Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
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):
Network
-
From One Structure to Another for Improved Materials Design
Bourgeois, L., Medhekar, N. & Weyland, M.
15/07/21 → 14/07/24
Project: Research
-
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., Parish, M., Schiffrin, A., Seidel, J., Sushkov, O., Valanoor, N., Vale, C., 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
-
Complex Interfaces and Solid-State Precipitation in Advanced Materials
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University
1/01/15 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
-
Unraveling the roles of single transition metal atom anchored on equivalent stoichiometry graphitic carbon nitride (gC6N6) for carbon dioxide reduction: a density functional theory study
Er, C-C., Putri, L. K., Medhekar, N. V. & Chai, S-P., 12 Jan 2023, In: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 56, 2, 8 p., 024004.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
-
Allotropes selection apropos of photocatalytic CO2 reduction from first principles studies
Er, C-C., Putri, L. K., Ng, B-J., Tang, J-Y., Medhekar, N. V. & Chai, S-P., Sep 2022, In: Materials Today Physics. 26, 9 p., 100751.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Correlation-induced magnetism in substrate-supported 2D metal-organic frameworks
Field, B., Schiffrin, A. & Medhekar, N. V., Dec 2022, In: npj Computational Materials. 8, 1, 10 p., 227.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Enhanced photovoltaic performance via a bifunctional additive in tin-based perovskite solar cells
Li, Z., Li, X., Wang, M., Cai, M., Shi, X., Mo, Y., Chen, X., Ren, D., Yang, M., Liu, X., Jia, R., Medhekar, N. V. & Dai, S., 2022, In: ACS Applied Energy Materials. 5, 1, p. 108-115 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
8 Citations (Scopus) -
Enhancing kinetic and electrochemical performance of layered MoS2 cathodes with interlayer expansion for Mg-ion batteries
Wang, M., Ye, H., Vasudevan, V. & Medhekar, N. V., 15 Sep 2022, In: Journal of Power Sources. 542, 9 p., 231722.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)