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I am a FACULTY at the University of Calcutta, in the Department of Physics.

I do research in the area of Materials Science.

Presently, my research interest is oriented towards Spintronics Materials and Thermoelectric Materials

I did my Post-Doctoral work in the group of Prof.  Kamran Behnia at ESPCI, Paris.

and doctoral  work  with  Prof.  B K Chaudhuri at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India

Have a look at my detailed CV, Research Interests and List of Publication.

Short CV :

Permanent Positions Held :

• Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Calcutta;  February, 2019 - till date

• Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Calcutta ; February, 2006 - January, 2019

• Scientific Officer-D, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Dept. of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India; December, 2004 - January, 2006

Awards :

• Awarded as "Young Scientist" in Physics in the year 2001 by Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata-17, India.

• “Best Thesis” award in DAE-SOLID STATE PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM-2002, organized by BARC, Mumbai.

• “Best Oral Presentation” award in 27th Electron Microscope Society of India conference; organized by National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, 2004.

• “Best Poster Presentation” award in Annual Technical Meeting of Indian Institute of Metal, held at  Chennai, 2005.

Members :

• Life member of Indian Science Congress Association; 17 Biresh Guha Street, Kolkata-17, India.

• Life member of Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata-32, India.

• Life member of Indian Physics Association; Mumbai-88, India.

• Member, International reviewer board, Russian International Affairs Council, Russian Science Foundation, Russia. 

Talks Presented :

• • “Hopping conduction in LaMnO3+ and La0.9Pb0.1MnO3”; during 88th Indian Science Congress; IARI, New Delhi, 3rd -7th January, 2001.

  • “Transport and other properties of some colossal magneto-resistive materials” in 45th DAE-Solid State Physics Symposium, held at Panjab University, Chandigarh; 26th -30th December, 2002.

  • “Electron Microscopy of Precipitate Phase in Cold – Worked and Aged Titanium Modified Austenitic Stainless Steel”, at 27th Electron Microscope Society of India [EMSI] Conference, National Physical Laboratory,New Delhi; 29th -31st March, 2004.

  • “Transport anomalies in Bi0.96Sb0.04 across the quantum limit”; at Miniworkshop on Strong Correlations in Materials and Atom traps, at ICTP, Trieste, Italy during 4th - 15th August, 2008.

  • “Thermoelectic materials: Basic introduction, Present status and recent developments”; Invited talk at Frontiers of Physics: An Exchange of Ideas On Emerging Directions-A two-day research seminar under the SUN programme held at University of Burdwan during 5th-6th June, 2013. 

  • "Temperature-dependent structural and thermoelectric property study of Bi-Sb alloy based thermoelectric materials"; Oral talk at Advances in Nanomaterials using Synchrotron Techniques (ANST-2014) held at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata during 11th-13th December, 2014.

  • “Optimisation of thermoelectric properties by tuning the carrier concentration in Se doped Sb2Te3 system”, Invited talk at National Thematic Workshop on Recent Advances in Materials Science, Organized by UGC DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre & Department of Physics, University of Burdwan, held at University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal during 8th-9th March, 2016. 

  • “Sb2Te3 Based Thermoelectric Materials: Study of Thermoelectric Property and Phonon Anharmonicity”, Invited talk at Discussion Meeting on Synchrotron Techniques in Materials Research, Organized by: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore & Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, Sponsored by: Nanomission, DST, Govt. of India, Held at Sinclairs Retreat, Chalsa, Dooars, West Bengal during February 2-5, 2017.

  • "Powder diffraction and other synchrotron based experiments on thermoelectric materials", Invited talk at Discussion meeting on Synchrotron Science, under the aegis of the Nano Mission project of the DST, Govt of India, held at SINP, Kolkata during December 13-15, 2017.

  • "Thermoelectric composites: The case study of Bi2Te3+graphite nanocomposite system", Invited talk at India-UK Workshop on Thermoelectric Materials for Waste-Heat Harvesting, held at JNCASR, Bengaluru during January 8-10, 2018.

  • "Structural and Thermoelectric Property of Bi2Te3/graphite Nanocomposite", Invited talk at Users meeting of Indian Beamline, Photon Factory, KEK, Japan held at JNCASR, Bangalore during September 25-26, 2018.

  • “Solution to today’s energy challenge: Thermoelectric material- Characterization and recent results on Bi2Te3/Graphite nanocomposite system” Invited talk at 2nd National Symposium on Recent Trends in Instrumentation Science & Technology (NSRTIST-2019), Organized by Dept. of Instrumentation Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata on January 18, 2019.

  • “Tuning of Thermoelectric Performance by Modulating Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Pnictide Chalcogenides based Nanocomposite” Invited talk at 64th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (DAE SSPS-2019) held at IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan, Organized by Dept. of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India during December 18-22, 2019.

  • “Tuning of Thermoelectric Performance by Modulating Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Sb2Te3 based Nanocomposite samples” Invited talk in 11th Vidyasagar-Satyendra Nath Bose National Workshop on Physics of Novel Functional Materials (PNFM-2020) at Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal on 9th January, 2020. 

  • "Manipulation of lattice thermal conductivity in Sb2Te3/graphite nanocomposite thermoelectrics" Invited talk in Emerging Trends in Chemical and Material Science, organized by Gokhale Memorial Girls' College, Kolkata during June 28-29, 2020 (Webinar). 

  • “Evidence of improvement in thermoelectric parameters of n-type Bi2Te3/graphite nanocomposite” Invited talk in User Meeting of all Synchrotron & Neutron Projects, supported by DST (Nano Mission), Govt. of India organized by JNCASR, Bangalore during March 4-5, 2021 (Online Seminar).

  • “Enhancement of thermoelectric performance in n-type Bi2Te3 based samples and its correlation with Topological Insulating Properties” invited talk in 2023 MRS Spring Meeting held at San Francisco, California, USA on April 25, 2023 (Virtual Session).

Teaching :

        At Dept. of Physics, University of Calcutta: For Post Graduate Student

• General Course -  Solid State Physics (Superconductivity, Defects in Solid etc)

                                             - Electronics and Instrumentation

                                            - Mathematical Methods (Selected part, viz., Differential Equation, Special Functions, Green's Function etc.)

                                            - Molecular and Laser Physics

• Advanced Course - Condensed Matter Physics (Hartee-Fock Theory, Interacting Free Electron Gas)

                                                 - Materials Science

Ongoing Research Projects :

• “Investigation of electrical, thermal and magneto-transport properties of Sb and Mn doped GeTe-Bi2Te3 based new class of thermoelectric materials” (June, 2023 - May, 2026) funded by UGC DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre under Collaborative Research Scheme project [Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 16 Lakh (approx) + Experimental Facilities at UGC DAE CSR, Kolkata Centre]

Selected Recent Publications :

(For complete list of publication please click on the List of Publication)

1. Thermoelectric materials taking advantage of spin entropy: lessons from chalcogenides and oxides, Sylvie Hébert, Ramzy Daou, Antoine Maignan, Subarna Das, Aritra Banerjee, Yannick Klein, Cédric Bourgès, Naohito Tsujii & Takao Mori, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 22, 583 (2021).

2. Improvement of thermoelectric performance in Bi2Te3/Te composites, Subarna Das, P. Singha, Ramzy Daou, Oleg I. Lebedev, Sylvie Hébert, Antoine Maignan, and Aritra Banerjee, Physical Review Materials 6, 035401 (2022).

3. Enhancement of electron mobility and thermoelectric power factor of cobalt-doped n-type Bi2Te3, P. Singha, Subarna Das, V. A. Kulbashinskii, V. G. Kytin, Sujay Chakravarty, A. K. Deb, S. Bandyopadhyay, Aritra Banerjee, International Journal of Energy Research 46, 17029 (2022).

4. Investigation of thermoelectric and magnetotransport properties of single crystalline Bi2Se3 topological insulator, Pintu Singha, Subarna Das, Nabakumar Rana, Suchandra Mukherjee, Souvik Chatterjee, Sudipta Bandyopadhyay, Aritra Banerjee, J. Applied Physics 135, 025001 (2024). 

5. Origin of linear magnetoresistance in Bi2Te3 topological insulator: Role of surface state and defects, Nabakumar Rana, Pintu Singha, Suchandra Mukherjee, Subarna Das, Gangadhar Das, Apurba Kanti Deb, Sujay Chakravarty, S. Bandyopadhyay, Aritra Banerjee, Physica B 679, 415801 (2024).