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Dr. Amarjeet Kaur
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Associate Professor |
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North Campus
Physics and Astrophysics |
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Educational Qualifications
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Ph.D.
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Ph.D.(Physics), (Mechanism of charge transport in polypyrrole, poly(N-methyl pyrrole) and poly(N-methyl-pyrrole-pyrrole), National Physical Laboratory (NPL) New Delhi and Deptt. of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi
Post-Doc., Center for Advanced Materials University of Massachusetts, USA
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1997
2000
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PG
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M.Sc. (Electronics), Deptt. of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi
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1992
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UG
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B.Sc.(Hons.- Physics), S.G.T.B. Khalsa College, University of Delhi
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1990
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Career Profile
4th July, 2003 – till date: Associate Professor, Deptt. of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi.
July, 1998 – 2003: Sr. Lecturer, Maitreyi College, University of Delhi.
July, 1993 – 1998: Lecturer (adhoc+permanent), Maitreyi College, University of Delhi.
Administrative Assignments
Head of the Department, Department of Physics.
1999: Teacher-In Charge, Maitreyi Colege University of Delhi.
Areas of Specialization / Interest
Fabrication and characterization of optoelectronics devices based on conducting polymers, fundamental principle of their working. Devices include Light emitting diodes, photovoltaic cells, Schottky diodes, transistors, etc.
Modification of conducting polymers by ion beam irradiations.
Subjects Taught
Undergraduate
Digitial electronics, computer fundamentals, microprocessors, and Numerical analysis, waves and optics, Electicity and Magnetism.
Postgraduate
Electronics, Solid state Physics, Experiemtnal Solid State Physics.
Research Guidance
Supervision of Doctoral Thesis, under progress
Anju. Study on the effect of swift heavy ion irradiation on mechanism of charge transport n conducting polymers.
Ravikant. Study of thickness modified magnetotansport of doped manganite thin films.
Khan, M Taukeer. Study on the effect of quantum dots on the charge transport of poly(3-alkyl thiophenes) and their copolymers : Application in Polymer Solar Cell.
Charge transport properties of conducting polymer thin films (Ishpal)
Study of Charge conduction mechanism in conducting polymers-nanparticles composites.
Magneto-Electrical Properties of some Perovskite multi functional materials: Bulk and Thin Films.
Supervision of awarded M.Phil dissertations
Vishal. Madurai Kamraj University.
Publications Profile
Research papers published in Refereed/Peer Reviewed Journals | | Kaur, Amarjeet, M Taukeer Khan, R Bhargav, S Chand and S K Dhawan. 2010. Effect of cadmium sulphide quantum dots processing and post thermal annealing on P3HT/PCBM photovoltaic device. Thin Solid Films (Accepted for Publication). | | Kaur, Amarjeet, A Dhillon, D K Awasthi. 2010. Electrical and morphological properties of poly(3-hexyl thiophene) irradiated with 100 MeV silver ions. Thin Solid Films (Accepted for Publication). | | Kaur, Amarjeet, M Taukeer Khan, M Bajpai, S K Dhawan and S Chand. 2010. Electrical, optical and hole transport mechanism in thin films of poly(3-octylthiophene-co-3-hexylthiophene): Synthesis and characterization. Synthetic Meals. 160(13-14): 1530-1534. | | Kaur, Amarjeet, R Prasad, M P Singh, M P Singh, P K Siwach, P Fournier and H K Singh. 2010. Effect of thickness on magnetic phase coexistence and electrical transport in Nd0.51Sr0.49MnO3 films. Appl. Phys. A99: 823:. | | Kaur, Amarjeet, A Dhillon, A K Sriastava and D K Awasthi. 2009. Experimental investigations of semi-crystalline plasma polymerized poly(3-octyl thiophene). Thin Solid Films. | | Kaur, Amarjeet, A Dhillon, D K Awasthi. 2009. Effect of 100 MeV swift heavy ions (silver (Ag8+)) on morphological and electrical properties of polypyrrole. J. Appl. Phys. 106: 073715. | | Kaur, Amarjeet, R Prasad, M P Singh, W Prellier, P K Siwatch, R Rawat and H K Singh. 2008. Comparative study of transport properties of compressively strained epitaxial and polycrystalline La0.88Sr0.12MnO3 thin films. Physica status solidi (b). 246: 1662. | | Kaur, Amarjeet, R Prasad, H K Singh, M P Singh, W Prellier and P K Siwatch. 2007. Thickness dependent transport properties of compressively strained La0.88Sr0.12MnO3 ultrathin films.. J. Appl. Phys. 103: 03906. | | Prasad, R, A Gaur, P K Siwatch, G D Varma, Amarjeet Kaur and H K Singh. 2006. Effect of large compressive strain on low field electrical transport in La.88Sr.12MnO3 thin films. J. Phys. D Appl. Phys. 40: 2954-2960. | | Kaur, Amarjeet, R Singh, J Kumar, K L Yadav, R Bh- attacharyya, EHussain and S Ali. 2006. Mechanism of dc electrical conduction and human endothelial cell proliferation in polypyrrole/sodium nitrate membrane. Short Communication polymer. 47:. | | Kaur, Amarjeet, R Singh, J Kumar, R K Singh, R D P Sinha and N P Gupta. 2005. Low frequency ac conduction and dielectric relaxation behavior of solution grown and uniaxially stretched poly (vinylidene fluoride) films. Polymer. 47: 5919-5928. | | Kaur, Amarjeet, R Singh, J Kumar, K N Sood and R C Rastogi. 2005. Effect of thermal annealing on surface morphology and physical properties of poly (3-octyl thiophene) solution cast film. Polymer. 46: 9126-9132. | | Kaur, Amarjeet, R Singh, R D P Sinha and J Kumar. 2005. AC conductivity and dielectric relaxation behaviour of solution grown olyvinyledene fluoride films. Ferroelectrics. 29: 91-99. |
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION/PRESENTATIONS
Participation as Paper/Poster Presenter
Prasad, R, M P Singh, Amarjeet Kaur and H K Singh. 2010. Out-of-plane anisotropy magnetoresistance in compressive strained and polycrystalline thin film of Nd0.51Sr0.49MnO3. Paper presented at the 11th Joint MMM-Intermag Conference, January 18, 2010, Washington DC, USA.
Khan, T, Amarjeet Kaur, S Chand and S K Dhawan. 2009. Soluble Poly P-Phenylene for photovoltaic applications. Paper presented at the International conference on electroactive polymer (ICEP), October 12-17, 2009, Jaipur, India.
Kaur, Amarjeet, Anju, D K Avasthi. 2009. Modification of conducting polymers by 100MeV swift heavy ions of silver. Paper presented at the Frontiers in Polymersciences, June 7-9, 2009, Mainz, Germany.
Khan, T, Amarjeet Kaur, S Chand and S K Dhawan. 2009. Optical and Electrical Properties of Poly (3-hexylthiophene)/ZnO Nanocomposites. Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Frontiers in Nanoscience and Technology, January 3-6, 2009, Cochin, India.
Kaur, Amarjeet. 2009. Experimental Investigation of Structural and Morphological Properties of Swift Heavy Ion beam Irradiated Polypyrrole. Paper presented at the Sixteenth National Symposium on Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors and their applications (SSNTD-16), November 9-11, 2009, GuruNanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar.
Kaur, Amarjeet, Anju, D K Avasthi and A K Srivastava. 2009. Experimental investigations of semi-crystalline plasma polymerized poly(3-octyl thiophene) for optical sensor applications. Paper presented at the Indo-Japan workshop on Biomolecular Electronics and Organic Nanotechnology for Environment Preservation, December 17-20, 2009, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi.
Dhillon, Anju, Amarjeet Kaur, D K Avasthi. 2009. Structural and Electrical Properties Modification of Poly (3, 4- Eethylenedioxy Thiophene) Complex with Polystyrene Sulfonate (PDOT:PSS), Irradiated with Swift Heavy Ions of Silver. Paper presented at the XVth International Workshop on Solid State Devices, December 15-19, 2009. (Organized by SSPL, and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi)
Khan, T, Amarjeet Kaur, S Chand and S K Dhawan. 2008. Dielectric and electrical behaviour of conducting thiophenes for photovoltaic applications. Paper presented at the APAM, November 18-20, 2008, NPL, New Delhi.
Kaur, Amarjeet, C Vaid, J Kumar, R K Singh and R Singh. 2007. Mechanism Of Charge Transport In Various Conducting Polymers based Schottky Junction Diodes. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Electroactive polymers, February 22-27, 2007, Goa, India.
Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)
Name of Project: Mechanism of Charge Conduction in Ion Beam Irradiated Conducting Polymers and their Devices
Funding Agency: IUAC
Awards and distinctions
Recipient of BOYSCAST fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, 2000. (pursued research in University of Massachusetts, USA in field of polymeric LEDs).
Recipient of the award of “VISITING ASSOCIATE of CSIR” by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, 1998.
Award of Senior Research Fellowship, September 1994
Award of Junior Research Fellowship, September 1992
Qualified UGC-CSIR joint entrance test(NET), December 1991
Association with Professional Bodies
Memberships
Life Member, Material Research Society of India (MRSI)
Life Member, National Environmental Science Academy (NESA)
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