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Dr. Chandan Bera

Scientist-D/Assistant Professor

Dr. Chandan Bera joined as scientist in the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali on May-2014. He received his M.Sc degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2007 and he worked in CEA-Grenoble and Ecole Centrale Paris during his PhD degree and recvied his PhD on October-2010. During his PhD, Dr. Bera with collaboration Dr. Natalio Mingo, CEA- Grenoble, and Dr. Sebastian Volz, Ecole Centrale Paris did modelling of thermal conductivity calculation of Si based nanostructured (NWs and nanogarined) materials by using Boltzmann transport equation and Monte Carlo simulation technique. Later, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Prof. Georg Madsen group at ICAMS, Rühr Universität Bochum on calculation of defect phase stability in binary chalcogenide and thermoelectric properties in these materials. Currently, he is working on the thermal and electron transport mechanism in alloy materials and developing a simple predictive model for thermal and electron transport in 2D and nanostructure materials for efficient design of thermoelectric device. His group also interested for electron and spin transport properties in hetrostructure interface and working on the electronic and spintronic properties of the interface from the atomistic calculation based on density functional theory (DFT).

One N-PDF and one JRF position is available in our group in computational nanoscience. The candidate having Ph.D degree in theoretical physics/chemistry/material science can send his/her CV. For JRF position candidate with CSIR/UGC JRF can apply.  

CONTACT INFORMATION :

Research Interest

  • Thermal and electronic transport.
  • Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Computational Nanoscience.
  • Thermoelectrics, Renewable energy.

Research Highlights

  • Theoretical model for predicting thermoelectric properties of TIN chalcogenides

  • Dr. Chandan Bera group performed theoretical calculation and studied low temperature thermoelectric properties of CoSbS with the effect of including spin-orbit coupling (SOC) interaction. The electrical properties calculation with SOC and 0.5μB atomistic magnetic moment on Co atoms shows a metal-like behavior due to a strong effect of spin-orbit coupling and a larger shift of VBM towards CBM leading to closure of the energy band gap. They have shown that a 10^7 times increase in power factor is possible by increasing magnetic field. This work calls for further investigation of electrical properties of CosbS at low temperature.

     

    More info :

     

    Raveena Gupta, Chandan Bera, Spin-orbit coupling effect on the thermopower and power factor of CoSbS, Phys. Rev. B 101, 155206 (2020)

PhD Students

  • MS. NIDHI

    Email: nidhi.ph22214@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH22214

    Working Since Aug, 2022

  • MS. Ayushi Jain

    Email: ayushi.ph20269@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH20269

    Working Since Jan, 2021

  • MR. AJAY PARTAP SINGH RANA

    Email: ajay.ph20238@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH20238

    Working Since Aug, 2020

  • Ms. Parrydeep Kaur Sachdeva

    Email: parrydeep.rp371822@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: 18-19/127/Ph.D 8132/R&S

    Working Since Aug, 2018

  • Ms. Raveena Gupta

    Email: raveena.rp511822@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: 2019-EZ-59

    Working Since Jan, 2019

  • Mr. Gourav Rana

    Email: gourav.ph19218@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH19218

    Working Since Aug, 2019

  • Mr. AJIT SINGH

    Email: ajit.ph16228@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH16228

    Working Since Jan, 2017

  • Mr. Naveen Kumar

    Email: naveen.ph19222@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH19222

    Working Since Aug, 2019

  • Sonali Kakkar

    Email: sonali.ph17221@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH17221

    Working Since Jan, 2018

Post Doc Fellows

  • Dr R Lenin

    Email: lenindps@gmail.com

    Reg. No.: NPDF1901


PhD Students

  • Ms. Prabhjot Kaur

    Email: prabhjotkaur1702@gmail.com

    Reg. No.: PH15209


  1. High thermoelectric power factor in LaVO3/KTaO3 heterostructure: Naveen Kumar, Sonali Kakkar, Chandan Bera, (2022) Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 115525. DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2022.115525

  2. Temperature-dependent structural, mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of B2-phase Ti2AlNb for aerospace applications: Kushagra Goyal, Chandan Bera and Neha Sardana, (2022) Journal of Materials Science, 1-18. DOI: 10.1007/s10853-022-07788-3

  3. Theoretical Design of Highly Efficient 2D Thermoelectric Device Based on Janus MoSSe and Graphene Heterostructure: Naveen Kumar, Parrydeep Kaur Sachdeva, Raveena Gupta, and Chandan Bera, (2022) ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5: 9581-9586. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.2c01204

  4. Biomass-derived cellulose nanofibers and iron oxide-based nanohybrids for thermal insulation application: Sourav Sen, Ajit Singh, Kamalakannan Kailasam, Chandan Bera and Sangita Roy, (2022) Nanoscale Advances, 4: 3381-3390. DOI: 10.1039/D2NA00010E

  5. Valence state modulation of Mn/FePO4 nanostructures for oxygen reduction reactions: Zubair Ahmed, Krishankant ., Parrydeep Kaur Sachdeva, Rajdeep Kaur, Shilpa Kumari, Chandan Bera and Vivek Bagchi, (2022) Sustainable Energy and Fuels, . DOI: 10.1039/D2SE00842D

  6. Rashba spin splitting in two-dimensional electron gas in polar-polar perovskite oxide heterostructure LaVO3/KTaO3: A DFT investigation: Sonali Kakkar, Chandan Bera, (2022) Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 144: 115394. DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2022.115394

  7. Nanochannel Mediated Electrical and Photoconductivity of Metal Organic Nanotubes: Deepika Rani, Ajit Singh, Ritu Ladih, K K Bhasin, Chandan Bera, Monika Singh, (2022) ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, . DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c00026

  8. Recent developments in biomass derived cellulose aerogel materials for thermal insulation application: a review: Sourav Sen, Ajit Singh, Chandan Bera, (2022) Cellulose, 29: 4805–4833. DOI: 10.1007/s10570-022-04586-7

  9. Super-Hydrophilic Leaflike Sn4P3 on the Porous Seamless Graphene–Carbon Nanotube Heterostructure as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Solar-Driven Overall Water Splitting: Sk Riyajuddin, Mansi Pahuja, Parrydeep Kaur Sachdeva, Kashif Azmi, Sushil Kumar, Mohd Afshan, Firdaus Ali, Jenifar Sultana, Takahiro Maruyama, Chandan Bera, and Kaushik Ghosh, (2022) ACS Nano, 16: 4861–4875. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c00466

  10. Photoinduced high thermoelectric power factor in strontium titanate: Naveen Kumar and Chandan Bera, (2022) Physica B: Condensed Matter, 627: 413552. DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2021.413552

  11. Interfacial interaction induced OER activity of MOF derived superhydrophilic Co3O4–NiO hybrid nanostructures: Ashish Gaur, Vikas Pundir, Krishankant, Ritu Rai, Baljeet Kaur, Takahiro Maruyama, Chandan Bera and Vivek Bagchi, (2021) Dalton Transactions, 51: 2019-2025. DOI: 10.1039/D1DT03810A

  12. Unraveling a Graphene Exfoliation Technique Analogy in the Making of Ultrathin Nickel–Iron Oxyhydroxides@Nickel Foam to Promote the OER: Zubair Ahmed, Krishankant, Ritu Rai, Rajinder Kumar, Takahiro Maruyama, Chandan Bera, and Vivek Bagchi, (2021) ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13: 55281-55291. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c19536

  13. Intense nano-interfacial interactivity stimulates the OER in a MOF-derived superhydrophilic CuO–NiO heterostructure: Ashish Gaur, Krishankant, Vikas Pundir, Ashwinder Singh, Takahiro Maruyama, Chandan Bera and Vivek Bagchi *, (2021) Sustainable Energy Fuels, . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SE01235E

  14. Phase stability, mechanical, thermal, electronic properties, anisotropy, lattice dynamics and APB -energies of Ti2AlX intermetallics in α2, B2, and O phases: A First Principle Study: Kushagra Goyal,Chandan Bera,Neha Sardana, (2021) Materials Today Communications, 102864. DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102864

  15. Effect of Dopants and Morphology on the Electrical Properties of Polyaniline for Various Applications: Lenin Ramanujam, Ajit Singh, Chandan Bera, (2021) Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (JMSE), .

  16. Designing an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst heterostructure: Parrydeep Kaur Sachdeva, Shuchi Gupta, Chandan Bera, (2021) Chemical Communications, . DOI: 10.1039/D1CC02492B

  17. High thermoelectric figure of merit predicted in Cu26V2Sn6Se32 colusite induced by vacancy defects and glassy-like vibrational modes: Raveena Gupta, Chandan Bera, (2021) Journal of Applied Physics, 130: 065106. DOI: 10.1063/5.0060345

  18. Thermoelectric properties of the SnS monolayer: Fully ab initio and accelerated calculations: Raveena Gupta,Bonny Dongre,Jesús Carrete,Chandan Bera, (2021) Journal of Applied Physics, 130: 054301. DOI: 10.1063/5.0058125

  19. Photoconductivity of the EuO−KTO Interface: Effect of Intrinsic Carrier Density and Temperature: Manish Dumen,Ajit Singh,Saveena Goyal,Chandan Bera,S. Chakraverty, (2021) The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125: 15510−15515. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02550

  20. A review of the recent progress on thermal conductivity of nanofluid: R. Lenin, PA Joy, Chandan Bera, (2021) Journal of Molecular Liquids, 116929. DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116929

  21. Theoretical prediction of thermoelectric properties of n-type binary Zintl compounds (KSb and KBi): Naveen Kumar, Chandan Bera, (2021) Physica B: Condensed Matter, 619: 413206. DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2021.413206

  22. Electronic, magnetic, and topological properties of layered ternary chalcogenide CoAsS: a first principles study: Sonali Kakkar, Akariti Sharma, Chandan Bera, (2021) Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 536: 168133. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2021.168133

  23. Large piezoelectric and thermal expansion coefficients with negative Poisson's ratio in strain-modulated tellurene: PK Sachdeva, S. Gupta, Chandan Bera, (2021) Nanoscale Advances, 3: 3279-3287. DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00930J

  24. Anisotropic magnetoresistance and planar Hall effect in (001) and (111) LaVO3 / SrTiO3 heterostructures: Ruchi Tomar, Sonali Kakkar, Chandan Bera, and S. Chakraverty, (2021) PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 103: . DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.115407

  25. B-Site Stoichiometry Control of the Magnetotransport Properties of Epitaxial Sr2FeMoO6 Thin Film: Nand Kumar, Raveena Gupta, Ripudaman Kaur, Daichi Oka, Sonali Kakkar, Sanjeev Kumar, Surendra Singh, Tomoteru Fukumura, Chandan Bera,Suvankar Chakraverty, (2021) ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 3: 597–604. DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.0c00933

  26. Strong Interactions between the Nanointerfaces of Silica-Supported Mo2C/MoP Heterojunction Promote Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Rajinder Kumar,Ashish Gaur,Takahiro Maruyama,Chandan Bera,and Vivek Bagchi*, (2020) ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, . DOI: DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c18196

  27. Ultrathin MoS2 wrapped N-doped carbon-coated cobalt nanospheres for OER application: Ashish Gaur,Parrydeep Sachdeva,Rajinder Kumar, Takahiro Maruyama,Chandan Bera,and Vivek Bagchi*, (2020) Sustainable Energy Fuels, . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SE01543A

  28. Effect of nanoinclusions on the lattice thermal conductivity of SnSe: Raveena Gupta,Chandan Bera, (2020) Nano Express, 1: 030035. DOI: 10.1088/2632-959X/abd291

  29. Theoretical model for predicting thermoelectric properties of Tin chalcogenides: Raveena Gupta, Naveen Kumar, Prabhjot Kaur, Chandan Bera, (2020) Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, . DOI: 10.1039/D0CP03117H

  30. The Effect of Janus Asymmetry on Thermal Transport in SnSSe: Raveena Gupta, Bonny Dongre, Chandan Bera,Jesús Carrete, (2020) The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, . DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c03414

  31. Mechanistic insights of the surface contribution towards heat transfer in a nanofluid: Ajit Singh, Ramanujam Lenin, Naimat K Bari,Chirodeep Bakli,Chandan Bera, (2020) Nanoscale Advances, . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NA00452A

  32. In-situ modulation of silica-supported MoO2/Mo2C heterojunction for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction: Rajinder Kumar, Zubair Ahmed,Ravi Kumar,b Shambhu Nath Jha,b Dibyendu Bhattacharyya,b Chandan Bera,and,Vivek Bagchi, (2020) Catalysis Science and Technology, -: -. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CY00890G

  33. Persistent photoconductivity at LaVO3-SrTiO3 interface: Saveena Goyal,Ajit Singh,Ruchi Tomar,Ripudaman kaur,Chandan Bera,Suvankar Chakraverty, (2020) Solid State Communications, 113930. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2020.113930

  34. Spin-orbit coupling effect on the thermopower and power factor of CoSbS: R Gupta,Chandan Bera, (2020) Physical Review B, 101: 155206.

  35. Promoting electrocatalytic oxygen reduction in a model composite using selective metal ions: Zubair Ahmed, Parrydeep K Sachdeva, Ritu Rai, Rajinder Kumar, Takahiro Maruyama,Chandan Bera ,and Vivek Bagchi*, (2020) ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3: 3645. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c00129

  36. Probing into the effect of heterojunctions between Cu/Mo2C/Mo2N on HER performance: Rajinder Kumar, Zubair Ahmed, Harwinder Kaur, Chandan Bera,Vivek Bagchi*, (2020) Catalysis Science and Technology, 10: 2213 - 2220. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CY02526J

  37. A theoretical model of the thermoelectric properties of SnSxSe1−x and how to further enhance its thermoelectric performance: R Gupta, B Kaur, J Carrete,chandan Bera, (2019) Journal of Applied Physics, 126: 225105.

  38. Multiple helimagnetic phases in triclinic CuSeO3: Ruchi Tomar,Sonali Kakkar,Saveena Goyal,M. Manolata Devi,Chandan Bera,S. Chakraverty, (2019) Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 497: 165945. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2019.165945

  39. Role of nanoparticle interaction in magnetic heating: R. Lenin, A. Singh,Chandan Bera, (2019) MRS Communications, 9(3): 1034. DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2019.83

  40. Thermoelectric figure of merit and thermal conductivity of Type-I clathrate alloy nanowires: Prabhjot Kaur, Gerog K. H. Madsen,Chandan Bera, (2019) MRS Communications, 9: 370. DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2018.242

  41. Conversion of waste tin containers to highly efficient photocatalyst based on SnO2-Fe3O4 heterostructures: Mayanglambam Manolata Devi, H Singh, Kuljeet Kaur, Ankita Gupta,Ashok Kumar Ganguli ,Menaka Jha, (2019) Waste Management, 87: 719. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.03.007

  42. Electronic structure modification of the KTaO3 single-crystal surface by Ar+ bombardment: N. Wadehra,R. Tomar,S. Halder,M. Sharma,I. Singh,N. Jena,B. Prakash,A. D. Sarkar,C. Bera,A. Venkatesan,S. Chakraverty, (2017) Physical Review B, 96: 115423(6). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.115423

  43. Effect of alloying on thermal conductivity and thermoelectric properties of CoAsS and CoSbS: Prabhjot Kaur, (2017) Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, . DOI: 10.1039/C7CP05170K

  44. Mechanism of Nanoparticle-Mediated Enhanced Energy Transfer during High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Sonication: Surendra Devarakonda, Vishal Kumar, Ashok K Ganguli, Rupak K Banerjee, (2017) Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, . DOI: 10.1039/C7CP03542J

  45. High anisotropic thermoelectric effect in palladium phosphide sulphide: P. Kaur, S. Chakraverty, A. K. Ganguli,C. Bera, (2017) Phys. Status Solidi B, . DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201700021

  46. Visible-Light-Driven Photoelectrochemical and Photocatalytic Performance of NaNbO3/Ag2S Core–Shell Heterostructures.: Kumar, S., AP Singh,M Thirumal, BR Mehta, AK Ganguli, (2016) ChemSusChem, . DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201600397

Fundings

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  • 2010

    PhD Ecole Centrale Paris, France.

    Thesis: Thermoelectric Properties of Nanocomposite Materials. Supervisor: Sebastian Volz, EM2C, Ecole Centrale Paris, France Natalio Mingo, CEA Grenoble, LITEN, Grenbole, France

  • 2007

    M.Sc in Physics

    Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. India Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of non-linear optical properties of Indium arsenide quantum dots embedded in Silicon matrix. Supervisor: B.P. Singh, Physics department, IIT Bombay, Mumbai

  • 2005

    B.Sc in Physics

    with Mathematics and Chemistry University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

  • Postdoctoral fellow:ICAMS, RUB, Germany (December 2012 to April 2014 )

  • Postdoctoral fellow:LAMCOS, INSA-Lyon (June 2012 to November 2012 )

  • Postdoctoral Fellow:EEWS, KAIST (June 2011 to April 2012 )

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