Research Topics

Department of Advanced Technologies (AT), with its M.Sc. and PhD programs; accepts all university graduates being irrespective of their origins. AT program is interdisciplinary because, the topic in highly interdisciplinary field by its very nature. New/optimized materials can only be developed by the combined effort of Engineers and Scientists.

Every semester a limited number of students are accepted to the program from available disciplines and selection is done by a committee by considering the results of the general evaluation and undergraduate status of students.

Research Topics: Photonics, Micro and Nano Patterning,  Alternative Fuel Technology, Hydrogen Storage,  Sollar Cells, Semiconductor Technology, Thin Film Technology, Spectroscopy,  Chemical Reaction Engineering, Conductive Polymers, Molecular Modelling, Functional Polymers.

X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF)

X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is the emission of characteristic "secondary" (or fluorescent) x-rays from a material that has been excited by bombarding with high-energy X-rays or gamma rays. The phenomenon is widely used for elemental analysis and chemical analysis, particularly in the investigation of metals, glass, ceramics and building materials, and for research in geochemistry, forensic science and archaeology.

 Integrated Optics

Integrated Optics explains the subject of optoelectronic devices and their use in integrated optics and fiber optic systems. The approach taken is to emphasize the physics of how devices work and how they can be (and have been) used in various applications as the field of optoelectronics has progressed from microphotonics to nanophotonics

Alternative Fuel Technology

Alternative fuels, known as non-conventional or advanced fuels, are any materials or substances that can be used as fuels, other than conventional fuels. Conventional fuels include: fossil fuels (petroleum (oil), coal, propane, and natural gas), as well as nuclear materials such as uranium and thorium, as well as artificial  radioisotope fuels that are made in nuclear reactors.

Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) is a spectroanalytical procedure for the quantitative determination of chemical elements employing the absorption of optical radiation (light) by free atoms in the gaseous state.

In analytical chemistry the technique is used for determining the concentration of a particular element (the analyte) in a sample to be analyzed. AAS can be used to determine over 70 different elements in solution or directly in solid samples employed in pharmacology, biophysics and toxicology research.

Chemical Reaction Engineering

Chemical reaction engineering (reaction engineering or reactor engineering) is a specialty in chemical engineering or industrial chemistry dealing with chemical reactors. Frequently the term relates specifically to catalytic reaction systems where either a homogeneous or heterogeneous catalyst is present in the reactor. Sometimes a reactor per se is not present by itself, but rather is integrated into a process, for example in reactive separations vessels, retorts, certain fuel cells, and photocatalytic surfaces.

Conductive Polymers

Conductive polymers or, more precisely, intrinsically conducting polymers (ICPs) are organic polymers that conduct electricity. Such compounds may have metallic conductivity or can be semiconductors. The biggest advantage of conductive polymers is their processability, mainly by dispersion. Conductive polymers are generally not thermoplastics, i.e., they are not thermoformable. But, like insulating polymers, they are organic materials. They can offer high electrical conductivity but do not show similar mechanical properties to other commercially available polymers. The electrical properties can be fine-tuned using the methods of organic synthesis and by advanced dispersion techniques

Molecular Modelling

Molecular modeling encompasses all theoretical methods and computational techniques used to model or mimic the behaviour of molecules. The techniques are used in the fields of computational chemistry, drug design, computational biology and matierials science for studying molecular systems ranging from small chemical systems to large biological molecules and material assemblies.

Functional Polymers

Functional polymers are polymers with advanced optic and/or electronic properties. Advantages of functional polymers are low cost, ease of processing and a range of attractive mechanical characteristics for functional organic molecules.