Mr Nikhil Medhekar - Researcher Profile

Biography

Nikhil works in the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer.

Qualifications

PHD ENGINEERING

Institution: Brown Univeristy - USA

Year awarded: 2009

SCM APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Institution: Brown Univeristy - USA

Year awarded: 2006

M TECH, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Institution: Indian Institute of Technology - India

Year awarded: 2002

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Institution: University of Pune, India

Year awarded: 2000

Publications

Journal Articles

Deng, J., Mortazavi Ghazvini, M.S.A., Medhekar, N., Liu, Z., 2012, Band engineering of Ni1-xMgxO alloys for photocathodes of high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal Of Applied Physics [P], vol 112, issue 12, American Institute of Physics, Melville NY USA, pp. 1-5.

Shang, J., Li, G., Gu, Q., Bastow, T.J., Medhekar, N., Nairn, K.M., Doherty, C.M., Hill, A., Liu, Z., Webley, P., Singh, R.K., 2012, Discriminative separation of gases by a "molecular trapdoor" machanism in chabazite zeolites, Journal Of The American Chemical Society [P], vol 134, issue 46, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 19246-19253.

Deng, J., Fampiou, I., Liu, Z., Ramasubramaniam, A., Medhekar, N., 2012, Edge stresses of non-stoichiometric edges in two-dimensional crystals, Applied Physics Letters [P], vol 100, issue 25, American Institute of Physics, New York USA, pp. 1-5.

Kirkland, N., Schiller, T., Medhekar, N., Birbilis, N., 2012, Exploring graphene as a corrosion protection barrier, Corrosion Science [P], vol 56, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 1-4.

Sriram, S., Bhaskaran, M., Chen, S., Jayawardhana, S., Stoddart, P.R., Liu, Z., Medhekar, N., Kalantar-Zadeh, K., Mitchell, A., 2012, Influence of electric field on SERS: frequency effects, intensity changes, and susceptible bonds, Journal Of The American Chemical Society [P], vol 134, issue 10, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 4646-4653.

Chen, S., Medhekar, N., Garitaonandia, J., Suzuki, K., 2012, Surface charge transfer induced ferromagnetism in nanostructured ZnO/Al, Journal of Physical Chemistry C [P], vol 116, issue 15, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 8541-8547.

Chen, S., Medhekar, N., Garitaonandia, J.J.S., Suzuki, K., 2012, Surface charge transfer induced ferromagnetism in nanostructured ZnO/Al, Journal of Physical Chemistry C [P], vol 116, issue 15, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 8541-8547.

Hossain, M., Medhekar, N., Shenoy, V., Johnson, H., 2010, Enhanced quantum confinement due to nonuniform composition in alloy quantum dots, Nanotechnology [P], vol 21, issue 9, IOP Publishing, Bristol UK, pp. 1-6.

Medhekar, N., Ramasubramaniam, A., Ruoff, R., Shenoy, V., 2010, Hydrogen bond networks in graphene oxide composite paper: Structure and mechanical properties, Acs Nano [P], vol 4, issue 4, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 2300-2306.

Bagri, A., Grantab, R., Medhekar, N., Shenoy, V., 2010, Stability and formation mechanisms of carbonyl- and hydroxyl-decorated holes in graphene oxide, Journal of Physical Chemistry C [P], vol 114, issue 28, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 12053-12061.

Medhekar, N., Hegadekatte, V., Shenoy, V., 2009, Compositional patterning in coherent and dislocated alloy nanocrystals, Solid State Communications [P], vol 149, issue 35-36, Elsevier Ltd, USA, pp. 1395-1402.

Hannon, J., Tromp, R., Medhekar, N., Shenoy, V., 2009, Spontaneous formation and growth of a new polytype on SiC(0001), Physical Review Letters [P], vol 103, issue 25, The American Physical Society, USA, pp. 256101-1-256101-4.

Medhekar, N., Chan, W., Shenoy, V., Chason, E., 2009, Stress-enhanced pattern formation onsurfaces during low energy ion bombardment, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter [P], vol 21, issue 22, IOP Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 1-7.

Ramasubramaniam, A., Medhekar, N., Shenoy, V., 2009, Substrate-induced magnetism in epitaxial graphene buffer layers, Nanotechnology [P], vol 20, issue 27, IOP Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 1-7.

Medhekar, N., Hegadekatte, V., Shenoy, V., 2008, Composition maps in self-assembled alloy quantum dots, Physical Review Letters [P], vol 100, issue 10, American Physical Society, USA, pp. 106104-1-106104-4.

Ramanarayan, H., Medhekar, N., Shenoy, V., 2008, Microstructural evolution of strained heteroepitaxial multilayers, Applied Physics Letters [P], vol 92, issue 17, American Institute of Physics, USA, pp. 173107-1-173107-3.

Medhekar, N., Shenoy, V., 2008, Shape dynamics in anisotropically strained two-dimensional self-assembling systems, Journal Of Applied Physics [P], vol 103, issue 6, American Institute of Physics, USA, pp. 063523-1-063523-7.

Medhekar, N., Shenoy, V., Hannon, J., Tromp, R., 2007, Metastability in 2D self-assembling systems, Physical Review Letters [P], vol 99, issue 15, The American Physical Society, USA, pp. 156102-1-156102-4.

Medhekar, N., Shenoy, V., Hannon, J., Tromp, R., 2007, Self-assembling surface stress domains far from equilibrium, Applied Physics Letters [P], vol 91, issue 25, American Insitute of Physics, USA, pp. 253101-1-253101-3.

Conference Proceedings

Medhekar, N., 2010, Non-uniform composition distribution in alloy quantum structures, Optoelectric and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD), 12 December 2010 to 15 December 2010, IEEE, USA, pp. 175-176.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Atomistic Simulations of Graphene- Boron Nitride Hybrid Nanostructures.

Supervisors:

Medhekar, N (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

DFT based studies on the Pt-graphene nanocomposites for electrocatalysis.

Supervisors:

Medhekar, N (Main), Simon, G (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Design and characterization of SPASERs based nano lasers for biophotonic applications.

Supervisors:

Premaratne, M (Main), Medhekar, N (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Large Area Synthesis of Graphene-Based Optoelectronic Devices.

Supervisors:

Medhekar, N (Main).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Ion Bombardment on Graphene and Related Materials.

Supervisors:

Medhekar, N (Main), Simon, G (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Molecular Dynamics investigation into the mechanisms of fatigue crack growth in aluminium alloys.

Supervisors:

Medhekar, N (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Structural properties of next generation battery materials.

Supervisors:

Medhekar, N (Main).