Dr.(Ms.) Sharmistha Anwar, Scientist-F 8249119328, sharmisthabagchi@immt.res.in , http://sharmisthabagchi.webs.com
DESCRIPTION :
Dr. (Mrs.) Sharmistha Anwar graduated with a Bachelor degree in (2002) and Masters degree (M.Sc.) in Physics (2004) from Devi Ahilya University Indore. Later she joined UGC-DAE- CSR Indore as a JRF for her doctoral work. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from Devi Ahilya University, Indore in 2011 for thesis entitled “Structural and electrical characterization of metallic thin films and multilayers. She joined CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar as a scientist in 31st December 2009. Her area of interests include Electron Microscopy, thermoelectric materials, hard coating of multilayers & nanocomposites, swift heavy ion irradiation induced modification in thin films & multilayers etc.
EXPERIENCE :- Scientist: (Jan 2010 – Dec 2013) Advanced Materials Technology Department CSIR- IMMT, Bhubaneswar, India.
- Sr. Scientist: (Jan 2014 -Dec 2017) Advanced Materials Technology Department CSIR- IMMT, Bhubaneswar, India.
- Pr. Scientist (January 2018 -Onward), Advanced Materials Technology Department CSIR- IMMT, Bhubaneswar, India.
AREA OF INTEREST :
- Development of Hard/ Super hard nitride & metal based multilayers and nano composite coatings using CVD/PVD techniques.
- Development of cost effective and non toxic thermoelectric thin film and bulk material and its module designing and development.
- Development of optical transparent and antiscratch coating using PVD technique.
- Development of nanocomposite coating using electrodeposition.
- Detailed Mechanical and Electron microscopy studies of different type of coating.
- Swift heavy ion irradiation induced modification in thin films and multilayers.
AWARDS & HONOURS :
- DST fast track young scientist award in year 2014.
- Recipient of National Scholarship CSIR-SRF during April 2008 - Dec 2009.
- First best poster award in International conference on physics at surfaces and interfaces (PSI-2009) Puri-Orissa.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS :- Evaluation of substrate
temperature role on the structural, morphological, optical, and mechanical
properties of magnetron sputtered Cu2Se thin films. Siva Sankar Rapaka, Shahid Anwar, Sharmistha Anwar Materials Science and Engineering: B 301, 117142 (2024).
- Mechanical and Corrosion resistance behavior of
Ultrasonication-assisted Electrodeposited Ni-SiC Nanocomposite coatings. Bibekananda Nayak Sharmistha Anwar, Shahid Anwar, Material Science Engineering B 675, 415585 (2024).
- Microscopic evidence of AlSiN thin films with
varying Ar:N2 ratio Shahid Anwar, Sharmistha Anwar, B. Priyadarshini Thin Solid films 777, 139891 (2023).
- Transport studies of two-step
synthesized Cu2Se-Graphene nanocomposites. R. Sivasankar, Sharmistha
Anwar, Shahid Anwar Physica B: Condensed matter 665, 415044 (2023).
- Development of sputtered AlSiN ternary coating with
varying deposition time.Shahid Anwar, S. Sonali, Sharmistha Anwar Ceramic International 49, 16868 (2023).
- Substrate Temperature: A governing factor for the
structural, mechanical and chemical properties of sputtered CrAlN ternary
coating. Barsha Priyadarshini, Shahid Anwar, Sharmistha
Anwar Thin Solid Films 771, 139788 (2023).
- The effect of sputtering power
on structural, mechanical, and electrical properties of Copper Selenide
Thermoelectric thin films deposited by magnetron sputtering Rapaka Siva Sankar, Shahid Anwar, Barsha
Priyadarshini, Sharmistha Anwar Materials Chemistry and Physics 304, 127879 (2023)
- Enhanced Thermoelectric Power Factor in the Cu2Se
system by the Incorporation of (GO/MWCNT). Rapaka Siva sankar, Shahid Anwar, Sharmistha
Anwar Physica B: Condensed Matter 652 1 (2023).
- Evaluation of structural and mechanical properties
of CrAlN single layer coating deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering Sharmistha Anwar, Shahid Anwar, Barsha P, R. Sankar Materials Chemistry and Physics 292 (2022) 126873.
- Role of Nickel in structural and mechanical
properties of nc-WNNi sputtered nanocomposite coatings Sharmistha Anwar, Shahid Anwar, Bibekanand Nayak, Rapaka Siva Sankar journal Materials Science & Engineering B,
48 (2022) 115893.
- Effect of sintering temperature on the
transport properties of La2Ce2O7 ceramic materials; B Choudhary, S
Anwar, DA Medvedev, L Besra, S Anwar (2022) Ceramics International 48 (5),
6758-6766
- Role of sputter powers and deposition
temperatures towards the growth of nc‐W2N/a‐Si3N4nanocomposite coating; , S Anwar, S Anwar International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology (2021) 18 (2), 419-431
- Enhanced thermoelectric power factor in
wet chemical synthesized Sb2Te3 by the incorporation of (GO/r-GO); KB Masood, S Anwar, RA Singh, J
Singh Physica B: Condensed Matter (2020) 577, 411795
- Coupling of Charge
Carriers with Magnetic Entropy for Power Factor Enhancement in Mn Doped Sn 1.03
Te for Thermoelectric Applications; S Acharya, A
Sharmistha, T Mori, A Soni, Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2018) 6,
6489-6493
- Multilayer composite
ceramic-metal thin film: Structural and mechanical properties Sharmistha Anwar
Shahid Anwar Pravati Nayak Surfaces and Interfaces Volume 10, March 2018, Pages
110-116.
- Mechanical studies of
thermally annealed nc-W2N embedded a-Si3N4 nanocomposite films Sharmistha
Anwar, Aminul Islam, Shahid Anwar, Thin Solid Films, Vol 636, pp 93–98, 2017.
- Structural and mechanical
studies of W2N embedded Si3N4 nanocomposite hard coating prepared by reactive
magnetron sputtering Sharmistha Anwar • Aminul Islam • Shubhra Bajpai • Shahid
Anwar Surface and Coatings Technology Volume 311, 15 February 2017, Pages
268–273.
- Thermal stability studies of
tungsten nitride thin films Sharmistha Anwar and Shahid Anwar Surface
Engineering, 33 (4) 2017, 276-281.
- Structural and mechanical
evolution of TiAlSiN nanocomposite coating under influence of Si3N4 power
Pritam Das, Shahid Anwar, Shubhra Bajpai, Sharmistha Anwar Surface and Coatings
Technology 307 (2016) 676–682.
- Structural and Mechanical
study of thermally annealed Tungsten Nitride thin films P.L. Moharana •
Sharmistha Anwar • Aminul Islam • Shahid Anwar Perspectives in Science 2016, 8,
636-638.
- Optimized substrate
temperature range for improved physical properties in spray pyrolysis deposited
Tin Selenide thin films Sharmistha Anwar, B.K. Mishra, Shahid Anwar, Materials
Chemistry and Physics 175 (2016) 118-124
- Effect of bath temperature on
PbSe thin films prepared by chemical synthesis S Anwar, S Anwar, BK Mishra,
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 40, 910-916 (2015).
- Effect of deposition time on
Lead Selenide thermoelectric thin films prepared by Chemical bath deposition
technique Sharmistha Anwar, M. Pattnaik, BK Mishra, Shahid Anwar, Materials
Science in Semiconductor Processing 34, (2015) 45-51.
- Spray pyrolysis deposited tin
selenide thin films for thermoelectric applications Sharmistha Anwar, S
Gowthamaraju, BK Mishra, SK Singh, Shahid Anwar, Materials Chemistry and
Physics Volume 153, 1 March 2015, Pages 236–242.
- Effect of swift heavy ion
irradiation in Fe/W multilayer structures: S. Bagchi, Shahid Anwar and N.P.
Lalla Applied Surface Science (2009) 256. 541-546.
- Thickness dependent effect of
swift heavy ion irradiation in W/Ni superlattice multilayers S Bagchi, F Singh,
DK Avasthi, NP Lalla Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 42 (14),(2009)
145414.
- Effects of swift heavy ion
irradiation and thermal annealing on nearly immiscible W/Ni multilayer
structure S Bagchi, S Potdar, F Singh, NP Lalla Journal of Applied Physics 102
(7), (2007) 074310.
PROJECTS WORKED ON : - Development of CrAlSiN based superhard nanocomposite using magnetron sputtering. (March 2019 -january 2023) completed. ROLE: PI
- Development of Nitride based optically transparent coating using magnetron sputtering. CSIR -completed ROLE: PI
- Growth of TiAlSiN & TiAlBN Nano composites for superhard coating (April 2013-March 17)-Completed; DAE- BRNS.
- Effect of Swift heavy ion irradiation on Tungsten nitride/Nickel interlayers for hardness application (Sep 2014-Sep 2017) DST-SERB-Fastrack.
- Development of Tungsten nitride/metal multilayer and nano-composite based hard coating. (Oct 2012-Mar 2017) CSIR-12FPY.
- Thermoelectric performance in Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 thin film & Superlattice structures (July' 12- June 16)- Completed-CSIR-IMMT.
