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Dr. Rajani K. Vijayaraghavan is an Assistant Professor at the School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University (DCU). She also serves as a Principal Investigator at the National Centre for Plasma Science & Technology (NCPST) and is a funded investigator at I-Form, an SFI Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing.
Dr. Vijayaraghavan holds a Master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Physics from the University of Calicut and a Ph.D. from the NCPST and the School of Electronic Engineering at DCU. Her doctoral research focused on materials science, particularly materials development for energy and optoelectronic applications.
Her research interests encompass multidisciplinary areas including advanced functional nanomaterials and thin films for optoelectronics, energy, and biomedical applications, sensors and photodetectors, 3D printed optoelectronics, and plasma processing techniques. She specializes in plasma-based technologies for materials synthesis, functionalization, and nanofabrication, with expertise in copper halide materials and transition metal compounds for semiconductor and energy applications. Notable innovations include the development of pulsed plasma-PVD technology for large-area 2D materials growth, graphene-based anticoagulation applications, and heterojunction solar cells using copper halide thin films.
As a funded investigator in I-Form, Dr. Vijayaraghavan contributes to advanced manufacturing research. She is affiliated with key research groups including the National Centre for Plasma Science & Technology (NCPST) and the I-Form SFI Research Centre.
