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Dr. Sarika Maitra Bhattacharyya : Polymer Science & Engineering Division Phone: 020-2590-3144 E-mail: [email protected], Web: http://academic.ncl.res.in/mb.sarika
Current Position: Principal Scientist, CSIR-NCL, Pune. ● Research Associate (2002-2003) California Institute of Technology, USA (Worked with Nobel
Laureate) ● Ph.D (2000), Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. ● M.Sc in Physics (1994), University of Calcutta, Kolkata. (Silver Medalist) Research interests: ● Soft condensed matter physics: Theory and Computation ● Correlation between structure, dynamics and thermodynamics in supercooled liquids. ● Crystallization vs. Glass transition. Primary Collaborators ● Chandan Dasgupta, IISc Bangalore and ICTS, Bangalore ● Srikanth Sastry, JNCASR, Bangalore ● Suman Chakrabarty, S. N. Bose Institute, Kolkata ● Walter Kob, Univ. of Montpellier, France ● Daniele Coslovich, Univ. Trieste, Italy Select publication: ● M. K. Nandi and S. M. Bhattacharyya* (peer reviewed invited article in the volume “Soft Matter Research in
India” in J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 32, 064001 (2020). ● I. Saha, M. K. Nandi, C. Dasgupta and S. M. Bhattacharyya* (Invited article in the volume "Unifying Concepts
in Glass Physics VII" in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2019, 084008n (2019). ● M. K. Nandi, A. Banerjee, C. Dasgupta, S. M. Bhattacharyya* Physical Review Letters. 119 265502 (2017) ● U.K. Nandi, A. Banerjee, S. Chakrabarty and S. M. Bhattacharyya* J. Chem. Physics, 145, 034503 (2016) ● A. Banerjee, S. Sengupta, S. Sastry, S. M. Bhattacharyya* Physical Review Letters 113, 225701 (2014) ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————Dr. Kavita Joshi : Physical and Materials Chemistry Division
Phone: 020-2590-2476 E-mail: [email protected], Web: http://academic.ncl.res.in/k.joshi
Current Position: Senior Scientist, CSIR-NCL, Pune. ● 2010-13: Scientist Fellow, CSIR-NCL ● 2005-09: RA/Lecturer, CMS, University of Pune ● 2004-05: CEA- Grenoble, France. ● 1999-04: Ph.D, Department of Physics, University of Pune Research interests: Being part of the National Chemical Laboratory and Physical and Materials Chemistry division, our research is a unique combination of basic science applied to industrially important problems. We use DFT as a tool to understand a catalyst or an electrode through its electronic structure. Currently our group is working on following topics ● Applications of DFT to industrially important reactions to unravel the reaction mechanism; in silico design of
catalyst for CO2 to value added products, Methane activation : Computational Heterogeneous Catalysis ● Atomistic level understanding of functioning of electrodes: Materials for Energy storage ● Combining DFT with Machine Learning for various applications in Materials Select publications and Patents ● S. Agarwal, S. Mehta, and Kavita Joshi*, New Journal of Chemistry 44 8545 (2020) ● P. K. Dwivedi, A. Nair, R. S. Mehare, V. Chaturvedi, K. Joshi*, and M. V. Shelke* Nanoscale Adv., 2, 2914 (2020) ● N. Kenge, S. Pitale, and Kavita Joshi* Surface Science 679 188 (2019) ● Organic molecules for terahertz tagging applications US Patent 10,464,929
Although the work that we are doing is highly interdisciplinary, students with Physics/Chemistry as major are most welcome. This semester we have two Ph.D. openings.
Dr. T. G Ajithkumar : Central NMR Facility and Physical/Materials Chemistry Division Phone: 020-2590-2569 E-mail: [email protected], Web:http://academic.ncl.res.in/tg.ajithkumar
Current Position: Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-NCL, Pune. ● Postdoctoral Research Associate, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands ● Ph.D in Physics IISC, Banglore ● M.Sc in Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala Research interests: ● Solid state NMR: Methodology development and applications to materia ● Insights into mechanical property of polymers from advanced solid-state NMR ● Structural insights into magnetic materials by probing iso-structural non-magnetic materials by solid-state NMR ● Solids-state NMR studies on sodium borosilicate glasses, used for immobilization of nuclear wastes ● Solid-state NMR studies on pharmaceutical co-crystal ● Solid-state NMR studies on advanced catalytic materials, geopolymers, MOFs Experimental facilities in the group: ● Bruker AVANCE 700MHz spectrometer equipped with a 1.3mm, 2.5mm and 4mm low gamma probe ● Bruker NEO 500 MHz Wide-bore spectrometer equipped with 2.5mm, 4mm and 4mm H/F/X probe capable of 19F detection with 1H dec. ● EOL ECX 400 spectrometer equipped with 4mm probe ● Bruker AV 300 MHz Wide-bore spectrometer equipped with 2.5mm, 4mm and 4mm High temperature probe. Select publication: ● A.K.Mohammed, S.Usgaonkar, F.Kanheerampockil, S.Karak, A.Halder, M.Tharkar, M.Addicoat, T.G.Ajithkumar,
R.Banerje JAmChemSoc, 142 (18), 8252 (2020). ● V.S.Veena, Kavya Illath, A. Lazar, C.P.Vinod, T.G.Ajithkumar, S.Jayanthi, JPhysChem. 124(11),6154 (2020). ● H.S.Sasmal, A.Halder, S.Kunjattu,K. Dey, AthulyaNadol, T.G.Ajithkumar, P.R.Bedadur, R. Banerjee,
JAmChemSoc, 141 (51), 20371 (2019). ● Anjali K., T.G. Ajithkumar, P.A.Joy, MatResBull 118, Article No. 110506 (2019). ● K.M.Eldho, P.R.Rajamohanan, R.Anto,N.Bulakh,A.K.Lele,T.G.Ajithkumar,JPhsChem,119(34), 1128 (2015).
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Dr. Suresh Bhat : Polymer Science & Engineering Division Phone: 020-2590-2154 E-mail: [email protected], Web: http://academic.ncl.res.in/sk.bhat Current Position: Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-NCL, Pune. ● Ph.D in Physics (1998), Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. ● M.Tech in Applied Optics (1993), Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. ● M.Sc in Physics (1991), Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kerala Research interests: ● Experimental soft condensed matter physics ● Structure, dynamics & rheology of dense thermo-sensitive microgel suspensions ● Structural ordering & transitions in ionic microgels under external electric field Experimental facilities in the group: ● 3D-Dynamic light scattering setup (LS Instruments AG, Switzerland) ● 90 Plus particle size & zeta potential analyser (Brookhaven Instruments, USA) ● Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (Carl Zeiss LSM 710 with upright & inverted microscope) ● Rheometers (MCR 301 & ARES G2) ● Small & wide angle x-ray scattering (SAXS-WAXD, Rigaku, Japan) ● Full access to the polymer characterization facilities in polymer division & NCL central facilities Select publication: ● K.J. Kiran, Fayis K.P, S. Bhat, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 137 (17), 48625 (2020). ● B Biswas, K.P. Fayis, S. Bhat & G. Kumaraswamy, Bull. Am. Phy. Soc., 65 (2020). ● N. Sapre, R. Chakraborty, P. Purohit, S. Bhat, G. Das, S.R. Bajpe, RSC Advances 10 (20), 11716-11726 (2020). ● R Patil, A Torris, S Bhat, S Patil, AAPS PharmSciTech 20 (5), 180 (2019). ● K Jathavedan, SK Bhat, PS Mohanty, J. Colloid & Int. Sci., 544, 88-95 (2019). ● K. Samantaray, P. Bhol, B. Sahoo, S.K. Barik, K.J. Kiran, B.R. Sahu, M. Suar, S. K. Bhat, P. S. Mohanty,
ACS Omega, 2(3), 1019-1024 (2017)
Dr. Arup Kumar Rath: Physical and Material Chemistry Division Phone: 020-2590-3054; Email: [email protected]; Web: http://academic.ncl.res.in/ak.rath
Current position: Principal Scientist, CSIR-NCL, Pune
● PhD in Physics (2011), Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences ● M.Sc. in Physics (2005), Jadavpur University Research Interest ● Design and development of next generation solar cell based on perovskites and colloidal quantum dots. ● Plasmonics ● Device Physics ● Light emitting diodes Experimental facilities in the group ● UV-Vis-NIR absorption spectrometer.( Shimadzu) ● Vis-NIR Fluorometer. (Edinburg instrument) ● Solar cell characterization setup consists of electrometers, probe station, solar simulator, monochromator, laser,
pulse generator, digital oscilloscope. ● Thermal evaporator ● RF-DC sputtering unit ● Glove box Selected publications: 1] D. Mandal, Arup K. Rath*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 26100−26108. 2] S. R. Tulsani, Arup K.Rath*, D. J. Late*, Nanoscale Advances, 2019, 1, 1387-1394 3] D. Mandal, Arup K. Rath* , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 39074-39082. 4] P. N. Goswami, D. Mandal and Arup K. Rath*, Nanoscale, 2018,10, 1072-1080. 5] D. Mandal, Arup K. Rath*, Applied Physics Letters, 2017, 110, p. 123902 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Kirandeep Singh: Physical and Material Chemistry Division Phone: 020-2590-2539; Email: [email protected]; Web: http://academic.ncl.res.in/kp.singh
Current position: Scientist, CSIR-NCL, Pune
● PhD in Physics (2017), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee ● M.Tech in Semiconductor Materials (2011), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Research Interest ● Thin Films and Heterostructures, Single crystal growth ● Device Physics, Low Temperature Physics ● Ferromagnetism in thin films and emergent layered materials, Multiferroics, Spintronics Experimental facilities in the group ● Sputtering and Pulsed Laser Deposition System ● Radiant Ferroelectric tester ● High Temperature Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM) ● SQUID-VSM for magnetic measurements ● Low Temperature Resistivity system, Magnetotransport facility ● Two zone high temperature (cooling control) for single crystal growth and Chemical Vapor Deposition Research activities @NCL We are experts in growth of metallic, oxides and semiconducting thin films by sputtering and PLD techniques for device applications. Currently, my work focuses on the synthesis of ferromagnetic, multiferroics thin films and their heterostructures. I am also working on magnetic refrigeration. In addition, recently we had started research on growth of layered ferromagnetic materials by Chemical Vapor Deposition technique and Chemical vapor transport techniques. Selected publications: 1] S. J. Yun, D. L. Duong, D. M. Ha, K. Singh, T. L. Phan, W. Choi, Y.-M. Kim, Y. H. Lee*, Advanced Science (I.F.- 15.8), 2020, 7, 1903076. 2] A. Kumar, A. Goswami, K. Singh, R. McGee, T. Thundat, D. Kaur*, ACS Electronics Materials, 2020, 1, 2226 3] K Singh, D Kaur*, Applied Physics Letters, 2017, 111, 022902.
