Education:

1. Bachelor’s Degree: 2005, Physics, Gauhati University, First Class, Rank-2,
2. Master’s Degree: 2007, Physics, Gauhati University, First Class, Rank-3
3. Ph.D.: 2013, Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Professional Experience:

1. Assistant professor, Department of Physics, Dibrugarh University, 2015-to present
2. Post-Doctoral fellow, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, 2013-2015
3. Senior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 2010-2013
4. Associate Project Scientist, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 2008-2010

Areas of Interest/ Specialization:

• Demonstrated research expertise in experiments and specialization in Material Science and Plasma spectroscopy
• Experimental techniques used: Pulsed laser deposition, Laser induced breakdown and Electron cyclotron resonance plasma spectroscopy, Laser Interferometry, and thin film characterization techniques
• Experience in thin film technology, ion beam generation and irradiation, plasma-surface interaction, mechanical hardness studies on the thin films and TRIM Monte Carlo simulations studies

Administrative Assignments:

• Chief Coordinator, Centre for Technology Innovation and Incubation, Dibrugarh University, Assam
• Coordinator, Start-up and Entrepreneurship Development committee, Dibrugarh University, Assam
• Member, Departmental Management Committee, Department of Physics, Dibrugarh University, Assam
• Warden, PNGBCN,B-Block

Research Publications:

1. Peer reviewed international journals

1. ‘Modified top-down approach for synthesis of molybdenum oxide quantum dots: sonication induced chemical etching of thin films’, Dibya Jyoti Borah, Abu Talat Tahir Mostako, Angshuman Thunder Borgogoi, Prasanta Kumar Saikia and Ashim Malakar, Royal Society of Chemistry, Advance, 2020, 10, 3105-3114.
2. ‘Effect of ZnS nanoparticles on the Judd-Ofelt and radiative parameters of Sm3+ ions in sol-gel silica matrix’, D. Kakotia, P. Dutta, P. Gogoib, N. Dehingia, N. Rajkonwar, A. Boruah, A.T.T. Mostako, P.K. Saikia, P.K. Gogoi, Journal of Luminescence 211 (2019) 401-412.
3. ‘Effect of thickness and post deposition annealing temperature on the structural and optical properties of thermally evaporated molybdenum oxide films’, Dibya Jyoti Borah, A.T.T. Mostako, P.K. Saikia, P. Dutta, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 93 (2019) 111–122.
4. ‘Effect of microwave power to electron temperature and electron density in deuterium plasma generated by electron cyclotron resonance’, A T T Mostako, S Vala, R J Makwana, N Patel, J Ghosh, R Manchanda, C V S Rao, and T K. Basu. IEEE transactions on Plasma Science, 44 (2015) 7-14. (ISSN Number 0093-3813)
5. ‘Effect of deuterium ion beam irradiation onto mirror-like Rhodium thin films via pulsed laser deposition’, A T T Mostako, Alika Khare, C V S Rao, Sudhirsinh Vala, R J Makwana and T K Basu, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. B. 342 (2015) 150-157. (ISSN Number 1872-9584)
6. ‘Chromium target preparation for the measurement of nuclear data for fusion technology”, Bhawna Pandey, P M Prajapati, A Mahadkar, A T T Mostako, B S Shivashankar, S Jakhar, Sudhirsinh Vala, B Sarkar, S V Suryanarayana, B K Nayak, A Saxena, C V S Rao, and T K Basu, J. Mat. Sci. Surf.  Engin. 1 (2014), 78-80. (ISSN number 2348-8956)
7. ‘Large area deposition of Rh single and Rh/W/Cu multilayer thin films on stainless steel substrate by pulsed laser deposition technique’, A T T Mostako and Alika Khare, Rev. Sci. Instrum. Note 85 (2014) 046101 1-3. (ISSN number 0034-6748)
8. ‘Post irradiation effect of Deuterium ion beam onto Rh/W/Cu multilayer thin film’ A T T Mostako, Alika Khare, C V S Rao, Sudhirsinh Vala, T K Basu, Prakash M Raole and Rajinikant Parmar, J. Nucl. Mat. 446 (2014) 63-67. (ISSN number 0022-3115)
9. ‘Deuterium ion beam irradiation onto the Pulsed Laser deposited Tungsten thin films’, A T T Mostako, Alika Khare, C V S Rao, Sudhirsinh Vala, R J Makwana and T K Basu, J. Vacu. Sci. Tech. A 31 (2013) 061510 1-7. (ISSN Number 0734-2101)
10. ‘Molybdenum thin films via pulsed laser deposition technique for first mirror application’, A T T Mostako and Alika Khare, Laser Part. Beams 30 (2012) 559-567. (ISSN number 0263-0346)
11. ‘Effect of target-substrate distance onto the nanostructured rhodium thin films via PLD technique’, A T T Mostako and Alika Khare, Appl. Nanos. 2 (2012) 189-193. (ISSN Number 2190-5517)
12. ‘Effect of Hydrogen ion beam irradiation onto the FIR reflectivity of pulsed laser deposited mirror like Tungsten films’, A T T Mostako, Alika Khare, C V S Rao, Prakash M Raole, SudhirsinhVala, Shrichand Jakhar, T K Basu, Mitul Abhangi, Rajinikant J. Makwana, J. Nucl. Mat. 423 (2012) 53-60. (ISSN number 0022-3115)
13. ‘Mirrorlike pulsed laser deposited tungsten thin film’, A T T Mostako, C V S Rao and Alika Khare, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82 (2011), 013101 1-6. (ISSN number 0034-6748)
14. ‘Pulsed laser deposition of thin film of molybdenum’, A T T Mostako, C V S Rao and Alika Khare, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 208 (2010), 012114 1-6. (ISSN Number 1742-6596)

 

2. National/International Conference presentations

1. ‘Investigation on optical properties of thermally evaporated molybdenum oxide films as a function film thickness and post-deposition annealing temperature’, A.T.T. Mostako, Dibya Jyoti Borah, P.K. Saikia, National Conference organized 21^st-23^rd November 2018, organized by Department of Physics, Assam University (Diphu campus)
2. ‘Effect of post deposition annealing temperature and source-substrate distance on crystal structure and surface morphology of thermally evaporated molybdenum oxide films’, dibya jyoti borah, a.t.t. mostako, p.k. saikia, s.p. dolakashoria, and a.t. borgogoi, National Conference organized 21^st-23^rd November 2018, organized by Department of Physics, Assam University (Diphu campus)
3. ‘Development of Mo, W and Rh thin film mirrors by pulsed laser deposition technique’, A T T Mostako, 19^th-21^st December 2016, LITRA-LIGO India the road ahead, International meet organized by IUCAA, Pune.
4. ‘Fabrication of ZnO thin films by thermal evaporation technique’, A T T Mostako and P K Saikia, 10^th-12^th November, 2016, PANE National Conference organized by St. Anthony’s College, Shillong, Mehalaya.
5. ‘The role of substrate and post annealing temperature on the band gap of Zno thin films deposited by thermal evaporation technique’, A Neog, P K Saikia and A T T Mostako, 10^th-12^th November, 2016, PANE National Conference organized by St. Anthony’s College, Shillong, Mehalaya.
6. ‘Installation and Testing of High Current 2.45 GHz ECR Ion Source’, Sudhirsingh Vala, M Abhangi, A T T Mostako, D Rajaguru, C V S Rao, T K Basu and B Sarkar, 9^th-10^th June 2015, RFQA national symposium and workshop organized by Institute for Plasma Research, Gujarat, India.
7. ‘Development of charge particle irradiation facility at institute for plasma research’, A T T Mostako, S Vala, M Abhangi, C V S Rao, T K Basu and B Sarkar, 9^th-10^th June 2015, RFQA national symposium and workshop organized by Institute for Plasma Research, Gujarat, India.
8. ‘Design and fabrication of water cooled rotating tritium target assembly for 14 MeV neutron source’, Dhaval Rajyaguru, Sudhirsinh Vala, R Anuraj, A T T Mostako, M Abhangi, C V S Rao, T K Basu, and B Sarkar, 9^th-10^th June 2015, RFQA national symposium and workshop organized by Institute for Plasma Research, Gujarat, India.
9. ‘Design optimization of beam transport system for accelerator based 14 MeV neutron source’, A Panghal, S vala, A Mandal, S Kumar, G O Rodrigues, C V S Rao, T K Basu, A T T Mostako, and B Sarkar, 9^th-10^th June 2015, RFQA national symposium and workshop organized by Institute for Plasma Research, Gujarat, India.
10. ‘Helium-Hydrogen generation arising from the ⁵⁵Fe(n,x) reaction and its impact on fusion reactor’, Bhawna Pandey, Chandan Danani, P M Prajapati, R J Makawana, S Jakhar, A T T Mostako, Sudhirsinh Vala, T K Basu, C V S Rao and B Sarkar, 8^th-12^th December 2014, DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Organized by Physics Department, BHU, Varanasi, India.
11. ‘Mirror like thin films of heavy metals via PLD for first mirror application in tokamak’, Alika Khare and A T T Mostako, 14^th-16^th November 2013, PLD 2013, organized by RRCAT Indore and IIT Kharagpur, India. (Included in International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), INIS, Plasma Physics and Fusion Technology (S70) research collection, INIS volume 45, INIS issue 45, reference number 45100278, reference issue 45)
12. ‘SPR and NLO Behavior of PLD Deposited Cu Thin Films’, G P Bharti, Raja Bonia, Partha P Dey, A T T Mostako, Satchi Kumari and Alika Khare, poster, 14^th-16^th November 2013, PLD 2013, organized by RRCAT Indore and IIT Kharagpur, India.
13. ‘Effect of 30 keV Deuterium Ion Beam onto Pulsed Laser Deposited Rh/W/Cu Multilayer’, A T T Mostako, Alika Khare, C V S Rao, Sudhirsinh Vala, R J Makwana and T K Basu, poster, 10^th-13^rd December 2012, Plasma 2012, organized by Pondicherry University and PSSI, India.
14. ‘Determination of Electron Density in Laser Induced Molybdenum Plasma’, A T T Mostako, G P Bharti, Kh Santakumar Singh, A K Sharma and Alika Khare, oral, 10^th-13^rd December 2012, Plasma 2012, organized by Pondicherry University and PSSI, India.
15. ‘Architecture of Rh/W/Cu Multilayered First Mirror via PLD’, A T T Mostako, and Alika Khare, poster, 20^th-23^rd December 2011, Plasma 2011, organized by BIT Patna and PSSI, India.
16. ‘Spectroscopic studies of laser induced tungsten plasma’, A T T Mostako, and Alika Khare, poster, 20^th -23^rd December 2011, Plasma 2011, organized by BIT Patna and PSSI, India.
17. ‘Effect of target substrate distance onto the nano scale thickness of rhodium thin films via PLD’, A T T Mostako, Alika Khare and C V S Rao, poster, 8^th-10^th December 2011, ICANN-2011, organized by Department of Physics and Center for Nanotechnolgy, IIT Guwahati, India.
18. ‘Rh/W/Cu multilayer thin films via PLD’, A T T Mostako, and Alika Khare, poster, 9^th-11^th November 2011, PLD-11, organized by Raja Ramanna Center for Advanced Technology, Indore and Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, India.
19. ‘Pulsed Laser Deposition of Molybdenum thin films’, A T T Mostako, and Alika Khare, poster, 9^th-11^th November 2011, PLD-11, organized by Raja Ramanna Center for Advanced Technology, Indore and Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, India.
20. ‘Effect of Helium gas pressure during deposition on the Specular reflectivity of Rhodium thin films via PLD’, A T T Mostako, Alika Khare and C V S Rao, poster, 24^th-26^th August 2011, CMAYDS-11, organized by Gauhati University, India.
21. ‘Effect of background oxygen pressure and Substrate temperature on to the quality of MoO₃ thin films via PLD’, A T T Mostako, Partha Dey, Himanshu S Jha, Mukesh Singh, Pratima Agarwal and Alika Khare, poster (presented by Alika Khare) ICANS24, Nara, Japan, August 21-26, 2011.
22. ‘Molybdenum Oxides thin films via PLD’, A T T Mostako, Partha Dey, Himanshu S Jha, Mukesh Singh, Pratima Agarwal and A Khare, poster, 8^th-11^th December 2010, Plasma 2010, organized by IASST Guwahati and PSSI, India.
23. ‘Effect of ion beam irradiation on PLD deposited tungsten films’, A T T Mostako, Mitul Abhangi, Rajinikant Parmar, Sudhirsinh Vala, Shrichand Jakhar, C V S Rao, T K Basu, and A Khare, poster, 8^th-11^th December 2010, Plasma 2010, organized by IASST Guwahati and PSSI, India.
24. ‘Pulsed Laser Deposition of Mirror-like Tungsten Thin Films’, A T T Mostako, C V S Rao and Alika Khare, poster, 8^th-11^th December 2009, Plasma 2009, organized by NIT Hamirpur (HP) and PSSI, India.
25. ‘Effect of pressure on PLD thin films of Tungsten’, A T T Mostako, Hitesh Rahandhale and Alika Khare, poster, 23^rd-24^th May 2009, RACMP 09, organized by NIT Hamirpur, India.
26. ‘Thin film of Ruby by Pulsed Laser Deposition Technique’, Satchi Kumari, A T T Mostako and Alika Khare, Poster, 23^rd-24^th May 2009, RACMP 09, organized by NIT Hamirpur, India.
27. ‘Pulsed Laser Deposition of thin films of Molybdenum’, A T T Mostako, C V S Rao and Alika Khare, poster, 10^th-13^th December 2008, Plasma 2008, organized by BARC and PSSI, India.

UG-60300 (Statistical Mechanics)

PH-40200 (Plasma Physics)

PH 30400 (Vacuum Techniques)

PH-40400 (Observational Astronomy)

PH-10400 (Electrodynamics and Fluid dynamics)

UG-50200 (Electrodynamics and Relativity)

• Title of the project: ‘Design and fabrication of thin film based gas sensor via thermal evaporation technique’, Funding source: UGC-FRPS, Year: 2017-2019.