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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2024/2025

year project in any of these fields. Industrial training is also a
compulsory course.

AREAS OF RESEARCH
There are six research centres in the Department of Physics

1 Centre for Theoretical Physics (CTP)
2 Low Dimensional Materials Research Centre (LDMRC)
3 Centre For Ionics University of Malaya (CIUM)
4 Plasma Technology Research Centre (PTRC)
and fifteen core areas:

1. Applied Materials
2. Solid-State Physics
3. Microprocessor and Computational Physics
4. Theoretical Physics
5. Elementary Particle Physics
6. Corrosion and Coatings
7. Magnetic Devices and Instrumentation
8. Applied Optics and High Temperature Density Physics
9. Materials Science and Polymer Physics
10. Applied Radiation
11. Radio astronomy
12. Optical Astronomy
13. Nuclear Physics
14. Nuclear Astrophysics
15. Stellar Astrophysics

Research facilities determine how nature can be understood. The
Department of Physics has a laboratory for centralised facilities to
support various research activities. Major facilities include TEM, FE-
SEM, SEM-EDX, XRD, AFM, FT-IR, PL, TLD Reader, OMA, Co-60
irradiator and HPGe Gamma spectrometer, TGA, DSC, DMA, UV-VIS-
NIR Spectrometer, Field Emission Auger Microprobe, Flame
Hydrolysis Deposition system, Mask Aligner, 1 m grazing incidence
Spectrometer, DC sputtering system etc.

Other research facilities available in the Department include high-
speed diagnostic systems such as streak cameras, fast digital
oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, thin film preparation systems,
clean room and gas handling facilities, high-power laser, picosecond

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