Prof. Junaid Bushiri is currently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT). He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Kerala in 2000. Prior to joining the Department of Physics, CUSAT in 2006, he held research and academic positions at several prestigious international institutions, including the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea; Academia Sinica, Taiwan; the Department of Electronic Structure, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan; and the Department of Physics, University of Kerala. He also served as a visiting researcher at the Department of Applied Physics, University of Valencia, Spain, from May 2009 to May 2010. Prof. Bushiri served as the Head of the Department of Physics, CUSAT, from 2 November 2016 to 1 November 2019. His research interests span crystal growth; semiconducting thin films for optoelectronic and luminescent applications; nanomaterials for electronic, magnetic, electrochemical sensing, environmental, biological, and energy-related applications; biological materials; and Raman spectroscopy. He has published 72 research articles in national and international journals and has authored 70 papers in conference and seminar proceedings. He has successfully completed two research projects funded by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Government of Kerala. Under his supervision, eleven students have completed the M.Phil. degree, and fourteen students have been awarded the Ph.D. degree.
Topics of Research
Nanomaterials, Thin films, Spectroscopy, Electronics
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Projects
- Synthesis and characterization of Zinc based nano materials for optoelectronic applications, KSCSTE,
Government of Kerala, 6,64,966/-
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- Growth and characterization of tin oxide and doped tin oxide materials for optoelectronic applications,
KSCSTE, Government of Kerala, 15,100,00
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Collaboration
- Influence of solvothermal growth condition on morphological Formation, Department of Physics, Indian
Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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- SPECTRAL INVESTIGATIONS OF TWINNED M(IO3)2 (M = Mn, Ni, Co, AND Zn) CRYSTALS, Department of Physics,
University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Thiruvananthapuram, 695581, Kerala, India;
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- RAMAN SPECTRAL INVESTIGATIONS OF TWINNED CRYSTALS, University Grenoble Alpes, Institut NEEL, F-38042
Grenoble, France
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- Improved Coercivity of Solvothermally Grown Hematite (α-Fe2O3) and Hematite/Graphene Oxide
Nanocomposites (α-Fe2O3/GO) at Low Temperature, Department of Physics Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay Mumbai 400076, India
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- Radio frequency plasma polymerized thin film based on eucalyptus oil as low dielectric permittivity,
visible and near‐infrared (NIR) photoluminescent material, School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma
Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala 686560, India Inter University Accelerator Center, New Delhi 110067,
India
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- Room temperature Near-IR photoluminescence from ethylenediamine assisted solvo-hydrothermally grown
wurtzite ZnS:Nd2O3 system, Department of Physics, T.M.Govt. College Tirur, Vakkad, Malappuram, Kerala,
676502, India, Department of Physics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
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PhD/Project Students
- Haseena Koyakutty, PhD, Nanomaterials for electrochemical sensing (2018)
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- Niranjana J S, PhD, Nanofunctional materials (2018)
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- Annet Anna Thomas, PhD, Nanofunctional materials (2020)
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- Angelin Abraham, PhD, Nanofunctional materials (2020)
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- Anupama A, PhD, Nanofunctional materials (2020)
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- Hari Narayanan V, PhD, Nanofunctional materials (2020)
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- Ganesh Chandra Prabhu, Magnetic and photocatalytic studies of electrically conducting Ni/NiO nanocomposites in carbon matrix (Submitted - 2019)
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- Satheesh B, Magnetic properties of iron oxide and iron oxide in graphitic matrix (Submitted - 2019)
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- Vinod R, Photoluminescence investigation of hydrothermally grown ZnO and 3d transition metal (Mn/Co/Ni/Cu) doped ZnO nanostructures (Submitted - 2017)
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- Sajan P, Solvo-hydrothermal growth and photoluminescence studies of micro and nano structured Zinc Sulfide for bio-imaging applications (Submitted - 2017)
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- Abdul Rasheed Paloly, Growth of Multifunctional Tin Oxide Nano-arrayed Thin films by Chemical Spray Pyrolysis (Submitted - 2021)
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- Beena Mol, Physical and optical properties of rf plasma polymerized, thin films based on aniline, pyrrolen tea tree oil, eucalyptus oil and polymer-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermia applications (Submitted - 2021)
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Publications
- Highly sensitive and reusable SERS substrate based on Ag/SnO2 nanocone arrayed thin film,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-022-01703-x (2022).
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- Solution Combustion Synthesis of Pencil-Shaped ZnO Nanostructures and the Analysis of Their
Photocatalytic Properties, 10.1149/2162-8777/ac6d0e
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- Growth of interconnected ZnO nano structures- its photo catalytic and electrochemical properties,
10.1149/2162-8777/ac4a7d
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- Radio frequency plasma assisted surface modification of Fe3O4 nanoparticles using
polyaniline/polypyrrole for bioimaging and magnetic hyperthermia applications, 10.1007/s10856-021-06563-1.
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- Fabrication of antireflective silver-capped tin oxide nano-obelisk arrays as high sensitive SERS
substrate, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/abe48b
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- The effect of solvents on the growth and key properties of tin oxide thin films deposited via chemical
spray pyrolysis, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.124209
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- Room temperature Near-IR photoluminescence from ethylenediamine assisted solvo-hydrothermally grown
wurtzite ZnS:Nd2O3 system, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.123713
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- IR spectroscopic and photoluminescence studies of plasma polymerized organic thin films based on tea
tree oil, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-2618-2
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- High-pressure Raman investigation of high index facets bounded α-Fe2O3 pseudocubic crystals,
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/abcb11
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- Hybrid nanomaterial of ZnFe2O4/α-Fe2O3 implanted graphene for electrochemical glucose sensing
application, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2020.107852
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- Ultraviolet antireflectance and high energy facets induced superhydrophilicity in SnO2 nano-arrayed thin
film, 10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.02.187
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- High index facets bounded α-Fe2O3 pseudocubic nanocrystals with enhanced electrochemical properties:
Zn2+ ions assisted solvo-hydrothermal synthesis, 10.1039/c8ce01837e
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- Radio frequency plasma polymerized thin film based on eucalyptus, 10.1007/s10854-019-01621-5
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- Eu3+ and Cu2+ ions doped ZnS microspheres emission in the yellow–orange region,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-02176-1
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- Radio frequency plasma polymerized thin film based on eucalyptus oil as low dielectric permittivity,
visible and near-infrared(NIR) photoluminescent material, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-01621-5
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- Hydrothermal growth of Zn2SnO4:Eu,Ca for red emission, https://doi.org/10.1002/bio.3463
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- Improved Coercivity of Solvothermally Grown Hematite (α‐Fe2O3) and Hematite/Graphene Oxide
Nanocomposites (α‐Fe2O3/GO) at Low Temperature, https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201700705
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- Influence of solvothermal growth condition on morphological formation of hematite spheroid and
pseudocubic micro structures and its magnetic coercivity, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2016.07.020
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- Raman and FTIR spectral investigations of twinned M(IO3)2 (M=Mn, Ni, Co and Zn) crystals,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-016-0209-1
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