Topic: 4N High-Purity Alumina (HPA): Science, Strategy and Scale- A Material at the Crossroads of Innovation

Speaker: Dr Priyanka Nayar, Scientist of Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC), India

Dr Priyanka Nayar received her Master’s and PhD degree in Physics from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India in 2005 and 2014 respectively. She worked as a postdoctoral research associate in Nanjing University, China from 2014-2016. Presently she is working as a scientist in a research institute “Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre” in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Her research interests include thin film deposition, high purity alumina, nanoparticles synthesis various characterization techniques such as XRD, SEM, XRF, UV-visible spectroscopy etc. She also worked on recycling of aluminium industrial wastes into value added products like nanocomposites. Presently she is working on preparation of High Pure Alumina (4N) for LED and semiconductor-based applications.

Dr Priyanka is also author of 20 research papers in international journals including “Scientific Reports”, “Optical Materials”, “Vacuum”, “Thin Solid Films” and many more.