Welcome to the Solid State laboratory which forms part of the Department of Physics at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.

Matter in the solid state has been a subject of enormous fascination since the beginnings of civilization. Primitive people were attracted to the solid state by its beauty, as in radiant, symmetric gemstones, and by its utility, as in metal tools. These two attributes, utility and beauty, are just as important in physics today. Industrial applications have made solid state physics, or condensed-matter physics journals and the number of physicist employed in this field. The beautiful symmetry and regularity of crystalline solids have both allowed and stimulated rapid theoretical progress has occurred with the most random (gases) and the most regular (crystalline solids) atomic arrangements, much less has been liquids and amorphous solids quite recently. Applications such as solar cells, memory elements, fiber optic waveguides and xerography have driven the relatively recent rush of interest in low-cost amorphous materials.

Current research in the Solid State Laboratory

• Porous Silicon, Semiconductor Packaging and Poly-Si/SiO2 layer for Electronic Junction.

• The Structure and Luminescence of Porous Silicon.

• Deposition of Poly-Si and Silicon Dioxide for Electronic Junction.

• Preparation and characterization of Rare Earth doped Phosphor Material

• Nanostructured Materials from Amorphous Silicon and Amorphous Carbon Based Materials

• Amorphous Carbon Based Thin Film Material

• Semiconducting Oxides for Optoelectronic Devices

• Copper(II) Benzoate and its Derivatives Preparation and Characterization

• Organics Thin Films