Research
Broad Area of Research:
Experimental Condensed Matter PhysicsCurrent Research Interests:
Our research involves the synthesis and characterization of new and/or improved strongly correlated materials with potentially novel structural, electronic, magnetic and thermal properties.These materials include
- Frustrated/low-dimensional quantum spin systems
- Heavy Fermion, mixed valent, and Kondo lattice compounds
- Conventional and unconventional superconductors
- Metal - organic complexes & molecular magnets
- Nano-magnets
Experimental Tools:
- Synthesis and Crystal Growth
- Structural Properties: Temperature dependent powder X-ray diffraction
- Magnetic Properties: AC & DC magnetic susceptibility, High field magnetization using pulse magnetic field
- Thermal Properties: Transport, Heat Capacity etc
- Low Temperature Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
Collaborations:
- Prof. Michael Baenitz
(Max-Planck Institute of Chemical Physics of Solids (MPI-CPfS) Dresden, Germany)
- Prof. Yuji Furukawa
(Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, USA)
- Prof. Pietro Carretta
(University of Pavia, Italy)
- Several groups within India
Funding:
- IISER Thiruvananthapuram.
- SERB, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India.
- BRNS, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt. of India.
- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Govt. of India.
