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19. Pulsed exploding wire for syntheses of nanoparticles. JOB OPPORTUNITIES
20. RF ICP and AC capacitively coupled plasma sources and
applications. Courses offered in the Department of Physics, University of
21. Electronic and electro-optical proper-ties of silicon and Malaya are suited for those who wish to be scientists and
carbon based materials. professional technologists in research institutions and the
22. Organic light emitting device. industries. Physicists are in high demand especially those who
23. Solar devices based on organic semiconducting materials. are trained in the field of new and advanced materials, device
24. Astronomical photometry and spectroscopy. fabrication, nano-technology, testing and measurements. The
25. Visibility study of a young crescent moon. industrial sector and research institution today need physicists
26. Adaptive optics. who are able to integrate new and advanced technology into
27. Nuclear reaction rates in astrophysics. existing system. Physics graduates are highly sought after in the
28. Condensed matter physics study of glasses. electronics industries, space industry, computer and information
29. Stellar and neutrino astrophysics. technology as well as telecommunication, and various electrical
30. Experimental Fabrication Techniques in Materials Science. and mechanical manufacturing industries. They often serve as
31. High power ion beam and X-ray source and their materials process engineers, quality control engineers in the
application. production division or researchers in the division of research and
32. Design and implementation of neuron networks. development (R&D). Many Physics graduates have also made
33. Intelligent circuit. excellent marketing and sale executives for modern,
34. IT usage and physics education. sophisticated scientific equipment.
35. Vacuum spark discharge as a EUV source for next
generation lithography. Other opportunities include those in the medical field. Laser
36. Complex dynamics in dusty plasmas. technology, x-ray, NMR, radiation and ultra sound are commonly
37. Anomalous transports in disordered materials. used in various medical fields, hence, Physics graduates are
38. Transports phenomena in nanostructures. suited to assist the medical officers in the operation and
39. Quantum Brownian motion. management of these systems as well as in data analysis.
40. Stochastic field theories using fractional calculus.
41. Description of electroweak interactions of hadrons. There is great opportunity for Physics graduates to become
42. Transport mechanism, spectroscopic and morphological academicians and researchers in Institutions of Higher Learning
studies of gel polymer electrolytes. upon furthering their studies to the PhD level. Besides, Physics
43. Studies of ion conducting polymers. lecturers and teachers are also in high demand in schools, as
44. Structural and electrical characterization of Langmuir- well as public and private colleges.
Blodgett organic thin films of photosynthetic biomaterials
(PBMs) reconstituted into “artificial membranes”. POST-GRADUATE DEGREE (FIELDS OF RESEARCH)
45. Development of biomaterials based nano-gaps, nano-
patterning and device fabrication. Post-graduate candidates may pursue the MSc and PhD
46. Algae derived biophotovoltaic studies. programs (by research) in various areas such as Plasma
47. Hierarchical nanostructured metal oxide dye sensitized Physics, Laser Physics, Photonics, Semiconductor Physics and
solar cells Devices, Display Devices, Thin Film Technology, Materials
48. Low defect density pristine graphene Science, Polymer Physics, Conducting Polymer, Environmental
49. Graphene/metal oxide nanocomposites for solar energy Radiation, Neuron Network, Complex Systems, Elementary
conversion. Particle Physics, Nuclear Theory, Condensed Matter Theory,
50. Magnetic properties of graphene. Space Physics, Astronomy and Cosmology and Stellar
51. Construction of noise measurement system for magnetic Astrophysics.
thin film samples.
52. Description of Electroweak Interactions of Hadrons. The Department of Physics also offers MSc (Applied Physics)
53. Epitaxial growth of III-V nitride-based semiconductors and and MTech (Materials Science) programs by course work
fabrications of nano-electronic devices. covering areas in Semiconductor Technology, Plasma
54. Gravitational field around Galaxies, Stars and Planets with Technology, Laser and Optoelectronics, Applied Radiation and
Elliptical shape. Materials Science.
55. Femtosecond Laser Science.
56. DNA electronics research to enable detection of DNA base
pairs conductivity to enable genomic sequencing, detection
of blood borne pathogens etc.
57. Preparation of graphene thin film for application as anodes B. Sc. Physics
for fuel cells and as transparent conductive film using the
Langmuir-Blodgett method. SYNOPSES OF COURSES
58. Research into the antipathogenic/anticancer properties of
riboflavin.
59. Preparation of inorganic nanoparticles (Ag, Au etc) through
the normal and green synthesis process and its CORE COURSES
antimicrobial/anticancer properties.
60. Biophotovoltaic (BPV) fuel cell research in production of LEVEL 1
green energy.
SIF1001 MATHEMATICAL METHODS I (3 CREDITS)
Matrices and solutions for sets of linear equations: matrix and row
reduction; vectors and their notation; matrix operations; linear
combinations, linear functions, linear operators; matrix operators, linear

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