Dr.

Susnata Bera
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Vivekananda Mission Mahavidyalaya
Chaitanyapur, East Midnapore
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +91-9932668782

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: National Post-Doctoral Fellow (Young Scientist)

(2016-2018)
Institution: Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Delhi, India
Project Title: Solution Processed CZTS Solar Cell for Green Energy

PhD in Physics: March 2016

Institution: Dept. of Physics, IIT Kharagpur, India
Thesis Title: Optical and Electrical Properties of Chalcogenide
Semiconductor Nanostructures for Hybrid Devices

Master of Science (M Sc): (2006-2008)

Institution: Department of Physics & Techno physics, Vidyasagar
University, West Bengal, India
Major: Physics with Solid State Physics

Bachelor of Science (B Sc): (2003-2006)

Institution: Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India
Major: Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science

Intermediate: (2001-2003)
Council WBCHSE, West Bengal
Major Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology

Matriculation: 2001
Board WBBSE, West Bengal

LIST OF RESEARCH
IT SKILLSPUBLICATIONS

Book Published

1. Susnata Bera, “Opto-Electrical Properties of Chalcogenide Semiconductor Nanostructure”

published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing on 21-06-2016, ISBN-978-3-659-90875-0.
 International Journals

1. Md. Samim Hassan, Pooja Basera, Susnata Bera, Mona Mittal, Samit Ray, Saswata
Bhattacharya, Sameer Sapra, “Enhanced Photocurrent owing to Shuttling of Charge Carriers
across 4-Aminothiophenol Functionalized MoSe2−CsPbBr3 Nanohybrids”, ACS Applied
Materials & Interfaces (In Press).

2. Susnata Bera, Subhendu Sarkar, Md. Samim Hassan, Divya Gupta, Sameer Sapra, Samit K.
Ray, “MoSe2-Cu2S Heterostructure Photodetectors with High Detectivity, (communicated to
Nanoscale, RSC). (Impact Factor: 7.233).

3. Md. Samim Hassan, Susnata Bera, Divya Gupta, Samit K. Ray, Sameer Sapra, “MoSe2-Cu2S
Vertical p-n Nanoheterostructures for High-performance Photodetector”, ACS Applied Materials
and Interfaces, 11 (2019) 4074-4083 (Impact Factor: 8.097).

4. Md. Samim Hassan, Atanu Jana, Nimai Bhandary, Susnata Bera, Pravin P. Ingole, Sameer
Sapra, “Coloidally Synthesized Defect-Rich MoSe2 Nanosheets for Superior Catalytic Activity”,
Bulletin of Materials Science, 42 (2019) 72. (Impact Factor: 0.925).

5. Susnata Bera and Samit K. Ray, “The role of nanocrystal size in solution processable
CdSe:P3HT hybrid photovoltaic devices”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 16
(2016) 4840-4845 (Impact Factor: 1.556).

6. Susnata Bera, Suvra P. Mondal, Arun K. Sinha, Ajit K. Katiyar and Samit K. Ray, “Resistive
switching characteristics of a single Zn-doped CuS nanoball anchored with multi-walled carbon
nanotubes”, Materials & Design, 101 (2016) 197-203(Impact Factor: 3.501).

7. S.Bera, S.P.Mondal , D. Naskar, S. C. Kundu and S. K. Ray (2014), Flexible and Transparent
Nanocrystal Floating Gate Memory Devices Using Silk Protein, Organic Electronics , 15 (2014)
1767–1772 (Impact Factor: 3.827).
8. Susnata Bera, Shashi B. Singh, S.K. Ray, Green route synthesis of high quality CdSe quantum
dots for applications in light emitting devices, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 189 (2012) 75-79
(Impact Factor: 2.133).

9. Susnata Bera, Suvra Prakash Mondal, and Samit K. Ray, Optical Properties of CdSe
Nanoparticles Embedded in Polyvinyl Alcohol Matrix, Journal of Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology, 12 (2012)1–6 (Impact Factor: 1.556).

10. S. P. Mondal, S. Bera, G. Narender, and S. K. Ray, CdSe quantum dots-poly(3-hexylthiophene)

nanocomposite sensors for selective chloroform vapor detection at room temperature Appl. Phys.
Lett. 101 (2012) 173108; doi: 10.1063/1.4762861 (Impact Factor: 3.302).

11. B. Pandey, P.P. Pal, S. Bera, S. K. Ray, A. K. Kar, Effect of nickel incorporation on
microstructural and optical properties of electrodeposited diamond like carbon (DLC) thin films,
Applied Surface Science, 261 (2012) 789– 799 (Impact Factor: 2.711).
 Conferences

1. Susnata Bera, Subhendu Sinha Sarkar, Sameer Sapra “MoSe2/Si and MoSe2/GaAs 2D/3D
heterojunctions for photodetector applications”, National Seminar on Hybrid Materials, 13th &
14th January, 2020, Midnapore College, Midnapore.

2. Subhendu Sinha Sarkar, Susnata Bera, Md. Samim Hussain, R. K. Khatri , Sameer Sapra , Samit
K. Ray “Photodetectors based on 2D/3D heterostructures of MoSe2 with Si and GaAs”, IWPSD
2019, 17th -20th 2019, Kolkata, West Bengal.

3. Susnata Bera, Md. Samim Hassan, Sameer Sapra “MoSe2-Cu2S/Si heterostructures based
broadband photo detector”, CMDAYS 2019, 29th -31st August 2019, Vidyasagar University,
Midnapore.

4. Susnata Bera, Md. Samim Hassan, Sameer Sapra “MoSe2-Cu2S heterostructures on Si platform
for broadband photo detection”, EMRS Spring Meeting 2018, 18 th -22nd June 2018, Strasbourg,
France.
5. Susnata Bera, Anupam Midya and Samit Ray “Improved Photovoltaic Characteristics of CZTS
Nanocrystals and Graphene Nanocomposites”, ICMAT 2015, 28th June-3rd July 2015, Suntec
Singapore.

6. Susnata Bera and Samit Ray “Enhancement of Electrical Bistability in Core –shell CdS-PbS
Nanocrystals”, ICMAT 2013, 30th June-5th July 2013, Suntec Singapore.

7. S. Mitra, S. Bera and S. K. Ray “Synthesis and characterization of CdSe QDs decorated grapheme
nanocomposites for hybrid solar cells”, India-Singapore joint physics symposium (ISJPS 2013),
25th -27th Feb 2013, IIT Kharagpur [Page no-50].

8. A. K. Sinha, S. P. Mondal, S. Bera and S. K. Ray, “Synthesis of zn+2 doped CuS nanoflowers for
hybrid photovoltaic applications”, IEEE International Nanoelectronics Conference (INEC 2013),
2nd- 4th Jan, 2013, Singapore at Resorts World Sentosa.

9. S. Bera, S. P. Mondal, S. K. Ray, “Steady state and transient photoluminescence of CdSe

nanoparticles embedded in polyvinyl alcohol matrix” ICONSAT 2010, 17 th -20th Feb, IIT Bombay
[page no.248 ].

10. S. Bera, S. P. Mondal and S. K. Ray,” Highly Selective Chloroform Vopor Sensors Using CdSe-
Polymer Nanocomposites”, ICONSAT 2012, 20 th-23rd Jan, Hotel Taj Krisna, Hyderabad [page
no.106].

11. S. Bera, S. P. Mondal and S. K. Ray, “Olive Oil Capped CdSe Quantum Dots for Hybrid
Photovoltaic Device Applications”, IWPSD 2011, 19 th-22nd Dec, IIT Kanpur.

12. Narendar. G, S. P. Mondal, S. Bera, A. Chandra and S. K. Ray, “Growth of vertically aligned zno
nanorods for optoelectronic devices” , International Conference on Theoretical and Applied
Physics (ICTAP 2011), 1st -2nd December, 2011, IIT, Kharagpur.

13. S. Bera, Shashi B Singh and S. K. Ray, “ Optical Properties of Green Route Synthesized CdSe
Quantum Dots for Light Emitting Devices ”, ICMAT 2011, Solution processing technology for
inorganic films, nanostructures and functional materials, 26 june-1 july, Singapore.[page no.19, JJ1-
4].
 Workshops

1. Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program (INUP), IISC Bangalore, January 3rd-8th 2011.
2. Workshop on Electron Microscopy (WEM), IOP Bhubaneswar, November 23rd -25th 2011.

PRESTIGIOUS HONOURS AND AWARDS RECEIVED

 Awarded “International Travel Support” by DST India to present paper (oral presentation) at
EMRS-2018, Strasbourg, France, 2018.
 Awarded “International Travel Grant” by IIT Kharagpur to present paper (oral presentation) at
ICMAT, Suntec city, Singapore, 2015.
 Awarded “International Travel Grant” by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR),
Govt. of India, to present paper at Suntec city, Singapore, 30th June-5th July 2013
 Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) SRF 2013, Govt. of India
 Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers (GATE) 2010

LANGUAGES KNOWN
 English (R/W/S)
 Bengali (R/W/S)
 Hindi (R/W/S)

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY

 Mentored two M. Tech. students for their respective projects in IIT Kharagpur.
 Mentored two Summer Intern for their summer projects in IIT Kharagpur.
 Handled own project (Solution Processed CZTS Solar Cell for Green Energy) of Rs. 1920000/-
funded by DST, India during 2 years Post Doc in IIT Delhi from 2016 to 2018.