Ph.D. (in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics): UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore, India.
M.Sc. (in Physics): Calcutta University, Kolkata, India.
Areas of Interest
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
Quantum magnetism
Low Dimensional and Frustrated Magnetism
Topological Phases
Oxides and Intermetallics
Heusler Alloys
Multiferroics
Work Experience
Professor, School of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India
Associate Professor, School of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India
Assistant Professor, School of Phyical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India
Post Doctoral Fellow, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Post Doctoral Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
Awards
Post Doctoral Fellowship, Osaka University, Japan (funded by NEDO)
Post Doctoral Fellowship, TIFR, India
SRF, CSIR-India
JRF, UGC-India, India
GATE, India
JRF, CSIR-India
Publications
87) Emergence of magnetic anomaly and development of non-linear susceptibility with magnetic field in rare earth orthovanadate ErVO4 Dheeraj Ranaut, Koushik P and K. Mukherjee Accepted in J. Supercond. Nov. Magn. (2024)
86) YbTaO4: A quasi-two-dimensional frustrated magnet possessing spin orbit entangled Kramer’s doublet ground state Jogendra Kumar, R. Roy, Dheeraj Ranaut, J. G. Nakamura, S. Kanungo and K. Mukherjee Phys. Rev. B 110, 174420 (2024)
85) Carrier localization induced by electron-electron interaction and its impact on the electrical transport and magnetic properties of nonstoichiometric IrMnSn Koushik P and K. Mukherjee Phys. Rev. B 110, 174419 (2024)
84) Elucidating correlation-driven insulating state in an effective spin – ½ antiferromagnet NdVO4 Dheeraj Ranaut, A. Sihi, M. P. Saravanan, D. J. Nagar, and K. Mukherjee J. Phys. Condens. Matter 36, 505808 (2024)
83) Randomness driven reentrant cluster glass behavior and unconventional electrical transport in Ti 2FeAl Koushik P. and K. Mukherjee Phys. Rev. B 110, 054433 (2024)
82) Coexistence of antiferromagnetism and glassy magnetic state and signature of quantum interference effects in frustrated ternary silicides HoScSi and ErScSi Kavita Yadav, Koushik P., S. Singh, M. Hagihala and K. Mukherjee Phys. Rev. B 109, 224409 (2024)
81) Unveiling the structure-property relationship in a disordered inverse Heusler alloy Ti2MnAl Koushik P. and K. Mukherjee Phys. Letts. A 514-515, 129628 (2024)
80) Enhanced cryogenic magnetocaloric performance and existence of short-range magnetic correlations in frustrated diamond geometries Jogendra Kumar and K. Mukherjee J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 57, 295304 (2024)
79) Existence of complex magnetic ground state and topological Hall effect in centrosymmetric silicide DyScSi Kavita Yadav, Koushik P., S. Singh, M. Hagihala and K. Mukherjee New J. Phys. 25, 123030 (2023)
78) Signature of filamentary superconductivity in centrosymmetric silicide LuScSi Kavita Yadav, Koushik P. and K. Mukherjee J. Alloys and Compd. 968, 172100 (2023)
77) Tuning of magnetic frustration and emergence of magneto-structural transition in Mn1−xCdxCr2O4 A. Das, Dheeraj Ranaut, P. Pal, R. Pal, S. Moulick, M. Das, D. Topwal, P. Mandal, A. N. Pal, K. Mukherjee, and D. Choudhury Phys. Rev. B 108, 064426 (2023)
76) Structure driven magnetic properties and magnetodielectric coupling in a mixed metal oxide NdCr0.5Co0.5O3 Gurpreet Kaur and K. Mukherjee Phys. Scr. 98, 085920 (2023)
75) Non-equilibrium dynamics and discretization of energy levels in the inverse spinel LiCoVO4 Dheeraj Ranaut, Manshi Rani and K. Mukherjee Phys. Rev. B 107, 214413 (2023)
74) Anti-site disorder driven short-range order and canted antiferromagnetism in inverse spinel LiNiVO4 Dheeraj Ranaut, Jogendra Kumar and K. Mukherjee J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 578, 170833 (2023)
73) Evidence of charge susceptibility and multiple f-c hybridization configurations with the La doping in CeGe: A DFT+DMFT study Karan Singh, A. Sihi, S. K. Pandey and K. Mukherjee J. Phys. Condens. Matter 35, 315602 (2023)
72) Evidence of multi-band superconductivity in non-centrosymmetric Full Heusler alloy LuPd2Sn Kavita Yadav, and K. Mukherjee J. Phys. Condens. Matter 35, 275601 (2023)
71) Origin of the long-range ferrimagnetic ordering in cubic Mn(Co)Cr2O4 spinels A. Das, P. Pal, Dheeraj Ranaut, K. P. Islam, G. Bhattacharya, S. Mehta, A. Mondal, V. Adyam, K. Mukherjee, A. Das, and D. Choudhury Phys. Rev. B 107, L100414 (2023)
70) Van Vleck paramagnetism and enhancement of effective moment with magnetic field in rare earth orthovanadate EuVO4 Dheeraj Ranaut, and K. Mukherjee Phys. Letts. A 465, 128710 (2023)
69) A plausible investigation of low dimensional magnetism in a 3D spin system PrVO4 Dheeraj Ranaut, and K. Mukherjee Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 25, 4305 (2023)
68) Evolution of field induced magnetic phase attributed to higher order magnetic moments in TbVO4 Dheeraj Ranaut, and K. Mukherjee Sci Rep 13, 487 (2023)
67) Possible realization of three-dimensional quantum spin liquid behavior in HoVO4 Dheeraj Ranaut, S. S. Shastri, S. K. Pandey and K. Mukherjee J. Phys. Condens. Matter 34, 485803 (2022)
66) Emergence of low-temperature glassy dynamics in Ru substituted non-magnetic insulator CaHfO3 Gurpreet Kaur and K. Mukherjee J. Phys. Condens. Matter 34, 415802 (2022)
65) Melting of spin ice state and development of fifth -order susceptibility with magnetic field in pyrochlore Tb2Sn2O7 Karan Singh, Dheeraj Ranaut, G. Sharma, and K. Mukherjee New J. Phys. 24, 073037 (2022)
64) Unravelling the signatures of effective spin ½ moments in CeVO4: Magnetization and Heat Capacity study Dheeraj Ranaut and K. Mukherjee J. Phys. Condens. Matter 34, 315802 (2022)
63) Entropic topography associated with field-induced quantum criticality in a magnetic insulator DyVO4 Dheeraj Ranaut and K. Mukherjee Sci. Rep. 12, 56 (2022)
62) Large magnetodielectric coupling in the vicinity of metamagnetic transition in 6H-perovskite Ba3GdRu2O9 Sonu Chhillar, K. Mukherjee and C. S. Yadav J. Phys. Condens. Matter 34, 145081 (2022)
61) Atomic disorder and Berry phase driven anomalous Hall effect in a Co2FeAl Heusler compound G. K. Shukla, A. K. Jena , N. Shahi , K. K. Dubey, I. Rajput, S. Baral , Kavita Yadav, K. Mukherjee, A. Lakhani, K. Carva, S-C Lee, S. Bhattacharjee , and S. Singh Phys. Rev. B 105, 035124 (2022)
60) Unravelling the phonon scattering mechanism in Half-Heusler alloys ZrCo1-xIrxSb (x = 0, 0.1, and 0.25) Kavita Yadav, S. Singh, O. Muthuswamy, T. Takeuchi, and K. Mukherjee J. Phys. Condens. Matter 34, 035702 (2022)
59) Anomalous dependence of thermoelectric parameters on carrier concentration in Mn-substituted Fe2CrAl Heusler alloy Kavita Yadav, S. Singh, O. Muthuswamy, T. Takeuchi, and K. Mukherjee Philos. Mag.102, 357 (2022)
58) Unconventional critical behaviour in weak ferromagnets Fe2-xMnxCrAl (x = 0 to 1) Kavita Yadav, Dheeraj Ranaut and K. Mukherjee Sci. Rep. 11, 18742 (2021)
57) Optical phonon modes assisted thermal conductivity in p-type ZrIrSb Half-Heusler alloy: A combined experimental and computational study Kavita Yadav, S. Singh, T. Takeuchi, and K. Mukherjee J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54, 495303 (2021)
56) Anomalous magnetoresistance and magneto-thermal properties of the half-Heuslers, RPdSi (R = Y, Gd-Er) A. Mukhopadhyay, Karan Singh,, K. Mukherjee, S. Sen, A. K. Nayak, and N. Mohapatra J. Phys. Condens. Matter 33, 435804 (2021)
55) Mott breakdown effect in spinel MgTi1.2V0.8O4 A. Rahaman, T. Paramanik, R. K. Maurya, Kavita Yadav, R. Bindu, K. Mukherjee and D. Choudhury Phys. Rev. B 103, 245145 (2021)
54) Structure driven magnetic correlations and magnetoelectric coupling in 6H-perovskite Ba3DyRu2O9 Sonu Chhillar, K. Mukherjee and C. S. Yadav J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 33, 285801 (2021))
53) Effect of partial substitution of iso-valent Mo at Cr-site on electronic structure and physical properties of Fe2CrAl Kavita Yadav and K. Mukherjee Intermetallics 133, 107153 (2021))
52) Coexistance of non-Fermi liquid behavior and bi-quadratic exchange coupling in La-substituted CeGe: Non-linear susceptibility and DFT + DMFT study Karan Singh, A. Sihi, S. K. Pandey and K. Mukherjee Phys. Rev. B 102, 235137 (2020)
51) Magnetocaloric effect and spin-phonon correlations in RFe0.5Cr0.5O3 (R = Er and Yb) compounds Kavita Yadav, Gurpreet Kaur, Mohit K. Sharma and K. Mukherjee Phys. Letts. A 384, 126638 (2020)
50) Spin-lattice relaxation phenomena in the magnetic state of a suggested Weyl semimetal CeAlGe Karan Singh and K. Mukherjee Philos. Mag. 200, 1771 (2020)
49) Cluster Glass Behavior in Orthorhombic SmFeO3 Perovskite: Interplay between Spin Ordering and Lattice Dynamics M. K. Warshi, A. Kumar, A. Sati, S. Thota, K. Mukherjee, A. Sagdeo, and P. R. Sagdeo Chem. Mater. 32, 1250 (2020)
48) Effect of doping of Co, Ni and Ga on magnetic and dielectric properties of layered perovskite multiferroic YBaCuFeO5 Surender Lal, C. S. Yadav, and K. Mukherjee J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 498, 166124 (2020)
47) Exotic magnetic behavior and evidence of cluster glass and Griffiths like magnetic phase in Heusler alloys Fe2-xMnxCrAl Kavita Yadav, Mohit K. Sharma, Sanjay Singh, and K. Mukherjee Sci. Rep. 9, 15888 (2019)
46) Effect of (Cu/Fe)O5 bipyramid size and separation on magnetic and dielectric properties of rare earth layered perovskite LaBaCuFeO5 and LuBaCuFeO5 Surender Lal, C. S. Yadav and K. Mukherjee J. Appl. Phys. 126, 144101 (2019)
45) Field induced nature and nonlinear DC susceptibility studies of Ni substituted Dy5Pd2 cluster glass system Mohit K. Sharma and K. Mukherjee Physica B: Condens. Matter 572, 56 (2019)
44) Interplay between disorder driven Non-Fermi-liquid behavior and magnetism in Ce0.24La0.76Ge compound Karan Singh and K. Mukherjee Euro Phys. Letts. 126, 57005 (2019)
43) Low temperature magnetic and x-ray diffraction studies of YBa1-xSrxCuFeO5 (x = 0, 0.5) Surender Lal, K. Mukherjee and C. S. Yadav Physica B: Condens. Matter 570, 191 (2019)
42) Low temperature magnetic and dielectric properties of LnBaCuFeO5 (Ln = Nd, Eu, Gd, Ho and Yb) Surender Lal, K. Mukherjee and C. S. Yadav Physica B: Condens. Matter 570, 35 (2019)
41) Possibility of a new order parameter driven by multipolar moment and Fermi surface evolution in CeGe Karan Singh and K. Mukherjee Sci. Rep. 9, 5131 (2019)
40) Observation of field induced anomalous quantum criticality in Ce0.6Y0.4NiGe2 compound Karan Singh and K. Mukherjee Phys. Letts. A 383, 1057 (2019)
39) Nature of glassy magnetic state in magnetocaloric materials Dy5Pd2-xNix (x = 0 and 1) and universal scaling analysis of R5Pd2 (R = Tb, Dy and Er) Mohit K. Sharma, Gurpreet Kaur and K. Mukherjee J. Alloys and Compd. 782, 10 (2019)
38) Evidence of partial gap opening and Ce-site dilution effects in a heavy fermion compound CeNiGe2 Karan Singh and K. Mukherjee Philos. Mag. 99 386 (2019)
37) Evidence of large magnetic cooling power and double glass transition in Tb5Pd2 Mohit K. Sharma and K. Mukherjee J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 466, 317 (2018)
36) Complex magnetic behavior and evidence of superspin glass state in a binary intermetallic compound Er5Pd2 Mohit K. Sharma, Kavita Yadav and K. Mukherjee J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 30, 215803 (2018)
35) Spin-phonon coupling and exchange interaction in Gd substituted YFe0.5Cr0.5O3 Karan Singh, Mohit K. Sharma and K. Mukherjee J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 447, 26 (2018)
34) Effect of crystalline electric field on heat capacity of LnBaCuFeO5 (Ln = Gd, Ho, Yb) Surender Lal, K. Mukherjee and C. S. Yadav Solid State Commun. 270, 130 (2018)
33) Magnetic and universal magnetocaloric behavior of rare-earth substituted DyFe0.5Cr0.5O3 Mohit K. Sharma and K. Mukherjee J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 444, 178 (2017)
32) Signature of partially frustrated moments and a new magnetic phase in CeNiGe2 Karan Singh and K. Mukherjee Phys. Letts. A 381, 3236 (2017)
31) Evolution of magnetic and dielectric properties in Sr-substituted high-temperature multiferroic YBaCuFeO5 Surender Lal, Sanjay K. Upadhyay, K. Mukherjee and C. S. Yadav Euro. Phys. Letts. 117, 67006 (2017)
30) Enhancement of magnetic ordering temperature and magnetodielectric coupling by hole doping in a multiferroic DyFe0.5Cr0.5O3 Mohit K. Sharma, Tathamay Basu, K. Mukherjee and E. V. Sampathkumaran J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 29, 085801 (2017)
29) Metal-insulator transition in Ba3Fe1-xRu2+xO9: Interplay between site disorder, chemical percolation, and electronic structure S. Middey, Payel Aich, C. Meneghini, K. Mukherjee, E. V. Sampathkumaran, V. Siruguri, P. Mahadevan, and Sugata Ray Phys. Rev. B 94, 184424 (2016)
28) Effect of rare-earth (Er and Gd) substitution on the magnetic and multiferroic properties of DyFe0.5Cr0.5O3 Mohit K. Sharma, Tathamay Basu, K. Mukherjee and E. V. Sampathkumaran J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 28, 426003 (2016)
27) Exchange bias in a mixed metal oxide based magnetocaloric compound YFe0.5Cr0.5O3 Mohit K Sharma, Karan Singh and K Mukherjee J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 414, 116 (2016)
26) Peculiar magnetic and magnetodielectric coupling behavior of single crystalline Ca3CoRhO6, a triangular lattice spin-chain system Tathamay Basu, Kartik K Iyer, Kiran Singh, K. Mukherjee, P.L. Paulose and E.V. Sampathkumaran Appl. Phys. Letts. 105, 102912 (2014)
25) Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect in Pt doped Ni-Mn-Ga Sanjay Singh, S. W. D'Souza, K. Mukherjee, P. Kushwaha, S. R. Barman, S. Agarwal, P. K. Mukhopadhyay, Aparna Chakrabarti and E. V. Sampathkumaran Appl. Phys. Letts. 104, 231909 (2014)
24) Observation of different spin behavior with temperature variation and Cr substitution in a multiferroic compound YMn2O5 K. Mukherjee, Kranti Kumar and A. Banerjee Solid State Commun. 153, 66 (2013)
23) On the correlation between supercooling, superheating and kinetic arrest in a magnetic glass Pr0.5Ca0.5Mn0.975Al0.025O3 K. Mukherjee, Kranti Kumar, A. Banerjee and P. Chaddah Eur. Phys. J. B , 86, 21 (2013)
22) The nature of 4f magnetism in the diluted ferromagnetic Kondo lattice, CeIr2B2 K. Mukherjee, Kartik K. Iyer, and E. V. Sampathkumaran J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24, 266006 (2012)
21) Magnetic anomaly in CeIn2 K. Mukherjee, Kartik K Iyer and E.V. Sampathkumaran J. Phys. Condens. Matter 24, 096006 (2012)
20) Contrasting magnetic behavior of fine particles of some Kondo Lattices K. Mukherjee, Kartik K Iyer and E.V. Sampathkumaran Solid State Commun. 152, 606 (2012)
19) Magnetic anomalies in single crystalline Tb5Si3 Kartik K. Iyer, K. Mukherjee, P.L. Paulose, E.V. Sampathkumarana, Y. Xu, W. Loser Solid State Commun. 152, 522 (2012)
18) 4f-hybridization effect on the magnetism of Nd2PdSi3 K. Mukherjee, Tathamay Basu, Kartik K. Iyer, and E.V. Sampathkumaran Phys. Rev. B 84, 184415 (2011)
17) A first-order magnetic phase transition near 15 K with novel magnetic-field-induced effects in Er5Si3 Niharika Mohapatra, K. Mukherjee, Kartik K Iyer and E. V. Sampathkumaran J. Phys. Condens. Matter 23, 496001 (2011)
16) Magnetocaloric effect in Tb5Si3: Sign reversal and non-monotonic variation with temperature and implications Niharika Mohapatra, Sitikantha D Das, K. Mukherjee and E. V. Sampathkumaran Solid State Commun. 151, 1340 (2011)
15) Glasslike ordering and spatial inhomogeneity of magnetic structure in Ba3FeRu2O9: Role of Fe/Ru site disorder Srimanta Middey, Sugata Ray, K. Mukherjee, P. L. Paulose, E. V. Sampathkumaran, C. Meneghini, S. D. Kaushik, V. Siruguri, K. Kovnir and D. D. Sarma Phys. Rev. B. 83, 144419 (2011)
14) Evolution of a metastable phase with magnetic phase-coexistence phenomenon and its unusual sensitivity to magnetic-field cycling in the alloys, Tb5-xLuxSi3 (x <= 0.7) K. Mukherjee, Kartik K Iyer and E.V. Sampathkumaran J. Phys. Cond Mat 23, 206002 (2011)
13) Magnetism of nano particles of Kondo lattices, obtained by high-energy ball-milling E.V. Sampathkumaran, K. Mukherjee, Kartik K Iyer, Niharika Mohapatra and Sitikantha D. Das J. Phys. Cond Mat 23, 094209 (2011)
12) Enhanced electrical resistance at the field-induced magnetic transitions in some non-stoichiometric and stoichiometic Tb-based ternary germanides K. Mukherjee, Kartik K Iyer and E.V. Sampathkumaran J. Phys. Condens. Matter 23, 066003 (2011)
11) Magnetic behavior of bulk and fine particles of RCr2Si2C (R= La, Ce) compounds: Possible magnetic ordering from Cr K. Mukherjee, Kartik K Iyer and E.V. Sampathkumaran J. Phys. Condens. Matter 22, 295603 (2010)
10) Synthesis of fine particles of a geometrically frustrated spin-chain system, Ca3Co2O6, through a pyrophoric route and its magnetic behavior K. Mukherjee and E.V. Sampathkumaran J. Alloys and Compd. 498, 1 (2010)
9) Ferromagnetic feature from Mn near room temperature in the fine particles of GdMn2Ge2and TbMn2Ge2 K. Mukherjee, Kartik K Iyer, E.V. Sampathkumaran Europhys. Letts. 90, 17007 (2010)
8) An anomalous butterfly-shaped magnetoresistance loop in an alloy, Tb4LuSi3 K. Mukherjee, Sitikantha D Das, Niharika Mohapatra, Kartik K Iyer, E.V. Sampathkumaran Phys. Rev. B. 81, 184434 (2010)
7) Influence of pressure on the magnetic behavior and the anomalous magnetoresistance in Tb5Si3 Niharika Mohapatra, Sitikantha D. Das, K. Mukherjee, Kartik K. Iyer, and E. V. Sampathkumaran Phys. Rev. B 80, 214425 (2009)
6) Magnetic and electrical transport anomalies of RMAs2 (R = Pr and Sm, M = Ag and Au) K. Mukherjee, E V Sampathkumaran, D Rutzinger, Th Doert and M Ruck J. Phys. Condens. Matter 21, 506004 (2009)
5) Excess specific heat and evidence of zero-point entropy in magnetic glassy state of half-doped manganites A. Banerjee, R. Rawat, K. Mukherjee, and P. Chaddah Phys Rev. B 79, 212403 (2009)
4) Selective substitution in the orbital domains of a low doped manganite: an investigation from Griffiths phenomenon and modification of glassy features K. Mukherjee and A. Banerjee J. Phys. Condens. Matter 21, 106001 (2009)
3) Changeover from Glassy ferromagnetism of the orbital domain state to long range ferromagnetic ordering in La0.9Sr0.1MnO3 K. Mukherjee and A. Banerjee Phys Rev. B 77, 024430 (2008)
2) Anomalous first-order transition in Nd0.5Sr0.5MnO3: an interplay between kinetic arrest and thermodynamic transitions R. Rawat, K. Mukherjee, Kranti Kumar, A. Banerjee, and P. Chaddah J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, 256211 (2007)
1) Ferromagnetic ground state of the robust charge-ordered manganite Pr0.5Ca0.5MnO3 obtained by minimal Al substitution A. Banerjee, K. Mukherjee, Kranti Kumar and P. Chaddah Phys Rev. B 74, 224445 (2006)
Conferences
51) Effect of chemical disorder and carrier localization on physical properties of Ir0.9Mn0.95Sn1.15 Koushik P, and K. Mukherjee Recent Progress in Topological Magnetism: Nov 2024, NISER Bhubaneshwar, India
50) YbNbO4: A spin orbit entangled stretched diamond lattice correlated paramagnet Jogendra Kumar, Jumpei G. Nakamura, and K. Mukherjee Recent Progress in Topological Magnetism: Nov 2024, NISER Bhubaneshwar, India
49) Crossover from antiferromagnetic to non-equilibrium dynamical state in TbIrSi Manisha Choudhary and K. Mukherjee Emerging Trends in Quantum Condensed Matter Physics (EQCMP-2024): Aug 2024, Bhubaneshwar, India
48) Effect of chemical pressure on the structural, magnetic and thermodynamic properties of DyVO4 Manshi Rani and K. Mukherjee DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2023, Visakhapatnam, India
47) Crystal Structure and Thermodynamic properties of RTaO4 (R = Ho and Gd) Jogendra Kumar and K. Mukherjee DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2023, Visakhapatnam, India
46) Origin of Low Temperature Resistivity Anomaly in Ti2FeAl Koushik P. and K. Mukherjee DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2023, Visakhapatnam, India
45) Ti2MnAl: A potential spin semimetal candidate Koushik P. and K. Mukherjee MRSI AGM: Dec. 2023, IIT BHU, Varanasi, India
44) Signatures of low temperature effective spin ½ state in YbTaO4 Jogendra Kumar and K. Mukherjee MRSI AGM: Dec. 2023, IIT BHU, Varanasi, India
43) Jahn-Teller Driven Magnetic Phase Associated With 5th Order Susceptibility in Rare Earth Orthovanadate TbVO4 Dheeraj Ranaut and K. Mukherjee International conference on Strongly Correlated Electron System: July. 2023, Seoul, South Korea
42) Magnetic studies of caged compound DyFe2Al10 Gurpreet Kaur and K. Mukherjee DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2019, IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India AIP Conf. Proc. 2265, 030525 (2020)
41) Effect of Co substitution on magnetic properties and electronic structure of a Heusler alloy Fe2CrAl Kavita Yadav and K. Mukherjee DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2019, IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India AIP Conf. Proc. 2265, 030503 (2020)
40) Magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of Ru-substituted YbFe0.5Cr0.5O3 Kavita Yadav and K. Mukherjee 3rd International Conference on Condensed Matter and Applied Physics: Oct 2019, Bikaner, India AIP Conf. Proc. 2220, 110010 (2020)
39) Spin-lattice relaxation phenomena and multiple magnetic phase in a semimetal CeAlGe Karan Singh and K. Mukherjee International conference on Strongly Correlated Electron System: Sept. 2019, Okayama, Japan
38) Tuning of f-d hybridization of CeGe compound by La-substitution Karan Singh and K. Mukherjee First Indian Materials Conclave, Feb. 2019, IISc, Bangalore, India
37) Commensurate to incommensurate antiferromagnetic ordering in YBa1-xSrxCuFeO5 (x = 0, 0.5): Low temperature neutron diffraction study Surender Lal, Sonu Chillar, K. Mukherjee, S.D. Kaushik, and C. S. Yadav International Conference on Hyperfine Interactions and their Applications (HYPERFINE 2019): Feb 2019, Goa, India
36) Coexistence of Ferromagnetic and Glassy Magnetic states in the Heusler Compound Fe1.75Mn0.25CrAl Kavita Yadav, Mohit K. Sharma and K. Mukherjee DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2018, Hissar, Haryana, India (Best Poster Award) AIP Conf. Proc. 2115, 030487 (2019)
35) Magnetic properties of Mo doped intermetallic compound Fe2CrAl Kavita Yadav and K. Mukherjee International Conference on magnetic materials and applications (ICMAGMA-2018), Dec. 2018, NISER, Bhubaneswar, India
34) Structural and Magnetic Properties of Multiferroic Compound BiMn2O5 Sonu Chhillar, K. Mukherjee and C. S. Yadav International Conference on magnetic materials and applications (ICMAGMA-2018), Dec. 2018, NISER, Bhubaneswar, India
33) Field induced Magnetic Transition and Evidence of large magnetocaloric effect in Er5Pd2 intermetallic compound Mohit K. Sharma and K. Mukherjee International conference on caloric cooling: Sept. 2018, Darmstadt, Germany
32) Multiferroic properties of layered perovskite Sr doped YBaCuFeO5 compound Surender Lal, K. Mukherjee and C. S. Yadav Multiferroic and Magnetoelectric Materials Gordon Research Conference: August 2018, Lewiston, ME, USA
31) H/T scaling in heat capacity and magnetization in Ce0.6Y0.4NiGe2 compound Karan Singh and K. Mukherjee National Conference on Quantum Condensed Matter: July 2018, IISER Mohali, India
30) Multiferroic Properties of Layered Perovskite Sr doped YBaCuFeO5 Compound Surender Lal, K. Mukherjee and C. S. Yadav National Conference on Quantum Condensed Matter: July 2018, IISER Mohali, India
29) Onset of magnetic vortex state in CeGe compound: A dc and ac susceptibility, resistivity and heat capacity study Karan Singh and K. Mukherjee International Conference on Magnetism: July 2018, San Francisco, USA
28) Magnetic excitation, partial gap opening and chemical pressure effect in CeNiGe2 Karan Singh and K. Mukherjee Intermag: April 2018, Singapore
27) Observation of itinerant antiferromagnetism in Y-substituted CeNiGe2 Karan Singh and K. Mukherjee Advances in Functional and Exotic materials: Feb 2018, Tiruchirappalli, India
26) Investigation of magnetic properties of a cluster-glass system Dy5PdNi Mohit K. Sharma and K. Mukherjee Advances in Functional and Exotic materials: Feb 2018, Tiruchirappalli, India
25) Onset of Glassy Magnetic Phase with Partial Substitution of Mn on Fe Site in a Heusler Alloy Fe2CrAl Kavita Yadav, Mohit K. Sharma and K. Mukherjee DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2017, Mumbai, India
24) Magnetic and Magnetocaloric Behavior of a Binary Intermetallic Compound Tb5Pd2 Mohit K. Sharma and K. Mukherjee DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2017, Mumbai, India
23) Crystal Structure and Magnetism of Layered Perovskites Compound EuBaCuFeO5 Surender Lal, K. Mukherjee and C. S. Yadav DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2017, Mumbai, India AIP Conf. Proc. 1942, 130004 (2018)
22) Cooling Field and Temperature Dependent Exchange Bias in Gd Substituted YFe0.5Cr0.5O3 Karan Singh and K. Mukherjee DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2017, Mumbai, India AIP Conf. Proc. 1942, 130005 (2018)
21) Tuning of magnetic properties of a Heusler alloy Fe2CrAl by Mn substitution at Fe site Kavita Yadav, Mohit K. Sharma and K. Mukherjee International Workshop on Advanced Materials: Dec 2017, Berhampur, India
20) Thermal Conductivity of multiferroic compound YBa1-xSrxCuFeO5 (x = 0.0, 0.25 and 0.5) Surender Lal, K. Mukherjee and C. S. Yadav International Workshop on Advanced Materials: Dec 2017, Berhampur, India
19) Magnetic relaxation and magnetocaloric effect in an intermetallic compound Er5Pd2 Mohit K. Sharma and K. Mukherjee 2nd International Conference on Condensed Matter and Applied Physics: Nov 2017, Bikaner, India
18) Signature of partially frustrated moment in a heavy fermion CeNiGe2 Karan Singh and K. Mukherjee International conference on Strongly Corrrelated Electron System: July 2017, Prague, Czech Republic
17) Schottky anomaly in ReBaCuFeO5 (Re = Gd, Ho and Yb) Surender Lal, K. Mukherjee and C. S. Yadav National Workshop On Condensed Matter Physics In The Last Decade Feb 2017, IIT Kharagpur, India
16) Investigation of thermodynamic properties of multiferroic YBaCuFeO5 Surender Lal, K. Mukherjee and C. S. Yadav DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2016, Bhubaneswar, India AIP Conf. Proc. 1832, 130005 (2017)
15) Observation of Large Magnetodielectric Coupling in multiferroic Dy0.8Ca0.2Fe0.5Cr0.5O3 Mohit K. Sharma, Tathamay Basu, K. Mukherjee and E. V. Sampathkumaran DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2016, Bhubaneswar, India
14) Observation of relaxor-like ferroelectric properties in Sr-doped YBaCuFeO5 multiferroic material Surender Lal, Sanjay Upadhyay, C. S. Yadav and K. Mukherjee International Conference on Technologically Advanced Materials and Asian Meeting on Ferroelectricity: Nov 2016, New Delhi, India
13) Tuning of magnetoelctric coupling strength by Er substitution in DyFe0.5Cr0.5O3 Mohit K. Sharma, Tathamay Basu, K. Mukherjee and E. V. Sampathkumaran International Conference on Technologically Advanced Materials and Asian Meeting on Ferroelectricity: Nov 2016, New Delhi, India
12) Field and bias dependence of high frequency magnetic noise in perpendicularly magnetized TMR nanopillars S. Yamashita, K. Mukherjee, K. Konishi, S. Miwa, D. Saida, N. Shimomura, C. Kamata, E. Kitagawa, J. Ito, H. Yoda and Y. Suzuki 8th International Symposium on Metallic Multilayers MML: May 2013, Kyoto, Japan
11) Robust Nature of Frustrated Antiferromagnetism in ACrO2 (A=Pd/Li) Compounds A.K. Singh, Tathamay Basu, Kartik. K. Iyer, K. Mukherjee, P.L. Paulose, Echur.V. Sampathkumaran International Conference on Recent Trends in Applied Physics and Material Science: Feb 2013, Bikaner, India AIP Conf. Proc. 1536, 1039 (2013)
10) Magnetic Study under External High Pressure and Magnetic Field in Low Dimensional Honeycomb Lattice In3Cu2VO9 Kartik. K. Iyer, Tathamay Basu, A.K. Singh, K. Mukherjee, P.L. Paulose, Echur. V. Sampathkumaran International Conference on Recent Trends in Applied Physics and Material Science: Feb 2013, Bikaner, India AIP Conf. Proc. 1536, 1049 (2013)
9) Switching current and energy barrier analysis of dynamic switching in perpendicular MTJ D. Saida, N. Shimomura, M. Amano, E. Kitagawa, S. Kashiwada, C. Kamata, T. Daibou, S. Yamashita, K. Mukherjee, S. Miwa, Y. Suzuki, J. Ito, S. Fujita and H. Yoda 12th Joint MMM-Intermag Conference: Jan 2013, Chicago, USA
8) Observation of Spin Glass-Like Behavior in Fine Particles of Nd2PdSi3 K. Mukherjee, Tathamay Basu, Kartik K. Iyer and E. V. Sampathkumaran DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2011, Chennai, India (Best Poster Award) AIP Conf. Proc. 1447, 1097 (2012)
7) Magnetoresistance behavior and Magnetocaloric effect in Er5Si3 Niharika Mohapatra, K. Mukherjee, K. K. Iyer, and E. V. Sampathkumaran DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2011, Chennai, India AIP Conf. Proc. 1447, 1165 (2012)
6) Strong Nd4f hybridization effect in Ge doped Nd2PdSi3 Tathamay Basu, Sangeeta Thakur, Nishaina Sahadev, Deep Narayan Biswas, Ganesh Adhikary, K. Mukherjee, E. V. Sampathkumaran, and Kalobaran Maiti AIP Conf. Proc. 1447, 883 (2012)
5) 4f-hybridization effects on the magnetism of doped Nd2PdSi3: an anomalous magnetic compound K. Mukherjee, Tathamay Basu and E. V. Sampathkumaran International conference on Strongly Correlated Electron System: Aug 2011, Cambridge, UK
4) Transport and magnetic behavior under pressure and high-resolution photoemission studies of Ce2Rh0.7Co0.3Si3, an alloy on the verge of quantum critical point K. Mukherjee, Kartik K Iyer, Swapnil Patil, K, Maiti, and E.V. Sampathkumaran International conference on Strongly Correlated Electron System: Jun 2010, Santa Fe, USA. Journal of Physics : Conference Series 273, 012010 (2011)
3) Observation of re-entrant spin glass like behaviour in 2.5% Ga doped La0.9Sr0.1MnO3 K. Mukherjee and A. Banerjee DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2007, Mysore, India
2) Influence of Non-stoichiometry on Structure, Magnetism and Transport of La0.9Sr0.1MnO3+δ K. Mukherjee, Kranti Kumar and A. Banerjee DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2004, Amritsar, India
1) Transport and Magnetism in Al substituted La0.9Sr0.1MnO3+δ K. Mukherjee, Kranti Kumar, Sunil Nair, A. Niazi and A. Banerjee DAE Solid State Physics Symposium: Dec 2003, Gwalior, India
Projects Ongoing/Completed
Exploration of physical properties of Heusler alloys - a prospective class of multi-functional material. Sponsoring Agency: DST-SERB, India. (As PI) (Dec 2020 - Dec 2023 )
Study of magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of mixed metal oxides and rare-earth intermetallics. Sponsoring Agency: DST-SERB, India. (As PI) (Mar 2017 - Mar 2020 )
Investigation of physical properties of multiferroic compounds belonging to double perovskites family. Sponsoring Agency : CSIR, India. (As PI) (Mar 2017 - Feb 2020 )
Exploring the tunability of magnetic structure in multiferroic compounds YBa1-xSrxCuFeO5 (0 < x < 0.6) and LnBaCuFeO5 (Ln = Gd, Ho, Yb) by employing temperature dependent neutron diffraction. Sponsoring Agency: UDCSR-Mumbai Center. (As Co-PI) (Jan 2017 - Dec 2019)
Magnetism and Magnetocaloric Effect of 3d/4f electron systems. Sponsoring Agency: IIT Mandi Seed Grant (Oct 2013 - Oct 2016)
Teaching
IC-222P - Physics Practicum for B. Tech students
PH-501 - Solid State Physics for B.Tech students
IC201P - Design Practicum for B. Tech students (as Faculty mentor)
PH-514 - Electronics for I-Ph. D and M Sc students in Physics
PH-515P - Physics Laboratory for I-Ph. D and M Sc students in Physics
PH-525P - Electronics Laboratory Practicum for I-Ph. D and M Sc students in Physics
PH-508 - Magnetism and Magnetic Materials for B. Tech students, I-Ph. D, Ph. D and M Sc students in Physics
PH-612 - Nuclear and Particle physics for I-Ph. D and M Sc students in Physics
PH-516 - Research project I for I-Ph. D in Physics (as Co-ordinator)
PH-517 - Research project II for I-Ph. D in Physics (as Co-ordinator)
PH-526 - Research project III for I-Ph. D in Physics (as Co-ordinator)
PH-527 - Research project IV for I-Ph. D in Physics (as Co-ordinator)
Current Research Scholars
Jogendra (Aug 2021 - )
Koushik P (Aug 2022 - )
Manshi Rani (Aug 2022 - ) (PMRF Fellow)
Manisha (Aug 2023 - )
Sakshi Kaundal (Aug 2024 - )
PHDs Supervised
Dheeraj Ranaut (Feb 2020 - Apr 2023) Thesis title: Exploration of Quantum Magnetism in Rare Earth Orthovanadates
Kavita Yadav (Aug 2016 - Aug 2021) Thesis title: Probing the Correlation between Valence Electron Count and Physical Properties of Heusler Alloys
Karan Singh (Dec 2014 - Aug 2019) Thesis title: Magnetic, Thermodynamic and Electrical Transport Properties of Ce-based Intermetallics: Ce1-xLaxGe (x = 0.0-0.76), Ce1-xYxNiGe2 (x = 0.0-0.4) and CeAlGe
Surender Lal (Feb 2014 - Aug 2019) (Jointly supervised) Thesis title: Structural, Magnetic, Dielectric and Thermodynamic Studies of Layered Perovskite LnBaCuFeO5 (Ln = Rare-earth element) and its derivatives
Mohit K. Sharma (Aug 2013 - Oct 2018) Thesis title: Investigation of Physical Properties of Rare Earth and Transition Metal Based Oxides and Intermetallics Showing Significant Magnetocaloric Effect