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Dr. Raktima Basu

Dr. Raktima Basu

Position:
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Mentor:
Prof. Goutam Dev Mukherjee
    Location: , DPS, IISER Kolkata
    Email: raktimabasu14 [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Research group

Research areas

  • The phase transitions in RENiO3 nanostructures under external stimuli (Pressure and temperature) to probe the MIT as well as SPT

Phase transitions of correlated oxide nanostructures as a function of temperature and pressure and applications of them in the light of transition.

  • PhD (Physics), Homi Bhabha National Institute, 2020
  • MSc (Physics), The University of Burdwan, 2014
  • BSc (Physics), The University of Burdwan, 2012
  • NPDF
  • HBNI-Outstanding Doctoral Student Award (Gold medalist), Homi Bhabha National Institute, India (2021)
  • Best Thesis Award (Gold medalist), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkkam, India (2022)
  • Young Scientist Award Dr. K. V. Rao Scientific Society, India (2018)
  • Best Oral Presentation Award, International Conference on Perspectives in Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICOPVS- 2020) India.
  • Best Oral Presentation Award, National conference on Light Matter Interaction at Nanoscale (LMIN-2019), India.
  • Best Research Contribution Award, Research Scholars Meet HBNI-On Materials Science and Engineering of Nuclear Materials (RSM-MSENM-2018) India.
  • Best Poster Presentation Award, 9th National Conference on Thermo-physical Properties (NCTP-2017) India
  • Distinguished Student and Ovshinsky travel Awardee of American Physical Society Meeting (March, 2018), LA, USA
  1. Role of vanadyl oxygen in understanding metallic behavior of V2O5 (001) nanostructure, Raktima Basu, A. K. Prasad, S. Dhara, A. Das, J. Phys. Chem. C 120 (2016) 26539
  2. Role of 1-D finite size Heisenberg chain in increasing metal to insulator transition temperature in hole rich VO2, Raktima Basu, M. Sardar, S. Bera, P. Magudapathy, S. Dhara, Nanoscale 9 (2017) 6537
  3. Phase-pure VO2 nanoporous structure for binder-free supercapacitor performances, Raktima Basu, S. Ghosh, S. Bera, A. Das, S. Dhara, Sci. Rep. 9 (2019) 4621
  4. Polarized Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Understanding Metal to Insulator and Structural Phase Transition in VO2, Raktima Basu, A. Patsha, S. Chandra, S. Amirthapandian, K. G. Raghavendra, A. Dasgupta, S. Dhara, J. Phys. Chem. C 123 (2019) 11189
  5. Probing phase transition in VO2 with the novel observation of low-frequency collective spin excitation, Raktima Basu, V. Srihari, S. K. Srivastava, S. Bera, S. Dhara, Sci. Rep. 10 (2020) 1977