faculty-profile Postdoc

Dr. Toton Haldar

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Assistant Professor

Department of Basic Sciences (Physics), School of Sciences and Humanities, SR Un

Pondicherry University

5 Years

Chemiresistive and wearable sensors, Catalysis, Computational modeling (DFT/MD), and AI/ML-assisted materials and sensor analysis

Functional nanomaterials, Sensors, Catalysis, AI and DFT/MD Simulations

Mail: toton.haldar@sru.edu.in

Educational
Qualifications
(From Highest)

2022

Ph.D in Physics from Pondicherry University, Puducherry

2014

M.Sc in Applied Physics from BBA University, Lucknow

2012

B.Sc in Physics (Hons.) from University of Kalyani, Kalyani

Professional
Experience

2026

Assistant Professor at SR University, Warangal, from 2026-08-03 to .

2025

Research Scientist at NeuroShine, Taiwan, from 2025-08-01 to 2026-06-30.

2023

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, from 2023-04-06 to 2025-07-31.

2022

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at National Institute of Materials Physics, Romania, from 2022-06-06 to 2023-03-05.

Student
Supervision

5

PG

2

UG

Key Publications

Toton Haldar, V. V. Ravi Kanth Kumar, Broadband dielectric behavior of the multiwall carbon nanotube-bismuth silicate glass-nanocomposites, Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2019), 772, 218–229.

Utkarsh Kumar, B. C. Yadav, Toton Haldar, C. K. Dixit, Pramod Kumar Yadawa, Synthesis of MWCNT/PPY nanocomposite using oxidation polymerization method and its employment in sensing such as CO? and humidity, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (2020), 113, 419–427.

Toton Haldar, Utkarsh Kumar, Bal Chandra Yadav, V. V. Ravi Kanth Kumar, Tunable negative permittivity of Bi?O?–SiO?/MWCNT glass-nanocomposites at radio frequency region, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (2020), 31, 11791–11800.

Toton Haldar, Utkarsh Kumar, B. C. Yadav, V. V. Kumar, Synthesis and characterization of catalytic CVD growth pristine and functionalized MWCNT, Journal of Applied Physics (2021), 130.

Toton Haldar, Utkarsh Kumar, B. C. Yadav, V. V. Ravi Kanth Kumar, Effect of direct-current biasing on the adjustable radio-frequency negative permittivity characteristics of Bi?SiO?/multiwall carbon nanotube metacomposites, Ceramics International (2021), 47, 1389–1398.

Toton Haldar, Utkarsh Kumar, B. C. Yadav, V. V. Ravi Kanth Kumar, Hierarchical flower-like Bi?SiO?/MWCNT nanocomposites for highly sensitive LPG sensor at room temperature, Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2021), 856, 158157.

Toton Haldar, V. V. Ravi Kanth Kumar, Coexistence of ferromagnetism and superconductivity in MWCNT/Bi?SiO? nanocomposites, Physica Scripta (2021), 96, 125859.

Utkarsh Kumar, Ratindra Gautam, Toton Haldar, Conducting polymers: A new material towards the development of gas sensors, Emerging Domains of Material Science (2022), 1, 109.

Toton Haldar, V. V. Ravi Kanth Kumar, Nanocomposites for fiber optic gas and vapor sensors, Complex and Composite Metal Oxides for Gas, VOC, and Humidity Sensors, Volume 1: Fundamentals and Approaches (2023), 1, 273.

Alexandra C. Iacoban, Toton Haldar, Mihaela Florea, Application of Hydrogen in Light Alcohols Production, Hydrogen Applications and Technologies (2024), 3–41. 2023

Toton Haldar, V. V. Ravi Kanth Kumar, Functionalized metal oxide nanocomposites for fiber optic gas and vapor sensors, Complex and Composite Metal Oxides for Gas, VOC, and Humidity Sensors (2024), 273–301.

Utkarsh Kumar, Arpit Verma, Ravi Kant Tripathi, B. C. Yadav, Toton Haldar, V. V. Tyagi, Chandra Kumar Dixit, Wen-Min Huang, Excellent field emission with enhanced photodetection behavior of multiwalled carbon nanotubes: experimental and theoretical study, Energy Advances (2024), 3, 1389–1400.

Priyanka Chaudhary, Chieh-Jui Li, Toton Halder, Chi-Hua Yu, B. C. Yadav, Meng-Fang Lin, Unveiling capacitive humidity characteristic of CdSe quantum dots synthesized by facile route, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (2024), 377, 115759.

Utkarsh Kumar, B. C. Yadav, Kuldeep Kumar, Toton Haldar, V. V. Ravi Kanth Kumar, Wen-Min Huang, Chiu-Hsien Wu, Exploring the room temperature chemiresistive LPG and humidity sensing properties of MWCNT/TiO? nanocomposite with DFT interpretations, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (2024), 379, 115851.

Toton Haldar, Jia-Wei Shiu, Ren-Xuan Yang, Wei-Qi Wang, Hsin-Ting Wu, Hsu-I Mao, Chin-Wen Chen, Chi-Hua Yu, Exploring MOF-derived CuO/rGO heterostructures for highly efficient room temperature CO? sensors, ACS Sensors (2024), 9, 5856.

Wei-Cheng Lin, Yu-En Sun, Ying-Rang Zhuang, Tse-Fu Huang, Kuei-Jhong Lin, Mohamed M. Elsenety, Jui-Chen Yen, Hung-Kai Hsu, Bo-Han Chen, Chen-Yu Chang, Optimally miscible polymer bulk-heterojunction-particles for nonsurfactant photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2025), 147, 2537–2548.

Alexandra C. Iacoban, Toton Haldar, Florentina Nea?u, Iuliana M. Chirica, Anca G. Mirea, ?tefan Nea?u, Michel W. Barsoum, Mihaela Florea, Catalytic behaviour of CuO? and VO? on Ti?SiC? support for direct oxidation of methane, Catalysis Today (2025), 443, 114959

Toton Haldar, Chin-Wen Chen, Jia-Wei Shiu, Hsin-Ting Wu, Syang-Peng Rwei, Chi-Hua Yu, Urchin-like TiO? Microspheres Coupled with MXene Nanosheets for CO? Detection, ACS Applied Nano Materials (2025), 8, 13188–13198

Toton Haldar, Mao-Ken Hsu, Ren-Xuan Yang, Hsin-Ting Wu, Chin-Wen Chen, Chi-Hua Yu, Machine learning-enabled sensitivity prediction and optimized synthesis of Cu-MOF-derived CuO/MXene heterostructures for ultrasensitive CO Sensor, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2025), 119685.

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