Faculty Details

Areas of Interest

• Polymer physics
• Self assembly of soft colloids
• Responsive soft matter
• Flexible thermoelectrics

Current Research

Students

Current PhD Students

• PH18D007    SHAKSHI GUPTA
• PH18D013    SANKET KUMAR
• PH18D201    VIPIN KUMAR
• PH18D203    SANTOSH KUMAR
• PH18D300    MINATI TIADI
• PH19D028    SANJIB MAJUMDER
• PH19D076    SONAM ZANGPO BHUTIA
• PH20D075    SARAH AHMAD SIRAJ

Recent Publications

• Modulation of Optical Anisotropy in Chitosan Thin Films: Role of Swelling. Dillip K. Satapathy. Macromolecules. 54. 10931-10942.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00613. 2021.
• Modulation of Central Depletion Zone in Evaporated Sessile Drops via Substrate Heating. Hisay Lama, Dillip K Satapathy, Madivala G Basavaraj. Langmuir. 36 . 4737.
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00785. 2020.
• Depth profile of the ferromagnetic order in a YBa2Cu3O7/La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 superlattice on a LSAT substrate: A polarized neutron reflectometry study. M. A. Uribe-Laverde, D. K. Satapathy, I. Marozau et al. . PHYSICAL REVIEW B. 87. 115105.
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.115105. 2013.
• High bias anomaly in YBa2Cu3O7/LaMnO3+δ/YBa2Cu3O7superconductor/ferromagnetic insulator/superconductor junctions: Evidence for a long-range superconducting proximity effect through the conduction band of a ferromagnetic insulator. T. Golod, A Rydh, V. M. Krasnov, I. Marozau, M. A. Uribe-Laverde, D. K. Satapathy, Th. Wagner, C. Bernhard. PHYSICAL REVIEW B. 87 . 134520.
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.134520. 2013.
• Pulsed laser deposition growth of heteroepitaxial YBa2Cu3O7/La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 superlattices on NdGaO3 and Sr0.7La0.3Al0.65Ta0.35O3 substrates. V. K. Malik, I Marozau, S. Das, B. Doggett, D. K. Satapathy et.al. . PHYSICAL REVIEW B. 85 . 054514.
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.054514. 2012.
• Competing interactions at the interface between ferromagnetic oxides revealed by spin-polarized neutron reflectometry. J.-H KIm, I. Vrejo, K. Khaydukov et al. . PHYSICAL REVIEW B. 86 . 180402.
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.180402. 2012.
• Magnetic Proximity Effect in YBa2Cu3O7/La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 and YBa2Cu3O7/LaMnO3+δ Superlattices. D. K. Satapathy, M. A. Uribe-Laverde, I. Marozau et al. . PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 108 . 197201.
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.197201. 2012.
• Directed Self-Assembly of Lamellae-forming Block Copolymer Films Between Two Orthogonal Chemically Nano-patterned Surfaces. G. Liu, A. Ramirez-Hernandez, H. Yoshida, K. NygÃ¥rd, D. K. Satapathy, O. Bunk, J. J. de Pablo, and P. F. Nealey . PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 108 . 065502.
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.065502. 2012.
• Density profile of water in nanoslit. S. Chodankar, E. Perret, K. Nygard, O. Bunk, D. K. Satapathy et al. . EPL-Europhys. Lett.. 99 . 26001.
  DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/99/26001. 2012.
• Azimuthal reflection high-energy electron diffraction study of MnAs growth on GaAs(001) by molecular beam epitaxy. Dillip K. Satapathy, Bernd Jenichen, Klaus H. Ploog and Wolfgang Braun . J. Appl. Phys.. 110. 023505. 2011.
• Surface-Specific Ordering of Reverse Micelles in Confinement. Kim NygÃ¥rd, D. K. Satapathy, Edith Perret, Celestino Padeste, Oliver Bunk, Christian David and J. Friso van der Veen . Soft Matter. 6. 4536. 2010.
• X-ray reflectivity reveals equilibrium density profile of molecular liquid under nanometer confinement. E. Perret, K. NygÃ¥rd, D. K. Satapathy, T. E. Balmer, O. Bunk, M. Heuberger and J. Friso van der Veen . EPL-Europhys. Lett.. 88. 36004. 2009.
• Buckling and layering transitions in confined colloids. D. K. Satapathy, K. NygÃ¥rd, O. Bunk, K. Jefimovs, E. Perret, F. Pfeiffer, C. David and J. F. van der Veen . EPL-Europhys. Lett.. 87 . 34001. 2009.
• Structure of confined fluids by x-ray interferometry using diffraction gratings. K. NygÃ¥rd, D. K. Satapathy, J. Buitenhuis, E. Perret, O. Bunk, F. Pfeiffer, C. David and J. F. van der Veen . Optics Express. 16. 20522. 2008.
• Colloidal monolayer trapped near a charged wall: A synchrotron x-ray diffraction study. D. K. Satapathy, O. Bunk, K. Jefimovs, K. NygÃ¥rd, H. Guo, A. Diaz, E. Perret, F. Pfeiffer, C. David, G. H. Wegdam and J. F. van der Veen. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 101 . 136103. 2008.
• Dynamical theory for diffractive x-ray imaging of one-dimensional periodic objects. K. NygÃ¥rd, D. K. Satapathy, O. Bunk, F. Pfeiffer, C. David and J. F. van der Veen . Applied Physics Letters. 92 . 214105. 2008.
• Periodic array of misfit dislocations at the MnAs/GaAs interface studied by synchrotron x-ray diffraction,. D. K. Satapathy, V. M. Kaganer, B. Jenichen, W. Braun, L. Daeweritz and K. H. Ploog . PHYSICAL REVIEW B. 72 . 155303.
  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.155303. 2005.

Teaching

• 2017 :  (Jan - May) - PH1020 Physics II; (Jul - Nov) - PH1010 Physics I/ EP4140 Project /EP4500 Self Study Elective
• 2018 :  (Jan - May) - EP3180 Industrial Lecture/ EP405 Viva Voce EP4160 Project II/ Physics Lab II (PG)/ Introduction to Softmatter Physics; (Jul - Nov) - PH1010 Physics I/ PH7999 Special Topics in Phy
• 2019 :  (Jan - May) - PH5810 Introduction to Softmatter Physics/ PH6999 Special Topics in Physics/ PH7999 Special Topics in Physics; (Jul - Nov) PH1030 Physics Lab-I, PH6999 Special Topics in Physics/ PH7999 Special Topics in Physics;
• 2020 :  (Jan - May) - PH5120 Physics Lab II (PG)/ PH5810 Introduction to Softmatter Physics/ PH6999 Special Topics in Physics/ PH7999 Special Topics in Physics; (Jul - Nov) - PH1010
• 2021 :  (Jan - May) - PH1020 Physics II/ PH6999 Special Topics in Physics/ PH7999 Special Topics in Physics; (Jul - Nov) - EP2102 Classical Dynamics/ PH5060 Physics Lab I (PG)
• 2022 :  (Jan - May) - PH1020 Physics II / PH5120 Physics Lab II (PG) ; (Jul - Nov) - EP2102 Classical Dynamics / PH5060 Physics Lab I (PG)
• 2023 :  (Jan - May) - PH5120 Physics Lab II (PG) / PH5810 Introduction to Softmatter Physics