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Shikha Varma

Associate Professor of Physics

   Institute of Physics,
     Sachivalaya Marg,
     Bhubaneswar-751005, INDIA.

  Phone:      91-674-2301058       Ext :121 (office),  Ext :421 (Lab) Ext :346 (home)
                     91-674-2300637

   FAX:          91-674-2300142

   e-mail:        shikha@iopb.res.in
                      
 

Biographical Summary          Publications      Courses Taught         Areas of Interest    
 

  Techniques we use         Indo-US collaboration
 

   
    Post Doc Position Available
 

       Research Group

      Dipak Paramanik        (Research Scholar) 
       Smruti R. Sahoo        (Research Scholar)
       Subrata Majumdar     (Research Scholar)               
       V.R.R. Medicherla      (Post Doctoral Fellow)               
       Santosh Choudhury    ( Scientific Assistant)


        


   
 

Biographical Summary

  Faculty,      Since 1994:          Institute of Physics, India
    Visiting Scientist: 1993-94: Engineering .,    University of California , Santa Barbara, CA,USA
  Post-Doc. 1991-93:             Physics Dept .,   University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI,USA
     &Associate Lecturer
     Post-Doc. 1990-91:           Physics Dept.,  Case Western Reserve Univerity, Cleveland, OH, USA
     Ph.D. Physics, 1990:            Physics Dept.,    Syracuse University, New York, USA
     MSc. Physics, 1984:           Physics, Dept.,    IIT Kanpur, India
 
 


 
 
 

Areas of Interest:

   Surface Science
  Thin film growth and Growth Modes at Early Stages
   Electronic Structure, Band Structure of thin films
   Nanostructures and Nanoclusters.
   Surface Modifications with Ion Implantation
   Ion Beam Assisted  Structural Modifications

   
 

Techniques used by us:

   ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (AFM)
   SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE (STM)
   ANGLE RESOLVED ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY (ARUPS)
   X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (XPS)
   ANGLE RESOLVED X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON  DIFFRACTION (ARXPD)
   RAMAN   SPECTROSCOPY
  RUTHERFORD BACK SCATTERING SPECTROMETRY  & CHANNELING
   MBE/MOCVD
  ACCELERATOR   &    ION IMPLANTATION
 
    X-Ray photoelctron Spectroscopy Facility

     Scanning Probe Microscopy Facility

 
 
 

Indo-US Collaboration:
  Topic: Ion beam modified surfaces  by  AFM and Ion scattering  techniques.
  Other Universities involved:  University of Santa Barbara,CA, USA
                                               Materials Science, Naval Research Labs, USA.
  Duration of project:          Upto Dec  2007
  Project Supports :             Indo-US travels, Post Doc. position & Consumables