About me
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8110-7429
Google scholar
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Y5rIEdoAAAAJ&hl=en
Researchgate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gaurav-Shukla-9
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-gaurav-shukla-551163132/
#NewWaveParticle
https://newwaveparticle.com/about-us/
Professional Experience
Mar 2024 - present Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute of Nanoscience - National Research Council (CNR - NANO)
National Enterprise for nanoScience and nanoTechnology (NEST), Pisa, Italy
Mar 2022- Mar 2024 Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India
Dec 2021- Mar 2022 Research Associate
Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bangalore, India
Education
2016- 2021 PhD in Science
Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bangalore, India
Thesis title – “Fabrication of oxide nanostructures using GLAD for device applications” Advisor: Dr. S. Angappane
2013-2015 M Sc (Physics)
Specialization - Condensed Matter Physics
University of Allahabad, India
2010-2013 B Sc
Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
University of Allahabad, India
Scholarships and Awards
1. 1st rank in M.Sc. Condensed Matter Physics, University of Allahabad, Jul 2015
2. UGC-CSIR - JRF in Physical Sciences, Dec 2016
3. UGC-CSIR-NET in Physical Sciences, Jun 2016
4. JEST in Physical sciences, 2016
5. DST- CeNS JRF (2016-2018) and SRF (2018-2021) Fellowships.
6. Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship from Institute of Eminence, IIT Bombay
7. Postdoctoral Research Grant from National Research Council - Italy [CNR-NANO AR Call n.026/2023 PI (Prot. CNR-NANO n. 364330- nov.24, 2023), entitled Low temperature magneto-transport investigations of Josephson junctions based on InSb nanoflags]
Memberships
1. Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) (Life member)
2. American Physical Society (APS)
3. OPTICA (Formerly Optical Society of America)
Research Experience
Nanofabrication of-
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InSb based Josephson junction devices
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Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUID)
Design and fabrication of oxide nanostructures using glancing angle deposition (GLAD) technique employing electron beam evaporation and sputtering for-
● Fabrication of durable superhydrophilic surfaces both on hard (glass, Si, and FTO) and flexible (PET) substrates.
● Generation of multifunctional structural colours (self-cleaning, tunable transparency, optical sensor, and information encryption).
● Highly transparent, superhydrophilic and anatase phase TiO2 stabilization up to 1000 °C, essential for industry applications.
● Fabrication of ultrafast humidity sensor (145 ms and 210 ms, response and recovery times) and UV assisted room-temperature oxygen sensor (3 and 10 s, response and recovery times).
● Fabrication of hydrophobic SERS substrates using Au/TiO2 nanorod heterostructure (Enhancement Factor ~10^7 ).
● Fabrication of scalable and flexible superhydrophilic surfaces.
● Introducing defects in NiO by electron bombardment for enhanced hydrogen evolution through urea electrolysis.
● Predicting the miniaturization limit of vertical organic field effect transistor (VOFET) having perforated graphene as a source material.
Expertise
(Experimental)
● Electron beam Lithography (Elphy Raith- Multibeam)
● Maskless projection photolithography
● ML3 Laser writer
● Photolithography using mask- Double aligner
● DC/RF sputtering
● E-beam evaporation
● Thermal evaporation
● Atomic layer deposition
● Glancing angle deposition (GLAD)
● CCR Low-temperature I-V measurements
● Semiconductor characterization system (SCS) Keithley-4200 with probe station
● FESEM and EDS (TESCAN MIRA 3, Zeiss Ultraplus and Zeiss Merlin)
● X-ray diffractometer (Rigaku Japan)
● UV-Vis spectrophotometer
● Contact angle meter (KYOWA)
● Optical microscope
● Tube and Muffle furnaces
● FTIR
● Stylus profilometer - DEKTAK XT from Bruker
● Oxygen Plasma etcher
(Theoretical)
● COMSOL Multiphysics (Semiconductor module)
(For the simulation of field effect transistors)
Analysis tools
ImageJ, Gwyddion, Origin, MS Excel
Other tools
CleWin, CAD, Elphy
Conferences
Invited talks
2. International Workshop On Advances in Materials and Future Scenario, 30th & 31st Dec 2022 at G.P.R. Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh, India.
1. Photonics and Lasers Academia - Industry Meet (PLAIM), Dec 07-09, 2022, Mumbai organized by OPTICA and IEEE photonics society.
2. Gaurav Shukla, Ramesh Singh Bisht, Pramod Kumar, Predicting the miniaturization limit of the vertical organic field effect transistors having graphene as a perforated source electrode, International conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), 24-30 June 2023 held at Suntec city, Singapore, organized by Materials research Society of Singapore.
Chaired one of the sessions of the conference.
1. Gaurav Shukla, and S. Angappane, Self-cleaning Structural colours using TiO2/Ti nanostructures, 9th National Conference on Condensed Matter Physics and Applications (CMPA 2021), Sep 16-17,2021 organised by MIT, MAHE, Manipal.
Poster presentations
7. International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT), Mar 5-7, 2020 organized by SNBNCBS, Kolkata, India.
6. Bangalore India Nano International Conference, Mar 2-3, 2020, organized by JNCASR and DST-Karnataka, India.
5. International Conference on “Chemistry and Physics of Materials: Glorious Past and Exciting Future”, Feb 20-22, 2019 organized by JNCASR, Bangalore, India.
4. Bangalore India Nano International Conference, Dec 5-7 2018, organized by JNCASR and DST-Karnataka, India.
3. 62nd DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (DAE SSPS-2017), Dec 26-30, 2017 organized by BARC, Mumbai, India.
2. Bangalore India Nano International Conference, Dec 7-8, 2017 organized by JNCASR, Bangalore, India.
1. Winter School, Dec 5-9, 2016 at JNCASR, Bangalore, India.
Others
13. Attended ‘Indian Physics Association (IPA) - Young Physicist Meet’ on Dec 10, 2022 at Punjab University. (Online forum)
12. Attended ‘Annual Leadership Meeting’ organized by American Physical Society (Virtual Mode), Feb 4-6, 2021.
11. Interdisciplinary Topics in Materials Science (ITAM) during 27 - 30 July, 2021.An Online Conference jointly organized by CeNS, IISc, and JNCASR.
10. Attended Science Leadership Workshop organised by Indian Science Academies with Central University of Punjab, Jun 22-28, 2020.
9. India International Science Festival (IISF), 22-25 Dec 2020 (Virtual Platform), Delhi.
8. Exhibitor coordinator for ‘Nano Jatha-Lecture series, Road show and Exhibition’, Jan 10, 2020, Pondicherry, India
7. Workshop on “International year of Periodic Table”, May 29, 2019, organised by CeNS, IISc, and JNCASR, Bangalore, India. (Volunteer)
6. International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT), Mar 21-23, 2018 organised by DST-CeNS, Bangalore. (Volunteer)
5. CeNS-SODET workshop held on Jul 06, 2018 at BEL-Bangalore.
4. DST GoI -Nanomission School on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology - Physical sciences, ‘Emerging Methods and Materials in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology’, 23 Oct – 3 Nov 2017 at CeNS, Bangalore, India. (Demonstrated - Probe station for electrical measurements).
3. CeNS-DRDO-JNCASR workshop on “Frontiers in Nanoscience and Technology” held at JNCASR, Bengaluru during July 4 - 5, 2017
2. Joint CeNS-Manipal University Workshop on “Advances in Nano and Soft Materials” held at CeNS, Bengaluru, during June 27 - 28, 2017
1. RAITH Workshop on "Nanolithography and Nanofabrication" on May 16, 2017 held at CeNSE, IISc, Bengaluru.
Services
1. V4 Scientific model demonstrator (10th - 12th students), outreach program at CeNS.
2. Exhibitor coordinator (under the flagship of Bangalore India Nano and Karnataka Science and Technology Promotion Society), 2020. 3. Host for a YouTube show to make public aware of mask importance during pandemic.
4. Mentoring for under privileged students at ‘FEA India’- an NGO based in Delhi, India.
5. Demonstrator for Breakthrough Science Society, Allahabad Chapter, India (2013- 2015).
6. Member of the Student Council at CeNS (2021-Mar 2022).
7. Reviewer for Nano Lett., J. Mater. Sci., J. Coat. Technol. Res. etc.
Science Communication
Blogger at #NewWaveParticle to communicate the science with society. (newwaveparticle.com)
