top of page

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Research of large magnitude requires significant funds. We sincerely acknowledge all the Govt agencies that have supported our work since 1999.

1. Department of Information Technology (DIT) (thrice)

2. Department of Science & Technology (DST)

3. Council of Scientific and Industrial research (CSIR) (twice)

4. Board of research in nuclear sciences (BRNS) (twice)

5. Office of Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA)

6. Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) (thrice)

7. Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

8. Global Innovation and Technology Alliance (GITA)

9. Space Technology Cell (ISRO) (thrice)

10. Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)

11. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (twice)

12. Technology Development and Transfer mission (DST-TDT)

We are grateful to all the central facilities that we could use for our research:

The following facilities at IIT Kanpur:

1. SEM and FESEM

2. AFM

3. Photolithography

4. RF Measurements

5. Metal ink printing

6. Contact angle measurements

7. Metal layer sputtering

8. Physics workshop

9. CELP workshop

10. Glass blowing section

bottom of page