Sree Chaitanya College, Habra
(GOVT. SPONSORED)
Affiliated to West Bengal State University, Barasat
NAAC GRADING – B++
Estd: 1956 (Arts and Science)


Dr. ATANU MITRA

Associate Professor

M.Sc, Ph.D

[email protected]
n/a

AREA OF INTEREST

  • Area of Research and Interest: Synthesis of nanomaterias and their applications as a catalyst, antimicrobial agent etc.




Academic Qualification

Degree Year Subject University/Institution
B.Sc (H) 1992 Chemistry (H)
Phy(P), Math(P)
Calcutta University
M.Sc 1994 Pure Chemistry Calcutta University
Ph.D 2001 Interactions of Surfactants, Biopolymers and their mixtures in bulk and interfacial phases Jadavpur University

Work Experience

Sl. No. Positions Held Name of the Institute From To
1. Postdoctoral Fellow Research Centre for Material Science (RCMS), Nagoya University, Japan April 2002 March 2004
2. Research Associate Dept of Material Science, I.A.C.S., Kol-32, India August 2004 November 2006
3. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dept of Physical Chemistry, USC, Spain December 2006 September 2007
4. Assistant Professor Sree Chaitanya College, Habra, W.B., India 11th September 2007 2019
5. Associate Professor Sree Chaitanya College, Habra, W.B., India December 2019 Continue

Awards

Sl. No. Name of Award Awarding Agency Year
1 Visiting Scientist Position University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2010
2 Visiting Scientist Position RESEARCH EXCELLENCE PROGRAMME USC-INDIA (PEIN), USC, Spain 2013
3 Visiting Scientist Position RESEARCH EXCELLENCE PROGRAMME USC-INDIA (PEIN), USC, Spain 2014

Projects

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Publication

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Author(s)

Title

Name of Journal

Volume

Year and Page

1

G. Dinda, D. Halder*, A. Mitra*, N. Pal & D. K. Chattoraj

Phytosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using Zingiber officinale extract: evaluation of their catalytic and antibacterial activities

Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology

41

2020, 2128

2

S. Swargiary, A. Mitra, D. Halder and S. Kumar

Fruit extract capped colloidal silver nanoparticles and their application in reduction of methylene blue dye

Biocatalysis and Biotransformation

37

2019, 183

3

S. Kumar*, A. Shukla, P. P. Baul, A. Mitra*, D. Halder*

Biodegradable hybrid nanocomposites of chitosan/gelatin and silver nanoparticles for active food packaging applications

Food Packaging and Shelf life

16

2018, 178

4

G. Dinda, D. Halder* and A. Mitra*

Catalytic and antibacterial activity of copper nanoparticle-starch composite

Advanced Materials Proceedings (Journal of Vbri Press)

3

2018, Issue-1, page-2

5

G.Dinda, D. Halder,* A. Mitra,* N. Pal, C. Vázquez-Vázquezd and M. A. López-Quintela

Study of the antibacterial and catalytic activity of silver colloids synthesized using the fruit of Sapindus mukorossi

New J. Chem

41

2017, 10703

6

G.Dinda, D. Halder, A. Mitra

Synthesis of gold colloid using Zingiber officinale: Catalytic study

NanoMatChemBioDev

01

2018,1

7

S. Kumar, W. Bhattacharya, M. Singh, D. Halder, A. Mitra

Plant latex capped colloidal silver nanoparticles: A potent anti-biofilm and fungicidal formulation

Journal of Molecular Liquids

230

2017, 705

8

S. Kumar, M. Singh, D. Halder, A. Mitra

Centella asiatica leaf mediated synthesis of silver nanocolloid and its application as filler in gelatin based antimicrobial nanocomposite film

LWT- Food Science and Technology

75

2017, 293

9

S. Bag, A. Bardhan, D. Bera, A. Mitra, D. Halder

Study of Adsorption of Malachite Green on Dried Aspergillus versicolor (MTCC280) Biomass

Journal of Surface Science and Technology

33

2017, 70

10

S. Kumar, D. Halder, A. Mitra

Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized using Latex of Jatropha curcas and Lannea grandis

Journal of Surface Science and Technology

32

2016, 115

11

A. Gani, R. Bhadra, D.K. Chattoraj, D.C. Mukherjee, A. Mitra

Thermodynamics of binding of inorganic salts and organic solutes to crab hemocyanin

J. Indian. Chem.

93

2016,115

12

A. Mitra, D. Halder

Antimicrobial metal and metal oxide nanoparticles: application in food industry

Journal of Food Bioengineering and Nanoprocessing

1

2016,2

13

S.Kumar, M.Singh, D. Halder, A.Mitra

Lippia javanica: a cheap natural source for the synthesis of antibacterial silver nanocolloid

Applied nanoscience

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2015, doi:10.1007/s13204-015-0507-6

14

G. Dinda, D. Halder, C.Vazquez Vazquez, M.A.Lopez Quintela, A.Mitra

Green Synthesis of Copper Nanoparticles and their Antibacterial Property

Journal of Surface Science and Technology

31

2015, 117

15

Santosh Kumar, Mukesh Singh, Dipankar Halder, Atanu Mitra

Mechanistic study of antibacterial activity of biologically synthesized silver nanocolloids

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

449

82, 2014

16

D. Das, R. Banerjee, A. Mitra

Bioactive and pharmacologically important pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles

J. Chem. Pharm. Res

06

Issue-11, 2014, 108

17

K. S. Gayen, T. Sengupta, Y. Saima, A. Das, D. K. Maiti, A. Mitra

Cu(0) nanoparticle catalyzed efficient reductive cleavage of isoxazoline, carbonyl azide and domino cyclization in water medium

Green Chemistry

14

2012, 1589

18

D. Halder, A. Mitra, S. Bag, U. Raychaudhuri, R. Chakraborty

Study on Gelatin-Silver Nanoparticle Composite Towards the Development of Bio-Based Antimicrobial Film

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

11

2011, 10374

19

A. Mitra, A. Bhaumik, C. V. Vázquez, M. A. López-Quintela, B.K. Paul.

Soft-templating approach for the synthesis of high surface area mesoporous iron oxide materials.

Microporous and Mesoporous Materials.

131

2010, 373

20

Carlos Vazquez-Vazquez, Manuel Banobre-Lopez, A. Mitra, M. Arturo Lopez-Quintela and Jose Rivas

Synthesis of Small Atomic Copper Clusters in Microemulsions.

Langmuir

25

2009,82089

21

A. Mitra, A. Bhaumik, M. Nandi, J. Mondal, B.K. Roy

A convenient sol–gel route for the synthesis of salicylate–titania nanocomposites having visible absorption and blue luminescence.

Journal of Solid State Chemistry

182

2009, 1200

22

D.K. Chattoraj and A. Mitra

Adsorption of DNA at solid–water interfaces and DNA–surfactant binding interaction in aqueous media.

Current Science

 

2009, 97

23

A Mitra, A. Bhaumik and B.Paul

Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous titanium dioxide using self-assembly of sodium dodecyl sulfate and benzyl alcohol systems as templates.

Microporous and Mesoporous Materials

109

2008, 66

24

A. Mitra* and A. Bhaumik*

Nanoscale silver cluster embedded in artificial heterogeneous matrix consisting protein and sodium polyacrylate.

Materials Letters

61

2007, 659

25

D.K. Chattoraj, E. Halder, K.P. Das and A. Mitra

Surface activity coefficient of spread monolayers of behenic acid salts at air-water interface.

Advances in Colloids and Interface Science

151

2006, 123

26

A. Mitra, D.K. Chattoraj and P. 10.Chakrabarty

Thermodynamics of Interaction of globular proteins with powdered stearic acid at acid pH.

Biomacromolecules

07

2006, 2038

27

A. Mitra

Silver nanoparticle doped dendrimer/DNA nanogel-a novel approach of getting assembled metal nanoparticle in solution

J. Indian Chem. Soc

83

2006, 01

28

A. Mitra, T. Imae and Y.Schipunov

Fibrous silica composites fabricated via sol-gel processing using amino acid surfactant templating

Journal of sol-gel science and technology

34

2005, 127

29

A. Mitra and T. Imae

Nanogel formation consisting of DNA and Poly(amido amine)dendrimer studied by static light scattering and atomic force microscopy.

Biomacromolecules

05

2004, 69

30

D.K. Chattoraj, T. Imae and A.Mitra

A generalized scale of free energy of excess adsorption of solute and absolute composition of the interfacial phase.

Langmuir

20

2004, 4903

31

A. Mitra, T. Imae.

A novel approach for the preparation of silver/silica nanocomposite using poly (amido amine) dendrimer as a template.

Chemistry Letters

33

2004, 930

32

A. Mitra, A. Bhaumik and T. Imae

Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoporous Silica using Dendrimer Molecules

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

04

2004, 1052

33

A. Mitra, P. Chakraborty and D.K. Chattoraj

Interaction of water-soluble ionic amphiphiles with insoluble stearic acid amphiphile at solid- liquid interface.

Journal of Surface Science and Technology

20

2004, 137

34

A. Mitra, P. Chakrabarty and D.K. Chattaraj

Binding of globular proteins to DNA from surface tension measurement

Indian J.Biochem Biophysics

38

2001, 313

35

A. Mitra, P. Chakrabarty and D.K. Chattaraj

Adsorption kinetics of DNA on solid surface at solid-liquid interface.

J. Indian Chem. Soc

78

2001, 689

36

A. Mitra, P. Chakrabarty and D.K. Chattaraj

Adsorption kinetics of non-ionic surfactants on solid surface at solid- liquid interface

Journal of Surface Science and Technology

16

2000, 285

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