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Research Interests: |
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General areas: |
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Experimental condensed matter physics Instrumentation |
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Specific areas: |
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Glasses,
glass-ceramics and polymer composites for electronic, optical and biomedical
applications Nanostructured
magnetic and semiconductor materials Heusler based ferromagnetic shape memory and half-metallic alloys Aluminium alloys Magnetic and semiconductor thin films and devices Design and
development of laboratory instruments for specific needs |
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Research Facilities available for the group: |
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Major Commercial Equipment in Physics Department, IITG: |
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Powder
X-ray Diffractometers (Rigaku TTRAX, Seifert XRD 3003 T/T) Vibrating
Sample Magnetometer (Lakeshore 7410) with low and high temperature
attachments Cryogen-free Physical Property Measurement System (Quantum Design Dynacool) uv - visible - near infrared
Spectrophotometer (Shimadzu UVPC 3101) Fourier Transform
Infrared Spectrometer (Perkin-Elmer, BX-12) Electrospinner
(NaBond) Bench top 2.5 l
Freeze Dryer (Labconco, Freezone) High Speed
Refrigerated Centrifuge (SIGMA 2-16 PK) Electrochemical Workstation (Corr Test CS300) Multi-gun RF and DC Sputtering Units Thermal Evaporation unit Thin film Profilometer Planetary ball mills (with cryo-milling facility) Resistance Furnaces
(Tubular, muffle and raising-lowering hearth types upto 1800 °C) Arc Furnaces with
suction casting facility Vacuum induction
furnace Intellisuite software for MEMS design Electrometer, constant
current source, nanovoltmeter, lock-in amplifier, etc. |
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Elsewhere in IITG: |
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Transmission Electron
Microscope with EDS (CIF, IITG) Field Emission Scanning electron
Microscope with EDS (CIF, IITG) Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer (CIF, IITG). Optical Microscope with hot-stage (Mech. Engg. Dept.,
IITG) Microhardness tester (Buehler, Mech. Engg. Dept., IITG) Polishing machines (Buehler, Mech. Engg. Dept., IITG) Universal testing machine (Instron, Mech. Engg. Dept.,
IITG) Mechanical Workshop, IITG. |
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Facilities Developed Indigenously: |
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Photoacoustic spectrometer. ac susceptometer (90 K to
500 K). Automated electrical
resistivity measurement unit (90 K to 1000 K). Electrical resistivity and TEP measurements on thin film
(90 K to 500 K). Magnetic Field Induced
Strain (MFIS) measurement system (300 K; up to 5 kOe). Magneto-resistance
measurement up to 1 T. (10 K to 300 K) Spray pyrolysis set-up. Chemical bath deposition
unit. Rotary furnace (300 K to
1400 K). High-energy
attrition ball mill (with Dr. P.S. Robi, Mech. Engg. Dept., IITG) |
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Externally funded Projects: |
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Completed: |
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B.R.N.S.
Young-Scientist research project entitled Structural
Investigations on Amorphous Semiconductors (July 1997 -
July, 2000). |
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D.S.T.
Young-Scientist project entitled A Study of the Thermoelectric Power
of V2O5-TeO2-SnO glasses (October 1998 -
May 2001). |
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M.H.R.D.
project entitled
Development
of a New Generation Spark Plug Electrode Material (April 1999 -
March 2002). |
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I.U.C.-D.A.E.F.
project entitled
Neutron Diffraction Studies on Binary and Ternary Chalcogenide Glasses (April 1998 -
September 2003). |
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I.S.R.O.
(RESPOND) project entitled Preparation and Characterisation of Ru-Al Alloys for Special
Applications with
Prof. P.S. Robi as P.I. (September 1999 - September 2003). |
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D.S.T.
project
entitled
Study of Colossal
Magneto-resistivity of Pyrochlore Structure Based Materials with Dr. S. Ravi as P.I. (April 2003 -
March 2006) |
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C.S.I.R. project entitled Electrical, Optical and Thermal
Studies on Certain Vanadium Pentoxide Based Glasses Exhibiting Majority
Charge Carrier Reversal (April 2003 - March 2006). |
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B.R.N.S.
project entitled Preparation and
Characterization of Bioactive Glass-Ceramics with Prof. P.S. Robi as C.I.
(December 2005 - December 2007). |
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D.S.T.
project entitled Investigations on
magnetic properties of selected novel magnetic materials with Drs. A. Perumal, S. Ravi and P.K.
Iyer as C.I.s) (September 2007 - October 2010). |
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U.G.C.-D.A.E.C.S.R. project entitled
Neutron Diffraction Studies of Structural and Magnetic Phases in Co-Ni-Ga
Alloys with Dr.
S. Sarma (January
2009 - January 2011). |
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B.R.N.S. project entitled Development
of polymer/bioactive glass nanocomposites (March 2011
- March 2014). |
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C.S.I.R. project
entitled Development of Ni-Mn based alloys exhibiting high
Magneto-caloric effect near room temperature (May 2012 –
May 2015). |
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C.S.I.R. project
entitled Comparative study of low
dimensional ferromagnetic Heusler alloys prepared by different routes with Dr. S.
Sarma (June 2018 – May 2021). |
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Ph.D
thesis work supervision: Completed: |
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Dr. Bachaspatimayum Indrajit Sharma
(2003). Thesis Title:Studies on certain vanadium pentoxide based
semiconducting glasses exhibiting majority charge carrier reversal phenomenon. |
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Dr. Akhyaya Kumar Pattanaik
(2003). Thesis Title: Studies on bulk and thin films of Lead (Pb) modified
chalcogenide glasses. |
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Dr. Anil Borah
(2005); Thesis Title: Processing and characterisation of ruthenium
aluminium alloys (Registered in Dept. of Mech. Engg., IITG jointly with
Prof. P.S. Robi). |
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Dr. Sidananda Sarma (2008). Thesis Title: Preparation
and characterization of Co-Ni-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloys. |
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Dr. Manos
Pratim Chakrapani Kalita (2008). Thesis
Title: Structure and magnetic properties of
mechanically alloyed nanocrystalline Fe-Si-M (M =Al, B, Cr) powders (Jointly
with Dr. A. Perumal). |
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Dr. Rajendra Kumar Singh
(2009). Thesis Title: Investigations
on selected bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics containing iron oxide. |
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Dr.
Debabrata Mishra (2009),
Thesis Title: Magnetic properties of Mn and Co substituted
Fe-Zr-B nanocrystalline alloys prepared by melt spinning and mechanical
alloying processes. |
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Dr. Sanjib Banerjee (2010), Thesis
Title: Mechanical properties and high
temperature deformation behavior of Al-Cu-Mg alloys microalloyed with Sn (Registered in Dept. of Mech. Engg., IITG jointly with
Prof. P.S. Robi). |
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Dr.
Rahul Das (2013), Thesis
Title: Study of phase transitions and
magneto-caloric effect in Ni-Mn-X (X = Ga, Sn, In)
ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (Jointly with Dr. A. Perumal). |
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Dr. Bhargab Deka (2015),
Thesis Title: Composition
dependent properties of quaternary full Heusler alloys exhibiting
ferromagnetism, antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism. |
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Dr. Nisha
Shankhwar (2016), Thesis Title: Preparation and
characterization of nanocomposites for biomedical applications. |
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Dr. Arnab Kurmar Das
(2018), Thesis Title: Investigations
on magnetic and semiconducting nanomaterials prepared by sol-gel and
electrospinning routes.. |
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Dr. Rajkumar Modak
(2019), Thesis Title: Structural,
magneto-static and magneto-dynamic properties of Ni-Mn-Z and Ni-Mn-X-Z (X =
Cu, Fe, Co; Z = Sn, In) thin films. |
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On
going: |
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Ms. Dolly Taparia
(2015 - ), Topic: Fe based binary
thin films with high magnetic anisotropy (Jointly with Prof. A. Perumal). |
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Mr. Sunil Mohan
(2015 - ), Topic: Fiber Bragg
grating based sensors (Jointly with Prof. S. Khijwania). |
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Mr. Amritava Sarkar (2015
- ), Topic: High entropy alloys
(Jointly with Prof. P.S. Robi, ME). |
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Ms. Manisha Srivastava (2017
- ), Topic: Low dimensional Co2YZ
alloys. |
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5. |
Ms. Nitu (2017
- ), Topic: Chitosan and gelatin
based nanofibers and their applications. |
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Mr. Subrata Biswas
(2017 - ), Topic: Fe2YZ based Heusler alloy thin
films (Jointly with Prof. A. Perumal). |
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