Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
About Us
The richness of condensed matter physics arises from the diversity of materials and their properties which are currently being investigated. The computational methods are capable of dealing with complexity of real materials and these predict a variety of exotic properties through many-body quantum mechanics based phenomena. Our group works on exploring the new frontiers of condensed matter physics including topological phase of matter, magnetic properties, superconductivity and energy harvesting materials within the framework of Density Functional Theory (DFT). We mainly focus on the magnetic materials where the interplay between magnetism and topology opens up the scope for exotic linear response effects, promising for the technological applications like data storage, information processing, energy conversion, etc.
Members
Anupam Gupta
Assistant Professor
Soft-matter, Biophysics, Complex Systems, Fluid Turbulence.
Archak Purkayastha
Assistant Professor
Non-equilibrium quantum statistical physics, specifically in the theory of driven dissipative quantum many-body systems, having strong overlaps with quantum condensed matter, chemistry, information and thermodynamics.
Atanu Rajak
Assistant Professor
Non-equilibrium many-body physics: quenching and Floquet theory, Quantum phase transitions, quantum information and topological phases
Manish K. Niranjan
Professor
Theoretical & computational condensed matter and solid state physics; Semiconductor and oxide heterostructures; Physics of surfaces and interfaces at atomic scale; Solar cell materials and devices; First principles design of materials, heterojunctions and nanoscale devices; Quantum transport in nanoscale devices and low dimensional systems.
Manisha Thakurathi
Assistant Professor
superconductivity, topological phases of matter and quantum phase transition.
V. Kanchana
Professor
Computational Condensed matter physics, Topological materials, Magnetism and superconductivity, Energy Harvesting materials, Spintronic application