INSTITUTE OF MATERIAL SCIENCES (IMS)

The objective of the Institute is to facilitate research in the forntier areas of material science and to conduct interdisciplinary research on special materials, their development, optimisation, production and untilisation.

The following achievements are made by the Institute of Materials Sciences during the year 2003-04.

1. Multielemental colossal magnetoresistance targets are made using rare earth manganites for preparation of ultra thin film by pulse laser deposition technique in collaboration with Virginia State University.

2. Dielectric properties of plasma sintered high temperature oxides (Al-Zr) are studied and important results pertaining to the observation of low dielectric constant are reported to International Journal.

3. Specific CMR materials are prepared by using our indigenous experimental setup and the samples were tested by BARC. Enhanced CMR properties are obtained.

4. Theoritical model are designed and tested using computer simulation technique for testing of the properties of newly developed materials.

5. With financial assistance of Government of India and other Agencies the Institute has undertaken two research projects during 2003-04.

6. Publication :
International jounal : 2
National proceedings : 9