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Full time

DURATION

72 Months

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Solid State and Structural Chemistry is an offered Full-time three/six-year Doctoral program and it is offered by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Ph.D. programme shall be for a minimum duration of three years, including course work and a maximum of six years. Extension beyond the above limits will be governed by the relevant clauses as stipulated in the Statute/Ordinance of the individual Institution concerned.

Areas of Research: Synthesis; Structure; Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Oxides; X-Ray Diffraction Charge Density Analysis; Organic Solid State and Crystal Engineering; Polymers; Ionic Liquids; Plastic Crystals; Semiconductors; High-Tc Superconductivity; NLO Materials; Nanomaterials; Clusters; Framework Solids; Ionics; Materials Electrochemistry; Renewable Energy Devices; Amorphous Materials; Theory of Organic Nonlinear Optical Materials; Molecular Magnets; Many-body Quantum Chemistry; Chemical Reaction and Dynamics; Statistical Mechanics of Condensed Matter and Biological Systems; Classical and Quantum Simulations; Diffusion in Porous Solids; Parallel Algorithms and Beowulf Clusters; NMR Methodology and Applications.


Eligibility Criteria

A candidate must have M.Sc or equivalent degree in Chemical Sciences/ Physical Sciences: Materials Science (Master:s degree holders in Chemical Sciences must have studied Physics or Mathematics in their B Sc or equivalent course) or Graduates of 4-year Bachelor of Science programmes.

Admission Details

For a Ph D programme in the Science Faculty candidates with ME /M Tech / M Sc(Engg) / MS / Master’s degree in Pharmacy, Agriculture, or Veterinary Medicine will be short-listed for an interview for Ph D programmes based on their academic performance (including their past performance in the national tests like GATE/ JRF/ GPAT in  which they have qualified prior to their Master’s degree).

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