Associate Professor & Head of the Department

Dr Pranab Mandal

Department of Physics

Interests

  1. Materials synthesis
  2. Piezoelectrics and ferroelectrics
  3. Magnetoelectric multiferroics

Faculty Details

Education

2004

Malda College
University of North Bengal
West Bengal
B.Sc

2006

Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi
M.Sc

2012

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Bangalore
Ph.D.

Experience

  • 2012 – 2017, Postdoc.  Research Associate | University of Liverpool, UK

Research Interest

  • Piezoelectrics and ferroelectrics
  • Magnetoelectric multiferroics
  • Complex magnetism
  • High-k dielectrics
  • Thermoelectric materials.

Awards & Fellowships

  • Sheik Saud RAK-CAM Junior Fellowship (2010 – 2011), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India.
  • Qualified All India Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST – 2006) with 95.46 percentile.
  • G. Parthasarathi Endowment Fellowship (2005 – 2006), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
  • Visiting Research Summer Fellowship (2005), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India.
  • Merit-cum-Means Scholarship (2004 – 2005), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
  • BSc (Hons) in Physics with 1st class, ranked 3rd in University of North Bengal, India.

List of Publications

  • Ramakrishna Rao Akurati, Nitchal Kiran Jaladi, Srinivasa Rao Kurapati, Govinda Kapusetti, Mounika Choppadandi, Pranab Mandal, Preparation, characterization and study of magnetic induction heating of Co-Cu nanoparticles Materials Today Commun. 34, 104964 (2023) IF: 3.383
  • Nagamalleswari Katragadda, P. Tulasirao and Pranab Mandal* A Measurement Setup for Characterization of Temperature Dependence of Impedance, Dielectric Permittivity, and Pyroelectric Current Under a Controlled Environment J. Electron. Mater. 52, 1625 (2023) IF: 2.047
  • Shahnaz Kossar, R. Amiruddin, Asif Rasool, M.C. Santhosh Kumar, Nagamalleswari Katragadda, Pranab Mandal and Nafis Ahmed, Study on ferroelectric polarization induced resistive switching characteristics of neodymium-doped bismuth ferrite thin films for random access memory applications Current Applied Physics. accepted 2022 IF: 2.48
  • Alicia María Manjón-Sanz, T. Wesley Surta, Pranab Mandal, Alex J. Corkett, Hongjun Niu, Eiji Nishibori, Masaki Takata, John Bleddyn Claridge*, and Matthew J. Rosseinsky, Complex Structural Disorder in a Polar Orthorhombic Perovskite Observed through the Maximum Entropy Method/Rietveld Technique Chem. Mater. 34, 29 (2022) IF: 9.8
  • Samadhan Kapse, Bennet Benny, Pranab Mandal and RanjitThapa, Design Principle of MoS2/C Heterostructure to Enhance the Quantum Capacitance for Supercapacitor Application J. Energy Storage. 44, 103476 (2021) IF: 6.583
  • P. Mandal and A. Sundaresan, Effect of Nonmagnetic Ion Substitution on Multiferroic Properties of BiFeO3, J. Electron. Mater. 50, 1772 (2021) IF: 1.676
  • P. Mandal and A. Sundaresan, Dielectric Relaxation Mechanism in High-Pressure Synthesized BiCr0.5Mn0.5O3, J. Electron. Mater. 50, 1615 (2021) IF: 1.676
  • M. Barrow, A. Taylor, A. M. Fuentes-Caparrós, J. Sharkey, L. M. Daniels, P. Mandal, B. K. Park, P. Murray, M. J. Rosseinsky and D. J. Adams, SPIONs for cell labelling and tracking using MRI: magnetite or maghemite? Biomater. Sci., 6, 101 (2018) IF: 7.59
  • C. Collins, M. S. Dyer, M. J. Pitcher, G. F. S. Whitehead, M. Zanella, P. Mandal, J. B. Claridge, G. R. Darling and M. J. Rosseinsky Accelerated discovery of two crystal structure types in a complex inorganic phase field, Nature 546, 280 (2017) IF: 42.351
  • H. Niu, M. J. Pitcher, A. J. Corkett, S. Ling, P. Mandal, M. Zanella, K. Dawson, P. Stamenov, D. Batuk, A. M. Abakumov, C. L. Bull, R. I. Smith, C. A. Murray, S. J. Day, B. Slater, F. Cora, J. B. Claridge, and M. J. Rosseinsky, Room temperature magnetically ordered polar corundum GaFeO3 displaying magnetoelectric coupling, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 1520 (2017).IF: 14.612
  • M. Barrow, A. Taylor, J. G. Carrion, P. Mandal, H. Poptani, P. Murray, M. J. Rosseinsky, D. J. Adams, Co-precipitation of DEAE-dextran coated SPIONs: how synthesis conditions affect particle properties, stem cell labelling, and MR contrast, Contrast Media Mol. Imaging 10.1002/cmmi.1700 (2016). IF: 3.009
  • P. Mandal, M. J. Pitcher, J. Alaria, H. Niu, M. Zanella, J. B. Claridge, M. J. Rosseinsky, Controlling phase assemblage in a complex multi-cation system; Phase pure room temperature multiferroic (1-x)BiTi(1-y)/2FeyMg(1-y)/2O3 – xCaTiO3 Adv. Funct. Mater. 26, 2523 (2016) IF: 11.805
  • P. Mandal, M. J. Pitcher, J. Alaria, H. Niu, P. Borisov, P. Stamenov, J. B. Claridge, M. J. Rosseinsky, Designing switchable polarisation and magnetisation at room temperature in an oxide, Nature 525, 363 (2015) IF: 42.351
  • M. J. Pitcher, P. Mandal, M. S. Dyer, J. Alaria, P. Borisov, H. Niu, J. B. Claridge, M. J. Rosseinsky, Tilt engineering of spontaneous polarization and magnetization above 300 K in a bulk layered perovskite, Science 347, 420 (2015) IF: 31.48
  • P. Mandal, A. Manjón-Sanz, A. J. Corkett, T. P. Comyn, K. Dawson, T. Stevenson, J. Bennett, L. F. Henrichs, A. J. Bell, E. Nishibori, M. Takata, M. Zanella, M. R. Dolgos, U. Adem, X. Wan, M. J. Pitcher, S. Romani, T. T. Tran, P. S. Halasyamani, J. B. Claridge, M. J. Rosseinsky, Morphotropic phase boundary in the Pb-Free (1 − x)BiTi3/8Fe2/8Mg3/8O3–xCaTiO3 system: tetragonal polarization and enhanced electromechanical properties, Adv. Mater. 27, 2883 (2015) IF: 15.41
  • M. Barrow, A. Taylor, D. J. Nieves, L. K. Bogart, P. Mandal, C. M. Collins, L. R. Moore, J. J. Chalmers, R. Levy, S. R. Williams, P. Murray, M. J. Rosseinsky, D. J. Adams, Tailoring the surface charge of dextran-based polymer coated SPIONs for modulated stem cell uptake and MRI contrast, Biomater. Sci. 3, 608 (2015) IF: 7.59
  • J. Bennett, T. R. Shrout, S. J. Zhang, P. Mandal, A. J. Bell, T. J. Stevenson, T. P. Comyn, Temperature dependence of the intrinsic and extrinsic contributions in BiFeO3-(K0.5Bi0.5)TiO3-PbTiO3 piezoelectric ceramics, J. Appl. Phys. 116, 094102 (2014) IF: 2.185
  • N. Soin, T. H. Shah, S. C. Anand, J. Geng, W. Pornwannachai, P. Mandal, D. Reid, S. Sharma, R. L. Hadimani, D. V. Bayramol, E. Siores, Novel "3-D spacer" all fibre piezoelectric textiles for energy harvesting applications, Energy Environ. Sci. 7, 1670 (2014) IF: 15.49
  • P. Mandal, C. R. Serrao, E. Suard, V. Caignaert, B. Raveau, A. Sundaresan, C. N. R. Rao, Spin reorientation and magnetization reversal in the perovskite oxides, YFe1−xMnxO3 (0≤x≤0.45): A neutron diffraction study, J. Solid State Chem. 197, 408 (2013) IF: 2.2
  • P. Mandal, S. S. Bhat, Y. Sundarayya, A. Sundaresan, C. N. R. Rao, V. Caignaert, B. Raveau, E. Suard, Structure and complex magnetic behavior of disordered perovskite (Bi0.5Sr0.5)(Fe0.5Mn0.5)O3, RSC Adv. 2, 292 (2012) IF: 3.708
  • B. Rajeswaran, P. Mandal, R. Saha, E. Suard, A. Sundaresan, C. N. R. Rao, Ferroelectricity induced by cations of nonequivalent spins disordered in the weakly ferromagnetic perovskites,YCr1–xMxO3 (M = Fe or Mn), Chem. Mater. 24, 3591 (2012) IF: 8.535
  • D. Nagamalleswararao, P. Mandal, A. Sundaresan, N. S. Vidhyadhiraja, Weak ferromagnetism and magnetization reversal in YFe1−xCrxO3, Europhys. Lett. 99, 17008 (2012) IF: 2.269
  • D. Choudhury, P. Mandal, R. Mathieu, A. Hazarika, S. Rajan, A. Sundaresan, U. V. Waghmare, R. Knut, O. Karis, P. Nordblad, D. D. Sarma, Near-room-temperature colossal magnetodielectricity and multiglass properties in partially disordered La2NiMnO6, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 127201 (2012) IF: 7.728
  • Y. Sundarayya, P. Mandal, A. Sundaresan, C. N. R. Rao, Mössbauer spectroscopic study of spin reorientation in Mn-substituted yttrium orthoferrite, J. Phys. Cond. Matter 23, 436001 (2011) IF: 2.223
  • A. Shireen, R. Saha, P. Mandal, A. Sundaresan, C. N. R. Rao, Multiferroic and magnetodielectric properties of the Al1-xGaxFeO3 family of oxides, J. Mater. Chem. 21, 57 (2011) IF: 6.626
  • P. Mandal, V. S. Bhadram, Y. Sundarayya, C. Narayana, A. Sundaresan, C. N. R. Rao, Spin-reorientation, ferroelectricity, and magnetodielectric effect in YFe1-xMnxO3 (0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.40), Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 137202 (2011) IF: 7.728
  • D. Choudhury, S. Mukherjee, P. Mandal, A. Sundaresan, U. V. Waghmare, S. Bhattacharjee, R. Mathieu, P. Lazor, O. Eriksson, B. Sanyal, P. Nordblad, A. Sharma, S. V. Bhat, O. Karis, D. D. Sarma, Tuning of dielectric properties and magnetism of SrTiO3 by site-specific doping of Mn, Phys. Rev. B 84, 125124 (2011) IF: 3.664
  • P. Mandal, A. Iyo, Y. Tanaka, A. Sundaresan, C. N. R. Rao, Structure, magnetism and giant dielectric constant of BiCr0.5Mn0.5O3 synthesized at high pressures, J. Mater. Chem. 20, 1646 (2010) IF: 6.626
  • P. Mandal, A. Sundaresan, C. N. R. Rao, A. Iyo, P. M. Shirage, Y. Tanaka, C. Simon, V. Pralong, O. I. Lebedev, V. Caignaert, B. Raveau, Temperature-induced magnetization reversal in BiFe0.5Mn0.5O3 synthesized at high pressure, Phys. Rev. B 82, 100416 (2010) IF: 3.664
  • P. Mandal, A. Sundaresan, Dielectric and impedance studies on the double perovskite Ba2BiTaO6, Solid State Sci. 11, 861 (2009) IF: 1.697
  • A. R. Chaudhuri, S. B. Krupanidhi, P. Mandal, A. Sundaresan, Investigation of biferroic properties in La0.6Sr0.4MnO3/0.7Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–0.3PbTiO3 epitaxial bilayered heterostructures, J. Appl. Phys. 106, 054103 (2009) IF: 2.185
  • K. Vijayanandhini, S. Ch, V. Pralong, Y. Bréard, V. Caignaert, B. Raveau, P. Mandal, A. Sundaresan, C. N. R. Rao, Zero magnetization in a disordered (La(1− x)/2Bix /2)(Fe0.5Cr0.5)O3 uncompensated weak ferromagnet, J. Phys. Cond. Matter 21, 486002 (2009) IF: 2.223
  • D. Jagadeesan, U. Mansoori, P. Mandal, A. Sundaresan, M. Eswaramoorthy, Hollow spheres to nanocups: tuning the morphology and magnetic properties of single-crystalline α-Fe2O3 nanostructures, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 7685 (2008) IF: 11.336
  • A. R. Chaudhuri, P. Mandal, S. B. Krupanidhi, A. Sundaresan, Magnetocapacitive La0.6Sr0.4MnO3/0.7Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–0.3PbTiO3 epitaxial heterostructure, Solid State Commun. 148, 566 (2008) IF: 1.698
  • R. V. K. Mangalam, P. Mandal, E. Suard, A. Sundaresan, Ferroelectricity in ordered perovskite BaBi0.53+(Bi0.25+Nb0.35+)O3 with Bi3+:6s2 lone pair at the B-site, Chem. Mater. 19, 4114 (2007)IF: 8.535

Contact Details

  • E-mail id: pranab.m@srmap.edu.in
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