Carbon for Micro and Nano Devices

Swati Sharma is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India. Prior to this, she worked as a Scientist at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the University of Freiburg in Germany. She obtained her Master's and Ph.D. degrees in materials engineering from the University of California Irvine, CA, USA. Part of her work on carbon fiber and glass-like carbon was carried out at the Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea, and at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Swati holds a Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India. In addition to academic research, she gained industrial R&D experience while working as a Scientist and Project Manager in Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, India.

Her current research is focused on a wide range of carbon materials and associated manufacturing techniques for chip-based and flexible device applications. She particularly specializes in understanding the mechanism of carbon formation, and analyzing the microstructure of polymeric carbons. In a 2022 publication in the journal Carbon, she proposed a new microstructural model for non-graphitizing carbons confirming the presence with a quantification of fullerenes in such materials. Her recent interest is laser-patterned carbon, which is a specifically designed carbon material for modern flexible electronics. In addition, she is working on N- and S-containing carbons, waste-derived carbon and carbon fibers. The outcome of her research has been published in esteemed journals, books and patents. The devices fabricated in her lab are used in supercapacitors, batteries, fuel cells and sensors. Some of her notable publications are as follows:

[1] S. Sharma, S. Zorzi, V. Cristiglio, R. Schweins, C. Mondelli, Carbon 2022, 189, 362.