ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS:

Prof. A. K. Pal

• Member and Ex-Member of :
  • Editorial Board of Thin Solid Films
  • Vacuum
  • Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics
• Advisor to Vacuum Science Bulletin etc
• Awarded Fulbright Fellowship
• Awarded MRSI Medal '94 Medal
• Published more than 250 research papers in journals of international repute

Recent Publications and Papers communicated

• LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (2005 to 2007)
  
  Papers communicated (2007 )
  
  2007
  • Synthesis of composite films of mixed Ag-Cu nanocrystallites embedded in DLC matrix and associated surface plasmon properties, S. Hussain and A. K. Pal, Appl. Surf. Sci. 253 (2007) 3649-3657
  • Schottky diodes based on nanocrystalline p-GaN and n-GaN in thin film form, S. N. Das and A.K.Pal, Vacuum, 81(2007) 843
  • Effect of carbon content on the mechanical properties in ternary BCN compound prepared by ICP-CVD, M Pal Chowdhury B.R. Chakraborty, A. Mukherjee and A K Pal, communicated to J. Phys. D:Appl. Phys.
  • Surface plasmon resonance in nanocrystalline gold-copper alloy films, S. Hussain, Subhadeep Datta, R. K. Roy and A. K. Pal, J. Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, 7 (2007) 1
  • BSb films: synthesis and characterization, S. Dalui, S. N. Das, S. Hussain, D. Pramanik, S. Verma and A K Pal, J Cryst Growth. 305 (2007)149
  • Electrical and optical properties of silicon doped gallium nitride polycrystalline films, S. R.Bhattacharyya and A.K.Pal, Mat. Res. Bull. (2007, in press)
  • Grain boundary scattering in silicon doped polycrystalline GaN films prepared by r.f. sputtering, S.R. Bhattacharyya and A.K.Pal, Ind. J. Pure & Appl. Phys.(2008)
  • Liquid Petroleum Gas sensor based on SnO2/Pd composite films deposited on Si/SiO2 substrates, S. Majumder, R.K. Roy, R. Bhar and A.K. Pal, Vacuum, 81 (2007) 985
  • Boron phosphide films prepared by co-evaporation technique: synthesis and characterization, S. Dalui, S. Hussain and A. K. Pal, Thin Solid Films (2007)
  • Incorporation of nanocrystalline silver on carbon nanotubes by electrodeposition technique, S. Hussain and A. K. Pal, Mater.Lett. 2007 (in press)
  • Aligned ZnO nanorods by hybrid wet chemical route and their field emission properties, S. Dalui, S. N. Das, R. K. Roy, R.N. Gayen and A. K. Pal, Thin Solid Films, 2007 (in press)
  • Hydrogen sensor based on thin film nanocrystalline n-GaN/Pd Schottky diode S. N. Das and A.K.Pal, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. (2007, in press)
  • Synthesis of Pd/SnO2 films by wet chemical route for LPG sensor, S. Majumder, S. Dalui, R. Bhar and A.K. Pal, Euro Phys. B. (communicated)
  • Synthesis of n-type boron phosphide films and formation of Schottky diode: Al/n-BP/Sb, S. Dalui and A.K.Pal , Appl. Surf. Sci, 2007 (in press)
  • ZnxMg1-xO nanofibers on glass substrate by solution growth technique, R.N. Gayen, S.N. Das, S. Dalui, R. Bhar and A.K.Pal, (communicated J. Cryst. Growth.)
  • Synthesis of DLC films with different sp2/sp3 ratio and their hydrophobic behaviour, R. Pal, S. N. Das, S. Dalui, R.N. Gayen, R.K.Roy, R. Bhar and A.K.Pal, (J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2008, in press)
  • Hydrophobicity in DLC films prepared by electrodeposition technique, R. Pal, S. Dalui, S. N. Das and A.K.Pal (communicated to Appl. Surf. science)
  • Silicon doped SnO2 films for Liquid Petroleum Gas sensor, S. Majumder, S. Hussain S. N. Das, R.B. Bhar and A.K. Pal, Vacuum, 2007 (in press)
  • Metal Contacts in nanocrystalline n-type GaN :Schottky diodes, S. N. Das, S. Sarangi, S. N. Sahu and A.K.Pal (communicated to Semicond. Sci. & Technol.)
  
  
  
  2006
  • Synthesis of B-Sb by rapid thermal annealing of B/Sb multilayer films , S. Hussain, S. Dalui, R K Roy and A K Pal, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys, 39 (2006) 2053
  • Optical properties of nanocrystalline gallium nitride films, R.K.Roy, S. R. Bhattacharyya, S. Bandyopadhayay and A.K.Pal, Thin Solid Films, 500 (2006) 144
  • Incorporation of silver nanoparticles in DLC matrix and surface plasmon resonance effect, S. Hussain, R K Roy and A K Pal, Mater. Chem. Phys., 99 (2006) 375.
  • Properties of nanocrystalline GaN p-n homojunction prepared by high pressure sputtering technique, S. N. Das and A K Pal, Semicond. Sci. Technol., 21 (2006) 1
  
  
  
  2005
  • Stress in polycrystalline GaN films prepared by r.f sputtering, M. Pal Chowdhury, R. K. Roy, S. R. Bhattacharyya and A.K. Pal, Euro. Phys J,48 (2005) 47
  • Surface plasmon effect in nanocrystalline copper/DLC composite films by electrodeposition technique, S. Hussain, R K Roy and A K Pal, J. Phys. D. Appl. Phys., 38 (2005) 908
  • Growth process of carbon nanotubes deposited by electrochemical technique, S. K. Mandal, S. Hussain and A. K. Pal, J. Pure & Apllied Phys. 43 (2005) 765
  • Berylium doped polycrystalline GaN films : Optical and grain boundary properties, M. Pal Chowdhury, R. K. Roy and A.K. Pal, Thin Solid Films, 491 (2005) 2910
  • Electrodeposited carbon nanotube thin films, A.K.Pal, R.K.Roy, S. K. Mandal, S. Gupta, B. Deb , Thin Solid Films, 476 (2005) 288
  • Room temperature sensor based on carbon nanotubes and nanofibers for methane detection, R.K. Roy, M. Pal Chowdhury and A.K. Pal, Vacuum 73 (2005) 223
  • Synthesis of gallium nitride films by a novel electrodeposition route, R. K. Roy and A.K.Pal, Mat. Lett. 59 (2005) 2204
  • Characterization of as grown and nitrogen incorporated tetrahedral amorphous carbon films deposited by pulsed unfiltered cathodic vacuum arc process, O.S. Panwar, B. De, B.S. Satyanarayana, Md. A. Khan, R. Bhattacharyya and A.K.Pal, Thin Solid Films, 472 (2005) 180
  • Electrical and galvanomagnetic properties of nanocrystalline gallium nitride films, R.K.Roy, S. Gupta and A.K.Pal, Thin Solid Films 483 (2005) 287
  
  
  
  In-house facility (Thin Film Group) through Project Mode:
  
  • SEM (Hitachi S-2300)
  • EDAX (Kevex Delta Class-I)
  • UV-VIS-NIR Spectrophotometer (Hitachi U-3410)
  • Hall Apparatus
  • I-V, C-V
  • Photoconductivity
  • PL
  • SPV
  • Spectral Response
  • TEP, TSC, TEP, AC conductivity
  • FIZEAU Interferometer for thickness measurements
  • RF-ICP
  • Hot emissive probe
  • Dip-coater for sol-gel
  • Multi-target R.F. sputtering jig
  
  
  Current externally funded projects in hand:
  
  

  Project Name	Funding Agency	Duration	Status
  Plasma diagnostics in synthesizing c-BN by inductively coupled plasma CVD	DST	2002-05	Ongoing
  Development of LPG sensor using nano-SnO2	DST (Mission)	2003-05	Ongoing
  Nanocrystalline GaN films:Preparation & Prospects for LED applications	Nano-initiative	2005-08	Ongoing
  Synthesis of carbon nanotubes by novel electrodeposition route	DRDO	2003-05	Ongoing
  Development of Room Temperature Sensors for Methane using Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers	Coal S&T	2005-08	Ongoing
  Surface plasmon resonance effect in IB metal nanoparticles embedded in DLC matrix	UGC	2006-09	Ongoing
  Collaborative programme on SnO2 based LPG Sensors	BEL,Bangalore	2005-06	Ongoing