DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Indian Institute Of Technology Madras

Faculty Details

Mahaveer Kumar Jain

Associate Professor

HSB 213A
Ph.D. IIT Delhi

📞 044 - 2257 4880
✉️ mkjain@iitm.ac.in

Areas of Interest

✔ Semiconductor

✔ Photovoltaics Chemical Sensors

Current Research

Students

Current PhD Students

✔ PH20D048 RAJAT KUMAR TRIPATHY

✔ PH20D101 SAGAR MALLICK

Recent Publications

  • ✔ Tailoring p-and n-type semiconductor through site selective oxygen doping in Cu3N: Density functional studies . Sahoo G., Kashikar R., Jain M.K., Nanda B.R.K. . Materials Research Express . 3 . DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/3/6/065902. 2016.
  • ✔ Evidence of quantum correction to conductivity and variable range hopping conduction in nano-crystalline Cu3N thin film . Sahoo G. and Jain M.K.. AIP Advances. 5 . DOI: 10.1063/1.4934791. 2015.
  • ✔ Synthesis of Cu2O from CuO thin films: Optical and electrical properties . Murali D.S., Kumar S., Choudhary R.J., Wadikar A.D., Jain M.K., Subrahmanyam A.. AIP Advances. 5 . DOI: 10.1063/1.4919323. 2015.
  • ✔ Room temperature growth of high crystalline quality Cu3N thin films by modified activated reactive evaporation . Sahoo G., Meher S.R., Jain M.K.. Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology. 191. 7-14. DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2014.10.002. 2015.
  • ✔ Fabrication of double recess structure by single lithography step using silicon-nitride-assisted process in pseudomorphic HEMTs. Bhat K.M., Pathak S., Sai Saravanan G., Sridhar C., Bhaskar S., Badnikar S.L., Vyas H.P., Muralidharan R., Jain M.K., Subrahmanyam A. . Microelectronic Engineering. 127 . 61-67. DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2014.04.029. 2014.
  • ✔ Formation of CuO on thermal and laser-induced oxidation of Cu3N thin films prepared by modified activated reactive evaporation . Sahoo G., Jain M.K.. Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing. 118 . 1059-66. DOI: 10.1007/s00339-014-8874-5. 2014.
  • ✔ Band gap variation in copper nitride thin films . Sahoo G., Meher S.R., Jain M.K.. Proceedings of the International Conference on

Teaching

✔ 2017 : (Jan - May) - PH6012 - Semiconductor Physics and Devices/ PH5350 Solid State Exp Lab; (Jul - Nov) - PH1010 Physics I

✔ 2018 : (Jan - May) - PHPCL0 Preparatory Course - Physics Lab PHPCT0 Preparatory Course - Physics Theory; (Jul - Nov) - PH5362 Project II

✔ 2019 : (Jan - May) - PH1020 Physics II / PH5360 Project; (Jul - Nov) - PH1020 Physics I

✔ 2020 : (Jan - May) - PH2080 Physics Lab IV/ PH7090 Foundations in Experiemntal Physics; (Jul - Nov) - PH2170 Basic Electronics/ PH5060 Physics Lab I (PG)

✔ 2021 : (Jan - May) - PH2080 Physics Lab IV/ PH2170 Basic Electronics/ PH7090 Foundations in Experiemntal Physics; (Jul - Nov) - PH5330 Laboratory for Synthesis and characterization of Functional Materials/ PH7090 Foundations in Experiemntal Physics

✔ 2022 : (Jan - May) - PH2080 Physics Lab IV / PH2170 Basic Electronics ; (Jul - Nov) - EP2090 Engineering Physics Lab I / PH2170 Basic Electronics

✔ 2023 : (Jan - May) - PH7090 Foundations in Experiemntal Physics