PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS

DEPARTMENT OF

Department of Physics was established in 1984 at St. Thomas College, Bhilai. The department offers B.Sc. in Physics and Electronics and M.Sc. in Electronics. At present, there are more than 250 students in the department. The students score well in the university examinations. Their fundamental knowledge has reflected by their selections in the national level examinations like JAM, JEST etc.

OBJECTIVES

The main objective of the department is to provide quality education with basic concepts in Physics and Electronics to prepare the students for University as well as national level M.Sc. entrance and competitive examinations.

COURSES OFFERED

Undergraduate Courses:

B.Sc. with Physics and B.Sc. with Electronics

Postgraduate Courses:

M.Sc. in Electronics

FACULTY PROFILE

STAFF DETAILS

SNO.	NAME	DESIGNATION	QUALIFICATION
1.	Mr. Mohan Patel	Assistant Professor	M.Sc, M.Tech, NET
2.	Dr. Biplab Goswami	Assistant Professor	M.Sc, NET, PhD
3.	Mrs. Dolly Johnson	Assistant Professor	M. Sc.
4.	Miss Priti Sahu	Assistant Professor	M. Sc.

FACILITIES

STAP: Special teaching assistance programme is conducted for the students and the beneficiaries are assisted with revision, doubt clearing in both theory as well as practical
Laboratory: There are separate laboratories for physics and electronics with well-maintained equipments. The dark room facilities are also available to perform Optical experiments in Physics lab.
Internet facility: Available to the students in the department as well as in the library.

DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES / FORUMS

Students of the department of physics and electronics visited the “Renewable Energy Technology and Management” lab at Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur on 23/09/2017.

Students of the department of physics and electronics participated in “National Level Arduino Workshop cum Training” at School of Studies in Electronics and Photonics, PRSU , Raipur on 21-23 September, 2017.

In the month of January, the department organizes a national level examination conducted by All India Physics Teachers Association (AIPT) every year

Department has conducted ‘Elexvision’: 7 days of technical activities between November 16-23, 2011.

Department has a “PHYSICS FORUM”, where the students are counselled and guided for competitive exams like JAM, JEST, etc

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

THRUST AREAS

S.NO.

NAME

FIELD AND SPECIALIZATION

Mr. Mohan Patel

Electronics and Instrumentation,

MEMS, Quantum Dots, Solar Cell, microcontroller based system design

Dr. Biplab Goswami

Theoretical atomic and molecular physics, Electron impact scattering, Plasma physics

PUBLICATIONS

Dr. Biplab Goswami

Publication in Peer-reviewed International SCI Journals

‘Electron impact scattering with germanium tetrafluoride’, BiplabGoswami, RahlaNaghma and Bobby Antony RSc Adv. 4, 63817 (2014) [Impact Factor-3.84]
‘Calculation of electron-impact total ionization cross sections for tungsten, uranium and their oxide radicals’, BiplabGoswami, RahlaNaghma and Bobby Antony Int. J. mass spectrom. 372, 8 (2014) [Impact Factor-1.972]
‘Electron impact scattering by Arsine’, Jaspreet Kaur, BiplabGoswami, Dhanoj Gupta, and Bobby, Antony Phys. Rev. A 90, 012711 (2014) [Impact Factor-2.808]
‘Electron impact scattering of SF₆ over an extensive energy range’, BiplabGoswami and Bobby Antony, RSc Adv. 4, 30953 (2014) [Impact Factor-3.84]
‘On the electron impact ionization of silicon and metal containing organic molecules’, BiplabGoswami and Bobby Antony, Int. J. mass spectrom. 361, 28 (2014) [Impact Factor-1.972]
‘Electron impact ionization cross sections for chlorinated and brominated methane and C_nH_2n+1Cl(where n = 2, 3, 4) molecules’, RahlaNaghma, Dhanoj Gupta, BiplabGoswami and Bobby Antony, Int. J. mass spectrom. 360, 39 (2014) [Impact Factor-1.972]
‘0.1 to 2000 eV electron impact cross sections for dichlorine monoxide’, BiplabGoswami, Dhanoj Gupta and Bobby Antony, J. Electron. Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 193, 86 (2014) [Impact Factor-1.436]
‘Electron induced chemistry of disilane’, Dhanoj Gupta, RahlaNaghma, BiplabGoswami and Bobby Antony, RSc Adv. 4, 9197 (2014) [Impact Factor-3.84]
‘Cross sections for electron collisions with NF₃’, BiplabGoswami, RahlaNaghma and Bobby Antony, Rev. A 88, 032707 (2013) [Impact Factor-2.808]
‘Electron impact total ionization cross section of plasma wall coating elements’, B Goswami, U Saikia, R Naghma and B Antony, Chinese J. Phys. 51(6), 1172 (2013) [Impact Factor-0.413]
‘Calculations of electron collision and ionization of rare gas dimers’, BiplabGoswami, RahlaNaghma and Bobby Antony, Phys. 111, 3047 (2013) [Impact Factor-1.72]

Publication in Conference proceedings/abstract book

‘Computation of electron impact total ionization cross section for alcohols’, Nafees Uddin, RahlaNaghma, Bobby Antony and BiplabGoswami, International topical conference on Charged Particle and Electronic process in Atoms, Molecules and Materials (q-PACE), ISM Dhanbad, 9-11 January 2016.
‘1-2000 eV cross sections by electron impact with Hydrogen’BiplabGoswami, 13^th Chhattisgarh Young Scientists Congress-2015 (CYSC-2015), 28^th Feb-1^st March, 2015.
‘On the electron impact scattering by SF₆ molecule’, BiplabGoswami and Bobby Antony, International conference on Structural and physical properties of solids (SPPS 2013), ISM Dhanbad, 18-20 November, 2013.
‘Scattering studies of Cl₂O by electron impact’, BiplabGoswami and Bobby Antony, National Conference on Electron Collision Processes in Atomic and Molecular Physics, ECPAMP 2013, V. P. & R. P. T. P. Science College, Vallabh Vidyanagar, 7-9 March, 2013.
‘Electron impact collision of C₂ and C₃’, RahlaNaghma, BiplabGoswami and Bobby Antony, ISAMP-DAE-BRNS Biennial National Symposium on Atomic and Molecular Physics, IISER Kolkata, 14-17 December, 2012.
‘Electron impact ionization of plasma wall coating elements’ , BiplabGoswami, RahlaNaghma, Dhanoj Gupta and Bobby Antony, National Conference on Advances in Lasers and Spectroscopy, ALS-2012, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, 01-03 November, 2012.
‘Electron impact ionization studies on silicon carbon clusters’, RahlaNaghma, Dhanoj Gupta, BiplabGoswami and Bobby Antony, International Workshop on Highly Charged Ions, TIFR, Mumbai, 27-31 March, 2012.
‘Electron impact total ionization cross section of SiC₂, Si₂C and Si₂C₂’ ,RahlaNaghma, BiplabGoswami and Bobby Antony, 3rd International Conference on Current Developments in Atomic Molecular Optical & Nanophysics, CDAMOP 2011, Delhi University, 14-16 December, 2011.

Publication in books/chapters in books

‘Scattering studies of Cl₂O by electron impact’, BiplabGoswami and Bobby Antony, Electron Collision Processes in Atomic and Molecular Physics ISBN:978-81-8487-343-6, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India (2013).

Mohan Patel

Publication in Journals

“Fabrication of MEMS Composite-Polymer Gas Sensor Arrays for Electronic Nose”, B D Pant, Mahesh Kumar, Shubha Laxmi, Anil Arora, Mahanth Prasad, Asshdeep Sharma, Mohan Patel, S Radhakrishnan and V K Dwivedi, Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics, April 2007, Volume 45, Number 4.

Conference Proceedings

“Fabrication and Characterization of CdSe Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells by Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction (SILAR) Process“, Mohan Patel, Swati Sahu, Anil K. Verma, Pooja Agnihotri, and Sanjay Tiwari, International Conference on Fibre Optics and Photonics, pp. W3A-37. Optical Society of America, 2016.
“Fabrication and Characterization of nanoporous TiO 2 layer on photoanode by using Doctor Blade Method for dye-sensitized solar cells“, Swati Sahu, Rajesh K. Awasthy, Mohan Patel, Pooja Agnihotri, and Sanjay Tiwari, International Conference on Fibre Optics and Photonics, pp. Th3A-9. Optical Society of America, 2016.
“Fabrication and Characterization of Novel Inverted Organic Solar Cells Employing ZnO ETL and MoO3 HTL.“, Anil Kumar Verma, Pooja Agnihotri, Mohan Patel, Swati Sahu, and Sanjay Tiwari, International Conference on Fibre Optics and Photonics, pp. Tu4A-18. Optical Society of America, 2016.
“Optoelectronic Simulation for Light enhancement of P3HT: PC70BM Conventional BHJ OSCs“, Pooja Agnihotri, Anil K. Verma, Mohan Patel, Swati Sahu, and Sanjay Tiwari, In International Conference on Fibre Optics and Photonics, pp. Th4B-4. Optical Society of America, 2016.
“Investigating the influence of porosity on performance of dye-sensitized solar cells”, Swati Sahu, Mohan Patel, Anil Kumar Verma and Sanjay Tiwari, International Conference on Fibre Optics and Photonics. Optical Society of America, 2014, IIT Kharagpur, 13-16 December 2014.
Fabrication of MEMS Composite-Polymer Gas Sensor Arrays for Electronic Nose;Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics, April 2007, Volume 45, Number 4.

Conference Proceeding

Investigating the Influence of Porosity on the Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Optical Society of America 2014, (http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/PHOTONICS.2014.T3A.73)