Dr Rituraj Dutta

Ph.D. in Physics (2021), Tezpur University, Assam, India

Title of Ph.D. Thesis: ION TRANSPORT IN IONIC LIQUID INCORPORATED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS BASED COMPOSITE POLYMER ELECTROLYTES

M.Sc. (Integrated) in  Physics (2015), Tezpur University, Assam, India

Awards / Fellowships Received :

1. Received “Oil Award-2008” by Oil India Limited for the academic performance in High School Leaving Certificate Examination, 2008.
2. Awarded “Oil Merit Scholarship 2010” by Oil India Limited for the academic performance in Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examination, 2010.
3. Received the Award of “INSPIRE Scholarship 2010” [Registration No. 194/2010] by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India for the period of 2010-2015. 
4. Received “INSPIRE Fellowship 2015” [Registration No. IF150994] by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India for the period of 2015-2020. 

1. Participated in the research training activities of the “CSIR programme on Youth for Leadership in Science (CPYLS), 2008” organized by North- East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat, Assam during November 5-6, 2008.
2. Completed the Summer Internship Programme under INSPIRE scholarship in CSIR North-East Institute of Science & Technology (NEIST), Jorhat, Assam from 01-06-2012 to 30-06-2012 under the supervision of Dr. P. C. Sarmah, Head of the Electronics & Instrumentation Division. The title of the research work was “Studies on passive & active components of circuits, construction of a power supply & measurement of current-voltage properties of a semiconducting material with gas sensing effect”.
3. Completed the Summer Internship Programme under INSPIRE scholarship in Centre of Plasma Physics Institute of Plasma Research (CPP-IPR) Assam from 03-06-2013 to 22-07-2013 under the supervision of Dr. M. Kakati, Head of the Thermal Plasma Process Materials Laboratory, CPP-IPR. The title of the research work was “Optical Emission Spectroscopic Studies of Thermal Plasma”.
4. Completed the Summer Research Fellowship programme under the supervision of Dr. Shivprasad Patil, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune during June-July 2014 which was jointly sponsored by IASc (Bangalore), INSA (New Delhi) and NASI (Allahabad). The title of the research work was “Interferometer using Small Amplitude Atomic Force Microscopy”.
5. Participated in the international workshop on “Biosensing Principles and Technologies” organized by Global Initiative of Academic Networks, MHRD, Government of India at Tezpur university during 22nd June to 2nd July, 2016.
6. Participated in the 60th Accelerator Users Workshop and presented BTR-2 proposal entitled “Ion transport studies in ionic liquid doped metal organic framework based polymer electrolyte nanocomposites and swift heavy ion irradiation effects” held on July 5-8, 2016 at Inter- University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi.
7. Participated in the research training workshop on “Concept & Practice of Materials Characterization” organized by Department of Physics, IIT Patna during 24th -26th November, 2016.

In International Journals

1. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, Dielectric Relaxation Dynamics and AC Conductivity Scaling of Metal-Organic Framework (MOF-5) based Polymer Electrolyte Nanocomposites incorporated with Ionic Liquid, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 50 (2017) 425302. (IF : 3.409) 

2. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, Effect of IL incorporation on ionic transport in PVdF-HFP based polymer electrolyte nanocomposite doped with NiBTC-Metal-Organic Framework, Journal of  Solid State Electrochemistry, 22 (2018) 2945. (IF : 2.747)

3. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, Ion transport dynamics in Ionic Liquid incorporated CuBTC-Metal-Organic Framework based composite polymer electrolyte, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 30 (2019) 1117. (IF : 2.779)

4. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, 100MeV O7+ ion irradiation induced electrochemical enhancement in NiBTC metal-organic framework based composite polymer electrolytes incorporated with ionic liquid, Materials Research Express, 6 (2019) 085305. (IF : 2.025)

5. Rituraj Dutta, Mala N. Rao and  Ashok Kumar, Investigation of Ionic Liquid interaction with ZnBDC-Metal Organic Framework through Scanning EXAFS and Inelastic Neutron Scattering , Scientific Reports, 9 (2019) 1. (IF : 4.996)

6. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, Probing the ionic transport dynamics in Ionic Liquid incorporated CuBTC Metal-Organic Framework based PVdF-HFP nanocomposite membranes, Solid State Sciences 100 (2020) 106115. (IF : 3.752)

In Conference Proceeding

1. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, Structural and Dielectric Properties of Ionic Liquid Doped Metal Organic Framework based Polymer Electrolyte Nanocomposites, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 765 (2016) 012020.

Chapters in Edited Books

1. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, “Applications of MOFs and Their Derived Materials in Batteries”, in: Applications of Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Derived Materials, Wiley-Scrivener Publisher (2020) 121-168.

2. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, “Investigation of Ionic Transport in Ionic Liquid BMIMBF4 incorporated in ZnBDC-Metal-Organic Framework based PVdF-HFP composite membranes”, in: Functional Composite Materials: Manufacturing Technology and Experimental Application, Bentham Science Publishers, Singapore (2022) 138-154.

3. Rituraj Dutta, “Ion Conducting Composite Polymer Electrolytes for Solid State Electrochemical Devices”, in: Recent Review and Research in Physics (Volume -1), Akinik Publications, New Delhi (2022) 23-35.

4. Rituraj Dutta, “Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Composite Materials for Clean Energy Applications”, in: Research Trends in Chemical Sciences (Volume -7), Akinik Publications, New Delhi (2020) 95-113.

5. Rituraj Dutta, “Application of Ionic Liquids as Electrolytes in Rechargeable Batteries”, in: Research Trends in Multidisciplinary Research (Volume -18), Akinik Publications, New Delhi (2020) 95-109.

1. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, Xth Biennial National Conference of Physics Academy of North East on Recent Advances in Physics Research and its Relevance, St. Anthony’s College, Shillong, November10-12, 2016.
2. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, 15th Asian Conference on Solid State Ionics, IIT, Patna, November 27-30, 2016.
3. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Nanomaterials Science and Technology (ICETNMST-2017), National Institute of Technology, Nagaland, January 4-6, 2017.
4. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, National Conference on Hard and Soft Condensed Matter Physics (NCHSCMP-2017), Tezpur University, March 2-4, 2017.
5. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, Condensed Matter Days (CMDAYS-2017), Tezpur University, August 29-31, 2017.
6. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, 12th National Conference on Solid State Ionics (NCSSI-12), BITS, Pilani, December 21-23, 2017.
7. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences, Dibrugarh University, February 26-28, 2018.
8. Rituraj Dutta, Mala N. Rao and Ashok Kumar, 7th International Conference on Perspectives in vibrational Spectroscopy (ICOPVS-2018), BARC, Mumbai, November 25-29, 2018.
9. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, National Conference on Materials, Condensed Matter and Theoretical Physics,  ADP College, Nagaon, December 20-21, 2018.
10. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, 2nd National Conference on Hard and Soft Condensed Matter Physics (NCHSCMP-2019), Tezpur University, March 4-6, 2019.
11. Rituraj Dutta and Ashok Kumar, 6th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterial and Nanotechnology (ICANN-2019), IIT Guwahati, December 18-21, 2019.

1. One week Faculty Development Programme on "Stress Management" organized by IQAC, Namrup College in collaboration with ICT Academy from 27th October, 2022.