September 13, 2026 10:15 am

NBA Accreditation:UG-CSE,ETCE (6yrs) & UG-IT,IEE,PE (3yrs)

Dr.

Animesh Layek

Department : Department of Physics

Designation : Assistant Professor

Additional Roles and Responsibilities :

  • Institution's Innovation Council, JU - Member; Promotion Coordinator

Address : Department of Physics Jadavpur University Kolkata-700032

E-Mail: alayek.physics@jadavpuruniversity.in

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Subjects Taught

    Statistical Mechanics UG3    Engineering Physics    Material Characterization M.Sc. Electronics

Research Interests

    Material Science and Semiconductor Devices

Journal Papers Published

  1.“Development of indium tin oxide by pulsed RF sputtering method for solar cell application” Somnath Middya, Animesh Layek, Partha Pratim Ray* Journal of Applied Sciences, 2012, 12(16), 1676–1680.   2.“Deposition of device quality amorphous silicon and solar cell from argon dilution of silane” – Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya and Partha Pratim Ray*, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 73 (2012) 1358–1361.   3.“Luminescent S-doped carbon dots: An emergent architecture for multimodal applications” S. Chandra, P. Patra, S. H. Pathan, S. Roy, S. Mitra, A. Layek, R Bhar, P Pramanik, A. Goswami, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2013, 1(18), 2375–2382.   4.“Improvement in the Photosensitivity of MEH-PPV by Incorporating ZnO Nanoparticles of Different Morphology for Photovoltaic Application” - Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya, and Partha Pratim Ray*, International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering Volume 3, Special Issue 3: ICERTSD 2013, Feb 2013, pages 214-220.   5.“Synthesis and incorporation of high quality FeS2 nanoparticles within poly(3-hexylthiophene):Phenyl-C60-butyric acid methyl ester to increase the photosensitivity of composite material” - Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya, and Partha Pratim Ray*, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 5, 031601 (2013).   6.“Increase in open circuit voltage by the incorporation of band gap engineered FeS2 nanoparticle within MEHPPV solar cell” - Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya, and Partha Pratim Ray*, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2013, 24(10), pp. 3749–3755.   7.“Morphological impact of ZnO nanoparticle on MEHPPV:ZnO based hybrid solar cell” S. Middya, A. Layek, P.P. Ray, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2013, 24(11), pp. 4621–4629.   8.“Synthesis of nanocrystalline FeS2 with increased band gap for solar energy harvesting” S. Middya, A. Layek, A. Dey, P.P. Ray, Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 2014, 30(8), pp. 770–775.   9.“Tetrabromoterepthalic acid in designing co-crystals and salts: Modification of optical properties and Schottky barrier effect” S. K. Dey, R. Saha, S. Biswas, A. Layek, P.P. Ray, S. Kumar, Crystal Growth and Design, 2014, 14(1), pp. 207–221.   10.“Star-shaped polyfluorene: Design, Synthesis, Characterization and application towards solar cells” C. Chakraborty, A. Layek, P. P. Ray, S. Malik. European Polymer Journal, 2014, 52(1), pp. 181–192.   11.“Cd (II) based metal-organic framework having as a schottky barrier diode” B. Bhattacharya, A. Layek, M. M. Alam, P. P. Ray, D. Ghoshal, Chemical Communications, 2014, 50(58), pp. 7858–7861   12.“Synthesis of ZnO composited TiO2 nanoparticle and its application in dye sensitized solar cells: A novel approach in enhancing open circuit voltage” A. Layek, S. Middya, A. Dey, J. Datta, P. P. Ray, Materials Letters, 2014, 126, pp. 214–216   13.“Role of zinc oxide nanomorphology on schottky diode properties” S. Middya, A. Layek, A. Dey, C. Banerjee, P. P. Ray, Chemical Physics Letters, 2014, 610-611, pp. 39–44.   14.“Study of resonance energy transfer between MEH-PPV and CuFeS2 nanoparticle and their application in energy harvesting device” A. Layek, S. Middya, A. Dey, C. Banerjee, P. P. Ray, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2014, 613, pp. 364–369   15.“Novel CuFeS2 pellet behaves like a portable signal transporting network: studies of immittance” A. Layek, A. Dey, J. Datta, M. Das, P. P. Ray, RSC Advances, 2015, 5(44), pp. 34682–34689   16.“Investigation of charge transport properties in less defective nanostructured ZnO based Schottky diode” A. Dey, A. Layek, A. Roychowdhury, D. Das, P. P. Ray, RSC Advances, 2015, 5(46), pp. 36560–36567   17.“A new multicomponent salt of imidazole and tetrabromoterepthalic acid: Structural, optical,thermal, electrical transport properties and antibacterial activity along with Hirshfeld surface analysis” S. K. Dey, R. Saha, S. Singha, S. Biswas, A. Layek, D. Babhyopadhyay, S. Kumar. Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2015, 144, pp. 43–52.   18.“A Cd (II) based metal organic framework: a photosensitive current conductor” S. Halder, A. Layek, K. Ghosh, P. P. Ray, P. Roy. Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44(36), pp. 16149–16155   19.“One step hydrothermal synthesis of a rGO-TiO2 nanocomposite and its application on a Schottky diode: improvement in device performance and transport properties” M. Das, J. Datta, A. Dey, A. Layek, S. Middya, P. P. Ray, RSC Advances, 2015, 5(123), pp. 101582–101592   20.“Multifunctional mixed ligant metal organic frameworks: X-ray structure, adsorption, illuminescence and electrical conductivity with theoretical correlation” B. Bhattacharya, D. K. Maity, A. Layek, P. P. Ray, D. Ghoshal, Cryst Eng Comm, 2016, 18(30), pp. 5754–5763.   21.“Light induced charge transport property analysis of nanostructured ZnS based schottky diode” A. Dey, S. Middya, R. Jana, A. Layek, P. P. Ray, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2016, 27(6), pp. 6325–6335   22.“Temperature dependent growth of cadmium (II) oxide nanocrystals: studies on morphology based optical, electrical and dielectric properties” S. Shit, A. Layek, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2016, 27(4), pp. 3435–3442   23.“Investigation of light induced carrier transport phenomena through ZnCdS nanocomposite based schottky diode” M. Das, S. Middya, J. Datta, A. Dey, A. Layek, P. P. Ray, Journal of Electronic Materials, 2016, 45(8), pp. 4293–4301   24.“Aggregation induced emission enhancement (AIEE) of fluorenyl appended Schiff base: A turn on fluorescent probe for Al3+, and its photovoltaic effect” U. Panda, S. Roy, D. Mallick, A. Layek, P. P. Ray, C. Sinha., Journal of Luminescence, 2017, 181, pp. 56–62   25.“Growth of hierarchical strontium incorporated cadmium sulphide for possible application in optical and electronic devices” J. Datta, A. Layek, M. Das, R. jana, P. P. Ray., Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2017, 28(2), pp. 2049–2061   26.“Application possibility of Mn0.04 Cu0.05Zn0.91O in electronic and magnetic devices” J. Datta, A. Dey, S. K. Neogi, A. Layek, P. P. Ray, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2017, 64(11), pp. 4724–4730, 8052156   27.“Structure, spectra and electrical conductivity of copper (I) and silver (I) phosphino briding mixed ligand complexes with coumarinyl Schiff base” S. Roy, T. K. Mondal, A. Layek, R. Saha, C. Sinha., Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2018, 469, pp. 523–535   28.“Findings of inhomogeneity in barrier height of Schottky junction Al/ rGO-SnO2 having anomaly in theoretical and experimental value of Richardson constant: A Gaussian approach” P. Das, B. Pal, M. Das, S. Sil, D. Das, A. Layek, P. P. Ray; Results in Physics, 2022, 42, 105996   29.“An experimental approach to ensure energy quenching and fluorescence resonance energy transfer of excitons from P3HT to CuInSe2” A. Biswas, B. Pal, M. Das, R. Sk, A. Layek, P. P. Ray, Materials Letters, 2023, 338, 134066   30.“Effect of size of CdO on bias dependent conduction and relaxation mechanism by means of impedance spectroscopy: Experimental and theoretical studies” J. Datta, A. Biswas, S. Acharya, A. Layek, P. P. Ray, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2023, 301, 127542   31.“Potential impact of annealed cobalt-sulfide on current rectification of ITO/CoS2/Al Schottky device: Structural, optical, electrical, and magnetic characterizations” P. Das, J. Saha, S. P. Pal, A. Layek, P. P. Ray; Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 2024, 188, 111922.   32.“Performance of Schottky diode of structured FTO/TiO2/Al employing Hydrogen Fluoride treated TiO2: Qualitative and Quantitative analysis” R. Sk., A. Biswas, A. Layek, P. P. Ray; Chemical Physics, 2024, 580, 112233 (IF: 2.0)   33. “Construction of Schottky barrier diode with a novel one-dimensional Cu(II)-based coordination polymer” B. Datta, A. Samanta, A. Layek*, S. Halder, Journal of solid State Chemistry, 2025, 341, 125096, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2024.125096, (I.F. 3.2)   34.“Recognition of light sensing p-n junction for hetero-structure CuInSe2/TiO2 and CuInSe2/HF-TiO2: Study of carrier transport mechanism” A. Biswas, R. Sk., A. Patra, A. Layek*, P. P. Ray, Materials Letters, 2025, Volume 379, 15 January 2025, 137662. (IF: 2.7)   35.“A new plasmonic bi-metallic nanomaterial embedded cellulose membrane for efficient single step removal of chemical and microbial impurities from river water with zero water wastage” Sherley Saraffin R, Pritha Saha, Soumyadip Nandi, Aishani Majumder, Arijit Kapuria, Sudipta Koley, Nashiruddin Ahammed, Sukanta De, Madhumita Mukhopadhyay, Goutam Kulsi, Aparna Datta, Moupiya Ghosh, Animesh Layek, Prasanta Kumar Sinha, Jayanta Mukhopadhyay, Susmita Das, Kajari Dutta. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 13 (2025) 115408, (IF: 7.4)   36. "A Co(II) Based One Dimensional Coordination Polymer: Fabrication of Schottky Barrier Diode and Understanding of the Semiconductor Type Through Integration of Barrier Potential" Md. N Hasan, A. Patra, A. Layek*, B. Dutta*, S. Halder*, Chemistry Select, doi.org/10.1002/slct.202502305, (IF: 2.0)   37. "Effect of π⋯π interactions on the conductivity of two 1D coordination polymers through one-pot crystallization" Ersad Hossain, Ramjan Sk, Animesh Layek, Samit Pramanik, Antonio Frontera, Partha Pratim Ray, Mohammad Hedayetullah Mir and Subrata Mukhopadhyay, Cryst. Eng. Comm., 2025, 27, 6630 (IF: 2.6)   38. "An experimental approach in advancement of optical dielectric and electrical dielectric behaviour of TiO2 after HF treatment: application towards high frequency signal processing network Ramjan Sk , Asmita Patra , Mainak Das , Animesh Layek * , Partha Pratim Ray*, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 208 (2026) 113146, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2025.113146 (IF: 4.9)   39. "Investigation of charge transport and Schottky properties in a 1D Cd(II) coordination polymer featuring 9-anthracenecarboxylic acid" Ersad Hossain, Ramjan Sk, Animesh Layek, Partha Pratim Ray,*, Moumita Chatterjee *, Mohammad Hedayetullah Mir *, Subrata Mukhopadhyay. Polyhedron 283 (2026) 117844, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2025.117844 (IF: 2.6)   40. "HF treatment on TiO2 advancing FRET efficiency of MEH-PPV:TiO2 conjugate towards photovoltaic application" Ramjan Sk , Asmita Patra , Animesh Layek *, Partha Pratim Ray *, Materials Letters, 420 (2026) 140967. (IF: 2.7)

Publication in Conference Proceedings

    1.“Optimisation of Device Quality Silicon Hydrogen Alloy Materials from Plasma Emission Diagnostics And Its Application to Solar Cell” – Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya and Partha Pratim Ray*, AIP Conference Proceedings No. 1451 (2012) 112.    2.“Argon dilution as an alternative to hydrogen dilution for the preparation of large area device quality amorphous silicon” - Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya and Partha Pratim Ray*, AIP Conference Proceedings No. 1349 (2011) 631.    3.“Improvement in Open Circuit Voltage of MEHPPV-FeS2 Nanoparticle Based Organic Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cell”- Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya and Partha Pratim Ray*, AIP Conference Proceedings 1512 (2013) 704-705.    4.“Possibility to Use Low Temperature Pulsed RF Sputtered Indium Tin Oxide for the Fabrication of Organic Solar Cell” - Somnath Middya, Animesh Layek and Partha Pratim Ray*, published in Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Volume 2013, Article ID 542726, 4 pages    5.“Synthesis of Mn0.04Cu0.05Zn0.91O nanorod and its application in optoelectronic switching device” Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya, AIP Conference Proceedings 1728, 020121 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4946172

NBA Accreditation:UG-CSE,ETCE (6yrs) & UG-IT,IEE,PE (3yrs)