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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

  • Ferrimagnetic hexagonal MnCuGe Heusler alloy with a low-temperature spin-glass state, AK Khorwal, S Vishvakarma, S Saha, D Patra, A Singh, S Saha, Surajit Saha, V Srinivas, Ajit K Patra, arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.149 (2024)

  • Magnetic critical phenomena and low temperature re-entrant spin-glass features of AlMnFe Heusler alloy, AK Khorwal, S Saha, M Verma, L Saini, S Kaushik, Y Bitla, AV Lukoyanov, Ajit K Patra, arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.02149 (2024)

  • Signatures of nearly compensated magnetism and spin glass behavior in highly frustrated β-Mn-type Mn50Fe25+ xAl25− x Heusler alloys, AK Khorwal, S Saha, AV Lukoyanov, AK Patra, The Journal of Chemical Physics 160 (11)(2024)

  • Structural and magnetic properties of Mn50Fe25Al5Si20 alloy, S Saha, S Vishvakarma, AK Khorwal, Y Bitla, AK Patra, AIP Conference Proceedings 2995 (1) (2024)

  • Magnetic relaxation of polycrystalline Mn1. 5Fe1. 5Al alloy, AK Khorwal, S Vishvakarma, S Dash, Y Bitla, M Vasundhara, AK Patra, AIP Conference Proceedings 2995 (1) (2024)

  • Observation of weak ferromagnetism in the antiferromagnetic host and large electronic heat capacity in β-Mn-type structured Mn3Al alloy, S Dash, M Vasundhara, AK Patra, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 589, 171474 (2024)

  • In-field critical behaviour of β-Mn type Co7Zn7Mn6 skyrmion-host, Y Bitla, AK Patra, GA Basheed, Physica B: Condensed Matter 654, 414669 (2023)

  • Chiral-fluctuations mediated helical to paramagnetic phase transition and scaling study in β-Mn type Co8Zn8Mn4 chiral magnet, Y Bitla, S Saha, AK Patra, GA Basheed, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 35 (17), 175801 (2023)

  • The Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Heusler Alloys Mn2 –xFe1 +xAl (x = –0.5, 0, 0.5, 1), EI Shreder, AV Lukoyanov, RD Mukhachev, AN Filanovich, S Dash, ... Physics of Metals and Metallography 124 (3), 245-251 (2023)

  • Energy Spectrum and Optical Absorption of Mn100 –хAlх (x = 20, 30) Compounds with the β-Mn Structure, YV Knyazev, AV Lukoyanov, YI Kuz’min, S Dash, AK Patra, ...Inorganic Materials 59 (1), 26-31 (2023)

  • Enhancement of room-temperature magnetoresistance in polyvinyl acetate encapsulated Fe3O4 nanoparticles, S Roy, HR Nikhita, GV Varshini, AK Patra, RB Gangineni, S Angappane, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 557, 169468 (2022)

  • Metastable skyrmion phase stabilized in wider T–H region of β-Mn type Co7Zn7Mn6 chiral magnet, Y Bitla, AK Patra, R Pathak, A Bhattacharya, GA Basheed, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 34 (36), 365801

  • Abhinav Kumar Khorwal, Nancy, Shubhra Dash, Arun Kumar, A.V. Lukoyanov, E.I. Shreder, Yugandhar Bitla, M. Vasundhara, Ajit K. Patra, Evidence for canonical spin glass behaviour in polycrystalline Mn1.5Fe1.5Al Heusler alloy, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 546, 168752 (2022).

  • Yu. V. Knyazev, A V Lukoyanov, Yu. I. Kuz’min, S. Dash, A. K. Patra, M Vasundhara “Electronic Structure and Spectral Characteristics of the Mn3Al Compound, Phys. Met. and Metallogr+ 122, No. 10,  954–959 (2021)

  • E. I. Shreder, A. V. Lukoyanov, A. A. Makhneva, Yu. I. Kuzmina, Shubhra Dash, Ajit K. Patra, M. Vasundhara, Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Heusler Alloy Mn1.5Fe1.5Al, JEPT, 133, 4, (2021).

  • Nancy, B. Poojitha, R. Shukla, M. Vasundhara, U.P. Mohammed Rasi, R.B. Gangineni, S.C. Sahu, R.J. Choudhary, Yugandhar Bitla, Ajit K. Patra “Unveiling the magnetic and transport properties of La0.5Sr0.5Co1-xVxO3-δ (x = 0, 0.01, 0.02 and 0.1)” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 530, 167851 (2021).

  • Shubhra Dash, A. V. Lukoyanov, Nancy, Durgamadhab Mishra, U. P.  Mohammed Rasi, R. B. Gangineni, M. Vasundhara, Ajit K. Patra, Structural stability and magnetic properties Mn2FeAl alloy with a β-Mn structure, J. Mag. Mag. Mater., 513, 167205 (2020). 

  • ​​Nancy, Bommareddy Poojitha, R. Shukla, R. Dhaka, S. Dash, S. Sarkar, S.R. Barman, P.D. Babu, S.C. Sahoo, R.J. Choudhary, Surajit Saha, Ajit K. Patra "Spin-phonon coupling in Mn-Bi co-doped SmFeO3: An experimental study", Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Volume 513, 167094 (2020).

  • E I Shreder, A V Lukoyanov, A A Makhnev, Shubhra Dash, A Patra, M Vasundhara, Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of the Mn2CrAl Heusler Alloy, Phys. Met. and Metallogr+ 121, 532 (2020).

  • Nancy, R. Shukla, R. Dhaka, S. Dash, S. Sarkar, P.D. Babu, S.C. Sahoo, R.J. Choudhary, Banarji Bahera, Ajit K. Patra "Structural, dielectric and magnetic properties of Bi–Mn doped SmFeO3", Ceramic International Volume 46 Issue 7, May 2020, Pages 8730-8744 (2020).

  • Saurabh Yadav, Shubhra Dash, A K Patra, G R Umapathy, S Ojha, Shiv P Patel, R Singh, Y S Katharria, Effects of Energetic Ion Irradiation on β-Ga2O3 Thin Films, ECS J. Solid State SC, 9, 045015 (2020).

  • S. Dash, A.K. Patra, M. Vasundhara, A.V. Lukoyanov, E.D. Baglasov, Yu.V. Knyazev, Yu.I. Kuz’min, E.I. Shreder “Electronic structure and optical properties of Mn100-xGex (x=20, 25 and 30) alloys near tetragonal-orthorhombic structural phase transition",  Phys. Status Solidi B 256, 1900155 (2019).    

  • Shubhra Dash, A.V. Lukoyanov, Yu.V. Knyazev, Yu. I. Kuz’min, E. D. Baglasov, Bruno Weise, Pramod Kumar, M. Vasundhara, and Ajit K. Patra “Impression of magnetic clusters, critical behavior and magnetocaloric effect in Fe3Al alloys” Journal of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 21, 10823 – 10833 (2019).

  • Shivani Agarwal, Diana Pohl, Ajit Kumar Patra, Kornelius Nielsch, Manvendra Singh Khatri “Preparation and nanoscale characterization of electrodeposited CoFe-Cu multilayer nanowires”, Journal of Material Chemistry and Physics 230, 231-238 (2019).

  • Shubhra Dash, A.V. Lukoyanov, Yu.V. Knyazev, Yu. I. Kuz’min, E. D. Baglasov, M. Vasundhara, and Ajit K. Patra “Structural, electronic, optical and magnetic properties of Fe3Al alloys” Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism (2019).

  • V. R. Akshay, B. Arun, Shubhra Dash, Ajit K. Patra, Guruprasad Mandal, Geeta R. Mutta, Anupama Chanda and M. Vasundhara “Defect mediated mechanism in undoped, Cu and Zn-doped TiO2 nanocrystals for tailoring the band gap and magnetic properties” RSC Advances 8, 41994 (2018).

  • Pandey, Pawan; Sharma, Ashok; Rani, Sarita; Mishra, Gaurav; Gopal, Kandasamy; Patra, Ajit; Rana, Monika; Sharma, Anuj; Yadav, Awesh; Gupta, Umesh “MCM-41 Nanoparticles for Brain Delivery: Better Choline-Esterase and Amyloid Formation Inhibition with Improved Kinetics” ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 4(8), 2860-2869 (2018).

  • Shubhra Dash, Benjamin Schleicher, Stefan Schwabe, Ludwig Reichel, R. Heller, Sebastian Fähler, Volker Neu, and Ajit K. Patra “Structural and magnetic properties of epitaxial Mn-Ge films grown on Ir/Cr buffered MgO(001)” Journal of Physics D- Applied Physics 51, 255002 (2018). 

  • Nanda Shakti, Chandni Devi, A. K. Patra, P. S. Gupta, and Sandeep Kumar “Lithium doping and photoluminescence properties of ZnO nanorods” AIP Advances 8, 015306 (2018).

  • Shivani Agarwal, S. A. Hashmi, Bhanu Nandan, Ajit Kumar Patra, Ravi Prakash Singh, J. Arout Chelvane, Manvendra Singh Khatri “Structure and magnetic properties of electrodeposited CoPtP/Pt multilayers nanowires” Chemical Physics Letters 684, 378-382 (2017).

  • Surendra Kumar, Indrani Coondoo, M. Vasundhara, Ajit K. Patra, A. L. Kholkin and Neeraj Panwar “Magnetization reversal behavior and magnetocaloric effect in SmCr0.85Mn0.15O3 chromites” Journal of Applied Physics 121, 043907 (2017).

  • Nils Richter, Yenny R. Hernandez, Sebastian Schweitzer, June-Seo Kim, Ajit Kumar Patra, Jan Englert, Ingo Lieberwirth, Andrea Liscio, Vincenzo Palermo, Xinliang Feng, Andreas Hirsch, Klaus Müllen and Mathias Kläui “Robust two-dimensional electronic properties in three-dimensional microstructures of rotationally stacked turbostratic graphene” Physical Review Applied 7, 024022 (2017).

  • Truptimayee Sahu, Ajit  K Patra and  Banarji Behera, “Effect of Gadolinium Doping on Physical Properties of 0.8BiGdxFe1-xO3-0.2PbTiO3 (x=0.00, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15 and 0.20) Composites” Journal of Alloys and Compounds 695, 2273 (2017). 

  • P.Vats, D. Chauhan, A. K. Patra, V. P. Gupta and Alimuddin, "Ion beam induced structural and lectrical modifications of Fe doped molybdenum oxide thin films" Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 31, 593 (2015). 

  • A. K. Patra, F. Fleischhauer, S. Oswald, L. Schultz and V. Neu “Coercivity mechanism in hard magnetic SmCo5/PrCo5 bilayers” Journal of Physics D- Applied Physics 47, 215001 (2014).

Previous publications

  • S. Singh, A. K. Patra, B. Barin, E. del Barco and B. Özyilmaz “Spin Pumping in Permalloy/Graphene and Permalloy/Graphite Interfaces” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 49 (7), 3147-3150 ( 2013).  DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2013.2244067

  • Arndt von Bieren, Ajit K. Patra, Stephen Krzyk, Jan Rhensius,  Laura Heyderman, Regina Hoffmann-Vogel and Mathias Kläui "Domain-wall induced large magnetoresistance effects at zero applied field in ballsitic nanocontacts" Physical Review Letters 110, 06723 (2013). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.067203

  • A. K. Patra. S. Singh, B. Barin, Y. Lee, J.-H. Ahn, E. del Barco E. R. Mucciolo and B. Oezyilmaz “Dynamic spin injection into chemical vapor deposited graphene” Applied Physics Letters 101, 162407 (2012). DOI: 10.1063/1.4761932

  • E. Stilp, J. Freudenberger, M. Seifert, A. K. Patra, S. Menzel, I. Mönch, L. Schultz, V. Neu “Probing the anisotropy constants of SmCo5 and PrCo5 by Hall resistance measurements in pulsed high magnetic fields up to 50 T”  Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 324, 1711 (2012).  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2011.12.031

  • A. K. Patra, A. von Bieren, S. Krzyk, J. Rhensius, L. J. Heyderman, R. Hoffmann and M. Kläui “Magnetoresistance measurement of tailored Permalloy nanocontacts ” Physical Review B 82, 134447 (2010).  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.134447

  • A. K. Patra, M. Eisterer, R. Biele, S. Fähler, L. Schultz, and V. Neu “The temperature dependent anisotropy constants of epitaxially grown PrCo5+x” Journal of Applied Physics 108, 073912 (2010) DOI: 10.1063/1.3490204

  • A. K. Patra, V. Neu, S. Fähler and L. Schultz “Thermal stability of metastable, epitaxial PrCo7  films with high energy density” Journal of Physics D- Applied Physics 40, 7261 (2007).  DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/23/001

  • A.K. Patra, V. Neu, S. Fähler, R. Groetzschel, S. Bedanta, W. Kleemann and L. Schultz “Crystal structure and its correlation to intrinsic and extrinsic magnetic properties of epitaxial hard magnetic Pr-Co films” Physical Review B 75, 184417 (2007). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.134447

  • V. Neu, K. Häfner, A. K. Patra and L. Schultz “Fully epitaxial, exchange coupled SmCo5/Fe/SmCo5 trilayers” Journal of Physics D- Applied Physics 39, 5116 (2006).  DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/24/003

  • A. K. Patra, V. Neu, S. Fähler, R. Groetzschel and L. Schultz “Epitaxial PrCo7 films with high energy product” Applied Physics Letters 89, 142512 (2006).DOI: 10.1063/1.2361195

  • A. K. Patra, V. Neu, S. Fähler, H. Wendrock and L. Schultz “Phase formation, texture, and magnetic properties of epitaxial Pr-Co films grown on MgO(100)”  Journal of Applied Physics 100, 043905 (2006).  DOI: 10.1063/1.2226087

  • V. Neu, S. Fähler, A. Singh, A. R. Kwon, A. K. Patra, U. Wolf, K. Häfner, B. Holzafel and L. Schultz “Domain structure and magnetic properties of epitaxial rare earth-transition metal thin films” Journal of Iron and Steel Research International 13, 102 (2006). DOI: 10.1016/S1006-706X(08)60167-3

  • M. Vasundhara, A.K. Patra, V. Srinivas and V.V. Rao, “Electrical transport in novel Heusler-type Fe2VAl alloys”, Proceedings of ISAMAP-2K4, Vol-II, 2004, page 5061.

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