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Professor Nikhil Medhekar's research focuses on the discovery and design of new materials for the next-generation of sustainable engineering technologies. These technologies encompass a diverse range, from energy storage, to electronics for sustainable computing, and efficient engineering structures. The fundamental question driving this research is specifically how a material’s structure at the atomic level controls its performance in practical applications. In pursuit of the answer, Professor Nikhil Medhekar focuses on the physics and chemistry of specific engineering materials, and employs modern computational methods on massively parallel computing systems. The real significance of this research is rooted in our urgent modern need for technological breakthroughs in the areas of energy and sustainability — future breakthroughs are underpinned by the development of new, high-performance materials.
Professor Nikhil Medhekar's current research is funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC), via its various mechanisms. Most notably, he is an active member of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low Energy Technologies (FLEET) and ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub on Advanced Manufacturing of Two Dimensional Materials (AM2D).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Cost-Effective and High-Throughput Characterisation of Graphene and Related Materials
1/10/23 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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ARC Research Hub for Advanced Manufacturing with 2D Materials (AM2D)
Majumder, M., Losic, D., Kalantar-Zadeh, K., Choudhury, N., Tabor, R., Dubal, D., Medhekar, N., Polyzos, A., Shaibani, M., Hornung, C., Boley, M., Yellishetty, M., Kim, S. O., Kida , T., Savage, S., DeTata, D., Erdman, A., Nanjundan, A. K., Mathieson, G., Akbarivakilabadi, A., Ekanayake, J. & Sheath, P.
Australian Research Council (ARC), LOLC Holdings PLC, Ceylon Graphene Technologies, Sparc Operations Pty Ltd
7/09/22 → 6/09/27
Project: Research
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From One Structure to Another for Improved Materials Design
Bourgeois, L., Medhekar, N. & Weyland, M.
15/07/21 → 14/07/25
Project: Research
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Facility for growth and characterisation of advanced materials and devices
Hamilton, A., Karel, J., Valanoor, N., Bhaskaran, M., Wang, L., Suzuki, K., Hudson, K., Akhgar, G., Xiang, F., Karakoti, A., Cole, J., Medhekar, N. & Sharma, N.
Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution, Monash University – Internal University Contribution
1/01/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Other
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ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-energy Electronics Technologies
Fuhrer, M., Bao, Q., Culcer, D., Davis, M., Davis, J. A., Hamilton, A., Helmerson, K., Klochan, O., Medhekar, N., Ostrovskaya, E. A., Parish, M., Schiffrin, A., Seidel, J., Sushkov, O., Valanoor, N., Wang, X., Galitskiy, V., Gurarie, V., Hannon, J., Höfling, S., Hone, J., Rule, K. C., Krausz, F., Littlewood, P., MacDonald, A., Neto, A., Oezyilmaz, B., Paglione, J., Phillips, W., Spielman, I., Tadich, A., Xue, Q., Cole, J., Perali, A., Neilson, D., Sek, G., Gaston, N., Hodgkiss, J. M., Tang, M., Karel, J., Nguyen, T., Adam, S., Granville, S., Kumar, P. & Daeneke, T.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University – Internal School Contribution, Monash University – Internal Department Contribution, Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution, Monash University – Internal University Contribution, University of Wollongong, University of Queensland , Tsinghua University, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australian National University (ANU), RMIT University, Swinburne University of Technology
29/06/17 → 28/06/24
Project: Research
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Computational Design of 2D Phosphorus Nanostructures for Renewable Energy Applications: A Review
Er, C-C., Fung, C-M., Chong, W-K., Lee, Y. J., Tan, L-L., Ang, Y. S., Medhekar, N. V. & Chai, S. P., Jul 2024, In: Advanced Electronic Materials. 10, 7, 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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CoX2Y4: a family of two-dimensional magnets with versatile magnetic order
Zhao, Z., Liu, Z., Edmonds, M. T. & Medhekar, N. V., 7 Aug 2024, In: Nanoscale Horizons. 9, 10, p. 1804-1812 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Cryogenic thermal shock effects on optical properties of quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride
Mai, T. N. A., Ali, S., Hossain, M. S., Chen, C., Ding, L., Chen, Y., Solntsev, A. S., Mou, H., Xu, X., Medhekar, N. & Tran, T. T., 17 May 2024, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 16, 15, p. 19340–19349 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Design principles of diketopyrrolopyrrole-thienopyrrolodione acceptor1–acceptor2 copolymers
Erhardt, A., Hungenberg, J., Chantler, P., Kuhn, M., Huynh, T. T., Hochgesang, A., Goel, M., Müller, C. J., Roychoudhury, S., Thomsen, L., Medhekar, N. V., Herzig, E. M., Prendergast, D., Thelakkat, M. & McNeill, C. R., 8 Aug 2024, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 34, 32, 14 p., 2314696.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Electrically Controlled High Sensitivity Strain Modulation in MoS2 Field-Effect Transistors via a Piezoelectric Thin Film on Silicon Substrates
Varghese, A., Pandey, A. H., Sharma, P., Yin, Y., Medhekar, N. V. & Lodha, S., 1 Jul 2024, In: Nano Letters. 24, 28, p. 8472-8480 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)