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 Dr. Vinay Sharma NIIT University, Neemrana, Rajasthan, India |
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| Title: Extracting solvation dynamics of aqueous transition metal and rare-earth halides using Terahertz absorption and IR spectroscopy | |
| Abstract: The fundamental details of molecular solvation dynamics of various aqueous transition metals and rare-earth halides is still a matter of discussion among various researchers. In continuation of the earlier investigations of nickel, manganese, and lanthanum; chlorides and bromides, investigated solutions contain aqueous zinc metal ions in combination with Cl- and Br- as counter anions using a combined terahertz (THz) narrow band p-Ge laser and broadband THz-FTIR spectroscopy. In theoretical perspective, experimental results are complemented by theoretical hydration modelling. Using these methods, low frequency vibrational modes attributed to various orders of ion complexion are observed. Present results strongly indicate that Terahertz absorption spectroscopy provides significant insights into the ion-hydration mechanism up to the molecular level as well as it has a strong potential to detect ion-complexation between cation and anions in aqueous phase. | |
| Biography: Dr. Vinay Sharma is an Associate Professor at NIIT University (NU) India in the Department of Basic Sciences (Physics). In addition to this, he holds various administrative positions at NU including Associate Dean Research, Member Academic Council etc. He has earned his M.Sc. with a Gold Medal in Condensed Matter Physics from the Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi India in 2008. He has received his Ph.D in the field of ‘(THz) Terahertz Laser Spectroscopy’ from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany in 2013. His major research thrust is in the area of Terahertz and Ultrafast spectroscopic exploration of hydration dynamics of aqueous electrolyte solutions and solar cell materials. He has also received esteemed Lady Davis Post Doctoral Fellowship at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel in 2014. Dr Sharma has contributed to various academic and research engagements at distinct places including the Ruhr University Bochum (Germany), at HUJI (Israel), and at the Department of Physics, Axis Institute of Technology and Management, Kanpur India. He has published various research articles having SCIE (Q1) indexing and more that 200 citations in international peer reviewed journals including Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP), American Institute of Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Journal of Materials Chemistry, etc. In addition, Dr. Sharma has participated in various international conferences including the prestigious RSC conference of Faraday Discussions at Queens College, Oxford, UK in 2012. | |
