MUHAMMED JUVAID MANGATTUCHALI

PhD in Physics specializing in growth, characterization, and device fabrication of two-dimensional (2D) materials for optoelectronic applications. Experienced in growth techniques such as PLD, CVD, sputtering, electron beam evaporation, and thermal evaporation for 2D materials and thin films. Postdoctoral research focused on ALD growth of 2D materials for BEOL and FEOL applications, resulting in the development of a BEOL-compatible TMD growth method with four US patent filings. Currently advancing industry-standard 2D materials for FEOL applications as a senior research fellow, with a focus on integration-ready channel materials.

• Developed and implemented novel experimental methods for 2D materials in semiconductor applications, including a BEOL-compatible ALD process for single-layer WS₂.
• Supported a >70M SGD Phase 2 funding proposal for the Applied Materials-NUS corporate lab, coordinating cross-institutional research projects.
• Worked closely with research group and Applied Materials engineers to advance 2D materials applications, resulting in four US patent filings.
• Assisted in organizing the Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting 2024, overseeing a symposium on 2D materials.
• Ranked in the top 2.3% in the GATE-2013 national exam in Physics and offered a direct Joint Ph.D. position (IITM-NUS).
• Demonstrated strong mentoring, communication, and leadership skills through various roles and initiatives.

• M.M Juvaid, S. Sarkar, T. Venkatesan and M. S. Ramachandra Rao, IIT Madras and NUS Singapore, P-type transparent conductor with reduced graphene oxide thin films and one-step synthesis thereof, Indian Patent, Patent No: 545235 (2024)
• Chandan Das,.. M.M Juvaid,.., Conformal metal dichalcogenides, US Patent (under consideration)
• Chandan Das, M. M Juvaid, Jiecong Tang, John Sudijono, S. Gradečak, Methods of forming transition metal dichalcogenide films, US Patent (Patent filed)
• H.P.A.G. Astier, M.M. Juvaid, Chandan Das, Jiecong Tang, John Sudijono, S. Gradečak, Memristive computing schemes in the back-end-of-the-line, US Patent (Patent filed)
• H.P.A.G. Astier, M.M. Juvaid, Chandan Das, Jiecong Tang, John Sudijono, S. Gradečak, Memristive computing schemes in the back-end-of-the-line (Device schemes), US Patent (Patent filed)
• Haobo Li, Edward Kurniawan Naland, M.M Juvaid, S. Gradečak, Method of forming Two-dimensional material, US and SG Patent filed.

• M.M. Juvaid, H.P.A.G. Astier, …, S. Gradečak, Back-end-of-line wafer-scale growth of ultrathin bifunctional transition metal dichalcogenides for future interconnects, (Under review, Nature Electronics)
• Thanseeha Sherin P A, Akhil Raman TS, M. M. Juvaid…, Tuning the Hydrophobicity of Laser-Annealed rGO Thin Films Synthesized by Pulsed Laser Deposition, Langmuir, 2025
• H.P.A.G. Astier, M.M. Juvaid …, S. Gradečak, Scaling Down Diffusion Barriers: Performance and Thickness Dependence of TaN and Two-Dimensional-Material-Based Barrier Layers, 2022 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference, IITC 2022, 105–107 (2022)
• M.M Juvaid and M. S. Ramachandra Rao, Wafer-scale growth of MoS2 and WS2 by pulsed laser deposition, Materials Today: Proceedings 35, 494-496. (2021)
• M.M Juvaid, Dinesh Kumar and M.S. Ramachandra Rao, Realization of good quality bilayer graphene by single-step laser ablation process, Materials Research Bulletin 126: 110840, (2020)
• M.M Juvaid, S. Sarkar, …., T. Venkatesan, Direct growth of large-area transparent p-type rGO-like thin films by pulsed laser deposition, ACS Nano 14(3): 3290-3298, (2020)
• T.S. Suraj,..,M. M. Juvaid et al., Tunable and enhanced spin-orbit coupling in iridate-manganite heterostructures, Phys. Review B, 102 (12), 125145, (2020)
• M.M Juvaid, T. Venkatesan and M.S. Ramachandra Rao, Temperature-dependent growth of reduced graphene oxide thin films via PLD, conference proceedings, Applied Science Innovations Pvt Ltd.

• Atomic layer deposition of WS2 on low-k dielectric substrates for back-end-of-line integration, MRS Spring Meeting, Seattle, USA, 2024, Oral Presentation
• Atomic layer deposition of conformal wafer-scale WS2 films: a promising liner and barrier alternative for back-end-of-line applications, MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2023, Oral Presentation
• Atomic layer deposition of wafer-scale crystalline WS2 thin films for back-end-of-line applications, Institute of Physics Singapore Meeting, Singapore, 2022, Poster Presentation
• Scalable back end of line compatible growth of few-layer crystalline WS2 thin films via atomic layer deposition, MRS spring meeting, Honolulu, USA, 2022, Oral Presentation
• Wafer-scale growth of 2D materials by PLD, iCOLD, AIET Mangalore, India, 2019, Oral Presentation
• Magneto-transport studies on sulphur deficient WS2 thin films grown via pulsed laser deposition, ICMAT, Singapore, 2019, Oral Presentation
• PLD grown rGO, a promising p-type transparent conducting thin films, ICNBL, NIT Srinagar, India, 2019, Oral Presentation
• Optoelectronic tunability of rGO thin films, APS March Meeting, Boston, USA, 2019, Oral Presentation
• Realization of large area transparent conducting reduced graphene oxide thin films using PLD, ICONMAT, CUSAT, India, 2019, Oral Presentation
• Effective bandgap tuning in PLD grown rGO thin films, Oxide Electronics Beyond Moore, NUS Singapore, 2017, Poster Presentation
• A comparative study on mechanical properties of TANI nanowires using AMFM and FFM, BTNT Conference, IISc Bangalore, India, 2016, Invited Talk