Recent Advances in Functional Materials and Devices

Prof. Saluru Baba Krupanidhi is a Materials Scientist who integrates in an exemplary manner fundamental science with engineering of materials and devices. He has worked as Professor at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, for more than 22 years. At present, he is serving as Emeritus Professor at IISc. He is internationally recognized in the areas of integrated ferroelectrics and compound semiconductor technology as evidenced by invited lectures at international meetings and memberships of editorial boards. Professor Krupanidhi's research is focused on developing epitaxial thin ?lms of complex oxides for electro-optic, ferroelectric, and high permittivity dielectric applications and heteroepitaxial compound semiconductors for optoelectronic applications. His major contributions in the area of complex perovskites include ECR plasma-assisted development of low-temperature epitaxy, rapid thermal processing, modeling of crystallization in perovskite thin ?lms under strong thermal gradients, and engineered properties in the superlattices of ferroelectric perovskites.Dr. Anjali Sharma received her B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Physics in the years 2006, 2008, and 2013, respectively, from University of Delhi. At present, she is serving as Assistant Professor at Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi. He is also working as Fellow of Institute of Eminence, University of Delhi. Her research interests are in gas sensor systems that include sensor characterization and development of metal oxide ?lms for sensor coatings. She is working toward the fabrication of MEMS-based electronic nose for gas sensing applications. Her area of interest also includes metal oxide-based thermoelectric energy harvesters and fabrication of 2D materials like MoS2 for sensing applications. She has published more than 60 papers in journals of high repute with h-index of 22 and has been granted two Indian patents.Dr. Anjani Kumar Singh is Assistant Professor inthe Department of Physics, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi. He completed his M.Sc. from U P Autonomous College, Varanasi and Ph.D. from Delhi University in the year 2010. He worked as Teaching cum Research Fellow at N.S.I.T., New Delhi. During his Ph.D. work and afterward, he has published thirty research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and international conferences. He is Life Member of The Materials Research Society of India (MRSI). His major research interests are electrostriction-based dielectric materials and fuel cells and supercapacitors. He has edited a book with Springer Nature.Prof. Vinita Tuli received her B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Physics in the years 1993, 1995, and 2004, respectively, from University of Delhi. At present, she is serving as a Professor at Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi. Her research area is multiferroic material for solar cell. She has published more than 15 research papers in international journals. She has completed two national projects and also actively involved in many students and administrative activities of the institute. Currently she is serving as Co-ordinator of IQAC, ARSD College.