DESCRIPTION :

Currently, Mr. Satyajit Sarkar is working as a Scientist in CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He has completed Bachelors degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from NIT, Durgapur and Masters degree in Material Resource Engineering from AcSIR, New Delhi. He has a research experience of about five years in the field of material science / functional materials (including characterization techniques like Nanoindentation, FESEM, TEM, AFM, Raman spectroscopy, UV-Visible spectroscopy, XRD, Ellipsometry and contact angle analysis). To be specific, he has worked on sputter deposition of silica thin films and photocatalytic titania thin films for optical and self-cleaning applications. Later on, he has worked on the development of a chemical vapour deposition (CVD) reactor for developing 3D diamond like carbon (DLC) coatings for wear resistant applications. Currently, he is working on the development of tungsten based protective coatings for plasma facing components of nuclear reactors.

• Experience of working as a Quick Hire Scientist (QHS) Trainee in CSIR - Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology , Bhubaneswar , India in the area of functional thin films for optical and self-cleaning applications from 2011 to 2014. In this work, I was involved in research related to thin films, especially deposition of silica thin films for optical and self-cleaning applications. The primary objective here was to deposit thin films by a physical vapour deposition method (sputtering) exploiting the mechanisms of oblique angle deposition (OAD) and glancing angle deposition (GLAD) and study their optical and wetting properties. The silica based multi-functional thin films developed demonstrate potential for application as antireflection coatings and highly hydrophilic self-cleaning coatings.
• Currently working as a Scientist in CSIR - Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology , Bhubaneswar , India since 2015 in the area of advanced materials, especially diamond like carbon (DLC) coatings on 3D components for wear resistant applications and tungsten based coatings for plasma facing components of nuclear fusion reactors.

• Advanced functional materials.
• Coatings for various industrial applications.

• Recipient of CSIR Quick Hire Fellowship from 2011 to 2014.

• Satyajit Sarkar and Siddhartha Kumar Pradhan, Tailoring of optical and wetting properties of sputter deposited silica thin films by glancing angle deposition, Applied Surface Science 290 (2014) 509-513 [Impact Factor - 4.439].
• Satyajit Sarkar, Siddhartha Kumar Pradhan and M. Jeevitha, Factors influencing the nanostructure of obliquely deposited thin films, Surface Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2018.1458490 [Impact Factor - 1.978].
• Satyajit Sarkar, Shubhra Bajpai, and Ankeet Pati, Structural analysis and measurement of mechanical properties of sputter deposited tungsten films, National Conference on Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Metrology (NCAMMM), CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, India, 2018, [ISBN:978-93-87480-56-8].

• OLP-64: Development of 3D diamond like carbon (DLC) coating for wear resistant parts in an indigenously developed plasma reactor.
• GAP-290: Development of (W/W-Y-Cr) based double layer coating structures for plasma facing components.