Dr. Manoj A. G. Namboothiry

Professor
School of Physics
IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala, India – 695551
Phone: +91 471 2778081
Fax: +91 471 2597427
Email: manoj@iisertvm.ac.in

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Research Interests

Optoelectronic properties of organic and organic-inorganic hybrid devices

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate and graduate level courses in Solid State physics, Quantum Mechanics, Electrodynamics, and Mathematical Methods of Physics. Specialty courses in organic optoelectronics and nanotechnology

Education

  • PhD, Physics, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India. 2003

            Dissertation: “Photoelectric properties of hybrid conjugated polymer based bilayer structures”

            Advisor: Prof. K. S. Narayan.

  • Master of Science, Physics, University of Pune, Pune, India. 1996.
  • Bachelor of Science, Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India, 1993.

Professional Experience

  • Professor, School of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 2022 December- Present
  • Associate Professor, School of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 2017 June- 2022 December
  • Assistant Professor, School of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 2010 May – 2017 May.
  • Graduate and undergraduate level teaching
  • Academic research in the field of optoelectronics, especially solar cells
  • Assistant Professor, School of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Yedumylaram, Andhra Pradesh, India 2009-2010.
  • Graduate and undergraduate level teaching
  • Academic research in the field of optoelectronics
  • Research Scientist, Of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA 2008 – 2009.
  • Established a Solar cell characterization lab with international electrotechnical commission standards and American society for testing and materials standards.
  • Tested Organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells for harvesting light in the infra-red region and usage of multiexciton generators for increasing the efficiency
  • Grown PbS nanowires in a porous structure using electrochemical method
  • Assistant Research Scientist/Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 2105, USA 2005 -2008.
  • Developed one of the highest efficiency in plastic solar cell by increasing the order and crystallinity in an interpenetrating networks by annealing technique.
  • Patented a lossy fiber optic architect for a better solar radiation collection in a solar cell active medium and started a venture capitalist firm Fiber Cell LLC.
  • Showed reduced degradation of solar cells by encapsulating it with a polymer nanocomposite made of saran and boron nitride nanotubes.
  • Patented an energy efficient solid state lighting system, Alternative current thin film electroluminescent devices, by increasing the electric field strength using a polymer nanocomposite material as a dielectric. Started a venture capitalist firm Purelux LLC based on this patent
  • Demonstrated the effect of variation in dielectric property of the surrounding medium on Plasmon resonance of metal nanoparticles in a voltage controlled tenable electrochromic device made of polymer nanocomposite.
  • Highly sensitive gas sensors based on increased conductivity of polymer carbon nanotube composites were developed.
  • Studied the effect of polymer nanocomposites dielectric on the performance of field effect transistors
  • Introduced and patented a non invasive pressure sensor technology based on the dependence of the Plasmon resonance frequency of metal nanoparticle on the interparticle distance to monitor interstitial pressure in symptoms like compartmental syndrome
  • Established electro spinning setup for biologically compatible polymer-nanocomposite nanofibers for tissue engineering.
  • Developed and studied electrospun fibrin fibers for its mechanical strength..
  • Managed lab operations (Glove box, electronic equipments and evaporators, class 1000 clean room) and supervised the research of two masters and four undergraduate interns.
  • Postdoctoral Research, Visiting Scientist, Biomolecular and Organic electronics lab, IFM, Linköping University, Sweden. 2004–2005.
  • Developed vapor deposited conducting polymer anodes for polymer photovoltaic devices
  • Investigated the principle of conductivity dependence on the conformational changes of a conducting polymer and made conducting polymer based hydrogels for electronic detection of biomolecules.
  • Soft-lithography was used to make micro fluidic systems.
  • Doctoral Research, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India. 1997 – 2003.
  • Investigated the concept of p-n junction in conjugated polymer based solar cells
  • Devices were made using organic inorganic hybrids which showed dual function as a light emitting diode and a photodiode.
  • Invented a technique to control the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin by varying the redox state of conducting polymer using external bias.

Teaching Experience

  • Laboratory Instructor: Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Pune, Pune India July 1995- December 1995
  • Taught laboratory sessions on sound pollution for graduate students
  • Tutor: Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Bangalore, India. July 2000- December 2000
  • Tutored electrodynamics course for graduate students and helped them in solving problems
  • Laboratory Instructor: Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, USA. August 2006- December 2006
  • Developed and Taught laboratory course on experimental techniques in Nanotechnology, thin film technology, and optoelectronic device characterization techniques
  • Taught solid state physics course for undergraduate students

Honors

  • Reviewer for American institute of physics, Wiley Interscience, American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry and Elsevier journals
  • National Science Foundation Travel Fellowship for Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2006
  • Visiting Scientist Fellowship, Linkoping University, Sweden, 2004-2005
  • Senior Research Fellowship, University Grant Commission, Govt Of India, India. 1999-2003
  • Junior Research Fellowship, University Grant Commission, Govt. of India, India 1997 – 1999
  • Master of Science, University Grant Commission Fellowship, Govt. of India, India. 1993 – 1995

Academic Service

  • Student Representative, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India, 1998/August-1999/July.

Patents

1. “Organic optoelectronic devices and applications thereof in fiber optic photovoltaics”; Liu, A. G.Manoj and D. L. Carroll

  • Pub. No.: WO/2007/130025
  • International Application No.: PCT/US2006/016730
  • Publication Date: 15.11.2007
  • International Filing Date: 01.05.2006

2. “Small Scale pressure sensors”; David L Carroll, Faith M Coldren, Nicole H Levi, Lawerence X Webb, William D Wagnr, Thomas l Smith, Brian Werner, J. Baxter Mcguirt and Manoj Namboothiry

  • Pub. No.: WO/2008/108820
  • International Application No.: PCT/US2007/021088
  • Publication Date: 12.09.2008
  • International Filing Date: 28.09.2007

3. “Solid State lighting compositions and systems”; Manoj A G Namboothiry, David L Carroll.

  • Pub. No.: WO/2008/143636
  • International Application No.: PCT/US2007/023055
  • Publication Date: 27.11.2008
  • International Filing Date: 01.11.2007

4. “Lateral illumination solar cell technology”; Manoj A G Namboothiry, David L Carroll and Jiwen Liu

  • Pub. No.: WO/2009/059303
  • International Application No.: PCT/US2008/082262
  • Publication Date: 07.05.2009
  • International Filing Date: 03.11.2008

 Publications

  1. Influence of gate dielectrics, channel length, and atmospheric conditions on the performance of organic field effect transistors, R Raveendran, MAG Namboothiry, AIP Conference Proceedings 2082 (1), 070005 (2019).
  2. Performance of polymer/CdS organic-inorganic hybrid LEDs, Pradeep Chandran, Mathew Sebastian, Manoj A. G. Namboothiry, C. P. G. Vallabhan, P. Radhakrishnan and V. P. N. Nampoori, Optoelectron. Lett. 12, 2, 0111 (2016)
  3. Enhanced brightness from all solution processable biopolymer LED, C Pradeep, M A G Namboothiry, C P G Vallabhan, P Radhakrishnan, V P N Nampoori,  Nanobiosystems: Processing, Characterization, and Applications VIII, edited by Norihisa Kobayashi, Fahima Ouchen, Ileana Rau, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9557, 95570O-1
  4. Study on cadmium sulphide nanoparticles on blue and green light emitting polymers, C Pradeep, S Mathew, M A G Namboothiry, C P G Vallabhan, P Radhakrishnan, V P N Nampoori, Organic Light Emitting Materials and Devices XIX, edited by Franky So, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9566, 95661Z-1.
  5. Semi-conducting Fabrics via in situ Topochemical Synthesis of Polydiacetylene: A New Dimension to the Use of Organogels, Baiju P Krishnan, Somnath Mukherjee, P M Aneesh, Manoj A G Namboothiry, Kana M Sureshan, Angewandte Chemie, Angewandte Chemie, 55, 7 2345 (2016).
  1. “Performance of polymer/CdS organic-inorganic hybrid LEDs” Pradeep Chandran, Mathew Sebastian, Manoj A. G. Namboothiry, C. P. G. Vallabhan, P. Radhakrishnan and V. P. N. Nampoori (Optoelectron. Lett. 12, 2, 0111 (2016))
  2. “Study on cadmium sulphide nanoparticles on blue and green light emitting polymers” C Pradeep, S Mathew, M A G Namboothiry, C P G Vallabhan, P Radhakrishnan, V P N Nampoori, (Organic Light Emitting Materials and Devices XIX, edited by Franky So, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9566, 95661Z-1· doi: 10.1117/12.2188369, (2015)).
  3. “Semi-conducting Fabrics via in situ Topochemical Synthesis of Polydiacetylene: A New Dimension to the Use of Organogels” Baiju P Krishnan, Somnath Mukherjee, P M Aneesh, Manoj A G Namboothiry, Kana M Sureshan, (Angewandte Chemie, Angewandte Chemie, 55, 7 2345 (2016)), (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201507475 and 10.1002/ange.201507475)
  4.  “A Novel Polymer Nanotube Composite for Photovoltaic Packaging Applications”  R Jayakanth , A G Manoj, J Liu, I Manna and D L Carroll (Nanotechnology, 19 (8), 085712 (2008))
  5. “The Roles of Donor and Acceptor Nanodomains in 6% Efficient Thermally Annealed Polymer Photovoltaics”  Kyungkon Kim, Jiwen Liu, Manoj A.G. Namboothiry, and David L. Carroll (Applied Physics Letters, 90. 163511, (2007)).
  6. “Optical Geometries for Fiber-Based Organic Photovoltaics” Jiwen Liu, Manoj A.G. Namboothiry, and David L. Carroll (Applied Physics Letters, 90, 133515, (2007)).
  7. “Fiber-Based Architectures for Organic Photovoltaics” Liu, A. G. Manoj and D. L. Carroll, (Applied Physics Letters, 90, 063501 (2007)).
  8. “A polymer photodiode using vapour-phase polymerized PEDOT as an anode” Shimelis Admassie, Fengling Zhang, G. Manoj, Mattias Svensson, Mats R. Andersson, and Olle Inganäs. (Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 90, 133 (2006))
  9. “Photogenerated Charge Carrier Transport in p -Polymer n -Polymer Bilayer Structures” G. Manoj, A. A. Alagiriswamy and K. S. Narayan ( Journal of Applied Physics. 94, 4088 (2003)
  10. “Photovoltaic Properties of Polymer p-n Junctions made with P3OT/BBL Bilayers” G. Manoj, K. S. Narayan (Optical Materials, 21, 417 (2003))
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