Shweta Mishra
About me
I am currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Light Robots Group.
My research work mainly focuses on stimuli responsive soft matter, specifically. liquid crystalline materials and their applications.
Top achievements
2020 Best Paper Award - National Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Materials (NCPCM), Govt Holkar Science College, Indore, India, Dec
2019 2nd Prize in short invited talks- International Conference on Liquid Crystals, Liquid Crystalline Polymers and Nanosystems (ICLCPN), MG University, Kottayam, India, Dec
2014 “Late Prog BG Lagoo Memorial Prize” for 2nd rank in S.P. College at 3rd Year B.Sc.
Research topics
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Liquid Crystals, Display, Thin Films, Anticounterfeiting
Research fields
Condensed Matter Physics, Nanoscience
Research career
2024-present, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Tampere University, Finland
2018-2023 PhD (Physics) , BITS Pilani, India
2016-2017 Research Trainee, CSIR-NCL, India
2014-2016 M.Sc. (Physics; Specialization: Physics of nanoscience and nanostructures), University of Pune, India
2011-2014 B.Sc. (Physics), S.P. College, Pune , India
Selected publications
1. Shweta Mishra, V Manjuladevi, RK Gupta, Tuning Liquid Crystal Properties with ZnO Nanodiscs: A Study on Order Parameter and Conductivity, RSC Adv., 2024, 14, 30452-30459, DOI: 10.1039/D4RA05558F
2. Shweta Mishra, Manjuladevi V, RK Gupta, ZnO nanorod incorporated nematic liquid crystal for high multiplexing and high refresh rate displays, Opt. Mat., 145, 114392, 2023
3. Shweta Mishra, Manjuladevi V, RK Gupta, Effect of shape of zinc oxide nanoparticles on electro-optic and dielectric properties of nematic liquid crystal, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 386, 122482, 2023
4. Shweta Mishra, Manjuladevi V, Raj Kumar Gupta, Zinc Oleate Nanorod Induced Vertical Alignment of Nematic Liquid Crystal, ACS Omega, 7, 50, 46466–46474, 2022
5. Shweta Mishra, V Manjuladevi, RK Gupta, S Kumar, Experimental evidence of continuous isotropic-nematic phase transition in CdS nanowire nanocomposites of a nematic liquid crystal, Liquid Crystals 48 (8), 1151-1161, 1, 2021