Ayaskanta Sahu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. His research focuses on investigating transport phenomena in new classes of nanostructured hybrid materials that have promise for optoelectronic and thermoelectric energy conversion.
Prior to joining NYU, he was a Materials Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California. He holds a B. Tech. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. He spent a couple of years at ETH Zurich as a visiting scientist before joining the Molecular Foundry.
Education
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 2007
Bachelor of Technology, Chemical Engineering
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2012
Doctor of Philosophy, Chemical Engineering
Experience
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Research and Teaching Assistant
From: September 2007 to November 2012
ETH Zurich
Visiting Scientist
From: May 2011 to March 2013
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Materials Post-doctoral Fellow
From: May 2013 to December 2016
New York University
Assistant Professor
From: January 2017 to present
Publications
Journal Articles
“Bottom-up design of de novo thermoelectric hybrid materials using chalcogenide resurfacing”, A. Sahu, B. Russ , N. Su , J. D. Forster , P. Zhou , E. S. Cho , P. Ercius , N. E. Coates , R. A. Segalman and J. J. Urban, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C6TA09781B
"Carrier Scattering at Alloy Nanointerfaces Enhances Power Factor in PEDOT: PSS Hybrid Thermoelectrics”, E. W. Zaia, A. Sahu, P. Zhou, M. P. Gordon, J. D. Forster, Y. Liu, J. Guo, and J. J. Urban, Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (5), 3352
“Charge Trapping Defects in CdSe Quantum Dots," A. J. Almeida, A. Sahu, D. J. Norris, M. S. Brandt, M. Stutzmann, and R. N. Pereira, J. Phys. Chem. C., 2016, 120 (25), 13763
“Soft PEDOT: PSS Aerogel Architectures for Thermoelectric Applications,” M. P. Gordon, E. W. Zaia, P. Zhou, B. Russ, N. E. Coates, A. Sahu, and J. J. Urban, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2016, 44070. DOI: 10.1002/app.44070
“Localization of Ag Dopant Atoms in CdSe Nanocrystals by Reverse Monte Carlo Analysis of EXAFS Spectra," A. Kompch, A. Sahu, C. Notthoff, F. Ott, D. J. Norris and M. Winterer, J. Phys. Chem. C., 2015, 119 (32), 18762
“Engineering Synergy: Energy and Mass Transport in Hybrid Nanomaterials," E. S. Cho, N. E. Coates, J. D. Forster, A. M. Ruminski, Boris Russ, A. Sahu, N. C. Su, F. Yang, and J. J. Urban, Adv. Mater., 2015, 27 (38), 5744 (Invited Article, Equal Contribution, Author List in α-order)
“Carrier Lifetime Enhancement in a Tellurium Nanowire/PEDOT:PSS Nanocomposite by Sulfur Passivation," J. Heyman, A. Sahu, N. E. Coates, B. Ehmann, and J. J. Urban, MRS Proc., 2015, 1742, mrsf14-1742-bb04-02
“Broadband Up-Conversion at Subsolar Irradiance: Triplet–Triplet Annihilation Boosted by Fluorescent Semiconductor Nanocrystals," A. Monguzzi, D. Braga, M. Gandini, V. C. Holmberg, D. K. Kim, A. Sahu, D. J. Norris, and F. Meinardi, Nano Lett., 2014, 14 (11), 6644
“Complex Chiral Colloids and Surfaces via High-Index Off-Cut Silicon,” K. M. McPeak, C. D. van Engers, M. Blome, J. H. Park, S. Burger, M. A. Gosálvez, A. Faridi, Y. R. Ries, A. Sahu, and D. J. Norris, Nano Lett., 2014, 14 (5), 2934
“Solid-Phase Flexibility in Ag2Se Semiconductor Nanocrystals,” A. Sahu, D. Braga, O. Waser, M. S. Kang, D. Deng, and D. J. Norris, Nano Lett., 2014, 14 (1), 115
“Influence of Silver Doping on Electron Transport in Thin Films of PbSe Nanocrystals,” M.S. Kang, A. Sahu, C.D. Frisbie and D.J. Norris, Adv. Mater., 2013, 25 (5), 725
“Electronic Impurity Doping in CdSe Nanocrystals," A. Sahu, M.S. Kang, A. Kompch, C. Notthoff, A.W. Wills, D. Deng, M. Winterer, C.D. Frisbie and D.J. Norris, Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (5), 2587 (Highlighted in Nature Materials, 2012, 11, 486)
“Quantum Confinement in Silver Selenide Semiconductor Nanocrystals," A. Sahu, A. Khare, D. Deng and D.J. Norris, Chem. Comm., 2012, 48, 5458
“Synthesis and Characterization of Al- and In-doped CdSe Nanocrystals," A.W. Wills, M.S. Kang, K.M. Wentz, S.E. Hayes, A.Sahu, W.L. Gladfelter and D.J. Norris, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 6335
“Size- and Temperature-Dependent Charge Transport in PbSe Nanocrystal Thin Films,” M.S. Kang, A. Sahu, D.J. Norris and C.D. Frisbie, Nano Lett., 2011, 11 (9), 3887
“Facile Synthesis of Silver Chalcogenide (Ag2E, E = S , Se and Te) Semiconductor Nanocrystals,” A.Sahu, L. Qi, M.S. Kang, D. Deng, and D.J. Norris, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133(17), 6509
“Size-dependent Electrical Transport in CdSe Nanocrystal Thin-films,” M.S. Kang, A. Sahu, D.J. Norris and C.D. Frisbie, Nano Lett., 2010, 10 (9), 3727
Research Centers, Labs, and Groups
Hybrid Nanomaterials Lab
Sahu Group — Our research investigates the transport phenomena in new and ...
