Research Interests

• CVD growth of 2D semiconducting materials and heterostructures
• Carrier dynamics and charge transport in 2D semiconductors
• Spectroscopic & microscopic analysis of 2D materials
• Optoelectronic applications: Photodetectors, FETs, Biosensors

Research Areas

CVD Growth of 2D Materials

FET Devices

Photodetector Applications

2D Heterostructures

Spectroscopic Analysis

Flexible Devices

Advanced Lithograpgy

Biosensing Technology

Research Methodology

My research employs a series of experimental techniques to explore the fundamental properties and applications of CVD-grown 2D materials:

• Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) for material synthesis
• Raman spectroscopy and photoluminescence for characterization
• Atomic force microscopy and transmission electron microscopy
• Device fabrication and electrical measurements

List of Publications

2025

Semi-metallic Bi₂Se3 Contact-based Interface Engineering on Monolayer MoS₂ for High-Performance Field-Effect Transistor and Flexible Photodetector

Abdul Kaium Mia, Shipra Aswal, Subhankar Debnath, Viliam Vretenar and P. Giri

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

In-situ CVD grown WS₂-MoS₂ lateral heterostructure with alloyed Interface: Strong photoluminescence enhancement and high on-off ratio field effect transistors

Abdul Kaium Mia, Sourav Dey, Lubomir Vanco, Viliam Vretenar, PK Giri

Materials Today Nano

2024

Asymmetric contact-induced selective doping of CVD-grown bilayer WS₂ and its application in high-performance photodetection with an ultralow dark current

Abdul Kaium Mia, M Meyyappan, PK Giri

Nanoscale

Highly sensitive and selective optical detection of Staphylococcus aureus using thiol functionalized monolayer tungsten disulfide grown by chemical vapor deposition

Abdul Kaium Mia, Swapnil Sinha, PK Giri

Sensors and Actuators Reports

Manipulating Trion and Biexciton Emissions in Monolayer WS₂ by Sandwiching with Ultrathin ZnO Layers for Excitonic Light Emission Applications

Abhilasha Bora, Larionette PL Mawlong, Abdul Kaium Mia, PK Giri

ACS Applied Nano Materials

Facile in situ synthesis of double perovskite Cs₂AgBiBr₆/WS₂ heterostructure and interfacial charge transfer mediated high-performance ultraviolet photodetection

Ravinder Chahal, Abdul Kaium Mia, Abhilasha Bora, PK Giri

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Role of oxygen functional groups and attachment of Au nanoparticles on graphene oxide sheets for improved photodetection performance

Ningthoujam Somorjit Singh, Abdul Kaium Mia, PK Giri

Nanoscale Advances

Response to VOCs stimuli by triphenylamine derivatives functionalized zinc oxide nanorods: A promising material for food freshness monitoring

Gobinath Marappan, Abdul Kaium Mia, Kishore Puspharaj, Sivakumar Vaidyanathan, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Yuvaraj Sivalingam, Velappa Jayaraman Surya

Surfaces and Interfaces

2023

Fast detection of Staphylococcus aureus using thiol-functionalized WS₂ quantum dots and Bi₂O₂Se nanosheets hybrid through a fluorescence recovery mechanism

Abdul Kaium Mia, Abhilasha Bora, Md Tarik Hossain, Swapnil Sinha, PK Giri

Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Based Biosensors: From Fundamentals to Healthcare Applications

Abdul Kaium Mia, M Meyyappan, PK Giri

Biosensors

2021

Ultrabroadband Absorption and High-Performance Photodetection in Europium-Doped 2D Topological Insulator Bi₂Se3 Nanosheets

Sumana Paul, Md Tarik Hossain, Abdul Kaium Mia, PK Giri

ACS Applied Nano Materials

Conference Paper

Aptamer Functionalized CVD Grown Monolayer WS₂ Based FETs for Real-Time Detection of E. coli

Abdul Kaium Mia, Abhilasha Bora, PK Giri

International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor and Devices

Conferences & Workshops

• Recent Progress in Graphene and 2D Materials Research (RPGR-2023), Bangalore, India.
• 5th International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN-2019), SRM IST, India.
• 8th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICANN), IIT Guwahati, India.
• Frontiers in Nano-Sciences 2024 (FINS 2024). IIT Guwahati, India.
• International Symposium on Semiconductor Materials and Devices (ISSMD-2022), KIT, India.
• International Conference on Nano-Structured Materials & Devices (ICNSMD-2018), University of Delhi, India.
• Advances in Catalysis for Energy and Environment (CACEE-2018), TIFR, India.
• Hands-on Training Workshop on Nanofabrication Technologies, IISc Bangalore, India.
• XXI International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD 2021), IIT Delhi, India.
• SPARC Workshop on 2D Materials, 2024.