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

Prof.

Sourav Sarkar

Department : School Of Material Science and Nanotechnology

Designation : Professor, Director

Additional Roles and Responsibilities :

  • Currently working as Director & Professor in the School of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
  • LinkedIn profile : linkedin.com/in/sourav-sarkar-00445b69

Address : School of Materials Science and Nanotechnology Jadavpur University Kolkata -700032

E-Mail: sourav.sarkar@jadavpuruniversity.in

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Subjects Taught

    Nanosensor & Nanodevices     Materials Science     Synthesis of Nanomaterials     Characterisation of Nanomaterials

Research Interests

    Currently pursuing research on the synthesis, characterization & application of Quantum Materials, Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon and inorganic Quantum Dots, inorganic nanostructures for their possible application in quantum devices/sensors, optoelectronic and electronic devices in Jadavpur University.

Notable Achievements

    Co-Founder and Mentor of Sense-XT Innovations Pvt Ltd. (incubated at Jadavpur University) which is among the nine Startup to receive significant funding under the prestigious National Quantum Mission (NQM) to develop Quantum Biosensors.

Journal Papers Published

  Tentative Publications: Soumili Kar, Ankita Chandra, Pulok Das, Arnab Das, Sreya Das, Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay, and Sourav Sarkar, Construction of ZnSe/ZnO Nanosheet Architecture to Boost Electrochemical Performance in Supercapacitors, ACS Applied Energy, Materials 2025 8 (23), 17265-17281, DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.5c02399.   U.Ray, D.Banerjee, S.Sarkar, K. K.Chattopadhyay, Modification of Silicon Nanowires with Flower-Like Metal Particles and its Efficacy as Textile Dye Remover from Water. Part. Part. Syst. Charact.2025, 42, 2400227. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.202400227   Dipayan Roy, S Najes Riaz, Anibrata Banerjee, Souvik Bhattacharjee, Sourav Sarkar, Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay, Nitrogen-Functionalized p-Type Graphene Window and Silicon Nanowire Heterostructure with High-Performing NIR Light Detection, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Vol 17, 18, 2025, 27497–27516.   Ankita Chandra, Shrabani Ghosh, Ratna Sarkar, Sourav Sarkar, K.K. Chattopadhyay, TiO2 nanorods decorated Si nanowire hierarchical structures for UV light activated photocatalytic application, Chemosphere, Volume 352, 2024   P. Kumar, D. Banerjee, N. Chakraborty, S. Sarkar, K.K. Chattopadhyay, A. Adalder, U.K. Ghorai, Enhanced photoluminescence in graphene wrapped hydrophobic zinc oxide, Chemical Physics Letters, Volume 844, 2024,141266   Ankita Chandra, Shrabani Ghosh, Bikram Kumar Das, Suvra Pal, Supratim Maity, Biswajit Das, Sourav Sarkar, K.K. Chattopadhyay, Experimental and theoretical approaches of electron emission from hydrophobic rGO modified silicon nanowires, Applied Surface Science, Volume 608, 2023.   U. Ray, S Sarkar, P Sharma, et al. Silica-Amorphous Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Induced Removal of Rhodamine B from Water. Silicon 16, 415–424 (2024).   S. Najes Riaz, Dipayan Roy, Souvik Bhattacharjee, Ankita Chandra, Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay, Sourav Sarkar, “Exploring the interfacial behavior of SiNWs/Sulphur and Nitrogen-doped carbon dot based heterostructure for near-infrared photodetection application”, Materials Letters, 2023 Volume 345, 2023, 134458.   Dipayan Roy, Bikram Kumar Das, S. Najes Riaz, Dimitra Das, Sourav Sarkar, and Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay, “Oxygen Vacancy-Induced Band Engineering and Metal Unsaturation in MoS2– MoO3 with Spillover-Based Confined Catalysis”, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2023 6, 9, 4892– 4908.   Shrabani Ghosh, Madhupriya Samanta, Sourav Sarkar, K.K. Chattopadhyay, Polymorphic ternary metal chalcogenide solid solution nanopowder as electrocatalyst for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reaction, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Volume 152, 2022, 107102   Arnab Das, Dipayan Roy, Bikram Kumar Das, Md Imran Ansari, Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay, Sourav Sarkar, Zinc doping induced WS2 accelerating the HER and ORR kinetics: A theoretical and experimental validation, Catalysis Today, 2022   Dipayan Roy , Antika Das , Rajarshi Roy , Dimitra Das , Bikram Kumar Das , Uttam Kumar Ghorai , Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay and Sourav Sarkar Probing the emission dynamics in nitrogen doped carbon dots by reversible capping with mercury (II) through surface chemistry, New J. Chem., 2022.   U. Ray, D. Banerjee, D. Das, S. Sarkar, K.K. Chattopadhyay, Photo-induced catalytic removal of rhodamine-B by aligned silicon nanowires developed through metal assisted chemical etching, Materials Characterization, Volume 188, 2022, 111906.   Sourav Sarkar, Unmesha Ray, Dipayan Roy, Diptonil Banerjee, Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay, Synthesis of silicon nanowire and crystalline carbon quantum dots heterostructure and study of photo response and photoluminescence property, Materials Letters, Volume 303, 2021, 130493   Shrabani Ghosh, Madhupriya Samanta, Biswajit Das, Supratim Maity, Promita Howli, Sourav Sarkar, K.K. Chattopadhyay, Hexagonal nickel selenide nanoflakes decorated carbon fabric: An efficient binder-free water loving electrode for electrochemical water splitting, Solid State Sciences, Volume 116, 2021, 106613.   Shrabani Ghosh, Madhupriya Samanta, Dipayan Sen, Samrat Sarkar, Sourav Sarkar, KK Chattopadhyay, Photocatalytic and sonocatalytic dye degradation by sulfur vacancy rich ZnS nanopowder, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 23, 2021.   Shrabani Ghosh, Supratim Maity, Ankita Chandra, Bikram Kumar Das, Nripen Besra, Samrat Sarkar, Sourav Sarkar, K.K. Chattopadhyay, Enhanced electron emission from ternary solid solution-MWCNT hybrid with theoretical validation,Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing,Volume 127,2021,105674   Ankita Chandra, Supratick Giri, Biswajit Das, Shrabani Ghosh, Sourav Sarkar, K.K. Chattopadhyay,NIR photodetector based on p-silicon nanowires/n-cadmium sulfide nanoscale junctions, Applied Surface Science,Volume 548,2021,149256   Dipayan Roy, Saikat Sarkar, Kaustav Bhattacharjee, Karamjyoti Panigrahi, Bikram Kumar Das, Kausik Sardar, Sourav Sarkar, Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay, Site specific nitrogen incorporation in reduced graphene oxide using imidazole as a novel reducing agent for efficient oxygen reduction reaction and improved supercapacitive performance,Carbon,Volume 166,2020,Pages 361-37.

Patents

    Title: Speedy HeatInduced Vacuum Assisted Process to Synthesize Quantum Dots, Patent No. : 592404, Name of Applicant(s): Jadavpur University, Date of Patent: 26-08-2024 Name of Inventor(s): 1. Dr. Sourav Sarkar 2. Manas Thakur 3. Sk. Najes Riaz 4. Tanay Toppo 5. Md. Imran Ansari 6. Unmesha Ray Roy 7. Prof. Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay 8. Dipayan Roy   

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