Excitonics and Nanostructures Laboratory The Shankar Research Group
Karthik Shankar
Associate Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Research Officer, NRC National Institute of Nanotechnology (NINT)
B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.), Madras (2000)
M.S., Pennsylvania State University, PA (2002)
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, PA (2007)
Semiconducting nanotube and nanowire arrays, Bottom-up nanofabrication, Excitonic processes and devices, Photovoltaics, Photoelectrochemistry, Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), and Organic thin film transistors (OTFTs).
Current Research
The Shankar group's research is at the intersection of nanotechnology and organic electronics. We are interested in (i) the growth of ordered nanostructured organic and inorganic semiconductors (ii) the exploration and exploitation of unique properties at the nanoscale, and (iii) the construction of electronic and photonic devices incorporating nanostructured semiconductors as the active layer.
