Nanostructures and their Applications

The talk will be based on synthesis and applications of nanostructures in various areas like energy, photonics, and biology. With the tools available to fabricate devices from top down approach, it is utmost desire to develop techniques, which mimic nature, i.e., assemble atoms and molecules in a manner that these can be used for applications. A lot of effort is being carried out to control the growth of matter at nanoscale. The talk will cover fundamentals of self-assembly and then use of nanostructures/nanoparticles in a variety of devices