About

Dr. Mohit Sahni, Professor, Department of Physics, has done his Master of Science from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and Doctorate of Philosophy from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad. He is having 17+ years of Teaching and Research Experience. His field of expertise is synthesis and growth of nanoparticles and thin films of multiferroic, ferrites and semiconducting materials and study their structural, magnetic, dielectric and photocatalytic properties. He is also holding an addition responsibility of Associate Dean Student Welfare, Sharda University.

Experience

• 17+ years of Teaching and Research Experience

Qualification

• Ph.D (Physics), Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad,
• Master of Science (Physics), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Roorkee
• Bachelor of Science, M. J. P. Rohilkhand University Barielly

Award & Recognition

• CSIR NET-2004 qualified. National Eligibility Test in Physics is an all India level test conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research to select highly motivated students for research.
• Graduate Aptitude Test of Engineering in Physics (GATE-2004) qualified with 91.62 percentile and (GATE-2005) qualified with 94.67 percentile.
• Performance Appraisal and Reward Scheme for Faculty (PARS-F) for the Academic Year 2014-15, score 342, which places at level-4, the financial award of Rs 75000/-
• Performance Appraisal and Reward Scheme for Faculty (PARS-F) for the Academic Year 2015-16, score 357.7, which places at level-4, the financial award of Rs 75000/-
• Performance Appraisal and Reward Scheme for Faculty (PARS-F) for the Academic Year 2016-17, score 389, which places at level-3.
• Performance Appraisal and Reward Scheme for Faculty (PARS-F) for the Academic Year 2017-18, score 387, which places at level-3.
• Best poster award in “National Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology” at JIIT, Noida from 15^th-17^th March 2018.

Research

• Manganese and iron doped in vaterite form of yttrium borate as an excellent multifunctional inorganic material
• Arduino based Multi sensor smart monitoring device for electrical appliances
• Structural and thermal property of poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and polystyrene (PS)/ethylene glycol intercalated Fe2+/Fe3+ LDH composite
• Cobalt, Nickel and Copper doped non-stoichiometric spinel as a prominent magnetic and photocatalytic material, Chemical Physics, 554, 111419 (2022) I.F. 2.348
• Synthesis and Characterizations of Novel Bimetallic-Semi-Aromatic Polyester Nanocomposite for Possible Biomedical Use. Materials Letters, 306, 130943 (2022) I.F. 3.015
• A comprehensive review on oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in microbial fuel cells (MFCs), Journal of Renewable Materials 10, 3, (2022) I.F. 1.73
• Structural, optical and photocatalytic properties of Ni doped BiFeO₃ nanoparticles, Materials Today: Processing, 49, 3015-3021 (2022)
• Recent advances on magnetoelectric coupling in BiFeO₃: Technological achievements and challenges, Materials Today: Processing, 49, 3046-3049 (2022)
• Exploratory Modelling and Simulation of InGaN as a Basis of Comparison Between Single and Double Diode Models of PV devices, Materials Today: Processing, 49, 3112-3116 (2022)
• Progresses and challenges in the structural and magnetic properties of double perovskite La₂NiMnO₆ with their applications in solar energy, Materials Today: Processing, 49, 3088-3092 (2022)
• Organic-inorganic perovskite-based solar cell designs for high conversion efficiency: A comparative study by SCAPS simulation, Materials Today: Processing, 49, 3081-3087 (2022)
• A review Article on Solid State Gas Sensor, Materials Today Proceeding, 34, 588-592 (2022)
• Adsorption and reduction of carcinogenic organics by ordered semi-crystalline poly-mchloroaniline (PmClA). (2021) I.F. 2.187
• Characterization and Gas Sensing Application of Tin Oxide, Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, 12, 6, 5732-5738 (2021).
• Manifestation of multifunction capabilities by stabilizing cadmium together with zinc and aluminum in spinel oxide, Journal of Material Science: Material in Electronics, 32, 15317–15330 (2021) I.F. 2.45
• Enhanced photoluminescence properties of rare earth elements doped Y_0.50Gd_0.50BO₃ phosphor and its application in red and green LEDs, Optik, 240, 166810 (2021). I.F. 2.187
• Effect of Na/Co co-substitution on structural, magnetic, optical and photocatalytic properties of BiFeO₃ nanoparticles, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 263, 124402 (2021). I.F. 3.445
• Effect of Yb/Co co-dopants on surface chemical bonding states of BiFeO₃ nanoparticles with promising photocatalytic performance in dye degradation, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 152, 109926 (2021). I.F. 3.442
• Effect of Aluminum doping on potential barrier of gold-ZnO-Si Schottky barrier diode, Materials Today Proceeding, 34, 588-592 (2021)
• Influence of Na substitution on structural, magnetic, optical and photocatalytic properties of bismuth ferrite nanoparticles, I.F. 2.45
• A simple low-cost method for synthesis of SnO₂ nano crystals and its characterization. S N Applied Sciences, 975 (2020).
• Structural, Optical, Magnetic, Dielectric and Photocatalytic Properties of Sm and Ni substituted BiFeO₃ nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 31 (2020), 7798–7810] I.F. 2.45
• Study of structural, optical and photocatalytic activity of Sm and Ni doped BiFeO3 (BFO) and BFO@ZnO nanostructure, Materials Today Proceeding, 28 (2020) 56-60.
• Design and Comparison Between IIR Butterwoth and Chebyshev Digital Filters Using MATLAB, IEEE, 2019. .
• Comparative study of fabrication and characterization of Al-ZnO based Schottky barrier diodes using Pd and Au metal contacts, J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron., 30 (2019) 13280-13289 I.F. 2.45
• Study of Structural, Optical and Semiconducting Properties of TiO2 Thin Film deposited by RF Magnetron Sputtering, Materials Today: Proceeding 12 (2019) 565-572
• Effect of Pr³⁺ substitution on structural, dielectric, electrical and magnetic properties of BiFe_0.80Ti_0.20O₃ ceramics, Integrated Ferroelectrics, 193, (2019) 1-13
• Deposition and study of AZO heterojunction Schottky diodes at different temperatures, J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron., 29  (2018) 20319-20328  I.F. 2.45
• Room Temperature multiferroic properties of rapid liquid phase sintering Pb²⁺ doped Bismuth Ferrite, AIP Conference Proceedings 2009, 020005 (2018); doi: 10.1063/1.5052074
• Magnetization in Nanocrystalline PLD Zinc Ferrite Thin Films Deposited on Fused Quartz Substrate, J. Supercond Nov Magn, 31 (2018) 107
• Unipolar Resistive Switching behaviour in Al/ZnO/Al Heterojunction Structure, JETIR, Vol. 5, Issue 5, ISSN 2349-5162 (2018)
• An Absolute Design and ADS simulation of 2.5 GHz Microstrip Nadpass filter, JETIR, Vol. 5 Issue 5, ISSN 2349-5162 (2018)
• Design and Simulation of Wien Bridge Oscillator using CMOS Op Amp and Cmos OTA
• “Comparison of Algorithms used for Adaptive Noise Cancellation Using MATLAB” [IJETSR, Vol. 4, Issue 12, ISSN 2394-3386 (2017)
• Effects of substrate temperature, oxygen pressure and laser fluence on structural and magnetic properties of pulsed laser deposited cobalt ferrite thin films I.F. 1.06
• Study of magnetic, dielectric and magnetodielectric properties of BaTiO3/Fe3O4 core/shell nanoparticles I.F. 2.45
• Effect of Sr²⁺ substitution on structural, dielectric, magnetic and magnetoelectric properties of rapid liquid sintered BiFe_0.8Ti_0.2O₃ ceramics I.F. 2.45
• Influence of Mn doping on structural, electrical and magnetic properties of (0.90)BiFeO₃–(0.10)BaTiO₃ composite I.F. 2.45  
• 39. Magnetodielectric effect in BaTiO₃ / ZnFe₂O₄ core/shell nanoparticles I.F. 4.65 Effect of annealing temperature on the physical properties of Zn-ferrite nanoparticles I.F. 1.06 
• Switching in structural, optical, and magnetic properties of self-assembled Co-doped ZnO: effect of Co-concentration  I.F. 2.45
• Enhancement of magnetic and dielectric properties in chemically modified multiferroic (0.90) BiFe_1-xCr_xO₃-(0.10) BaTiO₃ nanocomposite I.F. 1.06

PATENTS

• Application No. (): “Zinc ferrite coated GGBS - Ceramic Separator cathode assembly for Microbial fuel cells for enhanced power output”
• Application No. (202111059461): “An Electrospinning unit for producing nanofibers”
• Application No. (202111040350): “Anti-Microbial Chitosan based Nanoparticle composition and method for fabrication thereof”
• Application No. (202111040353): “Bimetallic-semi-aromatic polyester nanocomposite and method for preparation thereof”
• Application No. (202111030196): “Smart Walking Assistance device for visually impaired people”
• Application No. (202111031415): “Smart monitoring system for electrical appliances”
• Application No. (202111037400): “Photocatalytic activity of Na substituted Bismuth Ferrite nanoparticles and process for preparing the same”
• Application No. (202111037242): “Multilayer 2D MoS2 Nano flowers and process for synthesizing MoS2 Nano flowers”

BOOK/BOOK CHAPTER PUBLISHED:

• “Design and Simulation of Photovoltaic Cell Using Simscape MATLAB” published as book Chapter no 56 in “Harmony Search and Nature Inspired Optimization Algorithms” Theory and Applications, ICHSA 2018. (July, 2018). DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0761-4_56, Springer.
•  “An overview on the Application of Biomass-derived Biochar in the Treatment of Wastewater” in “Biochar - Applications for Bioremediation of Contaminated Systems” to be published by DE GRUYTER, Germany. (Published)

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES           

• International conference attended on “International Conference on Creating Sports Culture in Universities” held from 9^th to 11^th May 2020 organized by Faculty of Physiotherapy, SGT University, Gurugram, India in collaboration with “National Council of Sports Science and Physical Education”.
• Study of Structural, Optical and Photocatalytic Activity of Bi_0.96Sm_0.04Fe_0.96Ni_0.04O₃ & Bi_0.96Sm_0.04Fe_0.96Ni_0.04O₃@ZnO Core/Shell Nanostructure. International conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (IANA- 2020) during 20^th to 22^nd Feb. 2020 at JIIT Noida, India
• Structural, Optical, Magnetic and Photocatalytic properties of Sm and Ni substituted BiFeO₃ nanoparticles. “3^rd International Conference on Science and Engineering of Materials” (ICSEM-2019) held during 19^th to 21^st July 2019, at Sharda University, Greater Noida, India
• Deposition and Study of AZO Heterojunction Schottky Diodes at different temperatures. “National Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and their applications (ANA-2018) held during 21-23 December 2018, at MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj, India.
• An Absolute Elucidation of Surface Barrier Diode using gold and palladium Schottky Diode. “National Conference on Materials and Devices (NCMD-2018)” held during 31^st July to 01^st August 2018, at Sharda University, Greater Noida.
• Room Temperature Multiferroic properties of rapid liquid phase sintered Pb⁺² doped Bismuth ferrite “National Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN-2018)” held during 15^th March to 17^th March 2018, at JIIT Noida.
• Magnetization in Nanocrystalline PLD Zinc Ferrite Thin Films Deposited on Fused Quartz Substrate “National Conference on Functional Materials: State of Art (NCFM-2017)” held during 31^st March to 01^st April 2017, at Sharda University, Greater Noida.
• Comparison of Algorithms used for Adaptive Noise Cancellation Using MATLAB “6^th International Conference on New Frontiers of Engineering, Science, Management and Humanities (ICNFESMH- 2017)”, Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, Chandigarh, Panjab on 9^th December 2017.
• Design and Simulation of Wien Bridge Oscillator using CMOS Op Amp and CMOS OTA “6th International Conference on New Frontiers of Engineering, Science, Management and Humanities (ICNFESMH- 2017)”, Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, Chandigarh, Panjab on 9th December 2017.
• Effects of substrate temperature and oxygen pressure on structural and magnetic properties of pulsed laser deposited cobalt ferrite thin films  “National Conference on Industrial Materials (NCIM-2016)” held during 21^st-22^nd October 2016, at Sharda University, Greater Noida [Oral Presentation
• Synthesis of pure and Pb²⁺ doped BiFeO₃ ceramics and study of their ferroelectric and magnetic properties “National Conference on Advanced Materials (NCAM-2014)” held during 8-9 Aug. 2014 at Sharda University, Greater Noida.
• Influence of Co doping on Structural, dielectric and electrical properties of  (0.90)BiFeO₃-(0.10)BaTiO₃ composite. “International Conference on Science and Engineering of materials (ICSEM-2014)” held during 6-8 Jan 2014 at Sharda University, Greater Noida.
• Influence of Mn doping on structural, electrical and magnetic properties of (0.90)BiFeO₃ -(0.10)BaTiO₃ composite “International Conference on Multifunctional Materials, Energy and Environment (ICMFMEE 2013)” held during 21-23 August 2013 at Sharda University, Greater Noida (Organized jointly by Sharda University and Federal Polytechnic OKO, Nigeria).
• Synthesis and structural characterization of multiferroic BaTiO₃/ZnFe₂O₄ core/shell nanoparticles “National Symposium on Materials and Processing-2012 (MAP-2012)” held during October 10-12, 2012, at Glass & Advanced Ceramics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India.
• Structural and multiferroic properties of (0.9)BiFe_1-xCr_xO₃-(0.10)BaTiO₃ polycrystalline composite “International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT-2011)” held at Singapore between June 26 – July 1, 2011.
• Structural, Magnetic, Electric and Multiferroic Properties of Polycrystalline Bi_1-xSr_x (Fe_0.8Ti_0.2)O₃ Ceramics “International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies” (ICMAT-2011), National University of Singapore, Singapore, L2.4-7, pp. 43, June 26-July 1, 2011.
• Structural, Magnetic, Optical and Multiferroic Properties of Mn Doped BiFeO₃ Nanocrystals “International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies” (ICMAT-2011), National University of Singapore, Singapore, A2.2-4, pp. 29, June 26-July 1, 2011
• Multiferroic properties of Bi_1-xBa_x(Fe_0.8Ti_0.2)O₃ solid solutions prepared by rapid liquid phase sintering process “National Conference on recent trends in Exotic Materials”, Sharda University, 26-28 August 2010.
• Structural and multiferroic properties of liquid phase sintered Bi_1-xLa_x(Fe_0.8Ti_0.2)O₃ crystalline solid solutions “International Workshop & Symposium on the Synthesis and Characterization of Glass/Glass-Ceramics” (IWSSCGGC-2010), C-MET Pune, 7-10 July 2010.
• Structural, dielectric and ferroelectromagnetic behavior of multiferroic Bi_1-xNd_x (Fe_0.8Ti_0.2) O₃ ceramics  “International Workshop & Symposium on the Synthesis and Characterization of Glass/Glass-Ceramics” (IWSSCGGC-2010), C-MET Pune, 7-10 July 2010.

Certifications

• Attended 5 days FDP on : Wireless sensor networks and internet of Things” organized by Department of Electronics an Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University, Greater Noida, U.P, India during Jan 18-22, 2020.
• Attended 2 days “National Conference on Environmental and Energy Materials (NCEEM-2020)” organized by Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida, U.P, India during June 27-28, 2020.
• Attended 5 days FDP on “Role of Energy Management in Smart City” organized by Department of Electronics Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh from 15-19 June 2020
• Attended 2 days National Webinar on “Smart Materials for Future Applications” during 16th & 17^th June, 2020 organized by Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Teerthanker Mahaveer University Moradabad, Moradabad-244001, Uttar Pradesh, India
• Attended 8 days FDP on “National Webinar series on Experimental and Computational Tools for Materials Research (ECTMR 2020)” organized by Discipline of Natural Sciences, PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing Jabalpur, and Department of Physics, Central University of Rajasthan from 01^st June to 8^th June 2020.
• Attended 7 days FDP on “ Recent Trends in Material Science and Engineering” organized by Department of Physics, SBSR, Sharda Unviersity from 25^th to 31^st May 2020.
• Attended 2 days Webinar on “Leveraging Science and Technology to Combat Covid 19”, organized by DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakpur, from 23th 24^th May 2020.
• Attended one day International Webinar on “Global Impact of Covid -19 on Higher Education” organized by G L Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida on 22^nd May 2020.
• Attended one day Webinar on Capacity Development Programme on “Effective Communication & Soft Skills”, organized by IQAC along with Sharda Skills, Sharda University on Wednesday, 20th May 2020.
• Attended One day Webinar on “Workshop on Basics of IPR for Beginners”, being organized by IPR Chair IIT Roorkee on May 18th 2020.
• Attended One day Webinar on “Human Values” on 16^th May 2020, organized by School of Business Studies, Sharda University, Greater Noida
• Attended 5 days Webinar on “Intellectual Property Right (IPR) from 11^th to 15^th May 2020, organized by School of Education, Sharda University, Greater Noida.
• Attended 10 days Faculty Development Program on “Quality Benchmarking through Revised NAAC Manual” from 2^nd to 12^th May 2020, organized by IQAC, Sharda University, Greater Noida.
• Six Week Online Course on “UTokyo003x: Quantum Mechanics of Molecular Structures”, a course of study offered by UTokyoX, an online learning initiative of University of Tokyo, from 20^th March to 27^th April 2020.
• One-week Faculty Development Program on “Fostering Human Values & Professional Ethics from 15th July to 20th July 2019, organized by School of Humanities and Social Science, Sharda University, Greater Noida
• A 5-Day faculty development programme (FDP) on “CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS” sponsored by AKTU, Lucknow under the scheme of TEQIP-III from 24th -28th June, 2019.
• Participated in “MHRD Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN)” course on “X –ray Absorption Spectroscopy and its Applications to Nanomaterials (XASAN-2017)” from December 21-28, 2017 (One Week) at MNNIT Allahabad.
• One-Day Workshop on “Nuclear Physics and its Applications” Organized by Department of Physics and Materials Science & Engineering Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida Sponsored by The National Academy of Sciences, India (Delhi Chapter) On Saturday, March 25, 2017.
• Three days Industrial training at “Remso Control Technologies PVT. LTD” from 26^th – 28^th December 2016.
• Participated in “MHRD Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN)” course on Recent Developments in Nano Materials for Energy and health Care Applications, during December 19-24, 2016 at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
• Workshop on “INUP Familiarization Worshop on Nanofabrication Technologies” organized by MNIT Jaipur, Rajasthan from 26-27 August 2016.
• “5^th 3-Week Special Summer School” organized by the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia from 26 May to 15 June 2016.
• “National Workshop in Electron Microscopy and Allied Techniques”, from December 21-23, 2015 at University of Delhi, Delhi.

ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE

• Information Officer of School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida.
• Associate Dean Student Welfare from 16^th August 2017 till date, Sharda University, Greater Noida.
• Member of NAAC steering committee, Sharda University, Greater Noida.
• Member of IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell), from April 2016 to June 2018, Sharda University, Greater Noida.
• Over all coordinator of MSc (Physics) program.
• Worked as a Warden in Sharda University (Formally HIT), Greater Noida from November 2006 to Jan 2010.
• Worked as an active member in admission cell, Sharda University, Greater Noida
• Organized the Hostel Sports meet for both boys and girls, HIT Greater Noida
• Organized the Annual Sports meet (galaxie 2008), HIT Greater Noida
• Organized the sports meet for faculty (2007, 2008), HIT Greater Noida
• Working as member of Examination cell SET, Sharda University, Greater Noida
• B.Tech Lab Incharge (SET), Sharda University, Greater Noida.

OTHER EXPERINCE

• Convener of National Conference on Functional Materials (NCFM 2020) held during 26^th to 27^th July 2020.
• Member of Organizing Committee of the International conference “3^nd International Conference on Science and Engineering of Materials” held during 19-21 July 2019 at Sharda University, Greater Noida.
• Member of Organizing Committee of the International conference “2^nd International Conference on Science and Engineering of Materials” held during 6-8 Jan 2018 at Sharda University, Greater Noida
• Member of Organizing Committee of the “National Conference on Functional Materials (NCFM-2017)”, held during 31^st March to 01^st April 2017, at Sharda University, Greater Noida.
• Member of Organizing Committee of the “International Conference on the occasion of Silver Jubilee of Indian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ISIAM)” held during 26^th-31^st January 2016 at Sharda University, Greater Noida.
• Member of Organizing Committee of the International conference “International Conference on Science and Engineering of Materials” held during 6-8 Jan 2015 at Sharda University, Greater Noida.
• Reviewer of International Journals, “Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics”, “Materials Science & Engineering B”,  “Composite part B: Engineering, “Materials Today Proceeding” and “S N Applied Sciences”

Area of Interest

• Growth and Physical Characterization of nanoparticles and thin films and study their bio and environmental applications