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SIUC Department of Physics

Saikat Talapatra

Office Hours

  • MWF 11:50 am - 1:50 pm

Teaching


Research Interests

  • Multifunctional carbon nanotube architectures
  • Electrochemical energy storage devices
  • Hydrogen storage materials
  • Magnetic Nanowires
  • Carbon magnetism

CV

Selected Publications

  1. Y. Zhang, S.Talapatra, S.Kar, R.Vajtai, S. Nayak and P.M.Ajayan
    "First principles study of defect induced magentism in carbon" Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 107201 (2007)

     
  2. S.Talapatra, S.Kar, S.Pal, R.Vajtai, L.Ci, P.Victor, M.M.Shaijjumon, S.Kaur, O.Nalamasu and P.M.Ajayan
    "Direct growth of alinged carbon nanotubes on bulk metals" Nature Nanotechnology 1, 112-116 (2006)

     
  3. S.Talapatra, G.P.Ganeshan, T.Kim, R.Vajtai, M.B.Huang, G.Ramanath, M.Shima, D.Srivastava, S.C.Deevi and P.M.Ajayan
    “Defect Induced Magnetism in Carbon Nanostructures” Phys. Rev. Lett., 097201 (2005)

     
  4. A.Srivastava, O.N.Srivastava, S.Talapatra, R.Vajtai and P.M.Ajayan
    “Carbon nanotube filters” Nature Materials 3, 610–614 (2004)

     
  5. S.Talapatra, V.Krunglevichute and A.D.Migone
    “High coverage gas adsorption on carbon nanotubes: Evidence of a new phase in the second layer” Phys. Rev. Lett.. 89, 246106 (2002)

     
  6. S.Talapatra and A.D.Migone
    “Existence of novel quasi 1-D phases of atoms adsorbed on the exterior surface of closed ended SWNT bundles”. Phys. Rev. Lett. 87,201606 (2001)

     
  7. S.Talapatra, A.Zambano, S.E.Weber and A. D. Migone,
    “Gases do not adsorb in the interstitial channels of SWNT bundles” Phys. Rev. Lett.. 85,138 (2000)