Dr. Arup Ratan Pal

Our research at Plasma Nanotechnology Laboratory is focussed on the synthesis of nanomaterials by plasma based processes with the specific aim of material synthesis suitable for advanced electronic, optoelectronic and bioelectronic devices.

We develop films of plasmonic materials, conducting polymers, nanocomposites of conducting polymers with metal/metal oxide nanoparticles and with some inorganic nanocrystals by solvent free as well as water free plasma based processes, in significantly less numbers of process steps.

We are also working on preparing carbon nanomaterials e.g. nanofibers, nanotubes and graphene at low temperatures suitable for fabrication of electronic and optoelectronic devices.

In the device development area we mainly work on fabrication of plasmonic photo-detectors, solar cells and photo-transistors using the nanomaterials developed by plasma processes.

We put strong emphasis on understanding the basic material properties and device physics for development of advanced devices.

Employment:

January 2024 - till date: Professor-I

October 2018 - December 2023: Associate Professor-II

January 2014 - September 2018: Associate Professor-I

Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati- 781035, India.

January 2010 - December 2013: Assistant Professor-II

Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati- 781035, India.

April 2006 - December 2010: Assistant Professor-I

Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati- 781035, India.

Awards:

  1. BOYSCAST Fellowship 2006-07, awarded by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India to carry out research work at the University of Maryland, USA for one year.

Academic:

Ph.D., Physics

Gauhati University, Guwahati, India 2006

(Ph. D Thesis: Studies on sheath and related phenomena in post magnetron and double plasma device.)

M.Sc., Physics, Gauhati University, Guwahati, India, 1999 First Class

B.Sc., Physics, Assam University, Silchar, India 1996, First Class

  1. Harnessing plasma-generated reactive species for the synthesis of different phases of molybdenum oxide to study adsorption and photocatalytic activity, Parismita Kalita, Palash Jyoti Boruah, Arup R. Pal and H. Bailung, Dalton Transactions, DOI: 10.1039/d4dt01620c (2024).
  2. High-yield conversion of lab waste to resources for the development of nanocomposite broadband photocatalysts embracing near-infrared plasmonic effects, Jnanraj Borah, Pallab Pathak, Jyotisman Bora, Sritam Biswas, Pabitra Nath, Arup R. Pal and Bimal K. Sarma, Composites Part B 282 (2024) 111594.
  3. A Substrate Constituent Na-Catalyzed Growth of Carbon Nanotubes on Glass substrate by Atmospheric Pressure PECVD, Jyotisman Bora, Bablu Basumatary, Santanu Podder, Deepshikha Gogoi, Bikash Sarma, Purbajyoti Bhagowati, Biswajit Choudhury, Dinkar S. Patil and Arup R. Pal*, Applied Surface Science 648 (2024) 158988.
  4. A study on the applicability of thin film over powder for visible light photocatalysis, Mintu Sarma, Manju Kumari Jaiswal, Santanu Podder, Jyotisman Bora, Sanjib Karmakar, Biswajit Choudhury, Arup RatanPal, Physica B 670 (2023) 415354.
  5. A p-conjugated organic pyroelectric nanogenerator (OPyNG) based on pyrophototronic effect, Bablu Basumatary, Deepshikha Gogoi, Santanu Podder, Jyotisman Bora, Khomdram Bijoykumar Singh, Shakya Deep Bora, Arup R Pal* and Dinkar S. Patil, Nano Energy 114 (2023) 108655.
  6. Gold Nanoparticle-Crystalline Rubrene Hybrid Nanocomposite via Plasma Processing and Realization of Plasmon-enhanced Organic Thin Film Transistor with High Responsivity, Sweety Biswasi, Deepshikha Gogoi and Arup R. Pal*, Applied Surface Science 599 (2022) 153883.
  7. A hybrid system for plasmonic and surface polarization induced pyro-phototronic harvesting of light, Deepshikha Gogoi, Santanu Podder, Jyotisman Bora, Sweety Biswasi and Arup R. Pal*, Optical Materials, 122 (2021) 111733.
  8. Synergistic Effect of Au Interband Transition on Graphene Oxide/ZnO Heterostructure: An Experimental Analysis with FDTD Simulation, Bablu Basumatary, Santanu Poddera, Samir Thakur, Jyotisman Bora, Bikash Sharma, Sankar Moni Borah, Nirab Ch. Adhikary, Dinkar S. Patil and Arup R. Pal*, ACS Omega, 7 (2022) 7662.
  9. Interband Transition in Plasmonic Titanium Nitride and its Contribution towards ZnO Based Pyro-phototronic Application, Santanu Podder, Jyotisman Bora, Samir Thakur, Deepshikha Gogoi, Bablu Basumatary, Sankar Moni Borah, Nirab C. Adhikary and Arup R. Pal*, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 275 (2022) 125290.
  10. An all metal nitride nanostructure configuration: Study and exploitation in efficient photo-detection, Jyotisman Bora, Santanu Podder, Deepshikha Gogoi, Bablu Basumatary and Arup R. Pal*, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 879 (2021), 160460.
  11. Pyro-phototronic application in the Au/ZnO interface for the fabrication of a highly responsive ultrafast UV photodetector, Santanu Podder, Bablu Basumatary, Deepshikha Gogoi, Jyotisman Bora, Arup R. Pal*, Applied Surface Science, 537 (2020) 147893(1-10).
  12. Single-step preparation of Graphene Oxide transparent electrode by PECVD and its application in a fast-response UV-A selective pyrophototronic device, Bablu Basumatary, Santanu Podder, Bikash Sharma, Arup R. Pal*, Munima B. Sahariah, Neelotpal Sen Sarma, Dinkar S Patil, Journal of Electronic Materials, 49 (2020) 5467-5477.
  13. Crystalline rubrene via a novel process and realization of a pyro-phototronic device with a rubrene-based film, Deepshikha Gogoi, Amreen A. Hussain, Sweety Biswasi and Arup R. Pal*, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 8 (2020) 6450-6460.
  14. Hot carrier devices using visible and NIR responsive titanium nitride nanostructures with stoichiometry variation, S. Podder and Arup R. Pal*, Optical Materials, 97 (2019) 109379(1-8).
  15. Unravelling the catalytic and plasmonic roles of g-C3N4 supported Ag and Au nanoparticles under selective photoexcitation, T. Kashyap, S. Biswasi, Arup R. Pal, B. Choudhury, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 7 (2019) 19295-19302.
  16. Plasmon thin film transistor using plasma polymerized Aniline–Rubrene–Gold nanocomposite in one-step process, Sweety Biswasi, Arup R. Pal*, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 254 (2019) 371-386.
  17. Plasmonic visible-NIR photodetector based on hot electrons extracted from nanostructured titanium nitride, Santanu Podder and Arup R. Pal*, Journal of Applied Physics 126, (2019) 083108(1-7).
  18. Low loaded platinum (Pt) based binary catalyst electrode for PEMFC by plasma co-sputtered deposition method, Ibnul Farid, Abhijit Boruah, Joyanti Chutia, Arup R. Pal and Heremba Bailung, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 236 (2019) 121796(1-11).
  19. Plasma based synthesis of nanomaterials for development of plasmon enhanced infrared responsive optoelectronic device”, Deepshikha Gogoi, Amreen A. Hussain, Arup R. Pal*, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 39 (2019) 277-292.
  20. Investigations on the transformation of vertically aligned CNTs to intramolecular junctions by atmospheric pressure PECVD, Bikash Sharma, Kar, Arup R. Pal*, R. K. Shilpa, R. O. Dusane, D. S. Patil, S. R. Suryawanshi, M. A. More and S. Sinha,Materials Today Communications, 16 (2018) 178-185.
  21. Characteristics of dust voids in a strongly coupled laboratory dusty plasma, Yoshiko Bailung, T. Deka, A. Boruah, S. K. Sharma, Arup R. Pal, Joyanti Chutia and H. Bailung, Physics of Plasmas, 25 (2018) 053705(1-8).
  22. Enhanced light harvesting through Förster Resonance Energy Transfer in polymer-small molecule ternary system”, Amreen A. Hussain, Arup R. Pal*, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5 (2017) 1136-1148.
  23. Role of hydrogen diffusion in temperature-induced transformation of carbon nanostructures deposited on metallic substrates by using a specially designed fused hollow cathode cold atmospheric pressure plasma source, Bikash Sharma, Kar, Arup R. Pal*, R. K. Shilpa, R. O. Dusane, D. S. Patil, S. R. Suryawanshi, M. A. More and S. Sinha,Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 50 (2017) 155207(1-11).
  24. Tea-carbon dots-reduced Graphene Oxide: An efficient conducting coating material for fabrication of an e-Textile”, Achyut Konwar, Upama Baruah, Manash J. Deka, Amreen A. Hussain, Sultana R. Haque, Arup R. Pal, and Devasish Chowdhury, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 5(12) (2017) 11645-11651.
  25. Biomimetic deposition of carbonate apatite and role of carbonate substitution on mechanical properties at nanoscale, Bimal K. Sarma, Pintu Barman, Bikash Sarma, Apurba Das and Arup R. Pal, Materials Letters 185 (2016) 387-390.
  26. Self-powered broadband photodetector using plasmonic titanium nitride, Amreen A. Hussain, Bikash Sharma, Tapan Barman and Arup R. Pal*, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8 (2016) 4258-4265.
  27. Biomimetic growth and substrate dependent mechanical properties of bone like apatite nucleated on Ti and magnetron sputtered TiO­­2 nanostructure, Bimal K. Sarma, A. Das, P. Barman and Arup R. Pal, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 49 (2016) 145304(1-15).
  28. Atomic level understanding of site-specific interactions in Polyaniline/TiO2 composite, S. Chabungbam, M. B. Sahariah, Arup R. Pal, R. Pandey, Chemical Physics Letters, 645 (2016) 144-149.
  29. Plasmonic hot-hole generation by inter-band transition in Gold- Polyaniline, Tapan Barman, Amreen A. Hussain, Bikash Sharma and Arup R. Pal*, Scientific Reports, 5 (2015) 18276(1-5).
  30. One-step grown multi-walled carbon nanotubes with Ni filling and decoration, Mahananda Baro and Arup R. Pal*, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 48 (2015) 225303 (1-6).
  31. Plasmonic photosensitization of polyaniline prepared by a novel process for high performance flexible photodetector, Barman, Arup R. Pal*, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7 (2015) 2166-2170.
  32. Pulsed plasma assisted growth of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes at low temperature on Mo substrate, Mahananda Baro and Arup R. Pal*, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 35 (2015) 247.
  33. Enhanced light sensing performance of a hybrid device developed using as-grown vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes on TCO substrate, Mahananda Baro, Amreen A. Hussain, Arup R. Pal*, RSC Advances, 4 (2014) 46970.
  34. Comparative study of nanocomposites prepared by pulsed and DC sputtering combined with plasma polymerization suitable for photovoltaic device applications, Amreen A. Hussain, Arup R. Pal*, Heremba Bailung, Joyanti Chutia, Dinkar S. Patil, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 148 (2014) 540.
  35. Immobilization of Trypsin on Plasma Prepared Ag/PPAni Nanocomposite Film for Efficient Digestion of Protein, Dolly Gogoi, Tapan Barman, Bula Choudhury, Mojibur Khan, Yogesh Chaudhari, Madhusmita Dehingia, Arup R. Pal*, Heremba Bailung, Joyanti Chutia, Materials Science and Engineering C, 43 (2014) 237.
  36. High photosensitivity with enhanced photoelectrical contribution in hybrid nanocomposite flexible UV photodetector, Amreen A. Hussain, Arup R. Pal*, and Dinkar S. Patil, Organic Electronics, 15 (2014) 2107.
  37. Comparative study of structural and optical properties of pulsed and RF plasma polymerized aniline films, T Barman, Arup R. Pal*, J. Chutia, Applied Surface Science, 313 (2014) 286.
  38. An efficient fast response and high-gain solar-blind flexible ultraviolet photodetector employing hybrid geometry, Amreen A. Hussain, Arup R. Pal* and Dinkar S. Patil, Applied Physics Letters, 104 (2014) 193301.
  39. Pulsed PECVD for low temperature growth of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, Mahananda Baro, Dolly Gogoi, Arup R. Pal*, Nirab C. Adhikary, Heremba Bailung, Joyanti Chutia, Chemical Vapour Deposition, 20 (2014) 161.
  40. Enhancement of proton conductivity of sulfonated polystyrene membrane prepared by plasma polymerization process, B. K. Nath, A. Khan, J. Chutia, Arup R. Pal, H. Bailung, N. Sen Sarma, D. Chowdhury and N. C. Adhikary, Bulletin of Materials Science, 37 (2015) 1613-1624.
  41. Highly effective antibiofilm coating of silver–polymer nanocomposite on polymeric medical devices deposited by one step plasma process, M. Agarwala, T. Barman, D. Gogoi, B. Choudhury, Arup R. Pal*, R. N. S. Yadav, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: B, 102(6) (2014) 1223-1235.
  42. Development of advanced antimicrobial and sterilized plasma polypropylene grafted muga (antheraea assama) silk as suture biomaterial, Dolly Gogoi, Arup Jyoti Choudhury, Joyanti Chutia, Arup R. Pal, Mojibur Khan, Manash Choudhury, Pallabi Pathak, Gouranga Das, Dinkar S. Patil, Biopolymers, 101(4) (2014) 355-365.
  43. Contradictory ageing behaviour and optical property of iodine doped and H2SO4 doped pulsed DC plasma polymerized aniline thin films, Tapan Barman and Arup R. Pal*, Solid State Sciences, 24 (2013) 71-78. 
  44. Fabrication of heterostructure device with Au/PPani-TiO2/ITO configuration and study of device parameters including current conduction mechanism, Amreen A. Hussain, Arup R. Pal*, Heremba Bailung, Joyanti Chutia and Dinkar S Patil, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 46 (2013) 325301(1-10).
  45. Effect of post-deposition annealing on the growth of nanocrystalline TiO2 thin films and elastic anisotropy of rutile phase at different temperatures, Bimal K. Sarma, Arup R. Pal, Heremba Bailung and Joyanti Chutia, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 577 (2013) 261-268. 
  46. Growth of nanocrystalline TiO2 thin films and crystal anisotropy of anatase phase deposited by direct current reactive magnetron sputtering, Bimal K. Sarma, Arup R. Pal, Heremba Bailung and Joyanti Chutia, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 139 (2013) 979-987.
  47. Effect of Radiofrequency Plasma Assisted Grafting of Polypropylene on the Properties of Muga Silk Yarn, D. Gogoi, J. Chutia, A. J. Choudhury, Arup R. Pal, N. N. Dass and D. S. Patil, Plasma Chemistry Plasma Processing, 32 (2012) 1293-1306. 
  48. Pulsed DC discharge for synthesis of conjugated plasma polymerized aniline thin film, T. Barman and Arup R. Pal*, Applied Surface Science, 259 (2012) 691-697.
  49. Hybrid heterojunction with reverse rectifying characteristics fabricated by magnetron sputtered TiOx and plasma polymerized aniline structure, Bimal K. Sarma, Arup R. Pal*, Heremba Bailung and Joyanti Chutia, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 45 (2012) 275401(1-12).
  50. Role of Plasma Parameters on the Conjugated Structure Retention in Polyaniline Thin Film, Amreen A. Hussain, Shyamalima Sharma, Arup R. Pal*, Heremba Bailung, Joyanti Chutia and Dinkar S. Patil, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 32 (2012) 817-832.
  51. Plasma Process for Development of a Bulk Heterojunction Optoelectronic Device: a Highly Sensitive UV Detector, Shyamalima Sharma, Arup R. Pal*, Joyanti Chutia, Heremba Bailung, Neelotpal S. Sarma, Narendra N. Dass and Dinkar Patil, Applied Surface Science, 258 (2012) 7897-7906.
  52. Role of ion energy on growth and optical dispersion of nanocrystalline TiO2 films prepared by magnetron sputtering with ion assistance at the substrate, Bimal K. Sarma, Arup R. Pal, Heremba Bailung and Joyanti Chutia, Applied Surface Science, 258 (2012) 5659-5665.
  53. Microstructural, optical, and dielectric properties of nanocrystalline TiO2 films prepared by ion-assisted magnetron sputtering, Bimal K. Sarma, Arup R. Pal, Heremba Bailung and Joyanti Chutia, International Journal of Materials Research, 103 (2012) 564-570.
  54.  TiO2/polyaniline nanocomposite films prepared by magnetron sputtering combined with plasma polymerization process, Arup R. Pal*, Bimal K. Sarma, Nirab C. Adhikary, Joyanti Chutia and Heremba Bailung, Applied Surface Science, 258 (2011) 1199-1205.
  55. Enhancement of hydrophobicity and tensile strength of muga silk fiber by radiofrequency Ar plasma discharge, D. Gogoi, A. J. Choudhury, J. Chutia, Arup R. Pal, N. N. Dass, D. Devi and D. S. Patil Applied Surface Science, 258 (2011) 126-135.
  56. Effect of impinging ion energy on the substrates during deposition of SiOx Films by radiofrequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process, A.J. Choudhury, S.A. Barve, Joyanti Chutia, H. Kakati, Arup R. Pal, Jagannath, N. Mithal, R. Kishore, M. Pandey and D. S. Patil, Thin Solid Films, 519 (2011) 7864-7870.
  57. Extended Conjugation in Polyaniline Like Structure Prepared by Plasma Polymerization Suitable for Optoelectronic Applications, Bimal K. Sarma, Arup R. Pal*, Heremba Bailung and Joyanti Chutia, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 31 (2011) 741-754.
  58. RF-PACVD of water repellent and protective HMDSO coatings on bell metal surfaces: Correlation between discharge parameters and film properties, A.J. Choudhury, S.A.Barve, JoyantiChutia, A.R.Pal, R.Kishore, Jagannath, M.Pande, D.S.Patil, Applied Surface Science 257 (2011) 8469. 
  59. Investigations of the hydrophobic and scratch resistance behavior of polystyrene films deposited on bell metal using RF-PACVD process, A.J. Choudhury, S.A. Barve, Joyanti Chutia, A.R. Pal, D. Chowdhury, R. Kishore, Jagannath, N. Mithal, M. Pandey and D.S. Patil, Applied Surface Science 257 (2011) 4211.
  60.  Studies of physical and chemical properties of styrene-based plasma polymer films deposited by radiofrequency Ar/styrene glow discharge, A. J. Choudhury, J. Chutia, S. A. Barve, H. Kakati, A. R. Pal, J. N. Mithal and D. S. Patil, Progress in Organic Coatings 70 (2011) 75.
  61. Effect of E x B electron drift and plasma discharge in dc magnetron sputtering plasma, Sankar Moni Borah, Arup Ratan Pal, Heremba Bailung, and Joyanti Chutia, Chin. Phys. B 20 (1) (2011) 014701.
  62.  Mechanistic study of ultralow k-compatible carbon dioxide in situ photoresist ashing processes. I. Process performance and influence on ULK material modification, Ming-Shu Kuo, A. R. Pal, G. S. Oehrlein, P. Lazzeri, and M. Anderle, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28 (2010) 952. 
  63.  Mechanistic study of ultralow k-compatible carbon dioxide in situ photoresist ashing processes. II. Interaction with preceding fluorocarbon plasma ultralow k etching processes, Ming-Shu Kuo, A. R. Pal, G. S. Oehrlein, and Xuefeng Hua, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28 (2010) 961. 
  64. Studies of radiofrequency plasma deposition of hexamethyldisiloxane films and their thermal stability and corrosion resistance behaviour, Arup Jyoti Choudhury, Joyanti Chutia, Hemen Kakati, Shruti A. Barve, Arup Ratan Pal, Neelotpal Sen Sarma, Devasish Chowdhury and Dinkar S. Patil, Vacuum 84(4) (2010) 1327. 
  65. Deposition of nanostructured crystalline and corrosion resistant alumina film on bell metal at low temperature by rf magnetron sputtering, H. Kakati, A. R. Pal, H. Bailung, and Joyanti Chutia, Applied Surface Science 255 (2009) 7403.
  66. Real-time studies of surface roughness development and reticulation mechanism of advanced photoresist materials during plasma processing, A. R. Pal*, R. L. Bruce, F. Weilnboeck, S. Engelmann, T. Lin, M-S Kuo, R. Phaneuf, and G. S. Oehrlein, J. Appl. Phys.105 (2009) 013311. 
  67. Study on the influence of nitrogen on titanium nitride in a dc post magnetron sputtering plasma system, Sankar Moni Borah, Arup Ratan Pal, Heremba Bailung, Joyanti Chutia, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41 (2008) 195205.
  68. Optimization of plasma parameters for high rate deposition of titanium nitride films as protective coating on bell-metal by reactive sputtering in cylindrical magnetron device, Sankar Moni Borah, Arup Ratan Pal, Heremba Bailung, Joyanti Chutia, Applied Surface Science 254 (2008) 5760. 
  69. Titanium nitride nano-structure by DC magnetron sputtering plasma, S M Borah, A R Pal, H Bailung and J Chutia, Indian Journal of Physics 82(2) (2008) 209.
  70. Hardness study of titanium nitride thin films deposited on bell-metal by cylindrical magnetron sputtering, Sankar Moni Borah, Arup Ratan Pal, Heremba Bailung, Joyanti Chutia, Indian Journal of Physics 82(5) (2008) 147.
  71. Synthesis and Conductivity Measurement of Polyacrylamide in Nano state, P Chetri, NN Dass, AR Pal, H Bailung, J Chutia, N S Sarma, Asian Journal of Chemistry 20(6) (2008) 4413.
  72. Effect of oxygen on the characteristics of radio frequency planar magnetron sputtering plasma used for aluminum oxide deposition, Kakati, A. R. Pal, H. Bailung, and Joyanti Chutia, J. Appl. Phys. 101(2007) 083304.
  73. Investigation of the E × B rotation of electrons and related plasma characteristics in a radio frequency magnetron sputtering discharge, H Kakati, A R Pal, H Bailung and Joyanti Chutia, Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 (2007) 6865.
  74. Observation of sheath modification in laboratory dusty plasma, Nirab Chandra Adhikary, Heremba Bailung, Arup Ratan Pal, Joyanti Chutia and Yoshiharu Nakamura,  Plasmas 14(2007) 103705.
  75. Synthesis of Polyacrylamide in Nano Fine state and Its Thermal properties, P Chetri, NN Dass, AR Pal, H Bailung, J Chutia, N S Sarma, Journal of Polymer Materials 24 (2007) 129.  
  76. Self-similarity of electrostatic fluctuations in a linear magnetised plasma system, N. C. Adhikary, A. R. Pal, H. Bailung and Joyanti Chutia, Physics Letters A 350(5-6) (2006) 380. 
  77. Ion beam interaction with a potential dip formed in front of an electron-absorbing boundary, H Bailung, A R Pal, N C Adhikary, H K Gogoi and Joyanti Chutia, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 15 (2006) 59.
  78. Sheath and potential characteristics in rf magnetron sputtering plasma, H. kakati, A. R. Pal, H. Bailung and Joyanti Chutia, Appl. Phys, 100(2006) 083303.
  79. Sheath Characteristics in multi-component plasma with negative ions, H. Bailung, D. Boruah, A. R. Pal and J. Chutia, PRAMANA - journal of physics 62(5) (2004) 1091.
  80. Observation of instability in presence of ExB flow in a direct current cylindrical magnetron discharge plasma, Arup Ratan Pal, Joyanti Chutia and Heremba Bailung, Physics of Plasmas 11(10) (2004) 4719.
  81. Characteristics of presheath in multi-component plasma with negative ions, H. Bailung, D. Boruah, A. R. Pal and Joyanti Chutia, Physics Letters A 333(1-2) (2004) 102.
  82. Investigation of sheath properties in Ar/SF6 dc discharge plasma, D. Boruah, A. R. Pal, H. Bailung and Joyanti Chutia, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.  36 (2003) 645.
  83. Influence of electron beam injection on plasma parameters and Sheath in a dc discharge plasma, A. R. Pal, D. Boruah, N. C. Adhikary, H. Bailung and Joyanti Chutia, Journal of Appl. Phys. 94(10) (2003) 6328.
  84. Influence of low energy ion beam on sheath characteristics in plasma, A. R. Pal, D. Boruah, H. Bailung and Joyanti Chutia, Phys. Lett. A 305 (2002) 419.

Patents Filed/Granted:

  1.  A Process of Single-step Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube on Glass Substrate, Arup R. Pal and Jyotisman Bora, Indian Patent Application No. 202331043095 dated 27-06-2023 (Filed in 2023).
  2. A Process for Synthesis of Crystalline Rubrene Incorporated Thin Film, Arup R. Pal, Amreen A. Hussain and Deepshikha Gogoi, Indian Patent No. 510863 dated (Granted in 2024).
  3. A Process for Depositing Hard, Hydrophobic, Mechanically, Thermally and Chemically Stable Polymer Films on Bell Metal, J. Chutia, D. S. Patil, A. J. Choudhury and Arup R. Pal, Indian Patent No.268130 (Granted in 2015).

In Progress:

  1. “Study on Pyro-phototronic Effect in Plasma Synthesized Centrosymmetric and Non-centrosymmetric Materials”, IASST In-house project, (2023-2025). (Principal Investigator), Budget: INR 6.00 Lakh
  2. “Synthesis of 2D nanomaterial thin film using magnetron sputtering and morphology as well as interface engineering for application in optoelectronic devices”, IASST In-house project, (2024-2026). (Principal Investigator), Budget: INR 10.00 Lakh

 Completed:

  1.  “Development of Pt-based ternary Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) catalyst with low Pt loading by simultaneous sputtering method for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell,” SERB, Govt. of India, (2021-2023). (Co-Investigator), Budget: INR 21.27 Lakh
  2. “Study on Charge Extraction from Photoelectric Devices using Plasmonic Materials”, IASST In-house project, (2021-2023). (Principal Investigator), Budget: INR: 15.64 Lakh
  3. “Plasma based synthesis of materials for plasmonic infrared photodetector”, SERB, Govt. of India, (2018-2021). (Principal Investigator) (Grant No. EMR/2016/007702/PHY), Budget: INR 83.20 Lakh
  4. “Development of plasma modified bio-membrane and low loaded electrode catalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cell by plasma process”, SERB, Govt. of India, (2016-2019). (Co-Investigator) (Grant No. EMR/2015/000795), Budget: INR 36.31 Lakh
  5. “Development of atmospheric pressure glow discharge plasma system for growth of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes”, funded by the BRNS, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt. of India, (2013-2016). (Principal Investigator) (Grant No. 2013/34/16/BRNS/1085), Budget: INR 23.77 Lakh
  6. “Investigation on rogue waves in multicomponent plasma with negative ions”, funded by the SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (2013-2016). (Co-Investigator), Budget: INR 29.75 Lakh
  7. “Study of single step synthesis of magnetic material containing aligned carbon nanotubes by plasma based chemical vapour deposition process and effect of externally applied magnetic field during growth on the aligmnent and properties of the nanotubes” funded by the CSIR, Govt. of India (2011-2014). (Principal Investigator) (Grant No. 03(1198)/11/EMR-II), Budget: INR 13.62 Lakh
  8. “Development of proton exchange membrane for fuel cell by plasma process” funded by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India (2011-2014). (Co-Investigator) (Grant No. 102/64/2009-NT), Budget: INR 58.77 Lakh
  9. “Development of nanocomposite material based organic-inorganic hybrid flexible solar cell by magnetron sputtering and plasma polymerization combined process” funded by the BRNS, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt. of India, (2010-2013). (Principal Investigator) (Grant No. 2009/34/45/BRNS/3327), Budget: INR 21.48 Lakh
  10. “Studies on the discharge characteristics of pulsed plasma system for synthesis of conducting polymer films”, funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India under Fast Track Scheme (2009-2012). (Principal Investigator) (Grant No. SR/FTP/PS-41/2008), Budget: INR 19.28 Lakh
  11. “Development of rf plasma polymerization process for deposition of hard, transparent and corrosion resistant coatings on bell metal and surface modifications of muga silk fibers” funded by the BRNS, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt. of India (2007-2010). (Co-Investigator), Budget: INR 24.07 Lakh

Research Group:

  1. Dr. Arup Ratan Pal, Group Leader
  2. Dr. Dipak Barman, Postdoctoral Fellow
  3. Mr. Jyotisman Bora, Research Scholar
  4. Mr. K. Bijoy Kumar Singh, Research Scholar
  5. Mr. Shakya Deep Bora, Research Scholar
  6. Ms. Parismita Kalita, Research Scholar
  7. Ms. Prarthana Gogoi, Research Scholar
  8. Mr. Dipankar Bania, Research Scholar
  9. Mr. Prag Ranjan Das, Research Scholar

Past members of the Research Group:

  1. Dr. Bablu Basumatary
  2. Dr. Sweety Biswasi
  3. Dr. Deepshikha Gogoi
  4. Dr. Santanu Podder
  5. Dr. Bimal Kumar Sarma
  6. Dr. Shyamalima Sharma
  7. Dr. Tapan Barman
  8. Dr. Amreen Ara Hussain
  9. Dr. Mahananda Baro
  10. Dr. Bikash Sharma

Vacancy of a Ph.D student is available for NET-JRF qualified candidate. Candidates interested to apply for National Post Doctoral Fellowship (NPDF) or other post doctoral fellowships are also welcome. 

Interested students may send an e-mail to <arpal@iasst.gov.in>.