- Development of new methodology related to scanning/ transmission electron microscopy
- Determination of structure and chemistry of materials at atomic scale using TEM to correlate it with materials properties
Bhattacharyya Somnath
Associate Professor
Aug 2015 – till date: Associate Professor
Selected Journal Publications
- Pandey P., Das T., Rana R., Parmar J. B., Bhattacharyya S. and Rana D. S.; Electronic control of interface ferromagnetic order and exchange-bias in paramagnetic-antiferromagnetic epitaxial bilayers; Nanoscale 7 (2015) 3292-3299.
- Das T., Kulkarni P., Purandare S.C., Barshilia H.C., Bhattacharyya S. and Chowdhury P.; Anomalous enhancement in interfacial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy through uphill diffusion; Sci. Rep. 4 (2014) 5328.
- Bhattacharyya S., Höche Th., Jinschek J.R., Avramov I., Wurth R., Müller M. and C. Rüssel; Direct evidence of Al-rich layers around nanosized ZrTiO in glass: putting the role of nucleation agents in perspective; Cryst. 4 Growth Des. 10 (2010) 379-385.
- Bhattacharyya S., Bocker C., Heil T., Jinschek J. R., Höche Th., Rüssel C. and Kohl H.; Experimental evidence of self-limited growth of nano crystals in glass; Nano Lett. 9 (2009) 2493-2496.
- Bhattacharyya S., Jinschek J.R., Cao H., Wang Yu, Li J.F. and Viehland D.; Direct high-resolution transmission electron microscopy observation of tetragonal nanotwins within the monoclinic Mc phase of Pb(Mg Nb )O -0.35PbTiO crystals; Appl. Phys. Lett. 92 (2008) 1/3 2/3 3 3 142904.
- Bhattacharyya S., Jinschek J.R., Khachaturyan A., Cao H., Li J.F. and Viehland D.; Nano-dispersed DO phase nanostructures observed in 3 magnetostrictive Fe – 19%Ga Galfenol alloys; Phys. Rev. B 77 (2008) 104107.
Awards & Recognitions
- Editorial board member of scientific reports (Nature Publishing Group) and Indian Journal of Materials Science.
- Executive council member of Electron Microscope Society of India.
- Recipient of Andalusia Talent Hub Fellowship (offered by Government of Andalusia, Spain) as an incoming researcher for the year 2015.
- Former editorial board member of the internet journal of nanotechnology.
- Session chair, STEM and related techniques, International conference on electron microscopy and XXXIV Annual meeting of the Electron Microscope Society of India (EMSI), July 3-5, 2013.
