Dr Mathew Moodley is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of Physics and Chemistry at UKZN. In the past, Dr Moodley was senior scientist at the National Laser Centre, CSIR where he was involved in building novel laser sources and non-linear optical devices. He also held a position of group leader in Sensors at the newly formed National Centre for Nanostructured Materials, CSIR before joining UKZN in 2011.
Laser synthesis of functional nanomaterials Single-walled carbon nanotubes Boron nitride nanotubes Silicon nanowires Laser assisted chemical vapour deposition of nanomaterials Characterization of nanomaterials Raman Spectroscopy Photoluminescence Spectroscopy HRTEM/ HRSEM UV VIS NIR Spectroscopy Electronic characterization Nanomaterials for nano-electronics and sensor fabrication Nucleation dynamics by time resolved optical emission spectroscopy