physics

Pritam Deb

Pritam Deb is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Pritam Deb rather than just read about it. In short: Pritam Deb is an Indian physicist, nanoscientist and a professor of physics at Tezpur University. He is known for his studies on nanoscience and technology as well as the physics of materials and has published a number of articles; ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 86 of them.

Key takeaways

Pritam Deb belongs to physics; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Pritam Deb to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Pritam Deb from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Pritam Deb is an Indian physicist, nanoscientist and a professor of physics at Tezpur University. He is known for his studies on nanoscience and technology as well as the physics of materials and has published a number of articles; ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 86 of them. Besides, he has also published a book, Kinetics of Heterogeneous Solid State Processes, on nonisothermal kinetics. Deb was a part of the team that successfully campaigned for selecting Tezpur University as a nodal center for establishing the Technology Enabling Centre (TEC) of the Department of Science and Technology. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences, in 2017–18.

Selected bibliography

Books Pritam Deb (3 December 2013). Kinetics of Heterogeneous Solid State Processes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-81-322-1756-5. P. P. Sahu and Pritam Deb (30 September 2007). Contemporary Optics and Optoelectronics. McGraw Hill.

Articles Deb, Pritam; Dasgupta, Suman; Choudhary, Saynaz A.; Kaushik, Som Datta; Lodha, Saurabh; Biswas, Jayeeta; Kumar, Dinesh; Guleria, Anupam; Deka, Kashmiri (2019-01-15). "Janus nanoparticles for contrast enhancement of T1–T2 dual mode magnetic resonance imaging". Dalton Transactions. 48 (3): 1075–1083. doi:10.1039/C8DT04038A. ISSN 1477-9234. PMID 30601511. S2CID 58608498. Saikia, K.; Bhattacharya, K.; Sen, D.; Kaushik, S. D.; Biswas, J.; Lodha, S.; Gogoi, B.; Buragohain, A. K.; Kockenberger, W. (2019-01-15). "Solvent evaporation driven entrapment of magnetic nanoparticles in mesoporous frame for designing a highly efficient MRI contrast probe". Applied Surface Science. 464: 567–576. Bibcode:2019ApSS..464..567S. doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.09.117. ISSN 0169-4332. S2CID 106388539. Phukan, Bedika; Ghorai, Samir; Deka, Kashmiri; Deb, Pritam; Mukherjee, Chandan (2018-01-03). "Interactions of Alkali and Alkaline-Earth Metals in Water-Soluble Heterometallic FeIII/M (M = Na+, K+, Ca2+)-Type Coordination Complex". Crystal Growth & Design. 18 (1): 531–539. doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01588. ISSN 1528-7483. Deka, Kashmiri; Nath, Namita; Saikia, Binoy K.; Deb, Pritam (2017-12-01). "Kinetic analysis of ceria nanoparticle catalysed efficient biomass pyrolysis for obtaining high-quality bio-oil". Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 130 (3): 1875–1883. doi:10.1007/s10973-017-6476-0. ISSN 1588-2926. S2CID 98947505.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Pritam Deb

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Pritam Deb claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Pritam Deb before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Pritam Deb ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Pritam Deb

In research: Pritam Deb appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Pritam Deb in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Pritam Deb is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century Indian physicists, Academic staff of Tezpur University, Indian nanotechnologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Pritam Deb outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Pritam Deb in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Pritam Deb means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Pritam Deb out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Pritam Deb in simple terms?

Why does Pritam Deb matter?

Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Pritam Deb?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Pritam Deb.