Pondicherry University’s Central Instrumentation Facility gets new research equipment
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The X-ray photoelectron spectrometer was funded by the Department of Science and Technology
Pondicherry University has commissioned state-of-the-art nanosciences research equipment funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) at its Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF). Vice-Chancellor Gurmeet Singh inaugurated the X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS), provided under the DST-Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (DST-PURSE) programme. Bala Manimaran, head of CIF; V.V. Ravi Kanth Kumar, professor and head, Department of Physics and the DST-PURSE phase-II coordinator; K. Suresh Babu, faculty in charge of XPS and assistant professor of nanoscience and nanotechnology, and staff members of the CIF participated in the function to commission the equipment.
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