
IIT Hyderabad is actively engaged in developing next generation sensor and devices ranging for electrochromic devices, quantum dot solar cells, to biosensors on lab on a chip to Nanomaterials based sensors and devices for applications such as artificial skin. This emerging thrust area has attracted more than INR 3.5 Crores of project funding from various funding agencies.
| Faculty | Department | Representative Project |
|---|---|---|
| M. Deepa | Chemistry | Development of FRET Enhanced Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cell |
| Chandra Shekhar Sharma | Chemical Engineering | Direct Recycling of Polystyrene Based Waste Objects using Orange Peel Extract Oil for Oil Spills Remediation |
| Surendra Kumar Martha | Chemistry | Feasibility Study for the Development and Realisation of Pouch/Prismatic Sodium Ion Cells for Defense Applications |
| Somnath Maji | Chemistry | Designand Synthesis of Molecular Catalysts for Chemical, Electrochemical and Photochemical Water Oxidation, Carbon dioxide Reduction and Proton Reduction and Applications of Molecular Catalysts in Functional Devices for Solar Fuels Production |
| Shourya Dutta Gupta | Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering | Spinodal Decomposition in Cu-Ag Alloy Thin Films- A Route to Tunable Plasmonics |
| Siva Vanjari | Electrical Engineering | Micromachined Ultra sonic Transducer Arrays for Next Generation Ultrasound Systems |
| Sushmee Badhulika | Electrical Engineering | Hybrid Nano Gas Sensor Arrays for Detection of Atmospheric and Green House Gases |