The Team
Dr. Prasana Kumar Sahoo
Dr. Sahoo's research focuses on exploring and understanding exotic two-dimensional (2D) quantum materials and their heterostructures, which have a fundamental and wide range of technological implications in future optoelectronics such as LEDs, photovoltaics, and quantum technologies. His work has covered various nanomaterials, including 2D materials and heterostructures (Graphene and beyond), group III-V based semiconductor nanowires, and sensors. He exploits a combination of materials synthesis, heterostructuring, and device fabrication for physicochemical properties assessment. He is a pioneer in the invention of the one-pot and in-situ growth of multi-junction 2D lateral heterostructures and superlattices via the water-assisted CVD technique. For the last several years, he has focused on lateral and vertical heterostructures and tuning physical properties via doping and alloying to access exotic properties of 2D materials.
Dr Chandan Samanta
Dr. Samanta completed his PhD from S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata. Prior to his current position, he was associated with IIT Bombay, India and the University of Delaware, USA as a postdoctoral researcher. His research focuses on solid-state device physics based on oxide semiconductors and 2D materials with particular emphasis on heterojunction engineering, enabled through state-of-the-art nano-fabrication and multi-model characterization. His current research interest on excitonic phenomena, and anisotropic memory devices for quantum and neuromorphic applications
Praveen Kumar
Praveen has completed his Masters in Material Science and Engineering from CIPET, Bhubaneswar. His current research is based on large area growth of two dimensional materials for energy and optoelectronic application.
Suman Kumar Chakraborty
Suman has completed his M.Sc in physics. His current research work is based on probing correlated physics from understanding light matter interaction in 2D heterostructures.
Biswajeet Nayak
Biswajeet has completed his Master of Science in Physics from Homi Bhabha National Institute and Masters of Technology in Material Science and Technology from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He was a INSPIRE scholar from 2012-2017 and currently he is PMRF fellow. His broad area of research is to exploit a combination of controlled materials synthesis, heterostructuring and device engineering to manoeuvre on-demand control of quantum properties.
Purbasha Ray
Purbasha has completed her Masters of Technology in VLSI design and Microelectronics from Department of electronics and Telecommunication, Jadavpur University. Her interest lies in exploring and standardizing electronic device characteristics of 2D materials, heterostructure.
Rakesh Das
Rakesh completed his masters in from IIT kharagpur. His interest lies in growth of 2D materials using CVD technique.
Amitpreet Singh
Amitpreet completed his masters from Punjabi University. His interest lies in condesed matter physics and material science.
Neha
Neha completed her masters in Functional Materials and Devices from IIT Kharagpur. Her interest lies in optical studies in 2D materials.
Saswat Kumar Thakur
Saswat completed his masters in Physics from Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur. His interest lies in experimental condensed matter physics.
