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Durga Basak publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Durga Basak sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 171 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Durga Basak D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Durga Basak sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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

  • Photoconductive UV detectors on sol–gel-synthesized ZnO films

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

  • Yellow luminescence and related deep states in undoped GaN

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

  • ZnO/Graphene Quantum Dot Solid-State Solar Cell

    Mrinal Dutta;Sanjit Sarkar;Tushar Ghosh;Durga Basak

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

    M. Dutta;S. Mridha;D. Basak

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

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

    S. Mridha;D. Basak

  • Role of defects in the anomalous photoconductivity in ZnO nanowires

    A. Bera;D. Basak

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

    S Mridha;D Basak

  • Aluminium doped ZnO films: electrical, optical and photoresponse studies

    S Mridha;D Basak

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

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

    A. Bera;D. Basak

  • 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

  • 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

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

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  • Photoluminescence and Photoconductivity of ZnS-Coated ZnO Nanowires

    Ashok Bera;Durga Basak

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

    S. Mridha;D. Basak

  • Core–shell TiO2@ZnO nanorods for efficient ultraviolet photodetection

    Shrabani Panigrahi;Durga Basak

  • 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

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

    Ashok Bera;Durga Basak

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

    Debraj Chandra;Subrata Mridha;Durga Basak;Asim Bhaumik

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

    Shinjita Acharya;Mrinal Dutta;Suresh Sarkar;Durga Basak

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

    Dipanwita Sett;Durga Basak

Frequent Co-Authors

Tushar K. Ghosh
Tushar K. Ghosh North Carolina State University
Arindam Banerjee
Arindam Banerjee Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Asim Bhaumik
Asim Bhaumik Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Fernando Calle
Fernando Calle Technical University of Madrid
Bernard Beaumont
Bernard Beaumont Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Sean M. Garner
Sean M. Garner Corning (United States)
Pierre Gibart
Pierre Gibart Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
M. Asif Khan
M. Asif Khan University of South Carolina
Tao Wang
Tao Wang Stanford University
Michael Shur
Michael Shur Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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