• Senior Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
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Sarbajit Banerjee

Research Interests

    • Solid-state and materials chemistry
    • Nanoscale materials
    • Electronic structure, chemical imaging, and x-ray spectroscopy
    • Thin films and coatings
    • Light metals and nanocomposites

Certifications & Memberships

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Fellow, NASA – 2021
  • Fellow, Institute of Physics – 2017
  • Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) – 2016

Awards & Honors

  • Distinguished Achievement Award in Graduate Mentoring, Association of Former Students at Texas A&M University – 2022
  • Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Science, The Academy of Medicine, Engineering, and Science of Texas – 2021
  • Special Creativity Extension Award, National Science Foundation – 2020, 2021
  • Beilby Medal and Prize administered by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), Royal Society of Chemistry – 2016
  • Rosenhain Medal and Prize, Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining (UK) – 2015
  • Top 35 Innovators Under the Age of 35 Award, MIT Technology Review – 2012
  • Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation for Science Advancement – 2010
  • ExxonMobil Solid-State Chemistry Faculty Fellowship, American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry – 2010
  • Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation – 2009

Selected Publications

  • J. Ponis, N. Jerla, G. Agbeworvi, S. Beltran, N. Kumar, K. Ashen, J. Li, E. Wang, M. Smeaton, F. Jardali, S. Chakraborty, P. J. Shamberger, K. Jungjohann, C. Weiland, C. Jaye, L. Ma, D. Fischer, J. Guo,* G. Sambandamurthy,* X. Qian,* S. Banerjee,* Atomistic Origins of Conductance Switching in an ε‑Cu0.9V2O5 Neuromorphic Single Crystal Oscillator. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c11968.
  • Y. Luo, J. V. Handy, T. Das, J. D. Ponis, R. Albers, Y.-H. Chiang, M. Pharr, B. J. Schultz, L. Gobbato, D. C. Brown, S. Chakraborty,* S. Banerjee.* Effect of Pre-Intercalation on Li-Ion Diffusion Mapped by Topochemical Single-Crystal Transformation and Operando Investigation. Nature Materials 2024, 23, 960–968; DOI: 10.1038/s41563-024-01842-y.
  • J. V Handy, W. Zaheer, R. Albers, G. Agbeworvi, T. D Boyko, V. Bakhmoutov, N. Bhuvanesh, S. Banerjee,* Protecting Groups In Insertion Chemistry: Site-Selective Positioning Of Lithium Ions In Intercalation Hosts. Matter (Cell Press) 2023, 6, 1125-1139.
  • Y. Luo, S. Rezaei, D. A. Santos, Y. Zhang, J. V. Handy, L. Carrillo, B. J. Schultz, L. Gobbato, M. Pupucevski, K. Wiaderek, H. Charalambous, A. Yakovenko, M. Pharr, B.-X. Xu,* and S. Banerjee,* Cation reordering instead of phase transitions: Origins and implications of contrasting lithiation mechanisms in 1D ζ- and 2D α-V2O5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2022, 119, e2115072119.
  • P. Schofield, A. Bradicich, R. M Gurrola, Y. Zhang, T. D Brown, M. Pharr, P. J Shamberger,* S. Banerjee,* Harnessing the Metal—Insulator Transition of VO2 in Neuromorphic Computing. Advanced Materials, 2022, 2205294.
  • Y. Luo, Y. Bai, A. Mistry, Y. Zhang, D. Zhao, S. Sarkar, J. V. Handy, S. Rezaei, A. Chuang, L. Carrillo, K. Wiaderek, M. Pharr, K. Xie, P. P. Mukherjee,* B.-X. Xu,* and S. Banerjee,* Effect of Crystallite Geometries on Electrochemical Performance of Porous Intercalation Electrodes by Multiscale Operando Investigation, Nature Materials 2022, 21 (2), 217-227 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-01151-8
  • M. Udayakantha, J. V. Handy, R. Davidson, J. Kaur, G. Villalpando, L. Zuin, S. Chakraborty, S. Banerjee,* Halide Replacement with Complete Preservation of Crystal Lattice in Mixed‐Anion Lanthanide Oxyhalides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 15582-15589 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104231.
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