behavior of synthesised Semiconductor Nanomaterials, National Conference on NanoScience and Nano Technology, Centre for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Calcutta, 18th and 19th September, 2014.
• Arvind Sharma, Dr Sandeep Arora, Dr Ashish K Rehni, Mansi chitkara, Dr I.S Sandhu, “Rosuvastatin Nanocrystals: Its Preparation, Characterization, and In Vitro–In Vivo Evaluation at 4th Novel Drug Delivery Systems Organized by OMIC group on 25 March 2014 International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmaceutics & Novel Drug Delivery Systems Organized by OMIC group on 25 March 2014, San-Antonio, USA.
• Ashwani Kumar, Dr Abhay D. Deshmukh, I.S. Sandhu and Dr. S.K. Tripathi, “Nobel Lumeniscent features of NaYF4 doped with rare earth”, International Conference, “ICONSAT 2014” Organized by INST, 3 – 5 March, 2014, at Chandigarh, Sponsored by NANO MISSION, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Govt. Of India.
• Photocatalytic activity of Chromium ion doped ZnO nanostructure. International conference on “Frontiers in Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and their applications: NanoSciTech-2012” organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Panjab University, Chandigarh on 15-18 Febuary, 2012.
• Optical properties of rare earth metal doped ZnS nanocrystals. National conference on “Recent advances in material science” organized by Dyal Singh College, Karnal on 25-26 Febuary, 2012.
• Shukla A, Kumar S, Sandhu IS, Oinam AS, Sharma R, Kumar N “An Alternative methods of feathering technique for field junction matching of cranio spinal irradiation in medulloblastoma treatment” AROICON-2012 at Jaipur.
• In vivo distribution of stem cells labeled with biocompatible nanoparticles in brain. National conference on “Recent advances in material science” organized by Dyal Singh College, Karnal on 25-26 Febuary, 2012. Photoluminescence and Photo-catalytic activity of synthesized nanocrystals, Villa Conference on Interaction among Nanostructures, held at Las Vegas, Neevada, USA from April 21-25, 2011.
• Synthesis and Characterization of Copper Doped ZnS Nanocrystals for Photo-catalytic Applications, 13th Punjab Science Congress, Panjab University, Chandigarh, February 7-9, 2010.
• Photo-catalytic Activity of Quencher Impurity Doped ZnS Nanocrystals, International Conference on Functionalized & Sensing Materials, held at Bangkok (Thailand), December 07-09, 2009.
• Silver nitrate nanoparticle preconditioning : A possible role of free radical mediated nuclear factor kappa – B activation linked mechanism, accepted for poster presentation in 8th international conference on nanoscience and nanotechnology (NN-11), Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Projects

Sr. No.	Project Name	ProjectHead	Status
1.	“Development of High Energy Density Metal Compounds @ Graphene Quantum-Dot Composite for Hybrid Pulse Power Device”	Dr. Aashish Kumar	Ongoing Project DRDO funded project Grant: 80.47 Lakhs
2.	Synthesization and Characterization of pure and doped strontium nano hexa ferrites for microwave application.	Dr. Shivani Malhotra	Completed Project
3.	Dosometric measurements in X-Ray based examination & radiological intervention Procedures	Dr. Bhupinder Rana	Completed Project
4.	Dosimetric study of radiation energy deposition models used in radiotherapy	Dr. Arvind Shukla	Completed Project
5.	Synthesis and characterization of semiconductor nanomaterials	Dr. Mansi Chitkara	Completed Project
6.	Synthesis and characterization of semiconductor nanomaterials for photo-catalytic and phosphor applications	Dr. Khanesh Kumar	Completed Project
7.	Hydrogen storage fuel cell for renewable energy applications.	Mr. Himanshu Jindal	Completed Project
8.	Study of Synthesized Pure and Doped Iron Oxide Nanostructures for Magnetic Properties.	Dr. Gulshan Dhillon	Completed Project
9.	Estimation of affected doze in digital radio graphic examinations	Dr. Chanchal Kaushik	Completed Project
10.	Study of Synthesized Pure and Doped Tin Oxide Nanoparticles for electronic applications	Mr. Aashish Kumar	Ongoing Project

Alumni

Sr.No.	Name	Type	Year of Completed
1.	Dr. Gulshan Dhillon	Ph.D	2021
2.	Dr. Chanchal Kaushik	Ph.D	2021
3.	Dr. Shivani Malhotra	Ph.D	2018
4.	Dr. Bhupinder Rana	Ph.D	2018
5.	Dr. Arvind Shukla	Ph.D	2017
6.	Dr. Khanesh Kumar	Ph.D	2016
7.	Dr. Mansi Chitkara	Ph.D	2011
8.	Dr. Ashwani Kumar	Ph.D	2019
9.	Mr. Jaspreet Singh	M.Tech	2016
10.	Nani Dawar	M.Tech	2016

Patent Filed

Title of the patent	Year of Published/ Filed	Name of the country to whose Patenting agency you have filed the patent
Treatment Of Vehicular Exhaust With Tin Oxide Filter	202211036910	INDIA
A Device and a Method for Reducing Harmful Gases in an Exhaust Outlet of Vehicle	202311040317	INDIA
Biocompatible Nanostrip For Quantitative And Qualitative Evaluation of Tears	202311054434	INDIA
System And Technique For Solidifying Waste Fluids	411912-001	INDIA
Multi doped zns nanostructure and preparation thereof for latent fingerprint detection. Application number	202511027468	INDIA
System and Method for Providing Speech Enabled Query	Published 10-09-2020	INDIA
Water Purification Device	Published 24-04-2020	INDIA
Herbal handwash composition and method of preparation thereof	18-05-2018	INDIA
Therapeutically beneficial fruit concentrate syrup/ molasses for use in bakery products and a method thereof	01-06-2018	INDIA
Improved Oral Formulation of Rosuvastatin Nanocrystals with Enhanced Bioavailability and Method thereof	Published (14/04/2017)	INDIA
Compact nutrition and energy bar and method thereof	Filed (2017) 28/02/2017	INDIA
Novel Dehydrated Fat Free Marinade for Meats and Veg and Method Thereof	Filed (2017) 28/02/2017	INDIA
Therapeutically beneficial fruit concentrate syrup – molasses for use in bakery product and a method	Filed (2016) 25/11/2016	INDIA
Novel Compounds with Anti-Inflammatory Activity	Published 20/07/2015	INDIA
Novel resveratrol derivatives with therapeutic activity	22/07/2015	INDIA

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Intern

Sr.No.	Name	Tenure	Expertise in	Email id
1.	Tinu Bansal	Jan - June 2010	Nano opto-electronics	tinu.bansal@chitkara.edu.in
2.	Shreya Sharma	Nov 2016 - Mar 2017	Nano opto-electronics	shreya.sharma@chitkara.edu.in
3.	Purnima Gasso	June-July 2019	Nano-Magnetic Materials	purnimagasso@gmail.com

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