DESCRIPTION :

Dr. Manas Kumar Dalai is a Principal Scientist at CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, India. He is also a faculty of Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), India. Dr. Dalai Obtained his M. Sc (Physics) degree from Department of Physics, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar in 2001. He obtained his Ph. D in 2009 in the field of “Experimental Condensed Matter Physics” from Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar (Degree affiliated to HBNI Mumbai). He was a post-doctoral scientist at University of Augsburg, Germany in 2009. From 2009 to 2017, he was a Scientist at CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, where he was working in field of Surface and Interface study of materials. He was a visiting Scientist at Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA during 2013 – 2014 under the prestigious Indo-US research fellowship program by IUSSTF, New Delhi. He was a member of American Physical Society (APS) during 2014 – 2015. He is a life member of Indian Society for Mass Spectrometry (ISMAS). He has given several invited talks/lectures at various national and international conferences, workshops, training programs etc.

• SCIENTIST: CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi (2009 – 2017).
• VISITING SCIENTIST: Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA (2013 – 2014).
• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: (2015 – Continuing) Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), India.
• POST-DOCTORAL SCIENTIST: Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, Germany (2009).
• ION TOF GmbH, Muenster Germany, June - July 2010; TOF-SIMS equipment training.
• ANKA Synchrotron, Karlsruhe, Germany, December 2007; To perform synchrotron radiation based experiment.
• Elettra Synchrotron, Trieste Italy, July - August 2007; To perform synchrotron radiation based experiment.
• Elettra Synchrotron, Trieste Italy, November 2005; To perform synchrotron radiation based experiment.

• Electronic structure, Transition metal oxides, Topological insulators, 2DEG materials, Surface and interface sudy of thin films and multilayers, Photoemission spectroscopy (UPS & XPS), X-ray Absorption spectroscopy (XAS), Secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS); Mass spectroscopy, Chemical imaging and Depth profiling etc.

• Awarded the CSIR Raman Research Fellowship 2022 - 2023.
  
• Outstanding Performance Award 2018 for the "dissemination of Metrological Traceability Through Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravya; BND - 4201", by CSIR-National Physical Laboratry, New Delhi
  
• Indo-US Research fellowship award 2013 by Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF), New Delhi.
• Member of American Physical Society (APS), USA during 2014 – 2015.
• Life member of Indian Society for Mass Spectrometry (ISMAS), India.
• Doctoral fellowship from Institute of Physics granted by Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India.
• Qualified in the prestigious national level examination, Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE) – 2001.
• Qualified in the prestigious national level examination for research, Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) – 2002.

• N.Chowdhury, S.Bedanta, G.S.Babu, , A.Weber, S.Mattauch, AshutoshRath, M.K.Dalai, ThomasBrückel, 'Effect of random anisotropy on magnetization reversal in dipolarly coupled layered thin films' J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 503, 166611 (2020).
• Manas Kumar Dalai, Braj Bhusan Singh, Salila Kumar Sethy, Satya Prakash Sahoo and Subhankar Bedanta, 'Superconductivity in Ag implanted Au thin film'; arxiv 1906:02091 (2019).
• Subrata Kumar Padhan, Narayan Murmu, Subrat Mahapatra, M. K. Dalai and Satya Narayan Sahu, 'Ultrasensitive detection of aqueous Cu2+ ions by a coumarin-salicylidene based AIEgen' Mater. Chem. Front., Vol. 3, Pages 2437 (2019).
• Srijani Mallik, Stefan Mattauch, Manas Kumar Dalai, Thomas Bruckel and Subhankar Bedanta, 'Effect of Magnetic Fullerene on Magnetization Reversal created at Fe/C60 interface', Scientific Reports, 8, 5515 (2018).
• Mini Agarwal, S. K. Garg, K. Asokan, S. Thulkar, S. Chander, M. K. Dalai, Pratik Kumar, 'Design optimisation of C ion implantation of a-Al2O3 for medical dosimetry', Materials and Design, 153, 317 (2018).
• G. Swati, Swati Bishnoi, Paramjeet Singh, Naina Lohia, Vishnu V. Jaiswal, M. K. Dalai and D. Haranath, “Chemistry of extracting high-contrast invisible fingerprints from transparent and colored substrates using a novel phosphorescent label”, Anal. Methods, 10, 308 (2018).
• RajniVerma, Sachchidanand Singh, M.K.Dalai, M.Saravanan, Ved V.Agrawal, and Avanish Kumar Srivastava, “Photocatalytic degradation of polypropylene film using TiO2-based nanomaterials under solar irradiation” Materials and Design, 133, 10 (2017).
• Himani Uppal, S. Swarupa Tripathy, Sneha Chawla, Bharti Sharma, M.K. Dalai, S.P. Singh, Sukhvir Singh, Nahar Singh, Journal of Env. Sci., 55, 76 (2017).
• S. K. Rout, R. N. Mukharjee, D. K. Mishra, B. K. Roul, B. R. Sekhar and M. K. Dalai, 'Valence band electronic structure of Ho-doped La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 using ultra-violet photoemission spectroscopy', AIP Conference Proceedings, 1832, 090026 (2017).
• Savvi Mishra, G. Swati, B. Rajesh, Kriti Tyagi, Bhasker Gahtori, B. Sivaiah, N. Vijayan, M. K. Dalai, A. Dhar, S. Auluck, M. Jayasimhadri and D. Haranath, “Luminescence and advanced mass spectroscopic characterization of sodium zinc orthophosphate phosphor for low-cost light emitting diodes” Luminescence, 31, 348 (2016).
• Om Pal Singh, Nadarajah Muhunthan, Kuldeep Singh Gour, Rahul Parmar, Manas Dalai, Pawan Kulriya, Sujit Pillai, V.N. Singh, Mat. Sci. Semicond. Process. 52, 38 (2016).
• Om Pal Singh, R. Parmar, K. S. Gour, M. K. Dalai, Jai Twale, S. P. Singh, Vidyanand Singh, “Synthesis and Characterization of petal type CZTS by stacked layer rective sputtering” Superlattice and Microstructure, 88, 281 (2015).
• M. K. Dalai, B. R. Sekhar, D. Biswas, S. Thakur, T.–C. Chiang, D. Samal, C. Martin and K. Maiti, “Valence band study of Sm0.1Ca0.9-xSrxMnO3 using high-resolution ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy” Phys. Rev. B, 89, 245131 (2014).
• B. Ghosh, D. Ghosh, S. Hussain, G. Amarendra, B.R. Chakraborty, M.K. Dalai, G. Sehgal, R. Bhar, A.K. Pal, “A novel CdCl2 treatment for glass/SnO2/CBD-CdS/CdTe solar cell” Mat. Sci. Semicond. Process. 24, 74 (2014).
• B. Ghosh, D. Ghosh, S. Hussain, G. Amarendra, B.R. Chakraborty, M.K. Dalai, G. Sehgal, R. Bhar, A.K. Pal, “A novel CdCl2 treatment for glass/SnO2/CBD-CdS/CdTe solar cell” Mat. Sci. Semicond. Process. 24, 74 (2014).
• R. K. Tripathy, O. S. Panwar, A. K. Kesarwani, Ishpal Rawal, B. P. Singh, M. K. Dalai and S. Chockalingam, “Investigations on Phosphorous doped hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide thin films deposited by a filtered cathodic vacuum arc technique for photo detecting applications”, RSC Adv. 4, 54388 (2014).
• Priyanka Tyagi, Manas Kumar Dalai, C. K. Suman, Suneet Tuli and Ritu Srivastava, “Study of 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7',8,8'- tetracyano quinodimethane diffusion in organic light emitting diodes using secondary ion mass spectroscopy”, RSC Adv., 3, 24553 (2013).
• PriyankaTyagi, Arunandan Kumar, Lalat Indu Giri, Manas Kumar Dalai, Suneet Tuli, M. N. Kamalasanan, and Ritu Srivastava, “Exciton quenching by diffusion of 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7’,8,8’-tetra cyano quino dimethane and its consequences on joule heating and lifetime of organic light-emitting diodes”. Optics Letters, 38, Issue 19, 3854 (2013).
• S. S. Kushvaha, M. Senthil Kumar, K. K. Maurya, M. K. Dalai, and Nita D. Sharma, “Highly c-axis oriented growth of GaN film on sapphire (0001) by laser molecular beam epitaxy using HVPE grown GaN bulk target” AIP Advances, 3, 092109 (2013).
• B. Ghosh, D. Ghosh, S. Hussain, B.R. Chakraborty, M.K. Dalai, G. Sehgal, R. Bhar and A.K. Pal, “Utilization of residual CdCl2 in CBD-CdS to realize grain growth in CdTe: A novel route” Materials Research Bulletin 48 4711 (2013).
• Savvi Mishra, R. Rajeswari, N. Vijayan, V. Shanker, M. K. Dalai, C. K. Jayasankar, S. Surendra Babu and D. Haranath, “Probing the structure, morphology and multifold blue absorption of a new red-emitting nanophosphor for LEDs” J. Mater. Chem. C, 1, 5849 (2013).
• G. Venkat Swamy, Himanshu Pandey, A. K. Srivastava, M. K. Dalai, K. K. Maurya, Rashmi, and R. K. Rakshit, “Effect of thermal annealing on Boron diffusion, micro-structural, electrical and magnetic properties of laser ablated CoFeB thin films” AIP Advances 3, 072129 (2013).
• Neeraj Dwivedi, Sushil Kumar, J. David Carey, R. K. Tripathi, Hitendra K. Malik and M. K. Dalai, Influence of Silver Incorporation on the Structural and Electrical Properties of Diamond-Like Carbon Thin Films, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 5(7), 2725 (2013).
• Sandeep Kumar Pundir, Sukhvir Singh, Avanish Kumar shrivastava, Manas Kumar Dalai and Rajesh Kumar, Influence of process conditions on Bi2Te3 thin films for their structural, electrical and thermoelectric performance, Adv. Science, Engineering and Medicine, 5, 436 (2013).
• D. Haranath, S. Mishra, S. Yadav, R. K. Sharma, L. M. Kandpal, N. Vijayan, M. K. Dalai, G. Sehgal and Virendra Shanker “Rare-earth free yellow-green emitting NaZnPO4:Mn phosphor for lighting applications”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 221905 (2012).
• Neeraj Dwivedi, Sushil Kumar, R. K. Tripathi, J. D. Carey, Hitendra K. Malik, and M. K. Dalai, ‘Structural and Electronic Characterization of Nanocrystalline Diamondlike Carbon Thin Films’ ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 4, 5309 (2012).
• D. Samal, R. Kundu, M. K. Dalai, B. R.Sekhar and P.S. Anil Kumar ; Time evolution of resistance in response to magnetic field: the evidence of glassy transport in La0.85Sr0.15CoO3 ; Phys. Stat. Sol. B, 249, 2190 (2012).
• Sushil Kumar, Neeraj Dwivedi, Manas Kumar Dalai, ‘Cost Effective Deposition System for Nitrogen Incorporated Diamond-like Carbon coatings’, Plasma Processes and Polymers, 9, 890 (2012).
• B. R. Chakraborty, S. K. halder, K. K. maurya, A. K. Srivastava, V. K. Toutam, M. K. Dalai, G. Sehgal and S. Singh, ‘Evaluation of depth distribution and characterization of nanoscale Ta/Si multilayer thin film structures’, Thin Solid Films, 520, 6409 (2012).
• M. K. Dalai, P. Pal, B. R. Sekhar, M. Mertz, P. Nagel, S. Schuppler, and C. Martin, ‘Electronic structure of the electron doped Ca0.86Ca0.14MnO3’, Phys. Rev B, 85, 155128 (2012).
• P. Pal, M. K. Dalai, B. R. Sekhar, I. Ulfat, M. Mertz, P. Nagel, S. Schuppler, ‘ Resonant Photoemission studies of the magnetic phase transitions in Pr0.5Sr0.5MnO3’, Physica B, 406, 3519 (2011).
• Atul Vir Singh, Sudhir Chandra, A.K. Srivastava, B.R. Chakroborty, G. Sehgal, M. K. Dalai, G. Bose, ‘Structural and optical properties of RF magnetron sputtered aluminum nitride films without external substrate heating, Appl. Surf. Sci. 257, 9568 (2011).
• M. K. Dalai, R. Kundu, P. Pal, B. R. Sekhar, and C. Martin, ‘ XPS study of Pr1-xCaxMnO3’, J. Alloys and compounds, 509, 7674 (2011).
• P. Pal, M.K. Dalai , I. Ulfat, Pseudogap behavior in Pr0.5Sr0.5MnO3: A photoemission study, Surface Science, 605, 875 (2011).
• M. K. Dalai, P. Pal, R. Kundu, B. R. Sekhar, S. Banik, S. R. Barman, and C. Martin, ‘Electronic structure of Pr1-xCaxMnO3 from photoemission and inverse photoemission spectroscopies ’, Physica B, 405, 186 (2010).
• P. Pal, M. K. Dalai, R. Kundu, B. R. Sekhar, and C. Martin, ‘Pseudo gap behaviour of phase separated Sm1-xCaxMnO3 : A comparative photoemission study with a double exchange system, ’ Phys. Rev. B, 77, 184405 (2008).
• P. Pal, M. K. Dalai, R. Kundu, M. Chakrabarty, B. R. Sekhar, and C. Martin, ‘ Near Fermi level electronic structure of Pr1-xSrxMnO3 : photoemission study ’, Phys. Rev. B 76, 195120 (2007).
• M. K. Dalai, P. Pal, B. R. Sekhar, N. L. Saini, R. K. Singhal, K. B. Garg, B. Doyle, S. Nannarone, C. Martin, and F. Studer, ‘ Electronic structure of Pr0.67Ca0.33MnO3 near the Fermi level studied by ultraviolet photoelectron and x-ray absorption spectroscopy ’ Phys. Rev. B 74, 165119 (2006).
• P. Pal, M. K. Dalai, B. R. Sekhar, S. N. Jha, S. V. N. Bhaskara Rao, N. C. Das, C. Martin, and F. Studer, ‘Valence band electronic structure of Pr1-xSrxMnO3 from photoemission studies ’ , J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 17, 2993 (2005).