Research Areas in which actively involved at IIT Madras during the past two decades
Silicon based devices: Silicon on Insulator (SOI) MOSFETs, Polycrystalline Thin Film Transistors, Single crystal and polycrystalline silicon Solar Cells and antireflection coatings, High Voltage transistors and edge termination techniques for improvement in the breakdown voltage of p-n junctions, thin oxides for ULSI devices.
Compound Semiconductor based Devices: Gallium Arsenide and Indium Phosphide MIS device modeling, processing and characterization, and surface passivation of compound semiconductor devices
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS): Micromachining of silicon for micro accelerometers and micro pressure sensors for defence and civilian applications, micro- pump for biomedical and microfluidic applications.