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 Raj Basu

Press Releases:

“Soft Matter World | Latest Research”; 8th October 2012. http://www.softmatterworld.org

“Twisting Molecules by Brute Force: A Top-Down Approach”: Science Daily, The Wall Street Journal, Science Newsline, 14th December 2011. Reference: Phys Rev Lett 107, 237804 (2011). http://www.sciencedaily.com

“Controlled Self-assembly of Quantum-Dots”: The NSF - National Nanomanufacturing Network; 27th July, 2009. Reference: Phys Rev E 80, 010701, (2009). http://www.internano.org

“Carbon nanotube doped liquid crystal: A nano electromechanical system”: My presentation at the Nanomanufacturing Summit 2009 was highlighted by Internano. http://www.internano.org

Dr. Rajratan Basu

Department of Physics, Chauvenet Hall 296
The United States Naval Academy
572 Holloway Road, Annapolis, MD 21402

basu@usna.edu

(410) 293-6664 

Education:

  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts (2005 - 2010)
    • Ph.D., Physics;  Dissertation: "Dielectric Studies of Nanostructures and Directed self-assembled Nanomaterials in Nematic Liquid Crystals"
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur  (2003 - 2005)
    • M.Sc., Physics;  Thesis: "Fabrication and characterizations of porous silicon and porous alumina by two-step anodization technique"
  • Presidency College, Calcutta  (2000 - 2003)
    • B.Sc., Physics

Research Areas:

  • Interactions between softmatter and nanomaterials
  • Directed self-assembly of nanomaterials (e.g. carbon nanotubes, quantum dots, nanorods etc.) in liquid crystalline media
  • Development of novel NEMS, nano-switches, and nano-electromechanical memory functions using nanoparticle-doped liquid crystals
  • Chirality (chirality transfer in liquid crystals from various substrates and nano materials
  • Order-disorder phenomena in liquid crystals
  • Liquid crystal phases and phase transitions

Professional Experience:

  • Assistant Professor, U.S. Naval Academy (Aug 2012 - Present)
  • Post Doctoral Scholar, Case Western Reserve University (May 2010 - July 2012)

Awards:

  • Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award, The Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, WPI chapter; April, 2010.
  • First Prize in ‘Science’ category in the University at the Annual Graduate Research Achievement Day (GRAD) - 2009, WPI; April, 2009. http://www.wpi.edu/about/awards/86388.htm
  • Second Prize in poster competition at the Nanomanufacturing Summit 2009, NSF - National Nanomanufacturing Network Annual Meeting, Boston, MA; May, 2009.
    http://www.internano.org/ocs/index.php/NMS/NMS2009/announcement/view/7
  • Selected as one of the most experienced and excellent Teaching Assistants (TAs) in the University to mentor the newly joined TAs, WPI; August, 2009.
  • The Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, elected associate member; May, 2009.
  • Best Teaching Assistant Award (based on student evaluations) for the academic year of 2007-2008, Department of Physics, WPI; May, 2008.
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