Dr. Jayanta Kumar Baral

Assistant Professor,
Department of Physics,
Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi

Cell : +91-9078694831

E-mail : jkbaral@gmail.com

1. M.Sc (Physics) from NIT Rourkela.
2. Ph.D (Experimental Condensed Matter Physics) from Åbo Akademi University, FINLAND.
3. JRF (IIT Mumbai).
4. Post-Doctoral Fellow: Concordia University and University of Montreal At Montreal (UQAM), CANADA.
5. Post-Doctoral Associate: University of Massachusetts (UMass), Amherst, USA.
6. CNRS Fellow: University of Strasbourg, FRANCE

1. Qualified UGC - FRP for the position of Assistant Professor (2017).
2. Awarded CNRS Fellow position at the University of Strasbourg, FRANCE (2014 – 2016).
3. Recipient of Best Poster award in “NanoTechnology in North Europe (NTNE 2006)” conference, Helsinki, FINLAND, 16 – 18 May 2006.
4. Recipient of Best Poster award in the “Proceedings of the XLI Annual Conference of the Finnish Physical Society 2007”, Tallinn University, ESTONIA, 15 – 17 March 2007.
5. Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation; funding to cover the participation expenses for ECME 2007 conference in Metz, FRANCE.
6. Fortum Foundation (earlier Neste); funding to cover the participation expenses for E-MRS 2008 conference in Strasbourg, FRANCE.
7. Awarded travel grant by Graduate School of Materials Research (GSMR), FINLAND (2005 – 2009)

1. Microfabrication: Discrete device fabrication processes; Deposition/growth, Photolithography/patterning.
2. Organic and flexible (opto-)electronics: Floating Gate Memories; Energy Efficient Devices/Photovoltaics; Sensors.
3. Semiconductor Device Physics and Characterization: Electrical Characterization; Parameter Extraction; Charge Transport; Interface Engineering.
4. New Device Structures, and Unconventional Devices (Multigate FETs)

1. Member of the Board of Studies for the Department of Physics, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi (2020-2023).
2. Examination table table scheduler for even and odd semester papers (Department of Physics)

Project (Completed / Ongoing): NIL

 
Research publications:

Selected Papers in peer-reviewed International Journals:

1. H. S. Majumdar, J. K. Baral, R. Österbacka, O. Ikkala, & H. Stubb, "Fullerene–based Bistable Devices and Associated Negative–Differential–Resistance effect", Organic Electronics 06 (04), 188 – 192, (2005).
2. H. S. Majumdar, J. K. Baral, A. Laiho, J. Ruokolainen, O. Ikkala, & R. Österbacka, “Memory Effect and Negative Differential Resistance by Electrode–induced Two–Dimensional Single–Electron Tunneling in Molecular and Organic Electronic Devices”, Advanced Materials 18 (21), 2805 – 2806, (2006).
3. J. K. Baral, H. S. Majumdar, A. Laiho, H. Jiang, E. I. Kauppinen, R. H. A. Ras, J. Ruokolainen, O. Ikkala, & R. Österbacka, “Organic Memory using [6,6]–phenyl–C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM): Morphology, Thickness and Concentration Dependence Studies”, Nanotechnology 19 (03), 035203, (2008). ==> Ph.D research work has been highlighted on the cover gallery of NanoTechWeb.org for monthly news bulletins. This published monthly news bulletin as a LAB TALK will be found here on the website. http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/lab/32329
4. D. Wei, J. K. Baral, R. Österbacka, & A. Ivaska, “Memory Effect in Ionic Liquid Matrix containing Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Polystyrene”, Nanotechnology 19 (05), 055203, (2008).
5. D. Wei, J. K. Baral, R. Österbacka, & A. Ivaska, “Electrochemical Fabrication of Nonvolatile Memory Devices based on Polyaniline and Gold Nanoparticles”, J. Mater. Chem. 18 (16), 1853 – 1857, (2008). ==> An eye-catching 3-D fine artwork image was selected to appear on Front Cover Gallery of J. Mater. Chem. to represent my Ph.D work highlights. This published fine-artwork will be found here on the web of J. Mater. Chem. vol. 18 | issue 16 | Pages 1821–1936 | 28 April 2008 |. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2008/JM/B718227A
6. A. Laiho, H. S. Majumdar, J. K. Baral, F. Jansson, R. Österbacka, & O. Ikkala, “Tuning the Electrical Switching of Polymer/Fullerene Nanocomposite Thin Film Devices by Control of Morphology”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 203309, (2008).
7. J. K. Baral, R. Izquierdo, M. Packirisamy, & V. –V. Truong, “Improved Polymer Solar Cell Performance by Engineering of Cathode Interface”, Euro. Phys. J. - Appl. Phys. 55 (03), 30202, (2011).
8. D. Wang, J. K. Baral, H. Zhao, B. A. Gonfa, V. –V. Truong, M. A. Elkhakani, R. Izquierdo, & D. Ma, “Controlled Fabrication of PbS Quantum–Dot/Carbon–Nanotube Nano–Architecture and its Significant Contribution to Near Infrared Photon–to–Current Conversion”, Advanced Functional Materials 21 (21), 4010–4018, (2011).
9. L. Zhang, N. S. Colella, F. Liu, S. Trahan, J. K. Baral, H. H. Winter, S. C. B. Mannsfeld, & A. L. Briseño, “Synthesis, Electronic Structure, Molecular Packing/Morphology Evolution, and Carrier Mobilities of Pure Oligo-/Poly(alkylthiophenes)”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (JACS) 135 (02), 844–854, (2012).
10. F. Liu, C. Wang, J. K. Baral, L. Zhang, J. J. Watkins, A. L. Briseño, & T. P. Russell, “Relating Chemical Structure to Device Performance via Morphology Control in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Low Band Gap Polymers”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (JACS) 135 (51), 19248−19259, (2013).
11. M. R. Beaulieu §, J. K. Baral §, N. R. Hendricks, Y. Tang, A. L. Briseño, & J. J. Watkins, “Solution Processable High Dielectric Constant (k) Nanocomposites based on ZrO2 Nanoparticles for Flexible Organic Transistors”, ACS – Appl. Materials & Interfaces (AMI) 05 (24), 13096−13103, (2013).  § Equal Contribution.
12. J. K. Baral, A. Sharma, D. Wang, D. Ma, V. –V. Truong, & R. Izquierdo, “Enhanced Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells upon Incorporating NanoHybridized PbS Quantum Dots/Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes'', Euro. Phys. J. - Appl. Phys. 65 (01), 10201, (2014).
13. A. K. Singh, S. Srivastava, A. Mahapatra, J. K. Baral, & B. Pradhan, "Performance optimization of lead free-MASnI3 based solar cell with 27% efficiency by numerical simulation", Optical Materials 117, 111193, (2021). Highlighted on PV Magazine MAY 31, 2021: Details can be found here: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/05/31/lead-free-perovskite-solar-cell-with-potential-efficiency-of-27-4/

Papers in peer-refereed International Conference Proceedings:

1. R. Österbacka, J. K. Baral, H. S. Majumdar, F. Jansson, A. Laiho, R. H. A. Ras, J. Ruokolainen, O. Ikkala, H. Jiang, & E. Kauppinen, "Organic memory devices using the negative differential resistance effect" 2008 APS March Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, vol. 53 (02), (2008). Abstracts (of Papers of the APS) ID: BAPS.2008.MAR.V22.13.
2. A. Laiho, J. K. Baral, H. S. Majumdar, D. Tobjörk, J. Ruokolainen, R. Österbacka, & O. Ikkala, “Imaging and Elemental Analysis of Polymer/Fullerene Nanocomposite Memory Devices” MRS Spring 2008 Symposium, San Francisco, California, USA, MRS Bulletin, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., vol. 1071, F04 – 04, (2008).
3. A. Y. Mahmoud, J. Zhang, J. K. Baral, R. Izquierdo, D. Ma, M. Packirisamy, & V. –V. Truong, “Low Density of Gold Nanorods in the Anodic Layer for Enhancing the Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells”, Photonics North (May) 2011, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA, International Society for Optical Engineering and Photonics, – Proc. SPIE. 8007, 80071V, (2011).

1. Di Wei, Jayanta K. Baral, Ari Ivaska and Ronald Österbacka, “Electrochemical fabrication of an air stable organic nonvolatile memory device based on conducting polymer and gold nanoparticles”, Abstract accepted as oral presentation at the 59th Annual meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Seville, Spain on 07-12 September 2008.
2. Jayanta K. Baral, Ari Laiho, Himadri S. Majumdar, Olli Ikkala and Ronald Österbacka, “Influence of morphology on fullerene-derivative [6, 6]-Phenyl-C61 Butyric acid Methyl ester (PCBM)/Polystyrene (PS) based nanocomposite memory elements”, Abstract accepted as poster presentation at the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 2008 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France on 26-30 May 2008.
3. Jayanta K. Baral, Ari Laiho, Himadri. S. Majumdar, Janne Ruokolainen, Fredrik Jansson, Daniel Tobjörk, Olli Ikkala and Ronald Österbacka, “Organic memories using polarizable nanoparticles”, Abstract accepted as oral presentation at Nanotechnology, Materials and new Production technologies (NMP) conference, Helsinki, Finland on 16-17 April 2008.
4. Ari Laiho, Jayanta K. Baral, Himadri S. Majumdar, Daniel Tobjörk, Antti Soininen, Hua Jiang, Esko I. Kauppinen, Robin H. A. Ras, Janne Ruokolainen, Ronald Österbacka and Olli Ikkala, “Imaging and elemental analysis of polymer/fullerene nanocomposite memory devices: Influence of morphology”, Abstract accepted as oral presentation at Materials Research Society (MRS) 2008 Spring Meeting, Mescone West and San Francisco Marriott, USA on 24-28 March 2008 and reviewed for proceedings in MRS Bulletin Spring 2008.
5. Jayanta K. Baral, Ari Laiho, Himadri S. Majumdar, Robin H. A. Ras, Janne Ruokolainen, Olli Ikkala and Ronald Österbacka, “Organic memory using [6,6]-phenyl-C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM): Morphology, thickness and concentration dependence studies”, Abstract accepted as poster presentation at 9th European Conference on Molecular Electronics (ECME 2007), Metz, France on 05-08 September 2007.
6. Ari Laiho, Jayanta K. Baral, Robin H. A. Ras, Sami Valkama, Janne Ruokolainen, Himadri S. Majumdar, Ronald Österbacka and Olli Ikkala, “Fullerene copolymer mixtures for memory applications: The role of charge transfer interaction in self-assembly”, Abstract accepted as poster presentation at Gordon Research Conferences 2007 (SUPRAMOLECULES & ASSEMBLIES, Chemistry of Functional Materials Through Bottom-Up Self-Assembly, GRC 2007), Il Ciocco, Lucca (Barga), Italy on 06-11 May 2007.
7. Ari Laiho, Jayanta K. Baral, Robin H. A. Ras, Sami Valkama, Janne Ruokolainen, Himadri S. Majumdar, Ronald Österbacka and Olli Ikkala, “Charge transfer interaction can influence the self-assembly of fullerene / copolymer mixture”, Abstract accepted as poster presentation at the “Proceedings of the XLI Annual Conference of the Finnish Physical Society 2007, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia. Book of abstracts p. 133.

* Recipient of the best poster award (placed 1st).

8. Ari Laiho, Jayanta K. Baral, Robin H. A. Ras, Sami Valkama, Janne Ruokolainen, Himadri S. Majumdar, Ronald Österbacka and Olli Ikkala, “Charge transfer interaction can influence the self-assembly of fullerene / copolymer mixture”, Abstract accepted as poster presentation at 4th Scandinavian Workshop on Scattering from Soft Matter, MAX-Lab, Lund, Sweden. 31st January – 2nd February, 2007.
9. Jayanta K. Baral, Himadri S. Majumdar, Ari Laiho, J. Ruokolainen, O. Ikkala, and R. Österbacka, “Fullerene-based memory devices: structural and morphological studies” Abstract accepted and presented as oral presentation at International Conference on science & technology of Synthetic Metals (ICSM 06), 02-07 July 2006, Dublin, Ireland.
10. Jayanta K. Baral, Himadri S. Majumdar, Ari Laiho, J. Ruokolainen, O. Ikkala and R. Österbacka, “Fullerene-based memory devices: structural and morphological studies” Abstract accepted as poster presentation at Nano Technology in Northern Europe (NTNE 2006), 16-18 May 2006, Helsinki Finland.
    * Recipient of the best poster award (placed 2nd).
11. Jayanta K. Baral, Himadri S. Majumdar, Ari Laiho, Olli Ikkala and Ronald Österbacka, “Anomalous current-voltage characteristics of fullerene/block co-polymer nanocomposite”, Abstract accepted as poster presentation at XL Annual Conference of the Finnish Physical Society (FP 2006), 09-11 March 2006, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland. Book of abstracts p. 204.
12. Jayanta K. Baral, Himadri S. Majumdar, Olli Ikkala and Ronald Österbacka, “Switching and associated Negative-Differential-Resistance (NDR) effects in Fullerene (C60) based devices”, Abstract accepted as poster presentation at XXXIX Annual Conference of the Finnish Physical Society (FP 2005), 17-19 March 2005, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland. Book of abstracts p. 199.

Reviewer:

1. American Chemical Society (ACS) - Applied Materials & Interfaces (AMI)
2. European Physical Journal - Applied Physics
3. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
4. American Institute of Physics (AIP) Journals
5. Nanotechnology - Institute of Physics (IOP) publishing

Annual Member:

Fellow Member of Scientific Societies:

1. American Physical Society (APS);
2. European Physical Society (EPS);
3. American Chemical Society (ACS);
4. Electrochemical Society (ECS);
5. Materials Research Society (MRS);
6. European Materials Research Society (E – MRS);
7. Swedish Physical Society / Sweden;
8. Finnish Physical Society / Finland.

15 Jan. 2021