भा.प्रौ.सं. गाँधीनगर: उत्कृषटता के 15 वर्षसमाचार


Manisha Samanta

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Manisha Samanta

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

  • BSc: University of Burdwan, 2013
  • MSc: IIT Madras, 2015
  • PhD: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research India, 2020



  • Selected Publications

    1. M. Samanta, H. Tan, S. Laha, H. A. Vignolo-González, L. Grunenberg, S. Bette, V. Duppel, P. Schützendübe, A. Gouder, B. Yan,  B. V. Lotsch. The Weyl Semimetals MIrTe4 (M = Nb, Ta) as Efficient Catalysts for Dye-Sensitized Hydrogen Evolution, Adv. Energy Mater., 2023, 13, 2300503, https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202300503.

    2. M. Samanta, K Biswas.* Low Thermal Conductivity and High Thermoelectric Performance in (GeTe)1-2x(GeSe)x(GeS)x: Competition between Solid Solution and Phase Separation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 9382, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b05143.

    3. M. Samanta, K. Pal, P. Pal, U. V. Waghmare, K. Biswas.* Localized vibrations of Bi bilayer leading to ultralow lattice thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric performance in weak topological insulator n-type BiSe, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 5866, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b02691 (Spotlight and Cover page).

    4. S. Perumal,#  M. Samanta,# T. Ghosh, U. Sandhya Shenoy, A. K. Bohra, S. Bhattacharya, A. Singh, U. V. Waghmare, K. Biswas.* Realization of High Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in GeTe by Complementary Co-doping of Bi and In. Joule ( Cell Press ), 2019, 3, 2565, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2019.08.017, (# - Equal Contribution).

    5. M. Samanta, K. Pal, U. V. Waghmare, K. Biswas.* Intrinsically Low Thermal Conductivity and High Carrier Mobility in Dual Topological Quantum Material, n‐type BiTe. Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 4822, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202000343 (VIP Article).

  • Work Experience

    • Senior Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany (April, 2024 – present)
    • Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany (April, 2022 – March 2024)
    • Max Planck Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany (Feb 2021 - Mar 2022)
    • Research Associate, JNCASR, India (Jul 2020 - Oct 2020)