Soumendra N. Basu Ph.D.

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Professor
Associate Division Head, Division of Materials Science and Engineering

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

phone: (617) 353-6728
email: basu@bu.edu
website: people.bu.edu/basu
division website: http://www.bu.edu/mse
office: 730 Commonwealth Avenue, EMA 204

Research Interests

Processing/structure/property relationships in thin films and coatings for energy, electronic, photonic and structural applications* Environmental degradation of materials at elevated temperatures * Structure and stability of interfaces * Characterization of microstructure and phase transformations using electron microscopy techniques

Professor Basu conducts research and teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in Materials Science and Engineering. His research interests include procession/structure/property relationships in thin films for energy, photonic, electronic, and superconducting applications; and in thermal barrier and environmental barrier coatings for gas turbine and fuel cell applications. Professor Basu also researches environmental degradation of materials at elevated temperatures; structure and stability of interfaces; and characterization of structure and phase transformations in materials using electron microscopy techniques.

Professor Basu has published more than 100 technical papers and has presented more than 50 talks nationally and internationally. He is the Principal Editor for the book Surface Engineering 2004 – Fundamentals and Applications. He has consulted with several companies on a variety of materials issues, and has been on the Organizing/International Advisory Committees of several international conferences. Professor Basu has been a member of Photonics Center at Boston University.

Selected Publications
  • M.A. Farrara, I. Rendina, S.N. Basu, L. DalNegro and L. Sirlento, “Raman Amplifier Based on Amorphous Silicon Nanoparticles”, International Journal of Photoenergy, Article ID: 254946, doi:10.1155/2012/254946, 2012.
  • L.J. Miara, J.N. Davis, S.N. Basu, U.B. Pal, and S. Gopalan, “Application of a State-Space Model to Patterned Cathodes of (La0.87Ca0.13)0.95MnO3”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society,158 [12], B1523-B1531, 2011.
  • T. Kulkarni, S.N. Basu and V.K. Sarin, “Protective Al-rich Mullite Coatings on Si-based Ceramics Against Hot Corrosion at 1200 °C”, Surface & Coatings Technology,205 3313–3318, 2011.
  • L. F. J. Piper, A. R. H. Preston, S.-W. Cho, A. DeMasi, B. Chen, K. E. Smith, L. Miara, J. N. Davis, S. N. Basu, U. Pal, S. Gopalan, L. Saraf, T. Kaspar, B. Kennedy, C. McGuinness, P.-A. Glans, and J.-H. Guo, “Soft X-ray Spectroscopic Study of Strontium-doped Lanthanum Manganite (La0.8Sr0.2MnO3) Cathodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society158 [2], B99-B105, 2011.
  • W. He, K.J. Yoon, R.S. Eriksen, S. Gopalan, S.N. Basu, and U.B. Pal, “Out-of-Cell Measurements of H2-H2O Effective Binary Diffusivity in the Porous Anode of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs),” Journal of Power Sources, 195 [2], 532-535, 2010.
  • D. Wroblewski, G. Reimann, M. Tuttle, D. Radgowski, M. Cannamela, S.N. Basu, M. Gevelber, “Sensor Issues and Requirements for Developing Real Time Control for Plasma Spray Deposition”,Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 19 [4], 723-735, 2010.
  • S. Yerci, R. Li, S.O. Kucheyev, T. van Buuren, S.N. Basu, and L. Dal Negro “Visible and 1.54 μm Emission from Amorphous Silicon Nitride Films by Reactive Co-Sputtering”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 16 [1], 114-123, 2010.
  • T. Kulkarni, H.Z. Wang, S.N. Basu and V.K. Sarin, “Compositionally graded mullite based CVD coatings,” J. Materials Research, 24 [2], 470-474, 2009.
  • S.N. Basu, G. Ye, R. Khare, B. McCandless, M. Gevelber, and D. Wroblewski, “Dependence of Substrate Remelt and Stress Evolution on Surface Roughness Length Scales in Plasma Sprayed Thermal Barrier Coatings,” International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 27 [2], 479-484, 2009.
  • T. Kulkarni, H.Z. Wang, S.N. Basu and V.K. Sarin, “Phase Transformations in Mullite Based Nanocomposites,” International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 27 [2], 465-471, 2009.
  • J. Warga, R. Li, S.N. Basu and L. Dal Negro, “Electroluminescence from Silicon-Rich Nitride/Silicon superlattice structures,” Applied Physics Letters, 93 [15], 151116, 2008.
  • L. Dal Negro, R. Li, J. Warga, S. Yerci, S.N. Basu, S. Hamel, and G. Galli, “Light Emission from Silicon-Rich Nitride Nanostructures,” in Silicon Nanophotonics: Basic Principles, Present Status and Prespectives, edited by L. Khriachtchev, Pan Stanford Publishing, 2008.
  • W. Huang, S. Gopalan, U.B. Pal, and S.N. Basu, “Evaluation of Electrophoretically Deposited CuMn1.8O4 Spinel Coatings on Crofer 22 APU for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Interconnects,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society 155 [11] B1161, 2008.
  • L. Dal Negro, R. Li, J. Warga, S.N. Basu, “Sensitized Erbium Emission from Erbium-Doped Silicon-Rich Nitride/Silicon Superlattice Structures,” Applied Physics Letters, 92 [18] 181105, 2008.
  • S.N. Basu, T. Kulkarni, H.Z. Wang and V.K. Sarin, “Functionally Graded Chemical Vapor Deposited Mullite Environmental Barrier Coatings for Si-Based Ceramics,” the Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 28, 437-445, 2008.
  • L. Sirleto, M.A. Ferrara, I. Rendina, J. Warga, R. Li, L. Dal Negro, and S.N. Basu, “Enhanced Stimulated Raman Scattering in Silion Nanocrystals Embedded in Silicon-Rich Nitride/Silicon Superlattice Structures,” Applied Physics Letters, 93, 251104, 2008.
  • S.N. Basu and V.K. Sarin, “Mullite Coatings,” in Mullite, H. Schnieder and S. Komarneni, editors, Wiley-VCH, Weinham, Federal Republic of Germany, 2005.
  • Surface Engineering 2004 – Fundamentals and Applications, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Volume 843, Editors: S.N. Basu, J.E. Krzanowski, J. Patscheider and Y. Gogotsi, MRS, Warrendale, PA, 2005.