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Name Dr. Surajit Ghosh Designation Professor Department Name PHYSICS Office Phone No +91 3222 298-402 / Centrex Extn. 402 Email ID surajit@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in Fax 03222-275329 Mobile No 9433213750 Personal Website Address Dak Bunglow Road, Bidhan Nagar, Midnapore, PIN: 721101, India

Educational Qualification Degree Name Institute Year of passing/awarded Doctor of Philosophy in Science Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) 2005 Master of Science Vidyasagar University 1999 Bachelor of Science Midnapore College 1997 Title of the Ph. D. Thesis Studies of relaxation dynamics in some single and mixed alkali glasses

Career Profile / Teaching Experience Professor, Department of Physics, Vidyasagar University since May 2020 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Vidyasagar University since May 2017 Visiting Scientist (BOYSCAST Fellow), Nano Science Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA (2009 - 2010) Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Technophysics, Vidyasagar University since October 2005 Lecturer, Department of Physics, Sitananda College from May 2005 to October 2005 Junior Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow & Research Associate, Department of Solid State Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata - 700032 (2000 - 2005)

Specialization/Research Area Field of Specialization Research Area/ Areas of Interest Solid State Physics Materials Science Nano Photonics Optoelectronic transport in graphene based nano composite Relaxation dynamics in disordered materials Time dependent density function theory

Course/ Subject Taught Semester I: Classical Mechanics (PHS 101B) Semester II: Solid State - II (PHS 202A); CBCS (PHS 204); Advance Practical – I (PHS 206) Semester III: Molecular Spectroscopy and Laser Physics (PHS 302A); Advance Practical - II (PHS 305) Semester IV: Applied Optics (PHS 403B); Project (PHS 406)

Conference/ Symposium /Journal Paper / Books Published International Publication Title Published in Published on Published by Role Details MoS2–CdS Composite Photocatalyst for Dye Degradation: Enhanced Apparent Quantum Yield and Reduced Energy Consumption ChemistrySelect, 9, e202403559 Nov, 2024 ChemPubSoc Europe and Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. Corresponding Author Impact Factor: 1.90000 Indexing: SCOPUS, SCI Article's Web Link: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/slct.202403559 MoS2-CdS composite for photocatalytic reduction of hexavalent chromium and thin film optoelectronic device applications Sci. Rep. 14, 18674 Aug, 2024 Nature Portfolio Corresponding Author Impact Factor: 3.80000 Indexing: SCI, SCOPUS Article's Web Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-69530-0#article-info MoS2–CdS composite photocatalyst for enhanced degradation of norfloxacin antibiotic with improved apparent quantum yield and energy consumption J. Phys. Chem. Sol. 193, 112144 Jun, 2024 Elsevier B.V. Corresponding Author Impact Factor: 4.30000 Indexing: SCOPUS, SCI Article's Web Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022369724002798 Reduced Graphene Oxide–SnSe Nanocomposite Photocatalyst with High Apparent Quantum Yield for the Photodegradation of Norfloxacin ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 7, 6516-6524 Mar, 2024 American Chemical Society Corresponding Author Impact Factor: 5.90000 Indexing: SCOPUS, SCI Article's Web Link: https://pubs.acs.org/toc/aanmf6/7/6 Stepwise reduction of graphene oxide and studies on defect-controlled physical properties Sci. Rep. 14, 294 Jan, 2024 Nature Portfolio Corresponding Author Impact Factor: 4.60000 Indexing: SCOPUS, SCI Article's Web Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-51040-0 Photocatalytic degradation of Tetracycline antibiotics by RGO-CdTe composite with enhanced apparent quantum efficiency Sci. Rep. 13, 19028 Nov, 2023 Nature Portfolio Corresponding Author Impact Factor: 4.60000 Indexing: SCOPUS, SCI Article's Web Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-46120-0 Sunlight-driven photocatalytic degradation of Norfloxacin antibiotic in wastewater by ZnSe microsphere functionalized RGO composite Sustain. Chem. Environ. 4, 100038 Sep, 2023 Elsevier B.V. Corresponding Author Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: SCOPUS, SCI Article's Web Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S294983922300038X Removal of Norfloxacin from wastewater by adsorption onto SnS2 followed by photocatalytic degradation ChemistrySelect, 8, e202300878 May, 2023 ChemPubSoc Europe and Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. Corresponding Author Impact Factor: 2.30000 Indexing: SCOPUS, SCI Article's Web Link: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/slct.202300878 Large Area Thin Film Optoelectronic Device Application of RGO-Cd0.25Zn0.75S Nano Composite AIP Conf. Proc. 2265, 030499 2020 American Institute of Physics   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline by RGO-ZnO Composite AIP Conf. Proc. 2265, 030134 2020 American Institute of Physics   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Organic Heterojunctions of Phthalocyanine-Reduced Graphene Oxide above Percolation Threshold for Photovoltaic Application Mater. Chem. Phys. 253, 123418 2020 Elsevier Science   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Electrical Transport Properties and Ultrafast Optical Nonlinearity of rGO-Metal Chalcogenide Ensembles Nanoscale Adv. 02, 1573-1582 2020 Royal Society of Chemistry   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Synthesis and Characterization of Solution-Processable Cd1-xZnxS Nanorods for Photocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 31, 12955–12960 2020 Springer US   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Enhance Solar-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Degradation of Norfloxacin Aqueous Solution by RGO Based CdxZn1-xS Alloy Composite with Band-gap Tuneability ChemistrySelect, 5, 54-60 2020 ChemPubSoc Europe and Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Charge Transfer and Transport Properties above Percolation Threshold in Graphene Induced ZnTTBPc Heterojunction Under Continuous and Ultrafast Irradiation J. Phys. Chem C, 124, 7039-7047 2020 American Chemical Society   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Conductivity Relaxation and Photocurrent Generation in Reduced Graphene Oxide-Poly(9,9'-dioctyl-fluorene-co-bithiophene) Composite with Application in Temperature Sensing J. Appl. Phys. 125, 085104 2019 American Institute of Physics   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Sonochemical Functionalization of MoS2 by Zinc Phthalocyanine and its Visible Light Induced Photocatalytic Activity New J. Chem. 43, 10118-10125 2019 ChemPubSoc Europe and Royal Society of Chemistry   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Observation of Different Charge Transport Processes and Origin of Magnetism in RGO and RGO-ZnSe Composite J. Phys. Chem C, 123, 15441-15450 2019 American Chemical Society   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: ZnTe Dispersed in RGO Matrix: Investigation of Electrical Transport Processes, Magnetic Properties and their Synergistic Effect Appl. Surf. Sci. 493, 279 - 286 2019 Elsevier Science   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Solar Light Responsive Photocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline by RGO – CdS Nano composite AIP Conf. Proc. 2115, 030188 2019 American Institute of Physics   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Synthesis and crystal structure of new copper(II) metal complex: noncovalent interactions and electrical conductance properties J. Mol. Struct. 1152, 96 2018 Elsevier Science   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Solar light responsive photocatalytic activity of reduced graphene oxide–zinc selenide nanocomposite J. Mater. Eng. Perform. 27, 2617 2018 Springer US   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Reduced Graphene Oxide - Cadmium Zinc Sulfide Nanocomposite with Controlled Band Gap for Large-Area Thin-Film Optoelectronic Device Application J. Mater. Eng. Perform. 27, 2629 2018 Springer US   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Reduced-Graphene-Oxide Zinc-Telluride Composite: Towards Large-Area Optoelectronic and Photocatalytic Applications ChemistrySelect, 3, 8637 2018 ChemPubSoc Europe and Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: RGO-ZnSe Photocatalyst towards Solar-Light-Assisted Degradation of Tetracycline Antibiotic Water Pollutant ChemistrySelect, 3, 10214 2018 ChemPubSoc Europe and Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: High Photoresponsivity and Light-Induced Carrier Conversion in RGO/TSCuPc Hybrid Phototransistors J. Mater. Res. 33, 3999 2018 Materials Research Society and Cambridge University Press   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: RGO-ZnTe: A Graphene Based Composite for Tetracycline Degradation and Their Synergistic Effect ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 1, 3137 2018 American Chemical Society   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Reduced Graphene Oxide - Zinc Phthalocyanine Composites as Fascinating Material for Optoelectronic and Photocatalytic Applications ChemistrySelect, 2, 3297 2017 ChemPubSoc Europe and Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Synergistic effect of Zinc Selenide - Reduced Graphene Oxide towards enhanced solar-light-responsive photo current generation and photocatalytic 4-Nitrophenol degradation New J. Chem. 41 , 4662 2017 ChemPubSoc Europe and Royal Society of Chemistry   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Solution Processable RGO-CdZnS Composite for Solar Light Responsive Photocatalytic Degradation of 4-Nitrophenol AIP Conf. Proc. 1832, 050005 2017 American Institute of Physics   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Reduced Graphene Oxide-CdS Nanocomposite with Enhanced Photocatalytic 4-Nitrophenol Degradation AIP Conf. Proc. 1832, 050077 2017 American Institute of Physics   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Reduced Graphene Oxide – Zinc Sulfide Composite for Solar Light Responsive Photo Current Generation and Photocatalytic 4-Nitrophenol Reduction ChemistrySelect, 2, 537 2017 ChemPubSoc Europe and Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Photo Current Generation in RGO - CdS Nanorod Thin Film Device AIP Conf. Proc. 1731, 080052 2016 American Institute of Physics   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: UV-assisted Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide Zinc Sulfide Composite with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity Mater. Sci. Eng. B, 204, 8 2016 Elsevier Science   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: AC Conduction and Time–Temperature Superposition Scaling in a Reduced Graphene Oxide–Zinc Sulfide Nanocomposite Chem. Phys. Chem. 17, 1518 2016 ChemPubSoc Europe and Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Opto-electronic transport properties of graphene oxide based devices AIP Conf. Proc. 1665, 110048 2015 American Institute of Physics   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Morphology dependent photoinduced electron transfer from N,N-dimethylaniline to semiconductor cadmium sulphide RSC Adv. 4, 35531 2014 Royal Society of Chemistry   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Photocurrent Generation and Conductivity Relaxation in ReducedGraphene Oxide Cd0.75Zn0.25S Nanocomposite and its Photocatalytic Activity J. Phys. Chem. C, 118, 28283 2014 American Chemical Society   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Evaluation of intramolecular charge transfer state of4-N, N-dimethylamino cinnamaldehyde using time-dependentdensity functional theory J. Chem. Sci. 125, 933 2013 Spinger   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: One pot synthesis of RGO/PbS nanocomposite and its nearinfrared photoresponse study Appl. Phys. A, 107, 995 2012 Spinger   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Position dependent photodetector from large area reduced graphene oxide thin films Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 163109 2010 American Institute of Physics, USA   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Simple solvothermal route to synthesize S-doped ZnO nanonails and ZnS/ZnO core/shell nanorods Chem. Phys. Lett. 473, 102 2009 Elsevier Science   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Study of intramolecular charge transfer of Michler’s ketone using time dependent density functional theory J. of Mol. Structure: THEOCHEM, 860, 8 2008 Elsevier Science   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Electrical conductivity and relaxation in mixed alkali tellurite glasses J. Chem. Phys. 126, 184509 2007 American Institute of Physics, USA   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Relaxation in mixed alkali fluoride glasses J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 353, 1287 2007 Elsevier Science   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Mixed mobile ion effect and relaxation dynamics in fluoride glasses Phys. Chem. Glasses: Eur. J. Glass Sci. Technol. B, 47, 206 2006 Society of Glass Technology   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Mixed mobile ion effect in fluorozincate glasses J. Phys: Condens. Matter, 17, 3463 2005 Institute of Physics, UK   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Ion dynamics and mixed mobile ion effect in fluoride glasses J. Appl. Phys. 97, 123525 2005 American Institute of Physics, USA   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Ion dynamics in mixed alkali cadmium fluoride glasses J. Chem. Phys. 121, 9611 2004 American Institute of Physics, USA   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Relaxation dynamics of charge carriers in mixed alkali fluoride glasses J. Chem. Phys. 119, 9106 2003 American Institute of Physics, USA   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Mixed mobile ion effect in fluoride glasses Phys. Rev. B, 66, 132204 2002 American Physical Society, USA   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Electrical conductivity and conductivity relaxation in mixed alkali fluoride glasses Solid State Ionics, 149, 67 2002 Elsevier Science   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Conductivity relaxation in mixed alkali fluoride glasses J. Phys: Condens. Matter, 14, 2531 2002 Institute of Physics, UK   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: National Publication Title Published in Published on Published by Role Details Mixed mobile ion effect in fluorozirconate glasses Solid State Phys. 46, 333 2003 Allied Publisher, India   Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link: Other Publication Book Published Book Chapter Published

Ph. D. Thesis Guidence Ongoing / Submitted Ph. D. Thesis Scholar Name Thesis Title Co Supervisor Status Complete in Year Suvendu Ghosh Development of some reduced graphene oxide based photocatalysts for organic pollutant degradation   Ongoing 0 Susanta Ghosh Molybdenum disulfide based photocatalysts for the degradation of water pollutants   Ongoing   Sayani Kar Solar light responsive photocurrent generation in some pure and composite materials   Ongoing   Awarded Ph. D. Thesis Scholar Name Thesis Title Co Supervisor Status Complete in Year Sk Ibrahim Photo current generation and photocatalytic activity of some solution processable RGO and MoS2 based composite materials Dr. Tanusri Pal Awarded 2021 Koushik Chakraborty Reduced graphene oxide based nano composite materials for optoelectronic and photocatalytic applications   Awarded 2018 Sankalpita Chakraborty Synthesis and Optical study of Semiconducting Quantum Dots Dr. Kuntal Chatterjee Awarded 2015

Project Work Completed Project Works Project title Worked as Funding Agency Amount in Rs. Duration in years Period Year to Year Status Solar Light Responsive Photocurrent Generation in Reduced Graphene Oxide and Molybdenum Sulfide Based Materials P.I CSIR, Govt. of India 1981107 4 year 2017 2021 Completed Synthesis and Characterization of Different Reduced Graphene Oxide Based Composite as Light Harvesting Materials P.I UGC-Innovative (Vidyasagar University) 10000 2 year 2015 2017 Completed Development of Graphene-Quantum Dot Nano Composites for Optoelectronic Applications. P.I DST, Govt. of India 1944000 3 year 2012 2015 Completed

Membership of Learned Society  American Physical Society Life Member: Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Life Member: Indian Association of Physics Teachers

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended/Organised Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop Year Role Held at and Organiser APS March Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA from March 15 to 19, 2010 2010 Presented a paper entitled "Photoresponse in reduced graphene oxide thin film" American Physical Society The 13th International Conference on vibration at surfaces (VAS 13), Orlando 32826, Florida, USA, from March 10 to 13, 2010 2010 Presented a paper entitled "Position dependent photocurrent generation in large area reduced graphene oxide thin film" Department of Physics, University of Central Florida Nano Florida 2009, Orlando 32826, Florida, USA, from September 25 to 27, 2009 2009 Participated Nano Science Technology Center, University of Central Florida XV International Symposium on Non-Oxide and New Optical Glasses, Bangalore, INDIA, from April 10 to 14, 2006 2006 Presented a paper entitled "Dynamics of charge carriers in alkali fluoride glasses" Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Glass & Optical Materials Division Fall 2004 Meeting Incorporating the XIVth International Symposium on Non-Oxide and Novel Optical Glasses, Radisson Resort at the Port, Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA, from November 7 to 12, 2004 2004 Presented a paper entitled "Mixed mobile ion effect in fluoride glasses" American Ceramic Society India and Abroad – III: A Conference in Condensed Matter Physics, Kolkata, India from January 2 to 4, 2003 2004 Presented a paper entitled " Mixed mobile ion effect in fluoride glasses: Dependence on the dimensionality of the diffusion pathways" S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Science Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised Title of the Conference/Seminar/Workshop Year Role in the Event Funding Agency Physics of Novel Functional Materials (PNFM 2020) 2020 Joint Convener SNBNCBS, DST, CSIR Expanding Horizon in Physics (EHP- 2019) 2019 Joint Convener SNBNCBS, DST, UGC Science of Materials: Challenges and Prospects (SMCP- 2018) 2018 Joint Convener SNBNCBS, DST, UGC Two opposite ends of Dimensions (NATD-2017) 2017 Joint Convener SNBNCBS, UGC Theory and Application of Advance Materials (TAAM 2016) 2016 Joint Convener SNBNCBS, UGC-SAP, DST, CSIR Physics of Low Dimensional Structures (PLDS 2015) 2015 Joint Secretary SNBNCBS, UGC-SAP, DST, CSIR Physics of Advanced Optical Materials and Photonics (PAOMP 2014) 2014 Joint Secretary SNBNCBS, UGC-SAP, DST Electron Dynamics in Magnetic Materials (EDMM - 2013) 2013 Joint Secretary SNBNCBS, UGC-SAP, DST Physics of Quantum and Nano Systems (PQNS-2012) 2012 Joint Convener SNBNCBS Recent Trends on Novel Materials (RTNM-11) 2011 Joint Convener UGC-SAP Quantum Perspective of Advanced Materials (QPAM-11) 2011 Joint Convener SNBNCBS & UGC-SAP World Year of Physics 2005: Journey With a Glorious Past 2005 Treasurer Vidyasagar University

Awards Award Name Awarded By Year Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (FAScT) West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (WAST) 2019 Visiting Scientist NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida 2009 BOYSCAST Fellow Award DST, Govt. of India 2008 Research Associate Fellowship IACS 2005 Foreign Travel Grant CSIR, Govt. of India 2004 Foreign Travel Grant DST, Govt. of India 2004 Senior Research Fellowship IACS 2002 Junior Research Fellowship IACS 2000

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