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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, 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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J. S. Hummelshoj, J. Blomquist, Soumendu Datta, T. Vegge, J. Rossmeisl, K. S. Thygesen, A. C. Luntz, K. W. Jacobsen, J. K. Norskov; Communication : Elementary Oxygen electrode reaction in the apotic Li-air battery ; Journal of Chemical Physics, 132, 071101 (2010).
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