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Name Dr. Kuntal Chatterjee
Designation Professor
Department Name PHYSICS
Office Phone No +91 3222 298-403 / Centrex Extn. 403
Email ID kuntal@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in
Mobile No 9474816352
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Address Dept. of Physics Vidyasagar University Midnapore 721102 West Bengal
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Educational Qualification              
Degree NameInstituteYear of passing/awarded
Ph.DIndian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata2005
Career Profile / Teaching Experience        
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Vidyasagar University since 12 September 2019
Post Doc as UGC -RAMAN Fellow, MSNE, RICE University, Texas, US, 2014-2015
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Technophysics, Vidyasagar University since 12 September, 2007
Post Doctoral Research, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2005-2007
Specialization/Research Area
Field of SpecializationResearch Area/ Areas of Interest
Materials science Surface Science
Experimental Nanoscience
Course/ Subject Taught 
Digital Electronics
Statistical Mechanics
Materials Science
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International Publication
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Ni-MOF derived bimetallic nanoalloy: An excellent UOR electrocatalyst Animesh Acharya, Koustav Mandal, Kuntal ChatterjeeAIP Conference Proceedings Volume 3149 Issue 1Aug, 2024AIP PublishingCorresponding Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
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Iron Oxide-Molybdenum Di-sulfide composite for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction activity; Pijush K Gan, Arnab Pal, Kuntal ChatterjeeAIP Conference Proceedings; Volume 3149 Issue 1Aug, 2024AIP PublishingCorresponding Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
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Tuneable and Coral-like NiCoP for Enhanced Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution ReactionMaterials Today Communication https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.108063Jan, 2024ElsevierCorresponding Author Impact Factor: 3.80000
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Nanocomposites exhibiting both photocatalytic and antibacterial activity- a review, Tushar Kanti Jana and Kuntal Chatterjee*,Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. Jul, 2023SpringerCorresponding Author Impact Factor: 5.80000
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Engineering of layered metal dichalcogenides: introducing imperfections to make it perfect, Parbati Basu and Kuntal Chatterjee *Oxford Open Materials Science, 2021, 1(1): itab0122021Oxford University PressCorresponding Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
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α-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles Embedded in a g-C3N4Nanocomposite: Optical, Magnetic and Electrochemical Study, Shubhamita Dutta, Tushar K. Jana, Ramaprasad Maiti Kalyanashis De, and Kuntal Chatterjee*,ChemistrySelect 2021, 6, 11759– 117672021Wiley-VCH GmbHCorresponding Author Impact Factor: 2.23000
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Electro-catalytic hydrogen evolution and magnetic behaviorof N-doped-rGO supported NixPyArnab Pal, Kalyanashis De,Ramaprasad Maiti, Subal Chandra Manna,Kuntal Chatterjee1*SN Applied Sciences (2020) 2:993 | https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-2780-62020Springer Nature  Impact Factor: 2.88000
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Zn2Al-CO3 Layered Double Hydroxide: Adsorption,Cytotoxicity and Antibacterial Performances, S. Dutta, Tushar K. Jana, Suman K. Halder, Ramaprasad Maiti, Ankita Dutta,A. Kumar, and K.Chatterjee*ChemistrySelect 2020, 5, 6162 –61712020Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim  Impact Factor: 2.23000
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Oxygen, nitrogen co-doped molybdenum disulphide nanoflowers for an excellentantifungal activity, Parbati Basu, Khushi Mukherjee, Sudipta Khamrui, Subharaj Mukherjee, Maudud Ahmed, Krishnendu Acharya, Debamalya Banerjee, Padinharu M. G. Nambissan and Kuntal Chatterjee*Mater. Adv. 2020 DOI: 10.1039/d0ma00343c2020The Royal Society of Chemistry  Impact Factor: 5.36000
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Directly Exfoliated Ultrathin Silicon Nanosheets for EnhancedPhotocatalytic Hydrogen ProductionYan Wang,* Rui Cai, Jianfang Zhang, Jiewu Cui, Yongqiang Qin, Yong Zhang, Jingjie Wu,Kuntal Chatterjee, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Yucheng WuJ. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11, 8668-86742020American Chemical Society (ACS)  Impact Factor: 6.88000
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The antibacterial and anticancer properties of zinc oxide coated iron oxidenanotextured composites, Tushar K. Jana, Swapan K. Jana, Anoop Kumar, Kalyanashis De, Ramaprasad Maiti,Amit Kumar Mandal, Tanaya Chatterjee*, Barun K. Chatterjee, Pinak Chakrabarti,Kuntal Chatterjeea*,Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 177 (2019) 512–5192019Elsevier  Impact Factor: 5.26000
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Non-Classical Nucleation Pathways Revealed by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Epitaxy of Covalent Materials, Yi-Hsien Lee, Chung-Kai Fang, Shih-Hsin Chang, Rakesh Kumar,KuntalChatterjee, Ing-Shouh Hwang*Applied Surface Science 500 (2020) 1439862019Elsevier  Impact Factor: 6.70000
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Defect-Engineered MoS2 Nanostructures for Reactive Oxygen Species Generation in the Dark; Antipollutant and Antifungal Performances, Parbati Basu et. al.ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b129882019American Chemical Society  Impact Factor: 10.38000
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Nitrogen-rich carbon nano-onions for oxygen reduction reaction. Kuntal Chatterjee*, Meiyazhagan Ashokkumar, Hemtej Gullapalli, Yongji Gong, RobertVajtai, Palanisamy Thanikaivelan, Pulickel M. AjayanCarbon2018Elsevier  Impact Factor: 11.30000
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MoS2-TiO2 Nanocomposite with Excellent AdsorptionPerformance and High Antibacterial Activity. Arnab Pal, Tushar K. Jana,Tamanna Roy, Ananya Pradhan, Ramaprasad Maiti,Sujata M. Choudhury, and Kuntal Chatterjee*ChemistrySelect 2018, 3, 12140 –121492018Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim  Impact Factor: 2.23000
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2. MoS2 embedded TiO2 nanoparticles for concurrent role of adsorption and Photocatalysis, Arnab Pal, Tushar K. Jana, and Kuntal Chatterjee*AIP Conf. Proc. 1942, (2018) 0501382018American Institute of Physics  Impact Factor:
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Significant enhancement of power conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells by the incorporation of TiO2–Au nanocomposite in TiO2 photoanode, Swati Bhardwaj, Arnab Pal, Kuntal Chatterjee, Tushar H. Rana, Gourav Bhattacharya, Susanta Sinha Roy, Papia Chowdhury, Ganesh D. Sharma*J Mater Sci. DOI: 10.1007/s10853-018-2156-02018Springer Nature  Impact Factor:
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Silica-Coated Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: Magnetic and Cytotoxicity Studies Parbati Basu, Kalyanashis De, Soma Das,Amit K. Mandal, Anoop Kumar,Tushar K. Jana,* and Kuntal Chatterjee*ChemistrySelect 2018, 3, 7346– 73532018Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim  Impact Factor:
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MoS2-CNT Porous 3D Network for Enhanced Oxygen ReductionReactionCheesung Lee, Sehmus Ozden. Chandra. S. Tewari, Ok-Kyung Park, Robert Vajtai, KuntalChatterjee*, Pulickel M. AjayanChemSusChem 10.1002/cssc.2018009822018Wiley-VCH  Impact Factor: 9.14000
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Electrophoretic deposition of plasmonic nanocomposite for the fabrication of dye-sensitized solar cellsIndian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics2017CSIR-NISCAIR  Impact Factor:
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Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Performance of a-Fe2O3Nanostructures, T. K. Jana, A. Pal, A. K. Mandal, S. Sarwar, P. Chakrabarti and K. Chatterjee*Chemistry Select, Volume 2, Issue 10April 3, 2017 Pages 3068–30772017Wiley  Impact Factor: 2.23000
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Exfoliated Two Dimensional Transition Metal Disulfides for Enhanced Electrocatalysis of Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acidic MediumAdv. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 15006692016Wiley  Impact Factor: 6.38000
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Silica supported TiO2 nanostructures for highly efficient photocatalytic application under visible light irradiationMaterials Research Bulletin 76 (2016) 353–357.2016Elsevier  Impact Factor:
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Photocatalytic and antibacterial activity of cadmium sulphide/zinc oxidenanocomposite with varied morphology, T.K. Jana a, S.K. Maji b, A. Pal a, R.P. Maiti a, T.K. Dolai c, K. Chatterjee a,?Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 480 (2016) 9–162016Elsevier  Impact Factor: 9.96000
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Spiral Growth of SnSe2 Crystals by Chemical Vapor Deposition, Jingjie Wu, Zhili Hu, Zehua Jin, Sidong Lei, Hua Guo, Kuntal Chatterjee, Jing Zhang, Yingchao Yang, Bo Li, Yang Liu, Jiawei Lai, Robert Vajtai, Boris Yakobson, Ming Tang, Jun Lou and Pulickel M. Ajayan,Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 3, 1600383| DOI: 10.1002/admi.2016003832016Wiley  Impact Factor: 6.38000
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Nucleation and Growth Mechanism of a Covalent Material: Magic Clusters and Chemical ReactionsarXiv:1501.039342015Cornell University Library  Impact Factor:
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Magnetic and photocatalytic study of Co3O4- ZnO nanocomposite, T.K. JanaJournal of Alloys and Compounds, 653, 338-344, 2015, doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.09.0402015Elsevier  Impact Factor: 6.37000
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Morphology dependent magnetic properties of a-Fe2O3 nanostructuresMaterials Research Express, 1 (2014) 046104, doi:10.1088/2053-1591/1/4/0461042014IOP Science  Impact Factor: 2.30000
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Self assembled flower like CdS–ZnO nanocomposite and its photocatalytic activityJournal of Alloys and Compounds, 583, 510-515, 20142014Elsevier  Impact Factor: 6.37000
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Self assembled flower like CdS–ZnO nanocomposite and its photo catalytic activity T.K. Jana, A. Pal, K. ChatterjeeJournal of Alloys and Compounds 583 (2014) 510–5152013Elsevier  Impact Factor:
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General Route to Synthesize of Metal (Ni, Co, Mn, Fe) Oxide Nanostructure and their Optical and Magnetic BehaviorJournal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Vol. 13, 1–9, 20132013American Scientific Publishers  Impact Factor:
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Synthesis and magnetic properties of morphologically varied Fe2O3 nanostructuresAIP Conf. Proc. 1536, 1033; doi: 10.1063/1.48105862013American Institute of Physics  Impact Factor:
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Oriented growth of a-Fe2O3 nanocrystal with different morphologyand their optical behaviourJ. of Crystal Growth Volume 381, 15 October 2013, Pages 107–113 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2013.07.0132013Elsevier  Impact Factor:
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A facile and general route to sizecontrolledsynthesis of metal (Ni, Coand Mn) oxide nanoparticle and theiroptical behaviourJournal of Experimental Nanoscience2012, 1–10, iFirsthttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17458080.2012.6567122012Taylor & Francis  Impact Factor:
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Nucleation and growth of Si on Pb monolayer covered Si(111) surfacesSurface Science 605 (2011) 1249–12562011Elsevier  Impact Factor:
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GROWTH OF Si ATOMIC WIRES ON Pb-MEDIATED Si(111) 7 × 7 SUBSTRATEInternational Journal of Nanoscience Vol. 10, Nos. 1 & 2 (2011) 1291332011World Scientific  Impact Factor:
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Synthesis and OpticalManifestation of NiO-Silica NanocompositeISRN Nanotechnology Volume 2011, Article ID 719027, 6 pages doi:10.5402/2011/7190272011Hindawi  Impact Factor:
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Ph. D. Thesis Guidence
Ongoing / Submitted Ph. D. Thesis
Scholar NameThesis TitleCo SupervisorStatusDate
Shubhamita DuttaLayered Nanomaterials for Environmental and Energy Applications SubmittedJul, 2024
Pijush Kanti GanSynthesis and Study of Layered Materials for Environmental Applications OngoingJan, 2025
Koustav MandalGrowth of 2D Materials and Study of Their Electrocatalytic behaviours. OngoingJan, 2026
Animesh AcharyaSynthesis of Two Dimensional Materials by Chemical Vapour Deposition and Study Their Performance in Production of Alternative Fuels OngoingApr, 2027

Awarded Ph. D. Thesis
Scholar NameThesis TitleCo SupervisorStatusDate
Parbati BasuENGINEERED METAL DICHALCOGENIDE NANOSTRUCTURES FOR FUNCTIONAL APPLICATIONS Awarded2021
Arnab PalSynthesis and Multifunctional Characterization of Different Transition Metal Based Nanomaterials Awarded2019
Tushar Kanti JanaSYNTHESIS AND STUDY OF DIFFERENT HETEROSTRUCTURED NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS Awarded2018
Sankalpita ChakrabartySynthesis of nanostructured materials and study of their optical, magnetic and charge transfer propertiesDr. S. GhoshAwarded2015
Project Work



Completed Project Works
Project titleWorked asFunding AgencyAmount in Rs.Duration in yearsPeriod
Year to Year		Status
Two-dimensional nanomaterials for electrochemical water oxidation and reduction: steps towards green energyPICSIR22750003 year20172020
Synthesis, Characterization and Optical Properties of Metal-Metal and Metal-Dielectric Core-Shell NanoparticlesPIUGC2000002 year20132015
Core Shell Nanoparticles and Nanowires – the Novel Materials for Future TechnologyPIDST-India17760003 year20102013
Invited Lectures 
TitleOrganized byVenueDate
Decreasing Dimensionality - Increasing Functionality: A step to Care our EnvironmentNational WEBINAR on "Advancement of Plasma Physics and Nanoscience" organised by Kharagpur College,ONLINE mode2020
Nanomaterials: New Skyline of Materials Science"National Seminar on Photonics and Nanoscience" organized by Garbeta College, Paschim MedinipurGarbeta College, Paschim Medinipur2012
Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended/Organised

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/WorkshopDateRoleHeld at and Organiser
Advanced Energy Materials(AEM 2018) 14-17April, 2018, Hefei, China2018Invited SpeakerHefei University of Technology (HFUT), Hefei, Anhui Province, ChinaHFUT, China & RICE University, Houston, TX, US
228th ECS Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, US2015Speaker11-15 October,2015 Electro Chemical Society (ECS)


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Awards
Award NameAwarded ByDate
UGC-RAMAN Fellow, RICE University, Houston TX, USUGC2015
Visiting ScholarInstitute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan2012
Visiting ScholarAcademia Sinica, Taiwan2009
SRFCSIR, India2002
JRFCSIR, India2000
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