Dr. Sudhir Kumar Pandey

Dr. Sudhir Kumar Pandey
Phone: 01905 -267066
E-mail: sudhir[at]iitmandi[dot]ac[dot]in
Address: School of Engineering

 Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

 Kamand-175005

 Himachal Pradesh

India

 Personal web page

Academic Qualifications

  • M. Sc. (Physics) (2002): School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
  • Ph. D. (Physics) (2007): UGC - DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore, India

Awards and Fellowship

  • Rashtriya Gramin Chhatrabriti-from classes VII to X
  • Merit Cum Means (MCM) Scholarship - M. Sc.
  • CSIR - NET in 2002

Employment

  • Visiting Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India (01 Mar. 2007 - 31 Sept. 2008)
  • Scientist - D, UGC - DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore (01 Oct. 2008 -11 May 2012)
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, IIT Mandi, Kamand, India (14 May 2012 - 31 Dec. 2014)
  • Assistant Professor, IIT Mandi, Kamand, India (1 Jan. 2015 - present)

Research Interests

  • Developing experimental and computational tools to study the physical properties of thermoelectric materials and their utilization in making devices for waste heat recovery.
  • Use of density functional theory in improving the functionality of the existing functional materials and designing the technologically important new materials.
  • Understanding the basic physics of correlated electron systems by using LDA, GGA, DFT+U, GW and DFT+DMFT based density functional theory.

Motto

  • Conducting quality research with minimum utilization of commercial equipment and commercial softwares.

Teaching

  • Energy storage technology (EN-503)
  • Classical Mechanics (PH-512)
  • Functional materials (ME-609)
  • Electronic materials and their applications (ME-353)
  • Materials for energy applications (EM-601)
  • Experiments in materials Science (ME-619)
  • Materials Science for Engineer (IC-241)

Other Activities

    Reviewer
  • Journal of Low Temperature Physics
  • Solid State Communications
  • Solid State Sciences
  • Philosophical Magazine and Philosophical Magazine Letters
  • Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Journal of Electronic Materials
  • Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals

Present Group Members

Past Group Members

  • Dr. Sonu Sharma

Opening in the Group

  • The motivated and dedicated researchers who are interested in woking in the area of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science can send me a one page writeup mentioning the area in which they want to work.

Opportunity for Collaborative Research

  • Our group will be happy to collaborate with any researchers from academia and industries, especially in the area of developing experimental and computational tools to study the thermoelectric properties of various materials and their utilization in the fabrication of technologically useful devices.

Present Collaborators

  • Dr. L. S. Sharath Chandra, Magnetic and Superconducting Materials Section, Raja Ramanna Center for Advanced Technology, Indore

Publications

    a) Papers in peer refereed journals

    2017
    1. Electronic structure study of vanadium spinels by using density functional theory and dynamical mean field theory
      S. Lal and S. K. Pandey
      EPL (In Press)
    2. Efficiency calculation of thermoelectric generator for investigating the applicability of various thermoelectric materials
      K. Gaurav and S. K. Pandey
      J. Renew Sustain Ener 9, 014701 (2017)
    3. Automated Instrumentation for High-Temperature Seebeck Coefficient Measurements
      A. Patel and S. K. Pandey
      Instrum. Sci. Technol. 45, 366 (2017)
    4. Fabrication of a simple apparatus for the Seebeck coefficient measurement in high temperature region
      S. Singh and S. K. Pandey
      Measurement 102, 26 (2017)
    5. An important role of temperature dependent scattering time in understanding the high temperature thermoelectric behavior of strongly correlated system: La0.75Ba0.25CoO3
      S. Singh, D. Kumar and S. K. Pandey
      J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 29, 105601 (2017)
    6. Constrained DFT+U approach for understanding the magnetic behaviour of ACr2O4 (A=Zn, Mg, Cd and Hg) compounds
      S. Lal and S. K. Pandey
      Phys. Lett. A 381, 917 (2017)
    7. Fabrication of setup for high temperature thermal conductivity measurement
      A. Patel and S. K. Pandey
      Rev. Sci. Instrum. 88, 015107 (2017)
    8. Understanding the Thermoelectric Properties of LaCoO3 Compound
      S. Singh and S. K. Pandey
      9. Philos. Mag. 97, 451 (2017)
    9. Role of orbital degrees of freedom in investigating the magnetic properties of geometrically frustrated vanadium spinels
      S. Lal and S. K. Pandey
      10. Comput. Mater. Sci. 126, 373 (2017)
    2016
    1. The role of ionic sizes in inducing the cubic to tetragonal distortion in AV2O4 and ACr2O2 (A=Zn, Mg and Cd) compounds
      S. Lal and S. K. Pandey
      Mat. Res. Express 3, 116301 (2016)
    2. Importance of temperature dependent energy gap in the understanding of high temperature thermoelectric properties
      S. Singh and S. K. Pandey
      Mat. Res. Express 3, 105501 (2016)
    3. Investigation of the Thermoelectric Properties of ZnV2O4 Compound at High Temperatures
      S. Singh, R. K. Maurya and S. K. Pandey
      J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49, 425601 (2016)
    4. Thermal properties and electronic structure of superconducting germanide skutterudites LaPt4Ge12 and PrPt4Ge12: A multi-band perspective
      L. S. Sharath Chandra, M. K. Chattopadhyay, S. B. Roy, and S. K. Pandey
      Philos. Mag. 96, 2161 (2016)
    5. Electronic structure of the Mo1-xRex alloys studied through resonant photoemission spectroscopy
      S. Sundar, S. Banik. L. S. Sharath Chandra, M. K. Chattopadhyay, T. Ganguli, G. S. Lodha, S. K. Pandey, D. M. Phase, and S. B. Roy
      J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 28, 315502 (2016)
    6. Limitations of unconstrained LSDA+U calculations in predicting the electronic and magnetic ground state of a geometrically frustrated ZnV2O4 compound
      S. Lal and S. K. Pandey
      J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 412, 23 (2016)
    7. Effect of on-site Coulomb interaction U on the electronic and magnetic properties of Fe2MnSi, Fe2MnAl, and Co2MnGe
      S. Sharma and S. K. Pandey
      J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 403, 1 (2016)
    2015
    1. Inverse photoemission spectroscopic studies on phase separated La0.2Sr0.8MnO3
      N. Singh, M. Maniraj, J. Nayak, S. K. Pandey, and R. Bindu
      Solid State Commun. 217, 70 (2015)
    2. Applicability of two current model in understanding the electronic transport behavior of inverse Heusler alloy: Fe2CoSi
      S. Sharma and S. K. Pandey
      Phys. Lett. A 379, 2357 (2015)
    3. Evidence of spin lattice coupling in MnTiO3: An x-ray diffraction study
      R. K. Maurya, N. Singh, S. K. Pandey, and R. Bindu
      EPL 110, 27007 (2015)
    4. Strong electron-Phonon coupling and multiband effects in the superconducting β-phase Mo1-xRex alloys
      S. Sundar, L. S. Sharath Chandra, M. K. Chattopadhyay, S. K. Pandey, D. Venkateshwaralu, R. Rawat, V. Ganesan, and S. B. Roy
      New J. Phys. 17, 053003 (2015)
    2014
    1. Investigation of the electronic and thermoelectric properties of Fe2ScX (X = P, As and Sb) full Heusler alloys by using first principles calculations
      S. Sharma and S. K. Pandey
      J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 47, 445303 (2014)
    2. Density matrix approach to the orbital ordering in the spinel vanadates: A case study
      S. Lal and S. K. Pandey
      Eur. Phys. J. B 87, 187 (2014)
    3. Pressure induced spin state transition in BiFeO3: an ab inito electronic structure calculations
      S. Patel and S. K. Pandey
      Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 67, 20602 (2014)
    4. The influence of electron-phonon coupling and spin fluctuations on the superconductivity of the Ti-V alloys
      Md Matin, L. S. Sharath Chandra, S. K. Pandey, M. K. Chattopadhyay and S. B. Roy
      Eur. Phys. J. B 87, 131 (2014)
    5. Investigation of thermoelectric properties of half-metallic Co2MnGe by using first principles calculations
      S. Sharma and S. K. Pandey
      J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26, 215501 (2014)
    6. A first principle study of electronic band structures and effective mass tensors of thermoelectric materials: PbTe, Mg2Si, FeGa3 and CoSb3
      S. Sharma and S. K. Pandey
      Comput. Mater. Sci. 85, 340 (2014)
    2012
    1. Electronic structure near quantum critical point in V doped Cr - a high resolution photoemission study
      G. Adhikary, R. Bindu, S. K. Pandey and K. Maiti
      EPL 99, 37009 (2012)
    2. Effect of pressure on the electronic and magnetic properties of CdV2O4: Density functional theory studies
      S. K. Pandey
      Phys. Rev. B 86, 085103 (2012)
    3. Nitrogen and fluorine doped ZrO2: a promising p-n junction for an ultraviolet light-emitting diode
      S. K. Pandey
      J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24, 335801 (2012)
    4. Implication of local moment at Ti and Fe sites on electrical and magneto-transport properties of degenerate semiconducting Ti1 - xFexO2 - d epitaxial films
      K. Bapna, R. J. Choudhary, S. K. Pandey and D. M. Phase
      J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24, 056004 (2012)
    2011
    1. Orbital ordering in the geometrically frustrated MgV2O4: Ab initio electronic structure calculations
      S. K. Pandey
      Phys. Rev. B 84, 094407 (2011)
    2. Effect of non-magnetic impurities on the magnetic states of anatase TiO2
      S. K. Pandey and R. J. Choudhary
      J. Phys.: Condens Matter. 23, 276005 (2011)
    3. Electronic depiction of magnetic origin in undoped and Fe doped TiO2-d epitaxial thin films
      K. Bapna, R. J. Choudhary, S. K. Pandey, D. M. Phase, S. K. Sharma, and M. Knobe
      Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 112502 (2011)
    4. Valence and origin of metal-insulator transition in Mn doped SrRuO3 studied by electrical transport, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and LSDA+U calculation
      R. K.Sahu, S. K. Pandey and L.C.Pathak
      J. Solid State Chem. 184, 523 (2011)
    2010
    1. Correlation induced half-metallicity in a ferromagnetic single-layered compound: Sr2CoO4
      S. K. Pandey
      Phys. Rev. B 81, 035114 (2010)
    2. Importance of Coulomb correlation and spin-orbit coupling in a 5d pyrochlore:Pr2Ir2O7
      S. K. Pandey and K. Maiti
      Phys. Rev. B 82, 035110 (2010)
    3. Tuning the magnetic properties of the multiferroic LuFe2O4 by moderate thermal treatment
      S. Patankar, S. K. Pandey, V. R. Reddy, A. Gupta, A. Banerjee and P. Chaddah
      EPL (Europhysics Letters) 90, 57007 (2010)
    4. Importance of conduction electron correlation in a Kondo lattice, Ce2CoSi3
      S. Patil, S. K. Pandey, V. R. R. Medicherla, R. S. Singh, R. Bindu, E. V. Sampathkumaran and K. Maiti
      J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22, 255602 (2010)
    5. Temperature dependence of thermoelectric power and thermal conductivity in ferromagnetic shape memory alloy Ni50Mn34In16 in magnetic fields
      L. S. Sharath Chandra, M. K. Chattopadhyay, V. K. Sharma, S. B. Roy, and S. K. Pandey
      Phys. Rev. B 81, 195105 (2010)
    6. Spectral evolution in an insulator exhibiting linear specific heat
      R. Bindu, G. Adhikary, S. K. Pandey, S. Patil, and K. Maiti
      New J. Phys. 12, 033026 (2010)
    7. Kondo resonance in a magnetically ordered compound Ce2RhSi3: Photoemission spectroscopy and ab initio band structure calculations
      S. Patil, V. R. R. Medicherla, R. S. Singh, S. K. Pandey, E. V. Sampathkumaran, and K. Maiti
      Phys. Rev. B 82, 104428 (2010)
    2009
    1. Study of magnetic interactions in a geometrically frustrated compound, Sr3NiPtO6, using density functional approach
      S. K. Pandey and K. Maiti
      EPL (Europhysics Letters) 88, 27002 (2009)
    2008
    1. Electronic and magnetic properties of a quasi-one-dimensional spin chain system, Sr3NiRhO6
      S. K. Pandeyy and K. Maiti
      Phys. Rev. B 78, 045120 (2008)
       Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, 18, Issue 6 (2008).
    2. Unoccupied electronic states of LaCoO3 and PrCoO3 investigated by using inverse photoemission spectroscopy and GGA+U calculations
      S. K. Pandey, A. Kumar, S. Banik, A. K. Shukla, S. R. Barman, and A. V. Pimpale
      Phys. Rev. B 77, 113104 (2008)
    3. Electronic structure of PrCoO3 and its temperature evolution
      S. K. Pandey, S. Patil, V. R. R. Medicherla, R. S. Singh, and K. Maiti
      Phys. Rev. B 77, 115137 (2008)
    4. Investigation of the spin state of Co in LaCoO3 at room temperature: Ab initio calculations and high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy of single crystals
      S. K. Pandey, A. Kumar, S. Patil, V. R. R. Medicherla, R. S. Singh, K. Maiti, D. Prabhakaran, A. T. Boothroyd, and A. V. Pimpale
      Phys. Rev. B 77, 045123 (2008)
    5. Doping and bond length contributions to Mn K-edge shift in La1-xSrxMnO3 (x = 0 - 0.7) and their correlation with electrical transport properties
      S. K. Pandey, R. Bindu, A. Kumar, S. Khalid, and A. V. Pimpale
      Pramana J. Phys. 70, 359 (2008)
    2007
    1. A study of transition metal K-edge x-ray absorption spectra of LaBO3 (B = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni), La2CuO4 and SrMnO3 using partial density of states
      S. K. Pandey, S. Khalid and A. V. Pimpale
      J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, 036212 (2007)
    2006
    1. Local distortion in LaCoO3 and PrCoO3: EXAFS, XRD and XANES studies
      S. K. Pandey, S. Khalid, N. P. Lalla, and A. V. Pimpale
      J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18, 10617 (2006)
    2. Electronic states of LaCoO3: Co K-edge and La L-edge x-ray absorption studies
      S. K. Pandey, A. Kumar, S. Khalid, and A. V. Pimpale
      J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18, 7103 (2006)
    3. Electronic states of PrCoO3: x-ray photoemission spectroscopy and LDA+U density of states studies
      S. K. Pandey, A. Kumar, S. M. Chaudhari, and A. V. Pimpale
      J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18, 1313 (2006)
    2005
    1. Local distortion of MnO6 octahedron in La1-xSrxMnO3+§ (x = 0.1 - 0.9): an EXAFS study
      R. Bindu, S. K. Pandey, A. Kumar, S. Khalid, and A. V. Pimpale
      J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17, 6393 (2005)
    2. Synthesis and investigation of structural and electronic properties of Pr1-xCaxFeO3
      (x = 0 to 0.2) compound
      S. K. Pandey, R. Bindu, P. Bhatt, S. M. Chaudhari, and A. V. Pimpale
      Physica B 365, 47 (2005)

    b) Papers/Abstracts in Conferences, Symposia and Workshops

    1. Interfacing of High Temperature Z meter Setup Using Python
      A. Patel, S. Sisodia, and S. K. Pandey
      Proc. DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (2016)
    2. Magnetization studies of the multiferroic LuFe2O4
      S. Patankar, S. K. Pandey, A. Banerjee, and P. Chaddah
      Proc. DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 54, 1097 (2009)
    3. Magnetism in Sr3NiPtO6: An ab initio electronic structure study
      S. K. Pandey and K. Maiti
      Proc. DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 53, 971 (2008)
    4. Doping and bond length contributions to Mn K-edge shift in La1-xSrxMnO3 (x = 0 - 0.7) and their correlation with electrical transport properties
      S. K. Pandey, R. Bindu, A. Kumar, S. Khalid, and A. V. Pimpale
      International Workshop on the physics of Mesoscopic and Disordered Materials-2006, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
    5. Rotational tunneling states in complex molecular systems
      S. K. Pandey, A. V. Pimpale and P. S. Goyal
      Proc. DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 49, 594 (2004)
    6. Preparation and characterization of La1.85Sr0.15CuO4 nano particles by ball milling
      V. Sathe and S. K. Pandey
      Proc. DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 48, 171 (2003)
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