Transport in Conjugated Polymer, Metal-Organic Semiconductor interface, Organic electronic Device physics and modelling, Molecular Electronics

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1. Postdoctoral Research Faculty, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Wakamatsu Campus, 2006

2. Lecturer, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, 2007-08

3. Assistant Professor, IIT Patna, 2008 - Present

1. Coordinator, Registration

2. Coordinator, Dept. of Physics

3. Coordinator, Preparatory Course

4. Professor-in-Charge, Preparatory Course

5. Member, Institute Academic Program Committee

6. Professor-in-Charge, Cultural

1. P. N. Sinha Medal for First in 1st Class in B.Sc Physics (Honours) Examination, 1996.

2. Manoranjan Kundu Medal for Highest Marks in B.Sc Physics (Honours) Examination, 1996.

Contributed Chapters in Research Oriented Books:

• R. Menon and A.K. Mukherjee, Ch.12 (Charge transport in conducting polymers and carbon nanotubes: a comparison, p.287) in “Electronic and Optical Properties of Conjugated Molecular Systems in Condensed Phases”, edited by Shu Hotta, Research Signpost (2003)
• R. Menon and A. K. Mukherjee, (Polyaniline fractal nanocomposites, p.715) in “Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology”, Vol. 8, edited by H. S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers, California (2004)
• Samayun Saikh and Ayash Kanto Mukherjee, Ch.8 (Contact Resistance in an Organic Field Effect Transistor), in "Field-Effect Transistors Technology: From Sustainability to  Next-Generation VLSI Design", edited by Ashish Raman, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC (Under Publication)

• “Electrical characterization of conducting polypyrrole by THz time-domain spectroscopy”, Tae-in Jeon, D. Grischkowsky, A. K. Mukherjee and Reghu Menon, Applied Physics Letters, 77(16), p.2452 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1319188
• "Electrical and optical characterization of conducting poly-3-methylthiophene film by THz time-domain spectroscopy", Tae-in Jeon, D. Grischkowsky, A. K. Mukherjee and Reghu Menon, Applied Physics Letters, 79(25), p.4142 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1427754
• "The Role of Molecular Recognition in Charge Transport Properties of Doped Polyaniline", A. K. Mukherjee and Reghu Menon, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 96(1-3), p.145 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1385/ABAB:96:1-3:145 
• "Magnetoresistance of polyaniline doped by AMPSA", Reghu Menon and A. K. Mukherjee, Synthetic Metals, 119, p.427 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1016/S0379-6779(00)01279-0
• "Role of mesoscopic morphology in charge transport of doped polyaniline", A. K. Mukherjee and Reghu Menon, Pramana - journal of physics, 58(2), p.233 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-002-0010-4
• "Carrier Dynamics in Conducting Polymers: Case of PF6 Doped Polypyrrole", I. G. Romijn, H. J. Hupkes, H. C. F. Martens, H. B. Brom, A. K. Mukherjee and R. Menon, Physical Review Letters, 90(17), p.176602 (2003) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.176602
• "The Drude parameters for metallic PF₆ doped polypyrrole", I. Romijn, H. J. Hupkes, H. C. F. Martens, H. B. Brom, A. K. Mukherjee and R. Menon, Synthetic Metals, 135-136, p.243 (2003) doi:10.1016/S0379-6779(02)00672-0
• "Electrical and optical characterization of conducting polymers by THz time-domain spectroscopy", Tae-in Jeon, D. Grischkowsky, A. K. Mukherjee and Reghu Menon, Synthetic Metals, 135-136, p.243 (2003) doi:10.1016/S0379-6779(02)00019-5
• "Charge carrier properties below and above the metal–insulator transition in conjugated polymers – recent results", H. B. Brom, H. C. F. Martens, I. G. Romijn, I. N. Hulea, H. J. Hupkes,
  W. F. Pasveer, M. A. J. Michels, A. K. Mukherjee and R. Menon, Physica Status Solidi (c), 1(1), p.144 (2004) DOI 10.1002/pssc.200303609
• "Magnetotransport in doped polyaniline", A. K. Mukherjee and Reghu Menon, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 17, p.1947 (2005) doi:10.1088/0953-8984/17/12/017
• "Charge injection mechanism across the Au-poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) interface", Anil. K. Thakur, A. K. Mukherjee, D. M. G. Preethichandra, W. Takashima, and K. Kaneto, Journal of Applied Physics, 101, p.104508 (2007) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2734955
• "Minimization of contact resistance between metal and polymer by surface doping", A. K. Mukherjee, Anil K. Thakur, W. Takashima and K. Kaneto, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 40, p.1789 (2007) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/40/6/028
• "A temperature dependent study on charge dynamics in organic molecular device: Effect of shallow traps on space charge limited behavior", A. K. Mukherjee and A. K. Kavala, International Journal of Modern Physics B, 28(15), p.1450088 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S021797921450088X
• "Sub-threshold-like charge transport in organic field effect transistor: A study on effective channel thickness", A. K. Kavala and A. K. Mukherjee, Modern Physics Letters B, 29(28), p.1550172 (2015) http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0217984915501729
• "Current voltage perspective of an organic electronic device", Ayash K. Mukherjee and Nikita Kumari, Physics Letters A, 382, p.1413 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2018.03.018
• "Enhanced stability and low operational voltage of resistive switching behavior in defect engineered LaMnO₃ film", Indranil Maity, A. K. Mukherjee and Ajay D. Thakur, Applied Physics A, 129, p.11 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-022-06265-7
• "A method for direct determination of voltage dependent contact resistance and mobility of an organic field effect transistor", Samayun Saikh, Nikhitha Rajan, and Ayash Kanto Mukherjee, Journal of Material Science: Materials in Electronics, 35, p.346 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-12108-3
• "Thermionic injection and contact resistance model for bottom contact organic field‑effect transistors", Samayun Saikh, Nikhitha Rajan and Ayash Kanto Mukherjee, Journal of Electronic Materials, 53, p.3078 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-024-11065-1
• "Improvement in the resistive switching performance of LaMnO₃ by dendritic Cu₂S", Indranil Maity, Shahin Parween, A. K. Mukherjee and Ajay D. Thakur, Journal of Material Science: Materials in Electronics, 35, p.146 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11852-2
• "A low-voltage solution-processed organic small molecule memristor based on TIPS pentacene", Nikhitha Rajan, Indranil Maity, Samayun Saikh and Ayash Kanto Mukherjee, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 7, p.779 (2025) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.4c01921
• "Demonstration of asymmetric Hebbian learning based on analog resistive switching in Ag/Co3O4/p-Si memristor", Indranil Maity, Richa Bharti, A. K. Mukherjee and Ajay D. Thakur, Applied Physics Letters, 126, p.013504 (2025) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0235922
• "Simultaneous determination of refined values of mobility, channel and contact resistance in organic field-effect transistors utilizing the four- and three-probe methods", Samayun Saikh and Ayash Kanto Mukherjee, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 58, p.075103 (2025) https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ad9595
• "Dipole modulated switching in an energy-efficient flexible organic bilayer memristor", Nikhitha Rajan, Samayun Saikh and Ayash Kanto Mukherjee, Applied Physics Letters, 127, p.233303, (2025) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0284378