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Chacko Jacob

	C Jacob Ph.D.(Case Western, USA) Associate Professor, Materials Science
	C Jacob joined the Institute in 2001

Contact Addresses

Residence	B-206, IIT Campus, Kharagpur 721302
Phone (office)	+91 - 3222 - 283964
Phone (residence)	+91 - 3222 - 283965 (IIT Phone)
email	cjacob @ matsc.iitkgp.ernet.in
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Research Areas

Materials Science/ Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

Member of Professional Bodies

Life Member : Materials Research Society of India

Current Sponsored Projects

Project Title : Silicon Carbide sensors as high temperature MEMS & MOSFET devices.
Principal Investigator : Dr. S. B. Sant
Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. C. Jacob, Dr. T. K. Bhattacharya
Sponsor : ISRO (KCSTC)
Project Title : Indo-US Centre for Research Excellence in Science and Engineering (CRESE) on Fabrionics
Principal Investigator : Prof. Amitabha Ghosh (BESU), Prof. Shiv
Sponsor : Indo-US Science and Technology Forum

Publications: 2009 - 2010

The effect of Fe and Ni catalysts on the growth of multiwalled carbon nanotubes using chemical vapor deposition by J. Sengupta and C. Jacob Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 12(2), 457-465 (2010)
Growth temperature dependence of partially Fe filled MWCNT using chemical vapor deposition by J. Sengupta and C. Jacob Journal of Crystal Growth, 311(23-24), 4692 (2009)
Surface enhanced Raman scattering and photoluminescence properties of catalytic grown ZnO nanostructures by S. K. Panda and C. Jacob Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, 96 (4), pp. 805-811 (2009)
Synthesis of beta-SiC core-sheath nanowires by CVD technique using Ni as a catalyst by S. K. Panda, J. Sengupta and C. Jacob Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 10(5), 3046-3052 (2010)
Pre-heating effect on the catalytic growth of partially filled carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition by J. Sengupta and C. Jacob Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 10(5), 3064-3071 (2010)
Lithographically defined site-selective growth of Fe filled multi-walled carbon nanotubes using a modified photoresist with metallorganic molecular precursor by J. Sengupta, A. Jana, N. D. Pradeep Singh and C. Jacob Carbon (doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.02.036), online March 20-2010 (2010)

Publications: 2008 - 2009

Study of high energy Mn+1 implantation in GaAs by A. Chanda, H. P. Lenka, C. Jacob Applied Physics A, 94(1), 89 (2009)
ZnO nanorod growth with silver catalyst - effect of annealing by S. K. Panda and C. Jacob Physica E, 41(5), 792 (2009)
Annealing effect of evaporated Mn thin films on GaAs by A. Chanda, H. P. Lenka, C. Jacob Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 22(4), 401 (2009)
Thickness dependent growth of needle-like and flower-like ZnO nanostructures by S. K. Panda, N. Singh, S. Pal and C. Jacob Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, DOI available (2008)
Direct fluorination of Twaron fiber and preparation of PP/Twaron fiber composites using MA-g-PP as a compatibilizer by J. Maity, C. Jacob S. Alam and R. P. Singh Journal of Composite Materials, DOI available (2009)
Catalytic synthesis of ZnO nanorods on patterned silicon wafer - an optimum material for gas sensor by S. K. Panda and C. Jacob Bulletin of Materials Science, Accepted (2008)
Carbon nanotube synthesis from propane decomposition on a pre-treate Ni overlayer by J. Sengupta, S. K. Panda and C. Jacob Bulletin of Materials Science, Accepted (2008)
A comparative study of the synthesis of carbon nanotubes using Ni and Fe as catalyst by J. Sengupta, S. K. Panda and C. Jacob Advanced Materials Research, Accepted (2008)
Patterned Si wafer for selective beta-SiC Nanowire growth by S. K. Panda and C. Jacob Advanced Materials Research, Accepted (2008)

Publications: 2007 - 2008

Etching effects of GaAs substrates in different solutions by A. Chanda, S Verma and C. Jacob, Bulletin of Materials Science, Vol. 30, No. 6, pp 5 (2007)
Effect of Mn doping on ZnO nanostructures by A. Chanda, S. Panda and C. Jacob, Bulletin of Materials Research, Communicated (2008)
Growth and luminescence properties of large-scale zinc oxide nanotetrapods by S. K. Panda, N. Singh, J. Hooda, and C. Jacob, Crystal Research and Technology, Accepted (2008)
A simple and inexpensive technique for the growth of needle-like and flower-like ZnO nanostructures by S. K. Panda, N. Singh, S. Pal, C. Jacob, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Under Review (2008)
Effect of manganese doping on ZnO nanostructures by A. Chanda, S. K. Panda and C. Jacob, Materials Research Bulletin, Under Review (2008)
ZnO nanorod growth with silver catalyst- effect of annealing by S.K. Panda and C. Jacob, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Communicated (2008)
Direct Fluorination of Twaron Fiber and Investigation of Mechanical, Thermal and Morphological Properties of High Density Polyethylene and Twaron Fiber Composites by J. Maity, C. Jacob, C. K. Das and R. P. Singh, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 107(6), 3739 (2008)
Homocomposites of Chopped Fluorinated Polyethylene Fiber with Low Density Polyethylene Matrix by J. Maity, C. Jacob, C.K. Das, S. Alam and R.P. Singh, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 479, 125 (2008)
Direct Fluorination of Twaron Fiber and the Mechanical, Thermal and Crystallization Behaviour of Short Twaron Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Composites by J. Maity, C. Jacob, C.K. Das, S. Alam and R.P. Singh, Composites Part A, Available online (2008)
Direct Fluorination of UHMWPE fiber and the effect of Fiber Loading on Mechanical, Thermal and Surface Properties of UHMWPE fiber/LDPE Composites by J. Maity, C. Jacob, C.K. Das, S. Alam and R.P. Singh, Polymer Testing, Available online (2008)
Surface modification of Twaron fiber by Direct fluorination and Preparation of PP/Twaron fiber Composites using MA-g-PP as a compatibilizer by J. Maity, C. Jacob, S. Alam and R.P. Singh, Ready to communicate, (2008)

Publications: 2006 - 2007

The influence of diluent gas composition and temperature on SiC nanopowder formation by CVD by A. Gupta , T. Ghosh and C. Jacob, J. Mat. Sci, 42(13), 5142 (2007)
Fluorinated Aramid Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Composites and Its Characterization by J. Maity, C. Jacob, C.K. Das, A.P. Kharitonov, S. Alam and R.P. Singh, Polymer Composites, 28(4), 462 (2007)
An AFM and optical microscopy study of various shaped void formation and reduction in 3C-SiC films grown on Si using CVD by A. Gupta, J. Sengupta, C. Jacob, Thin Solid Films, Accepted (2007)
3C-SiC thin film growth in a resistance-heated reactor and characterization of the grown films by A. Gupta and C. Jacob, Materials Science and Engineering B, Under Review (2007)
Homocomposites of chopped fluorinated polyethylene fiber with low density polyethylene matri by J. Maity, C. Jacob, C. K. Das, S. Alam and R. P. Singh, Materials Science and Engineering A, Accepted (2007)
Growth and characterization of large scale zinc oxide nanotetrapods grown by thermal evaporation technique by S K Panda, N. Singh, J. Hooda and C. Jacob, Materials Research Bulletin, Submitted (2007)

Publications: 2005 - 2006

Unusual Defects in silicon carbide thin films grown by multiple or interrupted growth technique by A. Gupta and C. Jacob, Microelectronic Engineering, 83, 5 (2006)
Novel Technique for large scale production of spherical tungsten oxide nanoparticles by S. Pal and C. Jacob, J Materials Science, 41(17), 5429 (2006)
Selective Epitaxial Growth of 3C-SiC on Si using hexamethyldisilane in a resistance heated MOCVD reactor by A. Gupta and C. Jacob, Materials Science Forum, Accepted (2006)
A simple method to synthesize nano-sized 3C-SiC powder using hexamethyldisilane in a CVD reactor by A. Gupta and C. Jacob, Materials Science Forum, Accepted (2006)
The influence of substrate temperature variation on tungsten oxide thin film growth in HFCVD system by S. Pal and C. Jacob, Appl. Surf. Sci., Accepted (2006)

Publications: 2004 - 2005

Silicon-a new substrate for GaN growth by S. Pal and C. Jacob, Bulletin of Materials Science, 27 (2004)
3C-SiC thin films growth by CVD and characterization by A. Gupta, D. Paramanik, S. Varma and C. Jacob, Bulletin of Materials Science, 27 (2004)
Lateral epitaxial overgrowth and reduction in defect density of 3C-SiC on patterned Si substrates by A. R. Bushroa, C. Jacob, H. Saijo and S. Nishino, Journal of Crystal Growth, 271 (2004)
Selective Epitaxy and Lateral Overgrowth of 3C-SiC on Si – A Review by A. Gupta and C. Jacob, Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials, (2004)

Some Earlier Publications

SIMS, RBS and glancing incidence X-ray diffraction studies of thermally annealed Ru//b-SiC interfaces by S. Roy, C. Jacob, M. Zhang, S. Wang, A.K. Tyagi and S. Basu, Applied Surface Science, 211 (2003) 300-307
Studies on Ru/3C-SiC Schottky junctions for high temperature hydrogen sensor by S. Roy, C. Jacob, C. Lang and S. Basu, J. of the Electrochemical Society, 150 (2003) H135-H139
Lateral over-growth of 3C-SiC on patterned Si (111) substrates by S. Nishino, C. Jacob, Y. Okui, S. Ohshima and Y. Masuda, Journal of Crystal Growth, 237-239, (2002) 1250-1253

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