2026 Durga Basak: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	48	10870	10501	198	193	171	8018

Overview

Durga Basak is affiliated with the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in India. Their research spans multiple aspects of materials science and engineering, with a strong focus on studies related to zinc oxide (ZnO) and other oxide materials used in electronic and optoelectronic applications.

Their work primarily covers the following main fields of study:

Materials Science
Engineering

Their subfield specializations include:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Biomedical Engineering
Polymers and Plastics

Research topics frequently addressed by Durga Basak include:

ZnO doping and properties
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
Ga2O3 and related materials
Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

Durga Basak has published extensively in various journals. Frequent publication venues are:

ACS Applied Electronic Materials
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Sensors and Actuators A Physical
Surfaces and Interfaces
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Select recent papers by Durga Basak include:

Efficacy of Ion Implantation in Zinc Oxide for Optoelectronic Applications: A Review, 2021, ACS Applied Electronic Materials
Investigation on sub-band gap defects aided UV to NIR broad-band low-intensity photodetection by SnO2 thin film, 2020, Sensors and Actuators A Physical
High conductivity along with high visible light transparency in Al implanted sol-gel ZnO thin film with an elevated figure of merit value as a transparent conducting layer, 2020, Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Extraordinarily high ultraviolet photodetection by defect tuned phosphorus doped ZnO thin film on flexible substrate, 2021, Materials Research Bulletin
Highly conducting and transparent low-E window films with high figure of merit values based on RF sputtered Al and In co-doped ZnO, 2020, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing

Frequent collaborators with whom Durga Basak has co-authored several publications include:

Amaresh Das
Sourav Mondal
Shuvaraj Ghosh
Santanu Pal
Ayon Das Mahapatra

Best Publications

Effect of substrate-induced strain on the structural, electrical, and optical properties of polycrystalline ZnO thin films

R. Ghosh;D. Basak;S. Fujihara

663
Citations
Photoconductive UV detectors on sol–gel-synthesized ZnO films

D. Basak;G. Amin;B. Mallik;G.K. Paul

301
Citations
Yellow luminescence and related deep states in undoped GaN

E. Calleja;F. J. Sánchez;D. Basak;M. A. Sánchez-García

263
Citations
ZnO/Graphene Quantum Dot Solid-State Solar Cell

Mrinal Dutta;Sanjit Sarkar;Tushar Ghosh;Durga Basak

236
Citations
Effect of sol concentration on the properties of ZnO thin films prepared by sol–gel technique

M. Dutta;S. Mridha;D. Basak

234
Citations
Ultraviolet and visible photoresponse properties of n‐ZnO∕p‐Si heterojunction

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202
Citations
Effect of thickness on the structural, electrical and optical properties of ZnO films

S. Mridha;D. Basak

198
Citations
Role of defects in the anomalous photoconductivity in ZnO nanowires

A. Bera;D. Basak

192
Citations
Investigation of a p-CuO/n-ZnO thin film heterojunction for H2 gas-sensor applications

S Mridha;D Basak

184
Citations
Aluminium doped ZnO films: electrical, optical and photoresponse studies

S Mridha;D Basak

177
Citations
p-ZnO∕n-Si heterojunction: Sol-gel fabrication, photoresponse properties, and transport mechanism

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164
Citations
Carrier relaxation through two-electron process during photoconduction in highly UV sensitive quasi-one-dimensional ZnO nanowires

A. Bera;D. Basak

162
Citations
High-Performance Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells on Ultrathin Glass: Implications of the TCO.

Benjia Dou;Benjia Dou;Elisa M. Miller;Jeffrey A. Christians;Erin M. Sanehira;Erin M. Sanehira

161
Citations
Effect of thermal annealing treatment on structural, electrical and optical properties of transparent sol–gel ZnO thin films

R. Ghosh;G.K. Paul;D. Basak

160
Citations
Electrical and ultraviolet photoresponse properties of quasialigned ZnO nanowires/p-Si heterojunction

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159
Citations
Photoluminescence and Photoconductivity of ZnS-Coated ZnO Nanowires

Ashok Bera;Durga Basak

153
Citations
ZnO/polyaniline based inorganic/organic hybrid structure: Electrical and photoconductivity properties

S. Mridha;D. Basak

141
Citations
Core–shell TiO2@ZnO nanorods for efficient ultraviolet photodetection

Shrabani Panigrahi;Durga Basak

130
Citations
Effect of Ga/Si interdiffusion on optical and transport properties of GaN layers grown on Si(111) by molecular-beam epitaxy

E. Calleja;M. A. Sánchez-García;D. Basak;F. J. Sánchez

113
Citations
Effect of surface capping with poly(vinyl alcohol) on the photocarrier relaxation of ZnO nanowires.

Ashok Bera;Durga Basak

111
Citations
The Royal Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland. Journal and Proceedings. Part III: 1944

Debraj Chandra;Subrata Mridha;Durga Basak;Asim Bhaumik

110
Citations
Synthesis of Micrometer Length Indium Sulfide Nanosheets and Study of Their Dopant Induced Photoresponse Properties

Shinjita Acharya;Mrinal Dutta;Suresh Sarkar;Durga Basak

97
Citations
Highly enhanced H2 gas sensing characteristics of Co:ZnO nanorods and its mechanism

Dipanwita Sett;Durga Basak

97
Citations