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Dr. Animesh Layek

Designation : Assistant Professor

Affiliation : Department of Physics Jadavpur University Kolkata West Bengal, India, 700032

Expertise: Material Science

Institution Profile Link : https://jadavpuruniversity.in/faculty-profile/animesh-layek/

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Role: Guest Editor

Journal: International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices

About Me

Assistant Professor in Physics at
Department of Physics Jadavpur University Kolkata, West Bengal, India
My expertise are Material Science

Recent Publications

1. “Development of indium tin oxide by pulsed RF sputtering method for solar cell application” Somnath
Middya, Animesh Layek, Partha Pratim Ray*
Journal of Applied Sciences, 2012, 12(16), 1676–1680.
2. “Deposition of device quality amorphous silicon and solar cell from argon dilution of silane” –
Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya and Partha Pratim Ray*
, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of
Solids, 73 (2012) 1358–1361.
3. “Luminescent S-doped carbon dots: An emergent architecture for multimodal applications” S.
Chandra, P. Patra, S. H. Pathan, S. Roy, S. Mitra, A. Layek, R Bhar, P Pramanik, A. Goswami, Journal
of Materials Chemistry B, 2013, 1(18), 2375–2382.
4. “Improvement in the Photosensitivity of MEH-PPV by Incorporating ZnO Nanoparticles of Different
Morphology for Photovoltaic Application” – Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya, and Partha Pratim
Ray*
, International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering Volume 3, Special
Issue 3: ICERTSD 2013, Feb 2013, pages 214-220.
5. “Synthesis and incorporation of high quality FeS2 nanoparticles within poly(3-
hexylthiophene):Phenyl-C60-butyric acid methyl ester to increase the photosensitivity of composite
material” – Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya, and Partha Pratim Ray*
, Journal of Renewable and
Sustainable Energy 5, 031601 (2013).
6. “Increase in open circuit voltage by the incorporation of band gap engineered FeS2 nanoparticle within
MEHPPV solar cell” – Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya, and Partha Pratim Ray*
, Journal of
Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2013, 24(10), pp. 3749–3755.
7. “Morphological impact of ZnO nanoparticle on MEHPPV:ZnO based hybrid solar cell” S. Middya,
A. Layek, P.P. Ray, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2013, 24(11), pp. 4621–
4629.
8. “Synthesis of nanocrystalline FeS2 with increased band gap for solar energy harvesting” S. Middya,
A. Layek, A. Dey, P.P. Ray, Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 2014, 30(8), pp. 770–775.
9. “Tetrabromoterepthalic acid in designing co-crystals and salts: Modification of optical properties and
Schottky barrier effect” S. K. Dey, R. Saha, S. Biswas, A. Layek, P.P. Ray, S. Kumar, Crystal Growth
and Design, 2014, 14(1), pp. 207–221.
10. “Star-shaped polyfluorene: Design, Synthesis, Characterization and application towards solar cells”
C. Chakraborty, A. Layek, P. P. Ray, S. Malik. European Polymer Journal, 2014, 52(1), pp. 181–192.
11. “Cd (II) based metal-organic framework having as a schottky barrier diode” B. Bhattacharya, A.
Layek, M. M. Alam, P. P. Ray, D. Ghoshal, Chemical Communications, 2014, 50(58), pp. 7858–7861
(IF-6.2)
12. “Synthesis of ZnO composited TiO2 nanoparticle and its application in dye sensitized solar cells: A
novel approach in enhancing open circuit voltage” A. Layek, S. Middya, A. Dey, J. Datta, P. P. Ray,
Materials Letters, 2014, 126, pp. 214–216 (IF-2.7)
13. “Role of zinc oxide nanomorphology on schottky diode properties” S. Middya, A. Layek, A. Dey, C.
Banerjee, P. P. Ray, Chemical Physics Letters, 2014, 610-611, pp. 39–44.(IF-2.8)
14. “Study of resonance energy transfer between MEH-PPV and CuFeS2 nanoparticle and their
application in energy harvesting device” A. Layek, S. Middya, A. Dey, C. Banerjee, P. P. Ray, Journal
of Alloys and Compounds, 2014, 613, pp. 364–369 (IF-5.8)
15. “Novel CuFeS2 pellet behaves like a portable signal transporting network: studies of immittance” A.
Layek, A. Dey, J. Datta, M. Das, P. P. Ray, RSC Advances, 2015, 5(44), pp. 34682–34689 (IF-3.9)
16. “Investigation of charge transport properties in less defective nanostructured ZnO based Schottky
diode” A. Dey, A. Layek, A. Roychowdhury, D. Das, P. P. Ray, RSC Advances, 2015, 5(46), pp.
36560–36567 (IF-3.9)
17. “A new multicomponent salt of imidazole and tetrabromoterepthalic acid: Structural, optical,thermal,
electrical transport properties and antibacterial activity along with Hirshfeld surface analysis” S. K.
Dey, R. Saha, S. Singha, S. Biswas, A. Layek, D. Babhyopadhyay, S. Kumar. Spectrochimica Acta –
Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2015, 144, pp. 43–52. (IF-4.3)
18. “A Cd (II) based metal organic framework: a photosensitive current conductor” S. Halder, A. Layek,
K. Ghosh, P. P. Ray, P. Roy. Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44(36), pp. 16149–16155 (IF-3.5)
19. “One step hydrothermal synthesis of a rGO-TiO2 nanocomposite and its application on a Schottky
diode: improvement in device performance and transport properties” M. Das, J. Datta, A. Dey, A.
Layek, S. Middya, P. P. Ray, RSC Advances, 2015, 5(123), pp. 101582–101592 (IF-3.9)
20. “Multifunctional mixed ligant metal organic frameworks: X-ray structure, adsorption, illuminescence
and electrical conductivity with theoretical correlation” B. Bhattacharya, D. K. Maity, A. Layek, P. P.
Ray, D. Ghoshal, Cryst Eng Comm, 2016, 18(30), pp. 5754–5763. (IF-2.6)
21. “Light induced charge transport property analysis of nanostructured ZnS based schottky diode” A.
Dey, S. Middya, R. Jana, A. Layek, P. P. Ray, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in
Electronics, 2016, 27(6), pp. 6325–6335 (IF-2.7)
22. “Temperature dependent growth of cadmium (II) oxide nanocrystals: studies on morphology based
optical, electrical and dielectric properties” S. Shit, A. Layek*
, Journal of Materials Science:
Materials in Electronics, 2016, 27(4), pp. 3435–3442 (IF-2.7)
23. “Investigation of light induced carrier transport phenomena through ZnCdS nanocomposite based
schottky diode” M. Das, S. Middya, J. Datta, A. Dey, A. Layek, P. P. Ray, Journal of Electronic
Materials, 2016, 45(8), pp. 4293–4301(IF-2.2)
24. “Aggregation induced emission enhancement (AIEE) of fluorenyl appended Schiff base: A turn on
fluorescent probe for Al3+, and its photovoltaic effect” U. Panda, S. Roy, D. Mallick, A. Layek, P. P.
Ray, C. Sinha., Journal of Luminescence, 2017, 181, pp. 56–62 (IF-3.3)
25. “Growth of hierarchical strontium incorporated cadmium sulphide for possible application in optical
and electronic devices” J. Datta, A. Layek, M. Das, R. jana, P. P. Ray., Journal of Materials Science:
Materials in Electronics, 2017, 28(2), pp. 2049–2061 (IF-2.7)
26. “Application possibility of Mn0.04 Cu0.05Zn0.91O in electronic and magnetic devices” J. Datta, A.
Dey, S. K. Neogi, A. Layek, P. P. Ray, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2017, 64(11), pp.
4724–4730, 8052156 (IF-2.9)
27. “Structure, spectra and electrical conductivity of copper (I) and silver (I) phosphino briding mixed
ligand complexes with coumarinyl Schiff base” S. Roy, T. K. Mondal, A. Layek, R. Saha, C. Sinha.,
Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2018, 469, pp. 523–535 (IF-2.7)
28. “Findings of inhomogeneity in barrier height of Schottky junction Al/ rGO-SnO2 having anomaly in
theoretical and experimental value of Richardson constant: A Gaussian approach” P. Das, B. Pal, M.
Das, S. Sil, D. Das, A. Layek, P. P. Ray; Results in Physics, 2022, 42, 105996 (IF-4.4)
29. “An experimental approach to ensure energy quenching and fluorescence resonance energy transfer
of excitons from P3HT to CuInSe2” A. Biswas, B. Pal, M. Das, R. Sk, A. Layek*
, P. P. Ray, Materials
Letters, 2023, 338, 134066 (IF-2.7)
30. “Effect of size of CdO on bias dependent conduction and relaxation mechanism by means of
impedance spectroscopy: Experimental and theoretical studies” J. Datta, A. Biswas, S. Acharya, A.
Layek*
, P. P. Ray, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2023, 301, 127542 (IF. 4.3)
31. “Performance of Schottky diode of structured FTO/TiO2/Al employing hydrogen fluoride treated
TiO2: Qualitative and quantitative analysis” R. Sk., A. Biswas, A. Layek*
, P.P. Ray, Chemical
Physics, 2024, 580, 112233. (IF 2.0)
32. “Potential impact of annealed cobalt-sulfide on current rectification of ITO/CoS2/Al Schottky device:
Structural, optical, electrical, and magnetic characterizations” P. Das, J. Saha, S. P. Pal, B. Pal, A.
Layek*
, P.P.Ray, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 2024,188, 111922. (I.F. 4.3)
33. “Construction of Schottky barrier diode with a novel one-dimensional Cu(II)-based coordination
polymer” B. Datta, A. Samanta, A. Layek*
, S. Halder, Journal of solid State Chemistry, 2025, 341,
125096, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2024.125096, (I.F. 3.2)
34. “Recognition of light sensing p-n junction for hetero-structure CuInSe2/TiO2 and CuInSe2/HF-TiO2:
Study of carrier transport mechanism” A. Biswas, R. Sk.,A. Patra, A. Layek*
, P. P. Ray, Materials
Letters, 2025, Volume 379, 15 January 2025, 137662, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2024.137662,
(IF-2.7)
35. ‘A new plasmonic bi-metallic nanomaterial embedded cellulose membrane for efficient single step
removal of chemical and microbial impurities from river water with zero water wastage’ S. Saraffin,
P. Saha, S. Nandi, A. Majumder, A. Kapuria, S. Koley, N. Ahammed, S. De, M. Mukhopadhyay, G.
Kulsi, A. Datta, M. Ghosh, A. Layek, P. K. Sinha, J. Mukhopadhyay, S. Das, K. Dutta, Journal of
Environmental Chemical Engineering 13 (2025) 115408. (IF-7.4)
International Conference Proceeding Journals:
1. “Optimisation of Device Quality Silicon Hydrogen Alloy Materials from Plasma Emission
Diagnostics and Its Application to Solar Cell” – Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya and Partha
Pratim Ray*
, AIP Conference Proceedings No. 1451 (2012) 112.
2. “Argon dilution as an alternative to hydrogen dilution for the preparation of large area device
quality amorphous silicon” – Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya and Partha Pratim Ray*
, AIP
Conference Proceedings No. 1349 (2011) 631.
3. “Improvement in Open Circuit Voltage of MEHPPV-FeS2 Nanoparticle Based Organic Inorganic
Hybrid Solar Cell”- Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya and Partha Pratim Ray*, AIP Conference
Proceedings 1512 (2013) 704-705.