Summary Profile

Research Interests

• Low dimensional solid state physics
• Photonics and Photovoltaics in nano scale.
• Electronic, optoelectronic and sensing applications of Nanostructured Silicon
• Physics Education Research

Academic Background

• Ph,DJadavpur University -2002
• M.Sc. (Physics)-1996
• B.Sc (Physics)-1994

Work Experience

Contact Information

 shminhaz@physics.iiests.ac.in
 shminhaz@gmail.com

Awards and Honours

• BOYSCAST Fellowship, Year: 2007
• KR Fellowship, Year: 2012
  
  

Other Professional Activities

Journal Publication

1.  D.Basu, K. Sen, S.M.Hossain, J.Das,, Influence of pore diameter on physical and sensing properties of free-standing Chitosan-Silica Nanocomposite membrane,, Journal of Porous Materials, 2021.
2.  Susmita Biswas, Anupam Nandi, Ujjwal Ghanta, Biswajit Jana, Sumita Mukhopadhyay, Hiranmay Saha and Syed Minhaz Hossain, Hot-carrier radiative recombination through phonon confinement in silicon nanocrystals embedded in colloidal xerogel matrix, 130(3), 33102, Journal of Applied Physics, 2021
3.  B Das, SM Hossain, B Pakhira, AK Pramanick, R Das, M Ray, Fluorescence quenching based detection of p-nitrophenol using luminescent silicon nanocrystals and insights into the quenching mechanism,, 35 (3), 035003, Semiconductor Science and Technology, 2020
4.  S Chakrabarty, G Das, M Ray, SM Hossain, Optically enhanced trap assisted hysteretic IV characteristics of nanocrystalline silicon based pin heterostructure, 127 (8), 085708, Journal of Applied Physics, 2020
5. S Biswas, A Nandi, S Mukhopadhyay,P Chaudhuri, H Saha, SM Hossain, Mechanochemical synthesis of quasi monodispersed core-shell silicon nanostructure, 494,(2019), 326-334, Applied Surface Science, 2019
6. Anupam Nandi, Sourav Mandal, Sugato Ghosh, Sukanta Dhar, Sanhita Majumdar, Hiranmay Saha and Syed Minhaz Hossain, Application of hybrid rGO-ITO bilayer TCO on a-Si solar cell for performance enhancement, 9(1), 12-17, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2019
7. Bhaskar Das Minhaz Hossain, Ashit Pramanick, Arjun Dey, , Mallar Ray, One-pot Synthesis of Gel Glass Embedded with Luminescent Silicon Nanoparticles, 11(2), 2507-2515, ACS applied materials and interfaces, 2019
8. Subhasis Maity, , Pradipta Panchadhyayee, Binoy Das, Syed M Hossain, Capillary rise of water: Impact of submerged portion of capillary tube, 54(3), 035005,, Physics Education, 2019
9. A Nandi, S Dhar, S Majumdar, H Saha, SM Hossain, Performance Enhancement of Solar Cell by Incorporating Bilayer RGO?ITO Smart Conducting Antireflection Coating, 1800109, Global Challenges, 2019
10. A Nandi, P Nag, D Panda, S Dhar, SM Hossain, H Saha, S Majumdar, Outstanding Room-Temperature Hydrogen Gas Detection by Plasma-Assisted and Graphene-Functionalized Core–Shell Assembly of SnO2 Nanoburflower, 4 (6), 11053-11065, ACS Omega, 2019
11. U. Ghanta, M. Ray, S. Biswas, S. Sardar, T. K. Maji, S. K. Pal, N. R. Bandyopadhyay, B. Liu and S. M. Hossain, Effect of phonon confinement on photoluminescence from colloidal silicon nanostructure, 201, 338-344, Journal of Luminescence, 2018
12. Anupam Nandi, Susmita Biswas, Sudipta Chakrabarty, Sanhita Majumdar, Hiranmay Saha, Mahesh Saini and Syed Minhaz Hossain, Development of Graphene Capped Silicon-Silicon oxide Core-Shell Nano-structure: Charge trapping characteristics at the Interfaces, 13, 370-380, Applied Materials Today, 2018
13. D. Basu, T. Sarkar, K. Sen, S.M. Hossain, J. Das, Multi-parametric Optical Glucose Sensor based on Surface Functionalized nano-Porous Silicon, 18 (24), 9940-9947, IEEE Sensors Journal, 2018
14. Sudipta Chakrabarty, Sourav Mandal, Susmita Biswas, Ashit Kumar Pramanick, Mallar Ray, Syed,Minhaz Hossain, Trap-assisted Switching in Silicon Nanocrystal based p-i-n Device, 18(4), 620-627, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, 2018
15. Atrayee Hazraa, Syed Minhaz Hossain, Ashit Kumar Pramanick, Mallar Ray, Gold-Silver Nanostructures: Plasmon Plasmon Interaction, 146, 437-443, vacuum, 2017
16. Nandi, A., Majumdar, S., Datta, S.K., Saha, H., Hossain, S.M., Optical and electrical effects of thin reduced graphene oxide layers on textured wafer-based c-Si solar cells for enhanced performance,, 5(8), 1920-1934, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2017
17. AB Roy, A Dhar, M Choudhuri, S Das, SM Hossain, A Kundu,, Black silicon solar cell: analysis optimization and evolution towards a thinner and flexible future, 27 (30), 305302, Nanotechnology, 2016
18. N R Bandyopadhyay, S M Hossain, U. Ghanta, M. Ray, Superliner Photo Response in Colloids of Silicon Quantum Dots, 3 (15-18), INT. J. INNOVATIVE RES. SCI. ENG. TECHNOL., 2015
19. Avra Kundu, Sonali Das, S. M. Hossain, Swapan K. Datta, HiranmaySaha,, Tapered silicon nanopillars for enhanced performance thin film solar cells, 54, 389-399, Energy Procedia, 2014
20. S. Pradhan, S.M. Hossain, J. Das, Selective manhole methane sensing by Pd-modified nanostructured porous silicon,,, 1(6), 010-014, IJMSET, 2014
21. M Ray, A Jana, U Ghanta, NR Bandyopadhyay, SM Hossain, Photoluminescence From Oxidized Macroporous Silicon: Nanoripples and Strained Silicon Nanostructures,, 13 (1), 87-92, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, 2013
22. TS Basu, M Ray, NR Bandyopadhyay, AK Pramanick, SM Hossain, Performance enhancement of crystalline silicon solar cells by coating with luminescent silicon nanostructures,, 42 (3), 403-409, Journal of electronic materials, 2013
23. T. S. Basu, A jana, S. M. Hossain, M. Ray and N. R. Bandyopadhyay,, Enhancement of open circuit voltage and short circuit current of silicon solar cell by incorporation of silicon nano-crystals,, 92, 16-20, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India), Mettalurgical and Materials Engineering (MM),, 2011
24. Mallar Ray, Nil Ratan Bandyopadhyay, Ujjwal Ghanta, Robert F. Klie, Ashit Kumar Pramanick, Samaresh Das and Samit K. Ray, Syed Minhaz Hossain,, Temperature dependent photoluminescence from porous silicon nanostructures: quantum confinement and oxide related transitions, 110, 94309, Journal of Applied Physics,, 2011
25. M. Ray, S. M. Hossain, R. F. Klie, K. Banerjee and S. Ghosh ., Freestanding luminescent silicon quantum dots: evidence of quantum confinement and defect related transitions,, 21, 505602, Nanotechnology, 2010
26. M. Ray, T. S. Basu, A. Jana, N. R. Bandyopadhyay, S. M. Hossain, A.K. Pramanick and R. F. Klie, Luminescent core-shell nanostructures of silicon and silicon oxide: nanodots and nanorods,, 107, 64311, Journal of Applied Physics, 2010
27. M. M. Das, M. Ray, N. R. Bandyopadhyay and S. M. Hossain,, Estimation of oxide related electron trap energy of porous silicon nanostructures,, 119, 524, Mater. Chem. Phys., 2010
28. S. Prezioso, S. M. Hossain,A. Anopchenko, and L. Pavesi, M. Wang, G. Pucker, and P. Bellutti, Super-linear photovoltaic effect in Si nanocrystals based metal-insulator-semiconductor devices,, 94, 62108, Applied Physics Letters, 2009
29. M.Ray, S.Sarkar, N.R. Bandyopadhyay, S.M.Hossain and A.K. Pramanick.,, Silicon and silicon oxide core-shell nanoparticles: structural and photoluminescence characteristics,, 105, 74301, Journal of Applied Physics, 2009
30. M.Ray, K.Jana, N.R. Bandyopadhyay, S.M.Hossain, D Navarro-Urrios, P.P.Chattopadhyay. M.A. Green,, Blue-violet Photoluminescence from colloidal suspension of nanocrystalline silicon in silicon oxide matrix,, 149, 352-356, Solid State Communications,, 2009
31. M. Ray, S. Ganguly, M. Das, S.M. Hossain and N.R. Bandyopadhyay,, Genetic algorithm based search of parameters for fabrication of uniform porous silicon nanostructure,, 45, 60-64, Computational Material Science, 2009
32. M. Ray, S. Ganguly, M. Das, S. Datta, N.R. Bandyopadhyay and S.M. Hossain, Artificial Neural network (ANN) based model for in situ prediction of porosity of nanostructured porous silicon,, 24, 83-87, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 2008
33. K.Mukherjee and S.M.Hossain., Effect of anharmonicity on the phonon density of states and specific heat of a monatomic one dimensional crystal lattice,, 78, 224308, Physical review B, 2008
34. R. Adamo, E O. Anopchenko, P. Bettotti, M. Cazzanelli, E. D’Amato, N. Daldosso, L. Ferraioli, E. Froner, Z. Gaburro, R. Guider, S. M. Hossain, D. Navarro-Urrios, A. Pitanti, S. Prezioso, M. Scarpa, R. Spano, M. Wuang and L. Pavesi,, Low dimensional Silicon Structures for Photonic and Sensor applications, ., 255, 624-627, Applied Surface Science, 2008
35. S.M.Hossain, S.K. Dutta, J. Das H.Saha, Mechanism and simulation of uniform nanowires of porous silicon growth on p-Si substrate,, 5(1), 69-90, International Journal of Nano Science, 2006
36. H.Saha, S.M.Hossain, J.Das,, Porous Silicon: A Natural Nanostructure for Sensing and Photonic Applications,, 78A(1), 19-25, Indian J of Phys, 2004
37. H.Saha, J.Das, S.M.Hossain,, 1. Porous Silicon: A Natural Nanostructure for Vapour Sensing Application,, 12(2&3), 323-330, Asian Journal of physics, 2003
38. J. Das, S. Dey, S.M. Hossain, Z.M. Rittersma, H. Saha, A Hygrometer comprising a Porous Silicon Humidity Sensor with Phase Detection Electronics,, 3(4), ) 414-420, IEEE Sensor Journal,., 2003
39. S.K. Dutta, S.M. Hossain, S. Chakraborty, H. Saha, ., Conductivity Modulation of Porous Silicon by Formation Parameters,, 191(2), 535-547, Phys. Stat. Sol (a), 2002
40. SM. Hossain, J. Das, S. Chakraborty, S.K. Dutta, H. Saha, Electrode Design and Planar Uniformity of Anodically Etched Large Area Porous Silicon, 17, 55-59, Semicond. Sci. Technol., 2002
41. S.M.Hossain, S. Chakraborty, S.K. Dutta, H. Saha,, Metal Patterning for Large Area Electroluminescent Porous Silicon, 56, 303-310., Microelectronic Engineering, 2001
42. J. Das, S.M. Hossain, S. Chakraborty, H. Saha,, Role of Parasitics in Humidity Sensing by Porous Silicon,, 94, 44-52, Sensors and Actuators A, 2001
43. S.M. Hossain, S. Chakraborty, S.K. Dutta, J. Das, H. Saha,, Stability in Photoluminescene of Porous Silicon,, 91, 195-202., Journal of Luminescence, 2000
44. H. Saha, S.K. Dutta, S.M. Hossain, S. Chakraborty and A. Saha,, Mechanism and Control of Formation of Porous Silicon on p-type Si,, 21(3), 195-202, Bull. Mater. Sci., 1998
    

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