Md Istiaque Chowdhury
Research Associate Materials Science, Electronic Materials, Center for Functional Nanomaterials

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Bldg. 735
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
Pronouns: He/Him
Education | Appointments | Publications
Education
PhD & MSc, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 2024
- Department of Materials Seince and Engineeing
- Dissertation Title: Exploring the Synthesis – Structure – Property Relationship of Inorganic Nitride and Oxide Thin Films
- Advisor: Nicholas C. Strandwitz
BS, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016
- Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineeing
Professional Appointments
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Center for Functional Nanomaterials
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2024 - Present
Walton Hi-tech Industries PLC.
- Production Engineer, 2016 - 2019
Selected Publications
- Xue H, Palmese E, Song R, et al (2023) Structural and optical characterization of thin AlInN films on c-plane GaN substrates. Journal of Applied Physics 134:. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0136004
- Van Meter KE, Chowdhury MI, Sowa MJ, et al (2023) Effects of deposition temperature on the wear behavior and material properties of plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) titanium vanadium nitride thin films. Wear 523:204731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2023.204731
- Babuska TF, Curry JF, Thorpe R, et al (2023) High-Sensitivity Low-Energy Ion Spectroscopy with Sub-Nanometer Depth Resolution Reveals Oxidation Resistance of MoS2 Increases with Film Density and Shear-Induced Nanostructural Modifications of the Surface. ACS Applied Nano Materials 6:1153–1160. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.2c04703
- Babuska TF, Curry JF, Dugger MT, et al (2022) Quality Control Metrics to Assess MoS2 Sputtered Films for Tribological Applications. Tribology Letters 70:. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-022-01642-y
- Chowdhury MdI, Sowa M, Van Meter KE, et al (2021) Plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition of titanium molybdenum nitride: Influence of RF bias and substrate structure. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films 39:. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0001175
- Chowdhury MdI, Sowa M, Kozen AC, et al (2020) Plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition of titanium nitride-molybdenum nitride solid solutions. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films 39:. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0000717

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Bldg. 735
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000