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Maya Narayan Nair  

DST Postdoctoral fellow
Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012 INDIA
Phone No: +91 7619609113
Fax No: +91 80 2360 1310
mail: maya.narchana@gmail.com

Research Interest

Two dimensional materials like graphene and MoS2, atomic and electronic structure, Photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES and XPS), scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy.

Work Experience

  • Jan 2018-present: DST Postdoctoral Fellow, SSCU, IISc, Bangalore, India.
  • Jan 2014-Dec 2017: Postdoctoral Fellow in Cassiopée beamline, Synchrotron SOLEIL, France.

Publications

  • A. Celis, M. N. Nair, M. Sicot, F. Nicolas, S. Kubsky, D. Malterre, S. Kubsky, A. Taleb-Ibrahimi and A.Tejeda. Superlattice-induced minigaps in graphene band structure due to underlying one-dimensional nanostructuration Phys. Rev. B 97, 195410(1-6) (2018).

  • L. Daukiya, M. N. Nair, S. Hajjar-Garreau , F. Vonau, D. Aubel, J. L. Bubendorff, M. Cranney, E. Denys,A. Florentin, G. Reiter, and L. Simon, Highly n-doped graphene generated through intercalated terbium atoms. Phys. Rev. B., 97, 035309(1-6) (2018).

  • M. N. Nair, I. Palacio, A. Celis, A. Zobelli, A. Gloter, S. Kubsky, J-P. Turmaud, M. Conrad, C. Berger, W. A. de Heer, E. H. Conrad, A. Taleb-Ibrahimi and A. Tejeda. Band gap opening induced by the structural periodicity on the graphene buffer layer, Nano Lett. 17, 2681 (2017).

  • Min-I, Ana Barragán, M. N. Nair, Pierre Fertey, Amina Taleb-Ibrahimi, Vincent Jacques, David Le Bolloc’h, Khaoula Jemli, Ferdinand Lédée, Gaëlle Allard-Trippe, Emmanuelle Deleporte, Laurent Pedesseau, Claudine Katan, Jacky Even and Antonio Tejeda First Experimental Observation of the Electronic Structure on MAPI Hybrid Perovskite. J. Phys. D. Appl. Phys. 50 (2017).

  • M. Conrad, F. Wang, M.S. Nevius, K. Jinkins, A. Celis, M.N. Nair, A. Taleb-Ibrahimi, A. Tejeda, Y. Garreau, A. Vlad, A. Coati, P.F. Miceli and E. H. Conrad. Wide Band gap semiconductor from a hidden 2D incommensurate graphene phase. Nano. Lett. 17 (1) 341 (2017).

  • A. Celis, M. N. Nair, A. Taleb-Ibrahimi , C. Berger, W. A. de Heer, E.H. Conrad and A. Tejeda. Graphene Nanoribbons: fabrication, properties and devices, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.49,143 (2016).

  • M. N. Nair, M. Cranney, T. Jiang, S. Hajjar-Garreau, D. Aubel, A. Florentin, E. Denys, M.L. Bocquet and L. Simon, Noble metal intercalation process leading to a protected adatom in Graphene hollow site. Phys. Rev. B.94, 075427 (2016).

  • M.S. Nevius, M. Conrad, F. Wang, A. Celis, M.N. Nair, A. Taleb-Ibrahimi, A. Tejeda and E. H. Conrad. Semiconducting graphene from highly ordered substrate interactions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 115,136802 (2015). (selected editor’s viewpoint in Phys. Rev. Lett.)

  • M. N. Nair, C. Mattioli, M. Cranney, J.P. Malval, F. Vonau, D. Aubel, J. L. Bubendorff, A. Gourdon and L. Simon. STM Studies of Self-Assembled Tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) Derivatives on Graphene: Influence of the Mode of Deposition. J. Phys. Chem. C, 119 (17), 9334(2015).

  • I. Palacio, A. Celis, M. N. Nair, A. Gloter, A. Zobelli, M. Sicot, D. Malterre, M.S. Nevius, W. A. de Heer, C. Berger, E.H. Conrad, A. Taleb-Ibrahimi and A. Tejeda, Atomic structure of epitaxial graphene sidewall nanoribbons: Flat graphene, miniribbons and confinement gap, Nano Lett.,15,182 (2015).

  • M. N. Nair, N. Hobeika, S. Aloïse, A. Spangenberg, L. Simon, M. Cranney, F. Vonau, D. Aubel, F. Serein-Spirau, J.-P. Lère-Porte and J. P. Malval, One- and Two-Photon Absorption and Emission Properties of Oligo (phenylenethienylene)s series. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.,16, 12826 (2014).

  • M. N. Nair, M. Cranney, F. Vonau, D. Aubel, P. Le Fèvre, A. Tejeda, F. Bertran, A. Taleb-Ibrahimi and L. Simon, High van Hove singularity extension and Fermi velocity increase in epitaxial graphene functionalized by intercalated gold clusters. Phys. Rev. B., 85245421(2012).

Educational qualifications

  • Sept 2013: Ph.D. Physics (experimental condensed matter), IS2M, University of Haute Alsace Mulhouse, France.
  • Sept 2008: Masters in Advanced materials and Nanotechnology, University of Hull, UK.
  • Mar 2006: Bachelor of Education, University of Mahatma Gandhi, Kerala, India.
  • Mar 2005: Master in Physics, University of Mahatma Gandhi, Kerala, India.

Prizes and Awards

  • February 2018: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Research Fellowship awarded by European Commission.
  • Sep 2017: DST National Post-doctoral Fellowship in Nanoscience and Technology.
  • April 2006: Got selected best student for UK higher studies from Kudumbashree (Women empowerment and poverty eradication mission Program), India.
  • Mar 2003: Best student award for obtaining highest mark in B.Sc Physics, Physics Department Fellowship, University of Mahatma Gandhi, Kerala, India University of Mahatma Gandhi, Kerala, India.