Present Position : Visiting Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India. 

Last Position held  : Senior Professor, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Outstanding Scientist & Head Plasma Processing Section,  Laser and Plasma Technology Division,  Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai (Bombay) 400085,  India.

Email : dspatil@iitb.ac.in

Tel.: 91-22-25767637

Academic Background

• M. Sc. (Physics) Nagpur (1976)
• Ph. D. (Physics) Bombay (1987)

Professional/Research Experience:

 

Research Scholar (1976-78),  Department of Physics at Indian Institute of Technology, Pawai, Bombay 400076

 

Graduate Trainee (1978-79) at Atomic Energy Training School, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay 400085 for orientation course in “Nuclear Science and Engineering”.

 

 Scientific Officer (August 1, 1979 to August 31, 2014)at Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Trombay, Mumbai (Bombay) 400085. (Last Position held: Outstanding Scientist & Head Plasma Processing Section, Laser and Plasma Technology Division, BARC).

 

Research Scientist (September 1989 - September 1991) at the Institute of Materials Processing at Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931 (U.S.A.).

 

Guest Scientist(May 2000 – May 2001)at the Institute for Chemistry of Inorganic Materials, Technical University Munich, Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85747, Garching b. Munich, Germany

 

Research Interests:

·         Plasma Processing of Materials

·         Surface Engineering and Thin Films

·         Diamond / Diamond Like Carbon thin films

·         Plasma Enhanced Metal Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition (MOCVD)

·         Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jets for Cleaning / Decontamination

·         Development of  Nanocrystalline Superhard Composite Coatings

·         Microwave Sintering of Ceramics / Microwave Processing of Materials

·         Bioceramic Coatings

·         Ceramic Matrix Composites

·         Electronic Ceramics

 

Patents

1.      A process for depositing hard, hydrophobic, mechanically, thermally and chemically stable polymer films on bell metal

J. Chutia, D. S. Patil, A. J. Choudhury and A. R. Pal

Patent  No: 268130, India

2.   Process for preparing metal complexes of 1,3-diketones using ultrasound.

B. M. Bhanage, N. S. Nandurkar and D. S. Patil

Patent No:  236638, India

3. Process for preparing metal complexes of 1,3-diketones using ultrasound.

B. M. Bhanage, N. S. Nandurkar and D. S. Patil

Patent No:  236638, India 

4. A process for depositing hard, hydrophobic, mechanically, thermally and chemically stable polymer films on bell metal

J. Chutia, D. S. Patil, A. J. Choudhury and A. R. Pal

Patent  No: 268130, India

 

Book Chapter

Cold Plasma Processing of Materials for Extreme Conditions

D.S. Patil, R. Kar, S.S. Chopade

“Materials Under Extreme Conditions” 

(Eds) A.K. Tyagi and S. Banerjee,

2017, Elsevier,  ISBN: 978-0-12-801300-7,  p 411469.

     

Books Edited:

1. Plasma Surface Engineering

Proceedings of  DAE-BRNS workshop on “Plasma Surface Engineering”, BARC, Mumbai, September 23-25, 2004

Editors: D. S. Patil, P. V. A. Padmanabhan, A. K. Das

ISBN : 81-7764-656-7

Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai

2. Ion Beam Technology and Applications

Proceedings of  DAE-BRNS-PSI Symposium on “Ion Beam Technology and Applications”,  BARC, Mumbai, September 19-21, 2007

Editors: P. Roychowdhury, D. S. Patil

ISBN : 81-8372-033-1

3. Journal of Physics: Conference SeriesVolume 208 Number 1

Proceedings of 23rd National Symposium on Plasma Science & Technology (PLASMA-2008)

Editors: V K Mago, P V Ananthapadmanabhan, D S Patil and A K Das

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 208 011001 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/208/1/011001