Vijaykumar Toutam

Postdoctoral researcher

Room 7, Electrical Engineering West

University Park, PA 16802

Email: vxt11@psu.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D.: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (Bangalore, India)

M.S.: Physical Sciences, University of Hyderabad (Hyderabad, India)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Application oriented research using scanning probe, scanning electron microscopes and lithography.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

T. Vijaykumar, Neena Susan John, G.U. Kulkarni, "A resistless photolithography method for robust markers and electrodes", Solid State Sci. 7,1475(2005).

T. Vijaykumar and G.U. Kulkarni "A study of LAO nanopatterns on Si substrates of different crystallographic orientations", Solid State Commun, 142, 89(2007).

T. Vijaykumar, R Sanketh and G.U. Kulkarni, "Polar-solvent mediated phase-transfer of nanocrystals of metals and semiconductors from an aqueous to an organic phase", Chem. Phys. Lett., 436167(2007).

T. Vijaykumar and G.U. Kulkarni "Electrostatic nanolithography on PVP films for patterning metal nanocrystals and fullerenes", Nanotechnology, 18, 445303(2007).

R. K. Rakshit, T. Vijaykumar, S. K. Bose, R. Sharma, R. C. Budhani, S. J. Neena, and G. U. Kulkarni "Correlations between morphology, crystal structure, and magnetization of epitaxial cobalt-platinum films grown with pulsed laser ablation", J. Appl. Phys., 103, 023915 (2008).

Tomaˇz Mlakar, T. VijayKumar, G U. Kulkarni, , Giorgio Biasiol, Stefan Heun* Lucia Sorba, Vittorio Spreafico and Stefano Prato "Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy of InAs/GaAs Quantum Rings", Appl. Phys. Lett, , 92, 192105 (2008).

T. Vijaykumar and G. U. Kulkarni "Local anodic oxidation patterning of Au deposited Si surfaces", J. Nanosci. Nanotech.( 2008).

T. Vijaykumar, Gargi Raina, Stefan Heun and G. U. Kulkarni "Catalytic behavior of individual Au nanocrystals in the local anodic oxidation of Si surfaces", J. Phys. Chem. C,112, 13311 (2008).

T. Vijaykumar and G. U. Kulkarni "Electron beam induced Carbonaceous deposition as a local dielectric for electrical measurement on single MWCNTs", Nanoscale, under review.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

T. Vijaykumar, G. U. Kulkarni, Tomaz Mlakar, Georgio Biasiol, Lucia Sorba & Stefan Heun "Conducting Atomic Force Microscopy and Electric Force Microscopy of InAs / GaAs Quantum rings" ICONSAT - 2008, Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, India.

T. Vijaykumar, G. U. Kulkarni, "PolymerNanolithography for selective patterning of fullerenes", Bangalore Nano-2007, Bangalore, India.

T. Vijaykumar, G. U. Kulkarni, "Electrostatic nanolithography on PVP films for patterning metal nanocrystals and fullerenes", The 10th international Conference on Advanced Materials, (IUMRS-ICAM, 2007), Bangalore, India

T. Vijaykumar, G. U. Kulkarni "A Pt nanowire circuit by electron beam induced deposition", JNC Materials Conference - 2007, Kollam, Kerala, India.

T. Vijaykumar, G. U. Kulkarni "A Study of LAO Nanopattrens on Si Substrates of different crystallographic orientations" Eigth International Conference on Nanostructured Materials (Nano 2006), IISC, Bangalore, India.

T. Vijaykumar, G. U. Kulkarni, "A One step Synthesis of Impurity free Metal Nanoparticles", ICONSAT - 2006, ITC, Delhi, India.

T. Vijaykumar, ICMR-JNCASR International Winter School on Chemistry of Materials - 2006, JNCASR, Bangalore, India.

T. Vijaykumar, G. U. Kulkarni, "AFM based Nanolithography on Silicon and Polymer surfaces" National Review Coordination Meeting (NSNT-2007), Hyderabad, India.