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Santanu Das
VIDWAN ID: 113200

Dr Santanu Das

Male Doctor of Philosophy
Associate Professor
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
Expertise: Materials Science Ceramics
ORCID 0000-0002-0147-449X Scopus 56452060700 ResearcherID N-3070-2014 Google Scholar 0AnAFxgAAAAJ
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Publications
316 Total
Articles
242
Books
5
Chapters
10
Proceedings
59
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Professional Recognition

11th National Petrochemicals Awards for BEST INNOVATION 2022
2022
Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India
Best Teacher Awards' 2022
2022
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
Fellow
2022
Indian Chemical Society
Member, Education and Professional Development Council (EPDC
2021
American Ceramic Society
Outstanding Educator Award Committee
2021
American Ceramic Society
top 1 per cent of peer reviewers in the field of Materials Science
2018
PUBLON, UK
IEEE Senior Member Fellow
2018
IEEE, USA
top 1 per cent of peer reviewers in the field of Physics
2017
PUBLON, UK
top 1 per cent of peer reviewers in the field of Materials Science
2017
PUBLON, UK
Early Career Award
2016
SERB, GOVT. IF INDIA
Country’s Most Accomplished Professional
2016
Who's Who in America 2016
MRS Outstanding Poster Award 2013
2013
MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY, USA
Outstanding Doctoral Research Award 2012
2012
DEAN, GRADUATE SCHOOL, Florida International University, MIAMI, USA
Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF
2011
DEAN, GRADUATE SCHOOL, Florida International University, MIAMI, USA
Dissertation Evidence Acquisition (DEA) Fellowship
2010
DEAN, GRADUATE SCHOOL, Florida International University, MIAMI, USA
Honorary Membership
2012
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, USA
Winner of Second Prize in Student poster competition
2012
FIU Graduate Scholarly Forum 2012
WINNER OF POSTER PRIZE in Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy
2012
American Ceramic Society student poster contest
Gold Medal
2006
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
Outstanding Achievement in being Granted Patent(s
2024
IIT(BHU) Varanasi
Outstanding Achievement in being Granted Patent(s) 2025
2025
IIT(BHU) Varanasi
Top 2% Scientist of the World 2020
2020
Stanford list
Top 2% Scientist of the World
2021
Stanford University
Top 2% Scientist of the World
2023
Stanford University
Top 2% Scientist of the World
2024
Stanford University
Top 2% Scientist of the World
2025
Stanford University

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Indian Carbon Society
Life member
Jan 2016
Materials Research Society of India
Life member
Jan 2016
Indian Society for ElectroAnalytical Chemistry (ISEAC)
Life member
Jan 2019
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA
Senior member
Jan 2017
IEEE Photonic Society, USA
Senior member
Jan 2017
American Chemical Society, USA
Annual Member
Jan 2021
American Ceramic Society, USA
Annual Member
Jan 2021
Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
Annual Member
Jan 2021
IEEE: New York, NY, US
Annual
Jan 2016
Indian Chemical Society
Fellow
Jan 2022
Materials Research Society of India: Bangalore, Karnataka/India, IN
Life Member
Jan 2016
International Academy of Electrochemical Energy Science: Canada, Canada, CA
Annual
Jan 2021
Indian Institute of Ceramics: Kolkata, West Bengal, IN
Life Member
Jan 2009
TechEthics&#153 Community, IEEE: New York, New York, US
Annual
Jan 2016
Smart Grid Community, IEEE: New York, New York, US
Annual
Jan 2016
Life Sciences Community, IEEE: New York, US
Annual
Jan 2017
IEEE Young Professionals: IEEE, NY, US
Annual
Jan 2017
Environmental Engineering Community, IEEE: New York, New York, US
Annual
Jan 2017
Brain Community, IEEE : New York, NY, US
Annual
Jan 2017
Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, India
Elected Life Members
Jan 2023
Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata, India
Life Member
Jan 2025
Indian Institute of Ceramics, Kolkata, India
Fellow
Jan 2024
Indian Ceramic Society, Kolkata, India
Life Member
Jan 2023
THE INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS ASSOCIATION, Kolkata INDIA
Life Member
Jan 2023
Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Kolkata India
Life Member
Jan 2023

Personal Details

Doctor of Philosophy
2012
S.N.M. College, VStan
Master of Technology
2005
N/A
Bachelor of Technology
2003
Central Rice Research Institute
Associate Professor
Jul 2024 – Present
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Assistant Professor
Mar 2016 – Jul 2024
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi | Department of Ceramic Engineering and Technology
Engineering and Technology
Materials Science Ceramics

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Co-Authors (58)

Prof Harsha A P
Prof Harsha A P Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Prof Ramesh Chandra Deka
Prof Ramesh Chandra Deka Cotton University
Dr G. P Chaudhari
Dr G. P Chaudhari Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Dr Davinder Kaur Walia
Dr Davinder Kaur Walia Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Prof Subir Das
Prof Subir Das Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Prof Pralay Maiti
Prof Pralay Maiti Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Dr Parag Bhargava
Dr Parag Bhargava Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Dr Jayendra Kumar
Dr Jayendra Kumar National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
Prof Vivek Kumar Singh
Prof Vivek Kumar Singh University of Delhi
Prof Anup K Ghosh
Prof Anup K Ghosh N/A
Dr Kishore Sridharan
Dr Kishore Sridharan UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT, MALAPPURAM
Prof Ankur Goswami
Prof Ankur Goswami Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Dr Saptarshi Ghosh
Dr Saptarshi Ghosh Indian Institute of Technology, Indore
Prof Vinod Kumar
Prof Vinod Kumar Indian Institute of Technology, Indore
Prof Mousumi Basu
Prof Mousumi Basu INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHIBPUR
Dr Nikhil Chander
Dr Nikhil Chander Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
Dr NILLOHIT MUKHERJEE
Dr NILLOHIT MUKHERJEE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHIBPUR
Dr Pankaj Srivastava
Dr Pankaj Srivastava Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad
Dr Jagannath Roy
Dr Jagannath Roy Central University of South Bihar
Dr Biplab Kumar Kuila
Dr Biplab Kumar Kuila Banaras Hindu University, Banaras
Dr Shikhar Krishn Jha
Dr Shikhar Krishn Jha Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Dr Senthilkumar K
Dr Senthilkumar K Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
Dr Spandan Guha
Dr Spandan Guha Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar
Dr Dipankar  Chattopadhyay
Dr Dipankar  Chattopadhyay UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA
Dr Sajal  Ray
Dr Sajal  Ray UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA
Dr Niranjanamurthy M
Dr Niranjanamurthy M BMS Institute of Technology and Management
Dr Nagarajan Srinivasan
Dr Nagarajan Srinivasan Manonmaniam Sundaranar University College, Govindaperi.
Prof Satyabrata Jit
Prof Satyabrata Jit N/A
Dr Debrupa Lahiri
Dr Debrupa Lahiri Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Dr Indranil Lahiri
Dr Indranil Lahiri Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Dr Biswajit Dey
Dr Biswajit Dey Visva Bharati, Shantiniketan
Dr PERIASAMY Palanisamy
Dr PERIASAMY Palanisamy N/A
Dr Prabhat Ranjan
Dr Prabhat Ranjan MANIPAL UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR
Dr Anand Pandey
Dr Anand Pandey MANIPAL UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR
Dr Subrata Panda
Dr Subrata Panda Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Dr Mohammad Imteyaz Ahmad
Dr Mohammad Imteyaz Ahmad Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Dr Somak Bhattacharyya
Dr Somak Bhattacharyya Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Dr Akhilendra Pratap Singh
Dr Akhilendra Pratap Singh Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Dr Bratindranath Mukherjee
Dr Bratindranath Mukherjee Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Dr Joysurya Basu
Dr Joysurya Basu Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Dr Debdulal Saha
Dr Debdulal Saha Central Food Technological Research Institute, Cheluvambe Mansion, Mysore.
Dr Shirshendu Chakraborty
Dr Shirshendu Chakraborty Central Food Technological Research Institute, Cheluvambe Mansion, Mysore.
Prof Rita Kakkar
Prof Rita Kakkar N/A
Prof Dibyajyoti Ghosh
Prof Dibyajyoti Ghosh Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Dr Anumoy Ghosh
Dr Anumoy Ghosh National Institute of Technology Mizoram
Dr Somnath Roy
Dr Somnath Roy N/A
Dr Achintya Singha
Dr Achintya Singha Bose Institute
Dr David Kirubakaran D
Dr David Kirubakaran D K.S.R. College of Arts & Science for Women
Dr Devarajan V P
Dr Devarajan V P KS Rangasamy College of Technology (Autonomous)
Dr AKHILENDRA PRATAP SINGH
Dr AKHILENDRA PRATAP SINGH Indian Institute of Information Technology
Dr Somdotta Roy Choudhury
Dr Somdotta Roy Choudhury Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology
Dr Saral Gupta
Dr Saral Gupta Banasthali Vidyapith
Prof Ajay Kumar
Prof Ajay Kumar MANIPAL UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR
Dr Vijisha K Rajan
Dr Vijisha K Rajan UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT, MALAPPURAM
Dr Kushal Dhar Dwivedi
Dr Kushal Dhar Dwivedi Indian Institute of Information Technology Design And Manufacturing, Kurnool
Dr ANIRBAN ROYCHOWDHURY
Dr ANIRBAN ROYCHOWDHURY N/A
Dr Heena Khanchandani
Dr Heena Khanchandani Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Dr Ajay Kumar
Dr Ajay Kumar MANIPAL UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR

Scholarly Work

Development of a Ceramic Radome from Recycled Mine Wastes for X-Band Seeker Applications
Other
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹52 Lac
Duration: 2026 – Ongoing
Nano-Ceramics: Development and Microstructural Insights via Advanced Characterization Techniques
Other
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹4 Lac
Duration: 2025 – Ongoing
Design and Development of Functional Nanostructures as Catalysts for Anionic Exchange Membrane (AEM) Electrolyzers in Efficient Green Hydrogen Production
Other
Role: Principal Investigator Grant: IIT(BHU)/R&D/2025-26/CPCG-01/617
Amount: ₹36 Lac
Duration: 2025 – Ongoing
Development of mesoporous hybrid carbonaceous support catalysts for high-performance electrocatalytic electrodes for PEM electrolyzers
Other
Role: Principal Investigator Grant: ERIP/ER/202310001/M/01/1849
Amount: ₹46 Lac
Duration: 2024 – Ongoing
Development of Ceramic Nitride thin-films for soft x-ray applications
Other
Agency: University Grants Commission Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹1.35 Lac
Duration: 2020 – Ongoing
Demonstration and Reproduction with Scientific Validation of some Ceramic Materials Knowledge System of Ancient-India
Other
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹15 Lac
Duration: 2022 – Ongoing
Wafer-scale integration and interfacial engineering of 2D van der Walls superlattice for next-generation nano-scale devices
Other
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹40 Lac
Duration: 2023 – Ongoing
Seasonal Effect on Solar-Driven Photocatalytic Performance in India Environment
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹3.08 Lac
Duration: 2021 – 2022
Complex of online and onsite lectures on materials for hydrogen generation by solar water splitting
Other
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹27 Lac
Duration: 2020 – Ongoing
Metal nanostructure assisted plasmonic hot electron induced phase transformation in 2D-transition metal di-chalcogenides for hydrogen evolution reaction
Other
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹1 Crore
Duration: 2020 – Ongoing
Ageing studies and estimation of thermal properties of liner materials
Completed
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹1.85 Crore
Duration: 2019 – 2023
Development of High Alumina (Al2O3) and doped High Alumina materials for Ceramic Cartridge Applications
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹70,000
Duration: 2018 – 2018
Development of functionalized graphene electrode for high-energy density supercapacitor applications
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹15 Lac
Duration: 2018 – 2020
Amplifying charge-transfer mechanism at the hybrid graphene interfaces for developing ultra-high energy density supercapacitor devices
Completed
Agency: Department of Secondary and Higher Education Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹11.50 Lac
Duration: 2017 – 2020
Fabrication of an all-transparent flexible 2D-graphene based phototransistor device
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹4 Lac
Duration: 2017 – 2019
Seamless Synthesis of large-area 2D transition metal di-chalcogenide semiconductors and their applications in next-generation high-performance optoelectronic devices
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹50 Lac
Duration: 2016 – 2019
Development of a high throughput processing for CIGS PV absorber films by spray pyrolysis of pre-synthesized nanoparticle ink
Completed
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹46 Lac
Duration: 2016 – 2019
Development of Large Scale Graphene and Its Heterostructures: Fundamental Properties to Electronic Applications
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹10 Lac
Duration: 2016 – 2018

Development of Two-dimensional Functional Nanostructures for Electrocatalysis and Photocatalysis

University Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
Year 2022
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Study of Graphene-based Metasurface Structures for Terahertz Frequency Applications

University Indian Institute of Technology BHU Varanasi
Year 2022
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Design, fabrication and characterization of some advanced semiconductor solar cells

University Indian Institute of Technology BHU Varanasi
Year 2022
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PLASMONIC NANOCRYSTALS DECORATED MONOLAYER 2D-MoS2 AND POROUS 3D-TiO2 AS EFFICIENT SERS SUBSTRATES FOR ENHANCED ANALYTE DETECTION

University INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (BHU) VARANASI
Year 2026
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Solution Processed PTB7 Thin Film Devices for Photodetection and Ammonia Sensing Application

University Indian Institute of Technology BHU Varanasi
Year 2024
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Direct growth of large-area, vertically aligned, forest-like Two-dimensional Rhenium disulfide (2D-ReS2) on various substrates using chemical vapor deposition process

IITBHU
- Patent No. : 202511103025 Filed : 31-10-2025
Published : 30-11--0001 Filed

PLASMONIC MULTIFACETED-SILVER NANOCRYSTALS AND 2D-HETEROINTERFACE FOR SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING SUBSTRATE, AND SYNTHESIS METHODS THEREOF

IITBHU
- Application No. : 202511093577 Filed : 30-09-2025
Published : 30-09-2025 Filed

IN-SITU -SO3H FUNCTIONALIZED TWO-DIMENSIONAL MoS2 NANOSHEETS AND METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF

Santanu Das
- Patent No. : 504599 Filed : 13-06-2022
Published : 23-01-2024 Granted

A METHOD FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SYNERGISTIC NANO HYBRID STRUCTURE ON NANORODS

IITBHU
- Patent No. : 536784 Filed : 01-02-2021
Published : 21-06-2021 Granted

A Two Dimensional Photosensitive Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) Capacitor

Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
- Patent No. : 521723 Filed : 21-04-2020
Published : 07-03-2024 Filed

LOW-COST ADHESIVE FOR THE METAL-CERAMIC JOINTS

IITBHU
- Patent No. : 528134 Filed : 23-01-2019
Published : 15-03-2024 Granted

AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL DOPED ZINC OXIDE NANOSHEETS AND METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF

SANTANU DAS
- Patent No. : 409820 Filed : 28-11-2018
Published : 21-02-2019 Granted

A GREEN METHOD FOR REDUCING GRAPHENE OXIDE

SANTANU DAS
- Patent No. : 427348 Filed : 30-11--0001
Published : 30-11--0001 Granted

MAGNESIUM ZINC FERRITEPOLYURETHANE NANO COMPOSITE

SANTANU DAS
- Patent No. : 419113 Filed : 30-11--0001
Published : 30-11--0001 Granted

HIGH SURFACE AREA, HIGH PURITY AND HIGH CONDUCTANCE MONO-LAYERED REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE

SANTANU DAS
- Patent No. : 411461 Filed : 30-11--0001
Published : 30-11--0001 Granted

A METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF GRAPHENE-OXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES BASED SPRAYABLE PAINT COATING

SANTANU DAS
- Patent No. : 413062 Filed : 30-11--0001
Published : 30-11--0001 Granted

Binary Cu-Ag metallic glass thin film for electronic applications

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
USA
- Patent No. : US20180044782A1 Filed : 30-11--0001
Published : 30-11--0001 Granted

Aluminum based metallic glass powder for efficient degradation of AZO dye and other toxic organic chemicals

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
USA
- Patent No. : US10363548B2 Filed : 30-11--0001
Published : 30-11--0001 Granted

A process of preparing in situ -SO3H- functionalized two-dimensional MoS2 nanosheets/nanoflowers and making electrocatalytic electrodes thereafter

IITBHU
- Patent No. : 202211033786 A Filed : 30-11--0001
Published : 30-11--0001 Published

Scholarly Publications

Oxidation behaviour of silicon carbide - A review

Review
Year: 2014. Volume: 38 , Issue: 1 , Pages: 29-39 .
Scopus Scopus: 228

Building Energy Devices from Quantum Dots

Book Chapter
Year: 2026. Volume: Part F2283 , Pages: 333-359 .
Authors: P. Periasamy; V. P. Devarajan; Santanu Das; Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu
DOI 10.1007/978-981-92-0172-3_13

Special issue on “Measurements in advanced materials-based energy generation, storage and integrated devices”

Open Access
Editorial
Measurement: Energy. Year: 2025. Volume: 7 .
Authors: Priyanka Verma; Santanu Das; Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu
DOI 10.1016/j.meaene.2025.100058

High-Performance Microwave-Derived Multi-Principal Element Alloy Coatings for Tribological Application

Journal Article
ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS (ELECTRONIC). Volume: 20 , Issue: 9 , Pages: 1800163 .
Authors: Rakesh Bhaskaran Nair; Harpreet Singh Arora; Priya Mandal; Santanu Das; Harpreet Singh Grewal
DOI 10.1002/adem.201800163 Crossref Crossref: 29 Scopus Scopus: 32

Binary Cu-Ag metallic glass thin film for electronic applications

Other

Graphene based metasurface with near unity broadband absorption in the terahertz gap

Journal Article
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RF AND MICROWAVE COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING. Volume: 30 , Issue: 12 .
Authors: Sambit Kumar Ghosh; Santanu Das; Somak Bhattacharyya
DOI 10.1002/mmce.22436 Crossref Crossref: 52 Scopus Scopus: 56

Aluminum based metallic glass powder for efficient degradation of AZO dye and other toxic organic chemicals

Other

Synthesis and characterization of mullite-zirconia-silicon-carbide system

Journal Article
Year: 2005.
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