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Experimental Materials Scientist | PhD in Physics | Thin Films | Nanomaterials | Electrochemistry, Energy & Sensing

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Experimental materials scientist with a PhD in Physics from IIT Madras. Research focuses on functional oxide nanomaterials, thin-film deposition (including ALD), and heterostructure engineering for photoelectrochemical energy conversion (e.g. water splitting for hydrogen generation) and gas sensing. Expertise spans hydrothermal synthesis, electrochemical anodization, and advanced characterization (SEM, TEM, XRD, XPS, AFM/PFM, Raman, UV-Vis, electrochemical methods). Published work includes template-free BiFeO₃ nanorod arrays and ALD-coated core-shell structures for room-temperature NO₂ sensing. Recipient of JASSO research fellowship for a visiting stay at Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan. Full Publication link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6KebBHoAAAAJ&hl=en

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials
• ☆ Electrochemistry
• ☆ Surface Chemistry
• ☆ Nanotechnology
• ☆ Solid State Sciences
• ☆ Condensed Matter Physics
• ☆ Renewable Energy
• ☆ Solar Energy
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Instructional Materials
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ Textbook Content Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Image Analysis

Product Development Product Evaluation, Product Validation

Work Experience

Research scholar

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

January 2015 - February 2024

Education

PhD

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

January 2015 - February 2024

Master of Science in Physics

The University of Burdwan

November 2011 - October 2013

Certifications

• JASSO scholarship recipient for visiting research

  Japan Student Services Organization

  September 2018 - October 2018

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2024). NO₂ sensing characteristics by <i>α</i>-Fe₂O₃ nanorod arrays with atomic layer deposited amorphous Al₂O₃ overlayer . NANO EXPRESS.

(2023). Hybrid Reduced Graphene Oxide/GaN Nanocolumns on Flexible Niobium Foils for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting . ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS.

(2022). Template-free chemical deposition of highly crystalline ZnO nanorod thin films . MATERIALS ADVANCES.

Somasree Roychowdhury, Mohamed Mukthar Ali, Swati Dhua, T. Sundararajan, G. Ranga Rao(2021). Thermochemical hydrogen production using Rh/CeO2/γ-Al2O3 catalyst by steam reforming of ethanol and water splitting in a packed bed reactor . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 46. (37). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 19254--19269. Elsevier {BV}

(2021). Thermochemical hydrogen production using Rh/CeO2/g-Al2O3 catalyst by steam reforming of ethanol and water splitting in a packed bed reactor . INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY.

Swati Dhua, Hideto Furuno, Tomoyuki Homma, Nobuo Saito, Somnath C Roy(2020). Template-free fabrication of BiFeO₃ nanorod arrays: multiferroic and photo-electrochemical performances . Nanotechnology. 31. (35). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 355602. {IOP} Publishing

(2020). Template-free fabrication of BiFeO3 nanorod arrays: multiferroic and photo-electrochemical performances . NANOTECHNOLOGY.

(2020). High photoelectrochemical performance of reduced graphene oxide wrapped, CdS functionalized, TiO₂ multi-leg nanotubes . NANOTECHNOLOGY.

(2019). Direct growth of self-aligned single-crystalline GaN nanorod array on flexible Ta foil for photocatalytic solar water-splitting . JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS.