IIT-Kharagpur ,student Nandini Bhandaru has won the European Materials Research Society's (E-MRS's) Young Scientist Award

Updated on: Tuesday, May 17, 2016

iitk1 The PhD student of IIT-Kharagpur , Nandini Bhandaru has bagged the European Materials Research Society's (E-MRS's) Young Scientist Award for her contribution to materials science, the institute said on Monday, May 16.

Nandini's achievement:

Based on her outstanding contribution to materials science and nanotechnology, particularly nano-patterning of soft films and surfaces, Nandini won the award at E-MRS's 2016 Spring Meeting , said an IIT-Kharagpur statement
She works at the Instability and Soft Patterning Laboratory of IIT-Kharagpur
In her doctoral research, Nandini worked in the area of nano-fabrication, including soft-lithography, thin film dewetting, polymer blend films and self-assembly, the statement said.
What is Nano-fabrication?

Nano-fabrication and nano-patterning involve developing methods to manufacture nano-materials, or pattern materials on a nanometre scale
Nano-lithography is a common method used in nano-patterning
Topographically patterned polymer films and surfaces find wide application in organic electronics, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), opto-electronic devices, thin film transistors (TFTs), plastic solar cells, biological sensors microfluids, smart and super adhesives, data storage media, lab-on-a-chip devices, surfaces for nano-biotechnology applications such as patterned substrates for probing of cell behaviour, etc.
Nandini's project:

Nandini's innovation proposes the possibility of fabricating nano-scale patterned surfaces, which may act as the "mother board" for many of the devices and applications listed above at an extremely low cost and using an inherently simple methodology, the statement said.

"The technique developed has been fully stabilized and patented and can be commercialised with minimal capital investment. With this technique, the fabrication costs of these surfaces can be reduced to one tenth of the current photolithography or electron beam lithography-based methods which require high end expensive instrumentation," added the statement.

IIT-Kharagpur ,student Nandini Bhandaru has won the European Materials Research Society's (E-MRS's) Young Scientist Award

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