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Scientists ▸ Dr. Swastik Mondal
Dr. Swastik Mondal

Dr. Swastik Mondal

Senior Principal Scientist and Professor (AcSIR)

Functional Materials & Devices Division

Contact Information:

Phone: (033) 24733496 (Ext. 3561)
Fax: +91-33-24730957
E-mail: swastik_mondal@cgcri.res.in

Dr. Swastik Mondal

Dr. Mondal joined CSIR-CGCRI on August 01, 2016

Professional Experience

Position Held Organisation Duration
Senior Principal Scientist CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata August 2021– Continuing
Principal Scientist CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata August 2016–July 2021
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Scientific Staff) Max-Planck-Institute for coal research, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany January 2014–December 2015
Guest Scientist University of Bayreuth, Germany June 2013–December 2013
Akademischer Rat (Research and Teaching Staff) University of Bayreuth, Germany June 2007–June 2013

Education

Degree

Discipline

University; Year

Ph. D.

Science

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (Degree awarded by Jadavpur University); 2007

M.Sc.

Physics

Banaras Hindu University; 2001

B.Sc.

Honours in Physics

Burdwan University; 1999

Research Interest

(i) Crystallography of periodic and aperiodic systems

(ii) Aspherical electron-density analysis

(iii) Analysis of structure-property relationships

(iv) Gas sensing

(v) Phase change in materials and its applications

Research Contribution

Research contributions include development of methodologies for surface structure determination and analysis [N Chakraborty and S Mondal*, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 1968-1976; N Chakraborty, A Sanyal, S Das, D Saha, S K Medda, and S Mondal*, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 3(8), 7572-7579; N Chakraborty and S Mondal*, arXiv:2205.13239 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], 2022, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2205.13239]

Development of novel gas sensing materials [N Chakraborty and S Mondal*, Materials Horizons., 2022,9, 1750-1762; N Chakraborty, P K Ghose, P Rudra, S Das, D Saha, A K. Mishra, A Sanyal and S Mondal*, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 21824-21834; N Chakraborty, S Das, A Hossain, D Saha and S Mondal*, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2021, 347, 130622]

Development of methodology for reconstructing dynamic electron densities in crystalline materials under the influence of temperature [S Mondal et al. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. A, 2012, 68, 568].

Discoveries of electron-deficient bonds and charge transfers in superhard boron-rich materials [S Mondal, Chem. Mater., (2017), 29, 6191; S Mondal et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., (2011), 106, 215502; Mondal et al., Phys. Rev. B, (2013), 88, 024118; S Mondal et al., Scientific reports, (2016), 6, 19330].

  • Member of Board of Studies (Physics Department, NIT Patna)
  • Advisory Committee Member of the National Conference on Frontiers in Modern Physics organized by Adamas University.
  • “Silver Poster Award” at FIMTA (Frontiers in Materials for Technological Applications) 2021 organized by CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, India during 4-6th August, 2021 (poster Title: “Antimony doped tin oxide nanosystems for excellent room temperature detection of SO2 gas”, Authors: Nirman Chakraborty, Pradeepta Kumar Ghosh, Pratyasha Rudra, Sagnik Das, Debdulal Saha, Ajay K. Mishra, Ambarish Sanyal and Swastik Mondal)
  • CSIR-CGCRI Foundation day Best Paper Award 2022 for the paper published in Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 21824-21834.
  • GC Jain Memorial Award for best PhD thesis in Materials Science 2022 by Materials Research Society of India (Thesis of Nirman Chakraborty, Supervisor: Dr. Swastik Mondal) 

Papers in SCI journals: 56 published/accepted; 1 under review; popular articles: 1; book chapters: 1; presentations at conferences: 40; Patents: 1 (Full list attached)

Ten representative publications/patents as lead author and/or corresponding author:

(i) Materials Horizons, (2022), 9, 1750.

(ii) ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, (2022), 14, 52301.

(iii) J. Mater. Chem. C, (2022), 10, 1968, (Selected as HOT Article).

(iv) J. Mater. Chem. A, (2021), 9, 21824.

(v) Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, (2021), 347, 130622.

(vi) Patent filed: “A Novel Metal Oxide-Polymer Nano Composite for Ammonia Sensing at Temperatures below ambient including Sub-Zero Temperatures” by Swastik Mondal and Nirman Chakraborty, (2021, India), PCT (2022, International).

(vii) ACS Appl. Nano Mater., (2020), 3(8), 7572.

(viii) Chem. Mater., (2017), 29, 6191, (as sole author).

(ix) Scientific Reports, (2016), 6, 19330.

(x) Phys. Rev. Lett., (2011), 106, 215502.

(16 presented, below are few recent invited talks)

  • “X-ray diffraction and its applications for unravelling mysteries of nature, January 30, 2023, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, India.
  • “Quantitative phase analysis using Powder X-ray diffraction” National Workshop on Advanced Analytical Techniques in Materials Science (WAATMS 2020), January 20-23, 2020, Department of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Calicut, India.
  • “X-ray diffraction and its applications in science and technology” Popular talk for Hindi Seminar, August 05, 2019, CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata, India.
  • “New insights into the bonding mechanism of icosahedral boron-rich solids through experimental charge density studies”, October 31, 2019, Department of Chemistry, IIT-Kharagpur, India.
  • “How structural characterization of materials can impact technology development”, in-house seminar cum brain storming session, February 28, 2018, CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata, India.
  • “Chemical bonding in icosahedral boron-rich solids” Structural Aspects in Studying Chemistry of Materials (SASCheM-2017), August 29-30, 2017, IISER-Kolkata, India.
  • “The mysterious boron carbide” Platinum Jubilee Institute Colloquium, November 28, 2016, CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata, India.
  • “Untangling mysteries of boron-rich solids through electron-density analysis”, March 11, 2013, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (SSCU), IISc Bangalore, India.

Projects execution:

Completed: 2

Ongoing: 2

Present PhD students:

  1. Ms. Pratyasha Rudra, DST INSPIRE SRF.
  2. Mr. Anagha Ghosh, DST INSPIRE JRF.

 

PhD awarded:

  1. Dr. Nirman Chakraborty, ex DST INSPIRE Fellow (presently working as a postdoc at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel).

PhD degree awarded: July 2022

Title of thesis: “Studies on structure-property correlation in some functional ceramic based gas sensing materials using various experimental techniques”

Supervisor: Dr. Swastik Mondal, CSIR-CGCRI.

 

Project and Master Students:

Four (4) project students supervised. One (1) Master student supervised.

 

Openings:

Ph. D Position: We are looking for CSIR-NET/INSPIRE qualified motivated students from Physics/Materials Science/Chemistry background for Ph. D program. Interested CSIR-NET/INSPIRE qualified students may contact swastik_mondal@cgcri.res.in.

Last Updated on March 22, 2023