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M. D. Aggarwal

Dr. Manmohan D. Aggarwal

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鈥�Research Interests

  • Bulk Crystal Growth from Melt (Czochralski and Bridgman Stockbarger Techniques)
  • Ni-Based Superalloys
  • Solid State Devices Ion Implantation
  • Microgravity Research
  • Piezoelectric materials
  • Scintillator materials
  • Triboluminescent materials

Contact

Office: 124 V. M. Chambers Bld.
Phone: (256) 372-8132
E-Mail: mohan.aggarwal@aamu.edu

List of publications (selected from 266 publications, 2 patents and 2 books)

  1. Development of PVDF/Pr2O3 nanocomposite films for biomedical sensing and energy Harvesting by K.J. Arun, V.S. Hiran, A.K. Batra and M.D. Aggarwal, Materials Today: Proceedings Vol 50, pp 81-84 (2022)
  2. D. Aggarwal, Barbara Cady, Marius Schamschula, Vernessa Edwards, An innovative Statewide model of improving physics education in secondary schools in Alabama The Physics Teacher ( 2016)
  3. S. Fontenot, C.A. Owens, K.N. Bhat, W.A. Hollerman and M.D. Aggarwal 2015, Magnesium tetrakis dibenzoylmethide triethylammonium: A novel Blue emitting phosphor, Material letters 146, 9
  4. D. Aggarwal, Vernessa Edwards, Marius Schamschula, Barbara Cady, and Dianne kirnes, 2015, A collaboration between Alabama A&M university and high schools in preparing physics teachers;Alliance for Physics Excellence, , 92nd Annual meetings of the Alabama Academy of Science, University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL
  5. Sunal, D. Dantzler, J. Sunal C. Simon, M. Turner D. Wooten M. Harrell, JW and Aggarwal, MD. Teaching in our physics classrooms: What students, Teachers and Classroom Observers Report, 2015 Annual meeting of American Educational Research Association Meeting, Chicago, IL
  6. NSF APEX overview 3 minute video 2015
  7. D. Aggarwal, A.K. Batra, R.B. Lal, Benjamin Penn and Donald O. Frazier 鈥淕rowth and Characteristics of Bulk Single Crystals Grown from Solution on Earth and in Microgravity鈥� Springer Handbook on Crystal Growth (2010)
  8. B. Bohara, A.k. Batra, K.J. Arun, M.D. Aggarwal and C. Farley III Advanced Science, Engineering and medicine, Vol 9, 1-6 2017
  9. N. Bhat, R.S. Fontenot, W.A. Hollerman, and M.D. Aggarwal, Europium tetrakis Dibenzoylmethids Triethylammonium: Synthesis, Additives and Applications, a Book Chapter in 鈥淭riboluminescence, Theory, Synthesis and Application, Springer 2016 by David Olawale, O.I. Okoli, Ross S. Fontenot p.147 鈥� 235.
  10. 鈥淭riboluminescent Research Review of Europium dibenzoylmethide triethylammonium (EuD4TEA) and related materials鈥�, International Journal of Chemistry Vol. 1 (2012) 100-118
  11.  鈥淎 versatile low-cost laboratory apparatus for testing triboluminescent materials鈥� R.S. Fontenot, W.A. Hollerman, M.D. Aggarwal and K.N. Bhat, Measurement, 45 (2012) 431-436

Dissertation Advisor and Postdoctoral Sponsors

Dr. W.S. Wang, Robert Metzl, Dr. Jaeho Choi (1997), Dr. Claudette Owens (2003), Dr. Tesfaye Gebre (2005) Dr. Faris Kochary(2007), Dr. Rastgo Hawrami (2008), Dr. Ross Fontenot (2013) Dr. Raja Rahul Surabhi (2016), Dr. Kyle Rose (2020) and a large number of Master鈥檚 students

Synergistic Activities

  • Design and Fabrication of automatic zone refiner for organic materials,
  • Design and Fabrication of automatic diameter controlled Czochralski crystal pulling facility,
  • Top Seeded Solution Growth system consisting of super Kanthal 1540掳C cylindrical furnace for growing Barium Titanate crystals
  • Novel design of Bridgman-Stockbarger crystal growth system for organic NLO materials
  • Solution growth crystallizer developed which brought us NASA Innovation Award
  • Crystal growth in microgravity 鈥� performed experiments on board Space Shuttle Space lab-3 and IML-1

PATENTS:

  1. "Improved ion implantation machine for use in making solid state devices" (1980) Indian Patent No. 152060, International Classification HOllj39/26
  2. "An automatic flexible electric heating pad" (1978) Indian Patent No. 147229, International Classification No. A61f 5/00 7/00

BOOK CHAPTERS:

  1. A book Chapter entitled 鈥�Photonic Crystals: crystal growth processing and physical properties鈥� by M. D. Aggarwal, W. S. Wang, K. Bhat, Benjamin G. Penn and Donald O. Frazier, edited by H.S. Nalwa, Academic Press (2001) published in Handbook of Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials 9 (2001) 193
  2. 鈥�Growth and characterization of TGS crystals grown in microgravity environment of space and on Earth: An Update鈥� A. K. Batra, M. D. Aggarwal and R. B. Lal in 鈥淐rystal growth of technologically important electronic materials, edited by K. Byrappa, H. Klapper, T. Ohach and R. Fornari, Allied Publishers, Mumbai (2003) 563-578
  3. 鈥�Czochralski Growth of oxide photorefractive crystals鈥� E. Dieguez, J.L. Plaza, M.D. Ag