Post Docs

Education
• Ph.D. Chemistry (2014-2019), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
• M.Sc. Chemistry (2012-2014), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
• B.Sc. in Chemistry (2009-2012), Midnapore College, Vidyasagar University

Experience
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), IISC Bangalore (May 2022 – Present).
• SRF Direct, Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (2019-2021).

Research Interests
• Quantum dots
• 2D Materials
• Gas sensors

Publications
• Pal, A.; Sk, M. P.; Chattopadhyay, A. Conducting Carbon dot-Polypyrrole Nanocomposite for Sensitive Detection of Picric acid. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 8, 5758-5762.

• Pal, A.; Natu, G.; Ahmad, K.; Chattopadhyay, A. Phosphorous Induced Crystallinity in Carbon Dots for Solar Light Assisted Seawater Desalination. J. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6, 4111-4118.

• Ahmad, K.; Pal, A.; Pan, U.N.; Chattopadhyay, A.; Paul, A. Synthesis of Single-particle Level White-light-emitting Carbon dots via a One-step Microwave Method. J. Mater. Chem. C 2018, 6, 6691-6697.

• Arshad, F.; Pal, A.; Rahman, M.A.; Ali, M.; Khan, J.A.; Sk. M.P. Insights on the Solvatochromic Effects in N-doped Yellow-orange Emissive Carbon dots. New J. Chem. 2018, 42, 19837-19843.

• Pal, A.; Ahmad, K.; Dutta, D.; Chattopadhyay, A. Boron Doped Carbon Dots with Unusually High Photoluminescence Quantum Yield for Ratiometric Intracellular pH Sensing. ChemPhysChem 2019, 20, 1018-1027.

• Pal, A.; Bhakat, A.; Chattopadhyay, A. Zinc Ion Induced Assembly of Crystalline Carbon Dots with Excellent Supercapacitor Performance. J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 19421-19428.

• Pal, A.; Sk, M. P.; Chattopadhyay, A. Recent Advances in Crystalline Carbon dots for Superior Application Potential. Mater. Adv. 2020, 1, 525-553.

• Arshad, F.; Pal, A.; Alam, T.; Khan, J. A.; Sk, M. P. Luminescent Carbogenic dots for the Detection and Determination of Hemoglobin in Real Samples. New J. Chem. 2020, 44, 6213-6221.

• Pal, A.; Arshad, F.; Sk. M.P. Emergence of Sulfur Quantum Dots: Unfolding their Synthesis, Properties, and Applications. Adv. in Colloid Interface Sci. 2020, 285, 102274.

• Arshad, F.; Pal, A.; Sk, M. P. Aggregation-Induced Emission in Carbon Dots for Potential Applications. ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol. 2021, 10, 21001.

• Bhakat, A.; Pal, A.; Siddaramaiah, R.; Chattopadhyay, A. Complexation-Based Super Crystalline Assembly of Zinc Oxide Quantum Dots for Sensitive Carbon Dioxide Gas Sensing. J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 12316.

• Siddaramaiah, R.; Yadav, V.K.S.; Pal, A.; Palathinkal, R.P. High-Performance CuO Nanowire Printed Devices for Visible Light Sensing and Switching Characteristics. Materials Letters 2022, 320, 132300.

Conference and Seminars
• New Advances and Horizons in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoSci-2014) held at IASST, Guwahati, India. (National conference)

• MEMS/NEMS and Theranostic Devices (NWNTD 2015) held at IIT Guwahati, India.

• DAE-BRNS 6th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Materials Chemistry (ISMC-2016) held at BARC, Mumbai, India.

• 5th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICANN-2017) held at IIT Guwahati, India.

• Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (FICS-2018) held at IIT Guwahati, India.

• International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT-2018) held at IISc, Bengaluru, India.