Thesis_Panels.pdf

Binghamton Quarterly, 2017

Welcome to the Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science (CMPMS) at TIFR! Research in CMPMS asks questions about the nature of materials that are in the " condensed state " – familiar condensed phases like solids or liquids, but also more exotic phases such as the superconducting phase at low temperatures, magnetically-ordered phases etc. We also work on semiconductors and nanostructured materials, and soft-matter. We study the electronic, physical, mechanical, optical, and chemical properties of materials, in relation to their structure. Our emphasis is on the experimental measurement of various properties using different probes in an attempt to understand the underlying physical behaviour. We fabricate optoelectronic, plasmonic, and superconducting device structures that serve as test sytems to study novel phenomena and also enable real world applications. A K G r o v e r (o n l i e n) K a l o b a r a n M a i t i A r u n K u m a r N i g a m P L P a u l o s e S h r i g a n e s h P r a b h u S R a m a k r i s h n a n P r a t a p R a y c h a u d h u r i E V S a m p a t h k u m a r a n A T h a m i z h a v e l R V i j a y a r a g h a v a n