Areas of Interest
- Condensed Matter Theory (Electronic Structure)
Current Research
Students
Current PhD Students
- PH16D203 MAYANK GUPTA
- PH17D008 AMIT CHAUHAN
- PH18D031 ABHIJITHA V G
- PH18D035 JATIN KUMAR BIDIKA
- PH20D056 SRESTHA BANIK
- PH21D007 SASHIKANTA MOHAPATRA
- PH21D300 DANDIGUNTA BABUJI
- PH19D002 BUBUNU BISWAL (Co-Guidance)
- PH14D022 ANJU SAROHA (Co-Guidance)
Recent Publications
- Pressure and Inversion Symmetry Breaking Field Driven First Order Phase Transition and Formation of Dirac Circle in Perovskites
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A. Kore, R. Kashikar, M. Gupta, P Singh, and B. R. K. Nanda
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Physical Review B
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Accepted Page: arXiv:2004.06939.
2020.
- Defining the topological influencers and predictive principles to engineer the band structure of halide perovskites
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R. Kashikar, M. Gupta, and B. R. K. Nanda
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Physical Review B
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101 .
155102 .
2020.
- Fluorine Intercalated Graphene: Formation of a 2D Spin Lattice through Pseudoatomization
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S. B. Mishra, S. K. Yadav, D. G. Kanhere, and B. R. K. Nanda
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Physical Review Materials
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Accepted Page: arXiv:2005.09888.
2020.
- Mechanistic Understanding of NO2 Dissociation on a Rutile TiO2 (110) Surface: An Electronic Structure Study
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S. Marutheeswaran, S. B. Mishra, S. C. Roy, and B. R. K. Nanda
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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124 .
8786 .
2020.
- Maximizing Short Circuit Current Density and Open Circuit Voltage in Oxygen Vacancy-Controlled Bi1–xCaxFe1–yTiyO3−δ Thin-Film Solar Cells
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S. Nandy, K. Kaur, S. Gautam, K. H. Chae, B. R. K. Nanda, and C. Sudakar
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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12 .
14105 .
2020.
- Shifting of Fermi level and realization of topological insulating phase in the oxyfluoride BaBiO2F
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B. Khamari, B.R. K. Nanda
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Materials Research Express
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6 .
066309 .
2019.
- Large Bulk Photovoltaic Response by Symmetry-Breaking Structural Transformation in Ferroelectric [ Ba ( Zr 0.2 Ti 0.8 ) O 3 ]0.5[( Ba 0.7 Ca 0.3 ) Ti O 3 ]0.5
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A. B. Swain, D. Murali, B.R.K. Nanda, P. Murugavel
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Phys. Rev. Applied
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11 .
044007 .
2019.
- Band engineering via grain boundary defect states for large scale tuning of photoconductivity in Bi1−xCaxFe1−yTiyO3−δ
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S Nandy, P. S. V. Mocherla, K. Kaur, S. Gautam, B..R..K. Nanda, C. Sudakar
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J. Appl.Phys.
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126 .
235101.
2019.
- Enhanced bulk photovoltaic response in Sn doped BaTiO3 through composition dependent structural transformation
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L. Kola, D. Murali, S. Pal, B. R. K. Nanda, P. Murugavel
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Appl. Phys. Lett.
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114 .
183901 .
2019.
- Stretchable and dynamically stable promising two-dimensional thermoelectric materials: ScP and ScAs
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K. Kaur, D. Murali, B. R. K. Nanda
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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7 .
12604 .
2019.
- Designing Non-Polar Metallic Interfaces using Insulating Transition Metal Olivine Phosphates
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A. Jena, D. Murali, B. R. K. Nanda
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Advanced Theory and Simulations (Wiley Publication)
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1 .
1700007 .
2018.
- Quantum well structure of double perovskite superlattice and formation of spin-polarized two-dimensional electron gas
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S. Samanta, S. B. Mishra, B. R. K. Nanda
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Phys. Rev. B
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98 .
115155 .
2018.
- Giant photovoltaic response in band engineered ferroelectric perovskite
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S. Pal, A. B. Swain, P. P. Biswas, D. Murali, A. Pal, B. R. K. Nanda, P. Murugavel
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Scientific Reports
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8 .
8005.
2018.
- Topologically invariant double Dirac states in bismuth-based perovskites: Consequence of ambivalent charge states and covalent bonding
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Bramachari Khamari, Ravi Kashikar, B. R. K. Nanda
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Phys. Rev. B
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97 .
045149 .
2018.
- Giant exchange bias in the single-layered Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite SrLaCo0.5Mn0.5O4
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R. R. Das, Priyadarshini Parida, A. K. Bera, Tapan Chatterji, B. R. K. Nanda, P. N. Santhosh
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Phys. Rev. B
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98.
184417 .
2018.
- Quantum-mechanical process of carbonate complex formation and large-scale anisotropy in the adsorption energy of CO2 on anatase TiO2 (001) surface
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S. B. Mishra, A. Choudhary, S. C. Roy, B. R. K. Nanda
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Phys. Rev. Materials
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2 .
115801 .
2018.
- Oxygen vacancy induced photoconductivity enhancement in Bi1-xCaxFeO3-δ nanoparticle ceramics: A combined experimental and theoretical study
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S. Nandy, K. Kaur, P. S. V. Mocherla, B. R. K. Nanda, C. Sudakar
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J. Appl. Phys.
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124 .
195108 .
2018.
- Second-neighbor electron hopping and pressure induced topological quantum phase transition in insulating cubic perovskites
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R. Kashikar, B. Khamari, B. R. K. Nanda
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Phys. Rev. Materials
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2.
124204 .
2018.
- Universality in the electronic structure of 3d transition metal oxides
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P. Parida, R. Kashikar, A. Jena, B. R. K. Nanda
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Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
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123 .
133 .
2018.
- Mn substitution controlled Li-diffusion in single crystalline nanotubular LiFePO4 high rate-capability cathodes: Experimental and theoretical studies
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Akshay Kumar Budumuru, M. Viji, Ajit Jena, B.R.K. Nanda, C. Sudakar
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Journal of Power Sources
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406 .
50-62.
2018.
- Engineering Diffusivity and Operating Voltage in Lithium Iron Phosphate through Transition Metal Doping
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Ajit Jena and B. R. K. Nanda
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Phys. Rev. Applied
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7 .
034007 .
2017.
- Enhancing CO2 Electroreduction by Tailoring Strain and Ligand Effects in Bimetallic Cu-Rh and Cu-Ni Heterostructures
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Tuhina Adit Maark and B. R. K. Nanda
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Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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121 .
4496 .
2017.
- Microstrain engineered magnetic properties in Bi1− x Ca x Fe1− y Ti y O3− δ nanoparticles: deviation from Néel’s 1/d size-dependent magnetization behaviour
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Pavana SV Mocherla, MB Sahana, R Gopalan, MS Ramachandra Rao, BRK Nanda, C Sudakar
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Materials Research Express
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4 .
106106 .
2017.
- Orbital driven impurity spin effect on the magnetic order of quasi-three dimensional cupric oxide
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B. G. Ganga, P. N. Santhosh and B. R. K. Nanda
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Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
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29 .
155802 .
2017.
- Effect of frustrated exchange interactions and spin-half-impurity on the electronic structure of strongly correlated NiFe2O4
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K. Ugendar, S. Samanta, S. Rayaprol, V. Siruguri, G. Markandeyulu, B. R. K. Nanda
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Phys. Rev. B
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96.
035138 .
2017.
- Unconventional Magnetism and Band Gap Formation in LiFePO4: Consequence of Polyanion Induced Non-planarity
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Ajit Jena, B. R. K. Nanda
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Scientific Reports
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6
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19573 .
2016.
- First principles study of the electronic structure and magnetic properties of spin chain compounds: Ca3ZnMnO6 and Ca3ZnCoO6
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J. Chakraborty, S. Samanta, B. R. K. Nanda and I. Dasgupta
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J. Phys.: Condens. Matter
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28 .
375501 .
2016.
- Intertwined lattice deformation and magnetism in monovacancy graphene
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Haricharan Padmanabhan and B. R. K. Nanda
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Phys. Rev. B
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93 .
165403 .
2016.
- Tailoring p- and n- type semiconductor through site selective oxygen doping in Cu3N: Density Functional Studies
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Guruprasad Sahoo, Ravi Kashikar, Mahaveer K Jain, B. R. K. Nanda
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Materials Research Express
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3 .
065902 .
2016.
- Spin-glass state in nanoparticulate (La0.7Sr0.3MnO3)1−x (BaTiO3)x solid solutions:Experimental and density-functional studies
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Chiranjib Nayek, S. Samanta, Kaustuv Manna, A. Pokle, B. R. K. Nanda, P. S. Anil kumar, and P. Murugavel
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Phys. Rev. B
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93 .
094401 .
2016.
- CO and CO2 Electrochemical Reduction to Methane on Cu, Ni and Cu3Ni (211) Surfaces
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Tuhina Adit Maark, B. R. K. Nanda
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Journal of Physical Chemistry (Part C)
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120 .
8781 .
2016.
- Control over the charge transfer in dye-nanoparticle decorated graphene
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SR Bongu, AV Veluthandath, BRK Nanda, S Ramaprabhu, PB Bisht
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Chemical Physics Letters
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644 .
176-182.
2016.
- Nuclear tunneling and dynamical Jahn-Teller effect in graphene with vacancy
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Z. Popovic, B. R. K. Nanda, S. Satpathy
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Phys. Rev. B
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86 .
085458 .
2012.
- Electronic structure of the substitutional vacancy in graphene: density functional and Green function studies
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B. R. K. Nanda, M. Sherafati, Z. Popovic, S. Satpathy
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New J. Phys.
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14 .
083004 .
2012.
- Electronic Phases and Phase Separation in the Hubbard-Holstein Model of a Polar Interface
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B. R. K. Nanda and S. Satpathy
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Phys. Rev. B
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83 .
195114 .
2011.
- Density-functional studies of uniaxially strained tetragonal LaMnO3
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B. R. K. Nanda and S. Satpathy
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J. Mag. Mag. Materials
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322 .
3653 .
2010.
- Magnetic and Orbital Order in LaMnO3 under Uniaxial Strain: A Model Study
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B. R. K. Nanda and S. Satpathy
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Phys. Rev. B
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81.
174423 .
2010.
- Polar Catastrophe and the spin polarized electron gas at the LaMnO3/SrMnO3 interface
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B. R. K. Nanda and S. Satpathy
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J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B
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28 .
C5A24 .
2010.
- Polar Catastrophe, electron leakage, and magnetic ordering at the LaMnO3/SrMnO3 interface
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B. R. K. Nanda and S. Satpathy
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Phys. Rev. B
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81 .
224408 .
2010.
- Electronic and Magnetic Structure of the (LaMnO3)2n/(SrMnO3)n superlattices
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B. R. K. Nanda and S. Satpathy
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Phys. Rev. B
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79 .
054428 .
2009.
- Electronic Structure of Bilayer Graphene under External Electric Field and Strain
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B. R. K. Nanda and S. Satpathy
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Phys. Rev. B
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80 .
165430 .
2009.
- Effect of strain on Orbital ordering and Magnetism at the Perovskite oxide interfaces: LaMnO3/SrMnO3
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B. R. K. Nanda and S. Satpathy
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Phys. Rev. B
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78 .
054427 .
2008.
- Two-Dimensional Spin-Polarized Electron Gas at Oxide Interfaces
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B. R. K. Nanda and S. Satpathy
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Phys. Rev. Lett.
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101 .
127201 .
2008.
- Electron Leakage and Double-Exchange Ferromagnetism at the Interface between a Metal and an Antiferromagnetic Insulator: CaRuO3/CaMnO3
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B. R. K. Nanda, S. Satpathy, M. S. Springborg
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Phys. Rev. Lett.
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98 .
216804 .
2007.
- Electronic structure of half-metallic magnets
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B. R. K. Nanda and I. Dasgupta
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Comp. Mat. Science
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36 .
96 .
2006.
- Electronic structure and magnetism in doped semiconducting half-Heusler Compounds
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B. R. K. Nanda and I. Dasgupta
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J. Phys.: Condens. Matter
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17 .
5037 .
2005.
- Electronic structure and magnetism in half-Heusler compounds
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B. R. K. Nanda and I. Dasgupta
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J. Phys.: Condens. Matter
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15 .
7307 .
2003.
Teaching
- 2017 : (Jan - May) - PH1020 Physics II
- 2018 : (Jan - May) - PH5160 Condensed Matter Physics I; (Jul - Nov) - PH5210 Condensed Matter Physics II
- 2019 : (Jan - May) - PH5160 Condensed Matter Physics I; (Jul - Nov) - PH2140 Mathematics on the computer/ PH4500 Industrial Training./ PH5210 Condensed Matter Physics II
- 2020 : (Jan - May) - PH4500 Industrial Training/ PH5160 Condensed Matter Physics I; (Jul - Nov) - PH2140 Mathematics on the computer/ PH4500 Industrial Training/ PH5730 Methods of Comput
- 2021 : (Jan - May) - PH3520 Quantum Physics/ PH5120 Physics Lab II (PG); (Jul - Nov) - PH5221 Summer Project PH5222 Project/ PH7080 Foundations in Theoretical Physics
- 2022 : (Jan - May) - PH1020 Physics II / PH5120 Physics Lab II (PG) / PH5223 Project / PH5400 Viva Voce / PH5400+ Comprehensive Viva Voce ; (Jul - Nov) - PH5100 Quantum Mechanics- I
- 2023 : (Jan - May) - PH1020 Physics II