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OUTREACH PROGRAMMES
The institute imparts advanced training courses and laboratory techniques in the area of nano science, organizes national and international
level seminars
and conferences.
INST is
promoting science
especially in
rural, remote and
under-served
schools. INST has
also been involved
School students at a road show
in promoting the organized
by INST
INST has been committed to serve the under- privileged students of the society, especially under ST category. INST offers summer internship to ST students as an excellent opportunity to participate in the cutting-edge research, and several developmental
projects under the guidance of INST
faculty.
Winter School:
INST also organizes a winter school every year, on Advanced Techniques in Nano
Science and Technology (ATNST) at INST for of MSc/MTech/PhD students belonging to the ST category.
recognition of outstanding teachers and meritorious students and has initiated INST Outreach Awards.
Summer Internship:
Quantum Devices: INST team designed heterostructured materials for spintronics and quantum devices based on quantum and relativistic effects in 2d-electron gas. In addition, they have recently showed the possibilities of storing volatile, as well as non-volatile memory on oxide materials. These works may lead the country towards the development of dissipation-less, high density quantum devices.
Hotspot Engineering for Ultrasensitive Detection: The team also demonstrated the route of SERS Hotspot Engineering using low power laser irradiation technique for engineering artificial edges on the 2D MoS2 atomic sheets. Anchoring
of gold nanoparticles on these artificial edges provides precise control on hotspot locations for localized and ultrasensitive detection of the analyte molecules. Currently, the group is focusing on
development of SERS-based biosensors for early detection of cytokine storm to monitor SEPSIS.
Gasochromic Sensing of Nicotine from Cigarette Smoke: A research group at INST developed a material, Zn-based Metal Organic Nanotube (MONT) to detect nicotine from cigarette
smoke at room temperature with
a very low detection limit of ~ 23.3 μM. The chemical and thermal stability of this MONT, along with quick and easy detection of nicotine in the air gives great prospects as
a colorimetric sensor for practical
environmental applications. In real
life, this material could be further
exploited for the detection of nicotine
in non-smoking public places. The work was funded by SERB-DST. •
Dignitaries with
INST’s faculty during a road show