Current Research: April 2023- March 2028

• Ramanujan fellowship
• Funded by DST, Govt. of India
• IASST, Guwahati, India

Postdoctoral Research: 2019-2023

• Brain Pool fellowship
• Funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT, Govt. of South Korea
• GIST, Gwangju, South Korea

Doctoral Research: 2012-2019

• Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in 2012, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). 
• Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) in 2014.
• IIT Madras, Chennai, India

Other Achievements: 

• Indo-Japan Exchange Program, 2017, SIT, Tokyo, Japan.
• Physical science teacher in a higher secondary school (XII standard). 2010-2011
• Awarded the GIST Special Research Award, 2022, GIST, Gwangju, South Korea.

Regularly updated lists: Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Scopus, ORCID

Refereed journals

1. Shibnath Samanta, Gopinathan Anoop, HyunJin Joh, WooJun Seol, Seong Min Park, Sanjith Unithrattil, Jun Young Lee, Tae Yeon Kim, Hoon Kim, Jiwon Yeom, Seungbum Hong, Ji Young Jo, Large Electrocaloric Effect with High Reliability in Wake-Up Free Ferroelectricity in Y:HfO₂ Films. Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Royal Society of Chemistry), 2022, 10(18), 9960 - 9970 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA10229J Impact Factor: 14.511
2. Shibnath Samanta, Gopinathan Anoop, HyunJin Joh, WooJun Seol, Seong Min Park, Sanjith Unithrattil, Jun Young Lee, Tae Yeon Kim, Hoon Kim, Jiwon Yeom, Seungbum Hong, Ji Young Jo, Multi-Step Chemical Solution Deposition-Annealing Process Toward Wake-Up Free Ferroelectricity in Y:HfO₂ Films. Advanced materials interfaces (Wiley), 2021, 8, 2100907; https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202100907 Impact Factor: 6.389
3. WooJun Seol, Gopinathan Anoop, Hyeonghun Park, Cheol Woong Shin, Jun Young Lee, Tae Yeon Kim, Wan Sik Kim, Hyunjin Joh, Shibnath Samanta, Ji Young Jo, Ferroelectricity in solution-processed V-doped ZnO thin films, Journal of Alloys and Compounds (Elsevier), 46 (5), (2021) 5658-5664; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.157369 Impact Factor: 6.371
4. Junyoung Lee, Woojun Seol, Gopinathan Anoop, Shibnath Samanta, Sanjith Unithrattil, Dante Ahn, Woochul Kim, Gunyoung Jung, Jiyoung Jo, Stabilization of Ferroelectric Phase in Highly Oriented Quinuclidinium Perrhenate (HQReO4) Thin Films, Materials (MDPI), 14 (9), (2021) 2126 ; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14092126  Impact Factor: 3.748
5. Tae Yeon Kim, Je Oh Choi, Gopinathan Anoop, Jaegyu Kim, Seong Min Park, Shibnath Samanta, Wooseon Choi, Young-Min Kim, Seungbum Hong, Ji Young Jo (111)-oriented Sn-doped BaTiO3 epitaxial thin films for ultrahigh energy density capacitors, Ceramics International, (Elsevier), 2021, 47, 19-1, 26856-26862, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.06.094 Impact Factor: 5.532
6. Shibnath Samanta, M Rath, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, M. S. Ramachandra Rao, Effective Bandgap Engineering in Perovskite Ferroelectrics by Successive Multiple Doping. physica status solidi (b), (Wiley), 2019, 257, 1900272;             https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201900272 Impact Factor: 1.782
7. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, Electrocaloric Effect with Variations of Diffusivity in Relaxor Ferroelectric Materials. Journal of Electronic Materials (Springer) 48 (12), (2019) 7595-7602; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-019-07609-5 Impact Factor: 2.047
8. Pius Augustine, Muralidhar Miryala, Shibnath Samanta, S Pavan Kumar Naik, K Sethupathi, Masato Murakami, MS Ramachandra Rao, Modulations in relaxor nature due to Sr2+ doping in 0.68 PMN-0.32 PT ceramic, Ceramics International (Elsevier), 46 (5), (2020) 5658-5664; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.11.012 Impact Factor: 5.532
9. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, Band gap, piezoelectricity and temperature dependence of differential permittivity and energy storage density of PZT with different Zr/Ti ratios, Vacuum, (Elsevier),156, 2018, 456-462.              https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2018.08.015 Impact Factor: 4.110
10. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, M.S.R. Rao, Enhanced ferroelectricity in PLZT ceramic by precise La-doping, minimizing pyrochlore phase and lead loss, Vacuum, (Elsevier),157(2018) 514-523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2018.08.053 Impact Factor: 4.110
11. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, Effect of Nb and Fe co-doping on microstructure, dielectric response, ferroelectricity and energy storage density of PLZT. Journal of Materials Science - Materials in Electronics. (Springer) 29 (2018) 20383-20394. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-0173-z  Impact Factor: 2.779
12. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi. Effect of micro-defects and Pb-loss on electrical and optical properties of PLZT ceramic. Journal of Materials Science - Materials in Electronics. (Springer) 29 (2018) 7239-52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-8713-0 Impact Factor: 2.779
13. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, Temperature Dependence of Energy Storage Density and Differential Permittivity and Bandgap Study of Relaxor (Pb,La)Zr_0.65Ti_0.35O₃, Integrated Ferroelectrics (Taylor & Francis) 202 (2018) 153-162; https://doi.org/10.1080/10584587.2019.1674833 Impact Factor: 0.836
14. Dinesh Kumar, Shibnath Samanta, K. Sethupathi, M. S. Ramachandra Rao. Flux pinning and improved critical current density in superconducting boron doped diamond films. Journal of Physics Communications. (IOPscience) 2 (2018) 045015. https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-6528/aab39f Impact Factor: __
15. Shibnath Samanta, Miryala Muralidhar, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, M. S. Ramachandra Rao, Masato Murakami. Band gap reduction and redshift of lattice vibrational spectra in Nb and Fe co-doped PLZT. Journal of Materials Science, (Springer) 52(22), (2017) 13012-13022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1425-7 Impact Factor: 4.682
16. Pius Augustine, Shibnath Samanta, Martando Rath, Muralidhar Miryala, K Sethupathi, Masato Murakami, MS Ramachandra Rao. Stabilization heat treatment and functional response of 0.65[Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃]-0.35[PbTiO₃] ceramics, Materials Research Bulletin 95 (2017) 47-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2017.07.019  Impact Factor: 5.600

Conference Papers

1. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi. Band gap, energy storage density, dielectric and ferroelectric properties study of nano and micro-scale Lanthanum doped PZT,  Proc. of the Intl. Conf. on Nanotechnology for Better Living, 3 01(2016), 169 http://dx.doi.org/10.3850/978-981-09-7519-7nbl16-rps-169
2. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi. Effect of Successive Multiple Doping of La, Nb and Fe on Structure and lattice vibration of MPB PZT. Materials today proceedings, 5 (2018) 27919–27927.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2018.10.031 

Patents

1. Shibnath Samanta, K. Sethupathi, V. Sankaranarayanan, M. S. R. Rao. Double atmospheric layer sintering method for PZT based materials, IN Patent No. 364983, Application No. 201641043898, 2016.
2. Shibnath Samanta, Gopinathan Anoop, Ji Young Jo. 용액공정을 이용한 이트륨 도핑된 하프늄옥사이드 산화막의 제조 및 전기열량 냉각소자의 동작 (Preparation of yttrium-doped hafnium oxide film using solution process and operation of electrocaloric cooling device), KR Patent, Applied, 2022-0097228 (2022-08-04)

Presentations

1. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi Dielectric properties of Lead zirconium titanate around morphotropic phase boundary, 18th National Seminar on Ferroelectrics and dielectrics (XVIII NSFD 2014), Manipur University, Imphal, November 3-5, 2014
2. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi Energy storage density, dielectric and ferroelectric properties and band gap study of La doped PZT, International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Material Sciences (ICEMS-2016), Jaipur National University, Jaipur, India, 17-19 March 2016
3. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi Energy storage density, dielectric and ferroelectric properties and band gap study of La-doped PZT, International Conference on Nanotechnology for Better Living (ICNBL-2016), NIT Srinagar, Srinagar, India, May 25-29, 2016
4. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi Energy storage density, dielectric and ferroelectric properties of PZT around its morphotrophic phase boundary, International Conference on Material Sciences and Technology (ICMST-2016), St. Thomas College Palai, Kottyam, India, June 5-8, 2016
5. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, Electrocaloric effect, dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties in normal and relaxor phases of La-doped PZT(65/35), International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities (ISIF-2017), Delhi, India, December 10-13, 2017 [Best Oral presentation]
6. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, Electrocaloric effect, dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of La-doped PZT(65/35) with different diffusivity, Conference on Electronic and Advanced Materials 2018 (EAM), Orlando, Florida, January 17 – 19, 2018
7. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, Effect of Successive Multiple Doping of La, Nb and Fe on Structure and Lattice Vibration of MPB PZT, International Conference on Composite Materials: Manufacturing, Experimental Techniques, Modeling and Simulation (ICCMMEMS-2018), Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India, March 15-17, 2018
8. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, Enhanced ferroelectricity in PLZT ceramic by precise La-doping, minimizing pyrochlore phase and lead loss, International Symposium on Functional Materials (ISFM-2018): Energy and Biomedical Applications, Chandigarh, India, 13-15 April 2018 [Best Oral presentation]
9. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, Band Gap, Piezoelectricity and Temperature Dependence of Differential Permittivity and Energy Storage Density of PZT with Different Zr/Ti Ratios, ISAF-FMA-AMF-AMEC-PFM Joint Conference (IFAAP-2018), Hiroshima, Japan, May 27-June1, 2018
10. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, Band Gap, Differential permittivity and energy storage density of relaxor PLZT ceramics with different diffusivity., ISAF-FMA-AMF-AMEC-PFM Joint Conference (IFAAP-2018), Hiroshima, Japan, May 27-June1, 2018
11. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, Band Gap, Dielectric and piezoelectric properties and electrocaloric effect in relaxor PLZT ceramics with different diffusivity., ISAF-FMA-AMF-AMEC-PFM Joint Conference (IFAAP-2018), Hiroshima, Japan, May 27-June1, 2018
12. Shibnath Samanta, V. Sankaranarayanan, K. Sethupathi, Energy storage density Band and differential permittivity of relaxor PLZT ceramics., International Conference on Nano-Structured Materials & Devices (ICNSMD-2018), New Delhi, India, December 17-20, 2018

• Electrocaloric effect and energy storage in freestanding films for transparent flexible electronics (Ramanujan fellowship, DST, Govt. of India).

• Enhancement of ferroelectricity in HfO2-based thin film by domain and strain engineering, seed layer and interlayer optimization, and energy storage and electrocaloric effect studies (Brain Pool by Ministry of Science and ICT, Govt. of South Korea).

• Optimization of bandgap and layer thickness of top and bottom subcell perovskites in 4-terminal perovskite/perovskite tandem solar cell to enhance efficiency. (National Post Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF), DST, Govt. of India). Awarded but not accepted as already accepted the Brain Pool.

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Internship, project work and collaborative work, etc.

email: shibnaths[at]iasst[dot]gov[dot]in or shibnaths2[at]gmail[dot]com