Abir De Sarkar
Associate Professor
Department of Science and Technology
Institute of Nanotechnology
India
Biography
Educational background 2000-2004: Ph.D. in Physics (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata, India) GATE-2000 (97.84 percentile, All India Rank - 34), NET-CSIR Qualified 1999-2000: Post M.Sc. in Physics (Course work prior to Ph.D.), SINP, Kolkata, India 1997-1999: M.Sc. in Physics (Calcutta University, India) (First Class First: Rank 1) (Recipient of President of India, Medal for the year 2000 for having topped all the postgraduate disciplines in the Calcutta University, Kolkata, India. 1994-1997: B.Sc. (Hons) in Physics (First class), St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, Calcutta University, India (Awarded National Scholarship based on the results) 1992-1994: Completed Higher Secondary (10+2), (Rank 75, Awarded National Scholarship) Positions held 2000-2004: Completed Ph.D. in Physics in April, 2004 from the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (DAE Institute), Kolkata with DAE Fellowship May, 2004 - April, 2005: Max Planck Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Berlin, Germany May, 2005 - May, 2010: served as a Research Scientist & Engineer on a A*STAR Visiting Investigator Program (VIP) between CEMES-CNRS, Toulouse, France and A*STAR, Singapore at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE-A*STAR), Singapore June, 2010 - June,2011: Senior Research Associate at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong August, 2011 - April, 2013: Wenner-Gren Researcher/Forskare at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Stockholm, Sweden & Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden April, 2013 - March, 2014: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Central University of Rajasthan, Tehsil: Kishangarh, Dist. Ajmer, India March, 2014 onwards: Associate Professor (Scientist E) at the Institute of Nanoscience and Technology (INST), (An autonomous Institute of the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India), Habitat Centre, Phase-X, Sector-64, Mohali-160 062, Punjab, India
Research Interest
Computational Nanoscience: Nanomaterials for energy, Gas sensors, Band gap engineering in nanomaterials Methods: First principles (ab initio) based approaches, Ab initio transport calculations, Quantum Chemistry, Monte Carlo simulation.
Publications
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Z. Qian*, A. De Sarkar*, T. A. Maark, X. Jiang, M. Deshpande, M. Bououdina, R. Ahuja, “Pure and Li-doped NiTiH: potential anode materials for Li-ion rechargeable batteriesâ€, Applied Physics Letters 103, 033902 (2013)
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K. P. Dou, Abir De Sarkar, C. L. Wang, R. Q. Zhang, “Intramolecular Torsion Based Molecular Switch Functionality Enhanced in Ï€-Conjugated Oligomolecules by a Ï€-Conjugated Pendant Groupâ€, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115, 13911- 13918, 2011; Chao Zhang, Abir De Sarkar, Rui-Qin Zhang, “Strain induced band dispersion engineering in silicon nanosheetâ€, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115, 23682, 2011
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Tanveer Hussain*, Abir De Sarkar*, Rajeev Ahuja, “Strain induced Li functionalized graphane as a high capacity hydrogen storage materialâ€, Applied Physics Letters 101, 103907 (5 pages), 2012 (Impact factor: 3.817)
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Y. Li, A. De Sarkar*, B. Pathak, R. Ahuja, "Strain-induced stabilization of Al functionalization in graphene oxide nanosheet for enhanced NH3 storage", Applied Physics Letters 102, 243905 (2013) (5 pages). It has been recognized as a Key Scientific Article and featured in Advances in Engineering, Canada.
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T. Hussain*, A. De Sarkar*, R. Ahuja, "Functionalization of hydrogenated graphene by polylithiated species for efficient hydrogen storage", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 39, 2560-2566, 2014
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J. Nisar*, Z. Topalian, A. De Sarkar*, L. Osterlund, R. Ahuja, "TiO2 based gas sensor: a possible application to SO2", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 5, 8516–8522 (2013)
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K.-P. Dou, X.-X. Fu, Abir De Sarkar, R.-Q. Zhang, "Dual response of graphene based ultrasmall molecular junction to defect engineering, Nanoresearch", 9 (2016) 1480–1488; K.P. Dou, X.-X. Fu, Abir De Sarkar, R.Q. Zhang, "Tailoring the transmission lineshape spectrum of zigzag graphene nanoribbon based heterojunctions via controlling their width and edge protrusions", Nanoscale, 7 (2015) 20003-20008.
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Seema Gautam, Abir De Sarkar*, "A systematic investigation on acetylene activation and hydracyanation of the activated acetylene on Au_n (n=3-10) clusters via density functional theory", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18 (2016) 13830-13843
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Renu Rani, Dimple, Nityasagar Jena, Anirban Kundu, Abir De Sarkar*, Kiran Shankar Hazra*, “Controlled formation of Nanostructures on MoS2 Layers by Focused Laser Irradiationâ€, Applied Physics Letters 110 (2017) 083101
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Dimple, Nityasagar Jena, Abir De Sarkar*, "Compressive strain induced enhancement in thermoelectric-power-factor in monolayer MoS2 nanosheet", IOP Science: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (2017) (in press)
