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Projects

The funding behind the materials.

Every project on this page funded a material the lab still works with: carbon nanodots, phosphors, microcavities and the films made from them. The current grant funds the photonic work; the earlier ones built the chemistry it uses.

Current grant

Nanolaser and Photonic Barcoding Technology Enabled by Strongly Coupled Microcavities and Nanographene

ANRF/ECRG/2025/002075/CS

The lab's current grant, on nanolasers and photonic barcoding built from strongly coupled microcavities and nanographene.

Funded by
ANRF · PMECRG
Period
2026 to 2029
Amount
₹63.58 lakh

Completed

6 earlier projects.

JSPS Kakenhi and industry work on white-light emitters, phosphors, UV filters and infrared harvesters, the material studies that the photonic work now builds on.

2024 to 2025

Completed

Chromaticity-adaptive direct white light generation from luminescent carbogenic nanomaterials coupled with nanophotonic cavity

JSPS Kakenhi

JPY 4,810,000

2020 to 2022

Completed

Strongly coupled light emitting device with nanophotonic resonance structure and metal-free carbon nanodots

JSPS · 20F20375

JPY 2,200,000

2018 to 2021

Completed

Feasibility study of a luminescent carbon UV filter

L'OREAL Japan

JPY 25,040,000

2018 to 2019

Completed

Luminescent plastic films

Mitsubishi Gas Chemicals

JPY 90,000

2018 to 2022

Completed

Novel phosphor for scintillator application

Daiwa Techno

JPY 1,120,000

2016 to 2021

Completed

Infrared energy harvester with heterozygous artificial microstructure

JSPS Kakenhi · 16H06364

JPY 141,400,000