Research Interests
Experimental Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals; ionic liquid crystals; glass-forming liquid crystals; ferroelectric, conducting and bio-polymers; surface phenomena; colloids (structure and phase transitions, transport, optical, and nonlinear-optical properties)
Materials Science and Nanotechnology
Fabrication and characterization of different nanomaterials (ferroelectric, magnetic, semiconductor, metal); nanomaterials in liquid crystals (material properties, structure, and self-assembly, nanoparticle-enabled ion trapping and ion generation)
Optics and Advanced Optical Materials
Multifunctional and tunable composite materials made of liquid crystals, mesomorphic glass, polymers, and nano-dopants (optics, electro- and magneto-optics of nano-colloids, stressed liquid crystals, vitrified and hybrid materials)
Applied Physics
Display and non-display applications of liquid crystals including fast switching materials and microwave liquid crystal technology
Biophysics and Biophotonics
Bio-medical applications of liquid crystals and nanoparticles; liquid crystals in biology; bio-polymers
Physics Education
Active learning; video analysis in education; integration of teaching and research