Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät - Prof. Rademann

Cooperating Scientists:

Senior Principal Scientist Prof. Dr. Basudeb Karmakar

Prof. Dr. Andrey L. Stepanov

Prof. Dr. Klaus Rademann

Dr. Vikram Singh Raghuwanshi

Research Focus:

In 1959, Richard Phillips Feynman (Nobel Laureate, Physics, 1965), the American theoretical physicist in his now-famous visionary talk on There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom explored the immense possibilities afforded by miniturization and consequently established the foundation for the future wonders of nanoscience and nanotechnology. What was supposed to be impossible then, now is the real world - the nano world. At present, after more then half a century later, nobody would doubt considering the twenty-first century as the "Nano Era." Nanoscience and nanotechnology are based on the smallest unit of matter to engineer new materials and devices through monitoring atom-by-atom and molecule-by-molecule, targeting at achieving superior or unprecedented properties and performance, utilizing the atomic - or molecular - scale architectures.        

The research of the team is focused on material synthesis, property evaluation and applications.

Keywords:

1. Fundamentals of glass and glass nanocomposites

2. Glass-based nanocomposites

3. Crystallization and growth of nanostructures in silicate glass

4. Laser annealing of metal nanoparticles in glasses by ion implantation

5. Enhanced photoluminescence

6. Sol-Gel synthesis of metal nanoparticle incorporated oxide films on glass

7. Nonlinear optical properties of metal nanoparticles in silicate glass

8. Electrical transport properties of ion-conducting glass nanocomposites

9. Plasmonic antimony and bismuth oxide glass nanocomposites: synthesis and enhanced photolumniescence

10. Silver glass nanocomposites: preparation, properties, and applications

11. Functionality of reversible glass nanocomposites and their applications

12. Semiconductor glass nanocomposites: preparation, properties and applications

13. Advanced glass-ceramic nanocomposites for structural, photonic and optoelectronic applications

14. Effects of gamma-irradiation and ion implantation in chalcogenide glasses

15. Nanoglass and nanostructured chalcogenide glasses

Further Contributors:

S. Bhattacharya (Siligury Institute of Technology, India)

D. Chakravorty (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India)

S. Chatterjee (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India)

C.B. Aráujo (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil)

G. De (CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, India) 

C. Dey (CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, India)

M. Garai (CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, India)

A. Hoell (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Germany)

L.R.P. Kassab (Faculdade de Tecnologia de Sao Paulo, Brazil) 

T.S. Kavetsky (Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, Ukraine)

A. Mitra (CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, India)

A.R. Molla (CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, India)

S.K. Saha (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India)

N. Sasmal (CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, India)

N. Shasmal (CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, India)

S.P. Singh (Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil)

T. Som (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)

A. Tarafder (CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, India)

Publication:

Karmakar, Basudeb; Rademann, Klaus and Stepanov, Andrey L. (eds.), 2016, Glass Nanocomposites - Synthesis, Properties and Applications, Micro & Nano Technologies Series, Amsterdam et al.: Elsevier.