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Somnath Bhowmick
PhD (IISc Bangalore)
Assistant Professor, Department of MSE
Research Interest
Electronic structure calculations & strong correlations, Ab-initio thermodynamics, Theory of electron scattering and electron diffraction, Structural, electronic and magnetic properties of graphene & siblings, Size dependent properties of nanomaterials, Multi-scale simulation methods
Office
FB-406,
Labs addresses: Western Lab 312
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Specialization
Computational Materials Science
Education
PhD, Indiann Institute of Science, Bangalore (2010)Thesis Title:Graphene Nanostructures: A Theoretical Study of Electronic, Magnetic and Structural PropertiesSupervisor:Vijay B Shenoy
M. Sc, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2005)
B. Tech, Calcutta University (2003)
Teaching Area
Structure and Properties of Materials
Selected Publications
Boundaries for Efficient Use of Electron Vortex Beams to Measure Magnetic Properties, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 105504 (2013)
Sensory-organ-like response determines the magnetism of zigzag-edged honeycomb nanoribbons, Phys. Rev. B 87, 085412 (2013)
Polymorphism of Two-Dimensional Boron, Nano Lett., 2012, 12 (5), pp 2441–2445
BN White Graphene with "Colorful" Edges: The Energies and Morphology, Nano Lett., 2011, 11 (8), pp 3113–3116
Weber-Fechner type nonlinear behavior in zigzag edge graphene nanoribbons, Phys. Rev. B 82, 155448 (2010)
Extra Curricular Activities
Trekking
Research Group
Samtel Centre for Display Technologies
Professional Experience
Post doctoral research associate, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
Post doctoral research associate, Uppsala University, Sweden