The Centre for Nano Science and Technology (CNST) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

The Centre for Nano Science and Technology (CNST) aims at initiating and pursuing research activities in areas related to nanotechnology and nanoscale phenomena, for various applications at Masters level and collaborative research with other universities, institutes and industries.

The major funding for the Department is through DST, Government of India. Some representative research projects include:

• Nano sensors for toxic gas detection

• Development of low cost solar photovoltaic panels using nano polymers for enhanced conversion efficiency

• Improving Fuel Pellet Performance using nano materials

• Microwave sintering process,

Various research problems of academic and industrial importance are being addressed in the Centre. Apart from the experimental and computational facilities in the laboratory, assistance from centralized facilities and other laboratories are also utilized in synthesis, characterization and analysis, as and when required.

The department is coordinated by Dr. K.Venkateswara Rao who optained his Ph.D. from Central University of Hyderabad in “Nano-Magnetic materials synthesis and characterization”. He joined as a faculty in the department of physics in JNTU College of Engineering in 2002.

Facilities available at the Centre

The major facilities available in the laboratory include standard equipment as well as custom-made testing rigs and experimental systems developed as part of the ongoing research projects.

Equipment Available at the Centre

- Raman’s spectroscopy

- DSC/TGA/DTA Equipment

- AFM with Lithography

- Ball Mill

A “M.Tech in Nano science and Technology” course is also offered by the department.

More information:

Prof Dr K.Venkateswara Rao

Centre for Nano Science and Technology (CNST)

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

HyderabadKukatpally, Hyderabad – 500 085,

Andhra Pradesh, India