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Kanishka Biswas is affiliated with the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in India. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with specific focus on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The scope of their work also intersects with Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's research areas include a concentration on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, and Thermal Properties of Materials. They have also contributed to studies related to 2D Materials and Applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity, as well as Topological Materials and Phenomena.

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on thermal conductivity and thermoelectric performance in complex materials. Notable papers include:

  • Enhanced atomic ordering leads to high thermoelectric performance in AgSbTe 2, 2021, Science
  • Insights into Low Thermal Conductivity in Inorganic Materials for Thermoelectrics, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Intrinsically Ultralow Thermal Conductivity in Ruddlesden-Popper 2D Perovskite Cs2PbI2Cl2: Localized Anharmonic Vibrations and Dynamic Octahedral Distortions, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Ferroelectric Instability Induced Ultralow Thermal Conductivity and High Thermoelectric Performance in Rhombohedral p-Type GeSe Crystal, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Layered materials with 2D connectivity for thermoelectric energy conversion, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Kanishka Biswas's collaborative work is frequently published with several co-authors. Frequent collaborators include Debattam Sarkar, Umesh V. Waghmare, Tanmoy Ghosh, Moinak Dutta, and Ajay Soni.

Their research is regularly disseminated through prominent scientific venues. High publication counts are noted in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemistry of Materials, and Physical Review B.

Best Publications

  • High-performance bulk thermoelectrics with all-scale hierarchical architectures

    Kanishka Biswas;Jiaqing He;Ivan D. Blum;Ivan D. Blum;Chun I. Wu

  • Strained endotaxial nanostructures with high thermoelectric figure of merit

    Kanishka Biswas;Jiaqing He;Qichun Zhang;Guoyu Wang

  • Graphene, the new nanocarbon

    C. N. R. Rao;C. N. R. Rao;Kanishka Biswas;Kanishka Biswas;K. S. Subrahmanyam;A. Govindaraj;A. Govindaraj

  • All-scale hierarchical thermoelectrics: MgTe in PbTe facilitates valence band convergence and suppresses bipolar thermal transport for high performance

    L. D. Zhao;H. J. Wu;S. Q. Hao;C. I. Wu

  • Enhanced atomic ordering leads to high thermoelectric performance in AgSbTe2.

    Subhajit Roychowdhury;Tanmoy Ghosh;Raagya Arora;Manisha Samanta

  • High Performance Thermoelectrics from Earth-Abundant Materials: Enhanced Figure of Merit in PbS by Second Phase Nanostructures

    Li Dong Zhao;Shih Han Lo;Jiaqing He;Hao Li

  • Mg Alloying in SnTe Facilitates Valence Band Convergence and Optimizes Thermoelectric Properties

    Ananya Banik;U. Sandhya Shenoy;Shashwat Anand;Umesh V. Waghmare

  • High thermoelectric performance via hierarchical compositionally alloyed nanostructures

    Li Dong Zhao;Shiqiang Hao;Shih Han Lo;Chun I. Wu

  • High Thermoelectric Performance and Enhanced Mechanical Stability of p-type Ge1–xSbxTe

    Suresh Perumal;Subhajit Roychowdhury;Devendra S. Negi;Ranjan Datta

  • MnO and NiO nanoparticles: synthesis and magnetic properties

    Moumita Ghosh;Moumita Ghosh;Kanishka Biswas;Kanishka Biswas;A. Sundaresan;C. N. R. Rao;C. N. R. Rao

  • The origin of low thermal conductivity in Sn1−xSbxTe: phonon scattering via layered intergrowth nanostructures

    Ananya Banik;Badri Vishal;Suresh Perumal;Ranjan Datta

  • Synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials

    C. N. R. Rao;C. N. R. Rao;S. R. C. Vivekchand;Kanishka Biswas;Kanishka Biswas;A. Govindaraj;A. Govindaraj

  • High thermoelectric performance in tellurium free p-type AgSbSe2

    Satya N. Guin;Arindom Chatterjee;Devendra Singh Negi;Ranjan Datta

  • Luminescence properties of boron and nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots prepared from arc-discharge-generated doped graphene samples

    Sunita Dey;A. Govindaraj;Kanishka Biswas;C.N.R. Rao

  • Realization of High Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in GeTe by Complementary Co-doping of Bi and In

    Suresh Perumal;Manisha Samanta;Tanmoy Ghosh;U. Sandhya Shenoy

  • High Power Factor and Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of SnTe-AgInTe2: Synergistic Effect of Resonance Level and Valence Band Convergence

    Ananya Banik;U. Sandhya Shenoy;Sujoy Saha;Umesh V. Waghmare

  • Intrinsic Rattler-Induced Low Thermal Conductivity in Zintl Type TlInTe2

    Manoj K. Jana;Koushik Pal;Avinash Warankar;Pankaj Mandal

  • Tellurium‐Free Thermoelectric: The Anisotropic n‐Type Semiconductor Bi2S3

    Kanishka Biswas;Li Dong Zhao;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

  • High performance thermoelectric materials and devices based on GeTe

    Suresh Perumal;Subhajit Roychowdhury;Kanishka Biswas

  • Engineering ferroelectric instability to achieve ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric performance in Sn1−xGexTe

    Ananya Banik;Tanmoy Ghosh;Raagya Arora;Moinak Dutta

  • Lead-free thermoelectrics: promising thermoelectric performance in p-type SnTe1−xSex system

    Ananya Banik;Kanishka Biswas

Frequent Co-Authors

C. N. R. Rao
C. N. R. Rao Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis Northwestern University
Umesh V. Waghmare
Umesh V. Waghmare Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Vinayak P. Dravid
Vinayak P. Dravid Northwestern University
Jiaqing He
Jiaqing He Southern University of Science and Technology
A. Govindaraj
A. Govindaraj Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Qichun Zhang
Qichun Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Arthur J Freeman
Arthur J Freeman Northwestern University
Dattatray J. Late
Dattatray J. Late National Chemical Laboratory
Swapan K. Pati
Swapan K. Pati Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

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