Dr. Manish Kumar Mohanta
Ramanujan Faculty
- Room No: 009, SBS
- mkmohanta@iitbbs.ac.in
- Department of Physics
Research Interests:
Analytical Modelling, Computational Materials Science, Quantum Materials for Energy Harvesting and Next-generation Devices, Nano Clusters
| Degree | Discipline | Year | School |
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| Ph.D | Condensed Matter Physics (Theory) | 2022 | Institute of Nano Science and Technology-Mohali / IISER-Mohali |
| M.Sc | Applied Physics | 2016 | IIT(ISM)-Dhanbad |
| B.Sc | Physics | 2014 | B.J.B Autonomous College-Bhubaneswar / Utkal University |
| 2025 | Ramanujan Faculty Fellowship – ANRF, New Delhi |
| 2025 | World’s Top 2% Scientist Rank: 5414 – Applied Physics, Stanford University |
| 2024 | American Physical Society (APS) – Division of Materials Physics (DMP) Post-Doctoral Travel Award |
| 2024 | World’s Top 2% Scientist Rank: 3904 – Applied Physics, Stanford University |
| 2023 | World’s Top 2% Scientist Rank: 4527 – Applied Physics, Stanford University |
| 2022 | Karnataka DST Nano Science Fellowship |
| 2017–2022 | PhD fellowship/stipend sponsored by the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) under the Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India |
| 2016
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· CSIR- JRF, AIR 94 – December
· CSIR- JRF, AIR 221 – June · Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST), AIR 239 · Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), AIR 1603 |
| 2011–2016 | INSPIRE – Scholarship for Higher Education sponsored by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India |
A Few Selected Publications
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- M.K. Mohanta, P. Jena, Anomalous spin texture representation in quantum materials: Insights from density functional theory and analytical models, Phys. Rev. B. 111 (2025) 045140. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.045140.
- M.K. Mohanta, P. Jena, MgTe (110) semiconductor for a magnetic-element-free nonballistic spin-field-effect transistor, Phys. Rev. B. 109 (2024) 085415. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.085415.
- M.K. Mohanta, P. Jena, Symmetry-driven persistent spin texture for the two-dimensional nonsymmorphic CdTe and ZnTe crystal structures, Phys. Rev. B. 108 (2023) 085432. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.108.085432.
- M.K. Mohanta, F. IS, A. De Sarkar, Valley Hall effect in graphene-like SnX (X=Si, Ge) buckled monolayers with high charge carrier mobility and low lattice thermal conductivity, Phys. Rev. B. 107 (2023) 035429. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.035429.
- M.K. Mohanta, A. Arora, A. De Sarkar, Effective modulation of ohmic contact and carrier concentration in a graphene-MgX (X=S, Se) van der Waals heterojunction with tunable band-gap opening via strain and electric field, Phys. Rev. B. 104 (2021) 165421. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.165421.
- M.K. Mohanta, F. IS, A. Kishore, A. De Sarkar, Spin-Current Modulation in Hexagonal Buckled ZnTe and CdTe Monolayers for Self-Powered Flexible-Piezo-Spintronic Devices, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 13 (2021) 40872–40879. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c09267.
- M.K. Mohanta, A. De Sarkar, Coupled spin and valley polarization in monolayer HfN2 and valley-contrasting physics at the HfN2-WSe2 interface, Phys. Rev. B. 102 (2020) 125414. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.125414.
- M.K. Mohanta, A. Rawat, N. Jena, Dimple, R. Ahammed, A. De Sarkar, Interfacing Boron Monophosphide with Molybdenum Disulfide for an Ultrahigh Performance in Thermoelectrics, Two-Dimensional Excitonic Solar Cells, and Nanopiezotronics, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 12 (2020) 3114–3126. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b16866.
- M.K. Mohanta, A.D. Sarkar, Tweaking the Physics of Interfaces between Monolayers of Buckled Cadmium Sulfide for a Superhigh Piezoelectricity, Excitonic Solar Cell Efficiency, and Thermoelectricity, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 12 (2020) 18123–18137. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c00864.
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American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting 2024:
- Title: Symmetry-Driven Persistent Spin Texture Towards Magnetic Element-Free Non-Ballistic Spintronics
- Title: From Clusters to Crystals: Magnetism of Otherwise Nonmagnetic Elements in Two Dimensions
| Experience | Discipline | Year | Institute |
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| Postdoctoral Research Associate | Condensed Matter Physics (Theory) | Oct-2022 to Oct-2025 | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA |
| Research Associate-1 | Condensed Matter Physics (Theory) | Apr-2022 to Oct 2022 | Institute of Nano Science and Technology-Mohali |