Rate My Professor L.C. Nehru

Dr. L.C. Nehru is the Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Medical Physics in the School of Physics at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, a role he assumed in January 2021. His research specializes in thermoluminescence (TL) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) materials for radiation dosimetry. He extensively investigates the synthesis, structural, optical, and photocatalytic properties of nanomaterials, including nanocrystalline tin oxide, zinc oxide, copper oxide, titanium dioxide, and aluminum oxide nanoparticles prepared via methods such as microwave-assisted combustion, precipitation, solution combustion, and spray pyrolysis. These materials are applied in optoelectronic devices, photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants, antibacterial activities, and anticancer properties. Dr. Nehru has also explored luminescent properties in apatites, britholites, and stillwellites doped with rare earth ions like Eu3+ and Ce3+.

Dr. Nehru has produced over 40 peer-reviewed publications, contributing significantly to materials science and physics. Prominent works include 'Rapid synthesis of nanocrystalline ZnO by a microwave-assisted combustion method' (Powder Technology, 2012), 'Photoluminescence studies on nanocrystalline tin oxide powder for optoelectronic devices' (American Journal of Materials Science, year not specified), 'Enhanced photocatalysis and anticancer activity of green hydrothermal synthesized Ag@TiO2 nanoparticles' (Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B, 2020), 'Synthesis and characterization of copper oxide nanoparticles by solution combustion method: Photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation' (Romanian Journal of Biophysics, year not specified), 'Preparation and characterisation of nanoscale α-Al2O3 by precipitation method' (AIP Conference Proceedings, 2015), and 'Apatites and britholites, are they akin - as probed by Eu3+ luminescence?' (Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2001). He received the Best Researcher Award in 2021 from the International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine and acknowledges support from the University Grants Commission Research Fellowship. Dr. Nehru serves on the Doctoral Research Committee for Ph.D. selections in Physics, sets question papers for M.Sc. and Ph.D. courses, and participated in an orientation course at the UGC-Academic Staff College, Bharathidasan University in 2013.