Professor

Prof. C V Tomy

Department of Physics

Interests
  1. Low Temperature Physics
  2. Magnetism and Superconductivity
  3. Manganites, Thermoelectric materials, Multiferroic compounds

Education

1982

Calicut University
India
BSc Physics

1984

Indian Institute of Technology
Madras
MSc Physics

1991

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay
PhD

Professional Service

  • August 2021 - May 2024 | Director - Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad
  • January 2018 – July 2019 | Director - School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, NCR
  • May 2017 – December 2018 | Institute Chair Professor - Physics Department, IIT Bombay
  • November 2014 - 2017 | Head - Physics Department, IIT Bombay
  • Feb 2009 – | Professor - Physics Department, IIT Bombay
  • May 2008 – April 2009 | Senior Research Fellow - Physics Department, University of Warwick, U.K. (on sabbatical from IIT Bombay)
  • March 2003 – Feb 2009 | Associate Professor - Physics Department, IIT Bombay
  • Dec 1998 – Feb 2003 | Assistant Professor - Physics Department, IIT Bombay
  • March 1997 – Dec 1998 | Visiting Faculty (Asst. Professor) - Physics Department, IIT Kanpur
  • Nov 1992 – March 1997 | Research Fellow - Physics Department, University of Warwick, U.K
  • Sept 1991 – Nov 1992 | Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow - Physics Department University of Köln, Germany

Research Interest

  • Land slide susceptibility analysis using Remote sensing
  • Improving the accuracy of Digital Multi-spectral land cover classifications

Awards & Recognitions

  • Awarded the Alexander von Humboldt fellowship for post doctoral work in Germany
  • Awarded the INSA-the Royal Society Exchange program for 3 months to visit England.
  • EPSRC funding for research in England for one year (May 2008 – April 2009)
  • Awarded one of the Institute Chair Professor position in IIT Bombay

Publications

  • Journal Articles - 166
  • Conference Proceedings - 40
  • Citations - 2454
  • h-index -  27

Selected Publications

  • A Simple Synthesis Method for Growing Single Crystals of a Copper Coordination Polymer [Cu(C2O4)(4-aminopyridine)2(H2O)]n, and its Theoretical and Physical Properties Studies G Mathew, S Francis, N K Rajak, S G Praveen, C V Tomy, D Jaiswal-Nagar, Crystal Research and Technology 56 (2021) 2000124
  • Transport evidence of linear Dirac dispersion of non-trivial surface states in Fe-substituted PbBi2Te4 3D topological insulator. P Mal, B Das, A Lakhanim G Bera, G R Turpu, C V Tomy, P Das Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 130 (2021) 114672
  • Investigation of the phase separation property in La0.2Pr0.4Ca0.4MnO3 manganite. Deepak Kumar, A A Tulapurkar and C.V.Tomy, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 504 (2020) 166641
  • Symbiotic thermo-chemotherapy for enhanced HepG2 cancer treatment via magneto-drugs encapsulated polymeric nanocarriers. Atul Sudame, Ganesh lenin Kandasamy, Deepak Singh, C.V.Tomy and Dipak Maity. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 606 (2020) 125355
  • Experimental realization of multipartite entanglement via quantum Fisher information in a uniform antiferromagnetic quantum spin chain. George Mathew, Saulo L. L. Silva, Anil Jain, Arya Mohan, D. T. Adroja, V. G. Sakai, C. V. Tomy, Alok Banerjee, Rajendar Goreti, Aswathi V. N., Ranjit Singh, and D. Jaiswal-Nagar. Phys. Rev. Research 2 (2020) 043329
  • Spin-splitted topological surface states in PbBi4Te7. P Mal, B Das, G Bera, P Rambabu, G R Turpu, C V Tomy and P Das. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 53 (2020) 484001
  • Muon spin rotation and neutron scattering investigations of the B -site ordered double perovskite S r2DyRu O6. D T Adroja, S Sharma, C Ritter, A D Hillier, Duc Le, C V Tomy, R Singh, R I Smith, M. Koza, A. Sundaresan, S. Langridge. Physical Review B, 101 (2020) 094413
  • Room temperature magnetoelectric properties of [Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3-0.5(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3]/Ni0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4 bilayer thin films deposited by laser ablation. Jyoti Rani, Varun Kushwaha, P K Patel and C.V.Tomy, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 256 (2020) 123692
  • Multifunctional magnetic-polymeric nanoparticles based ferrofluids for multi-modal in vitro cancer treatment using thermotherapy and chemotherapy. G Kandasamy, A Sudame, D Maity, S Soni, K Sushmita, N S Veerapu, S Bose and C.V.Tomy, J Molecular liquids, 293 (2019) 111549
  • Unusual Conductance Fluctuations and Quantum Oscillation in Mesoscopic Topological Insulator PbBi4Te7. Priyanath Mal, Bipul Das, Archana Lakhani, Ganesh Bera, G. R. Turpu, Jong-Ching Wu, C.V. Tomy and Pradip Das. Scientific Reports 9, (2019) 7018
  • Tuning the ferromagnetism of epitaxial-strained D019-Mn3Ga thin films, J T Holguin-Momaca, C J Munoz-Carnero, Himanshu Sharma, C R Santillan-Rodriguez, J A Matutes-Aquino, C V Tomy and S F Olive-Mendez. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 471 (2019) 329.
  • Effect of B-site bismuth doping on magnetic and transport properties of La0.5Ca0.5Mn1−xBixO3 thin films. Himanshu Sharma, Deepak Kumar, Ashwin Tulapurkar and C. V. Tomy. Journal of Materials Science, 54 (2019) 130
  • Cu2ZnSnS4 Films using an Eco-friendly Direct Liquid Coating Approach for Solar Cell Applications Atul Kumar, Anup V Sanchela, C.V.Tomy, and Ajay D Thakur Materials today: Proceedings, 5 (2018) 23156
  • Strong magnetoelectric effect in pulse laser deposited [Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3-0.5(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3]/CoFe2O4 bilayer thin film Jyoti Rani, V Kushwaha, J Kolte and C V Tomy Journal of American Ceramic Society, 101 (2018)
  • Vortex Phase Diagram study in the superconductor Ca3Ir4Sn13 Santosh Kumar, Ravi P Singh, A Thamizhavel, C V Tomy and A K Grover Material Res Express 5 (2018)

SPONSORED PROJECTS

Sl. No. Sponsoring Agency Title of project Grant Amount (in Rs.) Period Co-PI(if any)
1. BRNS Electronic, Magnetic and Superconducting Properties of Quaternary Borocarbides and related materials
Duration : 3 years
11,53,780 2001-2004
2. CSIR Study of some new high Tc magnetic superconductors
Duration: 4 years
10,12,000 2002-2006
3. DST Structure Property Relationships in some Magnetic and Semiconducting Materials
Duration: 5 years
85 lacs 2001-2006 One of the PI’s
4. DST Synthesis of Nano-structure Magnetic Materials 100 lacs 2003-2007 One of the Co-PIs
5. ISPC, IITB Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Thrust Area) 200 lacs 2004 - One of the PI’s and Convener
6. ISPC, IITB Establishment of Liquid Helium Facilities 400 lacs 2007 - One of the PI’s and Convener
7. DST Establishment of Low temperature/High Magnetic Field Facility Phase – II, Torque Magnetometer and Scanning Hall Probe Microscope 152.5 lacs 2008-11 PI and Principal Coordinator
8. DST New Generation Molecular nanomagnets 340.4 L 2013-16 Co-PI (with 4 others)
9. ISRO Materials for thermoelectric power generation in space 45.67 L 2013-16 Co-PI (with 1 other)

 

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