Barun Kumar Chatterjee

Barun Kumar Chatterjee
Emeritus Scientist

Previous appointments:

Weber Research Institute, NY

University of Utah, UT

Research interests:

Physics of superheated drop detector

Contact:

Address: Department of Physics
Main Campus
Bose Institute
93/1, A. P. C. Road
Kolkata - 700 009, India
E-Mail: barun[at]jcbose.ac.in
Phone: +91-33-23031185

Research:

The superheated emulsion detector is an ubiquitous detector for detection of neutrons (in a mixed neutron+gamma field) and can also be used to detect gamma rays, energetic ions and electrons. It is also used for dark matter detection by international collaborations like PICASSO and SIMPLE, and is also used in medical sciences to detect photo-neutrons created during irradiation of patients. Here micron-size droplets of superheated droplets are held in a viscoelastic gel matrix (superheated drop detector SDD) or in an elastic gel matrix (bubble detector BD) and the droplet could either evaporate to a vapor bubble spontaneously or being induced by energetic radiation, thereby making it as a particle detector.

We studied the lifetime of droplets to gauge their nucleation efficiency and have shown that the droplets in SDD are in more than one metastable states.The nucleation threshold and nucleation efficiencies of SDD to gamma and neutrons at various pressures are studied.

We are also working on an optical system to detect nucleation and the acoustic emissions (shock wave and ringing sound) during liquid-vapor transition.

Publications:

1)    “Rate coefficients for the oxidation reactions of zirconium ions with oxygen, nitric oxide and carbon dioxide” S. Dheandhanoo, B.K. Chatterjee, and R. Johnsen, J. Chem. Phys. 83, 3327 (1985).

2)    “Clustering reactions of H2CN+ ions with HCN” B.K. Chatterjee, and R. Johnsen, J. Chem. Phys. 87, 2399 (1987).

3)    “Themal energy reactions of O22+ ions with O2, N2, NO and Ne” B.K. Chatterjee, and R. Johnsen, J. Chem. Phys. 91, 1378 (1989).

4)    “An estimating formula for ion-atom association rates in gases” B.K. Chatterjee, and R. Johnsen, J. Chem. Phys. 93, 5681 (1990).

5)    “Ion molecule reactions of atmospheric ions with dimethyl methyl phosphonate” B.K. Chatterjee, Ron Tosh, and R. Johnsen, Int. J. Mass Spec. Ion. Phys. 103, 81 (1991).

6)    “Change of viscosities of polymers on gamma irradiation” L. Santra, B.K. Chatterjee, D. Bhaumik, and S.C. Roy, Phys. Rev. A 43, 4296 (1991). 

7)    “Strange interfacial waves in stratified flows of immiscible fluids” B. Roy, B.K. Chatterjee, M.H. Engineer, and Pradip Roy, Physica A 186, 250 (1992).

8)       “Viscosity of gamma-irradiated silicone” L. Santra, B.K. Chatterjee, D. Bhaumik, and S.C. Roy, Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 66, 420 (1992).

9)    “Strange interface deformation pulses in the flow of layered liquids” B.K. Chatterjee, M.H. Engineer, B. Roy, and Pradip Roy, J. Fluid Mech. 248, 663 (1993).

10)“Theory of light emission from g-irradiated organic substances when dissolved” B.K. Chatterjee, T. Sur, and S.C. Roy, Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Comm.) 47, 555 (1993).

11)“Development of a sensitive hanging wire velocitimeter” B. Roy, B.K. Chatterjee, and Swapan K. Saha, Meas. Sci. Technol. 5, 1159 (1994). 

12)“Theoretical and experimental investigations on lyoluminescence” B.K. Chatterjee, T. Sur, and S.C. Roy, Radiat. Phys. Chem. 43, 221 (1994). 

13)“Application of rate kinetic model of lyoluminescence on heat treated samples” B.K. Chatterjee, T. Sur, and S.C. Roy, Phys. Rev. B 50, 708 (1994).

14)“Verification of a model explaining the viscosity divergence of gamma irradiated polymeric liquid” N.K. Halder, B.K. Chatterjee, and S.C. Roy, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 46, 721 (1995).

15)“Design of an optimum scattering geometry using surface of revolution” Swapan K. Saha, B.K. Chatterjee, and S.C. Roy, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 46, 543 (1995).

16)“Hysteresis in magnetic systems” B.K. Chatterjee, Am. J. Phys. 63, 643 (1995).

17)“Interpolation of elastic scattering cross sections of photons B.K. Chatterjee and S.C. Roy,  Ind. J. Phys. 71B, 245 (1997).

18)“Photoelectric cross sections derived from measured total attenuation coefficient of photons near absorption edges of heavier atoms” B.Roy, B.K. Chatterjee, S.C. Roy, Nanak Bhattacharya, and N. Choudhury,  Appl. Radiat. Isot. 48, 785-788 (1997).

19)“Optimisation of Scattering Geometry” Swapan K. Saha, B.K. Chatterjee, and S.C. Roy, Meas. Sci. Tech. 8, 1262-1266 (1997).

20) “Change of viscosity with concentration of suspended particles and a new concept of gelation” N.K.Halder, B.K. Chatterjee, and S.C. Roy, J. Phys. (Condensed Matter) 9, 8873-8878 (1997).

21)“Variation of gamma ray and particle fluxes during the total solar eclipse of 24 October, 1995” Abhijit Bhattacharyya, Sukumar Biswas, Barun K. Chatterjee, Mala Das, Pradipta K. Das, Tapan K. Das, Tarun K. De, M.H. Engineer, Rabi N. Mukherjee, Sibaji Raha, S.C. Roy, Swapan Saha, A.K. Sen, Bikash Sinha, and Debapriyo Syam, Astrophysics and Space Science 250, 313-326 (1997).

22)“An accurate method of measuring lifetime of superheated drops using differential manometer” B. Roy, B.K. Chatterjee, and S.C. Roy, Radiation Measurements 29, 173-176 (1998).

23)“Study of nucleating efficiency of superheated droplets by neutrons” B. Roy, B.K. Chatterjee, Mala Das, and S.C. Roy, Rad. Phys. Chem. 51, 473 (1998).

24)“Tabulations of elastic scattering cross sections of all elements 13 £ Z £ 100 in the energy range 50 keV to above 1000 keV” B.K. Chatterjee, Mala Das and S.C. Roy, Rad. Phys. Chem. 51, 369 (1998).

25) “Determination of the rate of Cold Fusion reaction using a calorimetric method” B.K. Chatterjee, Pradip Roy and S.C. Roy, Sci. & Cult. 64 29-30 (1998).

26)“Tabulation of Elastic Scattering Cross Sections of Photons in the Energy Range 50 keV to 1500 keV for all elements in the Range 13£Z£104” B.K. Chatterjee, and S.C. Roy, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 27, 1011-1215 (1998).

27)“Efficiency of neutron detection of superheated drops of Freon-22” Mala Das, B. Roy, B.K. Chatterjee and S.C. Roy, Rad. Meas. 30, 35-39 (1999).

28)   “Superheated drop neutron spectrometer”  Mala Das, B. Roy, B. K. Chatterjee and S. C. Roy IRPS News  13, 5, (1999).

29)   “Investigations on the mobility and mass separation of ions in nonpolar liquids” B.K. Chatterjee, Ind. J. Phys. 74B, 297-300 (2000).

30)   “A sensitive neutron dosimeter using superheated liquid”  Mala Das, B. Roy, B. K. Chatterjee and S. C. Roy   Appl. Rad. Isot.  53, 759-763, (2000).

31)   “Superheated drop as a neutron spectrometer”  Mala Das, B. K. Chatterjee, B. Roy and S. C. Roy  Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 452, 273-279, (2000).

32)   “The limit of superheat of a liquid”  Mala Das, B. Roy, B.K. Chatterjee and S.C. Roy, Ind. J. Phys. 75A, 97-99, (2000).

33)   “Photon sensitivity of superheated drop at room temperature”  B. Roy,  Mala Das, S. C. Roy and B. K. Chatterjee. Nucl. Instrum. Method. A 455, 782-783, (2000).

34)   “How high the temperature of a liquid be raised without boiling?”  Mala Das, B. K. Chatterjee, B. Roy and S. C. Roy. Phys. Rev. E  62,  5843, (2000).

35)   “The limit of superheat of liquids”   Mala Das, B. K. Chatterjee, B. Roy and S. C. Roy  Indian J. Phys. 75A, 97 –99, (2001).

36)   “Superheated drops of  R114 -as a neutron spectrometer”  Mala Das, B. K. Chatterjee, B. Roy and S. C. Roy.  Rad. Phys. Chem. 61, 447 - 448, (2001).

37)   “Threshold temperature for g - ray detection in superheated drop detector.” B. Roy, Mala Das, S. C. Roy and B. K.Chatterjee. Rad. Phys. Chem. 61, 509-510, (2001).

38) “Study of lipase-catalyzed hydrolysis of some monoterpene esters” T. Chatterjee, B.K. Chatterjee, and D.K. Bhattacharyya, Can. J. Microbiol. 47, 397-403 (2001).

39) “Superheated emulsion detector: A benign, non-invasive method to detect gamma radiation” S. Kunkri, B. Roy, S.C. Roy and B.K. Chatterjee, Journal of Medical Physics 27, 272 (2002).

40) “Use of basic principle of nucleation in determining temperature-threshold neutron energy relationship in superheated emulsions” Mala Das, B. Roy, B.K. Chatterjee, S.C. Roy, Rad. Phys. Chem. 66, 323-328, (2003).

41) “Size distribution of drops in superheated drop detectors” R. Sarkar, B.K. Chatterjee, B. Roy and S.C. Roy Rad. Phys. Chem. 71, 735-736, (2004).

42) “An alternative method to calculate inelastic scattering cross sections of photons” S. C. Roy, B. K. Chatterjee and R. H. Pratt Rad. Phys. Chem. 71, 679-680 (2004).

43) “Viscosity divergence and gelation” B.K. Chatterjee, S.C. Roy, Rad. Phys. Chem. 74, 419-425 (2005).

44) “Radiation detection by using superheated droplets ” R. Sarkar, B.K. Chatterjee, B. Roy and S.C. Roy, Rad. Phys. Chem. 75, 2186–2194 (2006).

45) “Investigations on Compton scattering: New directions” B. K. Chatterjee, L.A. LaJohn and S.C. Roy, Rad. Phys. Chem. 75, 2165–2173 (2006).

46) “Limitations on the validity of impulse approximation in Compton scattering”, R. H. Pratt, L. A. LaJohn, T. Suric, B. K. Chatterjee, S. C. Roy, Nucl. Instr. Methods B 261, 175-179 (2007).

47) “Asymmetry and the shift of the Compton profile”, B. K. Chatterjee, S. C. Roy, T. Suric, L. A. LaJohn, R. H. Pratt, Nucl. Instr. Methods A 580, 22-24 (2007).

48) “Response of Superheated Droplets to Electrons” P.K. Mondal, R. Sarkar, M.Das, D.K. Ray, B.K. Chatterjee, B. Roy, S.C. Roy, Sci. & Cult. 73, 253-255 (2007).

49)    “Ion Mobility Studies of Electronically Excited States of Atomic Transition Metal Cations: Development of an Ion Mobility Source for Guided Ion Beam Experiments” Iceman, C., Rue, C., Moision, R.M., Chatterjee, B.K., Armentrout, P.B. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 18, 1196-1205 (2007).

50)   “Observation of second metastable state in superheated emulsion detector” R. Sarkar, P.K. Mondal and B.K. Chatterjee Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 593, 481-484 (2008).

51)   “An active device for volumetric measurement of drop nucleation in superheated emulsion detector” P K Mondal and B K Chatterjee, Meas. Sci. Technol. 19, 105802 (2008).

52)   “On the Nature of Matter - 2500 Years of Debate”  B.K.Chatterjee, Sci. & Cult. 74, 241-250 (2008).

53)   “Ascent of sap”, B.K. Chatterjee, Sci. & Cult. 74, 433-438 (2008).

54)   “Two state modelling of the superheated emulsion detector” P.K. Mondal and B.K. Chatterjee, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 604, 652-657 (2009).

55)   “Measurement of droplet size distribution in superheated emulsion” P. K. Mondal, R. Sarkar, M. Datta, B. K. Chatterjee, B. Roy and S. C. Roy, J. Surface Sci. Technol. 25, 21-28 (2009).

56)   “Compton scattering revisited”, R. H. Pratt, L. A. LaJohn, V. Florescu, T. Suric, B. K. Chatterjee, S. C. Roy, Radiat. Phys. and Chem. 79, 124–131 (2010)

57)   “Threshold collision-induced dissociation of Sr2+H2Ox complexes (x=1–6): An experimental and theoretical investigation of the complete inner shell hydration energies of Sr2+” D. R. Carl, B. K. Chatterjee, and P. B. Armentrout, J. Chem. Phys. 132, 044303 (2010).

58)   “A new method for measurement of droplet size distribution in superheated emulsions” P.K. Mondal, R. Sarkar and B.K. Chatterjee, Meas. Sci. Technol. 21, 4, 045104 (2010).

59)   “Energy dependence of gamma detection efficiency for SED R-12” R. Sarkar, B. K. Chatterjee, S. C. Roy, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 619, 203-206 (2010).

60)   “Nucleation efficiency of R134a as a sensitive liquid for superheated drop emulsion detector” Mala Das, R Sarkar, P K Mondal, S Saha, B K Chatterjee and S C Roy, Pramana 75, 675-682 (2010).

61)    “Flow of binary gas mixtures through small sampling orifices” Rainer Johnsen and Barun K. Chatterjee J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A. 29, 011002-1 (2011).

62)   “Characteristics of acoustic emissions during nucleation of superheated droplets” P K Mondal and B K Chatterjee Phys. Lett. A. 375, 237–244 (2011).

63)   “The limiting temperature of the superheated liquid state” B K Chatterjee, R Sarkar, P. K. Mondal  Sci. & Cult. 78, 448-454 (2012).

64)    “Study of the Nucleation of Superheated Emulsion Detector at High Pressure” R. Sarkar, M. Datta and B.K. Chatterjee Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 682, 31–35 (2012).

65)   “Interaction of Virstatin with Human Serum Albumin: Spectroscopic Analysis and Molecular Modeling” Tanaya Chatterjee, Aritrika Pal, Sucharita Dey, Barun K. Chatterjee and Pinak Chakrabarti PLoS ONE 7(5): e37468 (2012).

66)   “Study of gamma ray response of R404A superheated droplet detector using a two-state model” P.K. Mondal, B.K. Chatterjee, Appl. Radiat. and Isot. 77, 61–67 (2013).

67)   “An alternative method for the measurement of neutron flux” R. Sarkar, P. K. Mondal, and B. K. Chatterjee, Pramana  85, 685-690 (2015).

68)    “The mathematics of dilution” B.K. Chatterjee, Homeopathy 103, 143-146 (2014).

69)   “Characterization of R-134a Superheated Droplet Detector for Neutron Detection” P. K. Mondal, R. Sarkar and B.K. Chatterjee Appl. Rad. Isot.  90, 1-7, (2014).

70)   “Antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles and the modeling of bacterial growth kinetics using a modified Gompertz model” T. Chatterjee, B.K. Chatterjee, D. Majumdar, and P. Chakrabarti Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1850, 299-306, (2015).

71)   “Crystal structure and activity of Protein L-isoaspartyl-O-methyltransferase from Vibrio cholerae, and the effect of AdoHcy binding” T. Chatterjee, D. Mukherjee, M. Banerjee, B. K. Chatterjee and P. Chakrabarti, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 583, 140-149 (2015).

72)   “Structure and function of Vibrio cholerae Accessory cholera enterotoxin in presence of gold nanoparticles: dependence on morphology” Tanaya Chatterjee, Barun K. Chatterjee, Tultul Saha, Kazi Mirajul Hoque and Pinak Chakrabarti (accepted) BBA General Subjects.

73) "Response of Superheated Droplet Detector (SDD) and Bubble Detector (BD) to interrupted irradiations" P.K. Mondal, R. Sarkar and B.K. Chatterjee, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 857, 111-114, (2017).

74) “Study of acoustic emission due to vaporisation of superheated droplets at higher pressure” R. Sarkar, P.K. Mondal, B.K. Chatterjee, Physics Letters A 381, 2531–2537 (2017).

75)  “A new optical method for the detection of bubble nucleation in Superheated Droplet Detector” R. Sarkar, P.K. Mondal, M. Datta, B.K. Chatterjee, Review of Scientific Instruments 88, 066106 (2017).

76)  “Modelling of growth kinetics of Vibrio cholerae in presence of gold nanoparticles: effect of size and morphology” T. Chatterjee, B.K. Chatterjee, P Chakrabarti, Scientific Reports 7, 9671 DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-09357-0 (2017).

77) “The gamma ray detection threshold temperature of different superheated droplet detectors” R. Sarkar, P.K. Mondal, B.K. Chatterjee, Appl. Rad. Isot.  139, 127-130 (2018).

78) “Evaluation of neutron contamination due to (a, xn) reactions in 241Am gamma-ray source” P. K. Mondal, R. Sarkar, M. Datta, B. K. Chatterjee, Rad Meas 119, 1-5 (2018).

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