2026 Amitava Patra: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

2021 - OSA Fellows Amitava Patra Institute of Nano Science and Technology and Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India For significant, sustained contributions to photonics and new photonic materials

Overview

Amitava Patra is affiliated with the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in India. Their research spans primarily the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a strong focus on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering as subfields.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics that include:

Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
2D Materials and Applications

Several recent papers highlight a diversity of investigations and publication venues:

"Copper Nanocluster (Cu₂₃ NC)-Based Biomimetic System with Peroxidase Activity," 2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
"Self-Assembled Metal Nanoclusters: Driving Forces and Structural Correlation with Optical Properties," 2022, Nanomaterials
"Hot Hole Cooling and Transfer Dynamics from Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals Using Porphyrin Molecules," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
"Surface motifs regulated aggregation induced emission in gold-silver nanoclusters," 2020, Chemical Communications
"A comprehensive review of atomically precise metal nanoclusters with emergent photophysical properties towards diverse applications," 2024, Chemical Society Reviews

Patra's frequent coauthors include:

Srijon Ghosh (25 publications)
Anusri Medda (20 publications)
Subarna Maity (17 publications)
Goutam Ghosh (16 publications)
Kritiman Marjit (16 publications)

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as:

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (26 publications)
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (12 publications)
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (4 publications)
ACS Applied Nano Materials (4 publications)
Nanoscale (4 publications)

Amitava Patra has been recognized as an OSA Fellow in 2021 for contributions to photonics and new photonic materials, highlighting a research focus that includes optical properties and materials related to photonics.

Best Publications

Nanoscale Strategies for Light Harvesting

Simanta Kundu;Amitava Patra

560
Citations
Upconversion in Er3+:ZrO2 Nanocrystals

Amitava Patra;Christopher S. Friend;Rakesh Kapoor;Paras N. Prasad

494
Citations
Surface Defect-Related Luminescence Properties of SnO2 Nanorods and Nanoparticles

Arik Kar;Simanta Kundu;Amitava Patra

374
Citations
Effect of crystal nature on upconversion luminescence in Er3+:ZrO2 nanocrystals

Amitava Patra;Christopher S. Friend;Rakesh Kapoor;Paras N. Prasad

350
Citations
Fluorescence Upconversion Properties of Er3+-Doped TiO2 and BaTiO3 Nanocrystallites

Amitava Patra;Christopher S. Friend;Rakesh Kapoor;Paras N. Prasad

333
Citations
Photophysical Properties of Doped Carbon Dots (N, P, and B) and Their Influence on Electron/Hole Transfer in Carbon Dots–Nickel (II) Phthalocyanine Conjugates

Monoj Kumar Barman;Bikash Jana;Santanu Bhattacharyya;Amitava Patra

331
Citations
Shell Thickness Dependent Photocatalytic Properties of ZnO/CdS Core–Shell Nanorods

Sunita Khanchandani;Simanta Kundu;Amitava Patra;Ashok K. Ganguli

302
Citations
2D Hybrid Nanostructure of Reduced Graphene Oxide–CdS Nanosheet for Enhanced Photocatalysis

Rajesh Bera;Simanta Kundu;Amitava Patra

287
Citations
Er3+-doped BaTiO3 nanocrystals for thermometry: Influence of nanoenvironment on the sensitivity of a fluorescence based temperature sensor

Márcio A. R. C. Alencar;Glauco S. Maciel;Cid B. de Araújo;Amitava Patra

286
Citations
Band Gap Tuning of ZnO/In 2 S 3 Core/Shell Nanorod Arrays for Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysis

Sunita Khanchandani;Simanta Kundu;Amitava Patra;Ashok K. Ganguli

281
Citations
Core-Size-Dependent Catalytic Properties of Bimetallic Au/Ag Core–Shell Nanoparticles

Krishna Kanta Haldar;Simanta Kundu;Amitava Patra

223
Citations
Current status and prospects on chemical structure driven photoluminescence behaviour of carbon dots

Monoj Kumar Barman;Amitava Patra

220
Citations
Sonochemical Preparation and Characterization of Eu2O3 and Tb2O3 Doped in and Coated on Silica and Alumina Nanoparticles

Amitava Patra;E Sominska;S Ramesh;Y Koltypin

216
Citations
Synthesis and characterization of PVP-encapsulated ZnS nanoparticles

Gopa Ghosh;Milan Kanti Naskar;Amitava Patra;Minati Chatterjee

208
Citations
Enhancement of Upconversion Emission of LaPO4:Er@Yb Core−Shell Nanoparticles/Nanorods

Pushpal Ghosh;Jorge Oliva;Elder De la Rosa;Krishna Kanta Haldar

193
Citations
Fluorescence study of zirconia films doped by Eu3+, Tb3+ and Sm3+ and their comparison with silica films

Renata Reisfeld;Marina Zelner;Amitava Patra

175
Citations
Au Nanoparticle-Based Surface Energy Transfer Probe for Conformational Changes of BSA Protein

Tapasi Sen;Krishna Kanta Haldar;Amitava Patra

159
Citations
Surface energy transfer from rhodamine 6G to gold nanoparticles: A spectroscopic ruler

Tapasi Sen;Suparna Sadhu;Amitava Patra

150
Citations
Impacts of core–shell structures on properties of lanthanide-based nanocrystals: crystal phase, lattice strain, downconversion, upconversion and energy transfer

Arik Kar;Amitava Patra

149
Citations
Resonance Energy Transfer from Rhodamine 6G to Gold Nanoparticles by Steady-State and Time-Resolved Spectroscopy

Tapasi Sen;Amitava Patra

144
Citations
An overview on the current understanding of the photophysical properties of metal nanoclusters and their potential applications

Subarna Maity;Dipankar Bain;Amitava Patra

143
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