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TEACHING

  • MM318,  Electronic properties of materials (Full semester, 3rd year, MEMS BTech)

      

Course content: Geometry of crystals. Reciprocal lattice, reflection condition and Braggs law. Free electron theory of metals. Kronig-Penney model. Brillouin zones, Energy bands, energy-wavevector diagrams. Conductivity in metals and Hall effect. Semiconductors: intrinsic and extrinsic. Carrier concentration, effective mass, Fermi energy determination. Dielectric and Optical properties- polarization, types and mechanisms, macroscopic and local fields, polarizability. Dispersion and complex dielectric constant.

  • MM747,  First principles approach to materials science (Full semester, Masters and Beyond )

      

Course Content: Introduction to quantum mechanics, Dirac's formalism,  Introduction to wave function based methods: Wave function, many body problem, Variational principles, Hartree and Hartree Fock methods, Introduction to density functional theory: Kohn Sham Equations, self consistency cycles, Exchange and Correlations, Basis set, and Pseudopotential

  • MM220,  Computational laboratory (Half semester, 2nd year, MEMS, BTech)

      

Course Content: Python for materials science

GRANTS

  • DST Inspire faculty (DST/INSPIRE/04/2015/000089), SERB, 35 Lakhs, Five years (2016-2021) 

  • Basic seed grant (RD/0517-IRCCSH0-043), IIT Bombay, 20 Lakhs, Three years (2018-2021)

  • Early career research award (ECR/2018/002356), SERB, 50 Lakhs, Three years (2019-2022)

  • Extended seed grant (RD/0517-IRCCSH0-043), IIT Bombay, 55 Lakhs, Two years (2020-2022)

  • Regular research grant (58/14/07/21-BRNS/37098), BRNS, 49 Lakhs, Three years (2021-2024)

  • Young Achiever award grant, IIT Bombay, 5 Lakhs, (2021)

      

RESOURCES

  • Aron HPC facility, In house, 1 master (24 procs) + 8 slaves (24 procs each) + 8 slaves (32 procs each)

  • Dendrite HPC facility, Departmental, IIT Bombay

  • Space time HPC facility, Institutional, IIT Bombay

  • Param Yuva III HPC facility, CDAC, Pune

      

  • Mettler Toledo high precision weighing balance with density measurement kit

  • Diamond cutting machine

  • A electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient measuring unit (under purchase)

  • A high energy planetary ball mill (under purchase)

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