Biswas Group
Applied Nanomaterials Research Lab
News & Highlights
Biswas has been recently awarded an NSF LEAPS-MPS grant for performing research on Sequential Infiltration Synthesis.
We are excited to receive NSF-MRI funding to acquire a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM)
Amelia Korveziroska, our undergraduate group member got summer REU oppurtunity at Harvard University Smithsonian Center in Summer 2022
We are featured at ISU news - https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2022/01/tiny-particles-with-a-huge-potential/
Our lab was featured at local news "The Pantagraph" - https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/watch-now-teeny-tiny-tech-focus-for-these-illinois-state-students/article_0930ec5a-8241-56c3-858a-a773489c018c.html
Students visited Material Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign user facility for imaging nanoparticles
Group Philosophy
Current research interest of Biswas group is on fabrication of nanometer scale materials for emerging technologies. We study the fundamental mechanism behind the nanomaterial formation and the nanomaterials properties using high resolution microscopy, optical & infrared spectroscopy, and diffraction. Recent years we have explored-
Block copolymer nanostructures as a template for inorganic nanofabrication
Oxide nanopatterns
metal (Au) nanoparticles of symmetric and asymmetric shapes
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for understanding the growth mechanism
Spherical monodisperse colloidal Si nanoparticles synthesis
Funding Sources
National Science Foundation Division of Material Research (DMR); Award # 2213365; LEAPS-MPS: Nanopatterning Nitride Based Nanostructures Using Sequential Infiltration Synthesis for Optoelectronic Applications; Principal Investigator: Mahua Biswas; Start Date:08/01/2022: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2213365&HistoricalAwards=false
National Science Foundation Division of Material Research (DMR); Award # 2116612; MRI: Acquisition of a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope to Advance Multidisciplinary Research and Education; Principal Investigator: Mahua Biswas; Co-Principal Investigator: Uttam Manna, Tenley Banik, Jun-Hyun Kim, Jan-Ulrik Dahl; Start Date:09/01/2021
National Science Foundation Division of Material Research (DMR); Award # 2208240; RUI: Unraveling Novel Nanophotonic Effects in Mid-Index Micro-Sized Dielectric Materials; Principal Investigator: Uttam Manna; Faculty Associate: Mahua Biswas