Facilitation Centre for Industrial Plasma Technologies

Institute for Plasma Research

Gandhinagar

Name             : Dr. Subroto Mukherjee

Qualification : Ph.D (Plasma Sciences)

Designation   : Head - FCIPT Division

                        Associate Professor

Contact

Phone                : 079 - 23269011

Mobile               : +91 - 9825933962

E-mail ID           : mukherji@ipr.res.in, dr_s_mukherjee@yahoo.com

Current Projects

• Plasma Popularization in University

• Dusty plasma studies for simulation of tokamak edge graphite erosion

• Transient plasma response to fast peturbations

• Cu doped TiN coatings

Publications

• Kar S., Mukherjee, S., Ravi, G., Saxena, Y.C. (2010): "Possible excitation of electron holes in laboratory plasma" Physics of Plasmas, 17, 102113 (1-7)

• Kumari, M.M., Natarajan, S., Alphonsa, J., Mukherjee, S. (2010): "Dry sliding wear behaviour of plasma nitrocarburised AISI 304 stainless steel using response surface methodology" Surface Engineering, 26, 191-198

• Pelagade, S., Singh, N.L., Shah, S., Qureshi, A., Rane, R.S., Mukherjee, S., Deshpande, U.P., Shripathi, T. (2010) "Surface free energy analysis for bipolar pulsed argon plasma treated polymer films" J. Phys-C, 208, 012107

Book Chapter (2)

• Mukherjee, S. (2010): "Surface Engineering with low pressure plasmas", p188-213, ed. D.S. Rao & S.V. Joshi, ARCI, India;; Book Name - "Surface Engineering"; published by Daya Publishers, Delhi; ISBN: 978-81-7035-628-8

• Mukherjee, S. (2008): "Low pressure plasma based nitrogen incorporation techniques for surface     modification", p343-354, ed. R. Wei, Southwest Research Institute, USA; Book Name - "Plasma Surface Engineering research and its Practical Applications"; published by Research Signpost, Trivandrum; ISBN: 978-81-308-0257-2

Patents

• Mukherjee, S., John, P.I. (1999): An apparatus and process for thermochemical diffusion on the surface of the substrate;Indian patent, Application No. Bom/301/99 dated 20.4.1999 (Indian Patent No. 193446)

• Nema, S., Mukherjee, S., John, P.I. (1999): Plasma polymer coating on substrate; Indian patent, Application No. Bom/303/99 dated 20.4.1999 (Indian Patent No. 194499)

• Mukherjee, S., John, P.I. (1999): A process for nitriding substrate and apparatus thereof; Indian patent, Application No. Bom/304/99 dated 20.4.1999 (Indian Patent No. 193684)

• Mukherjee, S., John, P.I. (1996): An apparatus for the modification of surface hardness of steel; Indian patent, Application No. Bom/407/96 dated 20.10.1997 (Indian Patent No. 189630 - Awarded/sealed on 16 October 2003)

• Mukherjee, S., John, P.I. (1996): A process for the modification of a nozzle of a diesel engine; Indian patent, Application No. Bom/408/96 dated 27.10.1997 (Indian Patent No. 188282 - Awarded/sealed on 09 May 2003)