Soma Biswas

Name	Soma Biswas
Work Groups	Work Group 1 - Synthesis Work Group 2 - Characterisation Work Group 3 - Devices
Laboratory	Laboratory Hubert Curien UMR CNRS 5516
Organisation	Jean Monnet University
Website	http://laboratoirehubertcurien.fr/
Areas of Research	Patterning molecules with Dip-pen-nanolithography and studying with Scanning probe microscope
Research Keywords	Scanning Probe Microscopy and Spectroscopy, Dip-pen-nanolithography, Optical microscopy
Areas of Future Interest	Using Scanning Probe microscopy techniques in Material science and in Biophysics.

Selected Publications:

1) Soma Das, P.A. Sreeram, and A.K. Raychaudhuri, "A method to quantitatively evaluate Hamaker constant using the jump-into-contact effect in Atomic Force Microscopy”, “Nanotechnology”, 18, 035501, (2007).
2) Soma Das, P.A. Sreeram, and A.K. Raychaudhuri, “Effects of Nonlinear Forces on Dynamic Mode Atomic Force Microscopy and Spectroscopy”, “Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology”, 7, 2167, (2007).
3) Soma Das, P.A. Sreeram, A.K. Raychaudhuri and Dirk Dietzel, “Effect of intrinsic instability of cantilevers on static mode Atomic Force Spectroscopy”, “Nanotechnology”, 21, 045706, (2010).
4) Rabibrata Mukherjee, Soma Das, Anindya Das, Satinder K. Sharma, A. K. Raychaudhuri, and Ashutosh Sharma, “Stability and Dewetting of Metal Nanoparticle Filled Thin Polymer Films: Control of Instability Length Scale and Dynamics”, “ACS Nano”, 4, 3709, (2010).
5) Soma Biswas, Michael Hirtz, and Harald Fuchs, “Measurement of Mass Transfer during Dip-pen Nanolithography with Phospholipids”, “Small”, 7, 2081, (2011).

Brief CV
Professional Experience:
October, 2011 - Now: Postdoctoral Researcher at Laboratory Hubert Curien, University of Jean Monnet, Saint Etienne, France

March, 2009 - September, 2011: Visiting Scientist in Prof. Harald Fuchs' group at Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.

2005-2009: Ph.D. in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology at S.N.Bose National Centr