Dr. Richa Sharma

Assistant Professor

Department of Applied Physics

Delhi Technological University

 

Educational Qualifications:

2011-2016: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) from Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, India  

Thesis Title: “Synthesis and Characterization of Barium Titanate based Multiferroic Composites” 

2009-2011: M.Sc. Physics with Electronics as specialization, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, India

2006-2009: B.Sc.(H) Physics, Kalindi College, University of Delhi, India

Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc basis)

Bhagini Nivedita College (University of Delhi), Kair (Near Najafgarh), New Delhi - 110043

    January 27, 2016 – February 10, 2017.

• Taught M. Sc. Physics at Delhi Technological University, Shahbad Daulatpur, Main Bawana Road, Delhi -110042

Subject: Mathematical Physics

• Taught B. Tech. Ist Year and B. Tech. (EP) at Delhi Technological University, Shahbad Daulatpur, Main Bawana Road, Delhi -110042

Subject: Applied Physics-I, Applied Physics- II, Optics, Mathematical Physics and Instrumentation and Control

• Taught B. Sc. (H) Physics at Bhagini Nivedita College (University of Delhi), Kair (Near Najafgarh), New Delhi – 110043

Subject: Mathematical Physics and Electricity

• Taught B. Sc. Physical Sciences at Bhagini Nivedita College (University of Delhi), Kair (Near Najafgarh), New Delhi – 110043

Subject: Electricity and Magnetism

1. Life Member of Indian Association of Physics Teachers

2. Life Member of The Indian Science Congress Association

3. Life Member of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)

4. Life Member of Electron Microscope Society of India (EMSI)

Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals:

1. Richa Sharma, Poonam Pahuja, R. P. Tandon, Structural, dielectric, ferromagnetic, ferroelectric and ac conductivity studies of the BaTiO₃ - CoFe_1.8Zn_0.2O₄ multiferroic particulate composites, Ceramics International 40 (2014) 9027-9036.
2. Richa Sharma, R. P. Tandon, Study of microstructure, dielectric and magnetoelectric properties of the lead free co-fired BaTiO₃ - CoZn_0.2Fe_1.8O₄ - BaTiO₃ trilayer composites, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 26 (2015) 5287-5294.
3. Richa Sharma, Vinamrita Singh, R. K. Kotnala, R. P. Tandon, Investigation on the effect of ferrite content on the multiferroic properties of (1-x) Ba_0.95Sr_0.05TiO₃ - (x) Ni_0.7Zn_0.2Co_0.1Fe₂O₄ ceramic composite, Materials Chemistry and Physics 160 (2015) 447-455.
4. Raj Kumar Gupta, Richa Sharma, Ajit K. Mahapatro, R. P. Tandon, The effect of ZrO₂ dispersion on the thermoelectric power factor of Ca₃Co₄O₉, Physica B 483 (2016) 48–53.
5. Poonam Pahuja, Richa Sharma, Vinamrita Singh, Ram Pal Tandon, Novel Method of Synthesis of Multiferroic Nickel Cobalt Ferrite - Barium Strontium Titanate Composite System, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology 12 (2015) E156-E163.
6. Poonam Pahuja, Richa Sharma, Chandra Prakash, R. P. Tandon, Synthesis and characterization of Ni_0.8Co_0.2Fe₂O₄ - Ba_0.95Sr_0.05TiO₃ multiferroic composites, Ceramics International 39 (2013) 9435-9445.

7. Aman Kumar, Richa Sharma, Piezoelectric flexible generator based on Mn-doped ZnO/PVDF composite films for energy harvesting application, Current Applied Physics 68 (2024) 159–168. [Impact Factor: 3.1]

8. High output piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators based on Y-doped ZnO for self-powered electronic devices, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 199 (2025) 109814. [Impact Factor: 4.6]

9. Komal Verma, Aman Kumar, Richa Sharma, Fabrication of lead-free PVDF/KNNLTS/MWCNT piezoelectric nanogenerator: Role of MWCNT in the piezoelectric performance of nanogenerator for energy harvesting application, Submitted to Journal of Electronic and Materials, Volume 53, pages 7574–7592, (2024) . [Impact Factor: 2.2]

10. Komal Verma, Richa Sharma, Development of KNNLTS–PVDF-based flexible piezoelectric generator for energy-harvesting application, Bulletin of Materials Science (2024) 47:38. [Impact Factor: 1.8] 

11. Komal Verma, Aman Kumar, Richa Sharma, Development of flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator based on PVDF/KNN/ZnO nanocomposite film for energy harvesting application, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Volume 35, 1732, (2024) [Impact Factor: 2.8] 

12. Influence of calcination and sintering temperature on the microstructure, dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of the lead-free KNN ceramics, Komal Verma, Sahil Goel, and Richa Sharma, J Mater Sci: Mater Electron (2022) 33:26067–26085.

13. A flexible piezoelectric generator based on KNN/PVDF composite films: Role of KNN concentration on the piezoelectric performance of generator, Komal Verma, Richa Sharma, Chinese Journal of Physics 84 (2023) 198-215.

Research Papers in Conference Proceedings:

1. Richa Sharma, N. C. Mehra, R. P. Tandon, Synthesis and Characterization of (Ba,Ca)TiO₃ - (Ni,Co,Zn)Fe₂O₄ Multiferroic Particulate Composite, Advanced Materials Proceedings (AMP) (2016) Accepted Manuscript.
2. Richa Sharma, R. P. Tandon, Study of microstructure, dielectric and ferromagnetic properties of the (1-x) Ba_0.95Sr_0.05TiO₃ - (x) CoFe_1.8Mn_0.2O₄ multiferroic composites, AIP Conference Proceedings 1661 (2015) 060008.

Received Research Project grant of Rs. 2,88,000 for the project entitled “Enhancement of Ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of Lead free (K,Na)NbO3 (KNN) and BaTiO3 (BT) based systems for energy harvesting applications” under DTU Research Project Grant.