Education

Ph.D:  Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India (University of Calcutta)                                  

Post M.Sc. in Physics Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

M.Sc. in Physics :Visva Bharati, Santiniketan

B. Sc: Calcutta University

Teaching Experience

Research associate 

Department of Physics, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany, January 2013-November 2013

Assistant Professor
Department of Physics,Aliah University, Kolkata November, 2013- present

Research Area

Experimental Soft Condensed matter Physics

Material Physics: Organic thin-films - Organic semiconductors.

Expertise

·     Langmuir-Blodgett film formation of different amphiphilic molecules.

·     Synthesis of polymer nanocomposites through diverse routes.

·     Characterization and study of different materials (conducting and non-conducting) using XPS (primarily) as well as NEXAFS, UPS, UVVIS, FTIR, XRD, XRR, DLS and TEM, AFM, SEM.

·     Experience of working in synchrotron laboratory (BEAR, Material science and MCX Beam line, ELETTRA, Italy; NSRRC, Taiwan).

·     Experience of more than 6 yrs in handling and maintenance of Electron Spectroscopy instrument and designing certain indigenously built accessories for the system. Development of deposition unit (organic and inorganic UHV evaporator).

·     Characteristics of the OFETs measurements using a Keithley 2636A dual-channel source-meter.

·     Well versed with Windows operating systems, plotting and graphical data analysis programs (eg. Origin, PeakFit).

Light scattering experiment with high power LASER(2W) during post doctoral research in Germany

Conference Papers Published

Journal Papers Published

1. "Understanding the Biosynthesis and Catalytic Activity of Pd, Pt, and Ag Nanoparticles in Hydrogenation and Suzuki Coupling Reactions at the Nano–Bio Interface” Sujoy K. Das, Thanusu Parandhaman, Nagaraju Pentela, A. K. M. Maidul Islam, Asit Baran Mandal, and Manabendra Mukherjee J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118 (42), 24623–24632

2. "Morphology and chemical properties of silver-triblock copolymer nanocomposite thin films" A. K. M. Maidul Islam, S. Mukherjee, S. Nannarone, and M. Mukherjee, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2013, 140, 284-293.

3. "Crystalline Growth of Rubrene Film Enhanced by Vertical Ordering in Cadmium Arachidate Multilayer Substrate" Chia-Hsin Wang, A. K. M. Maidul Islam, Tsung-Yu Wu, Jian-Wei Lue, Sumona Sinha, M. Mukherjee, and Yaw-Wen Yang, Langmuir, 2013, 29 (12), 3957–3967.

4. "Growth and Morphology of Rubrene Thin Films on Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Substrates" S. Sinha, C. Wang, A. K. M. Maidul Islam, Y. Yang and M. Mukherjee, AIP Conf. Proc. 1512, 746 (2013).

5. "Improvement of rubrene thin film transistor with self-assembled monolayer of octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS)" S. Sinha, C. Wang, A. K. M. Maidul Islam, Y. Yang and M. Mukherjee, AIP Conf. Proc. 1447, 977 (2012).

6. "Iron sulphide formation in the ferric stearate Langmuir-Blodgett films" S. Kundu, A. K. M. Maidul Islam and M. Mukherjee, Applied Surface Science, 257, 2000 (2011).

7. "Role of initial morphology in H₂S treated cadmium arachidate Langmuir-Blodgett films" A. K. M. Maidul Islam and M. Mukherjee, Colloids and Surfaces A, 385, 104 (2011).

8. "Application of differential charging in XPS for structural study of Langmuir Blodgett films"   A. K. M. Maidul Islam and M. Mukherjee, J. Phys.: Cond. Matt., 23, 435005 (2011).

9. "Effect of temperature in synthesis of silver nanoparticles in triblock copolymer micellar solution" A. K. M. Maidul Islam and M. Mukherjee, Journal of Experimental anoscience,  5, 596 (2011).

10. "Role of Interfacial Interaction in Orientation of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Chains on Silicon Substrate" C. Wang, S. Mukherjee, A. K. M. Maidul Islam, Y. Yang and M. Mukherjee, Macromolecules 44, 5750 (2011).

11. "Effect of oxygen vacancy and dopant concentration on the magnetic properties of highs pin Co2+ doped TiO2 nanoparticles"  B. Choudhury, A. Choudhury, A. K. M. Maidul Islam, P. Alagarsamy and M. Mukherjee, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 323, 440 (2011).

12. "Evolution of orbital phases with particle size in nanoscale stoichiometric LaMnO3" P. Mondal, D. Bhattacharya, A. Maity, O. Chakrabarti, A. K. M. Maidul Islam and M. Mukherjee, Journal of Applied Physics 109, 084327 (2011).

13. "Alumina-Supported Cu(II), A Versatile and Recyclable Catalyst for Regioselective Ring Opening of Aziridines and Epoxides and Subsequent Cyclization to Functionalized 1,4-Benzoxazines and 1,4-Benzodioxanes" S. Bhadra, L. Adak, S. Samanta, A. K. M. Maidul Islam, M. Mukherjee and B. C. Ranu, J. Org. Chem. 75, 8533 (2010).

14. "Characterization of RF Sputter-Deposited Ultra Thin PZT Films and Its Interface With Substrate" A. Bose, S. Bysakha, M. Mukherjee, A. K. M. Maidul Islam, A. K. Balamurugan and S. Sen, Integrated Ferroelectrics 120, 37 (2010).

15. "Structural modifications of diamond like carbon films induced by MeV nitrogen ion irradiation" S. Mathew, U. M. Bhatta, A. K. M. Maidul Islam, M. Mukherjee, N. R. Ray and B. N. Dev, Applied Surface Science 255, 4796 (2009).

16. "Characterization of Langmuir-Blodgett Film Using Differential Charging in X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy" A. K. M. Maidul Islam and M. Mukherjee, J. Phys. Chem. B 112, 8523 (2008).

Conference proceedings:

1. Concentration depth profile from angle-resolved XPS data , A. K. M. Maidul Islam and M. Mukherjee, Proceedings of DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, 51, 497(2006).

2. Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles Grown in Aqueous Triblock Copolymer Micellar Solution, A. K. M. Maidul Islam and M. Mukherjee, Proceedings of DAE Solid State Physicsymposium, 53, 469(2008).

3. Structure of Langmuir-Blodgett film in the light of differential charging in X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy,    A. K. M. Maidul Islam and M. Mukherjee, 55th Solid State Physics Symposium, 2010

4. Growth and Morphology of Rubrene Thin Films on Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Substrates, S. Sinha, C. Wang, A. K. M. Maidul Islam, Y. Yang and M. Mukherjee, AIP Conf. Proc. 1512, 746 (2013).

5. Improvement of rubrene thin film transistor with self-assembled monolayer of octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS)   S. Sinha, C. Wang, A. K. M. Maidul Islam, Y. Yang and M. Mukherjee, AIP Conf. Proc. 1447, 977 (2012).

Awards

CSIR-UGC JRF awards in 2004

Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST), 2004                               

GATE(Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering), 2004