Amitabha De
Professor
Department of Physics
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
India
Biography
Ph.D Year : 1986 Ph.D Institute : Calcutta University Joined as Faculty Member in : 1992
Research Interest
Earlier areas of research interest: Radiochemical separation of tracer ions using synthetic inorganic ion-exchangers. Fabrication of chemical sensors using Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistor(ISFET). Synthesis and studies on irradiation effects on various high temperature superconductors. Present research interest: Synthesis of conducting polymer based composites and nanocomposites which involves combination of conducting polymers like polypyrrole, polyaniline and PEDOT with other conventional polymers like PVA, polystyrene or with nanoparticles of different inorganic oxides like ferric oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide etc. Characterization of these materials using Transmission Electron Microscopy(TEM), X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry and FTIR sectroscpy. Details studies regarding their electrical transport properties by temperature dependent conductivity measurement. Investigation of some of the potential application areas. Synthesis and study of mode of electronic charge transport in conducting polymer nanotubes and nanowires. Synthesis of ferrite(iron, cobalt and nickel) based conducting PEDOT nanocomposites, detailed study of their electrical and magnetic properties and application as supercapacitors. Application of conducting polymer based nanomaterials as biosensor.
