Department of Physics, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way,
St. Catharines,
Ontario,
Canada L2S 3A1
Welcome to the Sustainable Nano Engineered Materials Lab @ Brock University!
The research in Dr. Kaur’s group is at the interface of physics, chemistry and materials engineering with focus on synthesis of novel nanostructured materials, studying physical and chemical properties of nanomaterials, and entailing multidisciplinary applications from clean energy technologies to antimicrobial coatings, and water treatment. Current projects funded by NSERC, Canada are focused on designing novel solid state electrolytes using advanced materials and electrocatalysts for innovative electrode design for electrochemical devices, such as batteries, supercapacitors and water electrolysers for clean hydrogen production.
Our group synthesizes, functionalizes, and characterizes nanomaterials, including two-dimensional materials, such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitrides and MXenes and fabricate nanocomposites using polymers. We investigate the structural, and chemical properties of 2D materials and study their interactions with functionalizers and polymers using advanced spectroscopic and microscopic techniques to develop innovative applications and clean technologies.
Students working in Kaur group will gain experience in materials physics, engineering of nanostructures, electrochemistry, and advanced spectroscopic and characterization techniques, including infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and electrochemical measurement techniques.
Students who are interested in joining the lab should contact Prof. Kaur @ jasneet.kaur@brocku.ca.
news
| Mar 2025 | Prof. Kaur was invited for a department seminar at the Physics and Astronomy department of Trent University. She gave a talk on “Next-Generation Ion Conducting Membranes for Clean Energy Systems using Two-Dimensional Materials” where she discussed her recently published work on anion exchange membranes and showed some of the current work of her graduate students. |
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| Feb 2025 | Prof. Kaur’s new work is published on “Wearable flexible solid-state supercapacitors: Interface engineering using functionalized hexagonal boron nitride” in Nano Energy. Congratulations to the team! |
| Jan 2025 | Prof. Kaur published research with a team of researchers from the Toronto Metropolitan University and the Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics, German Aerospace Centre (DLR) on “Hydroxyl-conductive 2D hexagonal boron nitrides for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis and sustainable hydrogen production “in Sustainable Energy & Fuels. Congratulations everyone! |
| Jan 2025 | Gurmeet Singh joined Kaur group as a PhD student after completing M.Sc. in Physics from Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India. Welcome Gurmeet! |
| Sep 2024 | Kevin Stefanchuk joined the lab to work on undergraduate thesis on “Nanostructured electrocatalyst development for hydrogen evolution reactions”. Welcome Kevin! |