Matthew Moodley

Senior Lecturer
Physics
University of Kwazulu-Natal
South Africa

Professor Physics
Biography

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.

Research Intrest

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

List of Publications
Ramana CHVV, Moodley MK, Kannan V, Maity A, Jayaramudu J, Clarke W (2012) Fabrication of stable low voltage organic memory device", Sen Act B 161: 684-688
Ramana CHVV, Moodley MK, Kannan V, Maity A, (2013) Solution based-spin cast processed organic bistable memory device. Solid state electronics 81: 45-50
Maity A, Ramana CHVV, Moodley MK, (2013) Carbon Nanotube Based Sensors Book Chapter No. 11 in Applications of Carbon Nanotubes. Nova Science Publishers Inc, 259-296