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Sukanya Dhar

Sukanya Dhar

Post Doctoral Fellow

Education
• Ph D in Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Research Topic: Studies on Phase Relations, Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry of some Ceramic Oxide System
• M Sc in Physics, Calcutta University, Calcutta
• B Sc with Physics Honors, Jadavpur University, Calcutta

Research Interests
• Nanosafety
• Electrochemical Biosensing for cardiac health monitoring

Publications
• “Thermodynamic Modeling of W-C-O-H-S System for Controlled Growth of WS2 Atomic Layers by True CVD” Sukanya Dhar, Anjali Lalithambika, Kranthi Kumar V. and S. Raghavan, ECS Transactions, 77, 49-59, 2017.

• “Chemical vapor deposition of MoS2 layers from Mo–S–C–O–H system: thermodynamic modelling and validation” Sukanya Dhar, V. Kranthi Kumar, Tanushree H. Choudhury, S. A. Shivashankar and S. Raghavan, Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys.,18, 14918-14926, 2016.

• “Reconciling results of MOCVD of a CNT composite with equilibrium thermodynamics” Sukanya Dhar, Pallavi Arod, S. A. Shivashankar, J. Crystal growth, 442, 41–46, 2016.

• “Predictive approach to the “true CVD” of TMD’s: the case of MoS2” Kranthi Kumar V., Sukanya Dhar, Tanushree H. Choudhury, S. A. Shivashankar and Srinivasan Raghavan, Nanoscale, 7, 7802-7810, 2015.

• “Insights on Defect-Mediated Heterogeneous Nucleation of Graphene on Copper” P. Ghosh, S. Kumar, G. Ramalingam, V. Kochat, M. Radhakrishnan, Sukanya Dhar, S. Suwas; A. Ghosh, N. Ravishankar, S. Raghavan, J. Phys. Chem. C, 119 (5), 2513–2522, 2015.

• “Thermodynamic modeling to analyze the composition of Carbonaceous Coatings of MnO and other oxides of manganese grown by MOCVD” Sukanya Dhar, A. Varade, and S.A. Shivashankar, Bulletin of Materials Science, 34, 11-18, 2011.

• “Thermodynamic analysis of the growth of iron oxide films by MOCVD using tris(t-butyl-3-oxo-butanoato)iron(III) as precursor” Sukanya Dhar, K. Shalini, and S. A. Shivashankar, Bulletin of Materials Science, 31, 723-728, 2008.

• “MOCVD of ZrO2 films from bis(t-butyl-3-oxo-butanoato)zirconium(IV): some theoretical (thermodynamic) and experimental aspects” Sukanya Dhar, M. S. Dharmaprakash, and S. A. Shivashankar, Bulletin of Materials Science, 31, 67-72, 2008.

• “Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition of Cu films from bis(t-butyl-3-oxo-butanoato)copper(II) : thermodynamic investigation and experimental verification,” Sukanya Mukhopadhyay, K. Shalini, R. Lakshmi, Anjana Devi, and S.A. Shivashankar, Surface and Coatings Technology, 150, 205-211, 2002.

• “Thermodynamic investigation of the MOCVD of copper films from bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptadionato)copper(II),” Sukanya Mukhopadhyay, K. Shalini, Anjana Devi, and S.A. Shivashankar, Bulletin of Materials Science, 25(6), 391-398, 2002.

• “Phase Equilibria in the system CoO-CaO-SiO2 and Gibbs’ energy of formation of the quaternary compounds CaCoSi2O6, Ca2CoSi2O7, and CaCoSiO4’’, Sukanya Mukhopadhyay and K.T. Jacob, American Mineralogist, 81, 963-972, 1996.

• “Phase Equilibria in the system NiO-CaO-SiO2 and Gibbs’ energy of formation of CaNiSi2O6’’, Sukanya Mukhopadhyay and K.T. Jacob, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 26A, 2311-2315, 1995.

• “Design of solid electrolytes for use with dissimilar electrodes: System K2CO3 – K2SO­4’’, Sukanya Mukhopadhyay and K.T. Jacob, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 395, 107-115, 1995.

• “Tie lines and activities in the system NiO-MgO-SiO2 at 1373 K’’, Sukanya Mukhopadhyay and K.T. Jacob, Journal of Phase Equilibria, 16, 243-253, 1995.

• “Theoretical analysis of the emf of a cell incorporating a composite gradient solid electrolyte’’, Sukanya Mukhopadhyay and K.T. Jacob, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 142, 161-165, 1995.

• “New galvanic cell designs for minimizing electrode potential’’, K.T. Jacob and Sukanya Mukhopadhyay, Bulletin of Materials Science, 17, 1155-1166, 1994.

• “Gradient solid electrolytes for thermodynamic measurements’’, System Na2CO3 – Na2SO­4’’, Sukanya Mukhopadhyay and K.T. Jacob, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 25A, 173-181, 1994.

• “Thermodynamic study of mixed anionic solid solutions using gradient solid electrolytes’’, System K2CO3 – K2SO­4’’, Sukanya Mukhopadhyay and K.T. Jacob, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 140, 2629-2635, 1993.

• “Gradient solid electrolytes for use with dissimilar electrodes: System K2CO3 – K2SO4’’, K.T. Jacob, Sukanya Mukhopadhyay, and A.K. Shukla, Solid State Ionics, 62, 27-37, 1993.

• “Tie lines and activities in the system CoO-MgO-SiO2 at 1373 K’’, K. T. Jacob, Sukanya Mukhopadhyay and A.K. Shukla, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 75, 3081-3086, 1993.

Patents
• “A composition of electrode material in the form of a coating and a process thereof” A. Varade, S. A. Shivashankar, Sukanya Dhar, and S. Sampath, Publication number: US8343572 B2, PCT No: PCT/IN2007/000372, January 2013.

Conference and Seminars
• “MOCVD of a Nanocomposite Film of Fe, Fe3O4 and Carbon Nanotubes from Ferric Acetylacetonate: Novel Thermodynamic Modeling to Reconcile with Experiment” Sukanya Dhar, Pallavi Arod, K. V. L. V. Narayan Achari and S. A. Shivashankar, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1752, DOI: 10.1557/opl.2015.7, Boston, USA, Dec 2014.

• “Comparison of CVD and MOCVD-grown Al2O3 coatings in the performance of cemented carbide cutting tool inserts” Piyush Jaiswal, Abdul Sathar, Arshiyan Shariff, Mohammed Saif, Sukanya Dhar, and S. A. Shivashankar, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 1298, DOI:10.1557/opl2011.495, Boston, USA, Dec 2011.

• “Al2O3–C Composite Coatings On TiN/WC Cutting Tool From MOCVD: Theoretical Modeling and Experimental Observations” Sukanya Dhar, P. Jaiswal, and S. A. Shivashankar, Proc. FIME-2010 International Conference, NITK (Suratkal), May 2010.

• Composite and Pure Coatings of Iron Oxides by MOCVD: Thermodynamic Analysis and Modeling” Sukanya Dhar and S. Bharati Devi, Proc. FIME-2010 International Conference, NITK (Suratkal), May 2010.

• “Composite Oxide Films Grown By MOCVD: Thermodynamic Modeling And Experimental Aspects” Sukanya Dhar, A. Varade, K. Shalini, and S.A. Shivashankar, Proc. RETMAC-2010 International Conference, NITK (Suratkal), February 2010.

• “MOCVD of copper films from bis(ethyl-3-oxo-butanoato)copper(II): experiment and thermodynamic analysis” Sukanya Mukhopadhyay, K. Shalini, Anjana Devi, and S.A. Shivashankar, Proceedings of Electrochemical Society, PV 8, 1275, 2003.

• “A study of nucleation and growth in MOCVD: The growth of thin films of alumina” M.P. Singh, Sukanya Mukhopadhyay, Anjana Devi, and S.A. Shivashankar, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 648, P6.47.1-P6.47.6, 2001.

• “Application of composition gradient solid electrolytes in sensors and thermodynamic measurements” K.T. Jacob, Sukanya Mukhopadhyay, Proceedings of Second International Conference on Ionic Mixed Conducting Ceramics, The Electrochemical Society Inc., Princeton, N.J. 94-12, 106-126, 1994.