Two days National workshop on material characterization (WMCT 2023)
A national Workshop on Materials characterization Technique(WMCT) was conducted by the department of Physics, Union Christian College, Aluva under the SSR policy of Department of Science and Technolgy, Government of India on 22 nd and 23 rd March 2023 with the college as the venue. The workshop was aimed at giving an indepth understanding of various experimental tools and analysis procedures used in characterizing materials at nano and micro scales, to faculty of various colleges, research scholars in the field and post graduate students. The main speaker was Prof. Reji Philip, RRI, Bangalore who handled sessions on Linear optical characterization techniques for materials. There were Plenary sessions on UV-Vis spectrophotometry- Instrumentation and data analysis, X-ray diffraction – Instrumentation and data analysis and Photothermal lens. A poster presentation session by various faculty and research scholars was also conducted. The proceedings of the selected papers from the presentation is here by being released.
The papers encompass topics related to preparation of materials at quantum dot, nano, micro and bulk dimensional levels using various fabrication techniques comprising green synthesis, chemical methods, electrochemical anodisation, solvothermal and hydrothermal methods. Their analyses employing structural,morphological,spectroscopic, voltammetric and optoelectronic characterizations as well as utilizing theoretical approaches like DFT computation and Rietveld refinements also form part of the discussion. Moreover, detailed information on the successful employment of these materials in Catalysis, Anti microbial measures, Dye sensitized solar cells, supercapacitors, LED’s and photoluminescent applications are included . Brief discussions on spectroscopic techniques for testing food material adulteration and synthesis of dye-based phantom- tissue samples are also covered.
The organizing committee and the convenors of the workshop wish to place on record their thanks to all the participants, the plenary speakers, the research scholars and PG students, who worked proactively to make WMCT a grand success. Finally, a big thanks to DST for supporting the workshop through its financial Policy.
