Current Interests

• Quantitative measurements of biomolecules at flat and curved surfaces.
• Self-assembly of nanoparticles on flat surfaces and their interaction with bio molecules in different environment.
• Studying the relationship between 'Contact Line Friction coefficient' and different hydrodynamic and physical parameters.

Biography

Santanu Ray completed his MSc degree in Physics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India in 2002. He was awarded with Junior Research Fellowship from University Grants Commission, India and joined IACS, Kolkata, India as a Junior Research Fellow to work on 'Synthesis and characterization of binary semiconductor nanomaterials'.

In 2005, Santanu was awarded with University Presidents Scholarship and Ian Wark Research Institute (IWRI) scholarship from IWRI, University of South Australia, and completed his PhD work on 'Dynamic wetting of chemically heterogeneous surfaces' in October 2008. He has been working at NPL since November 2008. Presently, he is working on quantitative measurements of biomolecules at flat and curved surfaces. He is a member of the Institute of Physics (IOP).

Selected Publications

• Arbitrary Self-Assembly of Peptide Extracellular Microscopic Matrices
  Bella Angel, Ray Santanu, Shaw Michael, M G Ryadnov
  Angewandte Chemi International Edition, Volume: 51 (2), January 2012, pages 428-43
• Quantitative Analysis of Adsorbed Proteins by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
  Ray Santanu, Shard Alexander G
  Analytical Chemistry, Volume: 83 (22), NOV 15 2011, pages 8659-8666
• VAMAS Interlaboratory Study on Organic Depth Profiling
  A.G. Shard, R Foster, S. Ray, M. P. Seah, L. Yang
  Surface and Intersurface Analysis, Volume: 43 (9), SEP 2011, pages 1240-1250
• Predicting the wettability of patterned ITO surface by ToF-SIMS images
  L. Yang, A. G. Shard, J. L. S. Lee, S. Ray
  Surface and Intersurface Analysis, Volume 42, Issue 6-7, June - July 2010, pages 911–915
• Sample cooling or rotation improves C₆₀ organic depth profiles of multi-layered reference samples
  P. Sjövall, D. Rading, S. Ray, L. Yang, A. G. Shard
  Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Volume: 114, Jan 2010, pages 769-774
• Influence of the work of adhesion on dynamic wetting of chemically heterogeneous surfaces
  Santanu Ray, Rossen Sedev, Craig Priest and John Ralston
  Langmuir,24 (22), 2008, pages 13007 - 13012

Contact details

Email: santanu.ray@npl.co.uk
Tel: 020 8943 8735