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Educational Background:
Master of Science: Dept. of Physics,
IISc, Bangalore (1993).
PhD: Department of Physics, IISc,
Bangalore (1998).
Awards/Professional Activities:
DAE - Raja Ramanna Prize Lecture in
Physics for 2013
TWOWS Prize for young woman scientist
in Physics/Mathematics in Asia region for 2010.
NASI-SCOPUS young scientist award in
Physics for 2010.
Executive Board member, MRSI Kolkata
chapter (ex-officio).
Council member, MRSI.
Editorial board member, Chinese
Journal of Physics.
Professional Background:
1998-2000: Post-doctoral Researcher at
JRCAT, Tsukuba, Japan.
2000-2003: Post-doctoral Researcher at
National Renewable Energy Lab, Denver, CO – USA.
2003-2005: Assistant Professor, IIT
Madras, Chennai, India.
2005-2009 : Reader, S.N. Bose National
Center for Basic Sciences
2009-present : Associate Professor ,
S.N. Bose National Center for Basic Sciences
Main area of work
Electronic, magnetic, structural,
optical and mechanical properties of systems at the
nanoscale
Charge, orbital and magnetic ordering
in p and d band systems
Models for magnetism in transition
metal compounds, dilute magnetic semiconductors
Calculation of various spectral
functions
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Significant recent
publications:
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Route to high Neel
temperatures in 4d and 5d oxides, S. Middey, Ashis Nandy,
Shishir Pandey, Priya Mahadevan and D.D. Sarma, Phys. Rev.
B 86, 104406 (2012).
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Defect induced local moment in
ZnO as a consequence of Stoner mechanism, Hirak Kumar
Chandra and Priya Mahadevan, Solid State Commun.
152, 762 (2012).
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The Spin and orbital physics
of the alkali superoxides (A p-band orbital ordering),
Ashis Nandy, Priya Mahadevan and D.D. Sarma in Concepts
and Methods in Modern Theoretical Chemistry: Electronic
Structure and Reactivity, Ed. P. Chattaraj and S. Ghosh
(2012)
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Formation and the stability of
the oxides of K, Ashis Nandy, Priya Mahadevan and D.D.
Sarma, Mol. Sim. 38, 1308 (2012)
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Stability of the bulk phase of
layered ZnO, B. Rakshit and Priya Mahadevan,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 085508 (2011).
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K$_2$O$_2$ : The most stable
oxide of K, A.K. Nandy, Priya Mahadevan and D.D.
Sarma, Phys. Rev. B. 84, 035116 (2011).
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Stability of the bulk phase
of layered ZnO, Bipul Rakshit and Priya Mahadevan, Phys.
Rev Lett. (in press).
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K2O2 : the most stable oxide
of K, Ashis Kumar Nandy, Priya Mahadevan and D.D. Sarma,
Phys. Rev. B (in press).
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Dependence of magnetism on
the GdFeO3 distortion in the t2g system ARuO3 (A=Sr, Ca),
S. Middey, Priya Mahadevan and D.D. Sarma, Phys. Rev. B
83, 014416 (2011).
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Size dependence of the bulk
modulus of semiconductor nanocrystals from
first-principles calculations, R. Cherian, C. Gerard,
Priya Mahadevan, N.T. Cuong and R. Maezono, Phys. Rev. B
82, 235321 (2010).
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Absence of rippling in
graphene under biaxial tensile strain, Bipul Rakshit and
Priya Mahadevan, Phys. Rev. B 82, 153407 (2010).
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KO2: Realization of orbital
ordering in a p-orbital system, A.K. Nandy, Priya
Mahadevan, P. Sen and D.D. Sarma, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105,
056403 (2010)
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Charge ordering induced
ferromagnetic insulator : K2Cr8O16, Priya Mahadevan,
Abhinav Kumar, D. Choudhury and D.D. Sarma, Phys. Rev.
Lett. 104, 256401 (2010).
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