{"id":6592,"date":"2025-04-01T15:59:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T10:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.10.0.172\/sbsweb\/?page_id=6592"},"modified":"2026-04-10T20:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:44:03","slug":"physics-research-areas-ph-d-and-ms-r-admission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/physics\/physics-research-areas-ph-d-and-ms-r-admission\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics Research Areas (Ph.D. and MS (R) Admission)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Department of Physics is actively engaged in cutting-edge research across a wide spectrum of theoretical, experimental, and computational physics. The faculty and students work collaboratively to explore fundamental questions in science while also contributing to technological innovations.<\/p>

Atomistic Modeling and Molecular Simulations:<\/b><\/span> First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulations; Nanostructures; Quantum Transport; Quantum Biology; Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics; Quantum Dissipation & Decoherence; DNA Breathing Dynamics; Energy Materials; Ionic Transport in Liquid and Solid Electrolyte; Electrode\/Electrolyte Interface; Genome Organization
Associated Faculty:<\/strong> Dr. Hemant Kumar<\/a>, Prof. Saroj Kumar Nayak<\/a><\/p>

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics:<\/b><\/span> Electronic and Magnetic Properties of 2D Materials and other nanomaterials; Functional Materials; Energy Storage; Energy Materials; Molecular Electronics; Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM); Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, Multiferroics, High-Tc Superconductors, Low-Dimensional & Frustrated Magnetic Systems, Magnetocaloric Intermetallics; Surface and Interface Physics; In-Situ Microscopy; Electron Microscopy (SEM, TEM, STEM, HRTEM, Aberration-Corrected TEM); X-Ray Scattering; Ion Scattering (RBS, Channelling); Synthesis of Nanomaterials Using Ion Beam; Harsh Environment Electronics.
Associated Faculty:<\/strong> Dr. Avijit kumar<\/a>, Dr. Niharika Mohapatra<\/a>, Prof. Parlapalli Venkata Satyam<\/a>, Prof. Saroj Kumar Nayak<\/a>, Dr. Satchidananda Rath<\/a>, Dr. Shyamal Chatterjee<\/a><\/p>

Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics \/ Statistical Mechanics:<\/b> <\/span>Phase Transitions & Critical Phenomena; Domain Coarsening; Aging Dynamics in Non-Equilibrium Systems; Open Quantum Systems;
Associated Faculty:<\/strong> Dr. Malay Kumar Bandyopadhyay<\/a><\/p>

Theoretical High Energy Physics:<\/b><\/span> String Theory; Black Holes; Quantum Field Theory (QFT); Moonshine; General Relativity and Quantum Gravity; Thermodynamics and Phase Transitions;
Associated Faculty:<\/strong> Dr. Abhishek Chowdhury,<\/a> Dr. Chandrasekhar Bhamidipati<\/a>, Dr. Nirmalendu Acharyya<\/a><\/p>

Experimental High Energy Physics:<\/b><\/span> B Physics; Charm Physics; CP Violation; Beyond Standard Model Physics
Associated Faculty:<\/strong> Dr. Seema Bahinipati<\/a><\/p>

Soft Matter and Biophysics:<\/b><\/span> Soft Matter Physics; Biophysics; Physics of DNAs; Polymer Physics; Colloidal Science; Nanoparticle Cellular Uptake; Membrane-Nanoparticle Interactions; Self-Assembly; Polymer Phase Behavior; Wetting Phenomena; Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles; Biosensing, Rheology of Soft Matter and Nanomaterials; Physics of gene regulation; Ion transport; Solvation dynamics in polymer and composite electrolytes
Associated Faculty:<\/strong> Dr. Indresh Yadav<\/a>, Dr. Jiarul Midya<\/a>, Dr. Hemant Kumar<\/a><\/p>

Optics and Photonics: <\/b><\/span> Ultrafast Processes Using Femtosecond Laser; 2D materials for Solar Cells, Optoelectronics, and Sensing Applications; Photonic Nanostructures, Nano Waveguides and Resonators; Semi-Classical and Quantum Interferometers; Structured Light; Flexible and Wearable Photonics; Plasmonics; Instrumentation for Industrial Applications
Associated Faculty<\/strong>: Prof. Rajan Jha<\/a><\/p>

Quantum Information and Technology :<\/b><\/span> Quantum many body systems, integrable systems, mathematical physics, quantum computing
Associated Faculty<\/strong>: Dr. Pramod Padmanabhan<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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