Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

• Assistant Professor (2013 to 2018), Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam
• Assistant Professor Grade I (2018-2021), NIT Silchar, Assam
• Assistant Professor (2021-2024), SNBNCBS, Kolkata
• Associate Professor (2024 to present), SNBNCBS, Kolkata

• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.): 2003 - 2006 Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
• Master of Science (M.Sc.): 2006 - 2008 - Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Science: 2008 - 2013, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) (Degree Awarded by Jadavpur University), Kolkata, India.

• Associates of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (2025)
• Best Reviewer Award (Nanotechnology, Flexible and Printable Electronics)

• MSc/IPhD Supervision: 13
• Summer Projects: 06
• PhD (Completed: 04; Ongoing: 05)
• Post Doctoral (Completed: 02; Ongoing: 01)

• Development and testing of broadband optoelectronic synaptic devices employing ferroelectric/ photoelectric 2D material hybrid systems. PI, Rs. 22 Lakh, 2023-2026, CRG, SERB, DST.

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2026

Sayan Routh, Shubham Patel, Tuhin Debnath, Saikat Mitra, Snehasish Nandy, Avijit Chowdhury, Unravelling the origin of ferromagnetism and Critical Scaling behavior in orbital altermagnetic candidate CuBr2 derived lead free Ruddlesden–Popper Halide Perovskite (PEA)2CuBr4, Nanotechnology (2026) (DOI 10.1088/1361-6528/ae6f22)

Link: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6528/ae6f22/meta

S Pramanik, S Das, H Joshi, S Pakhira,* and Avijit Chowdhury*, Silver Quantum Dots-Mediated Band Engineering in Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation, ACS Applied Nano Materials 9, 9433−9444 (2026).

Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsanm.6c00990

M Biswas, R Bhunia, R Mondal, A Garg, and A Chowdhury*, Ion-Gel-Driven Electroactive Phase Nucleation in PVDF-TrFE/MoS2 Composites for High-Throughput Triboelectric Nanogenerators, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2026) (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6c02323).

Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.6c02323

R Bhunia, R Jana, A Saraswati, K Giri, N Kumar, A Chowdhury*, MoTe2-based synaptic-bridge memristor for brain-inspired computing: neuromorphic performance evaluation using MLP-CNN frameworks, npj 2D Materials and Applications 10, 45, (2026).

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41699-026-00682-5

R Mondal, M Biswas, K Debnath, S Das, UN Maiti, SK Adhikari, B Ghosh*, Avijit Chowdhury*, Spatially confined surface-terminated MXene nanosheets as a multifunctional platform for triboelectric sensing and logic gates, J. Mater. Chem. C 14, 3206, (2026).

Link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2026/tc/d5tc03448e

2025

F Yasmin, R Deb, Y Mishra, A Roy, A Chowdhury, Saumya R. Mohapatra*, Tuning the nucleation barrier energy of nonvolatile polymeric memristor by reducing its active layer thickness for threshold switching, Appl. Phys. Lett. 127, 253503 (2025).  

Link: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0299170

S Mitra, S Routh, B Ghosh,* and Avijit Chowdhury*, Influence of Cation on X-Ray Detection Performance in Mixed-Halide 2D Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskite, Phys. Status Solidi A  222, 2500439, (2025).

Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202500439

S Mitra, P Majhi, G S Kumar, S Datta, B Ghosh, A Bera, Avijit Chowdhury,* D Bhattacharya,* and B Ghosh*, Multiple Ferroelectric Resonance in 2D Organic−Inorganic Halide Perovskite, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2025, 7, 5485−5494.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.5c00465

Mesoporous NiFe2O4@g-C3N4-Based p–n Heterostructures for Boosting Solar-Driven Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and Hydrogen Evolution, Suma Das, Swapnamoy Pramanik, R G Nair,* and Avijit Chowdhury*, Chem Asian J. 20, e202401402, (2025).

Link: doi.org/10.1002/asia.202401402

M Biswas, D Bhattacharya, R Mondal, R Bhunia, A Garg, Avijit Chowdhury*, Surface Engineered MoS2-Based Novel Vertical Triboelectric Nanogenerator (V-TENG) for Wireless Information Processing, Small 21, 2410608, (2025).

Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202410608

R Jana, R Bhunia, S Paramanik, K Giri, Avijit Chowdhury*, Conductive Islands Assisted Resistive Switching in Biomimetic Artificial Synapse for Associative Learning and Image Recognition, Advanced Functional Materials 35, 2412804, (2025).

Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202412804

https://dst.gov.in/amalgamated-hybrid-materials-enable-brain-mimicking-artificial-synapses-computing-breakthroughs

2024

S Das, S Paramanik, R G. Nair,* Avijit Chowdhury*, Rational Design of Mesoporous ZnFe2O4@g-C3N4Heterojunctions for Environmental Remediation and Hydrogen Evolution, Chem. Eur. J. 30, e202402512 (2024). Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202402512

S Das, S Pramanik, R G Nair, Avijit Chowdhury*, Heterointerface engineering in mesoporous g-C₃N₄@MnFe₂O₄ photocatalysts for superior hydrogen (H₂) evolution, Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024, 54, 105226. Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2024.105226

D Bhattacharya, S Mukherjee, A Chowdhury, S K Ray, Novel TMDC/Si Heterojunction Based Direct Current UV Sensitive Tribovoltaic Nanogenerator and Visual-Image Sensors, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 34, 2403705. Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202403705

R Jana, S Ghosh, R Bhunia, A Chowdhury*, Recent developments in the state-of-the-art optoelectronic synaptic devices based on 2D materials: a review, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12, 5299. Link: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TC00371C

2023

S Das, S Pramanik, RG Nair, A Chowdhury*, Unlocking the potential of thermally exfoliated ultrathin gC₃N₄ nanosheets: abundant active sites for enhanced solar photocatalysis, New J. Chem., 2023, 47, 12418. Link: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NJ01946B

• S Das, S Das, R G Nair, A Chowdhury*, Magnetically separable ZnFe₂O₄ grafted g-C₃N₄/rGO ternary nanocomposites for enhanced photo-Fenton catalytic activity under visible light, Materials Today Sustainability 2023, 21, 100263.

2022

• S Das, T Deka, P Ningthoukhangjam, A Chowdhury*, R G Nair*, A critical review on prospects and challenges of metal-oxide embedded g-C₃N₄-based direct Z-scheme photocatalysts for water splitting and environmental remediation, Applied Surface Science Advances 2022, 11, 100273.
• S Das and A Chowdhury*, Recent advancements of g-C₃N₄ -based magnetic photocatalysts towards the degradation of organic pollutants: a review, Nanotechnology 33 (2022) 072004

2019-2021

• D Chakraborty, M Devi, B Das, M H Barbhuiya, S S Dhar *, Avijit Chowdhury, A benevolent direction to environmental suitability: ionic liquid immobilized MoO₃ nanoparticles used in the efficient visible lightdriven photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics, New Journal of Chemistry 2021, 45, 12922.
• KK Gogoi, S Das, S Maiti, A Chowdhury*, Semiconductor-Grafted Polymer-Embedded Reduced Graphene-Oxide Nanohybrid for Power-Efficient Nonvolatile Resistive Memory Applications, ACS Applied Nano Materials 2020, 3 (11), 11562-11573.
• KK Gogoi, A Chowdhury*, Performance improvement of organic resistive memories by exploiting synergistic layered nanohybrid dispersed polymer composites, Journal of Applied Physics, 2020, 127 (6), 065501.
• KK Gogoi, A Chowdhury*, Performance Enhancement of Solution-Processed Organic Memories by Exploiting Synergistic Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Composites, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2020, 124 (1), 1108-1120.
• KK Gogoi, A Chowdhury*, Electric field-induced tunable memristive characteristics of exfoliated graphene oxide embedded polymer nanocomposites, Journal of Applied Physics, 2019, 126 (2), 025501-11.