{"id":815,"date":"2024-12-05T11:48:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T06:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/physics.iisc.ac.in\/~aksy\/?page_id=815"},"modified":"2026-07-21T21:38:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:08:02","slug":"ousums-lab-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/physics.iisc.ac.in\/~aksy\/ousums-lab-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"OUSUMS Lab in the news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style> * { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; } .pg { font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, sans-serif; padding: 1rem 0 2rem; } .yr-label { font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #888; margin: 1.5rem 0 0.75rem; border-left: 3px solid #1f4e8c; padding-left: 8px; } .grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(280px, 1fr)); gap: 14px; } .card { background: #fff; border: 1px solid #e5e5e5; border-radius: 12px; overflow: hidden; display: flex; flex-direction: column; box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.06); } .stripe { height: 5px; width: 100%; } .cimg { width: 100%; height: 180px; object-fit: cover; display: block; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee; } .cbody { padding: 1rem 1.1rem 0.75rem; flex: 1; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 9px; } .meta { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 5px; } .tag { font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 9px; border-radius: 20px; border: 1px solid transparent; } .yr { background: #f5f5f5; color: #888; border-color: #ddd; } .cv { background: #eaf3de; color: #3b6d11; border-color: #c0dd97; } .tb { background: #e6f1fb; color: #185fa5; border-color: #b5d4f4; } .tt { background: #e1f5ee; color: #0f6e56; border-color: #9fe1cb; } .ta { background: #faeeda; color: #854f0b; border-color: #fac775; } .tc { background: #faece7; color: #993c1d; border-color: #f5c4b3; } .tp { background: #eeedfe; color: #534ab7; border-color: #cecbf6; } .ctitle { font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.45; } .cdesc { font-size: 12.5px; color: #555; line-height: 1.65; flex: 1; } .cfoot { padding: 0.5rem 1.1rem 0.9rem; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 6px; } .pill { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 5px; font-size: 11.5px; font-weight: 500; padding: 4px 11px; border-radius: 20px; border: 1px solid #ccc; color: #555; text-decoration: none; background: #f9f9f9; } .pill:hover { color: #1a1a1a; border-color: #999; background: #f0f0f0; } .wide { grid-column: 1 \/ -1; } .wide-row { display: flex; gap: 0; } .wide-img { width: 450px; min-width: 450px; object-fit: cover; height: 100%; min-height: 220px; border-right: 1px solid #eee; display: block; } .wide-content { flex: 1; display: flex; flex-direction: column; } .wstats { display: flex; gap: 8px; padding: 0 1.1rem 0.9rem; } .stat { background: #f5f5f5; border: 1px solid #e5e5e5; border-radius: 10px; padding: 8px 14px; text-align: center; flex: 1; } .sn { font-size: 22px; font-weight: 700; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1; } .sl { font-size: 10px; color: #888; margin-top: 3px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.05em; } <\/style>\n\n<div class=\"pg\">\n<p class=\"yr-label\">2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"card wide\">\n  <div class=\"stripe\" style=\"background:#378ADD\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"wide-row\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wide-img\" src=\"https:\/\/physics.iisc.ac.in\/~aksy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tailored-vapor-deposition-featured.png\" alt=\"CrCl3 wafer-scale growth\">\n    <div class=\"wide-content\">\n      <div class=\"cbody\">\n        <div class=\"meta\">\n          <span class=\"tag yr\">Apr 2026<\/span>\n          <span class=\"tag tb\">Advanced Materials<\/span>\n          <span class=\"tag tb\">2D magnets<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"ctitle\">Wafer-scale growth of 2D magnetic CrCl3 via tailored vapour deposition<\/div>\n        <div class=\"cdesc\">IISc researchers developed a physical vapour transport technique that grows high-quality CrCl3 films over centimetre-scale wafers, breaking the longstanding barrier of micrometre-sized flakes. Covered by six international outlets including Times of India, Phys.org, and EurekAlert.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"cfoot\">\n        <a class=\"pill\" href=\"https:\/\/iisc.ac.in\/events\/achieving-wafer-scale-growth-of-2d-magnetic-materials\/\">IISc<\/a>\n        <a class=\"pill\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/science\/iisc-team-grows-ultra-thin-magnetic-material-at-wafer-scale\/articleshow\/130314000.cms\">Times of India<\/a>\n        <a class=\"pill\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/news-releases\/1124460\">EurekAlert<\/a>\n        <a class=\"pill\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-04-wafer-scale-2d-magnetic-emerge.html\">Phys.org<\/a>\n        <a class=\"pill\" href=\"https:\/\/scienmag.com\/breakthrough-in-wafer-scale-growth-of-2d-magnetic-materials-achieved\/\">SciEnMag<\/a>\n        <a class=\"pill\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grapheneuses.org\/iisc-wafer-scale-2d-magnetic-films-nanomaterials\/\">Graphene Uses<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"yr-label\">2025<\/p>\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n  <div class=\"stripe\" style=\"background:#1D9E75\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"cbody\">\n    <div class=\"meta\">\n      <span class=\"tag yr\">2025<\/span>\n      <span class=\"tag tt\">Adv. Functional Materials<\/span>\n      <span class=\"tag tt\">Quantum tech<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ctitle\">Creating single-photon emitters in 2D semiconductors for quantum technologies<\/div>\n    <div class=\"cdesc\">Ultra-low energy (less than 5 keV) electron irradiation generates stable single-photon emitters in MoS2 with about 50 nm spatial precision, enabling integration with photonic circuits. Led by Ajit Kumar Dash.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"cfoot\">\n    <a class=\"pill\" href=\"https:\/\/iisc.ac.in\/creating-single-photon-emitters-for-quantum-technologies\/\">IISc feature<\/a>\n    <a class=\"pill\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/business-tech\/new-single-photon-emitter\/article69366218.ece\">BusinessLine<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"yr-label\">2024<\/p>\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n  <div class=\"stripe\" style=\"background:#BA7517\"><\/div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cimg\" src=\"https:\/\/physics.iisc.ac.in\/~aksy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024_ocvd_simple.jpg\" alt=\"Oxygen CVD MoS2\">\n  <div class=\"cbody\">\n    <div class=\"meta\">\n      <span class=\"tag yr\">Sep 2024<\/span>\n      <span class=\"tag ta\">2D Materials<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ctitle\">A little oxygen for brighter 2D materials<\/div>\n    <div class=\"cdesc\">Oxygen-assisted CVD produces MoS2 with about 300% higher photoluminescence than exfoliated samples, disentangling the roles of defects, oxygen, and strain. Covered by Frontline \/ The Hindu.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"cfoot\">\n    <a class=\"pill\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iisc.ac.in\/a-little-oxygen-for-brighter-2d-materials\/\">IISc news<\/a>\n    <a class=\"pill\" href=\"https:\/\/frontline.thehindu.com\/science-and-technology\/science-notebook-brain-scans-detect-dementia-search-new-physics-lhc-cern-oxygen-for-brighter-2d-materials\/article68568020.ece\">Frontline<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card\">\n  <div class=\"stripe\" style=\"background:#D85A30\"><\/div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cimg\" src=\"https:\/\/physics.iisc.ac.in\/~aksy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024_nanobubbles.jpg\" alt=\"ACS Applied Materials Interfaces cover\">\n  <div class=\"cbody\">\n    <div class=\"meta\">\n      <span class=\"tag yr\">2024<\/span>\n      <span class=\"tag tc\">ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces<\/span>\n      <span class=\"tag cv\">Journal cover<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ctitle\">Interfaces and nanobubbles in van der Waals heterostructures<\/div>\n    <div class=\"cdesc\">Optical methods to quantify interface quality and characterise the contents of nanobubbles in stacked 2D material devices. Selected for the journal cover.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"cfoot\">\n    <a class=\"pill\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acsami.4c06916\">Journal cover<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"yr-label\">2022<\/p>\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n  <div class=\"stripe\" style=\"background:#7F77DD\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"cbody\">\n    <div class=\"meta\">\n      <span class=\"tag yr\">2022<\/span>\n      <span class=\"tag tp\">ACS Nano<\/span>\n      <span class=\"tag tp\">Optical characterisation<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ctitle\">Identifying layer number in 2D materials using a standard optical microscope<\/div>\n    <div class=\"cdesc\">A universal optical parameter for determining layer count in any 2D material without specialised equipment. 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