Dr. Mahua Biswas
Associate Professor
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MLT Moulton Hall 301b
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- About
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
Dr. Biswas joined ISU in Fall 2020. She completed her Ph.D degree in experimental physics from Dublin City University, Ireland in 2010. Before joing ISU she worked as an assistant professor at Missouri State University and worked as a post-doctoral research appointee at Argonne National Laboratory.
Current Courses
PHY 102.003 Atoms To Galaxies
PHY 102.004 Atoms To Galaxies
PHY 390.020 Computational Research In Physics
PHY 105.001 Fundamentals Of Physics
PHY 105.002 Fundamentals Of Physics
PHY 105.003 Fundamentals Of Physics
PHY 105.004 Fundamentals Of Physics
PHY 105.005 Fundamentals Of Physics
PHY 105.006 Fundamentals Of Physics
PHY 105.007 Fundamentals Of Physics
PHY 105.008 Fundamentals Of Physics
PHY 105.009 Fundamentals Of Physics
PHY 105.010 Fundamentals Of Physics
PHY 105.011 Fundamentals Of Physics
PHY 105.012 Fundamentals Of Physics
PHY 105.013 Fundamentals Of Physics
PHY 299.020 Independent Honor Study
PHY 287.020 Independent Study
PHY 490.037 Research Development in Physics
PHY 290.020 Research In Physics
Teaching Interests & Areas
Introductory Physics
Electronics
Advanced Experimental Physics
Research Interests & Areas
Current research interest of Biswas group is on fabrication of nanometer scale materials for emerging technologies. We study the fundamental mechanism behind the nanomaterial formation and the nanomaterials properties using high resolution microscopy, optical & infrared spectroscopy, and diffraction.
In recent years we have explored-
a. Block copolymer nanostructures as a template for inorganic nanofabrication
c.Sequential Infiltration synthesis and Atomic Layer Deposition for inorganic Nanomaterial growth
d. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for understanding the nanomaterial growth mechanism
Neuleib Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement
Illinois State University
2024
Grants and Contracts
Advanced Nanopatterning for Next-Generation Resistive Switching Memory Devices
Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna, Md Shahin Alam.
Advancing Research and Creative Scholarship (ARCS) - FY2025 Track I. August 16 2025 - September 30 2027
RUI: Selective Excitation and Charge Dynamics of Dark Molecular Transitions
Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas.
National Science Foundation. September 1 2025 - August 31 2028
RUI: Unraveling Novel Nanophotonic Effects in Mid-Index Micro-Sized Dielectric Materials
Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas.
National Science Foundation. September 1 2025 - August 31 2026
Louis Stokes New STEM Pathways Implementation-Only Alliance: Southern Central Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (SCI-LSAMP)
Rebekka Darner, Mahua Biswas.
National Science Foundation. August 1 2024 - May 31 2025
LEAPS-MPS: Nanopatterning Nitride Based Nanostructures Using Sequential Infiltration Synthesis for Optoelectronic Applications
Mahua Biswas.
National Science Foundation. August 1 2022
RUI: Unraveling Novel Nanophotonic Effects in Mid-Index Micro-Sized Dielectric Materials
Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas.
National Science Foundation. September 1 2022 - August 31 2025
MRI: Acquisition of a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope to Advance Multidisciplinary Research and Education
Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna, Tenley Banik, Jan Dahl, Jun-Hyun Kim.
National Science Foundation. September 1 2021 - August 31 2024
Sequential Infiltration Synthesis of Silicon Nitride and Silicon Dioxide Materials in Polymeric films
Mahua Biswas.
Brewer Science INC.. June 1 2021 - November 30 2021
Conference Proceeding
BOARD # 392: LSAMP: A roadmap for institution collaboration during Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Partnerships (LSAMP) program development
Ashleigh Wright, Holly Golecki, Jacqueline Henderson, Rebekka Darner, Nafisa Ibrahim, Brenda Wilson, Loralyn Cozy, Brian Bellott, Mahua Biswas, Alejandro Lleras, Narendra Jaggi, Michelle Edgcomb Friday, Terrance Bishop, Catherine Lipovsky.
ASEE Conferences, 10.18260/1-2--55766
Journal Article
Detection of Hybrid Optical Anapoles in Dielectric Microspheres
Uttam Manna, Iker Gómez-Viloria, Robert Sevik, Isaac Tribaldo, Mahua Biswas, Gabriel Molina-Terriza, Jorge Olmos-Trigo.
Advanced Optical Materials, e01315, (2025)
Nanopatterning Oxide Materials Using Polycaprolactone-based Block Copolymer
Sudarshana Patra, Carter Herbert, Lane Nichols, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas.
Nanotechnology, 36, 435302, (2025)
Nanophotonic Phenomena Driven by Vector Beams
Uttam Manna, Maya Chauhan, Mahua Biswas.
Advanced Photonics, 7 (5), (2025)
Optical trapping with optical magnetic field and photonic Hall effect forces.
Yanzeng Li, Emmanuel VAlentino, Spoorthi Nagasamudram, John PArker, Marcos Perez, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas, Stuart A. Rice, Norbert Scherer.
Nature Communication, (2025)
Resonant coupling of molecular excitons and optical anapoles in silicon nanosphere-J-aggregate heterostructures under vector beam illumination
Brighton Coe, Robert Sevik, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna.
Applied Optics, 62 (20), 5487, (2023)
Sequential Infiltration Synthesis of Silicon Dioxide in Polymers with Ester Groups─ Insight from In Situ Infrared Spectroscopy
Mahua Biswas, Vepa Rozyyev, Anil Mane, Amelia Korveziroska, Uttam Manna, Jeffrey W Elam.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126 (15), 6346, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c07571
Fabrication of TiO2 nanodot films using simple solution dipping method and block copolymer template
Krishna Pandey, Marcos Perez, Amelia Korveziroska, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas.
Journal of Applied Physics, 131, 074901, (2022)
Unraveling Dipolar Regime and Kerker Conditions in Mid-Index Mesoscale Dielectric Materials
Brighton Coe, Jorge Olmos-Trigo, Dylan Qualls, Minani Alexis, Michal Szczerba, Diego Abujetas, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna.
Advanced Optical Materials, 2202140, (2022)
Other
LSAMP: A Roadmap of Institutional Collaboration During the Development of Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program
Holly M Golecki, Jacqueline Henderson, Rebekka Darner, Nafisa A Ibrahim, Brenda Anne Wilson, Loralyn Cozy, Brian J Bellott, Mahua Biswas, Alejandro Lleras, Narendra Jaggi, Michelle Edgcomb Friday, Terrance Bishop, Catherine Lipovsky.
2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, (2025), 10.18260/1-2--55766
Presentations
Advancement in Nanopatterning of Gallium Nitride Research using Sequential Infiltration Synthesis
Prachi Sarwara, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas.
APS Prairie Chapter Meeting, Romeoville, IL, February 21, 2025
Beam Engineering for Enhanced Light-Matter Interactions in Optical Nanostructures
Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas.
META 2024, Tayoma, Japan, July 17, 2024
Nanopatterning of Nitride Nanostructures for Optoelectronic Applications
Sudarshana Patra, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas.
META 2024, Tayoma, Japan, July 16, 2024
Nanopatterning Inorganic Materials using Selective Infiltration inside Polymers for Emerging Technologies’
Sudarshana Patra, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas.
American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 12, 2024
Dual Detection of Kerker Anapoles in Dielectric Microspheres
Robert Sevik, Alexander Hardaway, Prachi Sarwara, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna.
American Physical Society March Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, March 12, 2024
Nanomaterials Patterning Involving Undergraduates at Illinois State University
Lane Nichols, Carter Herbert, Sudarshana Patra, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna.
American Physical Society March Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, March 11, 2024
Optical trapping with magnetic fields of light
Yanzeng Li, Rosalind Huang, Jumanah AlMalki, Marcos Perez, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas, Norbert Scherer.
SPIE Optics & Photonics 2023, San Diego, California, August, 2023
Optical trapping with magnetic fields of light
Yanzeng Li, Rosalind Huang, Jumanah Almalki, Marcos Perez, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas, Norbert Scherer.
SPIE Optics & Photonics, San Diego, CA, August 23, 2023
Kerker Conditions in Mid-index Mesoscale Dielectric Materials
Uttam Manna, Brighton Coe, Robert Sevik, Mahua Biswas.
European Material Research Society Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, June 1, 2023
Oxide Nanopatterning using Sequential Infiltration Synthesis – In Situ FTIR study
Mahua Biswas, Vepa Rojyyev, Amelia Korveziroska, Marcos Perez, Anil Mane, Jeffrey Elam.
European Material Research Society Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, May 31, 2023
Fabrication of SiO2 Nanomaterials Using Polymer and Sequential Infiltration Synthesis
Amelia Korveziroska, Jaydah Bell, Mahua Biswas.
ISU University Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 14, 2023
Nanomaterial Growth Using Block Copolymer as a Template
Carter Herbert, Amelia Korveziroska, Mahua Biswas.
ISU University Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 14, 2023
Nanopatterning using Sequential Infiltration Synthesis
Sudarshana Patra, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna.
ISU University Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 14, 2023
Nanophotonic Phenomena in Mesoscale Dielectric Particles
Uttam Manna, Brighton Coe, Robert Sevik, Mahua Biswas.
APS March Meeting 2023, Las Vegas, NV, March 5, 2023
Sequential Infiltration Synthesis of Silicon Dioxide for Nanopatterning – In Situ FTIR study
Mahua Biswas, Vepa Rozyyev, Amelia Korveziroska, Marcos Perez, Anil Mane, Jeffrey Elam, Uttam Manna.
APS March Meeting 2023, Las Vegas, NV, March 5, 2023
Silicon Dioxide Deposition in Polymer Using Sequential Infiltration Synthesis – In Situ FTIR study
Mahua Biswas, Amelia Korveziroska, Marcos Perez.
American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, August 24, 2022
Silicon Dioxide Deposition in Polymer Using Sequential Infiltration Synthesis – In Situ FTIR study
Mahua Biswas, Amelia Korveziroska, Marcos Perez.
Material Research Society, Virtual, May 24, 2022
Nanometer Scale Material Growth and Patterning
Amelia Korveziroska, Marcos Perez, Mahua Biswas.
ISU University Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 1, 2022
Silicon Nanoparticles for Optical Tweezing
Marcos Perez, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas.
ISU University Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 1, 2022
Nanophotonics Research Involving Undergraduates at Illinois State University
Dylan Qualls, Christopher Achammer, Minani Alexis, Robert Sevik, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna.
APS March Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, March 15, 2022
Synthesis of Colloidal Silicon Nanosphere Involving Undergraduate Students at Illinois State University
Marcos Perez, Amelia Korveziroska, Uttam Manna, Mahua Biswas.
APS March Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, March 15, 2022
Polycaprolactone for Inorganic Materials Infiltration- a Promising Addition to Sequential Infiltration Synthesis Polymer Family
Mahua Biswas, Joseph A Libera, Jeffrey Elam, Seth Darling.
Center for Nanomaterials Users Meeting, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, May 3, 2021
Excitation of Dark Mode in High-Index Silicon Oligomer Nanostructures using Cylindrical Vector Beams
Brighton Coe, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna.
ISU Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 10, 2021
Resonance Coupling between Optical Anapoles and Quantum Emitters in Silicon Nanosphere J-Aggregate Heterostructures
Brighton Coe, Mahua Biswas, Uttam Manna.
ISU Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 10, 2021
Silicon and Aluminum Based Inorganic Materials Nanopatterning for Microelectronic Applications
Amelia Korveziroska, Marcos Perez, Mahua Biswas.
ISU Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 10, 2021