
Welcome
Our Research in animation
Welcome to Boron Rich Nanostructures (BoRN) Research Group. We work on the interfacial science of nanosheets: a fast emerging family of nanomaterials. We have developed a new class of nanosheets that are rich in boron, an element that has always sought immense interest from the scientific community. These nano structures exhibit a characteristic quasi-2D morphology with high lateral dimensions (~microns) and nanoscale thickness (<10 nm). This planar geometry renders nanosheets properties at the extremes of all known materials and provide platforms to utilize the rich chemistry of boron. 2D Boron is gradually gaining significant attention after the experimental realisation of borophene followed by the theoretical predictions. Our research involves the fundamental studies on metal boride derived nanosheets as well as the practical applications in which these can be utilised.
This animated video explains in a simplified manner the different facets of our research work on boron nanosheets
OUR LATEST RESEARCH
GALLERY

Our recent review article appeared on the front cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry C. In this article, we have not only reviewed the progress in this field of metal diboride nanosheets (which are very similar to graphene), but we've also coined a new term XBenes (like graphene) to name this emerging family of metal boride nanosheets.

PhD Student Anshul Receives Best Oral Award

PhD Student Anshul Receives Outstanding Student Poster Award and USD 500 as a Reward.

Ph.D. student Asha received the Best Poster Award at the International Conference on Soft Materials in 2014

PhD Student Anshul Receives Best Oral Award

Our findings on the superlative ability of boron-rich nanosheets to store hydrogen got published in Small. We reported an increase the hydrogen storage by ~50 times using our nanosheets. This is one step closer to hydrogen fuel economy where several future technologies will require hydrogen to be stored in hydrogen-powered vehicles.
FUNDING

Seed Funding
IIT Gandhinagar

INSPIRE Faculty
Award, Department
of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
