Saikat Talapatra

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Research Interests

Experimental Condensed Matter & Materials Physics: Fundamental understanding and investigation of physics and applications of low dimensional (nano) materials through interdisciplinary approaches.

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Selected Publications

"Influence of channel thickness on charge transport behavior of multi-layer indium selenide (InSe) field-effect transistors." M. Wasala, P. D. Patil, S. Ghosh, R. Alkhaldi, L. Weber, S. Lei, R. Vajtai, P. M. Ajayan, S. Talapatra, 2D Materials , 7 (2), 025030, (2020).

"High Adsorption of Benzoic Acid on Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Bundles.", S. Li, T. De Silva, I. Arsano, D. Gallaba, R. Karunanithy, M. Wasala, X. Zhang, P. Sivakumar, A. D. Migone, M. Tsige, X. Ma, S. Talapatra, Scientific reports 10 (1), 1-10, (2020).

"Gate Induced Metal to Insulator Transition in Two-Dimensional (2D) Van der Waals Layers of Copper Indium Selenide (CuIn₇Se₁₁).", P. Patil, S. Ghosh, M. Wasala, S. Lei, R. Vajtai, P. M Ajayan and S. Talapatra, ACS Nano 13 (11), 13413-13420 (2019).

"Low temperature studies of photoconduction in few layer p-type Tungsten Diselenide (WSe₂) field effect transistors (FETs)", S. Ghosh, M. Wasala, Nihar R. Pradhan, D. Rhodes, M. Fralaide, Y. Xin, S. A. McGill, L. Balicas and S. Talapatra, Nanotechnology 28, 484002 (2018).

"Recent Advances in Electronics and Optoelectronics of Selenide Based Layered Binary Compounds", M. Wasala, H. Sirikumar, Y. Sapkota, S. Hoffer, D. Mazumdar, T. Jayasekera, S. Talapatra, J. Mat. Chem. C, 5 (43), 11214-11225 (2017).
[Invited Review]

"Fabrication and characterization of ultraviolet photosensors from ZnO nanowiresprepared using chemical bath deposition method.", A. Al-Asadi, L. A. Henley, S. Ghosh, A. Quetz, I. Dubenko, N. Pradhan, L. Balicas, N. Perea-Lopez, V. Carozo, Z. Lin, M. Terrones, S. Talapatra, N. Ali, J. Appl. Phys.119,084306(2016).

"Universal ac conductance in Large Area CVD grown MoS_2." S. Ghosh, S. Najmaei, S. Kar, R. Vajtai, N. Pradhan, J. Lou, L. Balicas, P. M. Ajayan, and S. Talapatra,
Phys. Rev. B, 125422 (2014).

"Tunable Electronics in Large-Area Atomic Layers of Boron–Nitrogen–Carbon." B. Muchharla, A. Pathak, Z. Liu, L. Song, T. Jayasekera, S. Kar, R. Vajtai, L. Balicas, P. M. Ajayan, S. Talapatra and N. Ali, Nano Lett., 13 (8), pp 3476–3481, (2013).

"Synthesis of Graphene",S. Kar, S. Talapatra
Encyclopedia for Nanotechnology, Springer,2630-2638 (2012)

"Effect of 1- Pyrene Carboxylic Acid Functionalization of Graphene on its Capacitive Energy Storage", S. Ghosh, X. An, R. Shah, D. Rawat, B. Dave, S. Kar, S. Talapatra, J. Phys. Chem. C, 116, 20688−20693, (2012)

"Stable Aqueous Dispersions of Non-Covalently Functionalized Graphene from Graphite and their Multifunctional High-Performance Applications", X. An, T. Simmons, R. Shah, C. Wolfe, K. Lewis, M. Washington, S. Nayak, S. Talapatra and S. Kar,
Nano Letters 10, pp 4295 – 4301 (2010) [Cover]

"Electrochemical double layer capacitor electrodes using aligned carbon nanotubes grown directly on metals", R. Shah, X. F. Zhang, and S. Talapatra, Nanotechnology 20, (2009) 395202

Please refer Dr. Talapatra's CV for more information.

Courses Taught

• PHYS 100 Undergraduate Seminar
• PHYS 203B College Physics
• PHYS 205B University Physics
• PHYS 301 Theoretical Methods
• PHYS 310 Classical Mechanics
• PHYS 320 Electricity and Magnetism I
• PHYS 420 Electricity and Magnetism II
• PHYS 450 Advanced Undergarduate Laboratory
• PHYS 476M Introduction to Materials Science and NanoPhysics
• PHYS 545A Statistical Mechanics II
• PHYS 575 Special Topics - Carbon Nano Materials
• PHYS 575 Special Topics - Raman Spectrocopy of Carbon Based Materials
• PHYS 575 Special Topics - Van der Waals Materials and Structures
• PHYS 575 Special Topics - Nanoscale Electronic Transport
• PHYS 575 Special Topics - Atomically Thin 2D Layered Semiconductors