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Educational Background:
M.Sc (Physics), 2003, Burdwan University (rank 1)
Ph.D (Condensed Matter Physics), 2010, S. N. Bose Centre - Kolkata (Degree awarded by Jadavpur University, Kolkata).
Professional Activities:
2009 -2010 : Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Atomic-scale Material Design, DTU, Denmark
2010-2012 : Research Associate, S. N. Bose National Centre, Kolkata
2013 - Present : DST INSPIRE Faculty (Physics), S. N. Bose National Centre, Kolkata
Important Award:
University Gold Medal in M.Sc (Physics), 2003.
Young Scientist Award' 2008 by Material Research Society of India.
Research Interest:
Density Functional theory based electronic structure calculations of materials,
Electronic structures of magnetic and semi conducting nano materials,
New light harvesting materials for solar-to-fuel energy conversion,
H-storage materials
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Significant Recent publications:
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Soumendu Datta, Sangita Dutta, Tilak Das, Impact of bi-axial strain on the
structural, electronic and optical properties of photo-catalytic bulk bismuth oxyhalides; Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 20, 103 (2018)
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Soumendu Datta, A. K. Raychaudhuri, T.Saha-Dasgupta, First principles study of bimetallic Ni13-nAgn nano-clusters (n = 0-13): Structural, mixing, electronic, and magnetic properties; J. Chem. Phys., 146,164301 (2017)
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Soumendu Datta, Radhashyam Banerjee, and Abhijit Mookerjee; Enhanced magnetism of Cu n clusters capped with N and endohedrally doped with Cr ; J. Chem. Phys., 142 , 024309 (2015)
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Soumendu Datta, Mukul Kabir, Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta; Effects of shape and composition on the properties of CdS nanocrystals ; Phys. Rev. B, 86, 115307 (2012).
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I. Castelli, T. Olsen, Soumendu Datta, Kristian S. Thygesen, Soren Dahl and Karsten W. Jacobsen ; Computational Screening of Perovskite Metal Oxides for Optimal Solar Light Capture ; Energy and Environ. Sci. 5, 5814 (2012).
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Soumendu Datta, Mukul Kabir and Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta ; Ab initio study of structural stability of small 3d late transition metal clusters : Interplay of magnetization and hybridization ; Phys. Rev. B, 84, 075429 (2011).
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Soumendu Datta, Mukul Kabir, Abhijit Mookerjee and Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta; Engineering the magnetic properties of the Mn13 cluster by doping ; Phys. Rev. B, 83, 075425 (2011).
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