B-209, Associate Professor Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technol Rangpo, Sikkim 737136 IN 918016574105 bibhuprasad.swain@gmail.com
Goal
Full-time position in semiconductor process, device, material characterization and related to semiconductor materials and devices in industry.
Skills
Nanotechnology, Thin Films, HWCVD, Silicon based semiconductors
Qualifications
Educational Career:
Ph.D Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 2006 M.Tech Barkatullah University 2000 M.Sc National Institute of Technology, Rourkela 1996
Professional Career
Associate Professor: Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology 07/2012- Present Assistant Professor: Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology 05/2011-07/2012 JSPS Fellow: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan 11/2008-05/2011 Brain Korea 21 Fellow: Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea 01/2007-11/2008 Postdoc Fellow: University of Cape Town 10/2005-01/2007 Project scientist: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 10/2005-7/2006
Research Interests:
Amorphous, nanocrystalline and microcrystalline semiconductors Process-structure-properties correlation (Optical properties, Transport properties, Vibrational properties, Structural properties, Optoelectronic properties) MBE, HWCVD and APCVD Device physics (Photovoltaic and Light Emitting Diode) Defect passivation and surface modification Biocompatible materials
Academic Activity:
Editorial Board: World Journal of Condensed Matter Physics Editorial Board: International Journal of Physical Research American Nano Society (Full Member) Member of Nano-Africa Initiative (2006-2007) Member of SID (2005-2006) Peer Reviewer of Thin Solid Films, Materials Science and Engineering B, Vacuum, Applied Surface Science, Journal of Noncrystalline solids, Materials Research Bulletin, Surface Coating Technology, Solid State Sciences and Solar cell and Solar Cell Materials, Applied Physics Letter, Journal of Applied Physics. Applied Polymer Science, Physica Status Solidi b, Physica Status Solidi A, ACS Applied Materials and Interface, Chemistry of Materials. Journal of Electrochemical Society, Materials Express, Journal of Electronic Materials.
Scholarship & Awards
Japan Society for Promotion of the Science (JSPS Fellow), Ministry of Education, Japan Department Fellowship, M. Tech, Department of Physics, Bhopal University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Teaching assistantship:- Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO),- IIT Kanpur Postdoctoral Fellowship, South Africa:- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Brain Korea 21 (BK-21) scholarship, Ministry of Materials Research, Seoul National University, Seoul. South Korea Who is Who (2009 onwards for science and engineering) Outstanding reviewer from Publisher, Materials Science and Engineering B
Courses Teaching
MNT 104 Nanomaterials Synthesis MNT 105 Characterization Techniques of Nanomaterial MNT 204 Nanotechnology for Biochemical and biomedical industries MNT 202 Nanofabrications and Nanocomposite EE 705 Fundamental of Nanoelectronics ME 405 Materials Science
Peer Review Publications
Bhabani S. Swain, Bibhu P. Swain*, Sung S. Lee, Nong M. Hwang, Microstructure and Optical Properties of Oxygen Annealed c-Si/a-SiO2 Core-Shell Silicon Nanowires. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012, 2012, 116, 22036-22042
Bhabani S. Swain, Bibhu P. Swain*, Sung S. Lee, Nong M. Hwang, Morphology and Structural Change in Ammonia Annealed Core Shell Silicon Nanowires, Journal of Physical chemistry C, 2011, 115 (34), 16745-16752.
Bhabani S. Swain, Sung S. Lee, Sang H. Lee, Bibhu P. Swain, Nong M. Hwang*, Transformation of silicon nanowires to nanocoils by annealing in reducing atmosphere. Journal of Crystal Growth, 327 (2011) 276-280.
Bhabani S. Swain, Bibhu P. Swain*, Nong M. Hwang, Investigation of Optical Properties of Core-Shell Silicon Nanowires, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 129 (2011) 733-739.
Bibhu P. Swain*, H. Takato, Z. N. Liu, I. Sakata, Ambient Stability of Wet Chemically Passivated Germanium Wafer for Crystalline Solar cells, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells,95(2011)84-88.
Bibhu P. Swain, Hidetaka Takato, Isao Sakata*, Passivation of germanium surfaces by a quinhydrone-methanol solution treatment, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 50 (2011) 071302.
Bhabani S. Swain, Bibhu P. Swain*, Nong M. Hwang, Hydrogen dilution-induced chemical state modifications in silicon nanowires, Journal of Physical Chemistry C,114 (2010) 15274-15279,
Bhabani S. Swain , Bibhu P. Swain*, Nong M. Hwang, Chemical surface passivation of silicon nanowires grown by APCVD, Current Applied Physics, 10 (2010), S439-S442,
Bhabani S. Swain, Sung S. Lee, Sang H. Lee, Bibhu P. Swain*, Nong M. Hwang, Effect of H2 ambient annealing on silicon nanowires prepared by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition, Chemical Physics Letters, 494 (2010) 269-273,
Bhabani S. Swain, Bibhu P. Swain*, Nong M. Hwang, Investigation of plasmon loss and valence band structure of silicon nanowires deposited by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition. Journal of Applied Physics, 108 (2010) 073709-073714.
Bibhu P. Swain*, H. Takato, I. Sakata. Wet chemical surface passivation of germanium wafers by quinhydrone-methanol treatment for minority carrier lifetime measurements, Applied Physics Express, 2 (2009) 10551.
Bibhu P. Swain*, Bhabani S. Swain, Nong M. Hwang, Effect of D.C bias on microstructural rearrangement of a-SiN:H films on PET substrate. Applied Surface Science, 255 (2009) 9391-9395.
Bibhu P. Swain*, Bhabani S. Swain, Nong M. Hwang, Effect of H2 dilution on a-CN:H films deposited by Hot Wire Chemical Vapour Deposition, Applied Surface Science, 255 (2009) 9264?9267.
Bibhu P. Swain*,Bhabani S. Swain, Yung B. Chung, Nong M. Hwang, Small-Angle X-ray Scattering from nano-Si embedded a-SiC:H deposited by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition, Solid State Sciences, 11 (2009) 1408-1411.
Bibhu P.Swain*, The structural characterization of HWCVD-deposited nano-crystalline silicon films, South African Journal of Science,105(2009)77-80.
Bibhu P. Swain*,Bhabani S. Swain, Sung H. Park, Nong M. Hwang, Plasmon loss and valence band structure of silicon-based alloys deposited by hot wire chemical vapor deposition, Journal of Alloys and Compounds,480 (2009) 878-881.
Bibhu P. Swain*, Bhabani S. Swain, Seung M. Yang, Nong M. Hwang, Effect of filament biasing on nanocrystalline-Si deposited by hot wire chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD), Applied Surface Science,255(2009)6033-6037.
Bibhu P. Swain*, Nong M. Hwang, Effect of negative substrate bias on HWCVD deposited nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si) films. Solid State Sciences 11(2009) 467-471.
Bibhu P. Swain*, Bhabani S. Swain, Nong M. Hwang, Investigation of local order of a-SiN:H films deposited by hot wire chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD). Applied Surface Science, 255(2008)2557-2560.
Bibhu P. Swain*, Nong M. Hwang, Study of structural and electronic environments of hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbonitride (a-SiCN:H) films deposited by hot wire chemical vapor deposition. Applied Surface Science,254(2008)5319-922.
Bibhu P. Swain*,Deepak Pattanayak, Simulated Body Fluid Interaction on a-SiC:H Thin Films Deposited by Hot Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition. Materials Letters, 62 (2008) 3484-3486.
Bibhu P. Swain*, Effect of Residual stress on p doped nano-crystalline silicon films deposited by HWCVD. Advanced Materials Research 26-27 (2007) 653-656.
Bibhu P. Swain*. SAXS and XRR study of hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxycarbide (a-SiOC:H) films Materials Research Forum 561-565 (2007)1247-1250.
Bibhu P. Swain*, Effect of substrate temperature in a-SiC:H films deposited by HWCVD. Materials Letters 61 (2007) 4731-4734.
Bibhu P. Swain*, The analysis of structural and electronic network of silicon in HWCVD deposited a-SiC:H films. Applied Surface Science,253 (2007) 8695-8698.
Sunil K. Ghosh*, P.K. Limaye, B.P. Swain, N. L. Soni, R.G. Agarwal, R.O. Dusane and A.K.Grover, Tribological Behavior and Residual Stress of Electrodeposited Ni/Cu Multilayer Film on Stain Steel Substrate, Surface Coating and Technology,201(2007)4609-4618.
Bibhu P. Swain*, Human serum albumin (HSA) adsorption onto a-SiC:H thin films deposited by hot wire chemical vapor deposition. Applied Surface Science, 253 (2006) 2310-2314.
Bibhu P. Swain*, Rajiv O. Dusane, Multiphase structure of hydrogen diluted a-SiC:H deposited by HWCVD. Material Chemistry and Physics 99 (2006) 240-246.
Bibhu P. Swain*, Influence of process pressure on HWCVD deposited a-SiC:H films. Surface Coating and Technology 201(2006) 1132-1137.
Bibhu P. Swain*, The analysis of carbon bonding environments in the HWCVD deposited a-SiC:H films by XPS and Raman spectroscopy. Surface Coating Technology 201(2006)1589-1593.
Bibhu P. Swain*, Rajiv O Dusane, Effect of filament temperature on HWCVD deposited a-SiC:H films. Materials Letters 60(2006)2915-2919.
Bibhu P.Swain*, SAXS analysis of effect of H2 dilution on microstructural changes of HWCVD deposited a-SiC:H films. Materials letters 60(2006)2067-2772..
Bibhu P. Swain*, Rajiv O. Dusane*, Microscopic properties of H2 diluted HWCVD deposited a-SiC:H film, Microelectronic Engineering,83(2006)55-57.
Bibhu P. Swain, T.K. Gundu Rao, Mainak Roy, Jagannath Gupta and R.O. Dusane*, Effect of H2 dilution on Cat-CVD a-SiC:H films. Thin Solid Films,501(2006)173-176.
Bibhu P. Swain, T. K. Gundu Rao, Rajiv O. Dusane*, Time resolved photo-luminescence of hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbon alloys films deposited by HWCVD films. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids; 352(2006)1416-1420.
Monoj Joshi, Sunil K. Singh, Bibhu Swain, Samadhan Patil, Rajiv Dusane, V. R. Rao. S. Mukharji*, Anhydrous silanization and Antibody Immobilization on Hot Wire CVD Deposited Silicon Oxynitride Films. IEEE INDICON (2004) 538-541.
Bibhu P.Swain, Samadhan B.Patil, Alka Kumbhar, Rajiv O. Dusane*. Revisiting the B-factor variation in a-SiC:H deposited by HWCVD; Thin Solid Films,430(2003)186-188.
Bhabani S. Swain*, Sung-S. Lee, Sang-H. Lee, Bibhu P. Swain, Nong-M. HWANG, Synthesis of Silicon Nanocoils by Post Annealing of Silicon Nanowire in Reducing Atmosphere, ICMAT 2011, Singapore, 26 June -1st July.
Bhabani S. Swain*, W. K. Youn, Chan S. Kim, Bibhu P. Swain, Nong M. Hwang, Structural and microstructural aspect of silicon nanowires deposited by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition, ICMAP2009,BEXCO Centre, Busan South Korea.
Bhabani S. Swain*, Bibhu P. Swain, Nong M. Hwang, Effect of positive substrate bias on structural and electrical properties on nc-silicon deposited by HWCVD, ICMAP2009,BEXCO Centre, Busan, South Korea.
Bhabani S. Swain, Bibhu P Swain*, Nong M Hwang, Chemical Surface Passivation of Silicon Nanowires grown by CVD, PVsec 19, JEJU Island, South Korea.
Bibhu P. Swain*, H. Takato, Isao Sakata, Ambient stability of wet chemical surface passivation of Ge Surface, PVsec 19, JEJU Island, South Korea.
Bibhu P. Swain, Young B. Chung, Nong M. Hwang*, Effect of H2 dilution on a-CN: H films deposited by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition, Fifth HWCVD conference MIT, USA, 20-24th August 2008.
Bibhu P. Swain, Nong M. Hwang*, Small-Angle X-ray Scattering from nano-Si embedded a-SiC:H deposited by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition: correlation with microstructure and the fractal regimes, Fifth HWCVD conference MIT, USA, 20-24th August 2008.
Bibhu P. Swain, Sung H. Park, Nong M. Hwang*, Plasmon loss and valence band structure of silicon-based alloys deposited by hot wire chemical vapor deposition, Fifth HWCVD conference MIT, USA, 20-24th August 2008.
Bibhu P. Swain* and Rajiv O. Dusane. The structural characterization of HWCVD deposited nano-crystalline silicon films. Presented in Nano Africa Conference 2006 at Cape Town.
Bibhu P. Swain, T. K. Gundu Rao and Rajiv O. Dusane*. Time resolved photoluminescence of hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbon alloys films deposited by HWCVD films. Presented ICANS 21 on 4 to 9 September 2005. Portugal.
Bibhu P. Swain, Rajiv O. Dusane*. D.C Conduction mechanism of HWCVD deposited a-SiC:H alloys. ICANS 21, 5-9, September 2005, Portugal.
Bibhu P. Swain and Rajiv O. Dusane. Investigation of plasmon behavior and quantitative characterization of HWCVD deposited a-SiC:H thin films by X-ray Photoelectron spectroscopy, ICCES05 at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.(1-6 December 2005).
Bibhu P. Swain, T.K. Gundu Rao, Mainak Roy, Jagannath Gupta and R.O. Dusane*. Effect of H2 dilution on Cat-CVD a-SiC:H films . International Conference on Hot-Wire CVD (Cat-CVD) Process, August 23 ? 27, 2004, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Monoj Joshi*, Sunil K. Singh, Bibhu Swain, Samadhan Patil, Rajiv Dusane, V. R. Rao. S. Mukharji, Anhydrous silanization and Antibody Immobilization on Hot Wire CVD Deposited Silicon Oxynitride Films, IEEE India Annual Conference 2004(indicon2004), 538.
Bibhu P. Swain, Samadhan B. Patil*, Alka Kumbhar and Rajiv O. Dusane. 2003 Revisiting the B-factor variation in a-SiC:H deposited by HWCVD Second HWCVD conference Denver, USA, September 2002.
Bibhu P. Swain*, Samadhan B. Patil, Alka Kumbar, Rajiv Dusane. (2002) p and n type doping in a-SiC:H prepared by hot wire chemical vapor deposition.International Symposium on Recent Advances Inorganic Materials (RAIM), Dec 11-13 2002.
Bibhu P. Swain*, Samadhan B. Patil, Alka Kumbar, Rajiv Dusane. (2002) Structural study of a-SiC:H prepared by hot wire chemical vapor deposition. International Symposium on Recent Advances Inorganic Materials (RAIM), Dec 11-13 2002.
Bibhu P. Swain* and Rajiv O. Dusane, Conduction mechanism of HWCVD deposited a-SiC. H films, Materials Reseach 2004 (MR04). Inhouse symposium of Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Bibhu P. Swain*, Parag C. Wagmare, Jagannath Gupta and Rajiv O. Dusane. Surface modification by N+ implantation in a-SiC:H films deposited by HWCVD. DAE-BRNS Workshop on Plasma Surface Engineering, BARC, Mumbai, Sept, 22-23rd 2004.
Bibhu P. Swain* D.C conduction mechanism of a-SiC:H films deposited by HWCVD films. 25th years of anniversary of Materials research center, IISc Bangalore.
Bhabani S. Swain, Bibhu P. Swain*, Nong M. Hwang, Effect of N2 flow rate on nanostructure and vibrational properties of SiNWs, Recent Trends in Chemistry (RTC-2012), January 23-25, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Majitar, Rangpo, East Sikkim,
n-type GaPN for high efficient crystalline silicon solar cells Japanese Society for the promotion of the science, on 5th November 2010.
