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Dr. Syed Arshad Hussain


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Present Position: Assistant Professor (Physics)

Academic Profile:

M. Sc., Ph. D. (Tripura University)
Postdoctoral Research (K.U. Leuven, Belgium)

Present Address: Department of Physics, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar-799130, Tripura, India.

Phone:                (+91) 381 237 5317 (O)
                            (+91) 98624 73907 (M)

Fax:                    (+91) 381 237 4802 (O)

Email:                 sa_h153@hotmail.com
                            tuphysic@sancharnet.in

Website:             www.geocities.com/sa_h153 (Personal)
                            www.arshad.hdfree.in           (Personal)
                           www.tripurauniversity.in (Office)

Honour/Award: Visiting Fellow of K. U. Leuven, Belgium (July, 2007 to July, 2008)

Area of Specialization: Material Science & Spectroscopy

Research Interest:

Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) Films
Layer-by-Layer Self Assembled Films
Dyes, organic, polymeric molecules at air-water interface and solid films
Nano-dimensional Clay materials, Organo-clay hybrid Films
Biomolecules (lipid, DNA, protein) at films & air-water interface

Knowledge of Instruments:

Langmuir Blodgett Film deposition Instrument,
UV-VIS Absorption Spectroscopy,
Fluorescence spectroscopy,
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM),
Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
FTIR, XRD
Fluorescence Imaging Microscopy
Spin Coating Instrument

Research Project Obtained (Ongoing):

1. Project Title: “Photophysical studies of organized molecular assemblies in Langmuir-Blodgett Films”.
Funding Agency: UGC, Govt. of India; No.F.1-1/2000(FD-III)/399; Sanction Ref: NO. F.31-30/2005(SR).
(Rs. One lakh)

2. Project Title: "Photophysical investigation of stable Langmuir Blodgett films of organic, polymeric and water soluble materials"
Funding Agency: CSIR, India; Sanction Ref. No.03(7200)/06 (Rs. 7.5 lakh)

3. Project Title:"Morphological and photophysical investigations of langmuir and langmuir blodgett films"
Funding Agency: DST, Project No. SR/S2/LOP-0019/2007 (Rs. 19.2 lakh)


Research Guidance:

Ph. D.:

1. Mr. Dhananjay Dey

Title of Ph.D. Thesis: "Spectroscopic Characterizations of Organized Molecular Assemblies in Ultrathin Films Fabricated by Layer- by- Layer (LbL) Self Assembled Technique".

2. Md. Nurul Islam

Title of Ph.D. Thesis: "Photo physical characterizations of organized molecular assemblies in ultrathin films fabricated by Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) and Layer by Layer (LbL) self assembled (SAM) techniques".

M. Phill:

1. Namita Das (awarded)

Title of dissertation: “Photophysical Characterizations of Organized Molecular Assemblies of Pyrene in Mixed LB Films”.

2. Shishendu Choudhury (awarded)

Title of dissertation: “Optical characterizations of ultrathin films fabricated by Layer by Layer (LbL ) technique”.

3. Nabanita Chackraborty (awarded)

Title of dissertation: “Spectroscopic characterizations of self assembled films of rosebengal".

Reviewer of the following Journals: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Spectrochimica Acta A, Journal of Luminescence.

Guest Editor of Journal: Indian Journal of Physics (Proceedings of 6th National conference of Physics Academy of North East (PANE) held on 2-4th April, 2009 at Department of Physics, Tripura University.)

Papers Published in Peer Reviewed Journals:

2009

1. Langmuir-blodgett monolayers of cationic dyes in the presence and absence of clay mineral sheets: N,N'-dioctadecyl thiacyanine, octadecyl rhodamine B and laponite.
Syed Arshad Hussain* and Robert A. Schoonheydt
Journal: Langmuir (accepted for publication)

2. Molecular self-assembly of chicago sky blue onto solid substrate
Md. N. Islam, D. Dey, D. Bhattacharjee and Syed Arshad Hussain*
International Journal of Modern Physics B (accepted for publication)

3. Layer-by-Layer self assembled films of rosebengal
D. Dey, S. A. Hussain and D. Bhattacharjee
International Journal of Modern Physics B (accepted for publication)

4. Prepartion of ODA-clay hybrid films by Langmuir-Blodgett technique
P. K. Paul, Syed Arshad Hussain and D. Bhattacharjee
Journal: Modern Physics Letter B, Vol. 23, No. 10 (2009)  1-8

2008

1. Photophysical characterizations of 2-(4-Biphenylyl)-5 phenyl-1, 3, 4- oxadiazole in restricted geometry
P. K. Paul, S. A. Hussain and D. Bhattacharjee
Journal of Luminescence 128/1 (2008)41-50

2. Preparation and characterization of an anionic dye-polycation molecular films by electrostatic Layer-by-Layer adsorption process
D. Dey, S. A. Hussain, R. K. Nath and D. Bhattacharjee
Spectrochimica Acta A Vol 70 Issue 2 (2008) 307-312

3. Monolayer Characteristics of pyrene mixed with stearic acid at the air-water interface
Md. N. Islam, D. Bhattacharjee, Syed Arshad Hussain*
Surface Review and Letters Volume: 15, Issue: 3 (June 2008), 287-293

4. Aggregation of P-Terphenyl Along with PMMA/SA at the Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett Films
Syed Arshad Hussain*, Md. N. Islam, H. Leeman, D. Bhattacharjee
Surface Review and Letters, Vol. 15, No. 4 (2008) 1–9

5. Effect of temperature and ionic concentration on Self-Assembled Films of Chicago Sky Blue
D. Dey, M. N. Islam, S. A. Hussain* D. Bhattacharjee
Journal: Chinese Physics Letters, Vol. 25, No. 10 (2008) 3732

6. Photophysical characterization of layer-by-layer self-assembled films of deoxyribonucleic acid
D. Dey, M. N. Islam, S. A. Hussain and D. Bhattacharjee
Journal: Pramana Journal of Physics, Vol 71 No 2 (2008) 379-384

7. Spectroscopic characterizations of nonamphiphilic 2, 5-Bis (5- tert- butyl- benzoxazolyl) - thiophene molecules at the air-water interface and in Langmuir-Blodgett films
S. Biswas, S. A. Hussain and D. Bhattacharjee
Surface Review Letters Vol. 15, No. 6 (2008) 1–8

8. Electrostatic self assembly and characterization of ultra thin films of a secondary diazo dye
D. Dey, S.A. Hussain, D. Bhattacharjee
Chemical Journal on Internet, Aug. 1, 2008 Vol.10 No.8 P.38

9. Layer by Layer (LbL) Technique for fabrication of electrostatic Self assembled ultrathin films
D. Dey, M.N. Islam, S.A. Hussain and D. Bhattacharjee
International Journal of Pure and Applied Physics, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2008) pp. 39—44

2007

1. Immobilization of single strand DNA on solid substrate
S. A. Hussain, P. K. Paul, D. Dey, D. Bhattacharjee and S. Sinha
Chemical Physics letter Volume 450, Issues 1-3, 14 December 2007, Pages 49-54

2. Miscilbility and molecular orientation of carbazole in the mixed Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films
Md. N. Islam, D. Bhattacharjee and S. A. Hussain*
Chinese Physics letter (IOP) 2007 24 (7): 2044-2047

3. Langmuir-Blodgett films of p-terphenyl into different matrices: Evidence of dimer formation
S. Deb, S. A. Hussain, S. Biswas and D. Bhattacharjee
Spectro Chimica Acta A 68/2 (2007) 257-262

4. Formation of complex Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films of water soluble rosebengal
S. Biswas, D. Bhattacharjee, R. K. Nath and S. A. Hussain*
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 311(2) (2007) 361-367

5. Miscibility of two components in the binary mixture of 9-phenyl anthracene mixed with stearic acid or polymethyl methacrylate at air-water interface
P. K. Paul, Md. N. Islam, D. Bhattacharjee and S. A. Hussain*
Chinese Physics Letter (IOP) Vol 21 No. 5 (2007) 1331

6. Orientation of Carbazole molecule in the mixed Langmuir-Blodgett films
S. Biswas, D. Bhattacharjee a and S. A. Hussain*
Macromolecules: An Indian Journal Vol. 3 Issue 4, 2007.

2006

1. Formation of complex films with water-soluble CTAB molecules
S. Biswas, S. A. Hussain, S. Deb, R. K. Nath and D. Bhattacharjee
Spectro Chimica Acta part A 65 (2006) 628–632

2. Role of microenvironment in the mixed Langmuir-Blodgett films
S. A. Hussain, P. K. Paul and D. Bhattacharjee
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science; Vol. 299 Issue 2 (2006) pp 785 – 790

3. Role of various LB parameters on the optical characteristics of mixed Langmuir-Blodgett films
S. A. Hussain, P. K. Paul and D. Bhattacharjee
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 67 (2006) 2542–2549

2005

1. Spectroscopic Characterizations of the mixed Langmuir Blodgett (LB) films of 2,2'-biquinoline molecules: evidence of dimer formation
S. Deb, S. Biswas, S. A. Hussain and D. Bhattacharjee
Chemical Physics Letter , 405 (2005) 323–329

2. Spectroscopic Characterizations of non-amphiphilic 2-(4-biphenylyl)-6-phenyl benzoxazole molecules at the air-water interface and in Langmuir-Blodgett Films
S. A. Hussain, S. Deb and D.Bhattacharjee
Journal of Luminescence, 114 (2005) 197-206

3. Langmuir Blodgett Films of 9-phenyl anthracene molecules incorporated into different matrices
S. A. Hussain, S.Deb, S.Biswas, D.Bhattacharjee
Spectrochimica Acta Part-A , 61 (2005) 2448-2454

4. Ageing effect of mixed Langmuir-Blodgett film of 9-Phenyl Anthracene in PMMA and SA matrices
S. Deb, S. Biswas, S. A. Hussain and D. Bhattacharjee
Indian Journal of Physics 79 (9), 1027-1031 (2005)

5. Langmuir-Blodgett technique a unique tool for fabrication of Ultrathin Organic Films
S. A. Hussain, S. Deb and D. Bhattacharjee
J. Env. Sc. Res. Vol 4 (25-33), 2005

Paper under Preparation

1. Quantitative analysis of mechanical properties of synthetic clay hectorite by acoustic force microscopy
Syed Arshad Hussain, A. Volodin and Robert A. Schoonheydt*

2. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer between organic dyes adsorbed onto clay and Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films
Syed Arshad Hussain, S. Chakraborty and D. Bhattacharjee and R. A. Schoonheydt*

3.
Reaction-kinetics of organo-clay hybrid films: in-situ IRRAS and AFM studies
Syed Arshad Hussain*, Md. N. Islam, D. Bhattacharjee

4. Effect of nano-clay on J-aggregates of thiacyanine dyes in Langmuir-Blodgett Films
Syed Arshad Hussain*, S. Chakraborty, D. Bhattacharjee, R. A. Schoonheydt

Paper presented in National/International Seminar/conference/Symposium: 15

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