PUBLICATIONS:

SCOPUS Author id: 56676969800, RESEARCHERID: E-5469-2011

ORCID [http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5976-3289]

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Books Published:

Chapter title: “Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in Magnetic Thin Films”,

P. D. Kulkarni, S. Bhattacharyya and P. Chowdhury, Book title: “Advances in Magnetic Materials: Processing, Properties, and Performance”, edited by: Sam Zhang Shanyong, Publisher: Taylor and Francis group, ISBN:  K24846 / 9781498706711

 

Peer Reviewed Journals:

From IIT Madras, Chennai

54.  Srijan Mondal, Chiranjit Roy, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, "Unravelling formation mechanism, thermal and oxidation stabilities of layered sub-micron MAB phase WAlB synthesized at open atmosphere", Materials Today Chemistry ,37, 102004 (2024), doi: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2024.102004,  latest impact factor  7.3.

53.    Subhra Kanti De, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, "Hydrogen adsorption by a porous bimetallic solid solution carbide MAX phases synthesized in an open atmosphere", Journal of Energy Storage, 73, 109009 (2023), doi: 10.1016/j.est.2023.109009. latest impact factor 9.4.

52.   Chiranjit Roy, Srijan Mondal, Pritam Banerjee, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, "Low temperature Atmospheric Synthesis of WAlB and Mn2AlB2 MAB Phases by Modified Molten Salt Shielded Synthesis Method", Advanced Powder Technology, 34, 103983 (2023), doi: 10.1016/j.apt.2023.103983. latest impact factor 5.2.

51.   Chiranjit Roy, Subhra Kanti De, Pritam Banerjee, Soumen Pradhan, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, " Investigating suitable medium for the long-duration storage of Ti2CTx MXene",  Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 938, 168471 (2023) ,  doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.168471, latest impact factor 6.2.

50.   Subhra Kanti De, Chiranjit Roy, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, “Effect of varying Ti/V ratio on synthesis, thermal behavior, optical band gap, and electrical properties of (TixV1-x)2AlC MAX phase”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 931, 167471 (2023) ,  doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.167471, latest impact factor 6.2.

49.   Chiranjit Roy*, Srijan Mondal,  Pritam Banerjee, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, “Molten salt-assisted synthesis of carbo-nitride TiC0.5N0.5 and MAX phases Ti2AlC0.5N0.5 and Ti3AlCN at low temperature under different atmospheres”, Materials Today Chemistry ,26, 101160 (2022), doi: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.101160, impact factor (pub. yr.) 7.3.

48. Pritam Banerjee, Chiranjit Roy, Antonio J. Santos, Subhra Kanti De, Francisco M. Morales, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, “Unravelling the atomically resolved 3D shape of {111}, {010} and {001} faceted small anatase nanoparticles”, Materials Today Nano ,17, 100153 (2022), doi: 10.1016/j.mtnano.2021.100153, impact factor (pub. yr.)  10.3

47. Pritam Banerjee, Chiranjit Roy, J.J. Jiménez, F. M. Morales, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, “Atomically resolved 3D structural reconstruction of small Quantum Dots”, Nanoscale, 13, 7550 - 7557 (2021), doi: 10.1039/D1NR00466B, impact factor (pub. yr.)  8.307.

 

 46. Pritam Banerjee, Chiranjit Roy, Subhra Kanti De, Antonio J. Santos, Francisco M. Morales, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, "Atomically resolved tomographic reconstruction of nanoparticles from single projection: influence of amorphous carbon support", Ultramicroscopy, 221, 113117 (2021), doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2020.113177, impact factor (pub. Yr.) : 2.994.

45. Chiranjit Roy, Pritam Banerjee, Sathish K. S., Piu Rajak, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, "Unravelling dynamical behavior of intergranular glassy films in Si3N4 ceramics during in-situ heating: exit wave reconstruction insights", Journal of Alloys and Compounds,818, 152906 (2020), doi: 10.​1016/​j.​jallcom.​2019.​152906, impact factor (pub yr): 5.316.

 44. Chiranjit Roy, Pritam Banerjee, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, "Molten salt shielded synthesis (MS3) of Ti2AlN and V2AlC MAX phase powders in open air", Journal of The European Ceramic Society, 40, 923-929 (2020), doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2019.10.020, impact factor (pub. yr.): 5.302.

43. Mahabul Islam, Piu Rajak,Somnath Bhattacharyya*, ''Ab-initio calculation insights into the structural, elastic and mechanical properties of high-k dielectric gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3)", Applied Physics A, 125: 746 (2019), doi: 10.1007/s00339-019-3060-4, Latest impact factor (pub. yr.): 1.784.

42.Mahabul Islam, Piu Rajak, Satyesh Kumar Yadav, Somnath Chanda Roy, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, "Unravelling atomically resolved structure of a high-k dielectric oxide-semiconductor interface: Exit wave reconstruction and ab-initio calculation insights", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 813, 152232 (2020), doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.152232, impact factor (pub yr): 5.316.

41. Pritam Banerjee, Chiranjit Roy, Mohamed A.-H. Gepreel, Amit Ranjan, Soumya Basu, Somnath Bhattacharyya*,"Probing nano-scale phase separation at atomic resolution within β-type Ti - Mn alloy; a potential candidate for biomedical implants", ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 5, 5005-5014 (2019), doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b00808, impact factor (pub. yr.) 4.152.

   40. Piu Rajak, P.D. Kulkarni, M. Krishnan,  P. Chowdhury*, Somnath Battacharyya*, "Spatially resolved structure and domain wall propagation in defect induced SmCo/Co exchange spring magnet", Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 491, 165612 (2019), doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2019.165612, impact factor (pub. yr.) 2.717.

39. Piu Rajak, Mahabul Islam, J.J. Jiménez, J.M. Mánuel, P. Aseev, Ž. Gačević, E. Calleja, R. García, F.M. Morales*, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, “Unravelling the polarity of InN Quantum Dots using a modified approach of negative-spherical-aberration imaging”, Nanoscale, 11, 13632 - 13638 (2019), doi: 10.1039/c9nr04146, impact factor: 6.895.

38. Piu Rajak, Christoph T. Koch, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, “Removal of supporting amorphous carbon film induced artefact from measured strain variation within a nanoparticle” Ultramicroscopy, 199, 70-80 (2019), doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2019.02.012, impact factor (pub yr) 2.452.

37. M. Settem, P. Rajak, M. Islam, Somnath Bhattacharyya *, “Influence of supporting amorphous carbon film thickness on measured strain variation within a nanoparticle”, Nanoscale, 9, 17054-17062 (2017), doi: 10.1039/C7NR04334A, Impact factor (pub. Year): 7.233.

36. P. Rajak, S.B. Lee*, Somnath Bhattacharyya *, “Indication of thermal roughening in the retrieved mean inner potential across a Σ5 grain boundary in SrTiO3 annealed at different temperatures”, Journal of Materials Science, 51, 1484-1489 (2016), doi: 10.1007/s1085, impact factor (pub. yr.): 3.078.

As a co-author: (3)

35.  A. Pawbake, V. Waman, R. Waykar, A. Jadhavar, A. Bhorde, R. Kulkarni, A. Funde, J. Parmar, Somnath Bhattacharyya, A. Date, R. Devan, V. Sharma, G. Lonkar, S. Jadkar*, “Hot wire chemical vapor deposited multiphase silicon carbide (SiC) thin films at various filament temperatures”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 27 (12), 12340–12350 (2016), doi: 10.1007/s10854-016-4995-2, impact factor (pub. yr.): 2.019.

34.A. Pawbake, A. Mayabadi, R. Waykar, R. Kulkarni, A. Jadhavar, V. Waman, J. Parmar, Somnath Bhattacharyya, Y. R. Ma, R. Devan, H. Pathan, S. Jadkar*,  “Growth of boron doped hydrogenated nanocrystalline cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) films by Hot Wire-CVD” Materials Research Bulletin, 76, 205-215 (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2015.12.012,  Latest Impact factor: 3.141.

33. P. Rani, A. Kumar, B. Viswanadth, Somnath Bhattacharyya, R. Tewari, A. Subramaniam*,  “Stabilization of Coherent Precipitates in Nanoscale Thin Films”, Philosophical Magazine, 95 [36], 4130-4142 (2015), doi: 10.1080/14786435.2015.1115905,  impact factor (pub. yr.): 1.552.

 

Previous Publications:

From TIFR, Mumbai (May 2009 – July 2015)

32. A. A. Melvin, K. Illath, T. Das, T. Raja, Somnath Bhattacharyya, C. S. Gopinath*,"M–Au/TiO2 (M = Ag, Pd, and Pt) nanophotocatalyst for overall solar water splitting: role of interfaces", Nanoscale, 7, 13477-13488 (2015), DOI: 10.1039/c5nr03735b, Impact factor (pub year): 7.367. 

31. N. S. Sangeetha, A. Thamizhavel, C. V. Tomy, Saurabh Basu, A. M. Awasti, Piu Rajak, Somnath Bhattacharyya, S. Ramakrishnan*, D. Pal*, "Multiple charge-density-wave transitions in single-crystalline Lu2Ir3Si5", Physical Review B, vol. 91, 205131 (2015), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.205131, Impact factor (pub. yr.): 3.933.

30. P. Pandey, T. Das, R. Rana, J. B. Parmar, Somnath Bhattacharyya *, D. S. Rana*, "Electronic control of interface ferromagnetic order and exchange-bias in paramagnetic-antiferromagnetic epitaxial bilayers", Nanoscale, 7, 3292-3299 (2015), doi: 10.1039/C4NR07314B, Impact factor (pub year): 7.76.

29. T. Das, P. Kulkarni, S.C. Purandare, H.C. Barshilia,  Somnath Bhattacharyya *, P. Chowdhury*, " Anomalous enhancement in interfacial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy through uphill diffusion ", Scientific Reports, 4: 5328 (2014) doi: 10.1038/srep05328, Impact factor (pub year) : 5.578.

28. K. Sivaranjani, S. RajaAmbal, T. Das, K. Roy, Somnath Bhattacharyya, C. S. Gopinath*," Disordered Mesoporous TiO2-xNx + Nano Au: An Electronically Integrated Nanocomposite for Solar H2 Generation", ChemCatChem, 6 [2], 522-530 (2014), doi: 10.1002/cctc.201300715,  Impact factor (pub. yr): 5.044.

27. A. Kamlapure, T. Das, S. C. Ganguli, J. B Parmar, Somnath Bhattacharyya *, P. Raychaudhuri*, "Emergence of nanoscale inhomogeneity in the superconducting state of a homogeneously disordered conventional superconductor", Scientific Reports, 3: 2979 (2013), doi: 10.1038/srep02979, Impact factor (pub. yr): 5.578.

26. A. de Pablos-Martín*, F. Muñoz, G.C. Mather, C. Patzig, Somnath Bhattacharyya, J.R. Jinschek,Th Höche, A. Durán, M.J. Pascual, " KLaF4 Nanocrystallisation in Oxyfluoride Glass-ceramics", CrystEngComm, 15, 10323-10332 (2013), doi: 10.1039/C3CE41345D,  Impact factor (pub. yr): 3.858.

25. T. Das, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, B. P. Joshi, A. Thamizhavel, S. Ramakrishnan, " Direct evidence of intercalation in a topological insulator turned superconductor ", Materials Letters, vol. 93, 370-373 (2013), doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2012.11.115, Impact factor (pub. yr): 2.269.

24. A. de Pablos-Martín*, D. Ristic, Somnath Bhattacharyya, Th. Höche, G. C. Mather, M. O. Ramírez, S. Soria, M. Ferrari, G. C. Righini, L. E. Bausá, A. Durán, M. J. Pascual, " Effects of Tm3+ Additions on the Crystallization of LaF3 Nanocrystals in Oxyfluoride Glasses: Optical Characterisation and Up-Conversion", Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol. 96 [2], 447-457 (2013), doi: 10.1111/jace.12120,  Impact factor (pub. yr): 2.428.

23. M. Ray, S. Chatterjee, T. Das, Somnath Bhattacharyya*, P. Ayyub* and S. Mazumdar*," Conjugation of cytochrome c with hydrogen titanate nanotubes: Novel conformational state with implications to apoptosis", Nanotechnology, 22, 415705  (2011), doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/41/415705, Impact factor (pub. yr): 3.842.

22. I. Chakraborty, D. Carvalho1, S. N. Shirodkar, S. Lahiri, Somnath Bhattacharyya, R. Banerjee, U. Waghmare, P. Ayyub*, " Novel hexagonal polytypes of silver: growth, characterization and first-principles calculations", J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, vol. 23, 325401 (2011), doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/32/325401, Impact factor (pub. yr): 2.355.

21. T. Das and Somnath Bhattacharyya *, “Structure and chemistry across interfaces at nano scale of a Ge quantum well embedded within rare earth oxide layers”, Microscopy & Microanaysis, 17 [5], pp. 759-765, (2011), doi: 10.1017/S1431927611000559 Impact factor (pub. yr): 2.495, Times cited: 5

20. Jianjun Yao, Wenwei Ge, Y. Yang, L. Luo, J. F. Li, D.Viehland*, Somnath Bhattacharyya, Q. Zhang, H.Luo, “Observation of partially-incoherent {110} boundaries between polar nanodomains in Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3 single crystals",  Journal of Applied Physics, 108, 064114 (2010), doi: 10.1063/1.3488879, Impact factor (pub. yr): 2.168.

19. Somnath Bhattacharyya *, J.R. Jinschek, J.F. Li and D. Viehland, “Nano-scale precipitates in magnetostrictive Fe1-XGaX alloys for 0.1<x<0.23", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 501, 148-153 (2010), doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.04.063, Impact factor (pub. yr): 2.289.

18.  S. Chatterjee, Somnath Bhattacharyya, D. Khushalani and P. Ayyub*, “ Hydrothermally Synthesized Aligned Arrays of Self-Assembled Multiwalled Hydrogen Titanate nanotubes”, Crystal Growth and Design,10, 1215-1220 (2010), doi: 10.1021/cg901214a Impact factor (pub. yr): 4.720.

17. A. de Pablos-Martín, N. Hémono, G.C. Mather, Somnath Bhattacharyya, T. Höche, H. Bornhöft, J. Deubener, F. Muñoz, A. Durán, M.J. Pascual *, "Crystallization Kinetics of LaF3 Nanocrystals in an Oxyfluoride Glass", Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 94 [8] 2420–2428 (2011), doi: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04547.x, Impact factor (pub. yr): 2.107.

16. A. de Pablos-martin, G.C. Mather, F. Muñoz, Somnath Bhattacharyya, Th. Höche, J.R. Jinschek, T. Heil, A Durán, M.J. Pascual*, “Design of oxy-fluoride glass-ceramics containing NaLaF4 nanocrystals”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 356 [52-54], 3071- 3079, (2010), doi: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2010.04.057, Impact factor (pub. yr): 1.537.

From IOM Leipzig, Germany (Sept 2007-Spr 2009)

15. Th. Höche* , M. Mäder, Somnath Bhattacharyya, Grant S. Henderson, Th. Gemming, R. Wurth and C. Rüssel, “ZrTiO4 Crystallisation in Nanosized Liquid-Liquid Phase-Separation Droplets in Glass – A Quantitative XANES Study”, CrystEngComm, 13 [7], 2550-2556 (2011), doi: 10.1039/C0CE00716A, Impact factor (pub. yr): 3.879.

 14. Somnath Bhattacharyya, Th Höche*, J.R. Jinschek, I. Avramov, R. Wurth, M. Müller and C. Rüssel, “Direct evidence of Al-rich layers around nanosized ZrTiO4 in glass: putting the role of nucleation agents in perspective” Crystal Growth and Design, vol. 10, 379-385 (2010), doi: 10.1021/cg9009898,  Impact factor (pub. yr):  4.720.

13. C. Bocker, Somnath Bhattacharyya, Th. Höche* and C. Rüssel, “Size Distribution of BaF2 Nano Crystallites in Transparent Glass Ceramics”, Acta Materialia, vol. 57, 5956-5963 (2009), doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2009.08.021, Impact factor (pub. yr): 3.781.

12. Somnath Bhattacharyya, Th. Höche*, N. Hemono, M.J. Pascual and P.A. van Aken, “Nano-crystallization in LaF3-Na2O-Al2O3-SiO2 Glass”,  Journal of Crystal Growth, 311, 4350-4355 (2009), doi: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2009.07.027, Impact factor (pub. yr): 1.737.

11. Somnath Bhattacharyya, C. Bocker, T. Heil, J. R. Jinschek,  Th. Höche*, C. Rüssel, H. Kohl, “Experimental Evidence of Self-Limited Growth of Nano Crystals in Glass”, Nano Letters, 9[6], 2493-2496 (2009), doi: 10.1021/nl901283r, Impact factor (pub. yr): 12.186.

10. Somnath Bhattacharyya *, Th. Höche, K. Hahn and P.A. van Aken,  “Various transmission electron microscopic techniques to characterize phase separation - illustrated using a LaF3 containing aluminosilicate glass”, Journal of Non-Cryst. Solids, 355, 393-396 (2009), doi: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2008.12.005, Impact factor (pub. yr): 1.483.

9.  Somnath Bhattacharyya * and J.R. Jinschek, “Retrieval of potential variation in electron beam sensitive specimens using single bright field image”, Microscopy research and Technique, 71 [9], 679-675(2008), doi: 10.1002/jemt.20607, Impact factor (pub. yr): 1.85.

From Virginia Tech, USA (Nov 2006- Aug 2007)

8. Somnath Bhattacharyya*, J.R. Jinschek, H. Cao, Wang Yu, J.F. Li and D. Viehland, “Direct high-resolution transmission electron microscopy observation of tetragonal nanotwins within the monoclinic Mc Phase of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.35PbTiO3 crystals”, Applied Physics Letters, 92 [14], 142904 (2008), doi: 10.1063/1.2908228, Impact factor (pub. yr): 3.554.

7.  Somnath Bhattacharyya *, J.R. Jinschek, A. Khachaturyan, H. Cao, J.F. Li and  D. Viehland, “ Nano-dispersed DO3 phase nanostructures observed in magnetostrictive Fe – 19%Ga Galfenol alloys”, Physical Review B, 77 [10], 104107 (2008), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.104107,  Impact factor (pub. yr):  3.475.

From Max Planck Institut für Metallforschung, Stuttgart, Germany (Mar 2003-Mar 2006)

6. Somnath Bhattacharyya *, C.T. Koch and M. Rühle,  "Projected potential profiles across intergranulaur glassy films ",  Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan, 114 [11], 1005-1012, (2006), doi: 10.2109/jcersj.114.1005, Impact factor (pub. yr): 0.807.

5. Somnath Bhattacharyya *, C.T. Koch and M. Rühle, “Projected potential profiles across interfaces obtained by reconstructing the exit face wave function from through focal series”, Ultramicroscopy, 106[6], 525-538 (2006), doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2006.01.007, Impact factor (pub. yr): 2.6.

4. Somnath Bhattacharyya *, A. Subramaniam, C.T. Koch and M. Rühle, "Aspects regarding measurement of thickness of intergranular glassy films", Journal of Microscopy, 221 (1), 46-62 (2006), doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2006.01541.x, Impact factor (pub. yr): 1.872.

3. Somnath Bhattacharyya *, A. Subramaniam, C.T. Koch R. M. Cannon, M. Rühle, "The evolution of amorphous grain boundaries during in-situ heating experiments in Lu-Mg doped Si3N4", Materials Science and Engineering A, 422, 92-101 (2006), doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2006.01.002, Impact factor (pub. yr): 2.108.

2. C.T. Koch*, Somnath Bhattacharyya, M. Rühle, R.L. Satet and M.J. Hoffmann, “Measuring electrostatic potential profiles across amorphous intergranular films by electron diffraction”, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 12[02], 156-159 (2006), doi:10.1017/S1431927606060132, Impact factor (pub. yr): 1.94.

From IISc, Bangalore (Aug 2001 –Dec 2002)

1.    G.S. Gupta* and Somnath Bhattacharyya, “Liquid Holdup in Non-wetting Packing with Lateral Gas Injection”, ISIJ International, 43, 1927, (2003), doi: 10.2355/isijinternational.43.1927-1935, Impact factor (pub. yr): 0.895.